North Carolina Newspapers

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' - rfm Agents procuring ad vei I isc-n.tents iwill le allowed a eoh.nii.ion of 25 jvr cx'tit.. . PJWFESSIQNAL s CAItDS. I I)H. J..L. RUCKER, : j PHYSICIAN AND SURG ICON, i' Grhtflul lot the liberal pitronaro hereto fore rc-ytyved, hwptH. Uy pn-mpt altcnlioii to all cuIIh, to luctii a coiJtiuuuuetj of tl.o sumo. R. W. UWASV- ' i J. it. JUSTICE. LOGAN & justice; , ATTGHNKYS aT LAW, ; ' TVill pivo proir.pt sttcnt on to all business entrmted to tin it care.'' Particular atu-i.tiou jiv ii to collections in .both' Superior and Justices.' (joutt.s. ' ltt J. B. CARPENTER, AU TORN F,Y AT LA 1 x laillKHKOKinuN, N. C. ColkdioiiH j rcmptii ntu-itded to. lif HOTELS.- VILLA G E HO T E L , iiuriiERFoiwTom ir. a, A. J. SCOiIM, Proprktor. y Thift old and Invouihly known houseis now. open tot the recept n Jn o! v'.Htrrs. y The tr.hle w ill e ku Atd wtih all the deli ' cacit'H oi tl.e market. ; I' ilite Mtid it nvh e servant will be em ployed, and H pains taken to'tnakv puests eoniforuhle. ' 7 . tl. THE BURNETT HOUSE, RUTHERFOpPTON, N. C. In cpen for the''aet'oinmodat.iot: of the trsYtllinp i-uhtic, anld with Komi fate, .jttleti live kivmiU. aiid ' arod slablusv and feed for l.yistt- the 'piurittor a.-ka a sl aie of patron jiire. I 0. llUKNKTT, ? Pit l-iit'tor. V ALLEN HOUSE. HENDERSON VILLE, N. C. T. A. ALL.KN, Proprietor. Good Tables, attentive Servants, well yen- tilUtcd Kopnm and comfortable MahleS. BUCH HOTEL, ASUKVlhl.K, K. ' R M. DEAYER, Proprietor.;, . , COAKD2.00 I'EK DAV. ' 16if BUSINESS CARDS. WANTED ! WANTED ! ! 200 COKIJS GOOD TATi BARK, D II AY & CO, y 13: tf. . E ITHKHFOKWON, N. C. " . W. IE JAY, " - HOUSE AND SIGN , IvUTIIERFOllDTON, N. C. .Gwtnittfr, Marbleling andKa!oning: exe cuted ;n the Wat rtvlj. .. - f- V Ordera lrt.n. neighborinz towns promptly attended lo. - ft "m -- BLACKSMlTHINGy Brart!y latlnould annouce to Iujs jU hit nds and' customers' that his Shop is Hill iu'tull blast on Main Sm-et; Soutliollhe Jail, where'. K trtuy "be- found at all times " m as low as tto loweKt, wounvry pru- v liikcn in laMtient lor work attntarkei . " - mm- k I iv 111 III m. aii. BLACKSMITH BHOP. y ' Tlie i ndi-rsijined would resccttulh infom. liia ohl cuninieis and the Pui lie, tliaV hl hop la'sull fcoinjj'oti, and that t e is piepan-u. 10 w all kiuds ol voiK..n "W s,'ou Notice. . '.. '; ':' ... . -' ily terms lor wbi k. is " ry down." All Vi"Us 0t produce, takim ul uiaikci pr.cea I'o. dll persons itidtbu-d to me f for work vih av tiouble by caliinir and wtiluijr.-- 1-if J. -Vy WILKINSON EbTEliX STA Jl LOLGL no. on a. r. -7t. y fleets ngularlv ou the 1st Monday tijihi 'neach iMibiii.--tiesdiiT i' Supeiiorj t'oiitw d ou Ui4 FefclivaUW the Sts. Johri y J ':.f- . , 'j J. L. RUCK Kit, W. M y K. W FoOAK. teV ; 1;'' ' 1 XST-CAROLINA RECORD, PcBLiaBiD Weekly at $2 tee Year, diXDExra ' & Cabpenteb, RuxnzEroBDTQX, N. O. ' y wntten ior tno itEconD. To ini ITIJicsle 1 ' .t KttT 'II " If n ' ' ' OF MAfLE CBEEK, 2T-. C. " "VTiy I,, love . yovt a sk the, flowers t , '.'Whyf they love 'the. morning dew i. Let their tender lips of beauty, ' ' Breath iny answer unto you. "Why I lbVe'you ask the daisy ' ItT 11 1 1 . 1 Hi ' 1 v vyitn its Dine, upiircea. eye, Whv it joves the sunny meadow,; uj iu ivv-aui iy tile oaj. ; Vhy I love you -a the hllv Vhy its pure a lid pearly glow, X Is reflected on the bosom '' ' i i Of the brooklet! in. its flow t; - ' i ; Why I-love youask the roses, , (Well their gentle ,answer; weigh,) "Why thev press their tender 'faces KJH xne oosom oi ine jiay, Why' I love you i?sk the willow, " Why' its bouph of tender green, ' Iiow are drooping' "o er the river 'With a gentle passiDg meiii.; Whv T lrTn von nsk 't.he-deW drmi Why it; nestles on the rose,; r.