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rm 2 THE GLEANER, PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY >.'uir ■ ■ PARKER fe JOHNSON Orahaa, R. C. ! ' I liatei of Subscription. Pottaye Paul: One Year .........■ .*1.60 Six Months '... 75 Three Months...., .50 person sending us a club of ten subscribers w|tb the cash, entitles himself to 7 on* copy free.. lor the length 'of time for which the club is made up. Papers »eut to different otßces. 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We keep constaiifiy on hand a good aiort mentof LiitlMw ►*** i. ■ ' . ■ : FKREIH DRUGS AfW Cllß.ni> 1 i'ALM, • ; ..i« ;ni«f «*»« 4 t »:nitity ti. uil ' t ■ ■V T; different brauds of white Leal, a large Bt«>"U of WINDOW GLASS, which we are now selling for less uiouey thao they have ever been sold for iu this section, we will supply Tillage & country Merchants a better article than they buy North for the same money. Also we have a large stock of TRUSSES AND SUPPORTERS, together with a full and complete line of TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES. Come and see ua, inspect our stock and saiifsy yourself of the truth of trliat we say. The Se nior member of the Ann has resumed practice and can always be found at the Drug Store when not professionally engaged. K. W. GLENN. 4 SON.. In the Benbdw ftoiute, Or 'eeuftOVo, N. C J. P. GULLEY, RETAILEH i»D JOBBER OF Ery-Goods, Clething NOTIONS. % urn* '■ BUJIT'S HAXD*3TAI)IZ * Boots & Gaiters i ;i j «f* ;> ; 5 : ,/j y# J» i*.> . ■*{■? Pi ft Ji ■ '& ' ' * UJ » - 1 »■'*■* ■Afl AND C\P», UMIES, 'HHP ' * ■ • v i t .. • ;•> * ■ ', • ■ TKriVK9.WHITE COOBi, * »-•« *• *>Msf Mil Jy * r.ij-' ' ' it* *' 1 ' -'*>» ttfr-r 1 /h*. AC., Icc. Iff (;*•*&&?• «'i'ti '-ni •"» ' 1 y f 'if ' 'i t # South Cor. EayetteviUe St., and Exchange yum ... IT WON'T PAY! Yon know it wdnVpay to make vour pur chases from old stock, alread) picked over. Onr Mr. Gant has just returned from the North, where he personally selected and pur chased a large stock of r ■rr-OssAi, ©rtW*lw.tsf»Bfctrars, ■lellew-War*. Will.. r.Warc, ■sJUn, . together with a well assorted stock of tHWIM, arid tHc Btost complete libe oi 1 * ' r 'j*t6&tbNS ;,-• , . I 1 ver offered to the people of thia county. Boots and Shoes of every variety, including the best band made. We make a specialty of Koou and :=» Shoes, and we ask an' examination of our v Mock, look and judge for yourself- W« defy competition inprices or quality. We will sell you the beet calicoes, for 10 cent*. We cao sell jta a good suit clothes for *lO. We wieh, especially, to call your attention to the great decline, ia prices in the Northern market*. We boeght at these reduced prices Our customers en all have all the advantage of the good baiMta* we made. Highest prices paid lor alijklads of produevCowe to ne at 1 J. Q- OANT, * CO. . Company Shops, Nor. tud, 1875, ' nor.S-tf THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. , P«etrr. HOW MTTTK WK How little we know of each otbor, We puss hrongh the journey of Ufe, With its struggle, its fears and tempta tions, Its hcart-bjeaking cares an.i IU strife! We cap only see things on thesurfacc, For few people glory in sin, ; • • And an unruffled f«ce is no index .• . To the tumult which rages within. How little We knoW W>Bach other! -ri The man who to-day passes by I lilancrt with frtrttnifc atd hMior >IM ti- Ues, ~ And holding bla proud boad on Ah, May carry.a dreai secret Witt him '•'? Which makes his bosom a hell. And ha, sooner or tales, a felon, •». ' , i / May write in the prisoner's ceH. . _ a — j\ 1 How Ijttle we know of each other! i"tat woman of fashloii, wftd sneers ' I At (he poor girl betrayed and abandon ed, . .! i' t v it And left to her sighs and her tears, J/ May, ere the sun risps to-morrow, Have the mast rndely torn from her And sink from the height of her glory " To the dark shades of shame -and die ;! ,;&ace. M > ' i *■■'• '' How little we know of each other! Of ourselves too little we know! We we all weak >ben under temptation^ All subject to error and woe. Then let blessed charity rtfle us, Let ns pnt away envy and spite— '' For the skeleton grim in our closet May some day be brought to light. ~: ji TUK TIIMUAPB OF A MIGHT. The district school in the village of Hollvlhorn was taught by Miss Eva Stanlev, who "boarded around' is