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WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA, JAN. 31, 1889.
NUMBER 1
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RECOLLECTIONS OF
WAR TOLD BY MBS.
THE
ARP.
She Talks to the Children of War
TimVf
sheeting and he hid it in the
BILL ARP'S 'LETTER smokehouse. Confederate ir.onv
ey ii a, u got bo uau iutv juhjl'uujt
wanted it. It wouldn't buy
anything hardly. Salt is a great
deal better than money, and so
was sugar and tobacco, and
shirting, or anything r to mifis
clothes- out of. Shoes were
aplendid currency.. Your grand
pa had two calf skins, and he
tanned them with ashes and
rubbed abeut half the' hair off
and got an old cobler to make
shoes for my children, and you
never saw such things- in your
life but they were a good deal
better than none. , The night
we ran awav that bale" of sheet
ing was put in a wagon that
belonged to a friend, who was
running away, too, ana it was
left several miles away with a
tfocd woman who set it up in
corner of her room and put a
vallance over it and a looking
glass on the top like- 'it was a
dressing table and so the yan
kees dident find it. When we
I was in my room answering
a batch of letters. The mother
and children were in her room
and the door vwas open, and
about nine o clocs 1 heard one
say: "Now mamma, piease tell
us a story we have gotten our
lessons please, mama, tel: us
about something away back
when you were a girl, or some
thing about the war."
"Well don't turn that chair
over sit up straight you will
break a rocker off if you don't
mind. That is my war chair
and I want to keep it as long as
I live. Pve rocked many a
child in that chair and I've seen
sorrow and sadness , in it, too
If the old arm chair of a moth
er ora grand mother could speak
what a life history it could
tell."
"But mamma, we don't want
any sorrow or sadness now nor
anything about chairs. Please
tell us something about when
you run from the yankees,
won't you?"
"Oh, you worry me. Yon
know that I don't love : to talk
about the war nor the yankees
I wish that I could forget all
about both. It seems to me,
now, that I lived twenty years
in those four years of the war,
But let me tell you about that
chair and why I call it my war
chair It was the only chair we
saved from the reck one chair
and one bedstead. We f onnd
tlem at a neighbor's house
when we come back to Rome
The yankees carried off every
thing else, carpets, bureaus,
bedsteads, bedaing, tables
china,pictures, and I don't know
what all. 'I he house was full
of nice things the kitchen was
full and the smoke hou3e and
the cabin w lie re the boys slept.
T v a Kao lit fnl TOnrkstn.nr!
that cost thirty dollars and a
i jelerapli operatorsmpped that
f to his home in Indiana, and
Inntr aftr the war wasoverhe
wrote pa a letter and said he
had it and felt bad about it and
would return it or buy it just
as we said. So your pa wrote
him a ?ery nice letter and ask
ed him to ship it back to us by
express for it was a birth-day
present; but we never heard
from him again. He didant
feel as bad as he thought he
did. He was written to again
but ' he played possum and
made out like he was dead. He
had better not die if he
knows what is good for him
Those yankee? got lots or nice
thlDgs from us, and they lived
hitihoff of our smokehouse and
pantry. There were thirty
large'hams banging away up on
the top, and there were shoul
ders and middlings and sides
and two large cans of leaf lard
and a barrel of soap."
"Whv. what made you leave
all those things couldn't you
have taken them along in
wairon?"
"Why, children, we had no
wagon and no time; we dident
know we, had to go until mid
night. The town and the
Buburha was full of our soldiers
enough, we thought, to whip
the whole yankee nation. Why
we had company to supper that
night, and had strawberries and
cream. We hadent been to
bed long before we were told
to get up, for General Johnson
was falling back and our troops
were all leavimr Rome and the
everlasting yankees were com
ing right on. Just then they
began to throw, their singing
eizziniz shells over the town
scare us and make us more live
ly. They bursted in the air
and scared us almost to death.
I never thought about furniture
or anything else but getting
my children out of danger. I
haven't got over it yet. We
got tangled up in the street
among our soldiers and the. ar
tillery wagons and couldn't
move for two hours. The shells
kept coming and by ai.d by the
up town bridge was set on fire
to keep the yankees back until
we could all get across the oth
er river and burn that bridt e.
Ob, it was an awful night. Bat
we wont talk about that. I hid
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raiuer leu yuu now glad 1 was
to get back" home again after
eiht months of exile. Eight
long mouthfc of running around
with half a dozen children who
were about half naked and al
ways hungry. Your pa was
way holding court in Macon
M I lia r!
dace to place and impose
. " ttttea and friends who
. wore sa too I tell you I
Tn! Pp,y when we got back to
IZ 0lVT desolate as it
ZSl 7f,lr d rough
M UUO U LI LI 1 1TT ..n
,7m i vyoaQtully. We
S5 'Bhe?."nff for airs and
.tab e8 and bedsteads, and
iuuoes. ana sorghum."
'Where didyougetit, mam
"Well, just before old Sher
man run us away -your pa man
aged to get a bale of yard wide
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WUAT OUR REPRESENTA
TIVES ARE IjOING.
A Summary of The Work of The
General Assembly Now in Ses
sion at Raleigh.
came home we had vthe bale
hauled in and went to trading
on it sni we lived on it, for it
was better than greenbacks.
