ABOUT ANOi n rhOTKKB.
[;From the Journal-T>f Commerce.]
e«~ —of Commerse:
- . """ *Nkw Yokk, May 16, ibioft'
"Will you please give the correct mean
ing or interpretation of thetod&go- "that it.
-• takes nine tailors to make a man?'
Truly yours, J. T. I.
I:' 4 , ltcply. —No saving hns obtained a
j? wider currency than this concerning tai
lors; its origin is not so inu-jli lost in
remote antiqniey as it swallowed up in
a multitude of explanations. In lCß2the
- pinverb, then several hundred years old
■Was thus explained;
» to a p r oven> wtiioii has been of old,
And many men: likewise been so bold,
To ttie discredit of the Tailor's Trade,
2 A'ine Tailora ijoe to make a man, they said.
BntJor their credit P.f inirtdtUc It t'ye:
A di aper once fell into povcrtie.
>'iue Taylor* joyu'etheir parses together then
feta. - To get him up, and make him agi-n. __—
A similar explanation of the legend is
given in various old publications. Now
it is a poor orphan boy who applies for
■ alms at the tailor's shop in London
where nine journymcii are employed.
They take an inteest ill him and con
tribute for liis relief, and when lie
becomes prosperous and sets np his
» «iotto,"Nine tailors made ine a man."
The Germans (for the saying is current,
in many languages) have a similar storys
although here is a poor tramp who is
is relieved, ami who goes out warmed
and feil, and with a little silver in his
pocket Saying to bis benefactors. "Cod
* bless you, you havu made a man of mo
By the way the' Germans used to add to
the insult, by the variation "It takes
thirteen tailors and a mastiff dog to make
a man," alludiag doubtless to somo
special occasion when this force was or
ganized for aggression or defence.
A writer discovers tho origin as he
thinks, hi that the trade
of nine tailors will set up a cloth »»er
chant.
An English clergyman a hundred
years ago made an ingouious reading of
the proverb that wholly relieved the
L csaft from the supposod stigma. It is
well known that where -ktneral knells
t are common, the bell, before announcing
tho age gives the signal for the descrip
tion of tho deceased as a piece oflntorma
tian to the town. This common
in Conncticut 50 years ago. The iuueral
hell rang with a peculiar stroke; then
ntter a pause the bell mau struck it three
times for a youg girl five times for a boy
seven tunes for a woman, and nine times
"lor a man. The age was then called off
on the bell* The word foiling it has
been claimed was trom te)ling or' county
• ing these strokes. The telling of the boll
was the information it communicated.
"Nine teller* for a man," thus passed
into current speech, and soon became a
a joke against the tailors. One ot th 6
wittiest sayings attribute by Doudglass
Jer reiki in his drama to Charles 11, gives
the origin of the prevalent teudency to
victimize tho craft: "Never pay a tailor
used to have foV ho
will bo ]S the'eorcnrig September—and is
reputed to be choierie as ever. During
the thirtypublic 'life
he was in. a quarrel
with somebody, often with several meu
at tho same tiiiMi. A member of the
Confederate Congres during the civil
war he was forever wrangling,' and
usually on the eve of personal recouuters
•with his fellow members. A bitter and
uncompromising enemy of Jefferson
Davis, strenoualy opposing every meas
es lire- advocatedly directly orindirectly by
the President of the Southern States,or by
any of his friends, and consequently was
kept as a bee in a tar barrel.
g& They need to say in Vickabnrg, where
he lived just before the war that he
could not stand 10 feet from the Prentiss
House and hit it more than once out of
ten times. One of his duels was with
the brilliant Seargent S. Prentiss, - and
as was not uncommon in the cotton,
States, a'number persons [went Jout of
Natchez to witness the fight, which took
place not far from the town. After an
exchange of shots, Prentiss, observing
a boy who had climbed into the boughs
of a tree, 50 feet out of range, to get a bet
fcerview, called to him, "You would bet
ter come down, my Bonj you may get hurt
My friend, Senator Foote, »ia shooting
rather wildly to-day." So good-natured
Wtk remark ought to have mollified Foote,
• but it did not. A slight wound in his
j leg ferminatedjthe combat and increased
hia fame as a chivalrous gentleman and a
TUB
A Well Rrini'iulicrrd Incident of th« B'nr
Bf I wren the Slalra,
The Rer. J" an .a**,
dress before Hie National Sunday School
-tjmwntlpn, Atlanta, (M. related the foN
lowing incident: 'ln the early spring of
1863 when tlie Confederate and Federal
armies \vo*c confronting each other on
the opposite bills of Stafford and Spott
gylvania, two bands chanced one evening
at the same borvr to begin, to discourse
sweet innsic on either bank of the river.
