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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1S79. MRS. FAY'S BARGAlJi. .4 Sty for Wives at Xew Years. Springfield Republican. John Fay was leaving the breakfast table. lie laid a roll of bills beside bis wife's plate. . ' . ' . , "The fifty dollars, Annie, I promised vou for your new dress." "Piftv? Then you have really made it lifty ! " What a good John ! I shall be able to save enough out of it to buy your Aunt Mary a real nice new year's preseni. There are very good cloaks, shaggy and warm, marked down to ten and twelve dollars at Morton & Brier's and I am distressed Sunday after Sun day to5 see her walk into church in that old shawl. 1 could draw the pattern tt it with my eyes shut, and I know that nothing but. perversity keeps it from breaking away on her poor, sharp shoulders." "Well, do as you please; only .jnake the most you can of the money. Fifty dollars do not grow on every bush in these times, and I should hardly have felt able to give it to you now but that Morton has been looking at one of our steam heaters for his store, though some parties down in Hartford offered him one at a discount. So buy the cloak of him. by all means, if you get one." And John struggled into a three years' old overcoat and hurried away. Little Mrs. Fay turned the bills over and over in her hand. She had scan e ly heard her husband's last words. It was enough that he could afford to give her the money and it was hers to spend. He was her conscience in-regard to money matters. With the intricacies of business she had nothing to do. Should she run around to Mrs. Jupe's at once and talk it over and find out exactly how to send to Xew York for samples of dress goods ? The Jupes were stylish people who had recently moved into the neighbor hood, having bought the very huge lawn and the very small cottage with a stable in the rear, which gave an air of elegance to the street of the pretty New England town where the Fays lived. Between Mrs. Jupe and little Mrs. Fay the most intimate relations had been established. They ran Intek and forth at all hours, a blind gate hav ing been discovered at the foot of Mrs. Fay's tiny flower garden, which opened directly upon Mrs. Jupe's side lawn. The latter had already advised in re gard to the new dress. "You will nev er think of buying it here" she had said, "Morton & Brier's dress goods are so common! Everybody in town dresses the same like mourners at a funeral ! WThy not run down to New York, and buy something made up? You would save it in your dress maker's bill." Run down to New York! Mrs. Fay regarded a visit to that metropolis as the event of a lifetime to le ardently desired, but scarcely to be hoped for. And as for a dress maker, one day from such a functionary, for the purpose of basting and "trying on," with three or four more Susan Janes who went but for seventy-five cents and was thank ful to get that in these hard times was the limit of her desires. "Well, let me see; you might send down to any one of the large retail stores for samples and order from there afterwards. You know that each keep a clerk for nothing in the world but to put up these samples." And Mrs. Fay had gone home - filled with a desire to do this. To send to New York, to the envy of her less well informed neighbors ! To appear in a dress unlike anything displayed in the t)wn! She was not ordinarily a vain woman, but Mrs. Fay's ambition took fire at this spark of a suggestion. But John's countenance assumed a doubt ful expression when the plan was spread out oeiore mm. "1 don't know about that," he sai 1 A 1 - 1 1 . siowiy, -ao as you wouia De none Dy is . my motto, and how should I like to have everybody in town run off to HartforcTor New York city to buy the goods I offer for sale. Patronize home institutions, Annie; spend your money where you make it, and help to build up your own town, I say. Why, the coun try is going to ruin for this same rea son. Nothing in America will do for leople, unless the maker is shrewd enough to brand it with a foreign mark. We spend all our time and strength in gathering dollars to be sent out of the country. And what do we get for them ? A lot of French fripperies and manu factured articles which need only to stand side by side with our own to show