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Til I W EEKLY L:E D tfc It; 0 ii i. . ii r i n ii i ii jl r ' OFFICE ONi FRANKLIN STREET, T HE WE E KLY LEDGEK . ! I , StlBSCRrPlfrON BATES : ' V The WEEKLY LEDGER Is nirnished 1 to subscribers at one ' dollar and litty l cents per copy per annum; Invariably j I'-.iu advance. p . v f Six months, one dollnr. ! 1 i ' Eleven copied one vear, iltteeri dollars. Twenty-two copies, one year, thirty dollars. " ; Address all ortlers to -The WEEKLY 'LEDGER," Chapel Hill, N. C. ) OPPOSITE THE STORE OF X' CARRt Esq. ' - j , KATES OF t AHVEKTISIKO : : irinA souarei one insertion, one dollar. One squAre, each sulwequent Insertion, j fifty cent. , , , , Secial contract made for larger adrer rlemeuU. VOLUME 1. XAYI S WITHOUT A ; LiINE.' Advertisements should be rent hr by j CHAPEL HILL, N. C, SATIIKDAY, SEPT. 14, 1878. Thursday oerore eacn uay 01 hbuc '? A Y io your best: BT CALEB DUNN. Do wluuevetgood you cau, Show you are uo grovelling man ; pre.nl no scorn, and fcar'no ban Ihy your beat ! There Is work lor all to do ; Life's a battle light it through With a full success In view lo your best I r Hniitwt toil must snrely win ! oV the momeitt to begin ; Work lor virtue, banish sin - Do vour best! ah around are forces grand ; Verve vour heart and wield your baud, Tin witli vi;iory you siauu Do 30urbest! Halt not trembling in the way ; Man h ! work on while it is day ; . Life U labor more than play . ;- Do your best! Let the carping ones deride. Stand last o'er by virtue's side, And His care j our feet shall giitd lo our best! 3Ien mar sneer, but let them frown ; Libor lives all scoffing down, If it strive for honor's crown Do vour best ! Published by Request. f-X Sermon, 1 '- DELIVERED BY i REV. J. F. HEITMAN, OF THE M. E. CHURCHr SOUTH, IN CHAPEL HILL N. C. ON SUNDAY, SEP TEMBER 1, 1878. Tlio Proper. Traiuin ol Children. TKA1K UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO. -Prov xxii : 6. i -- i j The text presents three leading thoughts to our minds : I. The way the child should go when grown. II. The meaning and importance of training. , IIL The mode of proceed u re in training. I ; 1 1. First, then, we will endeavor to answer the question What is the way in which a grown up person should go? ' ' ' We- answer, in brief, that the should go in the way of honor, vir tue and truth; or, -to make the an swer shorter still," in the way of the christian religion. If persons walk in the way of true Bible religion they will necessarily be honorable, virtuous and truthful. The church is the association into which the professors of religion have arranged themselves, as directed by the Deity, and if a person is a consistent mem her of the church, i. e., if he lives up to the principles xof true religion, there is no need of his joining any oioer society, nor oi suDscriDing to any other obligation in order to make him the right sort of a f man. The trnly christian religious person is, in principle, a good Mason, a good Odd Fellow, a good Son of Temper ance qr Good Templar, a good Knight of Pythias, or a good mem ber, in principle, of any other moral or philanthropic society that can be mentioned. The platform of princi ples on which the church is based -cHiuraces uveryming uiai is nonora bte arid excellent and virtnous and iL! . . 1 . 1 noble and good. The platform of nucipies on wnicn every otner moral or philanthropic society stands is built on one or two or more plauks taken from the platform of toe christian religion. Then if a person is going jn the way e straight way, of true christian re ligion, he need have no .fears as to Ms not being in the right way ; arid it is not necessary, it may be a help or advantage, but it is not necessary for him to join any other society aortotake upon himself any other obligation in order to raise him to liigjiefdegree of honor, virtue and truth. Its platform contains all. Genuine christian religion raises its possessor higher above everything which is dishonorable and base and ."oean and eorrnpt; and gives richer rewards to those who go in its ways, Jhan anything else immaginable. Then the way of booor, virtue and uthr or