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1 ...... BT ROBT.'M. DICKEY, THE MOUNTAIN MESSENGER - 1'i mi.I(ukh Kvkhv Tui'rsday i I K AND PUBLISHER Twelve naouttint .&0 In advance. At the expiration t six mouths, " ' nine ' " ' 12 "ix month fl.eo. Three incnth ?2.50 BOO 49 ALL KIND'S OF COUNTRY PRO duoe taken for subscriptions. AD VER TIS1NG RA TES. square, (lu lines or le.y) first in 'fri uiii . . , 1 00 Far each suhsequn insertion fi) Liberal contracts niay l; made for larger advertisements Minrlla neous A dvertisem en tit. Jjane C. CMriiLL Frisks, k. isktu x fampbell I Hoberhei), Successors to Jones 4 Brown. ABINGDON, - - - - VA. Agricutural ware house JGenerat Dealers In AgricuUural and Horticultural Slechatiic's fools Washing machines, Ch k s Wringers, th ii1tH'ht,rd Vourn. Cucumber WooJ Tump. Also JLGENT8 for the .ale of Wood 9 Nesc Irn Mower and combined Reaper and Mower, i he Champion mower, and combined Reaper c' 'how r, The Sprague mower. Exclusive rkhtmaeii PAi.MKE iKMORv OnWx; the only perfect machine for -litig mowing kniTP, or an dre td)e Aleo anti for the of i'urPAi.o pitts Tin;jtsnE .sf.p- KAlER, and two hnrse ii.enher suit bK where smell crop re raised THK DAYTON BULKY RAKE, teeth of the beet of Sieel. Dealers in Salt, Piaiter aud Ii on. ICCirculars sent giving description of any of the abov macbineK. ICGooife forwardeil to any p int on the Va Tenn. Railroad A. J.lr iw CAMPBELL k R BERTRON. ABI"ODOf, Va. (bo i2-as THE North Carolina HOME InsnranceCo, O F RALEIGH, - - - A. .; :-o-: nsuree DwelliDfs, Stores, Merchan dise anil ah el eses of IKSUH m PROPERTY, Against loss cr damage by FIRE, on ihe mst roasouable terms. " ' Its Stockholders are gentlemen inter eated iubuilding up North Caro ina In titutions, andhinong them are many of th most piouUnwit butiuetsand flnxncial' men of i he .State. All Lowe Promptly Adjusted and ;Paid. T-qia Company has already, during the tlirM fftri of it Hiiitem-H Dnid a larse amouut of Loeses. yelits assets are stead- tlY increasing. It appeals with confidence to the In tarert of Property in North Carokna frf Encourage Home Institutions ; i. Ji. BATTt Je , Piesident C. B. Root, Vice-President. Haton Gales, Secretary. ?. CowpfcB, gupeTTisor.' no--lai -T UBSCRTBE for tle Mt. Messenger for 1873.' SiibHcrLpikm OI"LY$150 BLAlCXBof eterj variety printed i Wie ummm iom. fiiiii mi mm S )apr wtri' to JEFFERSON, FRAGMENT FOR THE YOUNG. Are there any among you. my young friends, who desire to preserve health and cheerfulness through life, and at' length reach. f. yKiyjvi uiu A' ow, noun IU what I am about lo tell you. A eonstderahle time ao-o T read in one of the newspaper! of the day, that a man had died near London at advanced age of 110 years, that he had never been ill. arid that lie had main tained through life a cheerful happy temperament. I wrot immediately to London, begging to know if, in the old man's treat ment of himself, there had been any peculiarity rendered his life so lengthened and so happy, and the answer 1 recived tv-as as fob- ows. ! TTe w. s liniforinilv lrin ,nA obliging every one; he ouareled with no one he eat and drank. mnvflR- ikof ""-"-M niao iiu lIlljllL liUL suffer from hunger or thirst, a:;d never beyond what necessity youth he never allowed himself to be imimployed. These are the only means he used' I took a note of this in a little book where I generally write all that I am anxious to remember, and very soon afterwards I ob- served in an other paper that a womsm died near Stockholm at llo years oi age, that she never was ill and was of a contented, happv disposition. I immediat- ly wrote to Stockholm to know .1.1 i i,i YYiiai means una uiu tuuiuii nau used for preservin