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; 1 .. . j i- i ...j . ' t ,, i tiutir . sot, trletor. ' TAZs .rfrya, o'rr fA rtopUt lUghU doth an EterruU 1gU AV .Vo Soklnj Strut of Uuia't So fa LuH hU IfunJred JZytt fa Slrrp." N 7 WADESHOKO, i C, TIIURSUA V, AIMUL Of 1870. Forth A nor, orlbad fanf 8lsers and Other ' Iilaat4i Ma. Emto Dmf iSjri I order to I the many pr nU'- iia fncud I hutrecentlr leu behiu ft . irt in ths'tver rivartO: I North Slat, I ' il thl eoroaoication to th A Rut' a, " Vrjw l-tltr itny nwer fir all ; for, V4 fm It .would b Imnraetieahl .for ttm my, t' ! tf dprtur, ' " Y. I will wriln, crruiii." AUbumi! ' Jrf km reirf! Beautiful v poti.-lly (pml tha poor fire-l TY ' trin. by tha ptli-Ciw", from th f .-t to lbifcrliiilHintWl, rSeM hi ' rack U itill ri)4A fcy th rr!ent . . V t'V ,,,u ,'u'u,'" '."aturea? tbyilVt i rwt from h'oif ' J--S V prciitnr aiviW thrt -! At ' 1 c, and, thinking 'tV h iM'f Min-I jt In i y tSea ananciipUil, o wultiratl, n-(ion, V yfufl ih-vtiU Alabm! ,B t, ft ' . tJ to tk.' onlr temporary rwt, ao leii,ijji W'll lui, to Uv-ea who bare V or Jt come, atVr tlm ; for. ' V L'a ifor'nrj2non what it may, thera '. v l rt Jk- ."ro fc f man. tVi beyon.l which there , 'viy foniC pure' ?e!ihtj a ncrer ccinr vtiimeel tn the faithful nf every vt-V! ,St -eoo ' every oatiou. '.. B1ev1 re ,:- y "Vwoo k-vI eariy nuigoniiy ior mat f?7iWt"whrt 'reiat the alriviniriof the mid Fiiirit Hint w.tiH con'luct them afe V hither are' blind h1inl to all the bent ,' i trwt tif; thrir immn'fal aouUt'they '.l Jo awakenr-lj M Job wlipn h M, with A-ar an-l tr'uibling, Skall mortal ' ntn comltnd with Qod! II.w I get aloujj 1 .0. ao ii e1y ! Kvr ITtJiii rwent like a clriu, an though lytbtjrCoiMlucnir, traina. .Jiaeka. n-l pnwM'n " f''i,'l h Alailiu'a womler .;.jMawfT, until I rirhe'1 S- Ima ; and tliT' 'y . r aipjl iHllfiily, a if 'Ke lamp ImH x li" tit, or bwii carried .T bv an me rrncl ,itim elm tiKk a fipndivh llij;hi in bin kt M't the proirrea of my Jiitlu-rto ripi'i, -rinpt-r-tu,, ami plenMnt joiirjtey.. Hut, VSfiH finoit Wir iHerr fr niy VjueM now i, rhi flv, with th- heK'"i"tf Cuier than 'the c'-wine iiicid-nta of my e'V fr",n Nwlh CaMlinn to Al iUtna. V3l kind frinda at home ( Wail nl to) A Y Vfrvthinif !m iheir iHwrr to start ii;e .1ruerlT mil wimtortaoly J aome i mem I'irtw all about my pal im rt h r ; mv at the triim that would force ihemvlvea Viit.- tbortuh I tri-l, never ao hard, to re- rrjirirthtre for thewkeof tlwme I left lie- M . . a. b mm lift!. '-.Truly, a Mra. . llemana Mys arthj p irtuiRS are cad I 13 'Hiilw, I rM"'tf goinsr ao fur without an annv nnor. 'It waa halt pan eight winn i hwKJharl.itt n Tnel iy, 22i.d 'F-de. V.fy.;.At the deiot there, in necordunee the. written direction, which a kbat place bad previously aent to me, iJtfl!ed for a ciiriwze driver (colon l) wrjed r liarU.n , I Know not wnoiner JhL.&tff'Porte Crayon cclehrily, hut of yjt&lpi tn aure, no .lady, traveling alone, v-r ,0 t,w, nP,Re'f wi,n l'',nt t0.b' " YmpCrif and aafiily conveyed any point 1T ifat ,cUy. Larkin earned inn to the . 'liajtot'el Intel, where I had the pleasure 'tSnjJra. .II., the propri-trese, who Viiat be. a oiost estinuhie lad. She re fljii&'T' '"' .. 