The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-07-06
SCRAPS.
by GUILE ANp cur Roxo.

BY CUh4i.AE AND CUt hDNO.
-"Be cunning aud cute
And keep Gus afahe canaon's shoot ", hi
Aud ont of ,hewAy Of fhs cannon ball !" Il
So many deaths aud funerals Of late re
mind US OF beautiful poem from which the fol
lowing lines are taken:
| The corpse the coffin and the bier
How of do they to me appear.
Town if were lefs to choose,
All forms Of death. would refuse;
On earth would forever stay,
Or else go hence some other way"
Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the
diamond districts of the mind"
We know y0ung man not hundred
miles from Marietta. who says he loves Clay
b INK lorses ahoye all things the peo'
pie who own them
The Rev. Dir Branham preached forci
bic aud eloquent sermon las, Sunday at shs
Baptist church on the subject, "Woe unto them
lswho are at ease in Zion" The mnsic on The
| occasion was unusually good. Miss Rosells
Mansfield, the promising young musician, pre-
sided at the organ in q very credtable manner
As the wood train was slawly running in
to town the other day, the engineer saw Just
ahead ON the wagon road, which runs parallel
| to tie railroad for come distance near Howslri
Gin. u very spirited horse driven by two ladies
and noticing that the horse was very n'aei
frightened, at the approaching train, and likely
to runaway, he quickly reversed his engine
stopped the train and sent one of the hands iG
lead he horse by and at safe distance from
the train. Tbs ladies did not learn the gentle
maply engineers name, bHs lheF are pFafuse ia
their praises Of him and request rs to say that
his kindness shall NOT be soan forgotten. This
is our If these acts of genuine, true, gentleman
~ p Iitsppaa that we seldom Meet with, and i
gives US pleasure TO record it,
| Young man. IL you start TO ride on horse
| back behind your sweetheart, don't slide of be
cause somebody happens TO be looking at you
but chod your holt" like a little man even u
you d. "seil your pants"
| This hot weather is very 'fcondnciSe' to-
pefspiration.
"A Cobb county farmer sold two thousand
paunds Of ipms made bscan last week. Hnr
rah for Cobb
Every girl in Marietta has crOquet set
and still they are not happy because they cam
| play base ball
The annual commencement exercises O.
Prpf Glark's achapl at RoWder SpFinga eam'
off during Las. week, and in oompaay with ssy
eral friends We visited he closing exhibition OIL
| Friday night. Dramas, charades, and music
was the order of exercises. and We're pleasant!
rendered by the pupils in attendance. The
may Of Cinderella" was capitally arranged and
evinced quite dramatic talent IN tue players
| The singing of the children was exceedingly
| good, aud shown their cultivation and insiruc
ton in that art proceeded from an instructor
| WHO Understood its inertia. The attendance
throughout was large and apprecialivf. Wer!
we blest with the descriptive powers of Jsn
kins we would describe the perfect beauty ant
enhancing lovslinsss If The lGlsts af the TAI
attendants, but fearing to verge too much upor
| the brink Of our observations we desist-leav
ing our imagination to afford us sweet memo
| ries in thinking of the occasion. Music wa
furnished by Andrew Rpser's String Rand. anf
the. Banner County Minstrels of Marietta CAV
them The "grand finale in a short programme
of wit and burnt cork. Wereturnsd home tina
i night in the wee email hours, after late repas
on sardines, mineral water and chow-chow
And when the magic wand Of Somnus touches
our eyeids the gray eHrtalps Of The Morn wsr
drawn aside, and all forgotten, save dream.
memory, Of that our first visit to the academi