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' ' V> " '' I I II II BBS* ml MM , | || || ( i| -||| - | I,- | i ? ' ~' ... . BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1869. VOr.TTMR yvi-MO /io A TMCWTT'T? Af I * * - ***? W ft AIAV VJL J" A.C013 IP* REED, Member Elect from tlio Third Congressional District of South Carolina, to the Forty-First Congress of the United States of America, to the Protest of Ills Competitor, Solomon L.Hoge. T56T" "We make the following extracts from the able reply of Mr. Reed to the slanderous charges of lloge : Anderson, S. C. Jan. 21, 1SG9. The nnHorniirnnil momlini- "In"' "* .i.viuuvi ViVV/tj Ut f tlic election held on tlio third day of Isovcinbcr A. D. 18GS, from the 3d Congressional District of South Carolina to the Forty First Congress of 1 the United States of America, respect- ' fully submits to the House of Reprc- ( sentativos the following answer to the very extraordinary paper purporting to be a protest of his said election, i which has been served on him b}* j Solomon L. llogc, his competitor, t \iz : 1. I admit that the charges made a .against me in the specifications 1, 2, 3, t 4. 5, G, 7, 8 and 9 of said protest, with b the exception of the hitter clause of s specification .8, arc substantially true, c I was a member of tlio Legislature of | b / t ^1: ~ ^ i ooo I ioma i ' - i^uiiui varuiiiiiv in 1000 iiiiU ipoi'j una u again in 1S-18, 1810 and 1850. I -was n olcctcd Solicitor of tlic Western Cir- C( cuit of South Carolina bythe Legisla- e ture oil or about the Sth day of De- p cember, 1850, and re-el<cted at the e< end of every four years up b and inclu- tl Hive of December, 18GG, anl continued 1c to discharge the duties o' said oflice, al without intermission, up b the 15th o of December last, 18G8. At my scv- sc cral elections as member o' the Legis- n< lature, and at my election as Solicitor m in 1S50, 1851 and 1858, I tiolc an oath pi to support the Constituent of the w "United States of America,and of the tl State of South Carolina, kt my re- hi -election as Solicitor in l)eccnber, 1SG2, Ir I did take an oath to supprt the Con- re stitution of what was theq known as fo the Confederate States o- America, w and of the State of Soutf Carolina; el and at my re-election t< the same el< office in December, 18CG, Iagain took fo; an oath to support the Contitution of vc the United States, and t ray own th State?having previously in 1SG5, of took the oath of allegiam and am- efl A 4? <1.? ?1-1- -c Ii. L*2iiui;i i;u lU 11IW <J1 L11C UU ?Soutli by the President, r^arding it to whether erroneously or 116 alike the \vl duty and interest of everi-itizen to th yield true faith and allegiiice to Uie tli Government to which he iaubjectra, w< and to which alone he cai look for tb protection for the time bei^. I also tin aidmit that I was a memli' of the foi Secession Convention of thiState in te< 18G0, and voted for and advjated the an jncasures of said Convention But I liu .affirm that my political prelections be have al\va}'s been eminently>nserva- ar: live. I was an ardent frietl of the sei American Union under theonstilu- cal tion, and accented tho oolicwf secea- is : fiion with great reluctance, aft almost bol every other citizen of the $tc had Ed given in his adhesion to thetieasurd. of And being once in, I suppoed the wl issues involved with all the e^iusiasm th( of my nature, and during tlgreatly coi to be regretted and to me uispected ola war that ensued, gave all tbsympa- of thy, aid and encouragememn my pei power, short of actually beang arms, the which as a civilian, and on oiount of the iny age ana naous 01 me, i ver did ent to tho Confederate cause. admit lau that I was ineligible to officejtate or Coi Federal, under the 14th Arrjdmcnt gre of the Constitution of th?Jnited her Stated, at the date of my eliion to Sot Congress ; that ray political i9abili- wh ties have not yet been remjed by ?or Congress, and that a portioijf the per -electors of the Congressional i strict 8*ai . -doubtless knew, -when they c^ their nor votes for me, that I was at p time for ineligible. But I affirm thatlmost tesl tho entire adult white male poflation ^ of the Congressional DistricUncur- or i red in the c^inion, that as ounpula- or 1 tioii had acquiesced in the station eiec peaceably, loyally and iju gooifaitb, the and"the State had been restore o the less Union under the Concession plan ia'i of reconstruction, with its enti adult ten inalo population, without re$d to cla rac$*eolor Jbv fOmqer conditi, ad* n*r jnitw? to tie *ftBot box, that a di&- ?di abilities of the person elec d to a*| represent them in Congress wild be p<* romoiedj an^. thW be .wonld Uper- eei rnitted to take* hig scat* and I r^ec't- Of 4taUy ?oggesti that ?uch will ft the b& action Amerioao ^oiLeia, 06) ^ut it is jood tltiOt W i* ?tojMdA the ml .latter <;laiu(0 o? the 8th or t that I a&Wbfo otfbosed U> tt&'j(2Tted sel States Government, and to tho Hon- vi! affirm that my alk|gttnoBt^ the "Od^ ><? rc gaa^s^ftacj ^eeordance therewith. I admit tSI to ? .W ?!Pfl^ in principle, t? p?