T' A •• * • - .y:"—- - - - V. *-■ V- r-.-r-r- • .V~-'A-'"' ■IK ALAMANCE GLEANER. VOL 4 THE (rLEANEK PUBLISHED WKfcKLt i$V E. Si PARKEU tirttbatu, N. C, - ■■ ■ Ate* fffl/f?* if ittibjicriphon. Poslaye Paid : Otoe Tour ...i— ;.$1 .50 ftix Montlui u •auxW* y.v • • •«*« Tliree Mouths 11. i; stfs ............. «• M- ' • - ■ Every person sending us a club of ten sub fcrlbCiß with tbc entities himself to one /■ nivfre#. far of tbnwfor wbkl) tie t'.jti is niiiae up. P&plSrb f?6nt to different offices i\To Departure fi'oni the Cask System itfllftft 6r Adv4-rli«iiig Transient advertisements payahlein advance: yearly, lil ad Vance •* ■£*£».■ ir |1 In. ]2 tn. |3 m. j 6 m. j 12 in. 1 qUarti \%2 00 $3 00;!?4 00 sfi Oo'tlD t)0 a *t, ,vl WVm 6 °°i 10 00 15 00 141* jn _f > '' t Jpf 1 Transient advertisements $1 ptft* flqnaie or be first, and fifty, cuuta for e(Uib eubsvr qnentinsertion. Bfr - - • s "V*y "'**' I Store. Hrs. W. 8. 9#^ line >pcned a I) rune 11 of ber extensive , business, "'™" |l| ' HunteHHd Stand a^tAtdt^^s finder ttwf mariirCnSWt (if Mrs.'R. 8. JTnnter. ■Where she has just opened a complete as sortment of, • , UONNK ! >S,. HATS, RIBBONS, ¥IX) W EH S,' MS 7 AT 17RAL 11AIH r v r&, ITrTwr MNL IHCI CIVAV ATS, TOILEI /JETS, NO'FTO'tfS/imJ tfvc'ryfluug f6r lai ies . f the very lut*»',»4yles.' and-it yutf.de, not And in store what you want leave your or der one day and oiatt tb£ nent you^ fl.b '..'! h>»lawg "ve ■••-. rerarea® JHf ,1 * W.-Ji. fbrbis Bro. GREENSBORO, N* C. branch house; J. R. &co V\ • ORAIIAM, N. G. feeep on hand rll kinds of furniture, from hc cheapest to the very best. Nothing iu- Che furniture litoe that they do uot keep'. J. R« Pugh &CO, IN GRAHAM', Itcep on hand qtaFte an assortment ftf each Intniture as their trad** mostly Asfttaiiffc, and tliey also will on, application order nt Once, anything wanted, without cost to the customer, who can select from » book of cuts, showing the different stylfs 8 mo. Mar. 5.1878. . , £S§9£ —a- *-♦_ f propose to furnish the Graham and Com pany Shops market with tiice fresh beef at prices' as reasonable as can be afforded^ Persons having good beef eat tie to sell will do Wfll to let inc know. I vyill be at Company Shops on Monday and Friday evenings of each week, and at Gbahak on TUESDAY AND SATURDAY mornings of each week, certain, t . , , A. A. ANDREWS. June 4, tf. •I HAVj/DKANit fly I.ABT CHLAfHi" Nwcomrades, I thank you—not any fdr me; My last chain is riven —henceforward I'm free! 1 will go to »y» licujo I'.iid children to-nigh With no fumes of liquor their spirits to blight; ] And with teari iu my eyea I will Iwg my poor wife T?o forgive me the \frreik t have rHade of ICt life! "I have neves feflisod jou before!" Let that . pass, For I've drank my last glass boys, I have drauk tny last gia& -Just look at me flotVj boys, in rags aud dis grace, With my bleartd, liUggCred ey(Js, and my red, bloated face! —• ; •/ . My faltering step, and my weak palsied hand, And the mark on my brow that is worse than Cain's brand, My crownless old hat, and ttiy elbows and kno«»—' ! "'like warmed by the sunshine or ciiUled by the "breejte. ;^e ®» Why, even the children Will hoot as I pass; But I hav£ drank my lust glass, beys, 1 have drauk iny la£t glass. , Vou would hardly believe, boys, to look at me now, Thai a mother's soft band onea was pressed on " my broW— - When she kfesedj and blcseed me, ber darling, her pride, Ere she lay down to rest by my dead fathers ship; But with love In Har eyes, ebe looked up to the sky, ' idding me met ' jr t\*re, and then whispered, "Good-bye." And I'll do it, God helping! Yoar smL* I let 'f pairtjpr " C '*'?• ' l'"or I've drank iw last glass, boy», . I have drauk thf b.r. glass, A« I reeled ktittse lefit night—it was not very late. For I'd spent my last sixpence, and landlords wou't wait Oii a follow w'lb intuit)ft evjry cjnt in theirtiil And has pawned his last bedding,- their eoffers to mi. a' ... . Oh, the torment I felt, and tte nangs I endure! 