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BKAtTiriLLY JUAITKATEP. 'PIIKrliitiB AmrnraH w In Italtll year. X. rjj.ijtM' kW riivtiUlMm 4 any wcrkly 0ealMjH-t AT ttw kind la tue wr(J. A ne w vv lu cju tnil erti trar liw U tet and nwHl tnte rrin iul.r.Jli.4 u-TtaiMtil tM IndtiMrtal, JM-Ujiim jt. n.l ivimtiiw I'rwgnwawf ine Wiwld ltM.-rl4Mns Willi tlrjuliftil kuitratlii, til rW latrmiuns S li.lrtiirMts Sew I'lwww aid lmtri uUun- f all aim!; I n-ful .Nutrn, ltniw. WitwlliMa and Aihire. I.y I'r la-al M ittrro, Ut W uiauwa and KiapHiyel, in 'i Mie i"'i rf. Tk i MtKXririCAMSKICJLX l the rtieat. e I I W uii4air.l wrraly pjpw I'IIIiIiMmM. Kny ai-r 4-MiUi. fro w 10 i li rtinal ni,rlu)pof wew nMrBinery ami mrl lnvra hSti nAVlNtl. ' Illustrated lm;Tovenieiit, ta.tierkaiui ImpiMtaut IVorka, iiertaliiin to rllt Mtd MrvliiiiHml r.MiH-rri. Milliu, Atiif IngaiMl UoUlluriO ; ltn-nrd ol llm lalrrt M-w trrtntliaitH'.4lbiit f Meant tnnineerink. It4il.. bliriill4inc, N'avtaalNMi, I rW-t'raitiy 'IvWrU r.utnerriH. fcHvtre Hy, MaxMeUxHi, i.tetrt and ltit. r A K M K It-". MwbaalraKiiKineer. Inentr, ManUeturer, t tarmi-4. Ier of rrtrner, Tearaer. I trrrmM. .wrer. and rek n l'fMtetos III Md IN iti irnlitte Amerlran twefnl to Iheiw. It ttonuld m.vn In ery famH. Itirary. Miidr. naVn, and fnnii;n K'tm; In every Heading Ui, Cit-lt. AraOe- A'jaiWa nnu.lW emiUla Mi pe and evn. ral iliinrlml Knir4lti. U..iim.I mm are urwrved Ux mndltui rrferem. 1 he Watlrd rmwlitaar wel) n.Mlh ten time ntn i aulwrntrtHHi wn. Term. f-l. a tear I. mai' I Kin lm p-MUtn. lhnim-luW N"?"' eirr.il.r.H,l tl.,'iu arutfree. Maybe hau wfaH New Inwlrra. . ... i DATKMTk. InemmertlAn wllilheMehnlc 1 Aerka. Me-wa. 1H .NNA . are ?nra uf Ann-rhan and rmeian I'ateirte, an.1 a IIm lr el.ll.liiilHt.l in tue worM. ; lfcn Illy ttfuMd apMiliM have leea tor Mliilitliiilillnr aftwl. ratitre ..Uied n the lt term-. Model of Xewlimn'l-iia and .kelrhea etamined and ale free. A 1ieWid nMire l me In i Hie ih-W entiae Aim-rK an f all linentem I'atenled HHiih i;.l Aenrr wltbllm name and real-denraufllH- I'atentee. 1'aleiita ate .nen '. 'r1 of wli.ile. tn . r-a.n tra. ir.l to 'f "r1; lion . n. h noilre. for TampliM. H . ' pVe, cntitalulni lawa and Inll dlrrtna foroi" taliilii I'alenl. I A.l . foe the Paper. nieernlj r'"". vv ..... .... l ii.. v . Rranvn i Mfcw. ear. r. and i IS Ma, Va.Ulngtun. ! v. fno w, ii, llintiom, N, t . itnas a. a. a a, l.rahxm. N. C. GRAHAM L GRAHAM- -t I ATTOKXKYS AT LAW. It? 11.1- pra"' W lMeHr nwrls and Ataum-e. ami U",,,.,W As-.. In M.mnm. Court o IU ''i"r' mtits... ' , ' W, . r.a. wilt. (aanief. t'reslilant. Citizens' National Bank . OF f : ,- ! r t ' i h alu i an. it 0' AntborixeJ Capital. $$QQ,QvU J ',!'r V tRAt. !! fitwnwfnl sad olherSecttrtt!e irv TO -THEPLANIERS OF,, Mammicey CaswelL 3,- VV 1 Ifcll rl UlbUUlU) Hill Orange: .-tr"'' ' v i 1VWm4 -yj -Jf . i j AVEBB'i THE undersigned have opened j under ucl uupiccs and with such protect the interest ot the PLANTER . We will have regularly on the market a lull corps of BUYERS, who aie willing to give the tfAKMKll the valutf liis TobaCCOi tsouie ol tlieut with very large order to lill,Jyr liist class lanuiue turer. Our E. II. POGUE ' '' alone lias orders from Manufacturer fo. an unlimited quantity of all grades, and will pay lull prices. 