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VOL. II. 'GAST0NIA,.GA8T0N"00TO;0M.SATi7EI)A McOSNINMAYltA, 1881. No. 91,
ffpts avr Yovn'sow.
One day a lasy farmer boy
Wm hoeing put the corn,
And moodily had listened long
To heir the dinner horn.
The wolcon.s blast whs heard at last,
And down he dropped hit hoo ;
But the good man shouted in hi ear,
''My boy, boa out your row."
Although a ' hard one' whs the row,
To use a ploughman' phrase,
And thslad, as SHilors have it,
Beginning well to " haze."
" I can.," he said, and manfully
He teized again his hoe
Ad the good man smiled to see
The boy "hoe out his row,"
The lad tha text remembered long,
A nil' uriirt mMOora 1 wbIL,
That perseverance to the end
At List will nobly tell.
Take courage, man 1 reslve you can,
And strike a vigorous blow ;
In life's great field of varied toil,
Always ," hoe out j our row."
IkSur Vounir Folks.
ffot two year old
The darling boy
Pet of the household
And household joy,
Is baby Joe.
'Tis sweet to quote
1 he prattling talk,
And nice to note
. The toddling walk
Uf baby Joe.
?Vbo of his size
That can compare
fn dazzling eyes
"And curly hair ;
! With baby Joe f
'' Who can conipeto v
In cunning plays
Or is more sweet
Jn all his ways,
Than baby Joe ?
With geod night kiss,
lie ends each day
Young as ho is
He kneels to pray,
Lrear baby Joe?
jUTTLE RUTH.
AN OLD MAN'S STORY.
1 Know 1 was a stibh old idiot, now
when I look around me and see the met'
ciet given mi in my helpless old age, feel
ihe warm lore around cie on all sides, and
realize the desolation my own hand reached
forth to grasp; but I wag blind to the
future in those days wheo I so nearly
wrecked all its happiness. '..
This was how it happened : A'ter Mar
tha died my wife, I mean, with whom
forty happy years of my life were spent
and all my children were dead or married,
excepting Ruth, there fell , upon me the
heavy misfolunt that baa chained me t
(bis chair, or my bed, for fifteejn weary
years. I hud been a hard working man all
my life wheelwright by trade wjjli a
large family to rear, to clothe, to feed, to
educate, and, ah me ! one by one to bury
in the old churchyard, till only Mary, Jas.
ftixl Rath, our baby, were left to me. Mary
married, and went with her husband to the
far West. James took his small fortune ol
,a ftw bur J earned dollars, and irft us for
the golden laud of promise, California, and
only little Ruth was left us. Then the
angel of death came for Martha, and only
ix months later I was stricken helpless
tjrith paralysis
I am reconciled now to my hard fate,
and can tit here happily, glad that my
eyesight is still good, my right hand free,
and that I have learned in my old age to
love books, to enjoy reading, and even
writing, as I never did in the hard work
ing days of my youth- put in those first
mouths of helolcsj, when eveo to toss and
turn in my ntrrous lot lore was denied me,
my suffer! gs were simply horrible. No
agony of pain, no torture of flesh or bone,
could equal the dreadful pressure upoo my
Strong limbs, that held them mationiess.
dead, io spite of my i Sorts ito 'more them
one little ioch. I have fainted with the
frightful tflbrtt 1 have made jut to lift
once the feet that had carried rpe miles in
a day with unwearied ease.
But eren io that time of rebellious
murmuring, of bitterest repining, there
waa tome ennsolation. First, there was
the house and five acres of land, my very
own, free of debt or mortgage, and a
small iom in the bank, the interest of
which lifted ut above actual want. Then I
bad Ruth.
She waa just twenty when her mother
died, and others beside In r father thought
her face the lairest one f M miles around
She had the bluest ayet, -like the little
patches ol summer sky, and hair that was
the color of corn silk, and nestled in little
baby curls all orer hr head rebellious
bair, that would never lie straight under
any coaxiug, bot kinked up in tangles
that were tail of sunlight. Her sk o ws
white as milk, wJthBhetke like the heart
ol a blush rote, and her smile showed the
prettiest rows of pearly teeth I in r saw.
