THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND.
WtKiiiesduy; Oclolier 13 9.S75.
L-A-W, LAW.
Como list to me a iiiinnto,
A song, I’m going to sing it,
There’s something serious in it,
'Tis all about the law,
L A loul)lo U law,
Which has such a high old claw.
Clio.—If you’re fuud^f pure ve.\-atiou.
And sweet procrastination,
You are just in a situation
To enjoy a suit at law.
Snail-lihc your cause is creeping.
It hinders you from sleeping,
Attnvu(‘ys only reaping,
For still your cash they draw,
1) li A double U draw,
*Is the mainspring of the law.
Cho.—If you’rt, fond of pure vexation, &:c.
Oh, mis’ry, toil and trouble,
Slake np the luibble-bubhle,
And leave you nought but stubble,
Or only a man of straw,
L A double U law.
Divides the wheat from straw.
Cho.- If you’re fond of pure vexation, &o.
In a rotten stick yonr trust is,
You And tlio bubble burst is,
And the’ you don’t get justice,
You’re sure to get plenty of law,
And L A double U law,
Leaves you not worth a straw.
Cho.—If you’re fond of pure vexation, &c.
So it life’s all sugar and honey,
And fortune has alway-s been sunny,
And you want to get rid of your money,
W'hy then just go to law,
And L A (loublo U law,
Will like a blister dr?iw.
Cho.—If you’re fond of pure vexation, &c.
GOD BLESS YOU.
How«5mply fall those simple words
Upon the human heart,
When friends long hound in strongest tics,
Ato .doomed by fate to part!
You sadly press the hand of those
Who thus in love caress you,
And soul respon.'Mve beats to soul,
In breathing out'‘God blrss you
It never pays to tret and growl
When fortune seems our foe,
The better bred will push ahead
And strike the braver l)low.
For luck is work,
Aud those who shirk.
Should not lament their dtxun,
• But yield the play,
And clear the way,
That heltcr men have room.
What a Boy caa Bo.
About two hundred and sixty
years ag'O a poor lad of sovcntoeii
was seen traveling on foot in the
south of Eng^land. lie carried
over his shoulder, at the end ol
liis stick, all the clothing he had
in th(^ world, and had in his poeJe-
et an old leather purse, with a
few pieces of money given him
by bis mother when, with a
throbbing, prayerful heart, she
took her leave of him on the road
a short distance from her own
cottage.
And who was John ? for that
was his name. He was the son
of poor but honest and pious peo
ple, and had six brothers and live
sisters, all of whom had to labor
for a living. lie was a godly lad,
and at fourteen was disappointed
in getting a place as parish clerk,
and with his parents’ consent set
out to get employment.
At the city of Exeter, Avhere he
first went, he met with no suc
cess ; but as he looked on tlio
beautiful cathedral, and in the
booksellers’ windows, a strong de
sire sprung iip in liis mind to be-
oomo a scliolar, and at once he
set out for the University at Ox
ford, some two liundred miles off,
walking the whole way. At night
he sometimes slept iii barns, or
on the sheltered side of a bay-
stack, and often met with strange
companions. He lived ehieily on
bread and water, with occasional
ly a draught of milk as a luxury.
Arriving in tlic s})lendld city of
Oxford, his clotliing nearly worn
out and very dusty, his feet soi’c,
and his spirit depressed, ho know
nat what to do. lie h.ad lieard
of the Exeter College in Oxford,
and thither lie went, aud to Ids
great deligiit was engaged to car
ry coal into tho kitchen, clean
pans, and that kind of work.
IIer(b while scouriug his pans,
he might bo often seen reading a
book. His studious habits soon
attracted the attention of tlie au
thorities, who admitted him into
college as a poor scholar, provid
ing for all his wants. Ho studied
hard and was soon at the head of
his class, lie rose to great emi
nence as a sciiolar, was very use
ful as a minister of Ciirist, and
many years before his death,
whicii took place when ho was
seventy-two, ho visited his fatlier
and motlier, Avho were delighted
to SCO llieir sou not only a “groat
scholar,” but a pious bishop.
