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THE ERA. A 1 1 1 i r r n l i c a n v e i: k i , y n k ws- WKR-TiIK CKNTRAL ORGAN nK Till: PARTY. THE ERA. PURLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. (SEE RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION ON THIS (PAGE.) V. 31. HKOWN, Manager. j2T Job Vi ork exocuted at short no- KK! K.iv r ihu North Carolina Hook-,,-.-..rii.-r of FayiUvillo Hiul Mr . , i , r iirt d r uth of the Siati- tico and in a style unsurpassed by any similar establishment in the State. RATES OF ADVERTISING : Ono square, one time, - - f 1 00 " " two times, - - 1 W " " three times, - - .2 00 Contract advertisements taken at proportionately low rates. I : ATI :s ) I ' sr RSCRI P T ION : , Hicytar, -Six mouths. - f2 10 - 1 or, - .V VOL. IV. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1875. NO.39. y- I NVA III ABLY IX ADVAXCK.-&X DIKKCTOKY. I nil1 stnl ;ovrnmeiil. I I v,,-., s. dan .1 Illinois 1'resi- 11,-nrv W . ,"i 'M'-s - X " 1 ros:,ll'nt- lluuiiV.on I'M , N- Y..Scv of. State. Renjaiiin. H lir w, uf Kentucky, s,(TH irv .rt!i T..-:-itry. William W. RIki'. of Iowa. See re lay of Wr. i..-.r'M Rulx-son, of New Jersey, -M-rref.-ii-y ofthtf Navy. i ..:.i!:.; u- It l.iiio, of Ohio, Secretary , ihi 1 u: ri'r. 11. Wdlum-, of Oregon, At- l u ,;,.iil .It w-;i,t ' 'oimecik-iit, l'ost- iH-rai. C ourt of the I'. S. Waite, of Ohio, Chief Asso. J notice. v tl, in ( lillor.l. of Mi mm II. Swayiif, ol'O., 44 ' . .,, ,. ! I-'. MilU r, of la.. 44 , ... , 1 havis of 111., . !i ! . l'ii-M, of t.d., , .. o.. M. Mron-.ofPa., " ! , I. I, Rr;dleyl' N..F. " ,,.! I! unl.of N. V., i . in t ni--i in -I Moinl ; v in D ni- , ; .t Wellington. . i . it-r-cmatMi in Coiigri'. sKNATI.. . . V MTi'imoii, of Wake. u ,,. . R:inoiu, ol Northampton. II. X nK KKl'HkSK.M A T I V Ks. I .-;i i I - .Ii-.HSjf .1. Yale. J. A. llynian. A. M. N ad.l. ll. .Joseph .1. Da i. A. M. Si al. s. , i lionu- S. A1ih. NV. M. Kol ins. K'.l.i-ri It. Valid1. I iiitctl siuie Court. i . --.iii-.t i i nn of tiif lT. S. Cin-uit ! -In- ' t "lirt HIP h.s lollmvs : i i:. i .-s .i.i". i iri-nit lnirt Hastem i-m.i 'iih ii'lina II ekl in Ral ..inl iv io .Innuaiul lastMon N i v I II i m i . iJ.ii.l, ii-uit Courl Jinle; . i :. I'.ailini !, M.I. . W. linM.k. litri-t I'oiirt Jmlje, in !itriL: rt'il. Klizahelh City. M..r!ial. .1. P.. Hill: oil'., Raleigh. I Ki.lili.k, ir-nit Court Clerk; I. A- t KKN ll." rilllT fol'KTS ill i it y. ihir.l Monday in April IHUKCTOnV. i Seeietary ff State, Treasurer, Auditor, Suierintendent of Public Instruction and Attorney General constitute the ! State Roard of Education. The Covcr . nor in Preshlent, and the Superinten- dent of Public Instruction, Secretary of the Roard. Supreme Court Riehinond M. Pearson, of Yadkin.Chief Justice. i:drin (i. Read e,of Person, Asso. Just ice. W. P. Rynnm, Mecklenburg," 44 Thomas Settle, (Juilford, Tazewell L. Hargrove, of CJranville, Re porter. W. II. Ragley, of Wake, Clerk. I). A. Wicker, of Wake, Marshal. Meets in Raleigh on the first Monday in January and June. Superior Court. Samuel W. Watts, Judge Sixth Judi cial District ; residence, Franklinton. J. C. Ij. Harris, Solicitor, Raleigh. Wake County Government Commissioners Solomon J. Allen, Chairman; Wm. Jinks, A. G. Jones. Win. D. Turner, J. Robert Nowell. Sheritr S. M. Dunn. SuperiorCourt Clerk Jno. N. Bunting. Treasurer David L,ewN. Register of Deeda W. W. White. Coroner James M.Jones. Surveyor N. J. "Whitaker. ! commoner, was represented as al- waysiisincoroneteil writing paper, and weariri"; 44 her coronet" eni- ; lroi!erel on her handkerchief, to i ' which decoration, of course, she had no more right than to the im perial diadem of all the Russias. I It may he said that it does not sig i nily what people put into a novel ; but it does signify, for such writing ; disseminates false impressions, and so Jong as styles and titles exist, it is well to bestow them properly. The title of dowager is another great stumbling block. In proprie ty it should only be borne by the mother of the reigning peer or bar onet. Should, therefore, a peer (let us call him Earl of Brightons) suc ceed his father, his mother, the widowed countess, should be styled the Countess Dowager of Brighton. Should he, however, succeed to his uncle, brother, or cousin, that rela tive's widow would have no claim his arms and elevated