in other words, the way of ;e true christian religion is the way which grown up (old) persons should go, and the child should be trained with an eye to tbi result. second leading idea ot the textr"vix: hat is the oeaomg and import ce of training? To train means to instruct and educate, and I would we note the difference between the o terms. To instruct is derived Irm two Latin words in in and - mvwT iieocvto ineHrucft mean w AO eaucate is also ae-i rived from two . Latin words c out and duco to lead, hence to educate means to lead or draw out. The young mind has' often and very properly been compared to a garden or field from which you wish to obtain a croD. In order to obtain an abundant harvest two things are necessary; you must carefully pre pare, enrich and stir the soil, and you must sow or plant good seeds therein. So, if you wish the child to be noble and excellent and virtu ous.nnd honorable and truthful and good, yon must' instruct it aright J you must sow into its mind good seeds; and at the same time you must educate, you must draw out the different powers and faculties of the mind, so as to make them strong, and capable of powerful and prolonged exertion. (1.) The minds ot the yonng onetfit to be well stored with knowledge, but parents and instructors cannot be too careful as to the kind of knowledge they store them with, for Za. I . lit . 1 1 i ... il is, natural mat ine ideas ana opin ions received in childhood and youth, when the mind is most plastic, should be the strongest and most lasting, and also the most difficult to be eradicated, if erroneous. If Jto, then they cannot be too careful as to tcho implants these early opinions. There are other sowers besides those who wish well to the child. We have a parable in which it is related how a man sowed good wheat in his field, but while he slept an enemy came and sowed tares, in the field also which sprang up and hindered the growth of the wheat. .So it very often occurs thit while parents are indifferent about the instruction of their children, an "enemv is sowing the tares of evil and vicious knowledge in their plas tic minds, which spring up and choke all the harvest which would otherwise . grow from the good knowledge and opinions the parents are endeavoring to implant.1 " Bad boots' sad papers and , pic tures, wicked associates, and evil; designing men and women,1 who feel no interest in the ultimate and eter nal welfare of the children, are some of the enemies that sow the tares of knowledge in young minds, and pa rents ought not to sleep and let them sow unmolested ; for if they do, when they look for ther children to bring forth a rich harvest of honor and virtue and truth, they will find the tares of shame and vice and false hood mingled therewith, and spoil ing the harvest,' and blasting their sanguine hopes.. (2.) But the young mind ought to be educated as well as instructed. The different powers and faculties of the mind should be drawn out, and made strong. The human mind may be divided into the Intellect, the Sensibilities and the Will (a) The intellect is that with which we think that with which we com pare and judgo and comprehend or know, and the exercise of this faculty is intelligence, and a person inteli gence is large or limited in propor tion as he exercises his' intellect. Parents arid educators cannot be too careful to develop this power of the mind, for the intellect as well as the other faculties of the mind can be strengthened by practice or use, just as the muscles and sinews of the body can be made strong by work or exercise. aKe trie man wno nas been brought up; in idleness, lux ury and ease, and what a pigmy in strength of arm or limb he is beside the man who has been trained up at the forge or plow, or pick, or cable; so, taKe a man wnosu nuuiieuiuai training has been neglected in youth, and how weak and shallow is his mind when compared to the giant intellect of him .whose mind has been carefully trained by master ing the most difficult and abstruse studies' and sciences Teachers who know their business, fully understand this, bence in the course of study which they lay down for their pupils, they