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- . ' M gL, .... . . ...-i-j.. .,., smmmmflmm ILM ;j. jyylLwMiM gw.r,;;' IWuYTi..j nny m. iffi mi mini. .Jmsmp voEvnr; third seeies I i ' - 01 11 j .1ij.'Fi--)j,H;.fn-'r!iJ":i-t.yi';'.'' Q'TTQTTTT TT'l: -TT ,VjVl '''''''IIYIWTTM IK $'afrt,lh liSmunui 1 ra,iT ''"!f , .... -r . ...t h - in ? nirl V erxox, . u. , t 'March'2Gth. 1877. Watchman?' ' . . i It kaniiU wiiul. ' 14511 n-iiul Oiivt lilnws noltndv 18 2111 f i. ? . i ..nrv of tJiQP harl 5 times is to revive ..It ill 1 MD . ' tne arc oi jjotn-g t.iIov. DiogenejSL was invited to sit down If ii' i. and-ieffue iimise.r Wnu t mic au nt themostsiunntuons viands, at the ta- , it. f a lirornn in, iimiki-ii nt it : me i w " . . " . . ' . iiinffilhere are m the world Diogenes can dp jvithout !" 'We npw hVc to learn in the same school with the. crusty, old philosopher wlietucT we win or no.; Aim doubt not that our ncaitn, our nnanccs, liiince and enforced economy. There is no denying the fact that ive are an .extravagant poeple. That we find it hard to "make both ends meet," In our yearly settlements,, is not collusive ileuce of prudeiitinanagement and well regulated exienditure. The outlay for siiar, coffee and tobacco alone would more than doubly pay all our farmer's jaxesaboijt .which heslietifts. ,have wh ;uinss towmd '' Christihfts.- If-thesV articles uiusfc be bought, the moderate use of them would reduce their cost to less thnii one half and that would he he en ..fonc sncat difficult v. Let whoever needs to be convinced on this' point,': take; hisj latc and perform a lm! example in com jiuin ninltiplicatioudirision and subtrac tinn multiply t anonthly cost of voiu4 Hiigar, coti'eeandiobacco by 12, divide by 2, and from wits " subtract the anumnt of vour ia-rcicii, .inn, mi ,i u . iuc tui nal exception, (as all rules vwll havehj 11 tin wine exceptions,) a quite noticeable sur plus will remain.. I he art ot een doing mthoHt them entirely is by no means ini K)ssihIc or uncomfortable aS many folks will testify, who were com pell etl, through shwr necessity, to relinquish their use. And there are, quite a uiu1k.t of other nacU articles on our tables, merely as mat ter of habit, which cost m'oney, and do lmt little service, and which if dispensed with once, would Jeave us healthier. wealthier and wiserffor the ludiEfo ofour lives. . . o . s Then wlio Avoifld undertake to catalogue an ot u.e neeuiess uraiirsiKniTOir pocic, in. at home and abroad i Their name is i ,i ii i - t " lejjion." A ghcc at some of the more prominent must 'suffice. There is no tell iu what, we lose; by the rago for foolish tinc;y, intemperate eatiu4iiid drinking of all sorts, hot-ljeaded law-suits, hastily sw'elletl and ufmeeewwirV doctuV-bills, rattle dying and crops wasted and de stroyed for wstotofeare,alud thrift v treat - iiirntj. impovetJslMHi lands timregenerated liv om1 tillage fVnd manuring, .-tools rot- out in theffields and hst or carried olf Iliy uegi'tM'S, tipic rtqttaudenel by the hour, tiny and .week and so man.y such things that. arc far "too tedious to mention. '- The oid y true way is to make move and spend jess unu Ayo oiignt to do it. laiK dn this subject i stolen ti fui and trite. Iut iwiriteness does not relieve us from its Aw consideration -and "practice Ever sinee the daVs of -Dr. Franklin, whose "Poor Kicliardpromidgated the most uni versally favorite collection of maxims on it which the . English language contains, ft our every body's mouth we have such aphorisms as . , - "A'-penny saved is two pence clear j A pm a day is p graot a 3"ear.n Hut who studies .Economy as an artt Who goes leytfnd precept far enough to iittmct notice, nd to lnfliiencothe tactics of the coiannuutv or neigh lwuhood by his mmple? TWisDr. Franklin did; but I am afraid it wfll le 'several days before anyjKMlv else does it. With Franklin,- neither time nor money j were wasted not even a groat or an hour. He was a very ioor printer's boy. IJuf, hy-the imple se of economy in time and mouey, he rose above all the evils of his oudition, ani made himself of such use foliiess to his country j that liis name will 1 1. honored in Enrone. Aiiwrii.i rml rvorv- i here else, tltrougk all ages. One of h is uirn was "rinw TSmrm' " Sn li a iiPT-r eut to grog-shops, or ioantdaround public snares ajul ktiues, or joined labor strikes, wnuule a fuss. He kept busv. 'If 1m fiuW not get one price he took another ; aiiil 8ient all UU time in earning soine- uirajj, and tlrett.took care of what he carn The in t! in m ut not ?fnv?H-?.mi uiu(iV1gnl illV'll. HliU VV1U wrtitiM and control the business of- the 'varVir "ie country have, as a geiTeral thing, flowed Franklin's rule The same way 5 "pen to all who have no other capital n their Jiands and a good character. 