TILE GIlll'.UJiEN’S FUIEND.
W£dui€s«3ii5, Fol>i'3si&E'y 17, iS75.
T£1E SA^JK FJiAN.
Tlio Grand Lodfje, at its last
eesskiii, made no clian.g'e, in the
jiian of snjiporting tlie Orplian
Asylum; Ijnt ordered that the
plan lieretoforo in oi>eratiou be
continued. Here it is:
“liesoluA, That tlie Master of
eneli subordinate Lodge appoint a
Standing Committee upon raising
funds for the Orplian Asylum,
and require said, committee to re-
])ort in writing eacb month, and
that .said reports and the funds
received be fonvarded inonthly
to the SiiperiTitendent of the Asy
lum, and that the support of the
Orphan Asylum be a regular or
der of business, in each subordi
nate Lodge at each Communica
tion.” ■
Wo hiToke the-attention of
Masters of Lodges to this resolu
tion, and request'them to send us
immediately the names of their
committees in order that we may
know who is cooperating with us,
and with whom, wo are expected
to cooperate. If- any Lodge lias
a committee . that rvill not work,
the members should be oxcu-sed
from further service and live
men should .bo. apixiinted in their
jilaces. Let us open a lively cam
paign in the orphan, w'ork and do
.more good -than wo have over
done before.
■ The circulation of The Ciiil-
dren’s Friend, is gradually en
larging ; but it is not growing as
fast as we desire, nor as we had
reason to expect, especially in
some localities. We believe it
lia.s tlie good will of every body
that has seen it or hoard of its
publication, but good will with
out substantial accompaniments
is of no material advantage to the
jiaper ; it will not pay for jiaper
and ink and type-setting. A few
friends have interested themselves
in some localities in getting up
clubs of subscribers and have suc
ceeded in getting many names
with the money. Others could
do the same if they would only
devote a little time to the matter.
Hundreds of persons v/ould sub
scribe if the subject were pre
sented directly to them by some
friend who would take the trouble
to collect and forward the names
and money for the paper. We
want The Children’s Friend to
visit every family in the State if
practicable, that the people, may
see what the Asylum is doing for
the oiphans, and what the good
and charitable arc doing for the
Asylum, and if the paper is of a
character to do good, we want it
to do all tho good it is capable of,
by being road by ov.ory body
that can read.
We call upon our friends, tho
friends of tho prjihans and of the
Asylum, throughout tho State, to
give us their aid in giving tho
paper a largo circulation, and we
do this the more freely and con
fidently because we have no pe
cuniary orotherenterest in the en
terprise more than should be felt
by every friend of tho orphan in
North Carolina. *
The XoiasBgest.
# '
blaster Howard A. Fou.shee, of
.Roxboro’, sends one dollar to pay
for IhiE Children’s Friend one
year. He is the youngest sub
scriber on our books, being only
five years old. We hope the en
tering of his name as a subscriber
to The Children’s Friend may
b;.: an augury of it being heroaf-
; .'r written among those of tho
g' cat and good of his day. *
0!:BHOTKt.S.
(continued.)
Mr. S. W. Daviilsou keeps a
good village hotel at Murpliy,
and Mrs, Mary Siler keeps a
[ileasant boarding house at Frank
lin. Mr. Lcatherwood feeds tlie
hungry at Webster. At W»y-
nesvillo, J.Lr. Smathers gives you
a bountiful meal for 25 cents, and
his rooms and beds are clean and
comfortable.
At the Vfann Springs, and at
Alexander’s on the French Broad,
the milk is rich, the beef is fat,
tho bread is sweet and the cook
ing is uniformly good;
At Asheville, the Eagle Hotel
is closed for the winter ; but may
open again in spring. Tho stages
atop with Mr. Robinson of the
Central Hotel. He gives you a
good meal; but his servants have
not acquired any very remarka
ble fondness for making fires, or
blacking shoes. The ether hotels
ill Asheville are preparing for the
summer camjiaign. At Old Fort,
Mr. Bergin keeps tho Mountain
Hotel. When he does his best,
all is well; but we have known
him to be careless. One cold
morning w e bad to get up with
out fire or water. N ow w‘e are
Methodist enough to w'ant fire in
winter, and Baptist enough to
want water all tlie year, and both
articles are always abundant at
the foot of the Blue Ridge,
At Morganton Dr. Ilappoldt
keeps the Mountain Hotel, and
Mr. Mallard the Morganton Ho
tel near the Court House. At
Hickory we find the Central Ho
tel and the Western Hotel,
At Statesville, Mr. Blair, and
Mr. Schloss welcome travelers.
