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MSNDENHALL 6 STAPLES,
a nx h:n i:ys at law,
c i; i: h u o no, x.c,
i:i tL Coorti.f GailionLIlock
t . I'.Tf.I.-io, Kir jll, Stok, Ha
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B -A. 0ST 0EC E R S ,
OREEX&B0R0, If. Cn
(SMtk EIai Bcrtwt, eppoit ExvrrM OSe.
BUT aad ail GU4 aad 6.1 w. IUak Kotw,
8uu s4 GTrrHnt Boads, Kail Bm4
blocks aal Boodm, Am. ' i
rr EMNin koMT an dpoit nbWt to
8IUUT CUECK; mnl,allw lnlerc
la kind apo U drpoaiUorCUlUOLNCY
okcUo23 mt tt til tecessible polsti. I
RryclStk, ly
We Walked Among the Wnis
, poring Pines.)
,V " T JOHX H. BOXW, OF J. c.
Ik waa m still aatotuoal daj,
So stranpslj iwmI and sadl bright;
The beetle flusb'of quick decay,
Tiaged aTerything witb lovelf light
It warmlj toocbed tba fragrant air,
And field of vorn and rokaet ioay .
Along the goldea.Tadkia wbcre
Wa walked among tbe wbispering pine.
Alaal tbat teadar hectic glow, ;
, 8boD ia her gentle, pallid face ;
O, none bat God la heeYen could knew,
Uj agony to see It trace !
To watch thoee fetal roeea bloom ' .
Upon her eheck red erael aigaa ;
Tet, all of lore, tiot of tbe tomb,
We spoke, ameng tba wbiaperiog pines.
Old Pilot, robed ia ametbjst, t
. Witb abiaing rock upon hia breast,
Stood like a holy, solemn priest.
To whom tbe mist-relied bill confessed;
And nature' tnnaie aoftly rolled.
Like anthems from religions shrine
About a, aa we slowly strolled
In alienee throOgh the whispering pine.
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J. I. KALU.
SCALES SCALES,
Attorneys at Law.
'.( Tin.. a the Mat and h edraICoarta.
..M !c will attend tbe Probate
K--ck;r4ln County at Went worth
-t li!f btTry aaoeto.
j Oh, fatal roi Tr yet
liar they deccl red. She drooped and
4 "-'died. ' j
W parted, and we aerer met i .
Again. Bat often at my aide .
Ao angel walka-her tpoch I know ;
A viewles ami tuy neck entwine.
O. angel-lor. ao, yestra ago, '
W walked ameog tbe wbiiering pine.
. .-t ly.
H. I '. "r4.
Jao. A. Gibaver.
Dillard, & Gilmer
rrouNKvs a.t law
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and
IN HANK RUTTCY,
f Grwasboro, oppoatte
li..i;Vir. ii ! aad Federal Coort.
. tzx tfirea to matter ia
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, l.r.. i -. I'.firK-t Court of WeetorB
: : S"t'U Carolina. ColWtioaa in
: t Cwirt ftulicited.
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l. I xl. - .ir. WlLTEK r. CUWBXX.
sc oTT A CALDWELL.
( I.Kl.ENSliOUO.N. C.
i-ttwTia the Superior Ceart of
t'l. AUtnaix, Knduipk, David-
i . K.Atu. IrvdeJI an4 Jlwilrt
t A- i: huptrme Court of tbe
utl.r Krirral Court at Grreneborw
r - :? i'., ir lUakruptcy, and ia coort
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i ;(ri.t.:.e rirrn l Iaa of money
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inri:(tKC & GK'EGOBY.
AT TOR NE Y S AT I A W,
(Ik i: kns coco, C.
H : . tv ry t bd in any of the
-. . c 1 r '.ul 1 ortcf ortb Carolina.
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' " ' "Jo." v. ;li:nn,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
I.' I i'lir IlUy V, C.
,".lJ. rwii r in tbe, Coort of the
4i ,cil attention girea to
WATCH -MAKER, , V
JE WELLEB, OPTIC I AIT
Greensboro, X. O,
lis eoastaady on head a splendid aaeort
meaf of Faebleaabl Jewelry, aad aome
splendid Wmtektt mmd CUxk$.
WbJth will bet avoid Cheep Tor Cautli
tTWalcbee, Clock, Jewelry, 8winghla
cbias,ind Pi (tela repaired obeap aad on abort
aouo. JLa aeeerted atoek of Uaaanstol,
Cartridge. &.C-, alwaya oa band.
Mar. 14-ly. -
WORKS.
Ifyoa want a good sabetaallal wagon ge to
J. C. Lewi?. Soad aad plantaxioa wag
ovs with linch pia or Tbiaibl akvia axb oa
aaadormadoto orurr. Aioiucaamuiasg
aad general repairing done on abort notice
aad ia workmanship manner. - Workshop
aeer tbe Depot. J. & C. LEWIS.
teb. 10. ly. ..'
ODELL, EA0AN 6t CO., '
Wholesale Dealers in
GENERAL i MERCHANDISE,
Greensboro, JA C,
Jan, 20, 1875-ly. ' '
The Lady irom Over the .Way
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A' CHBISpiAS STOUT.
