- {'an "almanac of"; i
i ye olden time :|
" "^OBTUNATBLT for our fore "?
n fathers, the almanacs had some 1
^ claims to literary merits In l
their day. Reading matte;,
was scarce ouialda of Ihe larger-towns
ef the colonies. Magazines were prac- ^
tlcally unknown. Pilled with prog
aostlcationa as to the weather, with
snatches of wisdom and humor. Terse *
and essay, the annual almanac became
a compendium of useful knowledge Hl
that" was most eagerly awaited and
was hailed as an Important event In all
many a home. One might say that It the
was treated as a household god. for. the
hung upon a book In some corner, It we
always was ready for instant refer Aci
eace. The wise saws and qoalnt say thr
tags which ran through Its pages wer< str
read over time and again by eren nP
member of the family. li
There were numarons almanacs pub- lag
shad during colonial daya In this *n<
eeontry. The popularity of Poor Bleb *f
ard's Almanac, edited by Benjamin Str
Franklin, went band In hand with that Th
of Its illustrious maker. lmc
Til# fll-wf A mo- II ? ? * *
Aiuwuavt 1U ?
1720. was conventional In form and to
dlosely followed - other almanacs of tor
* the period Its maker was a physl tor
<Un It contalnad 'a table of the >
anovements of- the planets and snndry wo
prophecies concerning the weather <b*
That the doctor waa afraid of eevere aal
erltlcUm of this Brat effort la Indies t ?xj
. ad by the followtag stanaa, which alec Mb
hi net rates the style of his poetry: 1
Bead. thea. and learn, hot doat all faolu Ka
eWeot <a_ . Chi
Ma I I ther ess only judge that caa oar- k.
east
T? whom my works Must sad If 1 Bod
The soaa of-art to favor thaai Ineltn'd. Thl
With their propitious wiillai It shell eof- tr
toe
IS eountet peloe tha trawaa ot eaamlee.
li rlamination of the Blae of the
Ames Almanac shows that Dearly T1
every conceivable subject was discuss
L. ad by the doctor In Its saarty forty .
1 . years of publication- Sometimes he . _
indulged In flights of tmagery. aa In _
\ November. 1780: ?
OM winter's eemlng. veld of en 4ellght '
With trembltna steps Hie bead le baid
. and white. Oat
Hie hair with robes of tololee la bans mot
Hie ehatt'rtna tooth eontooad hie useless .
s tongue. *^e"
He makes the rich te spend end -peer to 71
boy ? the
Mr want of that wfateh woold their wants nav
" ' supply ^
In the opening ltnea of the almanac a T
tar 1738 Dr. Ames takes a fling at lawyera.
priests and doctors and blames
aid. evarbnrdened Adam for their et .
. . oa i
tote ore. Thus: ^
Had Adam ,fjood In Innocence till new
And his bleat "edna had delgn'd la hold the
plow 8dU
Jfo labor had fatlgu'd dm- t*am ban To t
polled
Hie youth, but ?prlof bad erer blooming ^7
mCTd.
Me loet far pelf nor hoart dlatreoalag pain dof
1 Had Htsed the mlaer aor the rural rain.
Nor rloe. aa now. with Tlrtoe ne'er had
viod. ?"
ad bearon's omnipotence lLoelf defy'd faHl
M?r lawyer*, prleaU nor doctor* o'er had to f
- beefl c--.
If man had stood against tV aoooalta of
eln. 1
Bat. oh, b? (all! And as ann'l we be fa o
Tho world Is BOW obllaed to boo bll three |HProbsbty
tho most latrrssflna por
Hour of these almanacs srs the Wts Jjjt
of ,.Wisdom and humor which went ^
thel
to
pou
k TnujH '' OOS
wit
out!
*wi
ML w^Er a *
B ^
r ^HnK^r do*
Ix bnr
U/A^l 3S*f oho
' for
,.? " Aiwut iuui roa urm limavuiL enj
with each calendar month. A few II- wcj
lnstratlons will suffice to show the son "
of thin* that amused our ancestors: t*k
,?T?BRUART. 17B. J00
Pretty cold, treezins nights, followed
with a short storm. Let travelers bo upon a*r
their atlard to defend their nosea Ida,
FEBRUARY, 1747. hot
^ Tfce firmer now's resolyd b? will not ret I
''WW, J wbi
While he hu pipes, tobacco, fire, with
Kood bread and cheese. 11
'' # - OCTOBER. IE. 10,1
Those that "are husbands rap# >(, Tar
Should now set in f^elr cider, grain and Is I
wood.'" Ch!
