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GREENSBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1876
NO 22
POETRY.
Believe Me.
Believe me, when I tell thee, darling,
Tliat my heart is warm anrl true ;
And the yeai-s Ijave onJy broiij^ht up
Hope and love combined with you.
Bitter memory wakes the sorrow
That has slumbeiXMi mary y ars ;
But the daylight hour is nearing
When W‘‘ meetin.«milesand tear>?.
The w'orld may scoff and ruriicoldiy
On my track o’er land and sea,
Yet rii hoar the blow more bra/ely
li' it lead-' tolovcuRd thee.
Lonely liours and fading plea.-'Ure«
Fill the mind with days gone hy,
Wlica we kissed our little treasures,
Parting .sadly ; you aud I.
Fate ami fortune ever battling
In tlie rank.sof bounding life.
Down to-day and up to morrow
Is file lesson of the strife.
Loving hearts must n -ver falter;
H ipiug oiiwai'd to the last;
Brea>t t ie storm without a murmur;
God will help when all is past.
River, about 50 miles from its mouth.
North Carolina in the southeast and
■Poor fellow! I.i.s mi:.d wanders,’ said In-e, and told Iliem I liad to go. I then
the Tory. He ll talk differently in the knoitked the ashes ont of inv pipe, the
morning.’ .\nd he retiirne.f to his .seat powder ignited, and a dazsiling flame of and s,.ndy and often marshy
at the table, leaving tne vonti, with hi,s fire sh^t across, around, and all over the ^‘‘kes. e_speeial
heaii again resting in hi.s hands. room, filling if wit
VVlieii the clock struck eleven he drew Before it cleared awav I hurled a chair
a pipe and some tobacco from liis pocket, t liroiigh the window, sprarig out, and de-
and asked the lory leader it fie liad ariv [ifirtel. leaving Tiiein ttt tfjeir own reflec-
ohjections to his smoking. 'None in the tion«. You know the re,t "
lea.st, he said adding with a laugh ; that
y fietween Albemarle and Pamlico
siiff.icating smoke, ■ Sounds A chain of low islands line the
A Legend of 1776.
Night had set in deep, and in a smali
■ log hut, situated a few miles from Tren
ton N. J , sat five men, four of whom
Were se ited at an old oaken table in the
center of the room, engaged in playing
■cards, while they frequently moistened
their throats with barge draughts from an
■earthen jug that stood on the table.
They were heavily- bearded, coarse-
looking men and from their dress, which
somewhat resembled the British uniform,
, they were evidently Tories. The other
was a stout-built young man, clad in the
Continental uniform. He sat in one
■corner of the room with his face buried
in his hands,
> ‘Tom,’ said one of the Tories, rising
from tue table, and seating himself near
the young prisoner—for such he evident
ly was—‘Tom, you and I were schoolboys
together and I love you yet. Now, why
.can't you give up your wild notions and
join ns? You’re our prisoner, and if
you don't we shall hand you over to the
he-ad quarters to-naorrow, while, if you
join us, your fortune is made; for with
your biavery and talents you will dis
tinguish yourself in the Royal army, and
after the rebellion is crushed out ycur
case shall be rewarded by knighthood
in the army. Now there are two alter
natives; which do you choose?’
‘Neither said the young man, raising
iis head and looking the Tory straight in
the eyes ; ‘I am now as j'ou say, your
prisoner, but when the clock strikes
twelve I will di.sappear in a cloud of
hre and smoke, and neither you nor your
comrades, rot even myself can prevent it.
You may watch me as closely as you
please, tie me hand and foot if you will,
but a higher power than yours has or
dained that I shall leave you at that
time!’
i.s if you’ll proioi.se imr to disappear in a
cloud of tobacco-smoke.’
The vouiia man made no reply, but
immediately filled his pipe, having done
a hich he arose and commenced naciiig
thefioor. ■
He took h-a!f a dozen turns np and
A Sample Ne-w Year Resolu
tion.
Chapter I.—It was New Year’s morn
ing He had been thinking deep!}’ for a
day or two, and there was a Spartan look
on his lace as be sat down to breakfast.
He uas uiiiisnaliy quiet though he said
down each side of the room, approaching „pvei tell belter in his life.
nearer the table each tune, when, having
exhausted his pipe, he reenrued to his
.seat and refilled it.
He continued to smoke until the clock
struck twelve, when he arose from his
seat, ami, slowly knocking the ashes out
of his pice, said :
‘There, boys, it’s twelve o’clock at d I
must leave you. Good-bye!’
Immediately all around the room were
seen streaks of fire hissing and squirming,
tile cabin was filled with dense sulphur
ous smoke, midst which was a clap of
tliiirider. Ttie Torie.s sat in their chairs
paralyzed with fright!
The smoke cleared away but the pris
oner was nowhere to be seen. The table
was overturned, the window was smash
ed to pieces, and one chair was lying
on the ground outside the building.
The Tory loader after he recovered
from his stupor gave one glance around
the room and sprang oat the window,
followed by his comrades They ran
through the forest at the top of their
speed, in the direction of ttie British
encampment, leaving their muskets and
other arms to the mercy of the flames,
which hail now begun to devour the
cabin.
The next day two young men, dressed
in the Continental uniform weie seen
standing near the ruins of the old cabin
One was our prisoner of the night previ
oils. ‘Let us hear all about it 'Tom,
said the other.
‘Well,’ said he. 'last evening, as I was
passing this place, two Tories ran out of
the cabin and took possession of me.
