The Home Advocate. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 13, 1869 Page: 3 of 4
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Children, obey your [Parents in all things in the Lord, for this is right, Love one ano fcher.
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TALUOT—TABOU.
February 0, 1800, at the residence of
the bride's father, in the city of Jeffer-
son. by Kuv. N. P. Modrall, Mr. A. G.
Talbot, of California, to Miss Nel'ie
Tabor. ,
caktwu1g HT—SMITH.
February 11, 1869. at the residence of
('apt. A. ( '. Smith, Jefferson, Mr. A. 1'.
< artw right, of San Augustine, Texas, to
Miss Ophelia Smith.
War of tlie Hats.
a fable.
The rats have ever regarded the
cat as their uncompromising enemy.
On one occasiou ail those living in a
certain borough held a convention
and made a declaration of war. An
important measure was to send mes-
sengers to all the boroughs in the
country, to secure cooperation and
concert of action. As there was no
rntmey in the treasury, this could
only be done by volunteers, who
were willing to rely on the generos-
ity and gratitude of those whom
they visited, to meet expenses.
There being much enthusiasm on
the subject, there was no small num-
ber ready to take the hazards of
such a mission. One was sent to
corn crib borough. He had the na-
tives assembled, and at once laid
before them the object of his visit,
as he held forth in a flowing speech,
depicting the ravages of the cat
upon their species, and showing that
it was all for the want of united and
determined resistance on their part,
tliey were all excited to the highest
pitch, and resolved to meet every
night, to hear their friendly visitor
talk. At length, seeing they were
all in high glee, and nothing still
done, he took occasion in the midst
of his speech, to ask them to stop
their skipping and jumping about,
arid give him a little attention. Then
he addressed thein as follows : " I
see my friends you are all for the
war, but to carry on a war of such
magnitude requires money as well
as zeal. Skippiv. around here will
not give us a single victory. The
time is approaching when I must re-
turn and report progress. I expect
to take up a fine report of you. You
have shown a high appreciation of
the cause and of my services. It is
now only necessary to remind you
that I have been at some little ex-
pense in serving you and the great
enterprise, and that I am dependant
on you to raise the money. On to-
morrow night I will take a collection."
After adjournment, an old leader
of a tribe who had looked very de-
mure whenever anything was said
about money ( for he was the richest
one in the borough,) went all
through the crowd, squinting his
little black eyes, to a peculiarly pen-
etrating focus whispering, money !
money 1 money ! nothing can be done
without money ! I believe he is a spy
anyhow—a cat !" All then began to
cry " cat! cat ! cat !" and scampered
away to their holes. From this time
the visitor was looked upon with
some degree of suspicion, especially
by the old rats. The younger ones,
not being so sensitive, turned out a
few times to hear the war speeches;
but the messenger soon returned at
his own expense, as he went.
This fable will teach us that there
arc many who are willing to be ben-
efit2d by the kind offices of others,
as long as it costs them nothing.
Also that the most self sacrificing
advocates of benevolent enterprises,
become suspicious characters in
their eyes, whenever they solicit aid
to carry on their work.
For the Home Advocate.
Is there no Remedy ?
Mr. Editor.—I thought it was the
object of the " powers that be" to
make the darkeys equal to white
folks; but never dreamed that it
was the purpose to make them inde-
pendent of all rules of law or order
If such is the intention of our muni-
cipal authorities, I wish they would
tell us so. I have been led to these
reflections by what I have seen for
months and months. Immediately
around the place where Marshall
street crosses Line, a fouler den
was never-seen in " Natchez under
the hill," than it is. It contains
" niggers " of all ages, sizes, sexes
and colors. They are crowded to-
gether in filthy huts, which are dis-
graceful to Jefferson. In the sub-
urbs of the place, such cabins would
look bad enough, but in the heart
of the city, it is too bad. I reckon
however, the owners of the property
are to blame for that. But, on the
supposition that darkeys are bound
to obey the laws of the city, our mu-
nicipal authorities are blameworthy
for their outrageous conduct. A gen-
tleman or lady can seldom pass thro'
that polluted region without offense
to eye, ear, or nose, or all. Eight in
the neighborhood of two churches,
their blasphemous and obscene oaths,
their wide mouthed yaw-haws, and
their noisey plays on the Sabbath
day and night, prove a perpetual
source of annoyance to those who go
there to worship God. In fact it
has got to be hazardous to ride to
church at night; whoever does, runs
the hazard of having his horse rode
off before the service clones. Is
there no remedy ? Where are the
policemen ? Within the knowledge
of the writer, tjiey have been applied
to, more than once, yet the nuisance
has been in no degree abated. Again
I ask, is there no remedy ?
