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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER VOL. 6. FLIT ©IFITNER, i»ui*msiikl> wi:i:kly at t»rnl>nii>t N. €\ Eldridqe §• rxoritiKi'i) its. " T 1:101- : „ , •; 51 .T,O One ear ' 7.") s \ Months r ] Tiirce Months • ■ ■ *' Kverv person scmling us a c lub of leu sub . with tli« cash, entitles luiusell to one Wree for the lengh of time for which the is made np: Paper* sent to different office* y 0 Qepurturc from the Cash bysttm po S TAOE I'M-kpaid AT TII S OFFK-K. Hates: ** "~~j in . 2 ill. ;; in. ,'i eol eol 1 cj! . i *nw *">*> 72 00 » 400 § 750 sl2 0-> \, ' I 12.j 2> 0 250 700 i! 00 :> 0 i „ j 75 250 If 50 ,8 00 1:{ 50 IS 00 ' i 200 300 4 50. 950 15 00 22 HOC 450 r,OO 70 50 17 50 o'> i ,i J 400 M 0 750 12 50 20 00 »7 .:> I .i I |) 50 10 00 12 50 15 00 o > .0 4)00 ,!J U I) 0 1)0 15 00 IS 00 20 00 is 00 fcU'O Yearly >ul\ertii>eineut3 clanged quarterly it notices ten ce its a line, fu st insertion. J No local inserted lor less than ttfty cents. | __- il| —iiWTI KttKMafa: UMBBBS* - - otn Utt vi '-lirst.MI I .N r> Offlcer- of >1" B>4«« «! ««" *» "»»•"«• TIIK KXKCfIIVE. Bultn-rfo'(l Li. Ibnc,, oi una., l'rts:.!tnt f ihe United Mute.-. ~ William A. \\ net lev, of New Nice Prwi.ie.it of the P» '•' •n IK CAUtNi. ; r. Wiliiam M. fivuris, ol >i.-ss \.uk, Sccretai s j of S'ate '. * John Sherman, ol Ohio, h cy. «.f I r>-a«ury. I Getl•»■»? w. M MirCiHi-y. Se.::vlrry ol War i lticliafil W. Thompson, ol Indiana, Seer.- Ury of the Navy. Carl Sliurz of Missouri See v.'•»'lie Interior Charles Dcvens, of Massachusetts, Attorney (ietieud. Horace Maynard, of Teeniicssee, Posti. astci ftencrul. TIIK ,11'Hin Htv, TIIK SII'UK ME COt It 1' OF THE L'NITELi STATES.' Morruon R. Wail, of Ohio, Chief Justice. Js'utli* Clifford, of Maine, N..nil H. Sway ne, of Ohio, Samuel .1. Miller, ol lowa, Pavid Davis, of'lllinois, Stephen J. Field, of California, William M. Strong, of Pennsylvania, Joseph P. ItradKy, of New Jersey, Ward Hunt, of New York, Associate Justices ocit htatk «;ovi.:k.V,»i u,vr. EXECL'TIVE DEI'AHTXIEST. Tliomas J. Jarvis of Pitt, Governor. James L. Kobinson, of Macon, Lleutenant- Govcrtior. W. L Saunders, cf Wake, Secretary of State. John M. Worth, of Randolph, Treasurer, llnaatd W. Bain, of Wake. Chief Clerk. T 0. Worth, of Randolph, Teller. I>.\ Samuel L. Love, of Haywood, Auditor. Tlios. S. Kenan, of Wilson. Utorney-General. John 0. Scarborough, of Johnston, Superin tendent of Public Instruction. Johnston Jones, of Burke. Adjutant-tieiieia'. J. MeLeod I'urner, Keeper of tin Capitol. Sherwood Haywood, of Wake, State Ltbia rian. ~~YROFEBS iONA L ~CA~ii T*¥. ~~ _ Ll. . JNO. W. GRAHAM. ,JAS. A,. GRAHAM. Htllsoaro, N. C. Graham, N. C. GRAHAM & GRAHAM, ATTOKIWVS A T I.AIV, Practice in the State £>nd Federal Courts, IBTripeei il attention paid to collecting. J/DTKERNODLE, Attorney at Late, «PAU 4.11. IV.(! Practices in the State and Federal Courts ft ill faithfully and promptly attend to all unsi aessiutrustfed to hint ' " " ' % " XI. M. NA.BK B , AT T O'R NEt, AIIAHA«, N. C.j ill attend regularly the Superior, Courts of Alamance, Caswell, Person, Cturtham and l!an ''"lph, aiul the -Federal courts at Greysboro. "Utiness entrusted 10 hiai shall have faithful "ttcntion, * 6-1 80.