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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. VOL 3 THE GLEANER WEEKLY B* K S. PARKER Oralmu, N, C, Kai*n of Subscription. Pnntaye Paid : One year *1.50 Bfit Months [ .75 Three Months !! !so r Every person sending UB a club of ten •j übscribers with the casli. entitles himself to one copy free, for the length of time for yliich the cluh is made up. Papers sent to liferent olllce; -» Vo Departure from the Cash System *1 a4r«rli«ing Transient advertisements' payable In ad vance ; yearly advertlsemetg quarterly in advance 1 m. 12 m. |8 m. I 6 m. I 12 m. 1 quare $2 00;t3 00 ®6 00 WiO 00 H " 3 00; 4 501 600 t§ 001 15 00 Transient advertisements 91 per square for he first, and fifty cents for each subse quent insertion. •mm rim » ok ma mm MHN CHAMBERLAIN GREENSBORO, N, C-, PRACTICAL A K E U WATCH 6$ AND JEWELLER , DEALER IN FINE WATCHES,* JEWELRY, Sterling Silver, and Plated- Ware, FINK SVECTACIiBS. ana everything else in my line. W Special attention given to the repaii tag and timing of Fiue Watches and Regulators. I offer you every possible guarantee that whatever you may buy of uie shali be genu ine and ; ust as represented, and you shall pay no more for it than a fair advance on the wholesale cost, Good* ordered shall be fur* nirhed as low as if purcbixxttl in person at my cjuuter. I have made in the hand domes t manner, Malr Chaiaa. Hair Jewelry. »«•»•■ and WrdtliuK Kiaga. all kiada •f Finn Jewelry, fi«W aa4 (Hirer Watch Cam, ete„ etc. My machinery and other appliances for making the different part* of* Watches, is perhaps the most extensive in the State, con sequently I can guarantee that any part of a watch or clock can be replaced with the ut most facility, 1 guarantee that my work will com pare favorably in efficiency and finish with any in the land. fcJOHN CHAMBERLAIN, Watch Maker and Jeweler, Greensboro, N , HIHXIIBXB The Dead I deal in American and Italian lirl!« Hoanments and Headstones I would inform the public that I am pre pared to do work as Cheap as any yard in the State, AND GUARANTEE PFRFECT SATISFACTION. Parties living at a distance will save money by seidlDE to me for PRICE LIBT aid DRAWINGS. To persons making up a dab of six or mure, I offer the Most liberal induce ments, and on application will forward designs, 4c,, or visit them in pei son. Any kind of marketable produce taken in exchange for work. 8. C. ROBERTSON, GREENSBORO, N. C. an old Ti.nfi journalist. [Prom the Atnerieaa Fewspaper Re porter,] Among representative American journalists, the name of W. W. Seats on. although he has passed away) fle« serves mention, as being almost the last type ol the conservative and cons journalist. For more than halt a centuty he and his partner, Joseph Galen, conducted the Wash • iiigfon National JnteUigencer with such signal ability that the" paper was held second only to the Bible bv the high-toned old Whitf party, dining the first half of the present ceutu* ry. Somewhere about 1810 these young men lelt their native State of North Carolina and went to ihe then tilts promising and uninviting town of Washington, D. C» The embryo city is thus descaibed, By Hon. John Cot ton Smith: Our approach to Die city was ac« companied by sensations not easily described. One. wing of the capital only had been erected, which, with the president's house* a mile distant from it, both built with white sand stone. were siiiuing objects in dismal contrast with ijie scone around them. Pennsylvania ayenuc was a deep mo rass covered with alder bushes. The roads were muddy and unimproved. Iu short, it was a new settlement. The wile of President Adam*, in a letter to her daughter, complained billed? of the want of fires "to keep off the daily agues," and adds, "we novo indeed come into a new couu trn." They went there, however, with a determi nation to publish a new spa. I>er which should exert a strong in fluence not only upon the Whig par ty, but also over the lives of its pa trons, and there are many old men v\ ho can remember the beneficial im* prestdon made upon them by the •tately dignity of the Jtitelhgevcer. Mr. Oales was chiefly distinguished by his skill as a reporter, being gifted with a wonderful memory. He " was the first mail who succeeded in mak ing full reports of the debates iu Congress, and so admirably was the work l erformed that Congress, iu 1859 or 1860, made an appropriation for reprinting in permanent form all the reports of those early