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'rl 13 I ( J- A- BONITZ, Editor and Proprietor. - . - ' 7t . r'U' J 'JT VOL. XV. Xew Advertl.einenf s. NOTICE. fVra Third Session of the Snow Bill JL Academy will commence January 13ih, 1879, For farther particulars apply to the Priacipal, decl2-lm t GUY LOVE-JOY. TSFSTEE SALEV . A . ------ Havine assumed charge of the assets of Hiram Jr Ham, I hereKv give noticethat I. .will pT1 AT AND BELOW COST for the next thirty days all his stock of . v DRTGOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES GROCERIES, UOCUEnr,&C. The good mu3t be sold, and all -in searcl nf iareains'-will find it to their interest to call JOHN 11. SMITH, V fec,12,'78.-tf ' , Trustee. GEO, S. STOKES, DEALER IN GRAIN and FEED, , . ' , - 1212 Vary St., Richmond, Ya. fContracts a Specialty.. oct U-3m Wholesale Liquors. 5. .M. Lehman, GOLDSCORO, N. C, . r ' Smjjorer . a?id 3lechjier Wholesale Trices. . Of Not presuming io make any broad asser tiiins, excepting those to wbich I ata justly f ntitleJ or cljira but.I can say without hesitation that I keep as good and as Pure Eye, Bourhon and Oorn "Whiskies,- Apple and Peacji Brandy! , - r.s. an-y Liqnor Dealer in Iforth Carolina', not excepting some of the Wilmington 'delalefs Ton the' Cape Fear) who claim to 'be triunfpliftnt nnd put off on the unsophis ticated dea!er',all patent Barrels andBrands. ,l It- ain't right " But just giTe me a rail and tryour " Challenge Rye," Fnre' and Original, and yon ,will not be deceived. Csill and examine. our fine stock of Cigars. ICJ3 Also Agent for Ale and Lager Beer. octl i-tf E. SI. LEHMAN. 11 ! i - - 1 l "--------p-w.l , . , i . . ,,! i BttHHHBBBaBmBanBmmmmm New Boot & Shoe Shop. . n The undersigned ligg to inform Jhe citij- 7,cs of Goidsboro and the surrounding 1 country, that they have, associated them selves far the purpose of fcanyiir; on a tl?t class 1'oot and Shoe Shop. and may tte lLnd in the corner room of the Cpbb UMtdiag, where at all times they will be .-!( ased ti receive orders for new work of ny discription", atd do all sorts of repair- - at lowest prices, lower than ever c iftrcd .! fore in tG6hiboro, and in hai( on j'"-4Uithpresefit lp jv price of every- tbii;gelpe. . - We are both practical shoemaker i of" minj' j ear's experience, and guarantee 'nt'ri.'- satisfaction- as to styled, fit- and -piiccs l- re pa ring we make invisible - l.ttclies i ppe ialty. ' All wofi prompt! v attend-d to " "J. P. WEDDON, dtcO-tf WM. SULLIVAN. FOR RENT. The Fair Ground Properly, containing a bout 22 acre3 oflantl, suitable for Truck ."Jwirmihg. . - ' .The' Allen Vy'ooten Property', consisting 'of'a comfortable and nicely located Dwell- ing ahd about 15 acres of Good Land, also suitable for Truck Farming, situated on William Street, in the Town of Golds- boro. - , - One Farm known as the Holland Place, t about 7 mile3 from Goidsboro, good cot- ton land, containing about 98 acres. One Farm" lately occupied by Nancy Mason, containing about 100 acre?, about ( miles from Goidsboro. The Store House now occupied by L. Edwards, under Bonitz's Hotel, will be rented from January 1st, 1879. : 'The Store House . on West-centre St., next to L. D. Giddens' Jewelry Store and formerly occupied by Pcwell & Son. ' All of the above named Property will be rented on reasonable terms. For par ticulars, Apply to H WEIL & BROS. - declC-tt . - Notice to Debtors. Alt parsots indebted to Gregory, Galr lovray & Co. must make payment imme diately to te undersigned. W. T. DORTCII oVtOX, nov25-'7tf. " A . A Large and Fresh , . Supply of Ojr?, Cracker?, Candj, Tobacco', Glue, Feathers, Corn, Grain Sacks, Hay, Lime, Plaster, Hair, Bagging, Tics, Twine, .Salt,- ALimance Yarns, Apples, Butter, " Lard, &c, Jrist Received -and for sale low by B. M. TRIVETT &.C0. 2: 2 : IF YOU WANT SOMETHING HOOD Christmas V5 go to , ( 'A. Hi KEATON'S, , .Where you will always find a full suply of laiily Grccsrles CoDfeclionery, uch as buk meats, "bacon, lard, gilt-edge but ter, selected creanrcheefe, flour, meal, large and email hominy, rice, buckwheat, sugar, all grades coflee, all grades, roasted Elo and Lag. coffee,, bpst brands, sonp. starch, lye, potash, allspice, .'.peppersoda, baking powder of all kindSv61as Kes, Miieg&r, and oil. cakes and crackers of all klndr at bottom prices. , z J CANNED O OODS: ech as feh peache, tomatoes, cherfles, straw berr.oe.pfneapple, ma beans, corn, .lobsters, oypters.eardhies, Wilspn's corn beef, pig's feet and tongues, brandy peaches,' pickles, catsup, pepper-saucend b.orae radisb. Tlaln and ncy canoies of alK styles and variety nuts of all : kind?, raisin?, One-qnarter, one-half and whole oescitroh.mnceH meat, jellies of all kinds, extracts, all flavors, figs, Malaga grapes, pears, apples, prunes, currants, cranberries, oranges, lenions, cocoanuts,!preserved ginger and peach es, dried apples anil peaches, onions, Irish pota toes nd codttPh, sauff and tobacco, all grades of tin-waro, woodenTware and crockery. i Thankfui to a geijerous public for past patron njte, l nope by fa.tr ealiDK to continue to mnlt tbe same. Kemembe that fnll weiRht and meas ure will always be g!iren.Those indebted to me will please come lerward and settle up. . : Respectfully, nov.'2-tf A. H. KEATON. , . . r ' 11 ' -. -1 : . - y I ' s l 1UE EVANGELIST S LAST HYMN. . 1 BY P. V. BLT8S. I know not what-waits me: . " -od kindly valla mine tjea t And o'er each step on my onward way He makes new scenes arise; . . And every joy He aenda me eomes - A sweet and glad surprise. Where Hemsylead I'll follow, " - i My trnrt in Htm repose ; . "J Ana every honr In perfect peace - I'll sing, - He knows. He knows." One step I see before me. -"" j.:;vi-'. -us aii x neea to see ; - The light of heaven more brightly shines tr nen eann's uiusions nee ; . . And sweetly t roagh a tileaaev comes His levlng " rollowme.'