'I.08pitable manner, and jitfi' jij kdviaed me bow to act at the vnri Jilit poinU on the route, where she, herself, fonnerlv been. Her a Ivice proved to yM,of no little advantiifra to me.' Her s- 'jiiiitianlv bear in toward me; a stranger, vjpy heart; aad, though lxliould never her aaVm earth,' I niay hope t meet lin oue ot the " many n'unsions," in dp. Father' Housn abiive. Methmka I 'mold eaaily recis!iiize herbenevoleut face p lbere?aiid muI then, I praj erfully bm--J-VMr to the safe keeping of. the good mansions in theskies. At the of, thirty niinuU'8, and to the h of, my pleasant conversation H ., :-Lnrkio, ever true to his red flgnin, and dreve me to the 'fpot, where I was so fortuuate with Messrs. Sam Spencer and n back, both well kuown.to me iou the . former, from . neon, ovita adjoining count', Rioh Swere traveling en route for f Mr. Spencer was j'oing to jo iu Tfxas, and Mr. Charlie, brother Iu Mississippi. They y prVtfforeu to take roe io 'charge, tiio in anT "way in their power I u, m we shoufd travel - together. I inkfully accepted the kind offer, and jiy began by procuring for me a round "cket, and having) my baggage checked trough t Selmahiid thu I escaped the, jme, unpleasant task of asking the Agents, tht various stopping places, lor tickeUj fionebut sensitively timid ladies who have 'one a distance, without a special prtee Vr, can fully appreciate my a versioo for QonaI!y attending, to thats sort f busi r .)l and fortunate, indecl, is it for such ais, that . there are some chivalrous aiudod men iu the worhL I believe there ire more of such thaa one is apt to think, then we come to teit them. On ihrt-folding day, Wedneada at II o'clock X. JL we arrived at Atlanta, nuJ changed y. again ; al there, att r attenoiug pie I , kind, friends took leave of, mo. V ex -hanged mutual gnd aiahr on paniu)f I have not heard frra tb-m lince; but 1 I sincerely hop that they reach! r-t- live Hcaiinallnn quit kly ami safrfy ; ra!f. ...?..! .u:. t. n LadieSWm ii a real b'eeilnK : it hirv ery convenieh,'erleclly adapted tuthe wauU of peranns tt' 'ng auly Sr a short time, and ia initialed riyht at the depot, Bo a to heHiveiiieut in all the trains. It ia superintended by a nice, clev-r, Jore I woman, railed Bally," whom I cau recom in. nd to al ndie pawinjr that way, for her kindly, plii attvutlims to her guntt; far I am sure that no one could do th- honora of any. pla-ta with more graceful than thai with which she ftlla her pni linn there. Sally ia a handjnme, dark eyed nianxin. and, the day I saw her. waa becomingly dreed in ft pretty a lit of blue water proof. Long niyali4 livetobleaa weary traveler with kind attentions, inch as le extended t.nyelf! 1 Atlanta was on tin tip toe of eipecln tion, looking for the . farfinnl Jiooth, who was to act there that night; nt my thHighu tud wiahca weretr, far away from- Atlanta, Bon.lh, and .'ItSNoiire. I was much mow interested, llil t the coming snd going of the trun. V ahould npea.1 ma on the way to au huniw cottage in Alabama, where warm hearU, and 'rue, were anxiously wailing, counting the days and the hours, till I would com to gre.1 them. Sullf having duly notified me of the anival or th - wished for tiain, attudetl me thither, saw me comfurtnhly seated, placed me in charge of the Cumin 'or. exprnsed many good wihe, sahl, "G'Widhte," and I saw ner no mure. Hut, khnuld I ever return to my native State, ind atop ag .in at the Ladies' Saloon iu Atlanta, I ahull be aadly d'uanpotnted if I do not catch a glimpse of Sally's graceful firoi gliding about there. i Change! cars aguiu at Montgomery Montgomery! Why did that particular wi rd, more than auy mhrr, act like a mug ic key, to uulock tho halls of Memory and call up the scenes and faos of long ago? ami why did it stir up in my bean emo tion, s i iudecrihahe, lHat peu au I ink cannot draw them nut ami shaiie them in to tangible .forms? .Montgomery, ,u, the iiume of the comity which gave me birth, and matured my ' hnlnlets linfunny ; tlm liHiue of my dear departed parents, iu the tayaf m f hn(ify'-ctiMhtK ''xl loya Ji J I h hills au I da'en, creeks and rivers, rocks nod tw s,- are as frmh , iu my mniikry to lay as they wer to my eyes then, when, a little girl, roaming throughtho w- cdi with ny linitlirro and Mter, gaihrin wild