- ! Why, beneath the morning sunlight, Like a diamond flash it glows. :: Why ; I love you ask the snow-flake, Why. it m elts beneath the sun ! Ask tbe jesssmine why its fragrance By the starlight soft is won. y Why I love you ask the swallow, Why it seeks; the sunny clime Why the bells at ev3nings hour Bring a softer, sweeter chime. 1 Why I love you a bk the streamlet, As it-softly fiows aloDgj Why it loves to woo the woodland, Willi its 'happy," soothing son. Why Ilove you ask the billow, Why they wander to the shore With d w eary, pleading m urmur, When the storm of wrath, is o'er. .Why-I-lovo you o.ok tla rivov -' Why it Uqws down to the sea Bid its voice of "many waters" Give my answer unto thee. "Why I love you ask the spirit, Wlij it gladly spars away, From thexnight of dreary shadows, To the, realms of endless day. Ll a vMilmfi-nf Tirllf'RS clav. X Will. J The editorial Convention at Gtililsbovo, last week, was well at- eiided and harinoiiious iiiiis de- ilt rations. Important business was-transacted. adopting1 a eon stituiion and by-laws, and a series at resolutions which will have a endency to elevate the tone and character of the newspapers ot the newspapei s of the State. -We- are glad to announce so" -complete' a The lol lowing resolu tions were, anions others, adopts ed ; . . ;- y. . " Whereas, The custom amongst many publishers in the State of re- ceivmg advertisements nom vu- vertising . Agencies at suehprices as are mimical t to. the t general interest of the press, therefore, ; y "Mcsolvea, That the convention disapprove of any discrimination , in favor 6t any Advertising Agency, north or south, and that the Press feel themselves m honor and-m duty bound to charge published rates to any Agency and will not deviate from such rates, to take effect on the xex. niration of the present contracts, and that all " snecial rates!' of a . lower grade may be discontiued. ' u WhtreaSy It appears that several papers in the fetatehaye adopted, the practice of having the outeides or hulcs , of their papers, . conteir.mg idvertiisments detrimental to i the dignity and good character of the nrofeslbion, : J .'-' Ihtr fore This Convention, of the Tress of North Carolina do re solve, thiit it deprecates and disap proves of such practice & aforeeaid, and do, recommend ancl ; urge . that it. be abandoned at as ;tarly a day ; as practicable. ......'. - yX V kreast The prevalence of the credit system, of subt-criptione, hu been found to Worl serious loss to pubHshers who have adopted it,-and whereas expeiiehce proves that the cash system is the only and safe one ; therefore, : ? i . ' y fv-; -it; Mesidved, . That ;-tbe cash system beadopted as far as possible, uiid adhered to as. closely as pi-acti-x qabler ; -ixX''-.'yvX'; .-":XX "'.X -The following is a list ; of the officers of the Association : JV,U" President J. Al Engel the Wilmington Journal. Presidcnt-J.A.Engelhaidt,of;vUien manuscript Ayasr rare ana: rournal. Vice PresidenrC; KyB.Eviins, of thoMil ton yChronkle ;' V. F. Dnfty, t the Greensboro PtUriot; J.: C. Manti, of the Wilmington PceL f i i'.yyyyy-' yyy: , Treasurer Jolm Spell man; of the Kalt'!h!- ShiimeL: i -; Recording i - Secretary Ry T. Falghum, of the State Agricultural Journal. . y - . . ,;. Corresponding , Secretary J. D. Cameron, of ihe Hiiisbuio Iti confer. f. .'