The competition at these three
places is lively and a great bless
ing to the public. Good fare at
a reasonable price. Statesville,
Hickory and Morganton are all
pleasant places for Eastern jieo-
ple to spend tho summer. We
})ass by Marion deliberately, and
expect to do so until tho market
improves. Too little variety,!
McDowell buys too much meat
and brea,d, and sells too little but
ter and beef. Tho rail-road in-
jm-es tlioso ivho make nothing to
sell, and benefits producers. ’
At Salisbury, the hotels change
hands so often that we know not
what to say about them, and will
try to do them justice hereafter.
Col. Brown (now of the National
Hotel, Raleigh) once made Salis
bury a delighfiil place; but
now occupies a larger field, and
merits all that the pajiers have
said in his favor. And now- we
note a hotel kept by a bachelor,
without a woman, white or black,
on the premises. We had missed
breakfast and dinner, and arrived
just in time for supper. The cof
fee was hot—and this is all we
can say in its favor. The biscuit,
were done to death. The steak
was lean, tough, aiid scorched, but.
not cooked. The milk, the rolls,
the butter, the eggs, tho turkeys,,
and all such things would have
been good, if there had been
any; but, alas I they were not
known in that country. We
were very sick that night and
we advise our dearest friends to
die rather than board with a
bachelor. Wo make no charge
for this advortisoment, because
when a bachelor hires a raw sec
tion-hand to keep house and cook
for himself and the public, all the
papers ought to dead-head him.
(To he Contimiecl.)
The Legislature ja'ojioses to
pass a law levying a heavy tax
on useless dogs. Such a law will
do good, L>y giving proper jirotee-
tion to sheep, and by reducing
the juice ofsa.usage.
A GOO0 lIXAMl'AHi.
’I'lio church of tho Good Shop-
herd in Raleigh, has recently
bought a lot to build on, and is
now erecting a liouse for j.ulilic
worshiji. In tlie midst oL its
struggles, it finds time and finds
heart to make a liberal collection
for the Orjihau As\ lum. Yet if
one-tenth of tlie wealthy cliurclies,
which have bought no lots a.ud
are building no houses, would fol-
lo'.T tho example of the Church of
tho Good Shejiherd, we would
have sufficint funds to heljialllhe
orjilians now ajipli'ing for admis
sion.
MKISFHESJSSOIJO.
On last Friday oveuiug, in
couqiaiiy with our esteemed
friend, Rev. J. 1). Ilufham, of the
Biblical liecorder, wo attended the
Concert at Cliowau Institute, and
found the venerable town ofilur-
freesboro full of educational life.
Wesleyan Female College, in
charge of President Stair, is full,
though the accommodations have
recently been enlarged. 'J’he
ilalo Academy prosjic-rs under
Mr. Conrad. Chowan Institute,
as usual, lias room for only a few
more good girls. Dr. McDowell,
Prof. Delke and tlie female teach
ers are full of work and full oi’
vim. The evergreens, the artifi-
cie.l baskets, the attractive paint
ings, the wax fruits aud flowers
and the glad faces of happy chih
dren made even old folks feel that
it was . good to be there. Mrs.
Myrick ruled the rostrum, and
the pieces wore rendered with ex
cellent taste and skill. Here is
the
PROGRAMME:
. PAKT I.
1. Overturo to Oj>ora “La Dame Blanche,”
(12 hands, 3 I’ianos),—Boicldieu.
2. “Ob! that we two were Maying,” (Vocal
Duot),—
3. “Frolislim” .March,(.i-1 ])»n(l3, 3 I’ianos and
Organ),—JIauschild.
4. ' “Merrily Dance tho Stars to-night,”
(Oiiorus),—Balmer.
5. “Marcia Franco-ltaliana,” (() liands, 3
Pianos),—CoBterno.
6. i'Tlic Butterhy,”—CarnlU.
“Ash me Again aud I will 'uit Say Nvi,”
(Vocal ’Soli).),—Millard.
7. “Facheltaus;” No. 1, (8 hands, 2 Pianos),
—Meyerteer.
8. “Chiming Bells,” (Chorus),—Emerson.
PART II
1. “La Chasse an Lion,” (14 hands, 0 Pianos
aud Organ),—Kullitui.
2. “The Boatman,s Song,” (Voeal Solo),
—Bhmenthal.
