The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-06-22
VOLUME WIII.---NO. 8.
LOVE OF COUNTRY, li

LOVE OF COUNTRY
There is a love ossSountry which comes
uncalled for, one knows notshow. l. comes
in the vesg air, the eye, the eat; the in
stincts, the first taste of mothers milk the
first beatings of the heart. The faces Of
brothers and sisters, and the loved father
and mother-tho laugh ofplaymates, the
old willowstree, and we'll, and scbool-house,
the bees at work in the spring, tho note of
they lovely robin at evening, the 4lullaby,
the cows coming home, the singing book,
the eatechism the visits of neighbors, the
general trainiug-alfFtbiugs which make
childhood happy, beingit and then as the
age of passion and tire age of reason draw
on, and love and the sense Of home and se-
curity and ofproperty under law, comes to
life; and as. the story goes round, and as
the book or newspaper relies theless favored
lots of other lands, and the public and the
private sense of man is formed, there is
a type of patriotisih6Ss already. Thus they
had imbibed it who stood that 2charges at
Concord, and they who hung deadly on the
retreat, aod they who threw up2 TASTY
and impstfect redoubt on Bunker Hill, by
night, set on it the blood.red PROVINCIAL
flag, and passed SO calmly With Prescott,
and Pullman and Warren throng the ex-
periences Of the, first fre.-{Rufus Choate.
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! A WoRp TO AprRENrlcEs.-Appren-
'ticeshipeis is the most important stage Of life
through whieh~the mechanic is called to
pass, 1t is empbaticalIy the spring seasSodn
of his days; the time when he is sowing
tho seed, the fruits Of witch he is. to reap
in after years: If 7ho spare no labor ,jinssits'
EPepcr cultute,- he is snre of teapihgs an
tsabupdant harvest; ,butyif, in thesculture, of
:the.menfal soil, heffollow the. example. "of
many initilling the earth, and carelessly
and ,negIigen,ly doessbis work, like them,he
will find Ills seeding time past, and the
.gtound bringing fofthsonly seeds and 2.bri-
sars. Let the young. apprentice bear in
mind, when lie commences learnng any
business, that all hopes nofs success in tbs
future are doomedto fade away like the
morning mist, ,runless he: bearin mind that
Ete can become master of his business only
by the closest application; and, the most
Rersevering industry; and that unless he
does. master i, ,;he may bid farewell sto dill
sl:visions Of future prosperity aud success
s1::Tbe apprentice is. the foundation. Of the
1 great .mechanical edifice, and surely f"the
fMaaation be not 6rm,.the 4aisuoltre itself
: scfdmblss aid falls to the eatth. Then.
!; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, be studious and
Sattentive; study wellIthe branches of your
:busjness,both prauticaf and tbeotetical-ahd
you will not fail, when yonr time shall
come. to take .aneaclise part in life, to
be Of use, tot. .opis in. your own particular
business, buttos society:
! Fouhd AMERItA WoNDERs. Won.
ders Why mamma keeps Bridget at home
fiomsshurchsto work all day, and then
says it is wicked for ME tabuild my rabbit
house on sunday9
Wonder why our minister bought that
pretty cane with the yelNa# lyons head on
nit in fl ~ missioner. bas, bon,. Is.nt,s s :
.;ewsbarb lust as uell-assf,e wanted cane
Wonder what makes papa tell such nice
stories to visitors. about bis hiding tbssrnas-
Etaro rattan 6on he; tsort r.: .enJ,S8aJ oLn,t
his rpnnina asav. ffom The m Ssslnalm;s,Js.s I s
when .he WAC ,ss;1a,r = ,,i,;n him and9nsn
Y .I;a..me un,a,I sav s. Is I aatE,room because
+ Is,tied ;ost onss.t III as smart I, he vsss
Wons,ar Via. & siIa.oana aI ,a vsh.r ww;etsa
,ssf,,.vbem3atayYs, ,s,,sat the :lnk al.oyer i;.
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