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THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND.
M'ediivsday, IVovcBsiber 24, 1875.
SPECIAL BOYS’ AND GIRLS’
COLUMN.
Below we give a well written
letter from “E. A.,” the first in
answer to our proposition in a re
cent number of the “PViend.”
We hope he will continue to write
for this column, on any subject
his mind may suggest. Who
'will follow next? We wuint the
boys and girls all over the State
to respond, and if they wish to
write on other subjects than the
one suggested in our proposition,
let them do so. Girls and boys,
let us hear from you.
Neak Littleton’, N. C., )
Nov. l.'ith 1875, j
Editor Ori’Hans’ Friend :—Hav
ing seen your request in the Or
phans' Friend that the boys and
girls of tiie differnt counties of
tile State would write you a de
scription of the different sections
in wliich they live 1 now attempt
to comply.
1 live in the county of Halifax,
in the central part of tlie State, or
that jiart which is first reached
atter getting into the hill country
*u coming up from the coast. It
is bounded on the north and east
by t'ne Roanoke River, on the
south .by the counties of Martin,
Jidgecomb and Nash, and on the
tweS, by Aie county of Warren.
Ilii.ere.ajs no rivers immediate
ly in the .county, but, as 1 stated
.aDovq, the iRoanoke is on its north
ern amd liastern boundry. It is
formed !by tlie junction of the
Dan, .which rises in North Car
olina, .and ithe Staunton, wliicb
ruses inyifginia, flows in a soiitii-
easterly .aud^easterly course, and
empties int© Albemarle Sound.
It is .mav.jgahle for steamboats as
tfar up as .tlie .town of Weldon, and
Ibut for Ills rocks and rapids,
.would he navigable much farther.
Tliere.are Jio Mountains in the
;ounty’; the sui-face is billy in
the western part and level in the
eastern.
The principal agricultural pro
ductions of tlie county are corn,
cotton, tobacco, wlieat, peas,
beans, potatoes and all of the
garden vegetables.
In .many sections fruit raising
ha* laeeu attended with great suc
cess, .and some miles below here
,Garre.t & Bros, have a hundred
or mtu'e acres in grapes, and there
are vineyards in otlier sections.
The principal towns are Halifax,
the county-seat, situated on the
Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
and on the Roanoke. Weldon, also
on the Roanoke, is a considerable
railroad center, and is the bead
of navigation. It has water power
sufficient to make it the Manches
ter of America if there was only
' capital to utilize it. I know of
but few schools in the county.
'I'liemost prominent are Vino Hill
Academy, at Scotland Neck, and
Bethel Collegiate Institute, near
Littleton; to the latter 1 have
been going all this year and 1
like it very niucli.
Gold and iron ore are found, and
the gold is mined to some extent,
thouarh I think the iron is not at
all.
The Raleigh & Gaston, one of
the oldest Railroads in the State,
runs directly througli Halifax.
Gaston was originally intended
to be the terminus of this road, but
it was subsequently extended to
Weldon. *
E. A.
The defects of the understand
ing like tliose of the face, grow
worse as they
old.
HOLD YOVB HEAD UP DIKE A
MAW.
If tlie stormy winds should rustla,
AVliileyou tread tho world's highway.
Still against them bravely tussle,
Hope and labor day by day ;
Falter nut, no matter whether,
There is sunshine, storm or calm,
And ill every hind of weather,
Hold your head uj) like a man.
If a brother should deceive you.
And should act a traitor’s part,
Never let his treason grieve you,
Jog along with lightsome heart:
Fortune seldom follows fawning,
Boldness is the bettor plan,
Hoping for a better dawning,
Hold your head up like a man.
Earth though ever so rich and mellow
Yields not for tlie worthless drone,
But tho hold aiul honest fellow,
He can sliift and stand alone :
Spurn the knave of every nation,
Always do the best you can,
And no matter what your station,
Hold your head up like a man.
a Di|>.
“I am sorry you were uot at
recitation yesterday,” said tlie
college professor to one of iiis
students, as the young man rose
to recite; “you lost a dip by
your absence.” “Lost a dip, siv I
I don’t quite understand you,”
said the student. “Did you nev
er see tallow candles made by
dipping ?” asked tlie professor.
‘The cotton wicking for the can
dles is strung on rods, a dozen
pieces on a rod. One by one the
rods are held over a vessel of mel
ted tallow, and the wicks are dip-
pel into tlie grease. Then the
rods are set aside for tlie tallow
to cool on the wicks. When all
have been once dipped tho pro
cess is commenced anew. At
each successive dipping the can
dles are a little larger tlian bef ire,
and so they grow to comple' ion.
We are doing a similar wc.k. in
tliis class, day by day. Yester
day the others of the clasps wore
dipj>ed again, and I tn »t their
minds took on somethinj. more of
our subject or study, and are the
larger in con.sequencc. You, lost,
one dip by your absence, and 1
fear you will nnt casUy overtake
3'our class-mates do were here.