“Shades of Night,’’.(Vocal Trio),—Perriny.
3. “La Fanfare des Dragons,” (14 liauds, 3
Pianos and Organ),—Boscovitz.
4. ‘n’he Koinau Charioteer,’’[Vocol Solo],—
Millard.
“Bend to your Oars,” [Chorus],— WhUic-
viore:
i). “Le Nord [4 hands, 2 Pianos],—Alherti.
6. “ilcturning lionie,” [Vocal Duct],—
Kuc\ien.
7. Overture to Opera “Sargino,” [12 hands, 3
Pianoe].—Paer.
8. “Oil! as Fair as Port’s Dreaming,’’[Vocal
* Solo from Opera “Lucrezia Borgia,”] —
DonizeUi.
Tho Huntresses,'’
The Murfreesboro people, the
Hertford jieople, the Chowan peo-
j,le have cultivated hoadsandraag-
nauimous souls. We always leave
them with extreme reluctance,
and iiitcud to visit them as often
as possible.
EQIICATTOK.
Onr educational out-look is a
little more cheerful than it has
been for several 3'ears. The Trus
tees of the Universit.y have held a
meeting, and their jiroceedings
jiromisc an early resumption of
scholastic exercises, proxaded the
Legislature can be induced to
provide the means, or even to re
store the funds ajiiji-ojiriated by
Congress for an agricultural col-
lese.
The Civil Rights Pull has as-
siuued a shape is hich does not in
terfere with schools. Col. Poo! is
therefore at libert)' to jaroceod
ivith his jjhuis f.ji' the i oj)r..ve-
ment of the j)ublic schools. I'lie
prices of cotton and tobacco have
recently advaucod, and the jieo-
ple are in a better condition to
patronise our co!lege.s and acade
mies. Some of these have alread)'
opened with an increase of num
bers, and jjleasant weather will
ojieu the way for chiklreB who are
now detained at home.
NO tOMHJJt.'TTON.
In old times, each Lodge jiaicl
five pounds a JU'ar to tho Grand
Chavitv of tlie Grand Lodge.
When tlie currency oliangod, the
five pounds was changed to fil-
teen dollars. At its last session
the Grand Lodge decided to
equalize the burden of the Grand
Cluu'itj’, by allowing each Lodge
to send uji fifty cents for each
name rejiorted. Lod.ges report
ing only ten members will send
up five dollars. Lodges report
ing- fift\' members will send uji
twenty-five dollars. Tliis jihui
seems to bo fair and equal, and it
inav, or may not, increase the an
imal income of tho Grand Lodge.
But this change has no connec
tion whatever with the Orphan
.Asylum, .or with its support Yet
we, are sorry and surjiriaod to
learn-, that some Lodges liave @uj3-
poaed tliat this change is luerely
some neiv plan for the support of
the . orphan -ivork. One of the
most difficult tasks in the world is
to make a matter jilain to those
who do not ivisli to understand it.
ClsicUeM Pox.
A Bcverc case of ebickee poi appeared iu
Osford last w^ek iind was mistaken for small
ppx. The people were alarmed, aud eereral
citbeHS, who bad been exposed k) the di»ca.'e
TTore rnstiented tliree miles from to^Ti. The
exeitment has now. subsided, aud business
moves on ub nsnal.,
Ccalrilin^liosis to ti»e Os";j>S5iit2 Asy-
Iu2£i fs'otBa Pe&. lOSls «» Feb. S’7£li
IK CASH.
I’aid 810.00, Morrison Council, F. v.f T.
“ $10.00, Children’s Friend.
“ $5.00, liev. John Mitchell.
“ $4.3.}, McCormick Lodge, 228.
“ $2.00, Fdniwood Tjodge, 240.
“ . $.1.00, J. J. Young.
“ 75 cents. Granite Lodge, 322.
IK KIND.
Lot Garden aud flower seed, Hon. A. S. Mer-
rhnon from Patent Oifice.
L3 Pair Shoes, Jtthn White & Son.
2 Bushels e-orn, W. 11. Smith.
1 sack, flour, J. J. Meadows.
1 Bushel eorn, B. D. Howard.
3 Bushels wheat, J.II. Webb.
Bushels corn, D. J. Gooch.
2i Bushels corn, Thomas B. Daniel.
I Pair socks, Miss ilittie W. Harris.
I Pair soeks, Mrs. Holmes.
Printers'Ink, Edwards & Broughton.
