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. " , ,.,..' : ' ' : : ; - . ' An IudcpCndowt Family NcWgp.Por : Fo,- the fri-ootl of' tl.e Political, SoeKM, Asrioultral Ui.l CymorWl iterci, VOL. 6, (The tnratn ogres. PUBLISHED BY Welii'AIJnH BROTHERS, ." TERMSIN ADVANCE : One eopy, one year, One copy, nix months......... .....w.... One eopy, three months) . ........... .v. HUijrle copy, ....... ...... J2.00 1.00 . 5- TCn copies, one year,. .....-; J5.00 To persons whd make tin clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of tho paper will be furnished one year, free of Tllfi iUCE AT THE WINDOW. Three lone, sunny summers Have blossomed anil gone Since I saw your sweet 'face,' Like a glimpse of the datfn, As out of your value-howered , Lattice on hijh tJ You leaned with the roses t To waft me good -by ! " 1 The merry wave? tparkk1 A 11 i I feather in foam. Ah tlio swift prow cleaves onward, -That lieiuo! h me home ; -IStit'swi fter; in v darlincr, -Jn shadow and sun, To meet you and greet you My happy thoughts run ! Al ! there is the headland,' , All pnrpVjd with heather And the low, reedy ilats ' - Where we wandered together, And there -is the inlet;. The shallows, and cove, With 'th irreen hills beyond. A:nH.ho blue skv above ! And there, running over With sunshine and roses, The gray, gabled Cottage Jltrr lattice discloses. And sweeter than all The sweet roses, I see The gh;d face that waits At tb window for uni! HUMMER AND . SUNSHINE. 1 clasped her hand, ny little sweet. The fading hours' were swiftly going, Ainl jiibt bevond our st ravin 2: feet The river's tide was onward flowing. "Ah; love'- said I, "the little bout . That lies Deyoml the field of clofer I'pon the '.vaVes shainightlydloi-t, And 1 will row you safely over." The field' was passed. We stood beside The ripp'iu Waiter, swiftly flowing," And soon across, the river wide My nilHiifr arirfs were safety . roaring'. Summer and sunshine in her hairr Summer and sunshine on the "river; . od knoweth how I loved her there A love v:hJh shall abide forever. Summer and sunshine in her eyes, Summer and sunshine, bright above us. The lauji'iing air, the azure sliies, Hung over us, and seemed to love us. To-day el asp her in my arms The earth, the air, arc bright as ever, And life itself as full of charms And I shall row her o'er the river - The Keys. Father O'Leary and Cfu'rran were cracking-tb-eir-jokes at a 'dinner-party one evening as was their wont,; when the celebnited advocate turned abrupt y to the good father, saying : "I wish, Leary'tuHt'Ou had the kcj-s of heaven." v - "Why, Curran ?" asked the divine. "Because you could then let me in," said the ftfc'fitious counsellor. "It would be better for you Curran, that I had the keys to the other place ; because I could then let you out," re plied O'Leary. - A Winter Peach- The Petersburg (Va.) Rural JIcs svijer thus describes this fruit, which it saj-s originated with Mr. Jos. Hawk ins, of Dinwiddle, Ara., before the war, and which is called the "Hrk'i'ns Winter Poaeh." That gentleman has liad for' some years trees in full bear ing : iTho fririt does not begin to ripen un til the leaves have fallen from the tree in Xovcmbcrj is in rio way injured by the severe frosts of that season, and hangs on the trees until it assumes a beautiful .red cheek. When ripe they may be picked and put aw.ajr-to' be carried to markef-at leisurl-saj' uny time in November or early Efecember. The fruit .is large, (tlio first important item in ar market peach ;)ccIor whitish with red cheek; flesh whitish; rich, juicy and pleasant. It will keep far into December without rotting. It can be bandied pretty much the same as apples."- ; Mr. Wm. Kirkpatrick,:of Orange, realized 90 bushels of wheat from a sowing of 2-J - - -r--- - - - ' " - - . JUNE'S DISAPPOINTMENT Ij ncle ilod was dead . , tte had been the one wealthy man of the Jeffrey family. ; He was one of three brothers, 'who- had never mar ried.' Only the sister, Jenny, had married, and married poor In a few years she was a widow with a child. She came, then, to keep house for her brothers, and so Junius, her son, was brought, up on the old Jeffrey-place,; where his; grandfather was born. :i . .... . "June," they called him. It suited his health and beauty. , Such another curled darling could not be found for miles . around,- 2nd yet his adoring mother had not spoiled her boy. He had grown up sunny-tempered, brave and generous. ! If he were a little self-indulgent, he was not selfish or weak. With his uncles Charles and Geof-frcj-j jhtf Lad ever been a favorite; The one frank, young spirit was the suii shino of their silent, plodding lives ; for the Jeffrey farm was stL'fty, and required much hard labor trf render it productive as a