It was tbe tvnlicht of Christmas
exe that, twilight which always
seemed so early, siuch nobody is
ever quite read j for it. Tbe pale
Cray of tbe winter' sky was scarcely
Hashed by the" lowljine sunset
cloads, though sometimes yoa coald
catch. a gleam of their scaot bright
ness as yoa tamed westward.
.The streets- of New York were
crowded, as n"aalf bnt everybody
seemed even hiore thau nsually ia
a Larry. Tbe ! air was intensely
cold, and nipped the noses of those
who were late with their Christmas
shopping; bat. In spite of it, men
and women still, jostled each other
nnsoanas Home nope ltselx was
gone; bat she was not qnite alone
while she had, these two for whom;
to straggle to lire1 or to ' die, as
Heaven would. 'If waa tot their
sakes hat she bad worked front
dawning to nightfall,1 though she
had felt all the , time what seemed
to her -a mortal sickness .stealing
over her. 1 Their breakfast and din
ner had been only bread,' ot which1
she herself had " scarcely tasted :
bat to-morrow.woald be Christmas,
and it should go hard with her, bat
she would give them better fare
then. A dozen times daring the
day one or the other little voice had
asked anxloosly : '." :" J ; . ' ., "" 1
"Shall we sorely, surely . have
dinner ' to-morrow,' because it is
unnstmas day T ' ,
And she had answeied :
"Please Heaven, yoa surely
shall. My work Is almost done,9
and then she had stitched away
more resolutely than ever on the
child's frock she was elaborately
embroidering. The children mean
while were feeding upon hope, and
watching a scene in the honse over
tbe way, where, as they thought:
all tbat any human creature , could
possibly hope for bad already been
given. Busy preparations bad been
made in. that other honse for Christ
mas. J-bere waa a great Christmas
ree in one corner, all full of little
apers, and a large, fair, gentle-
ookfng woman bad been engaged
much of tbe afternoon In arranging
gifts upon it. Now, the twilight, a
boy aud girl bad come in and were
watcbiug tbe lighting up of the
Christmas tree. I
44 It's so good of them not to pnll
ie curtains down," Ethel I said,
ith a sigh of delight. "It's al
most as( good as being there al
most." , t
"I do suppose that's'. the very
grandest bouse in all New York,9
little Susie said, in . a tone of awe
and admiration.
" Nonsense, yoa only think i that
because you are so little, j said
Ethel, from tbe height ot her three
years more of experience. "Yoa
foiget, but I can remember. ; We
: bad a fine bouse' ourselves before
( poor papa died. There are plenty
, of them ; only we're so poor we
dou7t see them.77
Susie said, stoutly. for he was
aeaa, ana mamma is asleep." f
Yes, she's asleep," said the elder
sister, firmly. We must wait till
she wakes up. Well look over the
way,' and then, maybe, it won't seen
ao long.W:;-i3 '? -iwiou' v:usi m
i, But over the ' way waa brighter
than ever this Christmas, mornincr.
Tbe curtains had been looped back
once more, the table glittered .with
lovely gifts, and presently .the .liu
no gin wno uvea mere came to tbe
windows.' She looked up at them
they were sure of it j but they could
not have guessed what she. said,
as she tured away, and spoke to her
mother, ' " ,J -nfju ,
" Oh, mamma," cried the sweet
voice, won't yoa come, and see
these two poor little girls! .They
stood there all day yesterday 'and
last night; and now see how5 J sad
tney iook. 1 caa't . eat ; my. Christ
mas candies, or play with my
Christmas things while they look' so
pale and lonesome. Won't yoa go
over and see them, mamma dear V.
Mrs. Rosenbargh was. a woman
of warm and earnest sympathies
when once .they were aroused.
When she was a girl she too had
quick impulses like her child's ; but
aw
snenaa grown selfish, perhaps, as
see grew older, or maybe only care
less, for the quick sympathies were
there still, as yoa could see now
that her little girl had touched
them. I
" To be sure I will,B she answered
at once, " Poor little thinirs I I
wish we coald make. merry Christ
mas for all New lork: bat since
we can't, at least we won't have
upon the sidewalk, or stopped to "Oh, it's good to be that little
look at the tempting displays of girl," tried Susie, " See how pretty
holiday goods in the shops.' Every-' her dress is, and how her hair curls ;
body, it seemed, bad some small ' aud shell have lots of presents off
person at home who must be made ' that Christmas tree.9 :
happy to-morrow. j "So should we, if we had papa,"
From tbe window of a large but Ethel answered, gravely. "Mamma,
rnstylooking house on one of tbe ! wheu we get up to Heaven do i you
avenues, two children looked down 1 thiuk paja will know we're his lit
at the throngbelow, as they had ! tie girls V i
" I'm sure be will,77 Mrs. v ander
beyden i answered ; and then she
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lATTOHNE Y AT LAW,
Unit ft ot lb, N. C.
