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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER. VOL; 7. Cl»c JUitmattce ©tenner, PUBLISHED WT.KKLY AT Crnhniii. N. C. Eldridge Sf Kern oil le, ritoi'KiirroßM. TKKM»: line Year ■' /....» .$>1.50- Six-Months . •••: • • \ Tnree Mouths Every por?o» tending us_a club of ten sub scribers with tho cash, entities luniself to one r»jpy free, for the lengb of time for which the KIUI) is made I»p. Paper* sent to different olhces Ao Departure Jroin tlte L'u»h System I'C'feTAOK I'IiFPAID AT Til S OFFICE AmvEifrssiwct SJATSS: 1,, , ■r~ . - ■ j^KMRaOnPGC* .1 in. 2 in.| 3 in. X col % ci*l 1 e:>l. wrcft' 100 *l5O 4200t400 $7 50 *l2 00 2 125 210 250 700 1100 IE 00 3 " 175 250 3 531 8-00 13 50 18 Ou ! U „ 200 300 4 50i 950 15 00 2J 00 8 •" »0C | 4 50' 6 00,10 50 17 50 3) OQ 5 ♦' 4 uo' ioo 7 ;il 12 50 20 00 37 00 6 - 0 50; 10 00 12 50 15 00 35 00 45 00 12 " 10 001 15 0J 18 00 20 00 48 00 SO 00 Yearly mAveitisenients changed quai terly if desired. Local notices ten eents a line, first insertion No local inserted lor less than ttftv cents. ~" / ROFESSiUMA L CA liIJ.S. J NO. W. UKAllAil, JAtf. A. (»HAIIAM, iiillsujro, N, (Jrahaui, N. O. GKAaAM & GRAiIAM, AT l HI,n«kN AT I.AM', Praetieo in the iilaie end Federal Courts, attention paid lo collecting. J. 1). KEENODLE, Attorney at Laic, i;irAiVt.ii. N.«\' Practises in tin; State and federal Couris rt'Ul faithfully and promptly attend 10 all Liusi .itts iutinstcti to him JB. S. PAUKEK, A T T O It N E V, H It !% II A .TC, y. V. Will attend regularly the Superior Courts of Alamaiu:c, Caswell, Persou, (Jliathani and Kan and the federal courts at Urecusboro. Husiuess entrusted 10 him shall lia\e laithful • itcutlon, 6—l 80. iy. T. B, Eldridge, GRAHAM, N. C. Practices in ti ejitai'b and Pedernl Courts. All businest intrusted to him shall prompt and careful attenfior. Jas. K. BOYD, W. ALBEKTSON, JR B#y 1 & AI h©vt $ on, ATTOKNKYH AT I,AW, —OFFICES AT — (r exnsboro and Grrahnm , JV. (J . Praetife in the Slate ar.d Federal Couits. anil— lin. Dr.J. W. Griffith DENTI T ORAIIAM, N. C., Is fully prepared to do any and all kinJs of —wink' 1 fporiiti' svtcsitic srixe«>*« treatment * ■—HwHres o' ilfrlfOflW,———- — ™ CALLS ATT ,>ked IN TOWN n CouKTRr. €leo. W. li'Oainr CENERAL PRACTITIONER «. OF - Meclicive and Siirgety GRAHAM, IV. r. Pure and fresh drngs always ou li nd. 0. 1. 80. Iy. ADVEUTISEMEN I S. EIRSIIOC UftAIIAM, N. «. The next term will commence the 3rd day of January and close the lust Fiidny in May 1881. Number of pupils limited. Board, wa*hing, fuel and lights £8 to 811 per month. Tuition #3 50 to £4. jan B— Bo> . T. E. JONE x Livery $ Feed Stables Graham, N. 0. Good horses aud buggies for hire at reason a lie rates. Horses fed at 35cts. per mea). * ' """ ' It. 15. 80. ly. Prices reduced Perfected Farmers Friend Plows made in I'etersburg Va. One Horse No. 5 Price fwo Horse No. 7 ' " I'wo Horse No. 7% »« I'wo Horse No. 8 For sale at Graham by SCOTT A DONNELL POETRY. I JIAKIIOOD, " Thymanhood is a glorious th'ng, O st*in it not with bribe or shame; And never let misfortune wiing Prom, thy true clasp th-iise ho:iored name Let no alluring sin beguile Thy firm young steps to paths of ill, Though fickle fortune fail to Binilc„ iii manhood stay Ui'duVtStt Thy manhood, 'tis a seal He set,. Thy mother's God upon i'..y brow, And not a jj'.vjlo I c M-oJUt Had ever such transeeudant glow. While thy young heart if undeflled, And th«»:t canst raise to 3ian and Heaven A:ul lionost. guyji, if sorrow's child, Still aot from peac.' and mercy riven. I j' True manhood it th.". right aloie Of God's >wn sons,'Unci* staiu it not, ?