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Lii Li Liza i-.i H--.il :T.-J feM y& VikJ Tj.irr"Tl-iift "jJALXj & SLjEIDO-Ej-FKOPIiietors. A. ISTEWSFAFEE, FOB THE IFEOIFLIE. TERMS-?100 ?KU ANNUM IN ADVANCE. VOL. XII. WELDON, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1883. NO. 29. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Attorney and Counsellor at law, NORFOLK, VA. Roor 3 Virginian Building. oot 5 ly. B RANCH & BELL, Attorneys at Law, ENFIELD, N. C. ,.m in the counties of Halifax, Nash, Edgo VW" .,.., cnllwlloiia made In all Darts (Julaiid Wilson. Jan. 12 If. E H. SMITH JR. Attorney at Law, SCOTLAND NECK, N, C, ..ijri in tin' county of Halifax nnd adjoining; n'lulin.uiiu in Hi" Hijr-iio'..urt of theJJtaUj jlfliltlZZAItl), J Attorney at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. njloe In tho Court llmiso. Htrli't attention given Mll f.miK-lK' of the profession, jan u iy ' rjlHOM AS II I L L, Attorney at Law, HALIFAX, X. C. Pruitiv! in Il'ilifnx and wljoliiliig counties and lowland Supreme courts. aug. 2S tf. m W. MAS 0 N , Attorney at Law, tiAUYSMRG, N. C. Practices in the courts of Northampton and ad Uning counties, also in thu Fedejal and Supreme 'carts? JimeStf, ALTER E. DANIEL, Attorney at Law, WF.LDOX, K. C. Practices in Halifax and adjoining counties. taeelsl attention given to collections in all parts 0f the State and prompt returns made, fcbiiiy. w V. HALL, Attorney at Law, WELDON.N.C. j I Special attention given to collections and remit tances promptly made. may 1 tf. Jl'LLEN & MOORE, Attorneys at Law, HALIFAX, N. C. iwilrp In the counties of Halifax, Northampton, Edgecombe, l'itt and Martin In the Supreme court of the State and in the Federal Courts of the Eastern District. Collections made In any part ot tne state janlly jyt. ), E. SHIELDS, Surgeon Dentist. Having permanently located In Weldon can lie Imnd at his utllce 111 Smith a Brick Bul'dlng at all times l-vif,,t u hell llltrtpltt nil III irolcKslonal iniainess. Careful attention glveutas-all branches of the pru- fcwloii. l'arlie visited at their homea wnen ue- sired, juiy iz iy DR. E, L. HUNTER, Surgeon Dentist. Can be found at his office in Enfield. Pure Nitrous Oxide Gas for the Painless Extrac ting of Teeth always on hand, jime 32 tf A. IV HESS ii SO S, Mxvfacti'kers or akd DeaIeks is all KI.NOS Ot CARRIAGES, HARNESS, SADDLES, Bridles, Collars, Carts, Wheels, Axles, Farm Gear,' Horse nothing, Lap Robes, &e., Sua. 11, If, oot 6 ly 21 fc -X, Union St., Norjblk, V. "ALL important: MKW POLICY ON ASSESSMENT PLAN far H.00 3.000 4 il ' a , i ' , I I 1.00 ,00 $3,000 ll To provide for ourselves and tunily should be our . Brst consideration. Wbtle the malehead df ftm-: lly is llring he may mangeV cafe for' bis honse hold, but his death Is inevitable, and what provis ion have you made for your wife and little ones In case of death? This is a solemn question wliivfa reaches every hearthstone. If you are' a laUyer, physician, merchant or fanner, your profession or occupation dies with you. You support your fiunl. ly comfortably, but iw hen you die, whods tnsupport them. The conventionalities bf out aVmntry (the uutliera country especially) are such as to exclude women from the chance of making living, in fcot she does good work to care for her child orclilldrvn after faxl and raiment are provided. Now, what can he done to pfntect'the wife attd lttW outs 'from tUU'litUawuuu.vs'oT uC'.i'ii Icft acrtftltt Tbe tvst thing that cau bo done, and often the only , thing Uiat can be done, is Wngffixt n tpmirauce ! your life fur the benefit of those so dependent upon you. This policy Is free from taxes, fmin all com plications with your estate, from executions, aud from debt. No one can handle this snouey but the parties fur whom the Insurance ls'eftectcd. lh these days of complications, and homestead allowances, (with the chanca of a struggle to obtain even that) I think a lire policy the surest and ttit only thing you can leave of much value to your uuiiily. Now the question will arise, what company must, I Insure tuT "1 am afraid of companies a long w ay off, I do not know the President, Directum, &c, of companies In New York, Philadelphia, or Button, or other large rities, I know nothing of the work ings of Insurance companies, thetrsolvency, Ac. It seems to me a leap In the dark, a matter of chance to take out a policy In such such oompanies. They may be good, they may be bad. But there Is one company almost at our doors, In the city of Norfolk, Va managed by gsntkanen of unquestionable Integfitr, Inwrpomtesl if. the Leg islature