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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
Transient Troubles.

Most of us bave had troubles all OF
our lives, and each day has brought all
the evil that we wished to endure. But
| if we we're asked to re count the sor-
row of onr lives how could we remem~
ber? How many that are six months
old should we think worthy to be re-
membered or mentioned? To-days
troubles look large but week hence
they will be forgotten and buried out OF
sight,
ri you would keep book and every
day put down the things that worry you
and see what becomes OF them it wOnld
be n benefit to you. You allow things
to annoy you iust as you allow fly to
settle on you and plasue; and you lose
your temper, (or rather get it; for when
men are surcharged with temper they
are said to have lost IT'D and you
Justify yourselves for being thrown off
your balance by causes which you do
not trace ont. But ie you would SEQ
what it was that threw you off your
balance before breakfast, and put it
down in little book, and follow it ont.
and ascertain what becomes of it, you
would see what fool you were in tho
matter
Tie art of forgetting is blessed art,
but the art of overlooking is quite as
important. And if we should take
time to write down the origin progress
and outcome of few of our troubles it
would make ms so ashamed of the fuss
we made over them that we should be
glad to drop such things aud bury them
at once in eternal forgetfulness.
Life is too short to be worn out in
petite worries, fretting hatred and vexe
atoms Let us Danish all of these
and think on whatsoever things are
pure. and lovely, and gentle, and OF
good report.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
Grains of Gold.

A prosy man is like clack of mill
when it is empty.
Read not books alone, but men; and
be careful to read thyself
The credit that is got by lie lasts
only till the truth comes out.
Applause is the spur of noble minds,
the end and aim of weak ones.
Tomorrow is the day on which lazy
folks work aud fools reform.
Motives are like harleqniEes; tn ere
is always second dress beneath the
first.
We should do we'll to take counsel
from the wise and warning from the
foolish.
When the character of any one is dis
cussed. silence in the good nature IS
censure
When society beginsIto porfit by a
mans misfortunes, his difficulties do
not soon terminate.
How immensely would our converse
ton be abridged if all mankind would
speak only the truth.
Trust him little who praises all; him
less who censures all; and him least
who is Indifferent to all.
Abuse is the penalty levied on the
bond of praise. and can be rendered
effective only when noticed.
"Do come and see us!' sounds very
we'll. but how much heart is there in it,
in nine cases out of ten.
TO quell the pride even of the great
est, we shonld reflect how much more
we owe to others than ourselves.
Prejudices are like rats, and man s
mind like trap; they get in easily. and
then perhaps can't get out at all,
If you turn away from worthy men
because they are humbly clad. they can
boost that you cut their coat aad pan
falcons.
An act by which we make one friend
and one enemy is a losing game, because
revenge is much stronger principle
than gratitude.
He who sports compliments. unless
he knows how to make a good aim, may
miss his mark and be wounded by the
recoil of his own gun.
How many amusing and ridiculous
scenes should we witness if each pail
of mon that secretly laugh at eaci
other were to do it openly!
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
Don't Believe IN Advertising.

The man who says he doesn't be
lieve in advertising" is unconsciously
all the while doing just what he dapre-
Gates. He hangs coats outside of his
door. or pnts dry gools in his windows
that's advertising. He has printed
cards lying on his counter-that's ud =
vertising He labels his articles or his
mannfactures-that's advertising. If
be has lost his COW. he puts q written
notice in the post Office, or tells his sis
ter -in-law-and that's advertising, too.
He has his name put up in gilt letters
over his door-what is that but adve, =
tising? He paints his shop green or
red; or, if a tailor, he wears the latest
style: if a doctor, he has his boy call
him out of church in haste; if an anc-
tioneer, he bellows t. attract the atten
tion of passars by; if heavy merchant,
be keeps q hugs pile of boxes on his
sidewalk i'll front OF his store-and all
for advertising.
A man can't do business without ad
vertising. and the question is whether
to call to his aid the: Engine that NOV; 8
the wcrld-the printing press, with its
thousands Of messengers working night
and day,th steam-engine adding to its
repeating capacity untold power and
miraculous spedd; or. rejecting all these
to go back to the days when newspapers,
telegraphs and railroads were unknown
"But ADVERTISING cost moneyV SO
does everything that is worth having.
If advertising cost nothing, all the
second; third and fourth-class petty
shops would stand an equal chance with
the most responsible houses. If you
want to prove to the world that yours
is a first class establishment, ADVERTISE!
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
Dancing.

