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i it H. A. LONDON, Jr., EDITOIt AND TKOrRIETOB. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy, one year, -One copy slx motiihH One copy three months, - 12.00 - 1.00 Life's True Significance. Deeper than all sense of teeing Lies the secret source of being, And the soul with truth agreeing Learns to lire in thoughts and deeds; For the lifo is more than raiment. And the earth ia plodged for payment Unto man for all his needs. Nature ia our common mother, Every living man our brother, Therefore let us serve each other; Not to meet the law's behests, But because through cheerful giving We shall learn the art of living; And to live and serve is best Life is more than what man fancied! Not a game of idle chances; But it steadily advances Up the rugged height of tim. -Till each complex web of trouble, Every sad hope's broken bubble, Hath a meaning most sublime. More of religion, less profession! More of firmness, less concession; Moro of freedom, less oppression, In the church and in the state; More of life and less of fashion; More of love, and less of passion; That will make us good and great. When true hearts, divinely gifted, From the chaff of error sifted, On their crosses aro uplifted, Shall the world most clearly see That earth's greatest time of trial Calls for holy self-denial, Calls on men to do and be. Bat forever and forever Let it be the soul's endeavor Love from hatred to dissever, And in whatso'er we do, Won by love's eternal beauty, To our highest sense of .duty Evermore be firm and true VIVA'S LANDLORD. " Viva, dear, it's coming near the firs, of May!" And gentle Mrs. Rayner laid down the coat that was perpetually becoming elbowless, and looked across the lamp lit table with anxious eyes. "Yes, mamma, I know," a trifle wearily. Viva, a slender, pretty girl, with dark brown hair gathered loosely behind Bhell-pink ears, and lips red as the cactus flower, met her mother's gaze with eyes bright with wistful thought fulness. "And we must move, of course," cried a shrill young voice from the sofa, where eat Jessie, a volatile, overgrown school girl, " because the front gate's off its hinges, and the roof leaks, and" "Yes, Jessie, we all know the rea sons for moving, but give mamma an opportunity to suggest where." "There's hardly much choice about that," the pale-faced little woman said sadly. "Some place where the rent would be moderate; but" a suddeD look of longing shining out of the pain worn face " I would give all the world, dear, to see the country again. I feel Btifling here." A gleam of quick determination came into Viva's velvety-brown eyes. "And so you shall, mammal" she said, emphatically. "My darling, how?" in mild sur prise. " Well" Viva puckered up her low, white brow, and tried to look wise and business-like" you see we could get a cottage in- some of the suburban vil lages at half what a city house would cost. Besides everything is so mucli cheaper in the country, and we could return to the city the coming winter. There 1" But your pupils, Viva?" "I could manage to give all the les sons in three days of the week taking the train in, you know, is almost as cheap and do work for Crumley the in tervening days. Now, mamma!" tri umphantly. " It looks plausible at first sight, my pet, but Fm almost afraid to hope. Dear, dear 1 how that boy does wear out his clothes." Viva came over and clasped two maroon merino arms around the invalid figure before her. "Hope as much as you like, mamma darling," .'she cried, gayly; "for we'll watch the papers till we see a treasure advertised 'cheap in italics, you know and then" The rest was too glorious to describe. Three days later, Viva danced in, out of a blinding April shower, with rose red cheeks and starry eyes. "Here it is, mamma," she cried, enigmatically, with a hearty kiss and hug that almost demolished the small figure in the arm-chair. " Now listen !" And from the open paper of that morning, she read aloud: rTO KENT IN SUBURB IN VILLAGE, -f- Twenty minutes rido from the city, an eight-room cottage, with garden attached. Cheap, to good tenant Apply to Clifford Chandos, Eoom 12, 74 E St., City. "I am sure this will suit 'cheap,' in alitics, as I said mamma. You will have our happy country fled summer, after all," with an exultant little laugh. "Now, for a while, good-bye !" "Where are you going, dear?" "To see about this, mamma. Les sons are over" "Yes, but I do not quite like your joing alone, Viva." f " What ! An old-maid music teacher like me ? I almost acquire the dignity of age in this voluminous waterproof Mid rreen veil. Green Just think of vol. m. it! I might as