The Orangeburg democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, December 12, 1879, Image 1
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Roads, Bridges and Fencing.
Editor Orangtbxirg Democrat:
<Qur legislators have now relumed
.to, Columbia to attend to their legisla
tive duties,and.it is the duty of their
/Constituents, if they wish new enaot
?mcnts, or chunges made in the old,
rto syit the present state of things,
rthcy should be made known to their
^representatives by public meetings or
through the press, and not be fault
finding or censuring them hereafter
/or what they werp entirely ignorant.
There are two subjects to which the
writer would call tbvclr attention du
ring this session, namely : The Road
Law and tho Fence Law. The old
road law was enacted at a time, when
the settlers were few, scattered along
the public highways, but now the
country is so thickly settled that
farms ar,e from a half or less to two
and three miles apart. From one to I
the other of lJUese, as well as to mills
and churches, roads have been estab
lished whicli arc to '.he traveling pub
lic at the present day, as necessary
to be kept in good repair as what ate
styled public roads. The majority of:
our farmers are .compelled to travel j
from one to ten miles of ihcse private j
loads, already mentioned, before they (
reach the worked public road to their j
market town.
My opinion js, that if a law were
enacted with the same penalties at
tached as the present road law, rje- j
quiring every laud owner to keep in !
good repair nil roads that pass
through his lands, except those to his
fields, the traveling public would bj
greatly benefitled, much of the coun
ty expenses lessened, a great port of
the annoyance, incident to public
road working, avoided, and the roads
generally kept in belter condition 1
than at present. Leave to the Coun- J
ty Commissioners the erection j
and repairing of bridges. At the j
dinner table of a eiligen of Orange- j
burg, this subject was introduced and
all the gentlemen present wprc in fa
vor of such a change in our road law,
- which is a good indication of the gen-'
end feeling of the community.
Jii tcfuience to the fence law, the j
present one docs not meet the wants j
of the peopl0, (I mcun the land own
ers.) Much of the land is routed to
tenants who cue but little about their
condition. Brushing, the gun, a pack
of curs, or the knife, is their remedy
tb keep out jumping cattle.. This j
is attended to at night when all
honest citizens are in slumber. a
neighbor of mine, now dead, once had
a line cow shot, and at the appraise
meat of the properly, this line heiler
was valued at thirty-Qvo dollars ; on
the day of sale she brought one and
a half dollars. I had an old cow, a
good milker, that had her windpipe
cut last summer. I turned her into
my pasture to die, but the gash heal
ed. Anatomists know at what organ
they aimed, but failed through igno
lancc. We want a law requiring
farmers to make their tenants build
higher fences, or oiic requiring stock
owners to fence their stock. I can
not comprehend, what reasoning could
have influenced our legislature to
leave this, important subject to the
vote of the people?it should be left
to the land owners only to say what
disposition they should make of thier
propcrtj', real or personal. For a
city architect, baker, carriage builder,
gunsmith, or harucssmuker to have a
say so about what disposition a farm
er should make of his field or slock is
incouqirehensiblp to me. Our farmers
sbpuld call the attention of their rep
resentatives to the mutter in
order \.o have the defects in our
road working and fencing syslem
remedied, during this spesipn of our
legislature. If our city voters wish
a pasture, let the corporation pur
chase a piece of laud bordering upon
tho river, tax the citizens to pay for
it, and many a mule, could he speak,
would bray his thanks to the wisdom
of such an arrangement. Something
should bo done with these fodder
thieving cattle that prey upon our
farmers.' provender.
. ? i A Farming Tkavei.eiu
Tiik pedometer may become a ter
ror to husbflpdfli when ajl tjie ladies
find out the success of a shrewd Bos
ton wife, who quietly attached one of
these tell-tales to her husband when
lie started to "go down to the ofllce
and pos{, up the books.'' Qn Ips re
turn she discovered that he had done
fifteen miles of walking?around a
billiard table. Ho "lost" the faith
ful reporter the next day
A Girl Scalped by Nljjchmory.
