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Independent Xf,.iiily 4 IV
Fo the Promotion of He Political, Social, -ricultural and Commercial IntcrcstH of the South
LINCOLNTON, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1878.
NO. 251.
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tho firr in'llvidaiil-con'Mcting.
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. . aftvertiriemeiitsj. Annonncc
nML r larri-v'res and peaths, and no
li rv'li rionrt cbaacter, inserted
.r'.ili. aitfl ' ted. i
A 31aii Who NeVfi Smiles.:
. T!.. :Mi-:e!d (M:k) Republican
f;iv: '(.!''. Kiee i-J akeU to pardon
O D -.. !!, of Mill r from Cliar
a entlcn n tvho recent
:wk ' 5-Jtate Prion thus tells
Iii- v : Gontlemerj Raid tho War-
' ". I u Mt to brinsf lfore jou one
or' tisL' ?!. svmarkabU eases we have
ii; iHo ; ?!. Wo call hini 'tho man
..v!:o tifVi')' smiles aiujl wish -before
:t cf:i;i-H i t. to tt-ll yoji his story. He
S' ;... t pQ..A man of inre tlian ordi-
ii'ii'v a'-iilil.Tr one of ihe better class of
-ri.st ;l;i:i! fr":al, .Iririi citizens, who
vuoA a tj-'I rdue&in one of onr
:n:' !';c4:ir:!:f viliai. where ho rc-
i l A ;'!: ,s familjr of ;rovii-up
SMwl ;a ihters. j!l permanently
i lie old rfian had a -fine
-;:rijrii en vvidch he bestowed his
h !:o;h s. in a part of which was
:t :t!-s : A' nldi:io. It seems, that
!m)V h ni tin' neiMdiorhooil liad- a
4 t. .
;nftt t tn :j passing on the old hiauV'
-. lit ii 'n.til he" had -: determined on
. -i v.'.-j, ; .'d t' ihem by firiir. Ids run
i "i-jjhw thein away. One night,
Ji.'ifriu- .hcj?iu one in hi iranJen, he
I m 4ivtj iiis ijuii. . and, fjjet tin r be
lli v! s !; '.h-vre. tiivd irtto the garden.
:), ciul ;.t. wiihoitt aim or seeinir
any ) h; t; uiui at. H it the. report of
: In 'in alarined the neirhlors, who
on i .ishiui; uiU) tlu garden, found the
of a voting u:il shot
t i;:-;:siiib i it . i.eart. The old man,
. w i . ii M what tie had done, was
-! 1 u , h tUrt-ib. He was arrested and
f-' tu -i. -. S o imprisonment for life.
Me 4; as o;v bee here for 10 years,
mil his face las heeome a marble;
:;a; ; r : nothing but tho sad
...... , f that dreadful night.
i:i l.v, utd t iey have a superstition
UMmiT Uic yo mg girls that whoever
o r ila!a've'e shall place a cabbage
.v. iho doe- will marry the- first
yi.'iiitx !:ui tl-itt enters the door af-!v".v;;-d.
Aitthis, it'proved, was
1 ': ' : of the young girl in the
'.d man s 14 arc on., But instead of a
wi j ja; vhc und a grave." '
V anted to Edit. '
. !Ie w;ts. an awkward looking fel
jow, and as he sat in front of the stove
;.o rsppearod about as intellectual as
an Egyptian 'munun'. lie said, "1
merely called, mistcr.to sec if I cotddn't
.1 rmi .I'let me edit your pa--iy
' Jije,M he R:u"d, with ani
i ke hero, yon bet !"
l l4 ,ie Ik- e pensive and his words
f'HUij'd to bet ray deep-rooted, grief:
it 1 M.j.iM ).-o vou are 1 iTie the rest
o; em Editors as a class aro so con -:
ifc i tivir they all seem tq have Mho
vlea'" ibal th'ev know how to run a
;ie -.--ptipor better than the public."
