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Raleigh IS. C.
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«ft PEB DAY
i' S Brown, Proprie
tor.
The table is surpassed by n«» hotise in the
(Hate. If you wish to tie pleasantly and
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fronting the Capitol Square,
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of the State House, it is the most convenient,
attractive aud pleasrfnt headquarters for
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Terms are low to suit the times, fare unsur
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Saloon and Billiards
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Dec. 12th. 1876.
JOHN CHAMBERLAIN
GREENSBORO, If. C.,
Practical 81A ** K K
WATCH A!, °
JEWELLER
DEALER IN
FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY,
Sterling Silver, and Plated- Ware,
FIRE mpectaci.ES,
■and everj'thing else in my line.
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Special attention given to the repairing
and timing of Fine Watches and Regulators.
I offer you every possible guarantee that
whatever you may bny of me shall be genu
ine and *ost as represented, and yon shall
pay no more for it than a fair advance on the
wholesale coat, Good.- ordered shall be fur
nished as low as If purcbix-ed in person at my
'counter. I have made in the haniaomest
manner,
Hair Chaiaa.HairJewcir?. B(mm4
aad Wraidiai Rian, all hlMt
afFiar Jewelry, GaU aa4
Silver W«ck Caaea,
ete,, ete.
My machinery and other appliances for
making the different narts of watches, is
perhaps the moat exu-ipre in the State, con
sequently I can guarantee that any part of a
watch or clock can be replaced with the ut
most facility,
W 1 gwraatM that my work will com
pare favorably In efficiency" and finish with
any in the leauL
JOHN CHAMBERLAIN,
Watch Maker and Jeweler.
Greensboro, N.,
3STOTICE.
Having qualified as admiaiatrator upon
the estate of Wm. G. Albright; I hereby
notify all persons having claima againat
said estate to present them to me, on or
tafore the Ist day of July 1878,0r this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate will
please make Immediate payment and save
corns, __
JOHN G. ALBRI HT,
Adma. of Wm. G. Abright.
Graham N. C, Jane 11th 1577
THf! HIGHWAY ROBBER.
1 will tell hew it happened, ,word
fol'word. Would you take me for a
highwayman? You shake yonr head-.-
I am thirty years old." The judaic
gave ine twenty years; then I'll he
fifty. \\ ife? \e- - , and two children
living —one under tho soil; I wish
the rest of them were there. Don't
ask questions. I can tell you better
without. Jj-
I nin from Noilhcrn Xfew Ycrfc. t
had good schooling when I was a
boy, and learnt the Jatpenter's trade.
I came down here lis soon as I was a
and £ot to work right
away. I was steady; 1 didn't drink;
I never drank; I saved my mon
ey.
After awhile t married, a nice girl,
and for five years I was the happiest
man alive. I tell you what ltis,wi:h
a loving wife, ihre£ pretty children,
a comfortable home and plenty of
work, I would not have changed
places with the President.
I had money in the savings bank, j
too. and was beginning to think ot
starting for myself—that is), in a small
way—repairs and such like. My
boss was a first class man. He told
me he wonld throw -plenty of odi
j jobbs in my way it I wanted to quit
journey w4rk, and said it was proba
ble if I staid with him I should be
fireman 111 another year or so. That
day—l mean the day he was telling
me this—l was clearing away a scafc
! folding. Perhaps I was forgetting
little thinking over what I
| had best do} anyhow, a heavy plauk
[ slipped !rt lowering and broke my
j m in—compound fracture tho doctors
called it. The boss was very kind,
says hoi
'• William don't fret yodrselt Just
take yonr time. Yon shall draw your
wages right along. When yon get (o
work again I shall let ytu pay half
the money back—the other half I will
stand. Ido this," says he, "because
i you have worked sieadv and faithful
ly in my employ, and I reckon you
aro about my best man."
I think I would have* been willing
to have my other arm broken just to
lieaf the bo3S say that over again. It
took all the pains away.