To dancers William Herman has the
following to say: Try aud see yourselves
as others see YOU; remember that there
are many harmless pleasures that have
about them no faint of filthy lust;
above all cease to believe or to assert
that the modern waltz is an "innocent
amusement ="
TO the women, in particular, say:
Set your faces against this abomina
ton, which is robbing you Of mans
respect, and is the primal cause of i'll
finite misery to yourselves.
To the men 1 would say: Those who
are the natural arbiters of what is per
missIblc between man and woman, have
shown their weakness and betrayed
their trust; it is now for you to show
yonr strength and redeem your honor
You who are unfavorable to the mod
ern dance, adiure youno to let your
opposition be merely negative, but to
work positively for the putting down of
the evil precisely as you might for the
suppression of prostitution or any
other corrupting Influence. For as
surely as thy soul liveth. this is ''a way
that seeineth good unto man, but the
end thereof is DEATH"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
Cause of the Depression.

a newspaper repoI ter interviewed
Gen Butler, asked him why so many
people were out of employment. His
reply was MS follows;
At the end of the war one million
six hundred thousand men-all work.
ingmen-were disbaDded from the arm
les, and two hundred thousand camp
followers besides. These were thrown
on the labor market, which had already
sufficient supply, and why should not
distress and lack of employment follow?
After the war there were no new aveD-
ues of employment opened, and while
the war was going on there was plenty
to do for everybody. The case was very
different after It's close You had idle
people in every town. Your balance of
trade was against you. Explosions
in business we're constantly occurring.
And what was it all attributable to bnt
to the reaction of great civil war
and the throwing on the labor mar
ket of vast host of surplus hands
Reporter-What would be your rem
edy for the depression?
General Butler the government
lend a helping hand in a season of such
unexampled character Let it colonize
the surplus and idle labor out on its
waste lands. gives free transportation
from the cities of the West, build
houses for them and support them
till they are able to support them
selves. The occasion is nnpreced
euted and the remedy should be the
same
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
Rule or Ruin.

In almost every church there are o
few persons who seem to be actuated
by the dispisable spirit of rule or ruin.
II the minister does not preach, visit
or condrct the different meetings accor
ding to their liking; if the church varies
in it's discipline or polity from their
way of doing things. they set them
selves against the majority with a de
termined spirit that plainly means to
browbeat all others in their ways. They
will never let up until the church be
comes passive or the minister, wearied
by little prosecutions, takes himself ont
of the way. The necessity for the
abundance of grace which was promis-
ed the apostle who suffered with the
thorn in his flesh, is fully realized III
such an experience. We have wondered
what purpose such persons serve in the
economy of grace, unless it be that pa
tieuce may, through their uglineNs,
have it's perfect work. Ii is not ours
to Judge of their Christian hope. but
We can sympathize with Spurgeon when
he said of such that he would rather
live an eternity with them in heaven
than one dav on earth.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
Hints TO Farmers.

Don't buy patent rights to sell again.
Buy farm wagon before fine car
riage.
Don't starve your land; if you do,
you will grow lean.
aDont become snrety for him who
waits for the Sheriff.
Don't run for constable; you may get
it and let the pillow stand.
Don't leave to memory what should
be written; it makes lawsuits.
Don't buy piano for your daughters
while your son needs plow.
Keep your sons away from horse
races: they are the highway to ruin.
Teach your bows to look up and for>
ward, and never go down or backwards.
Don't let your horse be seen standing
at the tavern door. It don't look right
Don't give the merchant chan,e to
dun you. Prompt payments make inde-
pendent men.
If you have yoke Of oxen. don't be
be ashamed of them, and give your
note for span OF horses.
Decent and substantial clothing iof
your children makes them think better
Of themselves and keeps the Doctor
away.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
Johnnie's S Grafton.

