ORPHANS’ FRIEND.
Wednesday, Utay 9, IS'S'T
NOTES BY TJIE WAY.
Out of Granville, across Per
son, Caswell, Rookingliam, For
sythe, and Stokes in Surrj’. We
liave also been into Virginia and
into Yadkin. Let us review the
journey, beginning with
THE RIVEUS.
We have forded the Tar twice
and crossed it once on a bridge.
We crossed on bridges the North
and South Hyco. We forded the
Dan once and crossed it thi'ee
times on bridges. We forded
Mayo once. We crossed Yadkin,
once in a flat, and once on the
rocks at Rockford. We are now
near Ararat River. We inquired
liow the name originated. A
gentleman promptly responded
that Noah’s Ark rested on Pilot
mountain, near Ararat, and so
the river got its name. A long
time since he attended Sunday
School. Other rivers are still
before us. We must ford Fish
River to reach Dobson.
THE MOUNTAINS
.appeared in sight as we were ap
proaching Danville. These were
the ridges in Pittsylvania and the
Wliite Oak Mountains beyond
them. Then came the Sauratown
Mountains, the Pilot and the
Blue Ridge. Though our route
is arranged to avoid the moun
tains,- we have been winding
around some and climbing others.
The Blue Ridge is now only 10
miles away, and its long back
bone is seen for many miles.
About one-half of the South-East
slope appears to be in cultivation.
THE LOCUSTS
are just appearing in this country.
The hogs are fattening on them,
and are rooting the woods with
vigor. The hogs will probably
eat the locusts before the locusts
can eat the crops.
THE FRUIT
promises to be plentiful, though
in some places a few peaches
froze in the bud ; but great prep
arations have already been made
to turn apples and peaches to
brandy! Corn also is in demand
at high prices to be converted—
I mean perveited—into whisky.
Surry seems to be headquarters,
though (as P. S. White says) the
Devil’s tea-kettles are scattered
over all mountains, and up and
down the rivers.
TOBACCO
is the great money crop, and
splendid barns are on the road
side, making a contrast with old
tumble-down school-houses.
EDUCATION
is very much neglected, and
thousands of children are grow
ing up in ignorance. Even many
large villages have no schools,
and country schools are almost
unknown. What will become of
our country 1
MT. AIRY.
This is a charming.village, of
about 700 people, fanned by
Blue Ridge breezes. Its dwell
ings are beautiful and its stores
are very capacious. A large
barter business is carried on with
the mount.Yin people. Goods are
hauled from Winston forty miles,
and from the Virginia and Ten
nessee R. R. forty-seven miles.
A namow-gage road is to be built
from Greensboro. Major Atkin
son is here attending to the sur
vey. ' fejueli a road will make this
a great. centre of trade, and de
velop a splendid country, by the
way,
THE M.A.SONIC LODGES
through this countrv arc in very
feeble health. A few are lively
and flourishing, while others seem
to “ live at a dying rate.” All of
them feel some interest in the
orphan work, but are not sufficient
ly informed in regard to it. We
suggest fewer and stronger lodges.
Crossing Mitchell’s River (about
the size of Swannanoa) and din
ing on its romantic bank, we
reach Jonesville in good time,
and meet a full house. Mr. Clay-
well kindly takes ns in charge,
and Rev. W. M. Robey, whom
we are very glad to meet, prays
for the j'oung. Jonesville on the
Yadkin side of the Yadkin, and
Elkin on the Surry side and on
Elkin River, make one beautiful
town, connected by a splendid
bridge and watered by two noble
rivers. These clever people look
after the interests of their schools,
and the children are in good
hands. 0 liow refreshing to find
one town with schools in lively
operation.
Elkin has also a large cotton
factory, and enterpi-ise always
improves the appearance of a
countiyu
This is May 2, and what a
frost. Alas for the fruit.
ON THE HIEES OF THE DAN.
Danbury is as picturesque a
place as was ever found by Dr.
