The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-05-10
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In quiet village situated on the
shores of beautiful lake, lived man
of some wealth and independent man.
ners. He disregarded the Sabbath en-.
tirely and pursued his business or pleas
ure as best suited his convenience. He
commenced building a boat principally
for pleasure excursions on the lake.
While he was proceeding with the en-.
tcrprise, which, it was whispered abroad,
would afford opportunity for Sunday
sailing, he was called on by minister,
who inquired about the boat and expos
tulated with mm, as the enterprise
would increase the wildness and immor.
ality of their village. II am afraid"
said tic minister your boat viii prove
Sabbath breaker" The man looked
him in the face, and with much assur.
ance said, Yes, it will that's just
what I'll name my boat; I've been
thinking some time what to call her,
and you have just hit 1t. l thank You
for the suggestion. Tho boat shall be
called The Sabbath Breaker" AS he
said this, he bade the minister good day,
with chuckle at his evident surprise
AMI modification. The building went
on, and especially on Sunday. She
was soon ready to launch, and was
launched on Sunday, and named the
Sabbath Breaker" amid the cheers of
some twenty or thirty half intoxicated
men. An old sailor or two shook their
heads at the way she struck water, but
the folly usual to such an owner hid his
eyes to the truth. She was rugged and
fitted for an excursion. She must go
out on Sunday. A general invitation
was given, and numbers crowded on
board On the steamer was floating the
| name in large letters; 'The Sabbath
Breaker" She puts out. Several,
seized by an indefnite dread as they
read the name over them, sprang on
shore others would have done so, but
she was off. She sailed well enough
for awhile. The ,lmid felt re.assured
and music and mFth began. But
scarcely four hours had elapsed when
the boat was struck by flaw of wind
which came very suddenly upon hcr.-
Confusion reigned on board Scarce an
effort was made. She keeled almost
instantly over5 and went to the bottom.
Now, what an outcry But soon all
was over Forty souls, mostly youth,
had found watery grave, and Just
above the surface of the lake tloated the
flag, bearing the inscription, Sabbath
Breaker proclaiming to all tie pas.
sers by that there is God in heaven
who jndgcth nghteously.
TIE JUDGMENTS OF WoMEN.-In n
conversation | once held with an emf.
nent minister of the Church, he made
this fine observation: "We will say
nothing of the way in which that sex
usually conduct an argument; but the
intuitive judgments of women are often
more to be relied upon than the conclu.
sions which we reach by an elaborate
process Of reasoning. No man that has
an intelligent wife, or is accustomed to
the society of educated women, will dis.
putc this. Times without number you
must have known them to decide ques.
tions on the instant, and with unerring
accuracy, which You had been poring
over for hours, perhaps with no other
result than to find yourself getting deep.
er deeper into the tangled maze Of
difficulties. 1t were hardly generous
to allege that they achieve these feats
less by reasoning than sort ofsagacity
that approximates TO the sure instincts
of the animal races; and yet there seems
to be some ground for the remark of
witty French writer, that when man
has toiled, step by step, up a fight of
stairs, he will be snre to find woman at
the top. but she will not be able to tell
how she got there, How she got there,
however, is of little moment. IF the
conclusions woman has reached are
sound, that is all that concerns us. And
that they are very apt to be sound on
the practical matters of domestic and
secular life, nothing but prejudice or
self.conceit can prevent lis from acknow-
Lodging. The inference, therefore, is