An honnat frlmnrf ia P~ul eM?noo> *??
A good conscience is the best guest.
SEPTEMBER. 170. % jjl
Virtue is prjjsed more than followed.
'A: .'A Td some men their country to the?- perl
Shame, and some are the shame of the! siJ
sotfntry. .
Love and Time. ?j
**0^0(10. Mew Tear, of your food grac<
These aad wrinkles from Lore's face. gill
"Wan and weary now he seems I
Bring him back the dreams, the dreams U'J
"Arch above htm April itkiea. v-i
Ktoe the Ught into his eye* '
1
I \<j "Land Idas book to neomen s fled- Kxx
Luro Lwt'a roses from the deadr -p0
B n Hay.- the Mow Tear salth; "his day Vlf
Bath o'srpast the daisied way. ti
m Though he weareth now the thorn.
Heath the rose leevss It was harm if
Br.?tersrssi.-i -2
SZZtSSZXmg 2
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-,
CHRISTMAS FOX j
HINT IN AMERICA
itITEN the weather ! firvt
Us on ObiWBU day the
f f members of many country
(tuba throughout the United
ites engage In a fox bunt. Tbb U
> modern survival of tba ant I?f
ue that used to furnish game far
i great holiday feast. v
jong ago In the middle agpa before
i day of markets, of storage houses
refrigerator cars the lord and vnes
shared the traits of the Hon sad
rood to eat that which they did net
L At daybreak eo the morning of
i holiday the chieftain summoned
i men of his clan, and to horse they
nt la pursuit of the wild boar
rose hills and level stretches,
ough swamps and acroaa frozen
earns they galloped till they came
with the fierce prey,
a the battle that ensued the prlsle
pf the most ratoroue feats, of
lergolag the greatest danger gad
finally administering the death
>ke waa Intrusted to the noblest,
in tho body of the boar was carried
A Vj the re seals, the bedy roasted
I the bead garnished and decorated
take the place of honor la the con
of some long table laid la the can
of a baronial balL
ar la to morning of the next day
nM the roistering continue, and
poor gentleman who could drink
y one bottle was destined to end
torlonceo In this bout of mighty
Men.
betboor has paeaed from the earth,
longer does the lord kill his own
ristmaa feast, but la small men sure
resins the Joys of tho holiday
it by bla pursuit of sly reynard
ire ore In tho United States seven
first class clubs devoted te the
it of fox boating. The season he
I at Thanksgiving day Is at Its
the by Christ mast Ide, far then the
la crisp with frost, and the last of
crops tbst boaters might have
uged have been gathered late the
n sod safely stored sway,
or persons of wealth tbeee are sera
Isers who. at 7 o'clock In the morn,
hove gathered near the clubhouse
i comrade Jolaa another, aad a
TT pirhincfi of PKrl^tnfin *
i recall* the holiday.
rottlBf behind the huntsmen and c
wblppere-ln come the boonda. now
rt and bndneaallke, bat at the
i of command ready to break lato
ery babble of doc noise. Horses,
srb horses, strain eagerly at their ,
lee, anilous to bear their red coat- i
tders off In the chase,
te master of the hoands glees his i
d of command, and across a cornI
the mad Christmaa race starts. 1
the first fence eomee the mad cards
It la a high one. Orer, under
through the .bars scramble the
i. Grandly on bis bore* the mastakes
the fence. Others follow,
not eo grscefuljy. gome on* 1
l, but the race goes on. all eager
each that place where in frost the 1
nd la glrtng tengne. j
here cornea a ditch whose surface
aly pertly bean, the middle hse- j
the water free. The leap la a had
, with the footing corored with Ice. I
one after another the hnntars pat
r steeds at it Some slip and
isable, splashing seas of mod oa 1
r rider*, bat nose cares Too great
he Joy of getting orer wttboat loee
time to worry over a couple of
nds of mod added to the weight of 1
it the gallant horse moat cany,
level stretch la reached. The thor- 4
hbreda are pot to It te keep op J
b the dogs. Then come a wilder ]
hurst of barking and the captor# j
a fog. The brash la taken and 4
trded lo the lock? rider i^ho was j
it the death. - I
ben the party torn# sedately back. J
excitement of the day over. The 4
a are returned to the kennel, the J
sen are carefully robbed down, the
tldpanta In the bont hare their
wer hath and are ready to dreaa
dinner after the most exciting and
oyab'r start a Christmas day can
1 have. _
or only members of the clubs have
eu (tart In this chase. The growing
d will between farmer and hunter
turned the attention of the unto of
(culture to the delights of this hot
y tide. He has mounted bis beat
se and Joined in the race. He, too.
ims home to a hearty dlnnef to tell
it a good time be bad.
