The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-05-09
For the Herald.
Contributions from the What Not Club
No 6


Tie Benerolenre Of the Age-lioaey Iuhfny,
The btn"volellcr Of the age is remarkable.
Judging from the great number of schemes
for the an.cliorati"r of the c0uniiion OF the
human race, one might suppose that soon all
the ills that flesh is heir to wnu! he utterly
exterminatcd, and the grand milenual reign
Of universal peace and happiness b" EShercd
in. BUT, strange to say, the W"rd grows 10
better New Quack>alverS,wi new remcdls
f,r the old diseases, continually take the places
- of the old a. they leave this stage of being
and 90 on to their reward. Whenever Ole
. humbug eXpludeS another is sure to take its
pace more beautiful and glowing in It's colors,
and more resplendcnt in its promises. We
love to be humbugged we love to have our
f.ncies tickled " ith prou,es which, cur cou-
mon sense tells US, are utterly hase'e>S and
futile. zWben ~ G read in the papers that Mr..
J. j. Smith, ofI70, Broadway, " Y, promises
to give us watch and chain worth >iXtv-fve
d)llarS and Seventy.fve cents for the tmfing
cost Of four dollars, the temptation is almost
Irresistible to send "n the money, when we
k,ow that the whole thing i> bare faced lie.
When some political Qnark>a}vcr, like the
Rev. Hard Spcecher, for instance, tells us that
such and such thing is the sum Of all VILLAIN
les and that, were it removed, the golden age
would come again, our hearts take fire with
the glowing prospect and We ar" satisfied no
more till the thing is done But when the
thing IS done We find at last tina the Ettlo-
plan cannot change his skin nor the leopard
his spots aid that, with MI u1Ir Write waStl-
ing, the niger is a nigger still. I would not
have my readers suppose that think it i'm
possible 10 improve the condition Of the hu-
man race. know that there is, somewhere,
a remedy for all the ills thPt flesh is heir to.
But that remedy is not to be found in the
abolition of slavery; in Matte liquor laws or
= in any other one idea panacea. Where it is
my reader must discover for himself He can
find it if he tries; he will find too, that there
is no quackcry about it, but that it is is sure
! have been moved TO these remarks by Pc
ruSing the following letter, which was handed
to me, few days ago, by a friend I think,
if more would follow his example, that the ef-
feet would he beneficial. Certainly it is i'm
possible to think of any species Of rascality
more bare-faced and palpahle than this of j.
J.smith and others Of like character, and yet
men suffer themselves to be gulled daily by
just such: One operation is not sufficient.
Time and again the process is repeated, and
time and again the same green ones are caught.
/ have written more seriously than l intend
ed. Ny Intention was to treat the subject
lightly, but 1t ould not bc so treated, and,
in spite of myself, my pen has written words
that never intended. S. he it, 1fany one
should be induced by what have written,
not to invest in any Of these humhug money
making schemes, doubtless NY pen will dance
more gaiy over the paper the next time
write, rejoicing that good has been done
Read my friends letter. S.