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V- v.. r ;J ' .-v THE W'E EKLY LEDGER Satcuuay. - - Feb. 8, 1879. For the Ledger VX ACKOSTIC- BY f A 'CHAPEL HILL LADY.-f- T h -tVeckly Ledger' is its imine, A. 1 ready it ha won much fame ; . It imlly friends! its ouly aim, v . XC vcrv one to please. T hen welcome it unto your home, H ov glad tec are tosee it tome 13 aeh o 'piielc to seize. I- ft every firmer in the State. 13 very merchant small ami great, 1 oetors, lawyers, I ran take; i irlf ami boys should read. 33 very number's full ot news It .ich in politics, no abuse. ! i" ' , X- uzlo that tew can read. ndlour stories can' not he beat : "V es. and wc'JI .-end a good receipt i : M? o give your cook each week. l- mv tat li yu then ret use to be. 13 nteVtaincd by what you see? 1 av Hie piia.er. friends, ;md HI lit ail no more, and all the while I w ill strive to please you: '.,.;. !X lW iny sanctum 111 forsake, rr o vitu'idl I' bid a lien : J .13 very one our p;i er.take. - 1C e.ul ;it: ami t win pront you. r. I- .ODDS AND ENDS Geo. W. Guilds has a $6,000 clock in his editorial room of the lmia. delphia Ledger. ; - Vermont is said to stand at the head of the New England Slates f in the. relative proportion of the agri cultural population. Over fifty per cent, of all who are engaged iu jricj cupations, are engaged in agriculture; vhi!e ihe. percentage' thus engaged in Elaine, is less than forty, in New Hampshire thirty-eight, in Massa chnsetls less than thirteen, in Con necticut about' twenty-two, and in Rhode! Island about thirteen, per cent. :i ", . ' , An Attack by wolves in the streets ot an "American village is an unusual occurrence, but it was the experi ence of 31 r; Miner, of JoselynrMinn. Five of- these animals sprang at Jus horse and. tried. to get into his wag tr. but his doer comiiVir l diverted 1 he attention of the animals who im mediately seized and devoured him. His wife and three children: who . , . . i i. i ' Li. It- w.r. uitii inni. fit lenirin orouszui assistance by their incessant shout .incr and screaming. Although the late ex-King of Han over bad the grievous affliction of . blindness, be bad also a great conso lation (in .-the person of his eldest daughter Princess j Frederica. This lady - vas Jus constant compahiori, leading him ami sketching for ' him with I licr kind voice all interesting persons! and things surrounding them. I The king would enter a pub lics place like a man with good eyes iind, when on his daughter's arm, never tailed to . return salutes ad dressed to him, from whatever direc tion they might come. It was evident there was some system of telegraphy known to the two, and from long habit,' the king had become so expert that ho rarely made a mistake. (At :i-jf6Veel he w as led up to the host or hostess, bow ed at the right moment and went through the ceremony with all could see the easL of a. man who n..nn i Sinn i'V has returned a ter -his active ai.d agreeable .visit to the Uniteit Stales, where he met the ijort of iccJjjtion any peisou who knew i he cinjntiy could have told him was in store! Hut telling differs tVomire a'.izingiand in the realization, -the Dean appears to have been alike sur prised ntt giatified. (There are jew w ho w ould be greeted-more warnilv; for tliejtone of the Dean's mind is somewhat akin to that pervadiiithe t'iiited.S!ales. whPe he is the . scpon of a ureat family ami lhe idigniiary of a Cathedral hallowed iif Ameri caif thougl t. In thai position; pean Stanley! had Aim opportuniiy of jay ii-ir majy attentions to Ameiicanjec clesiastics and men of note; andMie did S', not to curjy favor, bnt jbe easise bo liked the people. HtJ is both rjespected and adniired. in the United 1 Sta'c-i. Anglo -American Times J London... ! mmose that ludicrous tljinir t ;;.:i!l cohtimie to occur during church 1 time. Everybody has seen them and smiled ;at them. The last instance ' that ha come to our knowledgf, js that Of !a clergyman in . C , who, : while, poaching a few Sunilay even ings: si'nee. perceived a man and wnnUaJ under the gallery in the act of kissing each other behind a hymn Mnokl Instead of bet onrug excitcnl aUthe bi?ectacle or losing temper he beamed "mildly at them from over bis srectaclcs,"and wl en the young 1 : 'iiian" bad