-Jy, T. B. ELDRIDGE, ATTOI'MIEY NT ijHAIlA3l, K. c. Practices in the Slate, and Federal Courts. All busincs- intrusted to him fchall receivo rrompt and careful attention. JAMES E.BOYD, ATTORNEY AT j A w. offi c.n % r Graham ss Gree*»^l>oro # Practices in all the Courts, w !f D *y« a t Grahauj, Monday. -Tuesday and inn ' B -' itv At Ureetisboro, Thursday. Friday 4 ad 7 14 DR. J. W. GRIFFILH DENTIST. GRAIIAM, N. C., to do ar.y and alt of Si)ei.i to tha profession. liJ u at I pinion given to the treatment oi MoUril. alls Airisi»ui> in Town ob OoixTßf | Geo. W. L*ong | Genkiul PRACTITIONER Medicine and Surgery j, CRAIIA.II, 9-V(jy ru !{s always on h^iid. «RAH AM, N. C., 'MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1880. lIM Kh\ i:h AIM! TUL li, | 'Lil.l.i, ,lo you loiiiembci- that l, au ,j. | some vou-iy bltaiigtr wo used fo ' 'licol S'l Olio-I, \vh-ir-oiu will, Mail,'line lor our walks? Tliooi.tf y.»n bai l looked : like ii l'ihice in ilU»ui.c.' Li "a s Irank faco glowed wi Ii a sul - den telltale red at lier liieuila ijueMjon. bhe lia.l 'joinplfied her sludi.jg and | u fi Die 1 e.isioimat a ,eai U-I.tc. fit,tee had bee,i pioi.ounce.l MinUh.-d.' B.', althoug!. tt.cy had kept up a hi is!-: t\.i n>poi;dei:co Oiaee I,as not hee.i told ol the ,oma.i„j which had made her hie r 1 late teem !i :e hil tea in ol j; leu ; lor Lilia u, u . w ,| lst tier letters inbe lead by Madame he* h v.: i hey euiild reucli. iheir dentinal ion, and s-hc bhrai.k I ruin unveiling her lii'urt's most pieti.u* bccieis to thojo Co id o\ e i. Ihe words which wtui d have now en .i-lilCiied her were tienrding upon Liila's -poktin. lor Grace i allied on wiiiiout waiting lor an-iinewer. Well, 1 saw hhn \estenlav in ihe Art Ijiilh tv , w here Geroiii ,- s list |>i. ■I n r,; i, on exliihiti.x.j and he was with a v-oung gii'i it. whom he seenieil perleetly de voied, I' in sine he's cnga o l lo her. S., Mi-s I.iHa, I in us i bit auit ii lo Hi j iaiie\ w hie 1 1 [ Irive been luti boring about \on and hint during a I ilirse long uloin lis. ltil wlial i • ihe ma! lei ? W : th a n'uli:\ ell >ri Li.ia caught at her sell-possession, ami said witlia brave as.siiin;.,ion ol jai ii: 'Are you sure iwas Ihe same pciaot'i, (»race ?' a* I juu tlml ihe S'Ui ri es and sets. \\ h > ei.-e. cnild have that graceful yet diy .iticii ;i«o ol ihe head? or a lace handsome enough to have b en cut li'oni inr.rb'e, anil \ct with a mellow lieliness ot coloring which makes me ashamed of comparing it lo aii\li ing so eold? (Joine willi me "iiis altcrnoon and sou can bee foe \ out sell. 1 hear:! him ma'e an en gagemei.l to be Ihere al 4. What say you—shall we play a spy upon t pair ol lovei - ?' I here was a strange expression in Lilla's eyes as she assented lo G a Mrs pla\ ltil proposition. Dm it was not no tiecd, and to her great lebtl Graec soon excused hersell and her though's, Li Ila was an only and pelted elii) I. II ;r parents first objjjt w is to make iier happy, and they had \ i. Ided lo her \vi>h 'io remain abrpad a lew years, So thai die.might see ol I lie great foreign world before returning homo to ner own btyiiHiltt.' America. I?ut during a ramble by the ( romanli c wal .'is of Gonslaiice L ike, Li 1 :i had met her fate. A pair of earnest eyos had thrilled ihe innermost sanctuary ol her pure heait as in answering to her lather s introiluc'ioii, she looked up and recog nized in their possessor one who hud l ing been latniliar lo her thoughts a - though outwardly a stranger. For Leon i'raov had seen the iHodestjSc.l.ool girl, .'is tiracj had said, upon I er daily w dks for exercise si iih her companions, and had conceived a passionate admiration lor lier sweet lace; so that if a day .pa sod without a sight ol M —eseii at a di.tance —ii was a lost day to him. Dut it wtn with a s'rango new delight in her \e:> exi-tcnee that Lillu laid her head that night upon her pilloW.' Her heart sang for joy liiatat last sho knew the unknoss n |,oro —that her dear old lather, too, lad sanctioned the acquaintance. For, Ici.i enl and indiilgeui as he was in all else, i i la tin leistood svcll that one miisi be good and o'l-« noble namfe to ss in tipon him sufli iffi ily 'o be brought wiiliin ihe S a red p. e-incis of the home circle. So she gave unie.