■ For i sever peniteutial moaa Eff.ical one sin's polluting blot. Remorseful centuries will fail The golden moments to restore. Tl en trust thou not to veering sail ; When leaving;youth's eivluuttud shore. Let miuhoed be thy gmdiig star, Its pure directions ever keep. It lo.uls to safety, and whoa far away Thy boyhood's hor ie and those who weep ; For thee, loved wandere.,. West if .time, Shall Had thee true to iminhood still. The names that leads the poi.ts page Are those that liept t!ie upright way. —By Helen Ulvh. » - ■ . ■ —— it o it it i \i.i run ifj Aiii. CoHvteeu yeai's ago I drove ftom T) ui• bury lo Lilileton, it distance of lortv-twu miles, anil as 1 had to await the, arrival of iwo or t .rec coaches, and did not start until alter dinner, I often had n good distance to drive after dark. Ii was in the dead of winter, iind the season had been a rough one. A great dent of snow had (alien, and the drifts were p ny and dei p. The mail that I carried wiis not due at Littleton by contract un til one o'clock in the morning, but that winter the postmaster was obliged to sit np later than that hour for mo. Owe day when I drovo tip to Dan bui'y, the postmaster called me into his office. „ •IVlc,'said ho with an important, i serious look, Ml.ore's some pre'ty heavy money packages in the ha*?,' and lie pointed to it a* ho spoke, Ito said the money was from Boston to somo laud agmtg tip near the Canada line. Then he utkcil it I had any passengers TIIO were going to Littleton. 1 told him I did lOt know. 'But suppose 1 have not?' 'aid 1. * f ' Why,' sai 1 he, Mho agont ol the lower rmitc came tixdav, anil lie s^yw there were two suspicious characters on the ftage that camo up !a«t night,, and lie Ml«| ectcd that thoy had an eye upon the mail, FO that it will stand yon in hand to be a litt lo careful this evening. 4 11a said that the agent had deecri' cd one of them as a short, thickset lellowfs 'itfio.iu MH V years ol agfif -:g teste", If thick, heavy clmnp"Vt.iiCTtauii'dCf his chin, but none on the side of his face, lie didn't know anything about the oth er. 1 told him I guet.se I there wasn't much danger. 'Oil no; not it you have passengers nil the way through, but 1 only told yqu this that yau might look sharp when you changed horses.' I answered that I sliouhl.do so,, and then took the bag under my arm and left the rffl :e. I stowed the mail away un der my,seat a little more carefully than usual, placing it »o that I could keep my feel against it, but beyond that I did not feel any concern. A lit*lo past one we s ailed, a/id 1 had four passengers, two f of whom role only to my lirst stopping place. I reached Gowan's Mills at dm k, where we stopped for supper, and whero my two passengers concluded loatop for the night. About six o'clock in (ho evening, I lelt Gswail's Mills alone, having (wo horses and a |i ng * 1 had seventeen miles to gj, and a hard seventeen it was.. The night was clear, but tho Ivind was sharp and cold, snow flying in all directions, while (lie drift a were deep and closely packed. -It was slow and tedious work, and my horses soon became let-weary and res tive. At adUlAiioo of six miles I came lo a little settlement called B-JII'S Cor ner, where I took fresh horses. I had been two hours going that distauco. As I was going to start a nrrni canio "up lo ' me and asked niulfT#** going lo Lit tleton. I 'told him 1 should go through • if (he thing cquld possibly ho dono. lie ' said lie was very anxious to go, and as he had no baggage, I (old him to jump in and make himself as comfortable as possible. I was gathering np my lines when tire hostler came lip and asked uie if I knew (hat one of my horto? had cut Jiiinselt badly. I jumped out and wont' with liitii and {omul thai one of the ani- I , mills had got a deep corWfcut ou the ofl GRAHAM, N. C., MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1881. fore foot. I gnvo such directions as I thought necessary, and was about to twin* away when tho hostler remarked thai he thought I camo alone. I told him I did. M'licn where did you get t' o passens i go: - ?' said he. 'lie pnt got in,' t answered. •Got in (iv.in where?' 'I don't know/ ' NVcll now,' sail) the hostler, 'that's kind of curious.. There ain't been any such mail at (he house, niid I know there ain't been none at anv of the Ncfjjh b us.* 'Let's liaye a 'ook at him,' said I. 