bf Virginia, and eridbwed WiAi all the prlv , ileges that m .be grantcj.to j csnjjiaiarida Jli j same time with all the sufe-guards, that can Ik thrown aronnd the' HSftlrfd. This comiiany la known yi 'Clirlsdan;Jttierhoud of Norfolk VaS. Aur M m of gl tadln, and, In sjnml, healtueantalteoutapolffy ttt this eomiamy, of 11.000 bv Daring the small sum or two aouara ana one bf t2 ,000, ftir ftmr 'dollars, and one of IB,000, for li dollai. - 1 ' j ' I t " The 'director nd' ranagi!ki ofthe"(1iritlaii Brutlierhood," arc D.'T, Powell, J.:jf. Manrillig, J. 11. JiUJjek, t. J. Uodwla and A,,Hvkge, under the Im sasasMe aaauagemeut of Uia ataa. kkltHi 1L Jom, . fsaeretary.). I think Ike phv l insurw tn this comranytheblIhsweWeVxswiMllJna ecl dsdly the cheapest I have takcji t'TM(cnrj fir tail company at Wchloa, S. C, aial will be glad to lurnlsb all tke particulars tofartb wbo rteslifc to lusare'. ' " - ' ' " Iv.-V" 4 ""R.'fSrtEItS AOtHT. 111 HaTThe next exhibition brans on Mm day November 5th and continues five days. WThe racing: will be siucudiil. A number of fine horses have already been en tered and others will be. K"The premium list contains ninny Examine it nnd see handsome premiums. for yourselves. jJ6SrThe exhibit will be larger and more varied than ever before and will be well worth in8peeting.i vU: & tl; ( . handsome silver cup, through A. C. Freeman, Norfolk, for the largest and best exhibit of natural flowers. " iiir A magnificent silver pitcher, through Greenwood & Bros., Norfolk, for the lar gest aud best collection of home-made cakes by any one person. '1.3V .:) : w "Excursion trains and reduced rates each day pi Fair. 2 ) LI JsaTSenator Voorhees will deliver the ahntud address and liis (uuie as sn orator wilf be justified b his sjieech here. It will be delivered on Tliursday of the Fair. it 810 for the best calico dress to be exhibited by maker. $15 for the best suit of ladies underwear. 815 for the largest and most meritorious exhibit of products for the table. , . uarAll articles for exhibition should bo sent to the R. & T. 11. Agricultural So cicty, Wcldon, N. C. They will be placed on the ground and jpiperJy,capd for free of expensi.' Freight charges will bo re funded by Railroads xn presentation 'of proper certificate. T. L. EMRY, President, B. W. BROWN, Treasurer. JUM,U)VG, Secretary. i ca x'OT sing the;ol song. Sweet little maid, whose golden rippled head Between me and my grief Its lieauty rears, W 1th quick demand for song-all singing's dead ; nean is nan; mine eyes arc uuumeil with tears. Oh. ask me not for song ! I cannot sing ; My ill-tuncd notes would do sweet music wrong ; I have no sinllo to greet the laughing spring; i voice wjoiu in summer s uue oi song. More from October's dying glory takes My heart IU hymn ; and fuller symiuUhy Finds with the autumn hurricane that makes The forest one convulsive agony. Or, when the last brown leaves in winter fall, w line an tne eann In grim frost-letters lies, I envy them the snow fluke's gentle pall, That hides their sorrows from the frowning skies. Methlnks It would be sweet like them to rest O'er life's mad scene to ull the curtain down : Rest, where no weary dream will pierce the breast Of ierlshed love or uufullilled renown : No wcarlncKs of patient work uncrowned By Its reward; no earthly hope destroyed: No viitu desires, nor tiling desired and found Void of enjoyment w hen at last enjoyed. Perchance when mist of intervening years Softens the Past as oft atctose of day The far grim range all la'aulirul npS'iirs, Klsseilluto brightness by Hie sunset ray. When the sharp pang, of hitter memories born, Has lost Its sliug.aiid tb Is my present pain Show llkusome 111 clrwun in the light of mi I'll slug thee o'er the olden songs again THE MARRIAGE PORTION. Thero lived about five or six miles from EitHton, Pennsylvania, a few years since, tin honest farmer named Henderson, who hud two very pretty daughters, Ellen and 51 and. The first was about thirty years of a;:e, while the latter was but nineiceu. Tlie tanner was a thrifty well-to-do man, thomih by no menus rich, but the fanii'y lived in excellent style, aud the daughters hud received troou educations. Both of theso L'irls was pretty, but Maud was perhaps the handsomer. There was no lack of attentive young gentlemen at the farm, through the neighborhood was nut very thickly settled. But "beauty draws us with a single hair," and the young ladies wero the center of a gay little circle ot menus. By and by it came about that an ear nest, handsome and sturdy young farmer fell desperately in love with Maud and proposod