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v Jl tr? r-jk. jgL' iWvV v . v * - THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. VOL 4 THE GLEANER 'UBUSUEI) WEEKLY B* K. S, PAR KK R (SrntiUm. N. Rltpv p/ Subscription. I'ostaye Paid : One Vciy t1.50 Fix Months ... .75 Three Moatbti 50 Every person sending ns a clnb of ton iibseribers with the each, entitles himself to one copy free, for tlie luagth of time for . whleh the cluli Is made up. Paper* sent to liffe.rent oltlcer. No Departure from the Cash Si/stem Riln •! nilvcrMni iik Transient advertisement* payaWe in ad vance j yearly advertiaeinete quarterly iu : advance jl m. '2 m. IS m. | fim. I 12 in. 1 {iiare I*3 00 *8 00,*400 * 800 KIOOO 2 « | 3 OOf 4 501 C 00> 10 001 lit 00 TraqcuMit advertisement* *1 per square or he first, and fifty cents for each subse quent insertion. > r ' . ■ 'I- ■' ft. .—— ' van paper xs ox raa una . '* * JOHN GHAJKBHRLAIK GREENSBORO, N. ( C., Pkact a K E R JEWELLER DKALKIt IN FINE WATCHES, JEWELRY, I, Sterling Silver, and Plated- Ware, yi "ft* ' • HlV'"' ■ -c - ;i % - ' > - - DINK SV«?ITA4UI.r», , and eVerything else in my line. &■ Special attention given to the rcpah log and timing of Fine Watches and Regulators. I offer yon every possible guarantee that whatever you inay buy of me shall be genu ine and .'list as represented, and you shall pay no more for it than /. fair advance on the wholesale cost, Good* ordered shallJje fur nlfhed as low as if purchase! iu person at my CJUHter*. I. hare made iu tlie liaudsoiuest wanner, Hair (JkalM. llnlr Jewelry. Dlnm*ni and WedrfiiiK Kif»u». *ll kinds •f Vine Jewelry, ««M and Silver Watch Caaca, ete„ etc. My machinery aud other appliances for making the different parts oi Watches, is perhaps the most extensive in the State, con sequently I can guarantee that any part of a watch or clock cau be replaced with the ut most facility, ar 1 guarantee that my work will com pare favorably in efficiency and finish with auy in the land. JOHN CHAMBERLAIN* Watch Maker and Jeweler, Greensboro, N , iraiirara The Dead I deal in American and Italian fiarble Monuments and Headstones I would inform the public that I am pre pared to do work as Cheap as any yard in the State, ANT) GUARANTEE PFRFECT SATISFACTION. Parties living at a distance will save money by sctdinE to me for PRICE LIST a'id DKAWIijUS. To persons making up a club of si* Or mure, X offer the ' Most liberal induce ments, and on application will forward designs, fcc ft visit thorn io pet ton. • i Any kind of marketable produce taken in exchange for work I 8. C. ROBERTSON, GREENSBORO, N. C. i TIIK PVKSi: [from tlie Sunn v South. I BY EMMA U.VUKISON JONES. * | "George, dear," saiil Mrs. Pres cott, looking up from her basket of mending, hs ulie and her husband 8«t by their Bre-siJfc one winter night, "has it ever occured to you that it is time our boys were signing the pledge?" Mr. Prescott tossed aside his paper with a laugh, "There yon go, my dear;. aud I really expected it. The wonder is you haven't caught the fever soon* er " "What fever, George?" " Why, this temperance fever ,that" seems to be crazing everybody just new. The town's full of it; every second man I meet wears a gay roset.e in his button-hole, and every church is converted iuto a temperance hall; but the thing won'tlast— such spas modic movements never do." His \vife'n bright eyes grew wistful, and a cloud crossed her pretty, fresh face. She was a happy little woman, the mother of three promising boys, always busy aid full of plans for the comfort of her family. "It is a good movement, George," she continued. "1 trust it will be more lasting than you think; and it would," she added, with spirit, "if the known men of the town, the strong, reliable men like yourself, George, would take hold of it." "Much obliged for the compliment, my love," laughed her husband ; "but I don't think I'm in any danger of becoming a drunkard." "Nop"do I, GeorgeJ but you are not a temperance man, and there's always danger in having to do with sin." " Why, Lizzie, how mtfd) in earn > *at you seem. You've caugnt the fever without doubt. You had a weakness for running after fashions. But really, child I'm in no danger. I'm uot a total abstinent e man, I'll admit; ever since I can rcmeml er I've had my drink or two a day, but I never was intoxicated in my life, und I never expect to be." "I trust not, George, but you have sons, and there's no tailing into what errors your example may lead them." "Why, Lizzie, do you mean to say I set my boys a bad example?" "No, George, there