so far above the heads of their parents as he could conveniently hold them. Some of the little boys in the neigh borhood knew him only by the name of u The Gi'nt." The body lay in a small room, about twelve feet square against the south wall, feet towards the west stretching al most across the apartment from side to side. Candles were burning at He Knew what lie Wanted. The Cincinnati Enquirer tells the following : He came into the office of a West End undertaker yester day with a look of great care on his honest face. His eyes were heavy and slightly blood-shot, telling of nightly vigils and loss of sleep. His hair was unkept and shaggy. The soft-hearted man of coffins looked upon his visitor with a gaze full of the head and foot, and sides of the pity and thankfulness pity for his corpse, which was covered with a black pall, with a large white cross on the breast and crosses in the corners of the cloth. The father of the giant, who is sixty-five years of age, probably older, is a large man. When at his best he stood over six feet in his stockings, though he is now a little customer'; Joas and thankfulness for his patronage. He wasso young to be burdened with the loss of a dear one by death. The manufacturer of burial cases nodded a silent assent and condol ing recognition ; the young man from the country said : 44 How d'ye?" Then ensued a painful si- bent. The mother is not a large lence broken at length by the man woman, being not above the me- of grave business. , " Can I do anything for you to day, sir?" " Wall I reckin' so stranger !" Another silence. Once more the undertaker began by suggesting: Your sister ?" Young man stared a moment, dium size for the sex. She is near ly her husband's aere. Both the old to the title of dowager, but should r,edDle are in srood health, and seem be addressed as Mary, Countess of vigorous for their years. Including Brighton. It is a very common the giant, they have had born to saying that a woman may rise in them five sons and three daughters. ranir, out can never lose what she One son only is alive. Some of the has once possessed ; but, like many children were undersize. Only one then, as light gradually broke upon Citf Government. Mayor John C. Gorman. Comuiissioners-jE'afem Ward II. M. Miller, I). L. Royster, Stewart Ellison Middle Ward John C. Palmer, W. C, Stronaeh, J. C. R. Little. Western Ward Win. W. White, John R. O'Neill, J. II. Jones. Treasurer John Nichols. Clerk and Collector Francis M. Sor rell. Chief Police James C. King. POETRY. 1 1 M-r . .- M. P.. ( ul .cpr ; resi. Kliz. ii. . : i i t 1 1 Moii. ay in April ...! : .i.e.-. i ;. i k.i ..-I. V'.. l inker ; rei., Newbern. Monday after the ii ili Mon, lay in April and October. . rk. Win. Uirkins; resi., Wilming- M ii-nh i!, J. R. Hill, ollice, Raleigh. Iitri. t Attorney, Richard C. R.idger; A-ixUnt, W. H. Young, Oxford. . s. ciRCCIT COl'RT WESTERN DIST !l. I.. Rond.l'.S. Circuit Court Judge, i '..iltiinore, Md. Robert P. Dick, U. S. District Judge, W . -tt rn District ; resi., Greensboro. io'bcrt M. Douglas, U. S. Marshal; "ice, Greensboro. irciiit and District Courts in the U .M.-ni District are held at the same nil'. ireensloro, first Monday in April m I (Vtolier. '!crk, John W. Payne; rei., Greens- " i"i i. vut-s ill, third Monday in April and ' ' '."!or. 'ltrk, Henry C. Cowles; resi., States- Asi.t'ville.first Monday after the fourth M 'lt.l.iv in April and October. '!rk, . R. Hampton; resi., Ashe- Vilc. Vir-ilS. Lusk, U. S. District Attor b. v : residence, Ashevllle. Assistant, W. S. Ball, Greensboro. I iiiicd Mate Internal ICeveniie. I. J. Young.QolIector Fourth District, ! ' Raleigh. W. Perry, Supervisor Candinas, A.-., oili.-o, Raleigh. ' is trle Perry,. Assistant Supervisor, Ii 1 1 , -1 i . .Mint. 1:' inch Mint oi the L. S. at Charlotte. -veriniient of Xortb Carolina KXKPL'TIVK DEPARTMENT. ' 'mi H. Rrogdcu.of Wayne, Governor. ' " R. Neathery, Private Secretary. ' I". A nu field, of Iredell, Lieutenant ' oermr, and President of the Senate. W. 1 1 . l i,,x erton, of Rowan, See. of State. !ai,I A. Jenkins, of Gaston, Treasurer. A. D. Jenkins, Teller. b- nald W. Ruin, Chief Clerk. "lm Reilly, of Cumberland, Auditor. Wni. P. Wetherell, Chief Clerk. y D. Po,d, of Craven, Supt. of Public Instruct ion. Ini c Gorman, of Wake Adj. Gcn'ral. I I.. Hargrove, uf Granville, Att. Gen. (. Kerr, Mecklenburg, State Geolo gist. .. - 'n". R. Purnell, of Forsythe, Libra'n. u, ryM. Miller, ol Wake, Keeper of Capitol. ooVERNOR's COL'KCIU I We Swretary ol State, Treasurer, Auditor and Supt. of Public Instruefn. ntitutIon. The I'niversity of North Carolina is l ( ha1 Hill. The Institution for the "ear and Dumb and the Blind ; the In ane Asylum and the State Penitentiary ar at Ralegh. Change. Think not when the morn is lightest, And the rising sun is brightest, Ijong the smiling hour will stay Tempest loud And thunder cloud Come in the sweetest summer day ! 