But there was . not much to
buy in all that regions-no ccrn,
or nonr, or cattle, lour pa-
went down in Alabama; and got
ten bushels of corn and kept it
hid out in the country;and had
only half a bushel grounp at. a
time." !
"What for, mainml Wiiat
was he afraid of."
Why the x'obbrs and desert
ers ana outlaws wpo were
prowling allover the country
like buzzards after dead hordes.
They robbed men yvho had
anything.1 One night they
came in town ,and robbed old
man Quinn.l and he made so
much fuss about it Jthat Mr,
Ouiberg ran over there and the
robbers shot him and Ml led
him for coming. They hang
up men ty the neck to- make
them give up their gold or
their silverware. One niht
they huig a little Dutchman,
and as' his toes just could
touch the ground he pcreaned
out, "Sviug avay, sving avay; I
tells you nottinxs, i but I
meets you in hell all jde same,
and deul aviugs you aop.
"Did they kill him, mamn: a?"
"No. children, no. They let
liiui -down m1 '-go.-re-'" iiijir"
drink and told him to go. But
the funniest thing you! ever saw
was your pa's store, i He and
Bob Hargrove had the biggest
storehouse in town, and taey
put twenty thousand, dollars'
worth oi goods in it and went
to trading." f
"Whv where did they get the
goods, mamma?"
"Well, there was a. man in
jail in Selina, and he f wrote to
your pa to come down; and get
him out he would givej him ten
thousand dollars. Sofhe went
and got him out and got the
money and he paid half or it
for a pound of opium' and the
other half for four do.zen cotton
cards on the leaf-thatjithey had
no backs nor handles.!. It was
just the wire stuck in, the leath
er, and he brought home the
whole stock in a little valise.
;THE LEGISLATURE
Sam was nothing but a bey of
sixteen, bat they, say , that he
stole over one hundeed and
gave them all away to the poor
people who had lost their stock.
You see he got some old blue
yankee clothes and put them
on and went about among the
guards who had charge of the
extra horses and he made out
like he was a yankee too and
he generally carried with him
a bottle of whiskey and a aecK
of cards and got them drunk
and gambled with them and
before morning he would nave
several of their horses and
mules away off in the swamp.
He was just as full ot miscmei
then as he is now though his
mischief was of different kind'.
He was fighting the yankees
them and he ia fiehtine the old
boy now and there lsent so
much difference after all.
"Why you ought to have
seen our smoke house when we
got home. They had coverted
into a bakery and naa tne
finest bread troughs " you ever
heard of. They made them
out of the Presbyterian church
pews and they built a great
long stable on our lot oui oi
the church lumber ineir
horse troughs were made of .the
Dews, and the pulpit was scat-
tftrfid urnnnd. We cleaned out
the smoke house ana aug up
the dirt and boiled it down and
maAa sn.lt of it. Smoke house
that has received.the drippings
of 8ault meat for years make
rHn t.n.bl salt when it 13
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Wednesday -January, 23
SENATE
The reports the different commit
tees was made.
Mr. Williams offered a bill
authoriinzing the Commissioner
ot Agriculture to offer permission
for the largest yield of wueatf corn,
oats and Irish potatoes. J-nis
resolution was a few days ago
loaded down in a spirit or levity
and jest with numerous amend
ments somewhat ridiculous ana
recommitted.
This bill was pretty generally
discussed and the practical defeat
of the bill was so apparent that Mr.
Williams moved to indefinitely
postpone, . i
Message from the Jiouse oi jsep-
resentatives transmitting a mes
sage lrom the Govenor With the re
port oi the Siate Board ot Jiauca-
better protection of the books m
the State hbary, appropriating two j
hundred and fifty dollars for glass
cases, H. B. 251, draining flat lands,
an amendment to the drainage act,
causes to be tried before a justice:
H. B. 253, prohibiting in certain
counties the sale of 5 bushels or
less of corn before sun rise.
Satuedat, Jan. 26.
Senate.
The following bills passed their
third reading: Simplifying Indict
ments for perjury; amending the
charter of Smithfleld; to amend sec
741 of the code relating to cost
against the county, atnhdiog the
laws of '87 relative v working
convicts on the publ c roads; The
bill amending the public school
laws was made the special order for
to-day. Thursday.
House op Eepeesentative.
Among the bills introduced were
the following: To repeal at the al-
-owing counter affidavits in cases of
contmuence: to repeal the act
allowing counter affidavits In appli
cation for removal of cauoee; to
regulate railroad fare; requiring
railroad companies to fence their
track; relative to trespass to crops;
to remedy defects in probating
wills ia certain cases; regulating
the deficiency in seed cotton4 be
tween landlord and tenant.
The committee on privileges and
come here and go into the
drng business, and it must be
expected that he will make a
few mistakes in the go off. We
call attention to his liberal
manner of advertising in The
Kicker. He has assured us that
puch a mistake cannot occur
again, as he has properly label
ed the bottles.
AH INFANT PE02IS7.
uod, with a proposition to print the feiections reported tavorable to the
boiled down and clearifled. We
mafia Hcrht trood Coffee OUt of
dried sweet potatoes. I used
tn mat tints for the boys out
of old scraps of cassimere
Your pa built a fence and a
boat without a nail, tie Dorea
noles in the plank and pinnea
them on with - wooden pins.
