The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1860-01-12
VOL. XVT.-------NO. az

'h'"gs extensive, ami depend upon it that
mixed knowledge is not a sup erfica, one.
As tar as it goes the views that it gives ars
tue; but he who reads deeply in ore clas.
OF writer's only, gets views wl,:cl. are al.
most sure to be perverted, and which ar.
not only narrow but false Adjust your
proposed amount of reading to your time
and inclination, this is perfectly free to
every MAN but whether that ait1ount f,s
large or small, let it he varied in its kind
and widely varied. II have conadent
opinion oh any one point connected will,
the government Of the human mind. Il !,
on this.---Dr. AruoM.
Newspaper Borrowers are the orea,e.t
o"res that nfest decent ncighLorhood. A
subscriber if he files his paper, does not
wish 10 have it dirtcd and torn by frequent
handling, and, Mt the same time, hates to
refuse its use if asked. Ae has ONLY two
alternatives; one is, never to loan on anv
casIoh; the other Is, to loan and ruin tis
files. Newspapers cost SO little in now a.
days, that every family can take one or
more; and if auy one is is too penurious to
buy 1t. no one need hesitate TO loan
Richmond Dispatch.
Mrs. B'oomer imagines that the reason
that women differ from men is because tJaS
arc srhoolel and educated differently.-
Nothing, however, could be more unfound.
ed. Girls differ from boys, not incidental.
~, but radically. The first thing that a
boy does a fter he is weaned I, to s,raddle the
baIusters and ride down the stair. The first
thing girl sets her heart on is doll and n
set Of miniature cups and saucers.
Shakespeare has written that sUnea,v lie.
the head that wears crown Mauv a
poor fellow, that has survived scalpiua
by the savages, has, no doubt, thought Thai
"nessler lies the head that doesn't wear a
crown.
The mere contact with truth, il seems TO
us, would he fatal 10 some men. Truth /,
said TO live in the bottom of a well.' and
II they were pitched down after it, their
first movement would he to kick tho
bucket
AS proof Of the fact that girls are use.
fuI articles, and that the world could not
very well get along without them, a late
writer states it as fact, that if all the o;rls
were driven out Of the world, in one genera.
t'o"' the boys would all go out after them.
lersons who ascend toge,ller in balloon
may be the best friends in the world at
starting, but they rarel ly fail, during their
trip, to have high words, and come to
| hard blows.
"A western editor asks what ought TO
5e done with ssot,ian that smokes w.
shouldn't think Of molesting her If she had
linn for TO back her.
81 will lay you waget," SAYS ono
sportsman to another, "that I will shoot
more crows to-day thau you r." Oh.
yes, you could ALWAYS beat me crowiao.n
Doctor, what do you think is the
cause of this frequent rush of blood to nv
head ?"-"Oh, it is nothing but an effort
of nature. Nature, you know, aJhors a
pacun,."
Mr.. William Hood was robbed near Cor.
NTH Alabama. The Cotnitli paper says
that the ns"te of the highwayman is ON.
known, there is no doubt that he was Rob.
bin Hood,
The question is discussed In some of tie
Missouri papers wether raising hemp is 4
good business. A much better business
than being raised py it.
Unlucky Day.-Cook, the felon, who
was executed recently in Virginia, wns
born on the 18th day Of the month, sem
fenced on the 10th and hung on the 1esh
His child was also born on The 10th.
An 1rishn'an being charged with steal.
ing wagon. swore he had it ever since it
WAS wheel barrow.
A notorious aboltionist in Massachusetts,
announces that he will lecture on the Gal.
lows. We hope he will get the hang Of
his subject. '.sz, .s2..-.,...z
Many men want wealth-.not a competence
but n yfve story competence. Every thing
subserves this; aud religion they went 'as