The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-12-21
SMALL CHANGE.

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 your neighbor-Rot 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 a State to negro legisla-
ton.
Mr.. snofFer, of Botetourt county,
Va, lost Eve 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 a
prop for the future.
According to an exchange, the
phrase "excuse haste and a bad
pen," was originated by a 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 this 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 a 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
90, Lord, thou knowest how busy I
must be 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 congregation, perhaps, as
you will want to account for at the
day of judgement"
There is a pleasure in contempla.
ting good; there is a greater pleas
ure in receiving good, which com
prehends the rest.
a noticeable fact in connection
with the firing of the Republican sa.
lute 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 opportune sea
son for business men to advertise ex-
tensively. The holiday trade will
soon begin, and the best advertised
house will receive it. Always ex-
anime your local paper for good
bargains.
! A country editor offered to make
his "devii" a Christmas present
of his printing Office, but the boy
declined it, with the remark that be
would rather work for two dollars a
week than run in debt $500 a year.
The true life begins only when
self is lost sight of-when we devote
ourselves to others. This is tue
most difficult Of reforms; yet it is
also the greatest, as it removes the
most formidable obstacle 20 the
spread Of Christianity.
The showers Of grace slide of
from the lofty mountains, bnt rest
on the valleys, and make them
fruitful. He giveth grace to the
lowly. He loves to bestow it where
there is most room to receive It,
and most returns Of praise for it.
| Such is the humble heart; and tru
| ly as much humility gains much
grace, SO it grows by it.
It is not what a man gets. but
4 what a man is that he should think
Of He should first think Of bis
character, sand then his condition.
He that has character need have no
fears about his condition. eiharac-
ter viii draw after it condition.
/ Circumstances obey principles.
Nashville American: I. A. Cron
| min, the Democratic electoT in Ore
gon, whose vote has elected Tilden
and Hendricks, vas IN 1860 a clerk
| in the Adams and Southern Express
| Office in Nashville, and boarded 81
the time with William Farrei. he
is a naturlized Irish citizen, a man
| Of fine education, and has plenty d
nerve. Men Of his character doDf
count out worth = cent
J. People are never satisfied will
things as they are. Give them one
thing and they ask for two; givs
them two and they wonder Why yot
i don't give them three. They er'
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