among the scholars, and was consid ered the paragon of teachers. Tliehst week previous to the holi' day Vacation she had been boarding with a Mrs. Cart enter, who was mak ing gigantic preparations for guests she expected from New York. "You never met my brothers, Eva," she saivh 7 *'' l here's Sam, and Gcorgie, and Johnny, the youngest; and such times as they have when they get out lieic aud rusticate, as they vpli U Jrßut, dear me, I don't get much rest or' |teace, for they are like a lot of boys let out of school, "The last time thev visited me to gether, Joliu aud Sain actually cut a pane of glass front the window, and pelted George from my best room with snow I "You see, there is always a regular strife tor that particular room, for the bed is a spring one, and they say they dou't sleep on any other in the city.- But they don't get it this time, that's certain, for I intend to give you that room; and so end the controversy.' "I had just as soon occupy s6inc other room, Mrs. Carpenter, and do not wish to incomnibde your broth ers." "No you shan't, Eva," peremtorily exclaimed ln:r hostess; "and what is the use of your going home vacation week? Y6uMar. stay here jtist as will as not, and jo yoyr se a ing ou m> machine." i The subject was dropped, and the entire household retired early, f r on the morrow the brothers, young,, ar dent, aud full of life, were to be there. But without sending any word' of thei. intention, they had concluded to lake the train which would land them iu H illvthorn about bedtime, George and Jotyif did so, and when seated in | the cars began to speculate upon the alMctice of Saui. reason in the world whv lie should not have beej here," said Ge -rge. "I can't make it out, nnl«*s he has ak u the five o'clock train by mistaWe."- ' , ,ll "Not a bit of it," laughed Joint, who fancied he understood theeiit'fc programme. "It U most likely be took that train on pnrpo»c to get |nu» Hannah's parlor bedruoui, aud make us lake up with straw ticks and fcafh-, era." ' . . •••'k] ♦•I rfldn't think of that, but I reckon yon are right. Wc laust contrive to get him out somehow." | The brothers put th'ir he ds to gether aud laughed merrily over some scheme lor outwitting Sa«, and ae. cordiugly, when the train readied Hoilythom, about eleven o'clock, they appr iachcd the hotlse of their sis er iu a very stealthy manner. Climbing the fence in the rear, tn£v softly opened the window and obtain b.l access to the pantry, where Miey demolished a whole tniuce pie uid a quantity ol- dongbiiuu>. Then, with appetites appeased, they removed their boot* and prepared to investigate tne "best mom," stole along the hall which was dimly lighted by Hie moon ascended the stairs, and reached tlie door. The faint rays of the moon disclosed a chair pilled up with cloth ing, aud they could distinctly trace the outlines of a form beura'h the beddoths. A few whispared words were exchanged, and »ben, as light . v as if shod with down, they drew "All reaily!" whispered George. Quick as thought they seized upon th#'torm ot the sleeper, bedclothes and air, bore it swiftly down the stairs and out into the snow, anl were GRAHAM, N. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1876. about t > deposit it into a huge drift) when a shrill screain broke the still ness of the night, and oh, horror! it was that of a womaul And in their consternation Ihey dropped . their burden plump into the middle of the drift. "Good heavens 1" exclaimed Gew ge, "it isn't Sam, but some women, as I am a sinter! and she hat fainted. Run and call Hannah." ... admirable presence of mind, "he lifted the limp form of Eva Stanley sutd carried it« into the house, But tljey lmd already been hi ard, and the in mates came rushing into the hall jus as he appeared. "George! John! for goodness sake >vhat dives this mean, and who have you there?" asked Mrs. Carpenter iu .■ . t "Messed if I know," began George; it.was Sam, so weconcluded to givij, hMP a douse iu the suow lor getting into the best bed and trying to euchrp ue./ Quick! I believe she has fainted." . sc Ided Hannah, as slifl /twisted in. depositing Eva Once more iu the bed from which, she had l»e n s;>, unceremoniously taken; "be ginning yqur tricks upju each other before you are fairly into the house. C|ear nut,,t*ow IT Loiig: before ah.e hard finished her tirade, her brothers had betaken tliem-' #elvje« d#wu,(*,iiirvwhere they .went ijito hi'sterics over. t»« j»ke.t-. » , "A pretty kettle of fish-!'f''wid Geotge, roiling over on the fl or, and peal after peal of langliter. "i should think U was," treplied 4oiiu, tiplding Ilia sides. 