She coaxed from me my wicked rr-.
pining by nomine; to tae for directions.
muking me feel that my bead was still
needed to direct the work, though my feel!
would never more carry me orer the door
sill. Then she fitted up for me a lurW
back-room that overlooked most ofthe
farm, ond had Silas, our head man, lift me
up every morning and put m ) in a deep
cushioned chair by the window, where I
could see the burn, the poult ry-y ird. the
well, uod the fi lJ of waiving corn and
wheat. She made me feel myself of im
portance by giving me thus themastery
orer my own - little domain ; and s!ie
brought up herowo meuta to eat with mi
in the mora where my infirmity held roe u
prisoner.
"TTiu mutt understand "fmi R it.h w
to me, or you will never understand the
simple story I i are set myself to teliing
yu. Smc taught me to nee my ligl
hand without rfcr left ; andif you want to
appreciate the tOiculty, tie your left arm
down for one single hour, ai d tiy how of-
tin it will uiiCoiiHciouvly Strain at the cords.
She biought me bx.ka from the village I
brary, and opened to my old eyes an
brum a field of Measure uever before ex
plored. I had read my Bible and the news
paper all my life, but 1 never even knew
th imo.es of bokft,now my greatest treus-
ures, till R'Uh thought " reading would b
company " for me. LUilc ltuth, tven
S'ie d'les not know the world she iitopled
for me in In r lovini; cini lor my lonel
nets. .' '.'
Wlieu the wa3 busy about her houdf
work, ber baking, her wushing and ironing
she left all 'lie doors standing open, that
mi It i fcliil hear her cheery voice as she
sany or talked to me Tli n when all her
work wasdoiie, thu could put a .clean
white apron ovor her blacK drtst, asd si
clote beside me, Btitcui iif busily on the
household linen, while I read aloud what
ever pleased me in my morning studies.
She devistd little dainty dishes to tempt
me to eat : she put suuceM of fl we s on
my table, that 1 might cheat tmeelf ini
fdocymg I was out doors, at tbiir jn-rfunie
crept out on the air i she assured me, pet
ted me, lovtd me, till even my misfortunes
seemed blessings drawing ut nearer togeth
er.
And when she was all the world to me,
all iliac auved me from misery, J olio
Hajes asked me to give bim Ruth for
his wife. I could hare struck him dead
when be sto.td be ore me, a young giant
in strength, with bis handsome sun-burnt
face glowing with health, and wanted to
take away my one blessing, my ouly borne
child.
f I will be a true too to yon, Mr. Mar
tin, be said, earnestly. " I will never
take Ruth from here ; but let me come and
share her life, and lift some of the burdens
from her shoulders.
I laughed bitterly. I knew well what
stich sharing would be when Ruth had a
husband, and perhaps children, to take her
time and h r lore from me. But I waa not
harsh. I did not turn tbU suitor from my
house, und bid bim never speak to Ruth
again, much as I longed to do it I worked
cautiously. I let him go from me to Ruth
and when he left her and she CHiie to me,
all rosy bluHhes, to tell me. with drooping
Hps and moist eyes, of her new happiness. Jf
worked npou her love and i er sense of du
ty till she believed herwlf a mnnstei of fln
gruteful wickedness to think of leaving me
or taking any divided duty upoo ber
hands.
I wept, asked her if she could face her
dead mother after deserting ber helpless
father. I pointed out. to her the unceasing
round of wifely duty that would keep, her
from my sid', and proved to her that the
duties of wife and child must clash, if un
dertaken under such circumstances as were
proposed.
The loving', tender heart yieldedto me
and John was tearfully dismissed. Throne b
the w; rm autumn months when, ihe corn
ipened and garnered when our crops
were ble d and the little bank fund was
increased by the prire of the farm produce
Ruth grew very quiet and subdued. She
was not sad, having always a cheery wo'd
and a pleasant smile for me ; hut the pret
ty rwe tint left htr roun I cheeks, an I I
no longer heard her ringing at her work.
When I read the best pxget in my books
to her, I would see her eyes fixed dreamily
on some far-awty thought, her work Iving
idle, till the wok with a start at my fret
ful questions.
For I grew fretful and trying in those
TS' I wanted her ( f'T "P woman's
rarest hopes and sweetest aff at ions, and
be the same sunshiny Ruth she wan before
my hand tore away her love dream. I
wanted her to put away all ihe loving
tender ties of wifehood and motherhood,
and past ber life in devotion at the arm
chair of a paraljxrd old man. And when
the completed, with gemle, touching kuh
mUho, then I wanted her to be thelright
bsppy girl, aho had resigned nothing and
who ciuld unrte tweet girlish farcies, with
John for a hero. An unreasonable old
tryant, wasn't It
The winter curoo in early that year, and
before Christmas everything was fren up
light, and the caid wus intense. V.'e piled
up coal in tie tiovcs. lifted doort and
windows that is, Ruth did the work, and
I ei j yed the result ; but tin re came one
cold day on Friduy when it teemed no
coals, no listing, could coi qiw the cold.
