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The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06

LovE-One morning, found little
Dora busy at the ironing table,
smoothing the towels and stockings.
"1sn't it hard work for the little
arms!" / asked.
A look like sunshine came into her
face rs she glanced toward her moth
er, who was rocking the baby.
SIT isn't hard when 1 do it for
mamma" she said, softly.
How true it is that love makes la
bonr sweet. So, if we love the bless
ed Saqiour we shall not find it hard
to work for Him. It is love that
makes His yoke easy and His bur
den light. If we love God, we shall
always be happy and contented with
our lot.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06

him TO distraction; promised never
to drink another drop, etc.
NO. she said, Il dare not trust my
future happiness to man who has
formed such habit. I came three
thousand miles to marry the man I
loved, and now rather than to marry
drunkard, will 60 three thousand
miles back again." And she went,
and thus proved herself wise and
strong. Better thousand times dis
so!ye the tenderest tie, than to be
linked to that "body Of DEATH" q
loathesome, helpless drunkard.
But how many young women there
are who would falter, and hesitate,
and yield, and put faith in drunk
ards acord! How many have al
ready done SO, whose throbbing
healts only ceased their hopeless
aching, in the chilling silence of the
sepulchre. Oh, woman be careful
where you step! Let every woman
take firm stand on this ground, and
it would do more to prevent intem-
perance than any present means can
accomplish.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06

can those cultivate others who have
themselves no cultivation.
If the mother of the Wesleys had
not carefully improved the golden
opportunities of childhood for home
instruction for her children, the
founder of the Methodist Episcopal
Church never would have been known
in the worlds history. The same
might be said Of those distinguished
in the world OF science. 1t was
Baron Cuvier's mother who made him
q great naturalist. The foundation
was laid in his earliest years, when
her loving lessons invested with intc-
rest every little she'll and insect
which came under his observation.
1t was she who first taught him to
read with delight the works of Ges-
ner and Button, to make copies Of the
different animals described, and Sill
perintending his sketches.
The proud achievents of his man
hood were but the fruit of his early
education. Bad men come from the
wrong lessons given them in early life.
1t is the hone education that tells,
not only on the subsequent years, but
on the doctrines Of the soul for eter-
nifty. 1t is what we need alI through
this section of country; homes Of
taste, furnished with the means OF in
tellectual and moral culture. We
need also, day schools and Sabbath
schools, that will meet this demand
for virtuous education in early life.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06
Looking After Dogs.

Eccentric ladies support q small
army of cats, and one dying in Eng
land a few years ago left a fortune
for the support of family of cats.
The people of the South are extreme
ly fond of dogs, and many poor men
spend more to feed their dogs than
their minister who breaches 10 them
the word of life. Many of the poor
people in this section are in thd habit
OF eating their food as thssi can
chance to obtain it, and never come
around the table to Lake their Ipsals
together in family circle. Such
might possibly take valuable hin.
from the way that an English lord
treats his dogs:
"Lord Egerton is man Of few
acqualntances, and very few of his
countrymen have got as far as his
dining hall. His table, however, is
constantly set out with dozen COW
ers, and served by suitable attend
ants. Who, then, are his privileged
guests? No less than dozen of ia
vorite dogs, who daily partake of
mtlord's dinners, seated very gravely
in arm chairs, each with napkin
round his neck, and servant behind
to attend to his wants. These hon
orable quadrupeds, as if grateful for
such delicate attentions, comport
themselves during the time of repast
with a decency and decorum which
would do more than honor to a party
of gentlemen; but if, by any chance,
one Of them should, without due con-
sideration, obey the natural instinct
of his appetite, and transgrcss any Of
the rules Of good manners, his pun
ishment is at hand. The day follow
ing the olfiense the dog dimes, and
even dimes we'll, but not at milords
table banished to the ante.chamber
and dressed in livery, he eats in sor-
row the bread Of shame, and picks
the bone Of modification, while his
place at table remains vacant till his
repentance has mcrited a generous
pardon J"
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06

LITTLE Crosses comes to
MS morning by morning, to present
to us, for the day then opening,
divers little crosses, thwartings of
our own will, interferences with our
plans, disappointments of our little
pleasures. Dove kiss them, and
take them up, and follow in his rear,
like Simon the Cyrenian? Or do we
toss them from US scornfully because
they are SO little, and wait for greet
afiliction to prove our patience and
our resignation to his will? All! how
might we accommodate to the small
matters of religion gererally those
words of the Lord respecting the
children; "rake heed that ye dcspisc
not one of these little ones" Despisc
not little sins; they have ruined
.many soul. Despise not little du-
ties; they have been to many saved
man IN excellent discipline of hu-
manity. Despise not little tempta-
tions; rightly met, they have often
nerved the character for some fiery
trial. Despise not little crosses for
when taken up, and lovingly accept
ed at the Lords hand, they have
made men meet for great crown,
even crown OF righteousness and
life, which the Lord has promised to
those that love him.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06
but if not on earth, they cannot es-
cape whenss due vengeance from above
shall overtake them.
More citizens for our State.