'lr was the way to wealth-, and inde TOenee easier for the enterprising and prudent rVh A :? i.. tf " - j iiu jiuii nil in in ii, i"-. ire esirno ..ii. ii a h'n' i 1 . " an uniuiiiie tni mem, iiiMi I "ltK klllVlvr. ....'1 A.. 11 1 1 1 I, -"iwuc uj u r rauKiiu s line, can Snaranteed7Tine out of ten of them, to 'y a comfortable living and letive es- Umdthem;: E. P. II. Mt. Vkrsox, N. C. March Bth, 1877 The cyenty of the late winter is almost nm...." . -Hiente.l. Ti facilitate oriridg '"'I.m this mutter. 1iA-pvi- T will Tire- L." AVElrahdoiu outline of a few of tlie mmcdW sheriff recoietrof for- began a the iJrf ' ' ?: England, menti I In , oneu 111 n-,1 :i ""88i -Matthew Bans. 1 11 I L Ml w It eontin- till.,i u I1Mnrn and ten aavs, or lWvf txi 20th of February following. 71 uont 1,1.. . IU1 llor&n fFrtaeI 110 I lminnsi 'T fran i ' . 1-i t'u time,- "as safely as if bUtuH?on term Jrma. . . the fio-f l , vw coMi "wa so' intense, on tineK of PemlierlTSn; that tcn Hen- rrP ll'rv7rv .1 11. . I at the f l' nl( fif.. . ' , - ' ti. , ....... ... I i 1 WMnvMii liolmv rn. icr- !2?.i lentntw beffan in England Dec. VlTXi "W lasted 120 days; and, a 1 1 ?f Uec' l?V6, the thermomc lver., rr u1Kiees below zero in London, TK J v. ll"g nozen to ueaui. l,v ' ?!.l Satirrday," which was uch Til in m..i.i. i? ii x: 11 men -i 1 ' ? - ? ui uu) geiieru nwu ht. l; n,wl"iy precwlmg the diH'lieil on the 4th ilnv Ia,'a ,ha always heretofore been ana u i... . r" n 1 . 'anii - - aiways neretotore been j S I aft the "lt day on record from j "ne to r. i """wi. 1110 writer was no ex - x -n'"ir;n ly cold throughout the United States,1 he WMKW Mil, rt.T " - XV tliA fhprnntri.tfvr tr9 4frtfoni lvnlr.-r,- .A "All" An "enir-'hnTl'illPtk nilll CO 11 an snu, uMMTo w, Vi M'P0 thev nal a "cold snapwnichisdu- vast Ad-'ptrmaifent-Wpfyvement ' gr a snow itorm' eondtytim the present season of involuntary absfi- j 28th of Dec ' 1853. which continued thii ceeuinsiyi small a "kitten" atih fime. it always seemed like a wonder that he should have survived it, as he has listened to the "old folks" telling how; the chickens-and i other animals froze and tumbled ver. The thermometer ranged from 12 to 16 de grees lelow zerolI daintljiiMir of Boston, j The whole winter was remarka ble for the lowness of its mean tempera ture, the number of" extremelv cold da vs. and the great quantity andlonff Miration - .ftf m,.1' The next "winter; wasTigorpjis ereii andl . 1 ' aiso : ine it aav ot uec.. i waa seset- 10 at lebanon, N. Y., the mertry becomf3W)rae fonJieaven to, learn, all about .this lngKoiiu. 1 nis was on a it eanesaay. : ' The winter of 1755 was an tunusually severe onoaV WeHhhi; TJfi ,i'aiH uiw.'i.uu, uu vue a&iu oi January, tv-six hours, extending over the New England States and eausing gi-eat inter ruption of business and travel. , . In the night, January 11th, 131P.f.tIwt mercury rm tnree , tnermometers rroze ac JIoscow and-withdrew into the ball." At Iraish, it was observed at 45 .degrees of Fahrenheit immeduxtely before it froze. Tlie next coldest w'iuter to those of 1755 pauxT.1780 in our Northern States, Vas I'llCL- VI IV "I IUC A.VI1 VII UllllUqii 11YM,1 niMjl thermometersf ood li) decrees lielow zerbTJoTlu C7 at Danburv Connecticut: beins the hard est wcjrthfr. tlere!Si?27 vears. ' So intense wjls th "fraat" iii Holland i on Jauuaiy 14th 7D5, thuvfitdayed its part in r military matteiSt Enabled the remainder of the French army tjtuross theWaair . From Christmas .untirthe 29tlF dn January, tle weather was sever over fixi feet thick! Ibit, it was reserved for" tit later d.ite to show what the T1?ame -vas-capable of the ice formed on it-at LondonfJi'ebruary the 4th, 1814, above .the lidgeUfand a fair was held upon it during eight days. There was long contiiiuefl eoht-wHtf tor in the "northern parts of tire United-States in the early-portion of FelVrifarl I Liong Islam! hound was irozeu over a lew miles above New York ; and a canal, sev en miles tn length wsrs JLitthtoubhe ice nt Boston lo allow tnf Umish? stt-amer to go sea.iv:About the snhTP 'mofTttt aid day of.JLDobi.tUfl thermometer was 30 degrees ero Karaml fchrwfrWx ,..t .-. t'..u,i c.s s, V.