well have red hair and Rpectacles. My nervous old darling, I'll be back before you know I'm gone." And with this decidedly sweeping, but scarcely possible assertion, she was out again under the rifting, drifting April sky, and going cityward as fast as the street cars could take her. In the thickest, busiest portion of the city, up two flights of dingy stairs went Viva. A timid knock at Boom 12. "Come in I" She turned the handle, and with the green veil well down, went in. Two or three gentlemen, writing at baize-covered desks, looked up care lessly as she entered, and went on with their work. A gentleman enveloped in clouds of cigar smoke, with feet considerably ele vated above the level of his head, glanced toward the door, as the grace ful figure in threadbare waterproof came timidly in. Down, came the feet, out went the cigar, and Clifford Chandos, pushing a chair forward, bowed gravely, quefationingly, to the lady before him. " I I called to inquire about a cot tage advertised." " The cottage ? Oh, yes, to be sure 1 Will you please to be seated, and I will give you the particulars V" And Viva, taking the proffered seat, listened while the tall, grave man, with straight, black brows and keen, kindly eyes, explained the terms with 7leasant courtesy. And when she lifted the obnoxious green veil a moment, to conclude some necessary arrangement, Clifford Chandos started ever so slightly as he saw the pretty, girlish face before him, as serene and dignified in its grave, business-like-composure as though its owner were eiglit-and-fifty instead of eight-and-ten. " When will you look at the plce, Miss" " Rayner !" supplemented Viva. " Miss Rayner. Shall we say to-morrow at one ?" " At two, if as convenient." "Certainly. Two, if preferable." Then he held the door open as courte ously as though she wore sealskin and diamonds, while with a quiet grace she bowed slightly and passed from the room. And Clifford Chandos went slowly back to his chair, a softer light in his keen gray eyes, and actually for once in his life forgot to relight his cigar. The day came at last when, from the stuffy city house, the Rayners moved to the pretty, roomy, raftered cottage, where honeysuckle and wild roses strag gled at their own sweet will over roof and porch. And Viva, coming home from the dusty city three evenings in the week, pale and tired, brightened and laughed her own low, happy laugh at the sight of her mother's face grown young again at the window, at the sound of Dick and Jessie's boisterous laughter. It was curious all the repairing that cottage needed after they moved in. It was more curious that their quiet, hand some landlord should insist on super vising it all himself. He grew into their simple lives in those days. Mrs. Rayner came to think the cheery voice better than any medi cine, the children to shout lustily at sight of him, and Viva to listen for the sound of his firm footstep on the gar den path. One evening, when the soft May wind was swaying the " lady-fingers," as the children call them, over the door, Viva snatched up her hat and strolled down to the pretty rustic gate. Just a little more tired than usual after a desperate struggle to teach an ir ritably obtuse pupil the mysteries of crotchets and quavers and demi-semiqua-vers. She stood there, a fair, girlish figure in her soft white dress, a great bunch of blue meadow-violets at her slender throat and waist. The scented wind gently loosened the dark-brown hair and blew a fitful drift of rose-bloominto the pure, pale face. Very pretty ? Well, Clifford Chandos thought so, at all events, as he came along the un even country road with his light, firm footfall. " Good evening, Miss Rayner !" She turned suddenly, the faint flush deepening to carnation. " Good evening, Mr. Chandos !" I think a person can give one a very tolerable shake hands without holding one's fingers quite a minute. But ap parently Mr. Chandos thought differ ently. "Miss Rayner, will you come for a walk just a little way down the road? There is a show place there I should like to have you see." He asked pleadingly, hurriedly, as though fearful of a refusal. "Is it far?" "No," eagerly; "quite near. Besides Miss Viva, I have something to tell you or, rather, ask you." They were already strolling slowly on. She paused and looked up in vague alarm. f To ask me, Mr. Chandos?" i . - i PITTSBORO', " Yes. Viva, I want to ask you to leave Rose cottage." Was he mad? "To leave Rose cottage!" she re peated, blankly. She stopped short, and looked up at him with brown, bewildered eyes. "Are you not 3atisfied with as is tenants ? What will mamma say ?' " I did not ask your mother to leave