Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27

= noble record. Theworldn eeds beacon
lights and heroe-and has had them in
every age. / remembe- a monument
up il a Georgia graveyard hat has in
.crihe-i upon g.. He bsgan .ife a poor
boz and died 4 citizen r. Isrge estate
This Is his best eulogv.- And il was
s.othin- else that was rOo could b.
sid Of hir1- There waS no lie % that
tombstone. Yesterday Ireceiyed 4 eopy
~ a selma paPeF that was published
July q. sol. avd it hal all pages COW
Erred with a thrilling aeeO IA Of the
srst great battle of thu evil war. Il
a. a sai reminder Of those terrible
shines that followed swiftly after and
involved d aati0r IN sorrow and misery
To-Day I rrc~Ived from Mr. Boyle. %
the ufl Cts Derrick. a copy % josh
Billings aImanae published IN $50 u
made mc smi'e and smile AZ in 10 rcd
n. Poor job Eusps Esnia Josh hns
departed tlis @ ht h. vr6 rs well
in his wav z7d it was . ru0i wav- 7
have seen Old time C~alvinist preachers
shake vith suppressed smiles az his
hou.-iy VII. viii copy Just two OF
bis dom~tic r,c~ip-z thar arr before
re on the Frt parr=
~T-w euiay : good ~rsFurashun E5v
puhEkly and steal privately
Debt Hatrap which a Kan ssts ard
bzi-s hinaseif ard then Ets into and
krtchrs a phoof
/ recall auosts- mzz Of infinite ~
Arr~uas Ws-l I~rrz-v-s in Maeou. Ca
en- f~ Ef~ had b@wn - Utah i~rtur-
ing To thu M0ruaous and seat ur . cuua
planetary tirkes ard a brief letter
asking M 20 m-et him Ia Msc1u. I
have the ri~k~s low and Is zrs
admit she h~2r~r and enc wife
lie had used th-~e in Utah
What would IL worii Do wirhou- is
smiles, its huulor. it, Dkes ansi puns
aud racy aueciot~s2 We can easily get
mad about POTATOES and g~t bitter
shout religion w can sAesf tears
enough ovrr aTctiors that wil SIRE
~ come to US all sooner Dr ater. but
smiles eosne un5ainfrd with anger -
sorrow and sweeten th- io1rusy 81 life
Wish / could 20 Gown 20 the old
field school you arr gong a. have At the
Grand would - delighted 70 hsar
th@ veterans speak IN pHcllc on the
stage and rccit~ u aufLm. sic and
grammar and geography Il would
carry me- back 20 the old GwinnetS IN
stltute. uh-re We boss u~ed 70 hold our
annual commandments outdoors on
a platform that was <h1sted with =
bash ar6or. Good <~raciols. how Jim
Dunlap and jim AIeNsnsirr and Jim
Wilson and Jim Naltbi- and Inn Lin
ton and All the other Jims and some
other boys u~ed 70 easart on that stage
and make it fairly trvmhte with their
muscular eioquence. Thought Il was
hu~ and <1Olime and IL w7s One time
"a hen I was in love my spscch Vastly
Name Is NOrsal and nv girl said
did splendid amt caliesl me N0rvaI for a
long time afterwards I woald Ike
80 hear Col bob Lowry sp~ak. but !
don't think the Old oak-n bucket nss
him He ought n choose Mareo
HoxariS and try 20 book solemn insr~ai
u sweet. / would Ike q So obi IA
ther Adair sitting up there playing
sehooiHszster and shooting his cps
grams around Ike sparks from an old
time blacksmith shop What would
Atlanta do without GeOryes wOabl
ike To hear Col Vat Hammond pout 2
little Of that Latin that he writes 70 the
Young doeters a. they graduate \
man told m~ that Nat gut q college
professor 20 write that speech. bat he
couldn't translate it 20 save his hf~.
The MAJ li.sl. l know III bet he e
the only LAWYER IN Gcorga tia can
write a Latin sP~~eh- Iwoaid Ike & o
kear Capt IVAN Howell sh1ke the foor
and bring down the houS@ with.
MAKE nay for ua~rtv. he crtei.
Make way for liberty. ansI di-L
Then there IS the burial Of Sir John
NOore that : nor down IN the list.
What a world Of fond memories there
are arounsf these old school DAYS
think I viii go down AID Join the
veterans in recalling them We are
rot all dead yss-Bn Arp II Atlantis
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