their inferiority." "Yes, John ; but the dress !" Exjwrts and imports were matters to be settled by graver heads, or to settle themselves. "Buy it at Morton & Brier's. They trade with me, and I should like to turn my money into their hands." "But their goods are so 'common,' John, "and we all drpss alike like mutes at a funeral." "Like what T John Fay burst into a loud laugh. "You are a dear little wo man, Annie, but you never originated that remark. I don't believe I like the style" he-added, after a pause. "But do as you please, dear." It was hard to say "no" to this little wife. "At least you can buy the cloak at Morton & Brier's; and be sure .io make the money go as far as you can." "I will, John; it shall go as far as New York," she replied with a happy laugh, throwing her arms around This neck and giving him an enthusiastic hug. She wrote her letter to New York at Mrs. Jupe's dictation, and the samples came in due time. John turned them over quizzically. "Couldn't you iudge better of the color and quality to see them in a whole piece, rather than in such a little scrap as this T i "Oh, what a silly John ! Of course not : when I can examine them at my leisure now, with no saucy clerk , to snatch them out of my bands or talk me into buying what I don't want at all." A long hour was spent in this inspec tion. ' . "Do do you think it had better be , mixed goods or plain ?" John was good-natured. He laid down the newspaper to take up the bits of cloth again in his great hands. "Do you call that mixed?" singling out a scrap all knobs and long, loose hairs, and vying with Joseph's coat in colors the latest fashion of warm ugliness. "Yes, to be sure." Well, then, dear, I should say let us have it plain." ,, . . v , . So she chose a soft, warm basket cloth in dull maroon. Six yards, eigh teen dollars! But it was double width and these new goods were expensive. The prices ran as high as five dollars a yards: three was .moderation. And "there would ! be enough for a long sacqueiand then-last consideration of a prudent mind-it would "make over" afens11k(for m wasto be a -handsomeuitMr Jupe .d said that Bilks were to be,ot. At- any price now. And not to be meaiUr to buy a por quality. Mrs. Pay h fixed er ffie at a dollar and a half per yard. P But a scrap at two dollars 3us match. ., 8d her cloth.. And, she fancied, as the . most of the samples ranged .at, prices ' Sven higher, with an impetuosity!; which evcu mnvempnls of . the cnaracierweu ! jiyiiAri thePav small woman, who inndly ruled the -t ay family, she decided upon this., ... svu . yardsiV eight, it was weiLtQ ve J Seven bonnet result with ran .excitement which held fit more and more, of repentance as the. days went by. Early in the afternoon of the third, an express-wagon, H man and an enor mous book appeared at her door. She ran to open it. 'She took the precious parcel which bore her name and placed it earef ully within the sanctities of the parlor, while the man was fumbling for t he bill. , "Thirty-four dollars, ma'am." She had the exact amount in her hand. She had had the exact amount within reach for the last two days. "Write your name just there. Ana Mrs. Pay wrote her name where the ipurple and black finger pointed grimly m cnaraciers a. guuu trembling ones with which she had written, "Yes, dear John," two years be fore, in reply to a certain letter which need not be mentioned here. "And a dollar for the express. "I I thought it was fifty cents. "Both wavs, ma'am, you know, C O. D. No, she" did not know ; not at the moment certainly, but she slipped a fifty-cent piece slyly back into her pock et and paid him the dollar he demanded. She did not open the parcel at once. She sat down to do a sum in mental arithmetic. Thirty-five dollars from 350 left $15 ; and there were the linings and trimmings, the dress-maker and Susan Janes to be provided for. And Aunt Maria's cloak ! She had entirely forgotten the cloak ! There was no im patience in the fingers that untiedjhe string as she prepared to inspect he new dress; She had lost her enthusiasm over it already. Horror of horrors Could this be her silk? as a broad ray of sunlight struck upon it. It was by no means'of the same shade as the dress. Could the dealers have made a mistake ? But no ; she compared a scrap of the sample which she