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BUTHtRFORDTON, N. C.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. J?;L. RUCKER,
rilYSICIASr AND SURGEON,
Grateful for the liberal patroiiajre liereto
forretjved; liopeR, by procxit attention to
ail calls, to tuerii coiitinuauce of lie Kaoie.
BL. W. LOGAN, ' J. J. 4JL,bltc;.
LOGAN & "JUSTICE, :
ATTORNEYS aT LAW, "
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" .RcTUEuroRDTOK. N. C:
Will give prompt Httentioo to all busihea
utru.ed to their eare. , 1 ,
PwiwuinrattiHition given tOW)llectioiis In
both. Superior andJutioe' Courts. : Itt
, J. B. CARPENTER,
. ATTORKY ; AT I LAW, 1
' 'BtTiailFOkDTOir,
Collect ious promptlj attended to.
HOTELS.
VILLAGE EOTEli,
. . - -- - . . .
72 UTIIERFORD TOK, Ar.
A. J; SCOGGin, Proprietor.
This old aiid lavorably knowu house is now
open for the receptiou ot visitors. : .
Hie tUe will be uppheu wtiu 1I tiiedeli-
cacit'H of the market.. .- '
. l' tlitw nnl mt ntive.'l ferrnnts -will b cm
'loved, and all paius tukcu to make puesla
corufortable. ' 3 i -: i r 7 : tl.
THE BURNETT HOUSE,
RUTHERFORDTON, N. C.
' Js open .for llie accommodation of the
travelling public, and with Rood fare, atten
live nervunta, and comi stable and feed for
lkorta, the proprietor asks a sliare of patron
age. : 'ft?. liURXETT.
ll-ly Proprietor.
ALLEN HOUSE. , . :
UENPERSON VILLE, N. C.
' T. A. ALLEN, Proprietor.
Good Tables, attentive Serraula, well ven
tillatod Rooms and comfortable Stables.
BU.CH HOTEL,
i ' ASHEV1LLE, -k. C, .
R. M. DEAVER, Proprietor.
' , BOARD 2.00,PER DAY. 16if
B USINESS CA1WS.
WANTED! WANTED!!
200 CORDS G0OD TAN DARK,
P. MAY & CO.,
3-tf. f ' ;RcTnaroKUTOK, N. C.
W, II. 'JAY,;
HOUSE AND SIGN
RUTHERFORDTON, N. C.
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V'rinuifr, Marbleling and KaLsoriiing exe-
'-'tu a m the best jt L.
rucrs from neitrliborinff towns promptly
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ucuaea to. I 6: 3m
- BLACKSnTHING.
"faily Dal Ion would attuouce to liU
friends ndi euftoner that his Shop is
in full blaKt'on SJainSirvet, South' ot the
where-he tnay bo j found at all limes.
V-fUisati low ua the lowest. Country pro
Ut" taken in payment lor . work at market
r cs. uive biui a Call. lo iy
STJEliN STAR LODGE
No. 01, A.
F. 51.
fet regularly ou the 1st Monday tight
lB each month, f nestlavK1
of Supeiior Courts,
on the FesUyala ot tie St John.
, J. L. HUCKKLl, WM.
Sec. 1 :
BLACKSMITH SHOP.
The undersigned wouid repectfulij inform
'8 old cnMomere aud the- Public, that his
oiiop ig Rim going on, and ihat he is prepared
an kinds: of wbik in hia hue at sliort
notice.. - 1 ) -v -v , ; .
v terms for jwork, is pay"down All
produce taken at market prices for
work. r
..-1. indebted to me for work will
- wouoie by calling and setUing.
iHf J.;V. WILK1
'ILKINSON.
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: - Written for the Record.
To IHiss da S ...
OP SANDY RUN, X. C.
Hollow winds 'around me roaring,
. , Noisy voices around me rise,
Whilst I sit my fate deploring, ,
Tears fast streaming from my eyes,
What would I think of a miser's treas-
ure,r ; , 1 ;,
Since I know no earthly joy,
And must I lose all youthful pleasure
' And love-my youth and health
. . destroy.