The fracture was a bad one and was
a long time healing. My wages came
regular.! My wile was always cheer-
Itilf and the children —one a baby—
wen» its hearty as they could be tho
whole time. 1 used to sit and plan
all sorts ot things. 1 was going to
buy a few lots just out of New York,
in the country, and build a snug
bouse myself. Then we should have
something to lie to. I would work
ou my own account and we would
soon make up for lost time. Before I
got out, thero came &a account of
great failures —bankers and banking
houses, and big real estate men, and
all that sort of thing. 1 ielt safe
enough. I knew I could go to work
for the boss as spoil as my arm was
strong, and I felt sure he would be
all right anyhow.
I got round at last. When I went
jto the shop to report I found a third
of the men had been discharged—all
| the unmarried ones. The boss was a
I changed man. bays he;
"William I am glad to see you able
!to work. You shall have a chance as
long aa I have any."
In four months he failed. Hegave
me a first-rate recommendation, and
I got another place. In less than jux
months my second boss went Hp.
Then my troubles came thick and
last, /could not get steady employ
ment, aull had to draw out, little by
little, the money put away in the sav
ings bank, till otily fitty dollars re
mained. I meant to keep that against
sickness. The bank broke and I nev
er saw my fifty dollars.
I took a cheaper place. It was a
bad business. My wife got sick in it,
and my oldest daughter. The little
girl died. That broke mc down. I
could not help it; I told iny wile I
did not care If everybody died after
tbat. I worked when I could *get
work, I pawned everything
we could spare. My silver watch»
my wife's pretty things, oar sheets,
pillow-cases, they all went prett£-
mneh for nothing. We lived along
somehow in this way np to last De
cember. 1 tried everywhere for
work —any kind of wort. I tried all
over the city: all over Brooklyn; in
Jersey city, in Newark, la Westchess
ter. everywhere. Up to this time I
never had a thought of doing wrong,
I did not even think ot asking for
help. Folks said times would soon
mend, and they kept saying so month
after month, year after year, bat in
GRAHAM, N- C., 'TUESDAY, JULY 31 'id
stead of times mending, times grew
worse. Oiieafternoon, a ilay or two
before Christmas, I spoke to a mid
dle aged man who was about enter
ing his house— a handsome, elegant
house—and asked him if he would
stop a moment and hear whlrt I had
to say. I likful his looks, and I saw
» little girl at thd window smiHng as
he came up the steps. She was just
the of my little daughter I lost,
and iter smile wa§just such a smile
as she used to give me when I came
home from mv work 1 said to my
self, '-Ujsvt man most be a kind-heart
ed man, when the jjiJMe girl smiles
in that way tb him." It was this
jyhich gave me courage to accost him
in the way I did. I had no idea of
begging. 1 thought perhaps he might
take some interest in me and advise
me how to help myself or put me in
the wayot it, especially it I told i.im
about my little girl* The man turn*,
ed sharp on me and asked 1110 what«
I wanted in a quick, angry tone. His
| whole looks changed in an instant.
You could not believe it was the same
person; I did not appear to mind it;
I just repeated what I had said.
'•Have got nothing for you," says
he, very rough, ? &nd opened his door
very qffick and shut it with a bang
after him. I could ijot help stopping
011 the sidewalk to look at tho litlla
girl: I could sec her father come to
the window* take her in his arms and
kiss her ever so many times. It
made me feel very low. I had no
money, and there was nothing »o eat
in the house, I walked np and down
the avenue till near midnight. I did
not speak to a soul; / kept thinking
what would become of us; I saw the
fine carriages taking ladies to the
theatre and opera aud to parties, and
/said to myself: "Z> it possible that
they ean hare any idea of what people
are suffering close to them?" 1 did
| not leel bitter that night—it was af
terwards /felt bitter—bat /did feel
very low and sorrowful. What could J
/ say to my wite? We had never been
without something to eat betore. The
next day /got a little Job; and my
wife had a quarter of a ton of coal
sent to her and a little tea, by asocie*
ty agent, and we fought over New
Year's and hoped for the best. There
was 110 bcit to hope for* there was
nothing to hope for whatever.
/used to say to my wife she never
need fear for a comfortable support so
long as/had my health. When 1
heard folks tell of such things as af
terwards happened to me, I would
say:"Peters? why Petc-rs drinks up
half his wages every week—reason
enough Why his family is in distress."