-iJ,, el over the United btates ia BOiispi to n, ileorppA nnkTiotfn refo.iL. . , 1 1 - . - - - .... .... .. . i . . The most violent"show storm tlmt Had ocenrred since 'ltfill, commenced at Wash ington, FebrrlirryhVsiJnd ex teudel over the Middle and Eastern States. The 15th of February, 1317, .was a. cold; day throughout the - United btates tljei- moineter 8 degrees below zerolSn Phfja delphia, and degrees at Salem, -MSss. Heavily laden' teams crossed from Boston to Fort Independence. A' The great "frost" of 1G03, in Paris which lasted :l mouths, broke up on the. Hth of March. -, These details, - gathered -from many a musty tome, may have- some interest to those who call the present winter ''Iho coldest." E. V. It " FAITHFUL IN LITTLE; BY IIESBY. STRETTJ3N, 5 Autlior oi 'Lost Glo. Ac 1 j v III. A Strange Advertisbsiexi In the evening after school was ovr? and I'd helped Transome to get up and come down stairs, and liad -settled him- juite comfortably in his own chair, outc all drauffhts, I told him about my "He' scholar. 'Why, mv lass !' he cried, 'aw do belie ve- t , i-i t. ii a gradely fine hiss for's sister, and , .hop wedded beneath her,- like tlieev 1 AHy Captain-JahnCainpioirjvns 11a' captain o' one p' the lattermost sort o' ships ; and knew about it, though hi words ro! scarce as silver. He had seen the.!lit lad's mother scores of times- before' tffre was.anaiTied when ""shof was living with her brotliec, our landlord. But when she had died, or how her poor child came to be living in onr town, he could not teTTT5" VTrarisome,' I saidas I poured mlt lift tea, 'if God had asked me what 1 wished for as he,asked"3olomou, I'd Jiayo chose to have Arritten a book. " 'Eh ! but aw niver did see sech a wo- inan for a took !' he said again, looking across tlie Italtot mC$itftnch ant look tljatlVould rmt kfp myYelftroTti coins ronrid to kiss him. He. was ore 1" w m ouil nieastetvwje at. heu iiejecr frsU?i her. ; - - ..f - il ? t-t t "a I coaxed TrarisonW tau elP miTli'lil el ia used wince we came home0 togethefjfon.td-go. Only if I dont do for her, i..,. i, oni mVii flnwora finm mwmhg till nigWr but I loved him as much, ay ! tyn tiijies more nowtlmn then. ''If I eold wiitfe abdok,' Lweut on, as I sat doyn again in my chairrd, jvxite J one tiia,6 ,VO"u UU1 "1U nn.oi.c- o Iienrt to ftte'flUlck.' 'Eh, las. ! it-u'd take a pen very l6n;r.!,rCQldnJ?3rou, have me r d verv sham W'nrick his heart ' he an-1 axinglrj 'and putting his litt Kvvol.cd P 'Yet,' I said half torn vself, 'he's a church raeinbor,.ahd .tokes--the -rau'i-i.iie' 4f ih ,HnL ; If tlmtVbov' nrraA fk w nml mo. rollinc in- riches like him, Al givolihn tlie beet srhooling in all English. I suppose he's took proud: 1. -.i1:iU.-oi.-aw- . . i . - 1 .-t". . " irig below Uer.' 'He's a gradely richjman,' said Tran some, shak irig his heal gravely, ''and aw reckon he can afford to have his likesiKl dislikej 'Xo.' I answered, 'the Lord hasn't made ... . ' ....... ... !.-' nna rthh Poiirh for that' - :l 'il LJL 1. a,M jttiVI poor are 11 to Him 1 but thatfs hard t .-a A11l. , iu uiiuui rtiy Wellioigo oa.Hfith,.iny tory l Pippin camel to school for nigh npon-twelve ot even- ose be side mo li) theeWiney-nook.that1 should not liavef been jnyself if 1 h ,waS away Never: tio l.neyfcr. adI sachf.a5! as him. 'Hlearnd as if IiVwas hungry and lrirstysfpr gleaming,, and ..could , jncver have enonghJ . Jlany andmany a question he asked1 that I onld not answer. ' any (wore than if he had beeA; a little i:ngel world-iil. used. to wonder : how Mary answered thequostlorrs'the1 blessed 'elrHd' jtsua ifould be! 'snre' to'!astf -h'er What little ifixiefa ttauglyt jiim j mi opnsaw he would be quickly beyond,mo B& was W&xi foang bird with unfledged 'xfinga nestling dowri nhder my care for ii little whHGi'b'uf goonhw enough ;: to-" carry . him.; away, and - he wotild fly out of my 8ightri aud, think no more of me than a bird thinks of last year's netJeft in the branches of ' d.-trVe. As soon as fie could hold a pen, or make an. a, and alb he was wild to write a letter to hfefifatherv And many a letter he wrote, rtrwl 14mVfA1 fli'ATiV 'nil irT,ri'T.t'Ki PontnL Champion, on , the Sea,' Even Mrs. Brown had not the cruel heart to tell him that his letters could never, never find his father.''' ! ; :; ; :' ; : 'lj ,; ' But pne night,' when Transonic and me were sitting quiet in tjie fire-light ' as ? us ual, I; heard a low rap at tlie door.' Now ifras an understood tiHng that none of rfe scholars Were to come to the "house of an evening, lest they should distiijrb Tran- some, being, .as I said, a silent man, and not used to children's talk since "Willie died. I opened the door by a hahd-breath, and who should be' breaking the. rule .save 'JPfjSjiin hnnsell,-' There he stood panting xi if he had leen hunted up the lull. The "coliTair" "was" rushing ' in upon Transonic through tio'open doorj aiid a tlie boy could not find hia voicq to: speikk- I drew him inside. . His handsome face was crim son, ami. his eyes were glowing and spark ling with excitement. I took him up to the hearth, and poked the.fire into a blaze for Trahsome to have a good look at him. 