The war made us all 'powerful
shifty,, as Cube says, and so we
got along pretty wen. me
children all kept well and
strong until the war was over
and doctors came home from
the army. And there was no
law suits nor courti - until the
lawyers came back."
"You have to thank the yan
kees foi that much, don't you
mamma."
nr T don't thanlc- th yan
kees for anything. They run
me and my childreb all over
this country like wel were dogs.
Your fja makes out like he has
forgiven them and is trying to
harmonize and all th.it, but
they have never apologized and
to me yet or shown any numm
ty or repentance."
Oh, my country, l m airaia
this generation of war women
will never harmonize, ihey
know too much and suffered too
much. They mix and mingle
right nicely with our northern
friends as long as .he war is not
mentioned, but it won't do to
discuss that for it makes the
fire fly, and keeps them from
being calm ana serene.
iJILL AEP.
same. xne resoiunou iu ynuv
adopted by the House of Kepre-
beuiatives was concurred in.
S. B. 120, Mr. Lusk's bill, to pie
vent the keeping of screens, blinds,
and other obstructions in bar-room
doors, tailed to pass, on a call for
the ayes and noes 13 ayes, 51
noes.
House of Representatives.
The committee on privileges and
elections reported favorable for
the sitting (Democratic) member,
in the Halifax county contest.
The committee reported unfavor
able on the bill requiringtne ele
ments cf agriculture to-be taught
in the iiblic schools.
The bill incorporating the Bank
ot Rocky Mount was reported fa
vorable.
Mr. Crisp introduced a resolution
relating to the public printing be
iuglet.out to the lowest' bidder.
Keterred to the Com. on Printing.
Mr. Outlaw introduced a resolu
tion concerning ex-Confederate sol
diers. .Referred to the committee
on finance. ,
A message was received from
the Senate informing tne House of
its readiness to go into a joint ses-f'.on-foT
tbe final election of United
States Senator.
A recess of five minuies was ta
ken when the joint session took
place and proceeded with the elec
tion of United States Senator, with
the following result:
sitting (Democratic) members in
the contested cases for Jones and
Wake counties.
The Judiciary committee report
ed unfavorable on amending the
Constitution, so as to abolish the
homestead; bill relating to landlord
and tenant act; relating to criminal
jurisdiction of justices of the peace
The committee reported favorable
on bill incorporating the Bank of
ltocky Mount.
The Committee on Education
reported favorably on a. bill which
amends the Bchool law as follows
1st The 6Ciiool year is changed to
end on the last day of June each
year ana an reports are to corres
pond. 2d. Any county, with the
consent of the coutity commissioners
and justices of the peace, may
submit to the people the question
ot a scuooi tax, not exceeding one
fifth of one per cent on property
and sixty cents on the poll. 3rd
The Superintendent ol Public
Instructions is made Treasurer ol
the School fund, after July 1st.
1889, and i& required to give bond
The bill to establish au agmultu
ral and mechanical college for the
colored race was tabled.
Professor Oscar Uocra. a Tkrea
- . -Tear OldiPickaninay.
A startling human prodigy
Las Juot come to light, which
premises to furnish material
for a sensation the like, of
I which has not been known
since the advent of "Blind Tom"
upon the public.
Profeisor Oscar Moore was
born near Waco, Texas, is color
ed, has been' totally blind from
birth, and is three years and
four months old. What the
sensitive plates In the pho-
Dorgraph ara to sounds, Prof.
Moored memory is to. ideas.
Facts, figures, fates, poetry,
speeches on the tariff, what
ever Is thrown against that
wonderful faculty of the dimi
nutive professor lodges there
and stays, and the professor
can go over all the vast stock
thut he has already accumalat-
ed in his brief life, and produce
any article he requires at an
instant's notice.
He is a naturedly developed
child for his age, with a bright
face and wide open, handsome
VAGABOND JACK
THE LIFE OF TUB WA 1
WARD LOVF.R.
A Story of a "Shiflls. Ne'er
Well" Beautifully Ilelated.
do
eyes, which nave me queer ap
pearance 01 looKing in wara in-1 lerrea.j as may
stead of outward. The powers sleep io bis own
Tbli Story wi Uua January 3rd.
MI can't give you mv word for
that,' said Jack; bo t untie my
arms so that I mav take the noun
and after that von can bind me as
tightly as you please.''
ery well," said the corporal
Jack ate and drank with an
excellent appetite, and having
finished hi supper, honourably
held out his bands to be pinioned
again.
. "I would gladly spare you that,
my poor fellow, but you know I am
responsible for your safe-keepin."
"Do your duty, corpora,! bow.
ever, I should be glad ir you would
not tie my bands behind, as it quite
prevents me from, sleeping on my
back."
The corpora! was aboa! to refuse
this favour wheu tab. -ye met a
oeseecning look rrorr. his wife.
Jack, the rascal, had always the
women on bis shl-, and, bis
luck did not desert bim this time
either.
o doubt," saio the corporal
aeuieuuousiy, "tuai it nal be a
great hindrance to sleeping.
ixjueui; out lor grexr security
xrraru win pasi tbt night here.