sessions. Of him there is iittle more to be said, the writer's knowledge of and person al intimacy with Mr. Seatou being much closer than with his, partner, especially in the closing years of their lives, from 1856 until 1861. One fact, however, deserves to be record ed, as showing the personal friends ship and the integrity of ibe i wo men; and that is, that during the half cen tury of their business association they never had a financial settlement, eacn Lusting to the houor of the other, and although Oales was much the more extravagant mau of the two it is not belicvad that either ever misap propriated a single dollar of the com mon funds. The limits of this sketch will not permit a detailed history of the Intel ligencer. It is onougb to say that it not only met with favor from tiie rntik and file ot the Whig party, but its editors—especially Mr. Beaton— were honored with the warm person al friendship of such men as Webster and Clay, and were respected by Jacksou, Calhoun, ilayue and all the leading men of the opposition. Even the decline and final disruption of the Whig party did not seud the paper out of existence, tor—although dar ing the last five years of its history it staggered uuder a heavy burden of financial troubles—it continued to live, as long as Mr. Seatou lived, on the reputation it bad achieved for fairness, thoughttuliiess, and respect* ability. Bat evil days came at lut, During the last three yean of his life, Mr. Seaton suffered terribly from .bodily infirmities; but his habits of industry which had grown to be instinctive, prevailed over pain, and every day be could be toupd in a beck room of the old two-story building on the corner of Seventh and 1) streets, sor> rounded by a litter of exchange*, qui etly but effectually warding off all attempts of aaesgrwden and lobbyists to use his columns for the purpose of forwlrding their schemes, and rigidly scrutinising every line before it was allowed to appear in the paper. The only recreation be allowed himself was the company and conversation of two or three friends at his hoose on F GRAHAM, N. O, street, every evening. It was on these occasions tbat the writer, who was frequently permitted to be pres ent as a listener, not only learned the depth and power of »he old man's character, hut gained move practical insight into the true office of journals ism than could be obtained from all the "schools of journalism" that can ever be established. Mr. Welling, th jn literary editor of the Intelligen ce*, now President of Columbia col lege, and Hon. Henry Watterson— of whom an adinirablf sketch has re> scntly appeared in the REPORTER— learned much of their skill and large ly owe their subsequent success to the inspiration, derived from these famil iar evening talks. It WQUW have made a good study tor an. artist, to tketch the old-fash ioned room and furniture, hallowed by the genius of Clay and Webster, who in their day spent many ings there, and the stately mau, with his gray hairs as a crown of glory, at his feet an old setter dog who, like his master had outlived his hunting days* and around him a group of younger men, with sometimes a sena tor or foreign ambassador—Baron tierolt was a frequent visitor—all listening with rapt atteution to the stream of reminiscence, anecdote and counsel that flowed from his lips like a soft-murmuring brook, of the music of which one could never Iu addition to disease, there came other troubles. Joseph Gales died, and Mr. Seatotl —to use his own ex pression— "felt as if one-halt' of him self was dead, and the other half would soou follow."" But no man ever looked forward to that event with greater placidity. His theolog ical views were identified with Uni tarian ism, but bis religious sympath ies were of the broadest catholicity. Speaking on the subject of preaching, he once said that the rermon which made the greatest impression on him jf all that he had heard, was deliver* ed by a Methodist preacher who was utterly ignorant of the simplest rules of grammar. "He caused the tears to flow abundantly from my eyes, and when 1 analysed my emotions I wus convinced that they were created by two causes: the man was thor oughly in earnest, and he believed everv word he uttered, I wish we had more of such preaching, even with the absence of grammar." He lived to see the apparent disso lution ot Che Union, which all bis lile he had struggled to maintain ;but he did not live to see ail,the fratracid al carnage that followed. Ho lived