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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-13
YOUNG MEN.

Our young men are painful study. AS
they lounge about The street with bold, leer.
ing faces, poisoning the air with oaihs, or
whiring madly along behind lnshed horses,
or loom up dimly among the smoking haunts
of folly, sin and shame, ii is sickening to
think that with them rests the future of this
country, and in them lies its hope. II is no
wonder that the hearts Of fathers and moth
ers and sisters are filled with dread and grief.
No wonder that the perpetual and earnest
advice to the young man is to 90 into "ladies'
society" The advice is good There is
positive safety for him in the society of
modest, gentle, kindly and sensible GIRL
There is comparative safety for him in the
company of a vain, giggling, trifing GIRL
The most empty headed and empty hearted
of coquettes is a more harmless companion
for him than cursing, tipping fellow who
thinks all manner of Stiffness and sin and
will travel fast, although hell yawns at the
end of the road. Yes, your young mans
salvation is the sweet smile and voice, the
beautiful graces and accomplishments Of
some fair creature, attractive alike in mind
and body.
But your young man dare not go and see
n young woman he fancies, and make a
friend and companion of her. Will not all
the Mrs. .Grundles think and say that it means
something, and Immediately and vigorously
set to work 10 whisper their suspicious loud
enough to the world-iucluding the respect
i've families Of the young persons-to hear
them! Is not your young man flirt, n des.
perate fellow in whom there is danger, if he
is known to 90 to see n half dozen girls at
the same time? Has not this propriety which
pervades our fine modern life something to
do with the terrible outawry and viciousness
of the young men? Has not rigid, ghastly
etiquette driven them from the parlor to the
rum shop and worse? In the days when
some of us were boys and girls, it was not
proof that two young people were engaged
to be married that they were often together,
happy in the interchange of interest and
sympathy aud all kindly feeling. And some
how there were better boys then than now
And better girls too, for that matter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-13

The HEAT ABRoAD.-Letters from Eu-
rope and India speak of the remarkable heat
of the season. The accounts from India re-
ported that the intense heat of the country
appears 10 have fatal effect upon the English
troops. In the 35th regiment eighty-four
deaths Of appoplexy were announced. The
London theatres have been deserted on ac-
count Of the great heat, and several persons
are reported to have died from the cause
The drouth throughout France is excessive.
The Seine is reported to be nearly as low ns
it was in l7l9. In England the crops are
reported to be very promising, except in dis
trcts where the drought has affected them.
10 Spain the harvest is very fine.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-13

Col. TITUs.-The Sherman (Grayson
county, Texas) Patriot, of the 18th inst, has
the following:
"Col. Titus, Of, Ncaraguan notoriety,
crossed Red river at Preston, last week, with
one hundred men well armed and equipped,
on his way, Gas he stately to Oregon, as an
independent fIlibustering organization, but
it strikes us somewhat forcibly that he with
his command ere long be under the flag of
Vidaurri, of Northern Mexico"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-08-13

SINGULAR PROPHECY OF DEATH.-Barnard
Houseman, a well known citizen of Cincin-
natl, died on Sunday night. He was taken
sick three weeks ago, and on the first day
said, "ln three weeks shall die." Ills milk
man was present, and told him he should not
talk so. He asked the mikman what he
would bet on it, and after some conversation
it was agreed that If he died in three weeks
the milkman was to supply the family a
year for nothing, and if not, double price
WAS to be paid for milk one year. This was
done jestIngly by the milkman. Mr.. House
man insisted daily that he wonld die just at
the time mentioned, and prepared according
ly. His prophecy proved true.
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lAe Bcpe Circle.
Domestic Etiquette.

A carelessncss Of speechiS a fertile
source of estrangement in married
people. Now, tits too much the fash
ION in all households to have do
mestiC colloquy, very different in its
tone and carefulness to that in use
with strangers, The very best of us,
tits feared, are too prone to this but
from wives to husbands, and the re-
verse, matrimony seems certainly to
possess the chemical property of con.
verting sweets into acids in no time.
Short answers no conversation for
his leisure for whom, once an time,
you carefully brushed up all your
stores Of knowledge ; and an utter OBJ
livionofthe personal politeness which
most wcll-conducted people think due
to stranger. Pity such things are
kept, like your choicest preserves and
donneS boacheS, merely for strangers.
None can place too much value on do
mestjc warmth of politeness, un-
mixed, Of course, with hypocrisy or
shallow words. Kindness might be
q better word, perhaps, for what is
meant for where there are kind hearts
there is almost sure to be a certain
sauvity ofmanner. But this etiquette
Of the heart you keep, like your best
clothes, for company never thinking
that everyday use is your tue polish,
not merely for the baser metals, but
even to keep bright gold itself.
Regard these things in q higher
light than as mere everyday trifss
for home, domestic love, joy, happi.
ness--all hang on series Of well-di'
rectod triAes, and small is her chance
Of happiness who sees fit to neglect
oroyerlook them entirely Erchange
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The American Idea.