<-8 rS^- i-nV ififewfcii'i-. - * ivjuuiisn-utrtion acts of Congress, regarding them from my standpoint as harsh and unnecessary measures, but I accepted them as a finality on the 'subjectof reconstruction,until changed by the peaceablo instrumentalities of the ballot box or the courts, and was in favor of our pcoplo uniting in an effort, in accordance with their requirements, to restore our State to its status in the Union at the earliest practicable moment. And I now regard the purposes of their enactment as fully accomplished, so far as the Stalo of South Carolina is concerned, and that ! ' i the Constitution and laws of the State, j framed and enacted under the an- j thority given by them, are the Consti- j tut ion and laws, until altered or amended according to 1 lie forms of law; and such have been my publicly expressed opinions everywhere. ****** 5. I deny that the charges contained n specifications Nos. 21 to 40, inclusive, of the protest, having reference o the election in the county of Abberill, or any of tliein, as therein stated md charged, arc true. It is not true hat thirty-four hundred, or any mailer number of colored voters in aid county, who would have voted for ontestant, were kept from the polls 1 y " threats, fraud, intimidation'and ets of violence of your (my) friends, * lade and done by and with your (my) onsen L and knowledge," as is falsely f barged in the 21st specification of the rotest. But if acts of vio'encc were iminittcd in said county of Abbeville, ( joy were committed by some reck- 6 iss and lawless individual or individu- * Is, of their own malice and on their h wn responsibility, against the per- t >ns of other individuals, for which 1 either the party who sustained me in c y election nor the great ma-s of the 1 ;ople of Abbevillo county are in any ! ^ ay responsible. And I deny that ; ' ic said tliirtj'-four hundred voters, or ' v IV of l lll'ltl vrin-n J ' 11 1 ' j .. nvilfllUUl IIH." JIUIIM \T intimidation, or that there was any c' asonable excuse or suflicicnt cause r such intimidation if it existed, as c as demonstrated by tbe result of the a eetion at tbe several precincts on eetion day. And I am further inrmed, believe and cbargo that the ters who absented themselves from ^ e polls on election day did so cither *1 their own accord or under the *ect of influences addressed to their w tderstandings, such as are resorlcd s' in popular political elections every- P1 [icre, and I deny the sufficiency of c evidence upon which it is aflinncd C( at the said voters, or any of them, >uld have voted for 1113' competitor, tl 0 contestant, if- they Iiad gone to C1 ft nrvllu Tf 10 nnf T ~ r" w ?o uv/u 11 u<j, us x urn in- V1 rued, believe and chargo, that fif- 1? >n hundred persons, non-residents, or rc y number approximating fifteen n< ndred, came into the county of Ab- Seville on election da}-, mounted and 8'1 med with deadly weapons, in the P1 18C in which it is charged in spccifi- $ tions 22 and 23 of the protest. It idmittcd that a number of citizens, th Lh white and colored, legal voters of 1?' gefield county, one of the counties ai1 the 3d Congressional District, in lich no election was held, came to an ) election precincts in Abbeville inty, most convenient to them, and cv imed the right to voto for member Congress, and that they were Wf mittcd by the managers at some of > precincts to cast their votes, under 001 impression that they vrcro legally ua itled, under tho Constitution and P? rs, to vote for Representative in ta< ngress in any county of tho Con- I ssional District, as had always ctofore been permitted by law in 1111 ith Carolina,(as heretofore charged) av< ich impression it is insisted was am rcct. Tho exact number of said th< sons I do not know and cannot we te, probably one or two hundred, th< do I know whether they voted tio myself or ray competitor, tho con- tal -ant. Sorhe of these persons came, ma T nm {nfnrmnH ond ui|U UI/1IVVU, t?V n pairs, mounted on thdir mules pai loreeS, as persons ordinarily go to gr< ;tion grounds, and a portion of m, both white and colored, doubt- p&' \ had arms about their persons, as De too frequently the case in these son es. I am informed, believo and Gr xge that they are the only persons, tir< ^residents, who came into the naa mty of Abbeville pn election day, hai I they came for the laudable pur- a^ii e of voting for a person to repjret themjn Congress, the privilege loing so in their own county having on< Sued tfcetn by thepartizane of | de< at.' > Bat it is not time, as Xatfv cla I, believe and oharge, that they, ent iy.flt&e? pepaona, scft^re^>hem: pre t^i aboot over the county of Abbe- wfc lU^Vtyofc j^rte^i<mbr the pofl?, pot 4e several election precincts, or cei fot di^mpreeiaet fe^eainat, vrtteg po\ gttgl? itatalUo th? wp#oliwUoM of said protest, in relation to the several election products in the county of Abbeville, that any illegal volo or votes wore cast forme by persons who I were non-residents of said county, or , other persons, at any one or more of' said election precincts, other than by tlio few persons, legal voters (and it is not admitted that any of them voted I for mo) of Edgefield county, and also, ! in an election for member of Congress, legal voters of Abbeville county, as it is insisted, who wore permitted to volo at certain precincts, as before stated ; nor is it true that any illegal vote's were cast for mo in tho county of Abbeville ; nor is it true that any number of . colored persons, legal voters, wero driven from the polls, or prevented by any unfair means, from voting at any one of the precincts in said county ; nor is it true that armed bodies of men took possession of tho polls at any election precinct on election day, for any purpose whatever. ; But it is true, as 1 am informed, bo j lievc and charge, t'lat the said election i pushed off with the most pcrfoct quiet, good order and l'airncss, at every election precinct in the said county of Abbeville, save at the precinct of White Hull, where a disturbance did take place, in which some acts of violence ivere committed, and in which certain colored persons, friends of contestant, | kvere the aggressors and arc alone re- , sponsible for. * * # * 4e * \ S. It is not true, as stated and . barged in the 53rd specification of , ".aid protest, that I said in a speech in Columbia that if the Itcpublican party f ihould carry certain States in the Oc- f ober elections, "the colored people t night have the audacity and iinpu- e lenec to attempt to vofc as they c ?lcase," but that "in my part of the ,, )istrict the negroes should vote the )emocrnt-if> *.i?? > - , w& Uiv^ auuuiu I1UL oto tit all* I may have expressed lie opinion there, as 1 certainly did [ lsewhere, both publicly and poivately |t hat the result of the Congressional ? lection in this State would depend, in B, great measure, on the result of the i_ >etober elections in the State ofrennylvania, Ohio and Indiana. That if j lie Republican party carried those u| tatCR, it would most likely stimulate ( le carpct baggers and colore ! persons ) turn out to the election and overhelm us. But that if the said Slates lould be carried:, by the Democratic ? * J n< arty, it would discourage them, so lat they would probably abandon the ' mtest. That it was my impression I mt the colored voters in 1113' part of | h ic country were very much inclined, ther to vote with their white fellow tizens, who they were beginning to ^ am were their only true friends, or jj( (main away from the polls. But I did gr )t, on that or any other occasion, ate that any voter, of an}' class, lould vote otherwise than as he was ompted to do 1>3T his own free will, or is it true that I ever said, on the reenvillc Kailroad cars or elsewhere, at I "advised tho most extreme vionee against all .Republican leaders d speakers in the District." The arge is alike slanderous, libellous 1 d false. So far from such a chargo ing true, I affirm, as is known to cry individual in the State with an 10m I had.any intercourse, that I is more conservative and moderate, my public addresses and private nai aversations, than any other individ- Hl" 1 in the State, occupying a public ths sition, with whom I eamo in con- Ev it, of cither of the political parties, it i insisted most strenuously, every- 8lr' lerc and all occasions, that the peace **1' ist be preserved, all acts of violence reB oided, and none othertban moderate 1 d fair means resorted to, to carry Be ) olection, and if any other means the re resorted to, I had no knowledge of sm, either before or since the elec- dre n. And I further affirm that I had fi?f< :cn no active interest in political iters for three or four years prior " 13 the opening of last summer's cam- w I gn; that said campaign had pro- inn jssed for weeks before I identified evi ucir with either of the political bri| rties; that I was present at a large 1 mocratic demonstration at Ander- ant i, (my own home,) and another at per Qenville, in A-ugnst last, and was en- tie }ly ignored by the leaders and eve nagers, because I was charged with pl'w j\ng 1,oo pliantly accepted the situ- ?iaj t>n j and when I was induced by ' hoc mds to declare my opinions! and Jj iepfc >a nomination for Congress, sHti 3 of my leading purpoBOB?mid, in- B?i id, the leading ,parposo?