? f ft'.??- O bllssfal lackof wisdom I Tis blessed not to know f r , He holds we with His owit right hand, And will not let me go. And lulls my troubled soul to rest In Him wbo loves me so. ! So on I ao, not knowing v- f '.. " I wonTd not if I might ; : ' " I'd rather walk in the dark with Qod Than sco alone In the lien t ; -I'd rather walic by faith with Him, ., Than go alone by sight. AUNT It ACHE1S STORY; iOR, AX ECHO -TROM THE PAST." BY EULALIA. One of June's longest, hottesttdays' waV drawing t0 a close. It seemed that Sol, in revenge for being so neaf and - yet so nnfelt daring winteri had upturned his whole chalice of caloric upon our usually delightful village. " . I had, for the last two hours, been oc cupying a small divan before an open window, alternately 'engaged in fanning myself and searching the last fashion plates. Methinks, some grown brother will be tempted to say, 'woman like'r but pause where did he spend the morning, and his faithful though tell-tale mirror whispers before me in devout cultivation of the place on which he mf Tain triesi to induce me to reflect what, 'tis useless to mention. ' . . But the chiming of the littla clocl-foh mantle warned me of the almost forgotten injunction of Lillian. Lawrence, to meet in her tasteful boudoir and decide upon cos tumes and other minor points of " interest in our anticipated, migratory debut at the sea-side. ,'.'. J i j s ft My mother' sold friend, Miss llachel De Yere, had constantly importuned that she might be the cicerone to piloPour first sail on the currentaorfashionable life, and now as we had reached the threshold of womanhood, covering overs as nearly as possible with the veil of the Past all our childish follies and joyously . expectant stepping forward to raise the cur tain of Futurity and peep into its hidden recesses, she obtained her request. "I found Lillian surrounded by such things as women know are dear to the hearts of Eve's , fair daughters, . but Adam's sex deem superlatively dear, to their purse strings. The discussion that followed was but a counterpart " of uny such under similar circumstances. It is sufficient to say, the two weeks alloted for our preparations were swiftly swept jby the wings of Time to be numbered among the things that were. . e . '. 1 . . . 1 On the eve of the memorable 4th of July, We bade adieu to the scenes of childhood, and though eager to ener the arena of life, still the glittering tear be trayed that the tried and true held the golden key of love to our hearts' portals. Almost, before we were aware of it, thanks to man's inventive powers, we reached pur destination " and sopo en sconscd ourselves with numerous bundles, baskets, etc., in Aunt Rachel's pon, phaeton that was waiting our arrival. re we entered the grove, twilight had fallen upon the earth and the blue vault ofT Heaven was lit with its myriad lamps, The moon glittered low in the west and seemed to tip the trees with, a -shadowy silver. a - ' 4 t.. As we drove up the broad chesnut avenue, all was as quiet as if naturo slept on the bosom of enmity; but turning a curve we found the night queen's pale shimmer to be intensified by light that streamed from between the rich damask curtains of Aunt RachePs reoms. ., . Scarcely ha 1 the phaeton stopped when shecame forth to meet and give us the welcome, which in the eyes of the receiver, crowns the truly hospitable with such erace. . V up tne proaa steps ana ;tr Entered .a fairy paradise such a sweet little rpom with carpets so downy that our feet sunk Tfar into their -meshes, and pictures that tended to lead us back mid the Grecian genii. ' ; ( . My mother's sweet face-and soft brown eyes looking forth from , a gilded frame hung over my bed,, apparently, , to invoke protection for her child from guardian an gels; and it also reminded me of Aunt Rachel's oft repeated -promise to 'give us the history of her life's summer; for: her ebon hair was being tinged by the frosts .of autumn. , . . .-,!';" . ,, ': ';'"? AVeeks sped on; such happy weeks 'my vocabulary fails to furnish an adjective sufficient to describeT We ; Vere near enough the crowds ot visitors assembled at the hotels,, to enjoy their routine of pleasures without ; the inconveniences at tending such placesJ Small dances, riding, sailing, jand similar amusements served to pass ofTthe longhotr days sp) admirably, that the hours sped by as if treading on flowers! Our kind friend at last promised "us on tne morrow; to 'collect the chords of ST her heart, severed , by, the world's rough usage, nd make ; them serve as a tele phone t o ours; conveying tW echo from her past. ' -, ' ; -r- .' ' I." '. -' To morrow dawned clear and bright aad - ' ' " -! - - - ZZZ ...... i -. - almost before, dappled gtrey coursers of the morn, Beat! up the light with their bright silver hoofs." -;-'; - And phased it though the sky," . we awoke and .f hastened down to Aunt Rachel to claim her company for a walk, he had often told us of cave where many a lonely hour hatf been whiled away and hence receiving from her its cogno men 'Retreat.' 11 Thither we directed our way along the banks of old ocean and came to ' the grotto heforo , Aurora had spriril:led With rosy light the awakening world The cave, tassejltcd with varied shellsi formed a surd retrct safe from all interruption,3 arid the moan of the waters served . -3ao t aooompaniment. by which , even 'the last minstrel" would have been willing to recount his chronology. Seated by a fountain which gushed from its cradle of crystal in golden rays of sun light interwoven with silver skeins of wateij,' Aunt Rachel began 'Km ma and Lillian, the poet sajTs, ''Loot not' mournfully on the past it j comes not back ; . EnjoV the present it is thin?." 