means of livelihood to the united family. They were never in anj'wise depen dent upon their merchant brother, whose speculations of one day often brought him a larger profit than their united labors amounted to in a whole year; although they were often indi rectly benefited by the large means at his command. But with his uncle Hoscoej June had ever seemed to stand on an inse cure footing. When the child had been born, and his moth'er had writ ten to her rich brother that he had a little nephew, ho responded kindly, saying; "Bring him up to be healthy and sensible, and may heaven bless you !" But not a hint that he might possibly make the boy his heir; nor never a word of the kind after he came to live side by side with him. But it was only naturablhat there should be such expectations. June -rs the lssi of tho . family line, and l hough he did not bear the family name, he had the clear-cut Jeffrey features and the peach-blossom cheek which bnl made his mother thebeauty of the neighborhood in her youth. Ih'd .Uoscoe Jeffrey love his nepberP? lie never in his lifetime gave girni that he did. He was a .quiet man, whose reserve it was hard to penetrate. Ilis confi dence he gate tor no .o-rre.- - Perhaps the' to whom his face and form were most familiar knew ' him least. He rareljr talked at home. ' For days at a time he was strictly silent. As far as likes and dislikes went, he vas in scrutable. Ho treated 'every one pre cisely alike, and with uniform civility. If he had any preferences, he never revealed therrt.- - From childhood, June had an in stinctive respect for him. As he grew older :it i,ha4 dcepertcd, and he had been conscious of. pain and regret that uncle Roc had nevejvjn his childhood petted him -never, in his maturer years, praised him. He had'had little thought about his fortune until he fell in love.- Her told Blanche Burtonshaw, then, that he hoped uncle Roc would leave him his money. ; .Blanche was of a wealthy and prord famiiy;- Ferhaps they encouraged the intimacy between the young people because they, too expected that June would bo his . uncle's, hefr. Time proved this to be the case. Otherwise, Juno was hardly a peer f5r Blanche Burtonshaw in a worldly sense,;, At twenty-one ho was with out means or profession. He had a fiue intellect and unbounded activity, but it had never been turned to any account.- ; Being an athlete ario! a crack marks man, a champion chess-player ancF base baliist. he was a favorite with 1 t yotrng people. Older heads might have wagged him awav fro ni their daughters with larsre expectations, if it hard not been for his- near , relation ship to rich Roscoe Jeffrey". June began to think seriously now of This heirship. Was it or was it not to be ?' .. ; If uncle IToc had been a different kind of man, Juno might boldly have asked him if he intended to leave' ft mf anything; but the long years of si lence seemed to forbid that. Mrs. Godfrey had neither tact nor courage if- o "i ;-:;-' . . LINCOLNTON, N. C, SATURDAY, JULt 13, 1878. to institute inquiries, and so the mat ter stood when Roscoe Jeffrey died.' ' He died suddenly, of hearted iseape, without any warning. But, frorn his advanced sif?e and methodical hiihiro nobody :had any doubt but tbat bis wil was made. - And now, : hope and apprehension" shook Jnno : Godfrey from tSe very teentfo of his being. He loved Blanche witt all the ferrof of a fresh, and daruest tfeaft,'and of late head learn ed that her parents' consent .to ibeir marriage depended upon his becoming his uncle' 8 heir. . ' . ' . . The irl, toogfev pTr. dfid rierv; ous. June was her hero, her beloved. It would be a dire calamity if she must give him up. . And then, out of garden walks anct moonlight sails, came the faost Cftrrrest tlk of their lives. "If he has made no provision for me, Blanche, I must give yon tip", then." "So my father said.' The bright, bloomlrfg face baf wliftened a little, yet both were in clined to hold fast to hope. "When is the will to be read, June?" "In the morning." "To-morrow at this time we shall kntv, June," twining her gentle arms in sudden strength of emotion about his neck. "Even if ho has left you poor, I shall lovo yo just the ga"nie Dearest, do-not leave me !" "Blanche, my darling, I never will, till you send me from you." "I care nothing for money." A few irrepressible words ; then the silence of deep emotion. "We will hope for the best." These were their last words, and then they parted. In the morning, the family met in the old family sitting-room, in the pre sence of Rostoe Jeffrey's lawyer, to hear read the dead man's last will and testament. ' "To my brothers, Charles nnd Geof frey, I leave each the sum of ten thousand dollars. "To my sister Jcnnj- I leave the in terest of fifteen thousand dollars, rwhich is invested in the Savings Bank, said income to be hers only during her lifetime. "The remainder of my property wow available, aaVo fo be available, shall go to the organization of " AVell, never mind it was a great charity, and hacTone much gff&d,- ho' i do-ant. They all remembered now his hints of it, and understood his long labors and plans for" it. It has made his memory blessed. But poor June ! His name had -not been mentioned at all in the will. He was not even cut off with a sbrftmi?.