-as I Dro-1 ' f imed publicly aiad jprirately, was to you loavor to ipOdew*t4 {he *eal end im- ?o(J iprietic^ as I eOttffidereothem, with Did ioh tfo caarfptffctf fcaxi opaped?4o ^ ir oU oft 'tho ^tert,' whieh *1 jkas tve ved were likely to fei "tro&brod, sod ?uj itaribbto/iby edl *h? meatm iar my qd? ??T, to tfc*tmo<fe qakt a?d good ta? coktwfp*) ok ttwoiw up* '* jt'iy ~ ; An InnocGut Amusement. M Do your child run play cardp, Mrs. Courtney?" said her fiiend, Mra. Wilson, one day. j "No; I do not approve of the practice; I neither docs my hut>baud," was the quiet j reply. " Do not approve of it ? Nor d d I at one lime ; and, being a member of the ehurcli, I at first objected to my childror. I?nrning the game; but their father said they were becoming too piosy; thev must have nmuseinonts, and lie desired t! ey should h'firn ; so he brought homo a pack of cards in the fall, and wo eniov tlimn very much these lung winter evenings." * I infer, then," said Mrs. Courtney, " that you participate in the game, ns you say, ' we enjoy it 7" " Oli ! ye%, occasionally I take a hand myself, at tlie urgent solicitaiion of the children. Mr. Wilson Rays tbey will harn to play, and it is better to teach them at h<>me than for them to learn from evil companions. It is very innocant amusement, when nothing is etched ; though, indeed we do sometimes slake smail articles, such as handkerchiefs, pocket knives and other little things; hut, of course, they Hie always r?turned to their owners, and we are c<yicful to instruct the children thai it is wrong to play for money." Mrs. Courtney felt that it would be useless to argue the question with Mrs.Wilson ; o she merely replied : "I think you are doing very Wrong; 1 you are placing a great temptation in the ivay of your children; but I sincerely hope io cvii may come of it." Mrs. Wilson and Mrs.Courtney had each e i noble, intelligent boy.of which they were f ondJ) proud, and around whom centred C heir most cherished hope?. Alas! that j ilher of them should ho taught the ruin. t us amusement of card playing by hie n other. C o " Mother, may I go and spend the even ^ ug with Harry Wilson ? It is Friday,and will have all day to-morrow to study my ^ . Phone. He pays they have such nice times t his house, and has asked me.to come n everal times. Mother, may I go!" asked ,r icrnard Courtney. ei The mother hesitated. She knew her p oy would he subjected to ten)ptation ; but ic had endeavored to instill right princi!cs into his young heart, and she thought ^ arlihps it might benefit him to put these l? rinciples to the test. So she aaid, "YeP, . _ _ ... ,r j ov..it juu iu;i_y go; nut be sure you do sihing of which your mother disapproves, id do not btay ont late.1' " No, mother, I wtil not," promised Ber ird, and, kissing hid mother tenderly, he 'r junded down the street, and was soon in ?| Ire. Wilson's pleasant fitting room. " Oh ! I am so glhd I Here is Bernard 'u uurtuoy !' exclaimed half a dozen merry .1 tie voices. " Now we shall have suoh le fun. Come, Bernard, take a band with Wl ' - fa " A hand at what?" 6iiid Bernard. U \v hv, cards I Dou't you know how play cards?" " No, aud I do not wiuli to learn." "There is no harm in it. Futher and alher play with us, and they are members *>A the church. Come, take a hand " said "D ret nrry. "No; I do not think my mother would e for me to play. I know she would not; r.CI d I would not diisnleHfi" mw uiviuoi iur Bttt the fun in the world." , bo All! boys, would theie were more Bor- ^ rd Courmeys! Thai is the way to speak jje i act. Never be ashamed to conleas it you would not disobey your mother, en consent to be laughed at, and to have pr( said, " You are ti*d to rautber'd apron jn^ ing?;" but say, "No," and adhere to it, ^ en any one would persuade you to die- jn ;ard the gentle tones of youi mother. g Finding that they oould not persuade 0f rnard to engage in a game of cards, ^ec y were compelled to seek some other usement; but a group of merry chil- ^ n, intent on 14 fun," will not be long io vaj iing something to make it for them, lat merry times they bad, playing jg0! lind Mao's Bufl,"41 Pus* in the Corner," toj( 'resent and Advise," and alt those little U8e octnt games which bring no train of pro Is with them, but rather rosy cheeks, ] jht eyes and happy hearts. Bernard remained until bine o'clock, me, 1 then, although the children triad to gaj( suade him to stay longer, saying that an(j jr were permitted to ait up untir.Un, , rjr evening, he thanked them, and re j,ia d that he promised bis mother not. to t late, bade l hem good-night and ran ; wai lis, mother bad .dot retired, bat w,a? Bm, ing before a bright fire, a I work, when j tiard valued jpto the room. . My son, i atn glad to seeyoo kept dM; ir promise. I feared you miorbt be so ,jra Sim I ya* Wod plsw> e^oiog >r . fwwni nrg ^ng^batrpromw^ yon t would net v reat late, jrodIk^ftwyoa wfcft l*|^u ^ ". '*' "~ " X MI promised not todo anything that you would not like," aaid