-isiing entrance to tie sweet die,.in which was knocking at the (P.or ot her heart. A month had passed since ilies ha t become engaged, and earn day had br.-u-ht ssiih il a more complete |.i\v and luiM in her noble soimg bc lri I bed. lint now ! Grace** words hud laird it. i,,., like a whirlssi.nl, which lineal ene.l to uproot all the tender flowers ss nicli had Iskcn root in hr heart. ii was her li-t expei ieiice ot tint most f phl pas-ion—joaloii •• ; and under i>s 1,,1,-lu! pi in,, ings gentle. Lin-a was inn.-:', imod tor the time iujp a cliarac ,,,l ,',.111111 tils al variance wiili her real fed. Vt s ! sno SV.nihl see SVil 1 her OWM P> e•; il —i! I"" I"* ie« IMll j llCl | uliM.~l.cd *J lu re wnetoo mui-li iiynlveil i i > l9 c-mclu-i '»• wyahi waii— HIM • ihen? Four o'clock CIMIC. Pu'iciml to their Rppoini.iieut Grace «...I LHa w re there, ~alio.iCi where Ihey cultl see ni.bout being observed Ihemsolves. A»the hour 8„ interring to botb-but f» ..*h a widelv diflerenl way -drew »eai, Giuce siid pla% fuliv lo ' lCr Consul Horace who his Kt*>d naturedly uuderiakeu Hie jiai tof escort, .n. * . ■> • )uu ,H '»* a " Itnportaiil chance ol education a- the learned ones say, i! ' >on don't goat ouco and make a serious I study, ul R iphu-l's Holy Family in the lai ther gallery. Horace looked al ler s.unewhut rue- ! | I'ulh. L 'Am 1 to lake that ;is a seiilcnce ot ! i b.vs'ivhinent f from your sociei> ? oi are M >"ii leally ai x'uns to inivc me distin- !. j,wi-h m> self as an ai l 6'ude.it?' J : Lit her,' answered, 'Giaec, xi that you i do as >Oll in o toldand Ihe voting man ' I went wiih partiog i xli .nation to i '..race iiv>t to get i.itj miscluel tlu> ing Ins j ah.»ei:ee. I i iin Idenlv I.ilia gnve a stun tii ace b\ her arm wiili a force that i most made her i r> out. '1 see him. it is Indeed, Lorn! Oh ; Grace, take me home ft I shall die. I'iia! man is beliollcd tome! l'he Ijlse, laiib- , less heart !' In mute tli-tnav Grace looked in the tii i reetion low ard^whicli >L Hi's." de-sparing 1 Ikm was tin ned, and saw a proud, hand- • some head bent low to ca'eh Ih>-} \this« \ ered w r sol the leu Id ivh ■; Jciiiuni v>p>ii iti> in in Dut she ,n t li ne lor a secou.l glance, 'or Liila had i I,doled. D was hut for a moment thai site l"Si her eonsciojisntss. Then she ! riii-ed her-clfanil cfood wlii e ami siill. j i ' l ake me home G.adc,' she said pile- j : i'l|s|, . •Ye-vuiy poor d.irling,' said Grace j nervously, drawing ;i tiny vial roniain-i , ing salul'iom 'tier pocket," 'smell tint ' ' w Idle 1 go lor 11 orace.' j The piingeut odor kept Lilia from j vi.'hiing again lo the deathly feeliify j which wr.s s:iiigyl'iig for the master* , | am) in'a fciv moments she was" passing j | through iho throng, leaning on Horace's I j arjii, tii.d seareeh con-eious ol anything ; I hul Ihe heavy, anguishing beating of her i ! heart. Then, in her carriage, witliGraee's • tcndei arms about her,, and her niur- | inured words ol synipatby in lier ear, j I iiull> conscious that she was going homo, j Oi ce ihere pride iiwose. 