1t is we'll known that we have any
amount of waste land in South Car
olina, land, too, which will richly pay
for careful cultivation. We want
more good citizens for cur State.
Not a fourth part Of our land is now
We do not wonder that
some who left US after the war are
glad now to get the means to return,
and we are glad that our government
is SO generous in helping them to the
means to bring forth the fruit meet
for repentance. We cannot afford to
drive from us any man or woman
who is able and willing to earn an
honest living. The effort for our in
terest to make, is to induce people
to come to us from other States,
North or South, and we should give
them a hearty welcome. We learn
with pleasure "that a meeting was
held in Columbia, some weeks ago,
to consider the proposed immigration
Of large number of colored people,
who had signilied their intention to
remove from Georgia into this State.
The meeting appointed committee
to consider the matter and take such
action as might be deemed advisable.
Judge Wright, the chairman of this
committee has published report in
which he states that several thousand
acres OF good land have already been
placed at their disposal, to be dis
posed of to such persons as may be
desirous of becoming permanent bona
tide settlers, at prices ranging from
one dollar per acre and upward.
None of the lands now in the hands
Of the committee will be sold, except
to such persons as do intend to be-
come actual settlers. All tracts sold
will be. guaranteed good and fertile,
unless specified to the contrary. In
such sales nc discrimination with re-
gard to race or color will be made,
and the land will be for purchase,
lease, or at simple rental, according
to the discretion of the settler. The
now consists of one mem
Der in each county in the State, and
they invite all persons who have land
to sell to communicate with the Sec
retary, Mr.. H. L. Shrewsbury, at
Columbia"
If Georgia, Mississippi and other
Southern States wish 10 get rid of
their colored people we will give them
q hearty welcome in South Carolina,
and will do our best TO aid them in
land and the means of education.
IS. E.. Adyocate.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06
NOTICE..

We are not responsible for the views Of our
Correspondents.
Advertisements to he inserted in the CITIZEN
must be received by Thursday evening.
Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per
be had on application to the Editor or Publisher.
Communications on matters of State or Locnl
interest, respectfully solicited.
All orders for Job Printing Lett at this Office
will receive prompt attention.
Agents and Correspondents wanted in all
Towns Of the County.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06
SATURDAY, NOV. 6, 1875.
"Honesty The Best Policy"

" This trite saying carries upon the
face Of it a truth so just and self-evi-
dent that no one would dare in an
avowed theory to contradict it. But
many who would not question its
truth in theory evidently do it in
practice. How eager men are, even
for dishonest gains. IF they can gel
the control of money for their own
use and escape the scrutiny of hu.
man tribunal, they care little by what
means it is done. If they can secure
office and its honors and annuities,
they do not hesitate at the means to
do it. Some men, would open grog-
shops, and scatter in the community
arrows, fire-brands and death if office
Gnd wealth for themselves. could onIy
be The return. But if ssGod is God,
and right is right" every dishonest
act to obtain any earthly gain is pay
alng too dear for such paltry favors.
The folly of all such acts will be seen
in due time. "All's well that ends
we'll 5" but there is no good ending
for dishonest deeds.
ga New York paper in referring to
the notorious Tweed and his unfor-
tunate, but once seemingly prosper
GUS family, says Of him and his wife
They were married when the man was
chairmaker, and they might have had
happy career had the former remained
honest. They lived in plain manner,
mingled with mechanics society, and
were the parents of two boys and two
girls, good looking and healthy children.
The era of meretricious splendor has
come and gone like dream. The gl.ls
are married. Each had diamond wed
ding, and each has sunk into obscurity
and poverty. The two sons once held
tine appointments in the service of the
ring, but they are now only lounging
around the city hall. The mother is in
widows desolation. The i'll gotten
wealth is almost all gone. A million
and a half has passed into the haEds Of
hn,
prisoner. A seedy and corpulent old
man, inhabiting a pair Of rooms IN Lul-
low street Jail, Is all that is left of one
who has been alderman, Congressman,
chairmaker and lawyer, commissioner of
parks, public buildings and docks, State
senator, and for seven years the autocrat
c1 This city, the only redeeming feature
IS the faithful wife, who is reducing her
self to poverty in hope of obtaining her
husbands release.
As our readers wellknow, large
amount of money has disappeared
from our own county treasury, which
our people had paid in taxes from
lne1r own scanty earnings. Wenever
have said whose pocket or pockets
were lined with this loss of our county
treasury. Somebody ought to know,
and somebody does knoso, but who
would want to know that he was him.
self the thief? Such KNOWLEDGE
would brand ones own being with
infamy, and the painful truth, must
haunt them living or dying. The
gains of dishonesty are burning
curse to those who hold them. Money
thus secured never spends well.--
Few men who, like Ross Tweed, Sc
cure wealth by pilfering, take any
real or lasting satisfaction in eating
dis Of their own doings. Such
oisl2 make signal sailures in this life,
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06
PRICE LIST.

