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VOL V.
LOUISBURG, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH, 31, 1876.
NO. 20.
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Ilis8 Vanity,
The vatKtv N?f t he .fktr sex, it b
JTYS ami COONSELIDRS at LAW K-- wn .writer m de-
character, has pfii l thai It eotisti
tilths its greatest charm; tliat with-
LOUISBCnO. FRANKUS CO. N.C.
Will attenVl the Courts of NVFr k-
'o. Granville. Warren.snd Wa!ceVon
Jfg ' !ho the Snprf-nW f' urt f N'nb
'aro'in and the U. S. Circuit h :d I i-W-t
Ourto. . N'. 7 -tf
W. H. SPNCER.
ATTORNEY
A.T L A- "W,
OFFICE,
n Nash Street, over
Brick Store.
Hawkins
LOUISBURG H. C.
F. LULLOCK JR. T. T. MITCHELL.
Bullock & Mitchell,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Fuakkliniov, N. C.
,Till practice in the courts of the tfth
ludinal district.
Prompt attention iven to the col'cc
tun nf claims. No R0tt
53 as
PETERSBURG Va,
E. ULOHTEH."
out if thesCx would lw.se half its at
traction; "ami in support of this
theory the re. is the old quaint Htory
of the 'German maiden; a history
which i.? so tender and pretty, that
it U wortli rescuing from the for
gotten legends of the Yatherland.
A maiden lived on tfce banks of
thi Iltiin with her father, the mil
ler. Now the maiden, whose, name
wu- Kiie, was not pretty, and she
was cross and fretful for she griev-
i for her own lack ot, beautv, and
tiuMiirtit that nore would care for
lier on account of the few irrr.ces
Nature hai iven to her; so she
did iKt. even try to please, and yet
her heart was very hve auifA ery
kiiKtly. She spent half her time in
front of her looking-plas, htirentr
ing her plainness, and thinking how
impossible it wr.a tbAt Carl would'
t ver W arn to love her, while (Jret
chen, who was so fair and pretty
that i-he was called 'The Daughter
of Spring dwelt near her. Eiise
was not loved, lor she had never
tried to gain love. She always
fancied that it would be in vain to
e.idcavor to please, in vain to be
kind, and thoughtful, and loving.
When nature had so t-liiihted iscr.
iA7iltc!l llKlker ilUd JOY- who could care for hcrr or-thb:k of
I I
v-:-' W:ui-!r-H :u,tl .I-wcI.y of tlio'bcs'
A'! w.nk mt' :",.i-:y aUtnaca 10 kho wur
'"'t' tl r.3 Mynwre St., reternburT
kvintelaw Crowder.
Marble St. Stone
W OE KS,
.Corner Fayetteville and Dain btreeu.
OPPOSITE TI1E
YARBGRQUGH HOUSE
UaWsli. N. C.
IS" Orders SoJicitcJ. "0 ,
CASTAL1A. WALE
ACADEMY.
Sprint- SoKsioti 1
WILL' BEGIN MONDAY JAN. 17
TERMS PER SESSIQX OF 20 WEEKS.
Half ia kiimt
rS'il if EiR'.kh Coarse, $13,50 to $15
f !a-.Ml do rx
Bonr.t, . $50
Pftmn of this Rchool vtili i.Uase
tako ?.oiic, tl'at tuition will b chftretd J long for so much
from the dav ot nlruiftfin to the md
of the rofiinn, without any dedocUon
fcr !ist "imp, uahsw anansjeme.nt Le
made to mU r for halt session by pay
rg in advance.
Wm. J. KING, 'Principal,
dec 341m
her. or be interested m hej :
'Ah !' slie sighed one day, 'if I
could lut have Gretcheu's !cauty
I should he the happiest girl in the
Fatherland, for iliei; f should not
fear any rival, and Carl, sunny-Imir-ed
.Carl, might love me.'
Kui Carl never came near her
now and Onlv thought of her as
cross and fretful Klise, and wished
Gretchn had less vanity with her
face, and a rather large heart in
her slim body."