kissed her the fifteenth u: time.; he1 merely stopped short inkhe lniddlejot "thirdlyj' and offered "ja v fervent jprayer ln f behalf of 'the young iuan iu the pink neck-tie and ithe maiden in the blue bonnet and urayliawl, who were profaningithe ' r.,....tii:ii v lv kissiilcr one another in i.w ticienty-eisht." Theyounglwo- .nn milled diwii her veil, but the ' . ' 1 Tj.. nxill T voung man gov auuicu. iwy AGRICULTURAL DOMESTI 0. CALVES AND SHEEP. Lard and kerosene are good to keep lice from calves ; sulph unmix ed with salt is good to drive ticks from sheep. Calves, like all jaui malsj should be -kept growing, irom birth 1 to maturity. Here is one; place! where tlie profit comesT in. There is always a loss of time.and feed, 'and moie, too, by allowing young animals to "stand still ' for six months or more of tlie year. Sheep are ; well clothed, and need shelter from snow and rain,' and per haps from the very strongest winds, but cold agrees with 'them. Feed them) well ; give them plenty of water, in small flocks ; keep them dry, and they may stay out in the cold and. thrive. A close dark pen is a poor place for sheep. -j 1 ( balking horses! j Having seen in the Observer cures for balking horses, I write to give an incident showing the success of another and very simple remedy. Some year? ago I w as .delayed iii re turning home by a break in j the railroad, requiring a detour 6t some lwentv miles. In order to make this j!' hired a buggy ?and driver. Hut the horse proved a most aggra valitig balker. He balked ' when there was no possibie reason or oc casion for it. Whilst we werejat a certain point, striving in vain to set the beast agoing, cither by the ar guihent of persuasion or bloyjs, an Adain's Express wagon came along. The! driver lumped from his seat, took" the whip and just gently. touched nol striking with if at all) the animal under the bel'y, back of and bear the foreleg, and immedi ately .the x horse Went on his jway. We .tried" it repeatedly afterwards, and i nlwnvs with puccess. AT 1'. Observer. ( , , I COWS. Treat tliem crenerouslv and illdf ly, but do not keep them fat, unless they are to be turned I off forbeef. A cow is a machine, a laboratory, for 'converting raw materials into milk. If little be given, little will be received. All animals should have exercise, especially those kept for breeding. Some of them are naturally lazy, but they will be bel ter lor stirring about. in the open air. It is cruel to keep animals tied up or . shut up for days at a time.. They need light, too. Direct sun shine exerts a powerful influence for good on animals, as well as for plants. Do not '.overlook a good supply of pure w:ater two or three times a, day ; " or good ventilation and! proper clearing, of stables. When the ground is frozen ami cov ered with snow, it may be! well enough, on pleasant days, to scatter the ! fodder and allow the stock plenty of room to pick it up1, but when it is muddy, no one but a sloven will fodder on the ground. Good racks. should be made for the sake of convenience and economy. To Pukify Rooms Set a pitcher of water in a room, and in a few hours it will have absorbed all the respired gases in the'room, the air of which will become purerj and the water utterly filthy. The colder the ! water is, the greater the capacity to contain these gases. A-tordinary temperatures a pail of water will contain a pint of carbonic aci.d gas, and several pints of ammonia.! The capacity is nearly doubled bjf'reduc ingjihe water to the temperature of ice. I Hence, water kept in a room awhile is always unfit for use. For the 'same reason the wat er from a pump or -e:stern should be let jmi in themorning before any of it is; used. Impure water is more injurious than irjipureir. J ' Puff Cake: Tempting jea-cakes maybe made by fo llowing4rrs-simple recipe: To one and,, one-fourth pint of milk add thiee eggs and flour sufficient to make a verythiii batter. Have ready heating on pour stove the iron roll j an, well buttered, into which, as soon as hot, yoijr this bat- U r ; set. at once into the oven, ana in less than half a.i hour you will be rewarded by the lightest, most tender, tta-cakes you ever ate. J Lemon Pies. Boil in one and onefhalf quarts of watt r the juice:pulp and grated, peel