'We can gel that at any rale. I>> you go bai'k with me, and when I get into the J.utig ju«l hold ) 6ur lantern so that (lie light will shine into his face.' ~ lie did as I wished, and as I s'epped j intp.the pung I got a lair view of such portions of my passenger's face as were not nil:Hl.otf up. I saw a short, thick frame, dull, hard features, and I c»uld see tlint there was a heavy beard under the chin. I thought of the man Whom the post muster had described to me, but I did not think ser iously about it till I had started. Per haps I had gone half a mile when I noN iced the mail-bag wasn't in its placo un der my feet. 'Hallo!'said I, holding up my horses a lit I le, 'wliere'a my mail?' My pissenger sat on tho seat behind me. and I turned towards hi;i>. 'Here's a bag of somo kind slipped I back under my feet,' he sifid, giving it. a kick as though he would above it fort ward. Just at that moment my horses fum bled into a deepsnow-drill, and I was forced to get out and tread it "•down in front of thcin, and lead them through it. This took inc all of fifteen ir.iiititC9,aiid when i gol in again I pullod tho mail big forward and put my feet upon it. As I was doing I his I saw the man Inks in;? some)hicg from his lap beneath the bufl 119 robe and pulling it in his breast [wcket. i * This t thought was a pNlol. I lnwt caught a gleam ol a barred in the dim light, and having lime tc reflect 1 knew I could not be mistaken. About this lime I began to think some what seriously. From what 1 had In aril and seen, 1 soon made up my mind that the individual behind me not only want ed lo rob me of my mail but was pre* pared to rob inc of my life. If I rent ed he would shoot me, and perhaps he meant lo perform I hat delectable opera tion at any rale. While I wa9 ponders ing the hordes plunged into another snow drift, and I was again forced to jel out and tread down ihe snow bTfere l hem. I asked my passenger if lie would help me, but lie didn't feel very well and i would not try; so I worked alone, and •>rri)/7fq.Wicr oj .ffiii * tay team rtirot."gV> 1 be drill*. When I got into the Sieiglfagain I be gan lo feel for the mail bag with my cel. 1 found it where I had left it but when I attempted lo withdraw my foot 1 discovered that it had become fast to something. I thought it was Ihe bnflalo and fried to kick it clear, but Ihe inoro I kicked the more closely it held. I reach ed down inj hand, and feeling about a lew minutes, I found my foot was in the mail bag. I felt again and found my baud in ninou*~thc lellera and paper#. I ran my fingers over ihe edges of .lie oponimr and became assured that the stout leather had been cut with a knifo. f Hercwnsa discovery. I began lo wish I had nUkon a little more lores thought before leiyriiig Danbury; but as 1 knew making *nu>i wishes was o:dy"a waMe of time, quickly gave it up ami bo gan lo considei what I had better do nns der the circumstances. 1 wasn't long in making lip my iriml upon a few cssen scMirtl." points. First, the man behind me was a villain; second, he had cut spen Ihe mail bag and robbed it of some valuable matter—lie must have known tho money letters by their Sizo and shape; thi'd, he meant to IcaVc the'slagc at tho tlrst opportunity; and fourthly he was prepared fo shoot me if I attempted lo arrest or detain him. I revolycd these things in my mind, and soon thought of a course to pursue, j I know tint to get my hands safely upon . I the rascal, I must take him unawares, I and this I couldn't dd While lie was be- j | liiud me, lor hia eyes were upon mo all j | the tiino, so I must resort to stratagem. ! Only a litte distance ahead was a home", ! and an old farmer named Lcugeo lived ' there, and directly before it a huge snow bank stretched across the road, through i which a track had been cleared with a shovel. -As we approached tiie cot I saw a light in the front room, as I felt ! 