The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-24

nothing else. Pamphlet sent by
DUFFY MALT WHISKEY co.,
Rochester. N. Y.
don, we are obliged to admit that their
descendants deserve to be sent there, for
a week or two at least. a people that does
not hold in honor its historical great men
is like one who denies his parents. (Auer-
bach)
There is another party who is entitled
TO a monument from the Savannah peo-
pie and who hasn't got It, He was a big
Indian, Tomochichi, the King of the Yam
acraws. He was the first man in the
annals Of Savannah TO have monument
voted to him and the last man to get it.
The order for il was put on record in
1873, and 1t is there on record yet Under
the BARRIERS rule of First come, first
served" he had a title to it from the
community prior to that of either Gen.
Greene, Jasper, Pulaski or the confederate
soldier. TomOchichi was very much bet
ter than his brother, in royalty, the King
of the Cannibal Islands, of whom il is sung
that:
Woman pudding and baby sauce.
Little boy pie for a second course,
He swallowed them all without any re-
morse
He tomahawked nobody, he didn't tie
anybody to a light-wood stake and shoot
arrows at him, he didn't even scalp the
| colonists or their through tickets, and
pins, as did old Aunty Simms. when she
| took in washing. On the contrary, he was
| very good to the colonists and gave them
| the land upon which Savannah is built,
and didn't charge them anything for il,
| besides giving them supplies and provis-
| ions on which to live.
He was a great friend of the boys, too.
| When Oglethorpe carried him and other
| Indians over to England to exhibit to the
| king, among other places which they Wis
| tied was Elton College. When the master
and fellows carried them into the school
| room among the scholars, Tomochichi
| begged them to give the scholars q Holt
| day, and when the boys heard ii they all
gave a hurrah for Tomochichi. Several
| years after his return to this country he
| died. Down the river by canoes from
HamacraW to Savannah his remains were
carried. Oglethorpe and all the citizens
met the remains at the bluff, escorted them
into the city, and buried them with mill
| tary honors. Oglethorpe ordered that a
| pyramid of stones, dug in the neighbor-
hood, be erected over his grave.
| That pyramid has never been erected
| yet and Tomochichi knows it. He comes
| back every now and then to haunt us. He
stalks into every meeting of the Historical
| Society. the spectre Of a grim and griz-
| zled old warrior, and says he wants a
/ monument. The pyramid of stones has re-
| fused to dig itself up. The stones are tir-
/ ed and need assistance. They have never
/ been to Egypt and don't know how to
| make pyramids They have private scru-
| pies, too, of their own about being plant
| ed over dead Indian But the big Indian
| means to have that monument and he is
going to keep on sending yellow fever and
earthquakes and big storms against the
/ people of Savannah until he gets 1t.
1.-THE matter with our Savannah people
| is that they are too much like the old
colored man of whom I heard. He had
| mule that would not move for him. He
| pulled and dragged the mule until he
| became exhausted, and finally he sat
| down on a stump and said: We'll, old
| fellow, you have got the best of me-"
| There was a drug store across the street,
and thought struck him. He went
across and he. said: 'Hab you got any
thing dat will make a mule go when
he amt gwine ter?" The druggist said:
| 81 don't know, can try" He came out
and punched a little medicine into the
mules side, and soon he commenced to
| wriggle around, and kick and snort, and
| finally he started over the side of the
hill at good pace. Pompey watched
| head and then he ran into the drug store.
He said: mister, how much you charge
cot anv more? Eyes "D en'i lust MT
20 cents wuf into me so can ketch
dat mule
that they need about 20 cents worth in
them to make them do full justice to
the memory of Oglethorpe and Tomochi-
$50 when you boys leave this place and
go out into the world to make your own
fortunes, when you rise to eminence in
savannah as some boys from this insti-
| will be like the druggist and give them
| about 20 cents worth of something that
will put move on them and help them
| to catch up. They are only about $50
| years behind the time.
Nov, boys, l suppose ought to tell
| you all how to become Presidents of the
| United States, or how to become million
| aires, but don't want to do that want
| to keep that secret to myself. We don't
| want too many Presidents, and we don't
want too many millionaires, they would be
| a menace to the welfare of the country.
| One every now and then at rare intervals
| is all we need.
but if any of you boys want to know
| how to achieve success in life by honesty,
| industry, energy, perseverance and prac-
| tical common sense, recommend you to
study the life Of the president Of the I'm
ion Society. 1t Is an object lesson that will
| fill any poor boy with hope and courage.
| He is an invaluable man to any institu-
| ton, with which he is connected and takes
a hand, but when he is dead and gone
know he would rather be remembered as
the president of this institution, and for
| the good work he has done here, than for
anything else in his honorable and use
Now there are only two lessons that
i wish to stress upon your attention and
then my address is. done. They are both
ony and society.
Zone is the beauty of charity, and the
other is the beauty Of unity.
THE boys used to have a song, when I
went to school, that expressed their Views
about selhshness, and suppose they sing
It yet:
" The man who has good peanuts
And gives his neighbors none,
He shan't have any of my peanuts,
When his peanuts are DONE"
1T is more blessed to give, than to re-
! ceive.' Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, the Wes-
leys, Whitfield and their worthy associ-
ates eXemplified 1t in their lives. They ex-
| pected no reward in this world. They gave
and gave freely of the best they had, and
their charity was not stinted or parsimon-
ious as was that of a certain man Of whom
l read.
''He had contributed a bundle Of his cast
off clothing for the relief Of the victims of
big fire in the city and received from one
Of the sufferers the following note:
The committee man gave me, amongst
other things what he called a pair of
pants, and It would make me some pants
10 wear them; / found your name and
where you live on one of the pockets. NV
wife laughed so when i showed them 10
her that j thought she would have a con-
ipshum 1T. sac wants 10 know II there