::fi!ffi;;PER me ..courier.
... JOHN DUCKETT, Editor. ;
Vol. S. No. 49,
. , , ,1TIE COST OF a m. . r
flow I? Losi My Arabella. f
' ' J contend nowas X contended then
j did not do it t iy VX ij
!'. , th ' this ' preliminary I will tell
the sad story that led to the train of
' circumstances which have left me a
. lonely bacholor at . the mercy of all
5 the boarding-houses in existence. t ,
" !? We 'Wo " traveling ' from I' will
not gite any names, in consideration
of her feelings (she always hod such
tender feelings) . I will say then, from
somewhere to somewhere else-Ara-bella,
(beloved' name I) her mama (a
.; dignified, I might say gloomy old
Jady) and myself. At first wo were
the only pebplo in the cor, but after
- awhile an old gentleman, with. a trou
blesome cough and a confirmed habit
V of expectoration came in; next a mai
den lady of uncertain ago, who took
great care of a wicker bosket, on
tho top of which I espied a bible and
: brandy bottle; then ft continuous
; stream of men, women and children;
then babies squalling babies, aloep-
. ing babies, staring, babies. How I
wish my fellow old bachelors would
get, a bill through Congress to abol
ish babica At last, when the car was
fuIL" in crane a : lankly fellow, with an
undeniably, pretty wife. There was
one float opposite me, by mother-in-Jaw
elect," aud hero her water-proof
and best cup had so far re posed in Bafc
,ty.- The 'gentleman gave the pretty
i wife directions to take the scat, and
she did so in such a hurry that she
Bat on tHo whitcy-brown parcel con
taining tho cap, - thereby turning its
toko into a wjuaah. That began 'it 1
and I do verily- believe it waa tho loss
l that cap that did it alL
Tho next thing was a weak voiced
lwly : with head rolled up in a red
niufllcr, asking tho now comer to shut
tho window. Standing by his wife,
he was long enough to do it without
moving. Arabella, wnoeo tetiings
H-roof the tenderest description, calm
ly announced her intention of faint
ing, whiMipon gniy mother-in-law
tlecV scowling at the ruined, cap, ask-
- cd mo in a outting tone if i cored to
suve hff child's luV and exert myseb
sufficiently to open tho window. 3
obeyed with alacrity, and I had scarce
ly seated myself when a gust of emokt
' Bwcpt in, and landed a cinder right
in uiy cy Of course in human na-
. ture I closed the injured organ, and
' only opened it in sheer force of amaze
went at feeling the long man's hand
laid with a determined grip on my.
windpipe.. I choked, struggled, and
continued to grab my one eyo and
stare with tho other.
"What do you mean ?" I gasped.
i .?Wbat do you mean?" camo in
sepulchral tones from my mother-in-1
..law elect?-" ; -- ''-iV v"'i.'"-'
' I followed with my eye literally,
and saw, tho direction of her bony
forefinger, as well as the hold of my
collar admitted;, it was a paper one,
. and began to show signs of giving
way,. ,To my titter horror, I saw my
: adorned Arabella lying stiff and stark
in a dead, faint,, except that her ex-
-- tended finger ends quivered convul
sively. -"': '.'"-,,"
. ..What, - may X asked, is the mat
' terr - '. ':.;: , ;. -jT"'
, "Ton winked, sir," said the long
man, in a solemn, grating voice. '
tThis was true, and winked again as
oo spoke. "
"Wei," I asked, "what harm?" ,
; "What harm?" grated the long
' lain. ' ; ' " '
"What harm V crooned my inoth-
. -in-law elect. . x:7-ri. "
"What harm 1 1 1" screamed Ara
bella, and the rrettv eirl" burst into
tears. r":-v.; V-L v
"Look me in the face, sir, and say
you did or did not Srink at my
wifer said the long man, still firmly
holding the factured end of my pat1
ented West End collar; V; , - ' ; r
Now I eonted that a .man with a
cinder in his eye could not have Iook
- ed him or any other rnnn in the face
and this was the most unjustly taken
ts conclusive mark of guilt by my
sensitive Arabella, .