fl iwr, or fi-ihing with nin-lioocki iu some a it it II stream rear by; or peeping stealthi ly into i me I'tioniiig little ne."t, wiliiug,, y-t not daring, to touch the pretty eyg; iu en use inotht-r utid father hul sniil, ";lt is a Mu to rob 'the intnireut birds. ft 'wai the name, also, of a relative, whom I ws early taught to honor, not a'ouV because :5 was a ucighbnr anil friMil worthy of nigh respect; nut he was tfd good physi l iaii" ihat visited us in stckncM, tenderly admini-'tering to the .wants of our frail bodies. I can see his benevolent, sunshiny face, now, ng he looked wheu bendnur over my Mck'ed, saving, so kindly, "There, then ; take this for ' Uncle Join-,'' like a gnnd gi I J hikI you'll soon he well enough to play again." How much his kind wordx. ana niiuiuer did sweeten the otherwise bit tor dose J Such were the thoughts and scenes awakened in the mind of a lonely passenger, whilst tho 'nr moved slowly through thfe suburbs of thecity Mont gomery. Just before arriving at that place I noticed a handsome, elegeutly dressed lady, sitiing near-ma. She had the out ward appearance of being unliable aad in j telligent, and, thinking to obtain some in f irinatinu about Clifioii, the ultimate point of my destination, I venturer! to speak to her ; but my pieaumptioii,if such it might be called, met a round ..rebuke, l.i which I j was forcibly impressed with the truth of the oft-quoted maxim, All's not gold that glitten. She drew herself 'jp, di-dainfully. and recoiled away from me as though I bad been n poisonous reptile, fixing tosiing her to death whereas, i merely wanted to ascertain of her the distance from Selma to Clifton, and if I was likely to connect, that night, with the Boat, which would convey roe from the former to the latter place. It was an awful blunderan me lo suppose that a fine lady would en cumber her delicate brains with such ordin ary matters, was it not ? I hope my lady friends at home will excuse the irony tone iliscevered in my uarmtion of the circuin (tatice, trivial iu itself, which I have men tioned, here, more a a warning to others thaa a reproof to the lady in question, who, in all human probability, will never see or Lear of this. AJways use hospitality to ward strangers ; for, in so duiiig, you may entertain angels unawares. Thus Paul, the great Aostle ol the Gentiles teaches ; aud, even if ene runs the risk nt speak ing to the opposite of angels, kind word will never die, be they , spoken to man or brute, angel or demon. Some persons la-1 bor under the erroueous idea that rudeness toward such as they see tit to rank below themselves, in the social scale, is a mark of high breeding ; but let me speak the plain truth, founded upon the teaehiugsof'heuoly BiMe, and sustained by the example of its Author, there can he no surer eigu ol ills breeding, or defective home-training, than that which is discovered in rudeness of speech or manner toward one's fellow-crea tures, he tuey high or low, rich or poer, I knew intimately, once, a person who was sons logo provided , for r-j i J I 4 ..I. ; S.ljvariii nnt .J1 anoint never to piMoiof heroaonpe cios witliNUt ft pleaaut word, regardl ol that nne'a station i life. Walking out. nne evening, she met a man of low reputa tion ; aud, hav.n b fere heard thl his wife 'was sick, she kindly enquired of bin. after bur health. The circnmaitiicu was B'Mrt f i got by her, but not so by the poor man ; and loiij; atVrward, wheu that laly herm lf lingered upon a sickied, he lid h-r a kin I turn, proving tnut he whs not ui iiiaocf.il)le to the cout lesies of high lit as he ha I the nam ana apjiearatice ui Mrn. Like ay invalhls, she had a capri- clout apNtite, craving tiling nut ot her reach ; so ilie wnted some frsah fidi, but