I) . f. h V. ii tb Cnrts of Rocking-
i . . ..f .tt :xl stokt-a. and la tbr
. - i....; til Iiirict Court at
Is a'.uotivn firen to collec-l
. "uuu .... aple-ly
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;rrffory
. i: rl rECTFULLY
JEVLRY AHD WATCH
ESTABLISHMENT
Te U rtfU tf GrtcnAor mmd trrQdig
-Cewaaryr
flaring opened In roar midst a flrst-ela
Watch-Making and Jewelry Store, I re
spectfully ak a ahar of joat paUonage.
flaring nerved a long apprenticeship
with on of tbe moot celebrated Watch
end caroaometer maker in tbe conairy.
aad baring bad Thirty Year Experience
i b thim baaineem. I coafidentlr beliero 1
caa giro II n tire Batisfsctirn to all who
aiay eaUost their work to my care.
I ahall keep ooataatly a band a Good
Aaeortmeat of Geld and bilrer Watchea.
Clocka, Jeweliy of all kinda, Spectacle.
dilrer aad Plated Ware, aad Xrcrythuig
tu my Line. Fine Gold Kiaga and Hair
Jewelry Mada to Order. , .
My Store 1 the Book Stera of CP. Yate,
ander the Benbow Hoove. '
Old Gold sad SiUer lleegbt or Taken to
Ehange. JOHN CllAklliEKLAlN.
Graenaboro. X. FeU 9, lg73-ly.
C. POUTCH A CO-
DUUQUI8T6
oeen looting an uay. Tney were
in tbe fourth I story of the house.
and they could not see Into the
street very far! distant, but still the
movement aud the bastle interested
them, and their mother was thank
ful that they bad it to watch.
She bernelf was sewiug, catching
tbe last glint of tbe suuset light for
her work, as she bad the first ray
of tbe dawning.
roso wearily. " It's all done," she
said, as Bhe shook out the lovely
little robe into which she had
wrought so many patient stitches.
" I cannot carry it home just yet, I
am so tired ; I most lie down first ;
but you shall have a good dinner
to morrow, my darlings." i
She bad beeu a The children had seen her. very
beautilnl, high bred woman ; in- : tired before, and they did not think
deed, she was sotiIl, though there much about it when she grouped
was oo one to note the unconscious-- her way . to a bed in the corner and
elegance of her cesturrs or the ' lay down, drawing the scant bed-
graceful lines of her curving figure clothes up over her. They stood at
and bent head. She was very thin . the window still and watched - the
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now and very iworiy clad, out a , merry cnuuren opposite, until at
stranger would have felt that she , I6t a ; servant came and pall
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n:0FLSSIONAL SERVICES
i" . Ctiz&n of (ircetuboro.
II 1 n TUT. M3IC A J THOSE
U.ar-.i l.v thrr Practicing
1 ',-.', mjh t f ti e City.
Il l. ItAItltl.MlEIL.
i A11U KS E Y AT LAW,
:. 1 1 . ii. . Curu of Alamance, j
. !ti.l.Ti. Cailntrd, Ikaodoipb,
i i ccl :d bi band will be
i : ..!! uztx Altrttdcd to.
tr HufclMMs Pbotograpb
'--v. ; f : Coart Hoase.
: ,1.
. i R. F. ROBERTSON.
Surgeon Dentists.
. ; ' llaring aMOcla
' trl themeclree
1 in tbe practice oi
:.. y'j . . DKNTI8TKY,
v l -" rticct fully offer
their rrefeeeton-
at, rrrkeato the
cttiren of
: tirrenvboro,
- and the snrroon-
ry. frte or tbe other of them
v " t- f.iattd at their office oa
t -rnir i.p .;ir, entrance Lat
;'!n i.
i r-frret.ee gjTen. if deeired.
.T'j:it patrr-ns daring the
" -T)i(;ra jr. il3:tf
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t VI.X. COHiX-.TTTS"
'liun )I;ike r, L'odrrtaker,
; : Wheel-Wright,
' r .:' lt - jj1 Srramor Street,
tirtt MA-Mtn; .V. (...
! v AYS k..--a f ill line of
' ? a l Cast Burial Cases,
G&EKSSBOUO, S. C.
feb. 17, 175-lvl ' -r
in. .T .u.
JOB WORK
orEYSar Xear1ptloaH .
Ex c a ted in th
VEIir BESTj STYLE.
Aad at Kw Tork ptlc, at ' tb
Patriot Job' Office,
GREEN8BOEO '
stall an 4 Blind raclory.
flTxaxa- ek Disurr, Proprietor.
Ie bow prepared to tars ot on short notice
all kind of
BUndi, Doors, Sasl,
WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES
TURXINO, PULDTDiO, AC.
Ia fact any thing la boildlng 1m. A large lot
of eeaeooed lomber alwaya on baad, which
rill be derai l d aad sold oa reasonable Urate,
bier. 4-1 T.
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:! ana Cewoo1 CClna,
- o lie farni.Hed aad delirered
4 'a U.jrs But ice.
- l Hr ir: Aiwjjv If, readinee.