Whom oneidea predominates strong
ly above all others, it is a key to
nations history. The great idea of
Rome, that which the child drank in
with it's mothers milk, was dominion.
The great idea of France is glory. In
despotiSms, the idea Of the King or the
Church possesses itself of the minds
of the people, and superstitious
loyalty or piety becomes the badge
Of the inhabitants. The most inter-
esting views Of this country is the
grandeur of the idea which has de-
termined its history, and which is cx-
pressed in all its institutions. Take
away that and we have nothing to dis
tinguish us. In the refined arts, in
manners, in works of genius, we are
as yet unsurpassed. From our youth
and insulated position, our history
has no dazzling brillianey, but one
distinction belongs to us. A great
idea, from the beginning, has been
working in the minds of this people,
and it broke forth with peculiar en-
energy in our revolution. This is
the idea of human rights,
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From the Golden Rule.l
Dancing Parties.

Every week or oftener you hear the
nightly carousal, the harp and the Vi
ol-music, dancing and feastings.--
They dance, they hop, they skip, flirt,
puff, blow, heat the blood, heat the
passions, talk nonsence, keep late
hours, kill time. stihe conscience, feast
the body, murder the soul
Parents, called religious, allow their
children to attend these scenes o gai-
ty, hilarity, and dissipation, under the
false and delusive idea that these par
ties tend to refinement, gentility, or
accomplished exterior. Fatal delu-
sion How many, once lovely and
amiable daughters, have ruined their
health, lost their reputation for virtue,
and their souls forever by this strata
gem of the devil And still they
rush on
Whenever and wherever you see re-
ligion at a low ebb, professors in a
cold formal, backslidden state--world
y minded, covetous, sensual, neglect
ing family prayer and family disci,
pline, there you see iniquity abound
ing, Satan creeping in, in every form
and shape; Sabbath breaking, novel.
reading, rumselling, dancing, trolic'
ing, rioting, tea parties and fancy
fairs
The freedom used between the sexes
in certain forms Of dancing is exceed
ingly immodeSt, and often results ir
the most serious, perniciouS and ruin
GUS consequences.
Dancing, as now practiced by the
sexes as On amusement is unscriptu'
raj. Those men who perverted dar'
cling from o sacred use to purposes
of amusement, were deemed infamous
No instances Of dancing are tounC
upon record, in the Bible, in which th'
two sexes were engaged in the exer
else, either as an act Of worship o.
amusement. Neither is there any in
stance on record OF social dancing
for amusement, except that Of tn,
vain fellows, devoid Of shame or tn,
irreligious families described by Jol
which produced increased impiety
and ended in destruction; and o
Herodias, which terminated in tn
rash VOW of Herod and the murder o
John the Baptist.
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A Child's Laughter.

Is there anything like the ringing
laugh Of an innocent, happy child +?
Can any other music SO echo through
the hearts inner chambers ? II is
sympathetic, too, beyond other mel
odies. Whom the father sits absorbed
over his book, which seems to con.
centrato every faculty, he hears his
little boy laughing in his sports, and
laughs also, he knows not wherefore.
The bright being, continually gath
ering intelligence, casts around ue
gems Of thought and pearls Of aAec.
tion, till our paths seem paved with
precious stones from Heavens treas.
ury. No day of storms is dark where
he. is, no wintry evening long. A
young child IN "a full fountain Of de-
light to the house and heart, Mrs
Sigouraey's "Lucy Howard."
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1T Will End in the Right.
RY nEnALn MASSEY.