there were none in the market. Now, the old man, of low reputation, beard uf her desire, and, going early one uiorniug to a creek somo uUuiioe from the village, Iia K turned in the evening with a striag of ub-e C.lns, which he preuttd to hr who had never d .ne him any favor, save the simple nit. ring or civil treatment. IJ.r ey--S filled with tears ol gratitude on being told to whom she was indebted tor the nn the las morsel she eat on earth. Thus she proved the truth ol the aa-ierlions abov quuied, kind trd$ will never die I Aud thu was falfiljod, iu her case, the Scrip ore, DlrMtd m A VuU eontidereth iht poor: The Jjord will drenyOitn him upon the bed '4-UirfliMiiiHg. Imleeil, there were boats ol " ls, round aliouN her bed, realy aud wihhv her as faithtally as ahe her self had ser, " 'rs, AtSolma I letir .-.'. ""it the Boat with which 1 bad hoped to mute connexion, thai ( might go right on l CliAou without de lay, was already gone, only two or three hours ahead of tin-very tantalizing! as you will rea lly believe, when I tell you what they tolibine, there, that I would have to remain atSclmu until Saturday evening, altogether about three days ; and, , worne thau lantalrkiog, it was duiiressiug, as you will believe, again, wlieo I tell you that my pure wm then reduced to the Small suiu of six dollars aud some cents; the bout fare was iour dollars, so they tvld tne; mid I kuew of course, that nothing ehor( ol live or six, 'would cover my hotel hill.r The lusuapicious circa i Htanee of my U! at that placv, called to mind a Jreiin. which I hwl a few.uights previous to my iciartura trom home: 1 thought thai I l'ii;l statue I, for Al ibnua, !'! a large ohl. , tiisjiimail lamily curriagu, andthat every th Lug went on rapidly aud smooth y lornouw ttaie; VutrAl -leiigUvud tud.luuly, the can 'ringe U)jiped, ttiui, on looking i.ut Hwe wht wa t e tiirttter, I discuveel that the bariieas lutd failcu olT the horses, ami the driver was gone; in vaiu I looked up and down the road, which appeure i dark aud Ijiitdyfor some one to come to my. uaeiet rtiieo; 1 could not see a liviug syul Uieu I got out, "and rvlnu:ei my steps ior some lislaiuie, hoping to fiud the lost harueM, ami somebody to put it on the horses, aud drive ior me ; for 1 hud never uarucsed a horse in my li'e, and kuew rtill leas abut iriving ; hut, though 1 car. fully searche-., i did not see any one, nor find au v thing ; except one of the collars, which I picked up and 'lien relumed lo the carriage w th a determination to cast all my cares upon kind rroviduiiccaiid resigu myself to what ever might detail me. birauge, but true, no sooner had I replaced myself iu the carriage than ti.e horses weut ou drawing it just as though all things . Lad beeu con ducted by the ordinary means, auu iu tne usual wayr W'hut belter could I have done under she existing circumst uiccsT I am not a superstitious believer iu dreams amr omens, hui wheu the iirogress of my journey, hitherto prosperous and pleasaut, was so suddenly checked at Selina where sure euotigh, figuratively speakiug. thehar nets fell off, I could but think of tli.it oue, wniun I. iireained on the eve of my depar iii re, and which I related to some oftny friends at home ; for I realized the suW t loiiL'hts and leeliiikS that 1 had exner' H euced in theWrenm. - A hundred milesfiolu my destination amP friends, alone in 'a strange city, a stranger among strangers: with limited means, inadequate to the sit uatiou what should ! do? I pondered the matter well. What should any help less creature, such as I, do iu the hour of need, but fly to the throne of grace aud a.-tk help of Hint who says, Call upon me in the day of trouble and 1 will deliver you t The gre.t proble n " What to do for the best? 