'Oh>n)j|> ltui wiiat is.to be doiu: about it; and who do jou suppose she is, Goot^je?" "Spinq guest of Han«ah'a, of coarse; aud/young and pretty, ,! at i tliaW j,, don't know how it is with you, 'but 1 particularly small and cheap— would sell myself at a very low price." , roared John, "cheap! I would actually give myself aw»i this blessed minute, and throw something ju ta boot. VVI tat are we to do? 1 say. 1 believe I shall dig out of this pla£e and get b tck to the city be lore mpruiug. I havn't got the cour age to face tlip music " „ lie began hastily patting on his boots, and would have carried hi* throat into execution, but for the appearance ol Haunah, who at once asserted her authority. ! V You are not goiuga single step. Johu,: I.dou't wonder you leel asham ed of yourselves. What ou earth pupsessod jiou is more than I can iell." , j / u "That's right, Han. pitch in, scold away, I'll take auv amount of talking just 00w.,. I tun as meek a* a lamb. But who is it we've played so shabby a tri«k on ?"• replied Geortre. "Trickl I should think it was. Why, it is Eva Stanley, our school teacher, aud this is her week to board '4iere. ! 'l don't believe the poor girl ♦vfll iter get over her fright. It is too bad; I shouldn't wo.ider if she had taken tier death, being dragged ont of a wi»rm bed this time of uigbt and ■dropped into a snow drift in that fashion. No wonder she cried, poor till. g." - "CHM, did she?*' repeated George with a groan. ' "I .-lllhilil think she di.l. I iust took her'iu niy arms aud let her have her erf iflwt, While I explained to her how she hap|iel«cd to be mistaken for Sam, j ami became the vTcilm of your tnad 'pWUikh." * " "Thntw'as neat In yon, riau.," said 'Georfco. "1 am alVttil glad you hug ged the poor little t .ing. Wish you hat given her a buotherlv squieeze for me—'pou oiy booed do." f "Jkad how oil earth do yon expect us to stay and take the consequences?" asktHi John, beginning to look seriou*. W aid tor taking myself ufi inatanter. I had rather iacc a masked battery 1 than tnis pretty school teacher, af ter making such fool* ofonrselvea." M don't care U you had," answered his sister' indignantly. "The viily way todo is tu stay and brava it out, botiiof you. and apo log We fur your rudeacaa." •' ' I -But ammt How the daace are we to get along with him? You know weHonougli, Han., we shall never hear the end of it from hiin." "if you two keep the secret, I'll fodtt way to silence Bridget, aud it is a subjoct Eva will not care to have discussed. aud fortuiuitely my husband i* away fh>ui home. So go to bed and rest contented." She showed them to the bed the bad Intended tliem to occnpy, aud the house was once more hushed iu clnmliac I sinmuer • Mean while t heir brother Sam bad rmqlted the Depot a few minutes too late, ire found the train be was to have taken already gone, but on con sulting a time table he found that an- other train Started two hours later, aud so decit/ed to take it. He figured to fclinaelf, as be impatiently crowded into 1 an empty seat, and was being whirled along at a rapid rate, bow snugly his brothers bad ensconced t ham salves in the bast bed, which by right belonged to him, he being tbe ablest; and consummated a plan to get even with them. Some time after midnight he was deposited in Hollythorn, and reach ing his sister's house lie scouted around until he foond a way of en trance iuto the kitchen, where hfc deposited his luggage aud removed his boot£. he qaietly stole up stair and opened the door ot tlie best room., "Sure enough," thought he, , "my fine chaps, you are in clover!" t For Abere were not to be mistaken „ signs of the room being occupl- I ed. To think ot copiug with their united , strength bv dragging thun forth was ( not practicable, t>ni tlie re stood the j pitcher of watur, and he knew that a good dousing with the icy flu:d would . bring them out quick enough. | lie lifted the pitcher, approached . the bed, raised it and«uddei|ly dashed , the contents upon tbe sleeper. , Such a torment qf screams as he had never betore heard