11 needs in next three weeks Bright Smokers and Wrappers, and will pay PRICKS which cannot fail tu delight -the Planter.. You may rest assured that IMIsboro, will be at the liead of the Litl an . Mr tgtil ' Tobacco. Try us on Bl ights, and you will be convinced that no other Inland Market can excel this. THE MONEY t. l, pofl.lv to imv for any nuanti'y. """S " our 00 ...; 1 ... - :i.i.. l... i,iuiiinif ru'lurp tlio nU Wlieil Hmrnuic " at" f .. ":. '" rale days lummy neuHcuyt ,.tf-,.. ..v. - wet'wewm have a MAMMOTH SPECIAL' SALE On Tuesday & Wednesday, the 8th & 9th of Feb. . , -it i--.... i - i,..iio MA nnfl lbs. Tobacco. Ve have Anu Will OC ureuareu iw "" the 'prnmise rf the cM.peration of larae Ilouwsin Baltimore and Uicliinonu win oeir.iCTc..iv . m t UMItv.e.. noil U:ivr timi JLI1U U lmngyour luuacru i and we will eee that you are treaieu HIGHEST MARKET PRICE On all crades, and w . ....... ...a V Ivvl nil i. m 1 . I 1 t.l Wm Kersanu inunv "ri'"' . Ilnietnl er we are preiuuvil to co. that can be brought lt HilMoro. ' ".-.n HilWx)nf Jan. lotu iniu. DKKT III" It DEN rt. ! In t!i iiumir and sir uf our dbt we ran beat the world. Frame will taK n.e premium ft nying, we protmbly had all all other nations In promises to uy. v re irmrtgsgvd wh.I. ldt at New York city; willia milll m f Inhabltaius it owe one hundred and fifty millbwi dollat. while Iiud.iH, with f.nir million ?'le, uwcaonlyllilrty lll,o).',Badh,a dcbl I greater than that of Ie-.ndoii.-The thirty t lilef cllU of lb I'nlle I Wales, containing less than fiv , 11 lllroil r'P,,f Bgitreitnt delds uf liesrly five hundred million dollar. Tli Iweiily chief cilk uf Knlaiid. Mil aultion rf alx mil lion, owe only una hundred million than the debt of New York alone.-Iut then they don't have so much rlnar-riile? f I he other aide uf the water and they are old foglrt over there. IteostsGreat ltrltteii five httndreil mil lion a yeur foruoverntnent.queen, prlniva, colonic, India, army, navy aud all. Il coat us mora than alx hundred million a year to rovhii mtraelve' The taxes and debt of uur Htates, wntlnuca ami flUes, urn annually larger than tha total re venuufth Rrltlsh Kmplre.-Chrlstlnti Era. . A heavily laden "' eddl M do vlmm way alonn th thiroughfnte lust night, and nearly OMrtiopoh,l,lealk with Ida tangent transits, said t" way farer who ax;riillnlJte.l him ruther, tw ehwrly, "Needn't muk at m so hanlj I ain't drunk, only Btlh 'hiccups' so bad 1 cau'l walk straight thal'a aU:' ) ...at . a. .4 . i A lililll IllB.v awwiv " ...i.....llll. llismmnor wmiM l.Y mistake, but when he makes deaf atraintntng cross and wingciirooic rr.l.-r,rit therl8htwomHnflud,ltout..ilH'scatthe Humphrey HousetJoldn. ariKabtdbonicrsliln,. ,INX.C. whurcbercnHUtmun.ilFcbSnd. Person Granville & i I I fll I VJ L1 " ' i 13, V; JO Xi, J.. 1T 41 . U. arrangements that they can fully sale. t . TJL..1. VrlihtU of Cflcll ivvu - - t - . . . Itaycra, Iroui other Market, b tntt and distance. f ' ngiu, mm uu j fc v ; Ann run nl.iml ..ii IW Rrir1it Sllio- vii .. v3 - 1r.nn ! pay in Uirrency, lor an i ne i ou.il- swaiin w r - F. H. PfiUe &. C0 PfOpfitto. . i WHAT MIGHT ASTONISH A .MO DEUX UEI.LI1 "" continued because the necessities of war de- Imagine what m etisatlon a ludy would inanded the tearing up of the Clarkaville create In Ihe-e time should lie make het Railroad for military puq.ow. thus cut apH.a.ancedrw In the following co. j ling off tha schwd from accessibility, and tome desfrli.tl.ni of whh-h W taken : interfering materially with its suvcs, ai.d frtmi MMlrom'n A:iecdo. A bh.ck silk tii.NNit, with a red and while ealico Uirder; cheerry colored stays, trimmed with Idueand silver; a rtil and tbive-inl-irfedgown, flowered with' lurge "tree; a yellow satin apron, eliils.rately trimnie.1; a muslin head-dress with', lac rufller; a l.luck silk scarf and aepolteij silk Inaal. Hucli wa the rosliinie worn by a ludy In Further on v read of lad lea' head drewscs costing fmni one hundred to two hundtvil dollars. A great deal has tnwii Mid alwiut the extravairance of women uf the present day, but lit iiiimIiTii hella would stand aghast should she be asked hi laiylwii hundred dollars for a bonnet; and It 1 doubtful whether the expensive head Kcar referred to wai any more lie comliig to the wearer than the jaunty and stilish data worn by the 