include some difficult studies which the student will probably never tbtnk of alter be enters upon the active duties of life, but the ad vantage 1 is this: in mastering then his intellect is made strong, and capable of mastering any other difficult snbjeet that .presents itself to his mind. . We often hear people object to certain studies in the schools because, they 'sayr the stiv dert will never have any use lor them in business, but persons who make such objections only show their own 1 ignorance as educators. Whatever develops and strengthens the . intellect is a profitable study, whether there be anything practical in it pr'not. The prdgress which any people makes from barbarism to civilization is almost if not quite,-"ent: rely due to' its intellectual activity ; and the thetrue history of every Civilized country is the history of its intellect ual - development. The masses of the people ought to be educated in tellectually, and trained toMiirik for themselves, especially no in. this country where the government is in the hands of the people, and where it is possible for the whole polipy of tho government to be changed for a half or whole ceutiiry, Ji vn siugle obscure voter. But What has this intellectual training to do with relicjion ? Very much; especially the i; christian religion. The ignor ance of a people must be removed before the christian religion can en ter ; ana be ot any ultimate ben em,."; to tnem, nence j the pious school-teacher who knows how to educate the intellect, is the best fore runner of the christian minister: and the christian religion having entered, the? church and the school-house should eve.r thereafter stand side by side, the one to prevent intelligence from running into licentiousness and infidelity, and the other to prevent religion from relapsing into super stition and idolatry. : i (b) The Sensibilities should be trained also. Under this division are classed I the Affections, Desires, Appetites and Emotions of the Mind. The Affections are divided into Benevolent and Malevonent. In the training of a! child, the benevolent should be strengthened and the ma levonent weakened. : Tho benev olent affections are love; friendship, sympathy and gratitude. ; Love may be subdivided into love i of Grod, or religion, love of mankind or philan thropy, and love of country or pa triotism. All the 'benevolent affec tions should be strengthened by training and practice, for I contend they can be. j f I also trample under foot that en thusiastic doctrine that thejreason we ao not love ceruuu persons tr things, is because we can not; it is because we will not, else the Bible is false and we are mere machines. " Set your affections on things above and not on things on the earth, and "fcou give me thy heart, are vain commands il we. have no cbnt rol over the anection? : and besides, there is no freedom of will where a persons affections must njoe in a certain pre destined course. Our affection for particular persons or things is the result of habits of association. Lit tle by little the attachment is formed until it becomes ai cable which re quires masterly strength to break. llenpcj the; importance of training and properly directing the affections of the young, so that they will love and sympathise with whatever is honorable and virtuous and good. The Malevonent Affections are auger, revenge, envy, jealousy, peev ishness, lust and lear, audi to weaken their power over the child, so that he will not be led or controlled by thehi, shouldbe the study of parents and educators. The Desires, like ,he .affections, should be trained. The principal desires are those of esteem,- of pos session, of power, and of happiness. These should be modified or strengthened as the case requires The desire of esteem, if ; too weak, makes a person careless and slov enly i if too stronir. it makes him silly and ridiculous ; the j desire of possess'on, if too weak, will plunge a person into poverty ; if too strong, it will make him' avaricious and mi serly'; the desire off power, if too weak, will make him tamely sub mit to be the slave of ' tyiauts ; if loo strong, it will make him ambitious and indifferent