rai'g through the house, and betore Sam coul.l collect | his scattered senses the door opened, aud Hannah* George* and Job* rush ed iu, clothed ju scant ly apparel— Hannah witli a frightened, lookon her and a lamp iu her hand, that re vea ed the entire scene., There sitting iubed, with her linir dripping a nierin»i4i(ili«f night dress (lelpged, hofjace colorless, and looKittg terror, was tbe young school mistress, and there v was Sam, with the empty pitcher iu hit bund, th e very mcture of ipibecility, staling arouifd like an idiot at tlje havoc he iiaiT Hannah, George and John instantly uliterstoqd the siiuation; and tli latter, a\ th?, command of their .-isier, dragged Sain a,way while she assisted thedrencJied aud terrified, girl to dry her clotiiing, aud then took her to her own roam »«>d bed, ex plaii ing, for the secoud time, the mishaps of the uight. "I'll keep you with me, now my poor child," said she. though with difficulty keeping back her laughter. { "Those b iys are uicclv come up with . at any rate; and it" it was'ut for your | being so terribly frightened, and tlie , way my best bed has been used , I wouldn't care. But you are sate , now." , , , 4 Ilannah kissed her charge, and j went down to see the boys, who as j in they were fairly shut in , the regions below, began to appreci- , ate the joke; and now that Sam was | as deep iu the mud aa they were in ( the mire, gave uo quarter. i : "I*ll be blamed if 1 know what it means," said Sam, looking in ( confusion at his brothers, who were | ! rolling and kicking in convulsions of ( ' laughter. "Means?" said George. his tides. "It means tliat you have j stolen like a tbeif into Miss Era , Stanley's bed chamber, who Is a j young lady teacher boarding here; , :md the thiukiifg it was your bum- t bUs servant aud Johny snug in bed ( | you attempted to drown us out auu | make a grand mi take. llow do you , like it, Sam?" "1 contest J see tbe point, but I can't sec the joke. It is a most out rageous shame." At this juncture Ilannah came iu and began raiing them souudiy there by letting out the whole story. It was Sam's turn to laugh. Mi«s Ev» w:uujt visible the next moruing, aud liaunah j I announced that she was sick with | a servcre cold. Haunah had her un- | ruly crew under her thumb for once , ■ in her life, stud had the satisfaction ot . of teeing them Wfiave with some dignity, Tliey appeared never to lorget that there was au invalid in the j house, aud went on tiptoe about.! Sam, who seemed to take (lie entire responsibilitly upon hit own sltoul ders, scut oft slyly to New York for choice trnit and flowers, which he ! induced his slaters to convey to the young lady with the most abject apol ogies aud regrets. In a eodple of daya Era was able to come tiown stairs. She wafe looking quite pale, but lo 'elv, and of coarse , divinely, ( when presented by Mr*, j Carpenter to the three brothers who | behaved quite well ooiithferinx the 1 the unpleasantness of tlidr situation, i But Sam, who had broken the ice |by m»4g» ot presents, was most at 'eaw.and by virtue ot his age alid experience, constituted himself tlie! proprietor, and was constantly on! hand ro oiler Miss Eva a thousand uamekssa attentions; and before tbe 1 week was out John declared that Sam ■ was "done fori" l "Gone under completely f" echoed George, with one of his dismal groans Hannah, singing Eva's praises, cora meuded Sam's choice, aud recoineti ded marriage to all of them as the only sobering process she was ac quaiuted with- It is a piece f ad vice, however, that they did not ap pear inclined to follow,' notwitli-. standing Sam's bapp y lot with tbe pretty acboolmiairess of HollyUiom. Site often remiuds her brothers-in law of Iter unceremonious introduc tion to a snowdrift at the dead of uight, aud they retaliate with the shower-bath gives her by Bmm. [Correspondence of the Goldaboro Mesjcn- C er l A WOMAN A nrOBTH CABOI.INA ■OI.DICB. WILLOW GKKEN, Guskne CO., N. C., , January 26th. 1879. . „ Dear lionitzx —A few days since I ww looking over the New York World, found, aud read a Surgeon's 1 story, the subject of whioh was a rs ' markable lieroiue who figured couspir • uously in the late war, mud was con nected with the Sixth New York Reg 1 iuient, and who afterwards proved to be the wife oC the Colonel of that Regi* lueut. •. *-v-r : lr ,-..... v. Now