___ . ' ' ' \ OL, 5 THE GLEANER PUBUSHKD WEEKLY »* '&£■. ... ' J j E. S. PARKER Wfjtt*?-?; •• V . "•%? ' **'•'*" • '** •>-* ■ J.! lirnhniu, IV. C. Jiateiof S&>scrtption. Po.taye Paid : One Year Js free, for the lenich of time for dub is made up. Papers seut to different offices Xo Departure from the Cash System W 1 *> '** ■ " "* * ' Rim rf*4wtl»l»f yearly advauce. 1 m. 13 m. 3m. 1 6m. 12 in. quare *2 00 >3 00 *4 00 S(J 00 *lO 00 8 » 3 OOU 50 6 001 10 00 15 00 Transient advertisement* fl per square for he and fifty eents for each subsc qaent Insertion. nr» i.I ii . ..t 1 Dr. W. F. Bason, Will attend calls In /lamanee and adjoining , connties. Address; Haw Hirer, P. O I*. C. R. R. }-»**' If - Prices reduced Perfected Farmers Friend Plows made In SSteSh&H Price . «U» Two Bom No. 7 " •«> SKSSB®? 4 *S For saHMrt Graham by SCOTT A DONNEI JL SBiHAMHItffI SCHOOL GRAHAM, N. C. REV. D.A. LONG, A. M. RE> .W• W. BTALEY, A. M. Opwf August 36th ( 18TOk and closes the last Friday In May, 1879 Board (8 to *lO and Tnltion t8 to $4.50 mouth. - *- T filming ton Sun *- '**•* Under the above name A Dally Democratic Nrwspnprr of twenty-elftht wide columns will be issued in the city of Wiltotdgtou, North Caroliua, on or about Thar*4ay morning Oclakcr lllh l»W. The BUS will be published by the SUN ASSOCIA TION, from the Printing H«>u«e of Met-srs. Jack son 4 Bell. It will be printed in first-class style, on good paper, with new type, and will be the handsomest daily journal ever published in this Slate. The SUM will be edited by Mr. Cicero W. Harris. The City Editorship and the Buuingss Management will be in competent hands and a Currcs|>ondent and Representa tive will CraVel throughout the State. Probably no paper has ever started In the South with fairer prospects than those of (he SOB. Certainly no North Carolina paper has entered the field under more auspicious cir cumstances. 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Obntracts former spice and time made at proportionately low rales. CORREfiPON DEN CE. Wilmington N. C. Yarbrough House RALEIGH, N.C. B, W, BIjACKIVAI.Ii, PnrrkMr, Rates reduced to suit the times. K TUB | OB WbO Virat Made Ike Jampiag Jack, [From the Sunny Bonth.) Something like twenty years ngo. n miserable brick house in a back alley wis the home ot Archibald Run-ey, n Scotch carpenter. lie worked down town, iti a shop, milking cornices, moldings, awn* tela, and a vnrietr of tins mure elaborate parts employed in finishing houses. Every evening lie took home prcketlnis, and often handful* nbo, ol bits and ends from the shop. oddly shaped fragments of soft, sweet smelling pine furnished ainnse . meni for poor Utile Aleck, Mr. Itamsey'fc hunchback boy ; and when they bad served this purpose, they were used as kindlings in (he kitcheu stove. ,y- * m There were a houseful of little Ram seys, ot whom Alec WAS the oldest, and when he was amused, so were the oths era, thus giving the overworked mother time lordlier duties. —— Aleck was sixteen years old, and not fallui than a!> average boy of ten. tie was very much deformed, and bad he lived in an ago and country of kings socking dwarfs and human oddities lor •court f(X»W or 'jesttfs,' he would have been a prize to somo {{-on handed tyrant. Hi* shouhlers were almost as high as his head, his arms hung out loose and dang ling, and the of his body was shrun ken and slender to a most pitiable degree. But whoever, with A tender heart, look ed into his great, questioning eyes and noted his btond, fair forehead and his clean, delicato Jiands, would soo.i forget (ho sad shape in tbe nobility of the face. I need not linger to speak of his stu dies, ail unaided lie pushed along, Avith success; norof his constancy |«'tlic Suns day scaool. wliero he was a universal favorite. It is about his piny with the bits of pine from the shop i wish to tell you. ■ ' Many a droll pile he. bniit on the kiic'i en Door,* many a funny tiling he whittled o.ik to amuse fEe little outs; many ical toy he made and gave away to neigh boring children. Oltcn he said, and ofs tenet* thought, 'What can I whittle ttypy Will sell?' For only money seemed likely to bring him tliocbenged life for wiiich he longed. Once, when lie sold tor a tew pennies, a queer little pine trinket, his father stroked his siil'cn hair and said: ' 'Ah. me puir bairnie, I dinna ken bnt yo may mak' your fortoon wi' your knife.' How that little piece oi enouragemcnt rang in his ears and stimulated him to think and whittle, whittle and think! One genial