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Before the Leaves Fall.
I wonder if oak and maple,
Willow and elm anil all;
Are stirred at heart by the coming
or the day their leaves must fall. _
Bo they think of tiie yellow whirlwind;
Or of the crimson spray;
That shall be when chill November
Bears all the leaves away?
“If die we must,” the leaflets
Seem one bv one to say,
“We will wear the colors of the earth,
Until we pass away.
No eves shall see ns talter;
And befire we lay it down,
We’ll wear in the sight of all the earth
The year’s most kingly crown.”
So; trees b}^ the stately forest;
And trees bv the trodden way,
You are kindling into glory.
This soft Autumn day
And we, who gaze, remember
That more than all they lost;
To hearts and trees together
May come through ripening froat.
Dangek Ahead,—^As those who
are
in
Lynch Law and Lynchburg.
The origin of the term ‘‘ Lynch Law,"
is as follows: Col. Chas Lynch, a broth
er of the founder of Lynchburg, resided
on the Staunton, in the southwest part
of this county, and was an afficer of the
American ^Revolution. At that time
this county was very thinly settled, and
inlested by a lawless baud of tones and
desperadoes. The necessity of the case
involved desperate measures and Colonel
Lynch, then a leading whig, apprehend
ed and had them punished without any
superfluous legal ceremony. Hence ^ the
origin of the term “Lynch Law.” This
practice of Lynching, which the circum
stances of the time may have justified,
continued years after the war, and was
applied to many oases of mere suspicion
of guilt, which could not be regularly
proven. “In 1792,” says Wirts Lite ot
I Henry, theie were many suits on the
1 south side of James river, for inflicting
people, ..t oolv » |“.rT jn'.'iiuh Guiltad
but also
regard to morals and manners,
as to the preservation of health, we issue
one word of warning against, "Split-back
shirts.” The winter is coming on, when
the exposure to its iuclemeney will try
the system of our young men, and no
pains ought to be spared to save as many
of them as possible from diseases of the
lungs and spine, to which these shirts
hold an open door. There are few men
whose lungs cannot be reached over a
shorter distance through the back than
through the natural protecting muscles of
the chest. Hence they are more liable to
take deep colds from cold drafts on the
back than from the front.
There has never been a time when
the.se truths have been sufficiently reoog
nized. It has been the custom of tailors
to put thin cambric linings in the back of
the wai.stcoat, and generally thin suk or
wor.sted stuff in the coat, while the front
of each garment was thickly constructed.
The practice arose, no doubt, from pure
ignorance many ages ago, and has been
,continued because no thought has been
, expended on the subject. This newfan
gled style of split, or open back, is bring
ing disease and death as plainly, that we
feel constrained to warn the people
against it. If you wish to guard against
diseases of the lungj and other vital or
gans, avoid “split back shiits.” If you
wish to avoid rheumatism and other com
plaints in your back and spinal column,
avoid “split'back shirts.’ They are said
to be nice fitting and pleasant to wear,
hut the plea.sure is obtained at too great
.a risk of future pain. Young men can
make no greater mistake than to disre
gard this warning. If you will persist in
wi-aring the dangerous things, see that
all your ve.sts and ..oats are lined thick
with flannel or other.stuff in the back,
and don't take off your coat and vest at
(iiight and sit with your back from the fire.
A little bey held a sixpence near his
eye and said : “Oh, mother ! it is bigger
than the room !” and when he drew it
still nearer, he exclaimed'. “Ob, mother'
it is bigger than all outdoor.s!” And
just in that way the worlding hides God,
and Christ, and judgment, eiilirely from
view, behind some paltry pleasure, some
trifling joy, or some email possession
which shall perish with the usmg, and
jiass away, with earth's fusts and glory,
In the appro.-tobing day of God almighty.
Court House, a regiment of riflemen, rais
ed in this part of the State, under the
command of Co.onel Lynch, behaved
with much gallantry. The Colonel died
soon after the close of the war. Charles
Lynch, a Governor of Louisiana was his
son.
It may be added that the original
foundet of Lynehbug was far from being
a Lyncher, or even a man of war. On
the contrary, John Lynch, by whose ex
ertions the town was established, was a
member of the denomination of Friends,
and a plain man, ol strict iute^-r ty and
great benevolence oi character. i'he
father of John Lynch was an Irish emi
grant, and took up land here previous to
the revolution. His place, then called
Chestnut Hill, afterwards the seat of
Judge Edmund Winston, was Iwo miles
below here, l^.t his death the present
site ofLyncliburg fell to his son John, by
whom, in part, the town was established
in October, 1786, when it was enacted
“That 45 acres ol land, the property of
John Lvnch, and lying contiguous to
Lynch a Ferry, are hereby vested in John
Clarke, Adam Clement, Charles Lynch,
John Callaway, Achille,s Longlass, Wil
liam Martin, Jessie Burton, Joseph Sprat
ton, Micajah, Moorman, and Charles
Brooks, gentlemen, trinstees, to i;e by
them or any six of them, laid ofl into lots
r.fhalfan acre each, with convenient
streets and establish a town by the name
of Lynchburg” At the time of the for
mation of the town, there was but a sin
gle house, the ferry house. A tobacco
warehouse and two or three stores were
thereupon built under the hill, and it was
some time before any buildings were
erected on the m.iin street.—Lynchburg
News.