Such was the history of Dr. John
Prideaux, who used to say, “If I
had been parish clerk of Ugbo-
rough, I should never have been
bishop of Worcester.” lie loft
many voluminous works as fruits
of his industry and learning.—
YouWs Instructor.
THE GK2*3aArJ ASVLUlti
We rogi’et to loam tliat this in
stitution is in need of immediate
assistance, to enable it to eujiply
the wants of the orphans. There
is no institution of charity in tiie
State which so strongly appeals
to tho hearts of the people as
this. Shall it be sustained, and
made the means of training the
orphan children of the State for
lives of morality and usefulness,
or be permitted to fall and those
children to be turned loose to
grow up in ignorance aud vice ?
The question must be answered
by the men and women of the
State, and must be answered at
once. It will bo a burning sliame
if its doors arc allowed to bo
closed for tho want of the means
necessary to carry it on. The
money expended for vrliiskey
urnuki feed all the orphans in tlie
State. Yes, tlie amount fed to
and destroyed by tho worthless
dogs of Nortli Carolina, would
feed, clothe' and educate the or
phans.
Wc liave no doubt but tberc
are many peojile in tlie country
who would willingly contribute if
the matter was brought to their
attention, and that is our .object
in writing this. Provisions, cloth
ing or anything you can spare,
it delivered upon the llailroad aud
marked to the “Orphan Asylum,
Oxford” will reach its destination.
Who that reads tliis will at once
send a barrel of flour, or corn, or
a hundi’od pounds of bacon ?—
Warrenton Gazette.
A City Ulster the Scia.
Tifte Poiie’ied WosMan.
SniTounded by people whom
lier gracious good-breeding com
pels into a like courtliness ' is tho
polished woman whose freedom
from mannerisms and quiet grace
will maJee her queen wherever
she is ; for you fool there is a re
serve force of character and ti'uo
w'omanliness behind her tact aud
refinement. She is witty witJiout
being loud, and has all the marks
of good-breeiling wdiicli Oliver
Wendell Holmes enumerates:
“Good cb’ossing, quiet 'vays, eyes
that do not wander, sbyuoss of
personalities, except in certain in
timate communions.” You may
not meet sucli a woman every
where, although you may see im
itations, but when you do, pay at
once tliat homage which genuine
elegance commands from all.
In the later end of last century
old Port Royal disappeai'od Ije-
neatli the waves in an earthquake,
leaving no memorial behind tlum
these few roofs. In calm and
clear evenings, when there is not
a ripple on the- glassy surface of
the sea, you may look dosvn into
fifteen fathoms of water and see
submerged bouses, towers and
chiircbe.s, with sharks swimming
quietly in and out of tho open
window’s of their belfries. The
work of centuries was destroyed
in a few moments by one single
convulsive throb of this thin film
on which man lias lived and spec
ulated i'or ages past.—An Ameri
can diving company, instigated
in their enterprise by tales ot un
told wealth buried beneath the
sea by this sudden shock, rescued
no treasures but the big bell sus
pended in tho bell tower, and do
nated the same to tho muscuiii ol
the Island, where it may bo seen
with many puzzling inseviption.s
upon it wixich nobody has yet
been able to decipher.
A Bey assti his
Of all the love affairs in the
world, says Berian Green, none
can surpass the true love of a big
boy for his mother. It i.s a love
pure asid noble, honorable in the
iiighest degree to both. I do not
mean nioroly a dutiful affection.
I mean a love which makes a boy
gallant to his mother, saying
plainly to everybody tliat be is
fairly in love with her. Ne.xt to
tho love of a husband, nothing so
crowns a woman’s life with hon
or as this second love, tliis devo
tion of tho sou to her. And I
never yet knew a boy to “turn
out” badly who began by lalling
in love witli his mother.—Any
man may fall in love with a fresli
faced girl, and the man who is
gallant.to tho girl may cruelly
neglect tlio worn and weary wife.
