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Halifax, N. C.
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LARK A CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HALIFAX, N. C,
Will ornrrtien in the Courls of Halifax
and auloliilmr, counties.
March 10 tf.
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Scotland Keck, Ilolif.iy Co.
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Praotice In tin Court of II-lilax nnd
adiinimr o ni'itias, and la tho Supreme
nd Federal Courts. juilS tf
IKOMASJ X. HILL,
AUoraey ml Law,
HALIFAX, N. 0.
Practleos In Halifax and art.joinlnp:
Counties and Federal ami .Suprome Courts.
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Prae.tlee In thecinrts of KalifaT and
ladjoininu counties, and in tho Supreme
wo'd Federal omrt.
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CVMUEL J. Willi; III,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
JUKSOM, X. C.
Prsetinfn In the Court of Northampton
wad ailloinlng counties.
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A V I K t. ' it Y M A N
ATTORNEY AT LAW
' HALIFAX, N. C.
Prantiois In th court of Hall'ax and
adjoining counties, and In tho Supremo
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Claims e illeeted iu all parts of North
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sian. Jan 12-1 a
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BHFH5LD, HALIFAX COUNTY, ST. C.
'Prastiaaa In the Counties of Halifax,
ash. Biteaouinb and Wilson.
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. ES FIELD, X. C.
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ftJeniai and Nash. In the Supreme
Oaart of th Slate and In the Fartcral
Court.'
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taw. Will attend al the Court House in
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K D K W J.; BURTON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WKLDON, N. C.
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ran nd Northampton con mica and in the
ginreraaand Fedvral Court. .
Clalsas aAllaeled io any part of North
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MOORE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Halifax, X. C.
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Morthamptoi, Hdtfoooiube, Titt and Mar
gin In fie Hupreme Court of the State
Mid in the Federal Courts of the Eastern
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Carolina, jan I-l c
''VOL.
THE FROZEN HEART.
BY JO K I. II U N T 0 N.
The wittier mow Ml dp nnd fast,
Vrplexliifc II the Annl dnv,
While hliinr hlew tUestnlv hiitst
Wlilcli - hook each IhhIIi t' i? and apray.
The litt'n lilrda worn ilttmh nd i lii",
And cliirrupt'd fort!) noclipcrfnl note,
Thesiinpli'st mclodv they knew
Had In in last in eyeiy throad.
lust (hen, hencatli the cloudy kv,
A litllnmald demurt ami su ch.
Slot torth, witli sorrow in her eye,
And ski, mini I Hie ll. Ul i with naUr-d fot.
She lied lincAUie her h,tri w.is a're.
A ml wIihii a tii ii lull . to ;t Innh,
She thought ol her own g lot the more,
And Meppel alde to tescue liim.
I!n!, when I er brother f dlowed too,
And Ii ire her aandaU in lii h ind.
Slie aaid ; " The cold wli'cii chills me thto.,
is in my heait not where I Maud.
"For these who Ii i!d me in their thrill
Have linked inn to a loveless, mate ;
No (Mlder loitune ran befall,
Since I mmt love the one I hale."
HER HEART'S SECRET.
BY ANNA 8!1 11:1.1)8.
1 If you refuse P.incan II ilcmf't you
urc a complete idiot, (Jeoieimi iiilroy,
and I wash my hauls of your ulTiiis al-
opetlier."
Mrs C.issoniii sails iti.ij 'siio illy from
the room where Oeorei a, her iiti tp, re
mains nervously ijlasoing and U'clispieL'
her s'e olcr h .It; fi ooeis, ami wnmlcriog
why iii.ilrtinnny sh mil bo a posaive
duty in the code by which she has been
educated. S'h: is only hveutyt.vo, slen
der, fair, and lo'iki'io uhont sixteen,
with licr waving golden hair tied soft,
brown eyes Siie 1ms laelvc l.uudred
dollars a year i ll her ewe, ami why
can't she be ali i ieJ t- live uiitt life
unmolested.
Since her own parents died, only thrre
years ago, she. has been ur.teeei! Iroin
country p.irs ma;e io whih l-or lather
ivud tied died, savino the little lot tunc
or lie. riii'i hv cl ise ecoieMtiv, to her
nu-il a lasMoiia'iltf Howie, such us her
rt otiipf pined for tliortuiliout all f7eor-
inn's clrl !h K.d.
' When you marry, I hope, yen will re
turn to ymr proper sullen:. .Mrs (il-
ry would sav hc ever she i-p 1
lift ol
(i,or"in,'s future; but she.
never
heeded much in those days.