He. would Inve said more bad not an
-'v.L-ri,:ii.ni wastetjasket met bis eye,
n Ii caused him to shrug his shonl
d ms. wia. Vrreat coat about him
1 Tamer' Falls Reporter.
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; 4 -iT "S" 'vM-J; 3,id an anctioueer
' 4,-g a piece of landxkis
' i-w iihil Vi t piece jf lard ; iids
the etwioM h 1 to cullivate it is so
igbt. Mr. Parker hero
e my statement., , He
patch, and ho will tell
it is worked "Yes,
id Mr. Parker. "It is
ork ; but it is a plagtry
gather the crops." -.i -
family tree, said - an
h, lis lie pointed to ja
oek. "A good tnany'f
been hung on that tree
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orses."
SIGNOR MAX.
A Second Chapter Especially De
voted to "Society."
i: LFrom the "Detroit Free Press. J '
In a recent epistle I assumed that
our so-called fashionable society is lit
tle else than a shallow pretense. 1 I
also endeavored to point out certain
truths which I think sustain me in
that assumption.
Whether my readers agree or dis
agree with me in that sweeping pro
position can have no possible bearing
on the issue. I promised, long ago,
to respect individual opinions, but I
did not engage to go further in that
direction than to simply accord all
persons the unquestioned right to
whatever opinions they choose to
cherish. - : .
"Thus, if yon happen to entertain
the notion that I am too savage in as
serting that those -who worship with
Unquestioning devotion at Society's
shri'no are men of small intellectual
endowment, and Women Who dress
immodestly- I shall not feel called
upon to retort that it is the galled
jade that winces.
Even supposing you to have become
possessed of the idea that my house is
yours, I do not knovv why I should
seek to disabuse you of tho harmless
delusion, so long as you content your
self with that. " "
I admit this is a somewhat exag
gerated view of the case, but vou will
naturally infer from it that I desire to
hamper you witli- no restrictions in
the matter of opinion.
With that understanding I shall
feel quite at liberty to present such
further counts in the indictment as
shall be demanded l3' my conscience
and the justice of the crusade against
humbug in which I have enlisted.
The Social Humbug is many-sided.
It presents an i apparently well fortified
fron t fro; i: wlm toe vcr noin t of-obser-
y-t.1 i; .r .rw- cx 'f4Jv6iH-tt. V lmt--3PHavev
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sometLm? seen thai it i incapable" of
wi'tbsUtnding 'a really "vi-vj-ous on-
slanght whenever Truth is at the head
of the assaulting column.
This readiness to surrender is a con
fession of Aveakness, not to sav im
bt?cili, that can neither be mistaken
nor correctly attributed to nnfortuit-
ous eirctiinslnnccSj for the result is al
ways the same.
That whi'di I most deplore in thi
connection is the unwillingness of
Truth to lead in very many of the
campaigns that have been undertaken
against this incarnation of fraud.
You will always find the Social
g ard defiant in the
face of Sophistr-. The blank car
tridges of Selfishness and Ignorance
have no effect against its triple armor
of folly, effronteiy and conceit. Val
iant Truth alone wields the weapon
that can pierce such armor.
While 1 have it. in mind I will step
aside to invite your attention to the
arrogance with which Society assumes
to make and unmake individuals. The
supercilious manner in which it takes
possession of the stranger who comes
within, its purview is something
against which I protest as an ntterly.
un warranted assumption of a high
privilege; a tj-rannieal interference
with one of the most sacred of hu
man rights the right to be let alone
intho pui-Ruit of happiness in one's
own wa3T, provided there be no tres
pass on those salutary usages which
are based on the broad principle of
the greatest good to the greatest num-
ber. . . : ; . .
I A stranger comes into a communis
t and mod est by ; 'asserts his right to
labor and to live in his own fashion.