'And if I, in turning the leaves of memory's book,- dwell too .long" on the pages traced by sorrow and disappoint ment, warn mo that I may proSt by his thought and not cloud your presen t joys by past retrospections. . , 'WheTj I was two year3 old and my. baby brother Edgar still an infant, my mother.died leaving us to the care of our old nnrse. 'My father, who had ever teen completely wrapped .up in his wife, was prostrated by grief and for a long time the friends of tho family, despaired of his surviving the hock. Finally he rallied and though striving to bear up tinder the Alps pressure of Fate', every thing bore too' klose a resemblance ' to his lost happy hours for him to improve in health as lprg as he was eo constantly reminded of what had been. By the advice of all, ha left b's home in England, crossed the .Atlantic and with an amnle fortune de voted! himself to the' culture of his chil dren nd the adornment of his home. ' f S "The years stole by leaving their impress uponTus all. My father, ver kind ah J by tar too indulgent,' apparently had all de sire to mingle with humanity crushed from his heart,! when Atropos '" severed the thread of my gentle mother's life; conse quently, 'pur home, circle was seldom obliged to open for the reception of a visitor,;.. Wp had teachers and instructors in every branch of art and science, but these entered our family as soon as we, brother and myself needed their services, and withdrew after finishing us in their. particular-courcTTeaving our, household as isolated from the world as ever. At last, our father succeeded in securing for us the companionsiwp of an accomplished lady, whose circumstances sinc3 the death of her husband had been greatly reduced and she forced to depend oh her own exertions tor support. . , 'As! my. mind wanders back over the expanse of "my early life, I wonder to think how she could always be so patient with :he wayward girl whom you both know a.s Aunt Rachel. Yet, under her3 gntle tutelage my perverse disposition, caused by being so long mistress of my own will, fast disappeared. .Jy life;was almos i uucntnuci eu. i,y trou-ies, ana me . i t i ii l ii - ( few that came were soon forgotten, for Iresbdpure hearts rebound - from sorrow. sAlas ! "on earth there grows no thornless flower, ".and, the b-oible in my life was the period when I, having completed my text-book education, and standing on the tetge Pf nineteen, - must put the carlv, garlanded years behind nie," and Edgar must leave for a distant University to ex tend his course of studv. Tattered threads of hopo bound my heart and made me feol tle-separatiojx would not Le iorever, j)theiw.se, methinks I should have" died frotn'trief. 51 I rew incidents mark the tomb-stones ot the dead hours in that year;"one only, do j.deem of note and that, Emma, was meeting your mother from whose o,ssocia- taon I learned many a lesson or lasting good. She had been trained by a mother's Jiand and I lacked jie care of that "most 1'akhful of fnends. 'It pftencd seemed to mc that thecur-s 9 fent of Tima had ceased to run on and join the mighty'past : but! at last the year !drew tlo a close and Edgar: "wrote us that the holidays would not only be brightened W-h is ( & presence, but he$ had invited a class -mate of his, Carl Stafford, of Eng- and, and they would be with -us on the night before Christmas. This was pleasant news io,-- all far we needed something to vary the Monotonous min into which we hacl fallen" sihceEdgar, left.So aangCE qj ennui now. v iiai ousue ana preparation.. Only a week's time to fill the pantry with holiday nick-nacks. I rcmem ber how often I peeped into Edgar's room to see that all was rc?dy, moving things and perhaps putting them back precisely as before,' I was here, there, everywhere, putting a finger in every pie and in every body nay, till I was. worn out and old nuriehateneo,- I'll! tell yctir pa 3Iiss Racheli the young gentlemens'll come, you It Jopk jolq iand ngly case you aint used to "work.' This last assertion of Aunt Dinah'.s brought me to my senses, for what girl is willing to look dilapidated if, she can help it, and the idea must have come spontaneous, for it was not habitual for me to think about my look?. I 'Well, the night cams and it is impos sible for tne to (enumerate the number of times I pressed my face to" the window look for the stage, and at last pane td when i distant bugle was heard, by my tardiness,! was no ready Soon -Edgar's voice asking for 'sister' was borne to my listening car and he too eager to wait came up 'staitaHhe'pthcES passed into the draw ing-room. Not many Amtnutes elapsed before! I descended the stair. I Jwas un conscious then as to my appearance, but noW it comes vividly to my mind,, alter iii ; GOLDSBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 11 . -, " - - the space of fifteen years. I wore a dark crimson velvet and pur fmjlyjdiarnondsV Do noi deem me egotistic -when I say I looked well. I was. tall, slenderj and as you know. a brunette hence, the dress displayed my style to its best advantage. I entered the room. 