never was a better husband and father than you are, but you teach your boys to drink intoxicating liquors. We have wine on the tablrt occasionally, and alujbst •very morning the irays toddy." "And you liatfe always mixed the beverage, my dear, and shared it around io us." "t know it, George, but I shal never do it again. In the first place, it Ts a waste ot money. The liquor used in this house costs every cent of a dollar a week." "That's not much, Lizzie." "No; but it counts up. And how much does your private drinking amount to, do you suppose P' "Blesa my soul, Lizzie, what has come over you? Ten cents some time, never more than a quarter " "Each day?" "Yes. You don't grudge me that trifling amount, do you?" "I grudge you nothing, George, that will make you and your boys happy," cried his wife, her eyes filling with tears; "but I wish you could see this matter as I do. Let me givj you an illustration. The Ashford boys were here an evening or so ago, and they wore their blue temperance badges on their jackets. "Lary, why don't you fellows sign the pledge! It is so awfully jolly," said one of them. "Our Lawrence laughed, just as you laughed at me a minute rfgo, George. He is bis fathers own son,' my hand some Larry, and it would break my heart to see him do wrong. "It*B jollier to drink your social glass, and have your hot toddy when you feel dull," he replied. "My father thinks the plsdgp a humbug, ud so do I." GRAHAM, N. C-, * Did Larry say that ?' asked' Mr. I'resteott. 'Those were lii» words, Gcorge.niid they cut me to the heart. Now, bus* baud, you have never denied "no any thing since tlie day you made mc your happy wife— don't deny mc this. Let's banish all sorts of intoxicating drinfe from our house, and rto jtm take your boys by the hand and make theip sign Ihe pledge. As their lath er does they will do willingly.' And the little woinnn put by her sewing, and crossing to her husband's chair, took his head in her two hands, and laid her cheek against his face. 'Now, George, dear, surely you'll not say no to me lor the first time, will you?' There was silence tor a minute,and then the husband drew the pretty face down and kissed it. *1 couldn't say no, Lizzie, if 1 want, ed,' he said. 'No man could with stand spoil a witch as you are.' On the following day Mr. Prestcott and his three sons signed the plodge, and the boys took great pride in their gay badge 3. Intoxicating drinks were banished from their home, and no one seemed to be one whit the worse for it. It the boys had a cold their mothor ad ministered hct mullcii tea, and she found ftho remedy even more efficient than the todies used to be. The boys seemed more speedily relieved, and had fewer attacks. Three years went by. Times were hard, aud money scarce, and Mr. Prcscotts business was dull. To make mutters worse, he had a long spell of sickness, and a heavy doctor's bill. •I can't see my way out of it,' ho remarked, sitting in his arm chair, one evening, his pale ?face scainod with lines of carc, Mho building assc. ciatioti stock will have to go, aud I do hate that tremendously.' •What is it, George, dear? Maybe 1 can help you.' The sick man smiled at the little wile, ever so ready with her help. 'No, dear, you can't help mc in this; I wish you coald,' he said.' 'lt is a note, which must be paid before the tenth.' And to-day i* the eighth. What is the amount, George? 'Three hundred and fifty dollars, and 1 have not fifty to spare. It it hadn't been for this confounded fevs er—' 'llush, my lave. Wait till I bring my pledge purse,' aud his wife dart» ed lrom the roam. Iu two minutes she was back, a heavy purse in her hand. •This is my pledge purso, George.' •Your pledge purse? What do you mean?' • Why, you see,' and the little we* man's face tairly glowed as her boys led their lessons aud crowded around her, eager to. hear, 'the (lav you and the boys signed th« pledge,' George, I made this purse, and called it my pledge purse. Every day I have put in ten cents, and every week a dollar, because that much used to go fornass ty, intoxicating drink, that did my boys and their father more harm than good. Sometime?, whou I had a lit tle s| are change, I threw that iu too. Larray, my boy, sit down by your fttthcr and couut over the contents. 