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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER VOL. 1. THE GLEANER. ITJBLIS UJKD WEEKLY BY ?,ABEZB A JOHNSON, Grab mm, N. 0« RATES.OF SUBSCRIPTION, Postage Paidi Oil® -nittimtt 09 •* Mon*t. CI«*»! Clubs!! j 6 copies to on •P. 0.1 year.... 00 " « mqnth5........ 660 ' * 10 " " " * 1 year 16 00 m 10 « « m « | months fOO -a jo " * " "1 28 00 "" 20 " " " " • months.— 10 0> ! Ifo departure from I\t cath tyutm. RATIOS «F AtoV*kfISIMG» Transient advertisem* Mis payable in advance; advertisement* quarter) f io advance. " f 1 mo. TmoT 3 mo. 0 mo. IS nso. I square litt 'VttO $460»720 « 10 80 ' « » 880 640 720 16 80 1«M 8 « 640 790 •00 18 20 22 80 4 - 6 80' #OO 10 80 18 00 27 00 « " 720 18 60 10 20 22 60 82 40 U column 10 20 16 20 18 00 2TOO 46 00 , *2 « I 8 60 18 00 27 00 46 00 72 00 1 " 18 00 81 60 450u 72 0W 12600 j Transient advertisem tents 91 per square for the first, ; aad 80 cents for each s abseqoent Insertion. Advertisements not apecMed as to time, published swtil ordered oat, and • sharped accordingly. All advsrtisoments o tnaldered due from first Inssrl tion. • One Inch to constitnb > a square. a- ■ ■ —'" ADVER TiSEMENTS, J.ITGULLEYr RETAILKK AM % JOBBER OV Dry-Good s. Clothing NOT 'IONN. BUR TS 1. IAND-MADE , Boots & Gaiters HATS Altß C« .PS, TKCNKB.WR ITS COOD*, 4rC.; Ac. South Cor. XayeUeeiUe and Exchange Place RALEIG 3. N. C. Graham, N. C. PBALRRS IN Dry-Got >ds, Groceries, Hardware, INKO.Y, ,AI-T, MOI-AMB oir.s. DVB-SI .TPPU. »RC«», AIEDICin US, LARD. BACON , JbC.. AC- Term* Cash or Barter, feb 16-2 m New Dru tg Store. DR. J. S. . MURPHY Respectfully notifies the > public that he has opened, a complete and . well filled DRUG STIiOE at company L^hops, where anything: kept In a \ fell ordered Drug Store may be found. The physicians of the cou oty and the public ceuerally, are invited to pa tronize this new enterprise." An experienced t irusrglst—a regu lar graduate in pharmacy, is ii * charge, so that physicians and the public maj*" rest assured Chat all preselptions and orders will be cor rectly and carefully filled. Prices as reasonable as can be afforded, feb lfl-3m - g C ROBERT SON, DKAI.EB IX Grave Stones V. ' ANI»-» ■ . _ Y » MONUMENTS, GREENSBORO N. C. Pumps! Pumps!! THOMAS S. °ROI lERTSON, V• ' I 4 >?, „ \ . • Company Shops, N. C., ■ nMmafacturtng and scllii !g the btJt and CHEAPEST PiraiPH ever offcre4 to the people of tl tia State. These pumps are as durable as wood* :n pumps can be made- They arc easv as any onts wanting ■water could wish. They are sold as cheap as a»ny one who proposes to buy could ask. Cuiiijw delivered anywhere on short notice. lEacli pump warranted. The manufacturer Tefers to every pump of ti* in use. Not one* lias ever failed. feb 23-ly p R HARDEN & BROTHER, Graham, ST. C.. V are receiving their FALL STOCK of # ' Dry-Goods Groceries, ■ABDIV ABB, Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,' Dye-Stuf Clothing; Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Baktcn. Tskices, Cifpin, Teas, KEROSENE OIL, CROCKERY, Earthenware, Glassware, Coffees, Spice Grain, Flour, Farming Implements. ! I I'UBTBV. 1 JlillKMlD.Htt. V I'alK no! fcan't tell 4har lie lives, lie den't five ydu ace; L. 1 always, he's got the habit »\>f livlu' llKe you «nil me. W! \>ar have yon been for the last year, '1 lh.it you hav'nt beard folks toll Ho !r Jimmy BluWpassed in hlB checks, Tic night of the Prairie Bell? Hey fcrcu't'no aaint—them engine r» •. Ia alli pretty much alike— Oue '■wife in Natchez under-the-Hlll, Ai danothcr one hero, In Pike. A werless man in bin talk was Jim. Ai da* awkward man iu a row, But 1 te never flunked, and he nevsr Had— I ri ckon he never knowed how. ■ I Apd tMLi was all the religion he had— To ti tat his engine well; Never 3o passed on the rirer; To n rind the pilot's