4 . Deem not, when the winter torrents Swell the misty mountain currents, That the skies will lower for aye Stormy showers Rring sweet flowers, And tho sun will smile the rain awaj- ! So when life is dark and glooming, Or when joy is brightly blooming, Hope nor fear a long delay Smile or sigh. The hours go by, And soon will Hit thy life away ! "I lien fear not thou the darkest hours, Nor spare to pluck the sweetest flowers, Nor trust the feast, nor dread the fray Or lost or won, Life soon is done, And dies in the dawn of a brighter day ! My Creed. Whether the tempests lull or blow. Whether the currents ebb or flow, Whether the future smile or no, Whether the harvests blight or grow, Whether the years are swift or slow, In days of joy or days of woe, In fortune high or fortune low, This be my creed for friend or foe Gather the roses as you go. MISCELLANEOUS. Hoard or rklocAtlon. Common Krrors in Titles. There are many persons who seem incapable of learning thatit is incor rect, in speaking of an earl's, mar quis', or duke's daughter, to omit her christian name. They must know that she is habitually styled Lady Clara Vere; yet often they persist in calling her Lady Vere, as if she were a peeress or a baronet's wife, instead of a lady in her own right. Another equally common blunder is to speak of a baronet's wife as Lady Emma Jones; if for purposes of identification it is ne cessary to mention her christian name at all, it should be as Emma Lady Jones, as nothing but being the daughter of a peer higher in rank than a viscount gives the right to be called Lady Emma Jones, etc. Again, it is impossible to persuade some people that it is the sons of dukes and marquises only who are called lords ; they persist in imag ining that, because earl's daughters are styled lad it is impossible that their younger' brothers should be only lion. Mr. Veres. Novelists often fall into the most ludicrous blunders by writing titles which they have not studied ; they imag ine very often that, because an earl's eldest son Is often a viscount, a viscount's eldest son must neces sarily be a baron, never having ta ken the pains to discover that in no case can he aspire to a higher title than honorable ; and they distrib ute other titles in a similarly reck less fashion. We have a vivid recollection of a novel, though we forget its name, wherein an earl's daughter, Lady Caroline Somebody, married to a common sayings, this, though the general rule, is not strictly accu rate. A duke's daughter takes prce- dence far before the wife of a baron. Yet if she marry a barori who is a peer in his own right (not merely a (a son) attained the size of the fath- his perplexed mind, he smiled a er, except the giant, who exceeded J smile more suggestive of sorrow the growth of the parent by nearly than happiness, and replied : two feet. Bait. Sun, Feb. 21th. Albert Pike, the Unique. Arthur McArthur. .Tude'e of the title of courtesy such are as borne s,lnremft Court of the Disrtint of by peers' eldest sons,) she at once, Columbia, crave me an account of on becoming his wife, loses her own Pike iasfc Summer. Said he: "I rank, ana nas no precedence, save heard of Albert Pike as being an that of her husband. We do not Indian, or Texan Ranger, or some- think it necessary to enter into in- thing. lie came to our court and tricate questions of exact rank and stood up there like Moses or some precedence, but have merely touch- patriarch. His long gray hair, in ed on a few points on which error ringlets, fell down his back and is frequent. If some persons, who shoulders. He stood between six are very fond of talking about the and seven feet high, and stout in proceedings of lords and ladies, Droportion, weighing, I should only knew how very clearly a mis- think, three hundred to four hun- have it lined with white satin, I tolrn ottrtV, raa llrt-j- rf T -w7 T .. 