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Title: Autobiography and reminiscences of Theophilus Noel
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Noel, Theophilus, 1840-
Subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Publisher: Chicago : Theo. Noel Company Print, c1904
Contributing Library: Houston Public Library
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ng Book words I referred to earlyin this volume of incompatibility and incomprehensibility. My mother was a devout woman, as has been before re-lated. I had two marriageable sisters. One was being ad-dressed by a very worthy and acceptable young man whosefather was a Hard-shell Baptist preacher. Mother thoughtthat it was her duty to inquire into the young mans religiousbelief. It was about like my own, and the young man wasfeeling good, and without any idea of being impertinent or dis-respectful he remarked that there are some things impossibleto God Almighty. The old lady drew back in amazement and was too awe-struck to think of making a reply and the young man continuedand said: Now, how would He go about making two* mountainswithout having a valley between? 20O A FEW FOUNDATION PRINCIPLES. This cooked the young mans goose to all intents andpurposes. There are other things that our Creator would not under-take to do. Dont lose a cent on any person that wont lose a cent onthemselves.
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BUSINESS INSIGHT. The agricultural industry was never patronized until SirRobert Peel, the great artist and painter, took hold of it, and itis said that he got his tenants and farm hands iron plows.After an absence of a few months he returned to his estate, tofind that the peasants had thrown all the plows under the hedgeand had used none of them, but had planted the crops withthe old-way forked stick for a plow, and as do the pagans andthe dark-age people in all other lands and countries yet. He called up his foreman and asked for an explanation,which was given in a series of resolutions adopted by his ten-ants in suostance setting forth that: Whereas, We, the tenants and peasants of his lord-ships estate, have found that the weeds do grow more prolificand the crops that are planted grow less fruitful and abundantin ground that has been plowed by an iron plow; Therefore, Be it resolved that we will no longer usethem. The facts were that the pagan fools had not used them atall, but ha

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