If you want yor .■ mind to grow
you must be (V .-eful not to lose a
single dip wh.ch would expand
it.” The ^indent never forgot
tliat illustration. It may be sug
gestive to people of all profes
sions.
My Privilege.
“A man has the right to do
wliat he pleases with his own so
he don’t hurt any body else.”
This idea is pretty wide spread
and popular: but to our certain
knowledge It has spoiled a num
ber of good people. Many a man
has been carried to the dogs by
what lie is pleased to call his
“privilege,” “That’s my privi
lege” is the stock in trade of the
fool who sets his stupid opinion
up against the reason of a wise
man. Why the man never was
more mistaken in all tlie da3’s of
his life. It is not his privilege at
all; it is no more nor less tlian a
shabby excuse for being a fool
and is so regarded b3^ all men of
sense. And so with the idler, the
drunkard, the spend thrift all
have their privilege ; and the)"
generally have nothing else.
Patience the Cuown.—People
are always talking of persever
ance and courage and fortitude ;
but patience is the tiiiest and
worthest part of fortitude, and tlie
rarest too. I have known t>veu-
U" persevering girls to one patient
one ; but it is only the tvvent3'-
first one who can do lier work,
out and out, and enjo}^ it. For
patience lies at the root of all
pleasures as well as ol all powers.
Moral Couragre in Daily L.ifc.
“Moral Courage,” w'as printed
in large letters as the caption of
the following items, and placed
in a conspicuous jdace on the door
of a S3'stematic merchant in New
York, for constant reference, and
furnished b3’ him for publication :
Have tlic courage to discharge
a debt while }^ou have the money
in 3’our possession.
Have the courage to do with
out that which 3’0ii do not need,
however much your eyes may
covet it.
Have the courage to speak to
a fi’ieiid in a seed3^ coat, even
though 3’ou are in compan3' with
a rich one, and riclily attired.
Have the courage to speak your
mind when it is necessary that
3^ou should do so, and hold your
tongue when it is prudent that
3’ou sliould do SO.
Have the courage to own that
3'0ii are poor, and thus disarm
povert}' ol its sting.
Have the courage to tell a man
wlu' 3’ou refuse to credit him.
Have the the courage to cut
tlie most agreeable acquaintance
3"Ou have when you are convinced
that he lacks principle—a friend
should bear with a friend’s infir
mities, but not with Ins vices.
Plave the courage to show 3'our
respect for honesty, in rwhateve
guise it appears, and 3"Our con
tempt for dishonest3' and duplici
ty, 1)3' whomsoever exhibited.
Have the courage to prefer
coii'fort and proprietj' to fashion
ill a11 things.
Have the courage to acknowl-
{ dge your ignorance, rather than
to seek for knowdedge under false
pretenses.
Have the courage in providing
ad entertainment for 3’Our friends
not to exceed 3’our means.
US A l*rol'e$!isiosi.
The business of making people
laugh is no joke. Punsters and
wits, -whose specialt3' it is to set
the table in a roar, are generalU',
ivhon off dut}', a ch ipfallen tribe.
Writers w'ho produce largely in
the Immorous st3’le, are, in at
least three cases out of five, gloo-
m\' and taciturn. Comic actors,
as a class have alwa3'» been no
torious for then’ melancholy bear
ing beliind the scenes. Liston,
the comedian, tho expression of
who.se face, even in repose, was
so ludicrous that it provoked
shouts of laughter, was one of the
most confirmed 113'pochondnacs
of his da}'; and Williams, for
3'ears the leading representative
of broad farce in America, used
to cry like a whipped schoolboy
whenever an3’thing went wrong
with him. When Dominique, the
French commedian, was convul
sing all Paris with his drolleries,
a ph3'sician of that cit3' was one
day visited b3' a miserable-look
ing man, wdio asked what he
should do to get rid of a horrid
desire to commit suicide wdiicli
continually haunted him. “Go
and see Dominique,’ said the doc
tor. “Alas !” replied the unfor
tunate wretcli, T am Dominique.’
Foi’ced humor is indeed a sorr3’’
business. 1’here is a reactionaiy
principal in human nature vvhich
renders depression the inevitable
consequent of over-strained mer
riment. The philosophy of all
this is, that although wit and hu
mor are cheerful faculties when
suffered to develop themselves
spontangously, they are quite the
reverse when compelled to drudge.
In fact, no one faculty can be
overworked except at the expense
of all the others. To keep the
body in a health3', vigorous, elas
tic condition, its attributes must
be property exercised. It is the
same witli the mind.—Selected.
Say So.
Nillie w'as four 3^ears old. He
had been m3’- favorite playfellow
all summer. But one da3^ he sat
by my side for a long time, unu
sually thoughtful. At last he
turned and said, ‘A ,, do
3'ou love me ?