'Divinise roe, Giace, ag.you wish me to tee! that you arc my tuue friend, that you will not mention wh it has passed,' j '1 promise,' sobbe I Grace, frightened i by Lilla's set face and ston> culm. •That is my own Griu.e. Now, donr, | go and leave me. 1 shall be best alone.' j Aw.l there, in ihe silence of her own ' room, she fought tier hottie, and came j lot ill out wardly calm to meet her pa- I iculs. Thev should not soil Tby know- I ing what Inn! befallen her, and she kept her resolve, though it was like tearing ] her heart from her breast lo carry il out. ; •Father,'she Sai l, il >t u lova me, l! want you to take inc away from here at I once. Ido not want to ineel Loon ! 1 • I again. lie is not What we have thought j hi n.' The old gentlemin adjusted his specs j Ir.cles in surpiise and concern, to get a bo tier yiow ol his daughter's lace. 'Are you sure?' he asked, incredulous ly. ' | 'As sure as that !am your own Li I In. ! I I never want losce him agai.i.' ' Well, wed I'm sorry,' and actualjy | Mr. lenn lelt'a sudden inoisture in his 1 e\cs, anil had to clear his voice vigor- \ O'isly to l>roceed. '1 couidu'l have thought more of (he •, oung ii rii il ho had ] been my sou. Dill don't cry, us Lilia I broke dowii and began to nob—'l'll go! to S heria to-morrow if sou ss ish it.' Then, Ifer father's consent to sudden ! | den start gained, Lilia went '.o her room I | giving orJeis not to admit any one to' see liei. Her maid hesitated. 'lf Mr. Tracy culls;'*hc said at last. I ' tell him lam engaged. Dm slay 1 will \\ i i e a note io him.' • Then she *ut down and wrote a iiofe, , leliing L-'oii that with her own eye# fcjie i had seen hill) euac.iug a lovei's pail lo I at.'otber in the nit gullery, and that she 1 ] herd with gave him lih freedom. | The next day the mansion that had ! | been their home lor so infiuy pleasant I months was closed Jii lelini ely. So i lie happy love-dream vanished. I LilhMti.' not expect, neither did she | find hiippine-s in strange scenes. One I face was I'oiisiaully before her, with its blu>! earned' eyes and frank, *oul-thrill 'inu expres ion She wonhl asv ken from -lumbers which had been brighten od by \ i dons of hi- presence to a dull,! colli s >rr >w —for was lie not laDe ami I perjured 'o his promise, loving another, j and al! the while svilihg her into bel ev. j ing that she alona was the choson of his heart ? She never held in her hand n cluster of Blue English violets but she (nought of Loon; lor once in a playful dispute about the color of his eyes she had i uised one ol lhp fragrant blossoms to his face and found the sl>a le to bo Ihe same with the flashing orbssmi ing down upon her. 'L'ltie eye* arc true/ ihe would tigh: ♦ 'so (lit; ihi mo sass. Whs—why were L'-otr's false? Once again shu was in a galleiy ot j paintings, bin in u laud where the sofi ,| IIIUSIchI llalinn no kniger tell | upon thv .ear. 11 -i'' h-r and inothei \ hail accompanied her hither, but she had ; sviindered lo n iiti le distance Iroin llioin. J Suddenly her heart gave a gieit bound, I unJ then stoo l siill. Defore her stood tlm beauii ul girl svlio had been ihe un conscious cause of her ttidmppinc'S. She a ii«, as bcfoie, leaning upon the arm ot ! one svhose lace ss as lurned tossar l her | with an air ol ciiisa,loin dcvoM in. 