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J0H1T DUCKETT,-Editor.
Vot a. No. go...
: I'd tub COCBIRB.
;ff jrt'wjtfria iC'iaA..',;;
To mark the Bufferings of her babo
That can not apeak It's woos; '
Xo fee the infanV tear gusli forth,
Yet she knows not why they flow
To jaeet the weak uplifted eye
That faiA would oak relief
it a mother's grief. .
Through flieary deys and darker
. tight v-. ' ' .
To traoe the inarch of death,
To beer the faint end weakened sigh,
The quick and shortened breath, -To
watch the last dread strife draw
. ffigk, , '
jUid that strcgglo to bo brief;
Tot cannot give iitfy relief,
Though her all is involved in the close;
This k nothing but a mother's grfef.
Id gee in one abort hour decayed the
hopes of future yoarsj
TO fed how vain have been a father's
prayers, "
How. very vain havo-beon a-mother's
lean;
Tf think tins! the cold grave must
- dose . .... .
Os what was once the chief
Of all a. Kiiir's Jtrcauurtxi; joye of
earth;
Thitu aether's grief.
Tt wb Oe first!- U ttrt-oah is past
Of aVyCih find of great dispair,
Tofit br jo ef faiih to Heaven
And Vaow that her 41J in thero;
T&w best oa dry a mother's tears,
Til yields her hwart great relief
TJrS VCLr:rs's pious hope-; "
Khali teeowo a mother's grief.
BcckinRhftm. 1S7A,
1. USES LUC.
"Is it your ladi wish, then, that
I should, go over er on t from the
circle of your vision, Agnes ? Yon
hare lave fur .roe then P
, '$ne was the faltering answer,
Then for this yon have drawn
me on simply that yon could
iorn tny proposal at last 1 For
tld&j Agnes Limi, that you say
thoe bitter , words to drive mc
away forever f Speak and answer
me, thai I may know the. truth !'. .
I do not love you, George Kent,
and I ahull be glad when yon are
gone away from .here," was the
low reply. ,;. ' , '
'Agnes, 0 Aggie!' bis voice
grew soft now, with the impetu
ous flow "ot feeling. 'Have j-ou
considered it well! Listen: I can
mate a fine lady of you placo you
in a far different station from the
one yoa now hold sa.: teacher a
station where pooplo will love and
honor you, and servants fly at your
biddingjin fact, all that my inher
ited fortune can do to' make you
happy shall bo yonra alone.'
.amn'Tttulatel, to bo bought
ly moneyGeoVkeKeni 1 - Besides,
another; whom I love, and , who js
. ay at sea, has asked mo to be
. liia, ; r,, .-" r ; . ;. ; ?
'Then why did you not tell me
that before V. he impatiently cried.
Ijeeause yoa never asked hi e.
Yoa choso to bo roy escort, and so
eWe passed the few months
that '; wo. . hare been together
luite happily. J could not in cour
k?7 ref mo that.' . ' -i
'Tou might have ' liinted ; nome
t j.ng before. But never mind now,
I I csj J forgive you, seeing that
ve mado a fool of myself, and
! 3 Cing away. Let mo kiss you
pd-by will you not Agnes, be-
ol
go.'
be f air ijoquotte turned her face
,(S but not before he touched
- -idtfH! Voy .with bis lipr.
ROOKIISTGHAM. NORTEC CVROLtlvrA., NOVEMBER 25, 187G.
A frank, honorable kiss it wsbJ
well worthy to adorn & better ,wo-
When sho looked up again, ho
was gone.
' The sunset touched the river and
the fields with molten gold; - night
looked down arid placed her hand
o'er the forest dint; growing black-
as tho sun rotreated, while the song
bird hurried, belated, to its nest.
Still Agnes Lane remained ;ocated
on tho verge of llonso Rock, over
looking tho meadows in the. valley
below. Something held her ; there
something that she saw', across
tho pathway of her mind's retina
that had possessed her very soul.
But it. passed soon, to. judgtT from
tho exclamation that she' uttered
on reccollectirig herself. " .