'The scene in indelibly stamped on the VdUliti) Ul UiCI "HJ ua UitU X lUCjJCUHUUl l a painter could even - now, reproduce it perfectly life-like. - Carl Suffdrd was sfandipg before the open grate coh versing with my father, and as 1 entered turned ip-i acknowledge the inirod-Ciipn, ?Hi? voice, as soft and musical as'tounds from an iEolian harp, when brushed by an an gel's breadth, conveyed alike to ear and heart the word?, I am happy to meet my j'oung friend. Edgar's sister,' How cold and lifeless they seem to you when I utter them, but could you have heard the intonations given by him, they would, I am sure, sound to you as td me,, music sweeter than that w?fted through the gates of Paradise, when they opened to re ceive the Peri bearing the sinner's tear. His appeaixrcSS"! will not delay to de scribe, butt a. my shrine, lie buried the treasures of departed days, is his mlnvi which on our return you may see. 'The days of their holiday .fast drew to, close. Scott's ' mission for Love had been fulfilled, and the God formed "the silver link and silken tie" between Carl and myself, with an outward token of a ruby ring carried in the. device oft the Stafford family. They returned to their duties. Edgar never again awakened our Old halls with his ringing laugh. He died in a foreign land, unseen, unwept by any, save his friend CarLi ." J . ' : 'Soon after, my father crossed the river of Death, leaving mc without a kindred tie of blood on earth. 'One long, consoling letter brought joy to my troubled heart fifteen years ago; since then, Carl has never be heard from. My hopes now lie covered by thejmantle of despair. , , At first, I watched the mails eagerly.- Only those who have 'staked their hopes r n a piece! of letter-paper know how easily it drifts froni them, per haps to conic sometime, perhaps1 never. 'Such,' in the words of a gifted-authoress,, 'arc the trials that plough wrinkles on smooth girlish brows; that harden the out lines of swee? rosy .lips; that sicken tie weary soul and teach' women deception. Ah! God, pity all who live from day to day hanging on the brittle thread of hope. Often do I think of Yhittier's words, Ah,- well ! fijr us all some sweet hone lies Deeply buned from human eyes; And m thohereller angels may Roll the etones-from its grave away." Carl has never claimed his promise on earth, but my faith in him is so great thaT fjel he waits for me in the brighter world beyond. My long promised story is finished. Now you know why 4unt Rachel enjoy single blessedness and from it learn to have implicit faith in those you love.' '.-. . The summer past and the las.-scenein the drama enacted for two brief happy months proved to be a masquerade ball. I personated Mary, Queen of Scot?, in Aunt Rachel's memorable crimson "velvet and not forgetting the circumstances con nected with it asked that I might be al lowed to wear the ruby ring. Tt was im possible to forget, haying once examined it closely, - how numerous were its pecu liarities. The night for the ball arrived. Proudly Orion girted on his diamond -studed ' belt; and as Jupiter took his commanding position, the lovely Pleides . modestly ap peared before him, to plead the restora tion of their loved and lost.' Scarcely had I entered the ball room before a set was formed for the Lancers. , Casually, i noticed cu"r vis-a vis start. I had never before seen' tug gentleman,' .but bis faco. was not that of a stranger. Where had I seen him it seemed the the answer never, did not satisfy ny mind. Sud denly, like a meteoi-, it flashed through my troubled brain. Aunt Rachel's hero of the miniature bore . the same feature and proud carriage of the head. I won dered if he was one and the same, ' if so, time arid exposure had changed, but not .obliterated the resemblance. The set was over and done, when the same stranger, entered the court of t3Iary Queen of Scott, ! and sought an introduc tion. I granted' ft readily, "apxious. to know his name it-proved to be Stafford. What a quondary I was in ! The pleasant night enticed us to leave the crowded room and enjoy its beauty and there be neath the open canopy "of heaven, he asked to once more see the unique ring I wore. I passed it to him ; its motto, "semper fidelis," proved true, and led Carl Stafford Dact to claim his letrothedJ He left the University arte -the death of Edgar, writing to Aunt Rachel of ; hi intention and when he would return. By some adverse wind, it was waited from her. On his voyage, the vessel in which he sailed was captured by a piratical sloop and he kept as prisoner for more than a year. On his liberation, he heard of the marriage of Richef De Vere, who- by the may was cousi to Aunt-Rachel and. bore the same uanie. .' When he gave the ring to Aunt llachel, he exacted the promise that if he failed to return and she afterwards married, to 4hrow it upon the ocean's bosom, that it3 waves might bear it down to the palace of Neptune, as an offering to. the sea-god. Seeing the ring still worn on the finger of mortality, he knew Aunt Rachel to be true to her trust and hastened to renew their pligiited troth at" Ilymen's -altar, after ratiently waiting for fifteen years. We leave them drinking from the cup of happinc, that a mistake came near dashing from their lips forever. , : Great REDTJtrrroN In Durham Smo king Tobacco. Reduced to GOc.