Citizex.
scenes of .dissipation and wicked
amusements. To teach tho young
idea how to shoot, has ever been re-
garded as an important task, but to
give it expansiou and proper devel-
opment is proportionality so. This,
I presume,, may be done to a great
extent, by reading your paper.
Wishing you great success in your
laudable undertaking, I remain,
Yours respectfully,
GEO. M. McDONALD.
Wo thank our friend Mcl). for his
good cheer. Hope to find thousands
of such, who will both talk and work
for us.—Editor.
Snow Hill, Texas, ^
Feb. 9, 1869. j
Messrs of the Home Advo-
cate :—I very much admire the en-
terprise in which you are engaged—
the publishing a weekly paper,
not only for the edification of tho
farmer or agriculturist, but for the
moral and mental improvement of
the children and youth of our coun-
try. Such a paper at this time in
this section seems to be a desidera-
tum. Upon the young and rising
generation depends ultimately the
responsibility of governing Church
and State. IIow important then that
virtue and intelligence be diffused
among and impressed upon them.
Hence every christian, patriot, and
philanthropist should contribute in
some way or other to the accomplish-
ment of this object. They will act
as our representatives when we are
dead and gone—transported from the
scenes and associations of earth to
another mode of existence. From this
circumstance for them to be virtuous
and intelligent is indispensably nec-
essary. Without these qualifications
good government cannot be perpet-
uated, Christianity will be arrested in
its progress, and society present a
scene of anarchy, debauchery, and
demoralization, calculated to make
angels weep and philanthropists shed
tefirs. The youth of our land had
better appropriate a little time to the
reading of useful matter ; designed
not only for entertainment but in-
struction, than to while it away amid
Industry.
IIow old is my little reader? Ten?
eight? seven? perhaps only five, and
just beginning to read. Have you
learned the great truth that, in this
world where we live, even little chil-
dren have iuork to do? I once asked
Lucy this question, and what do you
suppose was her reply?
Lucy was five years old ; and one
day I saw her very fretful because
she was tired of play. " Lucy," said
I, " have you no work to do? " The
little girl opened her blue eyes, and
looked earnestly into my face to see
if I was in earnest ; then she said,
" No, indeed. Papa works, because
ho is a man ; all the tall men ought
to work, so ought the great ladies,
and the big boys, and the large girls ;
but / am only five years old."
Just then a honey bee came buz-
zing alongf and alighted upon a
white rose, which from tho top of its
thorny tree looked in at the window.
"The bee," said I, "is not a 'tall
man, a great lady, a big boy, nor a
large girl,'*yet he finds work to do."
" He works for honey," replied
Lucy ; and taking a knitting needle
from the table, she idly stirred his
soft wings, and touched his tiny legs,
until the bee, losing his patience,
flew to another flower.
Then we saw the bird that was
building a nest upon the apple-tree
beside the garden wall. Very busy
was that little bird, carrying sticks,
straw, and all manner of things, and
singing merrily when she had depos-
ited her heavy load. Once in her
zeal to secure material for building,
this same busy-bird had stolen a
piece of thread lace from a work-
basket in the window, and it was
found curiously woven with her
sticks and straw.