AY bile Jennie Hall, fifteen years
old, was stooping over a piece of Ma
chinery in -a lithographic ^establish
ment in Philadelphia, bcr long, dang
ling JhajU1 caught jn a belt, and in a
6qco-nd che ,was completely scalped.
The sufferer, with the blood stream
ing over her face, Bcreamed ie an ag
onizing voice that .cquld bo .heard a
block away? The wounded gUrlwbo
was wild with pain was taken to a I
hospital. Some of her associates |
becamo hysterical over the horrible
?ight. Au investigation was made
subsequently, when the cause of the
accident was ascertained. It appear
ed that the girl had imprudently
been amusing hcibclf by permitting
a lock of her hair to wrap itself
around the small vertical shaft. She
repeated Ibis twice, but at third essay
the look became wrapped too tightly
around the improvised curliug iron
to be extricated and was torn from
the head, most of the scalp going
witj; ;t and considerable of the skin
from the forehead close to the brows
In the evening the girl's condition
was reported as favorable, although
erysipelas might ensue. Several
years ago a somewhat similar acci
dent occurred tu an Italian lady the
wife of a mill proprietor iu the Jo wer |
part of the city. She was passing
through the working room where the
I/joins u/crc clanking away, l;er long,
beautiful hair, of which she was proud
banging loosely down her back. A
strand of it entangled in a shall, and
like a Hash she, loo, partially scalped.
Tbe surgeons replaced Ike fragment
dexterously, and perfect adhesion was
secured, so that at this da)' ibe lady
enjoys her glossy tresses intact as
though ehe bad never had the terrible
experience.
Stick to the Earm, Boys.
At a time when liiere arc len men
in waiting for every business oppoi lu
nity that Ihn eilics afford, farmers,
boys who have comfortable homes and
fair chances for lite future, hi the
country, had much better slay where
tliey arc, rather than swell ibe army
of unemployed in the cheap boarding
houses of the cities. It is true that
the cities would run to waste but fori
the fresh blood and energy which 60!
constantly eon^o into them from the'
country, but it is also true that where
one man makes a fortune, large num
bers fail to get even a foothold. In
very many respects, life in the country
is sweeter, purer, hcallljeir, belter,
and in every way more desirable than
life in the town, Notwithstanding
this is fo universally admitted to be]
true, the farmers' boys who become
dissatisfied with the farm, perhaps,
because their work is not made so
pleasant and profitable to them as
it easily might be?will not readily
believe it, or if they believe it they
do not show their faith by their
works.?New England HonusU'ad.
Demoralized bj Lotlory Luck.
Patrick J. O'Brien, compositor in
vested sixty-seven cents in one-third
of a lottery ticket in April last on
which be drew $5,000. Upon his re
turn flora a trip lo Washington, Mrs.
Q'l{ricn advuedhcr hnsbandto resumo
bis trade at which he had been earning
from ?20, to $25 a week. Patiick an
nounced that he was a man of morns
and should retire from business. In
six mouths, according to his wife's
showing, he has spent $8,600 in per
sonal enjoyment, leaving her to work
and provide for the children. On
Wednesday night O'Brien visited
his wife iu Harlem. She upbraided
him for his prodigality, and thereat,
she says, he threatened her life, ami
she felt constrained to have him ar
rested. Thursday, in the Harlem
Police Court, Justice Kilbrelh sen
tenced O'Brien io six months' impris
onmont on Blackwell's Island. He
has a buhincc of 31,400 in the Park
Bank, of which his wife Bays he will
not giyc her a penny.??V. Y. Sun.