of two lemons Add, when it boils, three heaiing tabiespoonfuls flour, mixed smooth with cold" water. Before it cools add two teachps of sugar, thVee well beaten eggs,' a piece of butter hall thejsizia of au'egg, and a litile salt". Bake with under and upper crusts. Gkiddle Cakes. A got d and economical way of using dry bread. Break,, at night! your bread into smjill- pieces, over which poiir suffi cient boiling water to cover. Let.it stand till morning; then mash thor oughly, add two well beaten egj.s and water sufficient for! a thin batter. - I - ; . ! (JJkoquets. Col(J. meats minced very fine, mixed with ; equal quanti ties of fine bread crumbs, and mois tened with egg well beaten, to make a stiff paste. Fry slowly in melted butter. - THE EATEHS OlMOKPHIE. Tlie morphine eaters," as a class, are the most j Tiecuuar x cvci wc.w. with" narticularlv in their negotia tions for their favorite drug. They will undertake anything, will prom ise anylhing.to obtain morphine, I remember some years since, when: I wasl in a' down-town drug store, j a vnnmr woman came in one morning, and ordered a large qua thy of toilet godsput up, say ng t b ie w aa from the country, atu mat, nei father,; who was out doing some trading, would call in and pay. for them very soon." Among other thingls slie ordered, an ounce of morphine to bo put up with the rest of the goods, but firt took a large dose from one of the bottles right there. Then she went out and never leturned, while the clerk who sold her the goods waited in vain for the father . from the country, and was for months after the butt of va'ious jokes on hjs confiding nature j I afterwards found that tne young woman vteited a large number of drug stores in town, and :did the same thing, but she one day tried theigame upon-a drug store where, after she got the morphine, the pro prietor refused to let her go uutil she paid for the goods. She imme diately' stepped to a room in the rear of the store, and divested her self! of a chemise, w hich she pawned for the morphine taken. I have quit the! sale of;lhtse drugs, exce)tin tilling prescriptions, because I do not care to deal in them, or to sup- ply the peop who are! addicted to their use I IOW Fit AN KLIN Wi-S CUHEDj omebodyjias brought out the fol lowing interesting reminiscence : 'When Benjamin Franklin was a lad he began to studv philosophy, and soon "became tond of applyihg technical names to common objects. One evening when he had mention ed to his father that he had swal lowed some acephalous; mollusks, the old man was much alarmed, and suddenly .seizing him, alled loudly for help. Mrs. Franklin came with wavm 'water, and thej hired man rushed in with the garden pump. They forced half a gallon down Benjamin's throat, theiij held him by the heels Over the edge of the porch, and shook him, while tliq old man said 'If we don't get them things out of Benny he .will; be pizened sure.' W hen they ! were out and Benny explained that the articles referred to were oysters, iiis father fondled him dor an hour w:itn a trunk strap for scaring the family Kvpr ' afterwards '- Franklin's lan giiage Was marvelbusly simple aiic explicit. VOTTIVCJ FOLKS' DIi:- V PAUTMENT. A CHIP THAT COULD TALK . .i . The following anecdote, relalet by John Williams,' the martyr mis sionary to the South Sea Islands, will be new to many of our young readers. lie was engaged one day hewing limber for a chapel, siir .rou'ndeti by many Wandering natives. It was wlieii thus employed that the incident occurred of which he thus tells in his "Missionary Enterprise ij' "As I had come to the work one morning without my square, I took up a Cjhip and with a piece of chai' coal wrote upon, it a request that Mrs. Williams would send me tlial ar.icle him I calli'd a chief, and said to Friend, take thi ; go to ojjr.i house, and give it to Mrs. W illiams.' "He was; a singular-looking man. remark ably; quick in his movement s, and had been a great warrior ; but in one of his bati.es he had lost an evei j Giving me an inexpressible look with the other, he 8aid h "lake thai r hQ vui can me a fooi aiid scold me, if I carry a chip to her." . 'y- ' .. : ' i' : . "No,'' I ieplied, "she will not'; take it and go immediately ; I ami. in haste." !, ; . . . "He took it from me, and asked. 