'ikes I weie coiniog tnwttid Ljlki, win> had no! aliernaiive lui! to stand erect au.l luiu/h --is until iticy should '.'each and pas. ! i her t I They sscrr 100 much engrossed wiih | each other to n. iice Lilia until tlies sv-vic | dihcctlj ii; trout o! her "Then the g. us i lonian eh a need to glance in her dine-- lion, but without any sign ot recogni tion. ' j And Lillu. She stood lor a moment j as thoilglT''truiislixed. The rescmblaiice j •- ! sviis truly wondcrail, Cut those eyes I were bl .cK as mi Inighi, and Leon's j were blue, Then regardless, or in her agit i.lon, unconscious ol W'h'il siiO ili i, Liila stepped hastily lorsvard and laid her bund upon the strangers arm. 'l'anl jii me,' she said, iu a tow voice, haye s on a brothel ? ' - I ll.e geiitleinan turned courleou-dy tc- • and answered: . ">»o, y.iiiug lady Fhave not.' Then a-. Ids eses ie»led upon her lace, be roused j into sudden interest. Muy 1 u-k why sou ss isii lo k now ?' ■ Liila fi shed iind faltei ed. She !iad be come .suddenly and intensely conSt-i iiis jot the position the had placed herself in, | and that. too, in a country where a | young girl's deportment is governed by ; a ligi i etiquette which can only be bro j ken through with the loss of res| ect. Mnicii lo her relict her father came up and put out his baud cordially. Did ho knosv the gcntlemun? Dut her headNlropped lovy in contusion as he j spoke, lie had mule the same mistake as to the stranger's identity, but bad j laileij. !o diccovcr it. | 'Tbii is an unexpee ed pleasure, Leon,' ! lie said, 'and 1 hope you and Li I a have ■ made it all light between you. See >v-int: j a pale little sprite she has changed 10. j" 'Lather,' said Liila, who nt last had | found ton.ul her voice, it is not L;on.' | 'No, il is not L?on Tracy,' said a deep plensuit voici in answer, 'but it is hi ! cousin, Clarence Traoy, ami ibis is my ! w iio.' j AS Lilia acknowledged tho iiflroduc | lion »)ie iiiulci stood al. she had yield od to *ti impulse and had ijestroyeil it. t i only her-oivu-happiness bill Le:n's also ! ss hat must he think ol her? | Alter a lime sho a»ke.l trctnnlously l of hh eousin, •\V h -re u Mr. L joii Tia o^'-' 'He is oil \yiih an exploring part', poor fellow !Iu is snilly changed Sonu ' IrjlfO. lair laced hi«jy, changeable as Ihe { Ireucherous o'sthe-wi«p, won hi t heart and cast it aside worthless. Dm | he'll come out all right yet. lie's too I good metal not to stand li e.' Then Liila galhered courage r.u I told | him the truth, and before many hours -A j missive w'a on its. way to Leon lo teH I him that il wus all through a sad and . , looljsh mistake that his hopes had been |sj lipids blas'ed, and that I.ilia had bul oue-Uope—thai he would forgive, and i come back to her side, Tne moon La i i hen and was silvring j every twig and spray with its illusive magi;. Li la had wandered alone into the gardens w Inch spread out beneath the ba cons upon which a family parly weicseatid, lier heart was tilled with mi intense longing lo onco again look I upon Leon's lace, lo hear his loved voice. I Dnt it wa* a ho t '.«des» feeling. Surely lie ! svou il never foigive! Slid lenlyo lender \ oico whispered in her car. •Liila!' With a glad little cry sho lurned. 'Oh, Leon forgive ir.e!" Dm she couiii not say morfl, lor Leon's kisses were on her lips, ami she WHS nest j ling ii. his arms contented and blissfully j happy. And again the moon's b'onigs j mint face smile.! down upon them, as iu .those precious meetings beside the ! 