‘Why, Nillie,’ said I, ‘of course
I love 3^11. What made }^ou
think I did not V
He answered : ‘Well, I didn’t
know; I never heard 3’ou sa^
much about it’
Moral: Neighbor, if you love
3’Our neighbor; citizen, if you
love 3^our countiy; pai*onts, if 3’ou
love 3’Our cliildren ; brothers, if
>’ou love 3^our sisters; husband, if
3’0ii love 3 0ur wife ; Christian, if
3’OU love 3’onr Savior, Bible or
church ; aE3’bod3’- if >’011 love
anybod3’ else or aiydhiiig 3'ou are
not a ashamed of, do sa^ so some
times.—Christian at Work,
Things 3’OU will not be sorr}'
for.—
For hearing before judging.
For tliinking before speaking.
For liolding an angr3’ tongue.
For stopping the ear to a tattler.
For refusing to kick a fallen
man.
For being kind to the distressed.
For being patient to all.
For doing good to all men.
For walking uprightly before
God,,
For lending to the Lord.
For laying up treasures in hea
ven.
For asking pardon for wrongs.
For speaking evil of no man.
For being courteous to all.
A Grateful Elephant.—A
troop of elephants were accustom
ed to pass a green stall on their
wa\’ to water. The woman who
kept the stall took a fanov to one
of the elephants, and frequentl)’
regaled her favorite with refuse
greet s and fruit, wdiich produced
a corresponding attachment on
the })art of the elephant towards
the woman.
One da v the troop of elephants
urifortunatel)' overturned the poor
woman’s stall, and, in her haste
to preserve the goods, slie forgot
her little son, wlio w’as in dan
ger of being tramped to deatli.
The favorite ole})hant ])erceived
the child’s danger, and, taking
him up gentl\’ with his trunk,
carefulH’ jdaced him on the roof
of a shed close at hand.
C onaiuiciccs of SubortUsiatc Lodges
Appointed under fiesolution of
ttic Crruud liOdge, to raise Con-
U’lMitious for tlie Opiiaii Asylumsr
American George, 17—Dr. C L. Cainptell,. H
C Maddry, Q W Sponnor.
Davie, 3l), Thuinas J Fagh,^ Jusoph Cotten,
Geo A Tally.
Hiram, 40, JOB Little, T W Blake, A II
Winston.
Concen'd, 58, W G Lewis, John W Cotton,.
Joseph P Suggs.
Scotland Neck, 68, A B Hill, W E Whit
more, G L Hyman.
Eagle, 71, James A Gattis, Charles C Tay
lor, Isaac li Strayhom.
Orr, 104, J F Randolph, T J Cunnalt, I ich-
ard Granger.
Clinton, 107, N M Roan, J C Griflith, C
Watson.
Franklin, 109, Wm M Thompson, F B Mr ce,
B Lovvenberg.
St. Alhans Lodge, 114, Ed. MeQueon, H T
Pitman and Neill J'ownsiiud.
Mt. Lebanon, \17, James W Laiuastor, A J
Brown, S B Waters.
Tuscarora, 122, M B Jones, W S Grundy, W
R Turner.
OUnion, 124, Thus White, R Y Yarbro, G S
Baker. J G King.
lik Energy, 140, J B Floyd, H Haley, W E
Bullock.
Rolesville, 156, C H Horton, 1 H Scarboro, A
li Young.
Buffalo, 172, A A Mclver, A A Harrington,
B G Cole, A M Wicker, R M Brown.
Cary, 198, A D Blackwood, P A Sorrtd, R
H Junes.
BoanokCf 203, R W Daniel, E M Hicks, W
T Kce.
Berea, 204, W H Roams, F M Meadows, R
W Hobgood, E C Allen, A Sherman.
Lebanon, 207, Jno H Suminersett, Wm Mer
ritt, W S Frink.
Mt. Olixe, 208, Jesse T Albritton, Jt>el r»t-
lin, D M M Justice.
McCorniicli, 228, Dalrymple, Nalhan Dan-
gall, W 0 Thomas.
Lemir, 2.‘J3, Beuj. S Grady, John S Bixzell,
S B Parker, John H Aldridge, Jacob P
Harper.
Wiccacon, 240, Norman L Shaw, Mutthew
Brewer, Wm E I’eel.
Rountree, 243, Alien Johnston, S Quinceley,
Win D Tucker, W T Moseley, F M
Pittman, Henry F Brooks.
Newbern 245, J E West, T Powers, E Hnbbs.
Cataicba, 248, R P Rienhardt, J N Long, D
W Ramsour.
Shiloh, 250, W H Gregory, Rev E Hines, T
J Pittard.
Farmington, 26.’}, L G Hunt, W G Johnston,
W F Furches.
Watauga, 273, J W Council, J Harding, L
L Green.
Neic Lebanon, 314, Samuel Williams, John
Jacobs, W M Spence.
Jerusalem, 315, John H Davis, Geo E Bara-
h rlt, Tliomas M Bet«eut.
MuHamuslieei, .‘128, S S Baer, J C McCloud.
Fuyclteville, 329, A S Ileide, B E Sedberry,
George P McNeill.
Mt. Moriah, U. D., J W Powell, J B Phil
lips, W P Him-8.
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