Newspapers / The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, … / May 9, 1881, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE AI.AM AX CE GLEANER, ' ' ■ -;\- ' ■-" :.' V ' ' • ■ '■" .". • ' !'~ " VOL. 7. €lje JUiimmtre ©leaner, PUBLISHED WUIAAUR AT Ci-nhnui, IV. C. Eldridge Sf Kernodle PIIOPUIRTORN. M TKKKS: One Year .SI.SP Six Mouths : .75 Three Mouths ..60 Every person sending'we, a elttb of ten sub scribers with the cash, entitles himself to one copy free, for tbelengh of time for .which tlie club is mad.c up. Papers sent to different offices No Depuvtifve Jrotn the Cash System POSTAGE PHEPAID AT THIS OFFICE HATSN: |1 in. | a in.j 3 hi. week • 400 150-1300*4 00 $ 7 50 *l2 00 2 •' 185 2 00j 2 50j 7 00111 00 If CO 3 " 175 250 350 800 13 50 18 00 1 mo., 200 SOOI 450 050 15 00.23 00 2 " 300 4 50; 6 001 30 50 17 50 80 Oo 3 " 400 6 CO' 7 501 12.50 .20 00 37 00 * " 050 10CO' 12 50 15 00 35:00 4500 12 » 10 0C 15 00 18 00 20 00 48 00 80 00 Yearly advertisements clanged quarterly desired. Local notices ten cents a line, £rsi Insertion No liacul inserted .lor less than fifty centß. "O'RMAWN II.II_HII I» J IIOFESSIONAL CA UDS. ■XMnMDBBBOGMBBBEMnQnHDWnBnD JSO. W. GRAHAM, A. GRAHAM, Hillsoaro, N. Graham, N. C. GIiAHASI & GRAHAM, A'r rt»(j«KVH AT rAW, Practice in the State and Federal Courts, il attention paid to collecting, r J. D. KEIINODLE, Attorney at Law ; «DAII«M. N.O. Practices Tn the State and Federal Courts- Will faithfully and promptly attend to aU busi awss Intrusted to him m. Mr PAE K E It, - ATTORNEY, tilt A IIA iti, !V. C. Will attend regularly the Superior Courts o Alamance, Caswell, Person, Chatham and Rau 'loJph, and tbe Federal courts at Greensboro Ruslnes# entrusted to him shall bare faithfli attention, «—1 80. ly. T. B. Eldridg-e, Attovaer at Ijawt € RAJ/AM, N. 6. Practices in the State and Federal Conrts. All business intrusted to him shall reeeho prompt and careful attention. JASW E. JJO. \Y. ALBEUTSON, JB., II o y d Albert so n, ATTOHNEYS AT I.AW, — OFFICES AT Grreansboro and Graham, IV. C. Fractice in the State and Federal Courts, an 21—lm. • Dr. J. W. Griffith DENTIST ■ * ""r>--•*; """ • - Fs fnlly preparefl to do iuiy and all Itinds of work pertaining to the profession. Special attention given to the treatment of .liseases.©* the MOOTH. | CALLS ATTENDED IN TOWN oa CouNTRf. W. GENERAL PRACTITIONER OF Medicine and Surgery OR All AN, !V, V. Pure and fresh drugs always on h..nd. 0. I. 80. Iy. ADVEUTISEMEN'I S. UUAIIAH, N. «I. Tbe next teiirf'wlll commence the 3rd day of January and close the last Fiiduy in May )881. Number of pupils limited. Board, washing, fuel and lights to sll per moivth. Tuition f3 50 to 84. jan 3—3 m T. E. JONES I Livery § Feed Stables Graham,' K, Q. T Good horses aud buggies tor hixe at reasona blc rates. Horses fed at 25ets. per meal. 11.15.80. ly. - • ' ■ Prices reduced Perfected Farmers Friend Plows made in • etersburg Va. One Horse No. 5 I'rue .© fwo Horse No. 7 " rwo Horse No. IU • " Two Horse No. 8 For gale at Graham by BCOTT & DONNELL POBT&Y. THE: KM'IKW. '[• * 11V ASAPH. (Written for tli« Gloano»-.> I've long bee" free as is the W'HKI, And unfettered still like it I rove; ; And where I>c gone f'\6 s'riven to find \ perfect whom I could love, i And in my heart take Uom& to rest With joy, as soon as she was found; For then I'm sure I.should he blessed And coase tbe world to roam a>ound. r Earth from her millions, sure can girer One perfect loving friend to me, With whom content I here conld live Through time and til eternity. Mj heart within me yearns to meat And su?li a partner take for life, Who with sweet smiles would ever greet Me welcome home from toil and strife. A id such an one I'll have or none, One tha|. will love incessantly, Or I'll rove on. through time aloue-, R 'Joiciiig in celibacy. A w rang'ing scold I can't endure. Or one that's destitute of grace, T#ie pert, the stubborn or impure A tattV.n.; bau d or freckled face. My wife must be par excellence. A lady iu manners, form and dress; For with, none other I'll take the ®banco Of wedding to myself distress. 