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Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25
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PIiILosorHIcAL EXPECTS OF sTisULANrs.
"A love Of temporary excitement, as has
been said, is tho prime cause Of indulgence
In intoxicating liquors; and as this excite
menl promotes n flow Of friendly feel
ings, the practice Of drinking has become
|engrafled for ages on tho social usagos of
the country. Tho appetite for indulgence
in alcoholic liquors, i may be observed,
ii-ss always small beginnings. Tho tasto
is not na;aral but acquired. When once
begun, however, it Is difficult to stop. A
given quantity Of any intoxicant, which at
first produces a given effect, by repetition
loses its power to produce that effcct.-.-
The reason is obvious. The agent ex-
hausts the vitality OF the senticnt fibre,
and thus alters the relation between tho
tissue and the stimulant, on which The Of
feet depends. The uneasy feelings Of cx-
hausted sensibility are extremely DISTRESS
ing, and call imperiously for relief. Tho
uncasincss can only be removed, and tho
pleasure again experienced, by increasing
the quantity Of the stimulant, to the OK
hausted tissue; thus by a natural physical
law, these agents tend 10 create q false
appetite; and thus il the drunkard Or tho
opium-eatcr compelled 10 seek, in fresh
excess, relief from imperfect excite
ment; and thus do the wrctchcd victims Of
ignorance become the slaves Of artificial
habits and appeliies--habits which in.
crcasein power with everyrepotition--an
appetiles which are necessarily insatiaie,
since they "grow with what they feed up
on" A habiIual love Of stinulants thus
becomes blind and ungoyornable inn
pulsc--the desire possessing all the char
acter Of an unconquerable passion; he
who is under It can scarcely be called
rational being. Knowing, perhups, that
what he does is wrong, he still does it,
The man In this state Of hallucination,
whatever be his errors, Is less an object
for prison than lunatic ASYLUM.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

The Boston Traveller reports tho fol.
lowing new and beautiful theory touching
the composition of the animal man:
" Professor Bronson stated in bis conclu-
ding lecture last week, that IL drop Or
human blood be subjected 10 examination
by the oxyhydrogen microscope, and mag
nilied some twenty millions Of times, oil
thc species Of animals now existing on tho
earIb, or that have existed during The dii-
ierent stages Of creation, for millions Of
years past, win there be- discovered In
The blood Of healthy person all tho ami.
malculn are quiet and peaccable; but in
The blood Of diseased person they arc
furious, raging and preying upon each
other. Thin he stated In illustration of
biz position, thai man contains within him
self all the principles Of The universe.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

New ENGLAND ScnooLs.--A writer in
a Southern paper, thus describes the Free
Schools Of New England:
"The poorest boy in the free schools
feels as high and as proud as the son Of
the richest. "You do not mean" eaid
Governor Barbour Of Virginia, after visit
I ing them, 'sihat these schools are free! Pr
"indeed d." said the committee man.
"You remember the boy that get the me-
dial in The class we have Just exaniin
ed, and the boy chat lost il? The FIRST is
the son Of that woodsawyer there (point-
ing % d man who was saving wood in the
street,) and the second is the son Of John
Quincy Adams, the President Of the u.
lS." The Vrginian started in astonish-
ment az . spectacle like this, and no long
er wondered 81 the prosperity Of New
England"
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25
JEALOUSY.



have thy love--I know no fear
Of that divine possession;
Yet draw more close, and thou shalt hear
A jealous hearts confession.
! nurse no pang lest fairer youth,
Or loftier hopes, should win thee;
There blows no wind to chill the truth
Whose amaranth blooms within thee.
Unworthy thee II could grow;
The love that ured thee perished--
Thy woman-heart could meier forego
The earliest dream ii cherished.
do not say that doubt and love
Are one--whato'er they tell Us;
Nay nay, lift not thy looks absve,
A star can make me jealous.
II thou art mine--all mine at last,
coyet so the treasure,
Each glance that thou dost elsewhere cast
Deprives me OF a pleasure.
am so much a miser grown,
That could wish to hide thee,
Where never breath but mine alone
Should drink delight beside thee;
Thep say not with that soothing air,
l pave no rivals near thee;
The sunbeam lingering in thy hair,
The breeze that trembles by thee,
The very herbs beneath thy feet,
The rose whose odors woo thee,
Rivals in all things he must meet,
Who would be all things to thee.
If sunlight from the dial be
But for one moment banished,
Turn TO the silenced plate and see,
The hours ,themselves, are vanished.
In aught, that from me lures thine eyes,
My jealousy has trial;
The lightest clouds that cross the skies,
Have darkness for the dial
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25
Mas. cAUDLE's CURTAIN LECTURES