'girl uf tlieilod', .Sunday Times and Messenger. Ax Afiwi Ma. Totally - Hunu vott Tw l:t.VK YWKSj, ItKHToKKII T HluItT llY lm JoXka Agreavllle, rtitnatn county, Mo'-Dr. Joncs-tilri This la lo certify that j oil uernled on the eyea uf Jawu (Inrrlott (my fnther-ln-lnw) for calaraot, with coinplclesurtsfw. , Fr.nn Mai blind ncfts he can see to pick up a pin on the ground, and can tee everything with tolerable accuracy. Jaooh UAltniorr. aged M, It it. T. L. Martin. ' Dr. Jons la now restnrinir ll.elilind ami " . . . . i IIILLSBORO MILITARY A C A DEMY.' ' Tue Raleigh New hajn, we present to our reader llto ubuve illuHtratioii uf the ibuilding known u tlie llillaboru .Military .caUe:uy, and irecteu under Cite u,ei vi h'um of lute t'i'l, Ciius. J. Ttw in the jeiir 18.'8. A lull liixtuiy uf the Institution Laa teen before the lmblic, and we will 3t weary thoin with fact Aiiteceddat to tne ( roent yeur mnnor man to atate timi the MNHXiiatioii which ; exUted bttween Mewrh llurner and Grave who revived lh-cUo01 i",,ul'1, vis"r iu 1874 a diiolvfd ' t j the' retre iwent of Mr. Jauie II." Ilorher. who reurueJ to Oxford, leaving Mr. R. II. Grave, there. uiuiniiig nwiiciate, to- bear alone the bur JeiM and tioimr uf the iuntitutiun. Whii-'t the publio , may regret the Ji o!uti"iii oI jhj diptinguiehed au uoMivuitiuti anv infareiice unfavorable to the autxos ful I'ro.iecutiuu uf o importunt an under, taking baaud upou the withdrawal of either : the otio or the other of the ditini;uihed ' (leiitleiuen would be iiiiKlaceda K.ich. in ' hi aeveral eapuvity. wu able to build up j lor bimarir a reputation uut bounded State liuiili'. , Cunj.iiiitly, they presented a cum- biiiaiiuuof kurpaiug atrength and in fliifi.ee DUumied agaio, they retain all the fruit of their experience, aud all the eoiifideuco acquired !;, their long and ' useful uevottou to the tuured cuse of educa tion. ' ' V, Therefore when Mr. Graves is left alone in charge uf the iiittitutiuii, it i with full reliance upon hi owu power and reputa tion to 'itaiu itauccesrfully. . And he baa in hi long career a instructor, given proof uf lii profoundness iu learning, in hi cap acity to impart the result of his own ac ((tiioitums, and iu hi ability to. enforce wine and nholeuiiie discipline, that the publie will not hesiu.e to confer on him the iciuie coiilideuce they gave to the as eo.'iated nainen uf Horner and Graven. Mr. Grave is no tyro a a teacher. Graduation at the 1'i.iversity uf North Carolina with distinction, lie u for a mini ber uf year tutor uf Mathematics ia that ii atitutioti. lie resigned that po-ition af ter moid useful and acceptable fervice. and after the acquirement ol a high reputation aa a Maihematician and skill as au instruo tor, to accept the I'rofeeeorship uf Mathe matics in the Caldwell li.atitution in the town of llillsbtiro. then under the charge uf that veteran teacher Dr. Wilson. Mr. Graves remained here until the institution, which wa under the more iimuediatecharge uf the I'resbterian Church, was removed to Greensboro, making in UilUboro. a he did in whatever position he wa placed, friend wlioin the long lap of tuna ha not moved faViits tiist sataal in Tt asS t -J ar asliWsitt aa.l ik'iii fii ia v in niivi w niw'MWV i (ii return in the aaitie capacity with tin- diminished cotidfidence. After the closing of the Caldwell Instf t..t IlilW-oro. Mr. r. urave accept eu a Samuel Davis' losti riluii.rmitioB i lute at Halifax C. II; Va. and after hold ing it for a term, he wa invited to return to IlilUhoro to take sole charge of the ac- adeuiv their. Here he remained m or i seven tears, auu cauirnt wiin oisiiniruisiiea 1 , i. .at st:ciccs and received marked appioval , T,c iltte (;uV ijri(lim put uul'-r In uhargefiveof hi on, and w most cm phatiii In his endorsement of the character and