The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-02

pie that ever submitted to the matri-
nial moose.
"And Then"
The following story is told of ST.
Fillippo Neri:
He was living at one Of tho Italian
Universities, when q young man,
whom he had known as boy, ran up
to him with face full of delight, and
told him what he had been long wish
ing above all things in the world was
at length fulfilled, his parents having
just given him leave to study the law;
and that thorcupon he had come to
law school in this university on ao-
count of its great fame, and meant to
spare no pains or labor in getting
through his studies as quickly and
rs we'll as possible. In this way he
ran on long time, and when at last
he camo to stop, tho holy man, who
had been listening to him with great
patience and kindness said
"Wcll, and when you have cot
through your course of studies, what
do you moan to do thcn 3"
hnoi ou"ll lakc my uocPOTS uC'
gree" answered tho young man.
"And then :" asked st. Fillippo
Neri again
"And them" continued the youth,
Il shall hayo d number &C difficult and
knotty cases to manage, and shall
catch peoples notice by my cloqucncc
my zeal, my learning, my acutcncss,
and gain great reputation" :"
".And then z" repeated tho holy
man.
"And then 2" replied the youth
"why, then [ shall be promoted to
some high Office or other besides I
shall mako money and grow rich"
"And then :" repeated St. Fillippo
Neri.
"And thcn,' pursued tho young
iawyer--"thcn I shall live comforta-
bly, and honorably,in wealth and dig
nifty and shall be able to look forward
quietly to happy old age"
"And then :" asked the old man.
"And them" said the youth-"and
then-and thcn-I shall die"
Here St. Fillippo again lifted up
his his voice and said, "And then %
Whcreupon the young man made no
answer, but cast down his hca and
went away. Tnis last ssAnd then %
had pierced like flash of Lightning
into his soul, and he could not get rid
OF it. Soon after ho forsook the study
of law, and gave himself up to the
ministry, and spent the remainder of
his daysin godly words and works.
Wat CAN'T 4 MILITARY CoMMAS.
DER Do "A military governor under
til reconstruction act, can
Snrrr"ss newspapers.
Silrncr lecturers
Remove Mayors Of cites, Governors
"f States, Boards Of Commissioners.
Sc. .us
Can exclude white aldermen and ap
point black in their places.
Can take possession Of saving banks.
Can enact laws and postpone the pay.
ment of debts.
Can prohibit the dislillation of corn or
the sale Of liquor
Can run down city stock and rcpudi-
ate city currency.
an spend $5O0,OO0 for registering
black vo'rra and ask for $500, 900 more.
Can abolish local taxes and regulate
tie circulation Of papers.
Can settle the rate of wages and the
prices OF commodities.
Can obey the President and insult
tho Cabinet.
They can do all this, and far fore.
W hat they can't Go no one has vcntur-
ed to say.
Yet an extra session of Congress is
called to give power to these military
chieitalns; to make them so absolute
that even for the President to question
the limits of their authority will bo
ground for impeachment.
This is what the dog-day Congress IS
to do Is it not madness 7-1lJany
Aryus.
COULDN'T BEAR PROSPERITY There
was singular illustration of this IN
New York police court the other day.
a gooe-for.no'I,ing looking wretch was
brought up, charged with drunkenness.
1t was a clear case. The testimony
showed that he had been on spree for \
week. He was asked what he had n
say for himself. ~
We'll your honor said he, me and
my old woman never did live easy to.
gether.'
That's no excuse for getting drunk
You're right, yer honor, ana so It
amt. We used to fight like cats and
dogs together
j, !. Drinking Drinking only made it worse put in
That's trno. She discoursyssaaS.uS D
life out me, and kept me poor, nm
last week, when--'
We'll what did she do last weck2'
She died, yer honor
And you have been drunk over
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