- For l&s Ht'ffi tf&e fVr Us tite fie' felt a furious anger toward his ever kind ly uncle. He had shed tears over his dead face ; now he could not have wept for bitterness. Out of such abundance, not even a penny for him 1 And yet it sxyeiTKJd'ias tf the Blight of not mentioning his nafrie hurt -him more. :'. Then he must go and tell Blanche; but she had already heard the news. The story that Roscoe Jeffrey had left fifty thousand dollars to a great charity, and not a cent to his only nephew, had already reached her. The two looked at esK'h othery and and tfa'eTi their faces' grev cal'ni over their great resolve. , t. "We belong to each other. We will be married just the same," they said. In a few dajs they had settled it all. Blanche had decided to marry against her parents' wishes.- She did this in grief, yet conscious that she was right, since Jam? fra'd already be gun the most Jietife exertions to pro vide a maintenance for them, and each was ready to live for the other. The means of maintenance secured a simple clerkship they were quietly united, and Wettt a-way to the city to live. 1 ; June's disappointment had made him a serious rnanv His boyish eare lessnisss wds'gone ; his habits were all changed. To provide in independence and honesty for his family was ar pur pose which called fortn steady appli- catibil' and exertion, jtor at the erlcf of a year two little daughters, as much alike as tv?in rOsefeiids,- rriaxie Blanche a mother! Two years latery a beauti ful boy , increased ' their f cares - and hopes. Tw L i J :iir . '11 j. junt', wuu uiiuereiow iiiiuscu now withBurpri$iiig correctness, was ex erting himself to obtain a competent I knowledge of civif engineering, for be had excellent abilities for this occu pation. A few years' Study and ex perience, and he would command a position which would provide comfort for Sfanche and educate his little ones. And now he gave himself neither rest noribleep. Ho stddled by. the mid night oil ; he rOse before dawn. n.Bjancbe- ioo'lked 0ft with instinctive niisiHiigau , J::l;4,, : .."Dearest, yoi will kill yourselfand break my heart I" she cried, weeping. lie cheered her and struggled on. . At lilst, human strength could bear the'strain no longer. He fainted and fell I beside his desk one night; and Blanche lifted the dear head upon ? her breffst and rrept over him anion 1 r herTrightened little ones. .When . June again regained con sciousness, she begged and besought him. "Dearest ! oh, my love! give up these super-human efforts., . !fod" will die and leave me alone. I had rather live upon a crust a day , than to see you thus daily killing yourself." He covered his face. . "Blanche, fadst I ? if I 3au you are doomed to a lifetime of po-yerty, I have no means at my command which will adequately support five persons. But a little while, and I could place yourn Comparative ease. And to give up n aw,- after tryrng so long, giintng so much, and hoping so high !" "My precious husband, some other wa3 will'open. I will write to my father, and tell him of our little Rose Itnd Lily of onr boy" "fro, no!" bitterly. ut)o not expose onr poverty to them, Blanche." "It was a trying hour. At last June made his wife a pro mise. He would take a week's rest. This greatly recruited him. Then again he resumed his task of self-instruction Hard and, slowly the time wore on. Blanche's check had lost forever its girlish roundness. It was pale with growing care and sleepless solicitude. June, too, had grown pale and thin in the struggle, yet his f'aeo had gain ed the added beauty of heroic resolve and patience. One day there came a knock at the door. Why wfis !tftn stgent, a ped dler? For thej' had few visitors. June rose from his desk, and ad rffHted a stranger. Ho was well dressed a'nd Courteous,- and assuring himself that he was addressing Mr. Junius Godfrey, he proceeded to make certain plain statements. !o6n he was gone. Blanche did not understand she jc&dsd rtcrtbrtt there was June kneel ing beside her, clasping" both arms I around her waist, aud crying, "Dar- ling: aarnngr in a voice 01 sucn gladness. And there upon the table was a bank-book. . "June, what doe? it fcjm ?" ."That we.tave money money ifi plentyBlanche!" ' ' ; " . "How?" ' : "When