The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-09-06

stray dino uoNoi A''' =, t.a;,, y |
,rodo Of the Jones girls, They all up
,houoh in A private way, but scorn po"naea
, 80 n,oda Old Jones disapproVeS 'he
noln nomipally, but Mrs. Jones winkS
al The use, and at the surrepttlouS '''
mont for tho purchase of snuh 49,.
"Them Jones Boys fish and nsns
!, ao,,on over the neighborhood on sun
DAVIS, Just like the Smiths anu , OO rto
any;ous to educate his family Jus. hAo
Ia,n x with the difference that he ieeis
gratifying CONSEQUENCES OF having s' @
accomplished good deal in that airo0''on
But in point of fact, he has never o a,S,
administered good, sound heal'ny' ~"
toah;oned thrashing to any boy or giri Oh
his belongings, ''to point moral OF "''0'"
a tail" and he knows It,
Brown has framed house, ana ''s'o'
IN the back yard. (The Smiths drink
branch water, and Jones has pofea "en'l
Rrown has a spring wagon, and drives 'wo
mr,es to church every fourth SUNDAY
Mrs Brown sits near the pulpit on the sue
seats and helps to sing the hymns ana ls-
.ono 60 the sermon. The Brown girlS Blu
hack in the calico quarter OF the ouii'ine
SI ..dor,t bebaye." Brown locates near
tho door on the far back bench; or, some
t,mes when the weather is warm' al 'he
foot of the tree in the yard. HIS boys ~
to the spring when the services commence
and adjourn from there to the swimming
bo,e unless some orchard or melon p"'0n
10 more attractive or convenient
Passing step by step from Brown up 70
the senior member of the well known hfin
Of Borrow & Break, you find, as the houses
crow finer and the accomplishments OF Tic
family increase, the same professed desire
+o educate the children, is proclaimed
:. not manifested. The same neglect to a''
tend to the simplest means OF eduoatlng
y manifested if not admitted.
Rro BORROW attends church, regularly
!. He ia n tribulated Christian and brings
4 gloom over the happiest love FEAST wne'
N his time comes to confess he Is on leihn
!. Of bitter animosity with the devil, and fror
a. bis statement to the meeting, fortified o
outside circumstances connected with HI
" walk and conversational the brethren al
inclined to fear, if they do not actually DE-
M ,ieve. that the devil, on an average, Is 20
.. tiro tbe best of it. Bro. B. is great o
te education. He compels the attendahce
"a ,i- 1oys at church, every Sunday, ana
in night prayer meeting once or twice a wee
= He f,yors Sunday schools too, and requif
q strict attendance to that of his partlcul
No church, ON the part of his young peopl
He ia blatant in his advocacy OF puoi
p, schools. provided they are properly esta
lsbad and CARRIED on. But If the teach
a is a member of another church thah
own be refuses TO send, being unwilling
,, natronize sectarian school. If the teach
y: il not a relieionist he finds fault with
morality. His earnest zeal for the pur
~, of education has broken up half doZ
-. GOOD schools in as many years 1t has n
Of on the other hand, (greatly to the edill
a. ton of his enemy, the devi) established
m. sustained single one.
iov Meanwhile, the Brown boys ma I'll
IN between preachings, TO attend to the alta
,ou ment of numerous small branches OF eau
~ ton, not connected with, or enjolned
~ either the church or the school, and rapl
a., develop tastes and talents, that seem to
~, dictate that if, in the contest between u
wa earthly parent and his black adversary
'D' preference exists at all, it is in favor OF
elder of the contestants.
no. intended to wind up this, with b
ms notice of our public schools, and Il
nan teachers. But, you see, it is already
Oh long. So will close for the present,
toc- pay deserved compliments to our SCI
My machinery in one or more other infiIct
that from DuaALD DALGETT'