American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-07-05
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lie is not one OF constant amuSement
They cannot see and hear as muc
as their city cousins. They do nu
dress in as fine clothes cannot b
treated at the popular saloons, o
visit the costly gambling resort
which abound in every city. The,
fee: that their lot is indeed a haIt
one, and the highest ambition 0
many ot them is to arrive at tina
age when they can go to city ant
",er all the sights"
But let us talk to0ur farmer boys
lon are iii the right place. You art
ieaIning habits OF Industry and flu
%a'ity. by Your daily toll you are
acquiring a sound conStiution-S
most important matter. And tins i,
one OF the reasons that our great mel
have ali come irOm farmers sons
They have grown up robust with con,
H,iIutlOnS that CCuid endure a great
amount Of mental labor, which youth
rom the city. with weak and feeble
frames, could not stand.
II YOU cannot SEE as much as city
Nuutt, neither are you exposed to the
vices and temptation $ Of city lite,
which prove the destruction OF near.
~ all raised in the city. You are
then on the right tracl.-Go ahead.
Resoive to form no bad habits. In
duiGc in no Intoxicating drinks. Ii
on form love Tor them ii is almost
impossible to SuhGue it. DO nor ac-
qulre the hahit OF chewing and Smok-
ng tobacco, 0r taking snuff. Read
good books let DO opportunity for
Improvement pass aWay-and YOU
will grow up useful and intelligent
mel.- RuraI American.
THE POWER OF CHARACTFR.-
That character is power, is true III IA
much higher sense than that hnowi-
edge is power Mind without heart.
without conduct, clever
ness without goodness, are powers
Ill their way, but they are powers
only for mischief. We may be in
,tructcd or amused by them but it
IS sometimes as difficult to aCmir
Them as II WOu.d be TO admire the
.teXteri'y OF pickpocket, or the
Workmanship of highwayman.
a. had rather be right than be
PRESIDENT" said that great hearted
'naU-Henry Clay. Young man, it |
IS better to be right than to he any,
hing, or do anything that intcrtcreS
"iti. II. Ii is better to keep right,
md have il clean heart in yor, 'han
% make that tempting Thousand dol I
arS by driving ii deceit III bargain!
10 have your heart righ-, is what
money cannst buy; and heart set
wrong, has the black spcck in it that
IlnIoSt surely spreads ard rOts it all
!Way. Keep your heart right
A Youth who much desired to
wear The matrimonial YOKE, had not
tittcl"nt courage 10 pop the queS
ION. On informing his father OF the
i.lliculty he laboIed under. the Old
."nt!eman replied pasSionately:
" hy, you great booby, how 90 You
uppOSe | managed when | got mar
Ird !" "Uh, yeS," said the baShtul ;
over )" you married mother, but I've !
'Ot to marry strange gii !"
\ SENSIBLE DADDY" Iy dear :
'Oy," said al Old lady toa precociouS \
outb of eighteen, " does Your tath- q
r design YOU should tread the intri- {
teand thorny paths OF profession, g
he straight and narrow way OF the
luiStTy, or revel amid the tiCweTy
eds of literature (" "Nc, maTm, u
AL says his gwine to sol me to |
ork in the tattr patcL." d
Letters from Italy describe the ;
ar enthusiasm to he at a fever /
eat. All The higher schools and
are clos, d and the young
.rn Al L. docking to GaribalG!'> stand =.
ID. y new war hAm has been com !
GSvd 10y an Italian maestro, Biotfe- =,
=, which is said To he as tioctiiiy- =
y in its effects as the French Mar :
il ai>t. All the railway stations t
nd the streets Oi the cities IT sound
ith it.
GENERAL WADE HANPTON.-A a I,
,rreSpoudeut OF the Memphis Ar Il
us, writing tiom Eggs Point, Mis- Il
sSIppi, says: '
"Tem or twelve u les below here,
Lake Washington, ives, in quiet
Lieutenant General o
ade Hampton, the second greatest "
lvilIy Chieitaim oi the late Con'ed- q
acy. He ovns two or three eXtrn-
We plantation, upon which he di-
dies his tiine, devOting himself
lietly to the congenial pursuits Of J,
preventative Southern gent.eman- u
,okS, planting and the chase. His
rmcr slaves, of whom he owned
veral hundred, true 10 their ale u
ance and their own interests, re- n'
ain with the General and are rep
secuted as cuntented and induStT:-
.s." cl