A large crowd of l)>o soldiers of both ar
mies gathered to listen t.o the sweet mus
ic, the lr'ondly pickets not interfering,
and soon the bands began to answer each
other. * Fiiiit the band on the northern
bank would.play "Star Spangled Ban
ner," "Hull Columbia," or roine other
national air, and at 'its conclusion the
*'boys in blnc"*wpuld cheer most lustily.
And then the.bawl on the Southern bank
would respond with "Dixie," or '•Bonnie
Blue flag," or some other Southern mol\
ody, Mid the "boys in grey" would ats
test their approbation with an "old Con*
federate yell." But present 1> one of the
bands strock up, in sweet and plaintive
notes which were wafted across the beau
tiful were caught up at
one© by the other band and swelled into
a grand anthem which touched eyerv
heart, "Home, Sweet Home!" At the
conclusion of this piece there went up a
simultaneous shout from both sides of
the river—cheer followed cheer, and
those hills, which lvad so recently re
sounded with hostile guns, echoed and
resecliood the glad acclaim. A chord had
been struck responsive to .which the
heart? of eiiemierf—enemies then— conld
beat in union; and on both sides of the
river,
'/Something the »oldler'« cheek
Washed off the stains of powder."
His FIRST LOVE.—"Dirt I ever love
any other girl?" repeated the prospective
bridegroom in answer to tike tearful in
quiry of bfs T tended. "Why, no,
darling; of cour»9 not. Could yon aak
such a question? You are thy first and
and only love. This heart knew no
awakening until the sunshine of your
love streamed in and awoke it to ec
stasy." And then he kissed her tenderly
and went home, and said to himself,
"I must hurry those things out of the
way right off, or there'll b« a row,"
And he collected together a great pile
of letters,written in all kinds of feminine
hands, with lets of faded flowers and
photographs, snd locks jot hair, and
faded ribbons, and other things; and
when the whole collection had' been
crammed into the kitchen grate he
drew a deep sigh and said to himself,
"There goes all that's left of fourteen
undying loves. Let 'em flicker."
TOOFS, STANDMDWIFFIER,
For ALL Sewing Haehlnes.
tfho best to tuo and most perfectly constructed.
X. i. TOOP, "Do**BTiCT n ßundlng, New York,
or Nay HAVEN, CT.
T^iiaittll
THE UOHTEBT RUNNING, •
'THE SIMPLEST, ''
THE, MOST DURABLE,
THE MOST POPULAR
SEWHTG KACHHTES.
PMretstaff aO the latest and xnoat deabablo
taprcvemenU. -
ft l»,«wilr andkntood, makes tSeUoaWe
thread lockstitch, has Mir-npslatlng Un- '
■lons sad tike-pp, and will do the whale range
cf family work wlthoat change.
.The " DOMESTIC "la made in Iho most dmw
able manner, with conical eteel bearings and
compensating journal* throughout, i
Agenta for Iho " DOMESTIC" Sewlnr Ha.
chine and the " DOMESTIC " Paper Fashion,
wanted in all mioocupied territory. Address^
I'K'H-irfH
, Sewing HaeMno Company, Stow Torlb
Ucan make u.oncv faster at work for us
than anything else. Capital not requir
ed; we will start you. sl2 per day at home
made by tbe industrious. Men, women, and
boys aud girls wanted everywhere to work
for us. ■ Now is the time. CorUy outflt ana
terms free. Address Tkuk & Co., A adnata,
Maine.
Yon can And the l>e»t stock and cheapest
goods at BCOTT & DON3EJU/8.
Oil IMS
"
my new ftore house, west ul the eourt
house was computed and I more* into
it.
1 have enjoyed a liberal share of patron
age since, for wlikU I beg leave to return
uiy thanks, ■■?
I have just returned from the North,
wherelpuorehased a large stock of goods,
consisting f as ncarfy everything my cus
tomers would want as my long acquaintance
with our people would enable pus tu> buy.
For the Ladies
I Imvc an efegsrot line of dress goods of the
latest styles, from culieoes up 'to the more
beautiful and costly, Hosikrv, notions,
HATS and especially an extensive lot of
—-—— ' ».
COJ.LAUB, COI.UIiK.TIa A.XD BCAKF*
For the Gentlemen
I have xum mBE clothin®, hats akd
CATS, BOOTS ATTD SROKt
and the finest stock of Piece 00009 ever
brought to this market, consisting of bcan
tifal patterns for coots, vests, pants anil
for full suits.