Wo are informed that a bag con
taining $1,000 in new American geld
coin weighs eighteen pounds, eight
and a half ounces, it iy great satis
faction to know this. When an edit
or carries home a b ig containing $5,
000 every Satuday night, it provokes
him to bo obliged to guess at the
weight, and ho has conscientious
scruples against stopping in a grocery
store on the road to have it weighed,
thegrocer might ask 1pm if he couldn't
settle for the last kit of mackerel
sent down to his house,
Story of a Great Inundation
One of Russia's gloomiest anniver
saries is the nineteenth of November,
(tho 7th by her reckoning,) on which
St. Petersburg was overwhelmed by
tho most devastating flood which if
has ever known, that of 1824. During
tho three previous days, a very strong
westerly wind had forced back the
floating ice of the gulf into the mouth
of Ute Neva in such quantities as com
pletely to block the riyer. at that
?mo swollen to an unprecedented
height by one of those sudden thaws
which often occur at the beginning of
the Russian winter. Th,c water con
tinued to rise so rapidly that during
the whole night of the eighteenth (Gth
old style,) watchmen \vc;<2 stationed
along the banks, while the ringdiig of
bells and the firing of alurm-guns
were unceasing. Many of the ?ituhab
jtante, fearing the worst, got togeth
er such of their belongings as they
could carry olf, and lied for their
lives. They were not an hour too
soon. Early on the following morn
ing the rivor burst its banks, the can
als overflowed at the samo time, and
within a few hours two-thirds of the
main city wus under water. The
houses upon the low-lying islands
beyond the river were even more com
pletely submerged, and the air was
Idled with the crash of falling build
ings, the shrieks of women and
children, the incessant booming of
signal guns from the citadel, and
: the roar of the surging waters, which
as they deepened, whirled along wag
oi>3, barges, sentry-boxes, loads of
Lay und the corpses of men und
beasts. Toward the afternoon, boats
i began to ply through the streets, in
j order to rescue the inmates of the
threatened houses ; and the reigning
Czar, Alexander I., wan himself
among the foremost in the good work.
But notwithstanding all efforts,as well
us the rapid subsiding of the JJood
toward nightfall, the havoc was very
great. Upward of 13,000 buildiugs
? were destroyed in St. Petersburg
alone, and 480 lives lost without reck
oning the scores who, having taken
refuge upon the I roes in the Admiral
?ty-Square, escapsd the flood only to
perish misciubly by the merciless
froat of the succeeding night. The
height of the inundation is still mark
ed by a red linepuintcd on the houses
which flank the river, with the signi
ficant dute, "November 7th, 1824."
Port Royal as an Outlet to tho West.
Mr. P. Papin.of the Port Royal II ir
bor Improvements and Steamship
Company, had a conference with the
Board of Directors of the Merchants'
Exchange yesterday with a view to
setting on foot among St. Louis bus4
iucss men a movement to organize a
transporution company to curry their
export trade of St. Louis to Port Roy
al. There was but a slender attend
ance of members of the board at
the confcacuce, and it was arranged
that another meeting should be held
to-day.Mr. Papin explained bis plans
during the informal conference held,
and seemed to bo very sanguiine
that a new outlet to the export trade
of St. Louis could in this way bq suc
cessfully opened. The harbor at
Port Royal, he held, was better adapt
ed for the export trade than any oth
er on the Atlantic coast. It was
nearer to let. Louis than New York,
and as near as Baltimore, Railroad
communication was established to the
water's edge and the facilities for
transfer and shipment were complete.
The Iron Mountain, Cairo Short
Line and the South eastern offersd
three direct competing lines as far as
Nashville. The natural advantages
of the route are great, .and people
there were anxious to see the trudc
built up to something like it ought to
be. Mr. Papin presented a copy of a
set of resolutions adopted by the
Indianapolis Board of Trade, expres
sing most favorable opinions of the
project.?*Si. Louis Republican.
A little boy was saying his prayers
the other night, when his devotional
frame of mind was somewhat infringed
upon by a brother who has little ap
I prehension of tho "sweet hour of
prayer." The little fellow struggled
between his sense of duty and his in
clination, for a time, but finally com
promised by saying: "Please,Lord,
excuse ino while I punch my brother
Johnnie's head."?Johnnie's head
having bppn duly punched, the pray
er was resumed a unfinished,
The miser is a man who lives like a
beggar because he ia afraid of dying
jiko'onc.