.. ;;;'" .'. . Executive CoTr.m it tee Jordan1 S t f i i e , f t r i e R J 1 e i h News , II. E. T. -Munninii, ot the Weldon 2Vtfi;G''W.j Kaspn, Jr. ol the Nev1)ern lirpobUif Courier ; M, Fu rinnn, of the Ashe vi lie ' Cillieii ; and J. B. Ilussey, of the Hickory PrXSS. ,yvX )V,..y,:y;;.,J..y.M.V:.i.r' ". The next' annual meeting ywill be held in Raleigh. . ' . Aft e r ' a ljt u n i n i ci 1 1 . a number pfthe Xditins, accepting the invi tation oOlr. Stanley, President (if f l.i e A 1 1 a n tic and JS"o i th Carol i- lui Railwav,! left Ooltlsboio tot Bea u I'o r t;, v h c re 1 1 i ey reuuii ii ed dur.iig the day in the full njfv nient of seaside' scenes and other delights . iitoiinng. TOturiiin Saturday Ancicist and iUci'dcrii AVear.lr . y 1 omiiredix " If now-a-d3s one is in -possession of a million of dollars he is almost worshij'iK'd. : It is inw sujiposed that the Sprague fanii ly of Rhode Island is one of the richest in the land. They have built a monument worth $100,000. Much is Xpoken of the fortunes of the Astoiv, Vandtrbilt, Stewart, and the Rothschilds, but their wealth sinks to insig;uiricance co 1 1 1 pit red wl 1 1 j it ) i;i u 1 1 es OT 01 'TCU times. Ptolomaus Philadelphia, in Egypt, had a fortune of o50,-! 000.000. ' Cleoptitra drank a glass j of wine in which was dissolved a pearl worth T $40,000. Stewart, in New York, built a lwuse that cost 500,000. What a pittance ! Cice ro paid 1,500,000 i"h a eountry Sear. Mesella paid 2,000,000 for a hotnesteatl. Seneca, a philoso pher like IL.Greelev, was worth $12,000,000. Tiberius left, pro perty worth $12,000,000. X Now-a-days every one is aston ished if a man gets in bankruptcy with : 100,000. Julius Caesar owed $14,000 bemre he had any ollice. Marcus Antoniuay owed $l,o00,000 on his election, March 15, and paid it oft March If. JNot eiHHighyylie afterwards i cleared 720,000,00. Now if an enter taininent c. stX$l,000 it inakes old people's- hairx stand upright! What is this tomd Roman times? Esojs tlie poet, paid 400,000 for a single nan v. vatigiiiia paiu the same price for a suppir.i 1 hey drank old wilies worth tweiity dollars an ounce, and roajtecPpig8 over fires made of puts and raisins. The bedsteads' of Heliogablus; were of pure silver and .'w irold. Eighty thousand dollars va necr essary to keep up the dignity of a liman oi-naior. ueem aim pompejus bu'.e.paid a,' Visit. to Lu cu ! I us,' Nobody . was at liome. They helped themselves, ; and it coat Lueullus 4,000. . ;, iThe capacity of Rome's theatres was fabulous. Tlie wooden thea tres ofxSharururs had 80,000 seats7 the Coliseum 87,00U seats, be sides 22,000 'istaiiding places. Rome had then between three and four millions of 'iiihkbitaiits The'. circus. jilaximuSiihad room tor . &r 0,000, spectators. There. ,were at tliat, timeriiihe hundred public bathing places. XX 'lii the fifth century, after Rome was plundered r by, the ; Germans a ml vVamlals, Zacharias, a histori aiij.repfirts froiii RoiueU84 streets, 80 go t d eu' st a t ii esy 5 G,597 a 1 aces. 18,052 fouuiains, 2,785 bronze sUitiics of ciupen is and othcerd, 22 eolossa 1 lioi-se stat n esT 4 1? tliea- tres, 200 perfume -stores; ami 2, 29P'prioUsx .y x neuans naa paiu ior income .... .... . . ...... a r mm ..! ! r :'. , r-rno nAo...l.i,i.u t "it;;,. - . v-w, wVr - costly. Atheus had the tneatre otily in one year . six inillioii onnes nau rucu ttm.v ..... fJ!y.:.:ii-r.. i..wt ..:iii.l.XI d.t l li-ul k iintititixto leave the of Bacchus capable of holding thirty thousand people. Coy JLost. Here is ; a -.beautiful; ytender thought ampliiietl .with Jail the feeling :of gei.uine originali ty i indeed so pure ai d Hbrt- less that. we feel it a duty-to send it broadcast for the ."culture of the imnd." :hy'i - v.' 