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a .1 - rn DEMOCRATIC AL"WATS' A 1ST ID ' XT 1ST XJ 331 .x, 31. CIRCUMSTANCES Plant. VOL. IX.--N0. 10. ,1 Professional Canl. .""POIJKKT E. CAT. II, i v - ATTOLXEY 1J3 IWISF.LL011 AT LAW, " ' 4 BUHHAM, N: C. , Oftiee over store of A. p. Cox-tCo. 7 W. H. ROUtn AC, . Attoraoy Law 4 prntnAM, v c '.'. , . rro:npt AtteaUon toviBii'iiiicBH. 27rly (J H. W E n li -. : Attorney at Law, ''. . OA.K9, N. C. .' ' WIT ffrnniiceln -tto Superior Coiirtii of Ala- ;' iniiifctv Oriir nd f erHon. sAlr bumnenH Go, Attornoy-at-Law. . DURHAM, N. ;. Spo-lpt attention tjinrn Uy the .Cdledkm af CUiim inami inrlif lh? Stole. 17 12m . j ON lis V AT S ON , 7 Attorney at Law, chapel mix, x. c. . Will attenj Durham evcrv Wednnndnr, Ond Can ho Hue it at lii office in Chapel Uill every J nther dav. , ' B-tf. JST. L U N H O P. Lr, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 7 ;' BoxlMWoiK.'c; - 35 ly. "AI.FBKD M. iroilINO, . : -oKonASofr, M OR IN G Tor M THAW, OKI N G Attorneys at Law, DURHAM, N. C. All bniineas enti-nsted to them will ' receive prompt attention. !jO-tf A M K S A M K S A . D A .V I S . V Attorney - at L aw . i. : FLAT RlYEIt, OltANGE' COUNTY, X. C. ' TViLI r.tiy. in Oir. nf nrnnfe Pcraon. Pnawell and Grauvllli . Collection of rlabns a : stiecialtv., . i 23 ly. i s ? rt-ns I -.' f JOHN W.'lillAHAM. I ' " tlJ i RAII AM X liUFPlN, Attorneys at Law, 1 HlI.LSi;OROr N. C. - A. W. GRAHAM, JOHN N. fKRl?.. ' Durham; N. C. HUlsboro, N. C. n a H A M " A W EBB i : . Attorneys at Law, , DrEHAM, N. C. ; r:--r:eeln ttie ffwf of fransefPerson,,Ala-,l mapce, Cliatuam, UfkUi'iue niut nunc, e'lillction of claims a specialty; : 1 Yi mo. TMt. WM. B. TI A UKKI.Ti. '(Graduate of the University of Maryland,! OFFICKS HIM PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO THE tTrlZEKsW J'VRHAll AND VICISITY. . i-CaUa loft at the IfraR 8tore of Dr. A. G. Catr & Co., or at my renidetiee, eitlier Jjy day .vjt tiiglit, will be promptly alteudel. ; DURHAM, N. C. jy n . l ; IS . H E N i R s o N , DENTIST 5S-A PRACTVCE CF I IFTEEN YECRSH .-,-' ' DUEHAM, N. C. Rent referenee-i n the State given. All op rrationn performed in hp the laUst and bent ttyle, rnrt ae none bat tk lest material will be wed, warrant! atire 8atWction. Chauoes Modkiiatf;. f Jj. W. BATTLE. Physician 'and Surgeon, ffers hii profegsional ger-iees to the citizens ' of DarUam and country around. 'Special attention to diseases of women. Clln left at City Drue; Stoto or his reidcnce will receive prompt attention. jau3 8nt.- : -, . , . v- 8 A A C N L I N K Practical LA5D SURVEYOR, 143m DURHAM1, N. C. M isce.llaneous. poMONA HILL NURSERIES r .- iter, . ' Iprlret. - Crap Tiitts, Stran1ery , Flowm, ' Everj-thinR of tho hardy class nf.aally kept in A iirst-cla-i Nnrsery. . Correspondence solicited, pescnptive Cata gue fc'iB .on application. TAN. LIXDLEY, rKoritiETos. Greensboro, N. C. MORTGAGE SALE. By virtue of a mortgage deed executed to rn? on the 17th day of May, 1879, by Hezekiah li. Forsyth, and duly registered in the ofnee of lteiste"r of Deeds of Granville eonnty, N. O., (Book tf, pKe 476), I -trill, at Knap of Beeds, i C on Mondav the 2tith day of -4pnl, 18S0, at 12 o'ekwk M.. sell at public auction, for cash, liiliAnt bidder, one tract of land con taining fortv-thte acres, more or less, adjoin ing .the lands of Marcellus Veazey, Mrs. Ttp- pett, Joseph Yeszey and others. JOHN L. MARKHAM, mari3-tda .Mortgagee. SEWING Miss Maid Turreiitiac Vvonld bo pleased to receive, orders for any kind of sewing. rriee reasonable and aatis faetion guaranteed. May be found at the residence of JvB. Whitaker, Jr., Durham, N.C. Qther Pianos wear out . BUT THEY 60 OH FOREVER. VICTORS iu all great content and f"r S years pst theacknowUiJKrxl Slandanl oftli VorUl. MusioJ tVtiffition.Wondeiful Doribilp tj and Rnasx-nable Ct. Trie economy indicates porrhate o a gnnins Chickering ami no other. LAST CHANCE TO BUY CHEAP Clm keriOK & Sn 1 rueljr advanced tjirpri es ' Fb i Our old emtni t cxpiri? April I, and V ' wll. flU iS ordin rtwlwi bsfort that t at ell rattt. Or priesi : art pewMrolr thi oMt tn Aatrla, tirdor b..w i.d wv lnra in "o on the puw ehe. Present rate fuaranteed only to Apnl I. & BATES, Savannah, Gil. W iit;lcdl eut Cu( O., U.,5, C . C i AJa Uri iiinni- in iui iimiii.ii. n i.x wnjip Miuiy. UllUWV !J.U,2 and were lI.lUVllltI unbiiaiu, '".i .11 -i.v . ; - . i.rom'o .iiivt m l hi the Fedearl Court k. j. J overhead. llien . tliS iHICOBIlllMOS j. i 1ARTISG IS TAIN. 'i At Appomattox Courthouse, aftrr tlio pijt ippder' the lnin.1 of the Fonrth North Carolina U-giniriit' Hcreiialert General le between hi'1-iiig)it and day or the" nnring on which the tnwpa atckel arum. An eye-witiic-HH tells itt:Z:t otie.totT. "i'artu!f'i Pain," wheu Geiierai 1 " I Mme To tun floor 01 tun it-nr, auu ankeu iu iTlidin lie was maeoteu ior mini bmh i iuuki;. Uii be'i'nK told, lie rained his hamln as though aVoat to speak, pauHtd a moment, a;id Haid with h. voice tliiek with emotion: "God bkriH 76'nJ Uvit I God blena you ! I can say 110 more," andjietired within Ins tent. .; Our informant repijated the bove incident to a yon g lady of tliisVitv in lSCfi, whereupon (ihe wrote the fol Wwiii "lines. PoBgibly they hafe been printed . bi'Oix-j-but whether tbey'have or not. their 46otia :i "otniitT will? warrant a repetition: tPartfni!,Pin" is pother Dnnid f louolriDlr'golifr, "When the Swallows Pome- i Hitot ami gneii and cannon s roar, Had onr hearts within nil die, It-H-lett now onr good hwohU lifi In 4 Irrue winds each soldier'B heart VVonld to thee its;;rief impait; Never more on battle pin in. Shall wo ee thy lorm again. For no more the br at of iliuirr, liid a-lvancinK 8tuadronn-.ooiiie; And 110 move in triniiiph rise Shuutu of .victory tl the hkiH; .I'tkene wcrds each aoMier'ti heart . Would to thee its Ri ief imparl; ' Xevcr more on battle plain, Khali we see thy form aga.'ii. Oenera, we jiiiiKt 1 art in pain, Not 111 titrbt to meet a.iin: J oiir hearts within uh die, "j',""IfeleKH now our 'ood swords lie. I In tliesb wonls each aoldier's heart j- AV"uu!d to thee itn'jfrief impart; I Never m re on battle plain,, j -Sliall we set thy form again. Uuuli, brave hcart.