1 confident 1 should, lor (lie old man gen- ! •rally sat up liiUtlio nage went by. I drove on, ami when nearly opposite the j dwa'ing, stood up. I fiequcnlly did when approaching difficult places. I saw tlic sn >w bank aliead, and could distin guish Hie (tee-p ci»t which had W>«n sliov cled .through it. I urged my horses to a good speed, and' when near the bank Sorceil them info it. One of (ho run ners mounted the edsrc a.f tire bonk, after which Iho otlur ran into Ihe cut, ll.row ing the sleigh over about as qni.k ; though IfglUcnrrig had sl.iur.k it. My ! passenger had not calculated on any j such movement and wasn't prepared tor it. Bill I had calculated.and was pre- I paroil. He rolled out into the deep snow j with a bnflalo robe about him, while 1 j alighted directly on top of him. I punch ed his head into Ihe snow, and mug out for old L".iigcc. I didn't have to call a I second time for the farmer had come to j the window to sec mo pass, and as goon as he saw my 8lei«li overturned, he hart lighted his lantern and hurried out. •What's to pay?' asked the old man as he come up. 'Lead the horses inlo tho Iraek, and then come Ikm-c,' said f. As I -spoke I part rally loosened, my held on the vil'ains throat, and ho divw a pistol from his bMoni; but I saw it iu season and jammed his head into the snow again, and got it away from him. By this time L uigee had Ud the hors es out and come back, and [ explained the matter lo him in as few words as possible. Wo hauled (lie rascal out inlo the road and upon anamination, we found about twenty packages oflettcrs which lie had stowed away in his pocket. He s\yoiV, threatened and prayed,-but was paid no attention to his blatney. Lotigee got some stout cord, and when he had securely bound tho rascal we tumbled him into the puug. I asked (he old man if be would accompany rtio to and lie said, 'Of course.' So lie got his overcoat anil and ere long wo started on. I reached tho oml of tho roufS with my mail all safe, though not as sum as it might have been, and my mail-bag was a Ititlo the wor«e for the game that had been played upon it. - However, the mail robber was sccuho, and within a week lie was identified by seine t ffleers from Concord as'tin old ot leiulor and lam rather inclined to the opinion that he is iu the Slate prison at tho present time. At any rate ho was Iherothe last I tioard of him. That's the only I line I ever had any trouble, an li think thai under Ihe cir cumstances I came out ol u pretty well. Sl'O.ltit. T hem are some peop'e who are always ready to approve of unything lint is new. Thehtt are they who buy every new patent iwedfcino and adopt every garment assent ial to" th>> -jnoiMr^of good health. A few years ago they arrayed themselves from head to foot in under* gar mi nls of rod flmnel, not because , they particularly liked flinnel or ad | mired roil above all oilier colors, but J bHcaiihe red flannel underclothing was a | novelty and henca had an esp jeial claim lon their attention. Relying on this j tendency to buy and wear newly invent ed clothes, some artist, and, it is t> be feared, very unprincipled man, has in vented underclothing/flnafte of sponge. The trusting public is informed that only i by wearing fpougo upderclothing | people bepe to preserve their liealth and j to live out, say, two-thirds of their days. The r> suit is that hundreds of men ana women, allnrod by the novelty of cLili mg made of sponge, are throwing aside their flannel, silk, or merino under cloihos and buying the ne v and deceit ful garments ot sponge. Air. Thoinas Hewitt who is one of the | loading citizens of Wilkesharre, is com monly spoken of by his fellow citiz-ns a 8 la very •'progressive mail." There has not been a sinijle new medicine patented within tho last ten years that Mr. Hewitt has not bought it and either personally swallowed it given it o his family, llirre is hardfy a new va riety of religion that Mr. Hewitt has not adopted, nmflnrtnHSti that lie is the only man no.w living who has tapt up with Mr. Beecher and Mr. Frothing ham, and has adopted'every one of their n.onlhly novelties of creed. His only daughter -ftp- he lost his son two jears ago by giving him a dose of Cancer Pr-jvfrntive by mistake—shares to extent iu her father's love of progress, and either of her awn Inclination or