1 -1 l A ll. -f it,,, 4? cm rrrda P" icicv, oulii j.j lamuig Ul JLJitUV VC1U Urt?U UOUIIUS. lUUlv Ul IIIU JIUII- "Jru for Lady Clara .yereorof.LadyJ tiersmant the, poet, and the lawyer Julia Thompson for JUulyhmrlBeemed4aaixediaJiia, lace, with a son, testineci to tne better instruct- type of something heathen and an ed among their hearers, that their tique. He.had a big bandana hand- assumed acquaintance with the ar- kerchief in his fist, clenched into a stranger, just put a bully top to't." istocracy was utterly imaginary, little ball. ' Ever and anon he drew " Oh, of course ; and you'll want they would probably be more care- this across his nose, and then seized a glass in it, also, I suppose?" iui to Know wnattney were talking it in his fist again. Ana then he " x-a-a-s un ! certainly you rolled off law and learning, solemn oet. uit ner up sniptious, you and right on the line of his argu- know, old fellow. None of your 44 No my wife." 44 Sudden ?" 44 No expected su'thun' of the kind for several months." 44 When did it happen?" 44 'Bout 4 o'clock this morning." 44 Looks natural ?" 44 Rather." (Spoken carefully, and expressive of some doubt.) 44 About what do you want the cost of it to be?" 44 Don't care a durnation for ex penses ; git it up kinaer nice. I'll treat her handsum, 'cause she is the first one I ever had." 44 Very well, my fiiend; you'll Morals iu Business. Another fault of morals in busi ness, is taking advantage of mis takes. For example, change is being made for, and the man gives you back not only all you gave him, but a little more, as well as the article you have taken. You pocket the money, and say, 44 I am not bound to do business for him and myself, too. It is his lookout. I am not responsible for his blunders." Now I want to know if that is honest? And yeVare' there not some men here who have done it, and know it, and have never made reparation? I know men, who, I suppose, you could not bribe to join a band of counterfeiters, and make plates, and produce bogus money, and circulate it, but who, if they are riding down town at night, and have a bad bill put on them, say, 44 1 cannot afford to have it lie on my hands," and shove it along, having no conscience in the matter. How many men are there that, when they get hold of a bad bill, do not have a sort of im pulse to get rid of it, without stop ping to consider what the moral character of such an act is ? AS I heard the brook Ik-lincd House, wo little boys down by to-day, talking about their fathers' houses, and boasting how grand they were. Johnny said his house had a velvet carpet in the parlor, ancj laeecurtains at the win dows. Willie said his house had splendid lass chandeliers, that sparkled like diamonds; and. the walls were beautifully painted. I thought Ij would like to tell them about a house very much more won derful than those they lived in, be cause it is jbuilded by asmall insect. This house is made by a kind of spider that lives iu California, and is called the , mason-spider. ; Ills house is very marvelous for such a little fellow to make all by himself, without any hammer, or saw, or trowel, or axe, or nails, or plaster, or any such things as men use iu building ; and yet his mansion is lit for a little queen ; for it is lined throughout with, white silk j This spider's house Is nearly as large as a hen's egg, and is built of a sort of red clay, almost asj hand some as trie brown stone they are so proud of in New York city. It Is Because you have a bad bill put cylindrical in shape. The i opens on you is no reason why you should put it on somebody else. And though a man does not make bad bills, if he lets one go out of his hands deliberately, he is a counter feiter in the sight of God. Some with a little trap-door, which is fastened wth a hinge, and shuts of itself. The door and inside ao lined with the most delicato white silk, finer than tho costliest drfes ever worn by a lady,' house In men say, 44 1 was very uncertain Mr. Snider builds his about it ; some days I thought it some crevjee, or bores a cylindrical was counterfeit, and other days I hole in the clay'; so that all! is con- mougnt it was not ; anu on one oi cealed from view except this tiny uiue uya wnen x muugut in was tran-door. When iq sees any cne 44 Jest as you say, stranger." , 44 Silver-headed screws, too, suppose ?" 