-t, no more despair S- :'lpiotii,-h thy crrief be I jfUontjh our lias lies le -hard to iear, s in the (hint, i "And our i;eles weapons rti.-t. j Istill. al hearts no longer grieve, j Comfort from thy chief receive, 'J 'lion hast" done thy duty well, i lihouh in vain each hero fell.' AILEEN 'CLARY. A y Of tllC Irisll rillllilie , . i ., , , i ' 1fnVninor in tue OUlu country. Ju as tair and street a morniiHgii evep gladdened numan eyes, xne SUltumtr wind sobbed' tremulously I though the dewy trees, as if shadowy uivlM vept tears of pain as she floated ! C' . . 1 . . . i T ! ; auay to make room ior a visitant, in j the east the horizon seemed studied j ; witill bars of ametlnst and emerald, j lost in the blue f sun crathered ! aDovit liim his trailing . garments of j cripfacm and purple and began kis j upward journey. . ' i j iDance lisht. for liiv heart lies un- j deiHour feet, love," the blithe song i floated, out through the lattice, which the! next moment' was busliecl open. aki4 the fragraptlir, Jwarjcssith. night dew that had lam Ior hours eleepmg in tlo'o'm and roses, rushed in and fanned Vith odorous breath the face of Aileen Clary. . " i Sqft tendril-like curls that clung in ebqti rings around the low satin, smooth!; forehead ; eyes that sparkletl like Hev-drops on a shamrock cheeks ot snmmer bloom -and lips of summer ripeness made up a face that would have tempted an anchorite. 4J!L Isimle' rippled over the face of the pret y ilrish maiden as she caught K'gh coni t qt a tall young jeilow slowly !ng toward the cottage. ? 1 "tind sure, Neil,' she called in a f . f .1. . . : . voidf Jjke brook music, "lou are ratlir an early bird, are you not, for tho sun! is hardly up yet ?" and going to" the door she gayly welcomed him, all the -time wondering what made liinfiso; sober, so unliko the usually cheery Neil O'Neale. . - "Aileen, I am going to America," wasi Neil's abrupt announcement, i - 'AVhat !'' uttered the maid, gazing up into ! her companion's face, as the smile, faded from her own. "Going to America !'' H'TpuIsurely do net mean to leae us,'';iind the radiant light that hael miulo her face so enchanting a few mpnients before faded into ashiness. "'Yes, dear, I must go," . ."Np, no, Neil, you do not mean so. Oh, if you go what shall I do'. AH the long, Jong days? to sit and cry be cause I am so lonely. You will not, Neili Tell me you will not go." Sh pleaded as one pleads for a life, and her hard dry sobs strangled in hei throat, but her eyes were, tear less land her breath came in quick, painful gasps. 'JJeil gathered the trembled little figurjei closely to his heart. "Aileen, 1 have been' thinking erer since! j father U?d that poverty and sorrow would always be our portion if wej jpijoujd remain here where the rent would eat up the little I could raise j If I should go to America I co'ulel soon earn enough to enable me tO'Come back'after you, and together we Srould return to' that country where a home awaits every man that is willing to work. So dry your tears, Aiieenji and bid we God-speed, will yoti not, mavourneen he said, in a low, Assuring tone. Smiling through tears at his hope ful wptds, Aileen soon became almost reconciled at the thought of bidding him good-bye. f'But two years is such a long time, Neil. ji tremble for fear that you will not jome back," said Aileen, in a voioej Jtbat sounded as if it came thrpugh waves of tear a, v j,JAUeeur you know that I could not forget Vou.M- know it, Neil. But something tells after sme ;m inis parting nour mat you are goue that dark-faced agent; Morris Lieinster, will trouble mei II; refused him, you know, at 'the tiiiie he ii;ightened me, he was so very i s i - i angrj i . , (joqltl tlie girl have perceivHH the 4flVct of her words on the hstcner (ruc i4d behind the lattice, she would have screamed from very fear. A .bjaze of jealous, white .heat sprea jover the dark face of the spy; his !eyes darkened with a fierce and evil jJjbt; his lips compressed with bitter hatred,. and he ground his teeth together as he inutterel to himself: ' " You may wll fear Morris Leinster, my fine lady, for the day will come when.you, a peasant farmer's daugh terf will rue that you slighted the hand ol the rich agent for the sake of that beardless son of poverty." . The ge3jt crouched behind, the lat- tice until he lamo aware that the young couple were coming to the uoor. Then he hastily bitl himself in a clump of Lushes that grew close by tbe cottage. And there ; he stood, with Lis livid face, compressed lips eyes gleamimrJike a VaUXUIBIa B. while Aileen caVe her lovwr the proin- ised, cheerful Odd-speed, then silently leic tne vicinity oi tne LJlary cottage wiiu a itrnoie unsposen vow wnnen on the evil face. "Dread I Dread ! We are starving!" Tbe cry arose, first low, tremulous, as from a sea of tears, then deepened and swelled into great misery, going up before the .throne of the Eternal Spirit. It