Go and bring Berard, -.rife."
iiuuc.n ivraru wou; have Dre
'
oe tt-ippesed, to
good gendarme's
o J man bad ovtr him. Fifteen
Ounces rccoiUnl wiUx reDananee
Lom the falsehood that be was
urged to tell, and went over bis
ory again, recounting the facts
i'.hout too much exaggeration.
'What was it. now. that I said a
little aeo! You see Terr welL
daughter, that people are a! rajs
in too great a hurry to weep. If
ck bas not kCled anybody there
h no fear of his coming to the scaf
ford. Dry your tears. 1 know
very well that Le must go to the
galleys, but we are not to far as
that jet. It wili betims enough to
mkke ourselves miserable after the
arizes, voa think ec,
L.ette t" ;
Old Martin bad a way of con-
sc.ing people, than which nothlne
copld bo better calculated for mak
ing their sorrow more bitter, tbeir
gref more ;polgnat. Without
r ,ariDgto intend it, he excelled
a turning the knife in the wound
arl would dwell with
c i place lcv Cii everv
of his memory seem to De ea ; out uuty befoie all! He
absolutely without limit. eaieu uimseit. without amnrmur
Whatever is repeated to niin -me prisoner, aod
m I
once or twice ne never lure to.
In response to questions, he
told instantly the populations
of all the nations of the earth,
and of all the cities, statistics
of weight aud uieasurineMs in
volvine sums of ho matter how"
many figures, he rattled it off
before the question was hardly
out of the questlonsr's mouth.
He sang songs in German, Dan
ish and English. He conversed
in eleven different languages.
He made a speech with laugh
able renroductions of all the
corporal, turning the key upon the
vi mem, retired with bis mind
at ease.
iwo iun hours passed Without
the gloomy silence cf the nicht
uc.ug uroKen oy any t und. Jack
uaa again lallen luto a tound leep
uu uuuesi ieraru was struggling
s wen as ne could against the
haraslng fatigues of the day and
his gradually Increasing inclination
to arowsiness. The tniokj lamp
now shed only a reddih light, and
his blinking eves ceased from time
io iime to perceive objects dm
iincuy. lwice or thrice be bad
caught himself going off in a doze
atrodoaa
fct that
Id irritate- and envenom it
clise wai almost driven wild by
hi- remarks ; aud unable to endure
tlim auv longer, took refuge in her
U'mber. where she could md
' - M-
Eansom
Vote of Senate, 33
DOCK'EY
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Mr. Hargrove put in a halt !jox
of tobacco and a lew! bunches
of factory yarn fori his, ten
thousand dollars and they went
to trading. i ou could have
put the whole stock in a big
wheelbarrow. They j sold the
opium at five dollars an ounce
in gold and the cards " at two
hundred dollars a pair in can-
federate money. You see all
the cards in the country were
worn out and the women were
in a bad fix. so they would club
together and bring, in'i'chickeni
and potatoes and sorghum and
old bacon and trade for a pair
of cards." 1
. "Well, mamma, what did you
all sleep on when you first
come?" t
"Why we borrowed a "couple
of mattresses and slept on the
floor, and cooked in -a skillet.
We had S3 little to qook that
we got along very well. We
had no sugar nor coffee nor
milk nor flour. Your pa hoard
of a cow somewhere and r aid
three thousand dollar for her
confederate money was al
most as plenty as the leavea on
the trees every body had a
pocket full. Hundred dollar
bills were common; but they
wouldeut buy anything hardly
except a drink of mean whis
key. Some of the cavalry sold
iers used to give al hundred
dollar bill for a drink so they
said. Before the money got so
bad your grandpa sold his farm
for fiifty thousand dollars and
moved away down country to
get out of trouble,, and ho .in
vested his moneyiin rcotton in
Columbus, and Wilsons raiders
came along and burned it. Poor
man. Cut he was like Job. He
fnever lost his integrity nor his
careful disposition, rl never
heard him compiain about any
thing . i '
TELL OX MAMMA.
A Girl With OneStockmg-
SENATOR VANCE. IS CONGEESSIOiS
AL EECOED.
Vote of House. 80
Total, 113 47
The Speoker declared that Hon.
M. W. Ransom was duly elected
United States Senator from North
Caryl: n a from March 4th, 1889, to
March 4tb, 1895.
The bill relating to fees of crop
liens making 30 cents the total
cost 10 cents for clerk, and 20
lor register, passed final reading.
If this passes the Senate and
becomes a law it will save a good
deal to our people.
Friday Janury 25,
8ENATE-
Well, you must know that
Sherman wanted to make the
people tired of war, and s- he
took away all their horses and
mules, and cattle, and corn, and
everything that they hadn't
hid away in the swarhps. The
men were most all in the army,
and the women anet children
did the best they coujd, an l hid
some things until the yar-kess
went away. - Sam Jones and
few dare devils hung on their
flanks and stole horses and
Composed and arranged for the
old spinning-wheel, and respectful
ly dedicated to that devoted friend
of protected mnchinery and high
taxes, the Senator from Rhode Is
land. ' . L
Our Mary had- a little lamb,
And her heart was most intent
To make its wool, beyond its worth,
Bring fifty -six per cent.
II-
But a pauper girl across the sea
Had a small larub also,
Whose wool for less than half that
sum
She'd willingly let go.
III.
Another girl, who had no 6heep,
Nor stockings, wool, or flax,
But money just enough to buy
A pair without the tax.