One day it Was in the time of
the vintage Elisu went down to
the Khinc to bring in water, and as
she dipped her pail in the clear
ripples, she saw her own face re
fi: ctcd, and turned awTay, wretched
and discontented She" tsat down
on a rocky stone, and watched the
sunlight playing on the castle
crowned hills, and listened to the
far-olT song of the workers in the
vineyards, and the thought of Car",
who was there, and of Grctehen,
w ho was there also.
'Ah me! she sicrhed. 'what a
gift is beauty !'
TJi.sc,' said a voice, and looking
up she saw an old woman -a very
old, deformed woman- standing
near to her. 'Elise,' she said, 'I
will tell you the secret ot beauty,
and you shall obtain all that you
Go home, and
soft, and loving, aud kind, and con
siderate, and anxiou3 to, please,
and ready to serve and help others.
Presently, people began to re
mark the alteration in the miller's
daughter, and to tell her how dif
ferent she was from formerly, and
the maidens sought her ont and
talked to her about their lovers,
and the youths declared that Elise,
the miller's daughter, was the
nicest girl that side of the Rhine,
and Carl learnt to thiiik how dif
ferent she was from Grctehen, and
learnt tV love her, and all through
the Fatherland there was not s
happy a giri as Elise.- And nil
this time she never once saw her
own-5 face, but turned aw ay her
head when she dipped her pails in
the stream, and through all the"
miller's house was not to be found
a looking-glass. She longed, (ahl
fiow much!) to sec herself in her
new garb of beauty; but she re
membered the old weman's warn
ing and therefore conquered lier
desire.
In the spriDg time came her wed
ding day, and early in the sweet
fresh morning she was married to
Carl, and the oung flowers peep
ed, out to see her face as she passed
by. and the tender grass kissed her
sweet fret as she went along, and
the birds ang out a greeting, and
even the light feathery clouds seem-
et to sroon over, ner nerui, a? n wnn
heir shadowy hands they blessed
ier on her bridal day. Ah, happy
!Ue. !J ' ;
'Thou nrt so changed,' said. Carl.
'Thy fi.ee is so different from what
1 1 111. Ill .! k. . . 'V O LV.lll
to me that tt is possible thou art
the sar. c Elise. I ;icd to pass
without even looking br.ck to gaze
on thee; but to dav in ttiv bridal
veil thou art a sweet picture, which
memory will paint on my heart for
ever.' ' - .
IIo-v Johnny Wilcox Got
BY PHILANDER GHEBKIX.
Eiis felt herself thrilled ' with
Some years ago when the writer was
a boy, there lived in Southern Mary
land an old man by the name of Davis,
who was passionately fond of raccoon
hunting, and for this purpose kept sev
eral very vicious dogs; one especially so
which ho called Flora.
Now it happened that he had a
daughter who was a special favorite of
Johnny Wilcox, a young man that
lived ini the neigborhood, but from pome
cause uot known to everybody, Johnny
met with serious opjwisition from the
Id gentleman until on a certain night,
Johnny with several other young men,
joined the. old gentleman .in a raccoon
hunt, when a circumstance transpired
which entirely changed the current of
the old man's feelings.
Soon after leaving home the dogs
struck the trail of a raccoon and in a
few minutes forcod him to seek shelter
by going up into a large tree. The
ftportsmen on reaching the tree, (being
directed by the Laying X)f the dogs,)
siw the racco-o on a limb of the tree
about fifteen feet aboe the ground.
Now it happened that, ths old man
was the onlv one in the i-artv that
could climb up ihe tree; so up he went
and roaclud the limb all safe, but ou
going out uj'On the limb in order to
f hakc the raccoon off, he accidently
slipped and got on the -'under side of
the limb, clinging to it vviih hands and
feet. He struggUd manfully to get on
tlw limb, but failed, and finding that
he must inevitably fall, and seeing iio
relief for him he essayed to pray; (now
it was not for the fall he dreaded, but
his dogs, which were accustomed to at
tack and kill whatever animal they saw
fall,) and tha thought of Leing torn to
pieces by his own dogs, ci'.uae! the per-
spfrasioti to ooze from every pore of the
.Id man's tkin pnd thvuga not of a pious
to
The LocalEdltor, t!
