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' ' HALIFAX, N. C.
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T. BRANCH,
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UMX M. MtTUSN,. .. il , JOHN A. MOOllK.
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.HALIFAX N. C.
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T A M fi S , E. A ' H A R A,
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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ENFIELD, If. C.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HALIFAX N O.
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'" ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HALIFAX, N. C.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
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T.r tch,.. n!,U ru.q for the Pain
IsssErtmntlnff nf Teeth always on ' band
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Practises In the courts of Halifax, Warren and
"iioininir counties and In the supreme arm red
ral courts. Claims collected in any par' '
Korth Carolina, , junelJu
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, .ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sostlamd Keck. Halifax Coontt N. C
. 'raatlnesj In the connty of Halifax and adioln
i??150,lDtle.udahe Supreme ourt of the
VOL. VIII.
" Only Curl.
Only a curl, a gulden curl, ''
1 treasure .norn than lil'a-.' i
Every lovely, sliiiiing Btrand,
With Hweoust mnin'ries rito.
J nst as a rose its freshness flown
With Joys of Tatiic.h'il spring
Within its heart has folded clo-e
Home fragrance that would cling,
Only a curl, a gulden curl,
B t fair and aoft and brlght--
Onlfl a spar of slrlpwrock'3 hnpos,. :
v. 1 Thjat bnligs my heart trnifat, . ,
DrlfiiiiKs of pain from sorrow's sea
Such weary weitiht ol pain;
Tangled among, the shining (breads,
' Parts ot th-pnst remain. '
Btrarlge as It aeetris, Snnh trifles
Sad tears to loving eyes, ''
For each white drop which now upon
My dampened lashes lies,
Is wrung from depths divine and sad,
And bs an echoing paid ' '
Within my heart, grief's tears they are,
Not dop of A pril rain.
LOVE AND THEFT.
Franklin Coulter, a drv-coods clatk.
lined as a private odc ol the' first Nun
York regiou'ota in the late war. In the
course of service he won the rank' of
second lieutenant, then that of fitst lieu
tenant, and n lally a brevet captaincy.
towards the close ol the war his regi
ment was encamped at a small village ot
Virginia giiardiog a depot of supplies. It
w is an easy an! pleasant service, and both
officers and men delighted in it.
Ue.ides the village, which ha1 only
bceo depopulated ot its y ountr men,, there
wore Beyers! fine, plantations in the uaigb-
iliood, the property ot lanmies that
had been weulthy and were KtHI proud.
The young ladies ol the villa e and the
ulmtalionj, although they grieved lor
thoje who were avay, could not he ex
pected to devote their entire time to that
employment, and were not unailliog to tie
consoled by their 'conquerors,' who tx
erted themselves to provide all manner ol
:amupeo)eot, so that time should not hang
heavy on their han Is.
' At (he plantation :. which was Dearest
the village Frank Coulter was a greiit
layorito and a constant visitor.
It was the home ol the Penohyns. a fam
ily nf English descent, highlv considered
in the lintghliorliofu!. At thnt 'tin.e the
family was reduced to Mrs. Penohyn and
her two daughters. Ada and Augusta,
ber,liit'band bting dead, and her only soo
in Lee a army. The yonogcr ot the
d lUghteia, Augusta, was F.ank Coulttr's
c' oir.e.
Shsi was a beautiful brcnettc, peculiarly
susceptihle to the charms ot a rcanly pres
ence, and hid been too young at the open
ing ol I bo war to claiii. a sweetrnart
among the young uieu who went ' to
tight.
At the Penohyns Frank Coulter spent
moit ol his spare tune, his agr'ivuble man
ner making him welcome to all the lam
and there was no doubt that lie wa
evoted to Augusta. It was evident, ali-o.
those who observed clo-ely, that she
s ready to reciprocate Ins all ction
whenever he tlioul t chooso lo dec'aro it
Hut no wor Is ol love had as jet passed
between them, and it is prohaMo that
Cou'ter lelt that the uncertainties of war
lid not justify him in making the dosired
It-cUration
One evening hs had staid at the Peno
hyns' until it wa quite late, and was re
tested to remain all munt, as he nan
ilone on ( ne previous occasion, it.? con
sented, and retired to Ins room at a rea
sonable hour, as he would he obliged to
have very early in the morning.
Augusta Penohyn it ma'i'Bil seated on the
po'r.h alone, enjoying the beauty of the
summer night, and admiring the tnoou-
liht as it was filtered through, tim vines.
Phe was also thinking ot the hand-ome
young Union soldier who had lately lelt
er side, wondering whether lie really
loved her, and wishing, il ho did, Hut be
ould declare bimlt and end her ius
pense.
