davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
l.

No man on earth is so much to be
pittied, as the nan of prejudices. He
builds a wall of mud around himself
by which he shuts out the sunlight,
and shuts himself in, away from all
genial influences. No man is SO mis-
cradle as he. His mind grows mar
rover every day, instead of expand
ing as it should, like the flower that
opens its rosy petals to the sun and
dews of heavens. Such a man is like
The dog in the manager; he neither
grows fat himself nor believes that
anybody else is fi%ourishing. We
know Of no panacea or specific for
the cure of the malady, except in
tclligence and broader views OF men
and things combined with the practice
Of the Golden Rule. =
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
THE FOLLY OF PRIDE.

The very witty and sarcastic Rev.
sydney Smith thus discourseth on
the Folly of Pride in such a creature
Is man:
AFTER all, take some quiet, sobe
moment of life, and add together the
Two ideas of pride and of man: hold
him,a creature of span high stalking
through infinite space, in all the
srandeurof l~ittleness. Perched on a
speck of the universe, every wind
Of heaven strikes into his blood the
GOODNESS of death: his soul floats
rom his body like melody from The
tring: day and night, As dust on the
wheel, lie is rolled along the heavens,
through a labyrinth of worlds, and
uboveall the creations of God are
daming beneath.
Is this a creature to make himself a
crown of glory; to deny his own
flesh; to mock at his fellow, sprung
from that.dust to which both will soon
return? Does the proud man not
err? Does he not suffer? Does lie
not die? When he reasons is lie never
stopped by difficulties? When he
acts, is he never tempted by pleasure?
When he lives, is he free from pain:
When he dies, can he escape the COM
non grave? Pride is not the heritage
Of man; humility should dwell with
iraritly and atone for ignorance, error
and impcrfcctiOn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
The following articles are copied
from the Peoples Monthly Journal.
The True Method.

The world, if ever 1T is to be re-
formed by men and through men, can
only be SO by the personal intercourse
of living men-hving episties, not
dead ones. Love, meekness, kind
ness, ~forbearance, unselfishness man
Tested in human souls, uftering
themselves by word, look and deed,
and notify mere description of these
sentiments, or ESSAYS upon them. can
alone regenerate man. Neither mon
ey o SCHOOL,, o churches, can
ever'be submitted for living men.
Not ministers going their rounds like
policemen, with black clothes and
white neckties; nor elders taking sta
tistics nor deacons giving aims, or
ladies tracts-alI good, but we want
Christians, whether they be smiths,
or shoemakers, Of tailors, or grocers,
or druggists, or coach drivers, or adj
vocates, to remember their own re-
sponsibilities, their own immense
influence for good, and to be person
al ministers for good. FL.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
BEGIN THE DAY WITH PRAYER.

Every day should be commenced
with God. The busiest and best man
in Jerusalem was won't to say sin
the morning will 1 direct my prayer
unto Thee, and will look up.' Il
will sing aloud to Thy mercy in the
morning. Daniel, too, saIuted bis
God with prayer and praise at early
dawn. We begin the day unwisely
and at great risk to ourselves if we
leave our chamber without a secret
conference with our Almighty Friend.
Every christian, when he puts on his
clothes, should also put on his spir.
itual armor. Before the days march
begins he should gather up a portion
of heavenly mamma to feed the inner
man. AS the Oriental traveller sets out
for the sultry journey over the burn
ing sands by leading up his camel
under the palm trees shade, and fills
his water fiagons from the crystal
fountain which sparkles at it's roots,
SO doth Christ's pilgrim, draw. his
morning supplies from the exhautless
spring. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
HEROIC EXERTIONS BY THE THREE sr,
LOUIS DIRECTORS.