Oolong, black-40, so, 60, best 70cts
per pound. Mixed, Grn and Blk--4O.
SO, 60, best 70cts per ID. Japan, Uncol.
ored-80. 70, 80, 90. best Si.OO per lb.
Imperial, Grcen-G0, 20, 80. 90, best
$l.00 per h.. Young Hys0n, Green-50.
60, 20. 80, 90, 81. on. best S1.O5 per H.
Gunpowdcr, Green-s1 90, best ST 80 per
ID. English Breakfast, Black-6O. 70.
80, 90, best sl.00 per lb,
N. B.-We have specially of Garden
Growth Young Hyson and Imperial at
Sl.20, and Oolong Extra Choice sl.OO.
sd"" If one Of our agents should call
upon you, send for pound sample Of
any kind you require. Enclose the
money, and we will forward 1t to you,
per return mail without any extra charge.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06
Teas /! Teas!!

The choicestin in the world-Importers
prices-largesti Company in America
staple article-pleases everybody-trade
continually increasing-agents wanted
best inducements don't
waste time-send for circular to
ROBERT WELLS,
43 Vesey Street, New York.
POstoffice Box 1887.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06
/ have also received:

have also received:
10 Tierces Fresh Cured Davis Hams,
10 Boxes Cream Cheese, direct from
the Dairy,
25 Firkins Goshen Butter, direct from
the Dairy, which has oil the
freshness and flavor of the aew-
5 Tierces of Baltimore Sagar-Curea
Strips,
10 Barrels Of Extra Mess Mackerel.
averaging twenty ounces.
rs Sacks Lagaayra Coffee, equal to-
Java.
so Sacks of assorted Rio, by last Rio
steamer. e.
With full supply Of
CHOICE GROCERIES,
Fts'h ST t,,i
Ny stock ia s.!,, ~i.h prices lev cad
good times coming.
Thanking the public for thsir very lib
eral patronage. and soliciting it's contlH.
uance, WIN do my best to. merit the
me.
HARDY SOLOMON.
OolusnhaA %. o.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06

And will come near to you to Judgement; and
will be swift witness against tho sorcer.
crs, and against the atlultcrors, and again st
false swcarcrs, and against those that op
press the hireling in his wages, the widow
and the fathcrless, and that turn aside the
stranger from his right, and fear not me,
saith the Lord Of fHosts.-MALAcuI,I III, s.
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06
Finest, Selected Wheat.
IMPORTANT NorIcEi.

Inferior KEROSENE OF is 90 dan.
gerous and 80 many accidents have co
CURED from iss use, 1.have been inuused,
at the repeated solicitation Of my cnsto,
mers, to purchase supply Of pure on
for their use. 1 have just receive Ssn
barrels OF
The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06