"128 fa-ahv said ia a husky
iBOOKINGHAM, NORTH OAKOLIN-tV, NOYEMBER 18, 1870.
voice, and wim outstretched hands;
''leave me at once and forever I- ' h
H It happened to bo an express train,
and I didn't exactly like to run any
risks, so I ventured to suggest to her
ihat if I did leave her at once it would
likely be forevnr; but alas nothing
softened her; I turned stiffly round,
hold the weak eye. I tried to gaze
tenderly with the sound one, but ex
cept for the .bliss of looking after all
their little parcels twenty three and
missing tin box without a latch, at
tho journey's end, I never again either
spoke to or was answered by my lost
Arabella? The long Tagged demon
with the pretty wife aha waa pret
ty, I hold to that-never - crossed my
path in future, and when I read the
announcement of my idol's marriage
in the paper, last year, I supposed
ner mama Had acquired a new cap,
and then I ' sat down and wrote my
own obituary notice.--Sttnny South.
Duriu ess will Improve.
.- We cannot doubt that the election"
of Gov. Tilden will have a most salu
tary effect not only upon the political
condition of the country, but upon
all industrial interests. A chanpre
iuny not be pcrce ptiblo at first, buFit
will come wo believe, and men of all
parties . be-foro twelve months have
elapsed will r'joico that tho wiso and
oeluiirablo statcmnnn was elected in
place of tho negativo 'and pliant
fourth-rato man who was thrown to
the surfaoo amid tho convulsions of
the political waters. Wo do not hesi
tato to aver as our sincerest convic
tion, that Gov. Tilden when he shall
have been President for a few months,
will cause a wonderful change in the
general prosperity of the country
When the capitalists of the country
feel satisfied that a wise, economical
and honest government is in full ope
ration. thcY will once more bring
forth their millions from the locked
ctffersj, and new enterprises and new
ag ncics will bo set agoing. The
desert places will bIos.Honi.with roses,
peace and good will among all men
will prevail; aud tveiv interest will
revive under tliu life-giving touch of
tho statesman's magic wand of author
While thcro was great uncertainty
as to ho w Ion" G rontism, with its
withering influences, Bhould continue,
no man was willing to enter upon
new 'experiments, and no capitalist
was willing -to make new investments.
There was a wide-spread want of con
fidenco in every branch of trade, and
amou;? all classes of men. No wonder
the national streams were dry, and
individuals-confidence was gone.
Trade was at a stand -still; commerce
Languished; ships were idle, like Col
eridge's painted ship upon a pointed
ocean; the wheels of tho cotton mills
had ceased their revolutions; the
looms were silent: the hammers in
the Bhops hnd ceased to ring out their
cheery sounds all was gloom and
fear and despondency, and, in many
cases, even despair. In Now York
city alone there wer 40.000 able-bod
died men without work, the majority
of whom had families to provido for.
In Philadelphia, aa a loading Bepub
lican merchant wrote us, at least 20,
000 men are walking about without
any means of living, and with noth
ing to do. . All through tho manufac
ture g portions of the North opera
tives, mechanics and employes of vari
ous classes were idle and hopeless, and
for the most part, breadless.
: It will require time to cure all these
evils. The channels so long dry can
not be filled in an hour or a week,
but they will be filled. As soon as
the intense political agitation ceases,
and the men who have blasted the
fair American fields, with the mildew
of the death, sball have retired, and
other and better and abler men shall
have- taken their places, confidence
will come back, stability will be given
to all kinds of business, the financial
situation will be changed altogether,
and investments will be entered upon
with an .assurance of success. There
is money enough in the coxntry for
all legitimate uses, but it has not been
in circulation. It is a ant of confi
dence that has prevented inTestmcnts
Devoted to the Interests of
and that has so materially affected
the values of tho securities and caus
ed such an immense shrinkage in pro
perty of every description. Men have
had the ' money, but were simply
afraid to make any ventures, Wil
Star.
k Cat tn the Parlor.
; Alvy Moody was paying a visit
to his dulcinea. She had smuggled
him into the parlor,. an J the, dark
ness only served to conceal her
blushos while Alvy told his story
of".' love. The muttered words
reached tho parent's ear, and com
ing suddenly into tho room lie de
manded to know of Mary whom
she had with her.