to her. On her part she loved II arry Masters above all the young fol lows she knew, and told him frankly that ho might speak to her father. In the meantime she confided the matter to her mother, a kiud-hearted, sympathetic par ent,' who saw no objection to the choice of her daughter, but all was left to the father to decide. - Henderson was a straightforward and open-inoutlied man.. That is he said ex actly what he meant, no more or no less, and that he uttered freely. When Harry Masters calling him to one side and told him his especial errand as to Maud, the father said : "Well, Mr. Masters, Maude is young. I wanted Ellen to be married first, she is the oldest, and I have got a marriage por tion of 81,200 to give her; but I have not laid by anything yet for Maud." I have got pretty well hetorehand, air. Henderson, for a man but twenty-four years old, and we shall be able to do very well, 1 have no doubt. "You man you'd take Maud without any marriage portion ?" said the father. - 'Yes, sir, very gladly." .'Well, it's pleasant to hear you say so, because it shows your honest affection, Mr. Masters, but 1 am too proud to let Maud marry tmtil I cau give her a thousand or two towarils housekeeping." ?'lt is not worth ' waiting for, sir, as loiiL' as we rcallv don't need it and both nre content." . " "'Then, again, I'd rather Maud wouldn't marry until her sister is married, as she is so much older, so you see it will actually make hor an old maid.- It isn't fair, Mr. Masters'." ' ' " " ' ' "Ellen is very popular with the gentle men, and will soon be married," said the other. ''That's just what I have said to myself, aud then I shall begin tojpiek up a mar riage portion foT Maud." 'I trust that is the only objection, Mr. Henderson?" said Harry Masters. "Whv, yes, you are a promising and respectami) young man, and come of a good family," said the farmer, 'but I cdn't let Maud go until I have got to gether a respectable portion to give with In hand." - m I J.'Perhaps you will think more favora biy'hborrt itj," said the lover. "I'll speak to yon ngnin. A11 rkht, Mr. Masters." " " .t-Hnnw ami Muud,,were very fond of each other, and now talked evet-the mat ter very seriously. Maud could not blttiiia,ier ftluj jujl did not herself like fliuP'ofl.i$'1nMT. wltfiout a tr'f ir- t'T.'S!1 "'wtte towards their joint ajMt&MAtiiip jnyifliiiMin; jiie.-' , f-Jivwx. iuiDd. llttrrvA j MW Hand sniuu v onhg.Ain ; "tlien WiU soon De mar r: ; , . - : . ried. " I have good reasong or. knowing. ' 1 Ak, but your father says, he wants time tp:pu!r.. tip a' -marrutge porj u for you and thst will tt ir four wars. perhaps. "That is a good while, is it not Harry ? said Maud, just bhishintf a little, for fear 1. t. 1 & - j . .1 114 11 scTunutii mrwiuv mm inu. "It's ages I" said the youug fellow Think ot waiting threo years why we shall be old folks by that time!" 'Nut, auits) o bad as that,r said "I'm sure my hair will bo gray by that time! "Nonsense, Harry!" How you are jok 'I was never tnore in earnest m lifit." said he. as he stole a kiss from my lie pretty lips and ran away, so as not hear her chide him for his boldness. to "Maud," said her father, pointng into the house from the barn, "1 wish you would ride the sorrel mare into hasten and cet this hundred dollar bill changed at the bank. The workmen have got done with the roofing of the barn and want to pay them off to-night." "Very well, father. Let John put the side-saddle on and I will lie ready in five minutes." The sorrel mare was brought up to the door and Maud was soon on her way at an easy hand gallop inwards Easton. She had an excellent scat and was a good horse-womau. As she knew this very well, he would urjt have scooted lo have Harry see her just now J but he had 'gone but a few minutes before in an opposite di reetion. When Maud got info Hasten she rodo directly to the bank, but unfortunately enough to find that it was closed. After a few momenta thought she resolved to try and get the note changed at the gro cer's or at some of the othes stores, and went immediately to do so. Fate seemed against, her, for no one had small change 1. . T 1 enough to accommouate .titss uenuer- sou. At one of the stores where she stopped a very gentlemanly looking person took out his pockctbook and said ho thought he could change it for her, and she handed him the bill ; but he returned it saying, after all he had not so much small money. He seemed to regret this, how ever, and even followed Maud to tho door and assisted her to remount her horse. She was forced to give up her errand, as she did not like