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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER VOL 3 THE GLEANER 'UBLISHKD WKEKLY B* K. S. PARKER * O rakn m, N. C. Kate* of Subtcription. J'oxlnye Paid : One Ycax ,SI..V Sl* Months 7. r > Three Months s, Kvery person aendinir us a club of ten übseriljcrs with the cash, entitles himself t'» one copy free, for the length of time for »!iich the club is made up. Papers sent to lifferent ollicer. ATo Departure from the Cash System RUM «t nilrfrii>i«( Transient advertisements pa.-ab'e in ad ranee: yearly ad vertiseinets quarterly in «dvauce. |1 m. ]2 in. j3 m. i 0 ui. j 12 m 1 quale js2 00 *8 00*4 (W *0 00 j-lO 00 3 " j 3 00 4 50, 6 00 10 00 i 15 (10 Transient advertisements -in per square for he first, and fifty cents for each subse quent insertion. ran paper is ow fiui with Wl.«rt Ma Im w>W JOHN CHAMBERLAIN GREENSBORO, N. C., Practical ™ A K K H WATCH A!N ° JEWELLELi DUALKU IN FINE W ATC iiEtt, JKW ELK Y . u ,Sterling Silver, and Plated■ Ware, FINK WECTAtI.KK, * »--#• ~ and everything else in niy tine. Special attention given to tlie repa'u ing and timing of "Fine Watches ami Regulators. A offer you every possible guarantee thai whatever you may buy o'f me shall be gci.u iue and ?u«t as represented, and you shall pay no more for it than a fair advance ou the wholesale cost, Good; ordered shall he fur nished as loiv as if purc..u*id in person at my junicr. I have made iu the handsomest manner, tlnir Chnino. H»ir Jnwflrr. IMnmoutl UUIL Hriiilinu Kluk>. »>> RIU.U •ffiur J«n'«lrr. uuil ilr«r WH'rh €»»«•«, cie, t nc. My machinery and other appliances for piaking Lue different parts oi Wuicin.s. i |)ciiiaps the uiost extensive in the .->tate. con bo H ueiitly I can gua rati tec that any paitVf a watch or ciock can be replaced with the ut most facility, 1 guarantee that my work will com j>are favorably i» efficiency and finish with Huv in the low. fcIOHN CHAMBERLAIN. Watch Maker and Jeweler, Oreeus)«>r>, N , bimimblß The B)ead — I deal in American and Italian I I Marble Monuments and Headstones - :' | I would inform the public that I am pre j pared to do work as | Cheap as rny yard in I the State, anh guakantee pfbfecl SATISFACTION. t ' Parties Bring at a distance will nave money by »ci ding to me for PRICE LljsT tin PKAIYINUS. To persons making up a clnb of aut or mure, 1 offer the v Most, liberal induce ments, •nd on application will forwaid designs. &C,, or visit them in peison. V , , / Any kiud of marketable product taken in exchange lor wuik. . j- . 8. C. ROBERTSON, »K£KNg»OKO. W. C Poetry, AGKK*. I I.OVK Til EK, [ itood upon the Ocean'* briny s tore. \uil with a fragile reed I wrote ujnn the 'sand— ' ••Allies, I lo*e thee!" ''ln- mad waves rolled l>y and hluttvtl teil t lie fair impression. '.•'rail reed! c uel wave! treacherous -anil! i ll trust ye no m-ir^; But witli hand I'll pluck from Norway's shore d-r tallest, pine, and «11,. i's tup •ftto the crater of Vi-m.\ ius, I Vml up m ihe high an i bu nishej LUa/uu 111 Write—"Agnes, II ive thee," And i would like to sec any ""g-goned wnve a ash that oul. JiutyeSti C'vlfcge Xargum. »n tf( KIiKVKN YtvtHf*. BY BKUKOItU. [From the Jjiumy South, J Alter eleven years wo meet again." were ilio vvords ofgrcetiug that came ii'-itiglu Ircui (iiu iips ol jii« from Wuoiii I separated oi.ee iiu.tor eiiciwu siailCC- ul poc.lli if IlltelC.-l. l»y tint tire, i ..in not ii ilie least romantic, >oi iii my lill-wooi there Have baen inwoven some brtgiii threads romance. One ul 11 icse inctiioiv unraivvlx lor mo lostdgut, bright witu Hie hues of hope ami love 1 hose words, ''Alter eleven year-,' bring up a panorama oi tho |»u«w, mat 1 shall In it'llv attempt lu outline while in its fieslmes*. To oe separated from (he friend of yn •'» youili and iiioii to meet ai>aiu after eleven years, would naturally | tail ttp many reminiscence* ul tlit- I iast; Inn when that one W'j* the sweet heart ofce.hilduood, aud b 1 >e.i loi Out hood, aiM ihe vv otsi.i.K-d i.i ol riiatnivr vear.