Romance in Beat Life
It wasjour pleasure today at 11 1-2
o'clock to bo a witness to tho mar
riage of Mr. Frank N. Pooscr., of
licnton, Alabama, and Miss. Kate
Curry, of tins place. ~T he ceremony
was performed by Rev. G. A. Trcn
holmn, at tbe residence of tbc bride's
mother, Mrs. M. J. Curry. A num
ber of the friends and acquaintances
of the family were present and a uni
versal interest was manifested in ?bo
occasion, inasmuch as it was invested
with an air of romance that is rarely
ever met in the usual prosy matri
monial world. Tho happy couple
which a few ihours ago assumed tbc
happy bans, alt^ongh having been
engaged for pine mouJjis, bud never
seen each otiicrj and never known
"the bliss that's in a mutual glance."
They became known to each other
through Mrs. T. N. Bennett, of this
place, who while ut'West .Springs
lasi summer, more than a year ago,
made tbe ucquaiplsnce ol out hero,
who was on tbe watch-lower for a
puttner. Mrs. Bennett gave tbe
bride.lo him as his "ewcclbeart" but
it was not until a mouth afterwards
that be began the correspondence
which has been consummated under
such happy cjreu instances. The
couple, not knowing thQ name of each
other, corresponded under assumed
names. At the expiration of three
months they agreed to junmask.
They then exchanged pictures,?hort
\y after which a matrimonial pro
position was accepted by Miss Curry.
It was mutually understood, however,
that the contract thus entered into
was to be null and void if, after meet
ing, cither ol them should be disap
pointed in their expectation of what
the other ougbt to be. The result
of their (irst meeting is belter ok
plained in the letter below than we
possibly could, The engagement exis
ted some time, when finally the hap
py da)' was fixed. In -the meantime
it was arranged that friend of the
groom should com^uolfcc hosier ami*
reconnoitre for him. On a favorable
investigation, the following telegram j
was sent to the anxious lovor in Ala
bama: "O. K." This sot matters
right, when the groom immediately
left for Chester, The denouement wej
know,
A feature about this romantic mar
riage is the fact that the irother of
! the bride was kept in complete daik
! nees as to the correspondence and in
Icnlious of her daughter until lust
Thursday morning, when the groom
wrote a note to call upon his nfllanccd
for the first time.
Immediately after the ceremony
tbc groom sent the following letter to
a friend iu Alabama, which wo have
been allowed tbc privilege of copying :
Chester, S. C Dec. 2. 1879.
Mr.-, Dkak Si?t:?Our meet
ing was the happiest that ever God
bestowed bis blessings upon. Both
hearts satisfied and overflowing with
love lor each other 1 and to crown this
happiness, wc were made man and
wife this morning at half-past eleven
o'clock, in the presence of many
Iricmis. The community did not
know of the affair until my arrival.
Of course it has created some sensa
tion. I will return about the 11th,
and hope to meet you and other
fiends to share with me the happiness
which is so richly mine. My dear
K ? ? is more than 1 dared hope for
and all that is fouud in lovely wo
man. ? ?
Mr. looser and bis young bride
left on the 1.4) train for Orangehurg,
in this State, the home of his birth
and the dwelling place of his pareuts,
where they will remain a few days.
Wc join the many friends of Mrs.
Pooeee at this place iu wishing that
the journey of this loving, trusting
couple may be one long dream of love,
happiness and prosperity.? Chester
Bulletin, 2d.
His Calculation Upset.
Last week a tenant entered the
office of a Tipperay land agent, and
throwing a roll of notes on the table,
exclaimed: uTuer*a iv'ry penny I
have in the world ! It's a half year's
rint, and you may take it or lave it?
av ye take it I'll go to the woikhousc ;
av yo lave it I'll go to America on it."