"It's tho cat, eir," was tho mum
bling reply.
"Drive it ont hero," thundered
that paterfamilias. "
"Scat!" screeched. Mary; and
then 8otto voice : "Alvy, mcaow a
little."
Alvy set up a woeful yowl.
"Confound it, bring a light and
scare the thing out."
This was too much, and poor
Alvy made a leap for the window,
carrying glasses and frame with
him.
"Thunder, what a cat !" exclaim?
ed the parent, contemplating the
ruin after tho light was brought";
"I never saw anything like it, and
confound it, its tail is made of
broadcloth," as lie viewed a flutter
ing remnent
hanging from the win
ilmv.
Future of the Ncro.
The Journal of Commerce of
November the 1st gives somo in
teresting and rather startling fig
ures regarding tho colored race.
In Jamaica and Ilayti there is not
now one-half the - population that
existed at the time of emancipated
there. A recent traveler in Ilayti
says Umt at Port an Prince," out of
a population pf 26,000, there were
only eight married couples. This
shows a-most fcarfnl state of morals
that, added to disease, smallpox-and
rum, is fast diminishing tho popu
lation. From the oensns of the Soutli
crn States from 18-10 to 1870 we
have the rate of increaso in the
colored population in these: thir
teen Btates every ten years, In
the first ten years tho rate , of in
creaso was S3 per cent., in the sec
ond, 23 per cent., in tho third; 4
per cent. Taking South Carolina,
we find the following figures: The
I colored population was in 1840,
335,314; in 1850,393,914; in 1860,
412,320; in 1870, 415,814. The
rate of increase between 1840 and
1850 was 17 per cent;ihe next ten
years, 5; the next, loss tlan 1 per
cent. ...
It is not so suprising that in the
ignorant black republic of Ilayti
the populataiu should adminish.
And it will diminish hcV till the
negroes reach a higher stage of
civilation. Will he ever do that f
The prospect is' not promising.
Take away what the negro knows
about politics, and he is almost as
ignorant as on the day of his eman
cipation. - And hia general' Bur
roundings and comforts are not
superior rather tin opposite ; his
food is not as good, nor his cloth-
ing as warm ; nor lus. sneiter as so
cure from cold. 1 et h& stubborn
ly and persistently opposes every
measure looking to the bettering
of his condition, and delights in
his ignorance and poverty like a
bat in darkness. If they would
nnite politically with their friends
and neighbors they might soon
hopo to better their condition.
North Carolina.
Scraping and Washing Ernlt Trees.
Scraping and washing tho trunks
and larger limbs of fruit trees will
dcatroyhe eggs of injurioas insects.
Fof. a 'wash use" common soft soap,
or one pound of soda in ono gallon
of water; whale oil soap is still
better.; Severe scraping ia iipt ad
visable, as nature doubtless gave
to tho trees the rough bark the
better to stand tho. vicissitudes ' of
climate.
. Chicken Cholera
Chfeken cholera y ields readily to
the following treatment; Remove
tho diseased fowls to apartments
by tliemselveB. Then chop up
some common garden rue, mixed
in oat-meal gruel J or cooked corn
meal will answer. Put a drop or
two of carbolic acid in a quart of
water, and let them have no other
drink. Place tho sick fowls on
clean dry strawy and keep them : in
confinement nntil resttfred to
health. Tho rue can usually bo
had of a druist, if one has none
growing in his garden. The dry
leaves will aiiBwer as well as the
green." - .
A Sure Remedy for Colic in Horses.
1 pint of Whiskey.
4 table spoonfuls of Spirits Tnr
pentiuo or J gill.
gtll spirits of camphor,
' Put it into a bottle, tho bottle
filled with water; then drench the
horse. This remedy I want nil to
know, and the facas. connected with
it. About 20 yoars ago an intelli
gent old gentleman from Kentucky
who .had traded in horses for 38
yearaand had made' a handsome
fortune at tho bnsincs, gave me
this recipe, and I have used it
since with singular success." I have
given ito scores of- horses and mules,
and have not in a "single case known
it to -fail in giving relief in a short
time.
