VOL VIII.
OXFORD, N. C., FEBRUARY 28, 1883.
NO. 40.
WE ARE NOT MISSED.
If you and I
To-day should die
The birds would sing the same to-mor
row ;
The vernal Spring
Her flowers would bring,
And few would think of us with sorrow,
“Yes, he is dead,”
Would then be said.
The corn would floss, the grass yield
hay,
And cattle low,
And Summer go,
And few would lieed us pass away.
How soon we pass !
How few, alas!
Remember those who turn to mold !
Whose faces fade,
With autumn’s shade
Beneath the sodden c'mrchy’ard cold.
Yet it is so:
We come and go!
They hail our birth; they mourn us dead;
A day or more
The Winter is o’er—
Another takes our place instead.
A LETTER FROM A LEAD F... THER,
An orpban^s lot is a very sad
one, however its hardships are
mitigated by circumstances.
Money and kind friends may do
much to alleviateits sorrows, but
with all these it is inexpressibly
flftpurnful for a child to be with
out the tender guidance of a fa
ther and the love of a mother.
That was Ethel Thornley’s lot.
She whs twelve years of age,and
during the last four years she
had been deprived of parental
care. Her mother had been
stricken with consumption, and
had died in a few months, and
her father, who had appeared a
healthy, robust man, was. the
victim of heart disease, which
terminated fatally only a few
weeks after his wife died. The
doctors said the shock of the
wife’s death had hastened that of
her\hu8band, who had loved her
tenderly.
Mr. Thornley had no near ref
atives, but he had lived on very
iptimate terms with his lawyer,
ahd when he found that his death
was imminent, he placed all ids
wealth, which was considerable,
in, his friend’s hands, and be
sought him to receive his little
eight-year-old daughter into his
home, and care for her during
hef chilhood. The trust was ac
cepted and faithfully discharged
As far as it was possible to fill a
father’s place, Mr. Norton had
done it, and Ethel grew up cheer
ful and content.
Her twelfth birthday came
round, and then Mr. Norton had
a commission to fulfil. His dead
friend had left a packet in his
hands with the superscription,
“To my dear little daughter, to
be ,given her on her twelfth birth
day, if Grod grant that she live to
that day.” Ethel was a child
more than ordinarily intelligent,
but joined with that intelligence
was a sensitiveness and a delica
cy that struck all who knew her
with the impression that she was
very frail. Mr. Norton feared
that this letter, w'hich seemed
like a message from the dead,
might produce a painful shock
to the child, and it was with
some trepidation that, when he
came down to breakfast on that
eventful morning, he brought
the packet down with him. But
Ethel had not returned from her
morning walk, and Mr. Norton,
glad of a reprieve, took it with
him to his city office. But he
was nervous about it all day, and
he returned to his home earlier
than usual, as he phrased it to
himself, “to have it over.”
When he returned Ethel was
not in the house, but as he look
ed out in the garden he saw her
sitting on a rustic seat, on© hand
holding a book and the other
caressing a favorite cat, her es
pecial pet, a big animal, tracta
ble to no one but Ethel* Mr.
Norton made his way to the
place where she sat, and after a
few words of explanation placed
tlie packet in her hands.
Let us look over Ethel’s shoul
der and see what a father, feeling
himself about to leave the world,
felt it was most important for the
child he loved' best in all the
world to know, and what he
sought to impress on her mind.
This is what Ethel read:
^‘My dear little Daughter :
“I have heard from my ph^'si
cian to day that 1 must soon die
and leave you alone in the world.
The thought is agonizing to me,
for the world is a dangerous
place for a girl to live in without
a father or mother. I have mad^
such arrangements for you as
seem to me best, and before you
read this youVill kndw what they
are. But still, with all my anxio-
ty and thought I might help you
a little by a letter for you to read
four years hence. I waat yot;i to
grow up a noble, good woman,
such as your mother was, and I
have thought much of how I
should advise you. Ihaye pray
ed, too, Ethel, that Gfod would
tell me what to say, and this,
the result. Inclosed you wiffijfiad
a copy of the New Testament. Itj
was your mother’s. Will my lit
tie girl obey the request of a dy
ing father? I ask you, Ethel, to
read it every day of your life, and;
every time you read it pray to
Grod to bleM it. This is my las$
request, and as I stand on* thA
threshold of the unseen world it;
seems to me the best request I
can make. Obey it, my Jb^^nd
meet your mother aud father in
the land this will tell you how to
reach. God bless my little girl',
and keep her from all' harm is
the prayer of her loving father,
William Thornley.”