as to the authenticity efthe 5 surgeon's story lam unable to vouch, 3 yet it called to iny mind a true ro -4 mance which happened in the Confed erate army, and -can be vouched tor ~b y many good aud brave men now ' living in the State of North Carolina. • The romance wa aa follows: The 26th Regiment N. C. Troops ' bad/or its Colonel a man of great 5 capacity, and that quality of mind 1 which onable men to encounter dan » ger and difficulties with firmness, and without fear. Tbo Colonel was knowu by (he popular name of Zeb. B. Vauce. During the Spriugof 1802. ' tie 26th Regiment lay tor awhile four miles below Kiiißtjn, N, C. Col. Zeb. bad previously received a commissi© • from the CdntederateGovernment to 1 ' raise a Legion to be kuawu as Vance's Lcgiuji. (ntlie 26tb Beg't ami iu Co. 1 A- ,wm a private by the name of ' Blajock (I think, tho" not cure aa to nam?) who received a furlough for 90 I 1 days, private of Co. A. returned to •'.uinp with a recruit, according to stipulation, who was immediately mustered iuto service consistent with the Mrmv regulations. I had previous to this time received an apppointment from Col. Vance to drill reoruils, con sequently this new soldier was placed iu uiy squad for military lustiuutious. The recruit had the appearance of a boy about 18 years of age. Hl* voice was s»ft aad eflciuinate, and though it did not see in to be that oi a man, we could not doubt that it was a boy. I drilled the now soldier in squad with | many others for about six weeks, aud during the time I would frequently inarch tbo squad down to the creik, aud all that wished would go in bath- • iug. The young recruit nevor partici ( pa ted iu the sports confined to .the • waiter, but uo one thought auythiap ' about it as tome of the mountaineers t had a very great horror of the poiaou- > ed watera of eaatarn North Carolina, « audlbe recruit was from A the or • Wilkes county. Soon after the return ' of private of Co. A. with his recruit ' be was taken down with a very t troublesome affection known to Sur geons as Arthrili* or White Swelling, « aud after suffering the must torment I iug and severe pain tor more than a ' month, he was honorably discharged from military service by Dr. Boykin, 1 who ww turgeou of the 2tfth Reg't at that lime. Tlie same day and but a I few hours after private Blalock bad 1 received his papers from the Doc- ■ tor, the recruit walked into Col. ' Vance's tent, aud said "Col. Vauce, ( I my husband has been discharged from 1 inillitary service on account ut disabil-' I ity, and is going home, now I want you to discharge roe also." Col.} 1 Vauce said "your husband* the 11 ; you must be crazy; boy you are iu for J i I the war, my young man, I can't let'l [ you oil." Recruit continued to say II hat though a soldier site wa» a female' \ in male disguise aud the wife of Bla-. 1 t IOCK. Col. Vanco sent (or Dr. Boy-| 1 klu to come ami take the case iu hand jas it had proved too much for him. : Dr. Boykiu being a very able aud j learned surgeou s«k>o letarned and ; reported the recruit was a woman sure enough, and the wifeol the man' who brought her to camp. E. 11. U, [rtanTtte (Va> News. A Lcwtic Akrkstkd. —Constable X. H. Slaughter of Dan lliver District j Af Hits county yesterday arrested aud ' took in charge as a lunatic a few mile* [ from the city a white awn whose j nam* we Were unable to Icaru. W!.en discovered by countable Slaugb ' ter he was stretched tualfanco corner 1 "n (he road-side, in a perfect|y i udc state and when accosted by the officer ' to know what be was doing there, re plied that lie was fishing. The officer ' j asked if he had caught anything a hen ! jbe replied, "Oh, yes, two bag* full," 1 ; and went to another corner ot ike fence 1 near by and drew out from under, hi* ' drawers, (he legs of which he had 1 tied up aud filled with small atoues. | Of tlie rest ol bis clothing be could, give no account. Constable Slaughter ' wrapped bis overcoat about bin and ' j took him to tbe nearest house tor safe keeping uutil some legal dispoai tiou could be made ef him. Wefread in the Bible in the 13tb chapter of First Samuel, and 19tb verse, that "there wan uo Smith throughout ail Israel." A 2>etroit wife struck «t an Indian r in a dream, and broke her hubby's j nose. ' DCRCKIPTIOK OPTIIK bIDJIAI. iVAnr, Alex Iluntel, the Lnillianr