It the cosy study with In r fn'lier, her
fluffy curls all rtiflljd bt er nerus
fingt'ts as She pored ovt r iitin xer
cises, or ttudicd history ; in the 1 1 aii ly
furnished drawing room at her oit litth:
ciibim't piano, playing softly or jjni'.dly
as the mood seized her; in t'10 lice
country, wandering here or there, Geot-
jjitia ns titlerly, entitily happy. Her
hums cf martyrdom mie spent in tier
mothei's room learning aorsUd milk,
listening to ihe (alt s ol the laded beauty
of her fornifr cunnuvstti, bedsre and
her (leoagianna of her i.oble sell sacri
ficing other always grew lint aid angiy
before slie "thiew lierstlf a.vay" upon a
comurv piiison. ; 1 :
Fitting in "Mrs CVsnwii, s crand
drawitig-roorr, wailing for Dm. can Ho!.
crnll to come and propose to l.tr, ns
her aunt informed her he hnd requested
permission to do, ie.irgina. timid ai d
penile, fell her whole L'pinjj rise in re
volt. Was life to lie to her what it was
to brr aunt, a round of cuiliec, shop
ping. Jiarly-going, 1 aity-eiving inter
views mill dresMiiakcis and u.iUineisr
Could she not escape to some locality
where Lliuu were bobluc uiuis aud de
sires? Win re?
Mrs, finssowin l ad f i oMulaled in
vain. lliiheito, tjcniJinu liuu been
gently Ii. in. Hot on tins day even her
Courage lans'd belore Her annl s wrath
at the proposal to dismiss )unc in II il
croft.
He ca ne across the wide diawing.
room as site sat( thinking, his footfall un
heard upon tne suit carpet, lie was
tall, erect. Ijnndsonir, past filty, ye', not
old ; his eyes eleir as n boy's, his iroe
grny huir curling ard abundant, his gray
moustactiK giving a military air to bis
well cut features. Kiiiltless in nuire,
courteous in (uanner. bo also possessed
half a niilliou atlracliuus in sniid invest
nieiits. But all else seemed to kirn worthless
compared to the possession of tho slen
der, pale chill who, hall-buried iu a
deep arm chair, realiz d as yet nothing
of the yeaiiig lute ia the large, dark
eyes fixed upo u her face,
Il whs scatcelv to tfti siu.uosi d tout
I)nnCan ll.dcrofl, bachelnr as lie wn,
had travelled over sixty years of life
willi untou:hi'i! heart, tut lie liad l'ved
..ver all ether love till this oi.e Came
and CO' q lere 1 him.
It stirred his heart wiih a R!ck pain,
when leorgi.'a, looking up, piled to her
lips, nliilo her eyes aerei lull of fear and
trouble, seeing him. lie had nlways
gien him A frank, cordial greeting,
and lie had hoped to win sweeter tokens
still from her soft eyes and sweet lips,
ami ii. stead he had l st what was al
ready given.
' Did you rot expect me?"' be said,
gently ; "you look slartlid."
"U did not know you were here, and
it did startle me to se yon so close he-
side nif I 'jeorina said, a flaming
color shooting now over cheeks and
brow, as slio wished herself a thousand
miles away.
He spoke to her gravely then, And
very, very ge.uly, wooing her most ten
deily, considerate of her youlb, tier
timidly; and, heartily ashamed, she
could only sob and shiver.
'Child I', he said at last, "do I so dis
tress you? Am I so hntcfal ti you
that" a.
VII. WELDON. N.
WELD ON,
IJit she interrupted liim q i'ckly t
' Ynnr nre not lintelul to nie," she
snid, impulsively. "I like yiiu ever
ever so much, only oh, why do you
want to marry mei"
He could not keep lick simile,
though his heart throbbed heavily wiih
pain.
"I lot e yon, dear," he said ; "I love
you far loo well to wish to grieve you.
Shall we be friends slill f"
"0. if you will." alio said, eagerly,
ignorant of the stab in every word, "id
us forget to day."
As if he could. J'ut he was n true
geiillemue, n siiceie, nns. Ifiih l iver,
and lie led her on to talk of oilier tn li
ters till the ashy pallor left In r cheeks
and lips, and shi was just lier saeet shy
self again.
Then he left her. , ft lirr to meet
such wrath from Mrs (lussnwin that she
r ise against the bitter speeches.
'I will go ti (i'aedallier (iilroy,
since you mo s i tired to me," Georgiua
said.
"IwoulJ! fl", bury yourself in that
wretched little furm-house tit l'ry
Cornets; vtiu who n.ight lead the rah
ion here, Duncan Iloltmfi'e wifel"
Hut even Fry Corners was preferable
to Georgiua, to Ihe piopect of leading
the fashion. She shivered ul the
thought, shy, little country (Inner, and
accepted her oui l's ungracious disudss.il.
