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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. VOL. 1. THE GLEANER. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY ?ABZEB & JOHNSON, Graham, N. C- "IS RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION, Postage PaAft Ooc Year ■» MM SIX MoaUu WW Clnbs! Clnba!! Wor 6 ceples to on. P. 0. 1 year...... NO 00 ■2 .f—S 5 S 5 • m0nth5........ 5(0 " W - " " - 1 year ZZZ.T IS 00 :» ::: : • «s • £ "* " ml — M 00 20 « « # month! .......... 16 00 JlTo departure from tkt eath tyttet M. Rates or adtkhtiriig* Transient advertisements parable In advaM* adyerUeemnntt aaarterlj in advanoe. —~ 1 ---■ _ 1 "»>• * tao - flglno. 8 mo. 12 mo. 1 iquara $ 225 $ S6O $l6O $7 20 (10 80 * * 800 640 720 16 80 18 20 s « 640 Tao tooieao 2200 4" 630 900 10 80 18 00 2700 . • " 720 I 8 60 16 20 22 60 82 40 oolnran 10 20 10 20 18 00 27 00 46 00 I 8 60 18 00 .27 00 46 00 72 00 1 " 18 00 81 60 46 0) WOO 126 00 Transient advertisement* $1 per square for the first, and,6o cents for each snbeeqneat Insertion. Advertisement* not speoifled aa to time, published until ordered oat, and charged accordingly. AU advertisements considered due bom Ant Inssr tlon. One inch to constitute a square. AL) VEll I'ISEMENTS. ~~J. P GULLEY, 'II KETAILEH IHD JOBBER OF I >ry-Goods, Clothing ftorioivN. BUIiT'S HAND-MADE Boots & Gaiters HAT* AltD C\P», V.iI.ISBS, ' TKI7NKM.IVIIITI! GOODS, AC., Ac. South Cor. EayetteviUe St., and Exchange Place RALEIGH. N. C. Graham, JV. C. DEALERS IN Dry-Goods, Groceries, Hardware, INROftr, NTBEI/, NAIiT, MOI.ABHG OIIjS, BVK.STUFFf. DRDQR, MEDICINES, liARD, BACON, iC.. AC. Terms Cash or Barter^ feb New Drag Store. DR. J. S. MURPHY Respectfully notifies the public that he has opened a complete and well filled DRUG STROE at company Shops, where anything kept In a well ordered Drug Store may be found. The physicians of the connty and the public generally, are Invited to patronize this new enterprise. An experienced druggist—a regu lar graduate in pharmacy, is in charge, so that physicians and the public may rent assured that all presciptions and orders will be cor rectly and carefully filled. Prices as reasonable as can be afforded, feb 16-2 m g C ROBERTSON, DEALER IN Grave Stones AND MONUMENTS, GREENSBORO N. C. Pumps! Pumps!! THOMAS S." °ROBERTBON, Company Shops, if. C., * manufacturing and sailing the best and CHEAPEST rtSPS ever offered to the people of this State. These pumps are u-dwfable as wooden pomps can be made. Thay are easy as any one wanting water could wish. They are sold as cheap as any one who proposes to bny could ask. Pa ait delivered anywhere on short notice. Each pump warranted. The manufacturer refers to every pomp of his in ose. Not one bas ever failed. • feb 23-ly * p R HARDEN 8c BROTHER, (oaham, Ji~. C. ;• - are receiving their FALL STOCK of Dry-Goods Groceries, HAfeDWAIK, D rugt, Medicines, Paint*, Oils, Dye-Stuff Clothing; Hats, Cap*, Boots, Shoes, Rikb«r>. Tsbact*, Clears, Seeaa, Teas, KEROSENE OIL, CROCKERY, Earthenware, Olastware, Coffeea, Spice Grain, Flour, Fanning Implement*. POBTSV, ■fANKAII. i An itinerant preached thus describes the *• rough trip he had in preadhlrg to the boys. I talkfd of Sin: and they listened in awe As I told of it# cause and governing law In moat effective manner; And one from out the gathered throng Cried out in pathos deep and^strong; "That's whatftiie matter with Hannah 1 ' I looked around for the troubled dame And called her out by her given name, (For I did not know the other,) And said with a sigh which the crowd could hear.- | "Woman ca l;d Hannah, if thou art near, I Approach thy Christian brother." i My hearers laughed at my earnest cry, „J«ML'.Jj£t a shanty over his eye!" Cried some in mocking fashion, But I paid no heed to the scoffing few— "Hannah, my sister, I call for you ! In love—not wrath nor passion. | 'SCorne, then, to the altar, oh, child of Woe!', | Then sp'yke another: "Not, any for Joe!" j I wondered at him slightiy, And eaid; ''Oh, Joseph! the flesh is weak It mattes ine tremble to hear you speak Ot holy things so lightly." Then up from the heathen came a cry Of "Bu.ly, old, fellow 1" "How's that for h gh?" It fairly nade me shiver; And I trembled in heart, as well as in limb As they fiendishly screamed: ''Put a head on him, Jim, „And pitch him into the river! But I stood my ground, and commenced to tell * K Of terrible fires in a terrible hell That would burn them up forever, If they lived for the world Said a man of pelf: { "Oh golly ! you know how it is yourself!" To this I answered, "Never!'" And started for home, as they would not yield And I had neither sword nor shield That might defend my banner; And to-day I sigh for the slough of sin Wlflch one poor woman ia working in, Whose given name is Hannah 1 TOBACCO, It is affirmed by a statistician, 01 whose competency thus to affirm we know nothing, that ot the 1,200,000,000 iiihabitantaiits of the globe more than 1 ,0b0,000,000 use tobacco in one sl.ape or another.