' ::,f Barries. Carrtafo a
pro J ace
aru,hr
good a cash.
f-b l:ly
l(t
bJ 44
OK Ahu KINDS
IOk-TKSeaCO'S.
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(CHAS. D. TATES,
Oe- c.
N CHAS. O. YATES,
tuu rx ;
STAPLE DRY GOODS, GE0CKKIE8
Stores, Cati$ad Iron.
rr0;,t Faraiabiag Coeds, and Manafactarer
OF TLS. SHEET IKON PIPES, Aa
Eetabliehed Ia Greeasboro
2S "SriELAJRS :AGO;
(Ul sold CaaeeaaU for Caa or rUr.
Oct. 1, iW4-lyv
Act now. .
Tbe aaderajgned rreeent
sereral Good Insurance Companies, call and
tak ant a policy a pea yoor lile, also opon
yaar baaee, aad not bare te Jr uftr
whila. CHAS. 0L YATES. AgX
Qreeasbore, K. a. cVrfU 1&, 14 ly.
QTcrie. x RMPj:crrrTLLYAN.
ooaaea to tba cititea aad tba public
geaerall f that I bar oa baad a fall lio
of Oroerea, which I offer very cheap for
cash cr brtr. Call and aea befor
poxcha dag lwbra.
altfaiy. rT.
Ag,lS-ly. , W. B. Tocaa.
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was a latiy, aul wondennl bow sne
came in the .foarth story of this
bouse, a great house, which bad
been handsome, too, iu its day, but
whica was now let out to innumer
able lodgers, tnostly of the decent
sort of honest hard-working, half
starved iKwr people. Xot with such
neighbors had.Mrs. Yanderhe3 den's
lot been formerly' cast, nor for such
uses as this bad the old house itself
been designed; It had been a state
ly mansion in Jts time, belonging to
the estate of a good old Knicker
bocker family; which was quite run
out now. But there was one great
comfort in lh;j honse it bad been
ho well built! that its thick walls
shut out all alien noises effectually
and made solitude possible even in
a tenement house. Perhaps Mrs.
Yanderbeyden had thongbt of this
when she chose her abode there.
There was something in the faded
grandeur of tbe bid mansion tbat
harmonized with tbe lingering grace
of her own faded leauty. Irs lofty
walls were winscoted with carved
oak, almost black: with time now ;
and any imaginative person would
have been Tikefy id "people it with
the ghosts oflhe leautlful girls,
whose room lo doubt this was in
the old days. There, between those
windows, bungj perbaps,their great,
gleaming mirrqw,1 and into it they
looked, all smites, aud blushes, and
beauty, when they were ready for
their first ball. But Mrs. Yander
beyden's two little girls did not
think of the other girls who might
have lived there once. They were
too yonng for that, and too hungry.
Ethel, the elder, was only ten ; and
shy little Susiey beside her, scarcely
seven. Tbey saW(o sighthowever,
from tbe window at which they
stood, that interested them more
than any vision of tbe past would
have done. !. j
Tbe avenne on which they lived
was in a transition state. Trade
bad -come intp jit; and lodging
bouses bad vulgarized it, and yet
there were some ot the rich old
residents who still clung to tbe
houses in which their fathers and
mothers bad lived aud died. There
was one such 'directly opposite;
and to look intq the parlor over tbe
way, and see there all the warmth
and brightness and beauty of which
they themselves were deprived, tiau
been one of tbe chief enjoymeuts of
tbe little Vanderhej dens ever since
they had been In tbe house. Tbey
were all tbat Mrs. Yanderheyden
had left these 'two girls. Wealth
waa gone, friends were gone, father
and father's ' home, . husband aad
' - f -l
ed down tbe curtains and. shut
I away from them the Christmas tree,
with all its gleaming lights, and the
boy and girl, who were dancing
round it to some gay tune wbicn
their mother played. .
j Then Ethel and Susie began to
I realize tbat tbey were cold and
' hungi v and tbe room was dark.
j Ethel lit a candle. Tbe fire waa
nearly out, but she would not make
another till morning.
" I won't wake up mamma," she
said, with the premature thought
fulness 'that characterized ber.
" She's so tired. We'll just have
supper, and then I'll bear yoa say
Our Father," and we'll get to bed,
and in ' the morning it will be
Christmas
Some vague promise ot good was
in tbe very word; Ethel did not
know what would come, but surely
Christmas would not be like other
days. Supper" was the 'rest of
tbe bread. And then the two little
creatures knelt down . together and
said their well known prayers, aud
I think "Our Father?, heard, for
their sleep was just as aweet as if
they had been in tbe warm, soft
nest of tbe children over the way,
tucked in with eiderdown. Through
the long evening hours they slept
through tbe solemn mid-night,
when the clear, cold Christmas stars
looked down, just as tbey had look
ed centuries ago when jthe King of
Glory, Himself a little child, lay
asleep in an humble manger in
Judea. Nothing - troubled their
quiet slumber until the sunshine of
the Christmas morning ; broke
through: their dingy windows, and
the day had begun. - .