A Marvelous Occurrence.
Wo copy the the following mar
velous storv from tho Charlotte
Observer: '.
"A gontlcman writing from.Gos-
tonia under date of the 30th, gives
an account of a truly wonderful
occurrence, He states that a show-
er!of flesh. genuine, unmistakable
flesh fell in sight of Gastonia, in
Gaston county on
the farm of
James M. Ilanna. The circum
stances 60 far as they can bo' gath
ered from the letter alluded to
from the statement of Mr. G. W.
Chalk, of this citv. who
j
visited the spot and heard
tho statements of those who wit
nessed the phenomenon, are as fol
lows: , On Saturday . afternoon,
abont 3 o'clock, while Mr. Tas. M.
Ilanna and some of his grand chil
dren was picking cotton in -a field
near his house, they were astonish
ed at the sight of small pieces oi
flesh tallins? all around them. The
shower continued for Bome time,
and when it ceased it was discover
ed that. the 'flesh was scattered over
an arear of abont a half an acre of
ground. The pieces varied from
half an ounce to an ounce in weight
In the words of our correspondent,
"the ground was not covered but
fell like an ordinary light hail.
In appearanceitis described as re
sembling beef, part of it being fill
ed with small sinews, - but - in no
pieces were found bones or fatty
matter found, When it fell, it had
the appearance and odor of fresh
meat, but the pieces sent us for in
spection are entirely orddrless and
resemble dried beef." . Wonder if
anv one tried it as an article, of
diet? - . . -
$150
7.
The-Lawyers Fee.
Jones gave a lawyer a bill to col
lect to tho amount of f 30. Call
ing for it, after awhile, he inquired
if it had . been "n collected. "Oh,
yes" said tho lawyer, "I have it
all for you." , "What " charge; for
collecting t'f v Oh 6aid 'the law
yer , laughing, r"Pm not going to
charge you why I have known
you ever Binco yoa were a baby,
and your father before youj $20
will be abtut right," handing overl
$10. WeB,w said Jones jm he
meditated npon the transftctiyn,
"its lucky he than! kfldw my
grandfather, or I shouldn't have
got anything!" ; T..
i i , 1 i
South Carolina.'
It is now certain that the pros
trate State is once more on her
feet, standing erect and ' clothed
with all of the powers and guan-
tccs that are conferred by the Con
stitution of tho United States.
Gen. Hampton is certainly elected
Governor of South Carolina. And
wonder of wonders, the Democrats
have carried the Legislature by a
majority of one, which secures tho
election of a united State Senator
to succeed Robertaon next March
The ScnatB will stand; 18 Republi
cans and 15 Democrats; Houso, 60
Republicans, 64 Democrats Total,
78 Republican, 79 Democrats. ,
Recently, at Saratoga Springs,
New York, while Harper, the
clown of Barnuni's Circus, was
passing up Broadway, a little child
slipple from a three storvivjndow,
aad camo headlong ", toward the
pavnmeet. Harper at the instant,
as it ! ?m
caught sight of the child aa it left
the window above, and with the
alacrity of a cat placed himself in
position to break its fall. When
It camo down to him he caught it
with a firm grasp, and hot only
broke its fall, but held it from go
ing to tho pavement. The act was
bold and dangerous, but successful. !
Tho athlete suffered some little in
jury, bntnot enough to speak of
in concction with so extraordinary
a feat. . -' .' ' ,' '. ,
When Abraham Lincoln was a law
yer in Illinois he and the Judge once
got to bantering ono another . about
trading horses, and it was agreed that
the next morning at nine o'clock they
should make a trade, the horses to be
unseen up to that hour and no back
ing out under a forfeiture of $25. At
tho hour appointed tho Judge came
up, leading the Borricst-lcking speci
men of a horse ever Been in those
parts. In a few minutes Mr. Lincoln
was seen approaching with a wooden
saw-horse upon his ahouders. Great
were the shouts and the laughter of
tho crowd, and both were greatly in
creased when Mr. Lincoln, on survey
ing the Judge'aanimaL set down his
saw-horso and exclaimed, . "Well,
Judge,, this is the first time I ever
got the worst of it in a horse trade.