bell; And if liver. he prairie Bell took Are, A the jusand times he swore, He'd iirjld her nozzle agin the bank Till th *last soul got ashore. % All boats (has /lftir day on the Mlßglsslp, And b" jr day come at last: The Movijirftcr was a better Ijoat, But the Bolle, she would (be passed; And so' , ahu cotne tearin' along that night— The old. vt craft on the line— With a nlk'irer mfiat on her safeiy-valvo, And her \furnace crammed witfc rosin and • piue. .i. ' • ' * The fire bu fit out as she cleared the bv> And burnt a hole in tho night, And quick t «,a flash she turned, and made For that tv iller-bank on the right. There was running and cursing, but Jim yell cd ont, t ! Over all the infernal roar! 'Til hold her noazlc agin the bank Tilt the last galloot'a ashore!" * Through tho hot,black, breath of the bnrntn' boat, Jim Bludso'a voice was heard, , And they all had trust io his cussedness, And kno'wad he wonld keep his word. And, sure's yau're .born, thay all got off Afore the smoke rtacks fell— And Bludso's ghost went up alone In the smoke of the Prairie Belt. ••• He weren't no saint—hut at Judgment * I'd run my chano: with Jim, • ot some pious gentfemen That wouldn't'sht ok hands with bim. He seen his duty, a dead sure tiling, . And went for it thar and then; And Christ ain't i Kofh' to be too hard On a man that died for meu. A BI)OUKI,VN M.U'S TBRRIBI.R DKA'I'II AVTRB .BKINfi BITTEN ON THR NONR BV A CAT. [New York Son. 11th.] Hugh Murray, of Baltic Rtreet, ilsar Albany Avenue, JJrooklyiK tried to drive 9 cat off from a beam iMbe moaths ago, and the animal jumping on fait shoulder, bit "him on the aoae. The wound was flight, and Mqrrav thought nothing q|ore.of it. On Thursday last he felt an acute pain in his ®o«e, and that night he was taken with headache and languor. He- rescrid work* however, 011 Friday, but on Saturday he had difficulty in breathing and in swallowing. In the afternoon he was compelled to go to bed and he began to have spasms. Dr. Sullivan of Tomkins avenue asked him to drink some water. In trving to do so Murray's throat con tracted violently, as did in a measure all the muscles ot the body. Yet he had no positive dread of water. As soon as the spasms were over he felt as well as ever, save that he had some soreness in his head. On Sunday morn ing Murray was much w®rse, and Dr. Sullivan summoned Dr.- Pilchor. Sed atives were given, but without effect, and in the afternoon Murray began to struggle violently, his agony being terrible. He frothed at the menlh, and whenever he tried to swallow it chocked him and threw him into convulsions- He was not afraid of any fluid, bul be could not swallow it. In his delirium he they were going to cut hisiiose off. He died at midnight of exhaustion. To MOTHKRS-IN-LAW. —Mind how you Wow a hurricane around the house about "my son" or "my daughter," and " how you used to dothis or that,'' and mind how you call a fellow's wife lazy or stuck up, and don't go to breaking up the dishes and kicking over the dinner table, simply because you saw your son kiss his wife when he used to kiss you that way in fact be quiet; keep very cool; and hold your tongue as well as you can —for see here; A gentleman was only fined one penny a»d costs in Wake Superior Court yesterday for administering to his mother-in-law the gentefleet thrash iOS reat * There now. .ff jtifi ' Raleigh News. A Jf*'-*" nmjjr i iJi , ;.v (tRAII \.M, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1876. ■■ - . . Jim'.,. . .i, . .. A D.4RKKVM DOIBI.E. A i:N« f* hireling af ■ Kracnrkinn wh« hod a •'l"c«»ihl»" Timor/, [fr 1 rom the Virginia City Entfcrprimj.] Tlie bootblack on the corner-stand on C. street was looking for a customer. He-ivms as black as the ace of spades, and a* he Carelessly dusled cfl' His stand j with tbe stump of R corn brnsb, he occassional))- paused