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COLDffiM,
GIRLS’
We publish below two letters
from our young friends, written
in answer to our reeetit proposi
tion for letters of that kind. A\ e
hope to make this part of the pa
per quite interesting, to our young
readers especially. Let them
send on their communications,
and not forget to write only on
one side of the sheet ot paper.
St. Johns, Nov. 17th, 1875.
I live in Hertford county, N.
C., in the eastern part of the
State. It is bounded on the north
by the Virginia line, south by
Bertie conntv, east by Chowan
River, westby Nortlmiapton coun
ty. Meherrin River runs through
the northern part of the count}'.
It rises in the state of Virginia,
and empties in Chowan, two
miles above Winton, the county
seat. . Steamers and sail vessels
run on Chowan daily. Salt-wa
ter fish run up it in spring in
great abundance. Shad, rock,
herring and sturgeon. 1 have
heard of as many as two thous
and shad being caught at one
haul in Chowan. hrom fifty
tliousand to one hundred thous
and herring, and several thousand
rook. People that engage in
hauling the seine sond'it out two
or three miles in large bateaux
Wound the fish, then draw it in
steam or horse power.
The productions of the county
are cotton, oorn, potatoes and
peas. The fruits.that are raised are
grape®, apples, peaches, pears,
ploina and chen-ies. There are
several^varieties of grapes, Senp-
pernoug the chief variety.
The towns in Hertford county
are Murfreesboro and Winton.
Winton is tlie county seat, lying
on Chowan River. Murtreesboro
is located on the Meherrin River,
in the northern part of the coun
ty. Population between twelve
and fifteen hundred. 'I'lierc are
two small villages—Lmon and
Harrellsviile. d he occupatiou t)l
the inhabitants of tlie county is
merchants, mechanics and fann
ers. There are some very flour
ishing schools of both seexes. 1 wo
in Murfreesboro—tlie ivlethodist
College and Baptist—both female.
One male school throe miles east,
one six mile.s north, one male
school in Harrellsviile, and one
near Union. 1 think there has
something been doi e to aid in
the support ot tlie O.xford Asy
lum. My father takes your pa
per for my sister and myself, and
reading that has caused me to
reply to your letter, requesting
the little girls and boys to write
tor the Oiii'H.vNs’ Fkieno, describ
ing the situation ot their county.
Yours respectfully,
St. Johns.
Hertford contains four towns
or villages. Vfiuton, the county
seat, contains a new courthouse,
two hotels, a handsome Baptist
cliurcb, a Masonic I^odg'C, seven
stores, two retail liqnc-r shops, and
is on the Chowan River; Mur
freesboro, on the Meherrin River,
contains two female colleges, one
Methodist and one Baptist, and
one male school, one hotel, quite
a number of stores, a printing of
fice and a Daguerreiau gallery.
Harrellsviile is a pretty little vil
lage two miles from the Cliowau
River. Next and “last, but not
least,” is our flourisbiug little vil
lage of Union with eight stores,
two cotton gins, (run by steam,)
one hotel, one Methodist church,
and is situated seven miles south
west of AViuton. I am sorry to
say tluit the people of this county
do not generally take as much
interest in the orphans as I thitdc
they should. I have now given
you an account of Hertford. I
still remain
Y”ouvs truly,
L. E. T.
THEY AKE GOIMG DOWN THE
VALEEY'.
Gone to the grave is our loved
one.
Gone with a youthful bloom ;
Lowly we beud, schoolmate and
friend
Passing away to the tomb.
Cho.-—They are going down the
valley,
The deep, dark valley;
We’ll see their- faces never
Near AVinton N. C., )
Nov. 20th 1875. >
Me. Editor ; —I will now at
tempt to give yo\r some account
of Hertford county in which 1
live. It is in the north-eastern
part of the State, and is bounded
on the north by Sorrtharnptori, Va.,
on the east by the Chowan Riv
er, on the south by Bertie and
on the west by Northampton.
