Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-29
COLONIES WANTED.

"What Georgis needs" says the Atlanta
Consitution, 'is more Colonels." That paper
proceeds in this way:
We want it distinctly understood before We
proceed any further, that We are friend to
t..e Colonel-that is to say, that we are
friend to the Colonel if he isn't military
Colonel. A military Colonel has no right to
the title. He may have earned it in the war,
right in front of the cannon's mouth, but more
peaceful days have dawned upon US, and now
we have the insurance Colonel, the sewing ma
chine Colonel, the dry goods Colonel, the com.
mission Colonel, the grocery Colonel, the
newspaper Colonel, and the lawyer Colonel.
You may pick your Colonel from any pile
you choose, and we'll stand up promptly
and say We admire him. There is NO honor
in the title, and we take pleasure ia bestowing
it upon friend and foe alike. To be man
and not to be Colonel (unless, indeed, you
were not promoted during the war; is some
thing preposterous. We can conceive of no
such misfortune as that which prevents man
from becoming Colonel in his own right.
There is no law on the statute book against it,
and if there were, it would be dead letter.
Every county, every community and every
family, would cry out against the injustice of
an enactment depriving them of their usual
quota of Colonels. For our part we think
that there ought to be law passed comforting
the title of Colonel upon every male child
over twelve years of age, without regard to
color or previous condition. In that case all
men would be Colonels, and all the women
would be Colonelesses. Here is the true line
of progress. While Colonels are in fashion,
let US make the most Of them. Let US utilize
them as it were, for the purpose Of advancing
civilization. It is idle for men who have no
titles, to sneer at those who have. What would
Georgia do without her 100000 Colonels? I?
Without its Colonels, what weak and vapid
body the legislature would be. Ah no; let
US cling. to our Colonels. Instead ofweeding
them out, let US endeavor to nurture those we
have, and invite others through the medium
of immigration agents.
TRANSIENT TRouBLEs.-Most of Us have
had troubles ell our lives, and each day has
brought all the evil that we wished TO endure.
But if we were asked to recount the sorrows
of our lives, how many could we remember7
How many that are six months old should We
think worthy to be remembered or mentioned ?
To.day's troubles look large, buts week hence
they will be forgotten and buried out of sight.
IF you would keep book, and every day
put down the things that worry you, and see
what becomes of them, it would be Q benefit
to you. You allow q thing to annoy you,
just as you allow fly to settle on you and
plague you /; and you lose your temper (or
rather get it; for when men are surcharged
with temper, they are said to have lost IT,;
and you justify yourselves for being thrown
of your balance by causes which you do not
trace out. But if you would see what it was
that threw you of your balance before break.
fast, and put it down in little book, and fol.
low it out, and ascertain what becomes of it,
you would see what . fool you were in the
matter" -