IV.
Went to the pauper girl to get
Some wool to shield her feet,
And make her stockings not of tax,
But both of wool complete.
V
Wheh Mary saw the girl's design,
She straight began to swear,
She'd make her buy both wool and
tax.
Or let one leg go bare.
VI
So she cried out "protect" me from
That pauper's sheep wool free,
If made to keep both her legs warm
What will "encourage" met
VII.
So it was done, and people said
Where'er that poor girl went
One leg was warmed with wool and
one
With fifty -six per cent.
VIII.
NY.nr nraispi to Mary and her lamb
Who did this scheme mvenr,
To clothe cne halfa girl in wool
And one-half in percent.
IX.
All honor to Mary's friends,
And all protection's acts:
Who cheaply clothe the iich
wool'
And wrap the poor in tax!
in
EailroacLCommisson in Georgia-
The Railroad Commissioner
of Gireinia in his report shows
tb cn.sn al ties of 1888 to have
been 100 persons killed and
600 injured. There are about
3,000 miles of road in the State.
Norfolk Virginian.
The bill to enable justices of the
peace to take bail in certain crim
inal action, was tabled-
HOXJSK OF REPRESENT A TIVES.
Evolutions: By Mr. Baird, of in
struction to the committee on pub
lic printing, requesting tbem to
makea contract at the lowest fig
ures, placed upon the calendar.
Mr. Beddiugrleld also introduced
a resolution to the same committee
on the printing done for the State
Library.
A.mon.' tha bills introduced of aa
important nature were tne follow
ing: For the puriflcation of the jury
box; relieving the Governor ot the
State from acting as chairman of
the Board of Agriculture; to amend
the charter of Rocky Mount; for
.the better collection of taxes; relat
ing to the sale of seed cotton; to
to pay special veniremen the came
that regular jurors are paid;
amending the insurance laws of the
State; relating tne fines and forfeit
ures.
Proposition and grievances : Mr,
Sutton, chairman, favorably, the
following: H. B. 336, relating to
the bird law of Johnston county:
substitute for H, B. 52. making
four feet a legal fence, applicable
only to certain, counties; H. B. 332,
changing the name of Hickory Hill
to Laurence m Edgecomo county;
H. B.23, preventing the increase of
hog cholera, applicable to certain
counties; H. B. 366, to reduce fees
tor impounding stock in Warren
coanty; H. B. 352, to protect fish in
Ashe county, unfavorably; t. a.
275, to protect persous renting
stores; H. B. 33, in relation to the
stock law.
Judiciary favorably: H. B. 168,
changing term of Henderson Supe
rior Court from 2 to 3 weeks; H. B.
295, relating to vacancies in the of
fice of county Treasurer; H. B. 30.
relating to vacancies in the office of
Kegister of Deeds, cororners, sc. ;
H. B. 339, relating to juriors.
The Committee on nnance report
ed unfavorable on bill relating to
pensioning ex-Confenerate Soldiers.
Bills that passed tniru reauing:
H. B. 116, regulating the ser
vice ol summons by advertising,
when the person cannot be found;
H. B. 135, relating to sdes made
by executors and administrators,
all sales to be advertised in news
papers whenever the amount ex
ceeds three hundred dollaca, H. B.
l67joint resolutions to uongress in
TAEE020 NL w3-
Matter of Interest to The People
that Progressive Town-
(From the Tarboro Southerner)
Next week the town commis
sioners will adopt a plan for water
works aud make contract for the
building of tbem.
Dairy farmers who improve their
stock by gradiug and are impatient
over this slow process should buy
some ot Ben Eagles' stock of crows.
He has a cow thirteen years old,
which has bad eleven calves.
"The Old Field" w.urr, as the
darkies call this tribunal, but not
out of any disrespect, met Monday.
Justice, Bridgers charged tne
Grand Jury in his usual, clear,
lucid and mannered way.
By the middle of February the
cotton factorv is expected to begin
work. The engine and boilers are
here and are being placed in posi
tion. The drive wheel is 10 feet
in diameter and is a huge affair.
Header, how much butter was
made in this county and sold in
Tarboro last year I More than
,000 pounds ousting m .the neigh-
rhood of 1,200.
' Mr. J. L. Bridges furnished
1,300 pounds J. C. J'owell 1,000
aim Col. Carr 600 or more. If to
this is added that brought in
smaller quantities by John and
Thos. Best, W. T. Knight, W. L.
Barlow, and Sam Quinley, it will be
readily seen that Tarboro consumed
of country batter last year, not less
tnan 3,500 pounds.
exaggeraveu bouuud, xuw"w"" na ne was positive that he had
ond falling uuneciiona oi vu awosc with a severl time. On a
etump orator. sndden, and just as heVas dream-
It is only about eight months ing that th, corporal had come to
dnce his memory began receiv- f,leve him of his c'iarge, poor
ing its impressions under an
instructor and yet the child is
literally a walking cyclopedia
of useful information.
A gentleman from Austin,
Texas, has him in charge, and
foreseeing In him a possible
fortune, induced the boy's par
ents relinquish their authority
for the next seventeen years.
His father and mother are ig
norant colored people, and were
formerly slaves.
The Seven Wonders-
be Secretary of
Secretary of
will
be
Who
State?