44 It must be ever so late," -said
Ethel, rubbing ber sleepy eyes,
44 and mamma isn't awake yet. But
she was so tired. You lie still,
Susie, a Jul I'll build the fire, and
when she wakes np. she'll find it all
done." j
Very i patiently the ;poor little
half frozen fingers struggled with
the scant kindlings and the coal
that seemed determined never to
lightbut they succeeded at last,
and the room began to grow a little
warm. Then she dressed : Susie,
and then it began to seem very late,
indeed, and she wondered it mam
ma would never wake up. She
went to the bedside and bending
over kissed her mother gently, then
started back with a sudden alarm.
44 Why, Susie, she's so cold al
most like poor papa only yoa can't
remember just before they took
him awav." - .
" No, ahe can't ' be like papa," I
faces white with want looking in at
our very windows.77 .... , ,
So tbe watching, wondering chil
dren saw tbe large, fair lady wrap
herself in a heavy shawl, and tie a
hood over her head, and then come
out and cross the street, and enter
their house. 1
" What if she saw us ; and what
f she is coming here V Ethel said,
breathlessly. , j . '
Then they listened as if their
hearts were in their ears. - They
heard feet upon the stairs, and thea
a gentle tap, and the lady from over
the way stood in their room.
44 1 saw you at the window," I she
said, 44 and came over to wish you a
merry Christmas. How Is this' f
Are yoa all alone t" f
"No, ma'am, mamma is in j the
bed, there; but she was so very
tired yesterday, and she hasn't
waked up."
An awful terror seized Mrs. Ros
en borgh. Had this woman died of
want and weariness, in sight of her
own windows f She stepped to the
bedside, and drew away the clothes
gently from the face of the sleeper.
She looked a moment on that fair,
faded face, and then she grew white
as death.
" Children," she asked, 44 what
are your names V
I am Ethel Yanderheyden," tbe
oldest girl answered, 44 and she is
Susie."
44 And;-your mother was she
Ethel Carlisle once V
44 Yes, ma'am, before she married
papa." j
44 And your little sister is Susie V
44 Yes ; she was named for mam
ma's beet friend, one she hasn't seen
for a long, long time."
Meanwhile Mrs. Rosenbargh had
knelt by the bedside. She had
lifted the low-lying head npon her
arm, and drawn a bottle of pungent
salts from ber pocket, aud she was
crying as if her heart would break,
while the children looked wonder
ing on.
44 Oh, Ethel, ! my own old Ethel,
wake up." And then she dropped
her cheek, all wet wi'h tears, against
the white, cold cheek that was so
still. j
Ob, was it the warm tears, or the
voice that sounded from far away
out of tbe past, or only the strong
odor, that roused tbe poor soul from
that long, heavy sleep ,ot exhaus
tion tbat ' had so nearly been the
sleep of death f I do not know,'but
I know tbe eyes did open and be
held the tender face bending above
them. And then, like a little child,
the children beard their mother cry :
44 Ob, Susie, Susie, have I been
dreaming all this timet" i .
And then there were explana
tions, and the story of the long
years since Suaje Bryant and Ethel
Carlisle were' girls together was
told. But tbe best of it all, the
children thought, was when the
ladyfrom over the way took them
brime with ber and told them the
boy and girl there should be their
brother and sister, and they should
live there henceforth; forf.be, who
badfouud again her best friend,
wonld never more let ber struggle
with want alone.
And so the children had gifts and
dinner, and a merry, merry Christ
mas in the bright, warm, crimson
hung room, which bad been to them
such a paradise of delights when
they looked down into it from their
fourth story window through the
falling shadows of Christmas eve.
Peculiarities of a Rich Familyl
u When Wiliam , B... Astor, who
died on Wednesday, was told that
he could not recover, he said: "I
might have lived for another year If
I had not caught this. cold; i but !
am satisfied tngn JiQWXam eighty
tour years old long past the allot
ed time of man and at my age life
becomes a burden. " Doubtless the
possessor of one hundred million
dollars had jears before found the
inadequacy of wealth- to make life
happy.-1 As was said of him by Par
ton, in , his j active, years, 4 all ..the,
wages he receives for so much care
and t6il is a '.'moderate subsistence
for himself and his family, and the
very troublesome. reputation of be
ing tba. richest man , in, America.
He h as also , been characterized as
ions heir of the Astor estate." 1 Mr.