-, ilie emotions tuti-i be too intense 11> be expressed in vv'titlst. 'li'is woman, vviiom I have met to-nigh' aller so lung a sepai ulion is one-that influenced nil life one thill i came to lieuigia I••nm an other Siate ft. claim fornix bride elev en year- ago. Set-inn her to-nigh iccailis otu litsi mcetinu. We were children, anil liatl outlier, t.d nl a ptibiie hall in iny native town It was my first 'party,' so far a- I can*' .lowreineiir.-er. The ohler ••nes hi. a-MMiibletl ilit* vhiitlr- it in on.-pari >t Ine limJl, ami, to aint|se, Ino *lilile folks,' play. The name 1 liuve -orguUeii, lilt; there was kissina in ii, Jennie, vvnose bright e\esi hul lir.-l met mine that nig il, Was ealleil out on I lie II tor mi. i a eircle formetl around her o| the eiiiltlreu present !rom itnonu' whom she was lo etinos.- one foi a kiss. Th>* choiee lei upon me. and 1 »vel. reineuiber th« sp »ri nit basiiltilues.i oeeasionetl the older ones simitiing around us. Not without a iitl 1 y iehl *it» being kiwt bv a prelly girl." Itui I g-n u»e.. l«i» beioiu t e plat i-ntletl, anil i e'tiles (oat I imbiued I lieu uud »hero a Itnitl ness foi' linn kind oi »|iori(/), vvnicu linn: lui» not eur.-tl me ol'. I r-nii '!ii nielli .lutes Mo for the owner 1.1 tiiose eves. It atwaip seeiuetl nearer o .tint iroin selio ii by her hoii-t*. ili.»ugn in reaiiiy t was neai l> half u mile lartuer; yet the flutter ol aiiiiinlkorchiet,or E.es at toe wiiulow, or, lietter sti'l. | a kis» blusiiingly thro* n and loudly reiuine'i, repai-l for my longer WaU. i often grow jf.itou* at lite sttcnlioii .It-itnie occaslonull) gtive i«» olpers.' 1 liotyh proving now ami then a 1 vt-r mi sell, lor ii wa» one o in> we.ik nesses to be pleusetl with every preity | lac.; 1 met; \ei Jennie was Uhj upon whom wiiscetiie.vd my atiiclion,, ami my love for tier seemed uileintili*«l by liiese iitih; wamleiings —mere rip ples on Ilie em rent, us they vvtre. ibis ehiid-loVe was a very sweet and pure leeling. anil us uteiiiory now slietis a haio over tl>ose early* years \ Yeai°s pa-setl, and I lie war mine on bringing a.>oUi « »e|Ktralinu belwemi ii-. it was liai'-i, and uiy lieai'i crirtl out agajue*. ji, bin ilie eails of honor ami dutv siidotl 1 lie pleading*ol' 10-e; 1 volunleert-tl. natle mi Jennie s mhl g«H>d b\e. ami went away u> the n«id ..nips ami Hanger* ol Ilie *oliier's life. Utuing three years of eiiauge ami s. rue and disaster, I bat now seem a i.-ver dream, i met Jennie only once, Ii was at her new home, to wliicli Sua nad removed from the town 111 which we first met. She hid grown prettier ami more attractive since our last meeting, and tbuugb 1 kuew that 1 GRAH AM, N. C-, w*s in tin: enemy's territory .and tnr from HI- command, I couM not rc«ist the plea she uijieilTor me to remain wiili tin-in till morning. I felt flattered as I detected anxiety in her I'mk® mill minis wh«*ii I .spoke of riding ilia* niyht, and gladly did 1 lield to hnr rommund - "I positively forbid it." W hat cared I then for enemies? Was I not wi'hher 1 love«l? Why, I ieli as though! could have vanquish ed H scare of Yankees that night, -had m; qnariers.be-n surrounded and my rapture alternated. That wa- in December, 1862. and I id not meet her again until utter the war; ended. Mie had returned to her former limno, and of course I hasten-d in m;lke lie/a cill I found m. sel, -|it-culaiiin> on the changes likely for Have « • ••-in-red, hut I was not prepared tor tin? surprise that was In st re for inn. From girlhood »ho had bloomed into woii.anhoou. Tall and graceful, with tull and perfect figure, she ap- I tea red legal in her be»uty as she came into the | ai'lor to greet tne. It was tin- 25ih ot May, 1805. Bhe was dressed in a flowing white lobe, a single flower—a large white rose?