There was no word of direc
tion as to her property—'no word
such as Lord Chesterfield wrote
his son about deportment,
The dying man saw in the Now
Testament a higher rule of life
than any to bo found elsewhere,
and to that he directed his daugh
ter and he was right. If the spirit
of the departed can see what oc
curs in the world they have left,
William Thornley^s spirit'must
have rejoiced as lie saw his daugh
ter’s life. Consecrated early, to
Christ, she spent her years in His
service, and lived the highest, no
blest, and the best of lives, that
of a sincere Christian.—Selected.
GRANDFATHER DICEIE.
The play was, that Dickie should
be grandfather, and his little cousin
Faye' should be grandmother, and
the children should come to visit
them. So the grandparents made
ready.
Dickie got out his own. grandfa
ther’s slippers, and stepped into
them, put the gold-bowed specta
cles astride his pug-nose, then went
to grumbling in no gentle tone :
^‘Where is the morning paper? It
does seem strange that that paper
cannot be let alone! Every day I
have to hunt for it until I get so
tired that when it is found I don’t
want it. Scat! you wretch! You
are always under my foot.”
And he gave an imaginary cat a
vigorous kick with his slipper, wliich
must have hurt, for there was a
miserable yowl in the room at once;
so natural that it brought Grand
mother Faye to the room to see
what was the matter.
“Isn’t Muff here?” she asked.” I
thought I heard her.”
“No, she isn’t here!” declared
Dickie, in the grandfatherly sharp
tone. “I just kicked her under foot.
I’ve told those children a dozen
times never to let her into the li
brary, but that is all the good it
does. No attention is ever paid to
anything I say. Tell those children
to keep still; I want two minutes
of quiet, if it is to be had in this
world.’*
Whereupon ho settled himself in
the armchair, his feet on a hassocic,
his large handkerchief thrown over
what was supposed to be the bald
part of his head.
“Why, Dickie Dunlap!” said Faye,
“you don’t act the least bit in the
world like a . grandfather. They
never scold, and kick cats, and speak
cross about the children.”
‘T should think they didn’t!” said
Dickie, in utter astonishment.
“Haven’t I heard them do it ten,
hundred times! This very morning
my grandfather scatted Muff out of
this room and told me if he ever
found her m here he would have her
drowned in the lake; and he is al
ways fussing about the noise we
children make; and the paper is al
ways gone; mother says she believes
it is alive, and slips away on pur
pose.”
“Well,'* said Faye, with her head
on one side, as she always set it
when she was in a very thoughtful;
mood, “maybe there’s a difference,
in grandfathers; but ours always
speaks to us in the nicest voice, and
when mamma thinks we make too
much noise and says, ‘Hush!’grand
pa says, ‘Never mind, mamma; let
the kittens frolic, so long as their
voices are pleasant. I don’t mind
the noise; it does my old heart good.’
And he says ‘dearie’ to me, and
‘grandpa’s little man’ to Arthur,
and he’s just lovely all the time.”
‘I should think there was a dif
ference in grandfathers!” declared
Dick. “Grandfather never calls me
a little man; and I’ve heard him say
children are are a nuisance, and ^1
cats ought to be drowned, and all
dogs ought to be shot; and he thinks
this is a mean, ugly world all the'
time, except when he is taking a
nap.”
Meanwhile Faye was still think
ing.
“But, Dickie,” she began again,
more earnestly, “we never let grand
pa hunt for tbe papera; we children
see that it is ready for him every
day after dinner; that is our busi
ness; if we should forget it, mamma
wouldn’t like it at all. And Wq
don’t go into grandpa^s side of the
library only when he invites us; and
and we never meddle with bis
things; mamma wouldn’t lik^ it,
and we wouldn’t like to bother him
either.’’
“Well,” said Dickie, a rogishlight
in his handsome eyes, “maybe there
is a difference in grandchildren, I oo.
I shouldn’t wonder if there was.”
Who do you think stood by the
window in the next room and heard
all this talk?. Why; Dicl^e.’s gr4nd-
father!
He listened, and sighed heavily
two or three times;"then he took
out his handkerchief and wiped his
eyes. Poor old man! I think ho-
was sorry he had the name of being
80 cross.—JVie Paiwy.