her health, and now read the answer: liuess and in the daylv babbit of washing her face. feet, and hands in cold water and as often as op ..TIf,- iTnvnrl ,U ll,.,1 5 fu i . i the same ; she never ate or drank . .. ' : 4 dom coffee, seldom tea, and never Of this likewise I took a note in my little book. v.ari that near St. Petersburg a man died who had enjoyed good health till he was 120 years old. Again I took my pen and wrote to St. Petersburg and here is the an- C.V(JV. flp .... onrlv ri,Prnnd np. ver slept over seven hours at a time-he never was idle; he work- ed and employed himself chiefly .in -theen aiV, and partcularly in his garden. WhetheHie walked or sat m his chair, he never per- mited himself to set away,orill a niuv; vi uaiiou . j oci l it or ,ui in a dent oosture. but alwavs perfect- lvstrnicrht. Thp liiriirimis effpm- inate babbit of citizens he held iin great contempt." 1 0 r . '4 After having read all this in lftucl v"tuJ " my little book I said to myself dustrious, cultivate m them a ! You m be a foolish man in- love for good books, for educa deed not to profit by the exam- tion, and teach them labor is pie and experience of these old honorable. people. j blacksmith cannot only shoe I then wrote out all that I had a borac but tfi caa make a jjorse beep, abktOidisco ver about these soe happy old; xsople upon a large Card;- -wlftSff suspended Over my i- . r . . .J 'f t Au i. t v.4. Lwnt&g-deik, so that I might Jlalities, rritiiijtirf, N. G.f THURSDAY, FEBRUARY C, I II I IB III I I jfr-TjMrflrtMMBlflgU have it always before ray eyes to remind me wbat 1 oujrht to! do, and from wbst I should re-j frein.ery itornmg and even- read brerii-jioii tents of conform to its rules And, my dear young readers, I can assure you, on the word of an honest man, that I am much happier, and in better health than 1 used to be. runner v,! T1 , , , , ' i i ii.iu iieauaeiw HL-auy neij uav j i and now I suffer scarcely once in ! three or four months. Before l! beSan these rule-- 1 hardl' dii1' venture out in rain or snow with i. . : . .. - . . i i out catc Cold. Ill former times, a walk of half lejrth l'atig:3d ane an iiuur s i exhausted I me ; now I walk miles without weariness. Imagine, then, the happiness I experience ; for th re are few feelings so cheering to the spirit as those of constant good lieaUh and vigor, But alas there is ,.-.fI: : l .1. r .- suinamiig ui nuu uiuiiui im- 0!' rmcrs are prPheeyinK large itatf tiiese happy old people crop thi year, bouis of the loosening and that is, that I have not been'ui fthe.nii in dry weather, but accustomed to all these from my j , . T . un mat i were young: afram that I might imitate them in alii things, that I might be happy and long-lived as they were ! you are the fortunate ones who are able to adopt in perfection this kind of life! What "hen pre vents you liveing henceforward as healthy aud happily as the old woman of Sockhohn, or as long and as usefully as the old men of London and St. Petersburg? Translated fnom the German. A WORD OF ADVICE. , . Parents, put your boys to , , , . , , work, or keep them at school Inn d I ia lff AMI itlDO T ' g peanshave jour sons eugag 111 onie occupation. Any occUI ed occupa WWHK WJ UK CM uci a, avrcaiiwg. or smoking on the streets. It is , , w 7 bad enough to see men m our c Pnadc tiie streets from day to da)-, engaged m no occu - P4tl0n unlcss, 11 .1S winething thai is carrieu on in ine uens 01 iniquity, have no trade to acquire auiio imiive uuuw.u . to prduce an honorable support, unless gambling is a profession termed honorable. Tins is a sad state of affair8' when you are permttmg your sous to go .... 