Rose cottage " and his voice was trem bling and low "I asked you I" "Me? Why, Mr. Chandos " She broke off abruptly as the saw the look in the eyes of the man regarding her. Such a look as would make more successful wooers in the world to-day a look of passionate love and resolute determination to have her in spite oi herself. " Viva, my darling my darling !' he cried, all the mischief in his voice swept away in his fiery earnestness, "won't you understand ? Hove you very dearly, Viva, and I want yon for my wife !" "Yes -I understand," she said,simply. "I am not a rich man, dear, but 1 would give my life to make you happy !' She looked up at him with bright, outshining eyes, and though her cheeks flamed hotly, she said, in her gentle, straightforward, girlish way : " I would be honored to be your wife were you penniless, Mr. Chandos !" "Mr. Chandos!" sternly. "Little wife, say 'Clifford!'" And, her hand in his, she said it, simply : "Clifford!" In a short time they paused before a massive entrance gate and pretty gothic lodge. " This is the great place of the neigh borhood, Viva. Shall we go up and look at it?" They paused at the great stone steps of an ideal country-seati stretching, verandahed, porticoed, with huge stone lions on guard at the door. " Come in, dear !" holding out his hand, with a curious smile. "But the owner?" "I go with his permission." Then, passing the servant at the door, he led her through rooms where the mighty touch of Midas was softened and made perfect by the mightier touch o taste. Through a conservatory where birds and flowers were drowsily fall ing asleep, and marble statues gleamed palely forth from tropical, dusky nooks. "It's a handsome place, dear, isn't it ?" he asked, when once again they stood 'neath the darkening sky. "Handsome? Oh, Clifford!" with an ecstatic, long-drawn breath. "I hardly know how much rent I ought to charge you, little woman," he cried, quizzically, drawing her closer to him; "but I'll be moderate. Suppose we say one thousand kisses per an num!" "Yours!" she gasped. "You said you were not rich." "Well, not Rothschild nor Vander bilt, love, but," with a sudden change of tone, "richer than all the world, sweetheart, in jou." So, after all, Viva graces a home worthy of her. And Jessie sententiously remarks: " 'Twas well we moved." And Viva nods and smiles as she slips her little sparkling hand into her hus band's loving clasp. Facts for the Cnrions. The complete independence of man and wife, where property is concerned, is nowhere carried to such a point as among the Indians of Central America. Every day the husband buys his meals from his wife, who purchases from him raw material for the table. The Bible contains 3,586,489 letters, 773,692 words, 31,173 verses, 1,189 chap ters and 66 books. The word Lord occurs 1,855 times, the werd "and" 46, 277. The word reverend is found in Psalms cxi., .9- The middle verse is Psalm cxviii, 8. All the letters of the alphabet except the letter j are found in Ezra vii., 21. The longest verse is Esther viii., 9, and the shortest St. John xi., 35. The "Riot Act" is an English law, providing "that if any persons to the number of twelve or more, being unlaw fully, riotously and tumultuously as sembled together to the disturbance of the public peace, shall continue so as sembled for the space of an hour after a magistrate has commanded them by proclamation to disperse, they shall be considered felons." It is the custom in England always to read the "Riot Act" before proceeding to extremi ties. Dr. Johnson tells an extraordinary story of a sea-cucumber which he pos sessed. He forgot to furnish it with fresh water, and the creature became sick and dejected. Under this neglect it wasted away in a most remarkable manner. One by one it ejected its ten tacles, its teeth, its digestive tubes. These fragments lay here and there, scattered about the aquarium. Still what was left of tli9 creature was not dead. Its empty sack contracted at the least touch. As soon "as fresh water was provided the animal began to revive again, reproducing one after another of its lost organs, and at the end of two or three months appeared to be as well and as happy as before, CHATHAM CO., N. C, AN INTELLIGENT REPTILE. At Great Risk of Death to I tt elf a Snake Saves a Child's AAit. "I want to tell you how my child's life was saved up in the mountains the other day," said an old farmer who came into the Appeal office yesterday. "You don't mind an item with a snake in it, do you?" Hearing no reply, the old man continued "Last Tuesday I was coming down from the lake with my little girl, when I stopped the horse and got out to get a drink