also to eee the appearance of a new growth of journalists—sharp, frothy and not overburdened with principle —who styled the old roau ''a iosail," and hi- utterances '• tame." Of »ucb a fossil and sncb tameness it may be said, with exact troth, that there was more conscience and more solid sense in any one week of their utterances tliati can usually be iouud in a year's product of modern, flippant newspa per scribbling which ia not worthy to be called journalism. And then be died; and very aoon the Inte\ligenc*r died also—for the heart, conscience and brains that had sustained it lor half a century were wanting, and coald not be furnished by the political wire pullers and lobby Jobbers into whose hands it uulortnnately tell. H. Hot Spring* haa a thoroughbred Mayor by the name of Liude. The oibor night hit honor imbibed too freely and was consequently gome*, what uproariona. The following morning, upon opening bit Court, be •nrprised everybody by calling the caae of "City re Mayor Liude." Then addressing himself in a re proachful tone, be sp»ke of the evils of intemperance, the demoralizing of* Jests of liquor and the baleful influ ence exerted by a Mayor who aband ons himself to eren occasional sprees. '■You are old enough, Linda." said be, "to know better. I am pained beyond expreaaion that yoa baye thus disgraced yourself and the city you, as Ita 2hiet executive, repreaent. I most fine yoa S2O. and aee to it that hereafter | yoa conduct yourself more properly." With these words, be stepped down from his desk, paid hiifiNetotbeelerk and then resumed the business of the day. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 31 1877 TOTTE* AGAINST MN«r, [From theN. Y. Tinea 1 .Sfiop informs us that there was once a small boy who was accustomed to go out into the back yard and alarm the family by calling for as sistance to rescue him from an imags inary wolf. His father ran to help hiin sqme three hundred times, and was always welcomed with the irriv erent announcement" *that he was "so!d." The monotony of the thing ultimately wearied the affectionate parent, and when the small boy for the three hundred and first time yell ed "wolf," his . father turned his newspaper inside out, in order to get at a powerful review of Sappho's last poem, and remarked that in course of half an hour he would take a club into the back yard and convince that boy of the impropriety of "selling" his own father. WhM was that parent's surprise and delight to find at the expiration of the half hour that a real wolf had actually ' eaten nearly the whole of this mendacious small boy, and was in the act of car rying away the remnants of the feaat. This teaches, as remarks, that the boy who tells three hundred lies about a supposititious wolf may fin ully be devoured to the great joy of all who know him. \ So many falsehoods have been told concerning imaginary girls who fan* | cied themselves attacked by snakes, and after undergoing acute mental agony, discovered that the supposed snake) were merely bits of wire or sections of discarded criuo liues that whenever a s'ory of thi" general character appears iu a rural uewspaper it is leceived with as much incredulity as was the three hundred and first yell of JSsop*s small boy. Undoubtedly, to story of Miss Tot ten, of Guilford, Ohio wili be classed by most persons among apocryphal snake storic-s, but tbe fact that it led to a law suit—"Totttn against Show" —which is still pending, ought to be sufficient evidence of -''its trnth. Moreover, aside from alt question as to how the pnb!ic will receive the story, there status to be no doubt in the mind of the earnest journalist that it is of too great importance to be passed without comment. Where* fore, (lie Muse will please to come to order anU relate the woes of Miss Totten without further de delay. One August afternoon, when the aun was about to take off bia golden gtirinenU and strew tliein along the Western horizon, preparatory to diving into the Pacific, —in short, juat before snnset, —MiasTotten and Mr. Snow, a theological student whom Bbe had promisod to marry, were walking sweetly through anew mown meadow, exchanging vowa of affection aud discussing the compara tive merits of different patterna of cooks*toves All at once Miss Tot*, ten shrieked loudly and began to dance in a way that filled Mr. Snow's mind with the eonviction that she had suddenly gone mad and With regret that he had not a tract in bia pocket on the ain of dancing. Her