But tlie big boy irho Is a lovor of
his mother at middle age is a true
kuiglit, who will love his wife
as much in sereleaf autumn
as ho did in the daisied spring.
There is nothing so beautifull}'
cliivalrous as the love of a big
boy for his mother.
A bright German gentleman,
retired from business, relates the
following little ancwidoto:
“Going down to New York the
other nlglit on the boat,” said he,
“I got chatting with a German
acquaintance, and asked him what
he was doing.
■ “ ‘Veil,’ he replied, ‘slioostnow
I am doing nodings, but I bavo
made arrangements to go into
pizness.’
“ ‘Glad to bear it. Wliat are
V'ou going into f’
“ ‘Veil, 1 goes into partnersliip
mit a man.’
“ ‘Do you put in mucli capital?’
“ ‘No; 1 doesn’t put in no gab-
it.al.’
“ ‘Don’t want to risk it, eh V
“ No ; but 1 puts in'do expori-
enoo.’
“ ‘And he puts in tire capital 1’
“ ‘Yes, dot is it. We goes in
to pizness for dreo year ; he puts
in de gabital, I puts in de exper
ience. At do end of de droo year
I will have de gabital, and he
wdll have do experience 1’ ”—Ilar-
j)er's,for October.
A little girl came into our
house one day, aud some applo-
par'ings lay on a plate on the ta
ble. After sitting a little wliilo,
she said : ‘I smell apples.’ ‘Y''es,’
I replied, “I guess you smell
those apple-parings on tlie plate.”
“No, no,” said she, “’taint them 1
siiioll; 1 smell whole apples.”
lion. A. II. Stephens, of Geor
gia, ill an address at a meeting in
Alexandria, for the lienefit of the
Orphan Asylum and Free School
?f that city, related tho following
anecdote:
A jioor little boy on a cold
night ill January 'vitli no home
or roof to shelter Ids head, no
paternal or inatei'nal guardian or
guide to protect or direct liim on
ills way, reached at nighifall the
liouso of a. rich planter, wlio took
liini in, fed, lodged, .and sent him
on his way, with his blessing.
Those kind attentions cheered his
heart and inspired liiui. with fresh
courage to battle with the ob
stacles of life. YVars rolled on ;
Frovidence led him on ; liad he
reached the legal jirofession that
host h.ad died; the cormor; sin
that prey on the substance of man
iiad formed a consjiiracy to get
from the willow her estates. She
sent for tho nearest consed to com
mit her cause to him, and that
counsel proved to be tho orphan
bov years before welcomed and
band. Tho stimulus of a warm
and tenacious gratitude was nov>'
added to the ordinary motives
connected with the profession.
He undertook her cause with a
will not ea.sily to )>c resisted; he
gained it; the widow’s estates
wore secured to her in perpetuity ;
and, Mr. Stephens added, witli
an emphasis of emotion that sent
its electric thrill through out tho
house, “that orjihati boy ifiinds be-
dorc you I”
Lorenzo Dow was once prcatih-
iiig in tho eastern part of Oomiet-
icut to a crowded house, the
season being midwinter, and the
weather extremely cold. During
the sermon the eongregation
would make frequent visits to tlie
stove to warm up. Tlie old man
stocul tho interruption until for
bearance ceased to bo a virtue :
.stopping sliort in tho iniddie of a
sentunce, he said, “Those who
liave holes in their stuckings imi v
now go to the stovo and warm
their feet.” Ho was annoyed
no nioro during the service.
Artomiis Ward wa.s on a slow
Oalifornia train, and ho wont to
the condueter and suggested tliat
the cow-catchcr was on the wrong
end of the train ; “For,” said he,
you wiil'never overtake a cow,
you know ; but if yoti’d put it on
tbo other end in niig'lit bo useful,
for now there’s nothin’ on
eartii to hendor a cow from
walkin’ right in and bitin, tho
folks!”