—Except, theWahabces, the Latter Day Adventists, and the de ciplos ef The late Mr. Trask, it is diffi cult to remember any sect, as it is quite impossible to recall any nation or peo. pie among whum its use does iiot iu a greater or less degree prevail. It certain ty seems to supply a human need or alleviate a human craving which is un. ive'rsal, bounded by no lines ot latitude por circumscribed by conditnus ol climate. The Esquimaux living under the arctic Berealis, likes his pipe as well as the naked Papuanor the Ama zonian Tupiuamba, black, eueil with theequitorial sun; the hi.dweller a» well as the inhabitant of the plains; the oily Jack-tar breasting all seas and sliding through the zones like a water bird, as well as the subterranean toiler in the mine, OB wiiose labor the sunbeam does not beat whose girdling iron walls arc only a larger grave forlorn as the lesser and later eue but lor the fund ot solace in his cheek or the black dhuu deen in his jaws. In fact It may be said that with the exceptiou ot some women and children in the United States and Europe, the entire human race are addicted to this habit, and it is therefore of first consequence that a staple in such 1 universal use should not bt tampered with as if it were only bread or beer, or wiue, or oil, or other commodity whose use is comparatively restricted and local.—Our reporters, however, inform us that a fellow-citizen or two have embarked in the busftiess of racking th e worce api«ear 'the better tobacco: in other words, they take the reiuseotthis world-embracing staple and patting it through certain chemical and thermal processes bring it out in a shape calcu- lated to impose on old tobaceo-worm 8 as a first-class article. These ingenious fellow-citizens declare that the weed is decidedly improved by these immer sions and manipulations; that they e npply to it refinements of taste and flavor which nature intended to impart, bat in some way tailed in his intention. —For the sake ot the smokers who smoke, aud the chewers who chew and the snuffers who si:uff these products we hope that this is true, though we should be not surpriesd if tliey had extolled their new-fangled rraft some what and assumed for their improved tobacc » a virtue which, the conservative conneisseur wonld deny to it. Trying to do business without adver. fining is like winking at a pretty gir • in the dark; you know what you are doing, but nobody else does. GRAILIM, N. C„ TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1876.. TUB OKACOKCB IINSI.VG. SUM OOL. 'I am going out to see if I can »HI- a singing-school,' said Hie good man, as lie stood buttoning up his overcoat and ■miffing up his ears oue bitter cold night last winter. *® 'A tiiiging-sehooM'said his wife; 'how will you do that?' *1 have hoard of a widow' around the corner a blocker two who is in suffer ing i.-ircuinstaniiea. She has fite'little children, and {woof thfcui down siek, and has neither lire nor food. So Ben nic Hope, the office-boy, .tells me. ] ihought I would juststep around and' look into the case.' * 'Go by all means., said his wife, 'and lose no time. If they are iu such need we can relieve them some. But I can't see what all this has to do with starting a singing-school!. But never mind, yon need not stop to tell me now; go Quick ly, and do all you can for the poor wc rnan.' Out into the piercing cold of the win. tiy night went the husband, while the wife turned to the fireside and her sleep ing babes, who, ia their warm cribs* with the glow of health U|»on their cheeks, (hewed that they knew nothing of cola or pinching want. With a thank ful spirit she thought ef her blessings as she'sat down to her little pile of mend ing. Yerv busily and quietly she work ed, puzzling all the time over what her husband could have meant by starting a singing-school. A singing-school and the widow I How queer I What possible connection could they have? At last she grew tired of the puzzling thought and said to herself: 4 won't bother myself thinking about it any merc. He will tell me all about it wben he comes home. I only hops wo may be able to help the widow and make her poor heart sing for Joy.' There! she exclaimed, 'can that be what be meant? The widow's heart singing for joy! Wouldn't that be a singing school? It must be; it is just like Joh n luuny that I should find it out I'— and she laughed merrily at her lucky gue*s. Taking up her work again she stitched away with a happy smile on her face as she thought over aguin her husband's words rnd followed him in imagination in his kind ministrations. By and by two shining tears dropped down, tears of pure joy, drawn from the deep wells of her love for her hus band, ol whom she thought she never felt so fond before. At the first sound of footsteps she sprang to open the door. 