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li open for the aetxjmnKxlation of the
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WANTED ! WANTED ! !
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D. MAY A CO.,
13:tf. RCTHKRFORDTON, N. C.
" W. II. JAY,
HOUSEfAND SIGN
RUTIIERFORDTON, N. C. .
r.rnjninp, Marble-ling and Kalsoming exe
cntd u U,e Ust ntylj. .
I Orders Iron neigh boring towns promptly
uueuacu to. ..
5ra
BLACKSMITHING.
Er:itl!ty HsiHon wld anno'iice to bis
VM irittKls Mid c-iiFtomcra tlurt Ins Shop is'
'till in hill blast on Main Striet, Soutli ol the
;il, where he may bo- lotnnl & ll times,
j'-itns as low as the lowfst. Cyuntry pro-
d!He taken in pntiiient lor work at nmrket
Vnc K. Cire hi in h Call. 10-ry
WESTERN S7AR LODGE
No. Ol, A. F.
: Meets regularly on the 1st Monday right
10 each month, Tiu todays of Stipeiior Courts,
"lid on the FetivaU ot the St. Jo! i in
J. L. HUCKKlt, W. M.
R- TjOOAK, Sec.
BLACKSMITH bHOP.
The underpipnc-d would resiKKrtrullj inorm
his old customers and the Public, that bis
hopjR siill jroinjf on, and thai be ia prepared
l do J all kinds of woik in his hue at abort
.Notice,
terms for work, is "pay down." All
Kld kf produce tken at market prices Ibr
'ork; ' .
. -J1 persons indtbled to mo for work will
Pve trouhle by calling a,,d settling.
J. V. WILKINSON".
ORIGINAL,
By Our DyxarUmlU Correspondent.
Glad flowers tHat form r the bridal
wreath,' -!' - :" '
Has Rob's bright smile shone over
Has Roe'sl sweet breath blown over
Bid you spring her fair, white hand
beneath 1
O, the lightest triflethe simplest
token
Flowersmusic a note or kind
word spoken -And
gratitude gushes forth in song,
And bears the captive soul along,
In a flood of rapture deep and sweet.
To lay its offering at Roe's feel
Alas for a lonely and sad bid man
Whose remainder of life is the merest
span ' x '
"When the ladies have put him under
the ban
Lovelocks1 once flowing now thin
gray hair
Crow's feet in the ' temples scalp
bald and bare
But my eyes fail not and this labor-
ing heart,
At the thought of beauty still doth
start,' - . , .
The red blood rashes thro' its valves
floods' veins
And fresh loves spring in' the latter
rams.
My
eyes fail not over earth and
heaven
I seek all beauty from flower to
, Star ; '. ,: ' "j
I love the lovely wherever they
' are. . -.' S
From the rose and Eoe to the Pleiads
seven
But passing away '' we are passing
away
The cloud in the sky the leaf on
the tret?
.The bubble that hurries to the sea,
And ttie ruse tliat Ueckw 'the' txwscn
. of May-- , :
Passing ayay ' paseing away.'
The thing our hearts most highly
cherish- - ' .; '..-''
The fairest are ever the first to
perish
And memory leans 'in a. pensive dream
And hears a requiem iai tLo stream, "
And the winds frcm the mountains
wail and weep
O'er tlie loved ones laid in the last
long sleep,
But like the Pleiads in number still 7
The flowers lost to earth are bloom
ing ill heaven. '
With the sainted Mary's beyond the
cold wave,
Who were last at the Cross and first
at the Grave
'Passing away ' and whv should
they stay?
The beautiful are passing away
To the cloudless realms of eternal
. day. .. ' . . -
But' if mine were the poet's art
sublime
Tda; one picture to bloom through
time
Blue mountains golden sunsets
skies f
Of purple Roe's reflecting eyes
And beauty with a world of dream,
Responding to the sounding streams.
If mine were the poet's gifted powers
I'd weavo in verse a wreath of fldwers,
Fresh in the fragrance of May showers,
Snowdrops Moss roses violets
Breezy verbenas mignonettes
Heart's ease with -its 4 forget-me-not '
Nor is the pretty pink forgot
Nor myrtle buds and evergreens
Twined with wild roses and 'Roe
leans .
