1
T'lK C.lIli-iiiii'-N’fc) FiMENl). :testofnl fur
Wi-49!ke!-S.iy, .ia:4tcU
CinSMiKEiV leEMEJial-ING
wooaa.
>;!-l ia always cliarmitig, ahYa}'S
■]ieerfri\ always useful. In luu'
rivll.oo.lshe is the life and juy f i teaciiildrenf’ One i
i 1- 1): r nts and nfc]g-lil)ors. In i -
ner ivunianliood, slie ivuikes homo '
A society .was formed receml)’
'nNcw Aoi'k'Oity “to proyont
the
'Tcat C'ldre
o+'l
love and
u for li n-1 u b n 1 and cliild-
It is true tluit some ehildron are
block-heads; it is also true that ^
,l,oostevovych!!dre«cmldcss^e|rem^^^ «t,ssafi-as is soft, easy
part.cular land of ' ^ and not in deinaml. He
wood IS tong. , . _ „i,it i bark neakes rveak ml and very
juit it in pome usciul sna].c, n
iiii's its ])lace well and renders
faitlifnl sei'vice. Then on t1ic hre
it burns continuously and vigo,-
ouslv until consumed and even
its ashes are .clean and nseful f'.o
the hickory hov is olteii verv
tough ; but breaK hr-u carefnlly
and season him well, and yon
may dei)end on him to hold h’.s
place and render tadliful service.
When manly work is wr.ined, he
is always ready. Ills entire ca
reer is vigorous and nohte iid
death cuts him down, ami then he
iioortea; but its pith makes the
best eye-water in the world.
When cut down and put on the
lire, it pop.s and throws out coals
so as to endrtngor the hoMse. Iw/t
conlined in a stove, it is the finest
witod for cooking. So the sassa-
fvi's gill. She is generally too
■ a "ie to 'a t and too soft to be
; siiajipd into anything wsefid. ^Ihd
I she is pleasant to look at. The
sight of her is good for sore eyes.
: f ('t she makes very poor tea, and
orant of hojfsehold dmies
leaves an
slum ,town, ami.nenue, .
lionest hie and a M ^ . 1 ,im f«ss
i rattle and to ri.'stlo and to fass
llirt with all l.er fa«dts, if yo«
. y.’l.I can tie her down to a regwla.
splits plows a,,a wagims vac p^
cut (Town it iua!.- ‘-> n. in^i ci.. s. . , .
exaniiile as a legacy to his
White oak wood makes
race.!
.■ai
i gv
fire and its ashes are in demand
So the white oak hoy, always ^
lithe and active, is always ready ; nian.
and reliable tor nsofnl work, tie j
does so many things dia-t no one ■
else can do !‘ Locate him where
you Avill and he soon becomes an
iiidisiiensahle. When ho dies the
miitei'ial for h.onest eulogy is
abunbant. llis good works make
his funeral easy to iireach, .niul
his uiihleniished reputation makes
his epitaph ])lcasaut to write. I he
live oak is a low and crooked
tree ; but even its elboivs serve to
Airace great ships and make them
liear the strains of the stormy
billows ou the dangerous Ocean.
So in life. The live oak boys
and the live oak men witliov.t
any ]iarade or display, cjuietly do
the hard rvovk of this world.
They are relied on in every time
of trial and danger. Their praises
are seldom said or snug, and y et
ill every bold enterprise and on
every I'ugged road, we trust to
theni and ’ rush along in safeti/.
T’he red oak bears sour a.coriis,
has bitter bark, and is easy to
break. It grows large and staiid.s
high; hut when cut down luul
put ill the fire it stmys and siin-
mers and finally disap])ears in
smoke. Just so the redoa.k boy.
Ho is sour and bitter, and though
he often stands high and locks
grand, the world does not suit
him. lie is dissatisfied wherever
you jilacc him. He is sure to
want wdiat he cannot get, and
llis opportunities pass by ivhile
be laments bis gloomy fate. And
when death calls him aivay, ho
goes with so much reluctance and
leaves so little to be said in his
favor that his funeral is liard to
preach, and his epitaph faxes the
credulity of his most ardent ad
mirers.
The black-gum is a very mean
wood. It refuses to split, and
then it cracks open even when
iron hands are iilaced around it.
Its berries are bitter; but its twigs
are sometimes used on the backs
of wayward children, bo the
blaek-gum 1 ov is a tough stick,
alway'S disobedient, alwoiys frus
trating y'oiir plans, h.ird to put
into any'nseful shape and. relusing
to be nseful even when properly
shaped. He will do for a ))ol?ce
df.'all
ransfonned into
faborioiis, bat discontented wo-!