Who will
Treasury?
Who will be Secretary of 2s a-
vy?
Who will be Secretary of In
terior. - Who will be Postmaster-General?
Who will be Attorney-General?
Puck.
xierrtni ieic nimself 6ei; ed. rhmwn
on his back gagged, ud pinioned
inless time tban it taL.-n to write
it. His assailant wu Jack, who
had slowly gnawed ? trough bis
fasteoings with hit kliarp teetb.
and bad used the pi ccs against
bi8 attendant. Once n.aster of his
movements. Jack ran to the door
with the ligh, and dating all bis
weight against it ma le it spring
from its hinges like Samson with
the gates of Caza. He then opened
the first window be caae, to, leaped
lightly into the street, then with
his band raised, bis lip trembling
with a proud smile, he t napped bis
fingers at the Blues, and dis
appeared immediately in the dart-
pess.
III
Governor Powle's StafL
The staff of Governor Fowle,
the Commander in Chief of the
State Guard is as. follows:
Rritradier General James D.
Glenn, Adjutant General; Col.
Francis H. Cameron, Inspector
General; CoL Fred. A. Olds,
Quartermaster General; Col.
Hubert Hay wood, Surgeon Gen
eral; Col. John L. Cant we 11,
Commissary General: Col. Eu
gene Morehead, Paymaster
General; Col. William G. Lewis,
Engineer-in-Chief; CoL John &.
Cunningham, Aide de Camp.
Col. Thomas W. Strange, Aide
de Camp: CoL W. H. Williams,
Aide de Camp; Col. Alston
Grimes, Aide de Camp; Mai. Jas.
G. Martin, Assistant Adjutant
General; Capt. F. K. Curtist, As
sistant Adjutant General; Capt
A. L. Smith, Assistant Inspector
General; Capt Baneh&m, Assis
tant Inspector General; Capt. J.
M. Baker, Assistant Surgeon
General; Capt, W. D. Uilliard,
Assistant Surgeon General: Capt
Leo. D Heartt, Assistant Pay
master General; Firs. Lieuten
ant T. B. Young, Assistant Ad-
Tbe reader may imagine tne
effect produced by Fiteen Ounces
when he returned to Tioet' with
the game, and described the
terrible battle he bad witnesed In
spite of his habits of dimnlatioD,
and hisself-commaud, Father Mar
in found it very diEc;- t to con
ceal lus internal satu. iction, aud
drank off two or tLre bumpers in
tin succession, to enable him to
keep bis countenance. -"Unlucky
Jack," said be at last ;
you say tnar, ne kuocked down
' THE ARIZONA EIC2"2.
Pleasant Items From The Glorious
West-
We extract the following
from the last issue of the Ari
zona Kicker:
As we were returning to our
office from the Widow Smith's
the other evening (we have
been sparking the vidow lor
several weeks past.) and just as
we came opposite the old In
dian fort, some persons whose
manners certainly need polish
ing np fired four bullets at us
from a revolver. The intent,
no doubt, was to kill us. It took
us about the millionth part of
a second to realize this fact,
and then we opened out for a
run and made good our escape.
We don't claim to be great
shakers on shooting, but if we
can't hit the editor and pro
prietor oi a great and growing jutant General.
weekly at a distance of twenty
fp.et once in ' four shoots, we
will leave Arizona. We don't OUS EXTBAVIGA1TCE.
claim to be a Chesterfield, but
if our manners permitted U9 to Sow Lavish we Expeni itoney
two of them ! It's a frightful ba4
ness then, and at the u-it that he
rnns the risk of is the galleys !"
At thece words Felise burst Into
sobs and wrung her bands in
despair. Jpck a prisoner! Jack
condemend! Jack in the galleys
at Toulon coupled to a robbers! -
was it possible I Cou,d it be be
lieved 1 To think he was there
not an hour ago, sitting .on that
chair, radiant with bappine.
wnispenng sweet words to her.
speaking of the future, of love, of
an early marriage, aad to think
that be would have been there still
but ior that cursed convey of
partridges, and that it was her-
sen woo oaa urgea turn with a
smile to go and fire a last shot ! OU
misery! Oh tortures! Would her
poor eyes ever have tears enough
ior sncn gnei as hers!
Jfartber Martin did nothing
to console - ner. prelernne &n he
hide away behind an old wall
and begin popping at a gentle
man without warning, we'd ex
exDect to be mentioned in the
same line with a hyena.
There is altogether to much
talk about that mistake of our
popular young druggist of the
Blue Front which sent Col. Jim
Jackson to his grave. Col. Jim
asked for quinine and got stry
chnine by mistake, but there
are a good many redeeming
features. The colonel was old,
regard to the geological survey; H. iazy and drunk half his time
B. 195, relating to public highways and left n0 one t0 m0urn his
forbidding tne ienmg or ueuiuS i joga The druggist Is a young
trees within a certain nistanee from Lnd eaer(?etic man, who sold
the public roau u. d. -o, iui tuc coal-yard in Chicago to
For Education Purposes.
"North Carolina expends less
money per capita for schools
than any one of the 33 States,
except South Carolina, and on
ly about half as much as Ar
kansas, and less than half as
much as Virginia. If all school
funds in all the States were
raised from a tax on property,
the rate in North Carolina
would be lower than any of the
38 States, except Georgia. Ala
bama and Sooth Carolina.
