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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-12-09
Look out Young Man.

When it is said of man, "He
drinks, and it can be proven. what
store wants him for memberq
Who will rust him? What dying
man viii appoint him his executor?
He may have been forty years in
building his reputation-it goes
down. Letters of recommendation,
the backing of business firms. bril-
liant ancestry y,cannot save him. The
world shires of. Why? It is whis-
pered ali through the community
"He drinks, he drinksr' That blasts
him. When a young man loses his
reputation for sobriety, he might as
well be at the bottom of the sea.
There are young men here who have
their good name as their only capi-
tai. Now look out, young man,
that there is no doubt of your so
briefly. Do not create any s6spi
cion by going in and out of liquor
establishments, or by any Odor of
your breath, or by any glare of your
eyes, or by any unnatural flush of
your cheek. You cannot afford to
do it, for your good name is all
your capital,and when that is blast
ed with the reputation of taking
strong drink, all is gone.-Ex.
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The Three Benedicts.


Twas on the mellow autumn after
noon of Nov. 18th. The weary god
of day was slowly STOPPING to his
saffron couch in the rosy occident.
The little birds were hying them
to their cozy perches, and the
coming twilight gently shot its gold
en- streams high in air. All nature
was lovely and so were the three
young men. 1t was at a time when
lately married swains are wont 10
turn their faces homeward to meet
the looking eyes that wait their
coming. At such a charmed hour,
near the city scales and ''on the
square" stood three heedful benedic-
tines, not of Black Friars, but
young married men, in a sober tri
angular confab.
We are not advised whether "P."
as having been longest in the bless
ed state, was depicting to VIII and
Polk the pleasures of the same, or
whether experience led him into
sweet discourse of the silken halter
which Hymen weaves about the su-
pie necks of men, and leads them
willing captives, wheresoe'r the
fair governess Hsteth. At any rate
the chat was earnest, and L. aud V.
(poor souls, stood silent by, and
listened with unwonted interest to
these strange communings. Gladly
would these luckless ones have tax
en- a hand, but alas alasl for them
There's no one to love, and none,
to caress," and they came right
straight and told on their more for
tunate fellows. What shabby
trick!
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Value of Toll.

Idleness does not mean happiness
by any means, though many young
people think that an idle life must
be a pleasant one; but there are
none who enjoy so little, and are
such burdens to themselves as those
who have nothing to do. Those
who are obliged to work hard all
day enjoy these short periods of rest
and recreations so much that they
are apt to think if their whole lives
were spent in rest and recreation it
would be the most pleasant of al.
But this is a sad mistake, as they
would soon find out if they made a
trial of the life they think so agree
able One who IS never busy can
never enjoy rest; for rest implies a
relief from previous labor; and if
our whole time was spent in anus
ing ourselves, we should feel it more
wearisome than the hardest days
work. Recreation is only valuable
as it unbends as; the idle can know
nothing of it. Many people leave
of business and settle down to life,
of enjoyment; but they generally
find that they are not near as hap
py as they were before, and they are
often glad to return to their old oc-
equations, to escape the miseries Of
Incidence.
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For the CETIzEs
YOUTHS Early Dreams.
TO HARRY 9, oAnnol1. 81. LOUIS.

We dream but Of the morrow's sparkling
dawn;
To-day, set aside as though 'twould come
again. when pressed by times unsparing
hand,
And rescue IS from its impartial call
We dream Of life; It's stern and rugged path
Seems but aiuture bower. overhung
With arbore scent WFeaths of love And Joy
Hope, the prolific vine on " hich they grow.
We cream not of the byways leading of
Along which our too willing passions run,
Deeoyed BY temptations fair offerings
nor, as we Gull the fairest flowers here,
Dream we that 'neath-their petals. subtle vice
Lurks. with eternal venom in its sting:
Nor that the siiy'ry lake Ger which We glide
Where lilies fair, IN tropie splendor grow,
Within its depths eoneeals the monster, sin
Spawning for aye, in countless myriads,
] he embryOs of sorrows aud Of woe
hieh, hateblng, tall to man, possession
Unmcrtgaged, hereditary here
We dream of classic scenes of valiant deeds;
VI heroes, poets, sages, fancying
Ourselves 70 be their grand faesimilies.
we dream Of countless fortunes, easy gained;
And gold As panacea for aliilis
" friendship, trustingly, ss though it bonds
Could not by cold indifference be riven.
g dream Oflove jus pure as angels thoughts,
Or echoes dropped from harps celestial
Kneel at the shrine OF Cupid, woman god.
While ali the world laughs ut cur foibles,
And, unintending, ridicules itself.
We dream Of death as some sure visitant,
SLOW, careless, and most likely to come late,
When ardent youth hath run its boisterous
course,
v hen passion storms and yearnings all are
past,
When ev'n life's sunset glow hath faded ont;
And DER the head, bending meath weight OF
years
Soon age hath thrown it's siiv'ry twilight veil.
As Luna, when Phoebus' fiery car hath pass'd,
Clothes in pale lustre tops Of ancient trees.
Thus dream we, building pslaceii of clouds
Imagination iOur swift architect,
Building two Structures while one vanishes.
III ARRRAY.
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BOHEMIAN.

