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UNION, THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWSTHE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY. Vol. XXXVII. HILLSBOROUGH, N. C.,' WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1857. No. 1895. .? t,. PROSPECTUS ' or TUB North Carolina Presbyterian. 'piIE Pieebyteriaa Church in North Carolina haa . Ion labored under ae-iou dieadvantage from tha want of a journal to advocate her elaima and r resent bar lulereeie. It ia eatimated ibat only ona thousand Proebyteiiao Wecklieear taken in lha bound of our Ihraa Preriiyleriea. Wa have thirteen thouaand Corn municanla, and it ia aafa lo infer that there tie thirty thousand Preahyteriane in principle in tha Hltte. Our fctynod atandi tilth in tha Union in point of iiumbeie, and er memhereiiiu ia f raalar loan that of any By nod Mouth ot Want of Pennsylvania. Our aititr btaleeon lha North and South, neither bf which hae a membei. hip an large aa ouia, publiah tlia Central, and lha Houihern Preebyterian for the benefit of their people. The time hae come whan lha Preebyterian Church in North Carolina ahwld likewiea do her duty lo her children. It ia a .conceded and important (act, that hun.lre.il of our uemhera will lake 8iate paper who rill take no other. The Paper ia nealed to be ihe organ of our Synod and Preabylerieo toelevele and enlighten (he piety of our member-hip by Jitfuwog evangelical knowledge -la promote Ilia cauae of Education to develope the talenle of our Miniatiy, and to elrengthen Ihe attachment of our people to the eoti tad tanctuariee f their ewa State. If our Church is ether State, and other Chnrrhea " in tbia SUM, ran aupply Ihcii memliera with a Religious journal, why may not wal Ate North Carolina i'rea byVnane interim in talent, energy end peiriotiani to their ncighbora on the North or Wouih.er to Chriatiano . of Othei denominations el home I With Ihe eame or Better opportuoiliea ol aecorapli-hing Ibia work, ahall we leave it undouel ia Ibe language of one of our moat able aod ueful Miaieteie, an adopted aun of our State, " It ought to have been undertaken teniy yeare age, but It i not loo lata to begin lo do right." la the laat two or Ihraa mom be, a fund of about $5,000 bat been subscribed aa a permanent rapital. Al a mealing of the eunlribulore, held at Ureeuaborough a tha Uih of May, Her. A. Baker, Chairman, the Paper waa unanimouvly located al Fayeltevilla, under Ihe name and title of the Aorfa Carolina I'rubyterun. Kev. Wa. N. Metiane and Kev. Ueoige McNeill were laclad Editors; Rev. Meaare. George Mc.rill, Wa, N. Mebane. A. Baker.and C If. Wiley, and Meaara. George McNeill, Br., John II. Cook and David Murphy rare appoint I an Executive Committee, la eatablUh the Paper and manage ita buaineae affaire. It iaoor wiah and deaign lo make in North Carolina Proebytenaa a journal of lha fir at claea, equal 10 the beat In the country in topographical appearance and in adaptation lo the want ui our Church,-. Ita rolumna will afford tba laical intelligence, bulb foreign and do-ma-tie, and vtwcwl care will be taken to give a full and accurate aummary of Stat newa. The name of Ihe Papet ie designed lo be an etptiienl of ita character and omenta. Prom conviction, it will advocate the coo. amative, orthodox, old acbool doctrine and order of the Church. , Ourtrat appeal ia In oar own people lo North Caro lina Preehvteriana. WhiUt wo rely confidently upon their fever, wa Iruet that the native eonv of North Caro lina who have founJ hooua in other Mate, and lb adopted titiaana of our Hialo who loim ao important an element in our Ministry and aaemberehtp, will take a deep interest in thia enterprise and give il their hearty support. - Ttaui i IS par annam in advance, or aa delivery f lha fret numbers ft AO ia atg month: $3 at Ihe ad of Ihe year. To cluba of Iwenty-fiva or more, paying ia advance and wbea lha Paper ia aenl lo one eUraa, a dieeouot of tea per cent, will be allowed. Our Minietera and Eldere are earned ly deaired to act aa Agenle,andallathere friendly lo lha causa Will pleaae aaaiat ia procuring a men saherrihece aa possible, and forward Ihe