afternoon in May, Alec crept out to eujov the balmy air, and, by the noise of a crowd cf urchin* ou a va cant lot at a little distauce, waa drawn in that direction. Here ho saw a colored boy, named Jack, attempting, for the amusement of the party, all eorts> of pranks In imitation of circus performers. Bareheaded and clothed in s(riped ted and yellow garments of conrse quality, the negro lad almost seemed made of In-, dia rubber. Alec watched his capers in ainnzement. Never before had he seen such antics, or even thought them possible. It was no wonder that, tho fvoil, stiff jointed little hunchback dreamed it all over again, as he did that night. . *' The next morning his whittling genius took shape from this event, and before noon he had produced a rude pine image pf the negro.—Jwnd, arms and legs loose ly hung with bits of broom wire, and the whole curiously arranged, so that by workiiigaßtriiig.it would jump, nod, tnru somersaults, and go through quite a series of contortions. With colored pen cils, ot which he had some cheap speci mens, lie blacked its head, neck,, hands and feet, reddened its lips, whitened its eyes, and rudely striped in yottow and j red the body, all in imitation of the little negro gymnast. Before it was complet ed. bis younger brother, whe>. bad been with him the day «before. named it "Jumping Jack." And iu the afternoon, when he weut to the vacant lot and ex hibited it to the youngsters there, it was not only universally bat boisterously hailed by the same name. When ho re turned borne, he brought, instead of tbe Jumping Jack, a silver half dollar, for which he had sold tho toy to an eager, well dressed lad of his own age. And not only this, but he had orders from the boys for halt a dozen more, to be made as soon as possible. Ob, what a proud glad heart, beat within that deformed little body of Alec's! How tin temples thrived 1 How elastic his step I What flashing eyes! What a skein ot mild and hopeful talk he nuwonnd to bis mother! So much money lor bis whittling, and a chance for more and morel Castles, sky- I high and star-bright! GRAHAM, N. C-, .Never a grerithcro felt a victory more than Alec felt his success. To yon whj are not wretchedly poor, who never longed for advantage* ami com tort* utterly beyond your reach, it may seem absurd (bat a Jumping Jack, sold for a half a dollar, should cause so much re j >icing. -But sou cannot j'llgo of tho case. Alec was lovi.ig, brave, ambiiions and capable,and yet a mere weakling, lie was the cUI 6t child; bis parenta were i»oor and growing oldf tbere wove several younger children, and tbeso points lie bad often thought over and over weeping bblprly at Ida helpless state. 11,0 longed fircoly to help in soire way, to do something useful, to earn even a small part of his own living. To his eager dcaiie, money was evorything because it would buy everything. Money meant enough to eat, a soft bed, an easy chair for h!s crooked, pain-till shoulder,a bolter house and easy circum stances for the family. Money meant comfort, education, good clothes, an ' boflbrabTeposition and t.l|f> means ,to do good to others. Out, above all tho silver half-dollar he had earned seemed like a fey to uulock the gates of dependence behind which he chafed so constantly. Besides it was the first Jumpitig-Jack ever made, and a voice seemed to whisper dreamily th&t in some way' it would oarry him .thereafter, instead of bis being felt to creep wcariiy around. And the boys had hailed it with such uproarious delight that he could not help feeling hc.had whittled out a iri* uinpli. Who . shall wonder at his elaion? But I have not told yon all. That evening lie whittled, and *the next day he w hitlled, and belore night had added' to his capital three more ■shiuing half dollars. The next day he doubled his money. The demand for Jumpitig-Jack increased. Boys came to the door, silver in hand, to get what he bad not time to make. His grave Scotch parents began to hold serious counsel over the matter. If A'ec could find such sale for these pine images in that neighborhood, why, the whofj city would require thousands; "T'nd.wliat would sell to-delighted children iu ono chy. would.sell elsewhere also. If they could supply the market, a fortnue might readily be made. Scotch blood, once aroused and chal lentred, is sanguine arid venture sqme. £ But it would be uninteresting to repeat all the details; so the rest of my story shall be brief. Alec's Sunday, school teacher, who. was a lawyer, procured for him A