The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-03-12

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sum ofmoney to build a school.house,
and then dccamped to Boston.
Somebody says "no wonder labor IS
scarce at the South when these conyen-
tions are paying eight dollars day for
field hands,"
GooD.-Thurlow Weed suggests
that Congress call in the Preamble to
the Constitution, the Declaration of In.
dependence, and Washington's Fare
well Address, and burn them, as the
people may possibly get to reading
them, and that would croate uncasi.
ness.
The Democracy of Coles county, Hin
ois. instruct for Pendleton for Presl.
dent.
Some ofthe negroes of Monroe coun-
ty, Ala, betook themselves to the
woods to avoid being dragged to the
polls.
NEGRO FRAvEYARD.--At Monroe La.
they are moving to purchase slightly
place fora new negro graveyard, the
old one being overcrowdcd. This is q
common and very significant fact.
They are opposing the system Of
cramming, or overstudying, in schools
in the West. Right. Its aperuicious
destructive system. No child should
be made to study when it is unwilling
1t is better to be q stout, healthy Ounce,
than puny progeny of learning.
HISTORICAL PARALLELs--Gaul was
conquered by soldiers that went from
Rome, and that army then, renewed in
Gaul, returned the compliment and
conquered Rome. How long may it be
before a good radical Caesar, holding
the South by Northern army, but al
the time recruiting that army by the
young fellows of the South, can repeat
the Roman story in conquering the un.
armed North p New York Herald.
CHURCHES Nashville has thirty.
three churches, as follows; Baptist 5;
Catholic 3; Christian 2; Cumberland
Presbyterian 2; Episcopal 4; Hebrew
3; Lutheran / {; Methodist Episcopal 8;
Presbyterian 3.
IN Texas respectable negro declin-
ed tue office of county commissioner,
conferred upon him, on the grounds
that he could not consent to associate
with the white Radicals who were ap-
pointed 10 serve with him.
A treedwoman in New Orleans
bought sky-rocket under the impres.
sion that it was an ornament for tho
hair, in which position she wore it un-
til sagacious urchin touched it of.
THE BEST GUIDE.-It should cheer
the steps ola servant of Jesus Christ,
as he journeys, to know that, even in
darkness, his guide is still with him,
and that that guide is the King Of tho
country.-Eoster,
The old gentleman who poked his
head from ''behind the times" had it
knocked soundly by a "passiug
event"
His Reason.-A sailor tells US that
he don't like to wear moustaches, as
they mop up . sight ofgrog."
A countryman who went to see the
''White Fawn' in Boston the other ev-
ening, said it seemed to him that the
curtain had been rung up before the
ballet girls had got wholly umdressed.
A clergyman gave toast that was
not very gallant at late tiremen's cele-
bration: "Our five engines-May they
be like old maids, ever ready, but new
er wanted"
If q barnt child breads the fire, why
does person who has been singed by
Cupid's torch so often hayea lingering
regard for the old fame?
In West Virginia, recently, man
murdered three persons, and attended
the funeral of two Of them as pail bear.
er before his crime was discovered.
The Government printing Office now
employs 200 printers.
George Francis Train remarks, in a
letter written at sea, "Shipboard is the
place to read character; all there is IN
q man pops out when he is sea-sick."
Late fashions say the butterfly
toilet is bright. fancy, foam like tulle
in crescent puldngs outlined with
wreaths of tiny blossoms, periwinkle,
or delicate checkerberry vines with
pale pinl: waxeu flowers. These cres-
cents reach up to the knee and wreaths
are looped with large silken butterflies
with blue, green and purple and scarlet
vines.
Here is Chicago advertisement:
Board wanted, by a young man, where
bis society evenings, and company oc-
to places Of amusement with
he ladies', will be considered as CON-
,ensation. Address, with reference,
'Modesty," Republican Office.
A UNREASONABLE CONTRACT" IN
CoUEr.-Says a New York Dispatch,
IF the Goth ult.
In the Supreme Court yesterday
,itIzen in New York sued firm in
Texas for the recovery OF certain goods
during the war. The plaintiff
vas non-su.ted on the ground that hias
contract was reasonable and unlaw-
Iul.
PERsoNAL.-Jeff. Davis and family
.rc going to Louisville, Kentucky ona
'isit.