Children fr z- on the way to school that
day, and were found, stifTard stalk, lean
ing against the fe. ce.J. , Food froze on the
tables. Ask at jbody in Maine if they
remember that bluck Friduy, and see if
some mothers' eyes wi: not fill as they
think of the. little, scarlet-hooded fixures
brought .to their, doors, white and 'rigid,
that had lifted rosy, round checks for a
kiss only a few hours beforp.
On this cold Friduy, Ruth hurried
through h'T work in the morning, making
my room the warmest pUce in the hou-,
covering my orm-chair with tuft woolens,
and moving it near the stove. I would
have It face the window, for my gjimps
of outdoor life was too precious to resign
but I was not, as U8ul, near it, for Ruth
said there ii.ight be a draught.
When nil was done indoors, I saw from
my chair Roth, with a scarlet el. uk und
hood thrown over her, eoing to the well
wiih an cnip'y bucket. She stepped along
quickly over the hard, fnz n ground, and
I w:is admiriitg t he trim little feet and
the dainty figure, when I caw her slide to
He two steps that were above the well
walls and (all. She bad slipped, and she
luy doubled up between the two wooden
steps and the rouyh sides of the well, as if
die couM not rwe. Two or three times
her Imiidd clutched the lower ttej?, and she
raiwd herself ball' way up, only to full
back again, at if ber limbs would not sup
port her.
not wit till she is well, Mr. Martin. Let
me hsvt Ruth for4ray wile now, to-day."
"With a brokeo;leg, sick, helpltsa ?"
Does ehe not., need me the more ?
Give her to me now"
Hut he had to wait until the bans were
called in church three tiim9, though he
came to us that ly, caring for me with the
tenderness ol a son, while his mother nursed
Ruth. 3'he.y were alone together. 'as we
were, and they hud tthut up their liouse
at.d come to live wiih us, r.eer to leave
agaii. For one morning, propped npwiili
pidows, R'lih wusdresjed in white by Mrs
ITaeg, Di d we had a wedding in the little
room. My chair was moved in, and the
neighbors came lr.m far a' id n ar to bear
the solemn word-i that "made Jot;n and
Ruib man and wife,
And happiness has shed is true light
upon our hmne ever since
"Into tho Jaws of Death."
Two Famnun Chargr-The Grand At-
sault at Grttynburg.
And I eoold only look on, powerless to
move to aid her. Oh, the agony of-it!
n . , . . . .
io Know sne was titirt, unuoie to rise, am
I helpless as a og. I screamed and called
for help. Silas waa somewbe. e, I .could
not tell where, and I called loud'y for him
I cojild see, after a time, that Ruth, after
her frantic struggled, was growing drowsy
ilb tbe death sleep of, cold. The scarlet
hood drooped more and more, till it rested
against ihe wellside, and t!e blue veined
lids closed orer her eyes. The sight called
from me such a cry of agony as I thought
must be heard for miles.
It was heard. A moment Inter John
Hayes, panting and eager-eyed, burst open
door.
''I heard you
She is
"What is ii?" he cried
calling on tbe road."
Ruth! RothI" I screamed
freezing to death by the well."
He stopped to hear no more. Out up.
on the hard, slippery ground, down tbe
steps with swift, rapid strides, und theo
saw him stoop and lift the little scarlet
cjoaked figure in his strong arms and
come swiftly back, bending his face down
over the senseless one on lug arm, whil
hot tears ruined down his brown cheeks.
lie put her on a lounge near my chair, and
then dashed out for snow.
'Rub her, rub bei!" be said. "I am go-
ig for a doctor and for my mother."
Before it seemed possible he could bare
crossed the lota to his home, his mother
ivus with me, and lif'fd Ruth away from
the fire to the txd. The doctor came, and
the two waked till my lieart sank witb ut
ter hopelessness before the blue eves opened
aiiiin, or tho breath fluttered through the
ale lips.
But it dul at last, and John joined me
in a fervent "Thank God!"
