THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND.
■^Vudiiesday, ITl:iy I’J', 187C.
0011\0 EAST.
On Monday morning we wont
down from Wake Forest to Flat
liock, and found the people wait
ing. After our exercises, and a
good collection, we joined them
in a delightful dinner, and then
nrrivedi n good time at Franklin-
ton. The children were kindly
cared for, and Kcv. Mr. Webb
prayed for the divine blessing on
our work. On Tuesday it rained
till 2 p. m.' Then we drove down
to Louisburg, and had kind at
tention, and a full house. The
orphan work has many warm
friends in Louisburg. On Wed
nesday we are off for Mt. Zion,
and find the church plastered and
very pleasant. People very kind.
Col. Jordan Jones is building up
quite a village at what is known
as Laurel or Jones’ Mill. The
location is romantic and beauti
ful, and he knows how to im-
])rove it. At Castalia, wo are
kindly received, and our enter
tainment is well attended. At
Philadelphia, Pastor Duke prays
for the children, and the people
are very attentive. We dine at
llilliardston with Messrs. Avera
and Arrington, and are at Battle-
boro’ in good time. Here we use
a hall, and the seats fail to go
around. Some villages hardly
able to support one minister, are
crowded with churches, while
Battleboro really needs a church
and nobody builds one; but don’t
let all of them build at once. Bat
tleboro is certainly supplied with
dinner bells and dinner horns.
They have something to eat and
they make a luss over it. There
was no regular collection at the
close of our exercises, but several
parties laid contributions on tlie
table. Leaving Battleboro, we
travel down the country, crossing
Swift Creek and Fishing Creek,
and seeing cypress knees and
long moss. But here is a long
town, reaching from Greenwood
to Clarksville. They call it Scot
land Neck, and its main street is
t vvo miles long. It is beautifully
laid out, and the place is grow
ing. The trainway, 7 miles long
to the River Roanoke, is a great
curiosity. Capt. Kitchen runs a
curious old engine and a train of
flats over wooden rails, and trans-
jmrts goods. Passengers prefer
the dirt road, and the trainway
carries freight only. We occu
pied the Methodist Church, and
Rev. Mr. Nash pi’ayed for the or-
pluins. Collection good. Very
kind people. We are obliged to
leave them. And now we are at
Ikdinyra. Every house has its
own Zenobia, and we are stopped
for a splendid dinner. After a
few' hours of refreshment and rest,
wo are off again.
At Hamilton Dr. IVatts has
kindly made all needed prepara
tions, and our entortaimnent is
given in the Methodist church.
J’he attendance is large, and much
interest is manifested. On Sun
day WG rest, there being no
].reaching in the town. Mr. J.
11. Horner once taught here, and
they are anxious to hear from
him, and would bo glad to see
him.
THE CROPS
are good and growing finely.
CotU)n covers thousands of acres
and crowds out the corn and
other grain. Hundreds of peo
ple have planted cotton in their
yards and gardens. Oats, wheat,
clover, corn, cabbage, and pota
toes, seem to be doing their best
t > make up in quality w'liat tliev
luck !)i qiuuitit)'. Con. in semn-
places is knee high. Clover from
six inches to a foot. The old
crop of sweet potatoes is still very
abundant. But we find lettuce,
onions, and some other vegeta
bles, very much neglected.
THE FRUIT CROP
is small; but we have seen trees
loaded witli apples, peaches, and
pears. At this writing we have
just seen in the Biblical Itecorder,
tliat there is “no fruit in David
son,” no fruit in McDowell. Don’t
ahvay's believe even the religious
papers, especially w'hen our.own
eyes tell a different tale.
Now we change our course,
cross the ruddy Roanoke at Cook’s
Ferry. The ferryman charges
ten cents for sotting us over, and
forty cents for waiting for us so
long. Here at last is Roxobel.
Very kindly received. Good au
dience, and collection. The new
Masonic Lodge is a gem. On
Tuesday through rain, mud, and
deep swamps, we drive 30 miles
to Coleraine ; but the people are
shut in by heavy rain, and our
children are put to bed. On
Wednesday we cross the Chowan
on the splendid steamer of the
same name, and land at Mr. Hol
ley’s Fishery. The seine is corn
ing in, seven horses winding it
up. It is nearly a mile long and
comes in slowly ; but at last ex
citement is on tip-toe when about
five thousand herrings and a few
bushels of shad are laid upon the
sand. This was a small haul, but
a beautiful sight to highland
children. During our stay on
that beautiful shore, Mr. Holley
had Orphan Asylum ymt on some
of his barrels. We leave in time
for Ballard’s Bridge. Mr. Wil
liam Elliott opens wide his hos
pitable doors, and a large audi
ence meets us, and at the close of
our exercises, kind friends take a
collection. On Thursday' we are
off again, passing War Iville and
Belvidere, we journey towards
Woodville.
1IOJVI3T AJ8» FSSH.