patent oil Jumping* Jacks of every dc-scripfiou; a rich old uncle of Alec's mother built him a factory and started himiu business; and, within a year from the afternoon when the poor la'd wondered at the pranks ot the colored boy, Juuiping- Jacks irom the Itamsey factory were selling iu great numbers all over America. Truly Alec did 'mak' a iortoon wi' his knife.' *' To school he went; into a better house, all their own, the family moved; easier circumstance, bettor health, less weari ness. and ample rzeans for doing good, came to the Itamseys. But tbe best point in my story is that a fine asylum and school for hunchbacks, free to tbe poor, is me of tho noblest en terprises to which Alee has been chief contributor. * Go into tho park on a fair day and you will soe an elegant turnsout—a mag nifii:e;it span of dapple-grays, a carriage to match, roomy and costly, but not gaudy; a driver not in livery, as many are, but looking just the inan lor his work; and such a load as ate making merry svitbiu, —every one ot them a I a hunchback! Yea, from the crooked ) gentleman on the back seat to the little I fellow up by the driver, all are hunchs backs; well-dressed, happy-seeming, but with wistful look. Those deformed lads in the carriage are from tbe "Ramsey Asylum for Hunchbacks," and this ia Alec's carriage, and that 'crooked gentleman ou the back seat' is Aleo himself. £vcry fair afternoon be ia out in this way, takiug a load of 'Lis boys,' as be calls them, and thus, as often iu once a fortnight, he gives every inmate ot tbe asylum a turu Iu the park. A clergyman 'out Wejt,' tells the following good one of bis small bey: Little Willie H—• was puzzled over hisUessons—one of bis earliest lesson*. iJis impatience'and desperation were expiesseS in the very suggestive ex pression : '1 wish I done got big, done gotedicated, done got married, done got good, and done got to heaven!' Willie evidently saw a tedious way before him, full ot trial*. My wife saya she supposes he thought marrying a part ot the neceesary tribulation through I which he must pass. 1 confess she saw a point where 1 did uot. I TUESDAY MARCH. *«.» ' ttPKCA «*K-M VOVSIN. The Wtraage UlaMrr •( Alrlw Harrit** WWWM ai»|Ml*M i« L*r«, [O.wsgo (Kan.) Cor, ot the Indianapolis Senti nel] Them died one day last week, in this vicinity, an aged; and eeoentrio man named Alyiu Harrison. He was abo.it seventy three years of age, and was a cousin of ex-President Harrison. In 1840 he was a promising young lawyer of Itose couu'v, Ohio, and atuipted his State ia the interest of his cousin, "Old 'I ippeennoe." Several years thereafter he quit th« practice of law aud took*-Up the study of medicine. Later on he be came engaged to a young lady, and at last the happy day was fi*ed for the clebration of this marriage. But be* fore the arrival of the eventful day the young lady eloped with a stage driver, lea.ing Mr. Harrison to mourn her sud den and UllHX |>eoted departure. This incident so dixgnsted Mr. llirrison with the fickleness of liuiuau nature au«i civ ilization in general that he turned his back upon tbe world, preferring a home iu the trackless wilderness and balneal prairies to one in the busy hsunta of re fined life. Some folirteOn years ago he built him a log cabin and took up Ids abode in the Neosho bottoms, some three miles frun town. His nearest neighbor at that time waß miles away. He lived all alone, and subsisted on a scanty and uuwholesome diet of spoiled bacon. The cabin was o|»en and 'micouifortable, while he with a simple pal-\ let of straw. He drove a team, poor, bony and delapidated a* himself, balf starved, and clothed in rope and string h iruess. He had an i ifediigent expres sion of countenance, but weut about scarcely clad in rags and patches of the coaser fabrics; ytt in the midst of filth and rag**he was recognized ad a man ot abjve average sense and edncational culture, wfchh always brought him respectful difference from all. it is said that aside from his property here, which consists of 320 acres of gceJ land and some personal t>ro|>erty iu Ohio. Some years since his brother eame to see him and endeavored to ge? him to abandon hie isolated existence, but all in vain, for he remained alone until tlie last. When it was found that he was sick, the kind neighbors flocked in and did all in their power to alleviate his suffering, but all ol no avail. After bis death a box containing silver aud bank notes, deeds, mortgages, eto., was fouud and is now in the hands of responsible