The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-07-12

mont, as far north as wisconsin, and
Lake Superior, and further: north than
any part of the New England States:
Hypocrisy is % funny, }slIowy! Ii
walks, into church of.a Sunday morn
ing, sleek, cleen-sbaved, we'll clad, and
as smiling as q man: with a. new wife
for the third time, i joins in the an
them, responds to the prayers, listens
| attcntively to the sermon, and shakes
hands. with the deacons and other cole,
britieY. 1t is as free with the women
as rouge or prepared chalk, and talks
to young girls with the greatest free
dom and consequence, The mission
ary fields is its especial care;;, ali the
neighbors are drummed up to como
'for'ard:., and aid q benevolent cob
jick." Some; Of the neighbors SUBJ
scribe large sums, and others throw in
small amounts;-the large eontribu-
tors get their names into. the paper,
while the small ones are content with
the feeling Of having done their duty.
This same hypocrisy we haye seen Sc,
vere!y prayerful Of q Sunday, and
on Monday it bartered pair. Of gait
crs with courtezan. 1t has been
known to turn up its eyes with horror
at the uttering of an. oath, and before
fairly recovered from the shock, to
swindle q laboring man out of mo-
ney which should buy his childen
bread. ltis very nasty thing. 1t
affects disgust at dirt in tho streets,
whiie it lives in dirt within doors. 1t
Is prevalent in some cheap groceries in
the shape of short weights; is exhibited
in wet goods, predominates in coffee,
is powerful in milk, and-it's every
where, even in the weather.-Where.
ever you meet the fellow, shake him
of: eschew his acquaintance, don't let
your wife know there is such charac-
ter. Better be q Mormor, e thinga-
my, "a street contractor or ex.treas-
urer, than o hypocrite. It's hazard
Gus ballast, if you paddle your own ca.
noe!
MISS ELLEN BREHAN.-This lady gave
US one Of her delightful copcegss .cse
j. i AZ last sat- She was admira-
bly, a$sisted by Mr.. Koepper, Of Co.
lumAia. Her audience was q large
and brilliant one. The sweet singer
never sang moro sweetly. Although
much indisposed for day or two pre-
vious, she had rose like the lark to her
task of song, and held ua all entranced
by her exquisite melodies. Every
one: said it was the rarest of treats, and
all leaned forward to catch the faint
est modulations Of her lovely voice.
Never have we seen an Edgefield au-
dience more entirely gratifed and
never did our community give better.
evidence of their taste and discern
ment.
May blessings attend the pathway
Of this child of song, and may fortuna
favor her with the richest prizes in the
lottery Of life -Eagefeld advertiser.
TALENT.-Homer was beggar:
Plautus turned a mill; Terence was a
slave; Befus died in Jail; Tasso was,
often distressed for five shillings: Ger.
vante died Of hunger; Milton ended
his life in obscurity; Bacon lived life
Of meanness; Spenser died of want;
Dryden lived in poverty aud died of
distress; Otway died ofhunger; Lee in
the streets; Goldsmith's Vicar of
Wakefield was sold for trif1e to save
him from prison. Fielding lies hn the
burying ground of an English Aotory;;
Savage died in prison; Chatterton des.;
troyed himself; and John Keats died Of
broken heart.
JENNY L1sD.-The N. Y. Tribune.
Of Saturday, publishes the following
extract from private letter from Vi
emma:
"a few days since, called at the
Hotel Gum Romischen Kaiser to pay
my respects to Jenny Lind Gold
schmidt. She has decided penchant
for America and Americans and.
moreover, as happened. to be well aci
quainted with some Of her Boston
friends. was made doubly welcome.
She informed me other expectation, to
settle permanently in the United Sta:
tes, mainly on account of her child, b
bright little hoy. She, has been giving
concerts in Vienna, in a quiet, unas.
Stunning way. .,., /,
She spoke Of Boston Sabbath as a
delightful luxury. Here tie Sabbath
is made . gala day BY all classes
Public persons, must keep open rooms
as on other days Of the week, and the
people go from the church to the thea.
tre, as # both were dedicated to tho
Most s High, I,;,,
The Jenny Lind of former days has
become the dignifed Madame Gold
schmidt Of the present. She appesra
somewhat older, but retains tho frank
,, ness and simplicity of manners which
have characterized her above ali others.
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| POWERFUL MAGHET.--A lecturer waa
dilating upon the powerofa magnet dcfying
any one to show anything TO surpass ita
power, when man mounted the stand
and told him that woman was the magnet
of magnets, "for," said he, '.if the loadstons
can attract iron foot or two, there was a
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