had chosen and a bit of which she had withheld. It was the same. Was it possible that it could appear so differ entlv when seen in the piece? But there was no help for it now ; and with that reflection the last ray of pleasure in her new purchase vanished from her mind. Not even John's com mendation could enliven her. "Why, vou're us nrettv as a picture!" said he the same night when she had tvisted the soft woolen stuff about her figure and stood waiting under the gaslight tor his inspection. The silk she had prudently and thankfully banished from sight. The dull maroon hue had brightened to ;i rich crimson under the light. And did the monev hold out?" ( "Y es." But the reply came faintly, and Mrs. Jupe, running in the next morning, found her friend poring over the "supplement" to a fashion paper, her smooth forehead drawn into two dread ful wrinkles, while she studied with despairing eyes this sheet of lines and angles, bicycles and insane parallelo grams, hopelessly confused and inextri cably entangled. "Thev are patterns!" said Mrs. Fa)', as though she would have added, "Could you ever believe it ? "1 thought per haps 1 might cut nijdress myself." "Goodness, childly Did you ever do such a tiling?" "No ; but people do." "Thev don't begin with a handsome suit, however. Do you want to spoil it to ruin the whole dress, besides wast ing the material and the money you have spent for it?" The l:ist was an argument, and Mi's. Fay laid by her sheet of hieroglyphics with a sigh, and prepared to listen to reason, as Mrs. Jupe called it, by ar ranging to take the latter's dress-maker ott her nanus ior one uay, wnicn jurs. June desired to spend out of town, Perhaps she could make up for this ex pense by cutting off two or f three of Susan Janes' days. The day and the dress-maker came. "It is a good heavy piece of silk," said the latter, testing it between thumb and fore-finger. It was. It weighed like lead upon Mrs. Fay's mind. The dress-maker laid it' against the woollen goods, opened her lLps, then closed them again prudently. But Mrs. Fay saw the movement. No, t did not match. Had not Mrs. Jupe lreadv remarked it ?" And was not the maroon turned to a purple by the proximity of this silk, as any one could see ? "I should have thought that you would have bought American silk. They usually offer it at Morton & Brier's to make up with these heavygoods.- It wears so much better, and costs less, you know, by a good deal; being so much wider, too. it cuts to better advan tage." "It came from New York," said poor, crest-fallen Mrs. Fay. But there was no pride in her voice. Miss Mudge was measuring it off from her nose to the ends of her fin gers. "Eight yards ! that wilt never do it. Not if you take off three-quarters for a bonnet and face the skirt. It will not trim it handsomely.'' "I thought it a large pattern," falter ed Mrs. Fay. .! ell, yes, ot American silk. Hut a couple of yards more will do; and vou had betteu send for itflt orroe. )Perhaps you may as well say three while you are about it. A scrap over is never outof place. This is a very pretty basket cloth," she went on diplomatically, for Mrs. Fay's face revealed her chagrin. "I saw the same at Morton's, twodol lars and a half, was it not?" "Two dollars and a half! It was three. And it cannot be the same. I sent to New York for this." Mrs. Fay could have cried with vexation. '' "You sent to New York!" Thedress maker's sharp eyes measured Mrs. Fay and the plainly furnished bed-room where the cutting was going, on .with one, keen, calculating glance. But she said nothing more. And Mrs. Fay sent to New York for three additional yards of silk. Her heart sank as she broke her last ten dollar bill to pay for this and the necessary lining and facings, buttons and cord without which no feminine garment can be brought into existence. And Aunt Marias cloak shrank more and more in its propor tions until it entirely passed out of sight. "I shall do the rest myself," she said to Susan Janes as the latter laid by her work at the end. ot her third day. "Do you think you can? There was disappointment ia Susan's faded t eyes, "That blind stitch is hard to do nicely it one is not used to it. Poor Susan! Even one s more. day would be somethins.;. It would earn the price of a New Year's dinner. Work was not easily