4nl ! begged fO» one glass—thinking one would have cured. *• But when kicked out of dooraf 1 bit that, tdo, pass! But I've drank m} last glas vboys, I have drank my lout glass. At fifotne my petßueie with bfiglii golrfen hair I raw tlirough the wiu i.w just kdaeling in prhY «s- S. W JT* Krom her pale, bony. 'liands ber torn sto'eveF were hui.g down, i While her cold b We, shrunk beneath her seaiit,{s§>vi; / . And she prayed— prayed in vain, just a poor crust »f bread, " , - #* ons crurt—on Ler kneea rnjr pet darling plea« ; Aud I 71 eard, with no'peuny to buy one, alas! But I've drsink Qy titel glass, beys, I have drauk my last gl*. Vm »|pic irf Vee si*.; year old, "V"wh Chere on (hO bare fioo r, asking of God to bless And she said, "Don't cry, mamma! Ho will, for yhu flee " , I belieoe what I ask for?" Then sobered, I crept Away from ihe house; and that iJiglft wuen 1 slept, Next to my heart lar the Pledge? You may smile K'» B pass; For I've dratik* my last glass, boys, 1 hare drank my last glass. My darling child saved me! llcr faith and her love Are akin to my dear sainted mother altovs 1 will make her words u ue, or I'll die m the race -*~ : , , , And sober I'll go to my last resting place; And she shall ko«el thee, a»d weepiug thank God, No drunkard lk» w>*er the daisy-strewn sott Not a drop more of poison uiy lipa' shall e'er pass For I've drank my hist glass, boys, I hare drank my last gl\ iss. - . THE IHIN'rHBM OF TIIR MANSION, -ff, 'Well, Bridget, what do you think of the bride?' 'Oh, she's a pretty yotrffg thing f but it slip hud known us much as you and I do of hetUuwbaiuEa mother, site never • would have come to live with her. She's a perfect hyena ;■ and if she doesn't bring tire tears Into those Mne eyes befofe the honey iwoon is over, my name isn't Brid* get} Why Bhe's thd per* son I ever knew I- She overhauled all her Wardrobe yesterday, before sbo could get here J afud as I passed through l tins Kill, I heard hor mattering to herself, 'Silk stockings- humph J— n.ffied underclothes I Wonder if she thinks Kll have theui iron ed here? Embroidered nightcaps!* SiHf dresses Destractiou and ruih V' I'll tell you what, Bridget, there rfev et was a house built big enough for two families to live in; and you'll find out that this wou't be, I reckon.' • • • * * 'What! tears, Emma—tears?' said the youug husband as lie returned from the counling-houscone afternoon, about a month a tier marriage i and, with a look of anxiety, he drew her to his breast. 'Tell me, you do iwt so soon repeat your GRAHAM, N. O, choke?' Tne littlo rosv month \V't9 licKl tip temptingly for a kis»; and lit the c-mfi-l' ing cou.itntniice ol'liis young wife lie read tho aitfewei' his lie.;i t was seeking. 'What then, is voiir |>e» canary iflr Can't you drcsi joar lluir to .suit y«ti? Or arc) vuu In despair oucauso v«»u can't de cide in «Itkli ol' all your dresses you look prettiest ?' 'D in't be ri.liculousj Harry!* replii d E.nina laughing and crying togeth'tr. 'I feci nervous, that's all. I'm so glad you've come h itne!' **" Harry felt Bur\t|iat was not. nil; but lla lorUorC to (Jueiikm her, for lie wat> sury she would tell liiin atiin good time The truth was, Iluiry's uidthtr had beeil lecturing her diiugUuh>iu>-law all the morning upon the degeneracy of the times, hoped she would not think o!'|>ut» tlng on all the fine things Ijer friends had been so foolish as to proridu for her; [ times were not now as thoy tMoil to be; : that, it Ilarry grtvo her pockotsmonoy, sho had belter give it to ber to keep, ami not be spending it fir nonsense; that a you tig vtile's platie was iu her husband's house j aud she hoped she woitld leave off that babyish trick of fltnidng home every day to sec her motheruud sisters. E nrtia bad listened -in sfleut amaze ment.' Sho wa«> a wttrlh hcartdd, affectionate girl, but she was very high spirited. Th 6 colot came and went rapidly in Iter Chebks, but she torced back the tours which were starting to Ittfr eyes/ for she hfld too imteh tft'idg. tcUrii her nfut lift-i H law see thcin fall. After old Mrs. Ilall retired, she sat for a moment or two recalling hpr wohls. 