It. even seemed as if she threw oil' a
burden us s'ie stepped from the luxu
rious carriage at the depot. Mrs. Cas
snwio, slightly ri timi'selid, wits at the
lust ino.'iioiit willing to r voke her do
iree of b.iiiislinieiit, but Georgiua would
not see the flag uftiue only hull' un
folded, and went to Fry C rner?.
It was not a fascinating abode, n
small farm managed by a ti,Uetly old
man, and one maid servant of seveti'y
or Ihi rt iibout, n hose life was a burden
because old Mr. Gilroy had failed to
make her his wife, after accepting; l.er
attentions for a matter of tliitty or I'oity
years (Jeorgini hud the free, open
country, perfect liberty to do as she
pleased, the e.oiii:naiid of her own iu
come. Jint she was io t hnppy.
'I dob'lieve I am naturally ifadis'
co tctucd disposition," she thoiielit, as
she wandered, lislhssly, up a shady
I n e. '-I've got all I want, a country
home, old women to hcl;i. chrlilieo to
be kind to. I can play Lady l mntiful
H half Fiy Corner on a small suilrt
I have miles fcf good, tiselul sewiep,
plei.ty of bin ks, o y own piano, ti .body
lo scold me, no finery to worry over,
nod yet I I wonder if D.incan 1 1 V-
ciolt cares because 1 Inue gone:
What made that question lenp to l.er
mi d a hundred limes a day. She hud
it fused l)!T, put Lit!) out of her li'r,
and yet she thought often el" his c hi I y
ir.aoiipr, his grave, gentle kindness, his
r al conversation, so dill'erei t fiom lh"
society smull talk that wcariini and
puzzled her. D.d lift miss her? She
fell herself such nu atom in his lircln of
Ii lends; so lowly ami little, computed
to Ihe belles llutinii g ever in his vi-w,
so ieni iar,t at.d insigioficniit, that she
could i i Iv woi.di r ulien she remem
bered the honor he Ivul paid her.
Spiirg (1. we s faded, son ner Id 'nm
died, iiiituiiiii Iruits were gntlieri d in,
wilder snos niclti d It was May nga'ii,
and Gemiiii.ri hud hem one year al Fry
Corners. The old larmer had lailed in
that year, and ety tenderly and piti
fully his nraridel ild nursed him. He
learned lo love her as he hud loved
nothing fur ivany yems, to which her
coming, to fret sadly if she left htm
A d, wear) ing for an interest in life,
Georgii.a gave time, sirengtli and an m
failing patiei.ee to ihe querulous invalid,
nctcr lalieui ii io her svll-iuiposeii do-
lies, lle.dnd. iu flay, blessing bi r
with his last i realh. nfi after the fun
eral, Janet, his old Servant, produced a
ill giving her the fur n and Ihe sav
ings of j curs (if grinding (comKiiy.
Georgioa had known i f this, and hud
gently remonstrated when Mr. Gilroy
woiiU have in u do another will.
"1 have rnor! than I spend," she
said ; "and Janet has served you faith
fully." '
Dot once more homeless she j lined a
patty o! Mrs. Cass.iwiu's friends, and
went abroad.
Here was surely interest, variety, but
never ease for the old heart-hunger.
What would fill her life, round il to its
lull perfection? Love was offered more
than once, but met no return, and she
sit'.c.i ueavuy ever licr osr) r:ira
belli t.
In K imp, where they party lingered
many weeks, figorgina lived a new lile
of delight in seeing what she had itn-
agintri in hours of reading, what her
lather h id often described to her, In
ing visited the Eternal City as a tutor in
his young days.
Hut in Home, one of Ihe psrty. loung
ing in luz ly to the general sitting-room
of lha wide house where thy all Itidged,
Said, hall yawning ;
"ll dcroft is here, down with tna-
lai ia 1"
Where?" snrae onr: asked indifiVr-
mtlv.
"At the hotel whete we stopped the
first week we were lu re, lie's going to
die, they say."
'DielDuncaa Holcroftl" Georgina
groped her way dizzily, noperqcived, to
lie balcony. Nic must have air or
smother. Dial Did Mollis Taylor say
Pancan Holemft was dying? What ailed
her bead f hy did lirr keni t brut so
heavily aad slowly? Del Could the
wiuo world hold so much nii-ery as
pressed lier J..WU? Like a lightning
flash the read Ihe cause of all her rest
less craving since she had left tw
.:
C, SATURDAY,
Yoik. She -loved? l)'nnu llolrroft,
king amongst men. h!ie had ' walked
away from her own paradise, closing ti e
door, n d Dii' cun Il ilcrol't woulj die,
and never know she had locd him.
At the hotel v.here they had Stopped.
Why it was close beside lliem. Slie
could be there iu (oh minutes.
