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ORPHANS’ FRIEND. Wcdiies«Uiy, November 21, 187». President Simpson, of Yadkin Collegej endorses W. F. Trogdon, of Grreensboro, as an honest man in business. It took tlie Monthly Messenger ttvelve months to find out that Daniel F. Beatty, of Washington, N. J-, was a humbug. Some times it takes a smart boy a long time to leain a short lesson. The Main Building of the Paris Exliibition is 2,200 feet long. The blind pupils of Perkins In stitute tune the pianos of the public schools of Boston. The blind in our State are usually good musicians and might make liberal wages at the same busi ness. A second edition of Dr. Palmer’s Life of Dr. Thornwell is an nounced. Rev. J. M. Chaney, of Mo. has written a remarkable book enti tled “William the Baptist'” The Circular Saw Jlills, with liege’s Patent Universal Log Beam, out saw any saw mills, 1 ever saw, saw. Man ufactured by the Salem Agricultural Works, Salem, X. C. Circulars sent free. Sl)*il A VAUIKTV. Well, almost anv kind of dress may be made from the two bun dles of remnants sent by Mr. M. M. Katz, of Wilmington. FStOM A I,«'S'TI.E OlICL. TowNESvn.LE, Xov. 14, 1877. Mr. Mills, Dear Sir:—1 Inul ten eeiits giv en me to buy ii doll; but I thought t wouhl send it to the Or|ihaiis. Bessie Wir.sos. XORFOLK, Va., Xov. 16, 1877. Dear Children:—Xearly three months have itassed since seeing your happy fiices, and 1 fear laziness in writing has caused your friend to lie forgottef. ThongU far away, yet my interest for your welfare is not abated, and ac cording to the (lovernor’s Proclama tion 1 trust tlie 2!)tli of Xoveinber will bring much htp])iuess in the Orphan Asylum with the immense out-pouring of thank offerings from every part of Xorth Carolina. The report of over- ilnwing barns from the abundant har vest gladdens my heart, ami 1 am sure the gotal ]teople of Granville county will not be found wanting or that day, or allow their known generosity to be (piestioned. 1 often wi.sh, wlien pasy iiig tlirough the great market of tliis city, that your wants could be supiilied daily from the abundant variety of food there offered. Were it in my ]io\ver you wouhl realize the sincerity of this wish. Two weeks ago I at tended an orpliau A.syliim meeting aud heard an eloquent appeal for an asylum with only fifteen children to cure for, and it made me contrast tlie zeal displayed for this small nuinber with ours for one hundred and fifty. It was liale aud hearty, and if ours could be ten times more so according to our number, no appeals would be necessary. Xort'olk is filled with Xorth Carolinians. IMany of the most pros perous citizens hail from onr good old State. I halted in a walk tliis after noon on tlie Stone Bridge to enfoy a view of the beautiful Elizabeth Biver that .you will find on your map of Vir ginia. Xear wiierc 1 stood was a cot ton compress. The noise of industry is heard from its never-ceasing belches of steam day and niglit. If your good Siiiierintendent had one near the Asy lum, the neighbors would petition to the town authorities to have it remov ed for disturbing their quiet sluiiibers. Xot far from this great invention of the age, with its immense madiiiiery. are towering ships. One attracted my attention and caused me to stop. Tlie largest merchant ship that ever floated on the bosom of the Elizabeth Biver. Quite large enough for every orphan ill the Asylum to play hide and seek upon her deck. I could but feel proud, for I knew she was to be filled vyith cotton that grew in Xorth Carolina, shipped here to many of our own com mission merchants, and after being compressed, stored by the thousand bales in the hold of this ship ere she spreads her sails to be wafted by fa vored breezes to an European market. Majestically site will ride the ocean wave with no trace left