'What must I say T I replied, 'You have nothing to say ; the" chip w ill sav all I wish.' With a look of as tonishment and ' contempt he held up the piece of wood, and said,- MH6w can this speak ? has it a motlth;?', I desired hirm to take it immefjiately, and not spend so much tin.e in talking about it." "On, arriving at the house he gave the chip to Mrs. Williams, who read it, threw it way, and went. to the tool-chest, whither the chief, resolv ing to see the end of this mysterr ous business, follower her chsely. On receiving the square from her. he said, 'Stay daughter ; how do you know that this is , what Mr. Wil liams wants V j j ".Why," she replied, 4i.lid you not brills me a chip iust now ?" ! J "Yes," said the astonished war-J rior; 'but I drd not hear it say any thiug." -' I A . !' "If you did not, I did," was the reply ; "for it told me what he want el. And all you have to do is to return with it as quickly as pos sible." ' I . - ! ' "With ihis the chief leaped out of the house, and catching up the;roys- ;'.:.,o' t,: 1 of Lwood. he ran through the settlement with the chip in one hand and the square in the other, holding them up as high as his arms wouid reach, and shout ing as he went, 'See the.wisdom of these . English- people ! They can make chips talk I They can make chips talk !" - ! , 'On giviug me thequare, he; wished to know how it was possible thus to converse with persons;nt a distance. I gave him all the expla nation I could, but it was to him such a; mystery that he actually tied a string to the chip, hung it round his nock, and wore it for some time. For several days after, we frequently saw him surrounded by a crowd who were listening with iptense in terest while he told them of the wonders which this chip haqiper- lormed." ' . . . I llaratonga is now a Christian land. It ha its churches, and Chrislian schools and is governed sv-ely and well, by "Isaia," a native chief He never forgets, in his laws and plans for the good ot his people, tliat "rightebusness exalteth a Da tum A BOY'S COMPOSITION ON GIKLS. Girls are the most unaccountable things in the w orld except .women. Like3 the vyicked fleas, when you have them, they ain't there. ' l ean cipher clean over! improper trac tions, and. the teacher says I do it first rale, but I can't cipher out a 'girl, proper or improper, and you can t cniiui. "ov metic that bits their: case is the double rule of two. J They are as full of the Old - Nick as their skins can hold, and they -would die, it they couldn't torment somebody, When they try lo be mesh, they are as mean as pusely, though they ain't! as mean as they let on to be, except sometimes, .and then they are a great deal meaner. The only way to get along, . withf -a girl when she comes with her nonse.nse, is to give her tit for tat, and that will flummix her; arid when you get a girl flum mixed . she is as nice as pie, A girl can sow more wild oats iii a day. than a boy can in; a year, but they get their wild ' oats sowed a tier a while, which boys never do, and then they settle dowit as calm and placid as a mud puddle. . But I likv girls first-rate, and guess all boys do. I don't ,caro1 how many tricks they play on me -and they don't care either. . The hoity-toii iest girl in the world, can't always boil over like a glass of; soda. By and by they will get into the tr ees with somebody: they like, ami pull as steady as an old horse. 'Iiatis the beauty ot them. So' let them wave, I say," they will pay for it some day, sewing on buttons and trying 1 make a decent man of the fellow they hae sjliced oti to - and ten chances to one it they don t get the worst of it. r A TOUCHING STORY. A drunkard who had run througl his property returned fine night, to his unfinished home. He. 