1 lens aristocratic elnbs. such as the
ny organizations of farmers are In
lous parts of tbe country, the bunt
ess ornate, but It results In more
1st mas killings of foxes,
be wild, rough country of Virginia
tea directly following behind the
inds a hazardous. If not Impossible,
forma nie. ' This gives rise to the
? *">/ OMJ1II IMU HI/ IC VI UUUI
. which la to let the bounds work
ch of Uw tima alone. the hunter fol1nir
onl.r lu spirit. cttebiiif a
opaa of the flying pack oceafcioaalor.
folded by their cnoalcml baying.
I Of to i-strh op at th< njfjt atatton.'
> Kentucky the Ctarlitmaa but la
1 at nlaht. on Chrtotmta m
bo for bant la an Imputation from
fUind, where It atill la the farorltr.
rt of the elite at Cbrletmaa time,
ftnla'a early aattlara flret lntroduc
tba custom Into the rnloblaa. and
ural George Waahlngton wae one
the moot famooa of fox bnhtore.
colonial gfttTwaa ed oca tod to fox
One aa pa rt df bar aeoompllafa
ata. and Kfindrade of the halloa
Jd^hUke a^flre relj^fenco aa aaatty aa
r: *" ..
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v? v. "
if.al' . >. \Siu :'ii7
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'ST-:V . . : .V.- .
i>IB DICKKJfl, -A 0KBAT HAITBH Of
JAMK2TT AMD MIBTH, WHO WATHD HI*
WAND TO OLLiD TBI LON4 A(KA"
A werld too pleasant; while their horses
speed
The Wellers make the welkin ring Indeed.
A Deadlock House looms darkly through
the rain.
tad. look, the tiny dressmaker limps by.
And she. eternal type of faithfulness.
>orrlt. whom prison* do not daunt I her
eye v'
Is for her father: nest. In teaman's
cress
Quaint Csptain Cuttle lifts his book to
bless
3ta darlings; Barkis at low tide must d?a
drolls. villains, gentieioik of all degrees
Make populous the air. a hundred strong.
AM comes, as fits the season. Scrooge,
his knees
k tremble. till he harks the Christmas song
Of lore and knows that spite and gTeed
are wrong
Lnd how that charity ts more than these.
taster of human hearts! No Christmastide
Whose chants are not the sweeter and
whose cheer
Is not more blest elno* Dickens lived and
died!
The savor of his teachings makes each
year
Richer In homely virtues, doth endear
Han unto man; bsooe shall he long abide
' ' /N
CHVtltTMA* TOWN.
?1
IT lieth sweet as a little street
That sweeps to a good, green , ,
alleyj < t"
It tlsth dean, with as equalar ? <
No dark and loathsome alley.
, It lieth there In the golden air. , ,
A town of song and gleaming. < i
With childhood's chatter and bu- ? ?
lies' clatter
And the make telle*# of dream- <
Ing. \ <i
It lieth still on a little hill.
By a brook and a strip of wild- * >
wood v - y
| Oh. let*s go down to Christmas Town < ,
Just ss we did In childhood! ? >
I -V < '
> Its streets are bright with marry * '
light. J ;
And ail day armies wander ] ;
| All to and fro. with golden glow. "< ,
From childhood's way back yon>
* der. .? ?
' Each laughing face wears smile* of
grace
, And trust and all undoubtlng. A
And o'er the throng the voice of w
song 4
Swells Into silvery shouting.
| It lieth calm ss Isles of balm
Far off from hate and wrangle. J.
. Oh, let's go down to Christmas Town 4
With all its glow and spangle!
1 Its hills are toys for girls and boys, T
| Its vales are candy Icing. J
Its lanes and lake are glngercake iAnd
ponbons most Untieing. n
While alyrays there a fragrant air T
Of orange bloom Is blowing, J'
, And on the trees green memories ?
Of childhood days are growing.
> It lieth far, but love's sweet star *
Eternal watch ts keeping ;
To guide us down to Christmas J
Town
Through little paths of sleeping. ^
Ah. It mar seem a loollih Irnm f
That 1 should sea It lylnr
. Bo still and sweet. Its every street Z
With soma fond vision vytne 2
Bat ret I know that Ions aso t
They built It there who love ua $
And many a day we've s?et>t la X
With Its blue sky above us!
nJ|?> aear for those, my dear. I
Whose eyes have (airy ssesnee J.