He nia3 be a man of genius. Nothing
is moro likely, as genius p-rono to
wander among strango scones and
peoples, and almost before we are
aware of it he takes his placo at the
head and compels attention. Society
tidjusts its e3'e glass and , Kure3'3 thq
darino intruder with a mild stare of
doubt and amazement :
I.Vila!" it ejaculates. fThis will never
do. You must be criticised, torn; to
shreds. Wo want to know where and
how you acquired the skill b3' which
you climbed to the top of our greased
pole while vo,6tood at tho bottom
fearing to soil our handsand garments.
We decline to give yoa credit for any
innate abilitv. We, have not seen
your letters of recommendation and
wc can not permit you to get on in
this way. We would have you know
that it is our special prerogative to be
suspicions of genius, and if yoa will
not accord that to usJVo. will; decr5
you. What matters ito us that you
come here laden with the treasures of
the gods and fling them so royally at
our feet ? That hole in your coat
shbws that 3011 have not the, proper
letters of credit." .
The man only smiles serenely a he A
looks down on thcr howling pack and,
continues to gather the fruit of his
endeavor.
Society goes on in the delusion that
it is actually potent to do t(iawhich
it wills, and rather than. ope itseye
to individual merit, it how la anew
tor credentials, and gnashes itsieeth
at ever3T fresh defiance.
And then from fearing the man of
success, it goes osi to hate him. It
never stops to inquire whether Ke has
good in himself or whether, he has
taught it many things it never knew
before. He has committed the un
pardonable sin in daring to snatch
success over its head and, worse than
all; ;' without asking leave. So it once
moreassails him with its infernal
weapons of en'3 distrust, and de
traction, and, rbut for bis vigorous de
fense, when djriven to strike an enemv
ho despises, itj would lay him low in
the dust of its' own ignorance and in
capacity. Obviously, few men can battle 'suc
cessfully against such overwhelm! r.r
odds. It follows, then, that the great
majority of those who might win the
proudest honors, spend their giants'
strength in vain,' because they' -will
not crook tho knee in hycophantic
homage to this brutal brigand who
fights under the black flag of ostra
cism at odds which none but a Wotan
or a Brunhildo would dare defy.
But perhaps I am losing sight of the
Humpty Dumpty view which the
placid man should take of those
foiblessvbicb he can. affurd J;o,UaJah
do- not like- to .forget" that I
eo amoryc
priyi'ege of a gooddaugh at what, ap-
pears to me to be the grotesque
phases of socict3T ; and while I some
times groan in spirit over the fatuity
that leads men and women headlong
into, the excesses of the social mob,
the comical aspect is sure to present
itself to view in time to turn the cur
rent of regret into a flood tide of mer
riment. For example .there comes to mind
at tbe'moment the lad3 of oppressive
hospitalitv" You meet her in her own
home. She exerts herself to the ut
termost stretch of possibility to en
tertain 3011. If you are a lawyer she
fires at vou whole batteries of Gatlins
guns charged with the latest reports
of the coil rSof last resort. It maybe
that you are a doctor. - The unction
which she rolls under her tongue
sweet pills of anatomv, and the satis
faction with w hich she flings at your
head the newest discoveries in tho ap
plication of antesthetics, and the com
parative beauties of the scarifier and
the trocar, plentifully sprinkled with
extracts from the mortalit3 statistics
of the S ate Board of Health for 1849
hy.wa' of condiments, drive you to
the verge of despair. It is not- infre
quently the case that she understands
what she talks about so' glibly, and
that she is really conscientious in her
endeavor to entertain - you. . But 1
have known instances when her vo
lubilitv was the shallowest affectation.
Now if I were that lawyer or that
doctor I am persuaded that I should
find sortie means of informing my ladr
that I "had come out to escape the
shop. ' ' ; "."''
This kind of hospitality is of the
same general character as that which
prompted tuo New England farmer's
wife to put six spoonfuls of molasses
. in the minister's tea. It also reminds
- me of an incident that is related of a
'. famous tragedian. He had been out
' gunning and stopped at a farm-house
for supper. Tho dear old Iady,J who
presided had "raised" biscuits of most
excellent qnality. The-guest was dis
posing of them in a way known only
to hungry sportsmen. The housewife
was very proud of, that testimony to
their excellence, but as weoften find
in - more! important things, she was
aching for some spoken acknowledge
j ment of her skill : in that, particular
I branch or , gastronomy, a u-
J tinued to press biscuit after biscuit ou
ber visitor. -She fished, and figcted,
and skirmished, aod beat the bush for
the coveted compliment, until at last
the tragedian discovered her purpose.