to the rights of others: the desire of happiness "needs no . modification, ouly it should be directed to the way in which alone it is to be found, the way of religion and truth. J The Appetites are the cravings of nature for food and drink, and children should be trained to not gratify them to excess, for if they do weakness of intellect, disease, glut tony, and disgusting practices will be the result; at the same time they should be restrained from forming artificial appetite for those things which are poisonous, . injurious and intoxicating in their effects, for if al lowed to do this, when they grow up they will be apt to go in the way they were trained, the way of drunkeness, poverty and shame. I will pass over the Emotions with this single remark, that if the emotions of, beauty, of cheerfulness, of modesty, of reverence, and of ad oration were more carefully cultiva ted than they generally, are, life would be brighter than it is, and thousands of depressing cares would be lifted from' weary and sorrowful hearts. : (cj We come now to consider the other division of the mind, viz : the Will. The will is that by or with which we choose or determine. The human mind may be compared to a ship with hull; and1 masts and helm and sails and sailors, but the, pilot at the helm is the one who determines the d i rection of its sailing and, where it shall go. So Js life yill in the hu man mind. .It is the pilot: guiding Ibe whole body and the whole fife. If the pilot of : a ship have a weak hand the ship will be at the mercy of. the winds arid the waves, which will strand it, or wreck it upon the rocks ; but if the: pilot be strong, he will hold it on its course, defying the storms L and riding in triumph the white-capped waves, until it reaches its destined- port. - So if ;the will be weak the person will be at the mercy of temptations and allure ments, and liable at any tnie to.be wrecked upon the rocks of evil which stand thick in the sea of life : but if strong the person can decide. his purposes . without undue delay, can hold on to his purpose alter de cision, and can Ray No with a manly voiced when tempted to that which is unwise and wicked :! and the will is strong or weak in the human being very much according to training. Forever deliver me from those milk and cider, wishy-washy, breeze-sha-keh,; vascillating creatures in the forni of men and women, who are first ihere and then there and finally nowhere characters that are " way ering, fickle, uncertain, as the shadow that shakes o'er a luminous cur tain." Train up the child to have decision of character, fixedness of purpose, firmness and .independence of action, and indomitable resolution, and then, hisjrnind having been stored, with good knowledge, his intellect drawn out and fully developed, and his af fections, desires, appetites and emo tions . trained in the right Way, he win oe a worxman iu uio cauee ui right that maketh not ashamed. (3) The, body also sbonld be trained by the proper labor arid ex ercise, so as to make it strong and healthy, for if the casket decay the jewel will soon bojost. ; Thesef are some of the ideas I have as to what is meant by training, and its importance no one cah fail to see and ad mit. rLife is more like a war than a battle".1 It is, rather a series of bat tles, than' one continued hand to hand grapple with the enemy All of you know that there are moments or oc casions in life when the tempter an forces against you, and powerfully tests the strength of your soulsL You also know that souietimes there are long intervals during which it is com-; paratively easy to do right, because1 you have uo particular temptation to do wrong. These intervals ought to be employed in preparing for the coming battle. The general about to commence a wap, first trains his troops in the manual of arms and evolutions of the line, supplies them with arms ami ammunition, and ex horts them to be firm and courageous OCUUUVt VI maiiauiu umiofjuig ... in battle, for when the struggle be gins he knows he must depend maiu- Jy on the action or ms iroops. ue enemy begins tne aiiacK. vitu whoop and yell and thunder and crash and fire and