. ' i '
No ! No ! (;hy name yields the richest
V' ' erfame,
'-; And sweeter than music your voice.
Your presence would disperse my
gloom
And make my aching heart rejoice.
Happy would I be if you were only
,;.. rr nigh : , '
Td have naught to wish or to fear.
No mortal would be as happy as I
: And my summer last a whole year.
' . . ; '.- - j - r . x .. . - '
Content with beholding thy face,
My all to your pleasure resigned,
No changes of season or place
Would make any change in my mind,
Wfhile bless'd with a sense of your
. . love, ' '".''" ' ,
A palace a toy would appear.
And prison, a heaven would prove,
If your dear presence , were there.
Through troubles' and distresses,
II my guarded vigil will keep,
Though loving relatives . oppose us, -Our
day will most surely peep,
And when it dawns upon our fate. ;
;Then how sweet it will be to think,'
That oui oppbsers were too late,
And of pleasure s cup we'll ever drink, j
- ! Will. Yaj.-
People Will 'Fii Ik.
Wc may gf- thixmgh ilia wrvrW, Vwt
'twill be ery slow, '
If we listen to all that is said as we
go ; - '
We'll be worried, and fretted and
kept in a stew,
For meddlesome tongues must have
something to do-
For pecjile will talk.
If generous and noble, they'll vent
out their spleen,
You'll hear some loud hints that
you're selfish arid mean ;
If upright and honest, and fair as the
day,,.; : - : ' ,;
They'll call you a rogue, in a sly,
si;eakmg way
' j For people will talk.
Then if you show the least boldness
of heart,
Or a flight inclination to take your
own part, .
They'll call you an upstart, conceited
and Tain;
But keep straight ahead, don't stop
to explain
For people will talk;
If threadbare vour coat, or old-fash-
ioned your dress, '"
Some one, of course, will take notice
of this, 1 '
And hint rather lose that you can't
ipay your way; ? ;
But dont get excited, whatever they
say .
For people will tallc
If you dress in the fashion, don't
think to escape,
For they criticise then in a dnlerent
shape ; . ?
You're ahead of your means, or your
bills are unpaid,
But "mind your own business and
keep straight ahead
For people will talk.
They'll talk fine before you, but then
at your back, !
Of venom and 6pite there is never a
lack ; .
How kind and polite is all that you
say, X '' ; ;
But bitter as gall when youre out of
the way . , .
For people will talk.
Good friend, take advice and do as
you please, X " "
For your mind (if you have one) will
then be at ease. ;. - U
Through life you will meet with - all
sorts of abuse.
But' don't think to stop them, - 'twill
De ot no use .
7 :r t ; For people .will talk.
t)n a woman with red hair who
wrote poetry -Unfortunate wo
man ! how Bad is your lot ! Y our
ringlets are red, but your poems
are not.
For the West Carolina Record.
I Boamiug No. 5.
' Yrom Washington Missouri to
Jefferson City the
country back fro pi
river southward, is .
face' .of the
the - Missouri
evel with bo-
dies of timber interspersed over
the vast prairies like Oasis in the
desert, but more extended and
general. These bodies, of timber
are of vast benefit to the fanners,
as these yood -lands are their on In
dian ce to get their fuel from, and
also furnishes them the timber,
with which, to enclose their fields :
accordingly the plains break off
abrupt near the nver valleys, but
generally they descend gradually,
forming a gently inclined plain.
The power of steam rushes us
onward over a well graded . road
and soon we halt at Jefferson
City, the capital of the State of
Missouri, sitnatpd on the south
bank of the Missouri river; the
population is estimated at 4,500.
The greater ; part of the City is
situated on a rid sre of some eleva
tion. Tlie public buildings are
the State, Ilousej which occupies
a corumadiug position, pn a
uigh
bluff; the Court House and State
Penitentiary. -Every one seems
to be iii a hurry in Jefferson City,
The strees are wide and the side
walks lined with beautiful shade
trees. lut we cau not tarry, as
the Conductor is very punctual
tie or no' time we are in -Tipton,
" v 1 .1.1 i-i"1
whose population is eiimaiea at
500. This is the junction otthe
Boonvilie branch .of the Mo. Pa
cific R. R., whichextends to
Boonville on the Mo. river a dis
tance of twenty miles. This
branch road is expected to be ex
tended across the river and make
Chicago connection. Westward
from Tipton the traveller is.
charmed with the broad prairies
surrounding him on every side,
dotted with, beautiful white cot
tages and thriving, villages.