and "rolled his eyes hungrily up arid down the streets. Prssentl) a tail, raw-boned, middle aged man, with a considerable length of atutpe, and Ijpt a little breadth of bat rim, stopped and glanced at the with seme show of interest. "Have a shine,'boss?)' said the owner of the staud, giving his chair a paring slap with his brush. '"Shine 'em up in half minit, salt. You'll jist have to glance oyer de morning papers." Without deigning an Answer, tho lank chap climbed into the Mat before him. "Whar ver a-rollin' them pants to?" was tho first remark after the proprie tor of the stand began tj operate. "All right now, boss. We mustn't muss '•in, you see. It's all feasible now, sahv" ■ ' % W : * i "Walt, proceed to business." "I's a-inovin', boss; I's a-movin', sah." ( "Wall, sec that you keep a-niovin'." "De people of de Souf," said the bootblack, cocking, a cunning tye upon lys customer; "de people of de Souf (another look of the eye) tnost alias gives us pore cullud boys any little feasible job dey's got. ''Jfon thiuk I'm from the South?" *>F» fromda Souf myself, sah." 1 "Likely. - "I's from de Souf, sah—from* old Kniniuck' sah." a£ # j * "Indeedl" boss. I'se from Lex'nton, Kaintuck, sah," sending awuy, with an o)d caseknife, at the mud from ou the soles of his easterner's boots:, "I'm from Kentucky myself and flwa Lexington," said" the inan, beginning to look interested. "So you're Ihun Lex ibgten, eh?" "Je®», so, boss. Practically I was boni'dar, sah." "Like yon, I was born thar." •'Nico old town, bo»s." "Very." "I goflj;, boss, ef I did'nt think from de ftist dat I saw in yon de rale old Kentucky gentleman. You've got a good deal of de cnt of some o'dem law and mid'eine students dat ased to be about de ole Transylvany. 'Varsity; but you's aged a little boss—aged a le-etle grain more dan was de boys in dem days." "I've often sec* ths old Universi ty." "It was a fine old town too. De main street was more than a mile long; dar war beautiful trees 'long de street) and the orphan 'svlum, an' de baggin factory, da wire works, an' 'de—" t " The lunatic asylum." "Yes, boss; shore 'nufT, dar wus de hiuatic 'sylum." "And the river." "An'de ribber; I golly, dat fust big bend in Town Fork of de Eikhorn, up 'bove de city—practically dat was a mighty feasible proposition for eat flsb." "Atnazie'." ■■■■ - ; y ■ --—- "I say, boss, practically, you never happened to know a cullud boy named Columbus Parsons, as lived out on the road to-ards whar ole Ilary Clay was horned—out to-ards Ashland—did yer. sahi"' I* _ "I knowed a colored bov named Col umbus Parsons that rode ole Wood" pecker against Ploughboy down at the Blue grass course aud won the puss." "Do Lord love us! Was you dar? De great hokey! Practically, lam dat same Columbus Parsons what rode ole Woodpecker an' won de puss down dar to Blue Grass!'* • "The Columbus Parsons I knowed used to be a great fiddler; played for all tbe balls and parties for miles around." "Dat was mc, sah. I was de boy t Now you's beginnin' to know tne." "The Columbus Parsons 1 used to know was a great singer—was lightnin' at all the nigger camp-meetings." "Dat was me, boss. I'm idtntically and practically dat same Columbus Par sons I You's got de most feasible mem 7 - ry I ever saw, sah." "The Columbus Parsons 1 knowed went down to Frankfort and ran on the river as stewart of tbe 801 l Wag ner." £> "Yah, yah, you knows me—you knows roe, bos*! You knows me like a brudder, mh! In dem days did'nt I put on ds apparel? Was'nt I attired? Ikacticalljr, sah, you's got «te most feasible mom'ry 1 ever saw 1" "The Columbus Parsons that I know ed, the Columbus Pardons that rode old Woodpecker, the Columbus Parsons that used to sing at camp-meetings, the Columbus Parsons that was steward on the Bell Wagner, that Columbns Parsons busted open tbe trunk of a paiscuger; stole