— in In-1 hair, and a '>e.iutiful pink bud upon her bosom. With both hands extended and eyes that spoke more than the lip-, she -aid: *1 a.u so delighted to see you again I' All the toils and dangers of war were forgotten in that happy moment. 0 i'.only those win* have known such reunions can understand (heir sweet lie**. A>r a brie I reason there was nothing but picnics, parties, teetes ami entertainments, given in honor of the returned sol.tier*, at all of which 1 meet Jennie, and livquenllv was her escort. 1 I'liis season was in its height when my trials began. Iler lather lorhid our meetings, for Some reason, never fully explained. It was tne old «lory: 'Love laughs,' etc. We *tuei and piigh'ed our troth. A n t her separation then tame, as her hither moved to lieorgia. I ac companied her to Chattanooga, ami in pariin = we exchanged vows of li lolli'v. In tne moiilhs that followed, we corresponded constantly. On, those dear iet'eis, what u source ot hai>- piness they were! Honestly, I think there is more pleasure iu a genuine luve loiter » love let'er when one is voting and true, tlian an.« tiling else in tiio world. lint ala-, Jennie'* letters ceased j-oming altogether, I endured her silence a long wnile. a id men deltmuiond to relieve mv suspense by s ei -g her again. I did so. I found barriers tiiai I iiad .-ot untiripaied. she was ilii.- proini-cd wife of ano her. I had eared bui linle for parental objections so long as I fell secure tn her aU'-rliiin, li.il alter all the sweet hopes ol tiio past, to give her up to auoi her was more than I cjiild iHi.ir. >*••! no! 1 nlli that her hem was -oiil mme, si 1 an I ■tti.ii.i.-d an intervic.v. Kxplauali nis Inlo.vcl i,ii i.ic arie.i unit riiu di*a,ipo trod iron her finger Ye.l 1 was in suspense. I had as -iir.iiice» ol her love, bjt no promise oi and l>r this i was ur gi-ut. 1 -pent a week without having ui'c Miipli.-ne l my pui'imse, and in deapair, was preparing to return I home. Ttie lamily ex'«,pt the lather were all my iriemU an I warm itbel ii/ii. t'ne latter, however, remained sternly oud irate. Ills will had always ho nUw to Juii .ie, bhe lound it hard to oreak through hr habit ot tiiMoicil oje-li-Jiice. bun hfsltatcd i -be pleaded Wltii ui.it Willi no •. result. I The uiorMing appointed for me to ; I axe arrived. I went to learn my - 1 late 1 was 'old tint she eniid not see me In vain I begged lor only a biiel iuteivie#. 'lt cannot be, I Wd» Inc au-wer. Pride mid resent ' iii -ui-struggled in uiy bre«»i, with | love ami bitter iiisappoiiiiiueut I in rued from Hie IHIIIHI as from die grave of my hopes. As 1 was leaving die door a I»d> friend, Airs. C , eame down *tair» »aying mat it was a uie--age trout Jennie, bul I must not read it u nil «*•• the cars aud that a letter would come explaining fl, Whrll 1 opcueuthe note these words were before me: 'I aiu fours for life,' Jennie, Ihe ir«asu.« was to IN* mine The treasure WHS to be urine! The transition Irotu dbpair to hope was such that I recall it HOW at ou« of the i rigutest inoiueu'S of my life. The hope i»f soon d uping nor whom I had l-ived so lung and fondly to wjr ( BOMTU tut LITE,' IU&UC me imi«ed a TUESDAY JANUARY 22 1878 liaiipv bring, iiu t 10-niglit is the ; first lito:* I htve seun nir siooJ tiu reception of the messAgc. •Aftereleven years," we me' agdn to-night. It seemed but yesterday since I hail waited in the parlor lo meet Iter as [ ilii ail u lime 4eenie«l equullv astmrt since 1 hatl beartl the well kuo«vti loot tall coming, kii- I that voiee, so Ktrangely fnini'i.ti iu —ami hore sue i* 'alter eleven years w# have met again!" The same roiee, the name ooul-fuil eyes, but yet how changed ! The checks are less soltly rounded the color t,ir. less vivid. I here is