nam, ty Aitgurt laf, to tbia Office. Ae aeon aa l.ftOtf aabariibare are aUainad, lha fir ember will be iaeued. If a faithful eadvigorauarSorl ia made in the aeil two raonlhe by thnae who lake a lively intereetin tbie work, we will, without doubt.be able 10 begin Ibe publication al Ihe end of Dial time wna a paying sulMcupiion lial ot at lea l.oon. t -8" Address, Cditoraof lha North Carolina Pmaby lerian. Fayatteviita, N. C. June 10. SI Sw FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKING. TO THE LADIES. jl R9.F. H. COOLEV receivea regularly fiom one of lha moat fashionable dreaeniaking eetablish mania in New fork, the lateet Patlerna for Bridal, Evening, Dinner, Horn and Walking DreiHca; aUo, from another houae, Patlerna for Riding Habile, Man llllaa, Basque, die., die. Mr. C. will lake the utmost pain to pleaae all who may fevor her with their patronage. A tiial ia all aha aaka to convince the moat ekeptical that her work ia eieculed in a manner not to be surpassed, aod that her prirea are exceedingly moderate. July IT. " 93 STATE OP NORTH CAROLINA. OhaNOK CutlNTV. - 1 -Court of Pleas and Quarter Session, , , May Term, A. D. 1857. , Hani' Hurdle and Joseph W, McKee, vs. Greco ' Tayloi. " Jutlien Attachment ttvitd on Land. IT a ppeaiing to the satisfaction ol Ihe Court that the defendant. Green Taylor, hie icmoved out of the county, or ao abaeondt or conceale bimaelf thai the or dinary proceaa of law cannul ba served on nun! il ia therefore ordered by the Court that publication ba made lor ail aucceaaive weeka in the Hillboroogh Recorder, nntifyiag tha aaid Green Taylor that unleai be appeara at lha neit term of thia Court, to ba held at the court bouee in Hillaborough, on lha lou rib Monday in Au guae next, then end .here to replevy and pltad, accord ing to taw. ho will be piuurwlad agaiuat in the eame manner aa if ha had been aerved with proceaa and had failed lo appear and plead. " W it neaa, George Lawe, Clerk of oar eaid Court, at office, in HilIaboiough,the4ih Monday in May. 1867. GEO. LAWS, c. a a JulflT. Price adv. U 60. J M-6w STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 0rK0K CofNTY. Court of Pleat and Quarter Seitiont, Mir Term. A. D. 1857. 8allia Corrie and othere aa. Hugh Currie and another. FctUim far Partition of Land. IT appearing 10 Ihe eeliafacitea of the Court that Eliia Cunie, one of lha dafendanla in tbia caae, r aide beyond lha limit of Ihie Stale t it ie ordered by Ihe Court that publicaiton ba made tar lha apace of i auccaaaive weeka in tha Hillaborough Recorder, notifying iba aaid Elite Curria of Iba filing of tbia pe tition, ami that unlet aha appear al the neit term of tbie Court, lo ha held al Ihe court houae in rtilUbo rough, on abe fourth Monday in Auguet next, then end there lo plead, anawer or demui to tha aaid pelilion.lhe eame will ba taken pro eoneaeo and heard tx partt aa lo nor. W it aeaa, George Law a. Clerk of aaid Court, at office. Hill-borough, the fourth Monday of May, A.U. 1857. GEO. LAWS, C. C. C. July 17. Price adv. 60 3-w AGENTS WANTED. C I Tfl Ofl rER MO.TII! Here ia a rare 3 IwW.VU chance for a few yoang men to make a large ealary without invaaiing a capital. The above ia no "three cent catch-penny,1' ar humbug to introduce Patent Medicine, Booke, Ae. For ao outfit, ancleat alempe for relura poatage. Addreaa T. 8. i'AKI KU, Dot No. 8, Lawrence, Meee, June 10. 9m STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, OfUN(it CliUHTT. Court of Plea 11111 Quarter Settiooi, Mar Term. A. U. 1857. HaaaiUoa Montgomery, Ex'r va. Alexander Montgo- awry, arwl otnere. I'ttilim far Settlement. T appearing lo tba aaliafartion of the Court that Alexander Montgomery, Mary Potta, and Ibe chil dren of I.jdie Wood, dereaaed, defendanta in thia na. reida bevond Ihe limile of thie State: it ia order ed by lha Court, thai publication ba made in Ibe Hilla- boroogn Kecorder, tor me apaca Of wi aucceauva weeaa, noiifvmt Ihe aaid defcndante of Ihe filing of thie peti tion, and that onrraa they appear al lha next term of thie Coort, to be held at Ibe court houae in HHIelwrotigli, on lha fourth Monday of Aoguat next, then and there to plead, anawer or demur to Ihe aaid petition, the eame ill ba taken pre cvacam and heard tx partt ae to tbem. Witnea. Gentta I.awa, Clerk of our aaid Court, al Hire, in HiUaborougb, lha fourth Monday of May, A. cm LAWS, c. c. c. (Plica adv. t 60. J3 6w GKEAT CURE FOR. DYSPEPSIA! Br. Houghton's March 1. 