11| png waves of the beautiful lake be j side svhicliLeon had Hirst breathed his vows of devotion and eonsiancy into UTU i'h listening ear. Alter a time explanations were exchan bcd.and Inlla lamed that the very evening when she denied h • ijae 11 to her lover alter wi lling her ciii *i noje, was set lor a call which would have brought her face to lace with th« cousins, whoso wouderfb! resemblance had mi-led lier. Clarence had just rea li d theci'v on his and had missed Leon the previous day so li. il lie had not known his aiiivul until after the >Lit lo the At t jailer 'y. J iiui ii mischievous fale had seen lit ! to tangle the 100 smooth 'breads ol their I . I »U.»i iyis, anil leneli ( hem how to value ' j i .i'ir grout happi.'iiss by transient j 1 ! Dine e> es are I rue,' said Lilia phis fills | !ly some months ul'er lo Mis. Cnirenee, jln r cousin bs man iag>, 4 I svouldn'l have j I s blackes ed :iu-.baud !• 'And I svonldii't to. k at Clarence ili' i bis svere n ililerent color, isn'i ii n Imps ; • ! py thing lit; e Liila that we ail has e such i 1 vlilltficni tastes?* 'Ye*,J said Liila sobering down at!' one". "Ilosv iha-ikful every ono should 1 ibe that our lives are uol guided by our |' lovvn sveak ssiils. That there is an oyer- , I ruling Providence thai shapes our tnils, , ! roiigli hew ttieni as sv-c will. i° . i I Fifiy Cent* Worth, I .l.it.'iie Wele'o, a bolu teamster, living j jin Oeiroit, svas selling on bis door step j j i lie ot her i vening when along came a (stranger who p.eked up something from j I the si lesvalk. I '\\ a» it a hair-pin you found at iu> j 'I door?' demanded, Mr. Welch. I ' I never■ bend ins buck lor !e;S than! Iti ss as the, reply as the sir.wi-1 i | iopbcsl the coin in ibe «ir. j | 'lt tolled Iroin mo pocket, | iniuh oblcc-goil liial so toun.l it,' said 1 j Jamie, as lie put on a smile. ■j ' You can't ro.l no tills cents out of this j ■ chi.-keii,' sv is the aussver ai the man moved on. Mr. Welch follosved l.iui, and argued ' -slid 11 Uteied, and when that svoutd'ilt do he pul his li -s at work and hammer- I ed the li.i'.cr until tie ave up ihe coin.. When be loiiiincil l.ouie and lold his i | arte she cnuiued halt, umi ihere was a ( ' lannis r >sv ss hie ti brought an > flijer and au aires'. , 'Wbote's the money? 4 asked the court,' j after the story bad been told. ! The pii-ioucr handed il user; and af- > ' tei it had been in ( eciesl his tiotior said: i ♦lt is ihe worst counterfeit 1 ever - saw. s 'What! Is she bogus?- Exclaimed Jamie. ' 'Hie are. It is more than half lead.' " 'And I was I'jol enough to have tsv) s tighls and gel uisselt urn iu tor (he sake c-l ibis old siiam!' groaned the prisoner as lie tLiiig it ou the llour. 'You were and 1 must punish sou.' I' 'Go ahead judge ; 1 r.ui deserving of all sou can pile on. I'm tlie biggest fool in ~. America, and I might as well bo iu pris on as oui! e 'l'll say ten dollars or sixty days.* e •That's liule enough. Is Hie perlorm d auco saver. 4 11 i».' , 'So am I. 1 have no money, ami so I ' sha Igo lip. If my wile comes crying c around 101 l her 1 have hired out to a cir »t eus as tho big tool, and that 1 won't be home tor two u onihs. cl iHirrtiD, —r* |> There is a story told of a lady and i- gentleman traveling together ou an Lugs fish railroad. They w ero strangers to • each oilier. SaUdcnly the gentleiniu said: . t" 'Madam. I will trouble you lo look I ou: of the ss iudosv for a few miiiJtcv; 1 , tin going to make some changes iu uiy sveai lug'apparel.' _ J 'Certain.), sir,' she replied, with great politeness, rising and tiM inng her s bacU tipou him.' >. [. In a very short lime lie said: 'Nosv, madam, my zhaiiifis is com ple ed, aud yon may lemme yotwr uivn » S 'at.' • . j .