Frorp this reverie she wns nrnu-eJ by
the sound ol a Iwht lootlall. Turning her
head, she saw Frank Coulter approach
ing her. lie had removed his Coat and
hoois, but this partial undress was neither
iiuuual nor pi.jei'tionaiilu, as the nights
were very warm, and he was an Intimate
Iriend.
He did not seem U be looking at Au-
eu.-ta ; indeed, bis eves weie strangely
fixed upon vacancy ; but he crime to tier
side, took har hand, and slowly and sol- j
emnly spoke these words :
'Whatever may happen, Augusta, re.
member that I love you truly and laith
iully that my heart is entirely ours.'
Then he dropped Iut Sand, turned
quickly, and walked away as swiltly as be
d come, ueiore sue comu recover nuiu
her surprise or make any movement 6t
rep'y- ...
To Ausjusta his conduct sppcarei
strange, but not unacvnuuiauie. cue soon
came to the condition that be was mre
timid than she had supposed him to be
that he h id lormed a hud len resolution,
ua tin was about to retire lor the nisjbt, to
decline his o 'hat he ha I mustered
oourage to enme down Hind speaK
the
tvnnU which she had lonced to hear,
and
; had
then, lightened by his own siida ity ;
basler.ed away buloro he could Itarn
late.
his
Hut the thoucht that he loved her
was
blis-lul eoouh lor Augusts, hhe a. ler
mined to go and drcan on It. and went
up stairs to her room. There another
strange surprise awaited her.
As she reached the open door, she saw
.1. -i. 4U I-....-....,, um.t h. ihn
a man siaouiug ai uiu inn :, u.. ...
cononlight she rrcogn'ied him as rmr K
Oouitcr. He held in his han I her watch
and chain, which he ha I taken flora their
nUrfl on the bureau. Ttfeo he 'fume ,
andawjltJy leU, the .JM'tu, lookfug sliaight
ahead, as if he supposed muiseii w uo ur.
aee'n.' f -; '' 'hit''-
Anan.ta Penohyn , waJ-; eo njo'0
. .h hi this secird encounter than she
niH"A ' "J - - . .
had been bv the (list. She was so as
t,inHn l that she did not know what to
Rho ehrarik batk into tie
VI W "I "M
.i,,low ol the door, while the young man
.,.,i h..r with the watch is ml chaiu
" , - I. 1 nn1 4itBi,,uurfdiilthe
Visible IS 1118 lllinn, nil .i' '-""-
pasai;e that ltd to ins own aparmiem,
Ti,. onnnn lalv entered hir room, and
.1,0 tn r, fleet uuoi Ibis f.ry peculiar
occurrence. Conld it N.'that bcr lover
wanted lo carry away the watch and chain
ft9 a remembrance nf her, or that he merely
tA .,nethinr that was hers to put
i.; iiin that niuhtl Or was the
proceeiing intend.! . a l"k. "Inch
would be explained aud laughed over in
the morning J Surely it could be ootbiog
WELDON, N.
; ! . ; .i -' s " '
worse than this, and he tM.'Intelv rluK
misstd the datk sn-ptrioo Vhat introdtd
iist'ltunoa lur. 8ns wb; to lied, but her
Ihnufcbn of llio strange couduct 'ol, her
loved kept her awuke u long, time, tho'uth
be assured hcr-ell that the sffalr would be
pleasantly explained in the morning, .
But in tile morning the jo-ing officer
ws gptie, lis ha l risen at, an early Imur,
as waa hi inti'tiiiiitij ami had rsturned to
camp long' before Attuiinta wal awake
She searched the room which he had w.
ciipied, but t.tw no sign ol the watrh and
li in, nor even a Dole from him to a pi an
the ditaiipi arnnro of t lie articles. Tins
was utmi ci unt able, iio-l the;, young ludy
was Da'Uialy inucs displeased) but ulie
cnncludid that il would Lie best to stv
not liinu about tin! matter at resent, hop
ing that Coulter would explain It niiistse
torily on his next visit.
tihe,8w bun slier the lnpsr nf a fe
days. Ho curre to die houe as he had
bei n In the habit ot coming, and Ibeiu
was nothing in his a;ptiiraoec or iiinnner
to iridirate that anything unusual had oe.
cuned. lie treated AugUi-ta precisely as
he hat) tented her belore lu str niue dec
larationot love was apokud. ai t nmdu not
the remotest allusiou lo the affair of the
writi'h and chain. . -
'Pills' way quite displeasing to AngUnU,
who'dttijruiitiu I to draw him out in pri
vate, as her qiiitioning lo 'ks in public
had tailed to produce anytflfeet upon htm.
She a-ked bi.n to walk with her, and
when they were entirely alone began to
question mm.
. 'Dill you brin .back niy watch
chain, f"raik V shu asked.
'your nutch ami chaiu 1'. was his
priced reply.