'was solved. I knew.that He who had sustained me in six trials, would be with me in the seventh, also. Therefore, nothing doubling, I'weut to "my heavenly Faiher just as a little child would go to its earthly parents, and asked Him to guide, and instruct me what to do, ate, say tor the best; and to incline thu hearts of the strangers with whom my lo'. was cast, to deal kindly by me. I speak ; the truth, whilst I was ytt 'jsklng, there rose up be fore me, like something of tangible term, many nf God's most precious promises, such as the followiug: " All things are posd tde with God." "He holds the reins of ihe hearts cf men." " All things work to gether, for good, to them that love and fear the. Lord." Afterward iieeroetl ierfectly easy aud right for me to explain my situa tion to Mr. Kei'h, the gentlemanly proprie tor of the Southern Hotel, Where I was slopping. 1 let him read the iirectory la ter, given me by a friend iu N. C, which luckily I had preserved, as it corroborated the acc ount 1 gave of myself, showing that I bad con nled the cost of the trip, and, made ample piovision for all ks aetual ex penses, though there was oo allowance ior mi-hai)s, such as bad befalUn me there. 1 tjld h'm that I knew it was bent for por- T etnen: ncies, . ticalde.at Iat, not with me, In the kindest, tm a defersmial inauoer, Mr. Keith aaurel m. thai my explanation was entirely salicfac lory ; that ha comprehended ilia whole mattrr, and wished ma to fifl ray and mala aiysclf at home, aed he would reud tr aie any aaistanc iu bis power that, it I c !(, be would throw up the hotel bill sod let me remit at leisure after reaching my friHtida.' But 1 preferred settling thai at baikl, aud rqo'-tled bint to accoainany mi the boat, plaoj roe in cart or th" Ce4aiu, and Ull him that I would pay the (an-; immediately, mi arrival at Clifum. To thin my kind host politelv a use 3 ted, audmgaiu anning me that all Would be right, that I must feel at home,' and call fr whatever I wanted, be left me alone willi my ihoughts. Aud Devrr did I feel more calmly, patiently resigned to any mil fort due thaa I did on that oocasiou ; ' 1 raiWr rejoiced Iu my, apparently uofor-i innate, dolay, beoauM) it firnished fair op portnnity for testing aiy faith in the good-ua-s and faiihfulueas of Gh's prolnisea. llow uus an hahle are the ways of Provi dence; past finding out. Every uew day, week, mouth aud year, and every uew in 01 ici' of my life cvuviucs mo, more and uiorii of mau's weeklies aud God's owerj that: 11 is haml, invisitle to mortal eyes, surely holds the rrin, directing all things to fulfill Him plans and purges, done iu wisdom far alnive the; lluiiiod uoiuprehea iou 0 man's fiuue lutud - - ; Saturday eveuiug came I will uot say, -at U--t," for that would imply that I had Imku '.wearily impitieiit fir its coming; but uot sO the limn flew quickly by, and 1 eu joyed it iu my oau quiet wmv,. 1 had the pleasure of foruiug the '(oiaintaoee of MisSKeith, sister to the ' Proprietor,' a yount ludy of prcpo&rsaing aiipearaiice, aud Igr-enbls 1 nunuers. : Hull 1 was glad when nuiiu'bd to get ready for the Boat; aud Mr. Keiih accompaalod una aboanl the bcaud.ul steamer, Mary, commanded by CapLj John Q iill, (jonguil) Th'a boat was crowded mill gay jmHacngers, going to Mobitu to stteud the ALirdigrut, a kiud oi Festival, similar, accurdiug. to my im purfeot underjiau-liiig of ic, to the Jlomith Lat)AiU. My opinion rotative to the mat ter tuiy be altogeiirereiroucou-i; for iud.ed, looking niKin alsuch things ns "follies uf ihe - world." I hiive nev r felt suflicieotly iuicnestail to inform my" niiad aUuj 1I1 jaij alt I tuuw.'ii fr.1111" hear-say I' not a very siila' rrjtorioti iu matters t( ioi,)iiriiii:i? the consolation of kt owing ihut I