Lucy was still at the window, and
I whispered in her car, "The birds
find work to do "
Then I looked from the window
again, and saw the little ants run-
ning to and fro, as though half crazy
with work to do ; the spider warping
a web from the honeysuckle to the
rose-bush ; and the crimson lady-bugs
troinc: of errands without once stop-
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ping by the way. " They are all at
work," said I. " Fathers and broth-
ers in the fields and shops—mothers
and sisters at home—the birds, the
bees, the ants* yes, the smallest of
all God's little creatures, arc flying,
creeping, swimfriing to their work.
They have no hands, no reasoning
soul, like ours, yet they understand
that in the world's great ' work to
do,' they must have a part. So the
tall men, and the great ladies, the
bisr boys, and the large girls, are
doing the work belonging to thern ;
and the little insects, even those
whose life is but the length of a sum-
mer day, are working1 while that
short day lasts ; but who will do the
work of the little Lucys belonging
to this world, who are only five years
old? "
The little girl thought a moment,
and then replied, " Everybody seems j
to have his own work to do ; what if;
the idle little Lucys should do what i
belongs to them? "
"Sure enough," said I.
" But," she continued, " how shall
we know what belongs to us?"
What would you have told her, my
dear? That which needs to !>e done,
and tee can do, belongs to us. 1
thought this a proper answer, and
when I told Lucy this, she began to
look around the room ; then elie act
about putting it in ordor ; and when
everything was nicely arranged she
sat down to h«?m a pocket-handker-
chief for her lather, and was soon
singing as morrily as did the little
bird who undertook to trim her nest
with a handsome pattern of thread
lace.
And as we sat, I spoke with her of
the chief thiny which little girls as
well as grown people ought to be in
haste to do. What is that? " Seek
Jirst tho kingdom of God and his
righteousness, and all these things"
(ail earthly good) " shall be udded
unto you." " Givo all diligence to
make your calling sure." And how
shall you do this? Hasten to the
Lord Jesu«, and then, your sins for-
given and your heart made new,
" add to your faith virtue ; and to
virtue, knowledge ; and to knowl-
edge, temperance ; and to temper-
ance, patience ; and to patience, god
liness ; and to godliness, brotherly-
kindness ; and to brotherly-kindness,
charity."
SIiuttinK 1>oovm.
Don't look so cross, Edward, when
I call you back to shut the door ;
grandpa's old bones feel tho cold
wind ; and, besides, you have got to
spend your life shutting doors, and
might as well begin to learn now.
" l)o forgive me, grandpa ; 1 ought
to be ashamed to be cross to you.
But what do yon mean. 1 ain't go-
ing to be a sexton. 1 am going to
college, and then I am going to bo a
lawyer."
" Well, admitting all that, I im-
agine 'Squire Edward C ,' will
have a good many doors to shut, if
ever he makes much of a man."
" What kind of doors '! Do tell me,
grandpa."
" In the first place, the door of your
ears must bo cl ised against the bad
language and evil counsel of the
boys.and young men you will be at
school or college with, or you will ho
undone. Let them get possession of
that door, and 1 would not give
much for Edward C 's future pros-
pects.
The door of your eyes, too, must be
shut against bad books, idle novels,
and low, wicked newspapers, or your
studies will be ncglected, and you
will grow up a useless and ignorant
man. You will have to close them
sometimes against tho fine things
exposed to sale in the store windows,
or you will never learn to lay up
money, or have any left to give
away.
The door of your lips will need es-
pecial care, for they guard an unruly
member, whic/i makes great use of'
tho bad company let in at the doors
of the eyes and ears. This door is
very apt to blow open; and, if not
constantly watched, will let out an-
gry, trifling or vulgar words. It
will backbite sometimes worse than
a March wind, if it is left open too
long. I would advise you to keep it
shut much of tin; time till you have
something valuable to say.
The inner door of your heart must
be well shut against temptation,
for conscience the door-keeper grows
very inditlerent if you disregard his
call; and sometimes drops asleep at
his post; and when you may think
you are doing very well, you are fast
going down to ruin If you carefully
guard the outside doors of the eyes, |
and ears, and lips, you will keep out i
many cold blasts of sin, which get :
in before you think.
