Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20


es K 'novated and made same
as new. Leave orders at Ad
Browns shoe shop.
A corresponds at of the Mem
phis Commercial from Oxford,
has this to say of prospective
candidates TO the Constitutional
Convention:
Prominent among those who
are mentioned rs available dele
gates are Pref. Edward Mayes,
than whom no nsan in the State
ranks higher as n profound ia
rist aud thorough scholar. No
better man. as = delegate at
large. can sc had. Hen. e.. b.
HowTy Is Il legislator of expert
enee AID a Lawyer of ability.
He is conservative in all his
views, while his judgment is al
Why's safe. Hou. 4. IL. Whit
Geld has all the qualifications
essential tn an able representa-
tatiVe. and is frequently men
toned for the place, while it
seems TO go without saying that
our h0n0red Senator, +. \.
Dean, viii fad i seat ia that i'm
p0rtant assembly,
A-~You don't seem 70 have
any life in you Is there moth
ing OF nobody over which you
can enthusesr B--Nothing AT
al. once became enthusiastic
over somebody, and a short time
afterwards she became my wife.
That was a sad warning to me
to avoid enthusiasm
\ farmer IN Texas gives his
hogs one good feed each yeer
of corn boiled in the polk root,
three parts of cora to one OF
the root. He considers the roo;
a preventative of cholera. la
twenty seven years experience
he has never lost q hog with
this disease.
Professional, one-idsad. polit.
teal. place hunters, should be rel
egated to the rear, that place
may be given to the less preten-
tious and more meritorious in
making up the frame work OF
the State eonstitution.--Hous
ton free Soath.
Too much confidence hetrays
man into ruInOus speculations :
too little makes him loose OPP
por;unities. Midway lies calm
discretion, a safe solution in al
things, aprertsining TO the bust
ness of human life.
When the statute OF Robert Z
Lee reaches Richmond it viii.
be placed in a wagon and drag.
ged TO the site Of the monument
by thousands of men and wo-
men who will take hold of a
rope a mile long.
The Corinth Democrat saws
the 5lst Congress will doubt
less pass a bill forbidding all
democrats to bid on town lots
at a "b0Om SALE until the radi-
Gals present have all been sup
Piled.
Oh, the heroes aud great men
that are being developed If
the thing continues, the coun
try won't be large enough to
hold Observation-Disclosures.
The Legislature passed a bill
exempting alliance warehouses
aud agricultural agents from
State, county and municipal tax
atlOn.-COrinth Democrat.
Tie men who go to the con-
stitutionai convention In Au-
gust will have no time for a
aardi Gras excuIsion.-Grena-
da New Era.
Somehow or other, the man
who is always wishing he was
dead doesn't ind many to disa
gree With him.-SomervilIe
Journal.
"what is ability" ability,
my dear, is knowing how little
you really do know, and keeping
others from finding it out.n
SThe man who has TO ask his
wife for car fare and tobacco
money has no need of a mother
IN law.-Boston Courier.
Some people who were never
successful at anything else make
very successful failures.-Atchi
son Globe.
Don't imagine the world can /
get along without you. Why
you aoal'lnt even be missed
Clarion.