"Got your speech ready for Friday,
Johnnie?" asked schoolboy.
mo" said John.
"Well l have. You'd better hurry
up"
"Pshaw! what's the use?" asked
John.
You see, q speech for Friday isn't
Just like lessons that fellow ought to
learn. Ever so many things may hap
pen So that shn'nt have to speak at
all. Visitors may come in, or some
other boy may recite something real
long. so that there won't be time for
me. l shan't bother. Maybe I'll go
out in the country that day, aud then if
l learn anything it woald be of no use.
I'll wait till the time comes"
John waited, but he did not 60 to
the country. The other bows choose
short declamations, and Friday mora
ing was so cloudy that there was no
prospect of company. At noon John
was in a state Of desperation. He flew
here and there about the house in search
of something that would answer his
purpose. Uncle jack gave hiu~a book
of old dialogue and orations, but be
fore he conId learn more than line or
two it was school time.
The Others spoke, but John listened
without hearing much; and when his
own name'w called, he walked across
the floor with 4 very bewildered feeling,
staring Mt the ceiling, leaning against q
post in tie centre Of the room. Mr..
~ ,,,1nl NOT TyI,,
knew that perfectly. He put his hands
in his pockets and looked at the boys,
pulled them out again and looked Mt
the clock; then he began, confusedy:
my name is Norval. On the
Grampian Hills-my name is Norval
On the Grampian Hills my father feeds
his-bis-name is Norvar -
Runs in the family, that name does, )"
sIyIy whispered a boy near him.
The others began to laugh, for they
all knew how grandly John had talked
of not taking any trouble. Mr.. Grey
began to look curiously over his glasses,
aud John knew that som thing must
be lone; 50 he suddenly said:
Il don't know much about Norval,
but I know something about industry;
so III talk about that.
Industry is good thing to have;
it's better than luck. If boy inst
trusts to luck, it may not trrn ont as
be expects. and then he gets into
trouble. If boy is zeal industrious,
and gets ready for things. why. he is
ready. If the man that invented tele
had waited for luck, I don't
suppose there'd have been any messages
sent yet. Boys. be industrious; get
ready for things beforehand, and don t
wait till the time Games.
John bowed and sat down. and the
BOYS applauded heartily. Mr. Grey,
who did not understand the matter so
we'll, hesitated moment, but finally
said. "This address seems to he origi
nal, and I suppose we must judge it
leniently on that account, though it is
very imperfectly prepared. There is
valuable truth in it, however,
which the speaker himself may profit
by. Whatever is worth doing Mt all is
worth doing we'll"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26

To understand the philosophy of
rain. a few facts from observation must
be remembered Were the atmosphere
at all times of uniform temperature we
should never have any rain or hail, or
snow. The water absorbed by it 10
evaporation from the sea and earth
wonld descend in imperceptible vapor,
or cease to be absorbed. The absorb
ing power of the atmosphere. and ca
pacity to retain humidity. is propor-
tlonat4ly greater in warm than in cold
mir. The air near the surface of the
earth is warmer than in the regions of
the clouds The higher We ascend from
the earth the cooler the atmosphere
Hence the perpetual snow on very high
mountains in the hottest climate. Now,
when from continued evaporation, the
air is highly saturated with vapor.
though it be invisible and the sky
cloudless: its temperature Is suddenly
reduced by currents descending from
above or rushing from higher to
lover latitude, its capacity to. retain
moisture is diminished, clouds are
formed and the result rain. Air con-
deuses when it cools. and, like sponge
filed with water and compressed pours
ont the water which it cannot hold.
How singular, yet hew Simple the phll>
osophy of rain.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
A Whole Family in Heaven.

The following eloquent passnge is
from the pen of Albert Barnes: "A
whole family is in heaven Who can
picture or describe the everlasting JOY?
No one absent. Nor father, nor mother,
nor son, nor daughter. away. In the
world they were united in faith. and
love and peace, and Joy. In the morn.
ing of the resurrection they ascended
together Before the throne they bow
together in united alteration. On the
banks of the river Of life they walk
hand in hand, and as family they
have commenced career of glory
which shall be everlasting. In their
hereafter is to be no separation in that
family. No one is to lie down on bed
of pain; no one to sink in the arms of
death. Never.in heaven, is that fam
ily to move along in the slow procession,
clad in the habiliments of woe, to con-
sign one of it's members to the tomb.
God grant that in his infinite mercy
everyfamily may be thus united =
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
Kindling Fires With Kerosene.