in consfqucnce ot his piientai command, tdi j»t every new hygienic garment tlu.t in invented. . Lust week Tuesday, there oceurted at W.lkesbarro a decided thaw. Up to Unat time the sleighing hid been excel lent, but the sudden warmth of the 1 weather caused the brow to molt, and produced quite a ftenhut in mumil streams. It would, in these circunv -tanccs, undoubtedly have been the point of wisdom for Miss Hewitt and 'and young Mr. Baxter*to have poskpon ed llio sleigh-ride which they had agreed to take on Tuesday, but with live ardor •of youth they refused to think of post ponement, and started at 10 o'clock A. AI. to lido thirty miles to the village of Beaver Dutn and back again. The air was filled with moisture. A thick fog bung over tho country, and tlie funrers of tho sleigh splashed the 'half-melted snow all over the bnffato which covered tho laps of the happj pair. They, however, carod nothing for the thaw. They were exlialted far above ahy perception of the weather. Had the thermometer been ten degress below zto they would still liaVe felt comfortably warm, and in spite of the thaw they did not suirer from thd in iCieased heat. _ * About 2 o'clock a curious phenome non manifested itself. Miss Hewitt was growing perceptibly larger. Her atten* j'.ion was first called to the fact by the tightness of her dress, and on taking temporary measures bo remedy that evil, »ho found that she wos at least twice as as large in circumference as she had ever been at any previous time. Mr. Baxter almost simultaneously discovered that his arm could no longer completely en circle companion and (he awful truth that she was rapidly and visibly swelling smote them with terrible force. Mr. Baxter suggested that it might be 1114 result of indiscretion in eating dried apple* nod afterwards drinking water, but the young lady indignantly defied that she had done so. The horses* hands .were turned homeward, and at'a swift gallop the allarmetl young people drove in search of tho nearest doctor. Miss Hewitt meanwhile grew with miracu lous rapidity. She almost entirely filled the seat of the sleigh, and wis gradually crowding Mr. Baxter into tli9 bottom when a new horror manifested itsrlft Mr. Baxter found that hit left arm and left side were thoroughly wet, and that pools of water were forming on t'je seat, [n hie exertions ho lashed the horses until they rushed over the road at a rate which made the sh igh jolt like a Long Inland Railroad car. At every jolt Mi«»'lW...vv Enveloped m r shower of water. She would then for a few moments occupy a little less room in the sleigh, but in short timo would lie as stout as'over. A state of things to unprecedented aud alarming would perhaps have driven tho horrified Mr. Baxter into hopeless and permanent lunacy had he not reached the doctor's house while he was yot of hie rea son. The doctor was not long in making a diagnosis of the case and fti relieving th« ii inds of his frightened visitors. He said that it Wris •* s bos entirely unpre cedented. Sponge, he informed them, when dried and pressed, will occupy t very small space, but when exposed to moisture in the shape of a heavy fog it will absorb water to such an extent as to swell many times beyond -it original bulk. It is believed thnt Miss Hewitt has gone back to and that Mr. Hewitt has written to the inventor of the sponge garments denouncing him u&£an impovkor and threatening to bring an action against him for imperiling his daughter's health and subjecting ' Mr. Baxter to the danger of drowiug in a sleigh.—N. Y. Tiu e'. *'i s ' There Is'nt mnch fuss rnado over the inauguration of a boy's llrst'pauts pocket as there ii over the laying of a corrior stoi'o but there are more tllingr'to put in it. \ou nyiy not have teen born a gen tleman, but if you act likeoiio yon have the satisfaction of knowing tint nature mado the blunder and not yourself. £ The very heart and root of sin is an independent and selfish Spirit. We erect the idol self, and not only wish others *o worship it, but we worship it ourselves. NO. 8- ; . V.' 1 II •» 1 aU ramfao. If a hunter out protpeetinp, goe* through tne woods or clearings or O|H>D titlds and finds the stones turned wp for acres and acres, he knows a bear lias , been there and has made his home for ' 'lie nonse in the vicinity. B.ars are *«ry fond of crirkc-U, slugs and bugs- of all kinds,'and they know-Jhat their frv vorite insects make their homes in f„K under stones on the.