The following is borrowed, and it
is f Jie best wo . ever had a local edi
tor lend ns:
'I f a man bu-s a new buggy, or
it his cow can , bawl three times
without winking, tho local Is cx-
Grtiml Hmitttli up till
Year.
, 1 desire through jour paper, to give
to the public sane fact and fijrores to
show that the tim b about full whra
Daniel, according to his prophecy, will
"stand ia Lis lot at the cod ... of .the
Wlxufas n 111 nt r. '
- ,
A printer b the tsost canon being
living. H may hare a benk"! ami
qaiiMv and Dot worth a cent; hite
Amall caps aQd hare' neiiher wile i)r
chiklmu Others nay rnu fs&t,. he
gets along swifter by "setting"! Fajc
. . . ..... -I itiTC " "Tt TVlSrl I15 It Vy nnM. I
IMx-tci u proclaim it witn a gntBd J . . ' ,u "v. . ' He may be tnaW Smrreioo-with-
flourish, If he starts; a.o-pennj. Jw i tU., ..
business, his first thought it to l to gjre bod, the ;ut jog, sod m tdl the truth;
fcrihfi thft hval wirh flront ssoctuiry aod the host to be trodden
while others can not iand whihr they
irjbe the local with a five-cent "actuary
cigar 10 write up a avCHtouar pun. - t, be can "acf rUnding, and do both
. , t- I at the tame time; may bare to nv
sanctuary be ? cleansed.' In . chsp
ter niae, Terse twenty-four, it b writ
ten: ' "Seventy wuikfl are determined
upon thy people and upon thy holy
nitnre,1' aoJ yet hare rio dwelling; n.ij
make and put wty pi and neTcr
a pie, much Los eat . it, during lu
whole life; be a human being and a
rat ax the same tine; tuty "prrw a
of the local to make his fortune for
him by 'free blowing.' He will
take the local to one side and point
out the superior qualities of a rat
terrier dog. and coolly ask him to
'give hima hoist , He don't care cit" th V f i" deal, ; and not
anything about it, only Spngguia
has a don which he thinks is a
. . . . . . I Tax. a ..Tom iV. .t V - . ' I
uuster, aud some cf 'em wanted . Wu4ucr: rigtoi;ho moJ9 ihe.kTer". tht
his put in just to 'take the con- orstbe abomination, ol deaolaUon, b-oy tho world, and yet be as f.r
ccit out of Spriggina. Everybody Now seventy . woeks are 400 daya or ffoa the tDornirg glebe as a hog un-
wants to tic 'put in They are the Irtra- 'refort we what M,prcaJ wjtU.
'Gkeit I am but no one says, Vule 10 wiU cxnon- Wnga VooMtriftU imjUj .kU
'Here local put your youreclfinside J therefrom: . form ia a bed,H aad yet be obhztd to
of this new suit of clothes, or ' v.. .-.. j. rf lhft t he Ket:
throw yourself outside of tlus oys
ter Btcw. or stuff this watch into
your pocket.' Oh, 30, of course 'V""'::. J , M of "rolling, dwposidon, and still
not; that would, cost something.. ACWrui"Sw o-epui. v Mn twt. fce fcata m
The shoo is on the other foot, you KT p?o the -Jews were compeil- ibeepe'a foot," sod nerer be dtrfoim'
sec. The local is supposed tokuow( t0 c" tb ho,J cllJ j" , J ed; never wkhxmt a "caae,- and kaows
everything alout other people's - ' f- Therefore add this num- BOtning about Uw or physic; U always
business, and is expected to show Jcr to 1810 and we have 1876, which eog ..erTOr.- and U growing
up alt the actors in every "fa roily g to the. prent centennial eTcrv haTe ' .;m.bn;. '
broil in town. If the vile tongue Jr of our nationy history ss nbe wout hating the arms 0! a :!a '
of scandal finds a victim, people time of the end,M when the throwa around him; hate b fornr ;
wonder whv he don't run about Bt reiash up w'dl uke place. This tnj at the lini0, U , ,
ith his note book and gather up times of the Gen- far fr0n 3. waich4oose, or any !