1. . ,,A I, A 1 AO n I A M when and where they please.re-j tu lome at lat(; louru3 of lht ot knowing what they have domg:, are . '0l "ot, they are cultivating bad habbits that will lead them to some hing wor8e than loafers? yes lead them LU I lull VOU attic IVIlTT niiu - p t exc-.-es they are guilty of when uie)r aie iru,u uuucl Jwu J Don't then, we say permit your 01111010 tuc . U., tlm. IntK f ham tr ho in- Ths poorest education that teaches Belf-cani ral i better than ttie Deit tni elf-cQtrI ngieot it. 4, .fir J.. ommcrtf, f iffthirc aub tiifralHs. fl ; 1873. VOL. ifU NO. IT FARM ITEMS. Jrcyrctfs Rcmie plants. ' flare can be ho doubt that tho culM- i vatioti pt ltTnmie plant will assume (Fl'Mi'liiHMitf i n this country soon iTtTillilitlt.jMMgjwliel with the necessary iiiuchmiiy for ecOTnrmlcaHyi preparing their cropa for ti e market., which id piobnbiy only a question of j nme K'"1 ,llst whoever sum wis in k- v.Hing Hit; means best cjiculaied to str- , realiz? a g.eai fort:n:c, Lut w!l iSao con- ftr an ir.eatimable Lent lit country, ou tho ! To Cooj 7Joyrv and Med. A writct suvs : All kinds of naultrv ! .".ml nn-at can tie eoiike.l quicker by ad- to tl,? wj4te- "i wjuuii iiny l,''t'lb H 'lt,e vi"ai' piece of I HIV 111- be as on on. ay ii :e usn oi un ut i ; i i.l-i e i a conileraijle .-avin of fuv-l,is wel shortniny of titn-. It a a benefic.al I oid ieat . cjuite u-ri'tor and eay of I gestion Tuinto l moats and fowls h- ... I i t se men bun u:sie anil m;oi n co-ik u in jthiiway and i f not uiim! too freely, no taste of it will be acquired. is jjood aa ary when it AN OPTICAL CURIOSITY iTere is a simple little experiment which wreu prove the exi-stunee of ii ,t4ijidtxoT in our eyes. Sliut your lefr ly at the cross just below, holding the paper te-n or twelve inches from the eye. X C N' w move the paper slowljf toward the eye, which mint be kept lixed on the cro9. At a certiUn distance tho other figure the h tier 'will .s nkleii -ly disappear ; but. if you hiing the jiaper nearer, it will com r.-ain' in-o view. i' u in y not Miccecd in the experinn nt on the first trial, but with a liitle pa tience you canhardly fail find the sis. 1 dene3 whh which the black .p-t van- a nn.l ru n i r rm a VuV I' t I. 1 1 1 ! Now exam iiaiLon h?4 show il at wiieir it disappears ! ts ima'e falls eiac'iv ou i the spot wheie the optic nerve ente'r the eye, tluis proving ilv spot te be blind. From 7 he Sc ence if Health. A mop.k or less worthy Scotch wile was remostrated with by her minister for her babbit of beatinf i i.i.i . i i 1 ner nusDanu. cue e.xpiaincu j that her husband s'conduct was j110t what it ought be. The mm - lister recommending kindness and iiorgiveness eujoma tier no more to use her fists and nails, but" to heap coals of fire upon his head-' "Weel, minister, ;: replied the now enlightened wife, "since you say sae. 1.11 try the coals, but I may tell yh that twaor three kettles o, boiliug water hae wrocht nae improvemnt." The following letter, verbatim ct iteratim, was received by an undertaker, recently, from an afflicted widower: "Sur my wiaf is ded and wonts to be burie to morrow. At wonerklok. U uose ' wair t0 dig the holebi the side i 01 my tOO OlUerWiatS Liftt It DG deep! Youno lady Andao Adam was very happy. Now can you tell me what sor row catae ver him?" echolla' 'Plea.se, liss, he got a wif Whv is a deutiat more comprehensive thj.li a doctor ? iiecmuae a doctoi'a work fills only six feet of g-ouud, while a de tist'h fills an acre. iFyoij court a young lady, and you are won and she ia woi , you will oth bo one. the .; f itWiean, o .. . P. i 3C1 11 II 11 ilO FOR BEAUTIFULLY IlSCSTRAlSD. "TlielSciENTmc AMpHltAV, t ow iri n-wi-jHv.euiijrs iiif wtueai circuja lion of any anaragniiVgrtoU'cat 'n ' world. 