The fire is ascertained to have
broken out in d little frame building.
on the south side of Dyke avenue,
just north Of the bridge, in a room
adjoining one in which some men
were engaged playing euchre. They
knew nothing of the fire until they
heard the alarm from the outside.
1t does not look to an inexperienced
eye as though it would he possible in
a few days to straighten out the wscck
and put in a solid trestle sufficient to
bear the weight of trains. but through
the heroic exertions of the directors.
together with money and skill to plan.
almost anything can he accomplished.
The losses and the extent of track
damaged were somewhat oyerstattd
in previous reports. About 800 feet
of that portion OF the trestle-work
supporting the upper roadway was
completely destroyed, the woodwork
being all Burned and the iron SO
warped that it requires to be recon-
structed.
The Phoenix columns of rolled
wrought iron that support the railway
track are entirely u%ninjured, as are
also the trusses and diagonals. The
t~restles of this track are entirely sep
arate and distinct from those that sup
port the roadway, made so for greater
security. The stringers and track
timbers were all burned, but will be
speedily replaced. The orders for
saving and framing them were issued
by 10 O'Clock Tuesday morning, and
the fals7 works were put up yester-
day. The timbers will be framed by
this evening, and the bridge officers
expect that by Saturday at farthest tc
have trains running in perfect order
and ON time.
Very fortunately all the freight
trains we're taken over the bridge pre-.
vious to the fire, and the ferry boats
have since been used in transferring
all eastern-bound passenger cars,
causing, OF course, some delay. Re
garding freight, there is not apounC
destined for the East at the Unior
depot, and they are not now receiving
any eastern-bound business, and unit
the bridge is repaired the stuff goins
East will have to be handled by th,
Transfer and Ferry companies, as tn,
Bridge company will not receive it
The loss, it is estimated, will no
exceed $4,000, which is fully GOV
cred by insurance in New York com
panies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
LEARN A TRADE.

II never look at my old steel com.
posing rule" said a printer who be,
came something more ethan | do not
bless myself that, while my strength
lasts, l am not at the mercy of tn,
world. If my pen is not wanted
can go back to the type a $ and b,
sure of work: for l learned the prin.
ters trade thoroughIy-ncwspap",
work, job work. book work and press
work. am glad | have IA eoo;i
trade. 1t is a rock upon which Tic
possesSOr stand firmly.
There is health and yigor for bolt
and mind in an honest trade. 1t j.
the strongest and surest part offs, .
made men. Go from the academy !,
the printing office or the artiss.
bench. or, if You please. to the farm
for 10 he sure. true farming is Il trade.
and "a grand one at that. Lay thus
Il sure foundation and after that.
branch off into whatever profession
you please"
You have heard, perhaps. of the
clerk who had faithfully served
Stephen Girard from boyhood to
manhood. On the Twenty-tirst An
niversary Of his birthday he went to
his master and told him his time was
up, and he certainly expected imIpor-
tant promotion in the merchant.
service. But Stephen Girard said to
him, VERY we'll, now 90 and learn {:
trade" What trade. sir?'.
Good barrels and butts must he
in demand while you live. Go and
learn the coopers trade, and when
Won have made Il perfect barrel, bring
it to me-
The Young man went away and
learned the trade. and in time brough,
to his old master Il splendid barrel o
his W make. Girard examined i.
and gave the maker two thousauC
dollars for it. and then said to him.:
Now. sir. ] want YOU in my count
ing room; but henceforth. you will
not be depedent on the within OF
Stephen Girard. Let what will come
You have a good trade always in re-
serve" The young man saw tn
wisdom and understood. Bows.
we say, 90 and do likewisc,-lrarn n
trade
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22

"should yield, giving place to the new.
God fulflls himself in many ways,
lest one good custom should corrupt
the world" So felt and acted the
leaders of the party of great moral
ideas. The principle that ''the con-
sent of the governed constituted
the charter of just power to the gov
eminent was at once and forever re-
pudiated. t
The most infamous Of all rulers
since the days of Caligula and Nero
said recently that the party which he
represented would never consent tina,
Mr.. Tillen, whom the governed i'll
this country elected President, should
be inaugurated. So now the admin
istration in power, regardless of ''the
consent of the governed controls
the government. We have no gov
eminent. It's ~just powers" hay.
f
not been derived from ''the consent
of the governed The government;
established by the fathers is gone.
The consent of the governed in thi>
country has not been given to the
corrupt administration of the past, no..
to the incoming rule Of the same party.
The retiring government, (Which L
represent''--Grant) is corrupt and
vicious from the highest functionary
in Washington to the lowest lamp
lighter about the capitol.
The new order which will soon sue
ceed the old, will be new only in that
a hungry swarm of flies will displac
the %pampered, bloated cloud of cor
ruptionists that have fattened upor
the dying body of constitutional gov
eminent. The new coming into pow
er, not by the consent Of the people,
but by fraud, military violence and
perjury, will revel in crime and sink
in public esteem, just in proportion
to the infamy perpetrated to secur
control of the government.
The outlook for the future is dark
and forbidding. The voice of ''thc
governed has been hushed by thl
clamor of party and the fraud of vii
lains.
The great principle mentioned
The last hope of Republican govern
ment-has been guillotined. Human
rights are buried. We will never
have another fair presidential cleo
ion. What is the use of government
now?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
THE CHICAGO BRIDGE NEAI
ST. LOUIS
AND H GAP MADE BY MoNDAY NIGHTS
FIRE.

