THE ORPHANS’ FKIENi).
Oe'COSMSMT 15, ^^73.
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COLUMN,
SUSSBUKY, N. 0., ?
Uec. .Srd, 1875. )
Mr. Editor :—Although it Ims
heoij Home weeks since your re
quest was publislied in the Or
phans’ Friend, I hope it is not
too late to comply with it. ^
I live in Gates county, in the
eastern part of the State, on the
edge of the Dismal Swamp. It is
bounded on the north by' Nanse-
luond county', Virginia, on the
east by Camden and Pasquotank,
on the south by the counties of
Chowan and Perquimans and the
Chowan River, on the west by'
Chowan River. There are no
rivers in the county, but the
Chowan River is on its borders,
■which is one of the largest and
prettiest rivers in the State. It is
formed by the Fottaway and Mo-
berrin rivers, both oi which rise
in Virginia. It flows into the
Albemarle Sound, and is naviga
ble as far as Franklin, on the
Seaboard railroad. There are no
mountains.
The principal farm produats
are wheat, oats, corn, beans,
peas, potatoes and the garden
vegetables. There is no Iruit
raised except for domestic pur-po
ses. There is but one town in
the county, Gatesville, the coun
ty seat. It is four miles from the
Chowan River in the southern
part of the county.
There is but one school of any
importance in the county', which
is the male school at Reynoldson,
nearly on the Virginia line. No
railroads run through the county,
but there is one proposed from
Suffolk to Edentou, which will
run through the county. The
people have not done much for
the orphans, but I hope they
will. 0. B. M.
Near Whitekeus, N. C., )
Dec. 3rd, 1875. y
Mr. Editor :—-4t your request
I w'ill attempt to give you an ac
count of Edgecombe county, in
which I live. It is in the eastern
part of the State. It is bounded
on the north by Halifax, south by
Pitt, and Wilson, east by Martin,
and west by Nash. Cotton, corn,
wlieat, rye, oats, clover, jioas,
pota.toes and all the garden veg
etables are the products. Apples,
poaches, pears, plums, cherries
and grapes, are the inincipal
fruits. Tar river flows through
tliis comity. It rises in the north
western part ol the State and
empties into Pamlico Sound. Its
name in the Indian tongue, it is
said, signifies -‘River ol health.”
It is navigable for steamboats as
ff'r as Tarhoro. Tarboro, the
vninty seat, is a thriving little
tiwn on Tar river. It has two
lotels, seven churches, and sever-
B stores. The Southoruer-En-
-^uirer, the oldest ])aper in the
State, is published in that place.
Its population is about tiftoeu
huudrod. Rocky Mount, also an
enterprising ])hice is on the Wil
mington & Weldon H. R. and iai-
river. Itcontains three churches,
one hotel, several stores and a
cotton factoi-y. In the latter an
extensive business is done hy'
"Win. S Battle, such as spinning
and weaving. The Rocky' Mount
Mail is published weekly at this
place. Near hero the riverhasma-
ny rocks in it, and the water fall
ing over them loruis the Niagara
of Edgecombe. Battlesboro has
made much mqu-ovemeiit since
lUa wav. ll has sevoi-al stores,
one hotel, two cln-nches, and a
fouudi_, . t ■- ;■' , 0'
are being oi-ectet-. ic, i c-
least is ii-.i! village o" vViii'- t .-a,
mudi busiues is carried on here,
for an inland place. There are
nine stores, a coach sliop and a
large saiv mill, to which is attaoii-
ed a grist mill, a cotton gin and
a machine for pla-iing. There
are two good schools in Tarboro,
one male and one female, and
Oak Dale Institution near Rocky
Mount. There are no mountains
in tho county', the surface is
mostly level. The county' has
done something for the aid of
the Orphan!-, but I do not know
how much. My' father takes
your paper and from its coliims
I learned that you w-ished the
little boys and girls to w-rite for
the Orphans’ Friend giving a
description of their county.
Yours respectfully',
L. li. E.
WlI.MINGTOX, N. C., >
Dec. 3rd, 1875 y
I live in New' Hanover county'.