She never paused to think of pripri.
ety ' Wrapping her head and shoulders
io u fli'ecv white shawl, slio sped aUog
the' street, tliaikliil for the grv.lieting
Iwilielit. The wiitns stared, but led
her the ronm. At the d.ior she paused,
S'ie conld sre a Sister of Charily k eel.
ing beii.le A high be I, euulJ hear A faint
voice say !
".She is here, in lloni'.'. When I tint
dead curry my message. Tell l.er I
love J her lo t'e IasI. Y ii will find h r
at the nddiesH I gate you. Oeoigiiia
Gilroy I You wil. not f. rget the
name."
Trembling A 'd while, Georgiua crept
in, sofily I.imii lier lian.l upon the bis
lei's shoiihler :
"I am Georgiua Gilroy," she whis
pered, veiy I iw.
1? il 1 nv us it was l!o whisper reached
Duncan Ilokroli's uos, aid a smile
lighted his white, wasted lace.
"L'llle Geoi-gie." he said, fainlly,
"dnil ti.-, have von cume to suv fare
well" '
"No I" she answered, strangling the
sob iii her voice; "I have come to pray
you to live for me 1"
A great j y lioliled t'.ie languid
ey es.
"F ii' von 1 Ge rgie, do you love me
at last?"
I think I have nlways loved you." she
soMied, ".mil I know it, at list!"
"I cannot die now." he s ti J .
A d he did not. Clasping Geotvina's
slender Ii i n! fast, hi! found ihe liit-giv-
iny sleep nil n u colics had faded to give
him ; waking after many huns t see
lovino eyes u i weuriedly wutihiiif' liiin-
Ti'.py were married when the pries',
c.ini r a few hours later, the good sifter
fill remaining lo share Hie nursing
li it the lile-givii g joy was ticorginu s
love, aid all ihe leslless discontent If 1 1
lie- hr.p.iy life f never, when onca she
ki ew the eciit of her owo heart.
Mrs. Cass iwin snvs ;
' She cat.'l iindrRiand why Georgina
followed Dmciti II hrofi to 11 .me,
when she might ns well have had a
proper wedd eg aid leicptmn at home;
and Georgiua lias never ixpl.iii.cd.
Fn C ruets sees her no more, t ov will
her husband make her a slave to fashion
or sociitv, but baud, in lined, throughly
one iu I. cait m d mind, they find uselul
woi k and tender charity to fi I all leis
ure In u s, when frieship's calls are mi
stered. HOW A WAN GAVE A BEAR A RIDE.
O ice I'hic was a man whose li e had
been spent iu "g dug Wosl ." llm lather
and mother moved from Ndv E igland
to Mieliigau when he was a baby, and
settled six nsiics from any neighbor.
Hut before the rVrrn was nil cleared,
oilier settlers tame, and the family move
on.
"Don't want to lie crowded," the old
man said. "I heard a i II and an ax
that wsu't mine, yesterday."
And lie went fuither and ftitthcr West
eveiy year, lid by the time the boy I'm
telling ton ol.eS a giown-iip ina-i they
had gut clear lo the west pai t ol t). egon,
ai d the Pacific coast. And as the old
mini couldn't move West any futther
wiihmil getting into the ecean, and
i eighbots had moved within two miles
of him, lie guv it tip, went lo bed sick,
and died.
"' I'ai ,'t no use," lie sun!, "iho,'er
bound 1 1 crtiwd nu old man o iter the
w. rl 1. I can't a her t iN tech tljows
with folks, no how " 1 ' '
At.d so hu died, willi bis in urcst neigh
bor two rr.ires pw.iy.
Hut 1 was going to toll you of his
son's si inpc wiih a bear. They built
their Hist log house at the foot of a hill;
but it was so low and damp that James
for that was his namestarted to
build a bigger one higher up, half a
mile nlf, near a mcuiitaiii brook, will)
grand old trees around the spot, and a
fine view of the country. He took off
the two front wheels of the old immi
grant wagon that they had crossed the
great plains in, nnd made him a good
Strung two-wheeled cart, with a b 'X on
it. And in this he drew back and
fourth carpenter tools nnd his dinner and
chips for the lire, over a rough road mat
he had cut through lh" woods.
ITii used to tuke a I'utle nap After his
nouda meal, and ouu day while he
was sleepiog on a sple ilid bed of ever
green bougas that he had fixed near the
timbers hu was at woik on, he was
akeneil by a V u.l rattling of the tin
dishes in his cart, lie looked around
quickly, and what do you suppose he
uw? A big black bear pawing over ihe
luncheon he had left, and smacking his
chops over a piece of wild honey and
some corn-cakes that dames hadn t
eaten uo. ? i.- -
"Thii is s pretty "fix," sal J James to
himself, quick as a fl.kh. "My liflc
and ax are both in the cart, and that
ugly beast would claw me to pieces be
fore I coulJ get 'em out."