" No Sir,"
, , O psha- now do keep cool,
Nor think you've made me such a fool,
My kissing days are over Lean
Lean here shv Roe , .
" What do you mean ?
If you are going. Sir, good day,"
" Going? the mischief! must I go?
"Well -have you anything to say?"
Yes, here, caught fairly, blushing
Roe,
And thus I crown you Queen of May,
In flower-verse crown you Queen,
wild Roe,
:, I crown you Queen of May.
The most original spelling we
have ever seen is the following,
from an old book. It beats mod
ern phonetics : 80 you be a tub.
80 oh ! pea a 'top. Re" 80 baU
See 80 cat. Pea 80 pat; ' Are
80 rat..- See oh ! double yo
cow. See you be cub. : Sec
a be cab. Re you double tea
but. See a double" ell call. -
ADDRESS
HON. SILAS N. MARTIN, 11
Before the Cope Fear "' TeaHefis A 5
i socitlon: -: 1
it 51
1h
EXTRACTS.) ,
Mlr. President and Fellow Citizen's;.
, j I address you with great diffi
dence., Regretting my want' of
capacity; yet, as an earnest work
er in the neglected field of educa
tion, I cannot .Tcfuee to helpat, ,al
times, in all places, whenever and'
whorever it in ay do good. ''''' j
; IWhen I. look around and view1
the ,wa8te places, in the State of
North Carolina, I feel that a e
sponsibility rests upon every, citi
zen 1 to clo something for thocause
of education ; I cannot, therefore,
close mv eves or ears to the exist-
ing state of ignorance: . I am here
to ; speak for the neglected; rising
gcueratn, u Hear me for my
cause !" '
The character of the human
race, created as it is " a little low
eithan' the angels,'' is moulded
by education. Every child be
comes just what the instruction
it receives makes it.-"The want
of proper training and instruction
creates in the State nearly all the
bad elemenla of society.: , It is the
du ty there lore of the State to in
struct evciy4 chld within its bor
ders. To the State belongs every
man, woman and xbild. While'
it demands every able bodied man
in time of war, and evory. dollar
of valuables to preserve its exist
ence from internal or externa!
enemies, it can illy afford to ig
nore its responsibility in requir
ing every one of its wards to be
so educated as to pievent its an-
iiihtlaltuii tlltVUli thw, ?oi,
Superstition and tlepravitv engen
dered by - neglect of this duty.
So far as the S ate neglects this
rdutv, just so far is it responsible
tor crime and its atusdant evils.
Properly educated children be
come good parents, they bring-up
intelligent and worthy citizens.
I thoixiforedpiiot hesitate. to blame,
the representatives who make the
laws, fot'every neglect to enforce
this great principle of -political
economy. Compulsory attend
anco at school should be the rule,
vicious and criminal parents
should be compelled to send their
children to school, and .the State
should see to it that it is done.'"
We have met here to discuss
affairs in North Carolina." The
poverty of means compared with
the 'work, the almost- hopelessness
to the advance liUard of seeing the
results of their labors, may well j
concern, Out 1 hope it will not uls
courage the. fiiendsof the voun&r.
We are here to consider to con
sul to join hands and bravely go
forward in the good work. -Let
us look at j - .; ;
TJI12' WORK.
In the State tf North Carolina,
according t the census of 1870
there were 387,013 persons over
the aje of ten years, unable to
read or write, chissified as , fol
lows i viz..
v;hi
tes,
166,397
230,616
Colored,
Total, 397,013'
Under different ages theyv ere
also clsissified, as follows
Between 10 and 21 veins of age
White maler,
V White females,
Colored males,
Colored females,
Over 21 years of age
White males,
White females,
Colored males,
Colored females,
35,624
3-1,934
42,654
43,116
33,111
62,723
68,66d
76,188-
Total, .
f397,0H
in a populatiou,'nearlv all native,
of 1,071,361. 1 Considerably ver
one-third of tne whole population
is therefore entirely -untaught.