the v'tuperative bits of slander for . Ha"u"J0" luc other confinement; be might be plagued
his paper. , If he steps into a bil- Most Ul&' n B "ticipation of the b lbe aid u a Chrhll t i
Hard hall he is requested to make a WIU,"K u" lu 0f the beat kbd.
note of the astonishing fact that time without sin unto .aWation
Bill Tompkins has made a run of they tlut Ioto His apari.ng should
eleven points. When the minstrel Te the Lord and give glory unto
trounc arrives in town, the acent ,U oame for lbe ,,our of Hb judg
sleep oa the floor; he rosy use tbe44dg "
490 years witKont .bedJing bloowod from
' . 'tht earth Wsy hsndle' stsfs; ha msy ' '
1,810 rears 1 e tiLn: m j: :
O O U K I E R
JOB OFFICE.
We have added to our stock a splen -
JOB PRESS witb an elegant
telccLion of type of the latt-st stjhs.
s'l we are now prepared to uo
)o the neatest and be&t manner.
S' Vnii n..i,l nnt onl Tntlf TOR
ORK N'.irtb, for we will do it just
rll and rhmn bo wnn ran frpt it else
f j o ;
TTEli HEADS, ' ;
ENVELOPE?'
CARDS,
v
&c.
never look in a glass, never seethe
reflection of your own face in the
water, never once a gain gaze an
your own fcatnrcs, aud you wilF
grow pretty, so pretty that all will
wonder nt the change; and, Carl -Carl
will larn to love you.v
'Oh. I will never see my lace
again as long as I live never,
neverr said . hliso. ?iut are you
sure quite sure V
'Quite sure,' replied tao dame;
'But remember, it you once see
your own face your ugliness will
return. Go home and be of light
heart, and every day your lack of
beauty will grow, and every day
more love will hover round vou.'
'But hpw shall I know that it is
true if I may not see my faoe V ask:
ed Kii-'e.
.'Can you not tell by the altered
manner of those around you ?' said
the dame.
'Oh. ves,' said Elise. 'How I
will watch them !'
Elise went home with a new and
.1
strange happiness at her heart- a
happiness that changed her nature
and influenced every day of her
life and made ber amiable, and t paper is headed ,-tiop-iesat.
hnnniness. but. never one.ft told the turn senerallvv vet he commenced
secret, of that chanro, thouirh she pray thus:
herself did not know that the real
secret lay in her own changed
nature.
Now presently they were all
feasting; and Elise, longed to be
alone for a few minutes with her
wonderful happiness, crept down to
the Fide ot the Hhine, and thought
over the past,
'Ah, she said I am so altered 100.
Hapny Elise, thou art indeed alter
ed. And he said how pretty I look
ed ia my bridal veil. Do I; I won
der? What would I not give to
see myself.'
Elise w:s forgetting, a3 she long
ed to see herself, how strict, had
been the elu woman s -warning.
She stood on the edge of the water
with her face turned away, but her
vanity kept saving to her. "Look
onee, for a single moment. Elise,
and see thyself ou thy bridal day
but she hesitated and longed,. and
wondered if pnnishment would real
lv follow if she looked. It cannot
make nnv difference she thought.
and he moved her head a little way
a very little way round, till she
could see he shape of her head re
flected in. the water, and it seemed
quite strange to her. for she had
not seen it for so long.