beliind on the broad Atlantic as her keel gracefully skims through the water. From this, noisy compress of wldch I write, bales of cotton are removed day and night loading sliips for the mills in Euroite and America, dependent on Southern indnstry. Where six liundred could be once stowed in a ship, ten thousand can now be carried. Tliis is the re ward of industry, and on tliat subject I write. I believe that all thiiig.s are possible to industry and energy. Take this as a motto; Wliat has been done can be done. You all have a mission, and life and a character of your own to make, and by iiidu.stry it may be so formed the world will ieel its good in fluence. I was struck with this truth when reading tlie life of Alexander Wilson, the first ornithologist I ever lead of in America. When only ten years old lie lost ids best friend, his mother, and the tender love and care wliicli a mother alone can give. At thirteen lie was bound to a weaver, llis father selected tlie business, and from respect to liim lie diligently ap plied hiiiiself, though believing he was intended for some higher calling, lie never allowed such feelings to inter rupt llis industry. His mind was bent iqioii being a tiseful man. While weav ing, llis iioetical efforts gained liim lit erary reputation. One of his strongest lir,)|iensities was to ramble over hill and dale to enjo.y the beauties of na ture, and with deliglit he accepted the position of jieddler to travel thrcugli the Eastern district of his beloved Scotland. The life of a weaver was too numotoiioiis for him, and in 1704 he (leteriiiiiied to come to Amei ica, for four months living on one sliilling a week and laying up onl,y four for tlie cost of the trip. By liis economy and indomitable iierseveraiiee, he landed ill Xew York with a few shillings loan ed liim by a fellow jiasseiiger. The first bird that attracted his attention in the American forest was the wood pecker tliat you often see in your beau tiful grove. Tlie names of American birds were unknown to him, but his heart was in his worh, and to accom plish his work, he explored woods and forests. Indnstry guidedliisfootstejis, and indnstry snpiilied the means of subsistence. The knowledge of tl e loom gave him employment at times and at others. A peddler’s life grati fied his propensities for traveling. Af ter collecting birds, squirrels, ojios- sums, snakes, lizards, &c., and study ing their habits, he taught school in I’liiladelpliia, and prepared his great work on ornithology. Single and alone h i then traversed the yonthern coun try, without a gui.lc, rowing his own canoe from the Ohio down the Missis sippi Biver to sell his great book tliat was luiblislied in Bliiladelphia by the father of my first cousin’s husband. Tile price was one liundred and twen ty dollars a cojiy. Xow, boys, take Wilson’s energy and indnstry for an example. Place your mind upon some plan you fancy, and let industry make you a name. A name that is far above riches, and one 1 liope my great grandchildren may have cause to emulate. If a farmer, be industrious; if a merdiaiit, let iii du.stry secure you the love of those lilaced under your care; if a lawyer, let indnstry prove the interest of the client; if a physician', let industry prompt the eoiitideiico of the patient, ind ii a holy mail of God, let industry cause the blessings of lieaveu to be lioured out in rich effusions over tlie heads of the widows and fatherless in tlie length and breadtli of onr beauti ful land. Persevere with zeal in your studies, and leave food for tlie pen as Wilson lias done. It may be as a eoramauder of some great ship of wliicli 1 liave written, for merelumt ships give employment to industrious boys, and the Xaval Ilepartiiient is always open for applicants. Who knows but your piety and chivalrous conduct oil "the great deep may yet be attributed to the instructions given in the Oxford Orphan Asylum when taught to look up to the great Father for guidance and protection '! AVher- ever your lot be cast, may He watch over you. Your friend, S. A. E. the orphans in this State find refuge. They ought to be cared for by contributions from those having plenty and to spare. Per sons who are scarce of money, might CO n t r i b u te provisions, clothing, &c. Remember tliat “he that givetli to the poor, lendeth to the Lord.”