Southern j correspondent of the Forest unit I Stream, writes up the Dismal swainp ] in its last numljL'f. We copy a brief | extract: "So unlike other place, so j weird, strangely solemn, so utterly •till and silent, that it inspires the traveler with a nameless awe and an intense fascination. The immense cyprets trees, with bare trunks ami interlacing boughs, stand like pillar* supporting a fretted dome in some vast cathedral, and the dim aisles stretch away oft«II around you and powerfully excite imagination. One can stand and imagine himself in Avernus, coudemned to wander through a vast unpeopled shade all alone; doemed to be seeking some •bject sentiment with life, but never finding it, followed by grim remorse wherever he fled ever by his side, and never having him, except when hit crime was expiated De Quiucy in his confession of an 'Opium eater,' just such a picture. lie believed that he had committed such a great sin that even the crocodiles shuddered whon they heard it; and he dreamed that he ua« hunted bv . Bramah, the Hindoo god. tnrougli the forest, the jungle* and sxvamps > ot the Indies, but finding no rest. i "It was as late ns the Revolutionary . war that a hunter iiAincd Drummond f first discovered this lake. It seems ) he we;>t hunting one day, and all in ett > by the wounding of a bear, lit foltow > ed the trail far in the interior, until he ) hopelessly lost his >a v. lis was the 1 first white man whose footsteps ever i trod this unknown land, and he must I hare been terribly frightened, for tradition, rumor and superstition had made this swamp a veritable enchant ed land, within whose realms dwelt warlocks, witches aud goblins, and such uncanny beings. There were tales told, too, of vast wild animals of surpassing strength and fierceness the like of wdch mortal eyes never saw before. The whole place was peopled by only an Immortal race- One cannot help fancying his locling* 1 during his three (lav's wandering, his i I constant action and incessant strngu'es i and at last a helpless despair at ever getting out of the labyrinth, and then his eestacy and delight when he at t last discovered the lake, piaei.l in its | beauty, and gleaming like gold in the t sunlight. Lake Drummond is a splen- , did ihect ef water, and is oval in sbape. It is seven utiles long ami four utiles wide. There is no beach whatever, the forest growing clear up to ite boundaries. ( "The wator looks black, but when examined in a glass it i« the color of , light wine. It is tinted aud tinctured t by juniper and gum leavos, aud other ( decaying vegetable matter. This wa ter is oousidered a flue medicinal driuk; and invalide afflicted with', pulmonary diseases bave often been j | so benefited by it as to remain several , months in the vicinity where they | | would have daily access to its h«alth j ' giving waters. Another peculiarity j la, mat it keeps pure for a great ' length of lime, and is often u*cd by strips going ou a Ibog voyage, who I have their water casks filled from] j Lake Drummoitd. A impular delu-1 [ sion was that this lake hud tso bottom j ' but Barron of the United j | States Navy once sounded it, and the ( 1 greatest depth hi the ididdle wo* only j ! fifteen feet, the average being ten , .feet. The bottom is generally com • posed ot mud, btit of pure I white sanrt." New York Graphic: Carl Schurz is u tine pianist. General Bunk* one*:, taught a dancing »;itiK>l, aii'i Thomas Jeflersou when a yo:mg mail carried • violin to many a Octal gathering anil played fur the dilut ing. l'erltap* it Ug"ing too tar back to |>cak of Nero, wlw tiddled while Itome wait Many a famous leader ha* been j u»u*lcal. l'bou wcrt so Nero yet so for? The country si4>rekce|icr said: Here, my frirmi, those ball* o! butter I bought of you lut week all prove*) to be Ju«t three ounce* short of a pot!no. And the farmer innocently ausnereil: "Well, I don't see how tiurt could be, for I one ot your poaud bar* of soap for a weight." The late Mr*. Lticrelia Creigton. who died in Philadelphia recently, is said to have willed (WO to endow a college in Dayton, Ohio, for the education of indigent young men who de»irc to prepare themselves fcr the Catholic miuistr/. Wlmu a man doctetc* a missing button after getting on a clean shirt, 00 one in the home is aware ol the fact. He takes otf the shirt and puts