The entire number attending
school is put dowti iui!870 at 65,-1
287, classified as foil ojvs : viz., iiv
White males,:- -i- - 28,357 'i
; Colored male? , a 5,491- J
Colored females, 6,928
I
v Total a above,- f -1-- 0&28T-'j
HOW, this enmrmrrs w-itli Vo
eehsnbf 860, 'exhibits " a most
fearful falling off in 1870. '
In 1860weihat(t 116,567 chil
dren attending , schoqla, classified
as follows; , , j , .. t
.White males, ?
White fetmde1' f l" '
ree colored males,-
JPree, colored females, ;
62,286
54,i48
75
58
116.06T
iii. uiaiune inere. w;ere vi,y
free erstjns 5 11 1 'thje' State ';pver 20
years' of age who could neither
read or write, classified as.follows :
r vvmie ; maies ., r
White females, 1- ' ,
Free colorermales, '
Fred eolof ed 'females,1 1
26,024
42.104
3,067
3,382'
Total, - . - h 7477 1
To wliich rnight be added'neai
ly-the ivhle : ifu mlcr of the slave
population, then; 361,522. The
whole population1 pf the State be
ing at that time, in round hum,
hers, 992,000 . -
P have by1 .these figures given
only ah outline Of the fearful con
dition"; qf ; things! now. ; and ten
years' before 18 70. Every day
that 'passps adds to the number of
ignorant.5 Tt 'is fdll time td b'e at
work;'-- i: ;,!: ";'T" '.' '
1 The mean.s:to stem' this forrent
bf igiiorance is free Schools. Uj
on'that-rrfeans wej must depend.
There is no other hopb;' We can
e'e raiiU measurably , comprehend
it.v Then let every bile to work !
HOW THE WORK SHOULD BE DONE.
A complete system of free
schools. is necessary. - It should
he' fiiitd jtp the ;wants of the
whole. State, applicable to eveiy-
township antl scliool district with
in tlie borders of tho State. By a
good syeterh the expense is much
lesseiTcii, tne instruction ismni-
form, books are the same, rivalry
is encouraged and -men meet in
aiter.. life, as it. were, upon a com
mon pJltne," Having drawn knowl
edge from ! the same fountains
Without, system nothmsr of ac
count cart be accomplished in any
enterprise,' , witb schools as wit'i
other tilings a, detective system
will acconpjjsh much more "than
110 sysjteih. i'lii jh matter of in
sti uctfon we have tlie benefits of
the ex pe ri en ce o f m u ch rn ore fa-
vored States and; countries. By
brinein's: every branch of instruc-
tion to, a reguiateu, graoeu ranu
ia'I" ' of..firiKri I
T.1 I I I III III fl.llllIlllZ. 1
a'rflfnmi frnrn.thn rvnonflitnro
nr immoncplv increased. If th.H
4-i. ;.,;u tvU. i.U., ,,v.,i OM.
body join in patron izui the free
schools, North Carolina in a few
years can have . j as . gooq i iree
schools as exist in older ccsinti ies.
' .
Free schools, attended as they
are nearly everywhere by all clas
ses, teabh jmore than books the,
ways.of the world, of wind: it is
folly" to say,Jtbat they are useless.
Here boys and girls learn the
views, opinions aticidispositions
of thciV fellows, how to respect
and regard, the feelings of others,
enlarging and . expanding their
minds toa comprehension iii af
ter life of the .whole world. It
has bcm observed that men who
Ivay e risen to l ofty h eights of fa m e,
formed and matupjed ; their judg
ments in public schools. Expe
rience has proved, that children
educated by, private tutors are alJ
wavs less successful in life than
is for sound, practical sense.
The
world has been surfeited with
theories, m?st of them as delusive
as the -'mirage of the, ocean.