1 hope there may be enough to pay that troublesome note.' Larry obeyed with alacrity, his lather looking on with eager eyes as he assorted the dollar notes aud piled up the quarters aud dimes. Wlieu all was told, the amount was four huudred and sixty five dollars. Mr. Prrecott looked at his wife, and his eyes filled with ters. ' Why Li2zie -why, little wife,what cau I say?' he began. She caught his head to her bos om. •Say nothing George. I kept my pledge purse tor en hour of {need and that hour has come. Pay the note that troubles you, dear, and then get well aud strong at your leis ure. ller husband was silent, but the three boys leaped to their feet, aud shouted, 'Hurrah for the pledge!' un til the room tang. FINDING FACLT-WITH THE WOBLD. —There is a class of people in the world who makelt theehiet business ot their lives to depreciate existence and its blessings; who speak of this world as S* vale ot tears," an "abode of sin and sorrow," a ''daily cross," a "realm ot blighted hopes," and' so on through the entire contegory of sacli expressions. Io nine cases oot Of ten. onr World is just what we intake it. If we choose to )ive in a cellar, the sun will net be likely to come down out of the iieavens,' and seek us out hi our obscurity. TUESDAY APRIL 23 1878 TIIH POTTSTOWN Til tOI-iHV, j | From 1 lie New York Time*. ] It is well known that the perpetrator of any new vr.riety of clime or outrage is nenily certain to have imitators. For example, Master Jesse Pd..;eroy was no sooner' tound guilty ot carving sniaf! boys with his penknife than otlie- youthful mju sters began to put their penknives to a similar use. So common is this tendency to Imita'-ieu en the part of criminals that the conscientious journaiist dreads to mention any unusually utrocious crime, lest he should thereby awaken among them a depraved emulation. Some months ago it became necessary to ment ion the fhfain'>uß conduct of a man who.in the diguise of A woman, and iu the asHiun d character ot agent for tho patent garters canvassed three coun ties of Pennsylvania, and with the aid of a tape measure collected statistics the very thought of which makes one's blood ran cold. It was to be expocted that the villain would find imitators, and, accordingly no one will bo surprised to learn that the town of Pottstown, Penn , has just Jicen made the sceno of a peculiar atrocious outrage. Nature is a luultless workman— or should we say a working woman? She never makes a mistake. In order to give woman something wherewith to occupy their mind and hands, slio gave them long hair. At the same lime" foreseeing that cirsumstauccs ' . might arise iu which the possession of long hair wonld be iiicouvenicut, she made the backshair ef womon detachable, so that it can be taken off and laid aside whenever such a course eceu.s desirable. This is one of those facts ef science which the Darwinians cannot reconcile with the hypothesis of development. The fossils ot whatever strata give no hint of any progress in the direction ot detachable baoK-hair, and tho female ape who is supposed to be the ancestress of woman has no back hair at all. No mere bouutifuT pWvislo/r than" which permit* r woman to shut one end of hair iu the beaureau-.lrawer, and to hold Hip other end in one hand with a view.to brushing it. can be found in the whole economy of nature; and no married Darwinian who is asked by his wife te take hor back-bait to the haiiMlreß«er's to bo "doue ever," can help losing faith in bis hypothesis at least to some extent. Just after tho beginning of Lent two young men came to Pottstown aud announced that they were the sole owners of a new process of restoring brilliancy and softness to back-hair, no matter what might be its age or condition. They began their operations by distributing te every house in the towu printed circulars, setting forth their business aud naming a ridicuously low price tor their Services. In this circular it -was promised that tlie longest switch es should be renovated lor ten cents each, while tho charge for renovating ourls and "fronts" was even lower." The ladies of Pottstown were assured that the process of renovation should be conducted with the utmost secrecy and it would require iu no case mere tlcau three days. Copies of alleged letters signed by Mrs. Anthons, Mrs. Clara Morris, President Hayes, and Miss Clura Louise Kellogg, certifying that their back-hair had beeu rouos vated to their complete satisfaction, were annexed to the circular, and there was not a woman in all of Pottstown who did not fully believe that was exceptionally fortunate iu having the circular brbugbt to heF attention. The next day the two young men, each carrying a large covered basket called at every house to receive or ders and back«hair. They had printed receipts with them, which they gave iu exchange for hair, and which