1 Bag flour, J. M. Blackwood.
. The following persons hare paid for
The Children’s Friend for one year from
tliis date:
Mrs. M. J. Snyder, Rev. A. D. Betts, Maj.
R. Bingham, Master H. A. Foushee, J. E.
Landis, John W. Grandy, Vrillie 0. Mitchell,
L. T. Spiers, W. W. Parker,Wayland Mitch
ell, Maj. Gus Fetter, Miss Pattie M. Win-
boruo.
Knowi.edge.—Plcivsnre isa shadow, wealth
is vanity: and power is a pjigeant; but knowl
edge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in fame,
nnlimitedin spare, and infinite in duralion.
In the poriunnaiico of its sacred offioe, it fears
no danger, spares no oxpence, omits no exer
tion. It scales tho mountain, looks into the
volcano, dives into tlie ocean, perforates the
earth, wings its flight into tlie skies, encircles
the globe, explores sea and land, conteinjdates
the distant, exanuncs the minute, comjiro-
hends the great, ascends to the sublime. No
phiee too remote for tlio gi’asp—no heavens too
exalted for its touch--Z>c Clinton.
“ VIVKXPJE!Ti:i> AKSJ FKMSIST-
Finding that sev- rul newsjia-
jiers aiid the hohli-rA of sumo
blai'ik tickets are blaming me be
cause, at the diawing of tho
“Gratid Gift Conceit” iu Wilson,
thousands of tickets remained un
sold, I ask jicrmission to submit
a few remarks:
1. It is said that my oiijtosition
was “uuexjiected.” It is tt'ell
known that, -when editor of the
Biblical Jitcordcr, 1 denounced the
Hester, Lottery as a viohitioii of
the Tenth. Commandmeni, a vio
lation of the laws of the hind, and
peniiciou.s to tlie morals of all our
peojile. After Capt. Hester’s trial
and conviction b\' Hiram Lodge,
he told me that I had fought him
honestly from the beginning. I
had often jeublished tlisit the Or
phan Asj'lum would not enter
any partnerships, and did not
wdsh to grind the axes of any
parties, for anj^ purp ise. When
consulted about the iV’ilson lotte
ry, I stated that it would injure
the Orjehau work, an 1 begged the
friends of the orphani to stop it.
After all this, it seems passing
strange that my opposition wms
“unexpected.”
2. It is said that my opposition
was “jiersistent.” I put in the
Daily News an adveriiseinent that
I had no connection, or afiiliation
with any lottery. In mj' report
to the Grand Lodge, 1 stated why
I had no symj athy with lotteries,
even when managed for the ben
efit of the Oqdian Asyium. But
geuerally, in writing aud in con
versation, 1 hai e endeavored to
avoid every allusion to the sub
ject. It never would liave occur
red to me tiiat this was “jicrsist-
ent” ojipositiou.
3. My iuflnciice in the sale of
tickets has been over estimated.
I'he Kinston lottery' was a coni-
])lete failure, witiiont any ojiiiosi-
tion on my' jjar*. 't he j.-eopSe of
North Carolina are oppo.sed to
lotteries; the lottery' in Wilson
came luarer being a success tl.au
the luauagers had any' reason to
expect.
4. A large number of ticket
holders got their money' ba.-k;
s'.-me drew more than they in-
ve.sted, and sonto drew, bhaikp, a.s
is usual in lotteries. It is true
that no town lots were drawn;
but powerful labor is l equireil to
draw a town lot through a lottery
wheel. All the parties ought to
bo contented.
6. The Orphan Asylum has
been very seriously injured by'
the Wilson lottery. Some lodges,
some chm'ches and some individ
uals have been, and are still, hold
ing back their contributions with
the expectation that the lottery
will supply' all the wants of tlio
orphans. Our weekly' reports are
distressingly short.
6. The managers of the lottery
first annonneed that forty per
cent of the sales would be given
to the orphans. At tho drawing,
they decided to reduce the amount
to twenty per cent. On the same
principle tbey' might have reduc
ed it to one thousandth of one
per cent. It is, therefore, plain
that the Orphan Asylum could
not afford to enter a partnership
with other parties who receive all
the funds and divide according to
the dictates of their ow'ii desires.
I hojie the advocates of lotteries
for the benefit of the Orphan
Asylum have now soon the sad
effects of their great mistake, and
that such schemes for raising
money' will never again bo men
tioned in connection with the or
phan work. J. H. Mill.s,
Suporiutcudeut.