'yX;' :. '; "He had -biack eye$v with Jong lashes, red cheeks and hair al most, blackamleurly. Ileworea crim son plaid jacket, with full ,-trows-ers buttoned on ; had a. habit of whistling, and liked to ask ques tions; was aeconipanied by a stnall dog. It is a Jong while now since he disappeared. I have a pleasant house and innch compa ny. ;. My guests, say ; Ah : it ; is pleasant to be here. ; Everything has such an orderly, pnt-ayay ,h)ok nothing about under toot, no dirt,' But-my eves are -aching for the sight, .ol , whittlings aud cut uiper o'l ' the .floor; , of tumbling down , card .. houses ; of wooden , sheep, and cattle ; of pop-gu ns, j o ws and a rro wsl wh i ps, tops, go-earts, bhcks and ti umpe yy' I want tpseq .boats a-rigging, and. kites a-making. I want to see crumbles on the carpet, and paste spilt on thex kitchen table.. I want to see the chair and tlie tabl e tu rued the w rong way al ut I want to sec candy-making and corn-popping, and to hnd jack knives and tish-hooks among m muslins. 'Yet 'these things tiseti t'Xfret me once. They sa : How quiet you are; here !- Ah ! one here may settle his brains and be at peace.' But my ears are achingvfor the paltering little feet , f rr -. Iicti r i t oi mm r a m 1 1 1 i t whistle, a gay tra la la, for the crack of little whips; tor tlie noise of drums, tiles, and trum pets. Yet these things made me 1 a N r.. i: nervous once. uuiuiv nguiu stands before me nt)W. lie is t;ii- lei than I, lias thick yhiskers, wears a frock coat, a bosomed fthir and a cravat die has just come from college. He. brings Latin and Greek in, his counten ance, and busts of the old philos ophers for the sitting room. He .-. . . i r j-.it. cjalls me mother, out i am rauier unwilling to own him. He avers that he i's my hoyy and says, that he can prove it. He brings his little boat to show the retl stripe on the sail (it was the end ot the piece) amP tianie oii the' stern Luey Howe; a little girl sof our neighbor, who, because of her long cutis and pretty, round ace, was the chosen favorite of iny boy. ' The curls were long sihce cut off, and she has grown to a tall, handsome girl.; Ho his face reddens as he shows me toe name on the boat! Oh, I see it all as plain as if it were written in a book I i Al v little pty.is lost. and my big . boy will soon be tH ! 1 wish he wcre,a little tired boVin a long, white nightgown ltt ikrvt ii hlj t Mil with mo-cittiixr lymgXn his cribw by, hohling- his hand .m mine, pusliing theurls back from .his treheadvatchitig his eyelids droopraud listening to his ilee breathitig. If I knh had i; Jit tboy again, lmw patient I vould be j How much I wouhl bear; and how bttle would I fret : and scold ! I caii never lurye hnn J back again! Rut there are still' oh Id I itiVithtrs who -have - not vet lost their little boys. I wonder if they know they are ' living their very best days : tliat now is the time toreally enjoy their chilaren I i think if Thad been niore to my little uby, I might now be more to my ygrown-up one,r-ri Magazine. X- A fashionable lady being asketl how.she liked the iii tmer giveii-at a poet's houe, her reply vivas s "The diimerwas ex:splehdid but ni v seat Avas so promote frtni the uicknacks that ! could not ratify .. o.ul tin tiifk1ed:cher41 ft 1 .I I. . l..1ui.r .111 1IIV lllMIl l taUm biit Mr. gave me shine f , y i.. i,; ,,.,.r