SITUATION OF AFFAIRS AT TIKI
EASTERN BRIDGE APPROACH.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22
HOW TO GET RID OF RATS.

Mix q small quantity Of unslAckei
lime with some corn meal, and place
it where one rat only al eat OF il,
On drinking water afterwards, the
lime Immediately slakes, which pre-
duces heat. smoke and steam in his
stomach, very soon follows a feeling
Of unpieasantness the rat strikes out
at full speed to find Il better position,
and as he runs, the escape of smoke,
heat and steam from him. induces all
the other rats on the premises to be-
lieve that the Devil has come and
they all at once lie down and die.
ANOTHER \
Put q sufficiency of grease on a
small piece of sponge (the grease at
first causes the sponge to c~ontract)
to induce the rat to eat it. Soon af-
ter it has been eaten the grease is di-
gested, and the sponge then becomes
saturated with the fluids in the stom-
ach and increases in size to such a
degree that the rat will certainly eth
er be choked to death, die from ''ty-
phoid vomiting" Hysteria or Spinal
Meningitis.
THE Editor of The JOURNAL could
have witnessed the never failing ac-
ton of the above remedies. but he
got there a little too late.
1t is remarked by some writer that
excess of ceremony shows want OF
good breeding. This is true. There
is nothing SO troublesome as over
much p~oliteness. A truly well bred
man max es every person around hin
feel at ease he does not throw civil
ties about him with a shovel, or tosl
compliments in a bundle, as he would
hay with a pitchfork. There is nc
evil under the sun more intolerahlt
than ultra-politeness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-02-22

An old farmer called at the South
ern Bank the o.her day to borrow
some money on so days time. The
Cashier wrote out a note calling for
the amount wanted and asked the
farmer to give security. The farmer
objected, stating that he was good
for that amount himself and didn't
see the use for security.
The cashier very modestly suggest
ed that be might die before the note
come due. Whereupon the old far.
mer very Indignantly replied,-"die.
die hi, who ever heard of a maj
dying in thirty days"
Its no use talking" she yelled
"a mans a man the world V You
could go out and parade yourself al
around town half the night, with /.
kerosene lamp on your shoulder
while / was sitting here stark alone,
and now, if ask you to get a bucket
of Goals or a pail of water, you begin
to MARBLE about how tired you are,
o you'-and she grabbed the pail
and gave the door a slam behind her
and he remarked: "Well, its NJ
use, you can't please a woman any
how"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19
Wales Station.

Mr.. LocAL:-Partly from a de
sire To see myself once again in the
columns of the CITIZEN, and partly
from the love / bear dear old Wales
or rather the vicinity of Wales, dc
/ consent 70 make an effort TO write
a Communication that will not tax
Your readers so far as length is con
cerned; nor make the pious portion
of your printers "cuss," for you viii
see that / have complied with YOU
"Rules for Correspondent" -writ
ten on one side very plainly.
.'Sine Cura" did not mention, in
his elaborate article on the Aspen
Hill party, that Capt. Sweet Potato
the "Cura" himself, Claudius Wor.
cester, Walter Redus and DR.. Dabt
went down in n spring wagon drawn
by the "6ery chargers which were
a rabbit.eared horse and a three
year old colt, and their stopping on
this side OF the creek, leaving the
wagon and horses with an old dar-
key, walking the balance Of the way
20 tell the creek was too high 70
ford with thnir huggics.
Farmers in this section / believe
have ali done with their wheat.
Some of them had rather a poor
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19