Astor has been carefully trained bv
his father, John Jacob Astor, tto
amass money and save it after it
was acquired. It was his rule I to
bny city real estate when he could
g5t it cheap, and never to sell - any
of hia houses or lota. He leased
most of. his Jots for, twenty-one
years, wit n tbe stipulation tbat the
lessee build on them. None of bis
property was insured; as he held
that the cost of . insurance - on so
many houses would be ereater than
tbe average losses. He held, also,
to his father'sndenot to build
btown stonenhouses, as they were
too extravagant.! The brown stone
houses which he owned, were built
by others, and they reverted to him
on the expiration of leases. Iu 1870
MK 'Astor paid two 'million dollars
in taxes on bis houses and lots. He
never held , any,, public, office, his
whole life having been devoted 3to
the management of his fortune. He
PARMER'S COLUMN.
l Sheep in Orchard,
x Having a small orchard of kbout
90 trees, I have forhree years past
pastured it with six or. eight isheep
for the benefit of the trees! j East
year, '.tteingV ri6n-Waringiie!ar 'In
this State, I had more apples than
all the neighboring .farms together
iljr practice is to nlow , shallow f al
ternate years in order to disturb the'
surface of the! ground, 'and" not "cut
the roots too deeply; whieUI consider
to be.against tho longevity oi)tho
wees, ana, sow tq clover, to. beefed
one year , by ; the 8hep,.thei next
ouu aoweu again co ciover
the sheep kept in another feeding
lot till after haying, when the plover
roots, nave gained strength,) and
maturity, so that the close .feeding
v mo oucvp wm hoc Kiii, rneni.
Why I plow so 'often is because the
trampling of the. sheep" is tabt to
pack, the ground , around the roots
of thejrees, preventing their War
ing. The sheep eat all the blighted
wind-fall apples,"which 'contain the
germs or injurious insects,' as soon
as they fall from the -trees! stand
they ; distribute .thein, wanura, so
evenly and (finely over the ,fc ground
that the rains soak it immediately
down to' the fine surfacel rotsbf
the trees, causeing them tb bear
every year. : The sheep: should not
be kept in , too latein.the. Fall, nor
puc in too eany in the Spring when
tbe grass is dead,4 as they are apt to
gnaw the bark off the small trees.!-;
A ew England Farmer, ih'lfnj
leaves ' three ' sons John Jacob,
William B. and Henry. The estate
descends to. , his . eldest son, John
Jacob, who is about CO years of age.
It has been' the" custom 'in Astor
family for three generations to de
posit one hundred thousand dollars
in, the bank. at the birth of a son or
daughter, the money and the inte
rest.to be given to the child when
he or she became of age. Mr. Astor,
like his father, was sharp and ex
acting in his business dealings. As
bis friends expressed it, 44 When he
paid out a cent he wanted a cent in
return." He was not so prominent
in charitable works as was his wife
who died, a few years ago. She was
a manager in several charitable in
stitutions, and gave away a fortune
among the poor. 1 ' P
: ' It's a Boy's Nature. j
The Charlottesville Jeffersonian
says:' We picked up on a pew in
church the other night, something
that only a boy could have concoct
ed. It was a very simple thing, yet
it was a thing that a -man coming
in contact with might discourse of
in "thoughts that breathe and words
that- burn." It was nothing bnt an
S oz. tack driven through a small
piece of wood to make it sit . up
strong. As we held it in our hand
and contemplated M, we i seemed to
be transformed into a . boy ourself,
as the. ludicrosity of tbat boy's
scheme swept over our mind. We
could see him, alter he had depos
ited bis vile instrument, sitting in
a pew where be could command bis.
operations, looking as innocent and
as meek as a lamb, until the church
began to fill up rapidly ; and when
a great big burley fellow came In
and crowded tbe tack, he suddenly
remembered that he had forgotten
to take off his overcoat, aud . stood
up quickly, then he sat down again
and got up quicker than before, to
arrange bis vest and coat comfort
able, and tried it again, but appear
ed to bolt from the seat as if a
spring were under him, . and it oc
curred that the pew was too crowd
ed. And his face was that red with
suppressed 'indignation that the
words he could have, spoken, if the
place were admissible, would have
arrested the attention of tbe most
indiflerent. Aud the -boy, where
was bet Oh, he had gone out to get
some water, and when the sexton
saw him bugging tbe lamp post and
asked bim if be was ill, be replied
4I never felt better in my life, Its
bettersi breakin'.out window-glass
with a sluug shot f aud he hugged
the lamppost tighter and kicked
out one foot, as it he wanted to
kick all of the packing out of him.
Now, that boy ought not to have
done that way.
Alfalfa, or Lucerne. The indus
trialist,, published. at ibe; (Kansas
Agriculrural College and edited by
thePresident and Faculty gives the
following on this plant: f
For stolidity ,! persistence knd
strict i attention tot business? com
mend us to the! plant called alfalfa.
Pieituer arougnt,, ctiincia Dugs nor
grasshoppers seem " t6 ' disturb' its
serenity. We have 1 h acres upon
the college farm that was seeded
April 8. 1375, to alfalfa. ! Tolay,
June 7th, the ground is completely
occupied a dense' eveu' grovith of
this valuable forage?' Frotrthis
mass we have selected plants that
measured sixteen inches above tbe
ground. The roots broke eff jat ten
inches beyond this point. ! If idfalfa
keeps its good name during j the
coming season.'manyt acres wiltk be
seeded ' in thia , vicinltyin 1S79.