au indis -ribb.ile something tint tell *lie lapse of eleven ye.ir-i, ami vet I ail by tier side once m >re! Ye* it is the one I kissed when u little girl, i: is the being I loved in my b >y h >od, and my proiuiseJ wile in my m;tnlio>d ami yet eleven years his passed since last wo met ' Then.' »ay« some ro n-ititie girl to whom love U alpha omegi, 'then you may marry her still.' Not so fa?t inv dear, there is still an obstacle toour marriage. •What! that ohi ogre or a papa still?' * Well—no; the obstacle is no ogre, but a dear sweet little woman 'That Wile of Mine',' vlio (I will bel high upon it) i» thinkingot me and longii g to sec me. oide by sitle, phe has walketl lites Journey with me Ibr years—a true brave loving litll wile. She kimwo tliet no other can rival her iu ray love. Moreover, inv old sweet heart has one whom, for nearlv as many veur*, si.o has culled •That iiusbaml ot Mine/ anil our meeting to night, though it slirr 1 old memories stratigely with thmi>:ht of what •might have tieeu,' wakes no thought of disloyalty to those who love ami trust us, and tc whom late has joined us wltilelife shall las!. B* PANSIK PERT. [Rrtttn the sunny 8 'Uth ] "Nellie,' said I, with the (readout of an old acquaintance, "how is u you have so many jx-riodii'ala this year, while last you had oniieU" She gave a eat'istied litt!e laugh, she replied, "Ah! rnon ami, thereby hangs a tale; you shall have it, ho*» • .ei, and then you tuajr put it .in ivad >ble shape (or some of my sisters iu tribulation. Von must know in the first place, pa|m —good soul last year began to think, talk, and drain ti ird times; yes, he nad that dreadful epidemic very hard, ami the mo«t ag gravating *'ay iu which it showed itaolf was in the stoppage of the iu (lux of leading matter into our home, Our evening* had always Iteen tie ligliiful; the boys stayed at home perfectly lamblike, and iu the winter evenings the curlaiua were ■ -»» rviA** .uvyu nil tli»» lit arth, '.papa Would have a (ire ptace iu our new house,) then we would make a circle around the centre table, papa iu his large chair, busily at work, but a* hi ight and ii.b-r>;ntid as anv of us, and then Fred, Frank, | L.zzie, an ! your Inn ble servant. We children r»*ad aloud for the j»eu eral edification, iu turiiH. Oit! it was juat solitl coiufort! We liatl :i nuinO'-r of papers,mugaziin-M, an I oc casionally a new book. Y-ui may well know I was aghaat. at tbe thought of giving up our Iteloved 'readings,'aa we called them; but pa ■ pa wax jterfectly au re ,h«t he would i i*e utterly ruined if we did not re. trench, so for the year eight* eu hun dred and aeveuiy six—peace be to its 1 ashes W0 lU*|i*g»d to survive Willi i but little reading, but 1 deaidod that the next year should behold our r*ading survive*! again; but how 1 bid to manage! First, I caUed-acoun cil o> war, ami said to inv brothers; 9 ' "You degenerated urchins, how many cigars do yuu intake in the course of a day; on an average'/" They declare 1 tii«y were very tem perate aud did not exceed two a diy. .Well, I coaxed theui, traaed th-'ui, scolded theui, called them great darlings' and 'great bears,' till ihey promised—L sus|iect to get rid of me —to content themselves w itli one a 4-ty and give me the tsu centa extra, .« sixty cents* w«stu Only think! a dollar ami twmiy centa every Sat-% . unlay uig!il! I put away the uinonur every week iuto a work box, and such a miser I made myself ad that l.les«ed year. I levied tux on |wpa occasionally, bought f. wer neckties, .got only eighteen yards of cloth for my new suit tvh*u 1 ought to have had twent; • t> e, Mid economised gen emlly, aided an i übetteil l»v Lizzie ' and manure. At the erd of the year there was a count ng ot the hoartletl tn astirtt, and you may believe I felt .as wealthy as--weil, he said hi» ua ne was 'C'ajit. Ktdd as be sailed,' :so