success uf Mr. Grave a a teacher After leaving llilisloro, Mr. Grave i took charge ot the Uellevue School in Gran ; ville county, wl.i-h for twelve years wa i conducted with success, aud wa only dis. M'J ivitatton of Mr. J. II. Iljrner. Mr. tiraves went to Oxford and united in for. miiig the celebrated ao;stioii of Homer and Grave which was continued for sev en! year at Oxford, and afterward at llilisloro, until the end of the session recently closed. Through so long and V4ried experience, bad in Virginia and North Carolina. Mr. lirave ha maintained a character of un varying eicnllri.ee s a teacher, enlarging Li store of learning, increasing hi know ledge uf character, becoming each year more spt. because more experienced, and con firming, at the same time, by tfi uniform consistency of hi oa elevated character the good will auJ cuiiSJouc of ail who know him. And be imw so woll known that it seem superfljou to name him to call attention to him. For he educated one generation and its sons crowd upon him to draw their stores of kuowledgo from the same foun tain. Taking charge uf the Ilillsboro Mili tary Academy with the whole responsibili ty uf its character and success imposed up on iiitn be ia well able la support the on and secure the other. Life long devotion to a single ul j'K't mm endeartii Lim to hi pursuit. Years uf observation have ripfii ed hi experience. And time ha found the Value of principle which under all Con dition of adversit) ur prosperity have maintained their ttt.iforinity ofrousistenry. The enlightened teacher and the secomp. lished christian gentleman find a perfect union in tbo character uf Mr Graves, aud therefore hi success s the Principal of the Ilillsboro Military Academy is aured. Mr Graves, however, laa wisely divided THE aluicfmi w (licit ia tooheavy fof any one man. by a.Mtlating with him gentleineii of Diidonbfld qualifications and approved ex perience, nd whatever of ehnrauter the aclioul of Horner aud.Grave had obtained will be fully sustained by the able iidininia tiatimi allied now directs tlio fortunes ul the Uillsboro Military Academy. ;i 1 , OLD STANDTXO DWKASB80P KVKKY KIND CUUKD. TeHiiinoiiial from Uev, J, C. B txter, of Galvvsloii. , . . Ooiieim, an olfciiHlve diwitse' in the Kiwe 1 1 1 ltd n tuliH'rultlo illHeitxe in my mice for nineteen year, rVnie pliyaiciutis enll it purulent t-ntnriii. " It uoniiiiciiceil with a little Botvuess in the uppt'Omrtuf the nose, mime puin and , liuriiing uilis- cliaige of yellow rnHltr; Dually aenbs, the shitie of Hie Itmltle of the nose, liec,an to come out, wltlcli relieved moil few hours. It polluted my brealli, and made the room unbearable. It finally destroyed the par lition hone, letting my lowe sink in. In this condition I went to Dr' Jonen, who guve medicine which quite destroyed the offensive snifll in nn hour, and cmel the di-easc In three moiitliH. Aa there are many with the earn tiflenslve disease, I writoymi this toMti notilHt, which you my use a you like J ( .'. JiAXTKR. Dr. Jonea I now practicing at the Hum phrey House. (luliUboro, N. C w here he can le consulted on all dilicult and deli cale dUeuses until Feb 2nd. AN EDITOR OF 17 In 1775 there were fiur newspapers pub lished in New York. Riviugton'a Royal Gazetteer was the subservient tool uf the Dritish authorities. The Mercury, publish ed by Hugh tfoiue, was a time-server and trimmer, Audersou'a Constitutional ! tie wa burn snd died in 177"). ar.d had nu influence a hat ever. The New York Journal, published by John Holt, wa the sturdy and unptirchasable organ uf the sons of Liberty. Its editor fled the city after the disastrous battle on Long Island, a 'id he was beard of afterward a publishing his paper at one and another of the townn on the Hudson under circumstances that would have appallod a lea