crossed the ocean and vi brated over 'the sentient 'lienfrt-striugs of all those who heard, for it told them that the "Jewel of the Atlantic'' was holding out imploring hands, and praS iuy for life that over the beauti lul island stalked the grim skeleton of famine, converting it into a vast .wine--preas, though the crimson, oozing lit! id was not wine, bat blood, from those who are among fha noblest of the sons of earth. ' ' "Starving ! ' We who live in a land of plenty with its immense store houses, its great granaries filled to overflowing with golden grain, hardly know the meanjng of the word, and God grant that the hungry; wolf may never step over our thresholds that we may never be obliged to refuse the demands of Lunger till iit scorches, withers even the great passions of life by its incessant calls for food. And famine forgot not the home of the Clary s. The rounded form of ' Aileen grew thin and wasted; besides a gray pallor her face had a wan, I pinched look; the lips,: always so brilliant and'-lauchinir became ricrid and'-Jauprhinp: ! and ashen hued, and every feature i.bpre the trace of intense suffering, f i x x 1 .. ,1 t. r xi L'ut nut .uiu eecapeu iier, ior lue pain of witnessing the agony ;. of her parents as mey saw meir . cmiarea wasting to, sfeeletons, as tbey belild the younger childrcp, begging, vainly, mutely, with Jittlp, .claw-hke hands for f. .1 XI. ..X XI 1 1 A xl. x wou .tuac tucy ua,ia pMpugiu lu iuk for, numbed eyen jtlie pangs of hunger. Then, in tjioge days of wretched- brave-heaii,ed gin She never forgot the thrill of ; terror that caused her heart to beat with great . frightened bounds, as she beheld the dark face of the agent in th? 4oPrTay one cold morning. He came into - the cold room, laughed triumphantly at the 1 evidences of want about him, took a cool survey of the face oyer which settled a. shadow of. fear..- and said .in a sneering tone: . -U ''So, my dear Aileen, you haven't slipped out of my bands as easy as you thought." ! j Then he taunted the family of their poverty goaeled her father almost to frenzy by threatening to 'turn his starving family out in the j snow to die." -At last he said, tantalizingly: .'"Keep your temper, Mr. Clary ! I merely called to tell you of a way by which your family could be lifted above want." j "How?" eagerly, imploringly asked Clary. - . v ' I uill provide a way if Miss Aileen wili consent to become my wife,'' and his eyes rested gloatiigly on the shuddering girl. i He said it in a loud tone and at the -conclusion of the sentence every mem ber of the family turned an eager, famishing look upon Aileen. She could not bear their intolerable ga?e( and with a slight ! flry she threw up her hands and covered her face. But she said, firmly: j . J j "No, no; I cannot be so false." Not another word Was i said until the Bgent, laughing; scornfully, left the cpttage. He kpevithat the faces and forms about Aileen would be jaore eloquent in bis behalf than any plea or threat that he could make. "Aileen," groanekl her father, "is your heart turning-j to stone ? Have you no compassions on those! who are dying?" -. f: ' 1 " "Aileen," moaned be mother, "how could you say no, when you. see the children starving before yoiir eyes ?" and a feeble cry arose from the child ren that went to the very heart-core of the suffering, true-hearted Aileen. She arose, crossed the floor unsteadily and opened the idoor. A woman staggered up; bearing a babe in her arms.. ' ( ; : "Bread!" she gasped, "my child and I are dying, dying for food." The despairing look in Aileen's face j told the woman that her. prayer could 1 x i. J i rru . liut . ue nupwcffu. j -Liio vruxxiaii sic a cry of anguish. r "Ob, girl, you cannot let my baby die ! See how pale and thin he is." Aileen started back: in norror as a little dead face was placed close to hers, and then for the first! time she noticed that the fires of j- insanity blazed in the woman s hollow eyes. The poor creature turned and stag gered off, leaving Aileen to make a resolve that she immediately carried out. She left the cottage and started in the direction of the house! in which the agent lived. She walked slowly, for aside from hunger-weakness a sickening agony sped through every pulse, and ber very limbs seemed chilled with anguish. She1 reached the house at last and rapped feebly. A servant adniitted her aad led the way into the agent's sittinc-roorh. An evil leer disfigured the face ?of Morris Leinster,-as he said: 1 j "Ah! how do you do, rpy dear? Wili youlease be seated ?"' Aileen dropped into a chair without a word. Her torture was tcfo intense for words at the first moment. At last, through lips that quivered pitifully, came the iaintlj uttered words: - "Mr. Leinster, I have called to in form you; that that I harp changed my decision. I consent tp become your wife if you will keepmy family from' starving." 