condnct was, however, aoon explained by her frenzied ahriek, "There's a snake! O! Take it off! Take it offI" sn entreaty which instantly brought s cold perspiration out upon the expansive brow of ber theological lovef. Mr. Snow was well aware that the neighborhood was not entirely free from rattlesnakes, and be liad often heard that in the eonatruction of feminine garments nature has placed opportunities within the reach of lurking serpen ta, of which rattle snakes msy occasionally be bold enough to avail themselves. While be would, in • good cause, hsve fear lessly faced the deadliest snake in existence, the peculiar circumstance of the case filled him with horror. Either be must leave the object of his sffections in the folds of a rattle* snake while he ran to summon female aid, or he must himself endeavor to i * capture the snake and drag it frOm its hiding plaee. Appalling As the I alternative necessarily was to a con scientious theological student, he nerved himself to beg Miss Totten to pause in her wild dance and per mit him to help her, But to all his offers of assistance she cried, "Go away," and in the same breath addad, without the slightest apparent pen ception of her inconsistency, "Don't stand there grinning, but do help me." It need hardly be said that nothing was further from Mr. S now'* thoughts than "grinning," but he could not ate his way clear to help Miss Tottan and at the same time to go away. From this painful state of mind he was dually relieved by the ingenuity of the young lady herself, who implored him to get a club and strike the invisible snake, no matter how heuvily the blow might fall upon her. The ouly available substitute fur a club was a fence-rail which lay near at hand. This Mr. Snow instautly seized and poised with both handa, while he awaited further instructions. "Aim here," cried the suffering but cooNbeaded girl, pointing to the region of the pocket, and Mr. Snow, with a strength born of his great excitement, swung the icnco*raii and hit the snake with the accuracy of an accomplished army mule. The effect ot the blow was startling. Miua'i'otteu was whirled before it, and luudodiu a confused lump at some diqflQp» from tue striker. For a moment he fancied that the snake was a boasooustrictor ornamented with transverse red and white stripes, but the sight of a dead snake of the agile though harmless species known ail the black racer couviuced him of his error. Mr. feuow's attention was speedily withdrawn from the snake by a feeble au'nounceme it on the part of Miss Totteu that be had killed her This was an exaggeration. JUistnighty blow had broken her lag and otherwise impaired her efficiency; but sbe was still alive, and is to appear at an early day in court to accuse Mr. Buow of assault and battery, and to exact from him such damages as an Intelligent Jury may assess. While tbe practice ot knocking down young ladies with tence»rails cannot be indiserlmanectly advocat u it must be couceded that Mr. Snow is eulitled to sympathy. Bis situas tion was one ot exceptional difficulty and before tbe }urymen decide 10 giye a verdict against bim they should ask themselves whether, had jjiey been in his place thoy would have acquitted themselves with as much delicacy and consideration for Miss Totten's feelings a* Mr Show displayed. NIMKBR aiv mam SANS, Wk«l Ha HMMI N( ■ Gaa« mi Draw (■•lter— A CMMMIISI Clerk Saia m* . I [From tba Chicago Times.] The occurence to which I reter hap pened, during the latter part of the war ot the in New York, where I was stopping at the time, the guest ot a local poliiiciau ot some note. We left my frlei.d'a hoots at about 10 P. M., and taking a car got oil at oue of the uptown cross streets —Twenty third, I think—aud ascend ed the ateps of a fine marble frout dwelling on that atreet. Upon ring ing the bell, a eolored nun came to the door, and, after exebauging cer tain cabalistic* sigus aul passwords with my friend, ushered ns up stall* into a apaeions, elegantly furniabed room. Four gentlemen were at the table placing the fascinating aud illoaive game of poker. Three of them nod ded to my iriend, who returned tbeir ailutationa, and explained to me, »otto voce, that tber were respective* ly a Wall street operator, a cotton broker, and a junior parner In a wholesale dry goods bouse, the fourth psrtv being a stranger to him. This latter was a young fellow ot about 22, well dressed, handsome, sod evident ly s comparative novice at tin game. The stakes were