determined man. In the in.. nth of August, 1777, while at Esopu. be printed an a tveriseni -nt, in which he proposed to take any kin J uf coun try produce in ti..i way of trade. His prospectus read veiy quaintly; And the printer, being tillable too.rry on his business witliout llto uecessarte uf life. i obliged to affix the following prices to his work, viz For a quirter uf news, twelve pouiid uf beef , pork, veal, ur mutton, or four pound of butter, or seven pound ol cheese, ur eighteen pounds uf fine flour, or half a bushel of wheat, or one btthel of In dian corn, or h&lf a cord of wooJ, or SOU wt. of hay, or other articles of country pro due; as be shall want them, in like pro portion, ur a much money a will pur chase them at the time; for other articles of print iiigw.rk, the prices to be iu pro portion to that of the newspaper. All hi custoui?rs, who have to span any of the above, or other articles of country produce, he jtopes Will let hitu know it. aud afford him the neiessary supplies, without which his business here must very sh.hi hi di-c iu tinned." It is gratifying to be able to state tb:it the sturdy patriot survived the licvolut ion. and lived to revisit the fit y, of which be had been postm ister in 177.V. His pa Miotic labor and suffering justly eti'illed bin. to the fulloaing epitaph; A due tribute to the trHioiy uf John Holt, printer to this State, a native of Vir ginia, who piticntly obeyed dedtu'a awful Simmons outh thirtieth of Ji'imry, 1HI. in th-j six ty-fj irth yerof hi ag . To sif that Iii friend bewail him. is u that ail regret him. unnecessary ; for tha' the merited every esteem is certain. The totigue ufslauder cannot say less, though justice m;ght say more.' Such au epitaph inscribed over the d it "f an editor, alio had also held a Commissions sa postmaster, open a wide field uf emulation to the journalists snd cOiriala uf these latter foj.Seri?inrrfur Janmfil. II ROM H ITIS Al CATAKKII.-Tlie fol- lowiittf extract ofa letter front a gratiful patient speak for Itself: Jjlitr Tc'ty'iijfh Hint .VrHr : f'H'Ing your recomtiiendatioti of Dr. Jones, and Isfing a dreadful sufferer with catarrh and bronchitis, I availed myself of hi ie- j collar treatment a month ago, and 1 have thanked you ail I hint, ever since for 1 feel hi skill ha saved my life the good he bus done me I cannot dcsciToe. MKh. JfMA IUxxK.tr, Near Elijah, Gilmer Co; tia. I)r. Jones who ctiretl this lady I now rmloriiig the diseased to health aud the blind tu sight strilghlufug dt-formed eyea ami limbs at (he lluuiphiy House Golds Imro, N. C where he reniuln until Feb Snd. ...,.. A darkey alio, sloping to wah hi hand in a creek, didn't notice the peculiar act ton uf a goat just behind him, so wben he scrambled out of the water and wnsssk ed how it happened , he answered ; ' 1 dun no tactly bat pea red ss ef tie shore kinder Listel anJ frowed me. . :,n THE HAS WHO LIED. A irndmm T-tkeo or the Hurt who Liejfirthr. of lining Jkroe. Theie ia A class i f n en who love to all a' round the stoteofs) cotiutry grocery nt a winter's evening aud exclmtiKe Ilea. Me Quad, the wag of the Detroit Free Prcns, hit olI'thiM floss in Hie following story :Q One evening when the winter blasts moauod amldly , across thestreitt corners, and fliefituinsfof the ferry boats wore anxious looks, seven or eight vessel nwn era aud "laid up" hike ! captains' sat a round aclieerfulliHse burner in saloon neur Hi river.:, After the usual amount of Krawling about the weather nneoftheni told a story. There might have been au ounce r" truth Inl it, but the crowd felt cer'alu that Hie one (nimce wasJMIset by twenty-four" pounds of the 'awfullest kind" uf lying. Therefore a second man told a story to beat it, and then a third inun beat the'second. AVIieti the fotirlll nttiu started out he