It is in the soiith-easteru part of
North Carolina. It is bounded
on the north by Pender, on the
west by Brunswick, on the south
and east by the Atlantic Ocean.
The Cape Fear and tho North
East are its rivers. The Cape
Fe.ir is formed by the junction
of the Haw and Deep rivers, and
flows into the Ailantic. The
North-east river rises in Duplin
and flows iiito tho Cape Fear.
These are the rivers. There ai-e
a good many steamers, brigs,
barkes, schoonors and other ves
sels that run on these rivers;
they' bring to and carry' away
from Wlllraingtoii; which is the
capital of New' Hanover, vai-ious
kinds of merchandise. Perch,
cat-fish, trout, fresh-water mul
lets, sliad aad herring abound iu
these waters. The priuclpal farm
products are eoru, peanuts and
sweet potatoes. Wilmington has
20.000 inhabitaata. The schools
are very numerous. Prominent
among them ai'o two free schools,
ttia Tilleaton Norman and Hem-
miugway, which are attended by
several hundred boys and girls.
There are two male aud two fe
male schools beside.s. There are
throe railroads, the Wiluiiug-ton &
Weldon, Columbia & Augusta,
and the Carolina Central, which
terminate at Wilmiiigton. The
people of the county have done
soinetluug far tlie orphans, but
perhaps not as much as they'
might.
Horton.
Clogged Lajip Wic-ks.—An
exchange say's : The light often
is unsatisfactory' w'hile all is ap
parently' in good order. It should
bo borne in mind thiit, though the
wick is but gradually burned, it
is constantly becoming less able
to conduct the oil. During the
week some quarts of oil are slowly
filtered tlu-ough the w'ick, which
stops every particle of dust or
other matter that will with the
utmost cave he iu the best kind
of oil. The result is, that the
W'ick, though it is of sufticieut
length and looks as good as ever,
has its conducting powor greatly
impaired, as its porost, so to speak,
or the minute channels hy w'hich
tho oil reaches the place to be
buriiod, become gradually ob
structed. It is often economy to
substitute a new w'ick for an old
one, oven if that be plenty long-
enough to servo lor some time to
Opportunity’ is the flower of
time, and as the stalk may' i-e-
maiu when the flower is cut down,
so time may remain with us when
opportunity is gone.
WiK) tliiiik if vPi'DiTriatiuii,
Of in r.il I' DO-' tl.iii,
WouM bcijolit Dur uatiou;
‘'AMio df'emptl iutusiratiuii,
"Witb uU ite ilivsinution,
lu every Viuik aud station
The cause of degradation,
Of wliich your obsurvatieu
Gives daily deuiGiistratiou;
Who gee the ruination,
Distress aud deaulatiou,
The open violation
Of moral obligation,
The wretciied liabitation,
Without aecommodatiou,
Or any regulation,
For common sustentatioii;
A scene of deprivation,
Uiiequaled in creation
Tiio frequent deseci'aton,
Of Sabbath ordination,
The crime aud depredation,
Defying legislation,
The awful profanation,
Of commou conversation,
The mental aberration,
And diie infatuation,
With every sad gradation,
To maniac desperation;
Ye who, with oousteruatiou,
Behold tho devastation,
Aud utter eondemuaiion,
Of all irfeUriatuiu,
Why sauctiou-its duration,
Or show disapprobation
Of fiiiy combination
For its extermination ?
We deem a d»cliiralion,
That otters no temptation,
By any palliation.
Of this abouiUiatiou,
Tlie only sure foundation,
llidd no (jommuuioatioD,
With noxious emanation
Of brewer's feruienUtion,
Kor any vain libation,
Prodiiftiug Htimulation.
To this determination
Wo call conaideratiou.
And without hositation,
luvite oooperalisn,
Mot dunoiiiig iaiiUtiou
Will raise your estimation,
And by oontluuatlun
Aiford your oonsolaiion.
For in pariiolpaiion
With this assooUtton
Y'ou may, by meditation,
Insure ik© preservation
Of ft future gotterfttioQ
From all contamhiatioa.
And may «Kfc:b indication
Of such regeneration
Be tlie theme of ©xultatisn
Tili its final consumniaiion,
Doxi’t 'Sry lo It.