at a- spring, my bottle having given out. While I was drinking the horse got frightened and dashed down the road with the child in the wagon. I only have twelve girls, sir, and wouldn't spoil the set for worlds. Well, I gave up the horse and child for lost, bat I followed them up, and pre sently found the horse right on the edge of a precipice, at a dead standstill. He couldn't move an inch. When I got closer I thought that a strap had caught round 1iis fetlock and one end had also caught round a tree. I went to pull on the strap, and I jumped about ten feet, for bust me clear open if it wasn't a rat tlesnake that was holding the horse. He had wound his trail around the horse's leg and his neck was turned three times around a sappling and his teeth wero fast in the wood. He was twelve feet long,) sir, for I measured him right then and there. A few pounds more strain would have snapped the snake in two. I got the horse away from the precipice. And I m a well tell you the whole truth. The snake wasn't over five feet long, for when I took the strain off he came right back to his natural size. You know how elastic a snake is. ;The child is four years old and wasn't frightened in the least. If you put this item in the ireeiysendme four copies I want 'em for relatives in the East." Car son (Xer.) Appeal. Paper Pulp from Wood. The following interesting description of the process of making wood pulp is from an account of the opening of the Thorold Pulp Paper Company's estab lishment, published by the Thorold Post, Canada: The wood, four feet in length and of any thickness, is brought in at the base ment, placed in the barking-jack (one stick at a time), where two men, with drawknive3, rapidly peel off the bark. It is then conveyed by the elevator to the first floor, sawed in two-foot lengths with cross cut saws, passed on to the rip saw, where it is slabbed (that is, a small portion of wood on opposite sides taken off), to permit its resting firmly in the grinding engine. It is then passed to the boring machine (an upright and a one half inch auger, with foot attachment driven by power), whero the knots are bored out. The wood is then placed in racks of the same size as the receptacle in the grinding engine, and carried out to the ground. The grinding engines are upright, and receive at a following one-twentieth of a cord of wood. The wood is placed in a receptacle, and by a simple, variable automatic feed process is pressed flat-wise between two outward revolving rolls, composed of solid emery, which are flooded with a spray of water, carrying off the fibrilized pulp in a stream through revolving screens to the tank or stuff chest in the basement. It is then pumped ud into a vat that forms part of the wet machine. In this vat is constantly revolving a large cylinder with fine brass wire cloth, which picks up the particles of pulp out of the water and places them on the felt (an endless piece of woolen goods which makes between rolls, for different pur poses, a continual circuit of the wet ma chine). On the cylinder is turning a heavy roll, called the concha; between the two, where they meet, the cylinder leaves the pulp, with most of the water pressed from it. The pulp now makes its appearance on the felt above the concha roll in a beautiful sheet, thirty-eight inches in width, and is carried along in a steay flow a distance of about eight feet, where it passes between but not beyond two heavy rollers, the upper iron, the lower wood, it adheres to the upper roll, which is constantly turning, wrapping it up, and when a sufficient thickness is attained, is cut off by a knife being pressed to the roll, attached to the ma chine for that purpose. It now leaves the roll in a thick white sheet, which is received by the boy in attendance on a table conveniently attached to the ma chine, and folded into sheets fourteen by twenty-six inches. It is then placed on scales until the weight is one hun dred pounds, when it is placed in the press and firmly tied into square, com pact bundles. It is now ready for ship ment to the paper mill, to be made in to printing and tea paper. The wood paper pulp has been placed in the mar ket, and found a ready sale. According to the London World the aesthetic people who have furnished London with such food for jest and laughter by their costumes, their affec tation, their long hair and their general tomfoolery are known as the "Dadoc--acy." JUNE 23, 1881. i i - How to Keep Cool. As warm weather approaches, wre de vise all sorts of plans to keep cool, and by very earnestness defeat our purpose. To be cool, one must be tranquil and avoid unnecessary exertion. The pru dent