'iiabyioh to love mv own dear home.' she mused,'whore I was as meirv as a cricket lrom morning till night! Where iwe all sang/ and and read in motheKwdeur rooin,ai.d lather and riti tli* er the happiest of a* ail 1' Then sire rose and pacod tho rooiri. 'BihyMi! I won't be dictated to!' repeated the young wife. 'l'm married, if I am only nineteen, and my on mistress !' And tho rebellious tones Would eome iu spite rt iter deterirtfna* ■ llifii. • M But then the thought of dear she hud already learned W love so welb '■ ' »•' ; Her first impulse was t to ttfli him. But she had too innch good sense. And so slitf smiled ami Chatted gaily with him, and hoped he had set it down to the aecount of •'iicrvotisness.' Still the hours passed slowly when he was absent on business; and she fclt nrf easyj every time »he lrtafd a step on tho stairs, lest the old lady should subject her ' to some new Iriah •1 wonder what has come over our Bins ma? said one of l«sr sisters ? she has grow n so grave and ma troufy. I halMiated Harry when he cairied her ofl; and i quite hate him now,' (or she's so sedate and moping. I desire to keep my neck out of the lmtlriinoniul noose!' Shortly utter this Eiuum's mother cent her some little delicacy, manufactured by herself of wlrich she knew her daugh ter lo be particularly loud. Mrs. Hall brought it into her room, and set K down on lire table as if she were testing the strength of the df>b. '1 wonder if your, mother is atraid you'll not have enough to eat here?' she said. 'One would think you were a eLrld ut a boarding school.' I Emma controlled herself by a strong efiort.and made no reply, simply, taking tho gift from her hands, with a( nod of ac k no w lodgement, livery day brought her some such petty annoy unce and her father-in-law, who ' was old and childish; being quite as troublesome as his wife in these respect*, k required all Emma's lore'tor Harry to carry her through. She still adhered to her deternriualion, 1 however to conceal her tratfbto fro in "her i husband; and though Ire noticed she was less Vivacious, perhaps lie thought the mantle of matronly dignity so becoming to hi# young wile that he felt no dispot ulion to find fault with it. lu the meantime, old Mrs. Hall being confined to" her room with influenza, the' reins of govern mei|t were very'unwilling ly resigned into pinna's hanJs. What endless charges she received about the dtfsting, and sweeping,- ami cookin'g ending always-with tho soliloquy, as the door closed upon K'.;uU's retreating form: "1 am a goose lo tell her anything about it. She's as iguorauc as Hottentot f it will all go in oue ear and out ot tho olber." , And tho old lady groaned in spirit as 10 vision of the nose ot the tea-kettle pointing the wrong way, or the Kuncepau bung on the wrong noil fitted through her iniud.- 1 Emma exerted lferßtilf to 1 the nit most let pibiuc her, but tiie gruel was ahvayw 'not TUESDAY JUNE 25 1878 (juitc right,' Iho pillows not ni runged easily lmhiuii tier back, or sho expected to li-i.l ' 13stllutu Incloiio' whotl sllci ilotvii Btairf, KtiJ \ iiliuiis odor e.iuouragiug prog Jstica of tho saum übamt'Hir. 