Thepfies, the br6in work of mid
n i gh t t ud ejits, y ho lived , m oved
audbreatliwriiv 'aiM jllusive at
ni o'spl ere here, h ard com m on
seilse', ieve .fntered. There, is
always 'carger .iii 6o. limitel
ideas, hey' ahvays subvert good
things to bad ends, from , which
; , v.O. ,t Kill,-7,' -i '
we count one-half ; the scourges
that have devastated the world,
consuming milltcTn8',,or men , and
lhI???fx. tex-.
ciuBive;wuwmvn iwir &J,
marrowg ttic,cmimii: so that the
pnpil is lifcetf'mataHu tveepiWell
those who ccme put ofthe public
schools wlkre self-rejiance is ac-
hnirrd.' frht flpmnnd nt th dnv
looking at the speck, of sky above
him, implicitly, believing he sees
the whole heavens. He may be
honest, bnt yet he is' fixed, unalf
terable and wrong. We sa- that
free school 8, fb n n d ed a n d s u ppo r
ted by the State, .will alone ac
complish the great work to., be
done in North 'Carolina. We, to
day are seeking the regeneration
of our State, staggering almost
to its downfall through ignorance.
The time is come when every
citizen should raise his voice and
cry aloud against this fearful con-
union ot things. It' is through
eueh meutings as this that
we shall be ' heard. Let it be
sounded and echoed and re-echoed
throughout the (State! It is
time to act.
wno IS EXPECTED TO DO THE WORK.
The qnestions cpme up, "Who
is to do the work ?" 'How is the
work to be done ?"
We are sadly lacking in teach
ers. We are wanting in friends,
system, knowledge, aipreciation
and means. The friends of edu
cation are bearing a heavy bur
then; it is their consolation,
hoWever, that no good work has
ever been accomplished except
through much tribulation. ' What
little has been done, let us hope,
will be the seed corn from which a
rich harvest will yet be gathered.
While the friends of .education
may labor with zeal, at least, the
teachers are the ones to accom
plish. It is to them we must look
for results. The field is over
grown with rank weeds and we
are lacking in husbandmen. We
must utilize all the material that
we can command.
At this point I desire to sav
ot teaching There certainly is
none more honorable, none more
responsible, none requiring more
training and more natural adapt
iveness, To wield an , influence
over, to refine, cultivate and devel
ope the minds of children is a no
ble task. No one should attempt
to teach who does not love chil
dren, and 1 the profession. It
should be entered and followed
with missionary spirit and zeal
equal to martyrdom. x y"
The world-now acknowledges
the high grade of the profession.
None are more honored than the
deserving' teacher. The teacher
fashiousthe character ofthe child,
- - .
chiseling out, as it were, beauties
celestial':'' makiner the imase of
the Muster more beautiful,, or
more repulsive, as his duty shall
be well or badly done, It is,
therefore" of the, greatest impor
tance thar none Init the most np
right, honorable and capable
should be entrusted with the care
of the youth. In the past years
of almost utter famiue much ma
terial has been Used utterly unfit
under other circum6Tanccs. It is
indispensable that we have com
petent teachers. The standard of
excellence must be raised higher.
Year by year the acquirements of
those who teach must be greater
and greater. It is unwise to think
ignorant teachers arc able : to
feach ignorant children. Educa
ted, intellectual teachers can much
more easily explain to' and im
press untaught children; ' than
those who - are without refine
ment and knowledge. Advance
ment depends upon the ability of
the teacher. The wheels of pro-
gress have: only been impeded by
j reason of the want otteachers
not for wantof pupils.
In the days of iguorancc a few
educated people controlled the
world because of, the. untaught
masses and opposition; to general
teaching: Freedom and instruc
tion have come down to" ushand
in hand. , When superstition,
bigotry and iiumbuggery govern
ed the w:orld it.wasthrough the
ignoraiKJe of the people. Teachers
revolutionized governments and
principalities The art; of print
ing, by. whiclv the bible was piae
ed iii the, hands, of the .masses j
raised hbefty from the dust, where
it liad laid for many ';centuries.