'O, John, did you start the singing school ?' > 'I reckon I did,' (aid the husband; as soon as he could loose his wrap pings; 'bat I want hunt up some flannels and things to help keep it up.' 'Oh, yes! I will; I know new what vou mean; I have thought it all oat. Making the widow's heart sing for joy is your singing-school. What a pre cious work, John! 'Pure religion and undefiled is to visit the fartherless and widow in their afflctions.' My own heart has been singing lor joy all the evening because of your work, and I do not mean to let you do it a lone. I want to draw oat some of this wonder ful music.' There are many heart* which woald be the better if there coald be singing schools started in'them. Let'* you and Ido all wo can. Perhaps othei s may catch the key-note and help to swell the song nntit many a widow's heart shall ; be comforted aud the fatherless be led.—- Advocate and Guardian. Says the brooklyn - Argus: Tbey sat upon an inverted wa*h-tub (directly under a window) dreaming wild dreams of lore. With her great atarry eye* upturned to bis, abe softly whis pered. "Will you alwayslove me. Warreur and Warren murmured back: •- "Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And—" Then he aprang to his feet in a wild panic, and macfe frenzied efforts to get hia face through a coating of something that seemed to have fallen from the clouds. Cleaning his eyes he shot one quick glance of hatred op to the win. dow, nude a bolt tor 4be back gale and disappeared Iroiu the startled girl's side. Old gentleman up stairs, turning to his wife, rema-ks: "There, Matiudy. I bet 9500 I've knocked that blame 6owl ot hot starch out of the window, and upsot the Whole on't." The desolate maiden has no lover no* , but goes around with an unquiet glare in her downcast eyes. NORTH ( AROIiINA—HKR RBPRE. MENTATIVES. [Says the Charlotte Observer.] We copy from Zieglers Democratic Herald, a newspaper published at But ler, Pa, the lollowibg high encomium upon our North Carolina delegation in Congress, it is a just tribute to their j characters a* pure patriots ai d high toned geutlemeu. No &ta*e bo thinks can boast of a bettor or more honorable delegation. North Carolina has always been backward in praising the labors and services of her statesmen," She has been asleep to their deserts and merit*, and haa justly received the- appellation ot the Rip Van Winkle of the South. It is time she Bhoul.t awake from her letli rgy and indifference and shew to the world her n alive talent and trut worth. It is refreshing for us to »cc an article from another State that docs jus tice to North Carolina, she uever did have it and never will lyitil she demands ifts a right. " While we were at Washington City we came in frequent contact with the North Carolina delegation fit Congress. In these days of general demoralization and fr man, It was a pleasure to know that the old North Stale still maintains her reputation of selecting her best men to represent her in Congress, and that the corrupt at mosphere of Washington has no inSti ence to swarv* them flninthe strict line of duty or induce them to do ought but what is dedicated by the plainest prin ciples of honesty and iutegrity. While there are jnany Congressmen whom wo know, no better than they onght to be, and not as good by any means at they should be, it is a satisfaction to record that such gentlemen, as Gen. liansom, Messrs. Yeates, Waddell,Davit. Scales Ashe, Rbbbins and Vance, can be relied on at all times, and wlio disdain to stoop to tne paltry tricks of the dishon orable politician to accomplish an ond however just and right. We know there has been a studied effort in the North to prejudice the minds of Jhe people against the Bouth, and probably the imprudence of some southern peoplo has given cause to make such prejudice effective. But there are political lepers in the South as well as in the North. Those who tailed in the North to answer the call ot the countrv, except in the capacity of quarter masters, contractors and jobbers, would even now flaunt the 'bloody shirt' in the faces of the decent people, while in the Bou*h those who pursued the same courso hope by de nouncing the North, to obtain public favors. The classes are the tame and they differ only at to locality. Tha North Carolina delegation it composed of gentlemen, who having fought boldly and bravely for what they considered right, now accept the situa tiou and est end the right hand of friend ship to all northern people with whom