'Yes, my watch and chain, which
ad
carried away the Inst 1 1 me' you spent
I ho.
night hrrc, ,
;1 don't know hat you mean
not had your watch an I chain.
I have
I know
nothing about Ihrm.'
It whs then the yoitt'g lady's turn lo
show surprise anil 'indignation.
'1 on surely cannot have forgotten.' raid
,lie. 'that you took those aiticles Iron) the
bureau in my room the lust niuht you
staid at our' house, an 1 carried them away
with you.!
Thistis news'to tire, I assure tin.
'Vou hail lakeu (if .onr wist and boots,
sir, and doubt'ess supposed that you wi re
not ohserve'lt but I siy you plainly in the
mwnnlight,' ' ' " '
; 'Miss Pennhvn. do you know what you
a'e tayir g? Yitj lire nccusing . me Ot
.stealitu'.' ' ' '
"I did nor believe that yiaii meant to
steal thriii.'.ehe said, halt- tohbiiig, '1
suppoped that yon had only taken them
for a J"ke, or perhaps for a k' l i'Sike, aud
that yon would briuo them bark or make
an explanation. But I never thought thai
yon would deny t .king them.'
Miss Penohyn, this h unhrarablo. To
be a cun I of tjielt. anil bv a lady, at that,
is Roniething new in my experience. I lie
claie. upon my honor, that I did not taki
viii w ,lei and chair, nud ih it I was not
out ol mv room that ninht.',
'D i you really think that you curl du e
me d nvn in tliat way I' she indignantly de
man lid I S'iipoe you will hImi deny
that V"U rame down stairs' nt beloie ynu
took the watch anil el.ain, lind came to
whi n I was sitting en the poich, ard
sail '
'rt, one othpr crime,' he s i id. perceiving
that the lic-ltated. 'I am not in the
linui'T lo listen to any more nerusitions
Kither there has been fnin nmnstroii
mistake, or you arc du'ilieiutely insulting
me.'
'Or the honor, ol which you just spoke,
does not t x.8t.'
'Il ymi can speak to me in that strain,
Miss ivnnhyn, the Kioiier I leave you the
littler. '
Yes, indeed before any more porlablu
propt'ty is missinn.'
They puted in ansjer, and the partltit'
was find, AUi'iP-ta lVindijn told her
mother and vister of her lo, and was .,t
first dispnvrd to comp'ain to the colonel
ol Conllei's reuimeni, but was per Uade 1
that such a couise might brin the tauiily
into trouble, aud nlmve i tl.e matter to
drop. The rt'ijiiiient was H.ton ordered
aw ik, and shu saw uo inure of Prank
Coulter.
It was not until tvo yr after the
closeol the war that Fra' k Coulter re
turoiil to Virginia, slid then he came in
the peiieelul capacity ol fin agmt or drum
mer for a N.-w York dry go da house. The
Penohyns ha-l become comparatively poor,
and the lamily mmsion was turned into a
tavein, which kept by the son, lleory,
who had come out ol the war with the loss
ot an arm.
At that tavern Fia- k Coulter stopped
to pass the night. 'l'Leie was no other
p'arr to in to, and erhso he would not
have made another choice if he hud had
he chaoi e, as he was ntither a phytoal
nor a moral cewnm.
Aug it-la Penohyn han told her brother
the e'oiy ot the lost ol her ateh aid
;hani, Henry lelornp d her ot I .millers ar
rived, and Hie Mtiliffie't ht'ifirif, Ullliou!
beiut ;eeti by him, ll:.lt he was the same
man who l.ii I been ?u strangely ptoved
unworthy ol l.tr !o7e.
Thci liny c n.'iiitid tope' her to dcciile
upon what should be pone. Henry was
lor hir- immediate an ', paying tlnu lie
onni hi d for his crime, ai he might to be,
und-r the laws ol Virginia; but Augiifiia.
who hul not q i o lost h r love lor the
recreant, was uuwilling to go to that tx-
trtuie. Henry finaMy resolved that he
would hae an interview with Coulter In
the motuicg, and press hnn closely on the
matter.
T'.ie bioiher and uster wero snll seated
on the poich, discu-sing this quest ion
when the man ol whom thev bid bien
soeakini c line down stairs, lie had rr
rire.t t.i his room ut an latlv hour, ami
now lie came down hare. headed, iu his
shirt sleeves and his storking Icet, just as
he had done on the night which witnersert
the episode of Ihe wnlo . and chain. ' The
moon sl.one just sit;did then,, its llnhi
filtered throu'jli the vines that ne.iily.ln
closed ilia, porch. .
'Thia is ftratigo,' sai i Henry, as Coulter
stepied t U Hie pon h. 'Blay whore-you
are, AuuuMa, and I will follow him.'
