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1 THEKE’S DAl^GEK IIV THE TOWN. JOHN H. YATES. There, John, hiteh Dobbin to the post; oorae near me, and sit down ; Your mother wants to talk to you be fore you drive to town. My hairs are gray, I shall soon be at rest within the grave; Not long will mother pilot you o’er life’s tempestuous wave. I’ve watched o’er you from infancy, till now you are a man. And I have always loved you, as a mother only can; At morning and at evening I have prayed the God of love To bless and guide my darling boy to the bright home above. A mother’s eye is searching, John— Old age can’t dim its siglit, When watching o’er an only child, to see if he does right; An^ very lately I have seen what has aroused my fears. And made my pillow hard at night, and moistened it with tears. I’ve seen a light within your eye, upon your cheeks a glow, That told me you are in the road that leads to shame and woe; Oh, John, don’t turn away your head and on my counsel frown, Stay more upon the dear old farm— there’s danger in the town. Eeniember what the poet says—long years have proved it true— That “ Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.” If you live on in idleness, with those who love the bowl. You’ll dig yourself a drunkard’s grave, and wreck your wreckless soul. ■Your father, John, is. growing old, his days are nearly through, Oh, he has labored very hard to save the farm for you; But it will go to ruin soon, and pover ty will frown If you keep hitching Dobbin up to drive into the town. Your prospects for the future are very- bright, my son, Not many- have your start in life when they are twenty-one; Your star, that shines so brightly now, in darkness will decline If ybu forget your mother’s words, and tarry at the wine. Turn back, my boy, in your youth, stay by the dear old farm; The Lord of Hosts will save you with his powerful right arm; Not, long will mother pilot you o’er life’s tempestuous wave. Then light her pathway with y-ourlove down to the silent grave. NEVER TEEE A ElE. How simply and beautifully has Abdel Kadir, of Ghilon ; im pressed the love of truth in a sto ry of his childhood. After stat ing the vision which made him entreat of his mother to go to Bagdad and to devote himself to God, he thus proceeded; I informed her of what I had seen and she w-ept; then taking out eighty dinars she told me as I had a brother half of that was all my inheritance; she made me swear when she gave it to me, never to tell a lie, -and afterwards bade me farewell exclaiming: “Go, my son, I consign you to God; we shall not meet again till the day of judgement.” I went on well till I came near Hamanli, when Kofilan was plun dered by sixty horsemen. One fel low asked me, “what I had got?” “Forty dinars,” said I, “are sewed under my garments.” The fellow laughed, thinking, no doubt, I was joking with him. “What have you got?” said an- other. I gave him the same answer.— When they were dividing the spoils, I was called to an eminence where the chief stood. “What property have you got, mv little fellow?” said he. “I have told two of your peo ple alreadj-,” said I, “I have for ty dinais sew'ed up in my gar- nients." He ordered them to be ripped open, and found my money. “And how came you,” he said in surprise “to declare so openly what had been so carefully con cealed?” “Because,” I replied, “I will not be false to my mother, to whom I promised I will never tell a lie” “ Child,” said the robber, “hast thou such a sense of duty to thy mother.f t thy years, and I am insensible at my age of the duty I ow'e to my God ? Give me thy hand, innocent boy,” he contin ued, “ that I may swear repen tance upon it.” He did so. His followers were alike struck with the scene. “ You have been our leader in guilt,” said they to their chief, “ be the same in the path of vir tue.” And they in-stantly, at his or der, made restitution of the spoils, and vowed repentance on his hands.—Biblical Recorder. THE CHOICE. A Quaker residing in Paris was waited on by four of his workmen in order to make their compliments, and ask according to the common custom, for their New Year’s gifts. “Well my friends,” said the Quaker, “here are your gifts; choose fifteen francs or this bihle.” “I don’t know how to read,” said the first, “so I take the fifteen francs.” “I can read,” said the second, “but I have pressing wants.” He took the fifteen francs. The third al so made the same choice. He now came to the fourth, a young lad of thirteen or fourteen. The Quaker looked at him with an air of goodness, saying, “Will j ou too take these three pieces which you may gain at any time by- your labor and industry?” “As you say the book is good, I will take it and read from it to my mother,” replied the bo}^ He took the bible, opened it and found between the leaves a gold piece of forty francs. The oth ers hung dow'ii their heads, while the Quaker quietly told ■ them that he was sorry that they had not made a better choice.