'This is Philip Champion,' said I. Transonie put down his pipe, and wiped his glasses on his sleeve before looking at him. He favours Ins uncle,' he said, as the boy faced him ; but he's the born image o' his mother, poor lass !' 'Ive cometosay good-bye,' cried Pippin, all eagerness and excitement ; I am going a longway off to-moiTow by the tniiu to London. 'Going to London !' I repeated in amaze ment ; is your father come back, Pippin V I could not get rid of the notion that his father would come back some time, and that lieipcd the boj- to be so fond of me. 'Nohe said sorrowfully; 'Mrs. Brown's sure hell never come home now. So I'm going away, 'But where to ?' I asked, drawing him within ttiy arms to the very front of the fire. I rfel$ my, lieart very heavy all at once ; an.d the cold wind, whistling round the house, made it chilly even at the fire side 'Wlryj,' he answered, squeezing my arm his side, 'it's partly because you taught to me how to write letters. Just read this up, loud, Mrs. Transome.' He drew a crumpled bit of printed pa Ier out of his little pocket. But I could 1 x . - 1 . . .Al . . not read the flmall print without my glas ses, which were at the end of the mantle- shelf. When I had found them , and lit a can - die, I smoothed out the bit of paper and read the sq words . 'A lady wishes' to adopt an orpan, the child qi respectaoie parents, andwiupro vide for tlie maintenance and education of the some.' A boy preferredy who must come for three months on trial. All ex peuses paid. Address : E. D. G. P. 0. London.', . ', "Well ?' I exclaimed, more puzzled than fore. I wrote to het out of my own head,' Id Pippin, 'and she's sent money forme togo to, London to-morrow.' 'I never heard of such a thing !' I cried. 'Don't you know any more about her, ippinniy dear child ?' 'No,' he, .said., 'I wrote of my own self, an4he?4 sent 'the money to Mrs, -Brown Lvou knovr, I'm to be sent' back in three months j 'nd Mrs, Brown says she doesn't know who going to have me, tor she can't. She says I must go to the union, qnitJiatVa dreadful place.' "Ay , ay.-4Q. ?t isaid Trausome, whose eyes were fastened on the boy. , . he asked, his little arm about my neckT cyyelvindeto me than anyr body else )on you let me be eut to ,P;(tonV !: J IedHoa, at Transome, and his i ce .IjwiUea appy d ., plfiasant, and he, dd hUoa4 .at, me.. We.; had, livetl tWgethevi long ;thfera was no need for Iiim toftpeisk It was aft much as if he had f.al AlTi-' mvlass ! do as thee likes V It was gettiug harder work tlian ever to win bread foe liim and me 4 but I coHld aiot bear to think of my clever, bonny boy be- " " ;JA ! !. . inc sent tiothe Union : And his uncle roll- Ann. i -1 1 -" - ling m riches. ,t .ln- : v ; . . v,i 1 . I ies,i 'Yes, yes, my laddie,' I said, 'if yon t enmo back we'll find corner for you; and I a'mttrsei to ear, anu ,bup- i mm. j. 3 jnonuis, rrever missing morning. .1 VltT . ing. 1 1 .'got go used 'tb Wia being (C,l won't send yoii back the. lady in London J 01 stone: . ,. ,,.1., ,.11, ,. 9 'Bntmust, conio ;back, some tunt0o, pay Tou,.an8weretJ Pippin, '111 not for get it, never. So, I've, brought you, a. jiil; of money father gave me long ago. That's! allTre got .noyy j. bit 111 (Pay you Jots wneni'm a rich man.7 .. . ,,.,u.. That's reet and honest, lad,' said Tran some. 'faithful in little, taiuuul m mueli Tt was nought but a small foreign coin', with a hole bored through it, and; hung on a blue ribbon, like ;a., cormiatiqn medal. But.it was. jail, , Pippin hadj.aiul he would not take it; , back againy so, I put J it away carefully into a small bos, where I kept 'a ifurl. of yillio'g hir and the lit tle ltameni lie had learned to read in, . it s earnest money,'! 1 6aid 'The lord will'know when to give 11s the wst.1, -. 1 So weid Pippin goodbye, not without, tears even in Transonie's eyes, thougli heJ was growing too old to shed tears at little things. And I stood to watch him, in spite of the searching bitter wind blowing over the brow of the hill, as he ran down the street until he was fairly out of ny sight. That night L strung up Willie's chair agaiu to the ceiling. IV. A Terrible Blow. Xo, such another child never came again to school. I had good scholars and bad oneSjj and they were constantly changing, old ones leaving and fresh ones coniing in : but never one' like Pippin. Xot one of them had iis hungry brain, ami loving heart. He had been to me something like : the beloved John waste our Lord i