He was afraid the bear would chssc
him if he ran, and corner him if he
I'aycd, and so he set his aits to woik to
find a way out of the scrape. Good
blight wits are too much for a bear, or a
hard lessor, or a tough job of any sort,
il they are only kept at work with no
"I csw'l," or. "I doi,'t want to," or "0,
dear I" to l.indiT them. It didn't lake
James' wits so long as I have been
MAY 4, 1878.
tu'ling it to yon to make a plan for
him,' ' ' 1
Hit jumper! td his feet quick rli a fish,
iihbed the totigiio of tint eurt bef 're
the bear Could suy Jack lli'ms'ii if
he hud known how and fluted on a
ke.-n run dowa hill, drawing the cart
Ai d Ihe bear in it alter him.
''Well, I s'posc there never was a bear
so astonished soice the pair saved Irom
the fl md steptied out from N ah's ink
and found the world drownel. Il.t had
Aever had a ride before, and didn't want
one now ; hot ihr" earl was ling so fast
t'la1 he daren't j imp out,1 and so he just
chiiitf on, utid I inked nut from one side
to Ihe other, and fairly howled Its the
curt bumped iver Ihe roots nnd stones.
James hud been l tfn city once and
seen the stree! Cars, and wlien he found
lie bail the bear Caught, the fun of the
thii g made him laugh.
When the bear roared onc he hall
ooed back; "All full inside tuki the
next car!" And when thu bear gave n
terrific howl, lui said, "M ive up to ihe
front, pleass and d nt grtiinb'e. This
is a thronah car git u,i there I" and he
rati j st tho way the car drivers make
the horses do when they are lute, and
pretend they don't see a little boy cross
ing his fingers for 'em lo stop on the
crossing. The tin dMies in the b itt un
part of the cart rattled like a peddler's
wagon on the pavement ; the ax and gun
boi.uced on the beai's toes, and he
looked as if he did ,'t know which was
the worst his mud or his scire.
Down the steep hill Jines ran,
straight for the corner of his lng-huuse.
lie had his pl.ins ail mude, and as he
turned the comer, be ran the cart
agu'n st a log and tipped it right over,
with Muster H ntr on tho under side.
His other rifle hung over the door, in the
house, nnd he grabbed it down in n
hurry, and as tho hour struck his head
from under the curt, he shot him be
tween the eyes, saving t "There, that
settles the question "
"What question r", asked his wife,
who c imo running out to see what thu
noise meant.
Why, the question whether I had
caught a bear or he had cauht , me."
M ircy sakes 1" she said, us si.e saw
the dead bear. Then l.e tnld her the
story, ao I si e kissed him, and laiijhed
and cried at th ) same time. And he
bud an mere nit made of the ski", t re
men ber tb ti ne when be "gave a bear
a lico liile "
C 0 M EDI ES cTt H E COURTS.
TAKE OI F YOVR I'Q.tT, (IllUiS FllliSlt
VHWM Tilli Ll.Mi:sTO.;U ur.oios.
Beforo .lustier Itix'iy.
Judiie : Where did you find this
c dored man, oliicei ?
O.licc-r : I found him list nig'.t hang
ing around Devlin it Co.'s clothing store
Mr. Devlin lias had a good deal of cloth
ing stolen lately nn-1 I biought this man
in on suspicion.
Judge: What is your tame, pris
oner? Piisnner: Napoleon H itinpartc Gihhs.
.T.irl.in. Wl al In i-i.iir iiri'iiii.l inn ?
Gibbs; l'se traveling agent for de
nev patent white wash brush, sah.
Judge: Take oil" your cuat, Gibbs.
Gibbs! I hopn you 'sense me sal).
I'se been troubled lately wid the 'fl lency
in de head, de 'zo, I c, tab. I'se very
bad
Judge: Take off your cat, Gibhs,
(Gibbs lakes oft' bis coat slowly.)
Judge: Ah I Another Coal under
that ; nothing like being well wiapped up,
as thev suv in Al ik.i when thev go a
skating. Take oft your coat, Ctiibs.
Gi'ihs: 1 issi.'t well, I isen't, s.ih.
De doctor say, Nap.deon, you wear
p'enty clothes. IK- 'lluen y, sah. (Takes
oil' his coat )
Judge: Ah! What have we here?
A swallow-tail 1 Take oil- your coat,
Gihhs.
Gi'bs: Dis yere won't do, Judge.
I'se got a stiiffucss in de borax, I'se vary
bad. (Takes i (This coat )
Judge: Ah! A doub'.e-'ireasted
frock 1 Take ofTyour roil, Gibbs.
Gibbs: Dars gwine to be a funeral
here, dar is, sah ; I feels the stuffnesi
rising in de borax. (Takes off his coat)
Judge: What's this? A shooting.
jacket, by the soul of Nimrod ! Take oil
your coat, (nhbs.
