The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-07-19

OF the Legislatures request could in no way |
aud by no possibility injure the United |
States, and it is we'll known that those let |
ters which are deemed best kept in sccrc, |
have already been published, whilst mutila
ted copies of others have notoriously, from
time t0 time, been used for partisan purpo-
ses, leave tho propriety Of your refusal to
be judged by all impartial men. Very re.
specHuhy, q. b. VANCE. n
WRITE HoME.-Thore can be no excuse
for any young man who never writes home,
or whose letters to the old folks there
whose dreatis are ever OF their son-arc
few ana far between and not worth much
when obtained 1t is sad to think that
there are young men who let weeks and
months pass away without letter to their
parents, or their brothers and sisters, and
who when they do write, only send line
or two, with some lame excuse for not doing
more; a line or two saying nething, just
containing some stercotypcd statement of
vague utterance, which gives no information
Why, the value of letter to young man
to far off town or village home, consists
of the details its affectonate gossip; its
account of any circumstance or incident
that may have promise in IL of advantage,
its storyof hopeful struggle, of dawning
success or in references to newly formed
friendships ; to books read, churches and
lecture, attended with thousand things
bIsidcs, which may be small within them.
selves, but which show an interest in the
home circle, and manifest the beating of
the child's heart within the man. Young
me1 arc not aware what pain they may in.
fiict by apparent neglect; how letters brief
and infrequent may give rise to fear and
doubt, and occasion anxious days and wake
ful nights. Now don't neglect home don't
seem Indifferent to your own family, as if
all your interests were transferred to strau-
gers Keep the chain of communication
bright by use, and write freely and fully
with unrestrained confidence that it may
be felt that there is neither blight on the
affection nor error in the life, which is too
often, the cause of that lapse in filial or
iFaternal correspondence which, though the
fesult also, at timos, of mcr, thoughtlcne. S,
IS always unkiud ard sometimes cruel.
SMILEs.-Did you ever notice an infant
as it lay peacefully sleeping in the crib
see smile come over its features like gentle
riplcts moved by Il lazy wind Poets say
it is then "whispcring to the angels far
away" but watching the nervous twitching
Of its mouth, we arc led to believe that
other causes than this produce the Utilization
There are smiles of various degrees, kinds
and sorts For instance, the hotel clerks
have smile, bland and inviting for the
coming guests, cherubic for the paying ones,
heavenly one for the ladies, and one as
fierce as buzz saw for the beat. The min
Fister smiles swectly when he sees the box
feeme back ladensw ith,.contributions. He
Smiles grimely when ha sees it empty. The
theatrical manager smiles delightfully."- when
his house is full of paying visitors A lady
will smile upon her lover even when he
treads upon the trail of her dress The
editor smiles when greenbacks pour in, and
the politician when he meets constituent.
Then there is il smile that is the smilngest
smile of all the smiles that is when the
hummer is invited to drink. What a smile.
Moonlight on shovel is no comparison. -
1t commences at the corner of his mouth,
and as he grasps the 6ecanter it spreads,
gets wider and wider, deeper, until the
draught IS Swallowed, and Ethep.it covers
] the face, and as a glow takeS 6 pf
9the body it increases until even t6e ear
wags in JOY, aud the hair stands on end in
excessive delight.