. • r
T’he long-leaf pine is a tree ot
Ide renorvn. It supplies
mankind with rosin, spirits of
tiu jieufiue mid lumber. It is the
Dorcas among the useful ivoincii.
T'he long-leaf-pine girl grows u]i
with the expectation of being-
boxed and scraped and san-ed for
(ho benefit of suffering li«ma»ity,
a«d lier worst forebodings are
more thara realized ; yet she pa-
tientlyi ondwres it all, a«d toils «»-
cea.singly from rosy yoath to the
feelilek decrepitude. She sees her
life-blood .going by degrees ; Ind
idle wiliiwgh' wasiesherselfaway,
to leave niankind a rich heritage
of benefits and blessing.s. Neilher
fancral oration nor poiiipoas obit-
nary can ever do justice to the
over-woi'lced and care-w'orn wo
men of our conntry'. T hey' patient-
Iv wear o«t their own lives, in
rnnking life enjoy'able to others,
'fhev are not always invijel 1o
enjoy the feasts which their own
weai-y' hands have prepared.
Tliey" toil and spin in this world,
let !'s liope to meet them array
ed in glory in the world to come.
IVe thank the Roanoke News
for the following true and timely
paragrapji in regard to the Or-
|ihan Asylum, in its issiie of Sat
urday' last:
Rkmkiuier Them.—Our rea
ders sl'.ould recollect that while
they have a plenty and some a
surplus of the necessaries of life,
the Orphan children at Oxford
would bo glad to receive a portion
of anything which can be given
them. Send them something to
eat or wear as ymii can afford.
l-Iore we would suggest that a lot
of fish he sent occasionally. Sure
ly they can be furnished .so soon-
a^s the .Roanoke falls sufficiently.
Don’t forget then;—and help
them all you can. It will be as
bread cast ou the water
suppose tliat, in a Christian eouu-
try-, tltere could be no occasion j
for- the formation of such an iisso-1
ciation, but almost daily' obsei-yr,
t on shoivs that such a conclusicn
w >ii!d be eri'5 noi u c We lire,
no siieh society in our Siate, but
we haVo-what .is, perhaps, much
better, ini asyduni to tvhich chil
dren, deprived of their natural
pi-otec.toiiB, may', be taken and
cared for, thus preventing them,
in many', 'jiisfahces, tailing into
the ■ hands ipf..;t.hdse wlio would
treat them, .jaftef the mniiner. de- j
scribed' - in, ntlie following- ],ara-
grapli, whfoh we chp from a.n ex- .
change., of a. ease Svhicli canic trp
in a c.ourt of one of the 'A estern j
•Stlltei : ' :
“iV brutal farmer was .charged
with grossly maltreating and ov-
ern orking- an orphan boy .only
twelve y'ears of age. The neigh-1
bors who bronght the allegations :
against the tarnier asserted tliai
the cruelnes extended over a per-
i )d of three years ; and that, dur-1.
ing the present winter, the ill-ted.j
and thinly'-clad child had serveuj
as a cow-'liei-d, , lomaiiiiiig out (J
dooi-si from early mprniiig until ,
l.ite at night, a,nd that his hands, ,
arms, face, and lower limbs had
several times hoeu dreadiiilly ■.
frozen. He had ahvays been de-1
tiled the articles of food on wdiich j
the family of his harsh eniployer j
subsisted,' and had' been feed on i
corn meal and mush. When he
was so r.nfo'riu' at a tosleep r.sl te
as sunrise in winter, the laniier
punished him by dragging-him to ■
the pump, and deluging his I.alt- ^
paralyzed body' with cold water.'
(luce" or twice the child strayed ,
to the liouses'of.the neighbors in ’
search of food, warmth, and rest;
bnt oil every l^ucIi occasion lie
was pursuech recaptured, and des
perately beaten. , One . day the ^
boy' was unable to unuiage the j
ca.ille confided to his care, as his
limbs were frozen, and lie could
not walk, but staggered about-
like a drunken man ; and tviiile ;
he was in this condition the farm
er inouiited his horse, and licisten-
ing to the pasture, heat the cliihl'
■with his horse-whip until he was
senseless. At this point the neigh-.j
bors interfered, took the hoy tcr-
cibly from his master, and caused
the latter to he arrested. He lias ,
been held for trial at the circuit i
eoiirty and as the neighbors are j
thoroughly incensed toward him, i
he mayi have to reinaiu without;
bail and in confinement until:
April. ’ '
■WEILEON’S TAilH.LV S'ii.i-i'EKS. ;
Etrsis't;-.