More tliaii fifty years ago, says
a writer, my brother George aud
I were set to stick pumpkin seeds
between the hills of corn. We
both w'auted to go afishing. Our
father told us that w'O might w-heii
w’o had stuck all the seeds we
had. So we both worked &s
smiu’t as w-e could. But the sun
was fast sinking in the west, and
we decided that our only chance
to go a-fishing was to get rid of
the piuui>kin seeds in a more ex-
pedious mauner. Near by' was
a big flat stone; so the stone ivas
raised and the pumpkin seeds put
safely under it, and the stone let
back again to prevent any' future
exposd. Never, we thought, had
two boys buried their secret more
safely’.
A-fishing we went and had
good luck ; brought home trout
enough for all. Strange to say,
when the seeds came up between
the hills of corn, about one-third
of tho field had no vines. One
Sunday after noon we strolled
with our good father past said
field, and around said flat stone
ou every side was one mass of
])umpkin vines 1 We stood con
founded ; these seeds had all
sprouted out from under the flat
stone, and our fault was manifes
ted ! The thing -was so ridicu
lous, our kind-hearted father for
gave us on our owning up to the
truth, and the whole truth, and
asking his forgiveness. It was a
waruiug to us never to try to
conceal a fault,
ill i’uiaski county' a youth of
iiinetoen summers married his
g-rand-faihor’s widow, who had
several ih’ldi’en. As his grand
mother’s iuisbaud he became his
father’s father, and as he is father’s
fatlliq- he is his own graiid-father.
He and liis wife are, therefore,
thq great-gi-and-father and great-
g-raiid-motlier of their own chil
dren. His sons are then his
uncles and his daughters
his aunts, their childieii are
his g-rand-childi-eii, but they' are
his tii’st-cousiiiH, because they are
children of his uncles aud Mints,
while these ai-e y'et his children.
As the father of his father he is
father of his uncles and aunts,
as such his nieces and ne|jhew5
are his grand-children. His wife
had several children. These chil
dren are his uncles and aunts,
because they' are chilrden of
gr,.nd-parents, but they are his
cuildren for he is the husband of
their mother, then they' are half-
brother aud sister to his own
c lildren aud at the same time
tliey ore uncles and aunts to these
half-brethei’s and sisters. Tliese
first children being his uncles
and aunts are also the great-un
cles and aunts of his children, but
his cliildren and these children
are brothers ond sisters, therefore
his cliildren are great-uncle aud
great-aunts to themselves. Since '
his sons aud daughters iiro great-
uncles and grtiat-aiiuts to them
selves his wife is his niece, he is
her grand-sou and he his own
grand-father.
Tho E. City JCcouomist said:
Oil Sunday last, tho ocean near
Nag’s Head was one boundless
continuity of blue fish, us for as
ihe eye couhl rouch, 'I'ho oldest
iiiliahitaut (and some of tho an-
-lea-s are there) had never seen
Uie like. A little boy caugiit
ihirteeii (by tail) iu tho surf, and
thre-iv them on the beach.
man with a farm pitchfork struck
200 and threw them upon the
beach. Tho beach for miles w. s
covered vvitli fat backs.
Mamie’s V’iuiuri.—" Mamie,’
said a mother to a little six year
old, ‘-If I was a little girl like
you I would pick up all those
chips.” eii, laamm.'v,” said
th« little one, “ain’t you glad y’ou
are not a little girl 1”
Appointed »uder H&e^fUluUou
Ivrimd JLodge, to raise Con.
U’ibntious for me Opkuu AsyluntS;
Amaican Geortje, 17—:-Dr, C L C-iimpbell li
C Madtiry, U W tSpt-iiccr,
Davie, Tht'jauB J I’ugh, Joseph. Cotteu,
Geo A Ttiily.
Hiram, 40, J 0 LitUo, T W Blake, A H
\V iubton.
C»ncwd, 5d, \Y G Dovvis, Joha W Cotton,
Joeeph B Suggs.
Scotlami A'cok, od, A B iliU, E Whit
more, G L ilyairt*.
Eagle, 71, jAinea A Gattis, Chajflss C T&y-
Jor, Isaac li Stray boru.