ou another, quietly smilling ail the while, lie never, never * peaks ol it to a soul— Danburg Sew*. "Employment so certainly produces cbeerfttlness," save Bishop ilall, "that 1 have known a man to come home in high spirits from a funeral, because he bad the management of it." NO. 3. UOICRIOU KICHAHD CAM. WK1.1,. I I.KTTKK FROM JUDOF. BATTLE. RALEIGH, X. Cf, Feb. 11, 1876. EOITOR OF THE SE.NFINEI.: I *NW ill your paper ofycs'erday an interesting j account of* visit by your correspon dent li. \V. Best, Esq.. to the grave of : j General Kiuhard Caswell.tlie first gov i ernor of North Carolina. Mr. Best s mentions wh it I did not know bcfoie ! that there is not evan a marble slab > to mark the last resting-place ot clip • illustrious dead and suggests that I « coitiinence a movement to have what I he calls a reproach toeur people taken s away. Governor Caswell wasundoitb i cdtlv the most ditinguished man in r North Carolina during the revolu:io„ II neoy period of our history. Besides p.. being the comander, or at least one of r the commanders of our little army at e (tho celebrated battle of Moor's Cieek , j Bridge that hroke the power of the ii j Tory* party, h«* was one of oor delcgnts y in the Continental congress,was Pres idem ol.the Mate cor.gress at Halifax, u which framed and adopted the con i stitution of the state, which made us g an independent nation, and was then I chosen the first governor of that na y tion. ' i !i The 18th day of next] November will s be the centennial of onr North Carolina national existence, and nothing can be v more appropriate than to have it col- I chrufed by inaugurating a monument *j to the memory of the iilustrions man I Sw hose lame is so iudissolubly con - iiected with it. 1 have no doubt the i amount necessary for the purjioso j can easly bo raised by one dollar su'b p scrlption*. t 1 take pleasure in acting upon the ■ BU £K •tion of Mr.Best and his friend*, I and will thankfully receive contribu tions from all disposed f« lavor tho patriotic enterprise. Yours truly, WILL. II BATTLE, The Constitution of Pennsylvania, adopted in 1776, had this laudable provision; " Whenever an office, through increase of fees or otherwise, becomes so profitable as to occasion many to apply for it, the profits ought to be losseued by the Legislature." "Pa, will you answer me a ques tion." "Certainly, my son." "Woll* pa, is the world round?" "Yea of coarse." "Well then, pa, if the world is rouijd, how con it came to an end?" "There, now, that'll do; you can go out and play." A worthy old salt remonstrated with a lecturer the other day tor speaking of "the sounding brass." "A"y lubber," he remarked, "ought to know Uiat the lead is the thing we take soundings with." Ilalf the |>cople whoareuiakingthis I uproar over the exclusions of the bible j Irotn the public schools couldn't tell ,on their own responsibility whether the book ot Genesis was written by |St. Paul.or Hamlet. ! Kentucky owe* $184,394 and ha* cadi in her treasury to pay it with $1,195,302. A striking contrast to j the States where Radicalism has held ! the purse. | A wag, seeing a lady at a party with a very low-necked dress and bareaturs ex, ressed his profound admlratiou by , «a> ing that she outstripped the entire ' company. j Ni' Lolas Smith, Ida Greeley's hus i band, is followed iu the str«-t>ta because • # 9 of his likeness to Edwin Booth, whom I .' •he imitates in mako-up. And he's so chivalric. ! In the line of " How tb Bring up j Parents" is the speech of a little boy, who said, " Father, I think you j should give up swearing or. family , prayers." Indies are now wearing belts with ' steel points projecting at intervals so aa to prevent anybody stealing their arms around the waist. Oscar de Lafayette, elected to the Senate of Frauco, is a grandchild of ' Lafayette, the benefactor and friend of America. " I take my tex dis morning," ssid A colored pr*ut*h«r, " from dat portion ob de Scripture whar de Postal Paul point liis pistol to the Peaaions." " I am in favor of shooting, as » deserter, any man calling himself A Democrat who plunders the people." —Samuel J. Tiiden. When Blaine and Coukling get ready to kiss and make up, the Springfied Republican speaks for ro amed 'eats. Sinoe whisky has gone up to seven ty-five cents a drink in the Black Fith, the fever has slightly abated.