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T II E S T A II D A R D. Friday, July 27, 188.3. A PI I AS1 A WAR. How Riotous Porker Brought ou the War of 1812. It all happened in this wise: Two 4 citizens of Providence, It. I., fell in to a most unseemly discussion on account of a pig owned by one of them. The aggrieved party pos essed a very fine garden, in which i was his custom to spend his horns of leisure, weeding, grafting and transplanting the liowers and vege tables in which he delighted. But often, as he entered his garden in the evening, his ears would be salut ed with a grunt and a rustle, and the fat form of his neighbor's pig might be seen making a hasty flight from the garden, in which it had been placidly rooting all day. ltepeated misdeeds on the part of the pig fanned the smouldering fires of dissension into the flames of open hostility. At last the crisis came. The owner of the garden, rising un usually early one morning, discov- ered the pig contentedly munching the last of a tine bed of tulip bulbs. Flesh and blood could stand no Ion-? ger. Seizing a pitchfork, which lay near at hand, the outraged gar dener plunged its sharp tines mto the hapless pig, and bore the body, thus fatally impaled, to the sty, where it met the gaze an hour or two later. wa3 war to the knife two neighbors. or its owner Thereafter it between the Now, what had all this to do with taewaroi loizr me answer is simple. The two neighbors belong ea ro tne political party Known as the federalists. Through all the outrages that Great Britain inflicted upon the United States; while seamen were being impressed, American vessels stopped on the high seas, and while every possible indignity was being committed against the flag of the United States, the federalists re mained friendly to Great Britain, and contested e ery proposition for the declaration of war. But the Democratic party was ea ger for war, and as English opo sition became more and more un bearable the strength of the Demo crats increased. It so happened that the election district in which the two neighbors lived had been about equally divided between Democrats and federalists, but the Utter party had always succeeded iu carrying the election. But in 1811 the owner pf the garden was a candidate for the legislature on the federalist tick- et. His neighbor had always voted that ticket; but now, with his mind filled with bitter recollections of the death of his pig, he cast, his ballot for the Democratic candidate, When the ballots were couuted the Demo crat was found to be elected by a majority of one. "When the newly elected legislator took his seat, his first duty was to vote for a United States Senator He cast his vote for the candidate of the democrats, who was also elected by a majority of one. When the Senator took his place in the Um- ted States Senate he found the ques tion of war with Great Britain pendr iug, and after a long and bitter dis cussion it came to a vote. The Dem ocrats voted for war, and the feder alists against it A a result of.the voting, war-was declared again, by A majority of one vote, Married Three Slaters. lie v. F. A. Andrews, of Jefferson ville, Indiana, was called :on Satur day, the 6th ult., to a country to preach the funeral sermon of Mrs Wasconi and was much surprised to learn that a wedding was to be cele brated during the evening and he would be called upon to officiate. 1 he groom was Mr, Wascom and the bride was a sister of the recent ly buried wife, and the two were aged "i 3 and 71. The only witness to the ceremony was the great grand sou of the groom. The minister's astonishment reached its height when he was told that the present is Wascom's third wife, -that the three were sisters and the second wedding was as unceremonious as the last. Col. Nicholas Smith, of Ken tucky, who posed so long as the handsomest nan in the United States, and married a daughter of Horace Grtely, has been arrested aud imprisoned for a hotel debt of several hundred dollars. The charge was preferred by John Allen, pro prietor of the Hotel Hamilton, at 125th street andEiehth paid he had reason Mo believe that " bmitn was about to leave the hotel without paying hia account. . Monody of a Pen. I'm but a worn out fountain p-n, i my useful days are over; bo badiy battered up and they've slung me on the floor. A writer's hand has weilded me f or more than half a year, arid now that I can mark uo more, I'm lying sadly here. The janitor may come, perhaps, and claim me for