'Gone ! Well, I am glad ; and
yet ho has been very kind to me.
Heigh-ho ! how the mosquitoes do
torment I I will go home.'
It would seem that young George
Cent's avowal wag speedily forgot
ten as tho days and months wore
on, and to all outward appearances,
it was. Tho autumn had come, and
Agnes resumed her school duties
not to be disturbed until, one day,
a rough, weather-beaten man
knocked at tha portal ot the little
gothic structure. -
Something had made her forget
how odd it was! that her ac
cepted lover was due from sea;
not until ono of the larger scholars,
who answered tho summons, had
whispered in her., ear the descrip
tion of the strange man, did she
recollect. Then, for a time, the
desks and many eyes before her
seemed to swim on an ocean of
s'pac&"r'Iler inexorable fate, then,
it was to marry this rough- suitor
of hers, whom she had in a mo
ment of wny.v;,i'(Ji!ces promlwd
three years before. It all passed
through her mind with tho speoJ
of thought; and then that vision
she had seen 6talked up through
the center asile, and folded her in
a fond embrace. Lucky the school
exercises were over, so sho dismiss
ed the scholars, and followed af ter,
with her 6ailor lover. ,
He had hecu successful: had
sailed his voyage without a wreck
or disaster or even tho loss . of a
single life, now he had come back
to claim his bride, and settle
down after they were married on
the farm he had moans to buy.
Marriage 1 How detestable
sounded the word .to her ear ! ' For
sho know that, as with Goorge
Kent, even so to her sailor lover
she must eventually stem fickle.
It cam& atJast, the dreaded cnqni
ry : when would sho name the hap
py day!
From this there was no escape,
knowing that it must be sooner or
later and fearing .to do more
wrong, she named an early day.
Then they were married, and be
fore another summer came she was
mistress of a cozy farm house nes
tled like a flower upon the . lovely
green hill-sides of the valley.
Was she happy I She knew not ;
all the days were the same to her ;
kewaa attentive nay; more, he
saw that 6hc really did little of the
rough farm work . with her own
hands, therefore she had a servant;
and tbt her eyes might feast them
selves on the varied beauties of the
country around, a pony, phaeton
was provided. Did lie not . know,
did he never mistrust' that she
loved him not, but like some nat
ural creeping vino' that clings to
tho hard stone.it does not see beau
ty in, but beautifies, so she clung
to him becauso he was her protec
tor. But, like the vine, sho soared
to the topmost pinacle, and pene
trafed to a world peculiarly her
Devoted to' the Interests of
own. '; '. V".-' '; '
.: Strango it is that the little party
of three (for thero wero others
now a nurse and a child, wee
little miss of two summers, with
flaxen hair) lingered ; longest near
the spot where Honso Bock over
looked tho valley! Hot so very
strange, after, all, when one obtain
ed the view of the distant hills and
bine toned mountains in tho far
horizon. . - ' , 7
Ono would liardly know the Ag
nes Lane of the present so com
pletely changed was she. The old
piquant, coquettish look and air
Had forsaken her, and in its plao
was found a more subdued expres
sion. Her hair and eyes maintain
ed their old color of deep brown;
but the faco was paler and sadder
than of yore. Home, husband,
friends, had 6hc; what, then, could
be tho cruse f , .
concluded next webk.
W ho Not to Marry.
In the ladies waiting-room, at one
of the depots in flourishing Western
city, might have been soen,.tecently,
two women; one'young and handsome
the other old and ugly. The various
trains rushed in and rolled out; the
last passenger train for some hours
had departedbut still there sotthese
two woracn. .
The day faded into tho night The
lamps were lighted. Tho agent went
home, and the many laborers went
home. Minut6s dragged slowly by
and houra Beemed to crawL The
silence was unbroken in the roam.
Every few momenta would tho young
woman lock up at Hie clock. Finally
the old woman broke tho silence.
.'Goia' away?' -
'Yes.'
Ono remark led to another, until
they wore chatting quite confiden
tially. The old' woman said she was
going to 'Shieagey,- and told many
things. The young woman in turn,
became'eommunieativ'e, and said her
lover was dpnicg in on the midnight
train, and that she was going with
him to the next station to bo married.