Syntax himself. It is perched on
a high liill and overlooks the
Dan, where the noble river is
held in check and made to be
have by lofty rocks and moun
tains. Our entertainment is given
in the Court House. Messrs.
King, Pepper, Estes, McCanless
and others are very kind, and all
seem interested in the work. But
we leave the waters of the Dan.
We have navigated it in canoes,
flats, bateaux, and steamers ; we
have fished in it, waded in it,
forded it, and floated down it, for
nearly forty 3'ears; now we drink
of it at Ilariston’s Eord, and find
it clear and cool. At Daubuiy
we leave it. At Stokesbiirg we
meet a large audience at noon.
Our dinner with Sister Massey is
very late, but flie fault is ours.
We came a little too late. But
that dinner was too good for us.
We nearlj- killed ourselves with
out hurting the loaded table.
May the Lord be kind to brother
Massey as he and his family were
kind to us. At Germanton Messrs.
Vaughan, Campbell and otliers
greet us kindljq and the Metho
dist church is full. Elder Hill
praj’s for the children. A long
ride to East Bend, crossing Yad-
din at Houser’s Ferrju Brethren
Horn, Spear, Poindexter and
others receive us at East Bend.
Entertainment in Baptist church.
Rev. Mr. Hamilton prays for the
children. Friday morning rain
is falling, but two friends go our
wav' in covered wagons, and keep
tlio children dry and also lead us
tlirougli the ford across the Y'ad-
kin at Rockford. Here we find
Brother Lewellen, an old friend,
and stop because we can not
reach Mt. Airy. So we give an
entertainment in Rockford, and
find the people very kind.
DEATH OF DR. WM. O. HIEE.
Dr. William G. Hill died sud-
denl}', of heart disease, at his
residence in Raleigh, on FYidav'
last, leaving a wife, four children
and a large circle of warm and
devoted relatives and friends to
mourn his death. He was a good
man, a devoted Christian, affec
tionate husband and fatlier, an
excellent plysician and one of
the most zealous and best-infonn-
ed Masons of the State. The
Lodge, the Church, tho Medical
profession and society at large,
suffer a heav^’ loss in the death
of this good man, but the lo.'s is
most severe to the loved ones of
his immediate family to whom he
was the guide and stay; the
faithful adviser and kind sympa
thizer in all their joj’s and sor
rows. Tliese have our warmest
8}’mpatl.v' in tiiis their hour of
sorrow and bereavement.
The Masonic Grand Lodge was
convened in special session, on
Sundav' afternoon, to attend to
the fune/al of Dr. Hill, who was
Past Grand Master of that body.
The funeral took place fi-om
Edenton street M. Id. Church, at
4 o’clock, p. m., and was attend
ed bj' a larger procession of tiie
Fraternity and of citizens than
has been brouglit together upon
any similar occasion in Raleigh
for a long time.
WARS JN EUROPE.
Rumois of war come to ns from
the other side of the Atlantic.
Russia and Turkey are alreadv-
fighting each other, and other
nations of Europe maj’ be drawn
into the fight before it is over. It
is horrible to think what a num
her of lives must be sacrificed to
gratify the whims of ambitious
rulers or atone for their ignor
ance and tyranni', but God can
bring good out of evil and make
even the wrath of man to praise
Him. Most of the wars of Eu
rope, in the past, have resulted,
more or less, in the liberation of
the down-trodden masses and the
advancement, nartiallv' at least,
of civil and religious liberty ; and
we can only hope that the same
will be true of the present tur
moil among tho contending par
ties in the old ivorld.
“And He called a little child
unto ITiiii” were tlio words I'roiii wiiicli
Rev. Tlios. Ojibmu preiuiliod a most
appropriate and e.x(;elleiit sermon in
tile c.Uapel of the Orphan Asylum.
According to previous aimouneement
Jfr. Ogburu preaidies at tlie Asylum
tlie tir.st Sunday in every month. We
\vi.sli that many nu»'e of the children
and ^Towii peo])lo too could hear liim—
Ids sermons deserve to be largely atten
ded.