Gibbs: I'se gwine for a kerpm I'se
getting c dd. Dis yere is murder in de
first degree. (Takes off his mat )
Judiie; A linen duster, 1 Ihiuk I've
got you down tn hard pan, Gibbs. I
shall commit yon wiihoul bail. Take
him down gently, ofiii;er, for he is a
lily a lily of the valley. He toils
not. neither does he sp'u ; yet Solomon,
in all his glory, was not clothed like
him.
"Next I" called his honor, and a leap,
hatchet-faced specimen of the rural dis
tricts, with a greet Cotton umbrella
Under his nrm, stepped up to the rail
ing and inclined his ear towards the
judge.
Judge: "ft hat is your name?"
Prisoner: It was the water, judge.
Yuu see I have always lived in a lime
ston region
Judge: What is your name? (in
a'.to)
Prisoner : Yes, judge, I came down
lust injit from llounduut to sell my
teasels
Judpe: What is ytur name? (I
alto and rohusto )
Prisoner: I am sure, judge, it was
the water. I have always lived in a
limestone
Jtide: My 1 this man Is deaf as
an adder. T iro a hole iu his car, officer,
and ask biro his name.
1k
Odictr :
i r h hi r
Judge:'
Ho
W,l
usoi an car trumpet,
, the
sound a cavalry
charge Ihrough
it
aid fiid uut his
name. .1 i
Olli.cr (.hrouli ear-truinpitt) What
is your i a ne?
1'. is oier ; Isiacl Fudger. l'.e been
troubled for ihe last twenty yeats. nlge,
w lh imeu noiii,', Jii'ul)'ig , j measles
inilk-snkucss aud wmn s. u-e coier
for Ihe pneinnoiii i, whiskv for Ucj Iuiii.
lingo, gin any ta .soy . for lha measles,
tone lence for the nii.k-sicknes, and I
lend the worms on rum ni.d molasses.
IS'jl it, wis the water tint done it, judge;
:he limcstoine region.
Judge ; UTieer, tell h'tn I shall dis
charge him this time, and to II him to re
turn to Ihe limertoue region and avoid
liic is coast us be wou'd a creditor.
Our (ulVrlor Court
KlNliW.) IL), X. 0.,
A;ir'.l 23 id, l!ii8.
With tnanv prmniset oli-conemy nd re
lorm our newly aii) Inted l,'ialrates were
induiiWd into olll n ami witli little or no
apt) ir ot oi;)oiin in ornnzud tur veiy
i 111 dent Infi r.or Courts, With an eniineul
itit st the hea I and two Muinu lusty
Iiui'h id tne law as r i I) t mid Utt bowir,
so eaer a"d sin' p toitlinl a'Uuny
s diellor and an over reidy a id wilumj
vnuiii ill all ns cleik. Will (1 4101 llluU
coo I .lid iiiihlul seivunts ivns tin; umv r
al gi'itu'nii ill lenOcied by f .clito Hu.
nihi l alter thu iinkuix ol this p ttils 11
II ; m' i ntj mi I it n u loudly hoped that no
Cii'ii ill ol nilvcrslty -uld ever set it lo
t i.lll : it plumnge ; bur let lis sen i 1 il In
proien to Utr a searing fnglu n!ivay nl. I
to luce will; ua'tiuiuied eye tl;u duZ'.ltug
liebt ot invi siiguiion or is uu "lour ol
mother kind, silent and lynx e'Od
-midline, in lui;h pliees hoJ lur plaeei
lot lood ol a iiiIjCi ibiu kiud to bo eagerly
dev.vtin (1
Ti ub tliis "Pin (estliercJ Conn ' mast
be lu-iily led or vise l.er pluuin.u will noi
Uu ive, but lei us si u upon wlnil lit id In I
m mv keepers liave fed lier that She hutll
erowii s i gieat. With your p,mi:.inn I
will cite u lew cases wiih which 1 am U
miliar to ibu-tralo the- poiut in q'lesiion,
iu wi It an 1 1 sli nv how great a lurhhlp
I in c.iiri un.ter ihe present a ia igiinent
and I lie (lis.e-itlin niuolio its lavoillis la
make woik lor it is hilly to prove lor our
people.