Bernard. " Perhaps you were uot templed." "Yes, mother, I was. Harry and hie sisters tried to persuade me to play cards ; but I thought you would not wish me to ! do it, and I refused." "God will blieR yon, my noble boy," Raid his mother, while tears of j >y coursed down her cheeks. "Tho blessing of God and man will follow him who bouorclh his parent*." Oh I how happy Bernard felt, and how ^I..J I. - - * * gi?iu iiu was mai lie had been euabled to resist llio temptation ! In liis heart, l.e full tlint all the " fun " in the world could not bave been as pleasant as those words of commendation from the lips ol bie mother. Harry Wilson became so fond of plnying cards that he took them to school with him, and persuaded many boys to join him in the game, whose parents would have wept could they have read the destinies of those eons. Bernard Courtney was urged to play, nnd often laughed at, called "a coward, 14 a little boy, afraid of his mother," and by many harsher aud more diRrp^rwvrt ful tertm; but be steadily adhered to hi* resolution, and neither pe.rsuation nor threats could induce him to displease bis mother. IJarry Wilson and Bernara Courtney were class mates. Harry possessed n brillant mind, nalurallv brighter than Bernard's, and hence alwxys ranked above jim in claes, until be learned to pl?y cards. The evenings he had formerly devoted to tudy were now spent in playing cards, and :very spare moment at school, when be ionld escape the watchful eye of bis preeptor, he devoted to this ruinous amu!>enent. At length, be w*s compelled to i-ave the classes with Bernard and enter he next grada. Ilis parents were greatly nortified, and forbade bis playing, except ccasionally, with their permission ; but larry hail acquired a love for it, which led iru even to disregard the commands of his arfntH. Finally, his father took him from school nd placed liim in business ; hut he was lduced by evil associates to deceive his mployer, and was discharged from his ;rvice. This, of course, ft as yet more ainiul to his parents than his disgraca at :hoo! had been. Entreaties and exbortaons proving futile, they resorted to i treats. Hurry promised again and again ? reform ; but be could not break the | on chains by which tie was bound. Need I trace every step ef his 6ad his I try? From the card table at his father's . eside, he went to the gambling saloon ; om staking * knives, handkerchiefs, and her little articles," to betting and losing \ s pocket money and every little valuable t possessed. lie then borrowed money, r >ping to win agntn, drank deeply of the a toxicating bowl, pressed to his lips by ? eked companions, aud fiaally forged, his a titer's name. o Here his father lo9t all patience with his \ ring eon, and forbade him ever to enter c * threshold again. Through the solicita- f; n of one of Hurry's lovely sister*, and * save the family from disgrace, his father n id the money, but refused to forgive him p til he should give genuine evidence o c orni. tl For some time, it seemed that Harry had a tlly given up his evil habits and associa- f< ns. For the sake of that sister wbo bad c red him from final disgrace, and the love ft bore bcr, Le vowed never to look upon ? j wine cup fignin, nor toucb a oard. Did tl keep bis tows ? n - * 01 Bernard Courtney bad cbosen as bis v< >feKsioD the glorious work of proclaim- Is ; the gospel to fallen man. lie whs now tl i pastor of a large and protperouscburch o< a neighboring city, honored and beloved w all wbo knew him, and the sole support M bis widowed mother in her declining pi irs. lie had watched the downward tl eer of his friend, Harry Wilson, and bad pi ie all in his power to save him, but in st n. . ci After Harry bad made bis solemn prom i to his Bister, be wrote to Bernard and w 1 him of his purposes, asking bim to al bis influence to procure him a situation ni mising to oe faithful to the trust. ei Bernard soon secured bim a pleasant at ition as clerk in the boose of one of tbe libers of bis cbuiob, witb a comfortable at iry ; gave bim a home in hisown bouse, ke 1 procured for bin the position in pociety w svbiob bis birth and education entitled lb i, but for his evil habits. For two u? ra Harry remained true. Bernard'a tic rt rejoiced to believi that bis companion th > reclaimed, and ibafc be had borne a dt ill ahare in b?a refennntion* L .n Jerry was atteodiog a large plrty given ye bia employer to Ui* only daughter, the ds liing balleof the city. Wine was being de nk by both ladies and gentleman, ns try aiorw rtriaea iQd ?p?riciiDg goblet.. TM 1 Mr. gl?83 of wfoV wl ed ibe dub ing belle.: _ ^ 'Excuse me, if .jjog plwwe ; I do not au vn? ; ri7, Md U*t drop. n< . .' *A* ' * f."S a V #"' : . :.' *>. aT.: . .. - ' -? ' i Soon he lonk another, and yet another glass, until the demon awoke again wii.li in his bosom, and his passions were all t arousedt Again ho mingled with the wicked and dissipated, again (ought iho gaming table I to obtain means with which to quench his I insatiable thirst, for hie ealnry would not cot the demands, and this tiino hia ruin was final and complete. lie drank until lie was seized with delirium tremens. Tho monsters that haunted him were not alone creeping serpont9 and crawling reptiles, but c\er rising from their mid.