MACON COUNTY, NC -- NEWSPAPERS -- SMITH'S BRIDGE ITEMS, FEB 1893

SMITH's BRIDGE ITEMS (Local Affairs) PUBLISHED IN THE FRANKLIN PRESS,
Feb. 22, 1893 - Vol. VII, No. 19

SMITH's BRIDGE, MACON CO., NC

 - Mrs. Milton Rhodes has been ill for several days, but is now
improving. 

 - Messrs. Pike and Kelsey, of Highlands, have been bird-hunting for
several days in our fields. 

 - Messrs. Judson Grist and N.L. Garland are trying the southern
markets with a lot of horses and mules. 

 - Mr. Wm. Cabe, Sr., had two of his toes frost-bitten during the cold
spell, and has had one amputated. 

 - Three young men have received a letter which headed "Seven Reasons
against Swearing" is as follows:
1. It is mean. A boy of high moral standing would almost as soon steal
a sheep as swear. 
2. It is vulgar, altogether too low for a decent boy. 
3. It is cowardly - implying a fear of not being believed or obeyed. 
4. It is ungentlemanly. A gentleman, according to Webster, is a man
well-bred, refined, etc., Such a one will no more swear than go into the
street and throw mud with a chimney-sweep. 
5. It is indecent, offensive to delicacy, and extremely unfit for human
ears. 
6. It is venemous, showing a boy's heart to be a nest of vipers, and
every tiem he swears one of them shows his head. 
7. It is desperately wicked, violating the diving law and provoking Him
who will not hold him guiltless, that taketh His name in vain. 
	From a friend and Well-wisher. 

Bubobub.

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