The Savior ate broiled tresh
fish and honey' together. I had
often wondered how the tvvo
would taste. At Mr. Elliott’s, in
Chowan, I saw upon the table
good honey, and fish fresh from
tlie river. I ate the two together
and found them pleasant to the
palate, and helpful to the stomach.
He who made the bees and the
ocean, the honey and the fish,
know what was good for man as
well as for himself. He ate fish
and honey for breakfast, a' vari
ety of meats for dinner, and light
bread with a kind of beer for
■supper. J. H. Mills.
■Asheville, N. C. )
May 10th, 1876. y
It has been two weeks since the
readers of the “Frieku” have
heard from the Asheville Asy
lum. During that time, or most
of it, we have been traveling,
singing and talking for something
to eat.
On Tuesday, May 2nd, I start
ed with a band of six, for the
Fail-view, Cane Creek and Shuf-
ordsviile section ; passed over tlie
Mine Hole gap, and reached the
neighborhood of Cane Creek
Church in good time, though the
sky was murky and rain fell occa
sionally, and found comfortable
quarters and a kind welcome at
the hoj)itablo mansion of Mr.
Johnston Ashworth. He was at
Asheville Court, but his excellent
wife, stalwart sous and beautiful
daughters took much paiiis to
make us tool welcome and com
fortable. Gave a concert at night
to a pretty good crowd, but the
colkction was small owing' to the
hard times and scarcity of money.
Good, however was done for the
orphan cause for the future, by'
our visit. On "Wednesday', we
took dinner on the way with that
clever old couple, David Garren
and his wife, who, as Judge
Watts would say, gave us the
best the-v had in the shop, and it
was good enough for anybody.
At night we reached the residence
of that stanch friend of the or
phan work, Dr. George W.
Fletcher, where we were kindly'
taken care of until after dinner
next day'. The concert in Salem
Church, at night, was well atten
ded, and a collection taken up for
the orphans.
On Thursda'v night we gave a
concert at Now Salem School-
house. The collection was small,
but a good impression was made
for hereafter. When the concert
was over, the moon shining
briglitly-, the iveather being
pleasant, and being only seven
miles from home, we' concluded
to tumble our own mattresses for
the balance of the night, and con
sequently reached home about
low' twelve.
On Monday night before start
ing on the above trip we gave a
concert at the M. E. Chnrcli in
Asheville, but the evening was
rainy ancl few attended. I was
not satisfied with the result and,
by the advice of friends, put out
notices for another concert here,
which came of last night. It was
given in the chapel of the female
college, which was crowded. His
Honor, Judge Dick, delivered an
address in behalf of the orphans
and a splendid collection was the
result.
We are at this moment hurry
ing to get ready to start to Mar
shall, the county seat of Madison,
where we are advertised to give
a concert to-night. We return
to-morrow, to bo present at tlie
Masonic convention hero on Fri
day 12 th.
I would like to write more and
speak of the handsome and ap
propriate present of Mr. Shelton
to the Asylum, (see list of contri
butions,) and many other things
of interest, but time presses and
I must stop. I will close by' sav
ing that I don’t believe the peo
pie of this sectiom will let the or
phans starve.
Jambs H. Moore,
Steward.
TStAISf TME CMIE5»KBM.
1. Train the children ! Their
hearts are soft and plastic now—
the springs of life are bubbling
up in crystal freshness and beau
ty—the saplings are straight and
tender.
2i Train the children ! and tliey
shall go forth, with the charm of
winning way's, and the poover of
goodness to touch the -svanderlng
soul, and turn the hearts of some
of the disobedient to the wisdom
of the just.
3. Train the children ! for by'-
and-by they' will go into throng
ed cities, and crowded marts; or
they v.'ill emigrate to the Great
West, or to Canada, or Austra
lia, or New Zealand ; and there
they' will take the noble message.g,
and be “living epistles known
and read of all men.”
4. Train the children! they are
to be the fathers, and masters,
and guardians of the next gener
ation ; they will plow the land,
and sell the corn, and build the
ships, and write the books, and
guide the destinies of a universe.
5. Train the children! thou
shall it be almost impossible for
lost, and wretched, and perishing-
men to fling up wild arms iii the
mad vortex of jKisslon, ' lying out,
as in despair, “No man eared for
my soul.”
6. Train the children! and the
vices will be shriveled up, the
Church strengthened, the cause of
God uplifted; and those who
have looked with sadness at the
apathy and neglect of the past,
shall shout with joy : “The little
one has already become a thou
sand, and the small one has be
come a great nation.”
rAJEl'KE KO'l' A FAIEUKE.
The secret of happiness is to
make the best of eveiything ; no
matter what happens to annoy',
let it all glide along easily', and
with as few words of complaint
and fault-finding as possible.
Little inconveniences will in
trude upon the most fortunate
people, so the only way to be
master of every situation is to
make up y'our mind not to notice
small aiinoy'ances. People may
keep themselves in a constant
broil over what amounts to noth
ing ; and, without accomplising
the least good, may ruin the
peace and quiet of a whole house
hold. We cannot have every
thing just as we want it in :his
world, and the sooner a person
understands that fact, the sooner
he may' have a true basis for hap
piness.