to run about among strangers, asking theni to change her bill, especially as no one seemed able to do so. She therefore turned her horse's head once more towards home. Scarcely had she passed the outskirts of tho town when she was overtaken by the stranger who had spoken with her at the last store, and who at first thought he could change her bill. Ho was mounted upon a fine-look ing bay horse, and saluted her respect fully as he camo alongside. "Did you get your bill changed?" he asked. "No ; small bills seem scarce," she re plied. "Do you live near here ?" "About five miles oft'." "Onirp n tuIp " "Oh, we don't mind five miles country." "You are an excellent rider." "I have ridden ever since I this was six years old," she said, "but my sister Ellen is a better rider than 1 am. "You are verv eenerous to admit it said the stranger. "Whv it is onlv the truth, she an swered, frankly. After they had passed over two miles they came to a very lonely place of tho road, quite removed from any dwelling houses. Still, as tho stranger appeared so polite she had not the least suspicion of any evil intention on his part. Presently hi said suddenly: "I will thank you for that bill. "What ?" said she smiling. "Please to give me that bill." "What do you mean?" asked Maud. "Just what I said !" he replied, sudden- iy- "I shall do no such thing!" she an swered firmly. "I am sorry to draw a pistol on a lady,' he continued, suiting the action to tin word, "but I must have that hundred dollar bill at once." "Do you mnnn to rob me ?" "I must have the money !" It was with difficulty that she could be lieve that the man was in earnest, but when he now cocked his pistol and held it toward her with one hand, while he ex tended the other tor tho bill, she was forced to yield to tho necessity of the sit uation. Mte was a brave irtrl, and even now did not turn pale nor tremble in tb least, but saw that she could not help her self and so made the best ot it. Just as she held the bill to him, a sud den puff of wind blew it into the road and carried it gently several yards from them The stranger alighted to get it and, quick thought, Maud struck her horse a smart blow m order to gei; out or the robber power. 1 he sur-el mare was a spintei little creature, and sprung into a suiar gallop at once, while the stranger's hoist' which had been lett standing besider her also started on at full speed in her com pany- . Bang! went the robbers pistol alter them, having only he etteet to increase the speed of the flying horses, both whom were now on the dead run. .Main lid not care how fust she nsle, the sorre was sis easy as a cradle at that speed, and u ten minutes she dashed into her father yard followed by the riderless horse Her story was soon told, and the lather was with diiiicttity prevented lrom start ing after the robber with his pistols an rifle, but he knew the scoundrel would nat uru"v take to the woods, where he could not follow or find him. Well, we've got his horse . at nnv rate." stud the farmer ; "and he is wort more than 8100." "Hello !" said the man John, who hai been taking the saddle-bags from the strange horse. "What is it John ?" "These bags are full of something." ' I should think so," said the fanner. as he unstrapped tho leather bags. They were found to oontain some conn tcrfait plates, a quantity of counterfeit money, in various bills, aud a little ove 81 ,5(10 in good money. 'Huzzah! cried the farmer. "What is it, father?" yried Maud. "Why, your trip to Easton has provei a urolitutite one ui an. events. were over $1,500 in unim v !" "Ah, but it will be claimed by the owner. "Do you think that a counterfeiter will dare to cuiue for the tools that would con vict him? to say nothing of highway robbery." "I didn't think of that."' That very evening Henderson sent John over to young Masters with a mes sage to call around aud see him, to which Harry responded instantly. " "Mr. Masters," said the fanner as ho came into the large, old-fashioned sitiing rnom, "you remember what you asked of me this afternoon." "Yes, sir." ','Well, I give my consent. Maud has just furnished her own marriage Million. Take her, my boy, and be happy." I prefer character beautiful because strong and strong because capable of re sistance, not because sujierior to tempta tion. Be that as it may, the latter is more difficult. How many are those secret burials of hopes and early ventures, which come back to us after their short flight, braised and dying, and are laid away without other service or hymn than the moan of our hearts. When the storms blow about the great Kks