With half a biscuit poised in one hand
and a knife in the other he solemnly
arose; and in his most tragic of tragic
tones extdaimod : 'I came to bury
Caesar, pot to praise him."
U baa occurred to me that some
such lesson is needed in the case f the
hosfess who talks law reports to'vfae
lawyer and mortabtj' statistics to the
doctor. ! a.
She "Sot" Down on Hini. ''
After making Inquiries of every
person they met, no matter if pedes
trians were only ten feet apart, old
Mr. and Mrs. Jones reached the De
troi t Mil watikec depot y estei-day in
good order, and wshftwn into the
the waiting rown. x, hey did not -.eu-ter,
however, nntilH.ho..oId man bad
read the sign over
marked :
1
oor and re
"Waiting-room, eh ? Wonder what's
she's wailing for. Well, wo can wait
as long as the room can eh, Nancy? '
"I told you," she replied as she de
po3iteddier heavy satchel on one of
the wooden sofas "I told you to see
you could and say as little as possible.";-.-,
ft--
V. That's what I'm doing," ho -growled,
as he drew his coat-tails right and
left backed up to the'red-hot coal
Stove. He had just become interest
ed in reading, "Broad-gange, double
track three hours' lime saved to
Now York," when the back of his
blue coat1 began rapidly fading to
brindled brown, and several parties
called out in a warning waj lie
leaped awa', pulling. his pants awa'y
from his legs, and the old lady pulled
him down beside her and hoarsely
whispered :
"If you were a boy I'd spank you
good'and sound! Tho back of your
coat is falling right out, and every-
"It's-nOvtieh . thing I hain't laughU
snapped as"' he"w rubied
around. "How did I know there was
any fire in the stove? Ilow'could I
see my back ?"
Itl a few minutes the troub! J wait
er settled down. The old lad- was
hunting her snuff box, and the old
mian was sticking his four or five
teeth into an apple, when he compla
cent 13 remarked :
"I'm" going to git this coat off and
look at the mortal injuries."
"You keep still!" she warned.
"You'd make a nice spectacle here in
your shirt sleeves, wouldn't 3011?"
"Hain't this a free country ?"
"You keep right still!"
That Settled that. It was all often
minutes before he suddenly announ
ced :
"When the old man Barnes was
here last summer he got the best
blon3 sassago ho ever stuck his mouth
into, and; I'm going out to find the
place and biy one."
You won't do aiy such thing; 3ou
are going to sta right here and keep
3our head shut !"'
"I am, am I ?"
"Yes, 3ou are T1
And that settled that. He leaned
back, sighing like the last turn of a
big fl3-wheel, and the old lad was
almost dozing when he made a move
that startled ber. He was trying to
stratch the sole of his left foot with
the toe of his right boot. r.
"Them blasted chillblain ! bo wbis
pered, as she faced around.
"You stop!" she commanded;
j "I tell 3'ou they itch so I can't
stand it 1"
"All the folks aro looking !" she ex
claimed, "and you'll soon be the laugh
ing stock of everybody in the room!
Let youf feet go till night, and then.
3ou can rub 'em with sandpaper
again!
"I'm going to pull my boots off now
this very minit and dig them 'ere
chillblains right to the heart!" he
said in a 'determined tone.
"No, you won't !"
"Yes I.will !"