and all the others seemed commonplace and at a distance from me. They could not creep- iuto my heart as Pippin 4iad done. " . He did not come back at the end of. three months. We never even heard of him. He was little more than a babe in years, and children cannot remember as old lolk8 remcmler their Jnends. Mrs. Brown told me, when I made a purpose journey to inquire1 after him, that the lady had written to say he was safe and quite content, but she did not wish him to have any communication with his former home. Soon alter that Mrs. Brown went away to liveju Manchester, so we could ask for no news about Pippin. I had, at times, an unsatisfied-yearning when I thought of him ; but, as years slipped away, I only reeollected him as a child, who was dear est to me, next to my own Willie. rrnnsome's rheumatism did not mend as he grew older and more infirm, and the burden of earning the .rent as well as the living fell upon me. But times were very prosperous in the town just then, and trade was increasinc cverv vear. Xew mills were built along the river, and the hand-mills had constant work. Money was plentiful, and not a -soul grumbled .l T 1 4 1 1 wuen 1 raised tne school wage ny a pen ny a week ; the extra penny just Rerving to pay our rent. Xouand then I was troubled within me by a talk of sone grand new school being opened that would 'tice all my scholars away ; but the talk ever came to anything. I used to won der at times what I could do, for I could not see to stitch linte cloth any longer, my eyes were too dim, and the stockings I knit instead did not pay me half as well, though I knit as long as there was a glim mer of fire in the grate. . Ah ! I shall never,' never forcet that sunshinny evening early in May, when I followed my last scholar down the gar den, and stood for a moment or two lean ing over the wicket. 1 lie broad open laud lay all before me, with a great sweep of sky-line resting on the brows of the distant hills. The sky was all blue; and tlie yellow stonecrop on the thatch shone like gold. Tlie withy branches were covered with soft, little fluffy tufts called goslings by children ; .and though the poplar tree, growing so tall and slender at the corner of the house, had no leaves yet, there were tassels of long crimson catkins hang ing on its topmost twigs, and floating down when the soft pleasant Spring breeze shook them a little: There were the rose mary and. lavender bushes, that I hat carried all the way from home when I was married, to plant under our kitchen win dow, and they were just coniing into bud. I4ooked down what used to be the dingle and thought of the primroses and haw thorn, and bluebells that used to grow in its green and grassy nooks. It was ho wonder that I could not help shaking my head a little at the ugly house that hat: sprung up in their place. Yet when turned by back upon them, and could see nothing but our owu home, with the bluel ky only bchiud the thatched roof, I waa, more than content. . ' 'The Lord know s exactly what I ldy4 best,' I said to myself as I walked back up-the garden path, more slowly and, toil somely than when I was a young wife y 'I wouldn't change it for the grandest hoilse ill, all the town. Home's home, be it n'ev- j erso homely.' Transome had" been -hearty enough' that afternoon to go down to his old master's to carry the month's rent. It was not far to go, but he would be weary and . worn out more than enough lefore lie could climb up home again ; so it would not do for me to loiter and tarry in the sweet air and sunshine. I hurried in to redd-up the house, pile away the benches, and lay thotea all ready. The benches feel much heavier than, they used Mb pOTWfl jo I ; a "hqpijeV W ItPeKklfed'iae 'fo'-'be ax tlie - WJI had not igokiy" gldss otf forftarbf brtak-i,ng-tthe1tf fcA ei 'tey irbu'rl woVkr'aHd' t could not see his face crearlt': tiAt lilsf jgrpns'wleraglrt'tortt never iven way so badly before, and I j (apd,t hastened to pull hh .arm-chair for warU. .JI 'Transome,' I saidVishe gain so very ath!s:eteningr ,! ' " ""i" " " Vaily'!fltieanswerk;,;ri astahimtrinff: chvckiiig toice V'AllV. lass!1 awVe gotten ,a blow? i4,v -J srAii at once 111s pni grey, head fell on my , shouldeV and "he brote 'out'fn 'Tntt'er sob- I binff Jtrfd hilihg, Ifkb aritHeelnidcrying v'i ur iiiuiiiv.1 B bosom: oulv it was a thousand ftTriJs hVofe pitifiiT than a "child,' ifa irnri''frmM0'i"' '"' ' "' ' ' '" 1 V J V'?V IIVUUlVl 'WhaHd6Ttahsomc rTcrled : 'whd'it strike an old man like thee t' ' ' nke 'Tl' out! measter,' jjie i(sfud amid his 4 sobs j goi housen on ; and weTre bound to qiut month's time. Oh ! Ally, jny lass !r It Il'11 upon me thatspjddtl nvas quite Stntfued and dazed at first,, as jf, rra11 feome "saTtf, lonieTwtly 'had sfruck'me'a WaVy .blOnff ATI the hmise-plate'seemed swiiiiming!fdumTme.'"T 6btifd haTnhis soVwr amlpoaft's jTiWlClf h'si;?f f cdifitl' nt.1llIrAsfAnd, wny he Mni irthbt ffti& blei rtitn m itt ene ltJ rtrrrre ove'r me, ike a great wave, and all the trouble stood oHtejear. 