It is the . greatest folly' to set
the heart upon uncertainties, and
if disappointed, refuse to be com
forted or reconciled. Do the
very best you can, and then take
things as they come. If a man
strive with his best knowledge
and untiring energy to accom
plish a certain object, working
with skill and patience, he is a
success, whether the scheme fails
or succeeds, and he ought to re
concile himself to failure if it was
inevitable. If his labois have
been of brain and hand, lie is the
better fitted to succeed in other
undertakings.
A Eeautilsil IFagwre.
Life is like a fountain fed by a
thousand streams, that perishes if
one be dried. It is a silver cord
twisted with a thousand string.",
that parts asunder if one be bro
ken. Thoughtless mortals are
surrounded by' innumeralde dan
gers which make it so much more
strange that they escape so long,
than that they' almost all perish
suddenly at last. We are encom
passed with accidents every day',
sufficient to crush the decaying
tenements wo inhabit. Tlje seeds
of disease are planted in our con
stitution by nature. The earth,
and the atmosphere whence we
draw t.he breath of life are im
pregnated witli death ; health is
made to operate to its own des
truction. The food that nourish
es contains the elements of decay;
the soul that animates it by' vivi-
fy'ing, first tends to wear it out
by its own action; death lurks in
ambush along the paths. Not
withstanding the truth is so prob
ably' confirmed by' the daily ex
ample before our eyes, how little
do we lay' into heart! We see
our friends and neighbors die;
but how seldom does it occur to
our thoughts, that our knell may'
next give the warning to the
world.
“ Every man, according to an
ancient legend, is born into the
world with two bags suspended
from his neck—one a small bag
in front, full of his neighbors’
faults, and a large bag behind,
filled with his own faults. Hence
it is, thatpnen are quick to see the
faults of others, and y'et are often
blind to their own feelings.”
I’HE KEVEl.OPMEM’ff OF EAIV-
GlIAOE,
Language shares in all the vi
cissitudes of man. It reflects all
the changes in the character and
habits of a people, and shows how
tliey progress or retrograde. The
sense of a word gets altered by im
perceptible degrees, until in "time
it comes to express a reverse sia-ni-
fication. It is well known that
the word prevent, in its Latin
etymology, had the sense, of
anticipation, getting the start of,
and not to oppose, to obstruct, as
it now signiiie.s. To let has
turned completely' about since the
received version of the Bible
when it meant to oppose ; now to
permit. Quaint, according to
original usage and derivation,
meant scrupulously' exact, ele
gantly refined ; now it is applied’
to what is odd, affected, and fan
tastic, a violation of the natural
and tasteful. Words ggt degra
ded. Thus SIMPLE, not double
took a strange metamorphose in
giving us simpleton ; simplicity
still holds its charm. We elevate
words from their phy'sical rela
tion to mental and spiritual ones.
Taste, as applied to the sensibil
ities of the palate, has risen to
express a fondness for chaste or
naments, neat arrangements, love
of the fine arts, and belles lettres.
We also think of intellectual
pyrotechnics and moral gy'mnas-
tics. We enlarge the circumfer
ence of -n'orls. Civilization
once applied only to the inhabi
tants of a city-; villain, one liv
ing in a village. We limit and
restrict the meaning of words.
Meat was once applied to all
kinds of food, but noiv onlv to
flesh. Acre meant any field, of
whatever size. Furlong was a
furrow of any length. Yard de
noted no exact measure. Peck
a.nd GALLON were vague and un
settled quantities. IVords that
were used for both sexes are ap
plicable to only one. Nephew
stood for grandchildren and lineal
descendants. Girl designated
all young jier.sons.
What contentment can do in
its own rvay, so also can dili
gence and the unwearied per
formance of duty'. Few things
help more towards true heart’s
ease tlian keeping' • the mind ein-
ploy-ed, and all our duties on the
right side of the great day-book
of life. No one can have heart’s
ease whose duties are lying in an
unordered mass at his feet, and
those things left undone which it
is his special business to do.
Pleasures are all very delightful
while they' are going on, but
when they' are over we have no
solid residuum left, perhaps in the
toil created by' those duties left
unfulfilled which ought to have
been done, while we were amus
ing ourselves, and by the neglect
of which we are distressed, and
others are liindered for days af
ter. And what heart’s ease can
there be when wo are assailed
with reproaches from without and
full of self-reproaches within,
when we have not a smooth inch
of rope left for the running, hut
only a mass of knots and kinks,
all made by ourselves, and some
of which we can never undo ?—
Selected.
To educate the mind when the
body' is in a nervous, feeble con
dition is a fruitless and useless
task. The first thing to be sought
is a sound body- with phy'sical
vigor. This should take preced
ence of everything else ; without
this, any acquisition can be of but
little avail.