The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-11-24
Rr,cK HAVE Oct ooh. Js8

! 1tAiEf1dE WAS = gEa4AAA8A A&F@ a.
bright As ever falls 10 the lot Of the
" Hawk" The church thar tops The
aear hip was closed, because il was not
sunday. Bat the noisy mill in the
hollow kept all the neighbours z hol'ow~
from being sleepy h0llows. OF h0ilowr
there are many, but this hollow between
and church j. the hollow
hat doth 'murdersieep." Atearly morn
the bugie note is beard, ere the sun ad
vanciug in eastern skies, peeps oger the
pine clsd hills You have heard, in the
5iden times, the stage horns blast, before
The morning GIT, but al the ratlling
vehicle passed by, Hou have gone 10
sleep by tie music Of It's wheels and
the broken dream. Bat the
{ ousaHd bright fancies that rice upon
he strain Of bagie music Into the sleep
ing mind, are put 10 Il ght by the
succeeding uproar down ia The huii w.
L0rg before the siumbering villsg7 j.
aware, the industrious miller Is az his
post, having climbed through the gul eys
,afely ia the DARKEST mGrnirg g hours
Then s'eep that knits up the raveled
.Ie eve of care" bids adieu To the village
AZ the engine puff to the tune OF Il
saw mill, grist and cotton gin, filling
al the air with delightful tenor, "a
sweet contralto glorious soprano, a
hemi demi, semi qudveTirg g-toO real 10
he mistaken. FrgEteued, the sleeper hall
aroused, imagines the two Illinois Cen
trails have taken near cut TO JON ana
collided at the "bad place in the road
at Back Hawk. He springs from his
bed and with q gait that is a cross
between a hurricane and fox-trot he
rushes to the scene OF action, calculating
IN getting tile good old oxen, Buck and
BAH, 10 draw une of the "thiug7" back
10 siding" and The other to FajdiUg,
when, 10 it is only the old mill. Feeling
the unblushing reality Of the occasion,
he preciptateiy retir5s without await
ing further Developments. The day
and
INDIAN sUM}.EE
spreads over the land. The school chill
dren gather for the duties Of the day.
There are many OF them, for they come
from village aud country. Their faces
are bright aud their hearts full of lov,
for of troubles Is yet they know nothing.
rne teacher sits amor 2 them, digesling
notes and messages, each directing n
separate manner Of teaching, as to what
they shall be taught aud how and where
or whel her at all, or whether not at
for automaton teachers-hgure
heads To sit at desk and obey orders
But The State Superintendent Of Pebble
Education has settled many n mooted
question by simply enforcing few OF
our school laws.
The STANDARD OF TEACHING
all over the State has been raised, not
withstandiug waiting and guashing
Of teeth The spirit OF Indignation
has ragged in many pedagogic bosom
"A friend should bear a t?ieud's inhrm
ity," yet some Of the aforesaid official
best friends are 'disgruntled." Th, re
Is a threatened tempest in the balioi
box, but the good results of This uu
popular reform will be so apparent
before the next election, that thi:
mighty exponent of some great unknown
algebraic quantity will ride to victor!
on his successful system ot % per cent
charge, Chester, ehargel On Stanley
on." The counter current will be strong
THE BALLOT BOX
is powerful accessory. Our Northeri
sisters are peeping over Mason \ Dixon
Line and calling upon Us TO rally to thei
assistance, In this "Carrara uuquarried.
They say il is time 10 draw a line; Their
is no middle course; that woman j
some body or she i nobody; that she j
ii person, or that she is not person, anC
must either have the privilege of per
sunalitv or she must be held as q Chattel
dere comes the banners,
Taxation without Representa- ion is tyranny"
Equal rights to all"
NO ! 1T lot erunent can be formed without th
Coz sent of the governed"
(Now who ever heard OF woman
cousenting to be governed?)
Well, they do not seem 10 rally worti
cent, aud what would be the use
Such is the peEversity of the other sex
that some man would 60 into the miili
uery business and have his grand open
ing on election day.
Apropos of this, Mrs. Elizabeth Cad,
Stanton has written an open letter L
the Governors Of tue several States ask
il in the name Of aspiring womanhoo'
that each will recommend IN his mes
sage
The SUFFRAGE QUESTION
TO the consideration of the Legislator
9f the State | wonder if our Goyerno
has seen il? ! hope SO, for ! have STAT
pride enough to want our Governor L
see everything that any body e se's Gov
ernor sees. That suffrage question wi
make many good man take tie fence.
is more rick ETY. and crooked fence tha
than that of Prob bition, on which IL
average politician is so gracefully ba
aueed But time is working on thet
both, and the old rails are beginning t
| give away and twist about, see saw, II
up in unexr ected places, SO that ii
man of the people must jump one wa
or he other.
Well, Back Hawk was honored th
other day by visit from her Congress
man,
HON. FRED. G. BARRY.
He knew Black Hawk would vote 50
idly for him, isle always soidifes o
every suhjec) but, he just came to sc
her people and hear them talk. il
arrived az noon, and spoke a. o'eloel
4 N4SlkGh IitE cNtfNDt 43ONSC atA 4k
church. You lave heard of the app
of the eye. Black Hawk has two appl,
10 her eye one is her church and ii
other her school. Her church for SUI
day, and her school for every day-the
are The life of the place.
Col. Barry is rather a practical than
flowery speaker eloquent at times, bl
ofteuer dealing in facts and principle
His political admirers came from tow
to country to hear him. BE fcre The a
pointed time they might have been see
emerging from the pine : embower'
reads and siugle filing along The do
fennel avenues. The farmer left ''h
plowshaTe in the mold cotton in Il
boli). the mersh hant slrayed forth fro
his dull routine, and even the mill
laid aside his dusty habiliments, and s
sa,iBg himself in his Sundays best, le
his presence 10 the occasion.
Col. Barry reviewed his cocIs-, al
rendered an oeeount of his STEWARDSHIP
He discussed the tariff aud the gree
hack questions, to the delight of
audience. He urged all good citize
to vofe-to keep up The habit Of votii
on election day, it did not matt
whether there was opposition or not
! the foe might be lurking somewhere
. ..ior,n said he. s'etersal vigilance is /
price Of liberty. When you say 20
prayers at night, Just turn over on /
other side aud sly, Eternal vigilance
the price OF liberiy-rlI 60 TO the po
!. on election day." Ry this be reveal
/, the mode of Congressional prayer.
did not, IS the boy who wrote out
: PRAYER for a cold night, and tacking it
|. lhe bed pest. cried. 20, Lord! then
my sentiments,' as he disappeared u
der the crazy quilt but quietly maxi
himself comfortable. he said his priv,
, PRAYERS, then turned TO the other 81,
!. remembering his public duties. Il b
t ......s.,. /. .;..,0 honavnd s.,as.