-L was th-' iorui of a beautiful woman ; anon toying with these deadly animals, from winch he endo ivored in vain to rescue her,and pursuing him with them; | then smilingly presenting to liitu beautiful flowers, beneath whose fragrance and in whose leaves slept legions of demons for every petal on their stems. His mother, his idolized mother, stoo 1 by his couch and whispered hi? name, only lo have htm shriek, and recoil from her touch. That eistcr who had once saved him from disgrace, whose love had for a time re'trained liim, now approached and breathed wovds of love, only to be repulsed with | the incoherent muttering*, "Go! go! f.iir enchantress: von ha?? ?ws muD witliiu me! You bade me sip tho honey fiom those flowers; tb?t honey which has poisoned roy life-blood, aud consumed my vitals." ' No. no, brother, this is yourfiister, your loving sister, ?vlio endeavored to show you the poison in those flowers." , It was hII in vain. ( With eacli fevered breath the wretehed t man invoked bitterest curses on the flrst , hour ho ever took a card in his hand, and t on the woman who had kindled the slum- 6 bering coals into flame, when they were t well nigb extinguished. The spirit did not ] long remain in the tenement of clay, but, { while bitter curses lingered on his lips, il ^ fled lo God who gave it. ( Of bis wretched parents I need not speak ; n their feelings cannot be pictured, but their j, grief was sorely poignant, because their p own hands had aided to ruio their son. 9 The moral of my story is plain. The pic- f ture is true. d "Children, obey your parents." Parents, c beware how you teach your children r< amusements which c:ay lead to their de- ^ struciion. Young men, ehun the wine cup and the t< goming table. a Young women, take heed that your fin- a Ejera hold not the wine cup to (he lips of n youDg men. PERSIS. C) ' ? n Little Tiiisgs in Farming. ? The le whole Buecess of a farmer hinges upon iraoly atlentioD to tittle things. This nr nniuly makes the difference between thrift pi tnd poverty. The philosopliy of success is If xpressed in the old adage: "For want of b< i nuil a shoe was lost; for want of a shoe cl: i horse was lost; for want of a horse a man hi vrb lost." It is a litile thing to keep ac- V ounts of the pecuniary transactions on tho a arm. A balf hour -Saturday evening wl rould enable farmers to kuow just bow lb bey stand with the world. Yet we sns- ex iect balf the men who cultivate soil never it nake an entry in a bouk; and for want of do bis, accounts ran up fearfully at the *tore, va nd many articles of luxury are purchased, of >r which they are unable to pay at the wc lose of the year. Debts accumulate, the irm is mortgaged, and finally lost for ke ant of a little paper and ink. It is a lit* Co e thing to put a tool io its place, when be ot in use, yet many have no tool house, ant r place of shelter for any implements or. ..not shicle. Things are left where they were pla st used, the plow in the field, the cart in p?] ie yard, the chai-is in the stable, tlie bar* Su 3sa tn the wood house, the axe at the Ha ooupue, ana the rake at tbe corn crib, me [any do not even bouse the expensive im- pri lements they lmvo bought; 'and the gei tresbers and reapers are treated like old me !ow8 and harrow*. Tbe parts made of euf eel and iron grow rusty, and the wood de- abl tys. nui A machine that is good for thirty yearn, nut ilh proper care, is used up in five, by gre >nse. It is a very little thing to turn a 184 it that is loose, yet for want ot tbe light- gra liog tbe nut is lost the bolt comes out, 39C id the loaded wagon breaks down on tbe pre: ay to market, and a whole day for a man Am id team is lost. It is a little thing to ?ep a horse properly groomed, yet for *] ant of Clean fetlocks, the akin craoka and ?I e horse is lame, and the owner loses the !h? ? of him for weeks or months. Venttla- ,,n ? >n te a smalt affair, yet for tba want of it, e stook in tbe stable suffer severely, and 0f i teases seta in. It is a small aflkir to pro* 9 de good seed at the beginning of the ^ ar, bat tbe whole success of the season p?Od? npon it. It 1s an easy ' thing to A *1 fairfy with our neighbors, aud make* thoi xn* that ift better thfto precioo* oiaUMttf* tfvit any cheat on naall oco*6ioos, do not get ^ lafc they eell, and get a lepulafion for thQ, oantieia thai' ?Undr for tht way of Mwir, oU| It i*. *1*^1 ^4 4the *Jg dare of L??oiy ;*> plwtfftu ? {R >lo?a?'ifc *fow? 4S?