FOB EVERYBODY
I*'have a fall stock of oaocKaiaa, CONFEC
TIONERIES/ HARDWARE, TCLMW
iHF 5
WARE, CROTEHY
® Awaa, TIN WARE, CVT
* ■ w&ot-fr}' >
I -j*
* YiU- %t •
and in a word *1) that h wanted and aeed
cd'by the trade.
This large and variod stock of goods ]
bought to sell, and I have priced them
with that end ia view. Remember my
new ijtore west"of the coart home,
Octo, ». ly.
J. W. HARDEN.
fTOIITOM
» #'
W. R. Forbis $ Bro.
GREENSBORO, N. C.
braneh herose,
J. R. Pugh &co
GRAHAM, N. C.
keep on hand an kinds of furniture, from
the cheapest to the very bent.
Nothing in tb« furniture line that they
do not ke«p.
J. It. Pagh &co,
IN GRAHAM,
keep on hand quite an assortment at such
furniture as their trade mostly demands,
and tliey also will on, application order at
once, anything wanted, without cost to the
customer, who can select from a book of
cuts, showing the different styles ,
8 mo. Mar. 5.1878.
nil mm
Wife Happy.
— .ooooo —
I will help you to do this. Call and see
mo at
Hunters Old Store
I . h ave the WILSON SEWING MACHINE,
w "h all the attachments. The BICKFORl)
KNITTING MACHINE and the
Bobbins little washer.
If these three articles don't make a house
hold happy ihen the husband must be bad,
or the wife ill tempered. I will sell the
above articles cheaper than they urn be
bought elsewhere. All you have to do is to
get a little cloth and thread, my n.achines
will do the making, knitting and washing,
so you may keep yourself welt clad and
clean.
Keby 18.18T8 R. S. HUNTER,
3. mo. Graham, N. C.
A H |l|| ■ sad Morphine hsMt cart d.
IIPIII If
Ui JU m I
All kinds of Country Produce taken in
exchange for Goods, at SCOTT & DuN
NKLI/S.
Tobacco Fertilizer,
If tobacco growers wish to raise fine ycllpw
tobacco aud get the Very highest prices for it
buy 1 (ttlliaiu Anchor Bruud to be had at reduced
price ol _ , _____
F 8. A. WHITE
Mebaneville, N. C.
pALAUfc JEWELRY STOEI.
■
*
\
1 farrXß,
OPTICIAN, WATCII-IBAKB
AND JEWELER, AND
AK» DKAIMt *1»
WATCHS, CIIOVKMI J BffEI.RV
Silver Ware ; Bridal Presents, Solid
Rings, W it Using Canes, . .
Gold reus, &e.
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Which will be l«U cheap
J.T.CROCKER,
ATTORNKV AND t!OUNBBM.*B
AT liAW.
Avheboro, N. C'. r
SCOTT * CALF)WELL,
Gkebnbboko,'
Associate Ctmnsti.
Praetiees hi the courts of Rafdolph and
and adjoining counties. , t
l&~ Special attention gives to the eollcc .
ion of daiioe.
• —— —T"
One Question
Settled.
That is that we have tbe LARGEST AND
CHEAPEST stock of goods we ever offered
to the people of Alamance.
Our Mr. Gant, in person selected those
goods, and from bis thorough scqualutaneu
with tl»o wants of our people, we can safely
say that we have on hand
EVERYTHING
which the trade ot
this, and adjoining
counties demand, in
the way of
DRY-GOODS, GROCERIES. HARD-WARE
T J>
nOLLOW-WARE. QUEENS-WARE
CUTTLERY.BOOTS. SHOES, SAD
DLES, BRI/a>LEB, HARNESS,
C' RRIAGK, FIN
DINGS, *«., Jke., - ---
and • large stock of
Read y-m a d e
Clothing
We buy all kinds of
country produce. 1
We thank tbe pnlilic for the gen
eroua patronage heretofore e\tended
to uh, and we can and will nuke it
he interest of our custoineiß to trade
with us. Don't take our word but
come and see for youraelf.
We charge nothing
for showing goods.
J. Q. GANT & C O
Company Sbojra Dec stb,
1812 Pensions.
Under this act, any persim who served
fourteen days or participated in one battle
in the war of erf 1813, is entitled to a Pension
of $8 per month from date of approval of
act. Widows of such soldiers as have died
after similar service, no matter what was
the date of marriage to the soldier, are eu
tliled to the same Pension.
No other parties are entitled.
All 1812 Pensioners dropped from the
Rolls because of alleged disloyalty are re
stored by this act.
Applications mnst be executed before an
officer of a court of record
Send to ns for any information or blanks
needed.