sitid. "Gentleineiii I have alsrtrecfs IoukIi times. When I wassailm? the schonnop Fortune forty yearn ngn two of tis'were swept overboard In'a storm on Lake Erie one black night ? A hatch cover went with . us, and it so happened that we both chit-- died it. It was not Idrgtf enough to sup port two. It wa captain, he a sailor.' I hud a family he had none I shouted hr him to quit his hold, and whou he would not, I reached over, clutched his throat, and !!! till hi lingers loosened, ami he went to the bottom of the lake ! It wa twenty miles off Point Betsey, aud with a shrill, wild shriek, which yet lin gers in my ear, the poor Wretch went to his death! May the Iord fotgive me t ' With his clmlr til'cil against the wall. a lanky, siniflowerisli cluip had been uod ding his head right and left, as If sleeping. As trie captain's narrative was concluded the ntrunger rose up and snitnunly 6aid. 'I am that man !' Tne crowd looked at him hi aatonfsli- ; nient, and he continued. ,: ; 'I lauded on Point lietsey next inoinlnir time for breakfast, aud I swore a soletuis , oath I'd lick you for choking me if I Lad to live a hundred years to do It!, '' 'xoii can't be the man, replied the cap tain, lookingaiispichusly at the fellow's big lists; 'it was forty year ago.' I know it was, and for forty rears I've; been aching to lick you nut of your boots' The captain had lied, but he didn't wau't oown it, aud he said' That sailor' name was Dick Rice' 'Kerect! bowed the stranger; 'that's my name:' But he was tuller than you.' 'Heing in the water no long that liltcht I shrunk just a bail ! wa thecoul rejoinder' Well, Ikuow you can't bfc the luuti,' said the captain' 'Iain the man, aud now I'm going to maul you lo pulp ! No uiuo cau choke uie niiJ thcii brag about it !' He sailed in aud Upset the captain, but was then set upon by the whole crowd. He got into the eye of the wind and hung there for a time, but presently lie paid off a little, got the wind on hi quarter, and went at it lo lick leu time hi weight ill old liars. He was a very.ambltioti man, and those who could get outdoors got uut, and those who couldn't offered him a gal lon uf whisky to come to anchor. Ho furled his suit on this undenrtandiiig, and as he set his glu down for the third, di ink he wiped his bleeding car aud re niHi ked. - - When a man tries to sacrifice me in order to save himself he don't know wbu he's finding with! He was the biggest liur tiftheni all, tut he madd the most cut of it. Jititor Tr'iymjth ut Mrmngrr, AN low me to tell the render of the Tclegupli and Messenger that I w as ail intense suf ferer Willi Vertigo, sick lieadacho aud general female complaints forthiity years, until a month ago I placed myself In th professional care uf Dr Jones, at theliuui phrey House, Whu ha ctireil me and to whom I would recommend all whu are suffering with this terrible disease. Minst. Mary Moiiery, . Fecund Hf Wilmington- A painful trans-action- getting out of bed in one's sleeps su l walking out ol a third story window. Never take ynnr Christianity from diri-diaii. iut ssk yourself, How would tne Lord have Uie act '' and follow him. When fttnpkin died, m died poor. f. though he left three hundred thousand dot tar. None of it belonged to him. you see. Why is a gtaisier in Janger uf bi euntin intemperate? Rccsnse be must always have hi glass before be can begin hi day's work And then hi day's work le.u. A Connecticut gentleman, on being in- f trodutvd to s newly married man, aim had j found hi wife in t he ant ueg -tie, eon- trnt'iluted him wam'y. syiii(t ,'Thet Connwiicut girl .k excellent wive-, ' I've VA four of ui.' 1
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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Jan. 19, 1876, edition 1
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