Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-05-24
DOCTOR GRANTS RIDE.

lnSo tho other day, SAID the good dec
tor, | looked with interest, ~ usual
1T the g"oups Of children scattered
here al d there ut play. Some were
swinging on d,.or yarl gates, me
were flying kites, rome rolling marbles
Passing Oh u lil,lc fur; her, mott
ccd very small hoy bus, ing himself
with something which hc seemed try
ing TO hide. Ills back was turucd t"
his companions and be was blowing
away at something long and white; ;
which he held 10 his no outh with one
hand, while he covered the end Of ii
with the other hand. At tho Souul
OF the carriage whocis, he turned IL il
tic, and saw Who hc WIS and what he
was doing.
Think of it ! Little Jamie White,
just out of bis cradle, not four years
old, Was trying to smoke his fathers
pipe!
OF course he could not do it, bu: l
knew him for C. pcrsevering little ttl~
low, and | made no doubt ho would
try till he succeeded. BY the time he
is fourteen years o!d, thought l, Jag
mio White will be spending somcbo-
dy's money on cigars. His rcd lips
will be polluted with the fumes Of TO.
bacco, and his sweet breath will BE-
nj !, l.
familiar with.
Bat that is nothing, said 10 my
self, compared With tho poor little
child's white soul, which liz going to
nc stained and stupcficd with smoke.
Why, have seen what cigars will
Go for boy! There is George Green
his widow cd mother is obliged 70
count every ce.:t, ard deny herself
every luxury, yet Mr.. George, aged
sixteen, and having yearly S:,ary OF
scv"nty.fvc dollars smokes two CT
gars day. They cot 1T least lcn
cents apiece, gpoJ ones c:sL double
that sum, but Ut ten cents they come
TO sevcn,y.lhrcc dollars IL year.
Now that is sc!fh and mean to
spend the mv:lcy "h:,h his mother
c.ds to pay for hi, own. tp"d and
cio' hing Oh anything not absolutely
necessary.
Bu. that is not tho worst. George
has bc,n Il child OF many pray cr-.
His elmuth,r Anr,a. and i.i,
m"tlcr G'ure, gave him t.. CD from,
tho beg iunirE, and he h y t;a,! :.lahy
HI Impulse to 3 re God and i've :.
noble ld,
But boyish compnni.ns have Il aAn
him away from his homo Influence,
aud lie has taken r.tu:;o from nanly
and serious thoughts in his Cigars. If
.ho has 4 troublesome twin.c Of c..n.
science, IL Is very easy to quiet it, and
and soothc himself into eomiio, table
dullness bya good smoke.
"Therc," Said I,--thinking aloud
this tinr,-"lll turn right about and
60 TO jamie Whites father" A few
minutes landed me ut Mr.. Whites
door. There he SIT at an open win
dow, putting away at his pipe.
Il See you have two pipes, Mr..
White" said l.
"How d. you k,ow that p he as
kcd.
'Jamie IS trying t, light tho other
one little way down the street," 1
replied.
MIR. Rhito to,k his pipe deliberate
}y from his mouth, held it outside tho
window, that tho ashes might not
fall on tho carpet, ard snapped the
stem in two.
"1 always meant to STOP" said he,
"before jamie was old enough to no
tice.~ l did not intend that he should
know l ever made such an lido fool
of myself: I'm too late, am Sharp
little thing he shall never zee it
again. Well ut this age it won't take
him long to forget, Wilt? uo shall
never think he can smoke because
his father does.-Congregationalist.
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The PoTAro.-sir Walter Raleigh,
who was tho first discoverer Of tho
value of the potato as food for man,
ono day ordered lot Of dry wecds TO
be collected and burnt. Among these
was lot of dried potatoes. After
tho bonfire, these potatoes wore pick.
ed up thoroughly roasted. Sir Walter
tasted and pronounced them delicious.
BY this accident WAS discovered h spe
o'es ofSfood which has saved millions
OF the human race from starvation.
g, CHERRY SnRUB.-Take az: MANY
GnArf1pQ II.