of achievement and ambition, the rt seeks shelter in the great valleys of aflection which lio at their base. BAYARD'S OriN'OS OF BUTLER. HAT THE GREAT DELAWARE SENATOR THINKS ABOUT HI8 PAST AND FRESENT. The Chicago llmthl prints an interview ctwecn its correspondent and Senator Bayard in which the latter speaks of Ben Butler as follows : "Uen. uutier had otter confess. Such men us Butler, have orn the ass's skin too long. It has grown to their bodies." "But Governor Butler claims he was always a democrat at heart and that now he is only returning to an allegiance which he never really deserted f He does, ch r says Senator , Bayard. Well, I wish in the years when our poor democratic minority in Congress were strug gling to ward off the merciless partisan hemes ot tho republican party, uen. Butler had talked as ho does now. No sir, Mr. Butler was the bitterest foe, the most virulent enemy, the most uncompro mising opponent that the Democratic party had in the reconstruction days. What ever ntiiv be his protestation now, I can never fonrct the tact that much, aye, most of tho labor: tho anxiety of the party to which I belong, came from tho wicked base, persistent and malicious efforts of men in eonafcso like Butler. You say M r. Butler professes this and that. Jiah I lie may do for Massachusetts, and a new school of polities without principles but vott must not ask me to listen patiently at - ..... even the mention ot his name. "But. do von think ho litis a chance of re-election?" "Yes, aud more than chance, and I will say further that I hope he will bo. ' I have no sympathy with-that pharisaical class that is opposing him. It' the republican party ot Massachusetts can endorse the fraud wbicli put Hayes into office can endorse Malume in Virginia (and both Dawes and 1 lour were Mahone's most active friends and supporters); if that that party can uphold these wrongsand not blush, then I say give them Butler, and lots of Butler, too. It is a poison as an antidote for poison; tho hair of the dog that may cure the bite. I hope Mr. But ler will be re-elected governor of Massa chusetts." "And," said the inquisitor, "suppose then a presidential nomination. Senator Bayard gave the "suppose" just one look, but it was enough. "But, said he, "it is too soon to talk, ot possible candidates. 1 do not care to be put on paper as even suggesting tho . chances of anybody. 1 only know this, whoever will be nominated will be the next president. icl that and believe it wholly. K1KG ALCOHOL'S SWAY IS K.MiLAXU. London Letter In Courier-Journal. To get a just, idea of the extent of King Alcohol's sway 111 this realm, your readers should sec and study George Cruikshank's painting in the National Gallery on '-Tho Driuking . Customs of Society. The picture there drawn traces the human being from the cradle to the grave, and reveals him in all the various social and business relations oi me, it not with a glass in his hand, at least with the opportunities for intoxicating refreshment within easy reach. Cruikshank's mttster- ce is well worthy of study simply ns a work of art, but a living and even tragical interest attaches to it from the fact that it is so sadly true to life. The lainily domestic, in negotiating lor a place, inquires as carefully after the daily quantity of beer allowed as about the wages, while in higher life the prac t'n e of th inking is so generally indulged, and up to quite recently was carried to such excess, that it is not long since the common way of speaking of one much the worse for liquor was to remark that he was "as drunk us u lord." When a visit is made to a neighbor or friend, the first courtesy extended is to set out the decan ters, or to bring a pitcher of ale or stout from the cellar, and woe betide the repu tation for hospitality of those who neg loct this form of welcome. In business the toddy of glass of bitters prepares the way for almost every bargain, and another drink seals the transaction. The average Englishman must have his first si) about 10 o'clock in the morning, when he takes his lunch. Then the dinner and supper must be washed down, and water is out of the question. The women of England drink as gener ally as the men, and with as little concep tion that there is any harm in so doing. To see ladies of refinement regale them selves from brandy flasks while traveling on the trains is a sight that surprises only strangers, and thousands of tho most res pectable of this sex do not scruple to stand with their husbands at tho public house bar, and even to take their children to these places. AKOClAL HOP. ! h "I understand you Were at u social hop at Mr. Brown's, hist night," said one young man to another. "Ycs, I was there," was the. luwtalilig ri'l''y' "Did you have lively time? "Well, I should smile' "Who was present on the occasion?" "Oh, there was the old man and tho old woman, and the daughter Mary, she's my girl, you know, the three brothers, and a neighbor or two." "No more than that for a hop? "If you'd seen us, you would have thoii.ht it was enough." "Why, what did you do ?" "I didn't do much of anything. I only went to see my girl, aud the old man, you know, didn't like it, and he walked in, und before I knew anything he hopped on to me. Then Mary hopped on to him, and the old woman hopjicd on to Mary, and the boys hopped on to each other, and the neighbors came in, and I hopped on to my opportunity and got out." "It wasn't? so awful slow, after all, was it?" "Was it? Well, Its ik at my eyes, and my this arm in a sling, and this cut on head, and these sewed up places in my clothes, and then go up and take a squint at Man' and the old man. and the old wo man ami the boys, and the furniture. Slow 1 Well, don't bill me for any more social hops till the spring of 1098." A friend must need sympathy as well as be capable of giving it, else we never have the pleasure of giving which is the golden ride of the shield of gifts. the kvi:kgi.aiki. Sew Orleans Times Democrat. When tho General Government sought to remove the Indians to their reserva tions' many of different tribes fled into the Everglades, and it -is estimated that il)o or 81)0 are uow living there. Only eighty appear upon the rolls ot tho censes, be cause no census othcer has been able to penetrate the wilderness. The eighty In dians who appear upon the census rolls are those who come out to trade, but it is known that a largo majority are averse to to trading or mingling with the whites. Indian hunters come out with bear, deer and panther skins, showing that the Ever glades must contain good hunting grounds. A number of negroes, say thirty or forty, are known to bo held by tho Indians, They speak tho Indian tongue, wear the dross of Indian women and are made to do the women's work. These negroes are evidently the progency of runaway slaves who escaped before, or during the civil war. and tire still held in slavery. Only one missionary ever attempted to carry the news of Lincoln's proclamation into the Everglades ; ho left the borders of tho Indian country with great speed. A few months ugo Chief Tiger Tail be came displeased with one ol' his colored servants and brought him into Fort Myers to offer him for stile. When in formed that the negroes were all free he ejaculated: "White man's nigger mebbe free, but Indian's nigcer, no." Where upon Tiger Tail grasped the darky by the nape of the neck, pushed him into the canoe and paddled back to the Everglades The Senunolcs are finite lealous ot an" interference with their domain and w not serve as guides through their eonntrv. So strictly is this rule maintained that an Indian boy who lias noen raised by l oiu- iii'l Hendry, under an agreement with t'.ii Indians that he may stay six months ol each year with t nlonel lienor; anil six mouths with Ms people, could not lie pre vailed upon for any consideration to guide white men into the country. ADOrllilX IIILDHliN, St. Jiiines Budget. The practice of adopting children is a time-honored one. .The cases, however, are rare in which children adopts fathers, and an example of this novel pruceodi ig reported from the United States is' inter esting for more than one reason. The old man who has been adopted is Mr. Frederick Crouch, the composer of Kath leen Miiviiiiriieen," and the young man who has adopted him is Mr. James Ma rion Roche, of Baltimore. In a petition on the subject addressed to the Circuit Court of Baltimore, Mr. Roche sets forth that he Is mure limn twenty nno yearn of age, and that he desires to change his name to that of James Marion Roche Crouch, "inasmuch as he lcis become at tached and devoted to Frederick Crouch, the composer of 'Kathleen Muvoiiriicen,' and his family in their adversity, "Ho feels," the petition continues, "that by adopting the name of Crouch he can bet ter look after and care for his adopted father ill his declining years, and that alter he is gone his little children can nive a brother to look up to and call upon for aid and protection." Before making the acquaintance of the generous young mau who has uow taken charge of him for the rest of his days .Mr. Crouch was in deed, in the great et poverty. The fact of his being the