-a pound, at Griffin Bros.', under .Gregory House, in Post Office. , . t ' WASTED HOURS. In the early springtime of life, when the SeeTrnit- firriAit fntTma TTra KifnM n bright with ,the " budding promises of ho ho, littlo we heed the pa hours, and the moments flit by almost un 1 ted, "yet these compose the sum of life. and as they are utilized or wasted, so shall our after years be barren or fruit ful. . , ' '. Ideleness is, unfortunately, inherent in many natures, while in others it is but the result; of iridinerent traininsr. therefore f every bfaild hould be taught the value of time ; it should earlv learn the sorrowful lesson, that a day once gone can never be recalled.: It should be trained almost from infancy to habits of industry and nseldloess, that it may not, in the winter of life,- when its garners should bo filled with golden grain, have , nothing for its portion but rpgref ful memories of wasted hours. How painful it is to see fond but foolish parents allowing their children to spend their1 best and brightest hours in vain and t frivolous occupations, saying : "Let them enjoy life while they are young; the cares come soon enough." Aye i truly, but may they mi weigh heavier upon shoulders unused' to even the lightest burdens than upon those that have been strengthened in anticipation of the cross which sooner or later each w,eary traveler that treads the thorny paths of life is forced to bear? 3 . How often haveI seen children anxious to assist their- parents in their various du ties, and more than happy if permitted to do sotheir little hearts swelling with pride over their fancied usefulness ; and how often have I seen the thoughtless, impatient mother repulse them because the tiny fingers aie unskillful, and their clumsy efforts are a hindrance rather than assistance. Who knows but that in this manner many a sensitive, timid child has been utterly discouraged, and has so ac quired habits of listlessness end indiffer ence which in after life have been a source of grief, not only to the child but to the 1 , heedless parent who bailed to realize the 1 cevua iviiifjr iug , ujwu u-i , uuu iiuji learns alas ! too late that as we sow, so also must we roap ? Not tbat'childhood should be robbed of its freshness and joyousness by endeavor ing to place 'an old head on young shoulders ;" let the little darlings romp and play as they will there is no sweeter music in the world than the ringing laugh of a happy, aiiless child ; but at the same time, if they demonstrate a tase for useful occupations, let that taste be judiciously encouraged ; let there be some object even in their games ; let heui tend to some purpose, arid not be, as they usually are, meaningless aad ide, beneficial to neither1 mind nor body 'CALEB CUSHIXG DEAD. Caleb Gushing died at Newburyport, Mass., on the 3d inst- Mr. Cushing was a member of both Jlouses f the Massa chusetts Legislature, and represented the State in Congress from 1835 to 1843, when he was appointed Minister to China, where he remained until 1845 ; was a member xf the State House of Representatives-again, and in 1S52 was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of the State by Governor Boutwell, March. 7th, 1853, he was,, appointed Attorney:General by President Pierce ; was President of the Democratic Convention in Charleston and Baltimore in I860 ; was a Commissioner under President Johnson to revise and codify the statutes; ' was appointed . by President Grant as counsel to represent the States at the Geneva tribunal, and was subsequently nominated to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, but his name was' with drawn, and later represented the United States Court at Madrid. He has pub licised a number of works which are well known and has made many , valuable con tributions to the magazines His death is'a national loss.' THE SOLID SOUTH. A great ado is made about the 'Solid South', by various Northern politicians, especially ' those of Presidential aspira lions. Now, we would be. glad for some of them to iell us what direful conse quence they expect to come from the so lidity of the South ? If the South was solidly Republican, would these gentle men offer any objection ? In the early days 'of carpet-baggery, there was a 'Solid South,' but it happened to be on the Re piiblttaf fide and js no object'oa wa3 made. As we are to understand then that it is not the o!uh'ty, 'mt the Democ racy, of the Souih to which these patri otic (?) gentlemen object so vigorously? If Southern people have the right to be Democrats, why not allow all of them to be so, if they choose ? Why make our being Democrat ther occasion, for raising a cry of 'SoUd South 1' 'South !' to stir up sectional strife, when every man who cares for the welfare of the country, wants peace and harmony between all sections? HO USEHO LD , RECEIPTS. Sick Headache Wet with camphor a piece of fed flannel ; sprinkle it with black peper, and bind it on the head. ' If you would havtfnice fat mutton for your table, luxuriant grass will furnish the sheep to answer the purpose. Healing Ointment Take sweet oil and beeswax in proportion ot about one- quarter of the latter and melt them to fcether in a tin box. Rub' in over the hands when sore or chapped. Strychnine in the form of crystals used in fresh meat is perhaps the best dog law Georgiawill ever have. . Ladies will find the new style Bon Ton visiting Cards and Boxed Papers at xur by & HuTs Drug Store, . . :t 1879. ' , MORE GRASS AND LESS CUL- j TIVATION.. Our excellent friend, Col. Adam ' J. Heath, of Johnston county, contributes the following sensible article to the Rich mood Southern Pfanfer and Fanner. '' "The crops are about housed, and not withstanding we have peace and plenty, we are not satisfied. Nobody has any money and everybody is in debt. The laborer says he cannot work for less, that his labor is worth as much now as it ever was, yet he can buy more with one day's wages than he ever could with two,' and the query is, What is the land owner to do? Farmers must employ labor in the same ratio they get for their products ; for instance, half bushel of corn or three pounds of ba'con always paid for a day's work; and if it will not do it now, things must come to a staud-stil. Some farm ers say they cannot pay the prices, and propose to rent All I have to' say about that is, I never saw a plantation before the war that was improved by renting to