Caudle Expresses a tcish that one Of his
lille responsibilities had been a Male
Mr.. Caudle, the Judgment Of beaver
will fall on you. should not be surprised
if you were to be struck down. Finding
fault with the order of naiure--and 70
pining at the blessings that are thrown in,
10 your lap. ! wonder what you won'
say next. Wishing one Of our darling
girls was changed into a boy! Caudle,
you'll be punished for this. There might
as W. be no punishments, If man is
not made to feel them after such horri.
Bile wish!
What are you fighting and swearing nj
that rate with' O, bed bugs II is mol SO
CaudIe, II is only trick TO stop me from
saying word. | cannot speak word
after come 10 bed, but there is shirt
button, pudding, or bed.bug thrown in
to my face. You may lay and talk, and
find fault, and scod--but as soon as your
slave of q wife says word, she's insuIed
with fling about bys-5ugs, or told to stop
her everlasting tongue. And this Is the
treatment ! received, after shaving myself
to boil nice pudding for your dinner!--
Il wasn't half done do you say? Oh,
Candle, if you don't come TO poverty, and
know what il is to want monthful Of
dinner, there is an end of Understanding
Up your nose at lovely, nice pudding,
thai tired your poor wife almost 10 death
10 cook!
And SO you want a fussy, noisy tyke Of
boy about the house, instead Of one Of
our pretty little lady Caudle's. And I
shouldn't be surprised to hear that you had
mentioned it at that precious club Of yours
and the fellows there patied you on the
back, and told you that you ought to stand
up 10 your rights. shouldn't wonder il
that Prettyman went home and told his
wife Of it, and had hearty laugh al your
making q fool Of yourself. She's got q
house full Of noisy, dirty boys, aad mighty
proud she is Of them. Let me catch her
laughing at me because my boys are all
girls! Let me catch her, that's all. She
wouldn't desire 10 laugh but once--only
once!
"A boy in the house! First tearing this,
then breaking that; now pulling the CATS
tail--then brought home kicked by d
horsel When old enough to see about for
himself, running away from schooI--or
going of % sea! Perhaps when man,
joining cIub--indeed know he would
il he took after bis faiherI Cauilc, ! was
not prepared for this treatment. have
been ill-treated, laughed al, swore ii, and
told 10 hold my tongue, before had spok.
en- scarce word---buf il remained for this
nights work 10 finish my tfials, Boys and
bed-hugs flung at me, as thought | was a
brute beasti | shall NOT survive such treat
ment iong--there's some comfort in That
| shall die, or 70 home 70 mother, and
YOU will be left 70 find fault and scoId to
yourself. Dent tel me that you was on
" in fun. Fun, indeed! Ii has come 10
pretty pass, when you acknowledge you
arc making Fun IA your wife. Caadle,
you tell story. People don't come to
bed % make fun What do they come lori
They come b behave like Christian peo-
ples Not 70 twit Of bed hugs and then
cry fun. Theirs isn'S a bog ID ihs bed
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

but there Is brute in it--a brute. sir,---
that has wife with the temper Of lamb
"a pattern Of paticnce--that Is put upon
every day she lives, BY her husband, be.
cause he knows her angel temper win not
rosist--who seldom opens her mouth, and
when she does, there's nothing but pud-
dings. or skylarks, or boys, or bed-bugs
thrown inioit! Don't tell mo never spoke
in my lite--ihat Pm dumb! Oh, Caudle,
il i were possible thing, ] should be Out
oil temper. This treatment is horrible!---
Never spoke a word There's one word
! wish never had spoke TO you, sir! r.
When you came bowling and bending, and
pleading, with your hat in your hand, and
your hypocritical smiles, and boseeched
me 10 make you SO unspeakably happy as
to become Mrs. Caude, was fool enough
then to speak word that set you dancing
about the room like great fool as you are.
The most unfortunate word ever said
was yes, TO your impudence! and sorry
enough | am for il. What business had
you to come around dear mothers house,
and beg me to 60 walking with you, and
wheedling me with your nonsense2
Oh, you're not asleep, then. What did
you say, Mr.. CaudIe2 You wish had
SAID no! Caudle, cannot endure this!--
can't. If | were not patient Chris
tan, should die under the burden!
suppose when you get through al that
Club Of yours. you tell those pretty fel-
lows there that you'll 60 home and make
fun Of your wile--or catch a bed.bugl--
0 that should ever live TO be made fun
of. Don't tell me! I've no doubt you
say so. You talk all the time, and can't
hordly speak word for myself. But the
time will soon come, Caudle, when YOU
viii not have your poor Margaret 10 find
fault With, and make fun Of. feel it
coming on. Caudle, ] lam breaking down.
You may laugh and kick round, but you'll
find it so. amt stock nor stone!--
Done the best could, as ! have, and then
be twitled because we have no boys among
our little ones--as though that Was my
fanlt--as though my Clementina, and Ara
bella, and Araminta, and Zuabella, and
Sophiama, and Angelica, are not better
than all the noisy, hallowing boys in the
kingdom. Oh, Caude, you are cold
Misunderstanding neutrality-suspicious.
hearsed--angeI.
AZ this time, says Caudle's MS, my
wife's tongue res.ed--and soon after !
fell into troubled sIeep--in which saw
visions Of dirty-iaced boys---Mrs. CaudIe
in fts--and thought bed-bug as large as
AN elephant rested on my breast
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25
M fsrrIIa mp.
HOW THE MOUNTAIN BLACKSMITH
WAS CONVERTED,