Looking straight ahead, as il Btarnng
at vacancy, F a k Coulter walked out into
the toad, and turned down a lane that led
to the stable, cauliou ly billowed by Henry
Ptiiiohyu. , : , .
AI Ihe stable be Hopped, a..d dug under
a coiner. Thco he reiuined to tlio house,
closiij followed by Henry. Aa he !ep-
C, THURSDAY,
pel bp oo (be pon-TTa vi ch and cbsin
were plainly visible iu bis hand.
Henry held up hi) hand warningly to
Augu-ta, as she Was about . to rise irom
her chair.
'He quiet,' he said. 'I understand it
now,'
Then he qaietly followed Coulter up
stairs.
'Llio next inornliiii Henry Penohyn eon
trived th t Frank Coulter should be alone
with him in thu parlor, and his sister Au
gustacsme In' smiling. Her chain wbs
armin l her necK, aod her watch was visi
ble in her belt
'I rind thut I did you great Injustice,
Mr. Coulter, when I last saw you,' she
said,
' V u aicu'eii me ol stealing your watch
and chain,' he replied, at hir lace flushed
I see that you have them noy. l!ad you
mislaid them ?'
I had not imalaid them '
. ' H lio, 4hu was ihe oulprit ?'
'Nobody !vt Vonrselr.'
'Iiideed I And yet ou say that
yon
did inn an Injustice Id seeming me ol
the
(belt, 1 doii 't understand tins.'
'You took them )ust as I said you did,'
pi rested Aiifc'U-ta, still suiiluitr.
'How, then, did you recover them V
'You brought them back last niuhr, slid
put Ihem on the bureau Irom which jou
had taken Ihem.'
'Iinpossible I' exclaimed the young man,
' Tins is outrsgeous I'
'N it in the least. Were you not aware,
Mr, Coulter, that you were a sleep.
walker V
cleep.walker I II I am, I nsver had
any cause lo suspect it.'
The entire story was then told, In
Coulti r's great bewilderment, but also to
hiB itreatur aatislactlon, and ha concluded
that his business would ohliiie him lo
spend several days at the Pniohyn hotel.
That evening he was walking in the
monnllglit With Augusta.'
'Vhen we parted,' she said, I was about
to tell volt ol somethinii you bad stolen
when you to.ik my watch and tihain, but
you would not a'low tne to lln'th.'
'f remember,' he replied, 'that you were
L'oing to acruse uie ol anoiher crime
Wlirt was it )'
'Not a crime at all. You came down
on the porch, took my bard, and to'd m
that whatever happened. I mint remember
that' yoa went up stairs to s'eil my
trinkets.'
'Now you must give mo voir hand.
Augiis'a. and il I shou d ever u.'aio git
up in n lef ( stetl- ynur wa'ch. and
chain, we will at leat have the ron-iila-tioti
ol knowing that the net it not a
criminal one.'
'1 -hall watch you, sir,' she hloshiugly
replied.
Tim law and Hi ohurch gave her the
rioht In watch him.
The Youthful llride.
Ol'Serve that slow Mid s'ea ly treat.
when the young bride lakes he weddnl
one bv the arm, and with downcast look-
and a be ivy heart, tuins her la irniu
siieet Inline" and all its associations.
vv 1 1 1 h have lor years been ir rowing and
briiihletiing, entwining so clo-ely Hriiuii I
Ihe purest and ttnderest leelinua ol the
heart. How reluctant that step as she
moves towards the carrinoe; how eloiii.oi'
those teats which lU-ll tllilil lilc 11 liinu tile
li.iinl .iu.
She has just bid adieu tn her home I
She h a given the parting ban I - li
alticgkiss! With deep anil st r U;;..; I n
emotions she ha pronounced the liuew. 1 1
id oh how Ion I and yet nioiin In ,
siu ii toe won iiieiitiies, an i perti i.s it ir
the l i-l Inrewell to lather, mother, brothci
an I sister.
Childhood and youth, the swict mom-
mi; ol lile, with lis ''charms of ra lie-i
birds," uud earliest aesocialioos, have mm
passed. Now commences a new a inn
mi mo is period ol i Ii-t' nee. Of this she
Is aware. She reads in living chanio ers
uncertainty assuming that where, nil. was
inhupplness-iwhere home was nil in all
unto her. Hut these ties, those aiso:i.