"Williams? why Williams wouldn't
work more than half the time when
| work was plenty aud be was wanted;
no wonder ho gets shut of! now.*'
| But w»c! didn't I feel sure what I
could do, if only my health was spar-.
' ed? Well; my hcal'h was spared, I
never had 6tich health; strong, tough,
not an acbe or of a pain—only star,
vation. Starvation for my wite, star
vation tor the two little children. /
can't believe it now when I think of
it. When it comes to that, you don't
have much pride left. Betwixt star>
vation and beggary—yon uny not
think so—but / tell you nature says:
••Beg I" No matter what pride says.
| And what is begging? What makes
you say -'begging?" /ash lor work,
I can't get it, because you have none
ti give me. I ask for food. Why
shouldn't I get that if yon have it to
give me? Weil, 1 began to beg. Near*
Iv all day I sought work. In tbc af«
j temoon and evening I asked for help.
{1 asked everybody, men aud women.
young aud old, and was refused by
everybody almost. Sometimes a man
would throw me a quarter a* be would
throw a bone to a dog. That hurt
me worse than the roughest refus
al.
Sometimes a fine ladv would torn
pale and scream for a policeman when
I approached, aud before I had said a
word. For all that soaie pleasant
things happened.
One day 1 was walking up Bioad'
way above Twenty-third Street. A
well dressed gentleman turned into
it from a aide street just as I passed.
I spoke to him. He looked at me
quietly, and said:
"My friend, in a sense, lam just as
bad off as you are. You ean have no
idea of the miserable condition of
thousands in this city who are npnts
ed to be neb, and are keeping np a
desperate struggle lor- appearance
without money and little prospects of
getting any. We are all in the same
boat, and must bear and forbear with
each otheiHe handed me a quarter
of a dollar,saying: "I have less than a
dollar about inc. and you shall liavo
your share ot it."
Said I: "It is not tlie money I thank
you for, but for the kind words
you speak tc. mo which have driven
many wicKed thoughts out of my
head* v _ -m
Ho was not Hie only due who was
considerate, I met several, and when
I encountered one of that sort, I
always went home content—almost
Happy. A ou see it seemed as if 1 was
not so much alone in the world—l
and my wifoandiny children—when
folks talked that way to me.
My wife never got to bo strong
again after wo lost our little girl
She didn't complain. I often wished
she would complain. But the children
—how CJod takes care of children!
I mean poor wretched children. Why
they will trolic and play and injoy
themselves and be merry as merry as
can be when thoy are but halt fed and
half clothed. God has fixed that.
Do you know by degrees I began
to lose all bold 011 things. 1 saw
nothing clear it was all through a
mist. My wife aud I used to be
regular at churchj and tho children
went to Sunday-school as long as
their clothes held out. aud wo went
as long as we were fit to go.
The minister came to see ns when
my liitl« girl died andjio talked to
ns a great deal, and told us wo oujht
to be thankful tor them. Iti ied to be
thankful, but it got so hard I conld
not staiuftt. I wasn't thankful, I
couldn't be thankful. None of these
people gave us any help.
They told us to go to this and to
that society, where they said, every
thing was provided. Ono society
declared that we did not como under
their rules because I was an able
bodied man. And another 3ociety
said they could not help because my
wife was not a widow, and another
(hat We were out of their prccincL
All tlis Whiter we got for aid only
that quarter of a ton of coal and tea.
Everything seemed datk. It was
nfgnFKT! the time. T couldn't rr.ake
myself believe I had ever been a
respectable man, who had earued a
good living and who had had a happy
home, a dear, good wife and three
darling children. 1 felt I was a loafer
—an outlaw—with no home to call a
homo; with a poor broken-hearted,
broken-down wife, two half-starved,
weak, sickly children.
Things began 10 dance around
steady, zig-Zag. I tried to keep hold
of som6 thing. I prayed to tho Lord
for help. Onco I prayed all night—
the whole nigh'—l tell you. It did
not do any good; it made rao worse.
My wife -vas patient and gentle all
the w"hile. Tliaf*Tnadc mo worse, too;
I knew it was not tho right feeling;
I knew at the time, but j 1 was too
fur gone to have right feeling».|l didn't
want to have any. I felt tavage and
bitter trwards all the world, and my
brain kept whirling and whirling—
you can't imagine how I felt. Folks
looked as it they wero afraid of me
and the policemen watched me when
I went along, What hud I done? I
hadn't done anything.
