The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-05-31

and timely contribution on topic Just
now uppermost in the world of Christen-
dom. a large amount of useful informa-
ton and entertaining reading matter is
supplied under the general captions of
"The Examiner" and "The Record of
Progress. Altogether the Old and New
will compare favorably with the best pc
riodicals published in America Hurd
4 Houghton are the publishers.
From the South.
CAMDEN, Arm, May Il, 1870.
EDITOR REGISTER In the State of
bowie-knives, where these articles were
once considered necessary to complete the
personal furniture Of each man, have
located for a time, at least long enough
to earn sufficient to get out Of il. The
Arkansas tooth-pick has in "a great meas
ure given way to that weapon, one grade
higher in responsibility, the pistol. In
that article of apparel called unmention-
ables, in a rear pocket fashioned for the
purpose, is with almost every man, brace
Of pistols or revolver, and not unfre-
quently even in these peaceful days are
they used. Between Friday and Tuesday
nights i'll this place there were three at
tempted murders and one real one. There
is no danger if a man minds his own bus
mess. Liquor, that demoniac iustigator
Of crime, black and blacklist is generally
the cause, and those political assassina-
!
seldom heard Of. The spirit which
prompts them is not by any means dead
but the strong arm of the government re-
strains through fear. Besides, the better
class of southern people are more denun-
ciatory Of these crimes, and themselves
aid in bringing the williams to justice.
There has been enough blood split for an
unrighteous cause, and they, above all
others, want peace. They are also wax
ing up to the desirability Of having the
negroes educated, and where the feeling
which prompts the motive to assist in ed
ucational matters for their old slaves
comes not from the heart, it comes from
the pocket. If not from the text book
Il remember how it lookedD from expe-
rience the southern people are learning
that portion of Political Economy where
the proof is overwhelmingly in favor of
educated Labor. Now where a few
years ago, school houses were burned, the
the communities of their own free will are
themselves building again, and inviting by
the offer Of generous wages good teachers
to come to their assistance. The large
planters are as a unit in favor Of our free
school system, for 10y having schools they
can keep their laborers, who otherwise
would move where school advantages
cUuIu ur amOrucu uueir cnlldrcn. Ihere
is no better state in the Union for peda-
gogucs after Ney get here, than Arkan-
sas. mean Of course, pecuniarly.-
S75 per month Is the common price, and
often board free. have Just been offer
ed 500 per month and board, with an
excellent place to board at. The place
is down somewhere near Red River.
know not how | shall get there, but if |
ever do will write \ teacher can have
a twelve months school ifhe or she gives
satisfaction, and besides a day school,
good paying night schools can be had.
Here is the filthy lucrc. Send Middle
bury College sons this way as missonar-
les, and they will return, if they ever do,
milionaires. They must make up their
minds that they can forego the pleasure Of
" tanning" eight or nine nights in the
week, for if they do any of that here il
will be on an oderiferous scale with some
sable daughter of the south. have not
spoken to but one or two white women
since coming into Arkansas, but the mat
ter is a trivial one to me as | always
avoid them.
As | am on the nonsensical strain |
copy from old Court Records before me,
the names of the parties in a marriage
certificate, Ben. Lickngs and Ann Coos
ley. Think Of the Lickings that may
have been in that family The name
somehow sends me on memory's wings
back home to the birch and beach times
of youthful indiscretions. Yet in the
union of these two parties there is a prob
ability of Cooines in the matter, and pos
sibly they may have been before there
was any reasonable hope of Lickings, jun
iors.
| am teaching night school for the
present which is composed of husbands
and wives, mothers and fathers. 1t is
pleasant to see the poor, ignorant people
struggling and striving so hard to learn.
| will not attempt now to give any sober
facts. for the former part of my letter
would not harmonic with them. In my
next | will try to be more circumspect.
have not seen REGISTER for an ago
Please let me kARP.
The results Of speculations in Wall
street is well illustrated in the following
description taken from a New York letter
of recent date
There are four classes of men who OPP
crate on the street. Regular brokers,
who buy and sell for their customers.
These men never speculate, their business
is both safe and profitable and they make
money. Another class buy and sell for
their customers but add speculation on
their own account During half cen
tury's experience, in every case these
houses have failed In mercantile life,
when man fails he compromises with his
creditors and gets the best settlement he
can He goes on with his business and
is as respectable as ever. On the street,
if man fails he must pay dollar for dol
lar, or he can never hold his head up
again in that locality. The class who
speculate, as well as buy and sell, though
they recover frequently, go under at last.
Another class make speculation trade