Our eves and minds are so
much occupied with the scenes
surrounding us, that before wc
are hardly aware of it, we are in
Sedalia, twenty-five -miles from
Tipton, this city has a population
of nearly -5,000. Sedalia is the
north-ea6tern terminus of the Mo.
Kausas & Texas R; R. It is alsp
the proposed scat of the State
Normal University. This city
has grown up almost entirely
since the late war; it is supplied
with gas, and is substantially
built. Coal is obtained m this
vicinity, and strong indications of
lead and copper are found here;
it is indeed an enterprising busi
ness place.. This young city situ
ated in a healthy, climate and in
the midst of a highly productive
country, is destined to become a
large city in a few years. South
ward from Sedal ia there are
thousands of acres of prairie lands
tor sale. . t
We do not encourage any one
to emigrate to any of those wes
tern countries,' but simply try to
give tinie statements; and would
say to any, who are inclined to take
a family westward, to step".-- out
there and see for yourself first, as
all do not see alike . Junius.
An old sailor, nicknamed
"Salt," having been on a three
days' bender iu New York, stroll
ed iuto an intelligence office and
asked : " Is this an intelligence
office V " Yes," replied the keep
er., " What's your fee ?" inquir
ed " Salt-V antl f upon being in
formed ; thrqw . : 4own i a dollar;
" Well,"- asked : the proprietor,
" what do you want ?" "I want
you to tell . me where I've been
for the last three days.
newspapers.
To any disposed to use 'some
conscience in his reading, there
coraes this perplexing ! question,
what ought I to do about news
papers ? To which inquiry at
least this partial auswer may be
confideiitly returned,' you cannot
do without them. Doubt any one's
good sense who fepeaks scornfully
of newspapers. There, is much
in them that is trifling, and, per
haps, demoralizing;-but, in the
best of them, how much that is
wise and noble ! What wealth ot
enjoyment .and instruction they
may bring to every home where
they are rightly selected, ; and
rightly read ! I have a few choice
volumes on my shelves, among
them .an: Olivet Cicero and a folio
Shakespeare ; but I would save my
newspaper, scrap , books before
either of them. I have no volumes
that ' contain so much' sound
thought, good English, good
sense, and important knowledge.
It you ask for wit, I will agree io
match every, j est ;and sarcasm in
the School for Scandal" with
something from my scrapbook
quite as go6d:in the way of epi
gram, and flashed r upon some
mischief which it is important
should be seen. 7 Here are full re
ports of lectures on history bT
Hedge, poetry by Eowell, science
by Agassiz and iyndall. Here
are Mill's speechesin'Parliament,
his free-trade letters to New York
admirers and Mr. Greeley's reply
to them. You will find copious
extracts giving the heart of the
best modern books, and intelli
gent summaries of the systems
they advoeate.'Here are cccas-
omimft-iinto vvhicli leadiii";
American aivine3 nave pui ineir
most earnest thought. Here are
vigorous expressions of the best
political intelligence clipped from
the leaders of the best newspa
pers. And, quite as important,
here are little crisp criticisms - of
blundering political work from
indignant citizens whose daily
duty has brought them face to
face with absurdities of legisla
tion. Take the best newspapers
by all means as many of them
as you cau afford and then take
nine-tenths Of their reading mat
ter for granted. Some of it js
good for nobody ; much of it is
good for somebody ; bat only a
small partis wanted by you. But
iiow' precious arc these fragments,
if wisely chosen ! If you are in
terested in the investigation of
any political subject, and every
American citizen should have
some, study .'of this sort you will
find in almost every newspaper an
illustration ot some aspect or it.
