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TBOUBLBTIN THE CHOIR. There was something so unusual in the sing ing of th* choir That the Elder looked up mildly from the tenthr»f Joremiab, j And with readjusted fryeglns* looked along the foremost row, While a hundred necks were twisted in a stare ' from all below As before the rolling thsoder comes a distant, nailing moan, There was presage of disturbance in the very organ's toue, Just the popping of the pickets, ere the bat tle's awful oiu, Or the tuuiftg of the fiddle! ere the orchestra begiu. An unprejudiced observer might have seen with half an eye There was waiting an explosion that would blow them all sky-high. Or spontaneous combustion,to accept a mod ern name, That was waiting just a moment to burst forth Into flame. The Foprano sat in grandeur, with her book before her free. With her back comb turned in anger on the Alto and the Bass; While the Tenor stood beside her with an el evated nose, Aad tho Organist pawed madly at tlie pedals with nis toes. How could any one but Angels sing when they were feeling so ? Though the hj uiu was "c-ongs of Uladness," they would make It "Sounds of WOJ." When we sing about devotion, some devotion we mast feel. Or our plaintive tones of worship will par take somewhat of squeal. But the Alto euug her solo, and then left it to .the Bass, Who was gnawing at his mustache, and was looking for the place; While the Organist in anger, 9ung the lead ing part alone. And the Tenor tried to follow, but it ended in a groan. As the horror-stricken people heard the dis cord rismg higher, It was patent to the simplest there was trouble in the choir. Aud the Organist, in fury, closed the organ with a crash, And the Alto sobbed in anguish, and thi; choir has gone to smash When the Elder went among them wilh a view to reconcile, The Soprano told her story with asanguinary smile; It appeared the wretched Chorister had intro duced a girl With a bran new style of singing, and a most distracting curl I But, to cap the bitter climax, this usurper wore a hat, Just a duck, a gem, a beauty, and it made the rest look flat; And the straw that broke the camel's back, and made the wreck complete- She came early Sunday morning and asurpad the leading seat. When the Klder asked the Tenor why he left, he said: "Because The Soprano said his chest-tones sounded just like filing saws; And he overheard the Alto one night whiiper to the Bass, That a nun with such a mustache was a pal pable disgrace." And the Bass informed the Elder that he sac rificed his views When he came and joiued the Elder's choir, to help fill up his pews. He was an Episcopalian, and if people thought he'd take nonsense from a Baptist, they had made a great mistake. Then the Organist and Alto both put on an injured look, Saying something in an undertone about a crange of book; And the Klder overheard them, as he gently closed the door, Use the words, "A poor old Fogy," and "A sentimental Bore." Learn Your Business Thoroughly. A yodng man in a leather store used to feel very impatient with his employer for keeping him, year after year, for three years, "handling hides." But he saw the use of it in after years, when in an establiahmeut of bis own he was able to tell by a touch the exact quality of goods. It was only by those thousauds of repetitions that the lesson was learned, and so it is with everything in which we acquire skill. The great army of the "inoapables" is lurge enough ; we should none of us willingly join its ranks. The half-informed, half-skilled in every bus iness, outnumber the others, dozens to one. It was a good suggestion, worthy of being remembered, which Daniel Webster made to a young man who asked him if tbere was any ''room in the legal profession " "There is always room in the upper story," said the great states man. The better you know your business, the better your chances t> rise. If you drone through your allotted tasks, with out keeping a wide awake lookout on all that goes on about you, your progress will be needlessly slow. You can gather oiucb information by making a wise use of your eyes and ears, and, perhaps, be able to surprise your employer in an •mcrgenoy by stepping into the "next Baa'a" place and discharging his duties satisfactorily. A fine little lad, some twelve years old waß employed in a telegraph office in a Southern town last year when tbe yellow fever raged so fearfully in that aeotion. All tho operators were down with it, and others sent on by the com pany were attacked. No one knew that tbe lad understood the business; but be bad-"piokcd it up," and now kept up communications between the town and tbe outer world all the time the fearful fever lasted. Ex-Gov. Morgan was once a clerk in a store in Waterford. A trip to New York was an event io those days, but the young man had proved so faithful thai he was allowed to make the journey, aad vm entrusted with several commis sion-, among* them being one to buy ooro. He came back in doe time with me in the old stage coach, and inquiries were made about the oorn. The price was very satisfactory, but the old gentle man was afraid it could not be good at so low a price. A handful which the young mat) pulled from his pocket con vinced him, but what war his amaae ment to find that he had bought