housekeeper will make her morn ing fire suffice to do the chief part of the cooking for the day. Cold boiled meats, cold vegetables, cold desserts for dinner, when that meal comes in the middle of the day, are in order. Pota toes made into salad are not to be scorned by any lover of that vegetable. If a cup of hot tea or coffee is desired, it can be made on an oil stove, and such food as is prepared warm can be warmed over. But custom renders cold food as palatable as, and during hot weather even more palatable than hot food ia in cold weather. A little persistence on the part of the house-mother will prove this the case, and the experiment is certainly worth trying. Farmers' wives who stew over the stove in mid-summer noons have a harder time of it than far mers do in the fields, and there is no necessity for this. Iced tea and coffee and milk are as delicious as hot tea and coffee when one's palate is accustomed to them. The hardest part of the work should be done in the morning, if pos sible, and if you can lie down for awhile in the heated part of the day, so much the better. Plenty of sleep, with fre quent baths, will enable almost any one to bear the warm weather philosophi cally. (wardens for Children. All children love flowers, and take delight in cultivating them if given the opportunity. How infinitely more en tertaining such a study as botany, or vegetable physiology might be made if the dry teaching of the class-room and lesson-book were illustrated by the plants that were being coaxed into bloom in their own flower-beds. What a petty combination of outdoor and in door employment, again, for a child to cultivate flowers, and then to draw them in outline as they come into bloom. What could possibly be a more health ful and wholesome occupation for an intelligent child to collect the prettiest of wild flowers from their native pas tures and hedgerows, and cultivate them in the "wild garden" at home? All sorts of knowledge might be gath ered up in such a pursuit, involving as it would the necessity for observations of the favorite haunts of the various flowers, the effects of' different soils, their mode of propagation, seasons of bloom, etc., and the inquiry might often be made to lead away into collateral topics the folk-lore associated with them, fairy tales and poet fancies and historical associations. Then, again, how easy and appropriate, to make flow ers the means of drawing out sympathy with neighbors, or with the sick and suffering at a distance. And again, the cultivation of flowers always exercises a refreshing influence. The Original Penny. The old, old penny in England, as' in other countries, was of silver, and its appearance thoroughout the earliest time of its history would rather astonish those who know nothing of numismatic love. From the Saxon times, in which it was the only piece of silver extant, till those of Edward I., it was stamped with a square cross. This enabled the coin to be readily broken into halves or quarters, which then served the pur pose of halfpence or farthings. But the latter coin was not much inferior to the value of the present English penny, in asmuch as the unbroken piece was valu ed at one-thirtieth of a mark, or three pence sterling. At this time five of them seem to have made a skilling, or shilling, so that the relations between what are now chief English silver and bronze coins has entirely altered in the course of six centuries. King Edward, who reformed the coinage, like every thing else, was the first to issue pennies without the indented cross ; and to make up for the loss of the queer-shaped half pennies and farthings hitherto in use, supplemented the silver coinage with circular pieces, bearing the same value and denomination. He fixed the stand ard of the penny, moreover, by ordering that it should weigh thirty-two grains of well-grown wheat, or, which was a more accurate test, that twenty pennies should weigh one ounce. A Meagre Excuse. The young man who pleads poverty and a meagre salary as an excuse for re fraining from marriage will do well to remember the pluck of Thomas A. Scott, the great railroad magnate, and Charles A. Dana, the great journalist. The former embarked upon the matri monial sea with a salary of fifty dollars per month and the latter with a salary of five dollars per week. Marriage, however, was not the only thing that made these men succeed. Buffalo Ex press. A fashionable New York doctor has cured several fashionable women of spinal disease by making them wear lower heels on their boots. iwiiirrfir NO. 41. A Few Words to the Boys Don't trouble yourselves about the details of your business. Leave small things