The tri-weekly standard., 1866-07-31
RALEIGH, n. c., TUESDAY,,

Ills " SPeHu.. 1Ho COuleuefdcy SpeHG
not only all it stole, but all it Good bor-
ror, when it knowd its promises to pay
wuxent wurth the mizrable paper they
WIZ printed onto.
The Prodigal when he come back,
come ez penitent ez the consciousness
that he he'd made fool Nv hisself Good
make him. The Confedracy wuz whip
ped back, but it still swears hefty oaths
that it wuz right all the time.
The Prodigal didn't demand veal pot
pies and purple robes, and sich, but beg
ged to be a servant unto the more SEN
sible brethren which stayed The
South come back de,nandi,o office NV
which the fatted calf and rings and pur-
pie robes is typical, and considerably
more share in the government than it
had before it kicked over the traces and
went out like the lost tribes of Israel.
Spozen the Bible prodigal he'd stop
ped his parent and remarked to him
thus :" am willing to come back on
conditions Yoo must pay my debts
yoo must give me an ekal share Nv the
farm with the other boys-yoo must
treat me in all respects just ez if | hadn't
gone out, and-this is essential-yoo
must take me with all the sharpers with
whom fell in with whileI wuz away,
and make them head men on the place,
and above all 1 hev with me the two
harlots which was the prime cause of
my ruin, and they must hev eleven Nv
the best rooms in the house, and must
be treated ez yoor daughters. To avoid
displeasin the others Tll dress EN- in
different clothes, but here they must
stay, otherwise I'll go out again"
Probably the old gentleman wood
hev become indignant, and wood hev
remarked to him to go and never let him
see his audacious face agin, or rather,
he wood hev strangled the harlots, scat
tered the black legs, and chOked the
young sprout into submission
Them's me- / am anxious to kill the
fatted calf, and am also anxious to put
on your robes and shoes. But alas, the
calf suffered from want NV attention so
long doorin the late misunderstanding
that he's too poOr-the robes were all
cut up into bloc coats for the soiers we
sent out to ketch you-Jeff' son Davis
wore the only style we hev in-the
shoes they wore out, and the rings
When you come back yool find us ready
to meet you, but till then chaw husks.
Looked around, this armed tyrant re-
marked that there would be no more
preaching that day, and the congrega-
tion dispersed.
I'm heart sick. At every turn
make that Burow stares me in the face
and counteracts my best endeavors. It's
curious though what difference sermons
kin be preached from the same text, and
it also curious how quiet our folks listen
to ablishnist who hez muskets to back
him.
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY,
Late Pastor NV the Church NV the Moo
Dispensation.
THERE is too much idleness in this
country. 1t is breeding vice and immor
ality. 1t is filing our jails with Grim
inals. Crime has been on the gradual
Increase for six months. This comes of
idleness: and idleness comes in great
measure of that abominable idea that
white man cannot be a gentleman and
work He must get money, for that is
indispensable. But how That's it.
Young men have not the disposition to
work, and by patient economy secure
basis for business operations. They
must have it noao. This suggests ex-
pedients. These lead to temptation !;
and temptation leads to crime. Hence |
we have murders, horse thefts, and
breaches of trust.
Why should young man consider 1t |
degrading or even undignified to work
President johnson purchased his pres
ent residence in East Tennessee with
the proceeds of his labor as a tailor. |
One of the wealthiest bankers in New
York commenced the world as a gard |
ener selling to the huckster the products |
of his own labor Gen. Pat. Cleburn,
at one time the head Of the Arkansas
bar, subsequently the ruling spirit in a
powerful army, began life us day la
borer. Judge Reagan, Postmaster
General of the late Confederate States,
was once a wood chopper on the banks
of the Mississippi. The world is full of
such examples. But where can we
point to successful man who spent his
early manhood " waiting for something
to turn up?"
Young man if you would succeed,
go to aoork. If you cannot obtain
clerkship, take something else. You
had better be rolling barrels, or plow
ing, or building fence, or chopping cord
wood, or carrying the hod, than doing
nothing Quit depending upon your
friends Strike out for yourself. Learn
at once the greatest of all lessons, that
of selt.relidtce. Have head, a will,
purpose of your own. Go to work and
watch your opportunity. The soil up
on which you have been reared never
refuses competence to those who are
willing to dig. Then, if you can do no
better, dig. 1t will pay to dig. Nor
is there anything undignifed or vulgar
i'm If Tt IL hOnora b1e If Won choose to |
make it so. Then dig and watch your
But don't stand idle and
{" wait for something to turn up."-At-
laaat0 Era.
W. PULL1AM. w. II. JONES. GEO. W. swEPsoN.
PTTJ6JAM. ZONES e. CO..