We were pained to hear of the
death of Dr. AV. (!. Kill. Tho Orphan
Asylum lose.s a sincere friend by the
death of this estimable man.
Bishop Lyman occupied the
pulpit of the Episcopal church on last
Sunday. In the evening he adminis
tered the rite of eontirmatioii to six
candidates.
Lettuce, radishes, early- onions
and green peas, at present, constitute
the only Spring vegetables in this sec
tion.
THE DOG OF THE EOUVRE.
(Delavigne.)
Passing, let cacti head be bare!
Atany lierm-s slumber tiiere.
Floral otterings bring the ilead!
To his mourning dog some bread!
’'Pwas tlic day of battle hot;
llreasted he the storm of shot,
Y ith his dog hard by;
Both were stricken by tlie li'ad;
Sliall lie mourn the master dead 7
Better both to die!
Sadly o’er the brave iie bends,
Piteous eiies, caresses, blends,
AVitli his snow-white head;
On the body of his friend
Aliugled tears and blood descend,
Raining on tins dead.
As the wain of dead rolls on,
tlio dog, disturbed by none.
Takes tii.s station near;
Sad liis eye, witli ear.s dejiressed,
Alai'ches lie liefore the rest,
Like a kinsman dear.
AA'ounded in the .sunimer'.s heat,
Dragging on w ith limping feet,
To the. pit of fame ;
Tliere they laid his ma.ster dow n.
Naught to name, without renown :—
■ Legion’ was tlieir name.
AA’atcher b,y the funeral inoimd,
Careless of his bitter woiiiul.
Of his sorrow deep;
Deaf to each apiieal that tries
To entice, he mute replies
“ Not for you I weep!”
Sprig.s of fadeless ttow'ers gleam
in the siiarUling roseate beam
Of the morning dawn;
Bright his eye, erect lie stands,
AA’aiting, at his master’s hand.s,
Eor his glad “ Oood Morn I”
AA'lien the croas-wreatli o’er the tomb
Rustle.s in in tlie gusty gloom,
Hoiieless, in liis i'riglit
Tries to make Ids master liear.
Growls, and weeps, then bends his ear,
Eor tlie kind “Good Night!”
AA'hen the snow with linrried march
Mantles with soft tiakes the arcli
Of the fresh-made mold.
Tender, mournfnl cries ascend,
Tries Ids master to defend
From tlie northern cold.
Ere he .shuts his wear.y eyes,
Often from tlie earth he tries
On his feet to lea]i;
Failing oft, tliis solace takes;—
“ Ke will call me if he wake.s,”
Then he falls asleep.
Dreams of battle every night,
Bees his master in the light,
All begrimed with gore;
Tleai'S him in eacli glio.stl.v sound,
Rises, springs with eager lioniid,
Moans out “ Nevermore!”
This tlie liome lie viei'er leaves,
Here he suffers, loves, and grieves,
Here will e’er remain :
AA'liat his name ? Jfo one can tell
Since the voice he loved so well
AVill not call again.
Uncle Al.
Fur the Orphans’ Friend.
LETTER TO GiRUS AND BOYS.
Nn. 3.
Dear Children :—I promised
to tell 3’ou liow I got along after
I quit school. When tlie last
school I went to closed, I expec
ted to go to soliool again tlie next
V’car, but as it hajipened tiiere
was no school made np any where
near enough for me to reach and,
coiisequontlv', I did not go. I
worked tlirougli tho Spring and
Summer, studying nearly all the
spare time I could get, sucli books
as I had or could borrow. You
have no idea how much time one
can get for study, oven while
engaged in regular farm work,
b}’ saving all the little fragments
of time every day. It was a
custom with me to keep some
book always on hand to read and
study while mj- horse was eating
in the morning and at noon.