Mr.. EDITOR As you have had
documents from various P. OPS in
this county, 1 am determined that
Bodenham shall not bring up the
rear. The above named place is
situated about ten miles north west
of Pulaski, partly upon Choate's
and partly upon Weakley's Creek,
which is a beautiful little valley
through which the anticipated NJ.
d K. r. R. runs. The lands here
abouts are very productive ana fine-
~ watered, furthermore 1t is inhab-
tied by social and clever citizens,
who are striving to live and let live.
Yet at the same time, working as
other people, for the almighty dol
lar. Some say that they are MAX
ing, ''but echo' answers, over the
left, which 1 fear is true, though we
may console ourselves by tacking it
on to the short cotton crop. The
corn crop is a double extra one,
every crib and pen is full, and still
more to be found in the fields.
There is some pork, and madam
rumor says enough to supply the
demand of this people.
Messrs Petty & Walker have re-
moved their steam saw mill about
three hundred yards from its old
stand, and attached it to their gin,
which they are now running day
and night. They propose to receive
cotton, gin, bale and sell it, before
any lawful officer can produce the
papers. So all those who have
debts that are due, know where to
carry their staple. Mr. Kenney,
our handsome and most accommo-
dating young merchant, has recov-
cred from his buggy capsize up in
Maury, and can be seen traversing
the country seeing after the bust
ness of his house. So by this time
you can see that Bohemian is neith-
er dead nor wrapped in the sheets
of oblivion, but 1 am happy to say
that it is still alive, and basking in
the sunshine of its untold prosper
ity, which will be developed at no
far distant day in the completion of
NJ. q K. R. R., and the grand ride
that we expect to take into the
busy marts of Pulaski. OMEGA.
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Errors in Printing.

The London Times says, proba-
bly, one of the worst businesses un-
der the sun is that of a printer.
His every deed seeks the light of
day. Those of the lawyer lie in
dark boxes and between musty
shelves-the doctor places his indif-
ferent handiwork in the earth-the
tradesman has but his customer to
please, and satisfying him, his work
is ended. But the printer, every
ignoramus spells over the work of
the printer. Fellows who would
find it impossible to put twenty let
ters together dramatically, viii
point out with glee a fault in his
work-indeed, it is usually this class
of individuals who make it a point
finding out every little discrepancy.
Did the public know the thousands
of different characters, different let
ters and atoms comprised in a prin-
ter's every day life--did they but
know the variety of altogether fore
ign subjects he has to set up, read
correct and revise day after day =
they would wonder how he kept out
of the lunatic asylum. But practice
makes perfect, and constant friction
has rubbed off all the rough edges
from the character of the man of
letters nothing takes effect upon
him-he can view errors of the
most frightfM description with
ealmness. After all. what is an er
ror, grammatical or otherwise? Sim
ply so many times out of place,
that's all, and quite enough-but
not enough to upset the equanimity
of the printer.
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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1875.

