The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-01-18
,ONE GOOD TuRN pEsERVEs ANoTHER.,

He was the manager of a church fair,
and one morning he walked into the news
paper Office and said:
Want an item this morning ?"
"Of course" replied the editor. Where
upon the visitor laid the following note up
on the table:
1.-The ladies of the - Street Church
will give festival at their vestry haltpexS
Friday evening. Literary and musi6A ed
tertainments will be provided, and a supper
will be served to all who desire. The ladies
in charge of the affair have much expert
ence in such matters, and arc sure to pro.
vide good time. The admission will be
only fifteen cents and it is certain that no
one can spend that amount to a better ad-
vantage. Be sure to so, and take your
friends"
When t.le editor had read it he said
"Oh, sec ; an advertisement"
ono; not an advertisements We prefer
to have it go in the local column" replied
the manager.
Aud seeing that the editor looked scep-
tical, he continued:
at will interest & great many of your
readers and help good cause besides, we
have spent so much money getting up our
rantnrtainmant that we cant afford to adj
vertlsc it without increasing riIe pfictS
the tickets. In such matter as this We
ought to be willing to help each other"
"Well," said the editor, "if it goes into
the locals suppose you would reciprocatc
by reading little notice in your church
next Sunday"
The visiting brother asked what notice,
and the editor wrote and handed him the
following:
"The Weekly Chronicle for the coming
year will be the best and cheapest family
paper in Maine. Its proprietor has had
much experience aud has all the helps which
a large outlay of money can procure. His
paper has larger circulation than any other
published in thccountry and is to be furnish
ed at only 81. 1t is certain that no one can
spend that amount to better advantage.
BE sure to take the Chronicle, and subscribe
for your friends" -
The manager hcmmcd and~hcsitatsd, md
then said, solcmnly, that he doubted wheth-
CT it would be judicious to read such no.
ticc, but suggested that if it was printed,
copies might be distributed Mt the door Of
the vcstry, on the evening of the entertain
ment.
EYES," said the editor, "but it would at
tract more attention In the middle of SER
mon. 1t will interest large number of
your congregation aud help good cause !;
and, besides, so much money is spent upon
the Chronicle that don't see how the own
er can afford to print handbills to advertise
it without increasing the subscription price
In such mater as this we ought to be
willing to help each ether"
Then the gentleman saw the situation -
Fairfield (!nc) Chronicle
"THE blu UES.''-The -.biucs' il n, .sla,.
case of great prevalence to day. 1t is Pc
culiarly appropriate to devote a short time
to seeking an answer to the question of the
psalmist-"why art thou cast down, O my
soul ? and why art thou disquicted in me ?
For it has peculiar application to the case
Of many Christians. The cause of this
general depression of spirits may all, said
he, be found in our trangressions against
the laws Of either bodily or spiritual health.
We OF to day keep unnatural hours, cat and
drink unnaturally, dress in an unhealthtul
fashion and destroy the natural tone of the
nervous system by the use of narcotic and
other stimulants. All this leads to dis
eased bodily condition, and, as all know, the
body reacts on the mind. Dyspepsia is one
Of the greatest runners of human happiness
and piece of mince pie may cause days of
misery, not only to the consumer but to his
unfortunate family. But the moral causes
arc deserving Of much more attention even
than these When we sec man using his
religious professions as means of carrying
out successful forgerics, and another cover
ing perjury under the mask of his respcc-
liability, is it any wonder that we should be
afflicted in mind Thus even poverty,
which is such terrible source of sorrow,
is the result of human crime For those
who have fallen from good circumstances
through no fault of their own, have suffered
or account Of tho wrong doing of others,
which has led to the depression of business.
Personal sin is perhaps the greatest cause
of all. The sinners own fall must be the
greatest, and he never escapes it. But who
is free from sin ? Personal sin is the cause
of most Of the domestic unhappiness that
exists.
AS to the cure----it is easily found. If
men gave half the care to their bodies that
they do to a piece Of machinery or a good
horse, there would be no dyspepsia If