Mrs. Mary Gilmer died at the
residence of Mr.. Cole White, al
Marcella Falls in Lawrence county
on Saturday night, July 7th, and
was buried in the new cemetery at
Pulaski on Monday. Mrs Gilmer
was Miss Dodge, cousin OF Sen
ator Dodge of Iowa, who was the
only relative she was known to
have. Her first husband was DR..
White of Lynnville, and a son by
this marriage now lives at Bards-
town, KY, Granville C. White. She
next married Maj. VIM. Gilmer, for
long time a leading merchant and
citizen of Pulaski. and from this
marriage a son and daughter were
born, VIM. Gilmer of Maury coun-
ty, the daughter (Dodge) having
died during the war. Maj. Gilmer
died about the close of the war,
when Mrs. Gilmer accepted a posi-
ton as matron at the Maxwell
House, Nashville. She was en-
gagged three or four years until hel
health gave down, when she came to
Pulaski and acted as matron of
Martin College for about a year.
She was stricken with epilepsy
about a year ago, when she. re
moved to Mr.. Cole Whites where
she died, aged about seventy years.
She went to bed last Saturday
night apparently as well as usual,
and was found dead next morning.
having, it was thought, another
stroke of epilepsy. It is useless to
write in praise of such a woman,
for the memory of her noble vir.
tues will long live in the minds Of
Pulaskians and Others who knew
her. She was one of the most prac
teal, useful, charitable, Christian
women that ever lived anywhere.
No creature was so low that she
would not minister to him or her,
and no person so exalted that Mrs.
Gilmer's care was not sought eagar
ly. The South owes her memory
a debt. During the Who'll e of the
war she was vigorously nursing the
Confederate sick and wounded, Wis
iting the hospitals all over the
South, giving invaluable services.
To praise the memory of such a
woman in such poor language as we
can use is almost sacrilege. The
memory of her deeds will live for
generations.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19

Arrangements have been made
for a meeting of the Pulaski and
Fayetteville Bars at Elkmont on
Tuesday, Aug. 7th., to spend three
or four days. The oposition was
made by the Fayetteville lawyers to
Judge Jones, and he has consulted
most of the Pulaski bar and written,
accepting the invitation and nam
ing the above date. We expect the
attendance will be full. Fayette-
vile never does anything by halves,
and we hope our lawyers will be up
on the ground in force, and upon
the alert to afford the most enjoy
ment for others and the most fun
for themselves. We do not know
that it has been thought of to In
vite other bars, but it would doubt
less be pleasing to all concerned if
the Athens, Columbia and Hunts
vile bars will attend. We take the
responsibility to make the sugges-
ton
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19

The mysterious disease which
has destroyed the entire dairy herd
of Rev. John Marks, after having
done almost all it could do to his
injury, has at last disappeared, no
new case or death having occurred
since Sunday, SLh July. Up to that
time he had lost u mich cows, one
two year old heifer and four calves
making in all II head. From
first to last there were q head at
tackled (including Mr.. Mahoney's
cow J, only four Of which are living,
and there is yet doubt about some
of these living. Nothing of the
kind has ever been seen or heard of
before in this country. No other
cattle have been attacked, and yet
it is impossible for it to be attrlb
utable to anything that grew in the
pasture, for COWS which had been
raised on it suffered alike with
others. There are grave suspicious
that Mr.. NJ. has been foully dealt
with, and that some fiend has
sought TO injure him by destroying
the only and hard earned means he
had fo- making living for large
and dependent family.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19