white men, and I am confident I never will see one rented to the.'Aeftcr tied let negro' that will benefit the land oir its owner. Therefore, ' I would say, audit your accounts before the beginning of an other year, and if the products obtained ti si MA 4 1, i.1 ? Mt. b.T... ' , . . , i ' cuauge your system at once. nave ar - - j i o t . . . rived at the conclusion that the best ten-1. T , ? i i v I will work day. and night, and charge nothing, only to be well fed and cared for. I belong to that class of farmers who make farming their occupation and study, and the remedy for our evils is in a change of plan rathe than a change of occupa tion, therefore have no idea- of abandon ing the ship, for if she goes down, all other occupations sink with it. Many precious lives have been fretted out in the vain attempt to farm with de moralized free labor, on a credit or bot rowed, capital, .to find, each year, planta tions going to ruin, and debts still more annoying. Now, instead of looking to the hoe and the plow for all moacy crops, let us try grass culture and -stock raising, whieh require very Utile labor, saves all fields from washing,.improves land, gives sure crops and large profits. Why not learn a lesson from old father Abraham ? He would not have thought of employing men at fifty cents per day and rations, to chop an. hundred acre field of cotton ." he would have turned his cattle on it to eat the grass, and employed his time and talents to a less perplexing and more re munerating branch of agricuUure. Think of it, brother farmers. Will not money from plants that will grow twenty , years without the use of the hoe or plow be as acceptable as that dtrived from wearing out our already impoverished lands ?" The farmer who raises grass, stock and provi sions, needs but few work animals ; his expenses for labor are also small, while his income and independence is about as sure as the certainty that rain will fall and grass grow. But they say we cannot grow grass here; when the truth is, try ing to keep it from growing, has nearly broken the last one of us, and the cry is, everybody in debt and no money. Now, brother farmers, I am raising grass and clover here in Johnston county, Morth Carolina, and am pleased with my success so far. The past season I seeded twenty-five acres on the road in grass and clover, and I also planted a row of elms, two hundred yards from my dwelling to the store and lot. The season was exceed ingly hot and dry; and, strange to say, that many persons passing by found out that some of the grass died (and they knew it would this is not a grass coun try), and nobody found put ,that two thirds of the elms died, and that this was not a tree country. Somebody saidn a suxannn way, tnat i would nave to sue a neighbor for trespassing on ray grass field, for he saw him pull up a- bunch of broom straw in one of them. Now does that person know that half of the cotton fields in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia would have paid better in troom wane than in cultivation. JMow let us assume that one half of the land in cotton would make half a bale or COO pounds of seed coiton, at 2 cents, Now 200 pounds guano at $15.00 2 per pound, - $5.00 3.03 Picking out 600 pounds at 50 cents per cvrt. , Quarter of 600 lbs. for rent, J50 at lbs. 2. per cwr.. 3.75 Ginning and bagging, 2.00 $13.75 $13.75 $1.22 We havo now one dollar and twenty- five cents to prepare the land, plant it, and cultivate it, and taking into conside ra-'ion the more cotton made the less the price, would it not be more profitable to haye had half of it in broom ted gel sent off a four hundred pound bale of wool which brought one hundred dollars. also sent off a four hundred pound bale of cotton, made on one acre, which brought thirty dollars the wool cost me the least to make it Statistics show that in the South during the last three years, wool has paid 60 per cent for growing, while cotton has not paid 5 per cent; but some body says, What if everybody goes to raiding grass and stock, what then? With the same propriety might be asked, If everybody goes to Heaven what will be come of the devtt? , 2 We have the brain, and it is as neces sary to work it as it is to work the muscle, for as intelligent application is used and less aetual labor, greater prosperity Ljs - - . ..... 4 found, we must tnink more, ana as an aid to better thinking,' must read more, and make our farms our constant study. Go, reader, and verify this statement, , and if found correct, be an advocate of higher education for the fanner. The struggle to accumulate . money swiftly by raising expensive crops on extensive areas by inferior labor, is an inevitable failure Aa the ratherhard up old 'colored lady, said when she went . to the commissary for ration-, If I don't get no meat, but, ah 1 the God-blessed: freedom"! has.' So with grasifartnefa." If they don't handle much money v there U a blessed quantity of comfort and p4ace of mind In it-Hhe wind work it, the air feeds it, the dews and rains water it, and the stock gathers and ' manure it. Now, in conclusion, I would advise fanners to make their sup plies at home make cotton their surplus crop. It is easy to prove on paper that grain cannot be raised forts selling price that no animal 'can be raised on the farm for its ' market' value ; yet we find that thoM who pursue that course do not hose"their crops iri'barns covered in mortgage deeds, nor live from year to year the slave of necessity. Therefore, buret these bonds that bind you, and arise to freedom and independence. Look only to your fields and your energies for sup plies. If you are in debt, surrender your property;, don't undertake