" This shutting doors, you see Eddy, j
will be a serious business; one on j
which your well doing in this life j
and the next depends."—Am. Mess.
" Reverend Ladies.—A recent mar-
riage in a neighboring town, says
the Boston Traveler, was performed
by Rev. Mrs. Hanaford, assisted by
Rev. Olympia Brown. To make the
affair complete, the bridegroom will j
hereafter be known by the family;
name of tl>e bride."
Those "Bloomers" will turn the j
world upside down yet—but we're
not scared. Nothing's so bad when
one gets used to ii.
A Boy's Evcitngn.
Joseph Clarke was as fine looking
and healthy a lad as ever left the
country to go into a country store.
His check was red with health, his
arm strong, and his step quick.
lti master liked his looks, and said
that boy would mako something.
Ho had been a clerk about six
months, when Mr. A., observed a
change in Joseph, llis cheek grew
pale, his eyes hollow, and ho «lway«
seemed sleepy. Mr. Abbott said
nothing for uwliile. At length, find-
ing Joseph uloiie in ihe counting
room one day, he asked him if he
was well.
" Pretty well, sir," answered Jo-
seph.
" You look sick of late," said Mr.
Abbott. ♦
" 1 have headache sometimes," tho
young man replied.
"What gives you the hcadacho ?"
asked the merchant.
" I do not know as I know, sir,"
" l)o you go to bed in good sea-
son ? "
Joseph blushed. "As early as
most of tho boarders," he said.
" How do you spend your even-
ings, Joseph ? "
« " Oh, sir, not as my pious mother
would approve," answered the young
man, tears starting in his eyes.
" Joseph," said the old merchant,
" your character und all your fu-
turo usefulness and prosperity de-
pends upon tho way you pass your
evenings. Take my word to%it, it is
a young man's evenings that make
hint or break him "
The warning was a timely one, and
proved effectual. Ho realized that
he was exposing himself to influ-
ences that would inevitably work his
ruin and at once changed his course.
Preserving his Name.—A man was
taken to tho penitentiary from
Champaign county, Ohio, a few days
since, for larceny, who would give
no other name than ' Jack' Under it
lie was convicted, sentenced, and re-
ceived into the penitentiary. That
man had a name which he loved too
dearly to tarnish with his crimes,
lie had friends whom ho would not
wound and disgrace by having it
known that he was in tho peuitenti -
ary; and if by this course ho suc-
ceeded in preserving the good name
of his relatives, what a blessing it
will be, as his father and mother,
brothers and sisters should not
suffer for his misconduct; yet where
tho name is associated with crime,
the stain is upon all, wrong as it may
be. It may never bo known who
' Jack ' is, and wo hope it will not.
Flattery.—Adroit observers will
find that some who affect to dislike
flattery may yet be flattered indi-
rectly by a well seasoned abuse and
ridicule of their rivals. Diogenes
professed to be no flatterer, but his
cynic raillery was, in other words,
flattery; it fed the ruling passion of
the Athenian mob, who were more
pleased to hear their superiors abused
than themselves commended.
Children.—Hard be hiB fate who
makes not children happy ; it is so
easy. It does not require wealth, or
position, or fame ; only a little kind-
ness, and the tact which it inspires.
Give a child a chance to love, to play,
to exercise his imagination and aflee-
tions, and he will be happy. Givo
him the conditions of health—simple
food, air, exercise, and a little variety
iu his occupations—and he will be
happy, and expand iu happiness.
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Really it is disgraceful that men
are so ill-taught and unprepared for
social life as they are, often turning
their best energies, their acquisitions,
and their special advantages into
means of annoyance to those with
whom they live. Some day it will be
found out, that to bring up a man
with a genial nature, a good temper,
and a happy form of mind, is a greut-
cr effort than to perfect him in much
knowledge and many accomplish-
ments. .
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If yon want to be suited go to a
tailor; if you waut to be non-suited,
go to law.
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Patillo, F. J. The Home Advocate. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 13, 1869, newspaper, February 13, 1869; Jefferson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235529/m1/3/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Journalism%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.