-CHLMORE & CO. -! *
Oifl F Street, N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
THE
Orphan's Friend.
A live and lively weekly! Organ of tb
Orphan work, entertaining and instructive
to the you g. A zealous friend and advo
cate
OF. EDUCATION.
Published every Wednesday. Subscription
and postage only one dollar a year. Office
iu the orphan bwldicg, at Oxford.
White Lead, Ready Mixed Taints, Linseed
oil i, Tanners oil, at BCOTT & L»ON
NELL'S,
• Sheetings, Checks & Yarns, at SCOTT A
DONNELL'Sg
mmmmm
v~—' > > '
' The fourth session of this school,,sitaate'l
14 miles—fwiuth-west of Graham;, ia Ala
mafice Count}*, will open tlie
FIRST OF JAN. 1878,
, next, and continue twenty weeks.
can be obtained at from ffi to $7 per. month.
r Tuition, #5, $7.50, fclo and s'.2o per session.
For Circular and fuel her part iculars
apply to tbe audcrsiirned at. Rock Oitrek. N. C.
H. 0. Tbakub, Principal
6 mo.
MEDICAL CARP.
The naders'tencd would announce to kis
friends ami witmns whom lie has served
for the past 25 years io the practice of his
profession that he lias during the past fall
and winter, taken a
Thorough Cnno In Che Colleges iml
■loKpunls in the City of Nov York,
on the Pathology and treatment of diseases
1 peculiar to females, and supplied liiniseli
[ with all tlic. instruments and appliances ne.--
1 essary in this branch of his profession. He
Is, also prepared to treat all diseases of tbe
••ye and ear,
He can always be found at the Drug Store
of R. W, Glenn & -Son, when not profession
ally engaged.
R. W. GLENN, M. D.
R. W. Glenn . & Son
Keep constantly on hand at their store in
he tienbow House, ft full stock of
Drugs, Toilet Articles,
Painty Glass, Chemicals,
TRUSSES AND SUPmtEUSy
and everything tooud in a first class Drrg
Store,
FRESII AND CHEAP.
village C'annirr illrrrhnHl* Talie
Notice.
Highest Award at The Cen
tennial
Diploma of Honor and Medal
of Merit, for
Grand, Upright & Square
pums.
The principal points of superiority in the
STIEFF Pianos are brilliant singing qnalitv
of tuna, with great power*— tvmi'ie** of touch
throughout the eutlro scale, faultless action,
unsurpasttcd durability, and unexcelled
workmanship.
A large variety of Second-hand Pianos,
of all makers, constantly in store, and rang
ing in prices from $75 to §3OO.
We are also Sole Agents for the Southern
States of the 4
*
"Matchless" Burdett
Organs,.
The Best now made,
A full supply of every style constantly in
store, and sold on the most liberal terms.
For Terms and llluctrated Catalogues of
Pianos and Organs, address
OH AS. M. TIEFF,
Ko 0 N. Liboi iy Street,
BALTIMORE, MP.
NOTICE V. ». IRTBRNAIi-RKVE
NCB BPBCIAL TAXES..
> Under the revised Statutes of the United
Status, Sections &S2, Si:S7. 8238, and s£s9,
(•very person engaged in any business, avo
catiou, or employment, which ■ renders hint
liable to a special tax, is required to procure
and place and keep conspicuously in hit es
tablishment or place of l/utine.is a STAMP
denoting the payment of said special tax
for the special tax-year begining May, 1,
1878. Section 3844, Revised Statutes, desig
nates who are liable to special tax. A return,
as prescribed en Form 11, is also required
bylmo $ every person liable to Special tax
as above. Beoere penalties are prescribed
for non-compliance with the foregoing re
quirements, or for continuing in business
after April 30; 1878, withont payment ot tax
Application should be made Uf W. H
Wheeler, Collector of Internal Revenue,at
Winston N. (J.
BCOTT A DONNRLL pay the highest
caah price for Good Flour.
TUTTSJHUS
A Noted Divine says -
X the*:: J
weight in gold.
READ WHAT HE SAYS:
DR. TUTT:—Dear Sir: For ten years I have been
a martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation, and Piles. Lact
spring your pills were fvcnmiftcndvd to roe; I nscii
them (but with little laiih). lam now a well man,
have (food appetite t per'cct, rcpulars-ools,
piles gone, and I linvc pained forty [Otinds solid flesh.
• They arc worli their wviffht in i;old.
RBV. R. L. SIMI'bON, Louisville, Ky.
>. -i ■ i in ni ■ A Dr. TuU has been eu-
TIITT'S PkLLS ga: r in the practice nC
111 I I O rtLLO medicinethhrtyyears,unit
CUBS SICK HEAD- for i loop tluf was demon.
