The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1861-08-07
Chireno, Nacogdoches Co, Texas, July, 1851.

and 5id camer, brighter day to dawn
Chiren0, Naeogdoches Co, Texas, July, 1851.
He is ever grateful to Him who "crowneth the wear
with goodness and maeth the clouds drop their
ness WHO maheth the earth very pentcous" and the
valleys 10 stand thick with corn and the little hills to
rejoice ola every side
Educate your children then, and educate more of
your sons to live in the country aud become farmers;
intelligent sklltu farmers, able to till the earth and
TO keep it, do not that they should be profess
ors or lecturers farming and the science Of agricul
ture. Mere theorists, however valuable their knowledge
IN the hands of practical men, rarely make good farm
ers Succeed in any branch of practical Industry But
mean thcs should have a knowledge yea, a scientific
knowl ledge of the business in which they be en-
gaged-kn0w something, yea, great deal, about soils
aud vegetation the qualities OF the plant and the ca
pacities J The ground and learn how to make Two
blades Of grass where but grew beforeH-to know
much of nature and her inmutable laws Let a sound
practical Judgment be assisted by intelligent use Of
that knowledge whicha well educated and well inform
ed mind only can give. Let a well directed common
sense be tho basis Of all action it is the foundation
OF all success, whether in agriculture or mechanism
the learned professions in the battlefield the cab
net IN statesmanshp and diplomacy. Genius may CON
Celre, but talent and knowledge, and sound common
sense must execute and lead to that which is
the suTest and the most ntalble test of true ability in
whatever department of life. Tie great want of
republic is pure and good men, statesmen, who can
dare 10 DO right and have the courage to rise when
duty requires il, boTe the prcudices Of party,
and perform It, regardless Of consequences to them
selves without reward or the hope of reward from the
vile and debasing struggle for Office which so much
marks the present period Of our history, by which so
many expect to live and get their daily bread and al
many fail in the inguriOus attempt that nsa-
tate passion tar place audit emoluments, which if
checked, wlI 20 surely and rapidly accelerate
downward career free people Raised to labor my
self and to respect its honest exercise in all the cangs
of life ar} ready to honor and dignity it. 1t is our
duty here, iH the south especially, to do So and
rect that false and nschieyous notion, prevalent at
the north AMI east that labor is not honorable at the
south; opinion which all Of Us know to be untrue.
Agriculture must always be the great pursuit Of this
country, and especially of the south. And what
bic, inviting country for its success! What high
tives for its Improvement What soil, and climate and
variety of production How mighty is to be the future
development Of this great nation by agricultural and
mechanical Industry! 1t does not take centuries OF
progress herb as il has done IN the old world
tain cycellense in the arts Of civilization We com
it Eere she Of progress with all the Wis
dom and experience Of past ages assist and direct
BEFoRE TliE PQLIcE.-Thc New Orleans Christian
Advocate gives the following police report few morn
ngs after h4 reception ofthe account Of the great bat
tie at Manassas gapand vicinity
"a batch tof some thirteen or fourteen citizens
usually very Btaid and sober citizcns-made their APP
pearance pre- assistant recorder Sth this morning
docketed dunk" This a pretty fix for decent
men to be inI Mr. Stith with an almost audible grin
asked the question,
wen, gentlemen what have you to say to the
charge of being drank"
Nothing 1t all recorder, answered Mr.. B, lex
cept that We were drunk"
Recorder III shall fine you two dollars ami half
each Or ten days III the parish prison"
Mr. B.-'IWelI recorder, if the good news was
worth getting drunk on, the drunk is worth paying
for"
Recorder L"HolI on! Do you mean to say you all
got drunk on account Of the Washington dispatches
that were received Yesterday
yD5e 20 Inst iu3r
Recorder r Dir. clerk remit those fines. Enter
fac of 50 against officer Strike for arresng them Let
the prsonersE5e discharged" Soto voce. Oh it,
if had beeGE with tnem I'd have been tight Qlrsclth
Exeunt thitteen.
When mer! come 10 you crying debt, debt debt"
tell them as PAFRIqK Henry did, when they cried beef
beef! beef! bkef let your debt watt let all the ma
chinery of sotety stand still until the independence is
secured. Would say just if my house were on fire
A hands to- the buckets; let the flames be extinguish
ed.A Let theI courts and everything else stand still
eXcepto admniscf justice; le. all parocally watt
let Us all putt our shoulders the work and
gether With long pull, strong pull and pull all to-
gcther. Thatis the way to drive cut the enemy and
il will be SUCCESSFUL They rely on numbers, and they
have got them Du; have told you that the battle is
the strdng WE rely upon the righteousness and
the justice OF ur cause and also the valor of our men,
though they bling t0 to one, three TO one FIVE ono
ten to one, "a wa$ done in Greece. We rely upon
the valor Of OUR men-we rely upon our fighting
for their homeF iredes children and everything dear
to them and In such cause, have doubt the
God Of battles will smile upon
do you tale newspapers" inquired storekeeper
Of a customer who vas in the habit Of borrowing the
New Orleans Mirror
Yes
what one: T.
ANY one can lay my hands on
4 young lady has been heard to declare that she
couldn't 20 fight i9r the country but she willing
TO allow all THE Young to 60 and she die old
maid, which She thoghtwas great a sacrifice any
body could be caIledupon to make.
What time o'night is it?' said country lass to
dull spark, of whose company she was tired
why said lie, = reckon its just now"
Then Just How is the time that boys ought be at
home, said Miss she lighted her beau the door.
If some entdrprisg tradesman to hang out for
sign, forbidden and dangerous pleasures sold here
what an immense run OF custom he would have!
Life is journey, and they only who have Travelled
considerable Why IN i are tit to direct those who are
setting out. !
~ saw Pat What Gre You Mountaineering out the
roomen NOT answered PAT 4 sweeping out the
dirt and leaving the room.'
! young lady recently refused go into rifle fac
tory because THE guns had no breeches.
Why is a advs hair like the latest news2 Because !
We always find Il il papers
What is thar which be right but never wrong?
An angle.
The prevent on Of dss Is to buy your clothes at
slop-shop
1t Newcastle he people must be youthful set, for
all miners.
when an actpr brings down the house, where does
How does low become a landed estates By turn
man Il obliged ii Keep his word rhen nobody viii
Whv is lettdr like a sewing nachines Because it
makes needles peedless.
When does the farmer act with great THdeness TO- 4
ward bis corn2 Whet lie pulls its ears. I
III you we're dbliged|t0 swallow man whom would +
ron prefer 10 shallow little London porter