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Year: 1867

Tor the old boy-heart that stood here and
five years ago!


II was to be rich man = said, standing
here, in the strong confidence of youth The
world says am that now. 1t would tell you
too, that have on honorable name-thanks
to the prayers Of the old mother who sleeps
under little pillow Of green grasses by the
willows out yonder.


wonder if she can look down and see her
boy standing here's leaning on the old gate 10
night?


She has gone to another house, faircr one
than was to make her, and which still comes
back to me in visions of the night sometimes,
with Amys sweet face shining by tile window
and my mother sitting there with her black
dress and snowy cap.


am not man much given to sentiment or
romance Of any sort


Years of hard graphing with fortune have
ovcrgrowu all that, and they call me stern,
and keen, AMI practicle in the world where
hare to deal with Facts and Men and the dew
OF ny youth has vanished long ago; still the
old memories seem to melt my heart into the
heart of little child as stand here and look
down the long highway Of the years up which
have travelled again to this night.


Little Amy, with the chubby figure and the
merry face, far away from here tonight s.al.
wart boys and fair-laircd girls call tie faded
matron mother, as others call me Father


And little Lucy Ames? Searching among the
graves out yonder, came upon small gran.
lite monument, and in the gray stone was
graseR


Lucy, aged i,reaty


Is that all Lucy, with the golden hair and
eyes like fresh volets?
and hopes of my youth, could almost smile
derisiyely on what men say of me-that
have been a success in life 1t is true have
graprlcd bravtly with circumstances have
hewn out with my own right arm path to
fortune Bat il looks small to- night, coming
back here aud standing by the old gate with
The rusty hinges and looking at the old house.
beneath whcsn low roof other children sleep
tonight, and on whose doorstep other children
play-oh the fortune looks small to ne now,
and i, seems as thougl, | would almost give il
all TO feel as used 10 when | went baresoo,
through the cool meadow grass and up into the
h!ll pastures 10 drive the cows home


You are not changed, old house that | left
thirty years ago standing in the moonlight but
you cannot give back TO me the strong lie TT
the bounding pulses of my youth.


The birds sing, the grasses shiyer, the trees
move in JOY about you, but in place Of the
strong, restless, eager youth that went out
IRON You. q man, worn burlencd, wearied
with the struggle, comes back as pilgrims 20
TO worship at old shrincs. ard there come now
and echo up and dowu the deep places Of his
soul the words that, long ago. his mother taught
him, 'Vanity of Yan,;es, saith the preacher
all is vanity
Year: 1867

HATS, and


which he will sell cheaper than any one else .oWh
devote his exclusive attention the establishment OF
first class Ladies' store
rsy- Country merchants will do well to look through
MeDermott.s stock before purchasing elsewhere as ne
is prepared to offer great inducements to wholesale
ers, hiaIr
Year: 1867

is the only Physician as Special


list, now in Chicago that can be en-
tirely relied upon. Go to him,
and not suffer that horrible disease
to remain in your system, disfgur-
ing your face and body, besides
Year: 1867

wi could honestly take the 'iron.c clad" oath. and
there was intention TO humiate, degrade, or dis
honOI any man in Virginia or the South. The condl.
themselves honestly 70 the new order Of things and
sion He hoped men would go just where their


nGpe o f6 the hSS and of II the S'
seymours. Woods, aud the Northern Democracy
e. GnH Rs Sc3 han h@sn he II wed
every man p Virginia and the South who accepted in
good faith the Constitutional amendment aud the
conditions IMPOSED by Congress, who was willing 70
waste places, and labor for the good of the country to
follow their principles, and stand on the Union Re
wanted the black men 10 vote for their country and
to only for men who were to the principles
the children Of men. He wanted them 10 drown,
the sSd angry, and bitter memories of the past
hate nobody to love their country to thank God for
nothing to do with getting up black party or white
party, but only party Of freedom. Let all the Union
the OHIO. shape IT, modify ts constitution and put u
it. All they needed was courage Let them shake oil
the dOcrinalTes AXE off the men OF secession faith
down where their ideas had already gone down,
never to come up more. And when the golden bowl
would sink into the bosom OF redeemed. regeue-
rated disenthralled, proud, progressive Old Com


As Senator Wilson closed his speech he was
applauded by the assemblage in the same pro-
portions as before noticed. He had spoken for
over two hours and q half.