Ny stock is sa!,, ~i.h prices lev cad
good times coming.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-06-16

occupant. The entrance had once been
closed with rustic work of branches
filled in with mud, but this Is now oil
gone except small piece In o lower
corner thut looked az u nowly repaired.
And this rude cavity was the lonely,
chcorlcss habtation Of Robinson Crusoc
for more than four years
Tho highest mountain in the vicinity
IL called Scllsirk's lookout, Ncar the
summit of this lookout, IN u clef sepa.
rating II from another mountain, IL n
tablet, tho copy of which herewith pre-
scntcd, explains itself. This tablet is
OF cast.iron, twenty by thirty inches,
and half nm inch thick, placed In the
side Of u rock Such is the monument
that marks the resting-placo OF Alex.
ander Sclkirk, or Robinson Crusoe,
Dying in tho English naval service, his
remains were conveyed in u man-oi.
war to the island which hc had made
famous and interesting by his solitary,
almost mythical residence upon, And
in that iaraway unirequcnted spot,
away up the mountain side which he
so often assembled In life,
"watehiug for q saIlj
No sail from day TO day"
with the wild birds for its watchers and
the south wind for its plaintive mourn
or, lies the body Of man, the record
of whose life, or nj least four wears of
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-06-16
DRUGGIYG LIQUOR.

,,, ,
Inc farmer adds u little sand to hls
,lmothy seed. ne mlures no ones me-
nc ohly cheais dealer out OF lour or
hve uoi,ars' INC oiale employs nm
~ nara iapor iVr yen years W nat
shall DC uoho Win the ocr creatures that
poisoh our sons 7 IN loVo i9ur houses
IN New rorK wy Pallheu on TWO
%, galiohs OF thesc ueauly com
pouhus' ihey ouy the meanest WHISKY
OF spo'leo ciuer anu "urug II ihto the
rares. WINS IN iew nours' ~ NOT
h"ppSns tna. country
selier driVes IN a iew barrels oil ms
spoieu siop, sclis II 10 u manufacturer,
uoes nus snopp'nS' anu IN icw houis
ur'Ses PACK with part OF the same
SUN, "aruggeu mo WINE OF pranuy
ior which nc paiu an auvahce oi iour
or 'ivo galiohs, a rrenSnmah, point
ing 70 u parrei, saiu ieli me VIVA,
kihu Oh wine OF brandy yoa want, ana
give me tnree houis. ana J WIZ draw
IL out OIL that oarreL
! nc more cosby tne iiquor ,he more
certain the lianu. Inc whole cham,
pagne district ,s only twenty thousand nnn ana
acres, ana produces only ABOUT ovo,ooo
baskets per annum' d vi thls hnssla
consumes nnO ono iCVoVo, france ioz, ,ooo' Eng
i ianu ~ z-Vovo. Germany l4o'ooV, Ieav-
ing ,1r A'hcr,Sa ,S odn anu tne res. Oh 'he
worlu ohly ii1'ooo yet yea ian Yankees CON
su'nS sum- "orp 'han i,oVo'voo paskets
{eariy, low low uu.l ~ p, u N Germany,
Eng'anu, FRANCE ana i.ussl' 10 imagine
'hh' 'ncy ge' any champagne, when
Ameileans w consume ,woh,y-nVe per
cent more no aon snsn 's prouuceo
Oh,y oV,ovo parreIs OF wlhc are pro
uuceu on ,ne lslahu oil Madeira, AMER,
ca ga puys 9V,ooo psrrcls' ana the rest OF
'n9 worlu mas a iill snafe,
:, rortwlhe Is mahuiac.urcu s, IN pouro
valley @ III, n ror,uga. '.,,l ,l,, ihc valley Is
narrow ana ohiy Sixty miles long Yet
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-06-16
SPOTTED TAIL GOES 4
CHURCH.