I was born, my undo Roc put.ten thousand do Jars 111 the savings-bank for me. With the interest which has accrued, it is "a small for tune now. You know we have been moving about from place to place to find cheaper-rent,-and the bank peo ple have just found ns. Oh, Blancher Blanche ! my poor, weary darling, yoii can rest now T Put down that tiresome" sowing, and be glad with met" But Blanche wenS on making the baby's apron, just the same j only a tear fell upon it. "I wa9 sure that, better times would come," she said. To lend a man "a quarter" politely, requires eotvsiderable coolness? afki self-con tr6f. To be sjpw and ceremoni ous abobt it implies dstrust; to slap down' the coin with a "bang" indicates irritation white to search all yorrr pockets in succession, conveys the im pression that you will be left penniless by the transaction. A smiling,- quiet promptness marks the' gentleman in this crisis. A minister approached a mischiev ous urchin about twelve years old, and, laying his , hand upon his shoulder thus addressed him : My son, I bcleivc tho devil has got hold of you." "I be lieve he has, too," was the - significant reply of the urchin.' KENTUCKY'S KING. Ten Broeck's Yictorj- Over Mollie McCarthy LouisviLLE, Kt., July 4. Such a crowd as thronged the streets, pack ed the hotels and.boarding-houses, and sought accomodation in every con ceivable place," was never seen in Louisville before. All day yesterday and to-day train added to the crowd, and the inpouring' continued until uoon to-day. The day opened bright and clear, and as the hours' advanced the sun grew hotter, till it fairly broil ed down intensely. The city in every direction was handsomely dc-: co rated, and presented a gay attire never witnessed by our people before. Unbounded curiousity to see tho kinir and queen of the turf previous to tho race was not gratified. The stables of both were guarded by the police and detectives last night, Mr. Ilarper slept in Ten Broeck's stable, and the heads of both horses were kept up not even their jockeys being permit ted access. Both horses were in excellent con dition, but the feeling and odds were decidedly in favor of Kentucky's horse. The Californians, of whom a great many were present, stoutly maintained tho superiority of their favorite, and took large odds long as they had a cent left. The horses were started by Mr. Clark, President of the Asociation, and the first heat settled the contest, Toflie McCarthy being distanced. Time S:193. The backers of Ten Broeck and all Kentuck arc jubilant beyond ariy thing ever before witnessed in the aunals of the turf. The Californians are cor respondingly depressed, and most of them being dead broke, are earnestly discussing the serious problem of how to get back home. The horses had befen so well guarded that there is but little room for talk about doctor-' ing which is usually indulged in. The owner and backers of the California Queen, though pretty well deriior alized still insist that she can beat Ten Broeck, and express their willing ness to make another match, provid ed it be run on the Pacific slope. Ko estimate can be made of the amount of money that changed hands on the result of this royal race. The betting was not only free hero, but in every part of the country. Immense sums were staked outside of Louisville. Betting, was pretty even here, but odds have been maintained in favor of Ten Broeek all the way through. When the drum tapped for the race Ten Broeek and Mollie McCarthy went by the string like twin bullets. Ten Broeck had the outside of the track, and the mare, being oh the in side, ran to the front from the start. - i At the first quarter they were side by side, and going gallantly on to victory. The half mile did not change the posi tion, and as they moved onward the 30,000 spectators were held in perfect sileneev Between half and three-quar-ters the mare got her nose ahead, and a great cheer went up, and thjen, as they came past the string, and she again appeared in front, another cheer was heard. The mare was running cas'. Ten Broeck was being driven hard, and Walker urged him more and more. In the Second mile Mollie seemed to bo moving with such ease, and Ten Broeek labored" so hard that Ken tuckians wavered by thousands, and the certainty of California ' win ning produced a dead silencoi At the half post, by the second mile. Walker urged Ten Broeck Quite hard, and Hovrsen permitted him, to conic up side by side.