The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-03-29
The Lexington Disrs tch.
Wednesday, March 29, 1905.
Letter from Texas.

Ga this cloudy Gay, it makes M
feel like T want to do or say soma
thing to cheer and make others more
happy We, as in the reign OF Caesar
Augustus, when Co1ist Was born.
have had long rest.
Probably most of the younger
people have been going to school
and some are yet going, and for tbi~
Cause We al! should strive to mak
this year more pr"6'sble to oCrselve
aud Others thau We have dore before
rne man thing for the Young peo-
ole TO do is 10 strive for an education
-, practical eduratiuu; 50 hit 'bH'
may be better f,'ed and equipped
10 enter llf+'~ battle, whether IL be IL
bu-iness cis cles or in the humble
walks Of life
I, doss aeem to me that if Abra
ham L.ucolp. and other great men
besides, grew to the knowledge aud
attitude they did in studying b>
burning the midnight oil under 80
many difficulties, We certainly ought
to do better than We do considering
our opportunities. OF course, VT
don't expect to reach the position
that those great men did, for VI
could not all possibly get there, but
We can get an education if we try
and apply ourselves YOU remember
that lincoln splis rails and did other
iaborious labor during the day and
studied at night. The fault With us
is we never put ourselves to any
trouble to learn anything; especially
if it is anything that will be as bene.
6cial as an education. The mos'
We thiuk about Ia getting wealthy,
or having some sweet girl smile IN
US and have nice time. But If VI
think of ourselves We would at once
desist from the latter. Of course
he girls are all rig BIT, but We should
know something else We ought to
emulate the great Stonewsll J.ckaop
when he was in the battle of Bull
Run He was standing like stone
wall, when BE rushed up to him
and exclaimed: General, they a'e
beating us back" Uumoved By tt
storm of bursting shells and whist
ling bullets, be replied: "Slr, We will
give them the bayoDet Let us b.
as firm and determined as Jackson
was and We will surely succeed.
Education Is wnat We most need
and muet have; so let us all press
forward to that end.
You will 6nd as you look back
upon your life that the moments
that stand out-the moments when
you have really l,ved-are the mo-
ments when you have done things in
q spirit of love. However good you
may be, you have faults; however
dull you may be, 5ou can find out
what some of them are; and however
slight they may be, you had better
make some effort to get rid of them.
No man or woman of the humblest
walks of life can really be strong,
pure and good without the world
being the better for it-without
somebody being helped and con-
forted by the very existence of this
goodness. Do everything we'll
make that the rule of your life, and
live up to it, and you will find it
most conductive to your own happi-
ness and to the happiness of those
with whom you are brought into
contact or communication.
The little things which you may
do for those about you will fall back
upon your heart as the summer dew
falls upon the vineyards. What if
it is nothing but kind word to a
schoolboy crying in the street? It
dries MS tears, and the aching heart
grows light and glad sgain. Who
knows what cloud Of darkness a
kind word may dispel? Wear a
smile and make others happy. There
is no Joy so great as that which
springs from a kind act or pleasant
deed.
Send your little child to bed hap
py. Whatever cares press, give her
a warm good night kiss as she goes
to her pillow. The memory of this
in the stormy years which may be in
store for the little one, will be like
Bethlehem's star to the bewildered
shepherds. my father, my mother,
love me-" Nothing can take away
that blessed heart balm. Lips parch-
ed with the worlds fever vii! be-
come dewy again at the thrill of
youthful memories.
You find yourself refreshed by the
presence Of cheerful people. Why
not make earnest efforts to couple
that pleasure to others? You will
find half the bsttle gained if you
never allow yourself to say anything