The Indian chiefs are having very
pleasant time in Washington. They
have been invited to Arlington Gene
terry, entertained with poems and read
ings, introduced to the papal ENJOYS,
and favored with n number of inter
views by Commissioner Smith and
other subordinate officials of the Gov
ernment. They get tobacco when
they can smoke and rations which
they can cat, and they squat on the
floor and play poker all day Sunday
like imperfectly trained Congressman.
70 be sure they have stirred up n
great deal of bad blood and rocrimina-
ton anon the funetionaries Of the In
dian office and the Government inter
prefers and agents, but il may be
doubted whether they know how mad
they have made all these people and
wha: savage things they are saying in
the newspapers, nor is at all certain
that they would be distressed il they
did know it. 1t is unfortunate that
somebody should have stolen s5 from
Spotted Tail and eight shirts from 9th
err members of the delegation, but the
Indians are used to robbery, and we
dare say they congratulate themselves
that in city full of white men they
have lost so little. On the whole we
presume our noble red guests have en-
joyed themselves.
And yet they came east upon busi-
ness which we must confess does not
seem to get on well They complain
that for a great many years they have
been systematically cheated and abus-
cd by the agents Of the Great Father.
The money which Congress appropri-
ated for their use has been pilfercd on
its way west. They have been starved
on rotten flour and siclly beef and
half frozen for want of the stout
blankets which the government sup
posed they were getting. They have
sold their lands TO us so often and been
swindlcd in the payment, that when it
was proposed to them to sell the Black
Hills, they said they would first 90 TO
Washington and talk to the Great
Father himself, tell him how thoy had
been treated, and get his personal
promise that they should have Justice.
How long is it that these highly deco.
rated savages have been kicking their
distinguished heels at the door of the
White House, 2 The President is busy,
and cannot talk. He is much occupied
with various matters, and he cannot
even listen. An hours patient atten.
ton is all the Indians ask Of him, and
surely that is not much TO demand af.
ter they have come such long jour
ney, but General Grant is obdurate.-
On Sunday Spotted Tail even pursued
his Excellency to church, and cornered
him in DIR. Newman's vestry room, but
the Associated Press reporter tells us,
he "did not have an opportunity to
make the request" That is not Who'll.
ly comprehensive, but we dare say il
is true.
If we urge the President to listen
to the Indians he will probably call
our request a "frc of personal sian.
der and abuse and consider II incom-
patible with his dignity to comply
with IT, Therefore, as we wish to
have justice done these unfortunate
people, we shall sedulously refrain
from offmino, onx. advicc = N,yr yorl
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-06-16
GENERAL LEE AS A COLLEGE
PRESIDENT.


Here are two "good lhings' from
the Editors Drawer of HdJpers for
July; Hs'
Not many anecdotes are oxtant illus
trative Of the humor and wit of the
late General Robert u. Lee, for the
sufficient good reason that the General
wore gravity and severity of manner
toward all but his most intimate
friends inconslstant with the sallies
which, at odd times, however, he made
in the bappiest style. At the close Of
the first session of Washington College,
after General Lee had become Presi.
dent of that institution Gn the chapel
Of which he is now buried about six
teen young gentlemen, all from the
South were graduated with full col
lcgiate honors, and delivered public
addresses on Commcnccmont-day.
The General, with the rest Of the
faculty, occupied seats on the stand,
and the youthful orators naturally
OF shining as much as posi-
bic on such an occasion, and in the
eyes of the Confederate chieftam,
sprinkled their speeches with an un-
usually large quantity Of rhetorical
gems and flowers in particular allud-
ing very frequently and pointedly TO
the General in lofty terms Of eulogeum,
which above all things in the world,
he dislikod. As one after another
emptied himself OF his glittering har-
anguc, the impatience Of General Lee
increased. Presently, while
the band was performing, he leaned
toward Col. William Allen, one of the
professors, and inquired. in his peculiar.
slow, modulated tone, "Colonel Allen.
and how many more OF them are TO
speak y
"Only four more, General" replied
Colonel Allcn.
General Loc hitched his chair lit
tie closer, and with all solcmnity asked,
Couldn't you arrange il, Colonel, for
all four 10 speak At onceY Z"
The arrangement was not made,an
the General had TO listen till all four
gentlemen separately had their several
full says.
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Pennfieid. June ?, 1875
CAUTION

All persons are hereby warned against pur
chasing or In any manner meddling with the fol
lowing property, row In the hands of BENJAMIN
Bishop, Chest township, viz; 3 head Of horses
sets heavy harncss,2 cows, ! heifer, ] bull, |
sheep, shogs, teo-horse wagon, | timber sled
one-horse sled, acres Of wheat. scythe. isoi
kettle, grind stone, table, cook stove, cup
board and dishes, beds and bedding, set oi
chairs doughiray, clock, | wind mill. | bridl,
and saddle, and one half raft oak and pine tin
Der, lying in Chases dam on Clearfeld creek
This property was purchased by us on the 4th o
May last, and is left with him on loan, subject t
our order. ARNOLD A HARTSHORN.
Curwensyille, June ?, ls75.3t
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-06-16
CAUTION

All persons are hereby warned against pur-
chasing or in any way meddling with the fol
lowing property, now in the hauds Of John A.
Neh, of New Washington, Cleardeld county, Pa
viz; wind mill, 2 saddles, 10 sticks Of timber,
200 feet lumber, acres oats in ground, acres
corn In ground. This property was purchased By
me on June |, and Is left with him on loan, sub
ject TO my order. HENRY NEFF. SR.
New Washington, June y. ls7b.3t