The Mehai riu River flows througli
lhl» County, and the Chowan
borders on it. The Meherrin ris
es in Virgini-a and empties iir the
Ohowan. AVheat, cotton and
corn are the chief products. Ap
ples, peaches, pears and grapes
rtre the principal fruits.
more.
Till we pass down the
Talley,
The dar-k, death valley,
iind meet them on the
other shore.
Oft we have mingled together,
Sometimes in prayer and song ;
Now when we meet, this one we
greet
Never again in our throng.
Cho.—They are going, &c.
Sweetly the form will be sleeping.
Under the cypress sluide ;
Sad though we be, fondly will wo
Cherish the name of the dead.
Clio.—They are going, &c.
Down in the valley they’re going,
Hown to the other shore;
Brrt with the blest—fair land of
rest—
AAfoeping will come never more.
Cho.—They are going, &c.
For the Orplifltis’ Fritnid.
A LaTF.lfiARr viiasiosa'i-v.
Mr. Editor :
The following Is an exact copy
of a poster which was found on a
street in Oxford, giving notice of
an “Eiitej'taiumeut,” which would
(dose the exercises of a school in
tlie county about twelve miles
distant. It is hardly necessary
to state that the “scliool-master”
was an “American citizen of Af
rican descent.” The original no
tice is in my possession, and is
worthy to be preserved among
the curiosities of ait antiquary.
(Or “archives of grabity. )
A Lady.
TAKE NOTICE
Gentlemen and Ladies I will'
Now inform you of A Tabalaux
Which will be given iu and
on the 21 of July on this coniiig
Friday night in the prefi rauce of
the Bchofu their you will enjoy
youi'self very much indeed the
young Ladies will be very glad
to have the young Gentlemen to
come and visit them there will be
A nice super of ice cream Lem-
anade cats of all kind come
Along and after tlie Tabalaux are
over there will be a lai-ga ball to
enjoy youi'self to dance by you
can enjoy yourself all night danc
ing. Sevrel pieces will be a tod
my maytomicle boys upon the
chair my maytomicle boys upon
the rope acting on a rope wo will
have a baud of Music to drums
oue or to fifes Aduiitiou 25 cts a
head only 25 cts if any oue hriug
in any oue it will be 50 cts for
him and who he brings.
The music to the hymn ‘From
Greenhnid’.-i icy mountams,’ was
conqiosed by Lowel Mason, in
Savannah, Georgia, in 1827, at
the suggestion of a young lady.
Tlie circumstances were tlius re
lated by Air. Mason in a letter to
a friend: ‘One day as I met her
(Miss Moward) slid said to me in
substance : ‘Air. Mason, I liave
just received from a friend the
copy of a beautiful hymn, but it
is of so singular meter that I can
not find any tune to it. AA’ill you
write ono for me 1’ Certainly,’
I replied. I took it home and
wrote the music impromptu. AYhen
I saw her soon after, I handed if
to her. 1 do not remember that
it was sung in public in Savan
nah, but it became so popular
that, not long afterward, I had it
printed by Barker, of Boston, and
published by him.’
A religion which is but an in
tellectual conviction ot the truth
and does not call into exorcise
the emotions af the heart, can
have but little, effect upon tie
life.
Tbc Witeher;
Almost every man can cite
scores of cases, within Ins know!
edge, where pleasing manner.-«
ha^■e made tlie fortunes of law
yers, doctors; divines, merchants,
and, in short, men in every walk
(.iflite. Raleigh flung down his
laced coat in tlie mud for Eliza
beth to walk on, and got for his
rewai-d a proud Queen’s fav( r.
'I'he politician who lias this advan
tage easily distances all rival
candidates, for every voter he
speaks with becomes bis friend.