'Emma,' sitld Hurry, chie day, Miow should you iiko living five miles out of the city? 1 have seen a place, that just suits tfiy fancy and i Think t-f hiring it oil trial;' Emma hesifnteil, She wished to ask: 'Docs yodr niuthej go with t^V but sho only said, 'I could Hot tell, dea'v liarry, how 1 should like ttio place ti'.l 1 saw it: Uut'l tbai* it would 'take j'od too Aiuch tVotu me. It would seem »o ud.l to have live nii!es % between us the whole day. Oh, I'm very sine I shouldn't iiko it, Harry !' aud the though! ot her niothcr-in Jaw Clouded her suun\ tace and In spim ot hereelfu tear dropped' on her husbands hand. 4 iVellj dear E mmi/ now I'm fery sure you will like it,' and nis large dark eyes had a look she did nut quite understand, even with all lior skilil aud practice iu rending thetu; and ctad so I'm going to Urive you out there this afteriiou; and we II sec,' 0.. i i bo gaily kissing ber fore head. •, Thithor they aecordingly went. •Oh, what a little paradise. II irry 1 Look at the cluster afc roses 1 What splendid old trees] See JIOW tiro wind sweeps the drooping branches ucross the tali grass I And the i'ttlo low window latticed with sweet and that pretty IcrratfCd fljwer gaTdeswioh, -Hats ry i' 'Well/ lot us go insiJe, Emma.' And, applying a key be held iit his baud, tb« door yielded tu his touch; and they stood side by side in a rustic par lor. furnished simplyy but vot so taslc» f«Hy« Table, stituds and liAanlles, covered, with vases/ sending forth fragrance from' the sweetest at wilo dowers; tho long white miislln curtains loojied away Iroin a window whence could be m»cri wooded hill, aud ferule valley aud silvery stream. TliUn tfcey ascended iuto th'e which were as unexceptional iu their j appointments. Eiuma looked about iu bewil lered (wonder. 'But who lives here now, llarry?' 'Kobody.' ;/? 'Nobody? What n tease you oief To whom dues all tliis i'urniiuto bekwa —ami wlio Hirmi„'Oil everything with xttfiti exquisite teste? 1 liuvo bOcu expecting every iftiuute to see the unstress of the mansion step out/ * Well, there she i*,' said Ilarry. Jead h®i» gaily to the looking-glass. 'I Only hope yoaadmire lier halt as much as 1 do. Do you think I'yo not tfeen my high-spirited little wile struggling with trial day by day, stifiering/ enduring gaining the victory ovei Her own, spirit silently ami uncomplaining? Do you think i could see all this, and not think she was lite dearest little woman 1:1 the world?'—and leurs and dnrflee struggled for mastery, as ho pressed his lips to her forelrcad. 'And now you will have nobody to please here but ine, Emma. Do you think that task will be difft; nil? The answer was highly satisfactory to ihe husband, as the reader may rest assured/ tßAflf. fFrom the New i'ork Times.J *r , » . • i n i'i.' . .»_ _ Next tj piracy and fighting the In dians there is uotlung so dear to the ju venile heart as traps. From the mouse trap Up to the elephant jrit thero is iro form of trap which the small boy docs not read with interest and with a deisre to practically toft its efficiency. Especially is he fond of toso trajw which catch th«ir game alive and which are not limited, as are mouse-trajrtf Of ?at traps, tSHhe cap. ture of one particular class of animals. The large "figure 4 trap," which, when properly made, catches ao many different kinds of lieasts, in iimneriesly popular in ju-veuirie circle*/«nd tlrere is scarcely a hoy living oulfede of the crowded cities who" has not mftde traj>s of this particular pkttern, ami set tlron* with? more'or loxfr success. One of flits leading boys of our country in this line ot industry is Mas ter Samuel Sloane, of Clintou 111. He has made traps without number, and has eaught specimens of every kiml of small game to be found in the neighborhood of Glint'oii, including three babies under two yeari* of age, and smalt jiigs and dogs without number. \So great is his fondness for traps that he neglects bfo j studies and fails to carry in the wood j atd! to go after the cows wiJi anything j like regularity. It was with n View of Wiling his mind away trou» tiie excursive contemplation of tn»}« Umfc Master Sloane's fattier re cently gave him a book of travels iu Cgtttftri Africa, and dit-ected him to re> d it carefully. The l>oy did so, but tiufpr ;unate'y the book treated quite eXteu -B'velyof the Central African methods of trapping gaiud. Muster Sloane thus Warned tli a native King vtishes to capture a young lion or A good