smoke and hurl ng missiles of destruction they dash with fury against his well-formed lines, but Jhis soldiers know what to do and can do the tnmg requirea. With steady aim they mow down ttye serred ranks of the assaulting foe, and when the-conflict becomes closer, with dexterous hands they wield their keen and glittering wea pons, until confusion and panic and dismay seize the baffled foe, and they are driven irisrloridusly from the field. So if the child, before the battle of life begins in earnest, is properly trained in mind and body, when he is thrown upon his! own responsi bility, and when the world, the flesh and the devil marshal their forces to work his destruction; he knows how to stand on his guard, Where to look for grace and help in time of need and what to do in or der to send his malignant foes, de feated and routed, ingloriously f rom the field- and in the time of victory there are "hours when thrilling joy repays a long, long course of dark ness doubts and fears.". - "Train i up a ebild in the way he should go arid when he is old he will not depart worn it, 18 ruiw There nfayV be exceptions to it, as there are exceptions to an mies, oui iu general it is true; and those which seem to us to bo exceptions to the rule may be the result of some defect in the training, to far as we know What ai woman is at 20 and a man at 25, in character and disposition. that is what they will be more orj less the remainder of their lives ; and if so the " importance . of training children in the right way must at once be recognized. . , III. But what is the mode of pro ceedure in training the child? This must -be left mainly to the skill and judgment of parents and teachers. I haxe, pointeiput the tca ' in which theyvsnoul go,in4ttaVe endeavored to indicate, what shpuld be done, but the how I leave to - those who have charge of the youqg. I may, how ever, without impropriety indicate four or five general principles. 1 V f The parents should be able to point to their own characters both before and after marriage, as ' exam ples of honor, virtue and truth ; for there is, no teaching like that of ex ample. V ' " 2. The ; parents should rule, the children and not the children the parents, for-the laws of bbth rGod arid man appoint the parents jto rule, i 3. To rule properly some sacrifices of the softer feelings must be made; and . my 'observation leads me to the conclusion that .. Solomon . was wise when he said, "He that spareth the rod hateth bis son, but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes'1'' if he needs it chasteneth himrbetimes doesnot wait till he is: ruined be fore he begins to restrain hirri; , 4. Constant watchfulness to detect arid - check any bad habit of mind, manners or morals' into which they are constantly liable to fall. 5. Finally dedicate them solemnly to God, their Creator, iu their infan cy, and pray always for the guidance of his spirit and the strength of his grace to help you in training an lm mortal soul for present and eternal happiness and glory. . And now I close. If I have said Anything worthy of consideration, meditate and act. upon it: if, bow ever, f I have- failed to impress you with the importane o.f rthe subject as deeply as I desired and you ex pected, my only apology for attempt ing it, is, a sincere desire to benefit the rising generation, to make the coming years better than these, and to prevent the gray hairs of any ot you from being brought down in sorrow to the grave by a neglected and vicious offspring. A Happy Home IWhat a pity it ;&Cash. GltANULATED, CUT is that good people should notj con sider itnartand oarcel of their ffood- 1 LOAF and best BROWN SU- ness to make integrity of life and irpo8e lovely ! Many persons seem 7- A . . sr i n djyl I f hilt 'A v mwr m-9 w I V- . i;. J t- a 1 asceuu me are wie uetsv saieguarus o1 society We wish that these well meaning people would stop to think how much is contained in that little phrase, a happy home I What a ; blessing such homes are to young people, who turn to brightness as, naturally and as. properly , as the flowers to the warm sunshine. Make your homes dull and unsympathetic, and you may know without asking why those truant feet walk in forbid den paths, i Cheerfulness they crave, and will have, with or without you. Which shall it be ?. Saving' Money. Many families nave commenced witn savinc ten cents a day, and inttime have found it easier to save twenty cents.