—The Netu State. Many other papers have made the same suggestion. Will the people heed theml BY PROCXAMATSOIV OF THE GOVEKNOll. Whereas, The law of tlie State, representing the religious senli- ment of the people, makes it my duty to do so ; Now, therefore, I, Zobulon B. Vance, Governor of North Caro lina, do issue this, my proclama tion, appointing Thursday, the 29th day of November instant, as a day of public prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God for peace, health and the bounte ous fruits of the earth and other blessings wherewith he has blessed us during the passing year. And I earnestl}' invoke the people to suspend, as far as piacticable, all secular business and to assemble together on that day in their usual places of wor ship for religious services, and to remember that our services will be incomplete unless with a liber al hand we also relieve the poor, the widow and the orphan. Done at onr city of Raleigh on this, the 9th day of November, in the year of our Lord j L. S. }> 1877, and in the one hundred and first cf our independerci. Z. B. VANCE. By the Governor. David M. Vance, Private Sec. Thursday, 29th instant, will be observed throughout every State in this Union, as a day of Thanks giving and praise to Almighty God for the blessings he has be stowed upon us as a nation. A thanksgiving proclamation has been issued by the President of the United States, as well as by the Governor of each of the States, all setting apart the 29th day of this month to be observed as a Thanksgiving day. In this connection we would suggest to all our churches holding divine service on that day, that they take up a collection for the Ox ford Orphan Asylum an In stitution in which many of EGE’S IMPROVED GIN POWER, being built oi iron, is vei-y compact, and is destined to talt| the place of all other horse powers, for driving machinery over bead. It is simple, cheap, durable and effi cient. Price only $100.00. Send f(»r circu lars. Manufactured i>y SALEM x\.GRIC’UL- TURAL WORKS, Salem, N. C. 47. THE CHURCH UNION. The National Organ of those laboring for the actual, visible unity of Evan goli(;al believeis. Published weekly at No. 22 Beckman Street, New York. E, B. GRAXi^l^y BuhJisher, D.D. Contributing Editors : Joseph T. Dukyea, D.D. liowAUD Croshv, Samuel D. Burchard, D.D. J. Hyatt Smith, Rev. Edwari> P. Ingersoll, Rev. Thomas J. Melisii, Rev. Anson G. Chester. D.D. Smith’s Bible Dictionary. 1017 pp. Elnely Illustrated, Life and JEgiistles of St. Paul Beautifully Illustrated. Over 900 pp. These, volumes are the result of the finest scholarship, the deepest research and the UKist cultured piety of the present age. They have been particularly recommended as im])ol'tant aids to an understanding of Holy Scripture, by the leading divines of EA'ERY EVANGELICAL DENOMI NATION. To the Pastor, Sunday School Teacher, and every careful student of the Bible, they are indispensable. Each of these Books sells at Retail for $4.50. OUR PRICES. The paper alone, one year, $2.50 ,, aud either book, 4.00 ,, and both books, 5.50 fjyFery Liberal Terms to Agents.^^^ Specimen Copies of the Church Union Free. CLUB RATES. We will send the Churgh Union to clubs on the following terms : Five copies, one year, for $10.00 Ton copies, “ “ 18.00 Twenty copies, one year, for 34 00 No premiums or Commissions to clubs. BOOKS BY MAIL POSTPAID. Add)-ess, E. B. GRANNIS, 47. Church Union, New York. For the week ending Nov. 20Ch. IN CASH. Paid $500.00,, Grand Lodge of INorth Carolina. ^HO.OO, John Pearce, Polloksville. 