Then tue more advanced of the colored men
began TO call for Hunnlcutt, who sat on one OF
the granite steps near the coping from which
Mr.. Wilson had spoken. But the conservative
colored men did not like to have the harmony
of the meeting marred in that way. and so they
called on Governor Pierpont. The Governor
responded to the CALL aEd made some remarks
in furtherance of the idea of developing State
resources.


Another speaker took the rostrum after the
Governor, but neither whites nor blacks cared
to listen to him, and SO they broke up into
knots and dispersed IN good order.


The last occasion that your reporter witnessed
public meeting on the same ground was exactly
six years ago. when the Richmond secessionist'
gloTied there over the fall of Fort Sumter
What difference between then and now!
Year: 1867

In Morgan County there is about
1000 Democratic voters. Every one
of these voters desire that the Demo-
cratic organization in this county
should be complete; that every effort
should be made to change the political
status of the county in the coming po.
iiticNl campaign. Experience has
tanght political parties everywhere,
that without an efficient press q politi-
cal Organization cannot bo perfect, and
that the enc effort, of all others, which
politica! party desiring success should
make, IS TO render It's press the ueces-
cary aid to make 1t Efficient Crcula,
tion is the necessary aid which par
tisnns can render paper. ard without
which paper, and consequently the
party, cannot succeed. In Morgan
County there is no good cause why a
Democratic paper should not have an
efficient circulation; there is no good
cause for the Democrats remaining
long in the minority in Morgan County
Let but one half the Democratic voters
of tho county rally to the support oi
their local paper and the reduced ma
jor:ty OF the Radicals hast fall will be
still fErtbcr reduced; "it will bo among
the things that was, but arc not"
Year: 1867

To me, one Of the most admirable
things in the world IS business pune,
tilio. I think it il rare 10 ind very
bad men among thorough business
Mcn. / do not say thata good bust
ness man ID necessarily religious, OF
even necessarily without yices, mean
that it Is simply difficult 10 be strictly
honest in business, and sensitive in
all matters pertaining to business en-
gagcmcnta and thoroughly punctual
in the fcIhIlmcnt of all business obli-
cations, and at the same time to be
loose in morals and dissipatcd in per-
sonal habits. have great respect for
those rigid laws of the counting room
which regulate dealings between man
and man, and which make the coun-
ting room as exact in all matters of
time and exchange as a banking house
which ignore friendship, affection,
and all personal considerations what
soever-which place neighbors and
brothers on the same platform with
enemies and aliens, and which make
an autocrat of an accountant, who is,
at the same time, strictly an obedicnt
subject of his own laws.


| say it is hard for man to enter rs
a perfectly harmonious element into
this grand system of business, and sub
NIT himself to its rigid rules, and to
maintain his position with perfect
integrity, and, at the same time, be a
very bad man. To Il certain extent,
he bows to and obeys a high standard
of life. He maynot always recognize
themoral element which it cmbodies.
He may take selfish view of the
whole matter, but he cannot be entire
ly insensible to the principle of per-
sonal honor which it involves, or fail
to be influenced by the personal habits
which it cnforccs.


Some of the best business men I
have ever known. Men who have
acquired wealth by rigid adherence to
business integrity, who havesomctimes
been deemed harsh, and hard by those
with whom they have had business re-
lations, have shown a liberality and
generosity towards objects of charity
which have placed them among the
worlds beneiactors. Men who have
exacted the last fraction ola cent with
one hand, in the way of business, have
disbursed thousands of dollars with the
other in the way of charity.-Dr. Hol-
land.
Year: 1867

TIE HoPE OF MAN.-Final sue
cess-thc joy of life's ripe harvest, is
the goal of our hopes. No wise OIL
thoughtful man will live merely fol
to-day. The pilgrim who seeks a
home is not content to lingcr and loitel
for the mere flowers beside his way