When I was sent to mill I would
take my book along and study
going and coming, and during
the time the grist was being
ground. On rainy da^’s, too, I
had a good time with my hooks
and slate. I learned a good deal
this way daring the Spring and
Summer, and in the autumn I
was hired b\’ a countrj’ merchant,
who bought a good deal of cotton
from the farmers, to staj- at his gin
and weigh cotton. This allow'ed
me a good deal of odd time for
study; then at the end of the
cotton season, he took me in his
store as an under clerk, in which
situation I still had a good deal
of time for study, and I improved
it with all diligence. During that
Fall and Winter I wont through
Murrayi’s Grammar, Morse’s Ge-
ograph}' and twice through Smil-
ei^’s Arithmetic, besides making
some considerable progress in
Algebra, And here I would say
that I made it a point to under
stand thoroughly everjihing I
undertook before learning it,
committing to memor\- perfectly
and applying them in study ; and
this made my progress and success
more easy.
Now that I have given j-ou
some idea of how I got along for
the first year after I left school, I
w'ill state that, for some } ears
afterward I went on somewhat in
the same way. I alwaj-s found
it very easy to get emplov-ment
because 1 w-as very particular
never to neglect ni}' business, and
I never had an emplo3-er but what
was very' wdlling for me to spend
my time with books provided it
did not cause me to neglect his
business.
I went on studying in this way
until I gained a jiretty fair knowl
edge of tlie ordinary branches of
education, including Philosoph3’,
Astronom3-, Botanyq Mineralog3',
History &c., and also the higher
branches of Mathematics and
Cheniistiy. My Cours6 of study
w'as of course, rather irregular,
not having a I’egular teacher, and
being influenced in my course,
also, b3' circumstances, such as
the facilit3- for obtaining necessa-
ly books, and sometimes, perhaps,
by my own whims which w'ould
induce me to commence a partic
ular study that I took a fancy to
at tiie time. In later years I
studied the Latin and Greek and
some of the modern languages
snfficient!3’ to enable me to read
tliom, but not as criticall3- as
required in the colleges.
And now, though an old man,
I am still fond of stud3'. I have
alwa3'8 been obliged to work at
some regular emplov-ment to
maintain m3’solf and famih', but
I have, at the same time, found
opportunity to devote time to
books, and it affords me great
pleasure to sit at 1113- fireside on
long winter evenings and read
good books of liistoiy, biograpliy,
travels and other subjects. Be
sides the pleasure thus gained, I
reapiealadvaiitagefrora tiie books
I read b3' gaining knowdedgo that
enables me to do maru- things by
which money is made.
Now I want to 8113' to the girls
and bo3 S who 11013' read this, that
I liave no uiicoamion talent or
mental power. I have been
enabled to read and stiuh’ many
books and gain a good deal
of useful knowledge simply bv
economizing time. lYhatever I
11013* fii'Ye accomplished anv' girl
or bo3' 11013' accomplish, and
perha])8 much more, bv' saving
the precious moments that God
may* give them.
Your Friend,
Jacob Harvey,
FITBIi* FAR.4GR.UFHS.
AA'licii a man leaves our .side and
goes over to the otlier, he is a traitor;
but wlien a man leaves the other s’do
and e.oiiies over to ns, he i.s a man of
great moral eoiiiage and sterling
worth.
In the .settlement of eontrovei'.sies a
great deal depends ninm whoso o.x it
is that was gored.
Some fjimiiit old writer give.s this
deiinitioii; Othodoxy is my do.xy;
Heteorodo.xy is your doxy.
IgnoramA; is at tite Ixittom of a great
deal of the eTiiiie.s eommitted in tliis
world. Many men do wrong lx“caiise
they do not know any lietter. But
then a great many are wilfully igno
rant.
Alany peoiile have a siiinei'stition.s
fear of gho.sts, forgetting that it will
not be- very long before they must go
wliere they will have no othei' associ
ates.
Many profe&sors of ])iety do like
some niorcliants, hang their best sam
ples outside of the door to attract at
tention,
AA’e never knew a good man to start
a Sunday school in a country neighbor
hood, hilt there was a church soon
(H-gniiized, if there had not been one
tiiere before.
Many a man with evei-y gratification
for n first (lass town crier can nota.sk
God for the simplest favors in the
hearing of others. They have 110 “gift”
that wa.N'.