The scene is laid in the mountainous re-
gons of Georgia. Mr.. Forgeron, black
smith, had great antipathy against all
minister's, and Methodist ministers espe-
cialy. His shop was in a narrow noun
tain pass, and he declared his determine
ton TO whip every Methodist preacher
that passed his shop. This threat he had
so often executed, that the circuit was
dreaded by the preachers, and it was with
some difficulty that one was found TO fill it.
The Rev. Mr.. Stubbleworih, however,
readily consented to go there, and the fol-
lowing describes his first ride through the
mountains:
Forgeron had heard of his new victim,
and rejoiced that his size and appearance
iurnishedn better subject for his vengeance
than the attenuated frame of the late par
son. Oh, what nice beaIing he would
have! He had heard, too, that some Me-
thodist ministers were rather spirited, and
hoped that this one might prove SO, that
he might provoke him to fight. Knowing
that the clergyman must pass On Saturday
in the afternoon, he gave his striker hol-
day, and reclining on bench, RECALLED him.
self ON the beauties Of Tom Paine, await
ing the approach Of the preacher.
II was not over an hour before he heard
the words,
How happy are they who their Saviour obey,
And have laid up their treasure aboye,n
sung in full, clear voice; and soon the
vocalist, turning the angle Of the rock,
rode up, with contented smile on his face.
How are you, old slabsidesi Get off
Of your horse, and join in my Devotion
said the blacksmith.
81 have many miles to ride" answer
ed the preacher, sand havn't time my
friend; iii call as ! return"
"Your name is Stubbleworth, and you
are the trifling hypocrite the Meihodists
have sent here to preach, eh?"
1My name is Stubbleworth," he repli-
ed, meekly.
Didn't you know my name was Ned
Forgeron, the blacksmith, what whips eye-
~ Methodist preacher that goes through
this CAPT" was asked with an audacioes
looks and how dare you como here ~
The preacher replied, that he had heard
Forgeron's name, but presumed he didnot
MODEST wen behaved travellers.
"You presume So! Yes, you are Che
most presumpiuous people, you Methodists,
that ever tfod shoe leather, any how
wen, what'll you do, you beefheaded dis
cipie YOU"
Mr. Stubbleworth proiessed his willing
ness y DO any thing reasonable 70 avoid
sucn Rennnce.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

A young poet Of Cleveland, Ohio, has
fallen in love It's second time. II may DO
true that .'t,ue love never did run smooth"
but il can't be said Of nis poetry
owanst iIsivd \ iuther gill
Hur name il was nurfier
but betsey deer my l'ig fof u
is As times more higher.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

DR.. Foster, Of Findrassic, near EIgin,
produced l04 bushels Of chevalicr barley
IRON single acre, by the application of
electricity. The cost or tho electric Up.
paratus was f2 per acre, and il win last
for twenty years. ..,el
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

BEAuTIFUL EXTRACT. 81 pity The
Printer" said Trim, laying down the paper
"He's a poor devil" quoth my Uncle
Toby.
"Is il not wrong" continued the Corpo
ral--Gthat they, to whose trying iabors the
world owes SO much, are SO seldom reward
ed here for the benefit conferred on man.
kindT'
III is a did bad world,' hastily 70.
joined my Uncle Toby.
+" How rare il is that we see rich prin.
ter said corporal Trim, doprecaingly.
There is another and a better world;''
calculated Uncle Toby, with solemniiy.
elbow often they are cruelty cheated--
and their hard earned dues withheld from
them, even by those who are we'll able 10
pay up' promptly, feelingly pursued The
corporal.
"Thou art a good naturod fellow, Trim
said my uncle Toby reckoning, and ners.
ously ,witching at the silver clasp of his
wallet. 81 see thy drifi---take this 10 the
prinier--pay up for the las. volume, and
my subscription in advance for this.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