NY 0hNALn MASShf. III fUt.
Never despair! o, my brother in sorrow
know that our morning is ended not.
Yet ,y .a.y 81
Shall the vanqpished to-day be the victims
tomorrow. .g..
F0ur starishall shine onwhen the tyrant's
suns set n a, .,.... 4.
y Hold oHl though they spurn thee, for whom
thou art living 7"'' 'N'N
A life only chesred by the lamp Of its
Hold onl Freedoms hope to the bounden
ones given;
Green spots in the waste wait the worn
spirit dove
Hold on still hold on--in the worlds
.g despite, u H m.
Nurse the faith in thy heart, keep the lamp
.. of God bright, r.
And, my life for thine it shall end in the
lo Right. 4
What tho the Martyrs and Prophets have
perished
The,Angel Of Life rolls the stone from
their graves;
Immortal's the love, anu the Freedom they
cherish,
Their Faith triumph cry stirs the spirits
of slaves
They are gone-7but glory is left in our
life, ,,4
Like the day gods last kiss on the DARK
ness Of even
Gone down on the desolate seas of their
strife, t..... ,a.
To climb as star.bcacons up Liberty
heaven.
Hold on-still hold on-in the worlds
despite,
Nurse the faith in thy heart, keep the
lamp Of God brigAt,
And, my life for thine it shall end in the
Right.
Think of the wrongs that have ground us
for ages, ..
Think of the wrongs we have still to
endure!
Think of our blood red on history
pages;
Then work that our reckoning be speedy
and sure.
Slaves, cry unto God but be our God
reveal'd
In our lives, in our works, In our warfare
for man; ...
And bearng-or borne upon Victory's
shield.
Let us fight, battle-harnessed, and fall
N in the van,
Hold oh--still hold on--in the worlds
despite,
Nurse the faith in thy heart, keep the lamp
of God bright,
And my llfe for thine it shall end in the
.n Right
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Never too Late.

It is never too late to do right; as,
for instance, a gentleman began TO
study grammar after he had written
for the press ten years. y is never
too late to get married; Naomi, the
daughter of Enoch, took her first hus-
band at five hundred and eight. 1t
is never too late to drop any habit;
James, the novelist wrote sixty-nine
volumes before he could shake OIL his
SOLITARY horseman." 1t is never too
late to be a "wide awake" character;
an old gentleman who has ceased to
read or believe the Democratic Union
has entirely recovered from the sleep
mess that used to aflict him. 1t is
sometimes too late to pop the ques-
ton" a man once did so to a "charm-
ing vidder," just as she had reached
her house after burying her first hus-
band; "You are too late" was the re-
ply;"the Deacon spake to me at the
grave"
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Kissing.

The art of kissing is daintily expressed
in the following little poem:
Kiss me, darling when kiss you
Kiss me back aud back again!
Lips ure only rosy petals,
Kisses dropb OF fragrant rain
Where's the harm, then ? IcOuld give you
Reasons, dear for every one,
Only that / may not tell them
hithe broad and gaFish sun.
Take, at least, I think, 81 Get one
And know you'll think with me,
'Tis The Scripture ;--"Do to others
What thou DIST have them do 10 thee"
Freeman's champion., 1858-02-25

EE- A New York Banker recently
asked a young lady what kind Of
money she liked.
"Matri-mony," she replied,
{" What interest doee it bring?"
asked the banker.
"Ifproperl invested, it will double
the original stock every two years, "
she replied,
He concluded she was a match"
for him but the rest is secret.
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ES- The most astonishing instance
of a mans regard for his word vas
recently given by man who killed
his wife, whom he did not like
When asked "why he didn't 30 of
and leave her instead of illing her," !"
he replied, jocosely, that "he had
promised on the wedding-day to live
with her until death should part them,
and that he wasn't the man to break
his word W
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ing University within one.half mile of
here, which, When completed, will be sec
ond to none west Of the Mississippi river.
With these facts in consideration, peo-
pie in the States can have no grounds for
hesitating to remove here for fear of debar-
ring their children from educational privi-
leges.
PRAIRIE CITY,
Is fairly under way, with more improve.
ments and hetter prospects than any other
town on this great middle thoroughfare.
Such is onr position, that we defy success
full competition. Our main street already
has business appearance, and several
buildings are now III process of ereoiieL
No place in the Territory will make greater
returns to the capitalists for moneys invest.
id than will Prairie City
TO MECHANICS.
No class Is needed here more than me.
chanics The most liberal inducements are
offered them by the Association. One, two,
and three lots are donated to them--accord-
ing to the occupation pursued and the
amount invested in improvements, Me.
chanical occupations of every description
can be followed here with great safety
affording harvests of profits to the enga
gers. Families emigrating from the States
generally leave their househ Id goods behind
to avoid paying the exhorbitant freight
age up the Missouri, and consequently
they rely upon the Territory for re-flout
Thus it will be seen that the demand fol
everything indispensable for housekeeping
must necessarily be great.
W People desrous of obtaining inform
tion about Prairie City will have all in
quiries promptly and satisfactorily an
swcred by addressing either in person o
by mail the Secretary Of the Prairie Git.
Association. al ...
Gen. JAMES H. LANE, Pres't.
Capt H. j, CANNIFT, Sec'y.
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RE- An exchange says that a maj