" : "I see what I've got to do!" she
said as she rose up. "You foller
me!" -Why
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fCome right along without a
word l" .. . '-v. ' " ;
He followed ber out into the depot
and to the lower end. Her clenched
hand was seen to "tick" his long nose
n she indnbred in emnhatie gestures,
and wbeh .be followed her back ho
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looked pale. As he was going into
the door of the.waiting-room a merry
traveler remarked :
"The old lady rather runs this
house, doesn't she I"
"She does!" whispered the old man
as he halted for an instant. "She's
m- third wife, "and she's got heaps of
town lots, piles of pine land and wa
gon loads of mill-dams and saw-mills.
I haTn't got nothing nothing but re
ligion, and that don't back me worth
a cent when the old lad puts her
foot down ! Yes, I'm sot down on
good-bye.
Five minutes after that ho waslean
ing against, the wall, f dozing off to
sleep, and a big tear resting ou either
cheek . Detro it Free Press. .
- Bijah.
A policeman was walking softy- up
Prospect street, wishing that be was
a shot-gun and was being aimed at all
tho dc-gs in town. f
Beside a shed3
In an alley-wav,'
There stood a man
In dark display.
The officer called to him, but he an
swered not. A stone hurled at his
head aroused the'unknown to action
however, and he fled down the alley.
If he hadn't fallen over a box the offi
cer would have had no case, and his
Honor could nVhave said :
"Pardon Johnson, what were you
doing in that alley at midnight with
a coffee-sack tinder your arm ?"
"I was standin' in dar, sah."
"Yes, I know, but why?"
1 speet I was injoyin' de bewtiful
night sah."
"Why did 3-011 have the sack along?"
"I alius carries dat sack wid me,
sah, 'kasc it's hand7 to put over my
head when a storm comce. .
'And it's handy to put wood into." t
. "No, sah." j
lAnd just the thing to 'drop chick-
Mf ' hnson, this court iui a v eil-,
def; -:upicioh. that a fat ami heal
th man as 3'ou are ought to earn
3our own living and give the poultry
Jjnsiness a rest."
-Wa I arter chickens, sah ?"
"I think so."
'Oh,'boss, 3ou bars down on me too
hard! Ez I seems bouo' to go up en
nyway I'll 'splain-to de court dat I
was arter doves, an' dat's de solumn
truf!"
"Doves, eh?"-
"Doves, eab. De ole woman is
down sick in bed, an' I was arter.
doves to make broth. k Hope lo be
bored frew, wid a red hot auger-if dat
ain't de fack I
"Mr. 'Johnson," said the court after
a long pause, "you caifgo home."
"Yes, sah." v
"But let doves alone."
"I will, sah."
"And don't bo found out again at
such a late hour."
"Nebher, sah;"
The hens may cluck.
The doves may coo
And have no tear
Of what he'll do.
Detroit Free Pras. jv
He Got Tired.
Yesterday forenoon a fatherly
looking man appeared at the corner
of Woodward and Jefferson avenues
and asked a pedestrian where, the
Home of the Friendless was, saying
that he desired to adopt a child. He
was given the information, but after
the lapse of an hour be had progressed
only one block. He seemed ;to have
put away several glasses. of beCr, and
his eyes bad a heav3 lopk as hr ask
ed of a boy :
"Bub, kin you tell mc . where the
Friend of the Homeless is?"
The by told him, and the 6tranger
went up as far as the monument,
wandered around by the market, and
at noon was heard asking a woman:
"Mad am, kin you tell tne where to
find the Homes of tao Homeless, as I
want to a dopt a orphan."
She djdn't know, an! he didn't seem
to care much, as he felt sleepy. When
dragged out of an aMe' about mid af
ternoon he looked vacantly around
and querried :
lz zhis er Friendless of er Home
less, or er Houseless, of er Friendless,
or er Friendship ofrer. Homeless, or
wbaz?" ' ' 1
"Do you want to adopt an orphan?''
: asked the officer.
The strapger lurched along for a
whole block, deeply thinking, and
then answered .
"Nozur; I want a orfufl to jopt
me." . T7
He was adopte-1 till the next session-
of the Central Station Court.
Detroit Free Pre. '
" The Lime-Kiln Club.