found in these days, and she had depended upon at least a week here. ' '" " I am sorry, and 1 know it isn't easy to do.". The tears were in Mrs.. Fay's eves : was she not worn out with it al ready? "But, indeed, .Susan I must do it." So Susan folded the : waist neatly and laid it with a lingering hand., beside the skirts on Mrs. Fav's own bed, then donned her old, worn cloak and unsea sonable straw hat and went away. When the dress was at last finished and nut ort for John's inspection the mgnt betore JS ew 1 ear s, not even uie warm, bright hue fchlligra trace of color to the bale worn face of the wearer. But John did not notice it "Yes," he said, absently, "it" is Very pretty, dear and I am glad if you enjoy it but it will cost me more than I can well st.ftrrA " -A' shiver 'ran. ail'tha wav flown .little Mrs. Fay's spine. -She could not ask what he meant. Was it Susan, "Janes?, Was it? V-J "I suppose you told somebody lOiat you got it in New York. At any rate Morton and Brier heard that my wife had been buvinar a' fiftv-dollar dress in New York and Morton said two could f lay at that game.1' So he went down to lartford and bought the steam-heater i he naa oeen woiang ai ior ine suoie uu i Brier ordered another tor the house. "It was that dress-maker! She mus hava tnlH it. t alwavs thought 8; sBe? iM.irari lib-o a finitfifnl tfiinsr and 1 did ask lier to our table," gasped Mrs. Pay, growing whiter stilL i "Very likely; I only know I have lost their trade, which is a good deal in these times. But dofc't let it distress you, dear. He was frightened at the ex pression of his wife's face. "It is too fate to mend it Let us think of some thing else." And he drew her down upon his knee. "What have you got for Aunt Maria?" , "I nave got her I' have made her, Mrs. Pay began hysterically. "O, J ohn, I have got her a ginger-jar !" "A ginger-jar!". No wonder John Fay "Don't laugh!" And Mrs. Fay pro ceeded to further astonish her husband by bursting into tears. "It is decorated, ybu know, and and looks almost like Kioto, Mrs. Jupe says. I can't tell you, John but every thing, cost so r much, and the silk was too narrow and I had to get more, and and there, wasn t any money left for the cloak" "I see how it is," said kind John, who knew more than she dreamed. He gathered her up in his arms and essayed to soothe the frightful sobs. "We have learned a good lesson, though a hard one. haverft we, little woman? We will patronize home institutions; at least until we can draw our income from abroad." , .. u The next dav, John Fay took his old overcoat quietly to the tailor's and had it rebound, countermanding his order for a new one and Aunt Maria had her cloak after all; and happening to meet Morton on the street, who gave him the cold shoulder, he stopped mm anu ex Dlained the whole transaction, since it was too late to oenent iiuuseu uy i ri , - 1 i" 1 . . . story. The result of which was that n, was not too late at all. The truin imu been only half told. The Hartford order had been threatened, not carntsu uuu, and the steam -heaters were bought of John Fav himself. Susan Janes was surprised Dy an in vitation to dinner on .New i ears day. Of course she came, and sue contrived to take a few needful stitches upon the new dress. That "blind-stitch" had been indeed very trying to the unskilled fingers. And the dinner was a happy affair John even proposing to toast at its conclusion : "Our neighbors : Xet us do unto others as we would that they should do unto us." Dear, blundering John! Both Susan Janes and Aunt Maria took it to them selves and thought it extremely appro priate and drank it in cold water with tears of gratitude in their weak eyes. But John Fay and his wife smiled another meaning across the table at each other. Oar Tenure ot Lite Depends in a great measure upon our regard for or neglect of the laws of health. If we obviate them we cannot expect to "make old bones." But that the spai of existence allotted to a naturally delicate constitution, or one which has been shaken, by disease may be materially lengthened. is alaAof which we have dally proof. The vivifying and re storative Influence of Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters upon a falling physique affords a striking Ulustra' tlon of the power of judicious medication to strengthen the hold on life. Restored digestion complete assimilation, renewed appeUte, sound re pose, these are among the benefits conferred upon the debilitated by fhat supreme renbvant. With a circulation enriched, a frame Invigorated, and a nervous system tranqullized, the invalid, after a course of the Bitters, feels that his life-tenure is no longer the precarious thing that It was that he may yet enjoy a "greea old age." For upwards of thirty years Mrs. Wlnslow's Sooth ing Syrup has been used for children. It corrects acidity of the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. An old and well known remedy. 