74- FOJl SALE, LOT ia tha laaa of Ore ham, immediately in froa of Iba Court Houae, aa South etirrel, lying tweea the elora houaae of M Lean et Hanner aad Al bright 4 IJnun. 'Term la aun Ibe purchaaer. THOMAS EDM. Janaart t. M HOUSE and LOT for Sale. I offer for aale. on aeenmrnmleiini terraa, Ibat deairable llu- and Lot on Que Si reel, now occupied hy M Waahiogioo. TIIU.MAS ItLlili. Oelobar 10. I TO COITOIV PLANTERS. The Cotton Planter's Manual UKINfl a compilation of facie fiom Ihe heat author). tl.m aa the eollara of Cotton, ita Balural biatoty, meal analyiaia, trade and eonaumptont and em- ing a hietary of C..tt.i and the lotion um. By Piica l. Sen! fret of poalage an re- chemi braeir J. A. Turner. eeipl al price, GARDENING FOIL THE SOUTH Br W. N. Whita, of Alhene, Georgia. A nvw complete manual for eveiy dapartmenlef lloiticultnrv, omlHaema lha Vegetable Garden, lha Frail Garden, lha Flower Garden, and ihe Pliaame Gmunda, adapted p.nirultrlr In tha Southern Btatea. Price $ tft. TabeoMiin'dof ell nnnkaellera.or eent hy wa pre- Bald W any pail f the Union on reeelpt af prka. ' C.M.AXTONitCO., March 4. Aar.eultural ttook PuMiahere, 140 Fulloa Street, New York, Arthur'-. Cclebritfwl Patent Air-Tigli Si-lf-Scarmtr Can and Jam, J(n PRESERVING FRESH FRUIT, TOMA lHLHte. rwaeieaiwo pRio sroiir.. IS47. June 17. ' , " May your rich au!l, ' Exuberant, naturea'e better bleaainga pour , O'er every land." COVERING MANURES. We clip the following; from the American Farmer, publit!nl at Baltimore. It it reli able ami true doctrine : It hag been laid with ereat probity and truth, that manure ia the farmer's cold mine. and we will add, that manure h to the veg etable kingdom what blood ia to the animal system, the source of life. v e, therefore, most earnestly advise, nay, coniure every culturist to exert himself by every possible means in his power, to accumulate every thing that may be convertible into manure, and when accumulated to protect its quali ties from deterioration, but few ever think how great a loss they sustain, by permitting their manure to be exposed to the sun, the ' I .1. . I r n l . win it aim me rains, anu as tew renect mat ten loads of manure well taken care of, are, intrinsically worth more, and w ill go further as a fertilizer, than twenty loads that may have been kept without regard to the preser vation of its more enrichine properties. Many a farmer, through want of attention, suffers his dung pile to become exhausted of I . - f i .'t: a 1 t i I us principles oi volatility, long oeiore nc hauls it out to his grounds, for use and many, aiier nauiing it. out, permit il to re main unplowed in fur weeks, thus exposing it to further loss and then, percnance, blan-.es either his land or his manures for a fault that should properly attach to himself, for having failed to preserve the virtues of his manure. Every body of manure should be kept eovertd with earth a few inches in depth, until taken nut for use, and when taken to the field should be plowed in as speedily as possible, or each pile thrown from the cart or waon should be covered with the sur rounding soil, and that compressed with a shovel. But this kind of care, owing to the high price of labor in our country, is more than can be expected from the gene rality of farmers, therefore, fur the present, all that can be expected is this, that rattle and other yards shuuld be sufficiently dished in form as to prevent the richness of the manure from bemz wasted by runninz away on the occurrence of each succeeding rain; that each vatd be provided with a large body of rough vegetable matter and earth say to the extent ol six or eizht inches or more, in depth, over the surface of such yard, the tliah-like lorm being preserved in spread ing to absorb the liquid voiding of the stock, and that plaster or charcoal be strewn over the yard every few days, to arrest and