his own. or with the otner waste and truck perhaps I may be thrown, and of the millions iu the world, not one of all the men will ever give another thought to this old fountain pen. The man who used to write with me, before he'd start to think, would rudely twist me all apart and chuck me full of ink, and thou I'd scratch along and tell of some blight youthful bride, who wed the only man she loved, serene and joyous eyed; and of her dress and of the buds that decked her flowing Lair, and of tne words tne parson said about the "happy pair." And then I'd glide along the page and leave the letters bold, to tell how some one gathered in a wonderous pile of gold, aud all the other little things that go to make a day, and now that all my work is done I'm calmly slung away, I've told of births, J've told of deaths, of joy and dark despair; I've told how vagrants are run in, how dudes oil up their hair; I've quoted Latin, French acd Greek, bad English I have known, I've treated of the loud guffaw aud likewise of the groan. I've helped to kick when days were hot, as when they were too cold; I've run in lines from chestnut as when "the knights were uoiu ;lve tcld now in some lonely grave the clammy earth was flung, I've shown how some at eve have wept, how some at eve have su).g. How Richard Poe got thirty days for going on a drunk, how Pad dy won a slugging match because lie a lots or spunk; now some one smiling, took a gun and aimed it at h friend, and in a jesting, joking way, brought one life to an end. Of how the smiling servant lit the fire with kerosene, and swapped her apron for a robe where firt-s are never seen: of how some stumbling feet wept down toward the burning bars, while oth ers clambered up the road thatle.ids toward the stars. I've told of hu man misery, of human grief, as well. of musty flasks of ancient wine, and buckets iu the well; of gray haired men and women old, of happy girls and boys, of groans and smiles, o prayers and thanks, of sorrows and of joy b and now my point is worn away, .I'll scribble never more, but lie alone, a broken wreck, upon the office floor; and thobC .who've read of all I've told, in all the ranks of men, will give but little credit to this ousted Fountain Pen. Discovery or the Pool of Bethescla. James Giai&her, of the Palestine exploration fund, writes to the Lon don Times: "I have givat pleasuie in communicatirg a discovery re cently made in Jerusalem by Herr Conrad Schick. It appears to be nothing less than the 'pool called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda." (Bf thsaidu or Bethzatha, St. John v. 5.) An apparently uninterrupted chain of evidence from the year A. D. 333 to the year 1180 speaks of the Probalica Piscina as near the church of St. Anne, The place spoken of is said by the failiest writers to have formerly had five porches, then in ruins. Nothing was known of the pool described by these writers until quite recently, when certain works carried on by Algerian monks laid bare a large tank or cistern cut in the rock to a depth of 30 feet. It lies under, but not immediately un der, a kter building, a church with an apse at the east end, The cis tern is 5o feet long from east to west; north and south it measured 121 feet in breadth. A flight of twent3' four steps leads down into the pool from the eastern scrap of rock. Now, the first requisite for the site of the pool of Bethesda is that it should be possible to have 5 porches. The only way in which this requisite could be satisfied is that the pool should be what is call ed a twin pool, such as that discov ered close to trhe Convent of the Sis ter of Sion--that is to say, two pools lying side by side, having one porti co on each of the four sides thus formed, and one between them on the wall of separation. Herr Schick now reports that he has found a con tinuation of the pool, or rather a sister pool, lying end to end sixty feet long, and of the same breadth as the first. We are, therefore, able to make out a reasonably strong case for identifying the newly dis covered twiu pool with the Pool of Bethesda. The historical evidence in favor of this site is that which connects the Holy Sepulchre with the site adopted by Constantine. In the minda of most, I think, it will be acknowledged that we have here the ancient Pool of Bethesda." Mr. James T. LeGiand will not have to buy any hav soon. Recent ly he got seventy tons of clover and timothy hay off forty acres of land at ope mowing, and of course he can cut ii once or