25c per bottle. patent lltedijciiixs. -EfiF.TINE AN EXCELLENT MEDICINE. Springfield, O., Feb. 28, 1877. This Is to certify that I have used VEGETINE, manufactured by H. R. Stevens, Boston, Mass., for hheumatism and General Prostration of the Ner vous System, with good success. I recommend VEGETINE as tui excellent medicine for such complaints. Yours very truly, C. W. VANDEGRIFT. Mr. Vandegrift. of the firm of Vandegrtft k Huff man, Is a well-known business man In this place, having one of the largest stores in Springfield, O. . 01: R MINISTER'S WIFE. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 16, 1877. Mr. H. R. Stevens: . , Dear Sir Three years ago I was suffering terribly with Inflammatory Rheumatism. Our minister's wife advised me to take VEGETINE. After tak ing one bottle, I was entirely relieved. . This year, feeling a return of Ihe disease, 1 again, commenced taking it, and am being benefited gnhUy.-1 tyipso greatly improves my digestion. , . . , Respectfully " "' - ' ' . Mrs. A. BALLARD, 101 1 West Jefferson Street. SAFE AND SCRB. Mr. H. R. Stevens: In 1872 your VegeUne was recommended to me, and yielding to the persuatlons of a friend. consented to try it. At the. time I was suffermg from general debility and nervous prostration. unerlnduced by overwork and irregular. naDits. Its wonderful strengthening and curative proper- 1 lies seemed to affect my-debtl llaleil system from the first dose; jandnnder its-neisrtstept use 1 rapid ly ,-ecovered, fgalamg rtera thah'sail health and good feeling. Since then I have not hesitated to give Vegetine my most unqualified Indorsement, as being a safe, sure and powerful agent in pronot ing health and restoring the wasted system to.ifew lite and-energy. Vegetine is the only medicine I use; and as long as 1 nve 1, never expect. to nna a better-. Yours trulj, , ';. W., H. CIAEK. .; iao iioiuerey sweet, negnany, rmn. VEGETINE .The frtllowlne letter from Rev. G.'W Mansfield. formerly pastor fit Jhe Methocust Episcopal church, Hyde Jfark, anq-at preseni setuea in. i,oweu, must convince every one who reads his letter of the won derful curative quaties of VegeUne as a thorough cleanser ana punner 01 meiooa.., rm. ' ".Byde Park, Mass., Feb. 15, -1876. Mr. H. R. Stevens. "Dear Sir About ten vears aso mv'lie'alth failed through the depleting effects of dyspepsia; nearly a year later 1 was aiiacKea Dy lypnoia-iever in its worst form, Jtt settled in my Jtwickaud took the ionn uiu lit! to uecy-Heuusu uuactH, wuicu was fifteen months In gathering. I hati two surgical operations by the best skill in the State, but receiv ed no permanent cure. I suffered great pain at times, and was constantly weakened by a profuse discharge. I also lost small pieces of bone at dif- lerentumes.. , Matters ran on mus aoout seven years, tin May, 1874. when a friend recommended me to ero to your office, and talk with you of the virtue of Vege tine. 1 aid so, ana Dy your kindness passed through your manufactory, noting the ingredients, &e., by which your remedy Is produced. By wnarti saw ana heard i gained some confi dence in Vegetine. J comment taking it soon after, but felt worse from its effects';1 stiff Ipersevered,' uhd- soon felt it was benefitting me in other respects Yet I did not see the results I desired till I had taken It faithful ly for little more than a year, when the difficulty In the back was cured; and for: nine months I have enjoyed the best of health. I have in that time gained twenty-five pounds of flesh, being heavier than ever before in my life, and I was never more able tapertorm: labor1 than now. During the past few weeks I had a scrofulous swelling as large as my fist gather oh another part of my body. I took VegeOne faithfully, and It removed it level with the surface In a month. I think I should have been cured of my main trouble sooner if rind tnir. 1 eu larger doses, after "having- become accustomed Let your patrons troubled With scrofula or Kidney disease understand that it takes time to" cure chronic diseases? and. If they will patiently take Vegetine, It taill, is my judgement, cure them. With great obligations I am - .'