What is the use of my going on
with this sad talk? i conld keep it np
for a wtek. You have had enough
ol it.
One evoulng after ten o'clock 1
walked up Broadway,* nd then across
up Madison Avenue. 1 left my wife
sick wkli a low fever. There was
nothing in the house for her. That
evening it seemed as if the sky
WAS made of bran. Sometimes I
could look up at it aud take comfort
—it showed me a world far off where
it seemed I might find rest. That
evening it was brass nil brass over*
bead—stone, all stone everywhere
else. Not s ha...an creature I ad
dressed bnt what rejected me with
contempt or avoided me with terrified
looks. I walked very slowly np
Madison Aveiine. I saw a stoat
gentlemnn decending from bis stoop
I kucw be was one of the rich
men of New York. Twice I bad
solicited help trom him and bad been
repulsed. I looked op and down the
street, there was no one in eight; 1
went np to him and asked him
respectfully to an. fie was
frightened, but spoke oat boldly and
told me to get ont of his way, I took
bold ofhis collar and stopped him. I
said:"l want five dollars quick."
He made no resistence bnt trembled
all over. 21
Take everything I have got," said
be, "but don't hart me."
"1 want five dollars," said 1.
Bis hand shook badly yben he
pulled out his pocket book. lie handed
me the money and I turned down a
a side stfeet anil walked home. .
Tt seomcd, as I went n long, as if tlie
avenging angel was following close
behind me. How conld 1 look my
uieekinnocent wife iu the face?
AV heii-7 reached home, instead of
finding her iu bed she was settirg up
waiting for me. Tho table was neatly
set, a nice supper was spread, thero
was a fire in the stove, and tho tea
kettle was boiling over it;
j, "What do you thirk has happeu*.
cd?" she cried otit. Jtist after you
went two ladies camo in. They asked
me threat many questions. They
belong to one of tho society 9 that de
clined to gifre us asst nice. They reai
onr case in tho entry book. JTbey I
had everything put in order, marie
the children eat a good supper and
put them to bed. They talked how
surprised you would be when yon cainc
in, and fbey laughed merrily, and
one of the ladies said her hnsbaud j
would get you a place as night-watch
man till vou could get work at yonr
trade. They lett a tract. Just read
this piece of poetry."
With trembling hands/ took the
paper and read—well, here it is:
•'I say to thee, do thou repeat
To the first man that thou mayest meet
In lane Highway or open street.
"That he, and we, and all men move
linder a canopy of love,
As broad a» the blue sky above;
That weary deserts we may tread, r
A dread labyrinth may thread,
Through dark ways underground be led
"Yet, if we will our Guide obey.
The dreariest path, the darkest wrfy,
Shall issue out In heavenly day
"And we; on divers shores now east,
Shall meet, onr perilous voyage p«st,
All in uur Fathers house at last."
"Why William cried my wife;
what makes yon look so? Are you
sick? Do tell me what i» the matter?"
At this instant the door was sud
denly pushed open, and two police
men entered.
"Here Is our mac/' says one." Yon
must go wiih us."
" What does this mean? Oh, William
tell me what dots this mean?"
"/t means this I answered, taking
out the five-dollar bill and handing
it to the policeman. "I robbed a man
of it."
"You admit that, do yon?" said
one of them.
"I admit it," says I, "and am ready
to go with yon."
My wife fell on my neck, and clttg
to me so tight I hail hai d work to
unclasp her hands.
"Look at the children do take one
look at the child reny d j take one look
at the children she cried. I shook my
head I coaldn't stand everything yon
know. I heard one of the officers say
to the other:"
It's a—- hard case." "That one
turned to my wife, and said "Cheer
np, my good woman; I dare say It
may all be explained.'''
1 conld have fallen on my knees and
blessed him for softening the blow
to her.