bad an extremely genuine aud like appearance. Before they \ foited one quarterßTthe baskets aud they vfib obliged to return to their hotel Ire empty them before taking a fresh 9tart. Judging from the sizo of the baskets, a local scientific person has estimated that they had collected a ton and a half of back hair in the course of two days There' was not—so wd are assured —a woman iu Pottstown who did not trust hor hair,to'those audacious wretches, with the exception of a few !a4iesofthe African descent; and each oue believed that within three days at the furthest she would receive back her cherished locks in a greatly improved condition. For several days after the back-hair lot rolUtown had thus been placed | iulhe keeping of the pretended hair renovater no ladies were visible on the Pottstown streets. At the same time every lady at whose house any yo«uig -man ventured to make a call, was either "engaged" or "ill," ' and declined to rccieve visitors. On the fifth day t|ie hotel at which the scoundrels had stopped was visited by scores ot ex sited husbands and brothers, who were horrified to learn that the two hair reuvaters had left town five dayß before, carrying with them seven large and heavy trunks.- Over tho scenes which took place when this terrible news reached the ladies ot Pottstown a veil must be drawn. Much may be forgiven iu a woman who has been cheated out of her back, hair, but it is impossible to approve *of the want of Judgment which several indignant wives evinced in trying to repluoe their missing hair by drawing upon tho short and scanty hair of their in noceut husbands. There will be no parties in Potts town for some time to come, and so far as the young men are ouccrned they will have no female society whatever. The sadden revival of the backshair businops in this city aud in Philadel phia, which Western statesmen aro ascribing to the passage of tho Silver bill, is due wholly to the demands ot tho Pottstown hidies. The two pretended hair regfrvaters have sailed for Europe with their booty, and the volume ot back*>h«ir in this country will be for some time too small for the demand. WIIK WOMEN SHOULD RltiD. Laying aside tho thought of our own rost and comtort, let us a little higher. For the children's sake we must make the most of ourselves. Many an uuselfftli mother has said, "Oh, I cannot take allthistime, there are so many things to do for tho.cbils drsti." She docs not realize that she may do nioivthem Jli the end by cul tivating herself than if she spends all her time en clethes and cooking. A generosity which makes the recipient weak or selfish is not a blessing but a curse. Have you not seen grown* up sous who suubbed their mother's opinions in tho same breath with which they called her to bring their slibpers? The meek little voman tiai "trotted arouud" to wait on them se long that they have come to think that that is all she is good for- Their sisters keep "Ma" iu the backgrounds because she 'tusn't a bit of style,' aud is'so uncultivated,' forgetting that she has always worn shabby olothes that they ini£ht woar fine ones; that tliut her hands have become horny with hard work that theirs might be kept soft and white for the piano, and that she has dcuicd herself books aud leizure that they might have both. And there are other children, too no ble for such base* ingratitude, whe feel a keen though secret senso of loss as they kiss the dear withered cheek aud think how much more of a wo man 'mother' might have beeu if she had not shut her»e!f away from the culture and sweet companionship of books.— Scribner for. April. . An Act of£indkesb Rewarded. —ln December, 1873, a young lidy of Cooperstown, Pa, met on a raiU, road train a lady who was very ill/ and she kindly ministered unto her, taking car«i of her, and accompany* ing her to her place of destination. When they parted the eick woman offered to reward the young lady for her ktnduess and attention, but she would take nothing. The old woman wrote down the name and address nodding familiarly to her, and said: "You wiH be paid some day." The young lady never saw her chance ac quaintance again, but the sum of 190,000 has recently been bequeathed to her. fhe pld woman had no rela tives in this oountry, and left all ber money tp thb girl who had befriends ed her. " ' • 1 "■ A little boy had one day done wrong, and he was sent, after patent al correction, to ask in secret the for givencss of his Ileaveuly Father. His offense was passion. Anxious to hear what he would say, his mother fol« lowed to the door of his room. In lisping accents she beard him ask to be made better, and then, with child like simplicity, he added: 'Lord, make ma's tempor better, too.'