.it,-. Voura very trulyvi"!o.p it-. ' '-', ' - ' G. W. "MANSFIELD, . Pastor of the Methodist Episeopal chunjh. KT. Trivial 1 -. .,- . - - ..tiauiim ma mn mftsw.im t.m W mint nnts tnn KJi "!'' VegeOne is sold by all Drugsjsts' Jtn5 :k.s 7 xscrrt "3593? v-'iifj Jifsut h,e at all 'Stat AMir- ,.. , ..... BaSeSjH, County IWri ior Oi best display of i L i GLASS CCTLEBY and SILTISWABB, node or CHRIStM AS PBI8BNTS. Ever brought to Chaottemtjrlstag Vases, Toilet Sets, Japanese Goods, Decorated China, Etc. ALL AT NEW YORK. PRICES. New Insunmce Building, Charlotte, N.C. riov29, JMPOBTANT, BOTH TO TO WHOLESALE W RETAIL TRADE. Having unrlvaned facilities t have Just opened the largest andbest selected stock of CHINA, CROCKERY, - GLASSWARE AND LAMP GOODS, XVSB OFFKRKD IN NORTH CAROLINA. We keep a full line of all goods usually kept In a FIRST-CLASS ' COO o o 80 000 H H H ; H HHH H - H H H II II II II II -Ml- NN N It N . A A MM AAA A A SSS TTTT T T - T T - -Off o o o o o o .00 -"JOtR bifcR II REB EE . S BggB YIZ: Toilet Sets. Tea Sets' Cubs and Saucers' Ewers, and Basins,, tioblets,. Glass . Sets; Lapp frond, ana 10 iact evemnnurin max one. . wo dut for cash, and do a strict y cash business through out; therefore we are enabled to fill orders at a very smaU profit ' .. -J. ',';'' . . MATPbittita n.ni thtt ItRtafl Trade MneraTlr will find It greatly to their advantage to call and ex- anuaiUlUX ; . HUGE STOCK ! All orders from Merchants, whether small or large, will be carefully and promptly attended to. JOHN BROOKFTELD, Trade St., under Democrat Office, Charlotte, N. C, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in CHINA, W. G. and C. a WARE, ROCKINGHAM and YELLOW WARE, GLASSWARE , and LAMP GOODS. novlO ' : .... F IELD BROS., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS and DEALERS in COUNTRY PRODUCE ALSO, PROPRIETORS Of THK CHARLOTTE HOTEL, CHARLOTTE, N. C This house has been newly furnished and is kept In first-class style. Terms, Per Day S 2 00 16 QO f Table Board, Per Month. "Omnibus and Carriages at every train. .FIELD BROTHERS, Proprietors, j BEN KIMBALL, Clerk. deel atttxlcs. T OUISIANA STATE -LOTTERY. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY To win a Fortune. First Grand Distribution, Class A, at New Orleans. Tuesday, January 14th ; 187tH-104th Monthly Dwlnjt., 1 . w ,iiif i"'- -u ci. ' :! r!nj LOUISIANA STATE LGTTERY COMPANY This fnaatutlon was regularly Incorporated by the Legfslatum"Of the State for dueattonal tmd Charitable purposes 'in 1888, with a capital of l,OO0,000; to wmjb it-ba since added a Reserve Fund of S350.000r Its AiRAND' SINGLE NUM BER DISTRIBUTION will take place monthly on th sooond TuoaUay. It nww scales orpostpoaes. L.00K at tne tojiowng strujutiprv: CAPITAL PRIZE, $30,66o. ' ' '.51 100,000 Tickets at Two Dollars each. Half Tick - " : '' ets,'OneDolliif.' v : ; LIST OF PRIZES : 1 Capital Prize,. , L Capital Prize, ; 1 Capital Prize........... 2 Prizes of $2,500-ii .-.. 5 Prizes of 1.000 830,000 ,n 10,000 5,000 5.000 5,000 10,000 10,000 10.000 zumusoi 100 Prizes of 200 Prizes of .500 Prizes of $,0tty Prized of. 500 100 50 .... 20.-.,, T APPROXIMATION PRIZES t 9 ApproximaUon Prizes of $S0Q. 82.7PQJ ' 9 ADDroxlmation Prizes 01 ZOO. ; ,ifbOO ' 900 9 Approximation Prizes ol 100 1857 Prizes,! 8110,400 v hurl Responsible corresponding agents wanted at all prominent points, to whom a llnerai compensation, will be paid.. v!