Trom - the people regenerated
came the cry "the voice of 'thco
peo pi e is t h e ,voi cp . of ' G pd-V V
The School Committees, 'bnett
to ber selected Tor" their V?oxnf ofif?-1
cy, and no political Tn6u?icebr
canvassing- ought to .eMerrildi(
their elections, Jn.ny VfyjTnQijq
should teachers ever, 'be, poiitW.
cians. No man wtiose lnmor is
disturbed by political ineetihgir
can be fitted TO teacm - ne cannot?
do his duty as. a teacher,Tand:.j
squabble in political; eetiiigs,
Let him abandon one or" tne
other. . ; t
In conclusion I appeal'1 to kli
within the sound of- my ! voice'
co m e np'-an d aid , in the ;ca6sev ofil
education., . AH, very clasgj cojojr-,.,,
and condition in life can dosome;
A w , '-' 1 .5 i -tilt
thing. At least, parents can,, see
that their children are s,ehrilo?"
school and so, instructed is ici
make useful and intelligeBtdcirtf.iJ
zens In America thedieopleJbe
ing the rulers, it is tlirougjjthgjp
this government is to sticc6edvo
fail. Without mstructiolf1-1
people cannot gcvern themselveft
with safety and intelligence;.? tcSI
The, fearful condition oLour;.
peop)e calls jormore tjicn pjve
acknowledgment s i t requ 1 res tic ,
tion; united combined; 3 irnselfisn,'0
work. White ntid colbred arfe1"'
suffering - and : - retrogradingati
through the terrible blight ptig
norance. .visAt.d if jJL:?
goes on in this Way any .longer? r.
Two-fifths of biir popii lation n;e
entirely ignorant, land there,.'i4'4'
a very large number putdown a.siJ
able to read and write who knew!ti;
very littleindeed. It is dear.tjnt l t
there is but a small portion of the -
pe
:ople in; North Carolina, Avho
are fairly; educated.
Carolina be behind in.the.rac:eroir c
Let it not be said f thatT tji
schemeof edu'eafioiiisa faijtre
let the firm resolve -go forth lfor?t"v
to-da .Free schools for.alllilntba
structmn: for, free pepple..- jfroiJ
veyTiment ,!" Let 8JipJ,0,7.T.
present micli'a terrible' arm ofw
Artificial Butter:
7 .
The farmers who are cpming
cash" b v the sale of biitte'rr will '
find a rival in an article which is1
iiowT being manufactured Gtfa big?
scale bv, a New York; Company ud
with aWpital of $500,000. jTJw 0J
liew. butter. is made first, by( nHeft- 4
ing clean suet lit water when' the
oily constituent ia separated if 6m J" 5
the scraps and subjected to anothnn
er beating of 80 degrees t.t.njpf ra;i
.ture, which' divorces it riyti94w
stearine which sinks to t m ."P9N
torn. The pure bil is thehmixl,Dl
with thirteen parri6r!ftii?k XafHta
it is then chunied; Vibe result iari'O
an articlejequal tothebeiil QrOjir
county b ntter, and is olxUou
half the price ot .the latfer Jt
fi nds ready kale. Alany wUK V.
business nieii areItakirt6ftI.Wr n
it. - . ' -! ..::iit'!!i4vi5o
A Remedy for. rcbrt.Spinl0,
V eulVii;?f;ni,?d
A corres.pondentoftbc Frtcpbrf 1 H
(111.) Bulletin pronounceak ischatnia
now knovyn as the cerebrjj EJpi .sit
meningitis ji.ow, preyayjn
tensivelyl lnm
parts of the countnr; a1 lrc-samo
epidemic which Iraged tii-'MIU
gan about -tweu'f; years. ttxgQlti9tb
sach an ! extent' AbatV-itiuaJlvfj
broke pthefabre
carried to the grav; ,cveryt onet .
whom it attacked, uhtif ihel'61dilDt;
fashioned hemlock isiveaC werc:
adopted i after, jvjucb vfiter$)t&ttoii
War savetl, n X1 suy s j--yr pc
Pie sent about twenty;fiyetmile?
ilifttrirtt audM nrocu)
red nemiCKiK
boughs; and they scht fbr'itirfenf
all narts of ihetaU.tuTheravf or
a coipjan v vaJJcd-thCj JfcIoWiiijf
Ladtler Conpan.amire
tbey diil n6m niglit .or.
butoirbmUffe fb
hcmlock-f Weats'4and "ntSf Bf
failetl-ito; eavcivery as9aSboaest
sweating mjght ioRtrffeer? -T
a tnorouga ij
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