tror.s, tliese rnjoymetits, she has yu l led
in e by one, aod now she has broken tit' m
all a-under. She lias turned her lueu from
them all. and witness bow she dines to
the arm ol Mm, lor whom all these have
been i xehanged I
8 bow she moves o.i ; the woild is
beloie her, and a history tn be written
wlinsn paoes are to he filled up with the
love 1 1 s t penciling, or perhaps incident'
ol idle 'ting interiats of startling, learlnl
record! Who Can throw aside the vail
even ol ''three score years aud ten" lor her,
anil tec trd the happy and Bunhright in
cidi r.ts that shall arise in sucrcsion, to
make jnoiis and lull the cup of life, that
shall throw around those embellished
no nta of the mind and heart, that wh'clt
crowns the dowesttc circle with btauty
d tovdine-s: that which sweeten' social
intercourse, and solten9. improves and
and elevates the condition ol society I
Or ho, with firm and unwavering hand
ran rcui-tt r the hours and davs ot sflec
lionate and lilent weeping of midnight
wiilrhins7 Who can pen her h'&lntti
hopes the it) at r. lire of unriq iited love
the loneliness and sorrow ol the conti iiu;
heart Ihe deep cortodiug Cates of the
miu'l, wluu negbdod and lorgottrn as it
we e by him who was dealer lo Iter than
lilr when all around mis drear an I deso
b'te when the ca nercd stores sre wasted,
and the. flickeiiug hlazi upon t' e hearth
mines and goes out, and leaves hut .in
solitude, in silence and in tears! It it her
alTecliiius wano not, slumber not, die not.
The biilliant skies may shed down all
their l lad' leu ing- btnntics-rnatuie array
In tselt in UHv fl tcrs. britflir hopes and
friends, kind liieids.t may l creet witli
laughing countenance and kind hearts
hut avfirn'nsnizht.' One klmt look one
solt uud sfioctionalc accent, the uuequivo
c&l cvide.noe ol remaining love one smile
likn that which wooed aid won that
heart, would enkindle brighter an t d.epei
and more lovelier emotions at Its lountain
than caith with all its splendor, beauty
mid cay associations.
On ! yomg man, even be to thy young
hri te, l hen, what thou scrmtst now to be
disappoint her not.- What has. alio cot
oiveti no lor thee? What sweet ties that
bound heart to heart, and band lo hand
snrl liln lo lilo, has she not brnke.n off lor
thee ? Prove thyself worthy of all thshas
sacrificed. Let It ever be her pit asure, as
now, to cling with confiding jo? and, love
to that ami. Let it ever he her stay, her
mppnrt, and it shall be well repaid.
Hers is an enduring-an undying love
Pruspc-.ity' will Btrencjtben it, advcrsitj
FEBRUARY 5, 1880.
will briohten and invigorate It, and give
to it additional lustre and loveliness I
Should the hand nf disease fall upon thee
then wilt thou behold woman s devotion!
for thou wilt witness her spirit wax taint
and drooping at thy couch ! When thy
own are falling, she will cling to thee like
a weet vine, and diftuss around thy
pillow those Influence! and attractions
that shall touch the master springs and
nob'e passions ol thy nature that shall
give new impulse to life I Her kind voice
to thy lallii.o heart like nil on thy wounds
Yea, she will raise thee, restore thee, and
make thee happy, if anything lent than
angel arm can do It I
' B
..Thoughts oh Our lloiuee. . ,
. ."Ilomu'' let us breathe in accents soft
and low, this, one of the sweetsst wordt in
the ug ish lanuuiige. How it thrills with
i motion the very depths ol tbe soul I tell
ing ol coiulort, love and peace; while
around the sacred spot is clusterd hallowed
scenes and memories which ran never be
erased; bright pictures they are. which
shall hang lorever on memory l walls the
heart's unlading treasures, , ,
Ah, what spot on earth so dear as hornet
Is there a blade of graes.or flower so inter
esting to us as those which grow around
our own door or what shade is hall so
urutelul ua that of the grand old oak just
outside the gale The very stones tell us
it is hoiut; aye, oviry inch nf ground is
lamiliar, and no other spot on this wide
gieeti earth cm bo to ut like bonne.
There, under the spreading elm, stands
the old well, wh su cool, sparkling waters
have r. 'reshed and cooled the levered brow
)l many a weary one. Yonde the garden
in which are sunny beds and sll tdv bowers,
whvte many bright hours are wbded awsy
in pleasant drcniHinca and meditations
sci'i nud sa I sa l when I ask, mysell,
Will these things U-.tr Must Time lining
with hi in cruel change to rub me of my
uomloits I
()'t, in the tolt summer twilight, I sit
ami watch the cows as they slowly wend
thtir way down tbe hill, their tinkling
In lis making musical the quint hout; and
the no I ncholy sheep behind them ad
coining Inline, and as the shades of oight
begin to darken, and the plaintive notes
of thu whippoorwill are heard from oyer
the bills, mv heart is softened by the pic
ture, mid lire it tics a gratelul prayer to
Hun ho made us, nn I bleated uie witb a
happy homo Yes,
"Uo it ever u humble,
Thoro'a no plnoi like home."