Labor Genteel.
Dinah Mulooh, in referring to the mis
taken notion many girls have, that labor
is not genteel, says very plainly :
“Society—begging her pardon !—is of
ten a great fool. Why should it be less
creditable to make good dresses than bad
books ? in what is it better to be at night
a sii'ging servant to an applauding or ca
priciously contemptuous public, than to
wait on the said public in the day-time
from behind the counter of shop or ba
zaar ? I confess I cannot see the mighty
difference ; when the quection, as must be
distinctly understood, concerns not per
sonal merit or endowments, but external
calling.”
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■WILMINGTON & WBI.DON RAIL ROxiD
COMPANY.
Office Gem'i. Supebxktbkdent, -,
Wilmington, N. C'., May 28. 1875. f
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On and after June 1st, Passenger Trains
on till! Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
will run as I'ollow.s ;
MAID TRAIN.
Leave Union Depot daily (Sun
days excepted) at 7:35 a. ni
Arrive at Goltlsbon) Il:o0 a. m
'• Rockv Moimt 2:00 p. m
“ Welilmi 3:50 p.m.
Leave Weldon daily at 9:.50 a. m.
Arrive at Rocky Mount ll;35a. m.
“ Goldsboro l;3Jp. m
“ Union Depot 6:05 p. m.
EXPRESS TRAIN AND THROUGH FREIGHT
TRAIN.
I.eave Union Depot daily ....at 5; p. m
Arrive at Goldsboro 11:4 a.m.
“ Rockv Mount 2:0 a. m.
“ Weld'on 6:00 a. 111.
Leave 'VNb'ldon daily 7:00 p. m.
Arrive at Rockv Mount 9:00 p. m.
Goldsboro 12:.50 a. m.
“ Union Depot 6:30 a. m
Mail Tiain makes close connection at
Wi'lilon for all points Nortli via Bay Line and
.‘\eiiuia Creek routes.
Expres.s Train connects only with Aeqnia
Ci-eek route. Pullman’s Palaee Sleeping
Cars on tins Train.
Freight Trains will leave Wilmiiiglon tri-
weeklf at 5:00 a. ni.. and an-ive at l:4Up. m.
.rOIlNF. DIVINE.
20- General Superintendent.
SEABOAktD & ROANOKE RAIL ROAD.
Oliiceot' ti'c Superiin ndeni of 'I ransporta-
tioB, 1)1 the Scab' rd A Roanoke Railroad Com
pany.
Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 1 1875
On and after this date, train of tif s Load will
leave Weld n daily. Sundays excej.ted as fol
lows:
Mail train at 4 p. m
No. t I reiglit train at 4 a, m
No. 2 Freigiit train at 8 a m.
Tuesdays and Fridays at at 8.00 a. m.
ARRIVE AT PORTSMOUTH.
Mail tra’n at 7,15 p. m.
No. 1 Freight train at 12, Noon.
No. 2 Freigl'.t train at 4 p. m.
Freigi t tra ns have a pa.-S'nger car at-
ladicd. Steamer f r Edenton. Plymoutli and
iandings on Black water and ( liowao Rivers
leave Frankl n at 7 ,40 a. m., on Mondays,
AVednesdays and Fridays
E. G. OHIO.
Supt. of 'I’ransportation.
EVERETT SMITH,
Life & Fire Insurance
Greensboro, N. C.
Rppresegt.s the ■Metropolitan Life of
York, tlie inauguratnrof the two most pcpnij,
and equitable plans of Life Insurance,
THE RESER'VE ENDOWMENT
and
’I’HE RESERVE DIVIDEND PLAS6
Every pledge of this company is plain],
wr tlen out. and tiie iuil res|,o: sibility o) tti,
Cimpaiiy and as-ureil defined, tl.e'R-un
of the MetKcpi litan slnuld be lead btft,,,
oPolieyin an)j otla'.r f'jiynipauij is ucvepttd,
Observe the following Original and Charat.
teristic Protisious of this Ci.mpany:
Its nays of grace, fn ni one month to fix it-
tcrniined by the age of ibePiilicy. ’
Itsconti uaiice fre nu ne insured periodt,
another witliort sncri a e of premium.
It-Reserve Dividend Fui d considemlsj,
de| osir at an interest lor ll e payment oflli.
turei remiums
Its Specific Guarantees of Dividends atj
gi rr*nder Value,
Its Inconiestable Clau-e,'poralingfromH,
praytin ii’ oftlie first iiiemiuni.