Bui Ruth had br ken her leg. and we
knew hhe niusi lie helpless for many weeks
liefore she could be our own active, br.ight
irl nguin. Jt was an appalling truth for
me to face, but she was not dead, not lying
fr B.'ii ugainst the rough well curb, and I
could not but ftel thankfulness far, far
above the pain of knowing her suffering.
was trying to settle it all in my mind(
in und rtitand the doctor's words, while
Mrs. Hayes and the doctor lilted Ruth to
her own toora, that opened into mine
1'l.ev were away a long time, and John
sat b side me, holding my band ie Ins and
comforting me us if I bad not taken tbe
very t'ope of his li'e lr"" him.
" f)on.'t grieve to," he said, gently.
' She will live."
'Thank to you." I. said, "Oh, John,
if she gets well, she is yours. Give her
your st n 'He arm for life, John, instead of
my hi Iplesanese. I see to-day where my
St 1 Gah love bus nearly cost her life."
Do you mean that T" John asked, with
a little trembling in bis voice ; "do yoa
really mean that f"
'1 do, Indeed. Let her ttay here, John,
I will not be a burden on your purse, f r
the hase and farm an I a. 1 1 have tared
are Ruth's; bot let ber giro me wrtt
lime and love ha can spare from you."
midly," be aoawerew ; "-cut we will
dipt. II. T. Ow. n In Philadelphia Time..
The c mmuml low came along the line,
' Front, forward !" and the column resumed
its direction atraiiiot down upon the centre
i f the enemy s petition. I he destruction ol
life in that udvancing hret wus frarlul be
yond pn cedent, Dicers going down bi
d Eo8 and the men by teres Hntl fillies.
Kemper, bus gone down terribly mangled,
but (iarn. tt suit towend unhurt, and rode
up aid down the 'front line, sayiiiir in a
Hirong calm voice : " Faster, men! luster!
fCl"Ae up and sup ouV luster, but don't
double quick !"
Toe atone fence was carried without a
Struggle, the infantry and iherkirmitih line
swept away before the division like trfleb
beforn Ihe hronm Two-thirds of the dis
a'tee was bt hind and the one hundred can
nons iu the rear were dumb nd did not ri
plv to the holly worked guns in onr I'ront,
We were now lour hundred jard fiom the
ftiot ol Ctmeterr Hill, when away iff to
(he right, nearly half a mile, there appeared
jo the open fi Id a line ol men t righr
angles with nur own. p long, daik mass,
dnssed in blue, and, coming down at a
"diiuble quick'- upon the unprotected
r'ght flunk ot Pickett's men, with their
.nuskets " upon the right shoulder shilt,''
their bailie flags duncing and fluttering in
th"brei created by 'heir own rapid mo
tion, and their burnished buyot ets alisten
ing in the sun above their head like twigs
covered with sheets of sparkling ice when
..el'jjUeii by a blust. Garnell galloped atonic
the line saying : 'Faster.-'' men I faster!"
and the Irot.t line broke forward in double
quick. Save your wind und your umtnuni
Mou for the hiial charge J and then went
down anionic the dead, and his clarion voice
was no more heard above the roar (if bat
tle. ''"
The enemy were now seen strengthening
their lines where the blow was expected to
strike by hurrying up reserves Irom the
naht arid lelt, the columns Irom opposite
directions pa-sing each double along our
front like the fineis of a man's two bamls
locking together. The distance had again
!htirieued, and nffioers in tbe enemy's lines
could be distinguished by th ir uniforms
from the privates. Then wa9 heaid behind
that heavy tnud ol a muffliil tread of arm
ed men. that roar and ru-h of tramping
leel as Armirlead's column from the rear
closed up behind the front line and he (the
last Brigadier) took command, stepped out
in front with his hat opiilted on the point
nl" iiia rwoid ami led tbe division, now our
ranks deep, rapidly and grandly across thet
valley ol deuih, covered witu ciover as soil
as a I'urkish carpet.
There it was again, and again ! A sound
Giliug the air above, below, around us, lik,
the blust ihrougli the top of u dry cedar,
or tbe whirring s ut d mud' by the sudden
flight of a fl ck of quail, U was grape bud
canister, and the coiunin broke forward in
to a doub e quicK. and robbed toward tbe
sioue wall where forty cannon were belch
ing forth grape and Canister twice and
thrice a minute. A hundnd yards from the
stone wall the flaukiog party ou tbe rk'ht.
coming down on a heuvy run hallid within
fifty jards and poute l a deadly siorm of
musket balls into Pickett's men double
quicking ucioss tbeir front, and under this
leinble cross fire the men ret led and stui:-
eertd betweeu l.dlioir comradis, and the
right cume pressing down up .n the centre,
crowding Hid compubies into confusion.