Remember it is better to sub
scribe tor a few first-class news
inr that vou mav read at
home with the scissors in your
hand, than to glance over a score
of "them in a public reading room.
Almost everything that it is good
and useful to know gets said or
copied or - suggested, in some
columuof our free press. Vener
able absurdities are exposed by
thinkers of acknowledged ability;
and institutions worth preserving
arc defended against the assaults
of the foolish. " But, if newspa
pers may be put to noblest uses,
they may be so used as to , ener
vate and even to.demoralize. Let
us love them wisely, but not too
well. Old and New.
WUat the Bird fold JXargic.
" Ho ! little Birdie upon the
branch, what a' lazy little thing
you are, almost as bap! as I am.
"You don't do : anythiug but hop
about' and sng, and enjoy your
self ; neither do L" , . .. ;
To Margie's surprise, the bird
said, u you are a dear little rob
biu, and Hike your looks; but if
you thinkil do nothing: but hop
about an1.8ing, you don't know
much. Is that really allyou do2''
. That's about all, Mr Birdie ;
but since you areio srnkrV tell rue
what you do - ': ! ' '
So Mr. Birdie 8mo.ithcd his
feathers complacently, and went
on talking very wisely.
" Well, Miss Margie,-up in the
tree, yonderj there are some little
birds, and I have to work hard to
find food enough for them to eatl
Before the little ones came I had
to help make our house, what you
call our nesd - You have no idea
what dangerous york it was" to
get the hair to line it with."
"And what' else do you do,
now ?" : ' . '
"Well," said . Mr.;. Birdie,
scratching his head, u we keep a
family school a flying school,
just a -private one for our own
children, you know. They will
want to have, nests of their own
by and bv."
44 Well sir and what else?"
uWhj, when my bi relies are
unhappy,, or get discouraged
learning to fly, ' I sing, to them,
and then thiy sing, or trvo, and
we have a jbjTly time again."
"What do you sing so early in
the morning! tor ?" 1 "
"Because Qod lights up so ear
ly, we qan't veop our eyes shut,
and as soon' as we open them, we
want to thank Him for taking
care of us, and ask Him to help
us through the day."
"And does He really notice
such little -creatures as you are;. I
don't want td be disrespectful, but
does He really ?"
uYes j not one of us could fall
to the ground without His no
tice." ' u- ' -f: 1
- "Bo you do anything else, be
side what you said?"
f Oh, yes ; a little girl was com
ing home frdfn school yesterday,'
and she was -crying; I perched
on a tree and sang to her until
the tears stopped coming, and she
fairly.. danced with joy. Pid you
vnr Rton anyhodv crvino
" I guess i ve only, made them
cry," said- frauk little Margie,
t but now. I've thought of more
good that you do. You kill the
worms that would hurt opr gar
dens." " " I " ' '
The little bird nodded his head
very hard.
I wish . you'd tell me some
more, and sing, me a song,"
" I cah't uj-ait any longer now,
little girl ; but I'll come to the
tree before j your window ' and
show you my. birdies when they
have learned to fly, that, is, if you
have not a j big brother with a
srun.
Oh, no. j Good bye, then, Mr.
Birdie ; I'm jmuch obliged to you
for your lesson, and I mean to try
and see if I can't do some good ir.
the world myself."
Moral. -Np matter how small
you are, little children, you can
all do something. Try ! Child at
Home.
I av a Faiulinar Person Down.
Says a physician : It is surpris
ing how eagarly everybody rushes
ata faintingj person, and strives
to raise him Upland especially, to
keep the head erect. There
must be an justinetive apprehen
sion that if a person seized with a
fainting or other fit, fall into the
recumbent pbsitiou, death is more
imiiiineut. I must have driven a
mile to-day while a lady, fainting,
was held upright. I found her
pulseless, white,, and. apparently
dying, and I believe if I had de
layed ten minutes - longer sne
would really have died. I laid
her head on a lower level than her
body, and immediately color
returned to her lips and cheeks,
and she became conscious. To
the excited group of friends I
said : Always remember .this
fact namely : fainting is caused
by a want of blood in the brain :
thej heart ceases to act with suffi
cient force to send the usual
amount of blood to the brain, and
hence a person losercpnscious
hess because the function to the
brain ceases. Restore the blood
to the brain, and instantly the
person recovers.; ' Now, thongh
the blood is propelled to all parts
nf th bodv bv the-action ; of. the
heart, yet it is stUrundrr-the ? in
flueuce of the laws of gravitation.