parties. Quite a number cf standard works on medicine and law were also found. Among his effects was a letter, pur|Kirting to be from his niece, direct ed to bim at lola, and dated 1805. In if aeveral family names are mentioned, which may serve as clue to the where abouts of his relatives that are living. CCM*«kTBINBI. A pair of ladles' shoes that aren't "a mile too big." A newspaper communication that wasn't struck ofl in u lutrry." A clown's joke lens thau forty years old. A country residence for sale 'bat Isn't "within five minutes walk ot the rail road station." A newspaper that Isn't 'the best adver* Using medium in the county.' Au impartial base bal! umpire. An intent that isn't 'just the .sweetest baby in tbe world.' Anything advertised three weeks be fore Christmas that isn't 'suitable for holiday presents.' * A paragraphist thatnever made a pun on turkey, iu connection with Thanks giving day. ! A didn't-know-jt-was-loaded gun that never killed anybody. A political stjpmp speaker who never abused tbe opposition candidates. A young lady who can pass a plate* glass window on the Sabbath without turning her head.— Horriitown Heralds liOACCVRACV If* COMVBBSATieN, The tendency of women to exaggerate in conversation, makes them unreliable both as witnesses and relators of facts. Indeed, iu narrating what they call "facia," we must be prepared to receive the communication with some allowaqpe for the vivid fanoy of the speakers. This spirit of exaggeration which makes the statements of women so unre liable as a general thing, does not pro oeed from an inlterent love of untruth, v>ra wilful intention to deeeive. Women are apt to be led away by their feelings, and to color judgment more by passion and prejudice than by a calm, cautious view of facta as they are.. They "see through a glaasdarklyand thus seeing their statements are clouded by error. They do not pay strict attention to what they bear, and have never trained their minde to deal in facta. They are apt to skim over matters, instead of div* ing down after the pearl of truth. They deal more with fancy than facts, lacking methodical observations and judgement. Truth is sometfeilig well worth attain ing, aud ia attainable by a little trouble aud properly disciplining the mind and Ithetougue. Let every mother, when a —r=gr- 4 1879 JKUHfikfe rutr-m* Teach her, too* the projter meaning Of words and express on*. Let her undeK ntsnd that it is one thing to be "sick," another to be "ill." That a person may be*>"ngly" £ without Wing a "perfect Iright." That a man may be "baa" and yet not be "the worst man iu the world;" and that yon may be "very cold" aud yet not l»e "frozen to death,." A bonnet may be "pretty and tasty" and*yet? very far from being "perfectly splendid;" and a voung'tnan may he May Bible end prepossessing" and yet it is quite possible,* indeed it ia mors then probable, that he is not at all "divine." , If this system ot training the ""speech is attended to early iu life tKe habit will be acquired by the time maturity is reached of itrict Veracity in conversation. Things will be represented just ae they i are and not aa they seem to the vivid fancy and ci>rel« as judgment of the speaker. To KKRP PORK SWEKT owe Y*AB.— Prepare, a brine as strong as boiHng wa ter and pure salt will make it, and keep it at or near tbe boiling paint. As soon as the pork is dressed cut if for packing. Tho flanks and thin parts may bejelt in pieces somewhat broad if desired, but the thick parts should be In siloes not more than two Inches between the cuts.fHave your barrels or paekinffj'ttib* prepared iHjtorohand. Put Its much pork in the boiling brine as it will ooiiveuiently bold, lei it lie in the'hot brine from three to five minutes, according to the thickness and size of the pieces. Taw it out of the brine aud pack it Into fhe fob or bar rel; repeat till all the pork Is in. Then pour in the brine l>ot aud put on weights to keep Ihe pork from floating. Pork niay be flanghtered Iu (be hottest of dog day's, and it Immediately treated in jtliis wa'v will keep rorfectly sweet ffr aujr desired length ol time. .ftm. ,i't . „ ti. iJ i O GF leanings A man never wants to laugh when a fly light sou his nose, but be is greatly tickled. "We old maids," remarked Miss Stibblns,'lovefcats because we hava aa husbands, and Oats arc almost as treach erous as moil." An ovordreewd woman is offensive to good tatife, no mutter how_ costly tbe material 6be wears. 'Do not marry a widower,' said the old lady. 