blgh; portentous stacksof chips and bank notes were idled be tore each player, and the set faees of the gamblers betokened that an unusually still game was in pro. gress. Presently, as a band was deslt, and before the players had seen the hands the young stranger said, with a smile and wave of the band, "Excuse me, gentlemen, but allow me to ask II wears playiug with the sequence flush; it is customary, {a it not, to set tie tbst matter, and we have not doui so." NO, 34 "Why," said the cotton broker, "yon have not got one there, bare yon Harry?" "That remains to be seen," said the boy. , It was agreed that the sequence flush should be counted in, and the players took np fhefr bands. I saw a startled expression fash across bur* ry's face as he looked intently at Ida cards. He did not draw, and when bis opportunity came raised the Wall street operator SIOO. The dry goods man dropped ont. The cotton broks er raised Harry 9200. Tbe Wall streei party, a large boned, yellows skilled Individual, with no moie ex pression in bis sickly couiitennnco than there Is in a brick wall, came in again and raised, and the thing be* gau to get interesting. The betting grew heavy. Finally the cotton broker weakened and loid down, but Wall street; who I fancy thought Harry was blufliug, took tbe chances. There was over $12,000 ou tbe table when Harry pushed back hia chair and reacting doWu drew from under his feet a small black bag, from which be took a package of crisp greenbacks. Carefallyhe counted out 95,000, mostly In bills of large denomination, and pushed them forward. The Wall street sphinx saw Harry and raised him an equal auiouut. The boy, pale M a ghost, his lips and Angers twitching with nervous excitement. threw down the remain* der of a package of money and said, prefacing (he words with • wild oath: '•Five more; 1 call yoa. What have you got ?" '-Four Kings," said Wall street, without a tremor, as belaid down his haud. "A sequence flush, gentlemen, by all gods 1" said the excited boy as be threw bis cards on the table aixf reached for the spoils. A slight, al most imperceptible, flush came upon the cheeks of impassive Wall street; then one eye twltcbed a little; then suddenly he leaned.forward, examine Ed Harry's band, and Mid quickly ; "Hot to fiat, not so fast, my young friend-, look at your cards." One look was enough. Never In my life have I beard a more horrible groan than came Irom young Harry'* lips, and Ihen the words, "Ob, Uodl a hat will mother say?" seemed to burst out of his mouth, and tben bo fell upon the floor in a fit. The poor youth bad been betting on a sequence flush that was not a se« queuce flush, for, by some tempo rary hallucination, ho had mistaken the seven of diamonds for au eight, and. although be bad examined bis cards time aud time ugain, as I bad observed, bad not been undeceived as to his error. Tbe Wall street man. as he gatbetod In tbe money, glanced at the writhing form upon tbe floor, and said, as he poached tbe spoils, with a gambler's pity, "Poor devil," aud tben took bis bat and walked out, while we were endeavoring to revive the poor boy. I have since beard tbat Harry was tbe trusted confidential cleik ot a large New York eontraeting flrui, and bad intended starting tor Wash ington on a late train tbat uulacky evening, to transact some important business. I have always bad a prejudice against sequence flushes since that evening iu New York. ••Well my son you have got into grammar, have you? 7 ' said a proud sire to hiathickest chip tbe other night. "Let me bear you compare some adjective." t "blp.—All right. Little, less least; big, bigger, beast; mow. more, •nost.— p Proud sir.—«• Hold on sir that's not right, you—-" Chip.—••Toe, tore, toast; snow, snore sno-t; go,-gore, gout; row, roar, roat;—" Proud Sire.—"Stop, I 'say; those adjectives—" Chip—-Drink, drank, drunc ;cbink, cbank, chunk; wink, wank, wuuk; think, thank, thunk—" Proud Sire.—"You Internal lfttlo fooll What in thunder—" Chip.—"(Joed, better, beat; wood, water, west; bad, wusaer, wust; bile, biler, bunt; sew, sewer, soup; pew, Tbe outraged parent broke into tbe recitation with a boot-jack. ——— ——— I•I ■ ■ ■ - that way my son; Oliver Cromwell didn't eat after tbat fashion." the boy after pondering a while, roroarked to himself 'And I dont believe Oliver Cromwell woiloped his boy for finding a bottle of whiskey in tbe abed when b« waa hunting for a horseshoe,, either!"
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