The agent opened the roll of notes
and counted the money. "Why, my
good man, there is more limn a half
year's rent here. There's qyer four
years' rent in tho bundle.'' "Tito
divil there is!" cried the tenant, put
ting his hand in his pocket j "begor,
I gave yo the wropg bundle of notes
after all!"
Suuscitiup for the Orakoei}URQ
Democrat.
Live-Forevof Lemons.
A German philosopher and medical
doctor?Dr. Williclm Schraoele?pro
fesses to have discovered one of the
four great secrets that have puzzled
tlvo brains of mankind almost from
the beginning ; and if his discovery
be real he will see to it that he lives
long enough to solve the other three
problems of nature Ho claims to
have found tho elixir of life, the gen
uine and ocly elixir vitae, nt last, and
now ine quadrature of the circle, the
transmutation of metals and perpetu
al motion will be child's play to him.
To assert his claims lie lias written a
voluminous book, entitled "Makrobi
outik und Kubanik," developing a
scientific method for the indefinite
prolongation of human life. The
work is attacked by the press and
professors, but what of that? Dr.
Schmocle iu a full- blown professor of
pathology and a philosopher to boot,
as his puichrncnts and medals certify.
The elixir of life is simply lemon
juice, to bo taken in prescribed quan
tities, according to a.'o, and without
any admixture of water, sugar or al
cohol. Who would have thought that
lemons contain the very essence and
spirit of immortality ? Yet according
to tliis authority they do. Hut even
if the theory be true, the conditions
seem to make it somewhat cumber
some und impracticable. It lakes
loo many lemons to add a few years
to life , and presently the earth could
not grow lemons enough to satisfy
the increasing demand ; and alter the
lemons of life were squeezed, what
then? The lemon eating hubjt- may
be commenced with equal certainty
us to results ut any time of life, and
there would bo uo use in any healthy
man or woman beginning it under
fifty. Uetween filty aud sivty four lem
ons a day are prescribed, and one ad
ditional lemon nday between sixty and
scvent}*, aud so on for every decade
to all eternity, or so long as a man
can hold tho lemons. But it is evi
tdont that'tho load of .lemons, would
soon increase the load of lifo until un
bearable, und continued existence
would cost far more than it won Li
amount to. Even if true, it would
inevitably defeat the purpose. The
book is published by the printing
olliee of Brown University, which in
vests it with the character of authori
ty.?St. Louin Republican.
The Moment of Fear.
Bonaparte lost four aids-de camp
during the short time he was in
Egypt. One of them, Croisier, ap
pearing to Napoleon to luck the prop
er degree of boldness at the proper
moment, he burst oui against him iu
one of his violent and humiliating at
tacks of abuse and contempt. The
word coward escaped him ; Croisier
determined not k> survive il; he
i sought death on several occasions,
I but did nol succeed till thw siege of
Acre. He was in attendance on Xa
I poleon in the trenches there, when
I such a sliHtp lookout was kept by the
ganison, that if an elbow or feather
showed itself above or beside them, il
was immediately graacd by a bullet.
Croisier watched Ids opportunity and
jumped upon the platform. "Come
down, I command you !" cried Napo
leou, in a voice, of thunder ; but it
I was loo late ; the victim of his seven
I ty fell at his feet. Mural, the chival
rous braver of all danger, had also
I his moment of fear, which lost him
I the countenance of his general, until
disploasure could uo longer resist the
I
brilliancy of his nchievmcnls. It was
at the siege of Muulua, in the Italian
campaign, that Murat was ordered to
take charge of s body of troops
that were making a sortio from the
garrison. He hcsilated, and in his
confusion declared himself wounded ;
he was lemovcd from the presence of
the general, and in every way dis
countenanced. In Egypt ho was sent
out on the most distant and danger
ous services; in short, ho more than
conquered his character before the
battle of Aboukir, on which occasion
Napoleon himself was obliged to de
clare him superb. Ihe brave Mar
shal Lannes one day severely repri
manded a colonel, who had punished
a young ofllcer for a moment of fear.