44 Y-a-a-ss, I s'pose so. An' about. Historical Record. Death of a Giant Sketch of Remarkable Man. Mr. James Murphy, Jr., a giant, who has been keeping a restaurant at 151 South Chester street, on Fell's dratted one-hoss fixins for me. No siree." 44 Just course ?" 44 Eh? stranger- so. Silver handles, of What's that you say, silver handlas? Oh ! durn ment, as practical as could be ; but his illustrations and quotations were rare and unusual. I was astonish ed." Albert Pike is a man history has Point, in this city, for a year or two stepped over. There is no man in past, died early yesterday morning the world of so many sides to his it now, won't that be pilin' it on of a bronchial affection or consump- character, and so plain withal. He too hefty like ? I kin stand silver tion. Mr. Murphy was born in was born at Newburyport, Mass., screws ; and sich, but ther's no use Waterford. Ireland, and was there- the son of a shoemaker. A willful, makin' the hull tarnation trap of t i fore a full-blooded Irish giant, and poetical spirit took him to Mexico, silver. The thing has to be moved, a large one, standing nearly eight and he returned in a pack-train as a and must have handles, but I ain't feet in his stockings. He was thir- mule-driver from Chihuahua to quite so stuck up as thet now not ty-three years of age and unmar- Fort Smith. Settling down in a quite, stranger." ried. Some months aero, when he Drintinsr-office at Little Rock, he be- 44 Very well," acquiesced the tj w i a - i - was in oomnarativelv cood health, came an editor, lawyer, and chief of man of obsequies. 44 I'll put or j 1 i as i i not counterfeit, I passed it!" Now, if it was a mere question of a dol lar, of five dollars, or of ten dollars, it might be a matter of amusement; but it is a question of manhood. my approaching, he runs quickly to his silk-lihed house, swings open the little tldor,' goes' in, andl as the door shuts; tightly after him, holds it firmly by placing his claws; in two Back of all that money, is your rmordno- in thn wliitP-silk- lining of . i 1 1 ... ... i w ' J - -" - - i ii- ,1 i : -, - i : i.. I . . .. uuui, yuui uuvnty, yum Luuiuniy, the door, just large cnougn toaumit your honor, anu trustworthiness; and that ought to be a matter above dollars and cents to you. If you take in a counterfeit bill, do not wait to let the devTT 'tempt you twice; burn it. That ends it. Beech er. he weighed 351 pounds. He had the Whig party, which he led with weighed more when his health was unflinching consistency through better. He had been in this coun try twenty-four yeara, had been brought here by his father and mother, who still live at the house on Chester street. The giant travel- perpetual minority down to the civil war, fighting meantime in the Mexican war, and doing the Gov- ernment business of the Cherokees. He became rich and celebrated. ed three years with Barnum as one Quarreling with Jefferson Davis of the great living curiosities of the soon after the rebellion began, he world. In his professional career withdrew from the contest, and at he visited every part of this coun- the close was poor. He removed to ry, from Maine to California and Washington about 1867, and opened the extreme South. After termina ting his engagement with Barnum he giant traveled with a circus, where he contracted the bronchial disease which finally ended his life. a law-office with Robert Johnson, Ex-Senator, the nephew of Vice President Johnson. His home is at Alexandria, where, with a vivacious and intelligent daughter, Pike When in good health he had a spends his time in a large library, resh, pleasant face, as all large containing perhaps five thousand men, and particularly all giants, ex cept those of the story books and nursery tales, was as amiable as he was great in stature. He had a very youthful expression of coun tenance, coal black hair, and his hands were so large that one of them could cover the largest head of an ordinary man, just as an or dinary hand would cover an orange. His feet were not so large propor tionately as the hands, but beside an ordinary shoe one of his shoes would seem to be a sufficient habi tation for 44 the old woman," of the story book, who 44 had so many children she did not know what to do." When the undertaker came to measure the dead giant