to borrow money at twenty per cent until you learn to make four per ' cent on that yon have already got invested. . I heard a conversa tion the other day between a farmer and a shrewd mechanic, which is worthy of note..' The mechanic contended he could not take less for the buggy without selling the material for less than it cost him the i - i ' ' .farmer could not pay for it without taking ... ,ess lor his produce tban . it cost nim .it cost him to make it; therefore no trade. . Deny your selves and get out of debt, then we will be the happiest people under the sun, A. J. Heath. BENEFITS OF EXCHANGING SEED. It is a common belief among farmers and gardeners and one sometimes advo cated by agricultural writers, that crops are improved and varieties of grain, po tatoes and garden ; vegetables prevented rom 'running out' by occasionally pro curing seed from a distant locality, even though it be not any better adapted for the growth and development of the par ticular crop than the one where the seed is to be sown. I have never seen or heard any satisfactory reason for this belief, and rom long experience and observation, I am prepared to say it is contrary to the teachings of science, and is . often detri mental to those who practice it Seedmen of the Largest experience tell us that where the . soil and climate are suitable to any kind of vegetable, and suf ficient care is bestowed on its culture, and an admixture of varieties is guadejlitheir offices to see one as the littlo darkey against, the fullest perfection is main tained, and improvement often secured. Hence we find them growing the same varieties of cabbage, melons, 'onions, etc . for an entire lifetime, carefully avoiding any change of seed, and claiming for their own superiority over, all other.., Farmers also can (be found who have grown their own favorite -wheat, oats or corn, saving their seed each season with care, for twenty'or thirty years, with con tinuous improvement, rather than dete rioration. Of course, it will be of advan tage for the average class of farmers to send for seed of such a fanner, but the atter would surely be a loser by taking seed of them in exchange.- I admit that many kinds of vegetables will deteriorate by growing the seed where the soil and climate are not adap ted to them, or where the right system of culture is not bestowed ; and' hence many people do well f to procure seed from distance, if it is done from sources where greater penection is securea. Take the article pf wheat, for illustra tion, and intellLrertf5iIlers tell us that samples of the same vanety grown by dif ferent farmers, with different soil and culture, will vary materially, some sea sons, in their proportions of starch and gluten ; the grain is more perfectly devel oped in one case than in the other, and will be worth more for seed as well as for flour, so that it will pay well for the poorer farmer to buy of his skilled or for tunate neighbor. But there can be noth inz but loss to the other party from an exchange of seed. So with potatoes; it is found that the proportion of starch in the tubers is ma teriallv effected by the eason, soil and culture; and when deficient in this ele ment they are not so valuable for seed, as the growth is less healthy and tho defect will appear in the succjcding crop. In such cases, of course, it is well to change the seed; but otherwise the mere fact o change tsando no good, and the man who is not carefaras to the quality of seed he procures, is liable "to be a loser by the ex change. Af. B. Bateham, in the Rural New Yorlctr. ; TRANSPLANTING "TREES. This is the best season of the year for truisplantbg fruit or shade trees of all kinds. Any, time in the winter before the ground freezes deeply wilLdo. Persons .- i T i . i-- -. naving .uno-cupiea ' ian., yams etc, should plant tnem with trees. 1 be re sult will amply pay the cost of labor,' and yield a thousand percent io satufactior, comfort and beauty. Many of our farm ers' fields are too bare of - fruit trees. There should be sufficient to furnish stock with shade during the heat of a summer sun. There is land enough that might well be occupied for this" purpose. Highest Prixs Port Wine. ; . The best wine in the country, that took the highest premium at the Centennial, is Speer's Port Grape Wine, Which has become so celebrated. This wine and his P. J. Brandy are now being used by physicians everywhere, who rely upon them as being the purest and wstwi- by Druggists. For sale by vx. rviroy & Hill. ' ; r fQr Paper "Window Shades, cheaper than ever 'r also, Furniture of every de scription, at very lowest prices, a. x ucu tler & Jera s r urmture Diorc. . , . i ; - - V . v ,. " - . - - NO; 32 rniyas ix General. Judge Charles T. Sherman, formerly United States Judge pf tho Cleveland, Ohio, District died suddenly Wednesday morning. He was a brother of Secretary and General Sherman. Gov. Hampton's physician now says that he is out of all danger, and that his' friends throughout tho country need have no fear of his iecovery.1 Tho influence of the cokl weather is having a very marked effect . As a snow plow and five engines, on the T u ," cu"i -vauroaa, were trying to force their way through a snow drift, the plow and four of tbe locomotives left the track. Two .looorpotives exploded, -, killing three employees. Three or four others are missing. ' I Gen. IT B. Banning! it is announced by the Cincinnati Commercial, has decid ed to present himself to thn I Ohio for Governor, subject to, the action v.. moucuiwriuo nominating convention. yen. .uauning is at present a member of Congress from one of the Cincinnati dis tricts, and was defeated for a re-election lastlauV I A