a thousand dollars, and was sent to the Si fttc prison at Prank fort for live years." * ".Practically, t>o*s, you's got a peWer ftil memory,buSdar r was anoder Col umbus Parsons down dai.'bout Lexing ton ifi id Frankfort—partio'larly South Frankfort, 'cross de* chain bridge—dat was a boss rider, a fiddler, a singer and a steamboaier, an' he was a low-flung, harum-scarum, no-account feller, I guess he monk a bin de Columbns Par sons what you knowed, sah." "You thlnkSe?" "Sartin, snrei boss; but don't say nufflii 'bo*t de ieller heah. You see> practically, it liout injure my good mune, sah." 0 -t-r: » MLTHODIKF CIHTIHRIAII. ttrnad Jubilaiary Ham Mrelias M k« « hria ia Bat«i|b. A hundred years ago, tho 21st dajr of March, the advance-guard of Methodism planted its first banner on North Caro lina soil, and the Centennial,anniversary momentous event in the religious history of our state is to be theocca»ion ota grand celebration. It will be a matter of national interest to ons of the most powerful ecclesiastical organiza tions iu the new world. Suh au as semblage never was witnessed in lial eigli, as will master around our capi tal then. From near and from tar, the hard-j-iding cavalry of Zion, the engiu. eer c*rps, the sSfipers and miners, who prepare the Way of the Low! and make straight Ms paths, through trackless wilderness* and desolate solitudes, w ill gather tor i grand, glorfbus. -season *of jabilafloa'-over "the triumphs and prog ress ot a century. The J, a teeble half dozen raw recruits; now, * mighty resistless host of 80,000 sodiers ot tho Cross, within our borders. Well may they celebrate. Tbe Chris tup Advo cate. a worthy organ of iheir growing casta, in its issae ot to-day, publishes this circular letter from tbe committee of arrangements: The committee aro at work arrang ing programme and iuvitiug. speakers- These will be publisbai in doe time. Wo- have just received a letter from .Bishop H. Nr McTyeire, D. D., In an swer to au invitation from the commit tee of arrangements. W-e take tho lib erty of publishing an extmet from his letter. Tbe Bishop says: "I rejoice that you are all in earnest, and that North Carolina Methodists intend to have a Centennial. Your programme seems to be well ''"tawn and compre hensive. It will give me great pleasure gf. 'j - : ~*th yon and the brethren in March. Put me down for what I can do. It seems that you have done that already. Let the religious services be emphasized in the performance as in the bill." .* . Will the committee appointed by .tha last conference, to wit: Rev. I)r. Close, Hev. It. O. Burton and Rev. Dr. Wilson hutry up their appeal to the Me'hodists of North Carolina iu reference to this centennial celebration? Lot U6 hear from you at once. Oh. for a grand rally of North Caro lina Mctlio.Jl .ls from the Atlantic t> the Tennessee line. J. P. MOOBK, L. S. BLKKIIKAD, J. W. IFOIJHIT. • W. J. YOOKO. •W. J. W. CKOWOEB, , Committee. A gentleman named Wall, residing at Phoenixville has several very flue canary birds which be bas given much attention.. One of tbe birde he has tasgbt to sing "Home Sweet Home." clearly aud distinctly, llis mode of instruction is as follows: He placed tbe cauary in a room where it coahi not hear the siuging of other birds, suspend ed Iu csgo from tbo coiling, so that tbe bird would see its reflection in the mirror. Beneath the glass he placed a musical box that WW regulated to play &o other tane but" Home Sweet Home." Hearing no other sounds but this, and beleiving tne music proceeded from tho bird it saw iu tbo mirror, the yoang canary soon began to catch the notes aud Anally accomplished what its own er bad beeu laboring to attain, thai ot singing tbe song perfectly. Mr. Wall has been offered and refused 920 for this yellow-throated soprano.