Il your home. fWjet friend, be humble,
you i an make it a very happy one. You
cm add to it many titrations by your
own ikill and industry. Cultivate the
beautiul 11 iweis w hich (lod has given lo
g ail.lco us; train thu clinging vines, and
atiidv, by aiti-tie touch, to give an air ol
' Helmut uicnt to everything endeavor ng,
b .tsoever yon find to do in the house
hold, do it wilh all your might, contribu
ting to the uie'ul is well at the ornamental
and at the same tune let from your being
radiate tin-sunshine of a hippy l;epoi
tmn. making all around bright and cheer
lul. Thus y u will, in the evening id lile,
any around your brow a glorious halo ol
hallowed ineuioties of your beloved home.
rrovTl.
A spur In the head is north two in the
heel.
A civil denial is belter time a rude
!ruit.
An old dog can't alter his way of bnrk-
oi-'.
A thread bare coat
is armour proof
,1 iir:i a liii;'i war-way.
, ,v ,j i is a lonl's argument
K.-'K, eai out b'io t than sbeels,
li "n'v is potent but money ia nmnijio
I'M
II" 'hal lul's in I no dirt, the longer he
ie tlio ill. i in he is.
lie n i ii pais whit be likes hea t wha'
he d ns not like.
'. v, i tv ii.aki-s a man acquainted with
slrmoe hc'l-lciiows.
The hoi-cshiie lhat clatters wants a nai',
U bt lib ii guests know not where to sit
to ii.
A maid fiat laughs it balf taken.
A worn in that pain etu puts up a bill
bat she is to let.
A man's best lortune, or his worst, is a
wile.
A woman conceals what sh" knnwt not.
A ias that baa many wooeri often larit
I he worst.
Fanned Uie and lore d love never did
Well vet.
1 1 on est men marry Boon, wise men no
at all.
If marriages be made in Heaves tome
have lew fr ends there.
It is a good horse tl a never tttimblti.
N xt to i n wife a good wife it the best
While the tall woman it stooping the
litt'e ini- hath Ihe house twept.
It is a good wile that never grumbles.
Smke, Minimi Into the house, and a
scolding wile, will make a man run out ol
o rs.
He who hat no bread to tpare thould
not keet) a dog.
Hu who has but oue coat should not
Icn I it.
Wise men make proverks and fooli
repeat them.
His WlHh.
He stepped into a green i rocet's with
vacant, weary careworn bok on his lace.
Do vou waut totuo potatoes)
I n ver cat tho u. I can't remember
ex it lly hat I came In for.'
'Pi rhnps you want some coffee ('
'Ain't il funny I can't remember' ro
marked the stranger, ts he scratched his
chin with the back, of bis band, and
scanned ever thing beh'nd the counter, in
a wild but IniUvctual tltort to brush up
Inn memory.
Do you want milk '
'No. 'that aiu't it.'
'Is it mucaioni, inuslurd, chow-chow.
soap or wine j. lly '
'None of them, air.
Tor-lblr you wunt a small measure of
beet '
I have it now. I remember what
came in lor ; it all comes bark to me lik
a dream ol lov.'
Wtrat do ynn want t ' "
'Well, row. it's as day. Watn't it loony
I didn't think ot it before '
'It was rather strange;' but what will
you have?'
You wou't get mad. will you t'
'No, tir.'
'Well, thru. I'll tell you. I just stepped
in lu re to ask you if you'll scratch my
back a , liitlti for uiu. I have piii kly
teat,'
NO. 48.
A Lunatic's Krvengf.
A ROMANTIC STollY OF Vlltl KlRKBttlOE
ASYLUM AT rillt.AUKLPniA.
fFrom tbo' Philadolpbia Pr(.
Six or suveu years after tbe Kirkb'Me
Insane Asylum was opened in Wrst Plilia
d Ipllia, a young min was brought there
lor treatment lor a mil I (orm ot insanity
Ho was the son tit a wealthy Q orgiao
planter and liroo slave owner' lie was
educated at . Yalu College, but berore
graduating he ran away to tea, and, al er
tome years' absence, he wat picked up by
aa Aimrican vessel no one ol the Southern
Pacific 1 lands lle.tluu returned home,
but. about a vcaf Islet his mind becoming
d'rdcrd. hu wis r e t to KirkbriaVt
Asylum. His esse was rarely violent, and
the keepers regarded hit threats ol
vengetnee upon thuin made by him a
h iruili'ss. (j iu day ho t l ied Dr. Kirk
bride to allow him to go to Washington
to visit some Irieti Is, but the di ctor re
I ised positively.
'All right ir,' the nian replied 'you
refuted uiu, an I upon the honor ol a
Southern gentleman, jou shall pay for
If .