i.earts ;uorn " wincn uercaveu ,uu Sew ou Eations.1 It is bad enough to se a bache lor sew-on a button, but he is the embodiment of gtace alongside of a married man. Necessity ' lias compeled experience, iti the case of the former, but the latter has always depended upon same one else for this service, and, fortun ately for the sake of society, It is rarely he is obliged to resort to to the needle himselfxSometimes rthe patient wife scalds her right hand or rubs a sliver under the nail ot the index finger of that hand, and it is then the man clutches 'the needle around the neek, apd forgetting to tie a knot in the thread, .commences toy put on the button. It is always in the morning, aud from live to twenty minutes afterhe is expect ed to be down street. Ho lays w .tJn i the button! exactly on the site of its pretlecessor, and pushes - the needle through one eye," and care fully draws the t4i read after, lea v ing about three iiiche of it stick ing up for Ice way. He ; says to himself, Well, iff .women don't b-ive he' easiest time I ever see." Then he comes back tho other way, gets the needle through the c I o t h we 1 1 eh o u gh , a n d 1 a y s , h i m -self out to fine the eye; but iii spite of a great deal of: patient jobbing, the needlefponit persists in bucking against the solid parts of that button, and finally, when he loses patience, his lingers catch the thread, and .that ;three inches he had left to bold the but toil slips through the eye in a twinkling, and the button rolls leisurely across the floor. He picks it up without a single re- i.,yl-p, T-t-Z,- r 5 . -.- .... dren, and makts another attempt to fasten it. This time, when eoiniiiir back with the needle he keeps bothythe thread and but". ton from slipping by covering them with his thumb, and it is out of regard ibr that part of him that he feels around for the eye, in a "very careful and judicial manner, ' but eventually, losing his philosophy as tlie search be comes more hopeless, he falls to jobbing about in a loose and savaire liuiuner, and .it is just then theXieedle finds the opening, and comup through the button ami part way through bis thumb with a celerity that no human ingenui ty can guard against. Then he lays down the things, with a few familiar quotations, and presses injured hand betvveen1 his knees, and then holds it under tie other arm, and finally jama it into his mouth, and all the while he pran ces about the floor and eaUs upon heaven aud ea rtl i to witn ess that there has never; been anything like it since the world was creat ed, and howls, and whistles, and moans ain( sobs. - After awhile he calms down, and puts on his pants, and fastens them together with a 6ncK,anti goes m ins uusi ness a changed man Ex.; . Read !au Hoar a Day. There was a ladwhb, at ftnir teen. was apprenticed to a soap d ea 1 e r. 1 O u e o f ) ii s resol u t it m was to read ati' hour a day; or at least at that rate, and he hail an old silver watch, leit hi?a hyy Ms uucle, which he timel his reading by. He stave 1 seven years with his master, :tutl it was said when hi. viiitwviitv-oue. Ii i knew as mtieh ;ts the tung squire did XowXlet us see how much tune he hatPtp read in, in seven yearfii v - w . - j-... as.K.a'v v m . . a m v treasuring up useful , knowledge would pile Up a very large store It it surely worth trying for.. See. what yon can do. Begin now. In after years you wi II look back upon thetask as the most pleasant and profitable you have ever per-fonned.