Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-04-27
A Converse ton.


A Conversation.
An old friend of ours told lis a very
good one the other day 1t is as tol-
lows:
About two years ago" said he "one
Parson B, a noted UniyersalSt
preacher, received 4 notice by the hands
of George Washington. 50. called. man
of color and African scent, to appear
before Gen. NJ, at that time agent
of the Freedman's bureau, stationed at
Marshall, Texas, to answer the charge
Of wiltully, maliciously and most out
ragcously wronging the aforesaid George
W aShington. so-calIcd. lie went, he
saw. and heard. On the next Sabbath
after his friendly interview with Gen.
N, he got up into his pulpit, and
to the as;onishment OF every one present
took for his text, The wicked shall he
turred into Hell with all the Nations
that forget God" After preaching 4
real hell and damnation sermon, he con
cluded by saying: My brethren, my
mind has undergone Il complete change
since | preached to YOU last: am sat
isfed now that if there is no hell, there
ought to be one-and if any Of Won
brethren should yet have any scruples
in regard to this matter, just claim all
that belongs to you from some freed
man, and it will get you before the
frecdmans bureau. When you get home
again, if you don't go strong for hell,
YOU are not the people | take you to be
from this time out I'm hell man.
4 FARM IN GEoRGIA-Alettcr writer
has the following concerning Col. Lee
Jordan's plantations in Southwest Gcor-
gia; which are superintended by Mr..
Lockett, himsef a wealthy man:
Mr.. Lockett employs three hundred
and fifty men, including mechanics and
other attaches works two hundred
and forty-cight horses and mules, and
cultiyates thirty-fye acres to the hand
in cotton and corn. Besides these prln-
cipal crops he raises potatoes and ycgc-
tables for the entire force. This I'M
mense plantation is divided into settle
ments, on each of which are employed
from twenty to sixty colored labororS
under the immediate superintendent
of a white man. These laborers are all
hired at standing wages, and paid off at
the end of every three months.
Mr.. Lockett has established free
school, and sent to Oberlin, Ohio, and
secured the services Of two competent
colored teachers. The colored people
have also a church, which was erected
free of cost by the philanthropic gentle
man. With all these surroundings we
infer they must be happy, for Mr., Lock
EFT has the same force he had at the
close of the war, not a single one hay-
ing left his employment. His average
crop is three thousand bales.
Fky" Woods IIoushold Magazine,
under the editorial management Of Gail
Hamilton, has more than doubled its
subscription list, during the past four
months. The May number contains:
Migration, Colonization, Homes, by
Horace Greeley; Miss Hannah Adams,
bv James Parton; "IIouschold Discover
les. bv Gail Hamilton; Brother Andcr
son. by Thomas X, Beecher; "Longeyi-
tv, by DR.. Dio Lewis; "reminiscences
Of Rev. Dr. Bethune,' by A. A. Willis,
ID. d.. etc. Every woman should read
Gail Hamilton's editorial, in which she
saws: 1T will never do to trust men
with liberty which they will abuse.
The best of them, men who may be
respectable aud even distinguished as
iurists. doctors. merchants, mechanics,
are, in domestic matters, but children
of a larger growth. They. must be
trained. They must be allowed libcr-
", bnt they must not be allowed 10
take it without permission.
The Household is tirst-cass oligi-
nal Magazine published at one dollar a
wear. bv ;. 5. Wood & Co., Newburgh.
y. y. a specimen copy mailed free
to any address.
\ romantic young lady fell into the
river, the other day, and was near
drowning; but succor being fortunately
at hand. she was drawn out senscIess,
and carried home On coming to, she
declared to her family that she must
marry who had saved her
Impossible, said her father.