'Eetn en-aged long 2'
'Three years.'
'Tour lover in business ?'
'Yes.' '
'Railroader T -
'No.' .
'Well, Via glad cn it Never mar
mary a railroader. Is ho asoidier?'
'No.' '
'Well, I'm glad on it Never mar
ry a soldier. Hotel-keeper?'
No. ' ' .
'Well' I'm glad jon it Never mar
ry a hotel-keeper. Travlin' man ?
'No.'
Well, I'm glad on it Never mar
ry a travlin' man. Steamboater T
'No.';
'Well I'm glad on it Never mar
ry a 6tcaniboater. . Dry-gooda man ?
No.'
'Well, I'm glad on it. JTovcr mar
ry a counter jumper. Grocery man i
'No.' .
'Well, I'm glad on it Never mar
ry a peanut vender.'
'Who would you marry? asked
tho young woman.
'Well, my child, never marry a
railroadar, for he is liable tp get kill
ed mSIt any time. Besides, ho has
such a nice chance to flirt'
Never marry a millitary man, for
he's liable to . go. to the war and be
shot" Besides, his gorgeous clothes
attract tho attention of the women.
'Never marry a hoel keeper. My
first husband was a hotel-keeper, and
fell through the" elevator and broke
bis darned skull It rilea me when I
think of that man.
'Never marry a traveling man, for
he's always away from hum. Nobo
dy knows what these men are up to
when they're away from hum.
'Never marry a4steambeater. . My
second husband was steamboat cap
tain, and got blowedinto 4,000,000
pieces, blast him. I always git terri
ble mad when I think of that man. -'Never
marry a dry gocds man.
Horta Carolina.
Dyes in clothes is so injurious. , They
never live half their days.- 1 "
: "Never marry a grocer They have
such dirty hands. My third husband
was a grocer, and such hands he'd
have was nuf to sicken a body. . He
was killed by a molasses barrel fallin'
on him. When I think of him Tm
completely disgusted.
'Never marry a carpenter. . My
forth husband wsa a carpenter, and
foil off a scaffold and was mashed into
a jelly. May his soul sleep in peace.
Never marry a machinist My
fifth husband was a machinist, 111
never forgot the day when he was
brought borne on board. I didn't
recoirniaO him. A belt had come off
pulley and bit him plum in the face
and spread his -nose all over his coun
tenance. I promised bun on his dy
in' be that I'd never marry another
machinist y ' '',
Just then tho train rolled in, and
the old lady asked:
Child, what business is your lover
in? '
' 'Insurance business.' ,
'Oh, mercy! You don't mean to
marry him. My sixth husbaad was
an insurance--' " v
But tho young woman had gone to
meet herlovcr.- . ,
Chairman Cox and His Committee.
There is ono man the people" of
North Carolina cannot forget in the
hour of their Bignal triumph. We
allude, of course, to the chairman of
the democratic state 'executive com
mittee, Gen. Wm. Ii. Cox. Wo have
an intimato . personal knowledge of
the work ha has performed in the
campaign just closed, ' tho results of
which we see in largo democratic
gains from every quarter. Gen. Cox
and his committee perfected the best
organization for this campaign the
democratic party has ever known in
North Carolina, and the magnificent
majority ol twenty thousand attests
its efficiency, Tho chairman of a com
mittee performing such work and ac
compliahing such results must and
should feel proud in the hour ?of vie
tory, and ought to greet and rcmcm
ber him for it
And thero is another gentleman
whose Tlaboi-3 cannot bo overlooked.
Sam uel A. Ashe, Secretary of the Ex
ecutive Committee, has devoted him
self to tho cause of the Democracy in
the recent campaign with a zeal and
energy which new no flagging. Like
the chairman, General Cox, Captain
Ashe labored day and night from tho
organization of the campaign in June
until tho result was proclaimed
Possessing rare talent and ability
for conducting a campaign, Mr. Ashe
has been of invaluable service to the
preparation of campaign matter.