@ An exchange says that a man
who would Systematically and will
fully set about cheating printer,
would commit highway robbery on
crying baby and rob it of its ginger
breaG-rob a church Off counterfeit
pennies-lick the butter off a blind
nigger's last "fritter"--pawn his
grandmother's spoctacleS fora drink Of
whisky-steal acorns from a blind pig
and take clothes from a scarecrow,
that he may make respectable ap-
pearance in society.
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E9y- At his clearinghouse the

EE- AT his clearinghouse the
other night Jenkins landlady COM
planned that something stopped the
nose of the teapot, as it would not
pour. Jenkins suggested that he had
observed it growing very weak late
ly. and he presumed it was unable to
run any longer. Madam" said
jenkins, the next evening, "if | see
proper to help myself to this milk,
is there any impropriety in it % II
don't know what you mean but If
you mean to inSinuate that there is
anything nasty in that milk, I'll give
you to understand that you've struck
the wrong housel There amt first
hair in the milk; for as soon as Dor
othy Ann told me tho cat was
drowned in it, | went and strained it
overl" The horri6ed young man de-
cllned partaking.
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"How did you like that clam
song?" asked an old lady Of her
daughter, as they stepped with the
crowd out into the open air after a
concert. "Clam song" exclaimed
the young lady in aStonishment
"why, what do you refer to, mothcr?''
"Why, the first one he sung" "Oh,
you mean Shells of the Ocean, don't
you, mother?" Well, yes" said
the old lady, II do think that was it
it was something about clans, any
way, and you know / like clans SO
well Didn't YOU like it ?"
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. Ry- A pointed discussion is now
going on as to "whcther the Bible
should be revised or left alone"
There may be some propriety in re-
vising it, hut we guess it is sufficient
ly "let alone" already.
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Ey- Girls, never run away from
your parents till you are sure the
young man eloped with don't run.
away. This advice is worth years
subscription, but we will give it
gratis.
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Ey- A person passing by con-
ccited fellow, happened to strike
his feet with cane; "You had bet
ter knock my brains out and finish
me-" said the dandy II was trying
TO do IT," was the quiet reioinder.
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E9T An exchange says the only
fault of female teachers who 90 West
is that instead Of teaching otherpco-
ple's children, they soon got their own
to teach,
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Rg- Teddy, my boy, jiss guess
how many cheeses there are in that
bag, and I'll give ye the whole FIVE
of them"
Give, to be sure"
(" Arrah, be me sowll bad luck TO
the man that tould ye"
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Eg- Reader did you ever enjoy the
estate bliss Of courting2 You didn't
then you had better get q little Gal
an-try. M
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l. 4 W 0 Fri c b.
JOHN M. COE,

JUdN III. UOE,
attorney at Law and Notary Public,
w business, and may be consulted in
any department of his profession but will
devote himself especially to the following
special branches u.,...r-
/. To the preparation Of every kind Of
Conveyance or instrument affecting real
estate; and to the determination, by suit or
otherwise, of conte sted titles to Town Lots,
of land in LaNrerc ce or elsewhere.
2. To disputed Claims IN tho Land
o ifices, and in the General Office at
Washington.
8. To the preparation Of all papers and
proceedings in the collection of Claims,
and the settlement of estates, and the
bringing of suits in the Probate Court for /,
Douglas and other countless l2tf
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Good Society.