Dr. K rkbrl lo said : 'Oh, he'll retir.
here belore long.' an I he did Hd re
t'lrned me uiglit, sealed the high Wall of
the hospital and concealed himself in a
tree, The next morning, w bile Dr. Kirk
bride wa walking in the ground, a shot
was hoard, an I superintendent It'll to the
ground , wounded. The man then du
cended Irom the Inc. gun in hand, and
gave himsell up. The bullet bad glanced
from, Dr. Kirkliird's head, doing m
serious damage, and burisd itsull iu the
sofl flesh, where it remains to this day.
A cha'g ol assault with aitempt to kill
was entered suaiii t Cue man, but the
vetd ct of insanity b.uid, and he wk
sentenced to Uie Extern Penitentiary for
safe keeping,' and on the 29 h of this
month it will be tweutvnit.e yeais since
the patient took up his abode in the
Eastern Penitent) ry ai prisoner, N' 1.'
No one tliotubt ho would, remain Ihcio
long, but his lather lost all his money by
the war, aod so eudi'd -iViltv s chance lor
freidora Twcnte-livo yean alter.' his
ttetiiot on l)r, Kitkhride't lila, the veuer.
aole physician culled upon him in his cull.
A he e ilered tbe warib r said : 'Do yon
know who this it' The prisoner looked
up quietly, and, alter a moment's pause
sai i, 'Yes. that is I'r Kitkbirdu, whom I
triid lo k II twenty-live' years auo. He
iisulied me, and 1 pmnnaeil, at a o iir.liciD
gentleman, to punish him lor it, and
did'
Toward the end o! his life be regained
his reason u'i ;tent.u to Inn lor his old
hone iu Georgia. Ifu use to sit upon his
well-worn chair and ask his keeper! sadly
f they thought his people would send lor
him before he died. Oi the ISth of April.
1878 be quietly expired at the age ol 08
Origin ol ttnrle hum."
"Immediately after the last declara
tion of war with l.ugliiiid Elbert Ander
son, ol New loik, thou a contractor,
isiied Troy, on tbe Hudson, where was
conceutruied and wticro be purchased a
Urge quantity ol provisions beef, pork.
iVo 1 lie inspectors ol these articles t
that plncc wero Kbeiieztr arid Snmtiel
Wilson, I lie latter gentleman (invuria
biy known as U cle tjani) Ptncraliy
supei intended to person a large number
ol woikuicn. who on Ibis cCCaMon sere
employed in otei liuultloo il(S provisions
purchased by de c mtrautor for the
ar-uy. The casks wero innrked "E. A.
I!. S " This wi rk fell to the lot of u
facetious fellow in thu employ of the
Wilsons, who, on being uskud the mean
ing of tbe inuik (for lite letters U. g for
the Uuilod S-utxa were tliuu nl iio.st on
urtly new to U,eu). said lie dij not
koow, unless it ineaiit P.l ,crt AtuUrson
and "fjne'e S.UII," ftlUi iiog I'Xcluaivcl)
to Uncle Sun Wil-oti The j ko took
among the woikmeu and passed curre t
ly ; and U.iole Sun hi uself, boiiig pre
sent, was occusioiuily rallied by them
ou the increasing extent of bis posses
sions. Many of IhefO workmen
being of a chnrstler deooiniimted "fond
for powder, were found stmilly after
following the reciuiliur; drum aud push
ing towards tbe (rentier lines for the
double purpose of inectii g the er eny
aud eating the proiisiin.n tbey baJ late
ly lubored to put in good oider. Their
old jokes s.'eoinpanid them, aod before
tbe first cuinpaig'i ended this identical
one appemeJ iu print. It g;iiued favor
rapidly till it penetrated and was rccog
u x'd iu every part of this country, and
will, uo doom, continue tn while the
United States remain a imti " Frost's
"History of the United 8tiits."
Uirtletts "Pictt iiiaiy of Ameri.
eanlsn s adds to the ab ivo: "Mr. Wilson
d ed iii 1 uj,. i , in Augii.t. 13ul bt
ihe age ol eighiy'imr, i,inl mo Albany
Argus, in none ug hu death, red r ed to
ihe circumstance shove statet as the origin
ol the abovu K.briouet id "Uncle Sam."
It. Lowell alludes to it iu the ' IHlcIow
I p-rs, at lollows:
"For I have loved mv oonntry flnee
My ei e leetli lillod ibxir sockets,
, And Llilelo .Sain I rvvoi eiii'H,
. Particularly qis pucketH."
' It was at the postnffiee in' anotht r il
lage. The dumoivellu was buxom, bash-
lul, aged IS, and bailed from Itorrytown.
She wanted a dollars wotil) of stamps
One dollai's worili," repealed the sinil.