BURDETT’S ADVICE TO A
YOUNG MAN.
NORFOLK FERTILIZER
—AND—
INSECTICIDE!
$15 PER TON,
Delivered at any of tbe Depots in Norfolk or
Portsmouth.
Manufketurod by
: -Styron, Whitehurst & Co.,
NORFOLK, Va.
fc^Office, Biggs’ Wharf.
Also Dealers in Charleston Groniid Bone Phos
phate and Kainit.
CERTIFICATES:
And then, rememher, my son,
you have to woyk. Whether you
handle a pick or pen, a wheel
barrow or a se.t of books, dig
ging ditches or, editing a pape^,,
ringing an auction bell, or writ
ing funny things, you must work.:
If you will look around you, son,:
you will see that mep who are
most able to live the rest of their
days without work are the men
who work the hardest.—Don’t,l;>e
afraid of killing yourself with
overwork, son. It is beyond your
power to do that. Men. cannot
work so hard as that, on the sun
ny side of thirty. They', , die
sometimes, bnt it’s because thpy,
quit work at s^ p. u). and don’t;
get.home iiptil two a., m., It’s.the
interval that Itilis, my s,on.. The
wprk gives .you an appetite fpi
your meals, it fends splidity to,
your slumbpr, it gives, a .perfect
and grateful' apptpoiatioi) of a
bolidgy. Thepe are yo.ung m^p
who do nc(t wqjrlt, nyf.'.'gqn; but
the world 18 nqL,Ei_qud of them.
It does not .kPQJf , Ikpk- .names,
even; it simpty'•'’soaks 'of them
Bs.cdd so apd sq’|e,f)oyg.. 'Ijiqbody
likea tbegi, nobody, hates them;;,,
the great busy world doesn’t even
know that they ..are-.thtffe. So
find out what you want to be
and to do, son, and take ofi yppf
coqt, and make a dust ip the
the world.:; The. busier^.yqji are,
the less deviltoy y^jq will he apt
'to get into, the .eiyeeter, wiif, he
your sleep, the brighter aqd hap
pier yduy holidays and the beti
ter satisfied, will the world .be
with. y.pu.—Saw^^ye,.
NorrOWAY Ci)„ Va., Sept, ao, 18SA
This is to certify that I used two tons of the
Norfolk Fertilizer and Insecticide, imrchascd
from Svyron, Wliiteliurst & Co., Norfolk, Va., on
tnfycrops of'cotton and tobacco this year, ami
tl^t it acted to my entire satisfiictiou. My to
bacco is considered equal to the very best in
l^qUpway comi^, and my cotton much better than
Where I used the in equal quantities, »av
from twAto three hundred pounds per acre. Such
is my satisfaction with the Fertilizer that I expect
to use it much more largely in the future.
J. M. HURT.
Heim'FOUD, N. C., Nov., 10,1882.
Styron, Whitehurst & Co., Gentlemen : I take
pleasure in saying that the live tonsNorfolk Fer-
Vli^pr purchased of you last spring 1 used umler
dotton, corn, potatoes and v-'getables with de-
didedjy better,results tliaiiwlierel used the high-
priced fertilizers vyliich cost from $35 to 84.') per
ton,.. Ajn-satiafied I will get one-quarter "to one-
tjhird more cotton where I used yours. In com
posting'with'cotton seed, stable manure and rich
darth, it is the best Fertilizer I ever used. Will
Use'it mider all iny crops next year. Hopini>-.
you much success, I am, vesy truly, °
: JOSEPH A. HUGHES.
’ , Kkmpsvxlle, Princess Auce Co., Vu., 1882.
, Messrs. S.tyrpn, Whitehurst & Co, Gentlemen-
I iiwJdiyour Norfo’k Fertilizer under Irisli pota
toes at the rate of 300 lbs. to the acre, ami the
yidld^was abundant, in fact surprised me. Also
used it lyider corn and made an excellent crop.
My ^Mhis looking well where 1 used it, Am .so
\^ell pleased with it shall use itagaiu next .Siiring.'
•, Veryredpeotfully. N. B. SANDERLJN.
Perquimans Co., N. C., Nov. 30,1882.
, Messrs. St^on, Whitehurst &, Co., Gentlemen:
Tbedialf toniNoi-iblk Fertilizer-purchased of you
.list Soring gaveentire satisfaction; I used it alon"-
^dt^ySihighei'-priced fertilizers; and the yielS
Tfom/ours was fully as good as where I ’used
.the! Other brands. ‘ Yours truly^ .