fix the volatile gases and further, as the excrements ol the animals accumulate a lew inches in depth through the season, over the yard, these should receive additional cover They are evidently valuable for these pur poses, but not the less valuable for the pro duction of fat. Those persons who have used peas for fattening hogs, consider them worth as much as Indian corn. In districts where that grain is not grown, very fine pork is produced from peas. Dickson, in his work "On the Breeding of Live Stock," states that a sweep stakes was entered into between nve bast Lothian farmers, to be claimed br one who should be pronounced the best feeder of cattle, forty cattle ol 4 1 . . I I f ' uie same oreen, ana in equal coiiaiuon, were divided between them, as fairly as possible. They were put up together the second week in September, and killed at Uhristinas following. Ihe winner of tne stakes fed his animals wholly on boiled beam wun hay. From the New England Farmer. HOW TO RAISE ONIONS. Mr. Editor: I find in your valuable paper of last week an inquiry by a subscriber how to raise oniont'f I have had some fifteen years experience in raising vegetables. My way to raise onions, is, first to manure witii rotten manure, and plow as early in the month of April as the ground will admit; pulverize the top of the ground by raking with common hay rakes, so that it shall be perfectly free from lumps, and then sow the seed with the seed sower; no matter if the ground freezes, or if the snow falls, it will not injure the seed. I recollect once of having my onions up so that they could be distinctly accn in the. drills at ' distance, and had a fall of snow of four or five inches deep upon them, without doing the least injury. 1 tie great secret is mc auwiug cm it in the season and pulverizing the ground thoroughly before sowing, f never have had any trouble with onions in bottoming. n.1 . I J i - ! l . - . t a ..I 1.1 1 ine oiu ruie is, mar. uie tups suouiu uegiu to wilt or die before dog-days. My yield is from six hundred to eight hundred bushels to the acr. I think they are a sure and a profitable crop. I sow them in drills four teen inches apart. Providence, R. I., Feb. 3, 1857. - JUL JLL"' L L ' If" real aeai asaa va aa a. ms ' v THE TRUE DIGESTIVE FLl'ID.o GASTRIC a J L ICE, prepared from Rennet, alter the direction of Damn l.iehig.me great rhyaiovogMal I oeroiet, liy J. IKHUH TON, M. D Philadelphia. Pa. Thia ie NATLKE'S OWN REMEDY for an un healthy Stomach. No art of man can equal ita run ins power. It eootaine tan Alcohol, Bitter, AeiJe or Noueeoua Drug. It la extremely agreeable lo the leeta, and eviy be lakes by tha moat feeble paticnte ho cannot eat a erater rrarker without acute dietreaa. Beware of Drugged Imiiali.me. Pepein ia not a drug. Call on the Agent and get a Deacitpltve Circular, gratis, giving a targe amount of rVientine r.vulertre. fi'ivn l.teuig'e Animal Cbemiatr i Dr. Combe a Phvai. ulogy of Digeatioa t Dr. I'ereira on Feud and Diet i Dr.dobn W. Uraper.of Near Yarn: liiiverxiyt rim. Dungheon e rhtMolngvt ""' Hilliman, el 1 ale lot lege Dr. Carpemer'a Physiology) Ac. together with reiHKle of I'urea from all part of lha Inited CMalee. try I'epain in rondel aeal by mail, post paid, on re ceipt of Una Dollar. Sold wboleealosiMl retail ny llruggiete generally, ami by U. UK A KIT, HilUboroogh, N.C Juna 10. 12 13m NOTICE. flHE anharriher moat reapeelfully lenders hie thank A f.ir Ihe liberal encouragement given him last year. and hega leave Ie inform tha public, that having aaoo- dated i'r. Hooker with him, the buaineae willhereaftrr baeooducted ander lha Arm of JONES ft tlrfOKEK, 1'KlUIi JUNKS March It. 80 a. a. aoos i a Sash, Blinds, Doors, &c. OCR machinery being now in complete order, oar new engine t ted, aod foundry eetebltehed, we arc prepared la do either wood or lion work al abort nntira, and reeennable terms. Wa reapecllully Sak a trial for borne nanufacturre. rticin 8aah, 1 1 lumber, R bf 10 si 7e. pgr light. - by Hal 4e. " 19 by Hal ate. - It by Ital 10a. It by ItatlOJc. It bv 10 el lie. " l by tO elite. " Dome. t. 4 ar t sanitate, fiom 13 In il 50. Blinde, stationary area p)vu, 0c. per aanaia foot. JtJNtH it IKIUKCK. March IS. ngs of earth. Rtwovivo and Pbevextixo Rct. Some persons employ an acid to remove rust from knives; this should never be done under any circuoistsncrs. Nothing surpasses rotten stone and oil fur scouring knives and forks. To prevent stoves and grates from rusting during summer, if placed in damp situations, give them a thin coat tit lard and resin melt- d t-'tether, in the proportions ol three parts of the. former to one of the latter. AC.RICILTIRAI. 