A note, written ia a lady's hand,
was picked up in the etreet the oth
er day. It was addressed to "Dear
Johnl" and it requested this bles
sed young man to "Come round
and see me 1 We have a new lamp
at our houso,' that - wo can turn
down until there is hardly a bit of
light in the room." We Base giv
en this, matter calm and careful
consideration, and it appears to ua
that 'iDcar John" lias a perfectly
smoothe and placid thing on ' bis
hands if ho chooses to take it. We
advise him,aa a friend, to go "round"
and see about that lamp." '
We sometimes congratulate our
selves at the moment of waking
from a troubled dream; it may be
60 tlio moment after death.
per Annum in Advance.
Whole No. 152,.
: An editor, puffiingmlr tight cof
fins, said: "No person having onco
tried 6no of theso air tight coffins
wDl ever use' any other."' ? ,
):.l''V''':i';:':' ' ' T,
. "Ah, Jemmy." said a sympathi
sing friond to a man who was just :
too late for tho train, "you did not
run fast enough." "Yes, I did,"
said Jemmy, "but I .didn't start
soon enough."- - -
A young lady who waa rebuked
by her mother for kissing her hv
tended; justified tho act by quoting
the passagef ; "Whatsoever . yo
would that men should do unto'
you, do yo even unto thorn. :
A Frenchman brought two mugs
to tho milkman in place of on, as
usual, and on being asked the
meaning of it, replied, "Dia for to -milk,
and dis for to water, and I
will mix dem eo aa to suit myeclt."
An Irishinan, being tried for assault
and battel "Virginia City Nevada,
when aoked by Judge Knox if he had
anything to say by way of defence re
plied: "Well, your honor, I saw but
little of the fight, aa I waa underneath
most of the time. r
- Vanderbilt'8 advice to hia son
"William, I wantjyou to act through
life on your own judgment It is bet
ter to be wrong than to go to others
for counsel. If you make a mistake
nobody will see it quicker than your
8elt If you should be right," others
whom yon consult will make use of
that knowledge, ReJyon yourself
an keefyour own CounseL Trust
nobody with your mind, but trust in
God." " .v..--'.'-:---
to-irinoyU
friend none to get everything and
save all you get to stint ourselves
and every one belonging to us to be
the friend of no man and have no man
for our friend to heapmterest,cent
upon cent to be mean miserable and
despised for some twenty or thirty
years and riches will come as Buro
as disease and disappointment. And
when pretty near' enough wealth is
collected by a disregard for all chari
ties of tho human heart, at the ex
pense of every enjoyment save that
of wallowing in filthy meaness death
comes to finish the vorkthe body
is hurried in a hole, tho heirs dance
over it; and the spirit goes-r-where?
; Way up among the White Moun
tains, an old bachelor lives with two
maiden sisters on a farm paid for and
a surplus of money in the bank, who
teaches by some incidents of his life
the value of frugality. Ha is said to
carry his boot under his arm to save
wear, his present pair being fourteen
years old and trood yet In his early
lifo he sat up nights to burn cobs to ,
make eob ashes. Fifteen bushels of
com cobs would make a peck of ashes, ,
for which he obtained 25 cents per .
pock. ReocnUy hia maiden , aistera .
were picking the geese under an open
shed, when a flurry of wind drove off
a Bingle feather into tho air. Tho
bachelor Booing it go started with '
boots under hia arm and ran several
miles into the neighboring township,
I 1 A - t .
inquiring ui u uspiuij buuo vi ctuij .
one he met if they had seen a speck
led feather fly over this way.
Irish ITU.
An English gentleman wishing to
test the Irish wit, thus accosted an '
Irish laborer, who waa at work mend '
ing a fence:. : .
"Say, Pat, suppose Satan was to
come along now end see both of ua
here, which do you suppose he would
take, you or mef
. 0 faith yer honor, ho'd tako mo.
How sor said the Englishman, in
astonishment .
'Well, sir," said Faddy, ho'd take
me now, because ha wouldn't be sure
of mo When ho come again; and ho'd "
be sure of you at any time, and ho
could afford to wait.