-' Npth-. ing is more certain than that, in es tablishing a saving habit, the ability to accumulate, is? (acquired, fpr the act gives strength, , and strength , is necessary in every occupation. We care not what may be a man's statio.n, calling or ability, unless .a habit of saving is established as a part of the character,' he cannot, in the end, be otherwise than au unsuccessful or a lost man. Outhe contrary, when a habit of saving becomes fixed, it is a nucleus around which other good qualities gather and make the man. ! The waters of Lake Como a pretty little pond near St. Paul, Minnesota, and a favorite pleasure resort of the people of that city are said have a rise and fall nf alooti eighteen inches, occurring regularly once every - seven years. The lake has no aDDarent outlet or inlet. The phenomenon was known ;to the In ilinno nn1 liAa . VtvAW. - kKaOffVAil 4 1. 1 ' - - - - ....... I SCYBII Yearn lHlCrr CW nuw w neigbborhood was first occtrpiea Dy white inhabitants. . A famous judge came late to court one" day in buay-session; whereat the clerk, in ereat surprise, inquired of him the reason. "A child was born," Yi?a Ivinni' - aoiit anil T !YI f.flA hatltW him the reason. "A child was born," sire. - "An mtant juage r - ud, no," said be, "as yet he's but a crier."! NEW GOODS ! D.MeCAULEY'H Strwlf rf fZfmda is now mmnlot. I.. - - - ... . ' ' Wriurf,g f . cicij i'ui luiciii iiuii nut uv qpiu III i : . . : . ' . ! BOTTOM PI1CESF0K CASH, or U prompt p.iyhi.s: customers. His Stock consists 4 n p-irt of CASSIMEBES, CLOTHS, i COTV TONAPES, LINEN 1) BILLS .' i - . . ' r for Pantg am Suits, &e. s A Full line of Di)OM?tio )(M bleaehwl aifd utibleached'SUKKTINO: iMLLOW CASE Goods. LAKE GKORGE A. A. HEAVY SHEETING 4-4. JXXSDALB CAMBRIC. r t A Full Unu of :. i . FIGURED AND PLAIN ' LAWNS, GroodH in Kverj" f UNEN FOR LADIES Uri'S J ' - : ,j aiwl TRAVELLING DRESSES, HAMBURG EDGINGS, in cvery' gtylo from cents up. LINEN ! i TOWELS ami . CRASH. t inavn r va httit 'iv i.. i 4tKEEPS SHIRTS' and COLLARS.' full line. ; ;'' ... MILES ani ZIEGLEU'S '.' ' " ;. ' '' ' t', - hand .made .Shoes hi every Stylrf firr Ger.tlemeu, Ixulies. Misses and ChH drcn. Also- a large Iftt j of other good and popular makes of Shoes. McC AU LEY'S Is Headquarters for ' BACON, li;AIlD and 3ROCE RIES, CANVASSED SUGAR CURED HAMS on hand all tho time at Bottom Prices 1 N.V C. HAMS and SIDES at lOcts. r GOOD BROWN SUGAR at 10cU( GAR at lowest prices. 1 A,J MKM vjiii.i nmiys wnwim DDIIU ...V IIAIIIUV i.1 I. I FULL LINE OF. ' FISlL N. C. : . ".. . 1 i . i CUt HERRING, MULLETSy BLUE FISH, Ac, BEST CUBA MOLASSES and 1'URE HONEY DRIP SYRUP. ' ! PURECIDER VINEGAR atxl Ay ;.i ,,, : FRESH RICE. A full Stock1 of Fnrnier's Friend Plows, Point? aod Bolts, always on hand,- , . ; j v' : :. M . SWEEDS1 Jlertned ' Rod, Square and Round Iron on hand, of all the differ' ent sizes :it the lowest cash price..- i . COrrtJilt HOES In a 1 Ue latest ami improved styles. ' :l v ' HORSE anu iVIULK HllOiS and f. CUT and FINISHING NAILS ot every sie. - . . . . . 1 . ' GRAIN and GRASS BLADES. M In faet. rrerytbin'j in the Hardware. Line. ' ' ' ..:' ' , " A beautiful line of . LADIES', 31ISSES; juxl CHILDREN TRIMMED and UNtBIMMD ;,' hats. '' . -j1' RIBBONS, RUFFS, CUFFS and COL LARS m every, .Style. A full Line of Gentlemen aid Ladled NECKTIES. Gentleineil ik1 BovV FELT and STRAW HATS, 1 all tle latest ami newest Style?. i ' A full line of Men ami JioysT JiKAVX MADE CLOTHING l prices that cat hot bebcaU i ' UMBRELLAS Wid PARASOI that Koto tHn vll rmm i.-i vtitn fr iLi. lwnl. -.., Mva m,.nov Mvn tn. mcCAIJLEY'S, where you will mid what you want at prices tosuit every- j-nijkmz the public for . the liberal patronage riven me heretofore, X pledge yself m tfae future, as I hare tried xa ao in Lne pnrit frcai everyoay mMia'V. 1 Vnir rorf fill I V. 1 - . D. McCAULEY. Cbapel liill, N. C, May IS, 1878.