The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-10-12

Professor A, JOurdan, whose advcr
tiscment appeared the week previous
and our correspondent went on to ar
que for tho ladies'. We have only time
to say that we meant 70 such thing
We think 1t as essential for ladies as
gentlemen, and we learn that Prof
Jourdan has many more ladies than
gentlemen in his class he is now teach
ing, and teaching, too, to the satisiac'
ton OF all, He has u full class now,
and due notice will be given in the fu'
ture as to other arrangements,
re- Some one has said that every
man should keep a diary, and we are
Just now convinced that "some one
said Alright. Who does not know how
imperfect a thing memory is? 1t not
merely forgets; it misleads. We have
commenced many times to keep a
diary, but anon neglected it, under the
delusicn that we could remember. II
a man keeps no dairy, the path crum.
bles away behind him as his feet leave
it; and days gone by are little more
than u blank, broken 10y a few distorted
shadows. His life is all confined
within the limits Of to-day, Topper
has said, "Memory is not wisdom
We say it is, Verify if our memory
were only more rctentive, success
would often have co ne to US instead Of
failure. Especially is a good memory
essential to a candidate for popular
suffrage, and we are one, you know,
Just now. TO remember the names of
all you meet, and be at no loss in this
respect, is a rare GIFT, possessed by on.
" a few we have known, and they
never fail in Il search for official posi-
ton. But it il, Il gift foreign to our
innocent heart, for time and again
have we been provoked in al effort to
remember the name Of some n meet
ing us, and before we could remember,
he had passed US, and ten to one would
think we did not want to speak to him,
and-therc went q vote for our oppo-
ncn.. What pity that all the people
are not named Smith and Jones"
and that the Smiths were tall and slen-
der, and the Jones short, fat men,
Then, perhaps, we would never fail to
call their names Alright, Then we
could walk or ride along, cogitating
upon something to write for the Home
Journal, without being in constant fear
the man coming towards us is Mr..
A, or b, or G, or y.
We say, every one should keep a
A few lines, a few words, writ
ten at the time, suffice, when you look
at them, to bring all the surroundings
Of that season before you. Many little
come up which you would never
have thought Of again but for your
at those words, and which you
would be sorry to have forgotten,
Now, we have been canvassing 4 por-
lion of Franklin county, and, we kept
no diary. Fool that VT were! From
Estill Springs to Rock Creek, to Gra-
Mill, to Mashbread, to Ridge
Vile, to Bladbury's Shop, to Marble
Hill, to The Pond, to Salem, and to
Station. And we have had a
time. The people with whom
We met were clever, and the country
vas beautiful. We found food in
for ourself and horse.
Corn is cheap-as low as 70 cents and
,ne dollar per barrel in the field. We
know of one man who sold Il large
quantity of wheat at rs cents per bush
Il at his house. There is plenty of
'rnit. We saw hundreds of bushels Of
apples rott;ng on the ground. But fol
he insane policy Of the government,
.hese apples would have been convert
ID into brandy, and would have be.
,ome q source of revenue. But times
re hard. There is no money in the
country, and there never will be until
have a change in the Federal ad.
n%inis,ration which has forced upon us
|. ontlaction we were not prepared
or. If $50 per capita in the East
rarely affords the people there enough
money to carry on business and stimu-
ate enterprise, what suffering may we
lot expect down here where We have
rot more than $3.50 per capita? Our
crops and wheat crops have been
ost, and if next year should prove IN
,ropitious, alas alas!
Upon our canvas we were sorry to
earn that the cholera was playing
lavoc among the hogs. From Marble
Hill to Salem and Hunts Station til s
disease has done much dam
and our belief is that while corr
S plentiful, hogs will be scarce. We
ind that the people are generally busy
n grinding sugar cane, and they are
syrup superior TO the Louis
ana molasses. We well remember
when we could not eat sorghum, but
low it is made so clear and good that
We prefer it. And it is a source of
yreat revenuc to our county.
We propose to keep u diary in fu-
ure, and when the canvass Shall be
ended we will write up" our trip.
ES The following explains Itself
We can only say: Heaven bless the
,,ty chat ;c trvino IN not rid of Rali-