—Bead ing Eay\e. A BEMABM TI.KIt PIECB, Old Mills, the optician at- Now Cas tle, sold a sun dial to Pitman, with the the assoranoe that it was quite a re- j liable time keeper.—Abont a fortnight! afterward, Pitman callod at the shop and said say Milts, that snn-dia! Is not worth a cent, It's ao good as a time-pie ce any way." "May be you bavn't got it fixed in a good place," said Mills. "Yes, I hava replied Pitman. "Bat I tall yon it wont work. There mast be something wrong aboat it." "No H's in perfect order," cnid Mills. Did you ever time Itvby your watch!" "Certainly I did. I'te 'stood ejose to it a hundred times exactly at the eveh i hours; and tbe thing has never stractk j the time once." "Merciful Moses!— Why, you didu't expect it to strike.the h?nrt, did yoa? Thunder! Why, it don.t strikQ, of course. It has no works iuside." "That's what.gets ma said Pitman. "If it aiut got no insides bow's it goiu' to rut T' "Mr. Pitman, where have you located tbat sun-dial/ In tlio garden?" (, Bo gracious Be! What do 1 want of a time-piece, in the garden? It's hung in tbe sittiis* room agin the wall." Then Mills explained it to him, and Pitman had siuce ex changed his sun-dial for a four dol lar clock.— Max Adt\cr. •'& 1 1 ' REINTS l iv A n«, I Agricnltnral writers ottengive what they term points by which to judge goojl horses or good cattle, but, although a raador of many lead iug fit rm papers I have never yet seen anything about tbe points in a good hog. It is importewt that we should bo able to recognize tr good hog when we see it, and therefore I make boldto ask yoa to farur us with a few rales governing in the case if there are. any established rules in that direction. . FARMER. Wayne Co., Miss. Landing writers on the pig are agfoed that the following points Indicate a good animal. 1. Head wide In front; ean erect and |«inta forward; chops roanded and wftll filled up to the brisket. .2. Shoulders, broad' and. shoulder blades well sloped backyards. 8. Rib* well rounded; bins wide and ' slightly arched. Hind quarter* but little sloped! 1 5. Hams rounded oatwards, well i let down and full towards the twist. 6. Chest wide, with elbows wsll out. 7. Fore-ribs wide underneath; flank well let d wn. straight and well filled. 8. Legs straight and in tho bona; j feet email and compact. 9. Hair, abundant, bright and oily. 10. Tail thick at base and rapidly taperi ng."MobU?B*gUttr. Recently an officer of Bt> Albans, Vt. having two insane persons to con vey to an asylum for the insane at Brat tleboro,' called one of the lunatics aside and asked his aid in keeping watcb o f hia companion during the journey and then did the same with the other. The two lunatics sat side by side, sileutly watching each other through the whole journey, and they have continually kept guard over each other in tbe asylum ever since. $ ♦ The colored citizens of Crystal Springs, Miaß., in a public meeting, have declar ed their intention to withdraw from politics, to cultivate friendly relation* i with the white race, to use all means to j put down crime, to endeavor to pro duce everything necessary for their | I own consumption at home, and to or. j [ ganize among themselves an association similar to tbat of the Pations of Hus bandry. In Mississippi there is still an exten. sive area of yet ungathervd, cotton most of whieb it is feared will be left to ruin in consequence of the mere lack . of hands required to do the picking.! Planters are willingly paying four or j five cents per pound for this work, which j would to industrious men be from three to five dollars per day. " " Talk about the extravagance in : dress of women!" cries Martha Jane, j exultingly ; "what do you say to Tweed's stx-millionj suit, I'd like A ; know ? He isn't a woman, I guesrr* When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, (Air temper; injeompany our tougues. The new Senator from lowa