- .,,1,1 i! nf. ;- Application for rates to elubs should only be made to the Home Office in New Orleans. Write, clearly staling full address, for full infor mation or send orders to Postoffice Box 692, New Orleans, Louisiana All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings are under raewpervlslOBand management at GENERALS G. T. BEAUREGARD andJDBAL A, EARLY., i declO jpoR fine mkis, : And ViiTi Lienors, Three Years Old, goT COCHRVNEV, ' . CenUal Hotel Saloon. Vi HiVifl SELECT STOCK or wnoie and Grmmd Spices, including Fells', mixed spfces, try It and be convinced tha. there ia n d 1 mcer" L WEISroN co. f t -i 23 2SrjT'?s"; urn r t au & , Sit- ' JLSD CONGRATULATORY. In looking back over the business of the year now just ending, I feel very thankful to my many friends and the public generally, for the liberal support they have given me in my efforts to supply the wants our city with a FIRST-CLASS Grocery, Where anything In the grocery line can be found, and' I flatter myself that I have filled the want to the entire satisfaction of my numerous patrons. - In the future, as In the past, I propose to keep a strictly first-class stock of ' FANCY AND HEAVY GROCERIES, f AND CONFECTIONERIES, and assure the public that no effort of mine shall be spared to please, and I sha'l always keep on hand the best and most complete stock that the demands of my customers may require, and now call attention to 'he fact that I have the agency here for the celebrated BRIDGEWATER FAMILY FLOUR. ! the best In America, as attested by the fact of its having received the first silver medal at Paris. I have also just received 25 barrels of STONEWALL Family Flour, and 20 barrels of Baltimore Family Flour, both of which are very good flours equal to any sold in this market, except Brldgewater. .Also something very nice in he way of Family Cheese, Pickled Pigs' Tongue and many other novelties. Very Respectfully, LeROY DAVIDSON. I bfg leave, to return my sincere thanks to my many ltlends who bestowed their patronage on me la my hw quarters with Mr. Davidson, and promis ing by strict attention and fair dealing to merit It in the future I solicit a continuance of the same. ; ' Very Respectfully, GEO. T. COLEMAN. dec2fl JUST RECEIVED CHOICE NEW CROP CHOICE KEW CROP CHOICE NEW CROP , CHOICE NEW CROP CHOICE NEW CROP NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW O R L O R L O R L O R L O R L N S N S N S N 8 N S M O O S S SOMETHING NICE SOMETHING NICE SOMETHING NICE SOMETHING NICE SOMETHING NICEj AT AT AT AT AT MAYER & ROSS'. MAYER & ROSS'. G ROCERIES CHEAPER THAN EVER. NEW GOODS ! NEW FEATURES ! Come to me for Bacon. Corn. Suear. Coffee. Mo lasses, and other Family Groceries. Just received, a few barrels 01 Berry rosters (Da vie county) BEST RYE WHISKEY. Also a fine lot of Country Hams. I sell for cash. All goods delivered In the city free of charge. ;, , W. H. CRIMMINGER, Trade Street, Next door below Wilson & Black's old stand. aplS. AMILY GROCERIES, I bare now m store a full supply of Groceries and family supplies. Also, Turkeys. weighing from 12 lbs. to 25 lbs. each. Just Received a tot of Cranberries. Fresh Goshen Butter. New Buckwheat Flour. .'ltd n .M.tBQWLl4 dec6 jOTICE TO FARMERS!!! am prepared to STORE COTTON in my fire proof building either in basement or on the first or sec ond floorsand will give warehouse receipts on which you can draw money If desired. 3T Charges moderate., THOMAS EL GAITHER. 0ctl2 - ' : ' ' 1 - 1 Gr OTO CENTRAL HOTEL SALOON For Standard Pure Liquors. WILSON A BURWELL, Dbuggists,. Have Just received, ! Gelatine, ' Vl 1 Com Starch, ! ; ' " Sherry Wtfte, :- ? ' I. r til!, . , ..Flavoring Extracts, il! II. 'l il t , ; 1 ! ! . ', : ifi! ah 01 tne nest Quality ior retau trade decl3 TOP AT THE .V ' BO YD EN . HOUSE, 'Salisbury, N. a . ' Y r t ; c S. Brown, Proprietor, , Late of the National Hotel, Raleigh. ... C. SV Brown,' Jr. Chief Clerk; W. O. Shelbum As ' - ; sistant mdeoSO ,,.. ,. . -ytJST RECEIVED. -.'I-; .,'' A FRESH SUPPLY OF ;?.; ' 'if:.:' , i i ej R' E' 'JClB;B :.;u..j 1 i 'I H H G B B I R, I s Ei CALL ANi) BKMVi. : -I : . . - . . . ! "W'HUHB decl2 & DU1 's'tL& 4 iJtaiitmis. RANDEST DISPLAY OF- 000 O O JO O O OOO EVER MADE IN CHARLOTTE, AT P P. Y Y 222222 55555 22 65 MP 55 222222 6o55 fc! ""55, (X) 55 00 7 SB-OS oooo CENTS PER POUND. PURE, FRESH AND CHOICE. -DON'T FAIL TO CALL.- dec24 NO MORE Rh E U M A T I S M OR GOUT ACUTE OR CHRONIC s A L I C Y L I C A SURE CURE. Manufactured only under the above Trade-Mark by the EUROPEAN SALICYLIC MEDICINE CO.. OF PARIS AND LEIPZIG. Immediate relief warranted. Permanent cure guaranteed. Now exclusively used by all celebrated physicians of Europe and America, becoming a Staple, Harmless, and Reliable . Remedy on both continents. The Highest Medical Academy of Paris report 95 cures outof 100 cases within three davs. Secret The only dissolver of the poisonous Uric Acid which exists in tne Blood of Rheumatic and Gouty Patients. $1,00 a box, 6 boxes for So 00. Sent to any address on receipt of price. Endorsed by physicians. Sold by all druggists. Ad dress WASHBURN E & CO., nov7 Only Importers' Depot. 