Who knows , but ..what .the I iu
troductiou of alfalfa may mark!, the
turning point in our agricuUurepast
as tbe introduction of clover jarid
turnips one hundred and fifty! years
ago marked a new era iu the ariieul-
ture of Great Britaiirl
How May and Sarah Wrotd a
Letter to Santa Claus. ,
" It asc6hristmas eve ; and little J
May and her sister Sarah at ln
their night-dresses, warming their
bare feet at the bright fireand
looking . at the stockings which
their mother had hang np ready
for the visit of BantaXlaus.
"Do yoa like Santa Claus, May!" j
said her little sister, j . J
."Why, yes,: of course I do Pre j
plied May. 4Bufc I don't think he1
does right always. J t t ! ' ,r
"O MayP said Sarah, Vjoa
ought not to say so. Last year he
gave you a beautiful doll, and the
Home that keeDs comincr every
month, and a great many nice
things beside." - - '
"Yes" said May. "I know it :
and then t she sat, , with ; her dark
eyes looking into the fire, for several
moments without speaking 44yea."
she continued at last,; "he has al
ways .Deenrv good to us. sister
dear : but! I don't think ho is corxl
iebough to-poor children. 1
"Uo yoa remember how sober
-little! Jenny Pherson looked last
Cbristmasi when , we asked her if
she hunir!uDher stocking I She
said she did, and that her little
brothers hunr? tin theirs fnoor Udia
T)icky and all), butnhe stockings
were au empty in tbe morning. And
tuen her eyes filled with tears, and
she said, 4I guess Santa Claas does
not care for jpoor children.7 : ,
I have not liked him so well
since that day ; for. if he were truly
good, he would not pass by the
poor." . ; v-- -u .-; .-
4lPerhapa he forgets." said Sarah.
i"he has so much to do." And the
two sat looking thoughtfully into
uie iire again. - ,. ,1
4I will tell yoa what
we will do,"
will write
wei
ask him to re-
and
To see if there's a breeze, try to
sieve a pan ot ashes.
What is4he next thing to a hen
stealing ? Why, a cock robin of
course.
A drove of 1 25 turkeys, from Pair
ric county, Ya., marched into Salem
Saturday. I j
Paqnotank county wants to sub
scribe 2o,000 more to the Elizabeth
City & Norfolk railroad.
Cuke foe Love of Liquor. At
a festival at a reformatory institu
tion, recently a gentleman said, of
the cure of the desire for intoxicat
ing drink :
4I overcame the appetite by a
recipe given me by old Dr. Hart
field, one of those good old physi
cians who do not receive a percent
age from a neighboring druggist.
It is simply an orange every morn
ing half an hour before breakfast
Take that', said the doctor, 'and
von will neither want Honor nor
medicine,7 I have done so regular
ly, and find that liquor has become
repulsive. . Tbe taste of the orange
is in the saliva of my ' tongue,' and
it would be as well to mix , water
and oil as nun with my taste."
Subscribe for the Patsiot.
Spencer Waggoner, of Forsy the
county, was crushed to death under
the wheels of his heavily loaded
wagon, Dec. 2. j
Wm. Holt, a Guilford county
thief, was arrested at Stagville,
Orange county, last week and lodg
ed in jail at Hillsboro. . -
On the night of Dec! 2, John Ca
nup, of Rowan county, lost his barn
a large amount of forage, a mule, 2
horses and 2 cows by the torch of
an incendiary. 1 j;
Says the Hillsboro Recorder ;4"It
is sad to see so many places closed.
On the block facing the Court
House, Webb's is the only store oc
cupied, t We hope to see this chang
ed at the opening of tbe new year,
of which there is a prospect.'7
Salt for lloa8.I have i seen salt
fed to hogs for fifty years,' aiid in
the last twenty years have fed
many heavy hogs, . raugingi lioui
300 to COO pounds net. 1 tedthem
all liberally with .salt ; have never
lost one, nor has one been sickf au
hour. These hogs have beeu fat
tened in a close pen, and their prin
ciple food was cornmeal made iuto
dough. The doagh I have .waited,
at least once a day. Sometimes my
hogs would fail; to 'clean on t their
trough ; in that case I would pat a
handful of sale in my . bucket, . with
some water ; pour it jn their trough
and tbey would lick it; up with'
much relish- In addition to! salt,
I feed coals from, the stovel 1 I make
it a regular custom to , feed jcoal,
aud it is astonising what u quanti
ty a hog will" eat, aud hoiv healthy
and robust it will make hi raJ ' Lut
the hogs have plenty of sale and
charcoal, aud we shall hear le,ss of
the cholera. So says the Cduntnj
Gentleman. ' j ; '
Corn and Wheat for ling L-Kx-penments
have lately been madis iu
feeding hogs on corn and h ;at.
Those fed ou wheat made 17 ptpiaidis
of good pork to the bushel ot'ljeat
while those fed on corn made! only
II pounds to the bushel.- j-he
wheat was ground like ,cora 'nikal,
boiling water, poured over it, piid
fed to them with the above reu!t.
We can see no good reason; yhy
this feed should not do well for cat
tie as for hogs ; and farmers having
sprouted wheat this season ought
to look to and test the exper nenlt
with both hogs! and cattle. (We
fear our farmers go along too imjuch
in the old beaten tracks, and iare
not ready and willing to experiment
and improve as the occasion offer.