* g,« na j. q-.ently they select rpots «Wri the ground is covered with stones, and turn ihera u,, to"get b„g*. Yelkwjacket and hornets Beit,,.or rat her their are favorite morsels with the black hear. If a bear sees a yellow jacket cw a hor net working in the woods he act* tike a crazy thing until he finds tho I*o# enters or the tremor rock to which the other i 3 fastened. He prance, around il.ro.igh the woods,,ricking nfojehope and whining Mnd growling nntil his un* erring scent leads him to the object of lm search. Then be gets rigbt down to lhe business. Yellow jackets build their ; nestß iu g'ftuad. When a bear finds one it takes bnt a few swoops of bis fore paws to tore II rnerde out. n, e bees ■warm ont in clouds and cover the bear until he looks as if be wa* paiated yellow. He pays no attention to theirattack, al, though an assault of yellow jackets on almost any other animal would aoo» re sult in death. The bear merely shuts hu eyes and grins ae He scoops the bo». «y out with his paws and lieks them off until tiio nest is despoiled ot every' trace of its swat toes*. The old hunter who given these observations on the domestic habits of the bear declares that he shots , big hear once in Pinekot swamp over in the High Knob region. He killed it but when he went in to drag the carcass out lie found that the bear had been robbing a yellow jacket's nest, and it was still coveted with the fiery little in, wets. ."If that bV bad keen wounded ouly, and had showed fight, l*d walfaed right into it withont delay. Bnt wben one of them cussed little hot tail var mints of a yatter jacket came • divi*' at me I didn't want none o' him, and I cut and run. I wan't afeer'd o' no wonnded b'ar, but that yaller bee scared me out. I didn't dare to go after that L'*r till next day. KARI.Y Riaiiro." John Q'.iney Adams and Josiafc Quiney, Sr., were enthusiastic advocate* of early rising. They praotiecd it from boyhood, aad attributed it to their phys. old age, Judge Stc.?~~ was an iutuoate frieod. loved dearly a good morning nap, and their oppeeite opinions often gave rise to atiarp and witty discussions. On one oecasaion, when the two emiaent men had dined with the Judge, he invited them to ac company him to the Law Shooi in Cam-* bridg-, where he was to deliver a lecture. He inviti ( ihe ex-President to talk to the students, and Mr. Adams made in~ , teresting practical remarks, touching I among other topics, oar his favorite theme of early rising. The Judge then wont on with his lecture. Tho afternoon was hot, and tbe lecture room olose, and towards tbe close of the lecture, he noticed that the class were nodding to esch other and smiling. Looking first on his rigbt bund and then on bis left, be discovered tbe secret of their merri ment, for both of tbe distinguished visit* ors wero asleep and nodding. He eould vot tesist the temptation to add a post' script, to bis lecture. 'Young genth* men, 1 call your attention to the visible proof of the ovi.'s of early rising.' The loud laugh that followed awoke the gen tlcmen, but they did not understand the joke that causod it. Let hojs sleep in the morning. When a French woman doesn't like her eyebrows she shears them off and buys a pair for forty eents. Nat«r* can't begin to compete witl. a woman tor style. A French paper tells its that tbe beau tiful Cotin'oss do V. 14 so much Itabifu* ateil to flat'ery, so accustomed to hav ing everybody speak ol 'yowr besnliful arm«, 'your snberb arms,' 'yoor ex qni*ite shoulders,' that she said, In (lie most iiuoontciouf manner, ' Mon DieuJ how ihe dust flies into my beautiful eyes!'
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