squad of fiftv Captain Burpsidc, have returned 'from a raid upon the moonshiners in the border counties ot Kentucky and Tn They report tho destruction of five distil leries and the capture of a largo number of distillers. It is thoocht that tho bnvi. ness is pretty well broken up in that re gion.. , Judge Thurtnan will onen the Ohio campaign at Columbus on tho 8th ibst, when he will make a speech. Ho will give his reasons for declining to acccrt the pressing invitation" to bo tho IVmn. critic candidate for Governor. He is wise. A defeat is hot impossible, and it would ruin his prospects for tho presi dency if it should occur, Qn Monday afternoon, at Parks? illc, I L, on thtfUoney Island 4ASV JJ boulevard, a bov named Peter btrctch, aee, was killed by a The bear seized tho thirteen years of vicious pet bear. oy with his teeth and.cut the jugular vein at the very first bite. He cut the eknll open with his'. claws and shockingly mutilated him in other parts of the body. I Gov. Garbcr of Nebraska, has nnWrl a reward of $10,000 for, the apprehension of a gang of villains who burned Kitchum and Mitchel alive, in Custer county, last week. Additional information from Bnr. en county stamps tho outra.o as tho worst ever known. Tho two men were chained to a pole extending horizontally, with their feet barely touching the ground, and slowly burned to death. The weather in Eurono and nil thmnrh the Northern section orour countrv is nn. commonly severe, tho snows immensely ; aeep, anu mere is very great sunvnng and destitution among the noor. Here. in V ilmington, a flake pf tnow is an act- ual curiosity.- and' men will rush out of puTls for tho organ rrirtder unon the first turn of his crank. .The earth has not been covered hero with snow in somo. eight years. The levees at New Orleans are crowded with freight, despite th4 utmost efforts to keep them clear. As trowing the mag nitudc of tho river receipts at New Or leans, it may be stated that for two davs just before Christmas they amounted to o,7 Dales ot lint cotton. 37,G5I sacks ot seed cotton, 2,716 hdgshead.i of sugar and 3,177 barrcls-of molasses.' At this rate it would not take ong to make up for lost time in tho fall by reason of tho yellow fever and the late frost. Hon. Alonzo Garcclon. tho democratic . i Governor of Maine just elected, is the first . democratic Governor that State has had since 1854, when the republican or oppo sition reign began byj the election of Governor Morrill. Governor Garcclon is a leading physician of Lcwifiton, and a. citizen greatly respected for his probity and public spirit lie has been identified in tne past with journalism in Maine, is a thoroughly well informed man upon pub lie affairs, and will undoubtedly make an excellent Governor. , A terrible railway" accident happened to a bndal party between bhendan and Wheatland, California,! on Thankgiving " evening. John lsuscl procured a hceno to marry Miss Tilly O BnenT but found that his license was not good in the coun ty where tho young lady lived. So the bndal party procured a nana car and started for the county where the license had been issued. Meantime another party came dowfe on another hand-car to attend the wedding in the former county, and as neither carried any light and as the noise of each car drowned that of tho other, they came into collision midway, and the intended bridej who was sitting on the end of the car, received such severe injuries to her Tfgs that both had to be amputated. ' - Two stock dealers from 'South Carolina went to St. Louis last week to buy horses. Two sharps made theirl appearance soon after their arrival and dished up the old story about the ten mules they wanted to boy; how the owner, jmistrusting them for some .unaccountable reason, and not being anxious to sell, alked of them al most double what ho ! would of any ono else. The gentlemen from South Caro lipa swallowed the bait at once, and Offer ed to buy the mules an re-sell them to the sharpers, who particularly cautioned them against paying rriore than $1,500. The greenhorns paid $1,450 for the lot, and pleased themselves for the next hour with the idea that they had saved $50 for their friends, who, of icourse, were not seen again. Tho ten mules can now be bought for $100. ! ' The spread of diphtheria and scarlet . fever in New York city U so marked as to 7 call for special action of the health author-... ities for its arrest Eighty-five new cases of scarlet fever were reported in the last three days of December, and there were 3,802 cases during the year.' The increase at this season is accounted for by the fact that contagion is intensified by closed win- dows and doors. Persons are more closely associated with each othirin-doors during the cold weather, and disease has a better opportunity for "jipreadiiig. Among the efforts made to prevent tho spread of contagious diseases is r ne to stop the transportation of bundles of soiled linen in the istreet cars infected v ith disease from the bodies of unreported cases, and which are thrust before unsuspecting paswngersv The Board of Education has also, been furnished with a daily lb of persona sick with contagious dieajes,!ad asked. not tq allow .the children of such '-families to at tend anv school while there was dancer of jlhe disease spreading. It is possible that jlheso precautious might jbe serviceable in other sections where diphtheria and sat t?n rlet fever are prevalent to sme ex- lent 6 ht; Parties wishing pretenM for their wivcf , children or sweethearts, should go n Castes & Co. 'ft t (': (I -A
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 9, 1879, edition 1
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