aiz d antelope he co istructs a hHp.iioo.se ot thongs and attaches it to the top of n stoiit sapling, which ii bent down and temporarily fastened to the ground. When the autelope, or other animal to that diTect, taugles his foot iu the noose tlie sapling is loleasttdj andj Bringing back to its original position, jerks the qame iuto the uir, and keeps it hanging there until (lie native King comes along, chojis down the sapliug and knock'* the sjume on the head. This description was rend by Master Sloane with great adwiratiofl. ' In fact it Was the only part of i lie bdok which he did read. ' Wnen he told hid father that the book was ''just buliy" tho pleased hut deceived pa rei.t fancied tliat his sou's dcAmant tus.fc f»r reading w« at last awakened, and congratulated him {hereupon. A its* weeks latter reason to wish that, he had never heard of Central Africa and that the native Kings, i#ith their diabolical Inventions,, had never been born: Of course Master Sloane determined to try the Central Africa trap without delay. There was a beautiful idiady road near tho village, which was border ed with any quantity ofypnng sappliugs. It was jim# the place for n Central Afri ca trap, aud Master Sloane had high hopes that be tfould succeed in catching a- tdW ot a horse, although, of course, he could not expest anything so compietely Katisfaoiory as a lion, tiger or antelope. Late one evening he borrowed a hoisting tackle from the nearest grocor, under the pretext that his father needed it for some intricate and unintelligible purpose and succeeded with its aid in bending down a sapling of great strength and elas» ricitf. It was a very simple Blatter to arrange the noose and set the trap siftSr. which the Ingenious boy went home to dream of finding a pair of horses Bnd a carriage swinging in £he air on tho fol* lowing morning. Master Sloane hsd a sister, a young lady of great worth and of very decided character. Other girls, who wefo envi ous of her beauty said she was an ill tempered, red haired thing,' but this was probably mere calumny. At all events 00 thought tho young minuter who was nettled ovitf the Severitceth Congression al Church, and who was generally believ ed to be Miss Sloane's accepted lover. That he weut to 6ee Miss Sloane on the very evening when the reckless boy set his Central Africa trap was not Grange, for he usually spent three or four even* ings every week at the Sloane Mansion,- but it wais a coincidence that on that precise evening hof pro posed a walk, and led Miw Sloane toward the identical lane where tho trap was waiting for vic tim*. llow it /happened that neither the young minister nor Miss Sloane noticed the bont sapling or the rope, no c.ne can understand, unless i lie}' Were 30 deeply engaged in the discussfion ef theological questions that they were oblivious to all earthly things. Still more difficult is it to comprehend how they couli both have stepped within tho nooso, whivh was tfpread out in the form of a circle not rnoie Uian a foot in diameter,. It is possible, however,' that tiro lady was reading a hymn book ami that her from pinion had approached extremsly close to her irtr order to see if th'j hyinfi' Was oorrecti}' printed.- However this may be,- tfra fact remains that Miss Sloune's left foot and the minister's right foot were just within: the noose when the trap sprung, and the elastic sapling suddenly lifted them twenty fe;»t into the air, where they remained hanging like two | cherries in a rough storm, and express-* [ iug in lively tones their suspicion that sonic-thing unusual had happened. Half an hour latter the Clinton and Holmesville stage passed that way, and the driver and his passenger were as tonished beyound measure. For some time it Was supposed that some new and 2C0.17 curiously complicated animal, consisting chirfly of Zebra and bifttik pautlier, was Hwingihg from t,be top of the sapling; hut jnst as one of tlie