The sowcr looks onward to fields white
and ready for the sickle. Wisdom
has regard to the grand issue. The
triumph or pleasures of to-day is
transitory. We want a hope that
does not sink with the setting sun.
The true success Of life is that which
does not fail the evening of our days
and leave them to blight or barrenness.
We want the shout Of "harvest home"
that will not die into silence with the
falling breath, but makes the passage
to the grave a whispering gallery
where heaven and earth talk together.
Year: 1867

Shakespere is now credited with the discov-
cry of the laws of gravitation, about which
there das been some late dispute with refer
ence to Newton and Pascal. The following
lires in "Trous and Cressida" are the basis OF
the assertion:


"But the strong base and building of my love


Is as the very center Of the earth,


Drawing oil things to it,"


And in the same play we find the express
ion, "True as the earth to its center. So
that it would really seem as if Shakespeare had
anticipated Newton by hundred years or so
in the discovery Of one Of the great st of nat
ural truths.
Year: 1867

THERE is dignity about that going
away alone, we call dying-that wrap
ping the mantle of Immortality about
us; that putting aside with pale hand
azure curtains that are drawn around
this cradle of a world; that venturing
away from home for the first time in
our lives, for we are not dead-thcre is
nothing dead to speak of, and we only
go off seeking foreign countries not
laid down on the map we know about
There must be lovely lands somew here
starward, for none ever return that gc
thither, and we very much doubt il
any would fthey could.
Year: 1867

Jox says that if a man feels much
like getting married, yet imagine5 he
ought not to, the best remedy heknows
is to help one Of his neighborsto to move
a house full of furniture-borrow
about nine OF his children and hear
them cry. Ifthat fails, buildup fire
of damp wood, when the smoke in the
room is thiclest, hire a woman to scold
him about four hours. If he can
stand all these, he had better get mar
ried the next day-give his wife the
pants and be the "silentpartner" in the
great firm of matrimony. The rene
dy is severe, but as every man is la
BILE to these things after he yokes him
self, it would do no harm to try it be-
fore.
Year: 1867

When l was little maid,


| waited on myself
l washed my mothers teacups,
And set them on the shelf.
l had little garden


Most beautiful to see;
/ wished that had somebody


To play in it with me.
Nurse was in mammals room,
| KNEW her by her cap;
D She held lovely baby boy
Asleep upon her lap,
AS soon as he could learn to walk,
| led him by my side
My brother and my play fellow
Until the day he died.
Now am an old maid,


| wait upon myself Z;
l nlywipe one teacup,


And set it on 'Ae shelf.
Year: 1867

A STATE fair is queen an agricultural fair
is farmers daughter, church fair is par
sons wife soldiers fair Is the best looking
girl he can get q hold of; "a charity fair is q
female pauper; and the most unpopular fair
is car fare and the most unpopular
in the universe is boarding house fare.
Year: 1867

An exchange says that the democratic read.
ing Of the well known Bible verse is "Sufier
little white children to conc unto me and for
bid them not, for of szeA is the Kingdom OF
Heaven"
Year: 1867

The Washington City Star says: As
strange as it may appear many Of the col
ored people here cherish the belief that
there is class Of physicians who practice
" burking," and are addicted to the dissect-
ing of live human subjects for the purpose of
manufacturing castor oil, and that for this
purpose the doctors prefer bodies with a
dark cuticle. This opinion is so firmly i'm
pressed on their minds, that no amount of
reasoning will remove it. and we know of
many of them, particularly juvenile Afri-
cans, who viii not bulge a foot outside their
dwellings after darF. An otherwise intelli-
gent -" Topsy," employed by US, describes
the modus operandi of these imaginary
ghouls, by saying. Dey steal upon culled
pussons unawars, clap plaster over deir
mOut to keep um from hollerin, and dren
drag um way to whar dey lay um on a table
and cut up, and den bile um down for lie" :"
This is a cheerful notion for those inyalids
who use the oil Of the palma christa bean as
q cathartic.