1 -How utterly dreary ahd despairing was the pathos of her voice! But Morris Leinster did not mind her, but smiling, said: Yery ell. Aileenj I will bring, a DURHAM, N. C, -TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1880. priest over to your house thia after- X . I . II.. 1 noon to penorm tue ceremony Good-We, for a little while, my dear iibiia nac hi nr. Ha tint, hialiirm nromifl the shrink ... l iiM, rl drew her toward hini.i Aileen saw the horrible light in his i :4i. t v,;co,M auu tt i Lu n Di.icam oud uoo iuu uiauim j away ana left tlMt House. jjewsM.guisuf'd fpr all those ' qualities; and I aioou oetore ido wmuow anu waicueu UAiieen uii iter iiaggiuff sw;ps toiu uuujfCQme aown to US, vet his political f that her momentary strength had de- prominence," indicative of personal as parted, and then - he turned away, rubbing his lpnds and chackling to nionaei; "It p of as much use to beat agaiost the bars of fata as it is ' to thwart one of my -plans. . A Ji ! my dainty AdJ? i jour discipline hits Just begun. - Aileen walked on.unheeding whither she went. She only longed to get . away from even the sight of the house j in which she had spent fifteen wretched moments. On, on, until her strength j utterly failed, and it seemed as if she I never could nach her home. But at ! last she reached it and told her family what she, had done, 'heir fervent thanks fell on ears that heard nothing. "Oh, NeilJ Neil!'' was AUcen s smothered cry. "What can I do? I hate Morris Leinster, I loathe even the veiy sight of him, and how can I endure to become his wife V" Dut a knowledge that an external break down would be agonizing to the whole family prevented her from giv ing expression to the inward anguisk that was torturing her with inquisi torial pain. Quickly, oh, so quickly, the hours sped away. She counted every mo ment as a miser counts his gold. But she knew that Morris Leinster would keep his word, and she was not un- j prepared when the agent and a strange ! : x x 3 xi xi xr r..xi. priest entered the cottage. Her father greeted them and then turned toward Aileen. Mechanically she arose and placed an ice-cold hand on the agent's. Slowly the ceremony began. Why did Aileen neglect to answer the ques tion of the priest ? She bent toward the door in a listening attitude, then snatching aw$y her hand, she disap peared through tbe door, hastily pulled open. Nothing was said, for astonishment sealed their lips. They were not less amazed to see a bronzed and bearded man enter the still open door, carrying in his arms a senseless burden. Neil O'Neale's quick wit gave a solution: to tbe scene that met his? eyes. He pointed to the door and his eyes gleamed like blue stilettoes, j as he said in a stern, imperative tone, bo, ana bear m mind, tnat it you crrt8the' pathway of - Ail?m..C-lsr( Ju,Diii:Sd to-turu his acquisitions to ajjain you take your life in vouffthe best account in the amplest schools hands." Foiled, the cowering agent; slunk away. - The priest, at a motion ; j of Neil's, remained. Soon 4.ileeji had ' so far recovered as to be able to place j the no longer reluctant hand in Neil's, I and say the words that bounel her to him forever. If blessings could make a man happy, surely Neil O'Neale must have j been, the happiest inan in Ireland, as i he distributed with generous hand, l j i i i il j :it. 1 j i among th6 starving people of the little village, the bountiful supply that his forethought had provided. Before the Clary family separated that night Neil told them why he had come back before the two years had expired. "I arrived all right in America and found every one talking about some wonderful mines that had lately been discovered, and I joined a party that was gpjng to the Black Hills'. Well, to make a long story short, luck fol lowed me and I had a snug sum when I started for j New.York. There I heard that Ireland was in sorrow and I sailed as poon as possible for the ould country.'' !-.'. ' Soon Neil and the Clary family em igrated for America, tut the last words they heard, as they left the shores of Ireland, was the wail that etill crosses the ocean : . "Bread ! Bread ! We are starving !" MEMOIR OF EDMUSD STRUD WICK, 31. 1). BY COL JOHN D. CAMERON. The death of one of the oldest and most distinguished of the medical pro fession in North Carolina demands a tribute, moie appropriate from a pro fessional pen than from that of a lay man; and if the writer of this beliered that he were anticipating such pro-' duction, he would promptly have del egated to such authority the duty appropriate to the distinguished sub ject But finding that there is no such purpose in othef-d, and feeling that de lay in executing it would reject both upon the living and the dead, he as sumes it, animated by a spirit of affectionate reverence j yet fully aware of deficiency growing out of ddffier ences of ape and diversity of puiiults. That spirit of affectionate reverence is one common to the generation which grew up around the latter years of Dr. Strudwick; authorized and con firmed by he reputation handed down by the former generation, and strength ened by the deferential respect ac corded by co temporaries in years and in the active business of life; and that deference unreservedly paid to per sonal character,1 always maintained in its loftiest purity; and to a profes sional reputation gaining in brilliancy rather than tracing in lustre under the growing shadows of advancing years. It is with regret that the writer is able to furnish so few of those per sonal ; reminiscences which are the charm of biographical memoir; and so little of those that illustrate profes sional fame. Relying upon a treasure which he believed laid up in the mem ory of contemporary associates, in social life and in professional expe riences, he has to confess to a failure to a largeextent in the abundance of such resources. Dr. Edmund Strudwick was born in tbe county of Orange, and State of North Carolina, on the 25th day of March, 1802, at the place known as Long Meadows, four or five miles pth of Hijjaborp, apdiPiLggcsdJa the present sheriff T1 Tr TT m . , 41.. ; 1 Thfis TT TJnrrlifa 17... e '5' wicbfamilvl.w V.fiV60 ',ationS; a boldnehis a-t.v maven all nnchunged, tho mmi; T JiT a v v i ! 