6.05, Winston o No. 167. 5.25, Concert in Luniberton. 5.12, W. G. Hill a No. 218, “ 5.00, Brownsville □ No. 102. 8.50, Oiplians’ Friend. “ 3.30, Joseph Warren □ No. 92. 2.00, each, Lebanon □ No. 207. li. T, Nutt, 11. W. Uardie. IN KIND. Col. C. S. Brown, 3 hats3prs. of shoes, Mrs. William F. Hardy, 7 little girls dresses. George R. French & Sons, 35 prs. boys shoes, 17 prs. of girls shoes and 7 bunches of slice strings. M. M. Katz, Wilmington, 3 yds of suit ing, 7 yds. of homespun, 149 yds. of calico and 135 yds. of worsted. J. W. Betts & A. II. A. Williams, 10 slates each. J. W. Hunt, Oxford, 1 gal. cider. W. Callis, 2 bus. of potatoes, 2 bus. turnips. G. W. Wright, 1 bii. of corn. Kercliner & Calder Bros. 1 l)OS of soap, Messrs. B. F. Mitchell & Sons, 1 bar rel of meal. Aaron & Kheinstein, 1 bit. of flannel 1 box of braid. A Friend, 2 hats, 6 prs. stockings, 4 yds. cotton flannel, 6 yds. col- ico, 1 vest, 3 jirs. drawers, 4 skirts, 1 lot of buttons. An old lady, 1 shirt, 1 pr. pants, roundabout, 1 coat. T. T. Grandy, 26 heads of cabbage, lot of beets. Lawson Knott, 10 bus. patatoes, bag of wheat straw. W. S. Hundley, 1 hat. Mr. J. D. Moss, 2i bu. corn. Mr. W. H. Pleasant, 2 bus. of corn. The following persons have paid for the Orphans’ Friend for one year: J A Elliott, J. Ii. Kelly,. Miss Jennie Bonner, Capt. J. W. liee, E. D. Me^us,. Miss Lula Lawlion, Miss Lillie Law lion. Miss Bettie Lawkon. For six months, Miss L. Annie Wil liams. Agricultural Works, C. A. JILGLj Broprietor^ Manufacturers of CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, With Hege’s Iin])roveil Universal Log lieam, GIN POWERS, HORSE POWERS, CORN SHELLERS, PLOWS, &o. Box Screws and other Tobacco Machine ry Made and Hepaired,. Foundry and Machine Work Done to Order. Repairing jironiptly attended to. D* K. OEO. W. GliAifiAJI, EALElGlI. N. C; Practice limited to the JEYE, EAU & 'ffUMOAT' 25 iy E. W. OWEN, DENTAL SURGEON, OXFOa«D. N. CJ. OFFICE At I-ilS RESIDENCE. Special attention given to rephudfig full and partial setts of teeth on gold, silver or rubber. 1-J3tf. D U. kilCIlAUU II* (Late Professor of Diseases of the fiyg and Ear ill the Savaimh Medical College,) PraCfiee Jimited to the BYE AND EAR, RALEIGH. N. C. Refers to the State Medical Society arid to the Georgia Medical Society. 33-1 y JJ E JV R Y T . J O K D A X y ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW HEXDEBSOX, XL C, 41- JOHN MIFHOFS, ^FllACflCAL^ BOOK & JOB PRINTER. Cor. P'ayciievilie and Hargeii Sts., RALEIGH, N. tiF^Book and Job Printing of every de scription executed in the vefy best style of the art. Books, Pamphlets, Circulars, Let ter Heads, Note Heads Bill Heads, Envel opes, Cards, Tags, State'irtenfs, Hand Bills, &e., at^New York prices. Legal Blanks •$! perlOO. 23- Q, E X T « K JB E S X * THE RALEIGH NEWS. I>AIEY, one year, WEEKLY, one year. $5.00 - 1.00 t^Sond Postal Card for Sample Copy Address TIlE BALEIGH NEWS, 33-tf. Raleigh, N. C. C IRCULAR SAW MILLS, on which the old style Screw and Ratchet Head Blocks are now used, can now he easily and cheaply changed into a first-class modern saw mill, by using one of Hege’s Patent Uni versal Log Beams on carriage, instead of the screw and ratchet head blocks. SeA'd foT circulars. !Manufactufed bv SALEM AGRI-' CULTURAL WORKS, Salem. N. C. 47. Orders solicited ETGIVE US A TRIAL. I’d GRANDLODGEOFNORTHCAROLINA E. A. M, Ol’-FICE OF GRAND SECRETARY. Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 7th, 1877v The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina will commence" its 91st Annual Commnnic.ntion, at its hall in this city, on Tuesday, 4th of December next, at 7 o’clock p. in. Return tickets can be obtained by officers and representatives on application, over the rail-roads, &c., at the rates mentioned. Six cents per mile f()r the round trip over the following : Atlantic and North Carolinay Seaboard and Roanoke, Raleigh aud Gaston, Raleigh and Augusta Air-IJnc, Wilmington and Weldon, Wilmington, Columbia and Au gusta, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, Richmond and Danville (North Carolina Di vision). North-Western North Carolina, Pied mont, Charlotte and Atlanta Air-Line. For one first-class fare over the Western North Carolina, Western (fi-om Fayetteville), Caro lina Central, and Dismal Swamp Canal. Representatives traveling over Carolina Cen tral must exhibit their credentials to agents when they apply for tickets. Round trip tickets will be issued on the At lantic} Tennessee and Ohio Rail-road at 7 cts.- per mile. It is specially suggested that return tickets, over all the routes mention, are necessary to prevent the payment of full tare. D. W. BAIN, 46-td Grand Sec. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE SDUCATIONAL WEEKLY, and keep yourself informed on educational matter's. The age of the old monthly “'jbnr-' nal of education ” has passed, and a new era has dawned. The educational newspaper is now in demand; educational topfeS are at tracting the public attention more in these days than ever before ; new bookg,- new methods, and new theories are demanding the attention of teachers mofe frequently than once a month, and no teacher who intends to keen up with the times can afford to be with-* out the Weekly. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIO^r: $2,501 $1.50 $2.60 $1.25 $1.56 $1.06 To single subscribers, 1 year, -- To “ “ six months. In clubs of five, I year, - - In '' “ six months, - In “ of ten or mofe, 1 year', - In “ “ “ six months, To new subscribers^ three mouths on trial, 56 8. R. WINCHELL & CO., Publishers, 170 Clark Street, Chicago, Ill.- Eastern office in charge of Prof. EdwartJ Johnson, 34 Oxford St., Lynn, Mass. ®^Send fifteen cents for a copy of fhc In-’ stitute Song Budget, containing 48 pages of music and wordes, numbering 56 pieces, anl five full page illustrations, ha-adsou;eIy bound in cardinal red. 32-1^ C IRCULAR SAW MILLS, with Hege’s Patent Universal Log Beam, are fast superseding all others wherever introduced. They are simple iu construction, reliable in operation, and give general satisfaction in work. With this Log Beam the log cannot spring while being sawed, as it is braced and supported every fevv feet, thereby insuring true lamber. Send for circulars. Manufac tured by the SALE’M AGRICULTURAL WORKS, Salem. N. C. 47. T he pee dee bee Newspaper, Rockingham-, N. C., takes- advertisements at lower rates than any other Weekly. Subscription $2.00 a year. A NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION —GF^ ITIR». EELIOXX’S HOUS^EWIFE^ BY MRS. SARAH A. LLLIOTT, OXFORD, N. C. 12mo.y doth.- Price $1.50. Sent pKtstpaid to any address om reeeipi of the price. This book has become popular, both ire America and Europe, for its inan'y excellences.- Among the many notices filed of its worth, is a letter of thanks received by the authoress^ from Her Majesty, Victoria,Queen of England.- It has been thoroughly tested by experienc ed boasekeepem, and pronounced a Ixntsehohf necessity. It is minute in its direetioBS^, and abounds in choice recefpfs strffed to the wants' of those in moderate cireamstances^, or of tlxr millionaire. The preparations A)r mitritiou.s' diet for the sick, with the advice given for' yo»i>g hottsekeepers, are more tbaa worth the? price of the book. OdAXTON, Bj-DISEN’ & HAFm«FfNG'irR„ Publishers, Booksellers, ami Importers, Nos. 624, 626, aud ii28. 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