will uot bti tliajr final j ulgo. I leave all Fmlivvls and fbeir votaries with the Jadge oj All, who oa'y ran judge the world iu righleuus ii ess. ITlicre wac lying on the piauo, in the L:idie'sCuhiu'(Vtho"Mary,' a large Bilde; I saw no ode opn it; but 1 heard one of the gay throng 'ay, with a yawu, nu quilting, the iiiusiv aud card table, .to retire in her state r "0, bo-Jio I to morrow will le Sunday, aud we can do iiotning but mad aia T-v ll I our iiitxeai xisagreeaoie empioymeni, evi'leully. Why, did that neglected Book iuierest m wore than uny thing else I saw in that handsomely furnished Cabin? Became, ever since long ago, when 1 was left alone in the world, a t mid, helpless creature, it has been a lamp unto my feet, ft guide o mv path ); iu "promises 'have sustained me in every time of need, mak ing my yoke easy, and my burden ught; and because , it tuuirht me the way to heaven at. d happiness ' Cliftun is uot, us I had errouejusly sup nosed, a larue t )u, but it is conspicuous M a boat-lauding, ou the Alabama, where a treat amount uf shipping is done. It was 12 o clock, p. ni., when we lauded there. No one there to meet me ; they had not received my la&t letter, telling wheu I would oome, and so, were not expecting me that uight; still all turned out right; Mr. Quill, brother to the Captain wh 1 was courteously polite, and atteutive to me during the passage, attended me to tin Hotel, a small unpretending house upon a high bluff, projecting over the liver. Oii the way up there, he told mo that be knew my brother well; had shipped Riauy a bag'of cotton in his uame. How kindly considerate for my feelings! f r he said that, Jam sure, from uo other motive than to make me easy about the boatsfure; au i how could I be otherwise, seeing so plainly that he, himself, eutertaiueu no fears of losing it 1 I meulion these things, trivial in themselves, to show how safely aud pleasantly I was carried to the end of my , journey, notwithstanding all of my seeming misfortunes; to euow mat my heavenlr Father heard my prayers, aud raised up friends to help me in my time of need;i'jid yet, I am uot deserving toe least of all His ni Tcies. Larlv on Sunday morning, a young man named "Threadgili,' kindly offered td carry me out to my broth er s, a distauce ol uiue mites irom viutou. He did not charge me it cent lor bis trouble. I' is as little as I cau do to thank him here. My brother is a farmer; bis bauds aud brow bear the inarms of herdy toil, but he is contented; ar.d well be may be; for, in adilitioti to his "iittle farm, well tilled," he has a littl" wife, well willed, ia a little house, well filled i-nine aside,; he has what .Solumoii culls the best git. of God's provi donee: A good wife. Next to her aud hm child, a love y boy of six umuihs, rank his dog and hore in thesi:aluof iiis affections. T he horse rejo es in tne historical aud leg islative uaiuo of, " Kaleigh. ' liesl ot an : Pete says. dnlv. "I wanted 10 name hiiu Wadeaborough, but tLat's too long to plough with." Alter ajwhile. when I shall have learned more about the eouotiy ami people-, ' with whom I am already very well pleased, I may writf agair; I do pot uieau to cast cn ry oil friends for the new onea: thereV room in my heart fir all. Hoping thi naatily written kct(h wilt afford soma lit tle pleasure to thtme for whom It was intn de-l, I cloae, with aff.