I4 must oh I must sec the face my
Carl loves she said, and forget
ting the happiness she might loose
ia this offering to her vanity, she
tuned aud looked at her reflection
in the watr, and she saw what?
the same plain face she remembered
long ago; the same, the very same,
without one feature altered. '
With a scream of despair, she
tottered forward a step too far, and
before she could recover herself,
fell into the water which had shown
her the dreadful truth. The tide
bore her awny, and never again
'was seen the miller's daughter
Carl's young bride. Alas for Vani
ty. ;: - ; '
immediately rushes into the print
ing office, and calling for the local,
he slips three or four tickets in his
ment is come, when he will reward un
to all Hb saints that fear Him, both
small and great, and Trill deatroy them
One of the things we never coold
understand b why a man can own a1 .
farm all hb life, and be without a '
bountiful sapply o truit. - A. mm
hand, and whispers: ;Draw us a that hTe co"Pted the earth. Eren plke mn be goes t the other
big house! Put it in strong ' and so ira uesua, come ouicKiy. Amcni
"Our Father who art in Heaven; 1 patticc him patronizingly on the
The cry J cai" hag phanged.
An editorial arlicle in Western
hallowed be Thy name Jol.uny Wil
cox, vou hold Flora."
He made another desperate effort to
regain the top side of the limb, but
failed, almost exhausted, his feet slip
ped aud lie hung by hb hands. He
commenced again Jo pray, "Our Father
who art in Heaven Johnny Uilcox,
hold Flora."
lie made a third effort " and finding
it impsible either to regain the posi
tion which he so much dadred, or to
avoid ar ftarful fall, together with a
simultaneous attack from hb dogs, in
hb extremity he commenced for the
third time to pray:
'Our Father .Johnny "Wilcox, for
God's sake, hold Flora.''
Ills hands refused to grasp the limb
any longer, and down he tun bkd
a:uong the brush and briers; but John
ny, true to hb trust, hold 00 to Flora,
notwithstanding she tumbled him about
in the brush and briers greatly dam
aging hb personal appcararce, until
the old gentleman recovered to hb feet
and made Flora understand that the
raccoon was still up tK tre.
The old man would never acknowl
edge the prayer, but he. did acknowl
edge the services rendered by Johnny
in holding Flora, and so waive! all far
ther opposition to him as a son-in-law.
- Keeping Clear of Tucptation.
One of the colored resident of
Detroit was yesterday asked why he
did not attend the poultry show. A
glad smile crossed hb face as the word
'poultry was spoken, but died away in
a moment as the stern reality con
fronted him.
Dere'a heaps o' chickens dere hain't
dey? he aked.
Ves.'
' 'But dey are all in cages, hain't
dey? .
yes.'
'And you want me to go dere and
6tand round and gaze on dose chickens
which can't como out of dose cages, do
you? No sah. I know jess how I'd
feel, ah J Detroit Free Pi est.
shoulder, the agent admits the in
feriority of the troupe, bnt we are
not to 'let on It is no sin for the
local to lie. To please the lecturer
the local ia forced to sit two mortal
hours to hear him through an in
sipid discourse- so that he can
'write him up Arid so it goes.
AH are anxious to appear faror
ably in print, bnt few are willing to
pay for it I The local's time Is
worth nothing but to bother his
.Ubxal Fixjc.
No. 199 Washington St. N. Y.f
' ' iV. r. lleruld.
.
True IIuppinoHAj.
world an J gets enlightened, will gets
what a terrible foci he was. And noi
only b such a man unwise, but be is.
cruel to bis family. Ia the fruit sea
ton there b go' sort of pleasure ia
rbitisg the country if you cannot get
A popuUr fallacy regarding the plenty of grapes, or strawberries, er .
veritable sou roe of trie happiness, tome of the good thiegs in which town,
resul's in dbsati faction of life, and bovs think fanners bovs revel. . And .
p 0 0
perpetual complaint . concerning cir. if a farmer don't know how to take cart .
cunifetancea bestowed. A moat com of fruit be ought to learn without a i .