composer of the very me lodious ballad with which, in England at least, his name is always associated, did not seem to be known to thu Americans until one day he introduced himself in that character to the late Mile. Titicns, who was astonished nnd delighted at mak ing the acquaintance of one whose exist ence in the flesh she does not seem to have suspected. From that time until now Mr. Crouch bus met with many friends ; and it is gratifying to hear that, thanks to tin; paternity of "Kathleen Muv ounieen" having been fixed upon him, he has at last found a son. ATI mi; for am. things. Timeliness is as important as fitness. The. right thing may become wrong, unless it is in the right time. Look well to the time of doing anything ; there is a time for all things. Choose the right time for say ing things. If your wife looks wearied and worn out, be sure it is not the right time to tell her that the dinner is not hot, or that the bread is sour. Comfort her cheer her up. Use the ten thous ands little stratagems you were wont to handle so skilfully in the old days, to bring out the smiles around her lips. If you are annoyed or vexed at icople, just remember it is not the right time to seak. Close your mouth shut your teeth together finnly, and it will save you many a useless und unavailing regret, and many a bitter enemy. II vou happen to feel a little cross and who among ns dm not. at some lime or other? do not select that season for re proving your noisy household flock. One word spoken in passion will muke a sear that a summer of smiles can hardly heal over. If you arc a wife, never tease your hus band when he comes home, weary from his day's business. It is not the right time. Do not ask him for expensive outlays when he has been talking about hard times it is most assuredly the wrong time. If he has entered upon an undertaking against your advice, do not seize on thu moment of its failure to say, "I told you so !" In fact, it is never the right time for those four monosyllables. Oh, if people only knew enough to dis criminate between the right time and the wrong, there would bo less domestic un happiness, less silent sorrow, and less es trangement of heart 1 The greatest calam ities that overshadow our lives, have some times their germ in matters as apparently slight as this. If you would only pause, reader, before thu stinging taunt, or the biting sneer, or the unkind scoff passes your lip pause just long enough to ask yourself, "Is it the right time for me to speak ?" you would shut the door against many a heart ache ! The world hinges on little things ; and there are many more trivial than the right time and the wrong. One does not question one's heart seri ously, except it U already lest. BILL AKP. Our schoolmates are few and far between now. Death has earned most of them away and those who are left are widely scattered. Uow the Mad of Hie do fork and some take one and s.une another. We are i ll like pickets .skirmishing around, and one by one get picked off by the common fH3. I had liked to have got picked off myself a day or two ago. Ths wagon had come from town with a few tuulbrts and one was a barrel of flour. Mrs. Arp and tho children always come to the south porch when the wagon comes for they wt ni to see it un'oaded and feel good for a little while, and so when the hind gate was taken off and Mrs. Arp had wondered how we would get out the flour, I thought I would show her what n man could do rolled the barrel to me us 1 stood on the ground and gently eased it down on my knees. My opinion now is that there is u keg ot lead m that bi Tel, fur my knees gave wav and 1 was faMin backward, and lo keep the barrel from mushim; me into u pitneake or something else, 1 gave it u heave forward and let her go, and it gave me heavy backward and let me go, and I fell on a pile of rocks that were laid around cherry tree, and they were rough and rag ged and sharp, and tore my legs all to pieces and raked it to the bens. The blood streamed through my shirt sleeve and was about to faint, for blood always makes ni3 faint, when Mrs. Arp screamed for the camphor and the girls run lor it, and belore 1 could stop 'tin they had camphor and turpentime fire all over my arm and I went dancin ' annum like 1 was in a yaller luck ct's nest. It liked to have killed me, shore cnuf, but ittttT while I rallied and went to bed. I havu't used that arm nor a finge on hat hand till now and go about sad and droopy. But I have had a power of sympathy, and Mrs. Arp is good mighty good. And now 1 m m a fix tor 1 can shave hut one side oi my luco and