- A Kentucky yell, such as was heard for miles, rent the air as tbey ran past the three-quarters, and coming into the stretch. Mollie McCarthy brushed ahead again, pass ing the grand stand half a length in the lead. "She will win sure," was heard in all directions; and more confident grew the cry, as her easy movement continued, thehorse still driving. She passed the quarter in the third miledeading, but the horse hung on to her close, and made tho pace so murderous that many knew his bottom would have an effect ulti mately. At the three-eighths polo of the third mile McCarthy let up in her running, Ten Broeck taking the track and passing her at the very moment his friends were gmng-bim up. He increased rapidly the distance separat ing them. The mare's break down was NO. 268. heard the field over, hut ho ran on. Walker, pulling the h"r-e sliVH-. was ahead on the third mile ten lengths, and he increased it rJl the timeout. Although ber defiat was now certain, few reaped h-v.v cr.v Ten Broeck would Win, he little mere than galloping the remain!:: - i.tilo. The Queen of the Californian-j was at tho three-quarter poie when the gre.st Kentucky crack distanced her. The time was 8:10., as folio wis : First mile, 1:191; second mile, :i: 13; third mil 5:503 ; fourth tn'ile, S: 1 1 more than A minute slower than his best ''record. Both horses were well used up. the heat bein; intense. The .Flying: Machine YaW. About fifty thousand, peoph- as-im--bled on Boston Common ht Thuiv day morning to witness t:i h:l ex hVuition of the flying luaehi.-.c : tin open air. The plan was to ai! a vomit the tops of the-house.-' a;sd over t he principal streets ami demonstrate to : wondetinj multitude the i!';;i;;--of air navigation. When evervt hinu was ready the machine w:n 'let g but instead of living up k,-;!!- r . was intended, it shot up !.4.e an a; ruv to a distance of about, two thousand feet. Every one came to the conclu sion at once that it was uuman'eable, and the poor auwiaut was the objee. of much sympathy as he floated n ward, lie soon let off son of i he Lra but did not descend, lis went i.p higher and higher, and it was , n evident that he was as m i.!) at the mercy of the currents a- ncy haloon ist. lie sailed over Brooklyn,- Bo tor. Highland, and oat through'. Xorfulk count', and landed at th litth town of Earnham. Here he was object of wonder to the inhabitants, :u 1 al ter the" had' gazed .on him essayed to. fly back to Boston, but on ;vm" !:; Dover gave it up, and packing !:i - ma chine on the train, he returned homo" by rail. He explains his failure "by saying that the gearing pot va or. I 0? -order. The bLcerin.- nppara I:: - .-.vonSd Oil- not work, and one of the r. ;.- was disarranged, lie sa.i lie !: ! lo Tit; it with a cord and strap his i-oi to 1 he pedal. "Laying By. ' The summer crops are being laid by or soon will he. The manner in w.hi-!i this is done is far from being unim portant. Cotton fields in hilly regions should be left with the surface as nea' ly flat. as possible, - to prevent the washing, so apt to occur in a Ioqm?, mellow, clean soil. Washing awa.v. oi the soil has been one of the greatest evils of extended cotton culture. (I rain and grass growing farmers bav-3 no Conception of it. In level regions where there is danger of too much water i.i the soil, b u t n 0 n e of wash i n g,i t i a be t te e to leave good ridges or hods. In all cases, crops ought to be laid by perfectly clean ;no grass. or wee U left to divide the soil food with th rfraturing crop. Especially if the land is to be planted in cotton r.gain th.o ensuing year, no gra-s shoe.!;! be allowed to mature seed. If pcrmilte i to seed, it will double the, work of hoe ing the succeeding crops w bother cot ton or corn. Not only .so, but if cotton is followed by graiu, 'the latter will in such case be succeeded by a. larger c ro p of gra ss, t he a e e d s o f w h i c 'a w ill again give trouble in the cotton yh.ieh. foJloys. . We have often; thought that with some care in prvventing t! v seeding of crab. gra -s, this p ' A 0:11 farms mfght be eradicated ; eer'r.iy it could be kept within much 1 an ver bounds. We have often noli'-ed that where portions of fields v, e"o laid by grassy, the same parts would be more grassy the next year than those laid 1 -y clean. The time at which c crop f hoald be laid by depends on cir:em.:a: e . Corn should receive its la;t ploughing (a very shallow one),4ibout the ti;he I; is preparing to tassel. But if'.-frm any canse, the ploughing does not clean it thoroughly, it-should be hoed tab-t -quently. Cotton ought to have a steady moderate growth up to the be!;,"- a little later towardy the gulf. WLa ever workings are neee.arv to injure this should be given it. As longa.silis worked it will continue to grow, ue less extreme drought prevails. The Reason Why. "How came you to havo sueh " short nose?" askd a city dandy ox" a country boy. "So that I should not be poking it into other people's bu-s'-' ness." was the reply.
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