8CIENCC MANl'RINO. It has been taught by Professors of Agri cultural Chemistry, and apparently on res sonable grounds, that the very worst way to apply manure was to spread it out on the neiti ami leave it exposeu. it was artcueu that this exposure caused a loss of ammonia by evaporation, hence farmers were taught to plow their manure under as toon as they were spread upon the sou, under tne penalty of losing a great deal of their fertilising pro perties. An essay on this subject, by Dr. Voelcker, Professor of Chemistry, in the Royal Agricultural College, at Cirencester, Kniland, contains statements that will sur prise our farmers. He asserts that no luss arises from spreading manure on the surface of a held ; on the contrary, he asserts, that if spread upon the field and allowed to lie until it iswaidted Jth rains, it is more bene ficial than to plow it in at once. When spread out on a field, fermentation is stopped, and volatile matter ceases toescape. In the case of clay soils, he remarks, I have no hesitation to say, that the manure may ne spread even sis months before it is plowed -.1 a . . in, without losinz any apprrciautc nuamuv of manuring matters." This is important infill niat'uin to our agriclturalists, if correct. The foregoing; is from the Pctchtinc Ann rican t but we are pleased to sav, that the statement of the " I'rofessor of ("hemistry " will not surprise our farmers. The nvMem favored by Dr. Voelcker, is not new hrrt in Pennsylvania, at least it is a good deal older than the Doctor's lecture. It has been pur sued here, as we have repeatedly stated in our columns, for number of years, by our best farmers, who are convinced, by careful experiments, that the application of manure broadcast, in late autumn, to the ground in tended for spring crops, is better than any other mode of aimlicatinn. it produces larger crops as a rule, and leaves the land in better condition for succeeding: crops. A communication in our paper last week refers directly to this mode of manuring:. The Scientific American it "behind the light house " for once. Editor Ttltrropk. VALUE OF PEAS AND DEANS. These articles, taj an exchange, have been found, bv chemical analysis, to abound in nitrotren. 'The inference has been that they would be specially useful in supporting the waste of the muscles of animals, and it ha keen anrxretfixl that the Would bf tr- lirulaily useful in the production of wool. I I OWE NO MAN A DOLLAR. SV CHARLES r. tHiRAS. Oh, do nut envy, my own dear wife. The wealth of our next door neghtur. Out bid me .till he stout of heart. And cheerfully fallow my labor. You muat know, lha laat of Ihoae little debt, That have been our lingering aorrow, Ia paid liii night! So we'll both go forth With happier h carta to-morrow. -Ob. the debtor ia but a ahame-faced dog. With lb credilor'a name on bia collar. While I am s king, and you're a queen. For we owa no man a dollar ! Our neighbor you raw in bia coach to-dy. With his wife and hie Saunlinf daughter. While we aat down lo our coverleaa board, To a eruat and a cup of wsler ; I saw thai the teat-drop stood in your eye, Though you tried your beat lo conceal il I knew thai the eontreal reached your heart, And yu coull not help but feel it ; But knowing now Ibat our scanty fare Haa freed my neck from the collar. You'll join my laugh, and kelp ma about. That we awe ne man a dollar I Tbia neighbor a hoar ehow baa daxttcJ your eyre, In fart is a wretched debtor I pity him oft from my very heart. And wiah thai hi lot were better. Why, the man is the eerieal a!a alive. For hi dathing wife and daughter Will live in ante, though ruin ahnuU com So be goto like a lamb to