We have recently gotten hold
of a.bound copy.'Ot .the pioceod.-
iiigs .of-tlie., (Irand L.odge ot North
Carolina fnun 1^0.1 to 1840. Al-
thongli the Grand Lodge liai'i
been organized inaiiy years prim’
to the first mentioned da,te, there
ai-e, we believe, no records of its
pi'oceedi'iig-s up to that time };ro-
served. Kven in the volume bo-
I'ore us the jii-oceediiigs of some of
the Urand Annual Communica-
i -.ions, lietwoen the dates mention
ed, are niissiiig.. We propose to
select from the volume from time
: to time such items as we tliiiik !
I will be of interi'st to our readers
I In 1801 it was called the
“Grand Lodge of North Carolina
■ and Tennessee”—there being two
Lo'.lgcs ill Tennessee—T'eimessee
l.ocige, 41, at Knoxville, aid
(ii-te,riille Lodge, 43, at (dreen-
I'ibe, working under its jurisdic
tion. The session for that y'ear
was held on the lOth December,
“The most Worshipful and Right
Honorable John Louis laylor,
one of the Judges of the Supreme
Coiut of North Carolina,” presid
ing. The iimnber of Lodges rep
resented at this Grand Annual
Couniiunicaiion was, seventeen in
Nov;h Carolina and tivo in Ten-
nersce. Delegates from three
Lodges ir. I). Avere also present.
Of the seventeen Lodges in this
State then -represented St. Johns,
I, at Yvihiiinglon, Royal White-
heart, 2, at liaiifax, St. Johns, 3,
at Newliai-n. Pheenix, 8, at Fay
etteville, Johnston Caswell, 10, at
Warrenion, American George, 17,
at Murfreesboro, Phalanx, 31, at
! Charlotte, Stokes, 32, at Concord,
Will. R. Davie, 37, at Lexington,
D.ivie, 3!', at Roxabel, and Hi-
i-ai-p. 40, at Raleigh, are sti 1 ;ilivG
and, we believe, all prosperous.
Old Cone, 9, at Salisbury, Wash
ington, 1.5, i'.i Beaufort Co., Ili-
r.im, 24, at 'VvTlIiamsboro, I’aiiso-
phia, 25, in Jloore Co., Mt. Moria,
27, in Iredell Co., and Jenisalem,
35, in Carteret Co, are now dor
mant ; at least, none of them ap
Only' a fovA' a e.vr.s since, tahoAV
caudles .were nera-iy the _ tmly
t'liii"- u--.oI for lights ni families in
this cuu'iitry, except in cities
where gas could bo oLtauieib
iSome faniiiies used hiinps Avitii
lard oil, but this Avas more expeu-
peusive than caiulies and but leAV
used them, and tlieii only on
special occasion.s. W hen tne coal
oil was discovered in Feiinsylva-
iila and lamps adapted to its use
invented, it soon began to take
the place of the old tallow and
spernnicetfi candles, and it has
ujw become so common that Ave
s'lould har.lly kiicAV hoAV to gt-t
along Avithout it. Boys and girls
of the present day can han'ily con
ceive of a. time when kerosene oil
Avas not knoAvn and used.
When this oil was'first 'discov
ered to be in sucli (piantities in
tiie oil re^iony, Persons
made large fortunes by. borii g
on tlie records of the last
gram! aiiiuiiil conmmiiicatlon. ■
At (his session charters ■ were
granted to tl e Lodges at Johii-
stonvillein Randolph, Wilkesboro
ill Yv iikes, ,111(1 Pitt.sboro in Cliat-
T.’heso ineveased tlie num
ber of J.odges ill Ihe Slate to
That suggestion about the fish
is a good one. The children
Avould enjoy them very much af
ter a loiig season of Baltimore
shoulders and corh dodgers. But
it is not a question with us of fish
or other lu.xurios, but of .anything
to eat that will stane off hunger,
man, ( r a ja lor and execufiouer ; | it,
l;:::i';r’S‘\ris;:^h;;r-:cii Jossshio,Kom^e.
As hUck-gum y^es to fon-n .1 i ‘Ifon ^Im
the hlack-gum ^ , J ^ “f ihimediate hel], for the Asy-
and when ho i hmi have our .assurance that the
lonret him. Ihe | greater ihau it is at this time. *
Rev. J. lY. Wellons, of Fraiik-
Ihitoii, has published a volume of
prayers. written by leading di-
V lies of different denomiuatious.
They are adapted ,lo p.ublic and
p -Iv'ate Avoi-sliip. Men ought al-
Avayis to pray, and we thank Mr.
Yv'ellons for a vohinia so inucli
needed, aud , so Ai'ell printed.