Mta'e vs. Uciirge Odo:n, undo: the ms.
ter an I iirivuiit act, Iri i at III. Jauuary
lerni, veidicl ol jaiy "net gu.lty.
t'nis i il-e c iii,o up belwie a innyislllte
of tills loivusl.ij on two in p-irate ocvions
over a vmr sun iioro wn not a pailiclv
ol evidence st the III -1 ol iltcsd tii i'e thai
U. lorn hat unlawlully nitiiel or pet-
smiled awiy I lie servant ol anol ei, l ut
Una master csreluliy laul his p ans and
i si n 1 1 1 1 ui lit he hud the (i nu , u loin
liiglitene 1 nut ol lii. wils l-ji;eii the p'lv
ileMe ol suUinitiiiiL which Wss allowed al
tilt nq'iest ol the pruiieculor who had th
prouii-e In-tn Od in ol good tqu iru mm
(1 believe fol 00) as lUmages, ulter th
payment al nil casts by O loin. This ir
il-niiiity awitie to fie poveity o! the tnsii
an I the pre-it seareity ol n o ey was pel
duly paid. When thu suit was agsiu
revived six or einht witne-se wie sum
inuiid coun-els, einnloveii and all
repair to llalilaX tit lend court
Ihe witnisst's nianily pour niea
who Could ill afford to spare the tun
nun h less the expense wee kept froei
tii if home- fro-n loi.r ( srx divs ltd them
selves on b ead ar.d waler anil were Ii o.l y
dun-liaised wiihoul one cent atuooipcnsa
tion lot 'liis tuv'fc to their couiilv. Iln
soil was broii"ht lor t lie r.Covery ol $ 1 00
a'lowni tiis: pros cut. ir by ilies.it uiikin
the i fl'-nee Tlis'L'ed s misdemeanor but the
lv;ile tlironjli their r pre ei tatives we
UXed lor th:; costs.
Cise. N" 3. Slate v. riZ I sad C in!a
b'e Hill vVnkii.s (colored,) ot Kmwood
town, lor iiiil iwfiilly d 'Uiinng ttie person
ol our nslv represi nutive t the lens
lintvinitv. who w ss 'so slightly" i. etiriateil
thai bo iiiisiooK Mf. Itiazii s store n am
lloor lor Ins bed chsinoer his C"inato
e audition Instil':: a nlc tuo l ino I -r Mr
II hZ ,' convenience, an 1 the limir lor sotie
men to r.-tire Iniving arrived. Mr. Ill T.
kindly- su; s'c 1 (o C'on-tah'e Hill Wll
kins tlie pri-p ity id cuing Inni s cnnilot
tsWle to Iginj in the "ll .tel t'e Uinnwood "
F.-r H.l- stlenliov. IO Ins peison, but
e-p-i'oillv hectusd lie wss allowed to iju:I
tlir IIoi.. bebou Settling with tliv Isud
lord -Mayor II in is ui, the State saw lit t
att'onpt s viii. 1 e.ii'Ui ol his uj i ed honor.
S x or eii:ht of n it bu-y Urno 'S nt on:
fur tawn uud -r "U'Miifria, t lie prisoners
a-e en hand, but lo ! the pres citing wit
nts is no whore to bo 'rTuud, all inj irits to
Ills iniioceie e had been rrpalivd by the
payment $ oO n trsstc. Ifn (mall must
the inplins h ive been, and wlist a mag;
ninluem Stnte. 11a'. tliu witnisit ct
nitliing and the people pud the ilamaovs
Tins is an agiienltiiral rommunity, the
profits liom tins old nd honori-1 nvn's
non sr irnt i ex.iro linit y small thai
wit- citO'ossotm. Oi Ml ill toil H-.IIM ,o-
Comes by useless monopulies in any shape,
should be st once pounced upon, coa
demiied nnd crtireot-d.
There seems o '-e wide spread dm
fat sfu' tion am"no t!iinin j in n st the
woiking ,.f our Inli-iinr Court and it is
well to rcq nre into, ai d belore il it too
lair r-n e ly th- evil.
1 have thrown ut these liists thai our
to ir l ol magistrate who are alonv tepou
sibl lor Hie cotinuel ex'stcneo ol these
c-si'tls as they now st ind, niny at our
next inei'lins! t ke sirim step to eotrert
the evil ly ii'tiiii! upon the Ocnerl
Aseenibly (e restoration to Its learner
slams p the jl lis.iietiea of Mai-Uates,
as well as to reduce the luinhor ot our
ln'eiior Courts to ta i'ls'eat ol fur ber
vi Hr, and win their elli .unt alli.TS we
bili te the Bens of justice will l letter
iriv d sod with greater rcoccmy to the
pe. p e. ' ....
J P. L.
Xehudy who Is alraid of l iuohhs, and
hia tily ton, at his tiicnl, ran he sail la
have a Itne anfl thorough love lor him;
snrl on the other hsnd it would hetrsv a
sorry want ot laith, to ditrnst a iron 1 b
cause he laughs at ya. Few men, I be.
lisve, are mucli woi tii loviuc, in whom
there it not something well weith lauftiioz
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
s
ION PAINT K It S -
VVa.iteri In every oeetlnn of the Unijed
1 sios and Provinces to answers this ad-1
voriliomeiit. Addrcs,
DANIEL F. nF.TTY,""J
"Vah1nfllor, N. J.