to small minds. You were born to be at the top, and of course a way will be provided for getting you there. If you would make your mark in the world, never learn to write. Do you wish to be men? Learn to chew, smoke and drink. It will be hard to distinguish you from the real article. Always bear in mind that vou are made of superior clay, and it will not be long ere everybody will be forced to admit it. It is well for you to know that the girls are all dying for you. You cannot but pity them, but then it is not your fault. This should teach you resigna tion. Strive to get all the leisure time you can. it will make older and busier persons envy you. Speak your mind freely. It shows that you possess such an article. Characterize as nonsense everything that you cannot understand. You will find a great deal of nonsense in the world. Never fear to do wrong. Don't be a coward. Always do the right thing when the right thing will pay. When you have anything to do, don't hurry about doing it. Take your own time, or your employer's, which is the same thing. If he discharges you, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that he will be the loser by not having your valuable services. Make acquaintances only among those beneath you, if you can find such. It is pleasant to be looked up to as an oracle or pattern. Shun those who are able to teach you anything in life or business. It is not agreeable to be overshadowed by any body. Beside, who wants to be in school all his life? Be above politeness. That will do well enough for women and children ; but a man should despise all such fool ishness. People who talk about sticking to principle are humbugs or ninnies. Never mind principle where money is to be made. Never stop to consider. Make up your mind at once. It shows prompti tude of decision. Having once made up your mind, stick to your decision. People may call you an obstinate mule, but words harm nobody. If you are pig-headed, others may suffer, but you never. Stand up for your rights, especially among women and timid folk. You may yield a point where the other party is stronger than you are. Watch carefully over your passions. A man without passions would be a dull creature. Don't be too squeamish about telling the truth. Only noodles never lie. Endure others' trials patiently. Fight life's battles in the easiest way. Remember that it is the sutler, and not the soldier, who makes money out of war. Never injure your health by hard work. If you must lose it; lose it in a pleasant way. Honor your father and your mother by showing to them how much wiser you are than they. You can do this in no easier way than by rejecting all their counsel and admonition. Take every occasion to denounce re ligion and morality as humbugs and shams, and everyone who upholds them as a hypocrite and impostor. Every body loves a frank, open nature. Believe all you hear derogatory of another's character. The Bible, you know, says that mankind is naturally depraved. If you hear anything against a person, repeat it to as many as you can. It is well to put people on their guard. In the company of ladies, talk freely of liquor saloons, ballet girls and poker playing. Ladies naturally take to such young gentlemen. They are so inter esting. Don't go to church if you can avoid it ; but if you must go, take care to show your intelligent contempt for the worship and the worshippers. Follow these few directions, boys, and you will at least attain a high position in theTorld. It may be the gallows, but it will be a high place, nevertheless. A London paper, treating of artificial aid to the toilet, says : "We are told how womanhood is nowadays a delusion and snare ; and the poet who wrote a sonnet to an eyebrow would only be ad dressing a few touches of Indian ink." Apropos of this eyebrow subject, it is a curious fact that Natnre always makes the eyebrow in proportionate length to the rest of the features. Thicken an eyebrow if you like, but never lengthen it. It always gives a look as if there was a cast in the eye. Who does not pity the sorrows of a young person with bangs during this hot weather, when bandoline is in vain? But she should content herself until cool weather with thick, straight fringe, that does not require to be glued into place if she will wear bangs. 