— Farmer and Mechanic. Those who have been acci dentally struck senseless by elec trical shocks believe that people killed by lightning suffer no pain. Resolutions and Decisions of the Grand Lodge. [The following resolutions and decisions include all the legisla tion of the Grand Lodge, in re gard to the Orphan Asylum, up to the present time. It may be well to mention that the advice of the Grand Lodge is, in the esti mation of the Superintendent^ equivalent to law^ That St. John’s College shall be made an Asylum for the protection, training and edu cation of indigent orphan children. That this Grand Lodge will appropriate $ aunually for the support of the institu tion ; but will not assume any additional pe cuniary responsibility. That orphan children in the said Asylum shall be fed and clothed, and shall receive such preparatory training and education as will prepare them for useful occupations and for the usual business transactions of life. That the Superintendent of the said Orphan Asylum shall report at each Annual Commu- iiioation an account of his official acts, receipts, disbursements, number of pupils, etc., to gether with suoh suggestions as he may see fit to offer. That the Master of each Subordinate Lodge appoint a Standing Committee upon raising funds for the Orphan Asylum, and require said committee to report in writing each month) and that said reports and the funds received be forwarded monthly to the Super intendent of the Asylum, and that the sup' port of the Orphan Asylum be a regular or der of business in each Subordinate Lodge ai each Communication. That the sincere thanks of this Grand Lodge are hereby tendered to many benevolent la dies and gentlemen, to the inini.sters of the gospel, to churches of various denominations, to Odd FelloM's, Kn-ghts of Pythias, Good Tonplars, Friends of Temperance, and other benevolent societies, whose hearty coopera tion and liberal contributions have rendered timely and valuable assistance in the great work of ameliorating the condition of the or phan children of the State. That all benevolent societies and individu als are hereby cordially invited and requested to cooperate with us in providing funds ami supplies for feeding, clothing and educating indigent and promising orphan children, at the Asylum in Oxford. The officers of the Orphan Asylum shall be a Superintendent, a Steward, a Matron, a Housekeeper and one Teacher for each form of twenty-five children. The Superintendent shall control every de partment of the Institution, according to the instructions of the Grand Lodge, receive and aid in the collection of funds and supplies for its support, aud make at each Grand Com munication a full report of receipts aud dis bursements. The Steward shall exercise a general over sight of the children, premises aud property, and the operations of every department, keep the books and enforce the orders of the Super intendent. The Matron shall see that the roems, bed- clothing and persons of the children are kept in a neat, clean and comfortable condition, and that the sick are properly attended. The Housekeeper shall under the direc tion of the Matron, see that the meals are properly prepared, and that nothing is lost or wasted. Tlie Teachers shall be prompt, faithful and efficient in the discharge of all their school room duties, and shall constantly ex ercise a general supervision of the manners and morals of the children. The Superintendent shall appoint the sub ordinate officer.?, and remove the incompetent and unworthy. Ho shall hs elected by ballot, annually, by the Grand Lodge, and shall, if found unfaithful, after a careful and persoual exarrination, be removed by the Grand Master aud Wardens, or a majority of them, who, in such case, shall submit a report of their ac.tion, w’ith a full record of the evidence taken on both sides, to the next Grand Lodge. The salary of the officers shall be as follows: The Superintendent, $90 a month, his neces sary ti’aveling expenses, with bed aud board while at tlie Asylum. The Steward $50 a mouth with bed and board fur himself and wife. The Matron and each Teacher $25 a month with bed and board. The House keeper $10 a month with bed and board. 'The design of the Orphan Asplum shall be to protect, train and educate- indigent aud orphan children, to be received between the ages of six and twelve years, who have no parents, nor property, nor near relations able to assist them. They shall not be received for a shorter time than two years. In extra ordinary cases the Superintendent may re ceive children outside the ages specified. The larger girls shall assist in the ordinary house work, aud in making aud mending the bed clothes, their own clothes and the clothes of tlie boys. The larger boys shall assist iu the preparation of fuel, the care of the stock, aud the cultivation of the soil. At least four religious denominations shall be represented among the officers of the Asy lum, and the representatives of all religious creeds and of all political parties sliall be treated alike. The Institution shall be conducted oti the cash