A CSX. strator of ;riMi®my in this
Medial I Coihcße »f Gcnr-
TIITTIQ P I I 9 ?■■>. !it»ar person.
IUI I O lILLO Biis Pills have tire irnaciui-
CUKE BYSFEP3IA- W«t!:r.t iherare-pti Weil
___ on scientific pruicmlc*.
Turns PILLS '
_ lie has sncreeded in
CUKB CONSTIPATION combining In them the
. heretolore antagonistic
TDTT'S PiLLS SSJFTSSASXJB:
Tl; ■| |A n'l I A feet is to incrc-se the ap-
TUTT'S PsLLS
CXTB.T TBVER AH If Thus Ihe system is nonr
ishi.il, and by Uuir tonic
ii , , . M actio* on the digestive nr-
TUTT'S PsLLS
CUBE KUOVS COLIC The rapidity with which
—— per font lakf em flrr^.
Til I I!© DII I O white under the influence
1 IUI I u rILLO of the*-pills, o( itself in
„ _ T _„_ dicaU'S tlieir adaptabilii y
u^±tE co *~ to nourish the body, anil
i * hence thrirefficacy HI enr
\. )A nii *g\ Injr nervous debility, im I-
I TUTT'S r LLS anciioh .dyspepsia, wiist
i w inn ol the muscles, slu£-
OUEX TORPID LIVKB of the liver.
ehronio constipation, ano
1 Imparting health and strength to the system. SoJ.t
everywhere. Office, 3S ray Street, New Yor, .
Gray Hair can fee. changed to a fa
H elossy black by a single application of 19
I B Dr.Twr's Hair Dye, It aeufike magic. La
H and is warranted ns harmless as water.
M Price si.oo. Office 35 Murray St M N. Y>
WHAT IS QUEEN'S DELIGHT?
1 Read the Answer
It Is a plant that grows In the Sootli, and Is spe
cially adapted to the care of diseases of thut climate..
NATURE'S OWN REMEDY, '
Knterinif at once into the blood, expel liny all scrof
ulous, syphilitic, and rheumatic nfTcctions. Alone,
it It a starching alterative,but when combined with
Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, and otter herbs, it forms
Br. Tutt's Sarsaparilkg
and Queen's Delight,
The most powerful blood purifier known to medical
science for the cure of old ulcers, diseased joints, foul
discharges from the cars and nostrils, abscesses, skin
diseases, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effects or
•ecret practice*, disordered liver and spleen. It* use
strengthens the nervous system, imparts a fair com
plexion, and build* up the body with
c HEALTHY, SOLID FLESH.
Af an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly
B fecommended. Hundreds qf cases of the worst typo
kave been radically cured by it. Being purely veg
etable it* continued use will to no barm. The best
time to take it is during the summer and (iill; and
Instead of debility, headache, fever and ague, you
will enjoy robust health t> Sold by all droggints.
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"' {SUPERIOR comm ~ ■ $
ALAMANCE cousfrr,
Gteorge W./Swopson, PUI. 'av g*.
C. T. Rogers Def't.
It appearing to the satisfaction of tha
court lliut plaintiff has a docketed judgment
against the defendant for recovery of *785-
43. with interest or $535, from the 3rd of
Deer. 1868, and that no part of the same
has been paid except $2,33 on the 6th of
August 1877, and that execution cannot
properly issue tliereon without noiice to the
ilef»nd»Ht. and that defendant i« a non resi
lient of the State.it is therefore on Hiotion of
pluintlffe counsel ordered by the court that
noiice issue to dcfcnd» nt to show cause, if
any he can, within ten days from the ser
vice ol said notlre upon him, why execution
shall not issne on said judgment; And- it is
further ordered that In lieu of personal ser
vice of said notice this order be published in
THE AI.AMANOK ©I-EATCEB, a newspaper
published weekly, in the town of Graham .
fur six successive weeks.
Done at office in Graham. I
this the 28th day of March 1878. )
A. TATE, C. 8. C.
J. T. MOORE A, A. THOMPBON
%
Moore & Thompson
\ . ' • m , m —in
Commission Merchants
--' 1 (
BAi.Eion, nr. c.
Special attention paid to the sale of
COTTON.
CORN,
VIOOB,
OKA IF,
BIAV.
—. BUTTER,
K«««,
VOW 1.8 AO.
' . .
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED, ELLGIIEST
PRICES OBTAINED.
, Refer to
Citizens National Bank, Raleigh, N. C.
SThe Urmtdj tt the IMfc Csatary.
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