-cthnata regardi", and the sweet old "rd, Goodhyel Moil Kesiotf4lly, " M.F.r " CuJin ItonuAlL. JareA 1876. A Roman tlo Maulage. Sorno sixteen yarft iince, joung gentleman in New York citj con triroil for ft while to ny hU ftilJroM os ti ft beautiful yoiinjr girl there, the daughter of ft worth hut otstinatt merchant, who was ojposol to Uia young mutiV visiting hi daughter. He pcraisted in lit endeavors to win the young ludj, and, at Jast wna for bidden to outer the old man'e house, Still tho lover contrived to rueot occasionally afterward, and at tho ex pinttion of six weoks matters haVinj? been previously so arranged, the fcirl ooiiMiited to murrr the youth who loved her, Mud for whom he wyiM at Riijp lime hare periled his life ao deep ly rootod was his afTotion for her. lie did not seek her forttmo, for he was in. the enjoyment ot ft handsomo aalary as principu! hook-koepor 111 no extendi vo jobbing bouse, and bis pros pecu pecuniarily, - were very fair But the parent wai'obdurate and he was drivoti from the hoiiso. - As. wo have hinted, at the end of ft few weeks theyAgfeed to be niarrioJ, and all tho roqnisito arrangements wero made ; tho evening was flxod up o 1, even the chupluin liad . been en gagod, but Oil the morning of tho duy niposed secretly. for the uuptiala, tho whoJ plan wrti discovered, and the niatcii wh ortiken oft percmtortiy, ,oy ':fli nliSiiliiti. nillKoiitc uf tliu tiurnnla r ""I1iiidpVsi;'r on. (The duughtcr I wns sunt t,-ft distant part of tbo coun try for a while, and tho young man, ! disappointed and disheartened,. left New York for tho "West. ft j 1 , Mean while, a person to auit the taato of ' tlid '1 parent ' turne'd up- a tnati of conai lerable means, but old cnongli to be tho you tig1 gift's father-' and a match "arranged after long pcr euaaion, betweon Ernma, and this man, and alio weeded hint at last. - 1 ' i "Thrco years atthsooubntly thoyonn'g man found himself In 'New ' England, where ho Buttled and took ft wife also, finding it not good to"' dwell alone; and some dozen years or 'bo pussod away, with . their 1 tho'usand-and-ono change of place, of circumstance, and of fortune. From the time of their separation, the original lovers .had never met. . H ' The young man became the futher of thrco little one, and then lost two of these, which bereavement was soon after followed by the death of his wife. Time flow by, lie had been a wid ower some years, and hi oldest - daughter had got to be quite a mis. lie had been fortunate in his busi ness, and resided a few miles, out-of the city, in a sweet little cottage, un clouded by sorrow, for the day ot fhts fortuno had long since gone by ; and ho endeavored to bo contented and happy ; surrounded as ho was by tho comfort of life, and in the enjoyment of tho society ofhia doar .little daugh ter. . Ono day ho was returning home f in the afternoon; and upon entering the ears he found tnern all full. Ho sought a seat, and found one . occupi ed by a lady, beside j whom,, ho sat down, and the car moved out of the depot. As they emerged into the light, he suddenly turned to the lady, und exclaimed :' " r - " Matlamo J Emma ! Ia ' this you V llo didn't know exactly, what he said, but it wa a fact that ho was on tho seat with a gitl to whom he . wai once engaged to bo married, whom he j had really loved, and whom ho had never seen from the day of their cruel separation. A mutual explanatioiv quickly succeeded. Our- widowed friend ascertained that hi former in tended was ou her way to the North, upon a. visit to her friends ; -that she hud Lei ti nmrriej f.- ... ' . had but ono child livi ! hand had been de-ado. 1 llo pointed t his preit v t car passed mi, but did r t 1 train. Ho proceeded lorwnrd, r acquaintance, lound tho ! j mlsstress, proponed to 1 r r r t mi u f r he believed here lovely r tv r, 1 1 Ia won her sur, t! ii time 1 An 1 n record the fact m ith ordinary de'r j of pleasure, t! at wiiliia three H'k'.i tho lover wrro actually uuttcd t gethcr in marriage, in the city ofD j toii. '-' Be Waa Vioobiad With Eoi a. There waa a a I eipreMon on l.'i courr tea a ore, and one could tell by the pmMoa with which lis lm4, and the carefaints ith which be avoided pacing objects, and , by the super humau tiTurta he bind to- ' shrink himself op so that h!i 'tlotbet , wouldu't fit bim, that Something was the mstter, ' . ,; ; . . i "0-o! 