We acknowledge great Bfrvice at the
hands of Captain Ashe by tho way
of suggestions and assistance in tho
research for facta and figures bearing
on tho conduct of parties in tho past,
especially that in tho power in our
State for the last eight years.
The gentlemen composing the Ex
ecutive Committee have til done good
work and snble duty in the campaign;
in fact everybody, not excepting our
neighbor the News, the Senlind and
tho entire Democratic press of the
State, have all done their duty, and
we have got a result to bo as proud
of as it will be permanent
We dislike to be further specific,
but it would be an act of injustice to
overlook our clever townsman, James
J. Litchford, a steady worker forbears
in tho Democratic causo, whose long,
faithful and patient service is at last
crowned with victory, to bo still fur
ther, we trust; substantially reward
ed. UaJeigh News.
That H atch.
si
It was his grandjfatoher's watch
a weighty, silver timepiece in
make and fashion suggestixo of the
times of Queen Besa.. The stranger
pondered tho subject for. half an
hour; while leaning against tho
corner lamp post, and finally solilo
quir.cd :
'It's been needin' 'fix'd' this five
year, and I lowod to do afo now;
$L50
but Betsy said nocan't afford It.
I'vt got some looso change though,
how, and I'm drat If I don't Invest
it in fiixin the air lume. ;
: Suiting the action of tho words,
tie. stranger sauntered np Dauphin
street, until he come to watch-ma-kcr
shop of our friend F., " at
which ho entered. Now F. wears
goggles hngh goggles; yes, terri
ble largo goggles, and when he has
them on, which la every day and
all day, F, looks wlldjand madliko.
Gifted by nature with large eyes
and an expressively big mouth, F.
only needed fo wear just such gog
gles to rondcr him frightful.; All
of this the stranger t took in at a
glance, and as half . tempted to
change his mind ho halted upon
the threshold-
'Good morning, sir,' said F. with
a bland smile.
'Good good merning, etam
mered the straager, by no means
reassured by tho .bland .smile of
'Can I serve yon, sir I' qnorried
F. ,
'Well 1 yes but I wants to
git this here turnip reconstructed
It's a air-lume in tho family, and
I'm monstrous kocrfuljto git it
done np right, I wants it tuck to
piecas and investigated and jodg-
mcnt passed on it And then
want's to know what it'll cost!'
'I understand exactly said ' F.,
taking Cn the situation. 'I can
give you my judgement apoa its
stetns in a very few minutes.,
Under tho skillful manipulation
of F.; who, in his trade is reckoned
good, tho time-Honored time marker
was soon taken apart examined,
and put fogether-again; tho stran
ger then wliile looking in silent
wonder. Laying down tho institu
tion, snruamed watch, F. changed
quarters cn the huge quid of to
bacco toat had settled snugly down
in the south-cast corner of his ca
pacious mou tli, nd arising from
his stool, stood with his hands in
his breechef pockets and his eyes
shut, and said ;
'Stranger, that watch is an amal-
gamatec; adulteration ot alloyed
babbit,' -
'No!" . . "
I ' didn't say no, stranger. I
said it was. Moro than that, it is
in articulo mortis and therefore
lost to roclation.
'My God ! Mistor, yoa aint sol
emn "about that .8 you !'
I am moro thin solemn, stran-
gcr l am trutniuny, senousiy, re
ligiously in earnest Your heir
loom, as you clla it, has lost its
discriminating capability, and. , can
no longer formulato tho sitnation,
as to time, present or future. In
a word tempos dosou't fugit, by
that monitor
'Gim mo that watch, Mister,
hand It over. Who would , 'av'
thought it I Let roe- go back to the
Stato of Baldwin I Jc-rn-za-lum 1
What'll Betsy say now I' ' .
'Stranger said F with his eyes
dilated and fly trap set, 'that watch
of yours has lost its skuzcrrump
tum;' De-Je-rurza-iumI' exclaimed the
Baldwin ranger, moving for ttic
door. ,'. V-,-'.--! . .v" .