Tho grand jury w.is in session, and
I was indicted the next day and tried
the Monday after. The man whose five
dollars I took swore very hard. He
said he was sure I placed a revolver
at his head and all that sort of thing
A kind hearted lawyer undertook to
defend me by presenting what he
called cxtonnatlng rircuiustanees. I
was sworn and told the story just as
it was. Thojnry had to find ate
guilty of course, lint the Judge the
—lieconler. I believe lliey call hi on
was very hard. He sentenced me tor
twenty years j he sahl society mist
be protected, and tbat he was ieao!ved
to break np this highway robbery
business, and should make an exam
ot me—ha! ha! ha! an example—*nd
wy wife and children 1
FOURTH or JULY. —We accostei a
typical Tarboro small bey:
"What's the matter with you* eye,
bub?"
"Fourth of Jirly, sir.-**
"Ifowr
"Bill Jones bet Sam White be
could bit my none with a fire cracker,
'thont striking the eye. Weil, it ear
romed up my nose an' pocketed re
my eye." v •«
"What did you do for him?"-
I straddled his blind with
my** an be patted out, an' that
broke up the game."— Thrboro
Southerner.
OPfcl* BACK MHIBTA.
[From the Detroit Free Preae ]
They were a plet-py lot on the 4
o'clock car going down Micbigati
avenue yesterday. The day was hot;
the dusk thick, and only one man;
and he beyoud the prime of life;
opened his eyes as a woman crowded
in, with a long paper box under her
arm. His eyes ope fled a little more
as sne rat down nearer him, and
presently th*»y widened to their firt-»
lest extent as be road the label on tbe
box: "One dozen opensbacked
shirts " He glanced from tbe "box to
the female and back, and groaned
out:—
"Land o' lore! but what will come
next?" _ .
She looked around at him as if she ■*
feared a case of colic would come
nextj and he brightened op a little
and said:—
"Well, I've worn 'em for a year,
and I know they are handy and re
liable. If my daughters want to get
half dozen a piece I shan't cry over
it."
"Were you speaking to me?." she
asked; after seeing that no one else
seemed interested.
"I sorter was and sorter wasn't,"
he replied; aa he worked a taint smile
to bis face. "I was saying that it's
wonderful how mnch the inventive
genius of this country has done fcr us
on the shirt question;"
She hitched away a little.
"Twenty yean ago," he KuaeJ, as
he hitched aftet her, "if had
told me that tbe dormant genius of
| this country would soon rouse np and
i invent a button-behind shirt I'd have
I lookod upon him as crazy. But
dormant genius was all O. K. She
roused, sh# invented, and I've got
one o' them very shirts on."
The look she gave him ought U
have torn him to pieces, but it
didn't. 1
"One year ago;" be calmly 'lesum
ed, "if anybody had told me that tbe
gentle sex would soon demand open
back shirts I'd have gone a fishing
and never returned. But the epoch
has hove in sight—she's right here.
I can recommend them as boas."
'* Who ate you talking too, sir?'
she demanded in awful voice.
"To you; madam. I was saying
that if I wear 'em there is no reason
why yon shouldn't."
"I appeal to these passengers!"
she excitedly exclaimed.
"So do 1," be answered. "Every,;
body in this car with a buttoc-bebind
shirt on will please stand np until I
can count noses.' 1
Tbe oh! man stood up. He was all
atone. He looked aronnd m a sor
rowful way; and said:
"Tbe noses have it, and tbe reso
lution is Uid on tbe table. However,
I'll stick to mine, sni I don't believe
this woman here will go back on her
dozen till she haa given 'em Cur show.
Whieb sidb of the neck do they but
ton on, madam?"
The yells that followed brought is
the driver. Tbe old man was pointed
out as a drunkard and a woman
insnker, and the driver was feeling
for his neck whan the astonished man
cried out.*
"Who's drunk? Who insulted
anybody?"
"He kept talking about shirts!*'
screamed the woman with the box.
"And you're got a box full I"
shouted tile man.
«lfaa»4ne_f"
She turned up the box aid saw the
label for the first time She grew'
red, then white, and there wSs ait
awful silence. Ripping off the cover
she exhibited a bolt of mosquito
netting nestled away in the box.
Nay, she beU it np, and*ven she *
it act the old man. He smiled
nodded hSad a dosen tin*.
blandly said."
Tbaft decant look lih» a dozeii
behind shirts, and i'mgrienred i£ 'i
get that you ever saw me and we&
i .
any kind you are a mind to.
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