system, and its operations enlarged or curtailed according to the funds received. “ Should deserted children be admitted,” was decided in the negative, “ Should children having stop-fathers be admitted,’'was also decided iu the negative, “ Should deformed children be admitted?” This was left to the discretion of the Super intendent. When the deformity is of such a character as to require extra attention, it was thought unadvisable to admit the parties in the present condition of the Asylum. “ Should boys learn trades at the Asylum?” Decided in the negative, it being impractica ble at this time to employ skilled mechanics in the various trades, erect suitable work shops aud purchase necessary tools, *• Should collecting agents be appointed in diflerent parts of the State; and if so, what wages should they receive?” This was left to the discretion of the Superintendent; hut the meeting advised against the employing aud paying agents. - That the orphan work for the present be concentrated at Oxford; aud, it be curtailed or enlarged from time to time, as the funds contributed will justify. FORM OF APPFICATIOIV FOR A Bor, My residence is in County, and my occupation My family consists of. I wish to employ a hoy. —years of age,and (Here give description and qualities desired.) He will he required to and atloived to J will furnish and pay him a month. A. B. BeQommended hy THE Orphans’ Friend. ALIVE AND LIVELY WEEKLY! OBGAN OF THE OSPHAH WOBK ENTERTAINING AND IN STRUCTIVE TO THE YOUNG. A ZEALOUS FEIEND AND ADVOCATE OF EHFCATIOW. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY. Subscription and postage ONLY ONE DOEEAR A YEAR OFFICE IN THE ORPHAN BUILDING, AT OXFORD. -o- ADTERTISEMENTS. Ten cents a line for one insertion. Five cents a line each week for more than one and less than twelve insertions. One column, three months, sixty dollars. Half column, three months, forty dollars, quarter column, three months, twenty dollars. Present circulation, fourteen hundred and orty papers each week. Address ORPHANS’ FRIEND, OXFORD, N. C. T. B. LYON, JE. E. UALBY. E. H. LYON (Late of "Halby Puff.”) LYON, DALBY & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF THE “AROMA DURHAM SMO- TOI5ACCO. Durham, N. C. Orders solicited—Agents wanted—Tobacco guaranteed. March 17th—11-2m. H. A. KEAMS & CO , MANUFACTURERS OP REAMS’ DURHAM BOOT AND SHOE POLISH. Warranted to excel all others, or money Refunded. The only Blacking that will polish on oiled surface. It is guaranteed to preserve leather and make it pliant, requiring less quantity and time to produce a perfect gloss than any other, the brush to he applied immediately after put ting on the Blacking. A perfect gloss from this will not soil even wMte clothes. We guarantee it as represented, and as for pat ronage, strictly on its merits. H. A. REAMS & CO-, Manirfactorers, Durham, N. C. This Blacking is recommended in the high est tenns, after trial, bv Geo. F. Brown, J. Howard Warner, New York; the Presiden; and Professors of Wake Forest College and a large number of gentlemen in and around Durham, whose certificates have been fur nished the Manufacturers. Orders solicited and promptly filled. March 3rd, 1875. y-tl FORM. OF APPUCATIOIV FOR THE ADMISSIOIV OF HALF OUPIIAA'S. N.C.,T ,1877. ^ This is to certify that is a half orphan, sound in body and mind, and with out any estate. H.... father died m 18 I being h. mother, hereby make application for h. admission to the Orphan Asylum at Oxford, and I also relinquish and convey to the afficers thereof the- en tire management and control of said orphan till the day of ,(that being the day on which .... will be fourteen years of age,) in order that may he trained and educated according to the regu lations prescribed hy the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. I also promise not to annoy the Orphan Asylum, and not to encourage the said orphan to leave without the approval of the Superintendent. Approved by. W. M. of... FORM OF APPLICATION FOR THE ADMISSION OF ORPHANS. N. a, I , 1877. S This is to certify that is an orphan, sound in body and mind, and ivithout es tate. H. — father died 18...., h mother died in 18 I, being h , hereby make application for h. . .admission into the Orphan Asylum at Oxford, and I also relinquish and convey to the officers thereof the entire man agement and control of said orphan till the. day of. , 18 - ,(that being the day on tohich .... tvill be fourteen years of age,) in order that may be trained and educated according to the regu lations prescribed by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Approved by. W. M. of... .. Lodge. FORM OF APPEICATIOxN FOR A GIRE. Our residence is in Comity, and our occupation Our family consists of. We wish to employ a girl gears of age, and (Here give description and qualities desired). She will be re quired to and allowed to She will spend her evenings in and will sleep in We tvill furnish and will pay a month. A. B., Recommended hy Mrs. A. B.
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