1 B. F, CITIZEN.
' Sebrell’s P. 0., Southampton Co.,Nov. 30, '82
Qeiitlameu^, The five tons Norfolk Fertilizer pur-
ejiased of you last Springl used under cotton ami
;peaiiul6 f*ith very satisfactory results. Please
ship me fen. (10) tons by 1st Fehruaiiy, '83.
VdryVedp^fctfully,-• W.N. SEHRELL
OLB PEOVEBS.
‘To make aTirtuq of necessity,’
comes from Ohaucer, the father
of English poetry, and a man of
infinite wit, and to him can be
traced the saying. ‘In at one
ear, oat at the other,' though tin
the quaint language of the day
he said, ‘One ear it heard, at the
other out it went’ The pioverb,
‘Man proposes, but Grod dispos
es,’ comes from ‘Peir’s Plowman’s
Vision,’ a black letter poem, and
‘Of two evils, the less is always
to be chosen,' and ‘When he is
out of sight, quickly also is he
out of mind,’ the originals of'Out
of sight, out of mind,’and ‘of two
evils, chose the least,’ are from.
Thomas a Kempia, 'Thomas Tus
g_qr gave us ‘The stone that is rol
ling can gather no moss,' ‘Better
late than never,’ ‘It is an ill wind
that turns none to good,’ ‘Christ
mas comes but once a year,' ‘Safe
bind, safe find ’ ‘Book ere thou
leap, see ere thou go,’ and
‘Such master, such man.’ Chau
cer died in 1400, Thomas a Kern-
pis in 1471, and. Tusser in 1580;
so that |;hese,,arg„yeAqqa,bls,,i'e- ,
mains.
• WiNl^AWfij Perquimans Co., N. C., Nov. 1(1, ’82.
(Gentlemen: I used If tons Norfolk Fertilizer
u|id(#?,Golt)n this yqar, side by side with Peru
vian Bone Dust, at the rate of about 175 poiimU
;)4riacre,.; The result was in favor of your Fer- •
tilizer.. Will use ii again next Spring.
fiespectflilly, • W.L. JESSUP & CO.
. , . WinfAll, N C., Nov. 10, 1882.
.Gentlemen: The two tons Norfolk Fertilizer
pnn^ased offyou.last Spring I used under cotton
^t| the rate ofabout 175 pounds per acre, which
gave better yield than any other Fertilizer. Will
ude itmore extensively next year.
Yours truly, R. B. KIRBY.
Teb7m3
rr
1 LUTHER SHELDON.
DEALER IN
.DOORS and BLINDH
I jkoTiLDHSlGS, BRACKETS, STAIR RAILS,
NEWELS,-BUILDERS’ HARDWARE,
Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty
AWDi BPILDINIO MATERIAL OF
EVERY OESCRIPTION.
Nob. ^6 W. Side Market Sqr. and 49 Roanoke Ave.
NORFOLK, Va.
ftb7yl"
CLEMONS. LEVY & CO..
Cotton Commission Illlerclian's
RICHMOND, VA.
We desire to callllie
attention of cotton pi in
ters and cotton shlpb irs
to the advantages ofler-
ed by Richmond asu c ot-
ton market, and soli clt
from them atrial. Oar
market is now llnnly es
tablished. We have I er*
fected arrangenieiit' by
which we can shi;) b oth
to domestic and to for
eign ports on as favora
ble terms as can b e done
from Norfolk ot from
afly other'Southern port. Practically, this
places Bichmoud on the coast. Onr Mr.
Xe’ * ” ‘ — - - -
Xevy, formerly from Enfleld N. C., gives
hte^p^ial attention to the sarnpln g' and
weig.dng of cotton. T/iberaladvances made
on cotisignmonts. Correspondence soUciteJ.
Rpfei by permission to: JohnB. Davis,
Esq., President Planters National Bank,
Richmond, Va.; Isaac Davenport, Esq.,
President First National Bank, Rich oiond,
Va.; Messrs. S. W. & M. Rosenbaum Rich-
mond, Va.
marlly 'CI.F.MON!^. LEW d '(>
AipiyOU GOING TO BU V COAL
this ^winter. If so, leave your order witli
W. R. Beasley, and he will take name and
quantity. This must he done in the next
ten days. JOB OSBORN,
Raleigh, N. 0.