ymsseugers wan about to fire at it, the driver recognized the minister, though ho was tiofc able to rac oguisw hi# i'elloW prisoner. The latter'* ! yoi-.'e was somewhat muffled, bttt she was distinctly htjard to revile the minis- 7 ter, and to assert that site uever would forgive him, no matter how he might try to excuse himself. Six strong men fin* ally bent down the Bapling, released tilO victims, and with rare delicacy assigned tiie duty of recognizing Miss gloana to the two ladies who were in the stage Fortunately, of Master Sloaue'# victims woi'eseriously injured) and thef l>oth were ablo to walk home on oppo* bite sides os thd street; The results of this alfkir wefe ous. Miss Sloano left town the next day on a visit to the EastJ and has to; sincd returned. The minister was tried fpf indiscreetly llaiigiug from the tops ot trees with youutf ladies, and thereby bringing reproach upon his profession, but he. was acquitted by ti clostf tote. Atf for Maste Sloane, it is believed and hop ed that liis father lijte killed him. At any rate, he has not been Been, and the rlnupr that he has been sent ig§he House of Refuge in Chieago is not generally be lieved. ■ " ■" - - - tivery flhcdt df positige stamps is count fed 20 limes whilebeing made 9 A flue coat may cover a fool but neve* conceals oue.— Brooklyn £ag\e. i Woman tempted man to eat; bat htf took to drlufe himself.—TonAer Stmt* man. William Cullen Bryaut was a preco cious youth, aiid at ten years of age translated Latin poems. Waiting lo be whipped is (he nlost unit period rf Billing!. rC-. st ' New York Starr Tlie Brooklyn girl, if walking with her love#, yells her facd while a baby carriage Is passing. H Boca,we » Pittsburg woman bought a cream pie for her husband, instead of a mutton pie, lie attacked her with a hatch* Two ladies,- mother and daughter; having been left without male protector, now edit the Chicago Pott, and edit it well. The father of James Fisk, Jr., is selling, lightning rods in New Hampshire. He Parted this occupation with selling Bible* and preaching ■ Queen Victoria's Aew saloon railway car is One of the moilt beautiful of its kind fiver built/ as may well be imagined ffoiri tlie fiitt that its eoiuiruotion and fitting* cost over $30,000. There is a sort of ambiguity in the reason assigned by the Wisconsin Legis lature for refusal to irrafco insanity a •:ause for divorce; which reason is that 'it a man wants a wife it is when he i* crazy.'— -JTeto Haven Registers Talleyrand was lame, Madame do Stael was cross-eyed. There was nd love lost between them, and both dis liked lo be reminded of their infirmities 'Monsieur,*iaid Macfante meeting her' dearest foe one day, 'how is that poor 1 leg?' 'Crooked, us you see,' was TaHevraud's reply. A Georgia farmer smeared Iris hogs with tar to rid them ot ileas. n'nd turned them lose in the wood*. At night tliey did not return to "the pen aB usual, and in the morning ho found them stuck together, the tar making them adhere in a mass. They mijfl.t have gone home, nevertheless hv concert of action, bat It isn't in a hog to harmonize. John Owens, of Porlsm'outh, Va.* stabbed to death his eldest son, Robert, whilst mad from drink. Owens was once highly recfpfected. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe, ot Atlantic/ lowa, agree to seperate, but neither l would Consent that the other should retain their baby. Tlrev settled tlito question by gelling the infant to a n6igfw i bor for SSO. The table irt tfhictf the lu!6r|}attontkT Swells ot the Berlin Peace Conl'ercrcefl ' sit t to confer, is in the Shape of a horshoe, at the toe of which Bismarck s?.s, whilo j tlie slope down on each Side. They coi fer all d;iy 4 ns to fho divvy of Turkey, and then in tlie evening go oft and have a high old lime together. ll'ltf, to be ho pod that Bovi rl/Tayior is getting tlu benefit of some of those diuuers rM

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