But u!l knew the purpose to carry tbe
heights in trout, and Hit! mingled muss.
iTum filteeu to thirty de p, ruslnd touard
the Eloue wall, while a lew hundred men,
without order, fuctil to the rtjiht and
luuybt tbe flunking purtv there, although
tiny to one, and for a time held them at
buy. Muskets were wen crossed as some
nun fired to tbe ribt and others to the
trout aud the fighting was t-rrtSc far be
yond all oilier experience even ! f ickett s
men, whu lor ouce raised no cheer, while
ie weikiu rang around -tiitm-.w it Ii the
" Union trippie huzza " The old veterans
saw the fearful odds against Hum and
oilier bostt gathering darker and deep r
Still. " - .
The time was too piecious, too serious
lor a fleer; ihey uck!el down to ihe
heavy tak in silence, and fought kiiIi a
feeling like despair. The em my were lul ing
buck iu front, while Tffi-eia weie teen
am ng iheir breoking l ug striving to
inan.taiii iht ir ground, l'.ckt it's meu were
wi Lio a few let I or the stone wall when
the artillery de lived their last fire Imuj
gona shotted to the muzzle a bl.-x ' fifty
leet long went through the cnarging.
urging host with a g -ping rent to the rer,
but trie mrvivor mounted ihe wail, then
over and onward, rushed up tbe bill close
after the gunu rs, who waeu tbeir ramruent
in tbe luce or PK-keti's in. n and tent up a
clieer at if they left adiu.tioo lor the gal
liot charge. On awept tbe odumn over
grvuud curercd with i-ead aud dyiu; men.
where fhe earth seemed to le on fire, the
sm'.ke dense and suffocating, the sun shot
out fltmes blitzimr on every side, friends
caild hardly be distinguished from foe, but
tre division., in the shape of an invented
V,with the point .flattened, pushing
fcoward, fiiihiing, fulling and m.iing awav,
till half way op the hill they werv met by
powcrlul Ondy ol fresh troops charging
iown upon them, and this remnant of
ubout a thousand men was hurled back out
into the clover field.
Bruvt Armistead was down among (he
enemy'.s gut s, m trial ly wounded, bat was
lasi seen leaning upon one elbow, slashing
at the tunnt rs to prevent them from firing
at his.reireaiin mrn. Out iu Iront of trie
bieugiwo.ks the men showed a d sposition
to reform for auotl er charge, aud an i fficer
looking at the frowning t heights, with
blood trickling . down the tide of his face,
h quired of another, " VVhut shall we do V
Tut1 an8er wit."1'!! we yet-reinlorcemeiits
s. km we can take that hill yet." But no
reiiilorcenietit8 c me, none were insight
a d ubout a ibousaoJ men ,13 d to the rear
over tieud aul woundtul, mantiled.groaniDg,
dying man, sc..tu red thick, .far and wide,
wmle snot and shell tore ap the earth, and
niiiime balls fit w around them for more
ibau a thousand yards.
BILL ARP
Expreitti Hit View on the Education
Question.
Atlanta Constitution.
Is there any politic going on anything
exc pt spoil. ?. 14 there any mnmeutus is
sue before the country that we must take
sides upon anything higher than Gorham
am) Spizeriuklum gilting an office? Is it a
sign of brilliant 8tatesman,'hip lor ona party
tn outset another party, and was that why
the Kngltsli par'ament was once culied the
rump pnrlament because it set a long time
and dune nothing ? Is our party committed
to educating the negro, nr are we just
diu'g-inst i' to the rads bt cause they pr. m
iseil so much and done so little? I just
want to be posted. I'm afraid my own edu
cation is a little defective tin this p rint. 1
reckon I'm one of ihe twiVa that was bent
and tlietree is now inclined from a propper
perpendicular upon the subject of educa
tion. Mr. P pe said a little learning is a
dangerous thing. I don't know so well
bout that, hut I am very certain that a
good deal of it is no advantage to the major
ity ol people. It spoils loo many hew.fs of
wood aud drawers uf water, and don't make
anything, eke of em. If everybody wus
rich, und could live like a geutlenrin a
power of learning would be a good thing,
but m ft people have to work fur a living,
aud a little is just as good a a good deal
to tliem. II a chap has an uncomm'n
quantity of bruins in his noggin and wants
mine leainin , he will be apt. to get it
some way . I( he has just a common supplv,
all be nerds is a conmon education, and if
ne namt goi tiardiy any. then there s no
use in straining his gun. The country
needs laborers ; the farms need 'em, and
so does the shop ; but the farm nor the
shop wou t get em Irom the colleges.
