The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-01-13
ESTABISIE COUNTY, KENTUCKY FRIDAY

nounced her the poetry of the world. as
the stars are the poetry of heaven. To
ENJOY her society the philosopher mas
torsaken his studies. the merchant his
business, the artist his studio and the
warrior his camp fire. Washington
Irving likened her to the ivy which
winds It's tendrils more tenderly over the
oak which the storm has laid PROSTATE.
and other writers have been equally Law
ish IN paying homage.
The girl who expects to win her way
by her beauty and to be admired and
accepted simply because she is lady,
has the wrong idea. She must secure a
alosable character if she wishes to be
Moved, and my advice to you all is to lay
No foundation ofk permanent influence.
Ne1ssarf has len ksfA fAened 10 three things
Ia nature. She Is like the snail because
| sic loves her own house best, and she is
Unlike the snail, who carries all he pos
! seses upon his back. She is like the
eclR, which speaks only when spoken to,
| andlnlile the echo, which always has
1 the hst word. She Is like the town
| clock, which performs its work regular
| ly andpn time, and unlike it because
| her voloe Is not heard all over the city.
/ 10 WIN aud hold admiration You must
cultivate die gifts that nature has be-
/ slowed upon you. II YOU have a talent
for music, deelOp it; learn to sing some
choice songs md to perform upon some
instrument, fG many are charmed more
by music thn by handsome feat
ures. Pursm the same course
with regard painting, drawing
and designing, and If you have the
power TO obtain Useful knowledge IN any
direction do it. I have heard voilnp
men, IN speaking # their lady acquaiut-
ances, Oh they look well, but they
don't know anything" There Is no
necessity for such a state of things;
books are cheap and accessible. If YOU
lahor all day IN shop II store, still at odd
intervals You can gather upan education
and contend with no greater difficulties
than dld Clay, Fillmore. Webster and
others of our greatest men. If YOU 90
through life like n fitting butterfly. how
Will you be spoken of by and by. Town
it Is nice to eat and drink, and be merry,
and be courtcd and hattered for four or
five years, hut how much better 1t would
be TO cultivate character, sense and true
womanlness that would last forty or fifty
years. Andrew johnson would never
have been President but for the faithful
ness of his wife, who taught HIM to read
and urged him TO emineuce. Disraelis
wife was equally as useful TO him.
So, While society praises the adept IN
small talk, tine world viii remember only
those who, by cultivated intellect and
purified hearts, assisted mankind and
helped 70 make the world better. We
always think kindly of Florence Night
mgale, who, by her unselhsh devotion
10 the sick and wounded in tine Crimea,
made her name household word of
Harriet Hosmer, who. finding that she
possessed talent, developed it and became
the best modeler IN clay and sculptor
~ marble known the history of our
country; or Harriet Beecher Stowe,
whose book before it was year old was
translated into all languages and proved
an important factor IN the emancipation
OF slavery and hastened 10 uplitt the
whole continent to a broader and more
charitable eminence, and the wife OF Sir
John Franklin, who, lying upon what
proved to be her deathbed, bade her
husband depart on his voyage to the
North pole. Such women as these are
spoken of after the beauties of the world
are forgotten. You, young ladies, ought
10 lay the foundation OF the enduring
admiration of the good and of God, and
cousecrate yourselves TO q high and holy
life.-SclmoH By ReU. D. s. BrcckeR-
ri.{qe, Of BrookLyn.