1t should be the aim of every young
man to go in society. We 90 not
mean the rich, the proud and fashion
able, but the wise, the intelligent and
the good, Where you find men that
know moro than than you do, and
from whose conversation one IAN gain
information, it is always safe to be
found, 1t has broken down man by
associating with the low and vulgar
where the ribald song was inculca-
ted-and the indecent sorry, to excite
laughter, and influence the bad pas
sions. Lord Clarendon attributed
his success and happiness, to associa-
ting with persons more virtuous than
himself. fyou wish to be wise and
respectedwit you desire happiness
and not misery, we advise you to
associate with the wise and good. -
Strive for mental excellence and strict
integrity, and you will never be found
in the sinks Of pollution, and on the
benches of retailers and gamblers
Once habituate yourself to a virtuous
course--once secure love for good
society, and no punishment would
be greater than by accident to be obi.
ged for half a day to associate with
the low and vulgar.
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EE- The way to get alady to show
her ioot--praisc tho foot Of some one
else,
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Nzyr How much Of character lies

ET- How much of character lies in
laugh It is, in fact, the cipher
key, oftentimes, wherewith we deci-
pher a man. AS a late writer OBJ.
serves: lyon know no man until
you have heard him laugh--tilI you
know how and when he will laugh,
There are occasions--there are hu-
mors---when u man with whom we
have been long familiar will quite
startle US by breaking out into a laugh
which comes manifestly right from
tho heart. aud yet which we had new
erheard before. And so, in many
heart d sweetansel slumbers unseen,
until some happy moment awakcns it.
49,
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Gg" Light seems the natural enemy
OF evil deeds, w
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EI Hope---a scntiment exhibited
IN The ,was of.a dogs taiL when he's
waiting for a'bone, 0aq
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PRAIRIE.


As fine prairie as there is in this country
lies round about in this region.
TIMBER.
There is sufficient quantity of timber
to supply the reasonable wants of the farm.
ers, aud for town purposes. And timber
grows very fast in this country; the Locust
can bo grown from the seed in three or four
years, sufficiently large for fence posts.
FENCING.
A claim can hardly DO found without
sufficient stone on the same TO fence
II, and build all that is desircd---Wire fence
can be made at cost Of about forty cents q
rod. This kind Of fence would be, we
think, the most available to start with the
osage Orange will give protection to crops
in about four years from the seed.
STONE. aQA
We have tho hest of building stone on
the town sito In great abundance, The
cost Of quarrying aud hauling is about three
dollars cord. Lime and sand can be had
at cheap rates, and in any quantities. Z.
WATER.
In hisrespect, we think. Prairie City has
the advantage over many other towns in the
country. While water, us rule, is abund-
ant, and Of good quality In the Territory
still II is Of better quality and moro easi-
ly obtained In some localities than others
We think every citizen can have good wa.
or In his yard at an expense Of from twenty
to fny dollars. This, It will be acknowl-
edged, Ia n dosidcratum Of greater value
than almost any thing else, II must be D
great drawback to town, whore all th,
wuter 10 hroighr from aspiring or hauled
from the river, OF obtained by digging from
fifty IL eighty flet to obtain II. n y ~
EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES
We can truthhlly say that in no part 0
Kansas Territory arc the people 70 6losset
with educational privileges as tho people 0
this eection. On nLiborty Hill,D within
the city site, 10 now being erected Semi
nary, which Is designed for four teachers
Whom completed IL will DO two storiep Il
height, surmounted with an ornamental
Wpola, The Methodist u, Church hnv
btatsd and design secn b scmpcnes crest
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You've NAN, PAY ATTENTION Don't be q
loafer, don't call yourself a loafer, don't keep
a loafers company, don't hang about loafing
places. Better work hard for nothing and
board yourself than sit around day after day
or stand at corners with your hands in your
pockets. Better for your own mind, better
for your own prospects. Bustle about means
to have anything to hustle about for. Many
poor ply stefan has obtained real patient
by riding hard to attend on an imaginary one.
A qulre OF blank paper tied up with red tape
carried undera lawyers arm may procure
him his first case and make his fortune. Such
is the world-to him that hath shall be Civ.
en-. Quit droning and complaining, keep
busy and mind your chances
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-07-30

A MODEL TowN.-It is stated, upon the au
thority OF the orator of the day, for the 5tl
INST, for the town Of Peru-a town of about
1000 inhabitants, on Che Green Mountains, in
the Southern part of Vermont-that within
the last ten years, there has not been Grim
inal prosecution in that town nor lawsuit
oil any kind within two years that there is
not now rauper or drunkard in the town
and that during the festivities of the 4th, not
person was seen at ALL so far as could be
discovered under the influence of liquor. 1t
is just to add that prOhibitory liquor law
has force there.