23 Cllff-st, N. Y. A T THE CENTRAL HOTEL SALOON Cochrane keeps the best RYE WHISKEY, Stand ard Pure, Two Years Old. M M R R L L S S L L N JOSEPH FISCHESSER, Proprietor, Is now supplied with the very best and finest WIN ES, ALES and LIQUORS. JUST IN: French Brandy, in quart bottles, five years old, warranted pure and genuine; just suita ble for a Christmas Gift. Exported Beer in bottles, by the dozen at $1.50 -just halt the former price. I have the latest arrangement from Paris for keeping hot water for winter drinks, perfectly clear and pure. Best BEER, PORTER, ALE and LIQUORS al- ways on hand. decl2 Qzxo CLvcvtiscmmis. WANTED A good agent to canvass Charlotte and the adjoining towns for the best selling household articles in the world. Tip top profits, write at once to World Manufacturing co., 2 Clinton Place, New York. H OUSEKEEPERS ! ! ! A postal card sent us with rour address will in sure free in return, our Illustrated Circulars of nice Householding Specialties. PALMER & SKI L TON, Manufacturers, 281 Pearl Street, New York. GENTS, READ THIS. We will pay Agents a Salary of SI 00 ner month and expenses, ox allow a,,large commission to sell our new and wonderful inventions. We mean ichat we say. Address, without delay,. - ;' shkkman & OO., Marshall, Michigan. 4w TQIPHTHERIA! Johnson's Anodyne Liniment will positively pre vent this terrible disease, and will positively cure nine cases in ten. Information that will save many lives sent free by malL Don't delay a mo menL Prevention Is better than cure. Sold every where. I. S. JOHNSON & CO.. Bangor, Maine. A NEW EXCIXJfcG BOOK. Bristling with the wild adventures of STANLEY IN AFRICA. The only authentic and copyrighted cheap edition. By the brUUant descriptive autb.or, Hon. J. T. Headi ley. Gives a full, history of his wonderful dis coveries in- Africa and marvelous Journey dentin the Cong& More fasehuUing than romance ITo fUaely illustrated, ; and highly endorsed by the clergy and press. Over 15,000 sold. More AGENTS WANTED. tW" For particulars about the book, success of agents and best terms address HUBBARD BROS., Publishers, Philadelphia, Pa. TENSON'S CAPCUNE POROUS PLASTER. CELEBRATED THE WORLD OVER. , The manufacturers were awarded the highest and only medal given rubber plasters, at both the Centennial and Paris Expositions. i FAR SUPERIOR TO common porous plasters, liniments, the so-called, electrical appliances, 4c It is the best known remedy for Lamb and Weak Back, rheumatism. emaie , weakness, Sciatica, Lumbago, Diseased Kidneys, Spinal Complaints and all Ills for which porous plasters are used. Ask your druggist for Benson s Capclne Plaster and see that you get nothing else, sold by all druggists. Price 25 cts. Mailed on receipt of price by SEABURY & JOHN SON, 21 Piatt Street, New York. " -i ' IOTICE. - SALE OF FORFEITED EROPERT Y. ! United States Internal Revenue, 1 Collector's Office, lh Collective District, V , j : Statesville, N. C, January 4th, 1879. ) ' The property described in trtls advertisement, having become forfeited to the United States, Will be sold at public auction by Maxwell & Harrison, auctioneers, ta .Charlotte, oti Thursday, January i6th, 1879, at 11 o'clock it in.'; to-wlt: Ten boxes Tobacco, the property of J. F. Fare. J. J. MOTT,' Collector. J. G. jano Young, . Deputy Collector. rAX RETURN NOTICE. The merchants and others liable to pay a semi annual tax 011 their purchases or receipts. In the county Of Mecklenburg, am hia) k.. iJ&WJ&L0'-0 ending 31st of Quired to return all purchases made by them in or intvi .!yv uvm a wnoiesaie merchant vTf,wT, "7, -.pcv"vn..4u o ine aevenueiiaw re ouires all Jlgupr dealers' In spirituous or vinous Mmiors, porter; lager beer, or other malt liquors, to return allr their putchatiesv from - whomsoever oougnw mere areiio exceptions., Returns must m iuauo wiLuiu me next ten davs, Jan. 4, MUM. ELL, Register. 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