Polished manners have often
made scoundrels successful, while
the best of men, by their hardness
and coldness,, have done them
selves incalculable injury; tiie
shell being so rough that the
world could hbt believe there was
a precious kernel within. Civilit}
is to a man what beauty is to a
woman. If captivates people in-
stanter, while the opposite quality
excites as quick aprejudice against
liim. It i» a real ornament, worth
more as a means of winning favor
than the fittest jewels ever worn.
Au old Hutch dominie in tlie
country, Rev. Dr.- , vt-as a
shrewd man, and he once had a
balky horso, which always stop
ped at th© foot of a certain liill
and took liis own time for start
ing, One pleasant morning the
dominie concluded he would tr}'
his way of curing the horse, so
he put a day’s provision and a
day’s reading into his carriage,
and started for tholiill. At thefooi
tlie horse balked as usual. The
doctor laid dovvnthe reins, settled
back himself and took out his
book. After waiting sometime
the horse concluded he would go,
but with rein and voice the doc
tor forbade it, so they stayed
there all that day till it was too
dark to read, when, hungry and
thirsty, and siib'bi the horso
went np the hill, and never balk
ed again.
Rats greatly infest shijts, and
are bv them carried to every
part of the world. S o iiidr.strious-
Iv do they make homes for them-
st'lves In tlie numerous craimies
and eorners in the hull of a ship
that it is almost impossible to get
rid of tlteni. Sliips take out rats
as well as passengers and cargo
every voyage; wliether tiio for
mer remain in tlie ship at port is
best known to themselves. AYlien
the East India Company had
ships of their own they employed
a rat-catcher, who sometimes
captured 500 ra.ts iuoue ship just
returned from Calcutta. The
ship rat is often the black species.
Sometimes black and brown in
habit the same vessel, and, uules.s
they carry on pei'petual hostilities,
the one party will keep to the
head of the vessel and the other
to the stern. The ship rat is very
anxiou-S that his supply of fresh
water shall not fail; he will come
on dock when it rains, and climb
np the wet sails to suck them.
Sometimes he mistakes a spirit
cask for a water cask, and gets
drunk. A captain of an Ameri
can merchant ship is credited (or
discredited) with an ingenious bit
of sharp practice as a means of
cleai’ing Ids ship from rats. Hav
ing discharged cargo at a port In
Holland, he found his siiip in
juxtaposition to another which
had jus taken in a cargo of Dutch
cbteso. Ho laid a plank at night
from the one vessel to the other;
the I'ats, tempted by tiio odor,
trooped along the plank and be
gan theii- feast. He took care
that the plank should not be there
to serve them as a pathway back
again; and so the cUeese-laden
ship had a cruel addition to its
outward cargo.—All The Year
Mound.
Buffalo, 172, A A Mervor. A A Hsvrringtou,
B G ChIo, a M Wickor, K M Brown.
Cary, 198, A D Blackwood, P A Surrol, K
H Jouen.
203, R W Daiiio’, E Hicks, W
T Koc.
Berea, 204, W II Ro:ttn.s, F IT irtn.dtiws, U
W Hobgood, E C Alien, A yheriiuin.
Lebanon, 207, Jtto II Suimuorselt, Wui ilcr-
3‘itt, W S Frink.
Mt. Olive, 208, Josso T Albritton, Joel Ixtf-
tin, D M M Justice.
McContvicl:, 228, Dalryuiple, Dan-
gall, ^V 0 Thomas.
Lenoir, 233, Bcnj. S Ilrady, John S BIzztdl,
S B Fiirker, John 11 Aldridge, Jacob 1*
Harper.
Wiccacon, 240, Nonnan L Sliaw, Matthew
Brewer, Win E Peel.
Bountree, 243, Allen Johustou, S Quinoeley,
Win D Tucker, W T Moseley, F M
Pittman, Henry F Brtioks.
A'ett>6em24.j, J E West, T Powers, E Habbs.
CaUttvha, 248, R P Kicuhardt, J K Long, D
W Ramsour.