they come in contact. This it a it thonld be, and we take pride in being able to make favorable mention of them in the columns of ont paper." TSSK BAPTUTS, Wkal iheCkartk fiMag la Ncrtk C«r- Two hundred and fifty delegates, attended the recent State Convention of the Baptist church in Shelby; live boards constitute the working machin ery of the chnrch. The Boards of State and Foreign Munious are located in Raleigh, tne Ministerial Educatiou Board at Wake Forest College, the Sun day School Board at Charlotte and the Church Extension Board at Wilming ton. ' •The amount of money contributed dating the past year: To the State Missions by the State Board and Dis trict Associations, $7,000; to Ministerial Education, 91,000, to Foreign Missions $2,600. to Sunday Schools, about $3,000; to Indian Missons, $1,480; or a total of some $12,050. There are at present six students for the ministry at the Greenville (8. C.) Theological Seminary, and twenty six at Wake Forest College. About 6,000 souls were added to tbe churches iu the State during the year just' closed. 'lbo Bev. F. M. Jordan, General' Evangelist, reported 691 persons as having professed religion nnder bis ministry during the part two years. The next meeting of the conve«*tion will be held in Raleigh in November 1876. " Will this pipe smoke free T aaked a gentleman who was purchasing a pipe. "Of course it will, if you can get your tobaeoo for nothing," was the reply. From the American Farmer. • CI.OVUK AND PI.ASTKK FBBTIt c You wish farmers to write for your ■ paper, getting along it: years, I will 1 write some thiugs ef the past as well 1 aa the present. In my youth clover and plaster was introduced—first ex perimentally, and then pretty generally. There were hoany sceptical ol the bene fits set forth in their favor. Nothing of the kind bad hitherto been'used aud rumor said that formerly the farmer* neglected to make Use of any kind of manure, aa the recently-cleared forests were very rich. At first, when clover and plaster were Introduced, it was with caution, either in lots, or it in fields, they would skip over a land and not sow the plaster, aud it was found that the clover with plaster was so much better than the clover alone, that it came into general use. It was siwn on wheat wiili very good effect, in fact it became applicable to all kinds of grain and grasses. For cum it was dropped J on the hill or mixed with ashes and so used. 1 know lectlous of country where piaster is still used profusely and with success, but like other things there are two kinds, good and Indiffer ent. Chemists say that plaster fixes the ammonia which is drawn up by the clover from the earth, as well as retaius the moisture from the atmosphere. It is unnecessary to tell the farmers of the use of clover for hay and pasture, and the profit of cattle and sheep when judiciously blended with agriculture. Of manures generally, the morn we make aud use the greater the gain. In fact the use of manure with phosphates adds to production. Of late many 1 complain of the effects of commercial fertilizer* as not being as valuable as formerly and talk of discontinuing their use. Perhaps there are some swindlers among tlto dealers of them, but it U hardly fair to condemn all on that account. Jtopev might be con demned because lliere are counterfeits but we cannot do well wit6out It. lam pretty sure we need good fertilizer*, good crops, and more money. The surest aids to thein is industry, economy ; and management, bo much in compli- auce with your wilbes for the farmers •to wiite for your paper. a Jefferson Co., West Virginia. Hliiiova KriOHTO! ARK—A nov {From the San Jote (Cal) Patriot. Last evening « robust and gcnlleinan ly-lookiug stranger arrived at the New Yonj Exchange. JIN life has been an eventfal one, including many passages at Amis with border radians, bis busi- 1 ness for uuuy years boing that of a thief taker. Previous to entering the Exchange he took o couple of drinks. Soon after seating himself near the s ore he dropped off into a troubled sleep. One by one the goests retired, and yet ho slumbered. It boing nearly mid night, the watchman of the hotel con cluded to awaken the sleeper and show him np to his room, tile stole to the stranger's side, graspod him by the shoulder, and announced that U was time to go to bed. In * moment the slnmberer awoke and boanded upon him, with the exclamation: "I will run this ranch!" Fortnuatelv. Officer Ferrington entered at that instant, and Joined in the struggle, which for som 0 minutes was terrific. They bad great difficulty in preventing the >tranger from securing a pistol which was iu his belt. Ferrington fiualy got a cbstace to sound bis whistle, bringing officer Pritebard to the scene. About this time a change came over