The Annapolis Republican states that a
similar belief prevails among the cOlored
people in that section, and it probably exists
elsewhere How it originated it Is impossi-
bic to tell


The same thing is generally believed
among the negroes here, and we presume
the mysterious disappearance of negroes IN
every part Of the South for some months
past is the consequence of this new manu-
facture. Another fact strongly tending TO
confirm the statement is that castor oil is a
drug IN the market, and that its price has
materially deprecated recently. Further
more, the remark of an eminent chemist,
overheard by an intelligent coAtraband, -
that the full blooded African made much
better article of castor oil than the one of
mixed blood, and really better article than
the castor oil plant, places the matter almost
beyond boubt. We intend to change our
medicine, and will hereafter use Brandreth' &
pills IN preference to castor oil Castor oil
never was a very good medicine anyhow
Year: 1867

At a recent social gathering a young lady
informed me that she never Sc wed What
do you suppose was the nature Of my rehee-
tions on hearing that declaration said
to myself, either that girl speaks falsely, or
else she is very lazy. Never sews! Who
then l enquired makes your dresses and
cloaks, your skirts and bows Who repairs
the rips in your pretty gaiter boots and
darns the holes in your stockings Is it
your aged mother, or your more industrious
sister? Or do you hire all your sewing
done Should this last supposition be the
case, may YOU never marry And the
chances ere you never will. Not one young
man In a hundred can afford to marry a
woman who habitually neglects household
duties. Young man, if it should ever be
your fortune to hear young woman declare
that she never sews, beware. Shun her, rs
you would the chils and fever. BE insane
enough to make such an one your wife, and
before the honey moon is over, the horrors
Of buttUnless shirts and heelless hose will
be upon you your fair lady sewing would
be done by others while she moped In idle
ness, or rioSed IN fashionable dissipation
Then farewell to your dreams of domestic
felicity they would fade. rs summer flowers
at the touch Of frost. have repeatedly
heard ladies', educated and intelligent ladies',
declare, with actual pride, their ignorance OF
JIlb dIJ Ol CDDhiu2 IGg CDu4Q not MAKE
a cup Of coffee to save their lives" and as to
their making loaf Of good bread or cook
ing a simple dinner that is out Of their
power. Poor, miserable uniortuLa ates
Doubtless, mothers are much to blame for
thus neglecting their daughters education
but surely there Is no sensible girl who
could not, by the exercise Of a little energy,
perfect herself In this most needful branch
Of domestic knowledge False pride, in al
most every case, is the only barrier in the
way. 1t is not considered " genteel "-(how
| abominate that word ito do anything
useful, and a fashionable Miss would con
slider herself disgraced should she be seen
with her hands In the dough, or be caught
in the act Of sweeping a room. If young
lady of the present day can thumP the
/ piano, use a few French, phrases, dance,
! iirt, and do nothing generally, her educa-
/ ton is aceomplished-she IS considered


g finished"


So says our estimablo lady friend, AuHt
! Susie
Year: 1867

When Doctor Dodge, an electric physician,
was lecturing through this State on the evils
of tea and coffee, he happened to meet ono
morning, at the breakfast table, a witty son
Of Erin Of the better class. Conversation
turned to the Doctors favOrite subject, and
he addressed our friend as follows:


Well, said the doctor, IF l convince
you that they are injurious to your health,
viii you abstain from their use ?"


sure and [ will sir"


How often do you use coffee and teaY
asked the doctor


Morning and night sir"


Well" said the doctor, do you ever ex-
perience a slight dizz ness of the brain on
going to bed p


So do, indeed do, replied Erin.


And a sharp pain through the temples,
in and about the eyes in the morning ?


