The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1889-11-30

way through college to become what she |
is The grave young principal Of the
school, a thoughtful and scholarly student,
in his boyhood days went rafting to earn
the money for his Latin lessons and Greek.
Prof Nixon, county uperintendent-elect
Little Nixon MS he is lovingly called
all over Pike eOunty-picScd cotton at
forty cents hundred and saved his
money in 5-cent pieces during the sum
mers to pay for lessons in the winters.
Miss Lizzie Jordan is too well known as
a teacher to need mention here. Under
these fine sunlile influences of nobly ann
billions men and women child natures
and minds are bound to expand The
school itself was the inspiration of pub
lic-sprted man, Mr.. 4. Leblanc, presi-
dent of the board of school trustees, who
began the fund about four years ago by
donating his salary as mayor. He was
ably assisted by DR. VIM Wrnten known
and honOred as man and physician all
over the county, and in time these two
gentlemen Interested every citizen in the
town in the new school. A large dorini-
tory is about to be erected, aud pupils
Will BE expected from all parts Of the
south Public school teachers in New
Orleans will be glad 10 know that Pike
county is ono OF those honest counties
where the Teacher is paid dollar for dollar
his precisely stipulated wages
We have all seen these little railroad
towns where The main business street il
opposite the depot; where the big conn
try hotel occupies morp room than the St.
! Charles where a tangle of wagons and
cotton bales ana bnsy merchants covered
with lint crowd in this chief tlorou n
fare. Slender spires hang over the house
tops erecting their crosses to the skies
ladies in their old-tnshioned gardens snip
ut their beautiful roses and life seems to
flow ON gently as in u peaceful river But
| often wonder why some Of our over
worked saleswomen and scantily rcquitrl
clerks do not get away from the "dcumi-
tion grind" of town life anil set up for
themselves in suchHlrold tawnsu us Mag
nolia. In big, sunny room over Mr..
Brilcy's store on the muin street found
two brave young ladies' harl at work
One was running Il sewing mnehine and
the other was trimming n hat. The ON
was Miss Emma Quin Of Magnolia, tn.
other was Miss Emma Doyle of New or
leans. With only the capital OF s'iill,l
hands they opened this millinery and
dressmaking establishment il September
The story of their efforts, their economies
their success, is as pretty and cheering {,
read as if Miss Alcott had written it
Every few weeks one Of them goes To III
city 20 replenish stock and get iii ncy
confcctions What these girls haze don
! in Magnolia can be done by other girl
/ elsewhere ana in many departments o
i womanly work. lam told there is jus
such chance at Osy5a, ten miles away
aud know that there aro great oppor
. tunties for women al over this state.
Young men have cvcn better chancc
: do not mean young men who must b
+ served with cap ofcafe noir and cigar
I cite before they can get up in the morn
ing, but young mon who have that in
!. grained nobility Of character that is linc
i and more valuable than any amount !
intellect and lacking which brainy me
may become common thieves and inte
lectuaI men are cold as marble, yonn
English fellow Mr.. w y. Cowley, jus
/ over from the wilds of London, took
- farm near Magnolia ten months ago III
= capital was courage, his two hands, an
S75 in cash. He cut grass and sold ha,
lie gathered wood and sold that; hc got
% few cows the cheap cows of the countr,
: and sold their milk lie dug and plantc
: and reaped. To-day his credit isgood Il
over Magnolia, only he never buys .
= credit. lie has the respect 0f eycrybol
in the town, ana in another Year he vi
have enough 70 buy home of his 0wi
. Half an hour ago he called on me-.
i manly. big-shoul lcred fellow, his face Il
i as a beet from sunburn, his big han,
a handsomely glovcd, his English topco'
r stylish enough in cut for even BrOadwa.
- outside the door stood his carriage
i was a little cart hitchcd to mule, an
:. it held tall tin can of milk and loa
- of turnips, which he was going to NJ
!. Comb City to sell He expected to z,
: 50 80 for his milk and 81 for his veget
: bles. | thought Of the young fellow
i holding down the sidewalks in Can
I. street, hanging around theatres, raciI
!. after actresses, borrowing money of the
:; sisters who work in shops and factorie
!, and feel that never again would ]
,e able to tolerate the smell of cigaret
or the silly talk of lazy dnde too prou
= to work and not smart enough to steal.
i A prophetic old man once told your
il men to go west and grow up with Il
- country. The sons of those exotic ives
: erners are coming south ami there is roo
n Tor them, a welcome aud plenty of wor
i 1t is good time for US to say to some
: our young men $50 north.T Bat if the
, heed and start out in life for t.einselv
3 they need not go very farnorth. Ninet
i eight miles above New Orleans there is
r little town that offers just as much pro
= on capital Of labor and brains as all tt
i boundless west
Sc A mile ont of Magnolia another Englis
ol inan-tliis time an old soldier Of I
e criinea, Mr.. J. Little-has farm. 81
Of teen years agoit was a bowling wilds
e. ness of nine. He cuf the nine sold Il