The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-11-28
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POWERFUL REAsoNINa.-At young
mans debating society somewhere
down in Indiana. the question?for dis.
cussion was. (which was the greatest
evil, a scolding wife or smoky
chimney After the appointed dis
putants had concluded the debate. n
spectator rose and begged the privil.
cgc of making remark on the oc'
casion. Permission being granted, he
delivered himself this way.
"Mr. Presidcnt-pve been almost
mad a listening to the debate of these
ERE youngsters. They don't know
nothing about the subject. What do
they know about the evils of scold-
ing wife? Wait till they have one
for twenty years and been hammered
and iammed and slammed all the
while, and wait till they've been
sco!dcd because the baby cried; be.
causc the fire wouldn't burn; because
the oven was too hot; because the
cow kicked over the milk; because it
raincd, because the sun shined, be.
cause the hens didn't lay; because the
butter wouldn't come too soon for
dinner; because they were one min
ute too late; because they sung; be-
cause they tore their trousers; be-
cause they invited a neighbor woman
to call again, because they got sick;
or because they did anything, no mat
ter whether they could or not, before
they talk about The evils Of a scoldine
wife; why Mr.. President, I'd rather
hear the clattcr of hammers and
stones, twenty tin pans and nine brass
kettles. than the din, of the tongue OF
scodiny wif,. Yes, ser.ree, would,
to NV mind, Mr.. President, a smoky
chimney is no more to be compared
to scoIdng wife. than little niger
is to a dark night"
LION CArCn1Na.-Mr. Lcmue, who
formerly resided at Motto, and is
familiar with the Kallharr country,
assured me. says South African
voyagcr, that the remarkable accounts
circulated as to the people Of that
part of Africa catching lions By the
tail, and of which. | confess, | was
very incrcdulous, were perfectly
true -
He well knows that the method
prevailed, and was certainly not un'
common among the people. Lions
would sometimes become extremely
dangerous. Having become accus'
toned to human flesh, they would not
willingly eat anything else. When a
ncighborhood became infested, the
men would determine on the measures
to he adopted to rid themselves Of the
nuisance; then forming themselves
into band, they would proceed in
search of their royal foe, and beard
the lion in his lair. Standing close by
one another, the lion would make his
spring on some one Of the party
every man, of course, hoping he
might escape the attack-when in
stantlv others would dash forward
and seize his tail. lifting it up close to
the body with all their might; thus
not ONLY astonishing the animal, and
absolutely taking him of his guard,
but rendering his efforts powerIess
for the moment; while others closed
in with their spears, and at once stab-
bed the monster through and through.
"The velvet moss will grow on the
sterile rock, the mistletoe hourishes on
the naked branches, the ivy clings to
the mourldcring ruins-the pine and
cedar fresh and fadeless amid the
mutations OF the rcceding year; anc
heaven be praised! something green,
something beautiful to see. and CRATES
full to the soul, will. in the darkest hour
of fate, still Irvine in tendris around
the crumbling affairs and broken
arches of the desolate temples of the
human hearty
INDIAN SUIcIDE.-A Crow Indian,
belonging to a delegation coming
East with Col. Mitchell, lately es-
capped from steam boat in the
Missouri river, and killed himself by
stabbing in the neck. The cause is
not Lno,,n