'entered his empty hall. Anguish was gnaw ing at Ins heart-strings and language was inadequate to express his agony as he entered his; wife's, apartment, and there beheld the-. victims of his appetite, his hiving wife ami darling child. . Morose and sullen, he seated himself without a word he cciuld not js; eak ; he oiuTI not. look up ttieiu. lhe moiher'saio: to tne utile "onelat her side : "Come, my dear, it is time to go to bed ;' and the little baby as usual knelt, by ' her mother s lap, and gaz inn wistfully into the face of lie: suffering parent j like "a piece ot chiseled statuary slowly repeatei her nitrhtlv orison. ' ' When she1 had! finished' the child (but four , years j old) said to hot mother :' "Dear mother, may I not offer uj one more prayer ?" "Yes. ves. mv sweet pet, prav." Au d. she lifted up her tiny hands, closed her eyes and prayed : "Oh,- God, spare, oh spare my dear papa I . It was heard on high; it wyis heard on earth.; The - response "Amen!" burst irom the fathers lips, and his heart of stone be- came a be;.r. of flesh, vvne ana chdd.were both clasped to his bo som, and in penitence, h6 said : That prayer was .lifted with elec tric rapidity to the throne ot God. "Mv child. vou; have saved your father trom a drunkard's giave ; I'll si-n the pledge.'"! i' . Why is a book! like a tree ? Be cause it has leaves, i What roof covers the most noisy- tenant : aine root oi tne raoutn. & rt mi t m l . i I What is that which Adam never saw, never, possessed, and vet gave io eacn oi nis cnuaren r parents.. . r : ! What is the difference between a tight boot and an oak tree ? One makes acorns, the other makes corns grow, ;, j HE ! - '' , '. 1 ' ' MM:A For the at the LoweH lh-c. I J-; v I Everybody T rrated Alike, at . f You find none bat Freh nd Keliable Uoods at .... t ! Everything and Anything y t. at THK SEWING MACHINE , OIL at B.irbees l)rug.Store is said - 1 i ' :: : i. r V to be superior to t y f - in the Market. ; Try it. ' V; ' FKKSII J.KAiONS AND OKANGES j ' AT -' V . BAKBEKV iVjitJG Si OHK; L ! The Best 5 tent. ciga'r. irr. the Stated. At ' , Ba:!i'.e iMug Store. i Seek no .fnrther, . . b'ov hcit r :ort he lonn.d." T O N OK. I A L, ""! r' ''.'- . ' ' ( .: ' ! A R TEMP 0 RI U S I r i -i Jl O M A S I ) U N S T O N i has i- iT'i ki ut ins BAR B E It SALOON, opposite Baybee's drug torel, in the tiiosti improved ty le. and will be .glad to se ins ..eii.tiiners any time lie guarantees good work. ,1 Shavinir, j - - - loctfe. iruir t'litting; - - "' V oets. Shampooing,- - - ' - -r ! 25et.. ' -; K"" 1 ' - He has.a boot-hlaepvjalwaj s in attend ance. Give him, a .tail. f. apl 18-tf ) .. - . -,.'; I PJlESCBIFriONS earefuliy eoin pounded at all hours qf ny or night, at Barbee's Drilg-Store. r ! " - . : ,! - - . The Purest Drngs and Best Medieiue used. .i You can getm. Pistol that Will tickle burglar prodigiously 10 to 20 yards tor f .n.K), at 1 . , . i v i j 1 Barlee"s Drug Store. i . - - i ; j i V J C . S i L U M s d'e n a STilVi' t'll''.TI IHIlU' i DflfAltoi.' TIN, SHEET, IRON AND COP. j J PER WARE, :' lipjjSE FURNISHING GOODS, &e. llSr Stales'; Weiirhts and Affnii'rba ready! sealed. i j; ITju Kotin a Speeialty; s -Fayetteviile Street, oppose Market, Square, Kaleigh, N. C. . . . D u- J . p .Davis ; cnapel Hill. Office will be open at Chapel Hill twelve days of eaeh month, uuiainr i.'m it Tf zti. t p VOT BIKTH !RVXK KOR STATE, , ' iri GriiP ixo oyv that ii akk mkn great. d a f . . , 4 ..-.- I - " . : A. ' ".'' ' ' . r ! . burl; f . . ..... GAMMON'S, Mait'i St., twrhm, Childrens and Mis.es IIo, u .:"u: JT.i.Li. ill. V kJ, MAIil U W, lUIUW, KenOy M1- A buit.. all Styl and Wt J. , ; , I UiIIiUVl k-, 1 1 m.., uiwub Ilin.nirir Kdjrinir niiit Trimmiag in Endless Variety, at ' . Iiamnur! r.nin, 6 i : a m mo"S. Mu in St.. : Durham. GAMMON'S, Main Kt., Durhia. A LARGE STOCK OF BLANK BOOKS, ENVELOPES, PAPER, . ' . i !: .. PENS, INK, PEKCtf J and COPY BOOKS At : - Barbeeg Pru$tos PKRKlJAtlijtY, T()UT 0, J SHAVING SOAFs, HAIR," NAILi" TOOTH, FAft' 1 BLACKING. atiM WHITE i. . WASH BRUSHES, V: in great variety, at BarbeeV Drugstore D. J . E.Z.ZU L b v, . ' .' ' ' ! t ' ' f : Watehmaktr and Jeweller, Chapel J fill, X C. . w?itii r.noV and Jewels r paired with neatness and. dipa- . " . ! my 25-tf ; AMIES' SOUTirGAT?' ' '' , GEKEKAL IXSU'KAXCB . DUICHAM.'N. short notice in' first elai tofflP- ff Term policies on Dwelling" Property, a speetantj. JJV M . A LEX A N V'; ATTOHNKY AT tAV I 4 f.i i a rr. Lin 1. 1-. c' , Collections in orai' special it-. J Remittances made prpmP11 K O R G E T R,1 C K ' BOOT AND SUOB aEER' ' Chapel Hilh Ni.C ftnnt And Shoes mde.t0JLillJ 1 r,lrl,w lieatlV'antl Prv 'icrt notice. Call on him- i. i .lac fcuiitcd ri i i i
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