ConiiziirJeea of Sishoi'itlnate Stodges
A£s3>oin?e^ M?3dcr il2cs«>l85JfiO!3 o-S’
to ri:.3f»e Cwn-
trlil>j5Jfl03Ts lo? tsB« OsjSjsiu AayicaiiJis;
lihanolcc, ~()-l, U. \V. DiUiiel, F. M. Hicks
W. T. Kco. ’
ML Olive, 21)3 ■ -JessG T Albritton, Joel Lof-
tiu, D Justice.
Berea, 204—W II Ke;v)n?, P H IHcbiIowp, R
W Ht.l.-t.oil, E C Alien, A Slicnnan.
Lebanon, JS’'o. 207.—Juo. II. Smnincrsctt,
Win. Merritt, W. S, Frin.k
3IcCormick, 228, A. Dalrymplo' Natluvn Dim
gali, W () Thinuas.
Lenoir, 222, Beiija S Graily, Jolin S Bizzpll,
S B Palvcrr, John II AUlridgo, Jacob P
Hiivpor.
Wiacacon, 240, Xorinan L. Sliaw, Matthew
Brewer, Win E. Peel.
Bontdree, 242.—Allen Johii.ston, Saimiel
Quineeloy, Win D Tucker, W T Moso-
h'v, P Piltman, Jloiiry F Bronks.
Newlern, 24"), J E West, T Powers, E Ilubbs.
Cataivha Lodfje, No. 248.—R. P. Rienhardt
J. N. Lon;^, D. W. Rainsour,
Shuoh, 2.50, W. 11. Gregory, Rev E. Hines,
2'. J. Pittard.
Farmington, 2G5.—L. G. Hunt, W G
Johnston, W. F. Fiirches.
Wataurja, 272.—J. W. Council, J. Harding,
L. L. Gro n.
New Lheanon 214, Samuel Yvilliaiua, John
Jacobs, \V M Speiioe.
Jeriinalein, 21.5—^Jolm H Davis, GeoK Bam-
hardt, ThmntvsM Besseut.
MattamuRkeet, .‘>28—3 S Baer, J C McCloud
FayetUviUe, 22B, zV S Heiilo, W M, B E
Sedberry, S W, and George 1’ McNeill
J W.
ML Moriah, IT D., J W Powell, J B PhJ
lips, W P liities.
THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND,
Published at the Orphan Asylum,
OXFOUD, N. c.
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American George ijodae. No 17—-Dr C 1/
Campbell, H. C. zMaddry G. W. Spencer.
Davie, 20, Tliomas J. Pugh, Jorepii Cotton,
Geo. A. Tally.
Hiram, 40.—J. C. R. Little, T W
Blake, A. II. Winston.
Concord 58, W G Jzcwis, John W Cotton
Joseph P. Suggs.
Scotland Neck, G8, A. B. Hill, W E. Wiii!-
nioro, G. L. Hyman.
Fagh, 71—James R Gattis, Charles C Tayori
Isaac li Strayhoni.
Orr, 104—J F Randolph, T J Carmali, Rich
ard Granger.
Cdhitoyi, 107, N. M. Roan, J. C. Griffith, C
Watson.
St. Alhane Lodge, No. 114—Ed. MoQuocn,
Clinton, No. 124.—Thos. White, li Y
Yarbrn, G. >S. Baker, J. G. King.
H. T. Pitman and Neill Townsend.
ML Lebanon, No. 117.—James W Lancaster^
A. J. Browm, S. B. Waters.
T-iirScarora, 122, M B Jones, W S Grandy, W
li Tumor.
Franklin, 109. Wm. if. Thompson, F B
ilaco, B.Lowoubcrg.
ML Energy, 140—J B Floyd, II Haley, W
E Bullock. .
Bolesville, 15G, C II Horton, I II Scarboro,
A R Young.
Buffalo Lodge, 172.—A. A. Melver, A A
Harrington, B. G. Cole, A. il. Wickei
and, li. ir. Brown.m
Cary. !98, A D Blaewokod, P A Sorrel, K
H Jones.
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