'A ready-mado family is like n plata of cold potatoes.' 'Oh, I'll soon warm them over,' replied tbe damsel, and she did. •IA mau Whose know Jedge is~~ based on aetuul experience, says, ' that when culling oil their sweethearts,'young men should carry affection In pet f jction in t leir manners,aud cc n ection iu their pocket. 'Can you 101 l me where wicked boysgo who fi#h on Sunday?' asked a scber-lookingtgentlemanjofa little chap who badwerlns and rod. 'Yes; some of 'etn goes to ihe river and them as is very wicked goes to the lake. I*H show you tbe best placo at tbe lake.' A wag in New York seeing a roan drive a tack iuto a card, through the letter tin the word 'Boston, excitedly exclaimed: 'Why, what are you about; don't you know that laying tax OH tea in Bottom oues raised a thundering muss there?' The New York Herald may have meant something wlieu it said: '.No blame should attach to medical students who provide themselves w|th bodies lor diss section. They will more than replace them when they begin to practico. Two sweet little girls sat upon the side walk in front vf the Elfco post office, one ot them nursing a large wax doll. Her companion asked, in tones of earnestness. ' Does'oo have much twouble wit 'oour baby?' Oh, dooduesa yes!'was the res nlv. 'She cwies mos' all 'e time. Sho jes' cwlod aud cwied ever since she was born. • I dou't fiuk 111 ever born any more.' f The importance of knowing how to awim ia exemplified by tbe fact that all the members of the Thorpe family, who were on board the Princess Alice, which was sunk in the Thamee, were saved, ben cause the girls ae well as the boys were able to swim. A new wrinkle in fashionable female society, just at this momeut, is knitting , —not the woolen socks and mittens of, our grandmothers, ob, no! but a much daiiHiet and costlier fabric—silk stock iiiksin all the new, delicate shades. W hen I tell yon that one spool of silk for this purpose costs two dollars and fifty cento, ai|d it takes froni four to flve tj knit a pai- of hose, ybn will understand tlie eeonomy of those ladies wbO do fbeir own knitting. It's a deep mystery— the way tbe heart of a man turu to ono woman out ot all tbe rest he's seeii in the world, and makes it easier for him to work seven years like Jacob did for Rachel, sooner tbau have any other womau for tbe asking. I often think of those words, 'and Jacob served seven vears for iiachel; and they} seemed but a tew days for tbe love be' bad of her,"-Utorge Eliot. .NO;j:/ r : «r, . I.! —> 1 1. IL !• ■ .'l !>■* ADVEimSEMKNTS. I fhfo ■• V.' and ..»«*« W*r? zxw-T-Tip#,.. TH^PTTBLI -- • i f ... • I tare Jnst returned from ihe North where i aud purcbaaed wbut I claim to be tM pw *f>.•,',} Hi !>.-*; >i«'^|w£ «/ Gkwxft (>•-•?[ frUffflft * a iWlgl j r* - t In sfl" ever brought lo this market, eonsUtlngln pirtof rkRCE ao«M, i jidi.ii* dim i.AoaMri.*AKM,c«4ca ■ 'i —n>ii.tr »w«- • : 1 '•'■ vi,»tmn«, the tat stock of ZEieLm* SHOTS In loir*, a food line of BBOGAjf and FLOW SHOES " 7 > SIBHITfBS of ad ktnde,and«rwyarticletobe found to* good* cheap, and wtll >ell them cheap. All llnda of oa«mWy prodace Uk ars Invite aa Inspection at toy new stock. octo. wthiafT /. w . hard**, _ : .. . «ur»ioir«r*T, v. ) i. i Abi«aa«« ttMatr. A. O. Fomrilie, admr. of Harrison Weedea Pull ' vs. liar rim E W '^VeJiL" l * , Rl ,n * ft * the heir# of Weedrni,' name* and ?s». sgr s^r I ssss T. Leatb, William Rousy A wile, Susan. Ag»M » I . iiarnson wbooob, into iuqii ioi ine pajioefli ,1a kti ■ i'i ■■ * I «ki a■a fa demur to tue petition OK piair»iiir.nr uM 'CVUBB mfIU be heard ex parte aud judgment granted, tf.9#ih D*2»ulmv, A? D. '*"• A. TATI, C. 8- C. Alain auce fCttotr. i"T llt'-ril fcl tiitf > i .f ,■' ■ ■ ■ ■ IVNSMS covwr. 1 IM—TI fgMtr E.JL p c^K?r -^" w " ,, " M ™ 4 * 4 te , iSss^£?r^f.'2S' fror. real estate. «tSs^m"i^ssssAvti^ fore ordered that pub loaUon In made In Turn wise the petit! * 'rtß be taken ex parte a* to her. This Vcby. W Iron A Steel Shorels, Bull Tongues, and Sboveln, Heat _Bolt* A Single Tiees at SCOIT A DOMtreLLIj . ■ ■ *°DoiS«xK!* Zvk " — __ _ Lmki ! Dress Making Miss 8. Ellen Stovall -*4 * j KC Laateat and moat approved- styles always o* han'l, and work done at reasonable prices Will also make gentlemen's clo.hes, and ent ' and make boys sails. All work first c ass in .r-»- E. S. PARKER ' ' GRAHAM N.C„ ; •V..* ■ - T " ? ft" v. vi "t. .Attorney ' ' ''• jsjfa SrSK'f'SsS 3™ UVI »vvur*MU| wj selection ox» | Call and teo him. J

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