"Ia dar a lone man in dis hall who
wants an ottis ?' asked Brother (Jard--ner
as the members suddenly ceased
to blow their noses and shutile their
feet.
"Yes -I iz dat lone man !" called a
score of voices.
- "Same rush o' blood to the hed dat
de white man hez !" wavs tho sorrow
ful remark of the Preshlcnt as lie,
gave a pull at "his shirt collar. "Hat's
anoder faze o' human natnr, an' 1
reckon its one of de worst in do wood
pile. De moro time I put. in on dis
pastur o human life de moro I see dat .
de average man had radder live on
j soup an' crackers an' draw do pa)' of
a email office dan to shove the jack
plane, an' live li!ie a prince. De young
man am brung np to feel dat work is
degradin', an' dat 1 . 1 ! : t ofliis U do
top stoiy, ati' de day U tundn' when
)-ou'll hev to hunt dis t w si w d a lino
tooth comb to git sight of a rfau who
.works b- de day an' isn't 'sliamed of
de fact ! 'Ah you niters a in like all
de rest I De niinit )'ou is finkin' dat
if 3-ou only had an ollis to hole 3-011'd
be de biggest pill in de.dox, an' when
you go to bed at night it is to dream
dat you is Laud Mayor-of Toledo,
wid seventeen white horses ter draw
3Ter aroint'. Look at dis wool. See
how -de kinks am hlcuchin' out to de
color o' xnow ! Look at lis treniblin-
neck dis aged mou dese toltem'
ears. Den ax me it' I haven't put in
fift v-ei.rht 'iirs p' time 011 dis ter-
reslnd globe ! Jlez I ebor held oftis?
AIM1,,0'1, s,,,,oiv hands wid- all do-
a
lltj b'trVi'?
t-wyt:. l.lxtt- J ;nt men, an'-
been dep)-ei nv.ds hull tjnivB'l,iVT
I reckon not. D h'vs boVilV'a I
pars along ? Not a hoot! Do de men
sneer.r.t me as I enter a corner groce
ry ? Not a sneer ! Do de burglars
and thieves avoid '-trie on de avenue ?
Not an avoid l G'emtii let de offis
bisnes? alono. Do furder keop
away from it do more fa vcVll hev
to ride pn ele platform of a street kvar
in de da3time.;:De workin' man pegs,
right .along y'ar after 3'ar, growin'
better ez he growsv older. De offis
holder, kicks ujva heap o' dust . for a
few mdnths an' den is roasted in. do
oven of .ingratitude an' fed to de curs
of un thankfulness
Detroit Free Press. I V
A Novel Idea. . v
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The agent of the jBnfaula (Al,) ;
Bail way has issued a card, oi.. which
is printed the following passages from ,
the Bible. One of the cards hangs in
the O. &. 31. office, Where ii can bo
easily 6een by applicants for free
passes :
in those days there were no passes
given.
Search the Scriptures. .
Thou shalt -not pass. Numbers,
xx., 18.
Suffer not a man to pass. Judges,
in., 28.
The wicked shall no more pass.
Nah'Qii, i., 15.
None shall ever pass. Ieaiab,
xxxiv., 10.
This generation shll not pass.
Mark, xiii., 30, .
Though they ro;ir. et they shall
not pa-1. Jerciniun, ii , 42.
So be paid the lure and went.
Jonah, J., II. ,
. The five year old - daughter of an
Eighth street family tho other day
stood watching her baby brother,wbo
was making a great fuss over having
his face washed. The little miss at
length lost h?r patience.and stamping
her tiny foot aid : "You think you"
havo lots of trouble, but you don't
know anything alwut iL Wait till
3'ni pre big enough to get a lickiu'-
and then you'll see won't be mam
ma?.'!
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A ClappertDwn (Pennsylvania) girl
who was kind to a tsick woman on the
cars foury ears ago and wouldn't 'take'
anything for her trouble, has just re-,
ceived $90,000 the stranger who ' had
taken her name, and said "You " will
be paid some day," having left ber all
her money. , "..'":
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