9 RATES or ADVERTISING. One square, one Insertion, One square, two Insertions, One square, one month, - - - fl.00 - 3 - 1.50 - - 50 Tor larger advertisements liberal contracts wM made ITEMS OF INTEREST. One of New York's Broadway milli ners nets $30,000 a year. Jewelry seems to run in the form of snakes, lizards and the claws of birds. A freak of fashion is to wear an em broidered butterfly on one sleeve of a dress. . The Khedive intends to establish, at his own cost, a school at Cairo .for the education of girls of the higher classes. Nursing is becoming a profession. Schools for nurses are daily growing into favor, and during the past seven years 120 nurses have graduated from "The Training School for Nurses." A writer for the' Glasgow Utecs says that the mania for slender figures is to be laid at the door of fashion magazines, where the human figure is invariably represented entirely out of proportion. By immersing the stems of white roses in red and green ink they may be col ored green, pink and flesh color. They will look as if nature had done the work, and it only takes ten minutes to change the color. If a girl has pretty teeth she laughs often, if she's got a pretty foot she'll wear a short dress, and if she's got a neat hand she's fond of a game of whist ; and if the reverse, she dislikes these small affairs. Young ladies should ever have an eye to color in selecting lawn tennis and archery costumes. They should never wear blue, because blue does not con trast well with the color of the green ; neither does violet. It is not the fashion for ladies to kiss each other by way of friendly salutation now. They only touch each other's fin ger tips, faintly murmur "So glad to see you" and pass on. There is no longer any danger of their complexion being kissed off in spots. Last year this country imported over 12,000,000 worth of raw silk. To the end of keeping that money at home a Woman's Silk Culture Association . has been formed in Philadelphia, and a mer cantile firm in that city offers prizes to the amount of $500. The most elegant women of New York, as well as in London and Paris, while they may dress in bright materials at home or at entertainments, dress very quietly in the streets. Really refined women do not wear all the colors of the rainbow on the streets or in public. The Dundee Advertiser is authority for the statement that the bees in New South Wales fill the outer cells of their hives with pure water instead of honey. During the extreme drought of the past year the bees suffered from lack of water, and during the present season they are guarding against a similar emer gency. Brother Gardner's Lime-Kiln Club. "I take pleasure an satisfaction," said the president, as he held up a par cel, "in informin' you a worthy citizen of Detroit, who does not car' to have his name menshun'd, has presented dis re vised edishun of de Bible to de Lime Kiln Club. We do not open our meet- ins wid prayer, nor do we close by sing in' de Doxology, but neberdeless I am suah dis gift will be highly appreshiated by all. Dar has been considurble talk in dis club about dis revised edishun. Some ob you hab got de ideah dat pur gatory has all been wiped out an heaben enlarged twice ober, an' I hab heard odders assert dat it didn't forbid lyin', stealin' an' passin' off bad money. My friends, you am sadly mistaken. Hell is jist as hot as eber, an' heaben hasn't got any mo' room. In lookin' ober some of de 'changes las' night I selected out a few paragraphs which have a gin eral b'arin'. Fur instance, it am jist as wicked to steal watermelyons as it was las' y'ar or de y'ar bef o', an' de skeercer de crap de bigger de wickedness. "No change has bin made in regard to loafin' aroun' de streets. De loafer am considered jist as mean an' low as eber he was, an' I want to add my be lief dat he will grow meaner in public estimashu all de time. "De ten commandments am all down heah widout change. Stealin' an lyin' an' covetin' an' runnin out nights sm considered jist as bad as eber. "I can't find any paragraph in which men am excused for payin' deir honest debts an supportin deir fam'lies. "I can't fin' whar' a poo' man, or a poo' man's wife, white or black, am 'spected to eling on any pertickler style. "Dog fights, chicken-liftin', polyticks, playin' keerds for money, an' hangin' aroun' fur drinks an' all sich low biz ness am considered meaner dan eber. Fact is, I can't fin' any change whateber which lets up on a man from bein' plumb up an down squar an' 'honest wid de world. Dey have changed de word 'Hell' to 'Hades,' but at de same time added to de strength of de brim stun an' de size of de pit, an we want to keep right on in de straight path if we would avoid it. Doan' let any white man make you believe dat we s lost any gospel by dis revision, or dat Peter or Paul or Moses have undergone any change of speerit regardin de ways of libin respectably an dyin' honorably." I : m 5-M ill m ;! I-'. !i1 If Hi HI In ; "if
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