Do-, llf ' "
HAPlTxkssOR MiVkRY.'Isi TUR
QUKSTIUN ! . .
Ir. W. K floyt of 35 yers auceesaful
practice tiiftrantees speedy and Osrinaneiit
cure (fall Uironlr, iSeroful ius, Prlvaue.
L.' , 1 .. . i . . . . .
n ( iiuiLin nun iTiiiiiu iiisegses, rspprnia
lerrbiv i, or seH-ahnw at Ills Medical ' Ir).
tiliitH, Auan A, Cheney illouk. enooiite
til i City Hall Park, Syracuse, N. Y. Med-
.'ioeu. to all parts of tliu U.'H.. and
Cnim lil Don't be deenived br ndvertls.
ItiirijiiHeks who throng our ieijro citlee,
but nutiHiilt lr. Jio( or Hend for ciriular
eatioit on l.is hCiiaitiea to tia P, O.
ll.X
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L.VPIKM. Mr wrest I Ion id Franeh
I'.n uedv, AMIF. D K VH M K, or Froialo
rieinl. is mil nlinir in tho cure of all tmln-
fill and d'l'iRopnis dlsrasesi pf viilir tl.
It niodoriles ail excess, and bring nn the
ilioiitnlv period whli ii;iilarlty . To all
net voi.s and spinal attentions, pains Iu lha
aoK or inn lis, iieariness, raliuue on g iu.'-.t
eTirt(oo, palpitation of the heart, lownrss
muni, liVHlerles, sie.n beadacbo. white.
and ail p iii ful disoises orcasjoimd by a
disordered Hystain.ll effeols euro when
ail other means tail Price $12,0;) oar B ot-
lie. sent by matl. lr. W. E. Iloyt, ii&x
S!7'l. Syracuse, N. Y. j
.Nov 'ij 1 y.
s
C II O O L t i: A C U E k a ,
You can easily Increase vnr anJaar ha-
iv devoiing a Very small nortl.ni of year
loisuro time lo my interest. 1 do not ev
pect you to canvass lor my eelebrataal
Htly'a 1'iatios nnd Oruuns nnles via
lit to; buj the sorvico I require ol yos
in uoiii pieiisant. anil proinHiile. fall
particular tree. Addiesa, i
DANIEL F. HF.ATTY,
WHshlnuton, N. J.
JiK'KY MOUNT XILLS,
K0CKT MOUNT, N. C.
3
January 1st, 187?.
V,'e are now prepared to furnish tie
trade with
SHEKriNOS,
SHIRTINGS,
PLOW LINES and , ,
COTTON. i YARNS,
i
all of the best quality and at low prices.
Our tetrns strictly net cash, 80 days.
Address
BATTLE ON, '
'an Co s
Rocky Mount, N. a
J) ASUOLPH'4 CO.,
GENERAL FOR WARDING
I KD
ronniKHTox jii;r iiatj,
g
Noifodk, VirfflaU.
Prompt attention given lo all Consign
ment. a Liberal Cash Advances made on Coo
slgnmenH. LUMBER A SPECIALTY.
KrFRirxrKst W. H. Smith .t on. W.
C, Marrow if Co., A. Vrenn, Norfolk, Ya.i
A.tJiirribaldl.J. W. Faucett, J. M. Mul
len, Halilax, K. C.
fob 21 fl n
CTA1.LIO nuuiAL CASKS foa
S.VI.E.
Tcrsons within? Metallic Burial Cases
cu always obtain mein oy i-piyin(t lomt,
at ihe More of Messr. Wintield Jt Emry.
1 oio still kvepioe, as liereloloie, a lull
rtmeiit oi'the Very Vtest CASKS, al th
Very Lowsi Prices. In my sbseuce fioni
Wcldon. Messrs. Winf.eld A Einry will
doliver Case lo peraous who may wik
them.
JAM IiS SIMMONS,
Weldon, N. C.
apr 4 1 Q
JL rospeoifully ealla the aUeutinn of Us
tra lo vi his extensive slock of OomaoUfl
and Imported liquors, lovlilehh ia HU
ruaKiiiK addiUous acd ooumung or pur
RTE AXD nOCRno WiTI'KIXS
French, Applo, BlackherrT and Oirry
Braodias, Jamaica and New Knt-lsrtd Knwi
London, Tom and Ho11rl tiin, Fort
Sherry, Claret, Kbine and t .re-Tfsr-old
Scuppomoiig Winn. Swtoh aad Leudoa
Porter, and a very larfe lot of
RECTIFIED WHISKCYv.
whirls I ara 9erincat priee BAtcaDBtl
frsjl to give satisfaction.
9. W. SI-LTiNEU, AsV
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