Ihe slaughter ; But be feele it ihe lighter every day, Thai terrible debtoi's Collar! Oh. what would be give, could he aay with us, That hi awed ao man a dollar ! You seem atnateJ, but I'll letl you mora l Within two hour 1 met him Sneaking away with a frightened sir, As if s (end ha J bract hint Yet h Vd front a very worthy man, Wbnra I eirt with the greate plaaenre Whom I called by name and (arced to stop, Though he said ba wa not al leisure, lie held my laat not ! ao 1 held bim fsal, Till he freed my neck from llie collar i Then t ebmtk bia hauJ aa I proudly aaid I Now, I awe no man a dollar!" Ah, now jot mile, for you ftel the Ibrre Of the truth I have beva repeating ; I knew Ihel s downright boneol heart In lhal genlle brrsal beating S To-morrow I'll rise with a giaal's atrrngih, To Mow my daily labor But e'er w steep, M ue bumMy pray For aur wretched sell door neighbor I Aad we'll pray tW the lima when all ahall ba free . frost Ilea weight of ihe debtor e collar . Wbea lb pooeeal ahall lift op hie voir and err, New, I awe s rnaa s dollar!" "IT'S ONLY A TRIFLE." A SKETCH FOR BEGINNERS IN LIFE BV SYLVANDS COBB, Jit. . It wa it the end of the year and John Hodge sat in Ins snug little sitting room with a very long face. John wal a carpenter by trade, eignt-and twenty years of age, with a good wile and three small children. He lived in a thriving village, and received ten dollars a week for his work. lie was a good workman, faithful, industrious, honest, and steady, lie hired a small house for which he paid sixty' dollars a year. He received his pay every Saturday evening. We said John had a good wife. And so he had one of the beat wives in the country. She was not a beauty, but then she was pretty and intelligent and her good looks were of that kind which grow brighter under the in fluence of love, as the wearer grows older. Hie was a valuable wife, and not a day passed but John had occasion to bless the hour that gave her tu him forhis companion. The three children were, a boy and two girls, aged six, four and two, respectively the boy being the oldest. 'I declare, cmiiis, tnis is iisru, saiu jonn Hoilire, in a tone of mental pain. ' I suppose I should certainly lav up a hundred dollars this year; but I have been to-tUy and paid the last bill I owed, and now find myselt the undisputed owner of three dollars and thirty four cent ' ' Is that all?' Emma asked this with a show of interest but not with surprise. In fact, her manner would rather imply that she had ex pected tins. -Tea. I hat is au. isow can you ten me where our money has goner' Emma Hodge was a woman of sense. She knew very well that there was little profit in telling the errors of the past unless she could point them nut plainly and seperatcly. She did know where the money list) gone, but she feared her husband would not believe her il she told him, for her own eyes had been open ed only a few weeks. However she vetui ned to aay 'John, don't vou think we Tahe said tee out of pure willingness to bear a p-irt of blame which she had not incurred) don't you think we've paid more lor some things we have boucht than there was any need of?' Howl hen have 1 nam more man mere was need ofr asked John in pure wonder. ell.' replied hmma, it seems to me that we have paid so a number of times.' But what is one? Well, there are the two clans lamps in the parlor. We paid six dollar for them when a pair for two dollars would have don ustaswell. Not one in a hundred ot our visitors knows the difference between cui- glas and common pressed glass.' i es iney uo, emma. ii we nre going i have tamps, let's have them. I hate to see a chean thmz stock up m sight, in rauirr go without money than to be mean and stingy .!..