the stranger, and looking up, ho ex.htimed, as if pnczled: "Is it possible that lam dronkor dreaming? Where am I?" Then seetniag to take it all in at a glance, he asked if those around him were officer*. Being answered in the affirmative, he accompanied them with out further resistance. Upon arriving at the City Hall he gave a brief synopsis of bis life, and said that at the time he was clapped on the aboulder by the watchman of the hotel be waa in the midst of a terrible nightmare, in which be fancied himself surrounded and at-' tacked iu a Kansas bar room; that be was not really awake until after the second policeman arrived. All bands were satisfied with tbe truth of the story and congratulated themselves that tbe consequences were not more 1 serious. " Bridget, I told you to let me have ' my hot water early in the morning." ■ c Sure replied Bridget, ' and didn't I " bring it up and lave it at the door last night, so aa to be in time, sir.' NO. 50. "Go. AND COMK." —"If you want ' business done,"' MVS the proverb, "go mid do it! An indolent gentleiiian had • a freehold estate, producing about five huudrod a year. Becoming involved in debt, he sold half the estate, and let the lcmainder toan industrious farmer for twenty years. About the end of the term, the farmer called to pay hi* rent,, and asked the owner if_he would sell the fni m. " Will you buy it?" asked the owner* surprised. "Yes, provided we ean agiee upon the terms." "That is exceedingly strange," ob served the gentleman, "Pray tell IM bow it happens that I could not live upon twice as much laud, for which I paid no. rent, yon are regurlarlv paying me two hundred a year, and are able in a few years to buy Ht* "The reason is plain," was the reply. "Yo,n#at still and said Go I I got up and said COMK I You lay in bed iind en- Joyed your estate; I rose in the morn ing and minded my business." „ : :"7T~T WHAT WAS LKFT.—A school commit tee not a thousand miles from the city were examiuinga class in a preparatory school. One of the members under took to sharpen up their wils by pro pounding the following question. "If I had a mince-pie and should give two- twelfths to John, two-twelfths to Isaac,two-twelfths to Henry, and should keep half the pie myself, what would ther* be left ?" There was a profound stndy among the boys, but finally one lad held up bis hand as a signal that he was roady to answer. "Well, sir, what woald Lhet* be left? Speak up loud so that all cau hear," said the committeeman. "The plate!" shouted the hopeful fel low. The com rait teaman turned red In the face, while the other members reared aloud. The boy was excused from an swering any more questions. Loving Wife—Husband, dear, don't forget to send the dressmaker around so that I caa have my drew finished before Sunday sure." Husband—"Now Sarah there is no fret about that dress; gucw the henveus wont fall if it is not done this week." Wife—"John! you know that next Sunday is communion and I have not a single drew but that I have worn to communion at leasfc twice. They'll all no me by the clothea I wear before a great while." ■' ( Oh I Lord! Thou knowest,' prayed a Connecticut deacon in the church meeting,' that I am afflicted with % most Impious and depraved son. Thou knowest that on the last Sabbath day he waa seen walking down the principal street in the village, with his hands in his pockets, whistling the following ungodly tune'—And the congregation were astonished to hear * Yankee Doo dle* flow melodiously from the deaconV pursed-up-lips. The bureau of statistic* of the Detroit Free Press estimates that 'there have been but 128,360 newspaper slt.ra at pull-back dresses, up to date.' These figures are large, aud It is no wonder they inspired the poet to the utterance of these burning words: Oh, let poor woman's clothes alone; Thej'ie none of your concern; Bhe never makes no fun of your'n, , Then, why poise fun. at hern? %' Zcchariah,' Mid Mrs. 'what swell is that?' 'Cloves.' 'But that other smell'? 'Allspice.' 'Bat isn't tlieie another?' ' 1 C«—apples.' And just one more?' 'Cider my dear. 'Well Zachariah,' said she, -if you'd only drink a little brandy now you'd make a good mince pie.' The Minnesota Legislature yesterday made a formal declaration of the adopt' ion of various constitutional amend* meats, among them one giving women the right to exercise the suffrage upon all questions relating to public school affairs, and making them eligible for school offices, ' The excuse of the third man,' said Mr. Moody illustrating the parable of the guests who were backward in com ing forward, 'was more absurd than any —*l have married a wife, and there* for* I cannot come.* Now, why didn't he take his wife along with him.' What is better for being in many pieces? A band of mask.