Somebody ought to publish house
hold track and advise people to kiudle
their fires with gunpowder instead of
kerosene 1t would be vastly safer in
deed, for gunpowder only explodes, and
then is done with it, and if it blows ont
the windows and doors, or takes off
leg or an arm, or puts out IN eye, that
is all there is of it. and people know
what to expect. But oil not only ex~
plodes, but takes fire, and its burning
vapor is pretty sure death to the per
son who tries this sort of kinding. It
is very easy thing to tilt what is left
in the lamp or the oil can right over
the Goals to make blaze when the fire
is slow, but the hospital ambulance or
the coroner's inquest are pretty sure to
follow. The most sickening of horrors,
being burned alive, is the natural outs
come of this hunying up of slow fires
by the quick kindling of kerosene, but
every person who tries it ought to
know that they would be great deal
safer in the front of battle than be-
hind the kerosene can in such an ex-
pertinent.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
sBER 26, 1873. VOL. S.--NO.


No other agent or force can electrl
fy both soul and body. like sudden fear.
Its natural shock will sometimes re-
store paralyzed member which no
artificial shock can benefit The fol
lowing notable and amusing incident
in the life of Simon Love. of Mote
Mountain, N. H., now hale old man
of ninety two, who, is told by cores
pondent of the Troy Times. When
about sixty-three years old, MIR. Love
was afflicted with sort of dumb
umbago," so that then he could not
walk nor scarcely move for more than q
year:
Ohe day in early October, while the
pigeons were very plenty. Mr.. Ham
mond, Loves son>in>law, was fixing his
double barrel gun for shot at them.
He had just cut a piece Of Indian wheat,
not far away, and there the pigeons
would be sure to gather, and he meant
to be ready for them. He had loaded
both barrels heavily, and pnt on the
percussion caps; but as the caps were
slightly small for the tubes he had to
press them on. which he was wont to
do by easing the hammer d)wn upon
them.
Old Simon sat by the fireplace, boil
stored up i'll his great easy>chair, with
padding of pillows and blankets for
his back and cushions for his feet.
"Look ont, Nathanr he cried, as he
saw the double muzzle pointed uncom>
fortably near to him,
"Pooh, ther' aint no danger. dad!
returned Nathan, pressing the hammer
down upon the cap.
But the cap was very sensitive one,
and he pressed little too hard, and
Mercy! what crash! and what
howl! The right barrel OF the gun
vas discharged with report that shook
the house from the ridge pole to foun>
lation, and few of the shot grazed
Simon Loves leg.
He. poor man, believed he was shot
dead He sent forth howl, loud and
long, aud Ieaped to his feet,
"Murder! murder! murder! I'm
dead-Silled oil to pieces. o!
O! o! Murder!"
And away he leaped out of doors
out into the yard-where he danced up
and down, yelling like mad ali the
while, until Nathan his wife and hir
ed man came to his assistance. They
got him into the house and got him
down into his chair, and after critical
examination they found two or three
livid lines upon the calf of his right
leg, where a stray shot had. just grazad
the skin.
"Aint shot?"
"No. Get up and see"
He was up in moment, standing
first upoa one leg and then upon the
other. aud presently the thonght oc|
Cured to him that he had really risen,
and unaided He started off on a brisk
walk, without PAIN aud without hind>
renee He could hardly credit the evi
dence of his own senses. He leaped
and he danced; he ran to the well and
back again.
"Glory. hallelujah! Nathan, I'm
we'll mani
And he spoke truly. The terrific
shock, convulsig every nerve and
straining every muscle, hal healed him,
and from that time he had not a touch
of the old trouble
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
A WISE Man

I had friend who could not endure
story that smaoked of scandal. He
used to say, 81 have so much to do
that L cannot hear it. One half OF my
time is taken up with my own bus ness,
the other half with letting alone that OF
my neighbors. How many excellent
opportunities of letting alone other
peoples business are sighted. and the
world is troubled with the interference
of people with what does not concern
them. Neighborhoods are driven crazy
by the reports of idle ,or mischievous
people. who watch for occasions of
scandal, aud lose no opportunity of
making it public, regardless of its
truth. or of the injury it inhicts upon
the feelings of others Gossip passes
for facts, and surmise for history; and
the nimble lie runs many league
while the truth is putting on its boots.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
,SborjFs~x%nZe.