twee more during the summer , that is, we suppose he can, though we are. not farmers enough vO ktOW, We know this much. hnw. j ever, that if farm Mniw r.nltivtA ova tcrtc f ntii J .....1 J 0 - yiiv4 be better ofi. Rocket. Told In a Nutshell. Inland Punier. The souvenir dancing orders of the Albany Printing Pressman's Union contain the following contribution from "a printers devil," which is too funny for publication in so-called comio papers; at least, they seldom have such genuine Humor, it is en titled "A Prize - Essay on News- PaP.er3": . .Newspapers is called yenicies oi information. Reporters is what is called "the staff" 80 many of them being sticks." They work hard, at re freshments bars. Proofreaders is men what spoils the punctuation of compositors. Thev spell a word one way to-day 1 , i . . rr I ana anorner way ro-moriow. j-uejr think thev be intelligent persons; compositors think different. Compositors is men as sets up tne type and sometimes the drinks. Compositors is very steady men wnen they.is soberwhich they seldom is when they can help it. Editors is men what knows every thing in the heavens above and the earth beneath, Thev is writers who doesn't write anytning wnasoever, Thev is the biffgest men you ever see. Managers is men as takes in the "tin" aud gives patent-medicine ads tops of columns next to reading mat ter thirtv-seven columns out oi therly-two. Proprietors an t anybody, ihey an t ever seen. Printers devils is the most impor tant persons in a pnntm' office. They does the hardest work and get the least pay. Pressmen is well, there woulden't bo no newspapers, no circus bills, without pressmen to print em. Feeders is man what feeds on. the fat of the land. If I ever start paper of my own I'll call it the Uni brella. Everybody will take it 1 heard the foreman tell this funny story to one of the "staff" the other day. It must have beeu funny, 'cause they both laughed. This is the story. "A gentleman was promenading the street with a Uttle boy at his side. when the little fellow cried out; 'Oh, pa, there jroes an editor!' 'Hush, hush,' said the father, 'don't mak sport of the poor man, God only knows what you may comedo yet A tnrt loiT, Senator Kenna. and. Senator Black burn are great sportsmen, as every one knows. Each is the owner of pointer, the relative merits of which they are frequently engaged iu dis cussing in the cloak room of the Senate, much to the annoyance of their more staid colleagues. The other day Kenna said to Blackburn lighting a fresh cigar: "Joe, vou mav talic as much as yon like about your dog, but mine won't go out with me when the. car triges don't fit my giiu." An audible smile went around the room, and everybody thought: well for once, Joe Bladkburn has been beaten at his own game. The Jun ior senator from Kentucky, however, was equal to the occasion. He look ed at Kenna for a moment and then quietly remarked j "Well, Kenna, I admit that your dog exhibits an intelligence almost akin to reason, but I don't mind, backing mine against lim. I was in the field one day with that dog, and a man I wasnt acquainted with came along near us. My dog point ed ut him. I called to the dog, but nothing would induce him to move So I went up to the stranger. "Sir," I said, 'would you oblige me with j our name?' '"Certainly replied the stranger ;. 'my name is Partridge " Without another word Kenna took Blackburn's arm and both disappear ed in the direction of the senate re staurant, followed by the shouts of their friends. A good one is told of an Athens minister. It is said that he was aroused one nighc recently about 11 o'clock, and upon going to the door he was greeted by a dark-hued son of Africa, upon whose arm was leaning a dusky damsel, with: 'What er yer charge to marry niggers?" "Three dollars," replied the minis ter. "What'll yer charge ter marry us like white folks?'' again asked the darky. The minister replied that the least he usually got from this class was $5. The latter mode was agreed upon and the ceremony was performed. The "minister then re quested his $5, when the negro in formed him that he hadn't yet kissed the bride according to white folks' fashion. The pair were married free. Ex, Dont despise the graduate. If a young man he will find out in time that there are other men in the world who know almost as much as he does, and he will then settle down and become a useful citizen ; if a young woman, some one will be sure to inform her that there are other young women in the world as