* them see, thoach a?ed (hey ?
The^gesm of^shudhood's yreeeaoe. 4
Ml Z-'S
. .'A:. -s^^rty-L a-f'
r LAST
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' I :
COLLECTIOI
Now Bentleujeh. co'ored men, craolcer boya am ooons, I
, ? \
K "\ * '
I once heaurd an ol
Bad Debts abd Bad
Now I dont pi'>|'0?e 10 have any old debts a^t? r Christen
to have anotber bin Mortgage Sale in January tnatimet
limber, 1 want you to settle because I need m; money,
seed ootton that did not keep any record of it," [ show si
had a mortgage on and would have them, up b it toey hi
don't want to have any arteolao, bat unless I < oileocGt al
talk with the Solicitor about this business al Ji uuary ten
shooting or k and a few sorry ^egroe* (or sell! ig whialu
tie wet weather stores and buy, cotton at half | rtoe when
as the law requires. . Now
save your money a id ge
sale in January, dates 1
At thta aale I' am going to b?1I all that baggies (that peopli
horses, niul* a, wagons, harness, mowers, rake? diao harro'
furniture. A lip of mem owe me email aooodnte that I h
the; e?t will be and now in the ti tin oloaa down, h
your arrangement* to pay nie or get somebiaty to take u
onoe, after now thia apace will belung to theRlill Live St
buggies on next Tear* time.
I K. P.
W.B.MORTON " TI
- ;| - BEt
Special Attention | Thia ia to iofoian
aoL to thi fit that ,?j *?*ht ,
T Hill en Naah streft I
OPTICAL (OFFICE same at the |aama pi;
equipped wit\ all knltrumenla neces- W)H take notice that
aaty for m*kirV tljef moat thorongh x wjh pia<J r
and aoientinp eriyiiiation of the eve astilctly cash biia.
Is Now OpefJand Ready aii beSdeaving fcij
\ t- - 4| ~T ? paid for on deliwry.
\ ror kiaivice. peta but mhlw all pi
The opportunity uBbaVing your eyea means 1 can <*11 ch?
examinedslgr an (jii eriSiioed sped- better service lit the
aliat ia thua^qfferak the public with myself from lohuii
the aaaaranoeSjiM nothings, poeeible yeatroent or the eh(
shall be left unmge to discover the w have yoir tr
cause off and oJpeot all erron of to require you tolpay
Since o|>ening|my\jffice, I haVe T /Si
had a fine cla^^w irad*?a far more * * Y
liberal patron/gif than omi could ex- g j want td bi
peot in as short k while. \l am pre- market ,
pared to farm#) Autiigln^ee and
everything in thb optical line\
Office Next Door to Hotel I . .
TTflfrflflfo \
tfuw.?u?vv a r*iro in/
Office Floors Kroni 10 to 4 O'clock 1 II C ww
~~i LandjSalB/ ?=
By rtrtue. of u c rder of the Supe- . NOW is the t
rior Court of Prankli > coonty, made Id a
special proceeding < ntitled, Mrs. Sue your urf
P. Alfom. ad mi. of L. 8. Alford the I a'm Selling
undcr?itfhed connqia loner will ezpoee ?
to sate te the high it bidder, at the pttt? a
court houhe door in Louisburg, N. O. LM T.fl
on Monds\the lira d*y of January ,
1912, at 12 dirlock ni on, the following than 1 will Chriel
described reah^state situated in sala the reason I am
F'sukllo cOontSL to rite and will oontinj.
Beginning at\ at ike, C. M. Vau- ?_',;i ?? .
ghan'a corner, th\c. n 1 l-2d e 26.68 ??>lil my stock is
chaina to a stakdk former y a pine now before the i
tump, Vaugban's a tper in Mrs. Ynr- .a complete line
borough a line; thent \by eurvey made cakei, nuta, oran
from COPT of Mr. 1 llltr a auryey of , ' "A
about thirty yeara a?o\e87d a 1110 ?PPj*?. malattt, ff
chaina to a stake ow Ihi. Ynrbor- raisins snd ooooa,
on h'a corner; tbanc > n 3d 8l chain to erythiog else in
an else; tlieaoe e 42. 0 chalnsXo an ash tionerv line T .
