The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-28
SMALL cHANGE.

Steam toys are becoming very |
common. Look out for one eyed |
little boys now.
The conundrum which is puzz
ling six year olders now is, "Who
is Santa Clausg'
A negro has been admitted to the
Crozier Baptist Seminary, Alabama,
and five white students have in
consequence resigned.
President Grant does not think
the uneducated colored man of the
South has sufficient intelligence to
vote.
Don't take anything that belongs
to ycur neighbor-- mot even his
newspaper.
Under Republican rule, no citizen
has any rights unless he votes the
Republican ticket
Under Republican rule, the army
is used to subject the white popu-
lation of State to negro legisla.
tion.
Mr. Snofer, of Botetourt county,
Va, lost five children last week
from diphtheria.
The Presidents message seems
to be generally considered a tame
and mediocre document
Every good deed that we do is
not only present pleasure, but
prop for the future
According 20 an exchange, the
phrase "excuse haste and a bad
pen" was originated by runaway
pig.
In the confusion attendant on
the strict counting of the election
returns Charlie Ross has escaped.
And now just as like as not we will
never hear of that boy again.
The peanut crop for tAis year is
100000 bushels; and no people with
100000 bushels of peanuts before
them ever plunged madly into civil
strife.
Waco, Texas, was convulsed with
laughter at the sight of a young man
in beaver, broadcloth and kids,
driving an OK team and load of cot
ton into town.
At sale in Twiggs county (Ga.
last week corn sold for SOC per
bushel, potatoes 25c per bushel,
oats, 65c per hundred, hogs (gross)
Z to 10c per pound, and COWS sI2 to
$14.
Lord Ashlev's prayer ought to be
printed for general distribution -
80, Lord, thou knowest how busy I
must to-day. If forget Thee, do
not Thou forget me-.
An old minister once said to a
young preacher who was complain
ing of a small congregation, @It's as
large a congregation, perhaps, as
you will want to account for at the
day of judgement"
There is pleasure in contempla-
ting good; there is a greater pleas
ure in receiving good, which COM
prehends tne rest.
A noticeable fact in connection
with the firing of the Republican sa-
lutte in Washington the other night
Is that the explosion which killed a
man took place on the one hundred
and eighty-fifth discharge.
This is the most opporsune sea-
son for business men to advertise ex-
tensiyely. The holiday trade will
soon begin, and the best advertised
house viii receive it. Always ex-
anime your local paper for good
bargains.
A country editor offered to make
his "devil" a Christmas present
of his printing Office, but the boy
declined it, with the remark that he
would rather work for two dollars a
week than run in debt 5000 a year,
The true life begins only when
self is lost sight of-when we devote
ourselves to others. This is the
most difficult of reforms; yet it is
also the greatest, as it removes the
most formidable obstacle TO the
spread of Christianity.
The showers of grace slide Of
from the lofty mountains, but rest
on the valleys, and make them
fruitful. He giveth grace to the
lowly. He loves to bestcw it where
there is most room to receive it
Z and most returns Of praise for it
Such is the humble heart; and tru
ly as much humility gains much
/, grace, 50 it grows by it.
It is not what a man gets, but
, what a man is that he should thinl
Of He should first think of bis
! character, sard then his condition
He that has character need have nc
fears about his condition. Charac
ter viii draw after it condition
Circumstances obey principles
Nashville American: L. 4. Cron
min, tie Democratic eleetor in Ore.
gon, whose vote has elected Tllder
and Hendricks, vas in 1860 4 eierl
in the Adams and Southern Express
: office in Nashville, and boarded a
She time with William Farrel. 81,
is a naturIized Irish citizen, a man
Of fine education, znd has plenty o
. nerve. Men Of bis character dom
, count out worth a cent
t People are never satisfied will
things as they are. Give them on,