1 . M.iJC,iiaiw t hp r Hv 9 ,1 -j" x- thi, Uvl Zrl 1 manners and hij;h mental endowment. cuuueuut xi.- ' - ounjctb Ui LiJlS Ili Pill rtr f hiu 3- 1- Oi tins memoir, was l s . n- tinougu littio incident of ah career has well as intellectual influence, is attested by the fact- that he - represented' this llolr.i lh 1 i..w.-r. ..f l'.,;i.ll t . - . . - . Statin the session ofl79(j and was j tfctate Senator in .1,97. Ho served -""-r wiijii. i.i .ii liuii i ::r;)B. terms in the Hnr.se of Commons - Th J.'iDO Wit.n Samuel liehton a:J his colleague; in 1801 with James Mebane. and iu 1802 with Duncan Cameron, Mr. W m. F. Strudwick moved to the town of Hiilsboro soon after the birth of his son Edmund, residing in the house now occupied bv Mr. V. F. Stravhorn as dwelling and nost ofMcf. Edsaund Strudwick, at the ironer i age, wtis piaceu at tne scnool ot the j elder Bingham, the first of the line of ( i. j teacners since so uisnngmshed; sub- sequently, he stuuied undor Mr. Hogers who succecsled Mr. Bingham. It appears that he did not finish the course cf instruction prescribed at this school. It is certain, that after wards he did not avail himself oi means for more . . i i literal classical , studies, so impatieit w.as he to begin the study of the science to which na ture seemed so especially to have called him, and which he pursued with undiminishetl ardor, literally, to the last moment of his conscious exis tence. Yet it is evident, that though drinking hastily, he drauk deepi, j from' tbe fountain-heads of knowledge; ! .. i i 'x t f i ! lor his ample culture and refined tastes were those of one who had laid deep the fwuuelation of scholarship and built upon them the elegant superstructure of a cultivated intellect. i He began the stuely of medicine with Dr. James Webb, who stcod in his day in that affectionate and confi dential relation to his community in after 3rears occupkd by his distin guished pupil; ' and after the allotted course of preparation, went to. the medical schools of Philadelphia, where he graduated at the University of Pennsylvania on the 8th day of April, 1824. During his course of studies, he was classmate and office student with the subseepiently eminent Dr. J. I. Mitchell, in the office of Dr. Wil- Ham Gibson. Not satisfied with th authority given by his diploma, but of practical experience, he remjaineil in Philadelphia two years after his graduation as a medical practitioner both in the Alms House and in tue Charity Hospital; perfecting himself i through the means of investigating every possible variety of case!; pre sented in a field so prolific in the phases of human ailment and suffer- ing and returning home to be : wel- j ii j i i j j ..( corned by the confidence in a reputa; tion which had already preceded; him. He began the practice of medicine in Hillsboro in 1826, and was sopn in the possession of a lucrative business. In 1628, he was united in marriage to Ann, daughter of the Hon. Frederick Nash, with whom ho liveel long and hum-lily, nnd whose death onlvlnre- J , I ceded his by the brief period of two years. j It does not appear- that Dr. Strud wick had to wait long for that period which always seems so hopelessly dis- tant to the young practitioner. !Sue-; cess attended on him from the first His industry, his faithful observance of his duties, his watchful and tender solicitude for his patients, his ikM as a physician, and his consummate apti tude as a surgeon brought him into a ! widely extended practice, -which, in time, was elinused far beyond the limits of his native county, lie was sought .after and sent for, not only from the most remote points in Orf.uge county, but from the neighboring counties of Person, Caswell, Chatham, Alamance and Granville; not infre quently being called for by patients along the line of the railroael to all poiuts, at different tines, along! its whole 'course. His was a life of con tinued activity, never for a moment interrupted except under the exigen cies of personal suftering; never, even' in those days' when the generous Hrltnjs of a deserved prosperity illu minated his pathway, did he permit himself the indulgence of luxurious ease to the detriment of his duties. And this was the principle upon wliich he acted throughout life. Long after the frosts of three score years and ten had silvered his flowing hair and whitened his venerable beard, he might be seen every day on horeback, obedjent to some demand upon fin services, perhaps coming from a dis tance of twenty miles; to be met, ion his return, it might be, by a similar call from an opposite direction; met in all cases without delay and without x . complaint, and without tbe rest and refreshment so much required at his age. it wag this unmurmuring prompt ness, exerted too often with : the knowledge that no recompense awaited him but the rewards of his own con science, that made him so trusted; and it was his unhesitating obedience to professional call., respondeti jto without reference to social or pecu niary condition, that aided to make mm so beioveo. The duties of ft country physician are general in their character, embrac inrr all those branches which are the subjects of minute and jealous subdi vision in metropolitan practice. Phar maceutist, physician and surgeon, not infrequently combined ia the same individual, in country professional life are characters frequently regarded as one and inseparable. In the last two characters, the acquirement and tal ents of' Dr. Strudwick were equally and constantly. called into use; inspir ing equal confidence in both in the minds of hi3 patients. In his capacity of physician, he was remarkable for his unwearing assiduity, his tender . . . . .i j i - care, nia patient sympauiy ana uis - . . .. . ' . ' "J . , . u.. . uc- JulsUiie'tl uy; proiounti anatomies rmive ! token ot &MIIH M IITM M II PTHniUITfi V r! 1 1 rCt f n . J . . ' . i -"vV .tuu " inampuiauon. iToiessipnal ; freautrs wilt value this estimate of Ii!p 1 .LlIl n.hn.. .X . . i. i .1 11 A 111 i , . f ha7grjimn : n..i " - "xi. iuiuL an ui tue leaoiug ana success. success, ue is recorded to have Ter-1 i - - - - j , formed tjie operation of lithotomy i i rKJU ueu hs t-ueoi tue most critical ol operations twenty-eight times, to the complete relief and restoration of the x-.nm.,lA.Jn. Til . . 