Shiloh, 250, W H Gregory, Rev £ Iliuea, T
J Pittard.
Farmington, 2G.'5, L G Hant, W 0 Johneton,
W F Fnrehes.
Watauga, 273, J W Conuoil, J Harding, L
L Green.
New Lebanan, 314, Samool WUliama, John
Jacobs, W M Spence.
Jernsakm, 315, John U Davis, Geo S Barn-
h^rJt, 'rhomae M Beseent.
Mattumasheet, .‘128, S S J C MoClood.
FayettwiUey't^Hii, A S Ueide, B E S«db«rry,
Ueorge P McXsill.
Mt. U. D., J W Powell* J B Phil
lips, W P Hines.
A grandchild of Dr. Emmons.
Mrs old
troubh
- , . ,j ing of the Grand I..od:*e, but o«6 need aot he
when not more than six years old, limit. '
amo to I'iin will
\vei^>‘hino‘ on her mind.
“A. B. suVs the moon is msule
of o-reen cheese, and I don’t be
lieve it.”
‘Don’t you believe itf Why
not V
‘I know it i.sn't.’
‘But })o\v do YOU know V
‘Is it, '^Tondpa V
‘Don't ask me the que.stioii j you
must find it out ' o irscdf.’
‘How can 1 find out V
‘You muststu lv into it.’
She knew enough to resort to
the first of Genesis for informa
tion, and aftei' a truly Kmmons-
like search, she ran into the stu-
dy.
I’ve found it! The moon is not
made of green cheese, for tlie
moon was made before the cows-
THE OIUHIANS’ FRIEND,
Published at tfie Orphan
OXT'ORD, a. c.
Prick, $1.00 a yt»ar, Casu, posfeige
paid here.
Advertisememts inserted at 10 ■♦cBta a
line for first insertion and 5 cents a Hue I’er
ench coutiaaaiice. About eight words make
z line.
The paper is edited by the officers %f the
iiistitution without extra oompeusaVeB ; and
nmeh of the work of priuting it is dene by (he
Orphans.
All the net profits go to the ^
Asylum.
We ask every present snbsndber to gel as
III least oue ndditiwmd naiae before the tseel-
August 25th, 1875.
B. a.
L LV(»N, JR. E. DAI.BY
[Cats of ^'Daltfg
LYON, DALBY GO.,,
MAXEFAC rURER^?' OF
were
I’
Coiuauitcctis ot SuSsoraUaitate Lodges'
Appoiuted uatticr I&csoiuUon of
the Grand I.odge, to raise Con
tributions for the Ophan Asylums:
American George, 17-*—Dr. C L Campbell H
C Maddry, G W Spencer.
Davi^, 3l), Thomas J Pugh, Joseph Cottd’
Ggo a Tally.
HWain, 40, J 0 R Littlb, T W Blhke, A H
Wirston.-
Concord, 58, W G Lewis, JtihiB W Cotton,
Joseph P Suggs.
Scotland Neak, (yi*, A B Hill, WE Whi'-
more, G L Hymar).
Eagle, 71, Jamos A Gattis, Charles C T? y-
ior, Isaac R Strayhorn.
Or, 104, J F Randolph, T J Gwrialt, IFch
ard Granger.
Clinton, 107, N M Roan, J C Griffith, €?'
Watson.
FrankUn, 109, Wm M Thompson, F B
B Lowenbrrg.
St. Albana Ij>dge, 114, F,d. MoQueoa, II T
Pitman and Neill ToMmsond.
Mt. luchanon, 117. James W Laneasfor, A J
Brown, S B Waters.
TTfscariYra, 122, M B Jones, W SGrandy, W
R Turuer.
OUnirm, 124, Thm White, U Y Yarbro, G S
Baitf'r, J G King.
Mt. Emrgy, 140, J B Floyd, II Haley. W E
Bollock.
Itole^tiile, l.'iG, C II Horton, I II gcarboro, A
U Young.
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