J tlo not know what it was on ! terra Jirma —Lizzie danced until ev j«rv rurl on In r head was horrizoutal instead of perpendicular. The little woik 'ai a hau just eighty d 'llara, and uiy ex|*3rimeut was a triumph. Such a list ot literary goodies as 1 made out. wi nld have made vour mouth water; all the first class magazines and papers, and tueu quite a nice lit-" tie sum was left, so we bought a ! Webster'* unairidged dictionary,ui.d I some beauii'ul volutueK ot poeuis. ! Mama was delighted with the sin cess of my little plan, papa beamed wi h satifelaction, and the Itoys declared iu their awf.il slau that I was 'a per i tect brick.' Now I have given you my experience and vou must be my scribe, aud muni it to our dear pul« lisher, Mr. Sea!ft. Here it ie, wi*b the "scribeV bt st .how to all the bov* and girl**, and :he prayer ol "finy Ti'ii." What I>id Oe.ihub Wasuington Know?— We dou'T like to be irrev.-r --eu(, but would like to ask, Wh tt did our .forefathers know? What, for in stunce.uid George Washington know? He never saw a stea-nboat. Me nev er saw a last mail train, lie never held his ear to a telephone. !ie nev er sat tor his pictu.e in a photograph gallery. He never roO'-ived a tele g"aph dispatch, lie uever sieh'ed a Krupp gun. 11- never listened to the ''fizz' of an electric pen. He | ii» vet saw a prattv girl a »ewin« I uiaclunu. He never saw t aelf pro latlling engine go down the street to a fire. H" never heard of evolution. Ho iiuver took laughing gas. He never liatl a set of atom teeth, (lc never attended ail International ex position. He ii -ver owne I i b na'i': t mine, He never kn w "tJitl Prob. M He —but why go on? No; when In to ik an excursion it was on a flat l>oa». Wlien he went otf on a train it was on a ui.ile train. Wlioii lie A'anied t » talk with a mail iu Mil waukee he Hatl to go thtre, Whe|i he hud hi* picturv i.ik u it was doie i i profile with m piece ol biack pajter ami shears. When lie gt>t the reluru from back counties, they lad to lie oi'oiigii'l iir hy a man with an'ix car>.' When he took aim it the enemy he had to trust to a cro tked barreled old fitutl-.ck. When lie wrote it was wi'h a got»*e quill. When he hatl- to mend his gutndnittther did it with a danitng needle. Win n lie went to a fire h« sto >tl iu line and pisHnl '«-..cket-. When lie looked at a ciaiu he never ili-«jui>-tl it was any relation t»f his. When he went to a concert i>e heuril a craikel fitltlh-and an insane clarionet. When lie hatl a tooth pulled hi-B.it down ami never lt-li tiff yelling. When lie got or.t ol teeth he niitunned his victuals. When lie wauled an international show he sent for L'fayette and ordered his friends up from Old Virginia with the *|ie--iui"ii* sarefully lal>e!l-d in hot tie i, Who., he ouee got hold of a nugget ot gold from an Indian chief he b-lt rich. . When lie w»ut«d to know anything weather he coiihiilted the g/iuud hog or goose* bone. When—but why go ou? What did sii;h u man know? Who waa he, anyway?--Eickanga. I Pko-pbciisu. — "Mainuia, where 'do |K.-o|ilc go whep tbev die?" 4 'My -• r f l can't tell yon just where,* "Hut don l you know?" "How can 1 know, Nellie? Mamiuie Las never die t." "Ol oourae not: but haven't you stu died geograp iy?" i If your furs ever got worn down short, whip tiieiu with forty rod*, (or forty rods is said to make a fm-iong. N0,45 WOIIIDN'N SP«: L \ WITHES.—'I he ! Eureka Nrv. Sentin'i tells «his story; 44 I'lie plaintiff in a case l*»fore a re cent term of the District. Court waa somewhat distuilwd >u l>-aruiug that a certain individual whose reputation for teracity was none of the be*it w*a to lie M wit-ncsa for the defendant. The fellow's cajiaoity for false swear* ing wan notorious, and unless hi* in« tegiity was shaken, plaintiff's cam wa" a 'g..n.» goose.' He hi»d himself to a brother litigant, and asked him if h» V .Id la-lieve the witin SB tinder oath. "Nn/vm tiie reply. 