1 felt as it the house was crumbling Wtfy." Better t-shouio!1 fall upon 'us, and crush ns toi ddatll,':' than wfe be driven out of it in our old-age. That was a: night tdle'rem'emlered for ever, A sat down to the tra-mme,' imt 1 we could iMfcwaMotr a morsel: tiork sod. I though oui tJlionts,eipa'lt, bed 'and oufr 7 . I AVhkhever' wai"ve looked all as ikrrknesa.-nd 4 blackness.' Tliere wasjiooiod to comfort, amino one tolielp. Neither Jiim kibr'-mo Iiatl any: hope "of J chariging our . nf asfrr's mind;i After we were gone to bed, - and (both IWy awake, making pretenco to sleep, l eonld see no way no way sat -nil out of our bitter soitoav and distress. ' Lord Ll heard Transonic whisjter, In the dead of tho night, 'only gieus strength to be faithful in little,, and aw 'm sure thee311 gie us much when the reet .-time is C01M.' '' u '.r--i.i: ,. But how could we be faithful 'in' little, if even thai, little vas taken from us J " (Ta be donliuned) . .i ; THE :BIUD'L-AW:" I The act passed at the recent "session of the Gencraljsscndy, rticfl te 6th of March, recites that, experience and obser- quails or'pariitlges from tTie.ticr of coun- ties along the 'great railroad lines islikelv to result in the extermination of those beautiful antV useful birds', tt ' is there- fore enacted that' it shall le unlawful to from the counties of Catawba. Rowan. nilfrd,,A1amanc4 Rockinghani, Orange,'! Iredell) Davte' G&s'fo . - - J son , Anson of' rorsythe. under penalty of a fine'not'exceeding fcffy' dollars .and lm- Tuisoniiient j)t elceeding' thirty days, fori each ahdcvcry such' offence. : ' . ' It witTbe- fiotf tha.t' the exportation. deiulor alive. i aiohe nrohibited. It was tliong.it thiB?ymi!d 'afford ' tire 'Weeded pxtcuon. .wunnrngr-or'neriing. is nor, termination of :' these magnificent ganie birds. Greensboro Patriot. In a recent lecture delivered, in Edin burgh, on '.Tlie Stars,',' Prof. (rant gave a graphic idea-.of the immensity of . space. He saidraijy.jtrain, tcaveJUng, nigltf aaAiyjatytthe .ratojol; ftly,iier;aifcpux ty-two jnUli4i)&0f:yjMii&' A i bnlpirMn gun, tarveJlwgM! tbei'ratoiofu nine: ban' dred tailcs an lio.irJj would Iteach -lAIjMirt Ccnfjiari in 2,70,009, tfear ; :ldlc iiaUt trailing'! tttWtitue catoief i MlOO mile a second, would i)ofc'reaili4i4A loss' than telesPirj reac cUksteithTisticeissoCTeatU . BfcTf&aofpeVetM nnsuand's wooden leg into kmdiing wood, , bci lforWTson?caTny iii sl6,'siow- the Uteak with it. It made .,471 fhibn ' ne'alfo6,iafte',1 dnotner, him 80 "" he ofc hold of ber fals itoiljwealitttfhealVl liJ:old'n.hM,f 1 teeth and. bit .the -dog with them. She I 1 W 1 1 a v 1 -1 1 - 1 a . vat ion hajyc' shown that the ihsect-lesffoy-ing biitf.'afTord material protection to grniii crops afid that the exportation of Anl'm..lVr .ir??:.t wrf. nr . nao Ifa Well PerSOUS, to .uklil.iixl lilt t Ark ItA ttn I they, cannot result1 in "anything like ex- Vie ? cheerful and happy ; would, reach the moon in six months tjta ago; preparatory to its removal to Meri Sun iii two hundred year-and Alpha aen the'floor of the plating-room was ta Cenlauri, the nearest ofieiUtnn'sJih1 for- ken np"1burn(Nit 'and the ashes analyzed wooM talihaftJWiUwn ol yatato WfUHH'-oikmen to retain tht ir wui k- U.tlies the'CArthsojthat esreJuMitoi' olrjects "rift As l erf'ifn'out! thev really are, but..asf'lfhrv wee' half "a Mreiwrra lvs million of yearsTag4- "Jtfe'W, Wt Wents-aa oldfti have -lieeome extinct' thou.sauds of vears I ft lench w agd,-aild yet fJiein lilit? mtgbf rwesent it self't iis. As" te"fle' magnitude of the SfrS, i tlcat Alpha Lyra wasonehnnlrerttHionssion fecently to erect 'a iles dlfrBiV0 lei-e arfoW'one stootl, a pr of miles mhgnituaaff ? ,wh.enicoHHirct3tis pPiBiMoiSiMihlrlinagain,-nd givhinihalf the proceeds invegation'bIt)itglrtS t iieiof tnftl'Thet'ouiulthe earth-so rich in "gold that, our sim was neither, vastly- grqater ncc IJUongh they had to cart it a long dis- begantolvastry'lcss tha-aiy of theT fance iaortler to wash if, they-matle a 1 to bei".Vstsrj j MUirub JtfwSlo "wu"Hv6D (large profit. TEOUBLE IN THE HOUSE. " fFrom the BnrHngton Bawkeye. North Hill being morning, after a 1 afeate on the question, "AY ho 6hall arise I I wuv v m " Ki'f AVa Imilll tllA tiref crnf nn anil enlif Uar cried