• u When the lady turned she behind lt . her male companion transformed into . a da-hing lady with a veil over lier " lace. II 'Nosv, sir, or madam, whkhevcr you 10 like,'said lb • lady,'l must trouble you to look out ol the wiudosv, also lor 1 I have some changes to make in my up> i p.nol,' V 'Ccrtoiiilv, madam,' and the gcntlc> IPsuian iu lady s sttiie immedialely com d t':',,«l 'Nosv, si* - , you may resume your own "'seat.' 11 To his great surprise, o-.» resuming his d suit, the getitle'.nau iu female attire found his Udj; cdmpauion traiisfornied into a man. lie laughed loudly and R sail: w 'lt appears that we arc both anxious V i o avoid i ecog nit ion. What liavu soil h done? 1 have robbed a bank.' . * Ami I,' said the-whilom lady, as lie j dextoroi.s y lettered his companion's 1 sviiiis wiih a pair ol haudcutts, 'am '* Detective J ,of Scotland Yard, and j. hi female apparel shudosved sou lor isvotla>s; liosv,' drawing a tevoJvcr, •keep b.iil.' " ne TOOK TIIK IIIST. Young Mr. Litehaura svas sitting on lite porch the other night svalching a seventeen year old girl trying; to keep awake long enough to see tiic moiu ing star rise. 1 hoy talked astronomy. I- "l wish 1 svas a slar/ he said at his osvn poetic fancy, 4 '1 would rather you were a comet she '■* said, dreamily. " 'And why?' b3asked tenderly, at the o same time taki«* lier unresisting liule bauds iu lit* own;'and why, 4 be repeat ed imperious)). 'Oh,* she said with brooding earns (> estness dial fell upon his soul like a bare fool on a cold oilcloth, 'because tbeu you i- would only como arout.d onoo evM7 v 1500 years. 4 r llcdidn 4 ! say anything until lie was .s liall way do vn lo tho front gate, when be it turned around and shook his list at the 0 house, and inuttered between his IcetlJ ' ihut 4 ty the dads it would be a Ihu-ader -5 * c ing sight longer than that before be came ii around agaiu.' Dnt by that time the poor 6 .giil was bod a-d (:uud asleep. NO. 42. . .' ■- J\ V~ , Chambers' Journal, in a very interest ini; ni'litrie oft epilaphs, gives the ii/ How* '"e : 'Here lies, wrapped in clay, Tne hotly ot \Villi.nn Wray. I'have iio in* re lo say.' Sirens-lie epitaph?, not liecccßaiily i»»_ volving a {iiih tipun it.9 name, are, we eiispcu , scU'tom lo be fuiinit really en graved on louibstoues; and only in some cases writ ten by relations of the dec«a»- eil- If i>r>den really wrote the epitaph, on his wife, atltibutud lot.iiit, and which lie iiiteiul&l lor her tombstone, and be nulived lier, tic must indeed have leit and owed her ■Out little uftection: •Here lies n.y wife; here lei her lie, blie's now ai ivst, and so am I.' One Mrs. Shute gave occasion, we aro told, f >r I tie following: 4 Here lies, cut down .like unripe fnii', Tire wife ol Deacon Amoj.Shiite; blfe die I of drinking 100 much cot fee, f Anny Dominy eighteen forty. J.uues W vatt, ol course, tock uo part in tlife concoction ol tbis etlu-ioni 'At rest beneath this church vard stone, Lies stingy Jciuniv Wiall; lie died one morning just at ten, Ami saved a dinner by it. I The occupation of a dyer lias siig ; gested many epiti>piis of au obvious | character such as: .. , 'He dyed lo live, and lived to dye.