Before I could make any resistance they
took me in, and who do you suppose I
saw as leader of their party, but John
Barton, our old school-mate. He talked
with me and tried to induce me to join
them; but I told them that I could'nt
do it; that at twelve o'clock ihat I was
goiug to escape—disappear in a cloud of
smoke. But he laughed at me and said
I was out of my head. About eleven
o’clock I asked him if I might smok^
He said he had no objections : so I tilled
my pipe and commenced walking the
floor. I hud about a pound of gun-pow
der in my pocket, and, as I walked,
strewed it all over the floor. When the
clock struck twelve I bade them good
Chapter II.--Rising from the table he
drew tortli bis tobacco box and said to his
wift-:
Hamial], I'm going to quit the weed.”
“No,"
"Ye.sl am. I ve been a slave to the
di.sgii.sting habit for forty years, but now
I am iloiie with it! Come here Han-
naii!"
She followed him ;o the door, and he
flung the box far out into the back
yard.
Cliapier III—Four days have passed.
Dried pumpkin, cloves, apices, gum and
d'ied beef have been chewed in place of
tile accustomed quid, 'file family cat had
been kicked out of doois; every pedler
in town came to tlie door.
‘‘But you will stick to your resolution
won’t yon.?” asked his wife.
“I will or die!” he replied.
Chapter Last — Twas dark. Man
sneaked around the hou.se —on his knees
on the gra.s.'—pawed around—fingers
clutched an object—lid flew open—moved
his right hand to his mouth—‘‘Yumyum
But what a fool I was!”
Moral.—Don’t chew.—Detroit Fret
Press.
North Carolina
Was BO called by the French in 1564
in honor of King Charles the Ninth of
France, was first settled at A lbemarle in
1650 by the English; chartered March
20, 1663, and June SO, 1665. Formed a
constitution December 18,1776, which
amended in 1835. Ratified the Consti
tution of the United States, November
21, 1789. Area 50,704 square miles,
population in 1870, 1,071,361, of which
S9i,650 were colored, and 1,241 Indians.
North Carolina contains a portion of the
Blue Ridge and the Black Mountains,
the latter, in this State are the highest in
the Appalacian system. The riven are
the Nense, Cape Fear, Roanoke and Tar.
Raleigh, the capital, is a small city a
few miLs west of the Nense river, near
the border of the hill country.
Wilmington the largest city of North
Carolina, is situated in the low coast
lands. It is on the left hand of the Cape
Fear River.
Wilmington is connected by railroad
with large cities north of it. It has con
siderable commerce, and carries on a
large amount of manufacturing by steam
power.
Newbern, second seaport of the State,
is situated on the right bank of Neuse
whole coast, the State is rich in miuer-
al treasures, especially gold, copper, iron
and coal. The copper region of North
Carolina is said to be uiiparralleled in
riebness. Coal—bituminous and anthra
cite—exists in large quantities, the forms
er ot the best quality. Iron occupie.s an
imj/ortant place in North Can lina, and
it,'> advantages for making Hariron of the
he.st quality are very great. Marl is
also abundant, and limestone and free
stone exist in inexhaustible quantities.
Magnetic iron ore, some silver, lead,
maganese, gypsum and salt have also
been found. North Carolina possosses
exceedingly fine scenery. The Pictures
que Catawba Fails are well known Pi
lot mountain, so named for having served
as a landmark for the Indians, rises in a,
cylindrical form. Warm Springs is a
place of nmoh resort. Paint Rock and
a rock called the Chimneys is in the same
locality. Ginger-cake Rock, in tlie form
of an iverted pyramid, is a OHrious pile
of stone 29 feet high, which supports a
natural slatj of atone, 32 feet long and 2
feet thick. Table Rook is another natu
ral curiosity. Tiie climate of North
Carolina is hot and unpleasant in the low
comities; the middle and Western sec
tions, however, are temperate and heal
thy. Wheat hs harvested in June and
Indian corn in September. The soil
posses.-^es every variety, irum the sands
and marshes of the coast to the rich allu
viahs of the river bottoms. The marshes
on being drained readily yield rice, cot
ton, tobosco and Indian corn. Much of
the low sandy cection is covered with
forests of pitch pine that furnish large
quantities of lumber, l.ar turpentine and
rosin. Here cotton, i ice and indigo do
well, but on the high grounds wheat, In
dian corn, hemp, tobacco, rye and oats
are more snccessi'ully cultivated. The
staple products of the State are
Indian corn, tobacco and potatoes.
Large quantities of wheat, ryo, oats. Irish
pota-oes, cotton, wool, rice, fruits, butler,
chee-^e, garden vegetables, hay, flax, grass
seeds, beeswax, honey; and some barlev,
iMickw heat, wine, hops, liemp, silk and
maple sugar are produced. The upland
country contains oaks of sevei al specue,
besides, hickory, Maple, ash and walnm;
in the low country pine; and in the
swamps also pine, cedar, cypress, with
■some maple w.ith oak, poplar, ,and an un-
dergiowth of vines, briers, &c. In the
drier parts white^ and red oaks flourish.
The inaniifactoiles are cotton woolen
turpe-itine distilleries, saw mills, tobacco
and carriage factories. North Carol na
exports lumber, pitch, tar and turpemine
with rice, cotton, &c., on a smaller scale,
the export of naval stores exceeds that of
any other if not all the states in the
Union —N. Y, rSouth
To fatten fowls within ten or fourtee t
days, they ought to be placed in a wood
en cage two feet above the soil the bot
tom of the cage to be strewn with wood
ashes daily ; the food snonld consist of
rice, boiled in skimmed milk, adding a
spoonful of carbonate of soda ; the p.-)ul-
iry ought to receive idso, pure water
twice a day, and, like the food, in eai th
en vessels. The chief object is to maintain
great cleanliness, and to avoid the pres
ence of any acid. The flesh of fowls thus
fattened is highly praised.—Southern
Former.