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Ka'iffiwiril’TiiSBMKic' THE ORPHANS’ FRIENH. Wednesday, November 15, INre. Hdeham, N. C., ) Oct. 31st, 1876. 5 j. H. 31ills, Supt. 0)-p]ia)i Asylum, Oxford, N. C.—Bear Sir:—Ap preciating the great efifort that you are making in belialf of tlie orplians of our dear old Cotnmon- wealtli, and realizing the innu merable ditficnltifcs that surround you in this hour of great financial distress and scarcity of money, and deeply sympathizing ^yith those little unfortunates adrift in this cold wide world, “ With no oiio to love, None to uaress,” and fearing that in times of such ])olitical excitement, that these little waifs would be lost sight of, we beg through you to tender to the lady of the State who will procure the largest amoui t (t subscriptions in money in behalf of the Oxford Orphan Asylum within the next ninty days, a spletidid Now Reiijington Sewing Machine. All contributions to be for warded to and acknowledged bv you. Advise us jdease on Feb ruary 1st to whom the machine belongs, and we will forward promptly by express or freight as you may direct. God .speed your good woi'k, and own and crowm your labors with abundant success, is the wish of your friends, and we beg to remain with sentiments of high regard, Very truly yours, &c., W. T. Rlackwem, & Co. iry has been ground by has been heated and hammered and filed until it does not know itself and it comes out a splendid kiiile. And if men only knew it what are called their ‘misfortunes’ are God’s blessings, for theji- are the molding influences which give them shapeliness and edge and durability and power. SAD STOUV. ■OVKKGOVltUNINti AIIIjLDKlEM. Children are often brought up witho\it any particular habits of self-government, because the gov erning is done for them and on them. A girl tliat i-i never allow ed to sew% all of whoso clothes are made for her and put on her till she is ten, twelve, fifteen or eighteen years of age, is spoiled. The mother has s|)oiled her by loi]ig everything tin' her. The true idea of self-restraint is to let the child ventui'C. A child’s mis takes are often better than its no- mistakes, because when a ch.ild makes mistakes, and has to cor rect them, it is on the w-av toward knowing something. A child that is waked up every morning, and never wakes himself; and is dress ed, and never makes mistakes in dressing himself; and is w'ashed, and never makes mistakes about being clean ; and is fed, and never has anything to do with his food ; and is watched, and never watches himself; and is cared for and kept all day from doing wrong—such a child might about as well be a tallow candle, perfectly straight, and solid, and cornel}’, and unvi- tal, and good for nothing but to be burned up. The poor weaver who has a large family of children, without bread enough for half of them, and tets them to work, is a phil anthropist. You may gather around them and mourn over them, but blessed be the weaver’s children. The twelve children of the poor weaver will turn out better than the twelve children of the millionaire. I would rather take an insurance on the weaver’s children than on the millionaire’s. Blessed are those that learn By the hard w’ay of life what every man must learn first or last, or go ashore a wreck—name!}', self-re straint. The steel that had suf fered most is the best steel. It has been in the furnace again and again ; it has been on the anvil; it has been tight in the jaws of the vise ; it has felt the rasp ; it “ The short .and simple annals of the poor ” are often richer in human truth, and the matei'ial of feeling, than any other history. Want and sorrow are all the time making up such annals in our great cities. The New York Herald has this sad account of a child starved to death in its moth er s arms, in th.e cabin of an old sti'anded canal-boat: A heait-rending case of distress was recently.brought to the at tention of the Jersey City thorities. Mr. Hewitt, overseer of the poor, proceeded to a half- sunken canal-boat lying in the Central Railroad basin, in the southern part of the city, and in the cabin he tound a woman named Anna Wadsw’orth keeping watch over her four children, one of ^vhom was dead. blie related a pitiful story of her suffering, Her husb'.ind had been out of work for some time, and failing to obtain employment in this section, he started for Troy tour days ago, leaving his family without a morsel of food. One of the children, a girl named Emma, five yeans old, be came very sick, a.id on Thursday night she sank I'apidly. At in tervals she cried for nourishment, as did the other children, but there was none to give her. At midnight, Emma, who was nest ling in the arms of the distracted mother, shrieked out that some one was trying to catch her and take lier away. There was no lamp in the place, but the mother lighted a match and made a search, but saw no one. The poor woman mixed some flour in a pail, but could not induce the child to swallow it. The little one then commejic- ed to scream wildly and soon be came delirious. When the mother reached this part of her story, her utterance became choked and big tears rolled down her face. “ I took my child,’’ she contin ued, “ and went on deck. She cried for food and I had none to give. 0 God, why didn’t you let me go with my darling, and not leave me here to see more suffering?” Here she broke dotvn complete ly, and when she became partial ly reconciled to her misfortune, she continued, “ My darling said, ‘ I’m dying, mamma.’ I prayed that she might not die till the light came, and the Lord heard my prayer, and I held my baby until the daylight came, and then she died.” There was such an intensely melancholy ring about the last sentence that the three gentlemen w'ho heard the story turned aside as the mother closed her nariative by kissing her dead child again and again. to get their webs across streams and roads, and from the top of one tall tree to another. I went o.it and caught a large garden spider, one of those blue-gray sprawling fellow.s, and fixed him up for my experiment. I took a stick about eighteen inches in length and fastened a piece of iron to one end of it, so that the stick would stand upon that end of itself. Then I put this in the center of a large tub half full of water, and placed the spider on top of the stick' I wanted to see if he could get to the ‘land,’ wiiich was the edge of the tub, without any help. He ran down first one side of the stick and then the other ; each time he would stop when he touched the water, and shaking his foot as the cat does, he would run up again. At last he came to th; conclusion that he was en tirely surrounded by water,—on an island, at fact. After remain ing perfectly quietforalong while, during which, I have'no doubt, ho was arranging his plans, he began running around the top of the stick, and throwing out great coils of web with his hind feet. In a few minutes little fine strings of web were floating awav in the light breeze that was blowing. After a little, one of these threads touched the edge of the tub and stuck fast, as .all spider webs will do. This was just what Mr. Spider was looking for, and the next minute he took hold of his web and gave a jerk as a sail or does with a rope when he wishes to see how strong it is or make it f.-ist. Having satisfied himself that It was fast at the other end, he gathered it in till it was tight and sti'aight, and then ran on it to the shore, a rescued castaway. matter; counts the days as tluv- run along; and when his young friends are iti the midst ()f then' liilarity he points to his attenua ted frame and says : “Remember, bov.s, it was fast life that did this to me.” Contrihiitions lo the Orphan Asy- hull at Oxforil for the week end ing IVoveiHher ISYG. IN CASH. Paid S24.00, Eiiroka Lodgo, No. 317. 10.00, Holly Grove Lodge, Nh 25'2 5.00, IlaiTHony Lodge, No. 340. “ 4.87, L R Harrell. “ 2.75, Matfaimiskcet Lodge, No. 328. “ 2.00, Orphans’ Friend. 1.00 each. D IIII Hunter, A E Tayltf. “ 10 ets, . iinmie T Ethridge. IN KIND. Mrs Mary Wilkerson 4 prs socks. ‘ J C Coopt r lot clothing, Capt Landis (piarter ttf beef, Mr Elliott 1’nrnips &. potatoes. Win Dean load of wood. D H Parish 2 barrels sweet nntatoc.s. The following persons have paid for Thk Orphans’ Friend it.'v one year: Alex aider D il, Mrs Mary Pruden. Resolutions of the Grand I.odg:c> Adopted Dec. 3d, 1875. Resolved, 1. That St. .John’s College shall be made an asylum for the protection, training and education of indigent orplian chil dren. 2. That this Grand Lodge will appropriate S annualH' for the support of the institution j but will not assume an}’ additional - TRAINS. I.oavc Umon iliiilv (.Suii- cl,;,.vs eAcoptoJ) ■. T,x, a m. Anno at Gddsbom,: 11.,'iOu m .. w,7 '''txai m W eldon 3..50 i Leavo Weldon daily Arrive at Rocky Mount... “ GoWsboro i ;j7p r 1111)11 Deliot (j,o,5 p EXPRESS TKAIX AXl) THROEGH FREIGHT TRAIXS. Eciive Union Depot dailv Arrive at Gold.sboro., _ ,i Rooky Mount. ** Weldon Leave Weldon daily Arrive at Rocky Mount... “ Goldsbiiro “ Union Dejiot... Mail Trains make close conn doll f,.,r all points Xortli via Bay Line and Acquia Creek routes. E.vpress Traiin) ooiinect only vvilli Acqiiia Crook ronto, !»'P,ill,nan’s Palace Slcepiiit; Cars on tills ’J'rain, b reiRlii. I rains will leave tVilminftfon tri weekly at ,5.00 a. in., and arrive at 1.40 p. in. JOIIX DIVIXE, General Si]])eriniendeiit' SEABOARD & ROAXOKE RAIL ROAD. Portsmouth, Va., Jan. I 1875. On and after this date, trains of tlii.s Road wi 1 loavo Weldon daily, Sundays ei-ccined as inlIdM-s: v‘"'i*'7l"’-V’-U Gr >n. No. 1 bring It tram at 4 a. No. . breight tram at 8 a. m luesdiiysand Fridays at at 8 a. m. arrive A r PORTSMOUTH. Mail train. .T 1 ,1 . , * ■ 7’U5 p. No. I rreight train -jt 12 No( FUN WITH A SPIDFK. Spiders have been tamed and taught ‘tricks’ bv those willing to study their ways and to take the trouble to get on the right side of theni. A writer in the Christian News tells of the fun he had with a spider : One day 1 had been reading in a book "how spiders managed Even if there were no further argument to duty and morality than that “virtue is its own re ward” and vice its own punish ment, examples like the following ought to be warning' enough against an evil and careless life. Says the New York correspondent of the Boston Journal: One of the most interesting spectators of the parade w'leii the Boston Tigers passed through New York was a young man un der thirty. He has been an ar dent military man for a long time, general, liberal and