NJ. 7. Ferguson a Son) Judgment in Justice
Va court. of Lincoln county
BIT. Atkins, ct al. for $3.50 and cost.
FDY virtue of writ of vendtioni exponas 70
ID me, directed from the Circuit court, OF
Lincoln county. in the above case, VIII, on
Monday the Ten dan Of October, one thousand
eight hundred aud serenity cight,
at the court house door, in Brookhayen, proceed
to sell at public auction, to the highest bidder,
for cash, the following described lands, to-wit:
Thirty acres of land, in the southern part OF
the or of Sc or OF see. two, 7, east, leviea
on as the property of b. T. Atkins, aud will be
sold to satisfy the judgment and costs IN this
case. A. .. COX, Sheriff.
sept54t
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
sWOuIdm't YOu::.''

He told me my face was the purest
And fairest he ever had known;
I he bobo link envied my singing,
The nightingale mimicked its tone:
Nv dimples they quarreled vii h cherries
Just under eyes tender and blue;
Nv tre.ses they angered the sunbeams; -,
/ smiled on him then, "M Mouldn't your
He told me my fingers were dainty;
My lips only nodded to kiss;
"Aud would give one of the sweetest
For suck poo- bauble as this?
Maybe ought not 70 We done it,,
But he looked so beseeching and true.
And the ring was so pretty took it,
And gave him kiss, ''woulda't you?"
lie told me There was dear cottage
Just down near the rocks by the ea,
Where the sweet roses nodded welcome
And the mocking- birds waited for me,
With. himself, of course, for the master
Twas made plenty large for us two;
forgot what said, but Pm thinking
| kissed him again, wouldn't your?
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-26
BROOKHAVEN. MISS, THURSDAY. SEPTEs
glad to see you, and perhaps we can be
e ...,,:oo o,r~l> ,thar

glad to see you, and perhaps we can be
of service to each other.
.She gave me her little gloved hand,
and to my dying day | shall never for
get the sensation of that moment. L
could not bear to part with her; with
out her felt that could do nothing;
with her could grow to mans estate
"a man in the truest sense of the
word. From that moment tobacco has
never passed my lips.
"As soon as / could summon enough
courage called upon that lady. Well
do remember how my heart beat as
waited in that elegant parlor for her to
come down; and how awkward felt as
followed my guide to her private sit
ting>room.
'Here she got at every point of my
life, and before I had bads her good
bye it was arranged so that l should
spend two evenings of each week at her
house, and study on just what she
thought best"
"No lover ever looked forward to the
meeting with the mistress of his heart
any more ardently than I did to these
meetings with my friend"
81 grew careful of my personal appear
auce, careful of my conversation, and
strove in every way to be worthy OF
this noble friendship. Two years pass
ed in this delightful manner-two years
that made me. My friend not
cnly attended to my studies. striving
also all the while to SOW the right kind
of spiritual seed, but she procured me
business situation with particular
| friend of hers, where I remain to this
day:
Nobody but God knows what I owe
to this woman. During the last three
months of those two years I noticed
that she grew constantly pale and thin,
she never was betrayed into speaking
of herself. Sometimes when I would
ask her if she felt worse than usual,
she would reply:
"'Oh, no! am only little tired
| that IS all.
"One evening she kept me by her sofa
much longer than was her custom.
while she arranged lessons and laid out
work enough it seemed to me for
months.
"'Why so much to night?' inquired
conscious that my +eart ached, and
vaguely expected the cause.
Because, dear, she answered, Il
do not want you to come for the next
week, and am anxious that you should
have sufficient work to be anticipated;
as well as keep you busy. l think |
can trust you to be good boy, john?
81 think you can ma'am, answered
almost sobbing.
"'If 1 should see your mother my
boy, before long, what shall 1 say to
her for you?
Then 1 knew all; my grief gave no
bound. 1t is no use to go on. She
died two days after; and when hear
folks saying. There's woman at the
bottom of it," l feel like telling the
whole world what q WON III did for me. ;