The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-07-04

/. :lss We're q nina ymous ,al 81 in my
mind; there arc but 600 talI slnen, With
long legs, of all my !aeq,iaiiitt ittance to /
whom j do not owe two dimes, .fhe
ibarkeepers got to know MI me, ma when
leyer Itiaskeda forliquor, they would al-
ways hold the dccanter By thcineck, as
if they were going to- Etrangls j, until j
had pulled out my money. went
down in haste, at the t:dime .honses:fs my
,bonYelbows looked through the sleeves
sofs yaastscoat, and Twas force TO pa
stronlze Yicayune geries on the Le-
x.se; NIL political mes stings WIS
in glory.sand was for q time particular-
4lysattentivc5tto3 tho interests ofislie 3roor.
er claascs, oftkc { immunity but tiiia,
slike7the liquor, did 'nt 20 down long At
last Z found myself Milhont eiiiherIoard,
flod ,cloilling,or credit. .sa All lofthe
sprineiplc streets j have Shocked up,
that is TO 50 " 4 owe so many small
5debtsin them, that am sashsmed ito
walk in their vicinity. For the glast
,fiyetdays ] have managed to pick up IS
;scanty subsistence by mingling with the
crowds tint cluster around the ! T. o.
clock lpnches at the bar rooms Oh Oh the
Loyce. There is ialway IS. . huge pewter
plate of smoking roast pork on the CEN
tire of Tie countrr and on either side
sinnumerable d;shes Of all, sorts Of eata-
shlesis but at the extre mo- ends of de
9counteryou arc always sure to find pick
led onions and dusty crackcrs: On
these two last mentioned dishes I haye
managed to live for the last flye days,
and if your Honor re refuses3to send me
to the workhouse j ii bc d4-difI i don't
oShibitFmysclf in publicaasl the original,
'resurfectcd Calvin Etlseiill..
Bob Owens looked determined, Eand
fearing, ,thathes would Iut lis threat in
to execution, the Recorder sent him off.
.Rerilss Of e Ealsehooa InsSt StheaE Eeau-
tifnf. languagc Of an, eminent write
hen once o ealment or deceit
has been practised i'm matters IL here
all shouldbe fair aud open as the day
condolences can iieyen be restored
any more than you can restore the
white bloom TO the g,apo or plum
Which You haze once pressed in your
illand.''4 How true is this! aud what d
neglected trutli b5 !. great portion of
mankind. Falsehoodsis not only one
oftlc most thumilitatilig vices but Soon
CT or'latcrit3iis most certain 70 lead to-
many serious crimes. With partners
in tradc, with part ners lin life Hith
friends with lovers, how Important IS
.donia acnce2 Hows essential that all
guile and hypocrisy should be guarded
against in the intercourse between such
'parties!a How much misery would be 1
avoided in the history of many lives,
had truth and sincerity been guiding
and controlling raotives,s s5ins,ead Of pre-
varications and deceit? g Any vice.
said parentt,in our hearing ii few
days since, t'any vice, at least among
the frai.ties of q milder character, but
falsehood. Ear better that my child
should commit an error on do a wrong
and confess it, than escape the penalty,5.
however. severe, by falsehood q and (
hypocrisy. Let me know the worst,
andaremedy may possibly be applied.
But keep me in'the darklet me She
misled or deceived, aid it is impossible
70 tell ut what unprcIared hour crush
overwhelming exposure
may come. " KS
Your farther would not have pun
ished you tif$you had notsased profane
language and swore..s AZ rs .31s
We'll, father swetls. Ssis ss't \ .s Z.
II know he has been in tile habit of
it, bu. he will leave of nov.
,''asIt.s adarn d pity he hadn't done it
before he taught Bill and me to; swear,
and then we should have been saved o
darn'd many 'lickins. 81 81 ~ ].
where does the sun set. Tom, said
an old man to his son. B
He setssinthe west, sir,
sWhat docs he set in tIe wesk foss
TO hatch out another siay s IS ss
who told You so?' SIS 1,5ss.! US
Nobody, sir, 81: b 81
'Howsdosyous know, sir, if 5ou was
not told rs ;F!s9 ss:a5s
why, + looked, ii ii, the spelliag book j
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