4 Yun know h• in liar?' 4 Y»*.' *A thief?* •Y*.' 'DUiepntnbie in e\evy par* ticu'ar?' *Yea. r 4 Well; I want you t«» :« on the stand aud swear to your belie*. The friend's countenance be came troubled, and he replied: 'My dear fellow, I would do you almost any favor, bu», you see, 1 have got him employed as a witness for my self next week. New Yotk Graphic: A countryman whose most striking articles of aps parel were a beaver of the rebellion decade and a red knitted tip|*i tied around his neiJc, got up ou a bench at the b«by show, yesterday, and be tween the crowiug aud orying he caught, a btea'h of silence, and asked: toadies and gentlemen, why is a— when is a fliwerist lik. a wi«e child?'' "1 think, |ieihaps," said a timid maiden I any, "it's when he goes to bed early." ,4 Nu!" exclaimed the quentiouer triumphlatly. "When he re-posies early HIM late," suggested a bright young man. 44 Nah! nothin' like it/" said the couundrum huck ster. Then they all gave it up, aryi the man in the red iippet shouted; "Now listen, aud I'll t*)l you A ti'weri*t is like a wise child when lia noses his own poppy!" And the an swer was received by a chorus of in* digiiHiit screams from the circumftiu* bleui orchestra. IIEKK IT THBOUUU There are IUHHV people who CHI i n«*ver bear an* w»h.-r tell »nything without interrupt ing them, ami Mich pontoua oftrn innke I)II|>LCNKHNT HIIII awkwaid inter. upt urns. For example: A young pentlemxn undertook to relate a circuinxtance one Sunday «■ veiling in thf prewncei of some young hdie*, ami bu commenced as fuU Iowa; u \ lady friend and niynelf, laat evening, wen*. u» l.'ed—" Wilb a Hudden apriug tie old lady bourn**! him out of the house, Th« "'Hi day the old gentleman met him •>n the Mreet and a»ked for au apolo fSJ- "l wa« al»ont to say, w commenced ibe young man, "that a lady friend and tnywdf went to lied—" wh«n * tiirm»l from tlifl old uiHii'a cane tUrti «d htm hick Hcv. ral feet, upon which lie exolai red, at the top of hia voice; "A lady friend ami myaalf weut to Bedford ntre«t church, you old fool!" ■ "" *" r * r f tvii* v a«T«MIA*ft INVLV, IMK. ■ Cor. riilluloipfila Pre*?, Victoria always i* * j ea j about. h U Haiti iant »lie, un.l none olncr umaiwod the raveled nkviu between theJVnite U( .u Princes* ot WMH, WIIO HIE now »> MUCH together tml M|>|Mtr»>in|« m> well coi»« teiil H Hit eath other ilitu lady IIIIIHI have relnqui«ned (ii sue ever enter* tinned) (lie imention o! gtd.i# to CopemiAau for mii imledniM ik-Hml 'I lie yneei. regulate* m H | diciplii.es her cm dtvu. ju»i a* ii they **till were bo}* MIKI giri», Here is * recent iithianre-vi'i-ince yno ov.r twemy-lour \e«r» old, i.Mft been Upending ;liu autumn ft| i>c »ll Hid. Ilia •ii{hle»l movemnts and ur|NH>e» wore t» BaU moral uy one 01 hi*»uite. On ?>t|nti*y ftrek, IwiiiK i■, a cotpip*) town .11 biginsmre, which lie hid not visited l>n \ iottxtx t ureepu-d the poliie oiler o| a gentle.oaii orthe lno»liiy to to MI in hi» puw, in toe £pu.:'o|ml cnureli. Jut>i its he wan about eiil r* ing lite sacred cdilice, a le lex rain Ironi IIIH Itov Hl uioiher was put iniu his hand, poMively ordering hi'ii l» aito al divine worship in the l'rv«n\ icri>in whurdl MIM| tLc putit young man had to obey orders by making a lame apology "to the geu> tleuian w ijoMt courie»y ho tym loroed 10 abandon. Sonafor Gordon, of Georgia, is forty six tears olu; his grandfather was 4 Involutional.\ soldier; «t the battle of Sliarpsburg a hullei went tbioagb the Senator s lett cheek; altogether lie wa* hit by seven bullet.; he is the | political ot Georgia and, accord? | ing to lied field, "Gordon has a war ' reord and lots of U, so much so that : a liile more would nave been aJJ 9* | cord sad no tiur&ou."
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