^ mo^jr disup- gLj *te4; bat th* Sevv#r. ^oaai^. ?ajgg n^l A*#, :' gs&ii&S > iMrtfeia lo^ofcta^ .i-ltmPto The Independent Farmer. Let Bailors sing of tlio windy deep, ii Let soldiers praise their ormor; But in my heart ihistoust I'll keep? The Iudependeut Farmer. ' When first the roso, in robe of green, Unfolils its crimsou lining, n And round bis cottngc porch is seen The hone>suckle (.wining ; When banks of bloom their Bweetness yield a To beoB tbat gather honey, j. lie drives liia team across the field, j Where skieB tire j-oft nnd suuny. n The blackbird clucks behind the plow, d The quail pipes loud and clearly ; You orchard bides beyond its bough, The home he loves so dearly. The gray and old barn doors enfold Ilis ample store in measure? * ' More rich than Innpsof hoarded gold?* 6 A precious, dlcsscd treasure ; n While yonder, on the porch there stands Ills, wife the lovely charmer? The sweetest rose on nil hi? lends? ^ i iiu mueppiiuent fiirraer. ? P To him the Spring comes dnncingly, t( To him the Summer blupln g ; , The Autwmti *mile? with mellow rny, His sle.ep old Whiter hushes ; K1 Ho cnres nol how the world inny more, w No .inubt ?r fvnrs confound liitu ; fi; IIib little flock are link?-d in loVe, , ( And household angels round him ; j He tmsts to God. mid loves hi* wife, Nor griefs nor ills <;an linrm Iter; lis* a Nature's nobleman In life? The Independent Farmer. di ?<z>? cc Labor-Saving Machinery. ^ In the new state of things, and Fcarcily fi\ )f labor, labor-saving implements are con- frc itantly enquired about, and it is a wonder wj hut those who Imve invented sucb a? arc sal tew, do nut lake more care to introduce int hem to the farmots. by Advertising them, fre letting forth their advantages, and qnali cul ies and the prices?I allude to the aSulky cot .'lows, Cultivator;*, and the "Corn otli Iuskers," ''Potato Planters" and "Dig- 50 fers." I have seen but one "Sulky Corn cot Cultivator," and that seemed to be well to dapted to the purposes intended, but the pla ;eutleaian who owned it did not wmn "? 'hi ilnco a very high estimate upon it. He be aid that the corn rows must be very straight or it to do good work, and only suited for Irill culture. Now, it is true, the drill ulture iii aaid to he the best for corn, and ^ ows of corn or drills for any crop should . . me e straight, yet in our country you rfcrely ^ ^ so straight rows, and diill culture requires ^ ^ >o much cullivalian with the hoe. These ^ re the popular objections. But if witli Corn Drill and Sulky Cultivators, one inn and two horses will make as much ??. urn as four men and four horses, then we *??j light' weH afford to take time and pains to iarn to run straight farrows and drills. "D* Moat of these implements co?t too ^ luch for general use. Why ahnuld ttentees be so exhorbitant io their charge.*! reasonable prices were asked more would i Bold and morn train ?" ? 0 J mo iu?- u lilies. Mowers and Reapers are far too gh in price for the actual coBt in making. me0 fbat tho farmers want mo6t, just now, is 8n^n Corn Ilusker and Corn Harvester, of ^?U i hich you sppak, in the December No. of e Maryland Farmer, a9 having been ?r " hibited at the laio Illinois State Fair. It answered the public expectation?, why >09 not the exhibitor publish it in your M wfl lunble p?per, and let us have the report A the committee as to its merits, mode of R^ler irking, price, etc. f Dot The same may be said of the Corn Hus- Pr,,v r, made by the National Corn Husker w^91 mpany of Indianapolis, Indiana. If i 8*10u the wonderfaJ machine it is represented '"eve 1 the price be not too great,-why is il 8eeD k 1 * * - " ?-? ? . 'jrougui into national notice, by ex- u,m" natory advertiaemeuLs iu the agricultural *" ^ jere of the different Slates f VV itb the dark Iky Plow and Cultivator, the Drill, and ivester and Hunker, even tbe Iwzy farr may laugh at the scarcity and high n'U'" ce of labor. Tbe mechanical skill and " ^ iiuB in awake to the ipieresta of the far* ?et,m r, and exorcised to elloviatq his toil and way* ply the place ol manual labor, is notice- ne8i,t o from the interenting faot that tbe nb?r of agricultural inventious now an- Preae dip patented is more than fifty fold Sum Hter than it was twenty years ago. Id 17 the number of Agricultural patents rpa nted was 48; in 1863 they increased to aouur I; inr 1866, to 1777, and daring the qUeM(t *ont 'jjyir. tbey will exceed 2000.? *rieq* JFarmer. ^ t) 4 1 ~ V . good 'h* PoTTXBpMaKE&'k OotDCN RdLKS. ghoul According to .Mr, X. A. Willard's views . great secret in butter making, consists , . Uendtng to tb? following points : P y? sU Stealing rich, ck-ao, healthy rollk-? Vscfci k obtained on rjub old pastures, free atnUfa .i- . ' I I J.; Q?lting ibn milk to a moist; untainted . " loipbere, arid k?