( tl.'in.. Emma saw that John was trnuuieu, anu resolved nut to urze the case with him then very muih pleased wiih the effect. The pan'a were of fine, strong doe-skin, and the coat aiid vest of handsome and durable materials. , They look better in the garments, made up than they did before,' said John. Only tins cloth tlotrt look quite so one as it did in the piece; but it feels firmer. But it kind o'raihes the nap in making I suppose.' Of course Emms admired the suit very: much, and her husband was happy when he found that she raid nothing about the price, lie wore the clothes to meeting on the follow-, ing day, and when they were hung up on Sunday evening, he was very careful to have ; them turned inside out, and kept from the il ust ; because, as he s ii J, such clothes musn't be abused.' On Monday Emma went to the tailor's and got the ten dollars which she had so surrep titiously saved. Not long after this it became necessary to purchase a carpet fur the parlor. Thus lar titer had no carnet in that room, though tliey had long been planning to have one. They had been purchasing gradually. There were some expenses of the year before, which would not come in the present year, and a carpet and a sofa had been set down for the present sea' j. On Monday morning John and hit wife went to look some carpets. John waa bent upon a three-ply. Me knew no dillerence between Kidderminster and three-ply t or between two-ply and no 'ply' at all. But he ' knew that Drown, aud Jenkins, and Ptttri, and Rnpps, all had " three-ply," while Emma, knew that Brown s three ply was only two ply ; and that Peters' was a second lund affair which he bought at auction. ' Now for our use a good Kidderminster will answer every purpose, said Emma. We can find one just as fine, aud just aa good, only it wont have so many thicknesses!. V lien the surface is worn through the tar pet is done ; until that it is good enough. We shall not wear out the upper surface lor many years. And then a two-ply carpet we can turn, one side looks just as well as the other. We cau have a dark carpet, or a light one as we please. Come, it will be much cheaper to buy a Kidderminster.' But John could not do it. lie would not be mean about a parlor carpet. ' It's a trifle twenty-five cents a yard that's all. But we are to gr-t twenty-five yards, John ; and that will make a difference ol eight dollars and seventy five cents.' Well and what is that when we think how Ions we are to use the carpet. It it something which we shan't buy again for a good many years." Emilia urged she spoke of the true inde pendence td the fat i and aho alluded . tn the time when they Imped to have money enough to purchase a home of their own. 0 John understand all that. He meant to save, but he would not he mean. Eight or nine dollars was a mere trifle when we consider that it is for a carpet that must be in their parlor for years. It so happened that the dealer wat an own He was not in a mud tube contradicted, and j uncle to Emma, and rhe managed to whisper she would not louch his reelins for the world; to him her plans. He had two carpets so so she simply saul, as she placed her arms '.nearly the same pattern that they could not about his nick and kissed him: be distinguished when apart, save that one was two iiiy anu me oilier inree piy. joiib bought and paid for tha former one dollar We won't worry about the past, J"hn; but we will try todo differently in the future. .ow let s resolve to save someuiing tne com- iiic vear. e.. ... . ..... We will,' saul John; anu irom mat mo- moment he looked happier. The newyearcnminenced and things moved ...... . i i on as usual, vv hen the spring oppeneti jonn wanted a new suit of clothes. He went to the tailor'i and got samples t.f cloth, with a scale id prices. 1 her was a gontt sun to be had for twenty dollars; and another for thirty, lie pitched upon the thirty dollar suit. But,' argued Emma this suit for twenty dollars is just as good. W l.en Ihe cloth is made op you rould never tell the defference ; but the difference iu price we should feel sensibly.' Pooh, Emma! You talk like a crazy woman. I only have a new suit throughout onre in two years, and while I am about it I might as well have a good one. What would folks think to see me saving money t ft frmn my back' Ten dollars is but a trifle when we consoler how seldom I gel sum a u. and twenty-five cents a yard ; but the othrr one wat sent home, and Emma put the eight dollars and three quarters in her bank. John Hodge admired hia carpet when hit wife had made it and put it down. He said, how much better it