'Twould wring my heart, 'twould break with woe, •» To.hear a keen incisive tongue Forever and forever go, „ Pcoldii.'g ever the old and yoimg. " ' Tis folly, yes in the extreme, To look f>r peace where discord reigns, And hope ne'er throws a transient gleam To life's woes or soothe its pains. Contrast with this a suuny home. Where love and pfiace iu beauty shine, And every heart's another's throne, Aad altogether the famiiies shine! For sujcb a home I will st -ivc stall, Hoping a perfect lass to find, With a temper sweet and yielding will. Sparkling wit and a brilliant mind: One who will never be displeased At au lit I do, or oßce complain, However worried, vexed or teased, Tortured with gritf or racked with pain. For I'm so f raid inyself, I know, Unless I find a perfect wife, Oft from her tongue I'm sure would flow Words that would sting my soul with grief. Then let uo one blame me if I live A skgla mau Until I find * A perfect lady whu will give Me all she hath aud then prove klud. Ma iy have been the reigning belles That 1 have met with in my dao'; • But they all cut such monstrous swells, My reason bade inc turn away To those less fa nod and more sedate; f . And suth I found free from disgrace, Bnt no- one that I'd like to mate; * For I aul sure that I could trace Defccls in all, bath small aud great. So that I now begin to fear My life long search will prove in vain, Notwithstanding my sceeial care. Pure motives and exalted aim, She plucked tlYe apple that Adam ate, * Aud thus brought rain on tft all, Till now we raourri onr losl estatel But woman though frail, is of great worth, And some aie loyely as they're gay; Yet prone to tliink they're best of earth, And should in all things have their way. Some such are found iu eyery clime, ~ And so I fear 'twill ever be* While others esteemed almost divine, Have faults that none need wish to eeo. How few of them can make a drtss, ~ ' r Or patch a garment of any kind; Much less to wash, iron and press, If so to do they were iniHaid. None like their mothers, now spin and r«cl, ». Warp, weave and mall, knit and dye; Nor could they cook a decent meal, If all from huugcr were to die. Still they are heaven's best gift to C£.rth And yet the best might better be, Thought they less of wealth and drew and birth, ~ „ - . . - Tljese greatest onef we soon should see Than lovers e'er fancied in their dreams While they lay pining in despair On flowery banks by purling streams, Fauued by a soft aud fragrant air. In majdjenhood, they're all serene, Aud loveiy as they well can be, And take all captive when the're seen , E'en when their faults a fool might r,ec. So now I 'vc sworn I'll never wed If I wait perfection in the f iir, Either in woman's haart or head, At any time or anywhere. Yet women, I own, in some respects, Are better far than arc most men, Jewel* are found among the sex, And human nature's best in them; And the few faults that they possess _. Are hid beneath their And these are over growing less Or cancelledhy their charity. Then let none who wish to double, Postpone too long or lie too choice, When all are bound' to have their trouble, AS sure as sparks lise iu their course; And long before life's journey ends, J-' Start on the road just where wc may, We'll And that we have ijeed of friends, And wish we'd gone the other way.. For life is but a bubble at most, Upon a raging sloTThy sea, Madly driven and wildly tossed, While all through life, we'd quiet bet Bat here great storuw will e'er abound. GRAHAM, N. C., MONDAY, MAY 9, 1881. With s«ar«e: enough of light to trace ' The path ofaaftty till port is found And we're boou anchored safe by gr«o3.. Still celibacy wucre there's no blig'it, lia'U fa' mo.'j froadom aal repcsi; Vet mai'ricd lif-e liath its delights A siug'o mortal never knows. So let bachelors and maids remain Content and iflfcekly bear their load, And those who' vo, wed do all tliey can To make their homes a sweet abode. F6r know you all, joy's, not found- At home, itcannot be on earth. Hope's here to full fruition bound, And sweetest comforts have tlioir birth, Then her* let all lockhcaits and hands And our homes always twine with love, And by affection's strongest bands. There bind ourselves where're wo rove. KtiRHIINB A MCIIOOI, IUTTKIT. 