two cargoes. '•Why, Edwin, what shall wa do with it f" he asked in consternation. "I have disposed of all you don't want," said Edwin, "at an advance. I stopped in stores as I came along. I oould have disposed of three oargoee if I had had them " The profits were clear, and his employ er said the next day, "We will let some one else do the sweepit.,;," and Edwin was made a partner though under twenty one. If you have a talent for business, it will be found out. Wouldn't Be Pleased. Some time ago there lived in Edin burgh a well-known grumbler named Sandy Black, whose often recurring fits of spleen or indigestion produced some amusing scenes of senseless irritability, which were highly relished by all except the brute's good, patient little wife. One morning Sandy rose bent on a quar rel. The haddiua and eggs were excel lent, done to a turn, and had been or dered by himself the previous evening and breakfast passed without the looked for compliment. "What will you have for dinner, Sandy ?" said Mrs. Black. "A chicken, madam," said the hus band. "Roasted or broiled ?" "Confound it, madam, if you bad been a good and considerate wife you would have known before this what I liked," Sandy growled out, and slam ming the door behind bini, left the bouse. It was in the Sprng, and a friend who was present heard the little wife say: "Sandy's bent on a disturbance to day ; I shall not please him, do what 1 can." The dinner time cams Sandy and his friend sat down to dinner. The fish were eaten in i-ilence, and on raising the cover of the dish before him, in a tower ing passion he called out: "Boiled chicken ! I hate it, madam. Chicken boiled is a chicken spoiled." Immediately the cover was raised from another chicken roasted to n turn. "Madam, I won't oat roast ehicken." roared Sandy : "you know how it should have been cooked !" At that instant a boiled chicken, with mushrooms was plaoed on the table "Without green peas f" roared the grumbler. "Here they are, my dear," said Mrs Black. "(low dare you spend my money in that way ?" "They were a present," said the wife, interrupting him. Rising from his chair, and rushing from the room, followed by a roar of laughter from his friend, be olinched his fist and (boated: "How dare you receive a present with out uiy ltave ?" An Innocent Goat. McDermott's goat was very fond of al most anything. MeDermott bad owned him only a week when he had eaten up everything ohewable. He would tackle anything, from the baby's rattle down to a box of hair-pins. He had a wry strong stomach as was evidenced when he swallowed McDermott's sock.s He WM of a very rare speoiee, and when he chewed np the New York Sun it was thought that the lye would kill him, but it didn't. On Friday McDermott's pocket-book containing twenty dollars in bills and about 12 worth of niekefla, was missing. Then Mai got mad. The goat had cost him $2O, but he oouldn't afford to lose that money, and be went for that goat'a life. He carved the goat up into suiail pieces He found two old shoes, a big hunk of coal, a tin whistle, ! three corks, an old almanao, a yard and ; a half of muslin, and iaaume ruble other small things; but THI pocket book and no money. Then Mac was madder still. To lote his money was bad enough, but I to lose both money and goat was worse yet When it was found out that little ' Horry had poked that pocket book up i the stove-pipe, little Harry was taken out into the wood shed and about four yards of kindling wood was split on bis | back part.— Raleigh Observer. Baltimore has a queer old man who, ' every (Jay at one oulock, goes through certain streets and lakes his stand near a piinp. There he reuiaius, counting aloud the persons who come for water until the number reaches seventeen, when he turns aad goes the way he earne to his home. An Astonished Dutchman. A Dutchman in the Pennsylvania oil regions let his lands to an oil oompany last Spring on condition of reoeiving one-eighth, of the oil procured. Tbe well proved to be a pretty good one, and the farmer began to think the oil men should give him a belter chanoe, and ventured to tell them so. They asked him what he wanted. He said they ought to give him ene-twelfth. The arrangement was finally made, with the understanding that the Dutchman not to tell any one. All went smoothly until the division day came, when our friend was early at hand to see how much better he would be off under the new bargain. Eleven barrels were rolled to one sido for tbe oil men and one for him "How's dish ?" said he. "I think I was to get more as before. You have made some mistake " The matter was explained to bim that he formerly got ooe barrel out of every eight, but it wgs his proposition to take one out of every twelve. This revelation took aback. He scratched his head, looked cross and relieved his swelling breast of feelings of self reproach by indignantly remarking, "Well, dat ish the first time as ever I knowed eight was more as dwelve."