* Also: ■lie died bim«e!l, and djCU uo I more. So many j kes are filed ofl at the la»e ! ?ir William Curtis —ait Alderman di*» tiiiguished for defective epitaph couched 1 tli u? : 'llere I e» William Curtis, Our laie Lord Mayor, Who l as left this here world, Ambgoiio to iliat tficre;' A cselul hint is wrjppsd up in the fo)% i lowing: •Dicd of thin shoes.J Jauuary.lß39,' J Almost ajy man can stand adversity j but it takes a strong mind to grapple 1 with sitddeu prosperity. An instance of :, that comes from Washington. Augustia •I. Ambler passed Friday night iu jail, i sleeping oft the eflec.s ol a big spree, lid { was u man of rare ability, aud invented I several useful things. One device for i ' smelling ore had a fortune iu it. But ■ Ambler hue uo.money, and be took iu company a couple of St. Louis men, aud th'.'y iu turn took him iu. Tuey patented . the invedtiou in their own names aud let Amblei out iu the cold. He sued llieui and for years tho suit went mi. 1 Itcsolutely f-.r years the detcruiiued.mau » (ought the wealthy swindlers lrom one . court to another. Suddenly, last June, > to his own astonishment, he won thecasj belli" awarded 1,375 shares in the co>i»>> pany aud $677, i«H in cash. The SUCCCM lui ned his head, aud lie went on a pro* longed spree, lie was sent to j iil for I j t\veuty days. Gleanings. ■ ■ ■—l II . Libraries are the shrines whete all (be ! relics ol saints, lull ot true virtue, and ' without delusion and impatience, are preserved and reposed,—Bacon. ' I After a girl has Kpent'.half a day it J sewing red trimming around the bolttttn ol her drers, nothing, bothsrs her so much as to imve a trieud whiaptr: Vour i petticoat. is coming off." I ".Talk about the power of the press, w , softly murmured the iged granger, as he .j held up lo view a hand he had . inadver j tently lift uu Jer the cider niachiue, till i' it lojktd like a pound of raw i j "well, I should remark." i I J 1 i A gentleman t >!d his colored servant ' | j "liter Jay: j ' M itildn, if you will bring buck tho | right change from maiket every morning | I'll give a )Ou a dollar a mouth txira." i "list nr won't never cover it. You ; 1 hasn't got no idea what a big business dui ' j heah (i tfu is doing.** - , l lie,was up betimes who found a purse i otufld," said the father of his sleepy-* headed buy." "Ay, father," replied the ' j-«R»s "but ho wai up Orst who lost it.' 1 'j 1 The little girl who waa disappointed , I because her name couldn't be found in ( i tho Btblesayc "Never misd! I wilt i ' bo such a good girl that if ever another: ; Bible is written, my name shall go into The bashful young man who nsk*d % j lady if Uv "could see her Lome," warn 1 much surprised to bear her repl}: ,"Th»t. | he could go up and aee it if hu wanted > t to, but she didn't think her father wauted 1 to sell," aud then coolly walked off with ' | the man of her choice. Sol way Moss, on tbe western » borders ot England aud Scotland, is said to have closed over a troop of soldiers in 1542., At the end of the last century a horse, '' and inau in complete armor, were fooixt. i it is seven miles in . circumfercnco. It is now, through drainage, aj fertile a trait of laud as is found iu England, Tha motUei of two sens, twins, met i one of tbe brothers in a field ono moruv iug. Which of you two boys aui 4 spiakipg to?" asked the mother, "Why do yyiiask?" inquired the hid prudently. "BjcauW if ia your brother X will box his ea s." is not my brother, it is I." j ' Then your brother ia wearing your coat, for yours had a holo in it." "No mother, I am weariSj my own coat. 1 * •'Good hea7( tis," rried tho moth. ~ look ing at bin. intently, "youV y ou urolUe* alter all 1" S
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
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Dec. 13, 1880, edition 1
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