lite bow, as this was his first visit
to one of the ladies, and Just as his
body was inclined about 45 degrees
the truth flashed over him, that he
had in his hurry in leaving the sta
tion, put his pants on s0rOng side out.
The thought caused him to jerk back
as quick as if some one had stuck q
pin about an inch and half in the
gable end of his breeches. Blush
ing like a girl of forty five, he placed
the candy box with its contents on
the piano, and sat down in his con
fusion between the two ladies. At
ter exhausting the weather, pigs,
and chickens etc, ETC.. one Of the
ladies noticing the box thought it
was candy and exclaimed. Of Mr..
A. has brought US some nice candy.
Before A. could interfere she had
opened the box. and taking out the
bundle snapped the string, and out
rolled BIS. coat and pants with sus-
penders attached. The young ladies'
surprise was great, but picture AS
confusion, which was now at white
heat The perspiration was stream
ing down his face, he clutched at
his handkerchief which he saw
sticking out of his coat pocket be-
hind as he thought, but instead of
the handkerchief coming he felt
his collar button give away.
He could stand it no longer,
but bolted for the door, and
made the fastest time on record
from that house to the depot in
time to catch the south bound train.
He reached home about 10 O'Clock
P. N. to find B. in bed because he
he had no clothes to put on. A.
loaned him a pair of his old pants.
They were too long for him, but
made out with them until his
own came by express the next day.
The young ladies did not ask them
to call again. And if any one wants
to get good fight on hand, let him
ask the boys, if they were ever in
Columbia. GYPSY.
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The practice of buying on credit
all the necessary articles of the
household is fatal to good economy.
The housekeeper has always to pay
dearer when she does not pay cash.
The tradesman must have interest
for his money, for a man will never,
in a business community, be willing,
and seldom is able, if he were Will
ling, to forego it. To the ordinary
cash prices of the article, he there
fore adds the interest which may ac-
crue during the time that credit is
allowed. This, however, is not all.
There must be a premium exacted
by the dealer for the risk he runs in
trusting his goods to that class Of
more or less dangerous customers
who never pay ready money. The
most honestly disposed of these are
often unsafe debtors, for they are
generally such as are imprudent
enough to anticipate their incomes,
and to overrun them in expendi-
tires. The credit system, more
over, is temptation to unnecessary
purchases. There is a sort Of check
in the sight and touch Of the hard
won money to the disposition to
dispose of it lightly. On the other
hand, there is something in the ia
cility of credit, removing as iF does
the disagreeable necessity of pay
ment to a vague future, very seduc-
tive to the buyer, who can crafty
his love of possession with a momen-
tary sense at any rate, that it's graf
iication costs him nothing. There is
no such cheap and cautious pur-
chaser as cash.
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During the late deer hunt of
Sumpter and Co., Ed. S. was sta
toned at a "stand'' and told to
stand, montionless as a statue, ur til
the game got within easy range of
his faithful towing piece. To in
sure the proper observance of these
instructions, he was placed near DR.
Dorsett. 1t was not long until
there was heard the faint echoes of
deep-mouthed "Spot" and Pluto, :"
scenting the track Of the antlered
herd. On they came, nearer and
nearer, when squaring himself, and
raising his fusee to dead horizon
tai, Ed. stood trembling with ex-
citement, aud expecting every mo-
ment the agile form of the bounding
doe or the feet footed fawn. "Hold
Edr' But Ed could hold no longer
and away he went in the direction of
the coming chase, yelling out "come
on DR.. 1 saw him"-but they never
saw him again.
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How a Cook Came Into a For
tune.

Says the Omaha Bee: Henry
Brost is the name of a young man
who came into this world not rich
but respectable. Hal he been en-
dowed with any reasonable amount
of filthy Iucre in his youth, he would
not have been compelled to earn an
honest livelihood as a cook at the
American House, this city, as he has
for some time past This morning
as he was scientifically turning over
some hot buekwheat cakes, he re
eeived a letter from the postman, a
fact which he did not consider Of
any great importance at first, for he
deferred the opening of the
epistlc till he had filed his last or
der for hot cakes. His surprise may
be imagined, therefore, when upon
parusing the letter he learned that
it was from Messrs. Chatelier d
Spence, of New York, informing
him that his uncle, Francois Brost,
had died in Onenburgh, Baden, a
millionaire, the owner of three coal
mines and left him soc, ,0oO in Amer
lean money. Messrs Chatelier &
Spence requested Mr.. Brost to noti-
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-eHe Meant no Wrong .