PAYING DEBrs. -- Who that has had tie
least experience but will acknowledge
this irith-~that one Of the most dcfesIa-
bic failings IN man, is tho alackness 10
paying small biIsa The man who puts
Off the payment Of a bill which he &C.
knowledgcs 10 Be honestly due. when Ne
has the mes.ls % pay, justly deserves 70 b
sued. Collecting small dues ID an enorn-
Gus tax upon industrious men, whose time,
is money. Let these facts DO indeIibly
impressed upon the minds Of all, and thcir
conduct We regulated BY the wholesome
admoniiion they inculcate.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

CALAMITY "A young lady returning
lale from concert, as il was raining, or.
dsfed The coach-men 10 drive close 10 the
sidewalk, but was still unable 10 step a.
cross the gutter. Il can In you over
said coachey. s'Oh, DO, said She, q am
TOO heavy" "Lord, marm,v replied John,
II am used 10 Lifting barrels Of sugar!''
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

The publication Of mo Eialian transIa-
ton Of Bancrofi's History Of the United
Stoics has been formally refused, notwith-
standing die efforts Of Ihc American Mi
mister, BY birth the cixil md sceIesiaftical
censure Of Turk.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

HrproPorAnuss--Thcy have now ii N.
York, fine specimen cf shis interesting
animal, L was captured not long since
by 4 boats crew from a New Bedford ycs.
sci at fhe mouth of river in Africa.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

Sam Slick n.y. athe difference between
d wife and d sweetheart, Is near about d
great as il Is between new and hard cider
IA man never tircs a. putting one 10 his
lips, but makes plaguy wry faces at che
other"
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

Robert Owen and N. P. Willis wero
among tho passengers ID The BrittanIa
on her last trip from Boeton 10 Liverpool.
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25

not wish to have il torn"
"Of with il and that suddenly, you basin
faced imp you!''
The Methodist preacher slowly drew of
his oyercoat, as the blacksmith continued
his TRADE Of abuse on himself and his sect
and throwing The garment behind him
be dealt Mr.. Forgeron tremendous blow
between the eyes, which laid that person
at full length on the ground with the tesla
meat Of Tom Paine beside him. The
Rev. Mr.. Siubbleworth, with the tact Of a
connoisseur in such matters, did not wait
for his adversary to rise, but mounted him
with the quickness OF a cat, and bestowed
his blows with a courteous hand on the
stomach and face Of Me blacksmith, con-
tinuing his song where he had left of on
his arrival at the smilhey-
Tongue cannot express the sweet comfort aud
peace
or soul in its earliest love.n
until Forgeron, from having experienced
. first love- or some other sensation equal
ly new to him, responded Justify 'nough!
'nough! lake him offl'' But unfortunately
there was no one by to perform that kind
Office, except the preachers old roam, and
he maunched bunch of grass, and look
ed on as quietly as il his master was ha, py
at camp meeting.
"Now," said Mr.. Stubbleworih, a''ere
are three things you must promise M be-
fore | let you up"
"What are :hey?" asked Forgeron,
eagerly.
The first is, that you viii never mo-
lest Methodist preacher again.
.sHere Ned's pride rose, and he hesita-
ted and the reverend gentleman, with
his usual benign smile on his face, renew
ed his blows, and sung
81 rode on the sky, freely justified I,
And the moon il was under my feet"
This oriental language overcame the
blacksmith. Such bold figures, or some
thing else, caused him 10 sing out, swell
I'll do it'll do it."
You are getting on very WELL" said
Mr.. Stubbleworh, -" think | can make
a decent man Of you yet and perhaps a
Christian"
Ned groaned.
" The second thing | require of you is
10 GO to Pumpkin creek meeting house,
and here me preach Tomorrow"
Ned attempted to stammer some excuse,
"l--I--that is"
When the divine resumed his devotional
hymn, and kept time with the music, strik.
ing him over the face with the fieshy part
of his hand
I" My soul mounted higher in chariot Of FIRE,
Nor did envy Elijah his seat"
Ned's promise Of punctuality caused the
parsons exercise to cease, and the words
redolent Of gorgeous imagery died away
in echoes from the adjacent crags.
SNOW, the third and last demand is Pc
remptory.n Ned was all attention to
know what was to come next. You are
to promise to seek religion, day and night,
and never rest until you obtain it at the
hands Of merciful redeemer.'
The fallen man looked at the declining
sun and then al the parson, and knew NOT
what TO say, when that latter individual
raised his voice in the song once more
and Ned knew what would come next.
"I'll do my best," he said, in an humble
voice
\" Well, that's man." said Stubbleworth
snow get up and 60 down to the spring
and wash your face, and tear up Tom
Paine's testament, and turn your thoughts
on high
Ned rose with feelings he had never ex-
Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-06-25
THE MAIDS soLlLoQUY.

IA maiden alone--Milton in her hand
She opens at the passage" Hail, welded
love mysterious law,' &c. She solioquises.]
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