1 ., i i . . a , f . ju. U(U1 VW O . owes oi suancuiateci nernia twict. H , . . . . when intussusception had taken place ! 1U removal of tumor, once removing j T r . . ' x.,i.,B one woiglmiar. thirty-six pounds, or e I of the largest probably on record ; and in rill I iaia n r ! iu mi mere inijco euctresaiUJiy. . liis success as a surgeon was largely ! the result of his wonderful conlrolj over in nerves. An instance of this was recently recalled to the recollec tion of the writer. A few years ago, then an out. man, lie was Knininnrifil tn Hia ennnt-e- nf Aldm.iiM r.... a delicate ahd difficult operation, i He ! reached the Company .Shops by rail' - -j niiii i vxi im I l A IU1 1X1 about nightfall, and immediately set out with a: brotlier physician, in a j buggy, for the house of the iaticnty; some miles; distant- in the country. The night was dark and cold; the ! road was rouh: the horse bocame i mcrutened at some olnpcf van wr , ' ' J J uDset the butTy. and threw th pants out, stunning one and breakiug i the leg of Dr. Sirudwick nesu- the : knee joint. I He lay hdplees upon the j ground until the next morning sun ! hiut risen, and was then found in -in tense agony and iiulf frozm i'let his I indomitable r resolution was liimlnilon and he insisted upon being carried forward to the house of his patient , . . .1 1 and there ptrformed the operation lfor hernia) lyin upon the bed by the side of tb e patient, lie was then brought back to Hillsboro on a hand car, and was confined to his bed for! three months afterwards. ; : . . ! ; His reputation as a I surgeon,' cp- j existent with his career, drew to him j an extensive practice in all the branches of surgery. Iu addition to j those already named, he performed innumerable amputations, operations for cataract, for cancer, and for num berless other maladies or accidents. His boldness as a surgeon has been referreel to. It never degenerated into rashness, but was sternly under the control of a safe caution, fortified by 'thorough knowledge of the case and confidence in his own judgment. His brother practitioners were often tho admiring witnesses of his powers ; and in cases that, seemed to defy hu man skilL, saw him triumphantly release himgelf from difficulty by what seemed to be an unerring but incom prehensible instinct. He was a won- derful manipulator, and used the knife with either hand indifferently., with equal delicacy, of touch and steadiness of nerve. As an. obstetrician, his fame, was very great, and no provincial phvsi- i . i - . .- : . . cian nas ever surpassed him in tins branch o"f the profession.! The proftBsion, to which he had devoted himself, and to which he did devote himself through life with un-.t deviating singleness oj puipose, gen erously accorded to him the post of honor he had won. His perfect open ness, sincerity and simplicity of char acter spared him the pangs of a jeal- ousy somewnat too common among medical menj. He was ambitious not ! so much to surpass, others as to qual-1 lly bimseli to deal wun ana alleviate human suffering; and he wounded no vanity and mortified no ambition, be cause he thought less of his fame than the fulfillment of hia duties. ! Fur many years,) therefore, he had .. been yielded by general consent a kind ol professioual precedence which he ac- cepted with accustomed mo lest v.; In the eirort to give tue prolession its proper degree of dignity and char acter, the State Medical Society; of North Carolina was organized, and Dr. Strudwick was made its first Pres ident, delivering on tDe occasion ol i.:; ,4 :,r.l Zaa !.;..!. ; I unu luuuuxitixuxj tin (tiiixxuos w ii ii.il nan long remembered for its earnest and simple eloquence; for in this$ as in nothing else,! did he sacrifice purpose to effect. ! S . i In his intercourse with the mem - UeXO Ui XJi3 JJiUlCOCJVll uo IU (JCUCl- ously appreciative of the merits and claims 'o others, kind-in language, liberal in sentiment, and in relation to his younger brethren, by counsel and kindness giving strength ud encour agement tq tkeur progress. ! , His duties made him averse from active, participation in other afiairs and though a public-spirited citizen with very decided views, he never sought nor held office, except that of commissioner of the town of Hills boro. which he filled in his earlier years. He was a warm friend of In ternal Improvements, and was one of the original stockholders in the North Carolina Railroad Company; andcime forward with other, when the fate of the measure depended upon the sub- senpuon of the charter. Orange county, to savel it is needless to say tuat ne was a devout, a sincere, and an humble Christian. Unobtrusive in this char acter, as hi every other, yet the light oi nis iaitu peameu wun a steaay un . t ' 'J.l 1 1 'xi A . t wnvtiiiuy uiiiutr, miuKiuK a ucsumui halo around the days of his prosperity, : -nJL i " x:..t; pathway trod in later years through the elocm of adversity. He was for many years Elder of the a member and iiuiing Presbyterian'Church. There was a long period of bisdife when fortune smiled upon him. There came a day when she frowneel: and that day came when age had bowed . - . J XI. X XI X 1 1 . 