'lt's (oo provokiu'l' exclaimed Josilili Toller with a thwack ol his fist on the breakfast table thai made the desk rat tle. 'lt is, so it is,' said Aunt Rachel duti fully chiming in with her husband and casirng a reproachful glance at her niece -j Palieucd Bethel! whose charming eyea shot rebellious glancestlnough the tears j that would como even in spite of her slvongost efforts. 'Gats don"t got such chances every day,' cominaed Mr Potter. 'Zekiel Sawspel Is the forehandedest farmor in Toboggan, and the gal as turns up her nose at him don't know which side of her bread k but I wed. 'That she don't!' returned aunt Rachel; and to think of tlirowin* uvor such a man for an unknown adventurer, some s'hool master 'lfs what I call too provoking repeat", dd Joshua Potter. , w ! 'And what's provoki'nor still,' Aunt i Rachel added, 'there's Cinthy Goss ready to snap at«aay. offer Zekicl may make, and ten to one he will make lor spi'c, and she'll be just mean enough tos jy as how she cut Patience out. . - 'l'm sure shes welcome to him,' was all the latter dcignal to say as she rose ai;d left the room. 'She's just like her mother*' wai Aunt Rachel's comment. 'Notliin' would do sister Edith but marry that literary chap, i Richard ReMjeU, as was shift less uueu.h to go and die in a year, leaving her with a baby on hor hands. Then che was ■(illy enough to grieve herself to death, and of course the baby fell to us. Well »nc woiftd have thought that that child's early cxpenenco would have been a warning to her, but it does seem as if wL«af is bred In tlve bone w tolerably cer ! lain to come out in the flesh.' Leaving Uncle Joshua and Aunt Ras chel to finish theifr talk over family mat ters, let us back a step or two and see what gave rise to it. A few months before, a genteel look* ; young man applied to Toboggan school committee for.employment as R teacher.; The comuntteefnen shook 'lheir heaefs at [at first, Mr. Leon Payne might be a proper person, but then he was a total si ranger, and brought no recommenda • ion. Still his terms were so moderate that it was decided to take him a quar tor on trial. There was a good deal of grumbling at first. Mr. Pay no gave the boys alto gether too much pVay (heir parents thought. Then he would often Uko a hand in their sport, lie could toss a ball or handle a bat with the best ot them, and was not above marbles, even. In all which many saw a woeful want of dignityi But when it wa£ found I hat the boys were, getting along faster in their studies than they had ever done be fore, the grumbling abated measurably, and the fathers were less scandalized when they caught Mr. Payne in a crowd ol noisy urchius, "taw" in hand knucks ing down witli the rest on tonus of per fect equality. . - Mr. Payne was a strikingly handsome man. Lie became quite a favorito-with the Toboggan belles, and would have excited the jealousy and ire of a host of rura' swains but tor the fact with which he avoided even the appearance of rival ry. His atteniiojis to the' Toboggan fair were so general in tiieir character, that the most suspicious lover could find nothing to complain of iu particular Besides, a poor young school master is uo great catch, and that consideration 'set'a good many minds at ease. In one of his Sunday rambles Mr. Payne had lost his way and stopped to ask it of a young lady who came canter ing across his path. When she reined up her bone and turned her face to meet the question, ihs latter was struck with admiration that for a moment-ho forgot (o puVsuc his inquiries; and whon ho Ve sumed them it was in a manner so con tused that several minutes were consum ed iu obtaining the desired information; after which the (wo parted exchanging bows and blushes. ;• This wus the first but by no moans the last Hireling ot Loon Payne and