There are not many phrases in
our language which are used as in
considerably or as mischievously as
the phrase, ''IIe meant no wrong." /"
A man uses money that does not
belong to him to speculate with,
loses it, and is exposed. "He meant
no wrong" is the cry which is at
once raised by his friends, who
seem to be as constituencies as him
self "He did noGAntend to lose the
money. He believed it was safe
BE met no wrong"
A man is made the trustee OF the
executor of an estate. He lives be.
yond his mems and uses the trust
funds to support his extravaganza.
By and by he is found out and i'm
mediately the cry is raised, "He
meant no wrong" 1t is declared
that he Is a most exemplary man,
very respectfully connected; and so
the treaeherous thief is allowed to
go unpublished.
It is time that the demoralizing
falsity of this claim that detected
villains ''meant no wrong were ex-
posed. No man ever used money
that didn't belong to him, or betray-
ed or perverted any trust, without
meaning wrong. His act was a
wrongful act, and he knew it was
wrong, and he meant to do it, and
therefore he meant to do what he
knew to be wrong. It may he that
he meant TO restore the money if he
could; but he did not mean to re-
store it if he should fail to win in
his desperate game; on the contrary,
he in that case meant to let ruin
come to those whom he had betrayed
and robbed, and take his chance of
escape. That is the plain truth of
matter, and the SCORER every such
man is publicly and persisbently
branded as a thief-a villian-the
better it viii be for the general well
fare..-Exs
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fy them as owhat steps they should
take in regard TO his share Of the
fortune. Mr.. Brost concluded to
have the money sent here, and has
so ordered it. The lucky cock is
said to be considerably elated over
his good fortune, and is now look
ing around for comfortable home
and a business opening. The news
created some considerable excite
meEt at the American House. Hen
~ Lauer, the landlord, we under
stand, will have to engage another
cook.
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A young lady from the Brick
Church country, accompanied her
brother to town last week to witness
his marriage. On reaching town,
as the hour for the marriage had
not arrived, and as she had some
to do before returning
home, she drove up to the square TO
make her purchases. Having com
pleted her shopping, she repaired
to the scene Of the nuptial festiyi
ties only in time to be introduced
to her new sister-in-law. This was
zoo bad. We charge the disap
pointment to some clerk, who must
reform his habits and serve custom
ers with more dispatch.
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We are told that when John Rob
inson was here, he lost an import
ant part of his show; namely, one
of his i'd IS. The next morning
there W no small stir in the camps,
what become of him. In scour-
ing the country in search of the
mlsslRg man, they found him as
shey thought, at Chicken Creek.
just as they we're in the act Of Gag
ing him whether or not, as luck
would have it, along came a citizen,
and assured the capturing party
that they had the wrong man, one
of his neighbors.
We have the foregoing statement
from re-li able lips-Reece kim
bros. Who could it have been, is
the question.
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1t is self-evident proposition that
it is always hard times with those
who have nothing to exchange for
money. But this feyorite argument
of the eentractionists, however true
as an insoiated question, is no solu-
tion of the financial problem which
the worshippers of the golden calf
assume to solve by stroke Of the
pen, or the sarcasm supposed to be
contained in the term-"rag baby"
Hard times and scarcity of money
are, in common acceptation, different
terms for the same thing, and when
that scarcity exists in the midst of
abundant harvests the cause is to be
found not so much in the law Of sup
ply and demand as in the policy Of
an administration which legislates
in the interests of capital and adyer-
sely to productive labor. Il is the
experience of the country that the
surplus production brings but little
pecuniary relief. because spectators
plead the scarcity of money as the
reason why they can not offer living
prices, and the actual consumers
have not the means with which to
purchase. The advocates of con
traction, with a knowing wink at
each other, assure the sufferers that
the supply of currency is ample, and
only those who have nothing to sell
complain of its scarcity; in the
meantime, stubborn facts and in
creasing poverty are daily giving the
lie to the absurd theory. Have the
merchants and manufacturers who
are becoming bankrupt in such
rapid succession nothing to sell?
We are not prepared TO deny that
there Is not money enough in exis-
tence to meet the demands Of trade.
but where is it? We are told that
the banks are boarding it as a meas
ure Of self protection, and it is reas-
enable TO infer that rings and mill |
ionaires are boarding it with a view
to speculation in some one Of its
varied forms, but when boarded. no
matter by whom or for what pur
pose, it as efectually ceases to be
currency, as ifit were consumed by
fire. And if, in this early stage in
the work Of resumption, there is
bankruptcy, distress and a univers-
al cry for more currency, what viii
be the condition of the country when
$3.50, 900. COO Of greenbacks are re-
duced to an amount that can be re-
deemed. dollar for dollar by $780,
100000 in gold? And even by some
if it were practicable.to do this with
out running the country, the inevi-
table result wiz be that Wall street
and other monopolies viii absorb al
the gold the Treasury can gather to-
getheF, leaving to the productive
classes a national bank currency re-
deemable only in greenbaeks, and
for this poor privilege their property
must be taxed $4,000, 900 as bon
as 10 the bankers-this amount be-
ing six per cent interest on the
bonds deposited by said bankers as
security for their circulation, on
which bonds they pay no interest to
the government. Tt is not strange
that the money kings advocate
policy that will add so materially to !
their wealth and power, bat it is
passing strange that they should
advocate it who disclaim all eonnee-
ton with monopolies and boast Of
their devotion to the interests of the /
whole Ciarksviile Chronicle
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Married Nov. oath, at the resi-
dence of the brides mother, Mr..
William Burch to Miss Annie Up
shaw, Rev. Mr.. Green, Pastor Of
coPd. Methodist church in Pulaski,
officiating. Attendants by couples
Mr.. j. w. j. Lowry and Miss
Matilda Mason, Eli Morse and Pa
tience L. Gordon, S. A. Walker and
Florence Simonton, Foster Rose
and Anna Childers, VIM. Upshaw
and Hattie Kimbrough.
1t will be seen by the Giles coun-
ty reader that many of the foregO
ing names are representative of the
wealth, aristrocracy and intelligence
of our community. Besides, the
handsome groom, Mr.. Bureh was
the servant of our senior in the
years gone by, while the refined
bride was our trustworthy house
servant, and the careful nurse of
Master Frank Jones, until our
temporary removal from Pulaski In
June last. Could the Editors of
the CITIZEN do less than offer their
respectful consideration on the
happy event?
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Miss Agnes, daughter of our es-
teemed friend, VIM. Rose, sends us
a pomegranate grown on tree up
on her fathers premises; also an
Irish potato, which if picked up
petrifed, by one of our modern
scientific archaeoIogists, would be
pronounced the crude handiwork of
race preadamitic imageworshipers.
1t has the well define facial Inca
ments ofa frst-class gorilla. There
are the eyes, and nose, and, with a
slight assistance of the knife, the
nasal passages and the mouth.
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CuIIeOka Institute.