— Miners' Journal. A Woman's Notion of Advert! ing. "Is this the Buglehom office ?" de manded a tall, Maooupiu woman the other day of the editor, whom she hap pened to find in his sane' um. "Yes, ma'am, this is the plaoe," and he handed her a chair and prepared himself for business. "Be you the man that runß the news paper, mister ?" "I am the editor of the paper, ma'am. What can Ido for you ? Do you wish to subscribe or advertise f" "When I've told it to you I want you to print it—that's what [ want. Aod it's all about a man that come into the Crooked Creek settlement—that's where I live—a preachin'. He allowed he had a call to preach, and we thought inebbe he had." So much byway of preliminary ; then she rested and stared hard at the editor "Is it a personal matter, ma'am ? Has this man been doing anything out of the way—anything improper f" "Improper ?" and she smiled in scorn that he didn't see it before asking such a question. "You jist write it down as I tell it, and see then if it is not im proper." "Will you prooeed to tell me all the facts, then, ma'am ?" "That is just what I'm a goin' to do as soon as ever I can think it over.— Well, be come there allowin' he had a call to preaoh." "I have written that," he remarked, after waiting for her to go on with the story. "What did be do then T" "Why he preached. You jist write it that he preached; and he boarded with me." "Before going any further you had better the names of all the parties inter ested." . "Names ! Why everybody that me knows what my name is ; aud I sin't afraid to have it called right out in meeting, neither. But what have you got writ down about it?" "That this man came to Crooked Creek and wished to preach." ' That is so, and he did preach. Be was sort of delicate like, and he oouldn't eat eommon doins like the rest of us.— Bis stummick couldn't relish nothing but fried chicken three times a day.— Now, write that, mister." "Well, I have described hii delicate appetite." "Next you might mention thst he wauted my Martha Ann to do most, of tbe eookin'. Aud the way he praiaed that gal's cookia' was calculated to give her hopes that he was willing to en it regular always. He jist spilt tbat gal for cookin' anything but fried chicken. O, that man is a little the meanest, 00- nory skunk I ever knowed here in Ma coupin." "Didn't he pay his board ?" "Yee, he paid ; bat he was so dread ful olose and stingy. You don't reokon we're a goin' to kill every last ehieken oa the place, and Martha Ann eookiu' herself mighty nigh to death jist for the price of board, do you 7" "1 really don't know what ia custom ary iu such cases, ma'am. Perhaps thispreaeher ought to have given your daughter a present or some token of gratitude for her kindness." "Now you are talking sense, mister; I know there never was tuoh a fool as I've been about that preacher. I ought to have made him stioi to oorn bread and meat till he was willing to marry Martha Aon or me, her mother. Than he'd know that fried ohioken was of some aocount. But he's gone up to Sangmmmon county a preachin', and I want to print it in the papers how mean he's been here, so as no otber women won't be wastin' their fried ehioken on him. Now, how much have you writ, and how much will it cost V "Forty lines at fifteen cento a line will be six dollars, ma'am. Shall I make out a bill ?" "Yes, make out a bill jist as big as ever you oan, and make him pay for it. Then he'll know what ohickens is w >rth " "But tbat is not the way we do busi ness here, ma'am. It is your bill, and you will have to pay—not the preaoher.' "Me pay for putting his meanness into the paper ? What do you take me for, mister ? What is tbe good of put ting him into the newspaper unless he has to pay ? Good-day, mister." Bhe didn't advertise. Olad He Knew His Father. A young man who had a claim of fifty dollars to collect took it to a lawyer. The latter, upon inquiring, no sooner heard his olients name was Geo. Jones than he seiied him by the hand fervently shook it, exclaiming, "My dear fellow, how fortunate you are ! Why I know your lather well; in fact, he was my first olient. I shall particular pains for you in this matter." A few days later the young man received a note from the lawyer informing him that the oollection had been made. He called upon him and was handed a roll of bills As be was counting them the lawyer reiterated his remarks upon the young man's good fortune in coming to him who knew his father, etc. Tbe young man however, looked anything but happy, for he found ut fifteen dollars in the roll. The lawyer noticiog this, said: "Why, my dear fellow, what seems to be troubling you?" "Oh, nothing," the young man replied, "nothing, I was only thinking how lucky I am that you didn't know my grand father." • Turnips. Give an English farmer plenty of turnips and be will make his lauds rich Turnips will support sheep, and with sheep he knows how to get rich on the poorest light land. Our farmers e«ii reach the same results if they will use the same means. We say then to every farmer in the State, make this a special crop, and sow largely for your pigs, cows, and sheep. This crop will enable you to keep more stock espe-ially sheep, and no aDimal is more ptofitable to the farmer. The best varieties of turnips for fam ily use and general culture are the Early Fiat Dutch and Red Top, which resemble each other in all respects but ojlor. They are of quick growth, small narrow leaves, and admit of staoding close to gether. Purple T p Ruta Bags is one of the best varieties for fecdiug stock iu winter. It should be sown in drills There is a variety koown as the Seven Top which is