pretty as she. Perhaps you were a gradu ate yourself once. Be charitable. St. Paul Globe. Lawrence, Jesse and Thomas Hammond, brothers all, of Greecaa tle, Jnd., are exactly 71 years old the only instance known where trip lets haye attained to that age. How the Proeewlon Move. Tn the presidential election of 1872 there were eight States which voted the Democratic ticket; in 1876 there were seventeen Democratic States; in 1880 there were nineteen Democratic States; and in 1884 there fwpntv. In 1872 there were thirty States voting the Republican ticket, or rejected or stolen; in 1876 there were twenty one tlius categori ed; in 1880 there were nineteen, and in 1884 eighteen. This is the march of destiny. The people have- been gradually, but as steadily as the hand of fate, egaining their grasp upon the Gov ernment and striking off rings and mononolies and conspiracies of all imaginable kinds against the peace. s i dignity and welfare of the nation. Louisville Courier Journal. Do Figures LleT Let us see! Two women had 30 chickens each which they took to market. Ihey agreed to divide equally the pro ceeds pf their sale, One sold her chickens 2 for a dol lar, getting for the 30 chickens $15, The other sold hers 3 for a dollar. getting for her 30 chickens 310. This made S23 realized for the CO chickens, The merchant called on to divide the money said: You sold your 30 chickens 2 for dollar, and you sold your 30 chickens 3 for a dollar, That makes 60 chick ens at the rate of 5 for two dollars Well, 5 into 60 goes twelve times twice twelve is 24. That makes $24 dollars your chickens have brought. But, as shown abpve the woman ao tuallv had 25 in pocket. And yet the merchant's figures were right. Do fisrures lie? Atlanta Constitu tion. : Knew the Ttlck. He wanted a position in the bank The president wae satisfied with his credentials, but before engaging him put him through a little Civil Service cross examination. "Suppose, now, a man was to come in here and deposit $20 in one dollar biles, how would you count them? I'd wet ray fingers and lift up each bill until I gat ta tna hst one." "Why would you not lift up the last one ?" "Because there might possibly be oue more bill under it, and f tb depositor was to see it he wouli want it back, but if the twentieth bil is not lifted, aud there shoud be another bill in the pile, the ban makes it, dont you see?" "You will do," said the bank pres idenf'You have bren in the business before, but I didn't suppose you knew that trick.' FETZEE'S DRUG STORE. Flower pots in all sizes, plain and Kill the bugs, bugs and all pestiv eroua insects with Black Flaer In sect Powder. Sure death, at Fetzer's Drug Store, 10, 25 and 50 cent bot ties. Ready mixed paints in half pint, pint, quart, half gallon, and gallon cans, and by the barrel, wood stains, varnishes, kalsomine, fresco naii ts all at lowest prices at Fetzer's Drug Store. Artists fine tube colors, sable brushes, paletts and a great supply of Artists materials at Fetzer's Drrg Store, Soda Water, Milk Shake, Orange Phosphate, Lemonade and all de licious summer beverages COLD, COLD as ice can make them, at Fetzer's Drug Store. KEEP COOL ! Leave your orders for ice at Fetzer's Drugstore. Dustingbrushesof bristle, turkey and ostrich feather, from 25 cents up at Fetzer's Drug Store. Library lamps, hall lamps, table lamps, merman student lamps, kitch en lamps, lamp shades chimneys, electric and Duplex's burners, and every Kina oi lamp nxtnres at Jb etr zer's Drug Store. We are still offering bargains in ohe wine Tobacco. -Old Bob. Silver Lake, Big X, Farmers' Pride, Hygea uu oiuer lavorue Dranus. Smoking tobacco, best brands at lowest prices. Ground Mustard, Gelatine, Tapio o, Corn Starch, Extract of Beefs Selected Spices, Flavoring Extraet, and pure Cream Tarter at Fetzer's lrug Store. Chlonido of Lime for disenfejeting purposes. Toilet Soap in great varieties, from 2 to 50 cents ft cake. Hair brushes at all prices,, tooth and nail brushes, flesh brushes, both g;oves, sponges and towles. The Weekly News-Observer. The Weekly News and Observer is a long ways the best paper ever pub lished in North Carolina. I is a cred it to the people and to the State. The people should take a pride in it. It should be in every family. It is an eight page paper, chock fall of the-best sort of reading matter, news, market ret-ortti, and all that. You cannot, af ford to be without it. Price $125 a year. W WH furnish the Weekly News and Observer untilJanuary 1st, 1889, for KI. Sead for sample copy. Address, News aju? Observer Co., Raleigh, N .C, iIEDMONT AIRhLINE ROUTE RICHMOND AND DAN VILE RAILROAD. f f Condensed schedule in effect June 24th, 1887. Trains- run uy to Meridian Time. - - - Daily. No. 50. Daily No. 52 SOUTHBOUND, Leave New York 12 15 m 7 20 am 9 45 am 1 1 24 am 3 40 pm 5 50 pro 8 30 pm 3 10 pm 5 17 pm 5 57 pm 6 13 pm 4 30 pm 6 57 pm 9 42 pm 11 00 pm 3 00 am 5 10 am 7 45 am 2 30 am 4 24 am 5 05 am 5 20 am . 