conn?.. ny is coming to-morrow. Well, I used to could let down a barrel of flour I used to could bit; rolling years will change a mau anno domim will tell I reckon by the time I gei my neck broke I will begin to realize that I'm uot the man I used to be, but as Cobo says "if I could call back twenty years I'd show 'cm.". The next time a barrel of flour comes to my house I will get two skids twenty-five feet long and let it roll out, see if I don't. shall cet well slowly very slowly. But Mrs. Arp asked me this morning if couldn't pick tho raspberries for dinner with one hand sunt she could swing little basket round my neck. What thoughtful ingenious woman. WHAT t II AKMS AN KD1TOR. One uf tho beauties and charms of an editor's life is in his dead heading it on nil occasions. One who has never tasted the sweets of that bliss cannot begin to take in his glory and happiness. Ho does 8100 worth of advertising for a railroad compa ny, gets a 'pass' for a year, rides 8-3; and is looked upon as a dead-head, half-blown dead-beat. He 'puffs' a concert troupe 810 worth, and gets 81 in 'coiupliuienturies,' and is thus passed 'free.' It' the hull is crowded he is begrudged the room ho oc cupies, for if his coiiqiliiiicntaries were paying tickets the troupe would be ro much inure in pocket. He blows nnd puffs a church festival free to any desired extent, and does the pouter printing at half rates, and merely gets it 'thank you' for it. He upholds, defends, and expends money for some tcmpcrancc(?) movement ; but you know it gin's as part of his duty as an editor. Ho does more work gratuitous ly lor the town and community than all the jHipulation put together, and gets curses for it all, while in many instances when! a man donates a few dollars for the fourth of July, a lmo ball club, a church, ho is gratefully remembered. He passes 'free,' ymi know. i akki ci:, Marriage is, of all earthly unions, almost the only one permitting of no change but that of death. It is that engagement in which man exerts his most awful and sol emn power the power of responsibility which belongs to him us one that sha'l give account the power t,f doing that which in this world can never be reversed. And yet it is perhaps that relationship which is spoken of most frivolously, and entered into most carelessly and most wantonly. It is not n union merely between two crea tures, it is a union between two spirits; and the intention of that bond is to perfect the uutii-e of both, by supplementing their deficiencies with the force of contrast, giv ing to each sex those excellencies ill which it is naturally deficient; to the one strength of character and firmness of moral will, to the other sympathy, meek ness, tenderness. And just so solemn, aud just so glorious us these ends are for which the union was contemplated und intended. just so terrible are the consequences if it be perverted mid abused; lor there is no carthlv relationship which bus so much power (o ennoble nnd to exalt. VICTOR HUGO ON LOVE. There is within us an immaterial being, an exile in our bodies, which is destined to survive eternity this being of puro es sence and a better nature in our soul, which gives birth to all enthusiasm, all affections, which apprehends God and heaven. The soul, so superior to the body to which it is bound, would remain upon the earth in an unendurable desolation were it not permit ted to choose from among all other souls a a companion which shores with its misery in tins lite and happiness in eternity. When two souls which have thus sought each other, for a longer or shorter tune, in the multitude, mid each other at last, when they have seen that they agree together, that they understand each other, in a word that they are alike, then there is cstabhshetLbetwcen them forever a union ardent and pure as themselves, not to end in heaven. That union is love, true love, such indeed, as very few men understand it- This love is a religion, which defies the being beloved, which lives by devotion and enthusiasm, and to which the greatest sac rifices are the sweetest nlcasures. Love, in this divine and true acceptation, elevates all the sentiments above the miserable hu man sphere. We are like to an angel who lifts i)s uewjjigiy toward ptWfy. ADVERTISEMENTS. PROPHYLACTIC FLUID. A Household Article fur Universal Family Use. For Scarlet and Typhoid ay ttt. Diphtheria, SaU Tatlon, Ulcerated Sore Throat, Small Pox, Measles, and all Contagious Diseases. 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Roanoke News (Weldon, N.C.)
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