Rural Sun. ' - ! I !
exclaimed 'May ;
him a letter, and
tnemberj?,,ii,lis.4...v
Their7 mother, interested
arrnsed, gave, them paper; and
this is tbe little letter: May printed,
for she had; not learned to write :
Dear Mr. Santa Claus : Will
you please to think of all, the poori
lttlo girls and boys in the world!
tonight; and, if yoa have" not J
enough things to put In their stock-f
ings, please keep some out of ours,
and give them part : and ; then.
everybody .will be happy and we
will love yoa very much. Amen, r
I'rom MAY AND SARAH.
Sarah begged May' to write the
"Amen" at the end of the letter,
oecause snersaid it looked somcev
The letter was folded, and pinned :
to the too of one of the stockings s .'
4,oh' the- outside," May said, 44sov
that Santa Claus would be sure to
see it." Theu the little heads nestled l
side by side upon their pillows to f
dream of well-filled) stockings in
the morning. j -J ,
A Warning to Boys. M
A certain doctor struck with the
large number j of , boys under 15
yearn of ago whom he observed
smoking, was led to inquirb into
the -effect- the habit bad upon the
general health. He took for bis
purpose thirty-eight boys, aged from
pine to fifteen, and carfully exam
ined them. In twenty seven .'of.
them he discovered injurious traces
of the habit. In twenty-two there
were disorders of the circulation
and digestion, palpitation of- the
heart, uad a more or. less marked
taste for drink. Iu twelve there
was frequent bleeding of the nose 4
they had disturbed sleep; and
twelve had slight ulceration of the,
mucous membrane of the month,
which disappears on ceasingfrom
llie use of tobacco for some days.
The doctorl treated them all for
weakness, but with little effectruh.
til tlio- smokiug was discontinued,
wueu iieai tu and strengtn were
soon restored. i
Now, this
is no "old woman's
tale,'' as" these facts are given on'
the authority
Journal.
of the British Medical
Cure for Hog Quinty. The folpow
ing is said to be one of thej $est
remedies for the pure of the quinsy ,
in hogs. For each , hog take pue
quart of grated horseradish, pit it
in one gallon of sweet milk'' and
boil until the mass thickens; Place,
the bog on his back; and as sooa as
sufficiently, cool,, pour.jhe Hduid
down the throat. Then' takt! a
sharp knife and' scarify thfr thfeat
on the outside anr annoint it! thor
oughly with a mixture of jeual
parts of coal-oil and spirits tureen
tine. Never known to fail ifhjpli:
ed in the early stages of the disease
Exchange. !
Will TJiorovgh Cultivation land
Fine Stock Pay f Tbo State Fair
the Fair of Western Carolina at
Salisbury and Tar River and Roan
oke Fair at Weldon, - have this pa
son awarded in : prizes to the pro
ducts of the soil, improved ! stock
and "trials of speed of the Poar
Hill grass and stock farm, upwards
ot $1,400. , Mr. Jas. Norwoodv fcho
runs, this farm, tells us .that jthis
mount will pay entire experts oT
labor lor the farm for 1873. j He
sells from 150,000 to? 200,000 pounds
of surplus forage every yean Good
farming will iajJlilUbQKo Rector
"Hit::
- A Mother's Counsel.
Mary Clarice, wife of The Iearped
Adaui Ciai ke, was the mother of
six sous aud six daughters, and the
love she lore them would astonish-
many in thf ho days. To one of her
sons she wifote the following words:
4 Do nothing carelessly, and then,
venture' to "say, that,with the ":
ability you have, you will do most
things wejj. Be exact in all yoa
do, nor let the least matter, go ntf
examiued. j In your reading, too,
investigate j your subject, and be.
not satishcil with skimming on the .
surface of things, nor make an at
tempt to rasp the whole without
attending, tj evry part in order.-f- '.
Paying attention to particulars, as
well as to generalities,. will, by de
grees, giv you a habit of mental
observation, while at the same time
it will deepen your knowledge. Do
not forget to bare your head and
your heart in private before God,
that lie may grant you his grace
aud direct fait your future path in
lile" - I' ' "
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A Grateful Elephant.
'A troop of elephants were acens- .
tomed to pass a green stall on their
way to water. The woman who
kept the stall took a fancy to one',
of the elephants, and frequently,
regard hyr favorite with refuse
gu-ens and fruit, which produced a
corresponding attachment on the
part of the-elephant towards the
woman, j . .
One dayj tlie troop of elephants
unfortunately overturned the poor
woman's stall, and, in her1 haste to
preserve the goods, she forgot her
little son, j who was in danger of
being tramped to death. . The fa
vorite elephant perceived the child's
danger, and, taking him up gently
with her trunk, carefully placed
bim on the roof of a shed close at -hand.
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Superiority to the love-f distinc
tion is the source oftfie highest
distinction. Thosewhose 4i ruling
motive is populrrapplause are the .
followers othe multitude. The
multitude knows this, and despises
them accordingly. . T ;
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Manners are stronger than lawi.
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