Report of Superintendaut o
Public Instruction.
The Oxford Rews says the build
ing record of that town for 1S88 is
very gratifying,
said, to ulet4the water run." When
her thought she somewhat calmer,
however, be set bituself to reason
with her afier his fashion. j
"You cannot do better than Lave 1
a good cry, my poor girl; crying
relieves the feelings : but what can
one do against fate? Sooner or
later Jack was bound to come to a
bad end, living as be lived ; better
nooner ttan later, lei me tell you :
and you ought to thai ic your patron
saint for having dra.-n you away
orm the wasp's acut in time.
What would become of yon all
this time if by bad lu.k you were
uo no ui iuis unoirunate lenow
nd thougn I said the galleys, who
ows f It is perha-i the scaf
fold that awaits bim!
-An;- Baiu fence with an our
burst, "it is useless for yon to
speak, you will not make me deny
my poor jacK. lie wa going to
make me his wife, and I- shall re.
main his whatever happen P
"On yes, or coarse.
an honest fellow who says anvtbine
to the contrary I After all. we do
notjtnow anthing about the affair,
expect what Filteen Oances tell
us, and perhaps it is not so bad
be says. Tell us a little ot -your
story again, boy, did Jack really
kill two gendames.
In spite of the influence that the
at her ease and without oontraint.
Vbat a night that was I She had
thrown herself on the bed with all
b.r clothes on, ana her tears fell
stoutly on the pillow. She thought
oi ber youth, now worthless t of
tt great love, which she had
.-er before felt in all its fulness;
all her projects for the future,
so fondly chembed. but now
-shed for evrr And Jack! was
Lc not more nufortunate a hundred
tii'.e tbn herself ! How could be
ev.-r, with his indomitable nature,
Hrt this lile of shame, ot toil,
of discipline, and of privation, lie
would succuoib to u, that was
certain ; but if Jack were ded,
then was not the world empty for
Ftlise I Her father was weclome
to say to ber, "Dry jour tears : no
u.e being in a Durry to make one's
sell miserable.
"Heaven," the prayed sobbing.
Tit lit Iliiaf f iniv liA f iiV k
tie me awav. or tend me back
b'ui I love ko well '
Ob, woudetlul! whence comes
tLat Kund! Can she believe her
earn! 1 the not the sport of
hallucination ! No no ; It is
ci-uaiuty bn this time it is indeed
h in whistle it is bis signal it Is
J.k! Jack, wbo bas returned,
Jt. :k who w calling ber. 1
iVhse, bewildered, runs to the
w'adov d1 tbrowalt widn open.
J.tck is there indeed, alone, at
ti vrty, bis arms held out towards
b. r, more htudsome and proud-
-kiug luau evr.
' Oh Jack,'' 4id Fc'.ise in a tone
t luuauie letiderne, i was
weeping for you as if you were
d'-ad oh my dear Jack P
Felme,1 &id Jack tn a grave
voice, "do you continue to think
me, as formerly, a man upright
ai.d sincere!"
"Yes ! '
"And are you still willing to be
"Oh yea moi than ever Jack !"
'1 am going to leave th4 country
for a long lime perhaps, Ltse the
wife follows her husband, will you
follow me f
WI am yours, Jack do with me
what yon will."
"Very well, them ; tnak op
uur buudle quickly and come
d'. wn ; we have no time to lose."
Felie without hesitation opened
b'r trunk, tok out some linen, a
u'-.'S-s and come spare stockings.
:ud boldly descended by the Udder
which Jack had jut placed against
I" r wiudow. Day was now break
ing, the two lovers gained the
j mntain at a rapid pace, and
licappeared in the direction of
L'.s Oregories. Ai they reached
.'Jo first bouses or the hamlet tbey
i.et Jean Cendrous going to yoke
hi t oxen for the last labour of the
eason. "Hullo," said be merrily,
thniwdt I th firat an IB All
t..e combe, but It seems you are
iall earlier than I am, my friend."
'Jean Cendrous," said lease
resolutely, advancing towards the
farmer, "I take yon to wltneas that
l -im carrying on Jack bere, and
1 oeg you will proclaia it to my
f.-.ther this very dty."
"Certainly, my pretty girl; It
w-.ll put me about, to be sore, but
one cannot re lose to proclaim a
icbbage. Heaven guide yon, toy
children P
The robbage is an old custom of
the country which has survived
the invasion of French manners.
It is the girl that carries off(robbe)
ber lover, and thus by ber declara
tion free bim from all parsait.
Ihe robbage in tbe lat resource of
!uvers wbwe patience is utterly
worn oat. When coot-ent to tbe
t arrUge is obstinately refused, tbe
parties tun away in this fashion
fad the matter im ended. Marriage
i- not long in following and tbe
paternal authority receives from
it tierhaps !-.- Hence tban from
e "reeet:iil mammons" Invented
NEWS OF A WEEK
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
THE WORLD ARO UND VS.
A 0iwIkmI Report of the Nnct
(WMpnriM, StoU
and NatUnal.
Tbe Farmers Alliance are bcUJ-
ing a tobacco factory at Oxford.
Tbe next General Conference of
tbe M. iL Church South will ba
held at St Louis.