The amount exp’ic tly stared to he-
PAID IN DEATH.
The amount explicit fy stated to be
PAID IN LIFE.
Also represents several Fir-.t Class Fire for
pa-des, in wliieb risks will be writeiionili
elasses oflnsuralile prop-erty, audontkemoi:
fav orable terms.
5—
A man in a neighboring county, who
wished to write a history of his family,
was unable to obtain the necessary mate
rial ; but vvhen he got nominated for Con
gress the opposition papers furnished him
a complete history of the same for six
generations back, and didn't charge him
:i cent. Blithe says he doesn’t believe
ids great-great-grandfather was hanged
for steal ing sheep, as was stated in the
papers.
RALEIGH & GASTON RAIJ.iROAD.
Suferin'iekdent’s Ofku e, )
Rill i; h, N. Aug. 16, 1875. f
Oil and after Monday, Aug Si 16tb, 1875,
trains on the Rale gh & Gaston Itailmad will
run daily (Suudny e.xcepted) as follows:
MAIL TRAIN.
Lbaves Raleigli I0:C0 A. M.
Arrives at We.don 3:;>0 P. M.
Leaves Weldon 10:dU A. .M.
Arrives iit Raleigh 3:45 P. M.
ACCOMMODATION 'IRAIN.
Leaves Raleigh 5:00 A. M
Arrives at Weldon 5::.5 P. M.
Leaves Weldon 5:15 A. M.
xVrrives at Raleigh 5:40 P M.
Mail t.'aiii irnikes close cormectioii at Wel
don with the Seabeard and Roanoke Rail'oail
and Bay [fine Sb am. rs vm.Baliimoie. to and
from ail p ants Norih, West and Northwest,
anil with Pet rsburg Railroad lia. Peti rsburgt
Rielmioud and Washington City, to iind from
all points N> rth and Norlhwest.
And at Raleigh with the North Carolina
Railroad to and from ;ill points South :ind
Boutliwest, and wiili the Raleigti & Augusta
Air Line to Haywood and Fayetteville.
A. B. ANDREWS, Gen. Snp’t.
Crystallizing Grasses.—Dissolve
two ounces of alum in eight quarts of
water. Then place it over the fire in a
porcelain Kettle, and let it boil ten min
utes stirring it constantly. When cool
dip in your grasses and put them in a
cool place, until the crystals become hard
ened. If you wish to color them stir in
a little paint, when cool, of the color you
want. Make a small white tarletan sack,
in which put your grasses, but remove as
soon as taken from the solution. I can
recommend this, knowing the result if
carefully followed. Muzette.
RALEIGH & AUGUSTA AIR-TJNE.
Superintendent’s Office, )
Raleign, N.C., Aug. 16th, 1875. )
On and after Monday, August 16th, 1876,
trains on the U. & A. A. L. Road will run
daily (Sunday excepted) as follows:
MAIL TRAIN.
Train leaves Raleigh 4;0q A. M.
Arrives at Cameron 7,20 p. M.
Train leaves Cameron 6:30 A. m!
Arrives at Raleigh 9,45 jjj
Mail Train makes close connection at Ral-
iegh with the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
to and from all points North.
And at Camei on with the Western Rail-
road to and from Fayetteville and points on
Westerj Railroad. A. B. ANDREWS,
Superintendent
JAS. SLOAN’S SONS,
GREENSBORO, N.
GENERAL MEROHANDISE,
Lime. re:ncp.l and Piavter. I’liosplistes nm;
Agricultural Implement? a tp cialiy.
1—
EUGENE Ef EEL,
Druggist and Pharmacist,
GreensbokOjN. C.
Personal attention to eomponmiing Pif-
scriptions at all hours—day oi- niglit. 2-2
THE YARBOROUGH HOUSE,
RALEIGH, N. C.,
G. W. BLACKNALL, Prop’r.
Refer to all traveling gentlemen, 1—
JOHN ARMSTRONG,
Book Binder and Blank Eool
Manufacturer,
1— RALEIGH, N. C.
MRS. S. M. SMlTH’vS
HOARDING HOUSE,
Middle Street, one door below PatterBon'e
Grocery Store,
1—
NEtr BERNE, N C.
THE NATIONAL HOTEL,
Delightfully PitutUed,
RALEIGH, S. 0-
Board $2.50 per day. Table furnishedn*
the very best this and other markets afforiL
1— C. S. BROWN, Frop'f
H. WILLIS. H. D. L. SOBCO*
WIIXIS & NORCOM,
Commission Merchants,
And Dealers in
FRESH and SALT FISH.
COUNTRY PRODUCE, *
Front Street, BE A VFORT, M C.
Orders ptomptiy attended to.”^
fl®'* Quick returns on Consignments-
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