Those who pray' Avithout books
as Avell as those' atIio prefer the
liturgies of their oavu cimrehes,
Avill be interested and profited by
merely reading the collection
and they Avill also find .their tem
poral and sjiii-itual Avaiits reverent
ly' aud appropriately expressed
liefore the throne of heavenly'
Grace.
beautiful A\'Ood, and
Oethook.aphical.—One of our
exchanges—aa'C aviII not say'
Avliich—makes a toi-rible on
slaught upon Webster, in noticing
a hotel in a neighhoring tOAvn
Avhich, he says, “has boon remod-
dlcd inside and out.”
Avliich cliartei-s had been granted,
to 4,3. In 1874 the number Avas
343—.an incioasc of jint tliree hun
dred in seveiity years.
The proceedings of 1804 Avere
“printed by Brother William
Boylan,” .at Raleigh, on compara
tively' coarse paper. They are a
very fair s])eciinen of the ty'po-
gi-apliy of tiial day'.
At the close of the proceedings
is printed “a list of the Grand
Masters of this Grand Lodge
since tlio Rev'clution,” as. folloAvs:
“Samuel Joiinston, late Gov
ernor of this State, and lately one
of the Judges of the Supreme
Court.
Eiehard CasAvell, late GoA'ernor
of this State.
Will. R. Davie, late Governor
of this State, and one of the Min
isters Pleiiipotentiai-y' from the
United States to the Court of
France. ,
Col. Wm. Polk, Supervisor of
the State.
Jolm Louis Taylor, now one of
the Judges of tlie Supreme Court
of the State.”
{To he CG'.iiimed.)
Avells and obtiJaing the oil li r
market. As it first comes from
the ground it is impure, and many
i.ccidents have occuiTcd froai : s
use, but now the art of refining it
has been brought to sn. h perfec
tion that, witli care, it is nearly'
as safe as any other material u.sed
for lights. It "s also, perhaps, ti e
cheapest for lighting dwolliiies
that can be obtained, and the
great quantities that a.re constant
ly being gathered and tln-oAvii
upon the market i.s likely to bring
the price much beloAV Avliat It is
at present. Indeed tlie market is
said to be glutted AAith it to such
a i extent tiiat the price has fallen
from six dollar.s a barred to les >
than a dollar for the crude oil as
it comes from the Avells.
Wliat a blersi.ig it is to havo
such a cheap .and plentiful n-,ater-
ial for giving us light at nigPit, ti
read and study and yvork by.
Many- men uoaa' living had, iii
t'leii- boyhood, to., depend upon
pine knotS'Or- spluttering talloAV
candles to gii-o them light for
reading at night. Noav Ave can
nave much hettsv li.ghts at almost
as che.ap a rate as pine knot.s, es
pecially if we liad to go far to the
Avoods'for the knot.s. Let om-
young readers, as well as all oth
ers, remeniber that where much s
given, much is reijuired, aud a\ o
shall all be held accountable fi-r
the manner i t Avliieh Ave iniproA-e
or misiinproA’O the 0])portimitles
Ave h.ave, in this respect as Avell as
others, of gaining knoAvledge mid
putting to proper use the talents
that God has a-B'en us.
Resoeutiox oe T’iiaxks.—A
committee of Eureka Lodge, No.
317, Elizabeth City, appointed
for that purpose, recently' report
ed a series of resolutions of thanks
to the ladies of that place for
their noble generosity in assisting
in the ari-angenient of the Feast
recently held for the benefit of
the Oi'pli.an Asy'lum, by- AA-hich a
Inandsome don.ation AA-as raised ;
to Mrs. Submit Fearing-, especial
thanks for invaluable aid ; to T.
B. Garner, Esq., for the use of
his office for the Feast, aud to the
Cornet Band of E. City for music
on the occasion. The Resolutions
Avere adopted unanimously'.
Ah Ifi'-h jxhisaiit hfiii;? a^ticd why lie poi-
uih' ('J pjg to tal'o up iis (pTiYici'is wiih his
ihiiilly, iniuk «n aiiswor ahumidhii:? with sal-
rii-al 'l aic'ete; "Why imt f Dgilc ■'he place
afford every convenience That a pig can re-
ai'ive V'
The W. Y. Observer of Mai-ch
24th s.ays : Ou Monday twenty-
five children Avere sent out from
the Juvenile Asylum under care
of the City Agent to be mdeiitured
in Illinois. The resident Agent
has under his supervision one
thousand children sent out hv
this Institution and indentured to
fanners in different parts of that
State. Tlie Jm-enile Asylum
since it .was established, has had
under its oarc more than 17,000
children.