1 1 onteats emhrac fina luivzl and moat interesting infoi (ution pertainiOK lo the I ndustrial, Meehmiicl, ami Hcien titic jirort-ps of the woftd ; descriptions, wiili B-.iUiil'ul Engravfi"j(?iof New Invention.-, Ne'.v ImpleiVti, Nw Pro cessp.H, and Improved niSlstriea ol all kinds; l"elul Notes.v;ts, keceips, .Suuestions ami Ad vi,? " by Practical W i hits, fur Work'neg-atJ luiplcytri, in all u.e various Arte-: iV-cription ot Iiiir'emeatp, Din )vr-i, and Iiupoi tant-aV. rks, pertain- vil anil !eL-hii 2al Kui-ineer- .Mining -.11 Metallurgy ; of the IalesS-:pfou'reKs in tho Reei A ip i. a oi me lau ski progress in tha tf. ' i oils of ."5'earuSliiearn Knuineei- iny;, Riilwayrt, .liio-Srfii'klinif. Naviri tiou, IVIeiiipliv Ttrapu Eniueer inK, Eiec'.riciiy, Si-. gnifc m, Right aud Heat f? '. j Tne Litest Diacove itfiti IMio'ography, i ('lieniiiiy, New antli Useful Aiipiica- tionx oi CneiuHiry in-fie Aarti ami lu Domestic or H ousehofij fccononiy Tlie Latest IutoniUpjtii pertaininjr to Techuology Microjff, Mathen atlea Astrwiiomv lieographj teorogfy, Min- eraloy. G''for ; oot4 , Botany, Hor ticulture, AKiicuuure chitecture Ku r;il Economy, Hou&f Did Ee no nr. Food. Lighting, HeafSfg, Veutitaiiou. linn neuitii. si . In short the wh !eji'fgeo: the Scien ces ami Practicd At are embraced wuhir: the scope of tMf Scientific Amer ican. N- jti.sou whitesireo t) lw iu telliireiitly informed aflord to ba without tiiiy i...iper S . Fanners. Mechani,,- Engineers, In-venlor.-. Manufacture' Che ists, Lo ' Tj.ajiioe Oloro-vmpti will t i till the iS.!iei:tifl5 'American to ue 1 f great value. Jtshrfjhl liaVe ft place in every Family. Lijty, study, Ofllce and Coutuing Room jlu every hetding Room, Co lege. Acadty, oi School. PuNish-d weekly, leendid'y Illus trated only 8-3 a .year,; The early Numh&iif the Scientific Anieiican make iwofilindjd voiunaes nesrJv one th-uisaitipigeH, eqt ivalent in i-oiitents to Four 'JiWu aand ordinary Rook Paueg, An jilS'als Jst of all Patents issfjed is 0jtdUhed weekly. jnj-'apeiMiien copieSeiit fret'. Address t he puldishera'-MuN Co , 37 Park Row .New lorft. 3 PATETTSI r;vn con necuon wiui ,., the Scientific a ;5fKRiCAN7 Messn. I t'NN & , are Solicitors of AmerjcPnd foreign l a" en'.i", have had oveHNr .'3'eara experience, and have the largessY-Vitahlishment to ihe world: If yon made an inven tion, ii rite them - Mter and send a Kkplnii : thev will use) unli y liiiorm you, : f.eefciiaw, whe ;r y t jjr.ee , new and patenah;e.ISiey will also send y,, ffe0 of cinirtre'opv f the Patent " n. w.tu -";ruoti;na how to " nroceeo a nateui. w.i,n-s! i 37 park How Ne t-rk j SSubscnphns reciered at ; office, fV FLORE GUIDE ForU873. rjpilE GUIDE i nojgpijhlighed QcRTtt.T ' 2 c-qU (;) fori year, four numberi, which is n'-t iiait t.liY'0t Theao who ft-r-wmd send nkaey toft amount ot One Dollr r more lor Si,eci-m-JilNO order Twity-fie Out worth extra n.0 Trice paid for the Gripe. " The January Sumr i beautiful. fri.g plans ii.r Kuril Hif,' Deiigui lor Dinine ' iibU Decorulion. fi'udow Garben, Sic. sad CMitHiiiiiia a mm ty(oi ran tiou iuvsluahlo to ihe loter t flwC.. Oco hundred aud hVty ine-, mi fine ied pap'r, tome five hundred EngravingsSpiud a superb C'!oied P'ate i d Chmtno Ccr. Tb Fint Edition i f Two ltc.sDBEp TpCVsiiD just priutcd ia Eaalib uml Gerdia 'ud tendy to ieud out. JAMES ViK, Rochester. ,S. T- OUNTAC MKS353TGE is the CMapcstand Besl Family fper published in Westell North t'aroli, nja. Sucription onh 1 SO, i invariably io vaucei" ; A THING pF BEAUTY? Weo'ffei a r, new wi(r -entirely original penulnliRoMo tor1 cent. Rendforiti l. l3tiJL -ihlnK '? want bent I ySaif ru TtcTtH of Jnc 2 I r
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