>on Liuie Creek; the ce s 8d nwhaln to El .,. X
W. K. Daris con. r; thence \ 20.60, , ?hoe'h nnti
chains to a pine st imp: thence\8d w staple dry goods
26.26 chains to Utle Creek: thekee stock of hesyv an
6d w ahont 7 chains to a stake \nd oeri?? is
pointers In Harris? Una; these* a nkw
Une a 88 l-2d w Iff chains to a stake before. I
south of the era*; thence n 1 l-2d J- Oheeae, I bought
t M chains ft thffiln^fnnff niff >Te ,he P
OW/beginning containing you mdtfhy on t
The terms oflle sale shall be one rio? 1? ?-^.
third cash, remainder la tWeirs months
T w*l
ItH. Wn ra. J wt e J
?? ' ' ,s-f - "" '? ? a '
.~ 1 * - ' ~ty
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b .. -..i
CALL : IT ;
^ SoJ^ ^
IS DURING .
ip\*
V?- . -j \'/" \ ?* ;-i'*
want the balance you owe me on thia year eeeoaaL
j. * "' A '
Id gentleman say:
Bargains Was Hell f.\" .
<r ' " - v
aa. I am going to oloae op the deal, that U, get ready
i. Now dont tell me about holding your ootton any
Now I know aeveral little etorea that hav.e bought
utwral men who owe me money who add cotton that 1
iye kin-folks who trale with me and pay me, and 1
II of tha money owing to me I am noinw to have ?
m of court. There U no os? to have op negroea fat
ijvnand allow a lot of high eouroh member# to ruqliekthey
knew it waa mortgaged and not keep toy reoord
t Wady for a big mortgage
;o be\amnouiiced latter.
t have boughVfrom me and have not paid for, all the
fcq. oatt.e, boga\and a lot of hooae-hold and kiteheu
a,ve carried a long time and are abont aa rear oat ae
row yuu fallow# Who don't want to ha cloaed oat make
p your note. Tht# advertisement will only appear
ook Co., for later announced tales of mulea, horaea and
HILL
ef| At
RS "" rv
ffiriii KaCKCt ice.
Further you m m W9 ^ m .? ~ w
on and after Not. i
ny buaineaa on a * /
This means that
market must be V
1 shall have no ml I I
ty cash. By this V I I I
a per and furnish ^ f tfcd """
i same time save J
t interest on in- / JTV" w
Jre biiL will he Tu?t re :eived 500 ladies an&
^but wiu have foisses hats to sell at 25*50,
?*"<; 75 and 1/11.00. These hats
jjjY/T are all> g$od quality and
1X52:*" ...SifrUshShapes...
worth doUble the money.. It
- will /pay \ you to see them.
QfKS Out D^y Goods DeLme
to get || pfartmeut is Coitnsworks
V?_. i '
Tfcem Now PlOt? N_/PER
W i chilli youi- attention to our
Mm eve. For > C? it Suits and Cloaks fOF
> pverstocted la< ies and misses?Ask . to u
3 in sen cheap se them. 1
reduced. Boy
T. iX ; We Hav^ Opened Dp
ZZXSS 1 TOYJLAOT
Under tae Rackets ?
>? >111 Milu
weiV and and have lots of- Xmaa and ^
LT-,?*p,"v", Ramea, wagons, hobbyhorses
I And doll carriages! paint box
| - ? > hbrns and drums. t "
Mrs. A. M. Half
: WITH MCKENS AT THE* i
CHRISTMAS HEARTH !
By RICHARD BURTON.
The fact that the centenary ol Chi'
ZMckens la to be observed Web 7 rr ,
this poem particularly appropriate i
Mediae this Christmas.]
BEFORE the Christmas hearth 1
muse alona
And visions of the past, to:
frays' and fay.
Rise from the ruddy coals: ovicide
the moan
Of homeless winds Is chidden by the l:ty
Bweet suaf by children who keep hull
day.
Wahlne the season'a mood1 their very owe
*\ .
And slowly, while 1 fase and dream and
ffow
Lees lonesome, do the alf hta and sounds
of earth
^da and my fancy wanders to and fro
With a freat master of lament anc'
"* mirth.
Who waved his wand to flld the lenf ago
A wondrous company! Mlcawber smile
In spite of poverty, find Little Nell.
Bbe frail a flower, travels - her weary
jqQM, "
Blcca (alia on sleep, and David tries to
tell
VBe triple of the yeunf. now Pickwick's
HehS^taofbter easy: on a pinnacle
Of sacrifice sits Carton midst war's wl|??
Mew the air sweetens, for those brothers
twain.
TW blithesome Cherryblea have preach
ad their creed ' :*
Bf kindness, honest Tapley bails afaln
As =jMT
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