1 ins iorra, ana tue resii inai ne uau earned would have been grateful to him. .Yet, amid these smiles or frowns he was the same. In the days of pros perity, surrounded witn every com fort, commanding every luxuiy, and dispensing the most diffuse and gen erous hospitality;; without complaint when the weight of adversity was laid upon him, he went on to fight the battle of lite with tne freshness ana lit j.wsatn. smile, his. cUeery voiet reverse that wo alii bom nut m uine 11 It n Ti-v .J . men ks temper.tt, less subaiissive to Di- v hp rUni- T . . - " - - xxi. - in c- tauuui .uhmu iieiui fl III 1J1M1 i ,. frreatiu - sis V ...... jju'lh mi u ii i jiu ui li ii ' u a ill between greatness- and goodness au ; lrtentitv of quality in the two, the ; recognition oi whii-ii intellectual pride lmny sptirii, but which unprejudiced " -- - .......... .. I I . vj I ' H H I. - 111 V 1 1 w it v ' I . 1 1 1 tviiof ii., i i :.n . x i SS'SS? or worse. Goodness comes from a ui Huiac. imuuiiesa comes irotn a hiMy - r soar-.e' i,, iu.1f i n loft er uim. The one makes it3 ai -1 i . peal to iuman admiration. Hid buil t:-: The.otlur of con- 3 of h;ip mitig.t.'d. itself on fltuls its 1, nunnvn avjdar.s?. s Its reward in l;;e x n science.1 and iu the spect ic pines?!, diflused, Si'inius suffering i elided, iu the b!:siii of the poor, and in the enduiin i -i - ? ehcea .of a bright example. have riciil -M.die gout i(iv;.i to t:ie er.)v:i'ul with tin work.--, n ne moie : r.ivi; mere i null's ofi trood wcrk.--. n ne moie vaxt-v. .V'r ,1 ' beloved invito, uonJ r;:ore iiieuruciS,'! and regretted in death .than hu lue'l charcier is here hmjcrfcdlv ski.i;-hi d. ! It now remains to menti'-u ti.;;-ir cnmstanoi-i vh:i-li bn.t.tii .1.v.i.flv ', t, i-"f.- -if ii..o -.... i ..... i -v i--x li.u jXi.ii. au.i -i'ju iJii.it ll '' On the moriiing of the day of! November, I'-ST'J. 'Frederick N. Strud-J wick, Ksq ..Solicitor of the ota Judi-i cial Oistricr, 'returned homo from Lit-1 ircuit so ill that very. active treatment I was. needed t'o re! f. vc i.iui. bv hvpo i A tropin ! hi.' ni-1 was adminisie: d jcertion, one-twelfth of a grain of". was prepared iu-solulioi:. Tiin e e of this were' us :d, the remainder- rops 'in a ! l ieu tllllii.W.v' lli i'S-V ir.if 4,t.-; 1. Hide on the invnltl Minnf ! i, m li,. Mini if ! .,'', William Strudwick, eatcred-tho r o:n with a 'flask of whiskey ir the use -of (he palient should it be required. Dr. Edmund Strudwlek, then ou the point of goinv.out ior diiiner, asked his son to pour him out a little of the lskr v. as he" was wearied ami weak, iicesi.iii - ing at the .same tunc a tumbled which i he had taken from the mantel.' This was -the .glass iu which was the utrd pia; but. at the- time tho mixture had been forgot;.; aud the ru being three tumblers hide by side on-the mantel, discrimination was not - thought' of Dr. Strudwick drank the whiskey, atid went out- and a'to his dinner- and after returning, smoked a, pipe aud then lay do.wn to. tako.a'cap, a usual after dinner; habit', with Lina. 11(3 slept about two hours. On awaking, and attempting to rise, hi3 limbs tailed him, and he sank almost to the ifoor; butv his grandson, Mr-. II. C. Strud wick, sustained him, and assisted him to Hie adjoining room, in which lay IIr. F. N, Stvudwick. Up to this mo ment, there hadi been no suspicion of the fatal fact. But, in essaying to speak, his voice, thick and inarticulate, attracted the notice of Dr. Win. Strud wick,. sill caused him to look up in his father's lace, and h sp.w at once the reason. He told; his father that he had taken the deadly notion, and urged the most vigorous treatment. But before yielding, Dr. Strudwick 'give me my book'' (almost his said last distinct utterance), referring to some familiar treatise on toxicology. The book was civen to lam and he attempted to read. 4 But the dilitation of the pupils was then so great that this was impossible; he laid the book down and was put to bed. 1 IVm Cameron and Dr. Thomas J. Wilson were in attendance, and with Dr. W'm. Strudwick, used every appliance that knowledge and espcrieLC-j could sug gest. Dr. A. W.'Unos was summoned trOin Raleigh by telegraph a id prompt ly obeyed. But f ho . poison hael las tened its hold upon the system in .the long interval between 'its us and dis cover',, and all remedies fuiled; and relapsing more and more into uncon sciousness, Dr. Strudwick' passed awsy painlessly at ten minutis before 8 o'clock on Saturday nijht, November the 30th, A. D., lo79. . v He was buried iu the cemetery of the-Presbyterian Church ot Hillsboro at half past 'i o'clock on Monday after noon suooeuinr, the funeral beano 1 attended by almost ! the whole popula" tion of the town. Analyses of 'Fertilizers,. 1880. . i - PREMIUM ' ! U'.'KK-l UOHf-HATC .F . L1MK . ' i . . iii'MAN &; lANev: j Water, 212 -'degrees 1, R) 25 per cent; Sand, 3 M-i per cent.; Soluble phosphoric acid, G (.2 p-r cent., equivalent to bone phosphate 11 4." per cent.; Insoluble! phosphoric acid. 2 33 per wit, equivalent to . boi e phosphate 5 13 per cent.; Reverted phosphoric acid, 1 Uo per cent., efjuiv alent to bone phosphate 4 25 per cent. ; Nitrogen, 2 18 per c. nt, ()uivalent to ammonia 2 64 per cent.; Potisb, 0 13 per cent. Commercial value per ton (2,000 lbs ), 31.74.) Chesapeake "a." amSi. OT..