"That mftn," said he, "is woise than
a poltroon, \\\\o pretends he never
knows fear."
A German author has written a
work called : "Kisses and Kissing.",
llo should have had an assistant.?
Two heads arc better than ono at
such work.
Work for the Legislature.
Rowksvii.i.k, S. C, Dec. 4th, 1879.
Editor Orangeburg Democrat:
It is the duty as well as the privi
lege of citizens of this county or any
other county, to say through the press
what laws and enactments they wish
their representative to make, while
at the Legislature. I propose to say
my say, not ouly for myself but for
my neighbors; for although speakers
and editors use the pionoun, we, cor
respondents are only permitted to use
I.
First, as to the fence law or stock
law as tho Governor calls it, I will
say in a few words, a large majority
of our people are in favor of its im
mediate enactment. There is no sub
ject thut has engaged the atlen'ion of
the fanners in this county more earn
estly lhau the passage of a law by the
L"gislatuie to relieve them of the tre
mendous burden of making fences to
keep out stock ; and this season espe
cially, has proven to them thut it
! don't pay to keep up fences for the
poor, miserable, raw-boned, lank-sid
ed, weather-beuten slock in tbe woods.
As a general thing, it takes six or
eight cows to produce milk enough to
supply an ordinary family ; and as to
the hogs, when ibe cholera is done
with Ihcni there is precious few left,
and such jumping and destruction of
crops it is feaiful.
Second, As to increasing taxes "i.
the school districts for schools, wc
arc decidedly against it; in fact we
arc against increasing taxes for any
purpose whatever.
Third, We hear so much about pay
ing back school claims and county
claims by an increase uf taxes or ad
ditional .taxes. Now, Mr. Editor,
there arc precious few people in favor
of any such law, except those who
hold such claims. I am iu favor of
lolling them die out; for we cannot
be held responsible for Radical ex
travagance, and all who bought up
these claims knew what they were do
ing. Knew they were buying smutty
claims and therefore ought to suffer,
not those who have to pay the tax.
Fourth, Let Ibe Legislature adjourn
at tho timo fixed. The country don't
need many laws?wo are too poor for
so many laws. The fewer the better
for every body. Indeed, it is a moot
ed rpiostion if it were not better for
the Legislature to meet only every
two, or better still every three or
even four years, and let the people
have rest. Coustuyman*.
An Elephant Plays Policeman.
At tbe celebrated Eastern circus
Orozi, recently performing at Pesth,
tbe attendant was startled from sleep
by the elephants rising to their feet
ami trumpeting in a shrill tone, sig
nifiecnt of great mental agitation.
Looking around in the dark to sec if
some stray dog or cat had got admit
tance, he discovered a stranger with
a dark lantern attempting to enter
the property room adjoining. With
out a moment's hesitation, be loosed
the biggest of the three elephants,
who matched solemnly out upon the
would bo-burglar, seized him by one
arni.with Irs potent trunk, and held
him fast until tbe police, whom the
attendant had promptly fetched from
a neighboring station, oamo up and
took the elephant's prisoner?who
had in the mcau time swooned away
?into custody. Having consigned
him to the authorities, "Kiraly" re
turned to sleep, conscious of having
done his duty.
Not Muoh an Astonishar,
Occasionally you will meet a young
mau who gets on the train somewhere
in Ohio, and when some follow pass
enger asks him how far he is going, he
will say, "Omaha 1" in the tone of a
brake hi a n calling a station, and then
look up and down the car to observe
tho amazement and awo of the other
passengers, and you will notice that
he looks a little disappointed because
they don't take off their hats and ask
to shake handB with him and want
to know where ho comes from and all
about him. Rut by and by, when
ho learns from casual romarks drop
ped now and then, that the man be
j hind him is going to San Francisco
and the one in front of him is going
to Japan, and tho old fellow on the
othor side of tho aisle is just return
ing from St. Petersburgern young star
drops his voioo to a dusky whisper,
shrinks down into his duster that
nobody can see him, and lolls the
next man who asks him about it, that
he is only going out hero a little
ways.