The Orangemen did not parade
in Montreal, Canada, on June 18th,
but nevertheless there was q riot
and shedding of blood. We have
been asked who and what the Or
angemen are. 1t is quite a difficult
question. On June 18th, 1852, B.
c., in the town of Constantinople
on the Rhine in Ireland, a solitary
horseman might have been seen,
and was saw, walking down the
sidewalk in front of Paddy O'Lea-
ry's peanut stand, and as he turned
the corner he tread upon an orange
peel that some ignominious cuss
had spread out on the asphaltum
for the unwary, and his heels pene-
trated the zephyral air as the back
OF his head penetrated the pave
ment In those days the Pope OF
Rome was boss of the whole bust
ness and was at the bottom of all
the little deviltries that aggravated
the people. Mike Soolivan, when
his head struck the unelastic flag
stones, Immediately attributed 1t
all to the Pope (and he was doubt
less correctly, and he flung his
tongue to the breeze in long dia-
tribe of diabolic abuse of His Holt
ness, swearing "Be-jaziz, Tll-Fll
bet We tin cints that l kin kin kin
blarst the miserable ould skoonk be
tween the eyes for his shmartness."
This was more than Peanut Paddy
could stand, being an intimate friend
of the Pope's, and he kicked Mike
in the stOmache. Then the clans
commenced gathering and they had
battle, and: every mothers son of
them got a black eye. This has
continued for ages, on every ami
versary of that memorable day, and
it all grew out of the objectionable
and sinister indiscretion of the un-
considerable, graceless knave who
threw the orange-peel on the side
wa TX.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19
HORSES & MULES

Bought and sold at Wells New Liv-
cry and Sale Stable, and Bargains given
Lett Side North Main Street.
Also runs a commodious and COM
Portable Passenger HACK to Lawrence
burg try-weekly. Express or other
packages delivered at reasonable rates.
Orders left st the stable or at the Post
Office viii be promptly attended to.
mar2-tf
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19

J B Stacy, c & NJ, to B Childers, 5,
acres, 9TH dist, 1890.
j + Black ct nj 10 Jas NJ Howard, 25i
acres, 4th dist, $500.
A a Walker and wife 10 Thos Mahoney
acre, 9Th dist, $3.50
Lee Suttle TO Dilburn Reynolds, towT
lot, 9TH dist, $500
W J Il I ii Rainey to Emily Jones, store
house, Pulaski, $1,000.
= Alternately TO Geo A Sheriff., l4(
acres, 10Th dist, $S24 So.
II @ L White, Trustee, to w T McLau-
rine, town lot, 9TH dist, $4,000.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19

Through the courtesy of DR.. t.
B. Harwell we are in receipt OF a
copy of the Southern Husbandmen
for July, from which we will reprint
next week very sensible article on
the education of farmers. The
Husbandman as its name indicates
is Grange monthly, published by
the Executive Committee of the
State Grange, and is q very credita
BILE monthly.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19

Our edition this week reaches
fifty quires, over double the circula-
ton of half the country papers in
Middle Tennessee, and more than
any of them except one or two per-
haps. We are exceedingly gratified
that the people by their continuous
favor and growing patronage are
giving daily evidence of the esteem
in which they hold the CITIZEN. We
don't profess to bring extraordinary
talent to bear in making the CITIZEN
a good paper, but we relax no effort
to use every talent we have and
every means within our grasp TO
keep our paper up to the highest
standard of country journalism, and
we are glad to know that the people
appreciate, applaud and patronize
us more and more.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19

Two young gents stopped near
Pulaski one night last week and al
supper the host handed one of them
plate of ice. de took a piece
with his knife and fork and placing
it upon his own plate attempted to
cut it up and eat it. The more he
sliced at it, the more it slipped
about, until his face grew crimson
and his hand trembled, and then
the host came to his relief by TAX
ing it up with q spoon and putting
it in his glass of milk.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19

If our professional and business
men will give us their job printing
to do and pay us the cash just as
they do when they send away from
home for it, we guarantee to do it
as cheap and as well as any legiti
mate printing Office this side of
New York. Some of you get badly
cheated sometimes by sending of.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19

OF course we deny no man the
right to get his job printing done
wherever he may please to do so,
but we would be very glad to do it
all for Pulaski. We know that for
the same quality of stationery and
printing we can DO it as cheap as
Nashville or Louisville. In fact we
have seen some Nashville jobs late
ly which we could discount 10 to
10 per cent.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19

Prof Tom Fry, of Lynnville. a
great favorite and pet of DIR. VIM.
Stoddert when he taught school,
was in town yesterday, in company
with his old schoolmate Geo. c.
Taylor. He is handsome, talented,
good-natured and a splendid teach
err Columbia Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-07-19

Mr.. Matt. johnson of Jackson
vile, Fla, has been visiting his rel
atives at the jackson House for
several days He is a son of the
deceased printer, Mr.. RUDE. John
son. and is a typo himself.