Troth l do so


Well" said the doctor, with an air Of
confidence and assurance in his manner,
that is the tea and coffee"


lis it, indeed2 Faith, and | always
thought it was the whiskey drank"


The company roared with laughter, and
the doctor quietly retired.
Year: 1867

A telegram from friend at Placerville.
says the Alta California, 18th ulk assures
US that gold worth $4,000 was taken from
the Woodside quartz mine, near Georgetown,
and that yesterday the miners were block
ing out nearly pure, solid mass of gold in
length" If such a statement had come
from a stranger, we should have received It
with incredulity, but we can vouch for the
sincerity and intelligence of the author Of
the message The finding Of gold in such
large masses IN a lode, is without parallel
in the history of mining
Year: 1867

An Obituary-We have seen in our time
many obituaries, but never before enc like
the following from the La Crosse Democrat !:


Major general Curtis Of Iowa, is dead.
There is not much to say Of him except that
he was a Republican politician Ike Wash
burn, greatly oveTrated as statesman or
soldier, but good man for that party. As a
business man he was successful lie was
kind as a neigbbor, a good friend when It
was for his interest 10 be one. lie went
into the war, as he told q distinguished
Senator now living to make money enough
to pay a five thousand dollar mortgage on his
farm, and his military career was a splendid
success IN that respect lie was clear
headed, firm IN his opinions, and stFategist
who believed the best way to conquer an
enemy was to draw out their cotton rather
than their fire, and to place his troops in ad-
vance Of the mules belonging to his enemy,
rather than behind them. lie has, we trust.
gone to reap his reward for his devotion to
his principles, with Brown, Lane, Lincoln
and the other Republican martyrs Of the
century. His initials we have
forgotten or We should give them here, bat
he was General Curtis, from Iowa. Green
and quickly grow the sod over him and all
such
Year: 1867

BANK OF TENxEssEE-The issue of this
Bank prior to the 9th day of May, 1861, are
worth fifty cents in the dollar at Nashville.
If the Supreme Court at the present session
accedes that this money is receivable for
State Taxes, then it viii be worth what it
calls for and we advise our people not to
dispose of it in hurry.
Year: 1867

Male School WGnted.-We are greatly in
need Of good and competent male teacher.
There are at least one hundred bows in our
community from the age of ten to seventeen,
who are running roit for the want of proper
instruction. Holly Springs offers great in
ducements to a first class, fully competent
teacher.-Holly Springs Reporter, 1Itk inst
Year: 1867

There never has been granted a divorce in
South Carolina We believe there are no
license granted in that State either The
parties wishing to marry draw up a contract,
and acknowledge it before a magistrate, and
the deed is DONE
Year: 1867

honestly affirm without fear of exagera-
tion hesitation, or condemnation that vanity
is one of the most vezatious sins Of the hu-
man family Vanity is made up Of AFRO
gance, falsehood, emptiness, insanity, pro-
family, pusillamity and al the fiummery of
every age. The man of vanity eats the ap-
pies of sorrow and they make him ache for
a time. The butterAy-fancy fits before him
which soon crumbles into dust and is dis
persed by the winds Of disappointment. He
gathers the buds of joy as they expand,
blossom, and at the same time wither in his
hand. The fragrant dews Of youth, the me-
lodious strains of love, the blissful pleasures
Of hope, the admiration of the good and
beautiful, the dreams Of fancy, the creations
of poetry, the glory Of art and all the rich
joys of earth and Heaven cannot make him
happy or agreeable among his fellow men.
The man Of vanity has a hard row to weed,
it Is all tangled up, over and und er right and
left He bumps his head, bruises his shins
bleeds his nose, scratches his face, hardens
his heart and sears his conscience against all
the moral good in the universe. "The path
of sorrow and that path alone is the one
he lives and moves in. Thorns and briars
stick him at every point of the compass.
Time darkens around him as he advances to
the grave. The midnight birds of i'll omen
croak their unwelcome songs upon his sad
and wearied mind The bright lamp of hope
is gone forever from him as he gropes his
way along the gloomy vale of life and through
the chilly dews of mortality Finally his
sun sets behind dark and impervious clouds
and he goes tt. { .his5silent' home, unlamented,
without friends or tear to mourn his mise
rable departure to the dark and insipid re-
gions of Pluto where the three-headed dog
Ceberus with his hideous, suIphurious ven
geance, howl him forever incarcerated with
out release. To be at peace with the whole
world--have enough to eat and wear with
small surplus of loose change, and also oc-
casionally enjoy the soothing, smoothing and
superlative society of our good ladies is much
better opine than to be inflated with the
antagonistical- principles of vanity.


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