In the erect position the blood
ascends to the head against gravi
, tation, nnd the supply to the;brain
is diminished, as compared with
the recumbent . position, the
heart's pulsation being equal.". Vlf
then, you place a person in a sif
ting position, "whose heart -has
nearly ceased to beat, his brain
will fail to receive the blood,
while if you lay him down, with
the head lower than! the heartt
blood will run into the brain by;
the -mere .force of gravity; ana;
in fainting, iii' sufficient quantity:
to restore conciousuess. Ihdo6d, ;
nature teaches us how to manag
fainting persons,5 for they always
fall, and freanently are at once
restored, by the recumbent, posi-
tion into which they are thrown;)
What Constitutes Gambling
Chief Justice Thompson of1
Pennsylvania, m a recent ca9e.
gave his opinion of gambling In ;
the following words: "Anything ,
which induces men to risktheir
money, or property without any "
other hope of return than to get 1
for nothing any given amount -
froni another is gambling, aud de- r
moralizing tojthe community, no
matter by what name it may bo f j
called. It is the same4 whether"
the promise be to pay on the color -1
of a canl, or the tieetuess of sc
horse, and the same numerals in c
dicate how much is lr-st or won in -
either case, and the losing party 7 J
has received just as much for the
money parted with in one case" as
other, viz : nothing at all. :The
lucky , .winner,. 16- of : course the
gainer, and he will coutinue sa ,
until fickle fortnne,' in due time.7?
makes hi m" feel the woes he has
inflicted on others. AUgambling
is immoral.- apprehend-that
the losses incident to the practice
years have contributed ,niprev to'r
the failures and embezzlements.
by public officers, clerks, agepfi ,
tion, public and private, that any, '
otnercauses; ana tne worst or u is,
that in the train of its evils there .
is a vast amount of; misery, and ,M
suffering by persons entirely guilt-, . .
less of aii3r participation in "the ' J
causeof it.1' -Ex. - ' " -,
Sometime.
We have all oiir possessions in ,
the future which we call, "some-...
time." Beuutiful flowers and .
singing birds are there, only4 onr
hands seldom grasp the one, or:
our ears hear the other. ) But, olj,
reader; be of good cheer, for all.
the good here is a goldsn ''some--time;
when' the hills aud valleys
of time are all past:; when, the" V
wear and fever, the disappoint.
ment and sorrows of life are over, r
there is a place and the; rest ap
pointed or God. Oh; homestead,
over whose roof falls no shadows
or eVen clouds, and ! over whose ;
threshld the voice of sorrow Is ,
never heard ; built upon eternal
hills, and Standing with thy spires .
and pinnacles of celestial beauty
amouugthe palm treps of the city '
on high, those who lqveGod shall :
rest under thy shadows, where ?
there is no more sorrow, nor pain, -nor
sound of weepiiug ' "some
where." 1 ! ,
Deceiving Children.
. , Never deceive your child; If
you once do, he will never believe
you again ; and mischief will be
done, which years wll not repair. ;
Some silly mothers promise their
children an'thing and everything
" to make them good " (Heaven
help the mark !) neyer meauing
for one moment to fulfill their pro
mise;, indeed, in some instances, -' ' :
it would be utterly impossible for ; ;f
them to do so ! Now, all this ia . .
the .qmniescence of folly !. - C "
Be cautious theuj in making J
promises to your cnija ; our, nav
lnir onco promised, perform .it to;
.t.: i.:.. :? .aha : u
ine very letter, lor a uiuu xu.tjy n
serving and ; remembering. Let
your child -in after life be able to
say : " Although the world -lias -
oft, my mother has never deceiv
ed me I" Verily, a truthful moth,
er is a blessing to her child
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