Patience* .Uefheir. The yonng school master b#* came a pretty constant vUilor at the house of Joshua Potter, Patience's nil. cle— BO constant tlwl both uncle Joshua iand aunt Itachcl began to suspect him ol JeAigns not quite consistent with cer tain plans ol iheirs about their niece and Zekiel Sttivspel, a well to do young far mer, rich In lands and goods and fatted calves, whom they had set their hearts ,00 having for a nephew-in- law. For a season tho worthy uncle and aunl concealed their uneasiness. There was notli ng iu young pe.ople meeting and talking over books to niako tho ground of direct eomp'oiiit. But things eamo t» another pass when Zokiel Satvspel en.ne, one day. with a smiling offer of bis heart and hand to Patience and was scut away with a very lively flea iu his ear. • Then uncle Joshua and aunt Kachel held a solemn co-'tncH. f 'lt Was qirilc unnatural,' Uncle Joshua «aid, f that a man should glvo a man like Ze«lol the mitten, tnlcss' there was another fellow iu the case.' Aunt Hachel was quite of the same niind, and both agreed that tin other fal low could be none otlior than tho stuck •up school master; and this is ivhat uncle Joshua denounced as being too provok ing, as wo began by rolaiing. Aunt predtciion, that Z'.'kiel !Baw«pel would propose lo Cinthy Goss lor spite was lulfllletl within a week, aud iu loss than a mouth they wore mar ried . Many were tho looks of triumph that Cinthy east at Patio they raet« at church next Sunday. But there wasn't mfloff 1 exaltation iu Z kiel's looks as they wandered fVotn her he had won to her lie had lost. 110 licaved an autlible fclgh but that may havo been because the sermon affected him. Mr. Payne's quarter was. out, and ore -nii;ruing ho called on Uncle Joshua and and Auut Rachel and asked their conv sent to a q iiet little wedding betweeii their niece and himself, i yon an' Patience's fixed H lip,' said Uncle Joshua, 'it is not much me astiu' no, but 1 hare no great notion of i a gal marrying a school master. It is a low come down lor one as might havo her picfc of all the fellers iu Tobog gan. Aunt Rachel wooUJ have pointed the moral by referring to tho sad history of Patience's mother, but since Zekiel Saw spel was no longer iu the case bath the uncle and aunt had lost spirit. So the little wedding was suffered to cotae off with but passive opposition. , Uncle John and Aunt Rachel bade their niece ami her husband a rather cheerless good by. on .Ihcu- medding luormog as thjjy stepped- aboard tho train for the city. But Patience had a ibrove as well as a loving heart. (She put the fullest trust in the man of her. choice, aud went without question (o share whatever homo he had to offer > 'however humble it might be. On alisfliting at their journey's end,Leon led Patience through tho crowd to where a handsome carriage was waiting. A !coac!r.nau stood at the open door, aud be fore Patience had time to chide her lms> bands extravagance lie had handed lier i.i and they wero driven off. At length the carriage stopped. The door was again opened. Lnon stopped' out and gave his hand to Patience, who, the next momeuf found herself ascend ing the steps iu front of an elegant man sion. •Before she had time to recover her wonder the door opened in answer to Leon's ring, and giving her hand an as« 6uring press, he conducted her into a snmptuoue apartment where a stately white haired lady rose to meet them. 'Mother this is the daughter 1 have brought you,' said Leon.* There was that in the white haired lady's looks which spoke more plainly than woids, hor approval of her son's choice, and thcic was a warmth of weK come in her embrace which drove all the misgivings from Patience's heart. 'Butsaid Patience after tho greet ing was over, 'this cannot be your homo dear Leon.' ? 'No; it U onrs now.Vhe answered. , laughingly, 'Thou \eu are-—' 'What the world calls rich, bat' lie ad« ded, encircling her with his arms, i feel a hundred times vkltcr to day»thau I ever felt before. 