looked than 'one o' them cheap things would.' Emma might have felt tome cunipunctiont had she not known that her husband was governed wholly by what other people had, rather than what he really need ed. And then, again, he knew no difference between the various qualities of wollen fab rics, being only anxious to have hit frienJs think he had the best. When the carpet wat down it became necessary to get the sofa. Een Emma felt that their parlor wat rather bare. They had not teats lor a small party ; and at they must have more teatt they might at well have good ones have them on a sofa. I'p to this time Emma had managed to save quite a lum of money. Since the first of April she had done the marketing. Until this John had always bought and tent home ihe provisions ; and in tint department, as in But John, you must remember what we ! nearly all others, l.e never looked at 'trifles. M-tali li. llfl. w wish tu own a home of nun Seldom did he go into the market without re own one of thee davs: and toreat h that end we must be economical in all things, len dollars' just a week's pay. Hut the clothes, Kimna you wmint not have me go so poorly dreaded", would ymii' No, my husband. Itut see In purchas ing clothes we look first to our cum fort, then la Ihe laahion 1 SHU men 10 OUT incaiiv. ivuw pcating the old sentence' Well I'll have it, its only a trine.' lie thought it very mean to ak a butcher to cut a leg ot a lamb, when the whole only came to filtv cents; and he blushed s-ariei.t the very tiioightol rclumg early fruit because it was hij,h in price. If Jones got strawberries, nf course he could get strawberries. And if Ins grocer had 'laid thia suit fur twenty d.diara will look well by a few quarts of fine freah raspberries on . m -. It s" ' K..aa . f.a ! I. . aaae.a.ft mm aiu.n tvatai enoueh. tnd 1 know it will wtjrat wrll, if not better, than tne outer. But John couldn't see. He was tlet-rmin eil not to tppear mean in dress, and he must have tlx thiity dollar suit. On the following day Emma went to the tailor, with whom she had been acquaint. tl from childhood, and asked if Jihn had ordered his suit. Mie was informed that he had. Emma ei .mined the dtlferent lu'irics and finally found some cloth I mm whith the garments could be made f ir twenty tlollna, and the tailor assured her that they would wear belter, and, in the end, be of mic value to John, than the thirty iluliar suit. The fine broad-cloth would be ood for ntiniu lor him to wear at his buainess alter it l'au to lose its firet lustre. It was at length decitlrd the suit !nm!d be made from a material which the wile and the tailor had aelecird. and rr twenty dollars, Emma promising to bear the lesponsibtlity ;j tturp.se for him,' he would as anon hive picked hia friend's pocket as to have refused them because he roulj not afford it. But Emma had no such frrlif .s. She felt thst she was trading with herhtisbnd's money and she was determined In show him that she was worthy the ti'i't. On the previous Janu ary they had reckoned op Ut grocer't and butcher's biiU. and found that the average fur Ihe vear l ad been ructty five dollars ami lot -ty-aii reii's a week to this sunt EmmarUim t'd, and she had it handed to hercai h aiur iI.m eteiting. front this she managed to sate tin'.sidi'raoie, and )et Jvhn found no fault with the living. He never f.tred better. A he did noneol lite imiiketinghesaw but tit:l of tlte early, hot hue fruit, and so eared nothing about it. And in fart, f e never had but the trmlors knew his easy, timorous dis position, and lliry put upon him what tliey iilrased. Let the erocrr sav, Ah lit e you're just in time. Here at " I .-aa a but John was to know nothing atx lit it. Ilei totnt splendid new uacauernes. i aept wat to nay the thirty dollars as he had ar-1 'em purpose lor ye. Jonee wanted 'em but 1 ranged, 'in due time John came home with told hian no I'd saved 'fin for joo. I ll tend his new suit, and when he put it on, l.t tell, 'cm right over.'
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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July 1, 1857, edition 1
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