Abuut one out of ten who graduates, be
comes an ornament '.to. the law or the
gospel, or some profession, and the other
ninj .expect, some profession to ornament
them. When u young nun has studied logic
aud rhetoric aud syllogisms and outer
conui drums, be thinks it would be a waste
of sweetness lor bun to work work with
iiis bunds, his pretty white hands, lie jnat
couldn't think of such a thing ; the v. ry
idea is preposterous. lie must do br.iin
work, and so he finds his way into tome
lawyer's ofhve or doctor's shop,
or tuns c.'un'ry editor aud goes to
abusing s m ti.ny. ir rurs tor a little
County t Hi. 'e. or Imifs ar. utid t iwn fti'.d
gns a iiviny nobody knows h -w ; and his
last h pe is to -i. vi.gie s me sol'1-bej.' ted
girl w ho has great expectations, and then
live i ff of the old man's money. Every
body's children ought to be taught to read
and o 6g4cr a lime ; and I'm willing to
be taxed tor that, but if tney get any more
let 'em get it out ot omebody else's pocket
thuu mine. I urn oppnSed to spoiling so
nan v good snhp'cts tor the plow uxd the
plane and the anvil, bill u Burritt was a
gnat astronomer and lie was a blacksmith
aud studied ut the I rge, uud it may be
that it lie had guo.- to c 'ilee he wouldn't
have been any ucc unt. There's more in
the boy thuii Ttie're is in the college. In
ineSc days of cie wp books any boy or girl
Can gel mi education if tiiey waul it, but
my observation is that n il more than one
to ten want an unusual quantity. It the
family lakes a good newsj aper and has a
Uible and a few story boons iu tbe bou.ee
and the ctiilureu do an honest day's work
they'll gel along abnul as well as tue collects
bos in the long run und do us iu icti good
in lite world. It's bad enough to be spoiling
so uiuny white boys, but wiien you talk
ubout negroes it's still worse. My opioiou
is that iheir natural condition and incliuu
uou is work lubor saeal -elbow grease;
and ihey are IK-Ver so happy und conleuted
as when liny are ut n, and every. lime
you educate one you spoil him; you make
a fool of him, and I've no sympa hy with
that hubby that some of -our stutesur n
are riding tbe education of the lie ro;
an i i: tiiui is to be a jiluuk lu our
platform I wn t sialyl un it iu my present
iranie ol mji.d. I dou I oppose any ui.m
giving Ins own children j.isi as mucn learn.
Ing as lie CUU utl 'id, ana I'll do tn sauie
tiling ty luiue, but may Ue both ol us will be
iliappuiu'td in our IKCialiiu end both
will spoil a mo good inec anlcJ, but I'm
oppoMrd to a geucrul S)S.em ut educatiu
nic luukuts at public U peruse, except SJ lar
s tut simple rudiiiienU are concerned.
Lay Ibe luUudaliou aud t op. I tell Oti
mis r nmt geueiadou are puweilul slnliy.
Tney can invent rnoie way to d le work
tuau uuy ol tlicir predecessors. A Lice
looking mau came iosee me tbe other day
wtiile 1 was way u. wu io Ihe held plautu g
watermelons ud lie was r.diug a apletdid
horse aud had a book full of elegant fijsrert
and roses, aud itxa aud gerangers, and 1
lolj hiui uo, I dtdeut waul auy, aud be
kept onhowing his pictures andexpa-
tmtin' till 'I got tired and told him Wferal
times! dident want any and finally be
showed me a picture of a new lily they had
imported from the island of Madagasker,
and you could smell it forty yards off band
and said they rial ly ouhteM to sell any or
'em ibis year for fear of diminishing
tbeir limited stock, but at it waa
me he would let me have ha If ados
en at a dollar a bulh. But I told him I sym
pathized with his company and thought it
would be imprudent for them to dispose of
any this year and advised him to wait.
When he got ready to depart he asked me
jf I bad any objections to his calling on Mrs.