'But how was it that you—' . Became a school "master yon would ask. Well, it was a freak ot mino. My main purpose was to seek out, if I could / find it, a true and guileless heart that would love mo for my own sake, regard less of wealth or station, aud I loci quite c-jrtain that 1 have succeeded. Undo JOSIIUH a/NL Al'.'it , Ilachcl nrre ' torccd to admit at lust that Patience might liavo done worse than marry tie school master. . i ' ii ni—i . A Tonr lii«i« Mtor jr. ' ' -tii This otory is told of a poor Hindoo mother of Kedegrce, in India: , fliis woman' lived oa the Girges, nenr Sanger Island, and she hud a pair ot* beautiful twin babes. But ouo of them was a girl ami blind, and the benighted mother on that acoonnt supposed her. sell under ''GtingaV curse for some of fenso she had done. ', h-' - f * U i • A inisskntary's wife found her kv» heard- the story of her grief. The God mu«t be appeased the woman said, lie was certainly angry, or the children would have both been boys, and with good «yes. She would have to make a sncratice to HQothe-hin wrath. The Christian la ly did what aha conld ' . ■ to tmpress her with better teachings, but witli little elfecfc. She left her sadly but not dreaming what the wretched mother meditated doing. A day or two latjr the lady callhd aghin. As before the mother sat beside the littlo basket cradle weejiiivg—but thefe was ono bu'»e iu ihe cradle. It was tin blind gul. 'die other had been drowned in the Ganges/ The Christian was horror struch when she kuew the truth. i . - "Unhappy woman"' she exolatmed; then after a silouco she added with some ' thiug mdre like pity: "If you were driven to why did you destroy the one you loved aud spare tLo one you hated? ' The woman sobbed, and beat hpr breast, "O, it is that that breaks my heart," she said. "The God must have tli> best. When 1 had ooe he would not take the other. Alas, my hoy, my boy." BOOKUINDINCU Sf , j The bookbinder oraft was at its zenith just befcre the invention of printing; i», has waned since, because nj%pdy would care nowadayb to give such prices as wero cheerfull/ paid for books in the days when it took twenty*fire months of a patieut scribe's work to produce oce copy of ths Bible. The bindings of such costly wrie works of art. Milan first, we are tolu, acquired a rep« utation for its bindings of Spanish leather, arabesqued and g*lt, which su perseded tbe old«fashioned bindings of wood, -metal or" iroryj 'but until close of the fifteenth sontnry the bind* ings of presentation volumes aud of the church books used on high altars of cathedrals were mostly of solid gold or silver. Bruges his produced some beau* tiful works of this doscription, likewise bindings iu cloth of gold wrought with silk of many colors. At Yypross; the great cloth mart of North Europe, were first made plain bindings of cloth, em* broidvred more or less; but these were used only for small volumes of jasts and ballads, aud for the horn hooka out of which the children in noble families learned their letters. Venice had a name for its bindings in ivory and woods from the east; Florence, like Gliont in Flanders, abounded in brass artificers, and produced brazan bindings, gilt or silvered, each ore the woik of a master craftsmen, for none Sutured to make bookcovors who were not skilled with tools; bur the most gorgeous bind* inys of all that were made before the in vention of printing cams from Home. Here the guild of Italian goldsmiths had its chief hall; and there was always a a sure sale (or rich biuding of wrought gold, seeing that the kings and potent tatea who oame to visit tlie Papal See invariably ga7e and received presents ef splendid books. As a rule the fiower of the family does nothing toward providing the daily 1 b.ead. - »• ... w ; The maa who thinks the boy who lives nest door to him is a good boy has . not been tound. Barnum says that a circus man wbo Svon't admit orphaas free cau nevef hope to go to heaven. Subscribe for TUB ALAMANCE GLEAN*- EU, $1.30 a yes *, $Q 11. A BCAUIIK I. RRNTIJtitKT. "A man without so we sort of religion l', at best a reprobrate, the football of