cultivated entirely for the greens. It is very hsrd and i-tands the severest frosts. A dressing of wood ashes will be found very beneficial to any of these crops. Successful Farming. If tbe whole world is dependent upon tho farmer for bread, and th sis the case beyond all doubt, bow necessary is it tben that we farm to the best advantage 1 offer a few suggestions. If you want your land to be productive, don't clear more ground than you cm cultivate ad vantageously. Clover your ground, for besides olover making hay for stock, it improves la> din several ways Its roots hold the soil together and thereby prevent it from washing. The stalk ucis as lubes absorbing from the atiiosphere matter which when plowed under greatly enriches the soil. The majority of us are not able to buy much foreign fertili sers, hut ooe of the best fertilisers tbat bas ever been used is barn-yard manures, and there are but few farmers whooould not make nearly double what they do make of this excellent oompost During all seasons of the year, we should collect all the hay, straw, weeds, leaves, corn stalks, chips, ashes, and all matter that oan be converted into manure, and rot it for the ground. In tbe spring of the year manure should be piled up in pens and kept dry, for manure exposed to tbe sun and rain, loses by evaporation and leakage, full fifty per cent in sub6tanoe. 2. If you want to raise good orops seoure good seeds for planting. Change grain on ground frequently, for the aame grain on the same ground will not do well many years in succession. Pre pare your ground well before planting, and in tending nevor plow ground when it is wet. 3. If you do not want to be behind ib your crop, when it is rainiug too bard to work out of doors spend your time in grinding axes, filing saws, putting ban dies in hoes or mending broken machin ery, and when you are certain all of this is done, then read good books and papers until you can work at something else. When the ground is too wet to plow, spend your time in repairing weak plaoes in your fences, outtiug dram dilohes in your ground, or in doiug all work whioh can be done as well when tbe ground is wet, as when it ia dry. ■ ■■ •«»- i i. Epidemic catarrh is killing horses in Mississippi in large numbers. 1877. OUR 1877. SPRING GREETING! IN DEALING with our fellow-men it has ever been our aim, while trying to advance our own interest, not to injure our neighbors; and while we claim tbat we are as uiuoh entitled to a living an other folks, we want, and most have, a clear oonscience. With these considerations, and our sincere thanks fur the liberal patronage given us since we have been in business, we offer to our friends and the publio generally what we thinly the CHEAPEST, and BEST, and LARGEST STOCK OF GOODS ever offered in this market. IN DRY GOODS, our Stock is unusually large. IN GENTS' AND LADIES' HATS AND SHOES, we think oor assort ment is better than ever before, and that wo will be able to (apply every demand of this market. Our Stock cf HARDWARE and QUEENSWARE is good, and we kaan a large assortment of NOTIONS. Our READY-MADE CLOTHING is of the latest styles, and we keen the best GROCERIES P ® We also keep a good assortment of TINWARE, DRUGS, CONFECTIONS SADDLERY, ETC., and our Stook of LEATHER uan hardly be surpassed within a radius of one hundred miles. These GOODS have bten selected with unusual care by one of our firm fmm the be»i houses in the best markets ' In offering these GOODS to Tradesmen and Consumers, in competition with other markets and other merchants, there are a few things to consider : First It cannot be expected tbat we will pay 25 to 50 per cent, more for Produoe than it will bring in any market, and sell Goods as low as others will for cash. Neither cau we sell Goods on four, six and twelve months' time as low as others will for cash. But, remember, to get bottom prices, we must have the cash or Produoe at cash prices. We will buy all kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE, and espeeiallv want at all times, Leaf Tobacco, fircea and Dry Hides. Our TANNERY is in full blast, and managed by one of the best workmen in the State. We will tan hides on shares. THIS PAPER, '"THE DA.\BURI REPORTER," shows for itself. The liberul patronage given it, and the njw subscribers continually ooming in, shows how it is regarded by the people. It ia a good advertising medium. If you want to buy anything, or have anything to sell, let it be known through the RSPOKTIR and you will be surprised how soon you will find your man. ' Very Respectfully, PEPPER & SONS. May 7, 1877. THE Southern Underwriters' Association, ltaleigh, IV, C. ARMISTEAD JONES, President. G. W. BLACKNAL.L, Treasurer. R. W. BEST, Secretary. § INSURES all kinds of Property against Loss or Damage by FIRE, on Reasonable Taaxs. All losses promptly paid a» soon adjusted, and proofs of Loss agreed upon Absolutely ona of the best Compinies asking the patronage of an insuring public as is shown from the following : ' Sworn Statement to the Secretary of State, May bth, 1876. United States Bonds, (market value,) . $7O 200 00 N. C- R- Road Bonds, (market vulue,) • • - 19 000 00 N. C. County and City Bonds, (market value,) - . . 19 875 00 Mortgages on Real Estate in N. 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