*ptog H M *n even tern " ttm>MWtbfc?toun i? mlng, PQfe ?bu?dinjj. of as tfe,- Waebing not the buuer-miik cent and woikiug rq as not to injura fa)EQ4 flPtep# ^ j. :.) ; . llwTioeonghaDd er?n iocorporatio^of pt*Y?< Ml, jnd packing in ^aken tubs, Jigbt, Jo!nlinea? tTafi tfce operations, fs of WML*ld. *M^r$Boce TO .maniflolv MtW t ji'eMBi iTwotkfog IW bntw * coo<te be uwd. " - ;. r ' ' W,'?f 'obrwary* OO-M hvm o-Ma ? -?*. |W8 ??. '/ ;; ' . *i; ". y ^ ^jk. ? il' fm at*'. To Pkei*are Cotton Seed for ManUr ?Mr. Gideon W. Dowse gives ihe followfig plau for preparing cotton peed manure, nd preventing the immense loss of a ioni? by gradual evaporation fmrn *'u? Id-fasliioned seed pile, thus relaini' g ii. i iuck as the most valuable of all food fur lants: I hauled the muck directly to the field, nd made pens ten by ten at intervals, hiving determined what distance I wished je plants to stand, and how much malire to ihe hill, it was an easy matter to 9 ermine the bulk necessary to each pen > manure an acre. I then put the cotton :ed one inch thick all over the pen, then x inches of muck evenly over the seed? )us in alternate layers of one ot seed to vo of muck, until four feet high?the luck beintf tlio top layer. And now for tho re-Bull. When tlie miks were opened, there was not a vestige F need to be seen?not a partic'.e ol unlea?aut odor, even when handled and put > the nose. The whole mass perfectly , i;?blo and had an oily appearance?all i>ing to show that I had accomplished hat is most desirable in nil ? _ _ ... *... MiMiiuir, 01/ led the nmmoum that- it whs fully seire<l a* l??o<l for the growing plant. Tile n<l to which tt w-is applied whs very old id exhausted by long and .shallow culture, lar. when I begun to plant it, three huned pound* of cotton, or four btvhels of irn to the acre. That year, subaoiling e land, applying about one quart of tlia >ove compost to the bill, gave roe twenty* 'e bushels to the acre. I have used it quently on corn and cotton since, always gh the most patisfactory results. I atn lVfied that with deep and thorough di?egratton of the subsoil in preparing land# queut and light stirriug of the surface in tivation, and with muclc and cotton seed npost we need neither Peruvian or any ler guano to bring our old lands tip to bushels of corn or 500 pounds of lint ton per acre. I have for years wished give this experiment to my brother niert>, and have been deterred hither by > fear of intruding upon space that might occupied by a more valuable article. jrood Company.?It was a very dark iy night. Our boy's prayer-meeting I just closed, and Henry stopped to tell h word of hope about one of onr class whom we had long been praying. As ent to the door and looked out into the kneos and rain, I said : 'Harry, I am almost afraid to have you so far this darfc night. Is there no one rig your way I" le looked up with a bright smile and wered : O, I ara to have good coropmy. I II not be alone." "Tlieo your father or r brother are in town are they ?*' No. Better company tlian that." Wh j can it be I" Why, the one whom we met in prtyerting. The Saviour. You know he i?(you read it to nigbt)?'I am with always.'" ? So, you think you will not be lonely fraid /" *Jo indeed. Christ is good company, lie has promised to take caro of ma ys. Good night." a I stood looking out in the darkness Henry's departure, I thought this is the Orst time a child'* faith bad re* ed me. Henry is notafraid to go anyre, for Christ will go with him. Why Id he fear? Why should If He be. nL-J.. t> vuriai is ever at bis aide, though unto Lis natural eye. Christ is real to ?tiuly present; and so He will be to lis children, as they walk through (he nes3 of this world. its next day meeting Harry, I said : >id you have a pteasaut walk last t V ), delightful," he answered. "It ed as if Christ was with n.e all the . He ia flensed company in the dark or in the light. 'Isn't he, tcr.cher V* udeed. He Is, Hnrryf and may Hia nee alwnys go with' you ua now."? iciy School Times. ? , st Qpebtions.?Amusements may be -ately-tested by a fow very simple iona: ; * ? e they costly t Young people should brifty?saving up eomatbing for a tart; Amusements that use up what d be saving* are evil. > ' * t?. 0 they htf?lthfal 9 If after any perty, or dance, you -hara .a. headache, iche, oold, or a restieaa appetite?that ament waa tfHl. Avoid it. o they pure ? Purity it: a matter of ;bl qeiteaa much a*V. act, To the H^lhilUII twttBM- Roi I /? are pW** A?d pl?y? Mutf ?r? inno^ Uw frotio' of Uoib?. tMcqm* to rpaHbtt* timhlantrof evil and uulM% ibought*. : , B#?*ro of those *e-'y ' *-* ? *- -- * Sii*" ? * ? titrtHa Hoca*#.-i-Bepeated oxaenta 4hia j^t M>pii?l ^eu 'lNovenifew ind^ Miuroh -will iWlce^Sff fbrfg stt ^ in r'fSWh&v. Th? Weon-k^nt <>n t^Tfe4 jgtf '%&Hk W tWi^aioU *'* tfeAqftf i*4? ?*!*/*:; if :. :'1& :. .. ; : :