'me tssiUi t; "of w hat deuumioationf''
Tbe damsel showed signs of embarrass-
metir, and hesuated to reply, ohe
twirled her slinwl fringe nervously, tail
ber eyes am ut to sec il any one was
near, moved a little closer to the window,
and finally a ked in A timorous voict
"Dii ou liavo to wr'te it dowo'f" "I?y
nn meant, answered the courteous as
gisiant; "that is not necessary; but I
presume you have some preference as
to the , denomiiiat O l. . "Ah well
ri." replied the stranger, ber face
turning scarlet, "I hev e mne. I general
ly go to the '1'iscopal Methodist mysslf,
tul the fellow I'm btivi g the' stamp
forbe't U.ivcrsal UitboduX."
Ono Square,
Two iVqoares,
Three Squains, ,
3 00
6 00
8 00
0 00
15 00
00
10 00
IS 00
18 00
'20 00
14 00
20 00
30 00
0
S0M
40 0
45 M
60 00
61 M
75 W
I'oiir squares,
Fourth rfol'n,
36 00
40 00
CO 00
llnlf Collitnu,
20 00!
10 00
Whole Column,'
One Year,
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Kogines and lioller.s. haw Mills, Corn satl
Wheat Mills, Shnflinr, Hangers and Ful-
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cbiiieiy, Wiotiglit Iron Work, Brass soa
Iron taatinus, Machinery of iiverv Bes
nrlption.
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A SPECIALTY. ' ,
Itepalrlus t'romplly t CaretoUy
TAI.BOTT'd I'AI'ENT fTAUK-ARRKSTBta, .,
The Iavrutlon ol the Age.
It does not dostroy the draft. It does
not ItiUirfoie with cleaning the tubes. It
will not choke up, and requires no cloas
ing. It requires no direct dampers to b
opnoed when ruisiiig Hteam (dampers be-
lug oi'ioctlonabie, aa tney may be leltopeo
and allow si arks to escape )
it requires) no vvnior to extinguian
Hpiirk.a, wbieii, by noiidonsntion, destroys
tlio diatt. I'.osIiIom, w ben water la used, If
oegloetod, tbe ellloisnoy ia destroyed by
evuporauoi) of Uie wator, and tbe boiler is
kepi In a lUihy condition.
It la MniplH and iliirnblo and can bS re
lied upon. It can be attached to any boiler.
No plantnr xbiiiild ln without one of them.
liMiiranoo comiwnlea will tHsure glossaei
iiarna where the Talbntt Engines sod
Spark-Arresters are lined at asms rats BS
ei'srvod for water or horse power.
.rf-s-eiKi lor lliu.atratoa olroulars SM
price lit.
RrHiHi bonsB, (), Idslmrn, N. C.
J. .V. HAUSKR, t-eneral Manager,
T. A. (JKANUKH, Local Manager.
may S tlin . ,
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REMEDY
A
VEGETABLE,
MEDICINE FOR THE
BLOOD.LIVER&KIDNEYS.
1'IDATiyC
A m1iclniU com
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t Llrtr Con.jilslnU.
romblniiig tu on prap
arRllon Uit curiitUV
power fur th Vila
wh it'll prnxlurt all d.s
,., Ihf Hiitnv
Hurinltti In su-Uun sxt
thorctijh tn Ita rffwi.
It it lIltfX'fllMl flir tlK
rum of nil Jfoof iHm
rf4 mxc'.x dm Wrrsjsfl
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Trttr,Mftlt UhH
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cHrinl ioimoninf,
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t.'AKi;i.OES AXD CITiiUIES
WADE TO ORDER
Oil
Kerimn at low micea
.'i
All K Imls of wood woik and trimrShtfl
loon in gout stylo. Illaeksinith work dons
at Hhort t.otieo and with noatneo". At
new work warranted. Finn painting for
bug .ins dons at low prices, best paint used.
siPi'ci IL A r ri:vriuN gives TO
THE UNDC'.l TAKING DEPARTMENT.
Com ns au J Cases of all aisea ooDssasUy
on baud.
Oarrla ;n M ttoriuls kept ouhand at pales
below Pelersbutg uiarkxt.
Weldoa N. a
June 5 ly
J N O. T. roKD,
T ikes pleasure tn announcing thai BS
eau still bt tound at his stand ou '
FIRST STREET,
': , ,,-,;-i. r rsa!ics;y
1. ... , ... i I. -a.. tHM.,!.. . nJJ .
Whore be baa on band a full line of the
Finest ' , .
wtnes, ;
WlilSUTES and
BltANOIES. '
TOBACCO, CIGARS,
and SNUFF,
OKANtiES. APPLKS,
, , . aud C0NFKCnp!(KKIE3
Uiu stock of Canned Goods aud U roost
ios is unusually
Full and C o ui p 1 e t ; '
Otn Cabinst WmsititT A ' PrtcuLiTT, "
1'KEMU I.A.OE11 BEER OS DRAUGHT. ,
Ha Bn,irintos satisfaction. Ctll audj,
soe l.iui, 7
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