popular. Formerly he was in robust health, of a stout, stock}-, riiggy build and capable of enduring au}'thing. He never knevv a day’s sickness in his life until within a shoi't time. He had been a generous liver, and had ample means to gratify his taste. Six months ago his father died, and he took a large business, the fruit of twenty years industry. The young man threw off the as- cetism of his father, and launched out generously. He was just the young man to have hosts of fi'iends. He treated them like a prince, and entered on what is known as a “fast life.” First his busidess failed. Then a blow struck him that crippled his health. In three montns, from a florid, energetic, robust frame, he became a mere skeleton, and now his own mother would not know him. He is round every where among his haunts and old friends ; for his' doctors have told him that there is no help for him ; that he has just two months to look on the pleasant things of life and be as happy as he may. Then he will lie down to rise not again “till the heavens be no more.” He talks cheerfully about the pecuniary responsibility. 3. That this Grand Lodge elect a Superintendent who shall control the institution and solicit contri butions for its support from all classes of our people. 4. That orphan children in the said Asylum shall receive such preparatory training and educa tion as will prepare them for use ful occupations and for the usual business transactions of life. Adopted Dec. 5th 1875 : Resolved, That the Superinten dent of the said Orphan Asylum shall report at each Annual Com munication an account of his offi cial acts, receipts, disbursement, number of pupils, &c. together with such suggestions as he may see fit to offer. 'Resolved, That the ilaster of each subordinate Lodge appoint a Standing Committee upon raising funds for the Orphan Asylum, and require said committee to re port in writing each month, and that said reports and the funds received be forwarded monthly to the Superintendent of the Asy lum and that the support of the Orphan Asv’lum be a regular or der of business in each subordi nate Lodge at each communica tion. 4. All churches and benevolent organizations are requested to cooperate Avith us in the orphan work and to collect and forward contributions through their own proper officers. Here are the res olutions : Resolved, That the sincere thanks of this Grand Lodge are hereby tendered to many benev olent ladies and gentlemen, to the ministers of the gospel, to church es of various denominations, to Odd FelloAvs, Knights of Pythias, Good Templars, Friends of Tem perance, and other benevolent so cieties, whose hearty cooperation and liberal contributions have ren dered timely and valuable assis tance in the great work of ameli orating the condition of the or phan children of the State. Resolved, That all benevolent societies and individuals are here by cordially invited and request ed to cooperate with us in provi ding funds and supplies for feed ing clothing, and educating indi gent and promising orphan chil dren, at the Asylum in Oxford. No. 2 Freight tniin ;,t 4 p, Freight trains have passenger ear attavlied. ■Steamer for Edentmi, Plymouth and liindiiios on Blank water and Cluiwan Rivers leaves Franklin at 7,40 a. m., on .Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. E. G. GHIO. Siipt. of ’Tninspoi ialioti. RALEIGH & GASTOX R.XlLli{)4D MAIL TRAIN. Leaves Raleigh ]().(» a. m Arrives at Weldon ;j rj(| ,,, Loaves Weldon VlO.OO a. m Arrives at Raleigh - . a..')0 p. m ACCOM.MODATIOX TRAIX. Leaves ILiIeigli - - . .y pQ ,, ,,, Arrives at Woliion - - - .5.'25 p m Leaves Weldon - - . .7];) i)n Arrives at Raleigh - . . SdOp,,, Mail train makes close connection !if Wel don with the SoahoanI and Roanoke liiiilr.iad and Bay Line Stcauiers via Baltimore, to ami from all points Xorili, West and X.irthwest, and witli Peterslim-g Rarilroad via Peterslmrl. Riclimond and Wasliiugtoii City, to and fro ail points Nortil ;utd Xorthwest. And at Kaleigli witli the North Carolina Rilliroad to and from all points Sontli atut Southwest, and with the Raleigh & Augusta Air-Lino to Haywood and Fayetteville. JNO. C. WINDER, Gcii. Stiii't. RALEIGH & AUGUSTA AIR-LIXE. MAIL TRAIX. Train leavos Raloigh Arri\-os at Sanfonl 3 40 p in 8 19 pm 9 20 p m 4 ] 5 H in 5 10 a m 9 45 a m Arrives at Cameron Train leaves Claineran Leaves Sanford Arrives at Ralei^li Mail Train makes close conneeflon at Ral- ei^h witli the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, to and from all points Nortli. And at Sanford with the Weston Railroad, to and from Fayetteville and points on Western Railroad. JNO. C. WINDER, Superintendent. 0 R F L E E T HUN T E R, DEALER IN FURNITURE, BLINDS, SASH, DOORS, &C. Furnished at short notice. 5^’Work warranted as representod. 4- November, 1875. Persons buying Dry Goods, Ready made Clothing, Bouts and Shoes, &c., in Oxford should remember that COOPER & WILLIAMS .are lending in low prices. A splondii! ;i.‘),‘ort incut of NEW GOODS. TERM.S CA.SH. 44- COOPER & WIEEIAMS. E. W. OWEN, DENTAL SURGEON, OXFORD. X. C. OFFICE AT HIS RESIDENCE Special attention given to replacing hi;’ ., partial setts of teeth on gold, ■diver ;.i .-i.;. aiig 9th 1875—J.331J ber. ‘i-k
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