'And more than that, stranger
added F., with nostrils dilated and
his voice raised to a thunder tone,
that watch is smashed right jnihe
middle of its epizzorrincktum.
'My God I'
And tho gcntleman from, 'the
State of Baldwin was beating Har
ry Bassett's timo down Dauphin
Street, with tho 'air lumo' biscuit
in the bottom of his breeches pock
et (kqLia
per Annum in Advan:
WholojCSTo. 153.
Organlzlti Fortj-llr.:v,Ccn?e83. .
Saturday, when Big Engbsh' ea .
that it was going to bo a lonesome -day
for the boot-blacks, he set bis . '
head to devise something to break .. . . '
the monotony. About 10 o'clock he
got a number of boys into tbealley
behind the Post 021 ce, and organized '
the Torty-fifth Congrea Big Ea- -'
glish' is a regular reader of the daily
papers, and he la a great organizer
It t him but flftoen minutes to get
the House and Senate' JJtunning so . , , ,
smoothly that lawyers and others . .
looked down from . their windows
with great interest.
Who's a hvf yelled a white head
el boy, as he jumped up."
r OB, dry opt' shouted SUth Ward
Tom. ' ', ' . 1
Tut hhn out he was injthoj rebel ,
army j called ft boy from Grand
River Avenue, ',-.-, . t
Some one clubbed my dog fifteen .
years ago, and I never can forgive :
him,' howled Strawberry Bob,
Git out the records and less? sea '
who was loyul, put ia King's boy. ,
Big English' rapped on his box to
restore order, but King Tommy threw
up his hat and yelled i 1 morca fo
aizes and the nezea.' .
He oon,t gag me t' etoutod a lathy '
boy from 'Windsor, " " "
'Less; have er salary graa pi- '
pod a Congress stroot boy.
'Tho pocpul won't etand it,
whooped another,
'Ain't wo the pcopnl V demand
ed a boy on the railing.
Are we ono country I' asked the
Speaker as he rose np.
'I are, but y69 ain't f yelped
'Nickcty Nick
'Doesn't ono flag float for tis alii" .
continued the Speaker.
It docs about tax timeT scream- '
ed a cros-oyed youth from Sprung-!. ,
wolla.
Somebody lacked the honornhlo
Speaker. Ho then struck the hon
orable gentleman from Wisconsin. -Tho-
honorable gentleman from
Wisconsin smashed at tha honora
ble gcntleman. from Goorgia, fend
hair stood np, coat-tails stood Out; "
Yhoa the row had quieted down '.
tho honorable Speaker remarked :
It waa pretty good for the iubc
time; though wo didn't abuao each
other enough
Annccdote of Kewfeundland Dog.
A gpntleman connected with tha
Newfoundland fishery was once pOBS-, ;
essed of a dog of singular fidelity and .
sagacity. On one occasion a boat
and a crow in hia employ woro in cir
cumstance of considerable peril, just
outside a line of breakers, which
owing to some change in wind or
weather had, since the departuro of
the boat, rendered the return passogo
through them most hazardous. The .
spectators on the shore were quito an
able to render any assistance to their ,. .
friends afloat Much time had been
speri and danger seemed, to increase
rather than diminish. .. Our friend, the
dog, looked on for a length of time, ,.
evidently awaroof there being great
cause for anxiety in those around.
Presently, however, he took to tha .
water, and made his way through to
the ', boat The crew supposed ho ,'
wished to join then, and made varioes
attempts to induce him to come
aboard, but not he would not go.
within their roach, but continued
swimming about a short distance from
them. .
After a while, and several com- (.
m9nt8 cn tho conduct of tho dog, one :
of hands suddenly divined his ap. ,
parent mcanicg; Give him the rope,
ho said; that is what he want. Tho
rope waa thrown the dog seized the ,
ecd in an instant, ' turned round, and
made straight for the shore; where a
few minutes afterwards, botfc and .
crew--thanks to the intclligsr.ee of ,
their four-footed friend were placed
safe and undamaged. Was there no .
reasoning heref No acting with a
view to anend, or for a given motive?
Or waa it m&xds orduiaryi :