-ricncfli r Jlome, An X lent is airexcclleut argCi- -rihat loaning I An x lent w an exc .Bill Simpson ou Courts 4 Many yexira ago ttieLegislatiirb of Tennessee parsed an net ? to oi ganize tl i e county McKai ry, othef- wise Snake... :tt;-i Ui, lilt wis . At that tjnie, the, county $iir- braced in the Inmts ot Siiake wasx clMipted by a steady set 6V latk woodsmen, ttally unacquailited :. with courts, Jails ect.--The ioun tv: usseniblcdr at theappoiated site for the purpose of cuttincr lojjsi making board, Act., to bulla a court house and jail. X The only theme of con vQfsalip)i,i when ) the men were , asembled wTaa , s the j i i .... ' - 1 "i i - court, etc. None of them had ever seen a court i ti se'sfeioh '6s yet developed. Each one would give what his idea was of., court, ' ect. . y. ' .'.' None, however, were entirely satisfactory until Bill .Simosoil as called On to give his 'ideiis. file said he kuewall about a court that he htn a law suit im North Carolina. One tif his neigjibpr'a hogs ken't coming Ayhen flhQ) ted. his hogiT until it got fat Que' nUr!iing he ; ot so d ' d mad that hesh3t the hog. He tiiotiht' it wou d not do to; throw it away, so he cleanded and salted .Jt Shortly afterwards his neighbor and a man canie to his hotise, and took !iim totowii jand ptit him ill" a little office. About three'months after that, thisX man came., and; took hiui up to a hvfgo room., , A; large inaii sat upon a high i beVcU -a than was sitting at a desk-7r abb u t ' sy dozen fin e d ressed: hicn sat in a'' place that was -paled around, y The man put i in a ;pen just behind them. ;y .., He then called in twelve men,, t h ey too k seats in a box in front'; that was writing gave the twelve? men a book and said some thing (about. Bill Simpson, and. . State. 1 ''then one ot the fine pien ' read something about Bill Sirnp aon and the hog, and he and an other one of the fine dressed men had 'thc biggest quarrel you ? ever heard-I thought they would 6ght every minuic, out uiey umu . It was Bill Simpson and the hog,' and the hos: and BilP Simpson,' and sometimes Mr.; Simpson, but" -d seldom. .'. After , they. ; qui t quarreli ng, the big man talk:-. , . ed a while to the twelve men, aim then thev went out and staid a short " ti me, and came back; and I aicl something to the man' at thedek. The man on the bench said spue-f thing to the man that put me m office, and he took me out and tied me to a persimmon tree, andr coomeuccd fighting meyivith! a cowhide, ' and it , made . j me. o blamed matt that I shpokalP the t persimmons ytt the tree. f Young Simpson, just inniW tlie study of! natural philosophy became fond b f applyiiig teehrii-' cal names to the common blyeeU to impress'hearers with a sense oP hisprotouud knowledge, and tried? the game with his father one eveu ing. Whe he ineiUmiied to tmii tliaY he had swallowed 'some niii rine acephaldiis molliiskij the 'old y man was npich alarmed, andhe: stuldetily seized.! Simpson. aud, threw him to the floor, aud ,hd him, ami scroiiiied for help. And when Mrsi Sitiqisbn 4 came witK . some warm water and the 1 hlredT niau rtwhed Aw with av gardens pump, they forced half a galluil of water down Sbipson, and then i b i m li v the heels over the de bi!tIieMfch arid shook hun,- . - - i . . ' ' V 1 -' flFf. V while the old man said : If- m r m & m- mm m m v w trap tbr fscariug i the fapitljjr- Subsequently ipimpstupjirauAMW language in more familiar phras- ti.--l)anburi Netcs I'yilOOffr KtJii,!.-. ;iv p - if Why ishe earth like aqa!v room i btaek-boaru . Bese cliildrn of !. )S , ; ." i Li Xv, lace oi ii. - a I 7 03S ! ' y.; y; fy J