— Boston Traveller. There are only *l,ioo lawyers in Missouri, and every one of them is a candidate for U. S. Senator.—J)ay" ton Democrat. Itfoanittp. 'The Baby's Got a Tooth' is the tittle of tbe latest comic sung out in England. Mayor Ely, of Naw YoiJf, didn't know he wa« going to be married un -lil lie rend it in the newspapers. An oilier triumph for juurrialisui I Spurgeon is solid and has close cut dark hair and full beard. He wears a soft liat drawn over his face. Uis great voice is as melton as ever. It was said of a certain Judge that he was BO reserved in his mi norn that one would never huspect that ha had any. "Thou art so nfar and yet so far,*' as the burglar raid when he admired tbe valuable watch in the jeweler's window. Old Deacon Dobson a J ways bfasted that "he was prepared for the worst," and his neighbors tbonght he had got it when he married bis second wife. Little boy, at the opening of a pro posed a palling match: "Let's start fair, grandmother. Ton take Nebueh adnezzer and I'll take cat." The surest sign of age is loneliness. While one finds company in himself' and his pursuits he cannot grow old, whatever his years may bfi.—AlcvU- The severest punishment of any injury in the conscience of having done it; and no one but the guilty knows the withering!pains of tepent ance.—liaUou. , Said a philosopher, "My friend conducted his future wife to tha-altar —and there his leadership came to an end." The suicide of Mriie. Restelf is a declaration by an expert that a career even of prosperous crime is necessari i ly a failure, and that no amount of upholsterr can compensate for public detestation- World. Longfellw is credited with saying that if lie responded to all the requests sent him for his autograph and like ness he would spend a thirtl oi his income in photograph Mid postage stamps. When Lady Roseberry entered her husband's house in Scotland, the other day the housekeeper met her at the door, and in acoardauce with an old Scotch custom, broke an oatmeal oake over the bride's head. THK SLEEP or CHILDRE s.— The Herald qf JleaUfr cautions patents not to allow their children to bn waked up in tbe morning. Lei n dare wake them; she will not da it per maturely. Take care that they go to bod at an early hour—let it lie'earlier and earlier, until it is found that they wake up themselves in full time to dress for breukftt. DECISION AGAINST WOMEN AS PREACUEHS. —Bishop AnUrews, of the New York Methodist Conference has decided that the licensing of women as preachers is against tha , doctrines of Weslay. The disappointed , advocates of the new departure have . taken an appeal to the General Conference of the Methodist of the whole country in 1880. JOURNALISM IN NEWT YORK.— The Mew York journals appear to be In a , bad way. Said a''managing editor" at a recent meeting of tl*s Now York Press Club: "There is not a man hero that call his soul his own, You are a pack of hirelings. 1 sin a hireling You are all hirelings. .You represent the great metropolitan press. There is not One of you that dares to writo a line of his honest convictions. There is not one of you who dares to write a line he believes, if you were to write it,it would not be published .Tim soul would be taken out of it. It would be suppressed. I would sop ■ press it ii it wero brought-to me. I get a hundred and twenty-five dollars a week lor suppressing the truth, for cutting out the soui of every sentence which cames before me." A NORTH CAROLINA GIANT. —The Richmond (Va.V Whig of the 11th inst. says: "lu his rambles about the city yesterday a Whig reporter mat a rather remarkable character, no less than a modern gianf—a man who during his briof stay in the city, created quite a sensation on the streets as he walked about, and caused almost every pass er-by to turn and look back at him as bo passed. Charles Tumley. the character roferied to, is 8 feet iu height and weighs something over 450 pounds. Tumley. arrived from North Carolina on his way to New York in search ol work at" his trade of plasterer. He is quiet and unobtrusive man in Ids manner*, converses pleasantly and modestly. 1 umley says he has three brothers who are nearly as tall at: himself, and weigh equslfy as much, a Who ugh nil ol[them arc voiu>ger. Ibis mode n giant said to the writer that he nev r made use of a scaffold to plaster an. ordjnary room. NO,B
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