311 t . m . . 1 , " I
meoaaoie cnaracerisiio 01 me numer- inomenu a aa;ay. Ana now u a gooa ,
00s ingredients that go to make a ho- time to uot only learn but also la
man character,, b the possession of a select the sort, which he means to ;
head writing puffs for ambitious propensity to look constantly 00 the plant as aooo aa tha reason cpenr-'
persons. It don't cost him any- bright fide, and to make the beat of Oh ! the inexpressible sorrow of tow'
thing to live He never eats, or everything in it natural course. It hog and bora lay diet, which we lire
drinks, or travels, and money is of is not the possession pi affluence that had ia our time to endure, ain ply b
no rise to him. Tat it'inl Pat it brings true enjoyment: little acts of causa the farm had no fruit on It
in." I kindness to the deaervinir. anxtionata I ivfcrj coosiusrjtioa porota la toe im ?
answers to turn away wralh, and the I porUaca of tlb matter, Ne fiait aod 1
puDiie mtQileiUtion of a truly Usris- mucu.nog diu an am ww w& uj
tian like aud conscientiooa spirit, to I Wa "do not Wsme a - famer'si
IMS ....1 " ..t
those who expect to be heira to fort I farthr tovmrd eur!n tbt JninKU I boy who will ouit a farm without
unes should be careful how they marry (xi(s f things than all other sup- fruit on it. Wa would deem bin
else they gft so mixed up. that their Tote causes combined. While wealth stupid werthetostay oa such a plae.
' Companion Tor ZATo
. . . , p
Whea doe a daughter sppear so at- t
tractira aa whsa showing her, love to f
lather or tavther aa whta, employed
. tt
relative win not mow now to leave rnders accessible many littU tkiocn
them anything. Takft, for iostaace, dcubted to give bodily ease and
thb case of an unfortunate: . comf.rt, all the gold contained in the
"I married a widow who had a cannot purchaaa neaea of
grown-up daoghter. My father rbrted ,t f H wU ha
our house very often, aod fell ia lore richew auaj secure iafloaaca ia tha to-
with my step-daughter, aod uarried cbl world, and ha rtrrif,flJ 1 !!
her. So my fathei became my son in- thi laxcriousnesa and f pi end or that I ;,tfnb P-,1 OT 1 ",icTinS
law, and my sWpdaughtcr my mother, wealth can bestow; yet what amount
because she was my father's wife tha occupancy of a gilded pdacftif
Some time afterward my wife had a ibe art pf contentment does not exbt
sou be was my father's brother-in- in the bosom of the possessor of iL
law and my uuclf , for he was the broth- The horny haa Jed sou of toil, fatigued
er oCmy step daughter. My, father' by hours of weary iag labor, met npofl
wiit , 1. c, my step-daughter, had also I the threshold by hb happy (smily
son; he was, or course, my brother, and circl-, with all tha la vbh atteuti ve
in the mean time my grandchild, for he cess of pure and unalloyed aJectlon,
was the son of my daughter. My wife caa thank God that ha ha health and
was my grandmother, because ahe was strong arms to gain daily snaUuanca
my mother s mother. I waa my wife a I tor Lis loved ones; and for what Is
huslMud and grandchild at the; same
time And as the' husband of a per-
their hordeua.. . It would not be fir
from wrong to say to a young man who
b looking with acme degree cf laterot ,
for a life eoeapaaioa: Would yon know
what kind of a wife she will make npow
whom you now br your eyt? Ask
what kind of a dinghtershe b now.
If 1 ia iadtlectiy liL, leaving care
and work to her mithar-tspeoally if
she is unloving or und atifnl b ware
of her he b not likely to make yoa
harry. If she b aa aiTectioaaio aad
son's grandmotlier, I
graadfathr.
wa my own
'Marriage, said an unfortunate hua
band,b the churchyard of lore. And
yoa men, replied hi wife, aro the
grave digger. , .
eminently more valuable than all the I aelf-denjiog daugter, if she b - ioti
richeaofthe world trnlly con'ca- I mate and conEdectial with her parent.
A Vrt, itttu .u 1 tirrmesj m te fatare. Ike eye t
r 4ua f? stmw s w ww j mm B
Hartford having become a little mixed I another or fatter beaming widi delight
between ber religious instruction and I u mt cton a Jaagiter Lrmor-
ST. JT f . 1 . ing1ihl!y in their preface, baa nn.
The Lord Is my shepherd, and he bat . t . , ti 1
hb aheep, aud bo doa't know where to V1 recommendation cf Wd vsl
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