Or, IQ l, J F Bimdolpii, T J Rirfi
!Vi\l Granger.
CUnlon, 107, M H Roau, J C Grilfith, G
Wutaoij,
FrankUn^ 109, Wm M Tlwroipsou, F B
B Doweaberg.
St. ATbaM Dod^e, 114, Ed. McQu'-'Mi, II T
acd Neill Tuwnseud.
J/f. Lebanon, 117j James W l^nc-ster, A J
Brown, S B Water*.
Tttacas'O'ra, LtH, ij B Jonre, W S Gv-i»Q'ly, W
li Tvfaer.
Olinion, lil4, Thoa WhitCj B Y'’ Yorbro, G S
Baker, J G King-
Madia/nce, 132. J. G. Britt, Jesse Benton, T.
11. Stiggs, Taylor B,Trrow, C. H, Albrit
ton.
Afi. E'\'^9y: 140, J B Floyd, IJ Haley, W E
B ulloek.
Lekb-viUe, 140, C H Hortoo, I J1 Sewhoro, A
K Yctftiq^
Jivffalo, 172. A A Melver, A A Harrington^
B G Cole, A M Wicker, li M Brown.
Fallkiftd, 190. A • li- Fai'ker, J. T, Barker^
Wm. i’eebles.
Cary, i9d, A D BUiwJiwuod, B A Sorrel, li
li J ones.
r Kc’o.
Berea, 201, \Y H Ii(‘;iin8, F M Mt'odows, R
tv Hobg )od, E C Allic!, A Hhonnan.
Lebanon, 207, Juo H Siinnner.-iett, Win Mer
ritt, W S Frink.
ill. OU,-r, 20i. Jos»(! 1’ Alliriitc.n, Joel U^-
til), D M -M Justice.
2'lcCortnick, 228, D.ilrymple, Nathan Da«-
gall, W 0 Thomas.
Ijcmir, 233, Benj. S Grady, John S BizzeU^
S B Barker, John H Aldridge, Jaoob P
Harper.
Wieoacon, 240, Norman L Shaw, Mattbw
Brewer, W m E Peel.
Rountree, 243, Allen Johnston, S Quineeley,
AVin D Tcckei’, W T Mosele-y, F i£
IMttniau, Henry F Bjooks.
Newhern 2‘13, J E West, T Bowere, E Hubb*
Gutawba, 248, li P liienhardt, J N Ijong, D
W liixmsour.
gliiloh, 250, W n Gi'egoi'y, liev E Hinee, T
J 1’itta.rd.
Farmington, 265, L G Haixt, W G Johttoft,
W F Furcbos.
Watauga, 273, J ^Y Counoil, J H.-u-ding, L
Ij Green.
Nm Lebanon, 314, Samuel WilUaisa,
Jf'.cobs, W M Spence.
Jerusalem, 315, John ii Davis, Geo E B«ii
h.a\lt, Thomas M Beascst.
Munatan, 31S, J. J. Shalfer, John ^fartin', J
N. T. Kartin.
Mattamuakcet, 328, S S Baos, J C MeCload.
Fayetterille, 329, A S lloid^, B K Bedberry,
George B McNeill.
jri. Moriah, U. I)., J W Powell, J B Pbtl
lips, W P Hinoa.
"WE^RiTIANS^FKlENDT"
Published at the Orphan Aeylxun,
OXFOIiD, N. c. ^
Price, $1.00 a year, ca&ii, postage- pro,
paid hftre.
Ada’ertlskments inserted at lO &
line for first iusertiou and 5 sente a line- K>r
each coutiuuibn,ce. Aboat eight wards-
a line.
The paper is edited by the olfieers oi tA«
institntim without extea oempsosiitioB ] and
much of the work of printing it is dose Wy «be
Orphaiw..
AU the net profite g^ ike bm^ ^ Ae
Aeylum.
Wo ask ot'ery present snbe«eiber to m
at least one additiosal saiata bto«r« tHs
ing of the Grand Lsdge, bat 9^ seed s«4 be
considered the luftit.
August 25th, 1875.
T. H. LYoN, Jg.
B. n. STM-
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