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
All comraunicatiotifl intended tor tills column
?lionld bo addressed (a J. It. 0*21. HolloWHy,
Kbij.. who ha? klr. illy consented to edit It.
Teachers' Institute.
A meeting of tbc Institute was
hold in Sheridan's School room, on
Saturday, the Glh instant. The at
tendance was small, which fait we
prefer to attribute to the inclemency
of the morning, for we are not willing
to believe yet that the teachers and
friends of education in this county,
are disposed to neglect n matter,
which if curried to a successful issue,
tnusU.rc?ult in much good to tho edu
cational Interests of oor community.
After the usual business^the subject
of "School Discipline" was bHfigusscd
by Messrs. Sheridan, Walsh, DrTTE:?s.
Cgo!<6 and others. The discussion
was animated, and wc believe, profit
able. Prof. W. II. Lawrence deliver
ed an instructive address upon the
subject assigned him, viz: "Con
ducting Recitations."
Oiving to the lateness of the hour,
further discussion was postponed,
and, on motion, the meeting adjourn
ed to meet the second Saturday in
January, at 11 o'clock A. M. Our
teachers are earnesfly invited to at
tend that meeting, for we believe if
you attend, you will be convinced that
you arc to be bencfilled. Remember
'.he second Saturday in January.
Education.
"A well educated gentleman may
not know mahy lauguages?may not
be able to speak any but his own?
may have read very few books. But
whatever language he knows, he
knows preciselj'; whatever word he
pronounces, he pronounces rightly.
But an uneducated person may know ?
by memory any number of languages,
and talk them all, yet truly know not
a word of any?not a word of his
own."?RcsidK.
How sadly do we mistake the term
educated 1 We think, forsooth, if
we are enabled to go through college,
pass a creditable examination, and
sport a diploma, we are educated !
How many graduates of the present
day are prepared to do anything use
ful? Young men leave college with
the idea that labor is degrading.
They reason thus: "1 am an educa
ted gentleman, I must not waste my
talents at farming, or carpe&terLng*
Oh, no! I must keep my hands while
and cl.an, wenr* kid gloves, ami be a
lawyer or preacher'"?without even
considering whether they arc mental
ly or morally qualified for these posi
tions.
Equally erroneous are tho ideas
prevailing in regard to female educa
tion. A young lady leaves the sem
inary thinking she is prepared for
every emergency she is likely to meet
in society, aud so she may be. Sho
can dance, sing, play and talk non
sense with her admirers. Sho may
even be able to appreciate a good
book and talk sensibly to older per
sons, but can she bake, sew, dust, or
has she any idea of the many small
matters necessary to make home hap
py ? She may be so situated in lifo
that she will be compelled to learn
all these things, and if she has not
great mental aud physical strength,
will find these duties she has been
taught to regard as menial, very isk*
some,
Even in her so called accomplish
ments she is very superficial. The
same author from whom we quoted in
the beginning, says: "A woman may
always help her husband by what she
knows, however little ; by what sho
half-knows or mis-knows, sho will on
ly tease him." Wt
Wk observe from our exchanges
that a number of school townships in
various portions of tho State are
making arrangements to organize
g'aded schools by local '.axation. All
the schools operating under this ex
periment for some time are in a vig
orous and satisfactory condition, and
fully warrant the opinion that this
mothod is a sure way of reaching all
classes. Besides it is the only plan
by which our schools can be kept
open any length of time. It is fool
ishness to depend altogether on the
publi3 fund to run a school for eight
or ten months in tho year. The sur
est plap ia to supplement this fund
with private fees. We have tented
this oiuself and wo know whereof we
t ? ? v . ^
speak.
Lador and brain conquer all
things.