The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-13
FROM LOUISIANA.
lloUMA, TgRRGBoNNE PARISH IAJ
April 9th, lS1t, !

'ldllllO' Nlli' 10 NY 'lNIlA INV
added patience, and It i. well else !
would nt once depart from these low
lands and marshes which breed IN such
wonderful Abundance the little insect, u,
the genus cUlrX, commonly called muSkr-
TO, Otlrn oven IN my most patient,
chriStiHn-likr mood--l have cried aloud
From these vcNulious insects, good LORD
deliver ME, And | would complain ~ We
iemrntly ~ the lsrarlitr~ OF old II NY
rcason-lwhicl Is religion in IT. plrr'l
and most exalted toruJ-did not whi7prr
that IN the wonderful plan If Jehovah the
mushtlO answers equally WITH myself
some important end. And yet, II does -r-
vcrrly tax my charity to UuGrr.tlUd why
the mu.krtO was necessary j. the INFER
nal Ny u concentration Of all the poison IN
TIA" water which, In ~lIguNtiun, give. II
birth? one would think 81 Ibr could sec
my hands aud face, from which the Wlll-
steal little pests have sucked blood enough
to have condemned Silylock under the We
nrtian law. beyond u doubt. And | ran-
not see in what respect 1t Is u,riUl. Meth
Cr can ! see any good that comes from tn"
existence Of many human beings in this
world, 1t seems to me that the WOrlu
could ge. along is well, ii not better,
without them,
But this is lovely country, despite the
muskctoes, loW-laudS and marshes, The
mnskclo bar protects yull at night from
the one, and drainage rrclltms the other.
! ct, there is muCiI concern among the
planters Just now hrrlu-r Il lone brrah in
the lcvcc, of llc Mississippi. some seventy
miles distant. threaten, to drlugr their
plantations and blast their prospect. for a
crop. heard II got ulI nHi, fall at
ilitiI, pray to God to intrrpo>r and pre-
vent any such disaster. ! could but ld-
mirc his faith even while doubted his
Judgment, for | have long believed that
the laws Of nature are never changed to
suit the wishes Of \, b. and 4. IHiuk for
Il moment how wicked ANA foolish Though
uninlcntionaD it Is to be asking tod To
change his all-Wise plan, and how inpos-
sible it would be Tor him 10 grant the
prayers Of two persons. equally iUIl of
ialtil. praying for opposite results, Iy
wiH Je douc! and it that VIII up,ctN sonr
cherished scheme, or tnrl.S to ashes some
delightful hope. let Us submit without
~mmmuring. Tor, submit we must.
| wonder if you are having in Franklin
county such beautiful weather rs we are
having here. Verify, il must be So, for,
~ far rs the eye can see There il blue
heaven and bright sunshine, 1t seems a,
II the vast mirrOc0>ll OF God ought 10 be
lull of sWn-l,in" and happiness. But,aS |
say this ! ann listening to the son4s OF
birds, and my eye takes in orarg" tree,
all around ladca with golden fruit. and
rose bushes seeming 10 cover beneath tar
weight of roses OF every hue, and htaro OIL
rise the tall CNprcS, trees Il, ii to lin their
green tops from ont the mass of lOn% gray
mos, depending FROM every bough. Be
wand tIis ptI,,l,I .nn lut fl.t,n l. ut.
electric cord between hearts. which trans
mits devoted love regardless Of intcrycu-
Ing mountains and seas.
\ lovely country this. ! have said As
much several times before, but YOU must
pardon the repetition. II enables me 10
BEGIN Il new sentence, which j. quite a
task 10 one who has nothing to write
about and vet cannot be content to remain
silent. OF course could rive vou some
local news local as to this Immediate sec
lion, but ruj Bou0} wish could truth
fully state ear loadcd with gold dollars
Wulild start ON ,ucl a lay for Franklin
county and 500 person, in the county
were ID receive one dollar each. an their
names would be published in the Home
journal. What a demand there would be
for that issue of the papcr! Hence | con
cIudc thar one dollar is far more valuable
than all the letters | could write in n lite
time. So. Won see. | do not write with the
hone of plra,iug any one rNccptmy,rlr.
Some witty fellow j. permitted lust her,
TO sugecStt that | am easily pleased. And
50 | am. and ann happirr for it. Couround
all people who are Hard to please -whus,
vanity lead, them to bpIirvr they are ever
RIGHT and all Others ever wrouG. | have
Travelled a little i'm my life, and have met
tt,. 4, itI, -rtnl, t,.,,ll,. ut,I u tlnf llHIsN"
VI! Ntii S"rn r'"t'r' Wv " a. r,11r',,n'
"llIin''i mas 'nN"IIa'Il ''VW '",,'"I,,
that if Won had a bent tube. Our arm Of
which was the size of Il pipc-SlCm, and the
other biz enough to hold the ocean. water
would stand at the same height in one rs
in the other. And SO controversy cqual-
lies fools and wise men in the same way
and Uc t,OLS BuOIr H..
All wrll-propIc are pretty much the
same the world over. and have been ever
since the rosary ofhcavrn was strung with
stars. and win be to the end Of time, al
WAYS provided. of course, that time will
cvcrhNve an end. | was Watching Il hen
this morning H. She scratched tor food to
SUNNY the wants Of Il brood of chicks.
She scratched last like the hens scratch in
Tennessee and everywhere else ! have
been. SO it /, with human bciug--Wc
scratch for our children. VINO %roW nj allV
leave us. ana scratch by and by for h,cir
offspring. Yes, ycs,-Iis ali the Samr.
find no land or community where blessing,
and ills are not Observation-Disclosures there
is happinc.s and no misery. 10y and no
sorrow. pleasure and no pain | find rv-
crywhcrr the good and bad. weak and
strong. rich and poor. proud and humble.
And here, as well rs elsewhere
ne pour arc Sc''I ~ rn.i.,,.l,,r
Inc rlcn H"'r'c u" o''' t'''S'"''''I
Here. as well as elsewhere, men sit as
Jurors and send culprits to the pcnjtrntia-
nv for doing no worse than many of the
Jurors Themselves would have done under
similar temptations and circumstances.
Perhaps there is more truth than poetry in