nnil she had a.fit of, hysterics, and then flipped out hU glass eye, aud climbed Pn Uie.bed-post4nd waxed the ghuine4 10 uio ceumg witu a quia 01 chewing S11 : Ahcn pe took her wisp of false hair ana xum, it to a- stick; and began ; white washing, tlie kitchen with, it. Then she started .off to obtain a divorce, but Judge Kewman decided that he couldn't grant a divorce unless there were two parties to theWt, and thejre was hardly enough left of them .to lnako one. HOW DAXIEL BOOXE DIED. i (From the Paris (Ky.) Citizen, ,Sept. 8, 1809-1 As he lived, so he died, with his gun in his hand. We are informed by a gentle- Triaii direct from;Boone's, on the Missouri, t early in last mont h Col. Daniel Boone rode , to a deer. lick, and seated himself within a. blind raised to conceal him from the game. ; That while sitting thus con cealed, with his old trusty rifle in his hand, pointed toward the lick, the muzzle resting on a log, his face to thebreech of the gun, his rifle cocked, his finger on the trigger,; on, eye sluit, tho other looking tVie barrel -through the sights iu this po7 sitiou, without a struggle or motion, ami of course without pain, he" breathed out :'bfe Kfe so gently, that when he was found Aexl tlay by lns friends, although stiff and fdlH he looked as if alive, with his gun in!' Hand just in the act of firing. It is not altogether, certain if a buck had come into range of his gun, which had been the death of thousands,- but it might have in tuitively followed its old employer's mind and discharged '; itself. The hypothesis Deingnuovei, we leave the solution to the eurious. TJie Boston Public Library, founded in 1852, has increased from a single delivery in 1807 of 136,080 volumes, to the present system, embracing the central library, six branches and twOdeliveries, the whole comprising 312,000 volumes, increasing at an annual rate of 20,000 volumes. In- the same time the .annual circulation has in creased from 20963 to 1,200,000 volumes; tlie numlier of registered readers, taktng books for home use, from 12,057 to 130, 000, while during the same period the rel ative expenses of carrying on the institu tion has largely diminished, so that, while the circulation is nearly six times as great uow'as'in 1867, the expense is only two fifths as much as then. For example, the average cost of the delivery of a look in 1867 was 25 cents, while to-dav it is but 101 cents. - DOX'T WORRY. So great is the power of tho mind over the. body, that for a person to think he I has a disease will produce that disease I This we sec effected when the mind is in I tenselv concentrated upon tho disease of I anotlier. It is found in the hospitals that I 6urgeous and phj sicians who make a spe ciality of certaUi' diseases are liable to die 1 of it themselves: and the mental power is I , - ' M. so great that sometimes people die of di only in imagin J tion. Wo have seen a person seasick in T anticipation of 1 a. voyage before reaching the .vessel. We have known a person to J die of cancer in the stomach when they I ha4,ho..$aiicer or any other. mortal disease. I A blind-loldeu: man slightlv pricked in j the arm lias, fain ted and died from believ j , t h waihleeding to death. There remain well, shonlt sick pei-stjiis should I have their attention diverted as much as possible from themselves. Savings ix Gold and Silver. Th Hartford, Conn. 77HJCsays: "On the clos ing trp of the Smith & Rogers silverplat ing concern iri : Xew Haven, a few days with the result of procuring pure silver to tlie 'amount of $961. The particles gold'Jind 'silver are made so exeeediiigly fine, if Hie processes of th of gold.and silver gob'dsw the manufacture cold and silver goods, whether solid or do not allow nut pay for them a pi jce nfllcient Ui procure" 'new gar- siittered Vest belonging to orkjnan sometimen wing valn- ed by his employers even when wom ti rags, at $20." " A man sit Placeville, Cal having ocea- new building party of miners nt the lot, fill it YHAT?M0NTJj; YEEE,ypl? :B0RN 181 We -extract, the following from an old paper. It is, to say tlie least, a very amusing production; " January-Hewho is born in this month , will be laboroua and a lover of good wine; , he will be complaisant, and withal, a very fine singer The lady born, in this month -will be a pretty, prudent housewife; rather melanchoUy, but yet, good tempered s;. FeoruaryThe man born in this month t will love money much, but the ladies re; he will .be stingy at home, but prodigal abroad. "The lady will be a hu mane and affectionate wife arid -tender mother.: . . . . - , ' . ' - - MarchThe man born in this monthnt wilLbe rather handsome; he will die poorl Tlie lady will be a jealous, passionate chatterbox! 