'Whoop I Great O-tairhe exclaimed as a man ran jaIot iim ; "I II choke yon to d-uih if yu don't ktep- on ; your own side of the walk." f "But ft gentleman joatled roe sir," its nt me red th man. . 1 "Hang the gentleman I Hang your'1 exclaimed ilia irritated man ; I've "gol i two of en) ; I've three of; and when I en; ' well I'll bust the man that buU them P ' II laid hi baod carefully 00 Lis tbi; r aud limped away with tears in his eyes-, but In turning to let ft woiniau pass he ran , against ft Litchiug posL , if grabbed th post and jerked au wreuehed it from it place, kicked it into ' the road, aud then whacked it agaiust th pavement, aud then started after the wmut ' ' like 11 mad-man.; , : ' , ' ."V"" u Madam," said he, as he wvrtxik hei iu a dry goods store, "one word ; I Lave unon. mr thiirh nirciiinacnhl u1w."Iim. com hiflamalion, characterised by apoiu ed pustular lu(nr,'aud iujpuraiiug with a central core.'- I have also ouc ou the back V side of my front aide,- aud auothes r . i3it out P shrieked th womaa, whack- inghln) with "a buudl of calico ; "gitoull or I'll call th perlice," , , .. . , , . , : "But I wa going to say" , , , , .'. i - GU'o'ut rhe hriakl. TT ' "That yeu "- VJ1L uui ( iuo jom:i iu., , f X ' "Busted oneot 'em," he fin all ejacalat tJ, "aud if 1 find out where1 ycAi 1 11 (ct your oow loose in th yard some ; wastv ing day aud let her chew up th whole of mo;. .... I.l.. .A .-T- ' your petticoats and trsud your hoota TnJ , pillowuawe?loto the mud aud break down yduf front gate." ; . . 'j.,'u7 i .Then he slid out aud was limping dowa the street when he dipped on a piece of ice and came down with an eaergy that star tled all of th house iu thai viciuity aud shook th window panes iu thestoue frout i There wa' shriek and longdrarv; wail, and a volley of oaths,1 and ft ariev" of groans and sobs,whiub attracted th alien, tioncfa kind hearted (toctor, w he took him into a drugstre and hut him "rf th back of ft chair, where b wriggeu til ft boy with grocery cart gave him seat in bushel basket aud took him home.-. . , r -" . " ' - ' .-' v: - ". ", . . And now he walk the troet5, , , Aud he hurl at all be meet : . . .Such sad smiles. ; . ; And upon his ragged coat . ' . There la haugiug this brief note," . "I've got biles." . ': ; J. '..- Lkgauty or Slave Marriaqe. Under thiV title the Washiiigtoo Critic, of Saturday last, has the following, which U iuterestiuz everywhere t " xeeterday au important ease was arguod before Justice Vvlii in the hquity Uourt, that ot ew. burn v. Washington. Th complaiuanu has asked for the assiguraeui of dower iu th 1 estate of her deceased husband, the defend ant demurring because of unpaid trust, and on the overruling by Justice Oliu hud de manded strict proof of marriage. Upon proof it wa shown that the comptaiaant waa the second wife, and was married in accordance with the slave laws of Norr'a Carolina, and that she removed tolLii iot with her husbaud after the pas:i :- tT I. to act of J 886, regulating the marri ;? ti caldred pemotisiu the District of V ' ' b'uw, Justiee Wylia ruled that t' j ' iriage'of the KJlitioner waa leguli i ly statute, aud that she wa couso i'i :'v ' heir to tho whole estate, the first 1 uever having becii lelix"! aa-l t-. oud marndjx: witlio.it i'Jt : 1 e t' r ' -ar-Vj.- - I v... - . fZXt. .. --l -- 1 - 5 ""c:
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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April 6, 1876, edition 1
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