- PHOSPHATE.- Water, 212 degrees 'F., 14 12 p r cent ; Sand, 3 '.)1 per cent ; Soluble phosphoric acid, ;3 "G per cent , equivalent 1 1 bons phosphate- 7 33 per cent ; Insoluble phosphoric acid, I 7 - i (m Pf.nt r.i,nivalent to bone phosimate 7 S8 per cent.; IteT phosphoric acid, 7 12 per cent , t ' . " . everted epiv- alent to bone pnos-piia'e lo o4 per cent; Nitrogen, 2 20 per ci-nt., equiv alent to ammonia 2! ".) percent.'; l'ot ash,2 G4 per cent. !, Con tn rcial v.ilue per ton.(2;000 lbs., $'58.0. . correx roop. - - Water, 212 degces F 13 58 per cent.; Sand. G 81 por cent.; Soluole I I phosphoric acid, GH3 per cent., equiv- j alent to bone pllospiiatn 14 03 per j cent; Insoluble phosphoric acid, 2 74. per cent.; eejuivaieui to uouc puuo phate 5 18 per cent.; Reverted plies-, phoric acid, 4 32 per cent., equivalent to bone phosphate i) 44 per, cent.; Nitrogen, 1 48 per cent, equivalent to ammonia 1 81) per cent; Potash, I 85 per cent. Commercial valua per ton (2,000 lbs.), $35,46. 1 ' " " Aa R TirrnrT flnrmM . 1' X X I . v.l.r.f. $1.50, PER ANNiifli. GHR'ISTl q tta filvi - i.'j t. r iV 0 i-ilDSlDiaS V111G il i K mm LiQuoE-i 1 ii'iVO flif iir-f Ivunv " : x x 1 i kni-1 uuil you can h:iv v. ii ; r I i oi i V( vv i i -.....!' iirtstmuH witiioiir, son,. t il-.rt o,-,' ii mill ill. C071C TO-CARKiaVC-:i'G Clll'MSTMAS' I) it 1 N K S. Something fo suit every body- AO uiscor.ni on Camiigifh s ljifj .l' ikffra. Come to tiro" corner on the s:. is. vmm Coi iicr ?Iai!'-ui:i i ii'i.lt.i::ioa- IfVUII.VM, X. ('. machiieri mmm. CAltOLIXA SHOPS ft. DURHAM, N. C, YvV dt-'fiirfs to itiform tho rjii-c . "i ininrrn tliv i r Middlo Carolina lhat we arc well --pr-par;dtior all kin-Is of Engine ami MaeliiiicryWori:, IR()?r FORCING, oV. S0LTS, ASD RODS. FOR BUILDING . PURPOSES A S?ECIxLTY- Sewing Machines and (I tin bv an experienced wor repaired inan. All work gu iranteed. a.ii-1 pfnipf';y done, i'i'i-vs as low as the -.unc stylo of work can bo done any v. h re. When you want work done don't fail to call on us. Respect fully, F A. HATCH, ' . C. J. CRABTHEF- Durham, Feb.. o-tf r.t pectorant 'IN 25CIS. AKP SI BOTTLES'. Its properties r.i o D'-jaitl'-erit, KctriH " tive Jia.isa.mic, Sooth. i;,r a'li lic rj ; ' Cozubtriing; all ttli?e qualities, 'i : :s liio . most fctfi:tive LlJi-iU jAL.hxlil. -v.r ofiroil to eutT:'-ri.rs hum i.'.iu.oiiui:.y ciiijeriaea, DR. J. F. HAYWOOD. cf S'.-w York, voluntiirily ir.dorr es it. BEAD WHAT HE SAYS:- Dr. TITTT i Sn Yo-k. Kept:, I t. if? 1-;r Mr Uiir.ng t'i y. ar I il n i I. M. . '1 '; ?: ti tmiK ci t;v.w-n:j- lii ? ir...s -.ir "i l.'iH-e 1 t'.iiri. i.ih IV'. In tiin I .w.:r y i'. ll 1 t-i Ttltt H I '.xiiL-1i: .'1P..1 1 kiiueftH ::' ur ir.ii. at it; wuuit .r.ul (....v. Ijunue a r,Htii- or twenty wirs. 1 kri'ivva a ir.udicine t-i net n j-rtu upt !y. Pn llnpUT etlr l-iS. ll ln-tflllt'. HltlMltli.l TT.. . 1111 of tju filing, and uiv.ii la'.i, t urt.i iti a l. d-iya. J ch--rfriitj iucWin: is. iin i .st'7-..!-i;t ll.; i 1. 11 .t lUQ meUiciut-1 ever ui1. . J. I-'ItAN'f'l.S IIATWOOD; M. 1. A NEWSPAPER PUS. V.T Dr.TUTT l:ar .Sir:.S?t uVl ftji. v,j a't kf-1 w.th jiti' UiiK'libt iast w.f.u r, v.tii h icft tnm TioiHiit 4ouj(ii, t:;at 1?mm-1 nil wh tHn . nvuln t jt, fi.r tun cr Of wlncii 1 am ui'litit"i toyiuir valij;- ; r.x;Hirtir;int. , I rati ir(;t in-fl viry i:-.'r.x i!tij(il, Mat none Jiri ar-.y (?-! ;.til I uviyo IM t T'Ult, m tf.tltf oi vfi.ivu Tmnv'l ,,...U "tl. tUr..'k ! vnut tr i',v i-.i, i,nt:i Kad terrible TJCiT SWEATS. Dr. TUTT Sir X have hunt '.un-ri.irf itr lyt'to Vtv.rM wii n a sevwro w.g'A. WijHii J ci:ii-iiv:u 1 ku-t'-I y'i'Jr i.X(MCtintat i ww reuuctdt-ooijM feur;i"i ttd HixtH:tt jouikIh in weurhr,. i Uivi trjtj-i eviifingt rv-Tyi mutt . tind len ibiM ciui iw.ii' a. 1 i.j.y'- titken i..u: d35Td loitis. T-fee mgiut 8we..t havts i--Yt. m, "tlx r-n(ii hs L--vnTKar;'J, .nd lhiv;(ti.j;.ecliiir M LuuaClA u 11 -b-i. i ieCrtumMud.it. u aii iity tritu-ij. IMFORTAHT QUESTIGK3 n-alef, bare yon rnti;bt .1 -oM 1 rx r!"- ' ' ui)i: to riifi.- tin: jihli ;.! '.'llavojuu aa .jnj'tt-; t lOU 111 tti- till J .1 .' A t-ll" III Qll)r:f iii i ll fheTumfs. v itit tUnn lirwitu? ; L., yn!ievi! a Ct"ofVjHijrit!tijf 'or tying ! j u fl.sip l-i' ' now aii'i'tln-u i" the ri.-giU9,,:t tli iittrt'hui''"" di-rtTaiiriTii k I II' i our Advii-e lx tuk- ii ClTi:-- a Uosi- oi I utt V Ksih-i -lo: a-ji; ivil: yj . ;i be iiiKU) r:i;.-xi tn'f ilip-ui. 1m on'iiour r --..-ut 'toiT&CjS-aor-Mit. pi ne alio' ipju to tlie tf l:ke--twolirTuuvj'iiU.'i wi'i J.-JI i:;'toa jiiefiaTit ; !- i auH wafc;-uj l.tie inortiiuiy coiurh you-. lau.MV-irkii.i; i-3ybr-a'ii-iiiif. ud lh- lowfi inovina ia a natural i;.ai,n(-r, To pri-v-'it a r.t.uru oi;tin-' y.noiiMi ' u?e t.'T Kxp"-cto.rait y-vral lay. Qtfice735Murray Street,- N. Y. TUTT'S PILLS C R K TOUP1D li 1 V TUTT'S P8LLS (XRKDiSPtPSIA, . TUTT'S P!LLS ci'i; C'OVflV F.TV tk.X. TUTT'S PiLLS C UK FKVl.lt Al A.l - TUTT'S P8LLS ( Utt: SK K HEADAtUL. TUTT'S PILLS i i kk iniiious em it. TUTT'S PILLS Ui -K APPETITlj. TUTT'S PILLS l-l'KU V TUE ilLOUU. TUTT'S PILLS Ct'KK PILES. TUTTlS HAIR DYE, UiiaY Haib or Whiskers etiani-ed to a Olossx Black by a aingla apulication nmi-ta a Natural Ooliir. acta lxui k by a uojcla auulication at tiiia LITE. It lm. - ! - I J I aa Uanaleaa aa aprini water, bold t Dniwiata, or a Natural Ooliir; acta laatantanoiial-r, and ia bMnBpiS. 7
The Tobacco Plant [1872-1889] (Durham, N.C.)
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