We call attention to the card of
this school, to be found in these
columns. In literary and scholastic
circles, throughout Middle Tennes-
see, Arkansas and Miss, this insti-
tuition has attained a household
currency. AS first-class Classical,
Mathematical and Commercial
school, it has passed into a proYerb.
Ifthe school should collapse to-mor-
row, "Culleoka Institute" would be
talked of by our grand children,
hundred years hence. 1t is consid-
cred the best high school in all the
South. Its thorough scholarship,
and fine discipline are on the
tongues of College Presidents,
teachers, preachers, Presbyterians,
EpiscOpOlians, Baptists, and all.
And better than all this, the Webbs
make scholars, who go out and
proclaim abroad as diving epistles,' -
the literary handiwork Of the max
ers. See their card.
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We would record, with studied
deIiberation, and with all due EN-.
phases the grave announcement,
that we returned on Monday last
and found our boarding house
minus its chief attraction, its pre-
siding genius-gone to the country.
We should have as readily expected
(almost) to find the courthouse
removed to Bellvuc, or the Factory
perehed upon the square. Glad to
note such symptoms of returning
youth in our esteemed hostess.
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Tuscaloosa Times: The erimi-
nal trials At the last term ofour Cir
cult Court fully demonstrate two
propositions First-if a negro
steals from white man. DO other
negro saw him do Il bat six other
negroes were 'possuln hunting with
him tilImorning. secoud-Irone
negro steals from another negro, two
negroes coming home from church
saw him do the steaiing, and three
other negroes heard him say that he
was guilty Of the charge. No one
comes forward 70 'possum hunt with
him that night.