destiny; vritb no tie linking him to in finity, to the wondrous eternity that ia within him; but a woman witbout it ia even wo»«e—a fiarao without hea», a flower without perfume. "A man may in some sort lie his frail hopes and honors, with weak, shifting ground tackle to hid business of the world; but a woman without that anchor whiob they cAll faith is a drift and a wrack. A man may clumsily continue a kind of responsibility or ine~ tiv ; but can lind no basis in no other system of right action tliap thai of spir itual faltb. *A man may cvhz- hia thoughts an J his brain to 'flibugh'ful ness in such podr harboragn as . fame apd reputation ftiny stretch before; but a woman—Avhera can she put her hope- In storms, ff not in heaven I t "And that sweet, truthfulness— tlmfc abiding love, that cndeaiiog hope, tuel- • lowing every scene of life, lighting them with a pleasant radiance; when the r,w6rlJ's cold st ern breaks like an armi, .... , . I !» 1.1 - l**V'^ with smoking cannon— iphat can bestow it all but soul tie lj£. ''^^Mt er than an army' witfr cannon? . Yf£o that has eujoye A tho lovy ol Godlov ing mother, but will echo T with energy, and hallow l J 'MKatf A Now Voile' drummed was passitjg old Twopercent'splace of biasliie&* iu Galveston recently, when'ho ctfMd ,i *!lfltt across the street and- afeked to look it tfi* samples; The drummer coold hardly be lieve his sense*. Ue had Lever- bc«u treated In that way bofore in Texas. was hardly,j» minute before ho had,- hia samples spread out in anticipation of $5,000 order. Old Pwopereent got the very bottom price of everything in line; bat when the drummer asked hitn if lie did not want to order some oi' tfie goods the njply wa*. 'Not much. You do not shdppoee dot is vol 1 called yoa in tor? «What did yoa call me f£& th«u?' ask* ed the drnuimor. v # 1 only wanted to see vol your flgscra vos so asb to find oat it I was not selling my goods too low. ." [ » ■ BITMS' TNMWbMr a It an editor.omits anything he 1s lax/. If he speaks of anything As it ft, be 1* mad; if he smooth down the *oegU places, he is bribedif he oaiHe things by their proper names, lie.is unfit for the his readers with jokes, ho is does, be is a rattle bead, lacking stabili ty ;it ho condemns the wrong, he is > good fellow but lacks discretion ; if he fets wrongs and injuries go unracntiopeft he 1 is a coward; if be indulges in per* eftnafftieti, he Is a blackguard; if he 'de«fc not, his paper is insipid. Iu short, if' be edits a paper properly, and sticks to trtl'th and facts,' be is a fool ant! doesn't know-how to edit a paper balsas woll as. his readers could. PRBHBNCB or MIND ANDMSBIfci or Itoov, They were talking ol Sir Boyle Hoeing wheiift Wicklow magistrate who waft present flew oft at a tangent. 'When I wSs in danger from a Kerry bull,.- said he. 'I sat down and stared him lull in the . lace,' 'How did it answer?' queried the breathless by«tandors. '.Excellent t The Kerry didn't oflfcr to touolt me. 4 'Very • remarkable, very curioust llow do )on account for it?* 'Well, sometimes I've tbonght it was bccanso I sat down en the top branch of a very tall tree,' said Um> magistrate. A paper docs not cost much. That ia the reason why so many walk into an office, help tliemselves and walk out. To prevent this little steal, it is veritably an nounced thai a shrewd editor trained 'tk parrot to watch visitors to the offiec. II i one pifkod up a paper and attempted to» go oil without paying for it, the bird, would sing oat with startling clearness;? "Stop tbiell stop tbiell I tang it, • that paper beck, or pay for HP By thia means the editor receive* ncajly all tho . money tor his papers, which gives him quite a lift.—Yonkcrs Statesman. 'What ls that dog barking at? 5 asked a fop whose, boots ' were moro polUhedi than his mind. ,'Why, beaauso he seea . another pappy iu your boots,' said a by ' slander. Falsehood always endeavors to cot, the mien aud attitude of truth.
The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 9, 1881, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75