1 ' . ' - April The man who has the misfortune to be born in this month will be subject to - many maladies; her willjravel.to advan tage and love ladies to disadvantaze. for le will marry a rich, handsome heiress, who will make what, no doubt, all un dcrstand. The ladv of this month will e tall and stout, with agreeable wit and great talk. - May Tlie man born in this month will Lc handsome and amiable; he will make lis wife happy. The lady will be equally blessed in every respect. Jnnt) The man born now will be of small stature, passionately fond of women and children, but wilt-not be loved in re- urn. The lady will Iks a giddy person age, fond of coffee; Bhe will marry at the age of twenty -one, and be a fool at forty five. July The man will be fair; he will suffer death for the wicked woman ho ' oves. The female of this month will be' passably handsome, with a sharp nose, but of a rather sulky temper. "' August The man will be ambitious and courageous; he will have several mal-: adies and two wives. The lady will be amiable and twice married, but her sec ond husband will cause her to regret the first. v. Septemler He who is- born in this month will be strong, wise and prude. but too easy with his wife, who will giT am great uueasiness. The lady raaidk faced, fair-headed, witty, discreet,, amia ble, aud loved by her friends. - October The man of thi. Bunitifii tkH lave a fine face and be a gn-y decrrer The lady of this month will W lhrge-, lib eral, and full of novelty-., . Xovenibcr The man flare a hand some face and florid contptjux&nx He wilt be wicked in his youth always, inconsis tent. He will promise no- thing and do another, and always iemmh poor. Tlie lady will be pretty, a KfctuV too fond of talking. She will haTetroohusnands who will die of grief, she H1 tost knotr why. December The ram tern in. this month will be a good sort of person theexgh pas sionate. Ho will demote- hftnetlf to the army, and be betrayttt by lust "wife. The lady will be amiable and handsome, with a good voice, and a wQ proportioned body; she will be twice married, reaudri poor, continue honest. A Texan's Woxtikkftl Tbuices, A Texan, visiting this point, gathered around him some of our citizens Monday, and entertained them with' some of his experiences in the Lone Star State. One incident told by him is as follows : "You'd hardly believe; now, what I am going to tell. In Texas we use raw-hide straps, or thongs, for traces, and In wet weather they do stretch amazingly. Why, often in damp weather at home I've hitch- ed up two horses and drove down the hill from my house into the creek bottom for a sled load of wood. I have loaded the wood and many times driven back home and unhitched the horses and the sled would not le in sight." "How did you get the wood home then f asked an inquisitive bystander. "0h, I just tied the ends of the traces together and threw them over a post, went knocking about my work and waited till the sun shone out. Sometimes it would be more than two hours before that sled load of wood would get home, but you'd see her crawling up tho hill at last, gradually approaching as the raw-hide traces shrnnk up into their proper lengths. Yes, Texas is a great country yoa bet.w Greencastle Star. A Real Hoosier Drink. An Indianian went into a Chicago saloon, and asked for "a gin cocktail with some strength Into it." The barkeeper made mixture of al cohol, pepper sauce, absinthe, limes, and painkiller. "The Indianian drank it,w says the Chicago Tribune, "and about a quart of tears came to his eyes, his mouth contracted to alxmt the size of a wife key hole, aud when he had sufficiently mas tered his emotion to STeak, he said, : 'How lunch's that!' 'Fifteen, cents,' .responded, tlie barkeeper. The .customer: -pat down a quarter' and said, Keep-t.he ehange , have something .yourself;' then wringing the barkeeper's hand, rhe! added, 'That' ' the first gtxnl gin I've tasted since I left home something like liquor; it'n sort of quick in taking hold ami slow in letting go. Conic ami see me, and 111 give you some corn whiskey that's ,-bettcr stiil whiskey that's like swallowing a eireulur saw whole pulling it up again.'--. .Tho bar keeper, an honr later, asked the: patrol- , man if he had heard of an old man bv3ng found dead on the fei lewalk, ftn.l wIm'H the officer said n, he . tlancxt a few jig steps, and cried, "Hurrah, he sgouc some where else to die ! " ' ' ' !' " . i ! '- - - of 1 f ii v i Iti 1.' 1 1
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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