Arp and getting an order from her if be
could. "Noiie whatever," said I as ha
started off, quite jubilant and hilarious.
"Maybe she will take a few of those Mada
gaskur lilies if you are certain your company
could spare them." Mrs. Arp don't play
second fiddle to me about such feminjna
things as flowers, but I know'.thit) sHf
knew tbe state of the exchecker, and .was a
considerate woman, and I waichttj the'door
to see bow long she entertained, thafyoung
man, and it didn't take her half so long at
it did me to convince him she wasn't run
Ding on blossoms at this time. She told
him that those same Madagaskar lilies
were growing wild down in our swamp,
and she wis glad she had found the true
name for them, and she would liare to en
gage 500 bulbs to the-coinpany at twenty
tivo cents apiece. Well, you see that
yonog m:m bad a little too much educa
tion. That's what's the matter. The like
liest young darkey I had got a little cheap
education after tbe surrender and the first
use he made of it was to forge an order on
his employer and jump into the chain
gang. I suppose the people of New Eng
land have got more .education' than any
body but they are uo better that one can
perceive and all the isms came from up
ibere and I never think of em but what I
remember what Mr. Pope said about
Lird Bacon, ' the isest, brightest mean
est, of mankind." Congress has got more
smart men than any place, I reckon, but if
I was bunting for honest men I would
cruise roun" outside awhile before I went
in, and if I was hunting pa'riots wbo
thought it was sweet to die for their couc
try I wouldn't go in at all. The best peo
ple I know of an i the most reliable in time
of trouble are living an humble life and
making no noise in the world and they are
not surfeited with education either. Maybe
I've not got toous'b to understand tbe
q iesiion or huvegot too much for my ca
pacity, but somehow or other I thiuk peo
ple are getting a little too smart, and I
reckon we had better not encourage too
much book laruin' for Solomon says that
much study is a weariuess to ihe flesh "
Yours, Bill Arp.
THE SLANDERER.
Slander should be branded as a crime ;
it is more than a fault. It produces some
thing worse than disease, for it can be
checked by no skill and can be reached by
no medicine. Iljppiness flies from thj
household before tbe breath of the slan
derer, and it is iu bis power to snatch tho
very bread out of "the mouths of hungry
children, and turn the entire family out of
doors. Of all the faults which taint and
tarnish human nature, this reveals the very
worst phase of spontaneous malice and
wickedness. We can look with charity
upon the deeds of a m m who h occasion
ally svept away by hit pas.-ions. We cn
find a kindly spot iu our heart for the
killer who, maddened by a protracted prov
ocation, strikes the murdrroas blow, we can
pity the unhappy drunkard, w can almost
excuse the thief who has been driven by
the hunger wolf to appropriate the goods
uf his neighbor for life is sweet; but ran
sack, as we may, our whole mascots of
charity, and we cannot Gud a solitary
patch or rag wherewith to shade a solitary '
spot of the moral loathsomeness of the
slanderer. He has a bad heart. His malig
nant spirit rej 'iws iu the misery of others.
Sometimes, . however, the habit in the
ma iguaut slanderer is so established that
it does something to cure it-elf. We once
knew a man of this s rt, and we nude up
our minds to believe particularly well of
all tbe men he particularly slandered. Uf
all the malicious backbiters, he is generally
the worst who hag once been of respectable
position and association, and who, through
bis own loss of manhood, has fallen from
his high estate. It gives bim pain to see
any man 8. ill retaining the respect and
houorable position from which he has fall,
en ; and so he rents his -p'een upon all wbo
are better than himself. But until a slan
derer is ranked among thieves and robbers,
and shunned by his neighbors, there is, uu
happily, no cure for the evil.
Some arc born rich, some achieve riches
aud sonic have riches thrust upon them.
John Buckne, ot Chicago, formerly
waiter, but who receully lost his place,
ant was reduced to such want that hit
wile deserted hiui and entered upon a life
ot rhaine, and be bitnself was obliged to
beg, yesterday received uews of tbe death
of a relative iu Mdwaukee, w lien; by he
comes into possession of a fortune ol $.100,
000. He appeal t to have only one regret,
tbat bit wife has placed hersell beyond ba
possibility of snaring iu his goo i fortune.
Dr. McCoah makes the itatement, that
of over 1,000 student wbo bare graduated
under his care from Princeton college, only
four were sceptics, and three of these are
now preachers.
Dr. McKay, of Canton, Mis?, ships
strawberries to Chicago.