8 5 am 9 42 am f8 10 m f 1 45 am j 3 12 am 4 0g am 7 40 am 6 30 am 9 50 am Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Charlottesville Lynchburg Ar. Uanvnle Lv. Richmond Burkeville Keysville Drak-7s Branch Danville 8 5Q pm Ar. Greensboro 10 36 pm Lv. Goldaboro 2 40 pm 5 OOp m 6 04 pm t 20 pm 6 37 pm 8 35 pm 7 W pm 10 45pm 11 15 pm 12 01 am 1 51 am 7 28 am 9 loam 12 2q am 1 10 am I 55 am 4 40 am 5 50 am 11 00 pm Haleigh Durham rbapel Hill Hillsboro Ar. Greeusboro Ly Salem Greensboro High. Poiat Ar Salisbury Statesville Asheyille Hot Springs Lv Salisbury Ar Co ' cord Charlotte Spartanburg Greenville , Atlanta 10 16 am XI 18 am 12 12 pm 4 31 pm Q 10 pm Ii pm 12 pm 12 40 pm . 3 37 pm 4 48 pm 9 40 pm Daily. No. 51. Daily. No. 53. southbound. 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On trains 50 and 51 Pullman Buffet pleeper between Atlanta and .New York. On trains 52 and 53 Pullman Buffet Sleeper between Washington and Montgomery ; Washington and Au gusta. Pullman sleeper between Richmond and Greensboro. Pull man sleeper between Greensboro, ana itaiain, Jf unman parlor car between Salisbury and Knoxvnle. Through tickets on sale at pjricipal stations to ail points. For rates and information apply to any agent of ttie company.- ox to Sox Hass, J. S. Potts, Traffic Man'r. Div. Pass. Ag't, W. A Turk, R chmond, Va, Div. pass. Ag't, Jas. L. Taylor, Raleigh, N. C. Gen. Pass. Ag't. M. J. CORL'S CONCORD, N. C T have moved into the stable late ly occupied by Brown Bros, near the courthouse. The best accommo dations for drovers Leave your .orders at the stable or with Charles Eagle Porter for omnibus Horses and mules for tale. M, J. CORL, Proprietor JDLTF THE ONLY SHOE POLISH annwKODCi FOR SALE BY Cannons & Fetzer. TOP THAT COUGH. For to delay is dangerous . Moosea. Cough Syrup is the best, for coughs colds, hourseness, Bronobit is, croup whooping: cough and " diseases of the throat and langsas many attest who have used it For sale at Fetzers drugstore YORKE & WADS WORTH Hardware Headquarters, SEE Hi J Farmers and can be suited in Hardware at YORKE iEm for the UAorJ. Uur stock is full and complete. A splendid line of Cook Stoves and cooking utensils in stock. Turning Plows, PloT Stocks, Harrows, Belting, Feed Cutters, Cornshellers, Tinware, Guns, Pistols, Knives, Powder, Shot and Lead, Doors, Sash and Blinds, Shingles,- Glass, Oils, White Lead, Paints and Putty a specialty j Wire Screens, Oil Cloths, wrought, cut and llorne Shoe Nails, and iu fact everything usually kept in a hardware store. We will sell all these goods as cheap, quality considered, as an j house in North Carolina. Our warehouse is 6Ued with Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Reapers, Mow ers, Bay Rakes, of the best make Ou the market, which must and will be sold, at the lowest figures. Be sure to come to see us, whether you buy or not. YOKE & WADSWORTH. P. S. We have always on hand Lister's and WaJdo Guano and Wando Acid at prices to suit. - Y. $ W, COME AND SEE US! AND 100 111 SUE M01EI 61 SEEMS 00;) PBICES. GREAT REDCTION In Prices of groceries to Reduce our Immense Stock, we offer 75 RBLS.OF SUGAR, 25 SACKS OF COFFEE, 25 BOXES OF TOBACCO, . 10 " GAIL AND AX SNUFF, ' 2,000 FLOUR SACKS 25 BBLS BOB WHITE FLOUR. ' ? " Our Goods ate all bought duect from the Largest and Best Houses for CASH, And we can sell you groceries for less money than yOucan bny elsewhere. We have a large stock of Tinware, Soap, Soda, Powder and Shot' And many other goods in Our line, and you will always find our prices as low as the lowest, PATTERSON'S CHEAP CASH STORE. WE ARE NOW READY! TT AS AEEIVED. WITH A NEW JOB PRESS AND OUTFIT WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO DO " ALL KINDS OF PLAIN, - tit J 1, a tttsz- a t COMMERCIAL, BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. u8Tc8einedin anything in our ite :-: Oppps HsUEj LIIG1EI1 HERS Everybody Else & WADS WORTH'S at bottom prices I FANCY, line will find it to their interest to give, Postoffice.
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