The rboenlx says Bockr Mount
needs tenent bonsea. The town la
certainly growing. ' .
Henderson has a tew Back. It
ill be called tbe Citizens Bank.
says the Gold Leaf.
John Nichols wants to be pnblie
printer at Washington nnder Uar
risons administration.
Cliutcn baa a plate factory and
the Caucasian peats in high terms
of tbe work tarsod out.
Charlotte U endeavoring to get
tbe riedmoet Wagon Works to
move from Hickory to that place,
Tbe citizens of Graham have or
ganized a Building and Loan Asso
ciation which tbe Gleanor aays Is
aoiog well.
Tbe Kins ton Free Press says
about twelve thousand bushels of
noe were raised la Lenoir county
tbls season.
From tbe Wilmington Messenger
we learn that Bro. Bonitx proposes
to Usne a weekly edition of his pa
per in Goldsboro. .
Tbe State Assembly of the'
Knights af Labtr met at Goldsbo
ro lost week. Master Workingman
John Nichols presided.
Durham wants the shoe factory
of W. II. Wetmore & Co., moved to
that town. If she wants it done la
earnest it will be done.
Two moonshine" whiskey ditll
tries were captured in Harnett
county a few days since, we see
from tbe Dunn feign board.
Tbe Wilmington Star, aays a too.
oessfnl cot ton planter of Sooth Car
olina, Mr. J. S.Scott, bas gone to
IluMia te take charge of a large
cHton plantation.
Durham bas a pork packing es
tablishment. If all our pork was
raised, killed and packed ia North
Carolina, tbe State woald go for
ward as it has never done.
Application will be made to the
General Assembly, now In session
at Ilaleigh, for a charter for a new
railroai from Aberdeen, In Moore
county, to Fayetteviiie, fayette
ville Observer.
We see It stated that not a single
baby haa been bora in Liberty, Ky.
lor thirteen years. Liberty has a
population of TOO. We'll bet a
plate of oysters there is not a Meth
odist preacher in the place-
The News of Oxford rys tne
Copper mines of north Gran
ville lately purchased bv uc French
syndicate will at onw bo worked.
Mr. Smith for tbe past been
engaged in hauling machinery to
the mines and the prospect is tbat
a force of possibly four or five trno
dred hands will be put to work in
tbe next thirty days.
' A fearful tragedy occurred at
Wade's Station, on tbe Short Cot,
on tbe 23d Inst. A bnrly negro
entered tbe boose of Mim MeAhs
ter, an old lady about 80 years old,
and killed ber. Bobbery was sup
posed to be tbe object. Her cries
were beard and ber klnsmar k1 "
Alex McAllister, entered the , -and
shot tbe negro dead. Tht
oners jury axhonorated bim I
Mrs, J. A. McDonald, one of the
best known Instructors la the State
baa been selected to take charge of
tbe Shelby Female Colge after tbe
first ol next month. Mrs. McDon
ald bas been a member of the fac
ulty for nearly two years ard Is
rreaUy beloved by ber pupils.
Newton Enterprise. She taught in
tbe first Normal School ever held
here and osr people have verv plea
aant recollections of her.
:i
the I. L'i.-l.tior of tbe civil code.
Father Martin beard tbe pro
: i in. i' ion earned by Jean Ceud
k:ou turnout moving a muscle
Very gOvxi, said be ; "tbe man
- tio bas a daogLter may expect
jythiDg ; but I am afraid a good
.al of water will pass nnder tbe
ridge before we go to tbe wed
ding."
Jack and Feline passed the day
r the cave ol MaravaL ever on tbe
outlook, as may readily be sup
pesed. After nightfull tbey came
down to the village, and arm in
arm went and knocked at tbe
parsonage door.
(TO BK CONTTJICED.)
Well, Governor Scnles goes
out "Ring out the old ring
in the new." . Governor Scales'
administration trill be noted
for its quiet, conservative lone.
No tempest or cyclone rufied
the smooth waters of Lis term,
lie received the good old com
monwealth in a sound, vigor
ous and healthy condition from
Jarvls, and he has delivered It
to Fowle in as good condition
as wheu he got iL Greensboro
North State.
Cur Ztz
Cur Uiucei Waterprwer.
North Carolina has ample
water power to run every wheel
end move every spindle in the
whrtla New Vntrlnnfl PjhMp
And beis,1tatwe tavo tbt cton fields
ut our doors, an abundance of
libor all among ns, with every
neans of transportation to the
four corners of the civilized
' 1 a 1 1 V.
wuiiu, w uu
advantages
The present system of work
log the public roads in North
Carolina nnder the general law
has not proved eSdent and
eatisfactory. It is founded op-,
on a wrong principle. The
roads should not be worked al-.
together by assessments upon
labor, as tbey are done under
tbe exiting laws. Nor should
they be worked altogether by
taxation upon property and
the poIL Tbe true plan, one
that is J tut and eSlcIent, is to
work the roads by a combina
tion of assessments upon labor
and taxation upon property. All
men stould bear their just and
proportionate share of the bar
den ot keeping np the public
This can only be done
roads. This can only be
a thousand other ley a juaierous tax on propuij,
too nnmerona tolarranired in combination with
assessments npon labor. Afihe
villi atfcen.
mention. Fayetteviiie Observer.
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