The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-01-03
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Christmas with its good dinners anl
| fire-crsekers has come. and gone anS
the New Year is ushered ia with /
bright promise to allswho have resolv
ed to profit by the mistakes Of the old
Our people have been blessed with Z
bonptifnl harvest. our barns and gram.
cries are full to OVERLOOKING, and
though the political clouds may seom
dark and lowery we have every reason
to praise God from whom all bless.
ings fiow' and to trust in His kind
providence for happy New Year to
every body. Let MS all resolve to do
our whole duty, trusting implicitly in
His wisdom and goodness, and 1896
will be remembered as "year Of Jubi
lee" with peace, plenty and prosperity
restored to every home.
Our people were most agrecably en-
tertained on the evening of the Goth
ult. by q charade and concert given by
our popular and efficient teacher Miss
Lula Cassell and her pupils on the
closing of the fall term Of the Ehoccoe
school. II was attended by large
crowd, many being present from i'd
joing counties, and the setting and
recitations by the little fellows GER
tainly pleased and surprised the Old
Folks; and, "all went merry - mar
rage bell'' except the antics of few
clowns who imagine II 1t they ar ever
SMART except when they are DRUNK.
On future occasions Of q like kind,
they are politely invited to stay at
home. Verbum Sat.
Our popular young physician DR..
Hal Greaves came near being the vic.
tim of serious accident . few days
ago, while returning from church with
Miss Vardie Pichford in the buggy be-
hind his fine horse, the latter, from
some cause took fright and getting the
upper hand Of his driver, tore up things
generally. fortunately the DR.. and
his protege escaped unhurt but his
elegant road cart was 'smashsd into
smithereens." Wessuspsct the ladies liz
they are smart) will now play shy Of
the Doctor until he trades tor horse
with not quite - much msttls.
The population Of our burg has been
considerably augmented BY the sddi-
ton of two families of Northern i'm
migrants who have bought and Set
tied ON the DR.. MhOon place, and. ON
short acquaintance, we think We would
like to have more Of the saBss sort.
One thing Is patent to us all, that they
can learn us wholesome lesson as to
how to put in time" on the farm, and
old uncle Billy says; Il tell yoa, boss,
dey is de out-workinest white folks
ever did see." Hope this example
may infuse new life into some of us
old cabs"
Right on the heels of the sad and
tragic death of Bob Lee Willis, our
people were most painfully shocked
to hear of the sudden death Of DR..
Kent, of Sharon, after an illness of
but two days. In the prime of young |
manhood, at the threJ hold of promis- |
ing career, the pride of an old father's |
heart and the idol Of q young wife's
love, be is snatched away almost with |
out warning note, Verify 1.-THE ways
OF Providence are mysterious and past |
finding ont" and why q brilliant star |
should be plucked from the Ornament
when barely above the eastern horizon |
while Others of far less magnitude are
permitted to run their course and sink |
down in the west "unhonored and UNI
sung" are mysteries which we cannot
But it Ii all right. God wills
IL, and He doeth all things well. May
The birds sing sweetly and the flowers
bloom brightly over the grave where
50 calmly sleeps the sacred dust OF
Walter Kent.
GRAPE SHsr.