first won distinction by wearing a rod flannol shirt at a dinner party. NO. 51. | Hie largest Stat* Senates in the ! Union are those of North Carolina and Indiana—so members each. New i York has 32, Pennsylvania 33, Maasa ■ chusjtts, 10; California and lowa, 40; Georgia requires 44 Sepators» Virginia 42. Jn sixteen States the Senate num bers between 30 und 40 members ;,.in nine, betwen 20 and 30; in five, (Dele ware, New Ha mp.si re, Nevada, Nebras ka, Oregon) less than 20. The smallest Senate is that of Delegare—nine mem." hers against Little Bhody's 36. In the "popular branches, New Hampshire leads off with 341; Vermont ond Con necticut comes next with'24l a piece; then follow Massachusetts with 240, and Missouri with |2O In nine States the membership of the House is more than 100 and less than 200; in six it is the even* and symmetrical 100; in sev enteen itjs leai than 100. The small est House of all is Delsware's—2l. He was chilled to the bone, and only looked in at the saloon was warm and cheery, the hot water urn bubbled merrily, a grateful steam., curled off a hoi spiced rum that the barkeeper was about to offer as a liberation on his own private shrine. Then, faithful to bis vow, lie drew back in the outer dark kess, and as he did so au icy blast howl ed up the street and made the flags on the side-walk sniver. Ho said to him self: "Just one—it's so deuced cold to night," and entered the door. "Hel lo!" said the bar-keeper, ' where yon been? Hain't seen yon since No© Year's." And the warding angel shed a tear, and blotted out that oath forev- Frank Daggbtt in swsnming the edi torial control of the Enterprise at Hutchison, Minnetsoa, made the. fol lowing remarks, which are thought to be somewhat personal in their applica tions to his predecessors: "We hereby • most solemnly sweat (or affirm, as t}« CMS may be) not to attempt suicide * daring the time the Enterprise is in our control. Neither will we sbscond with anybody, man, woman or child, for the seme period. When a nan in Wisconsin, who *as running for the office of Lieutenant Governor, was ssked by a friend if be thought his experience was such is t# qualify him in the discharge of his of fice, he said he thought he^night to be —he had been Lieutenant Governor in his own fsmfly ever since he was mar ried. The Boston Ilernld has seen a man who saw two other men, who beard it said by the confidential clerk of e proin nent politician that Gen. Grant would not allow his friends to put hint in nom ination for e third tenr, and that he fa vored as his successor Minister Wash burn, with Cockling as his second choice. When a New Jersey fanner's wife puts the rat poison in the baking pow der bottle, and uses it to mix the biscuit for tea, and then makes a dying decla ration that she waa, thinking about her new shawl at the time, it is evident that store clothes are mighty scarce in New Jersey. Bishop Haven ought to be mace Sec retary of the Treasury daring the third term. He is a fine financier. He lately lectured for the ostensible benefit of a church at Kalamazoo, Michigan, for which he charged and pocketed, it is asserted, SSO, while the church failed to pay expenses from the enterprise. There waa a hard up man in town the other day trying to sell, as a valu able relic, a three-cent postage stamp which he declared was from one of Paul' letters to the Corinthians.—Courier- Journal. " * The shortest will on record reads : " San Francisco, October 25. All the property that I have belongs to my wife Ann Schrep. Witnesses,. Peter Kerne, Jon. Orths, T. B. Moorhrick." When-,a California woman defeated a lion ip a hand-to-hand combat the neighbors were greatly astonished, but her husband quietly remarked, 'Oh, I that's nothing. That woman could lick 1 the devil. i i^mi-ami
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