for his cof fin it was found that the deceased was full eight feet long. Surely the measure of a man is correctly known when he is dead. The cof fin will be nearly 8 feet long. The body was visited by hun dreds of people yesterday, the giant being well known on Fell's Point, where he was justly esteemed for his amiability, especially bythe children, who after the first shrink ing, generally liked to le taken in volumes, elegantly rebound the collections of a lifetime. His taste for books extends to their covering, and he has a passion for elegant printing in common and colored ink, all his own volumes on Mason ry and Hindoo philosophy being produced in this way by his ama teur disciples. Fine swords, dueling pistols which he has used on the field, a collection of elaborate pipes, which he smokes pretty much all the time, and strange things of vir tu, are parts cf his surroundings. His poems have been collected and reissued, within the past two years, and he has written a series qf books on Masonry, which, queerly enough, have carried him from his appa rently trivial theme back t medi aeval Jewish and finally Sanscrit Masonry, as he believes. Not being a Mason, I am only aware that, either as a poet or a scholar, Pike has traced the germs of Masonry be yond the vestibule of history. He is a Sanscrit scholar, and has com posed some abstruse treatise, now undergoing publication in London, which is spoken of with expectancy by his friends. Letter in Nexc York Graphic. dinary handles to it, then ?" 44 Eggs-actly them's 'em, mister; now yer talkin'. Or'nary handles '11 do. But, I say, stranger (reflec tively,) make the wheels glisten like thunder." 44 Wh-wh- wheels!" 44 Yas, wheels. What's ther mat ter with you, anyhow ?" 44 But who ever heard of wheels to acoftln?" 44 Coffin !" shrieked the dejected- lookingyoungman. 44 Coffin ! Now, who in the dickens said anything about coffins?" 44 Why don't you want a coffin?" 44 Ne-o ! darn your coffin I I want a cradle a trap to rock my new baby in." X. IIVA loll If J wui f 1 1 J vtctvt 44 Not by a jugful. Don't you make cradles for sale ?" 44 No, my friend, I am an under taker." 44 Undertaker of what ?" 41 1 make coffins." 44 Oh, Lord, let me ketch the fel ler that sent me here !" And the grief stricken youth crammed his hat over his eyes, ran his hands deep down in the pock ets of his trouserloons, and pounced out on the street searching for vengeance. Snipe on Toast. A sojourner in a large city, who is at the mercy of restaurants where you are treated with a big bill of fare, and very little food on your plate, thus hits it off: Snipe on toast would be almost too hearty food to feed people on who had been floating on a raft three weeks, feeding on old boot legs. Says I to the waiter: 44 Give me snipe on toast." By-and-by he came in and put down some toast, and I kept on reading about what a donkey a pol itician was, and what a ridiculous set every one is who is running for office ; and I sat there for an hour. Then I rang the gong. The waiter entered, and says 1 : 44 Where in thunder is my meat?" Says he: 44 They've been on the table more than an hour." Says I, 44 1 didn't order plain toast, I want a snipe on it." Says he, 44 There is a snipe on it." Then I drew close up to the table, his little hands or feet, whichever you choose to call them ; and here, nestled In this luxurious retreat, he bids defiance to all intruders!. ' : I heard all about this from a gen tleman who had been to California, and had brought home one Of these silk-lined house?. He was showing it to somcj children as they were walking near tne. I wish ypu all could have seen it. From f 4 "Ji tck- in-the-Pulpit." St. Mehotft for March. ! Colorado Springs Letter, Janhary 2i, to the afedina (Ohio) Gazette. A Railway Train Capsized by the Wind Three Tinles. I undertook to go down to Pu ebla. When about five miles out the whole 'train was cajwizetl ex cept the engine, including Coaches, the baggage and mail care, and the tender. No one was hurt! The conductor got the passengers In the rear coach,: and as many a3 possible on the side! ( next the wind, j When we got down the valley ,'whero tho wind had a fair, broadside sweep af us, we again tipped over. Tne con ductor was standing beside rne, white as a sheet, and wanted fo know what was best to do. lad vised him to stop before creasing a bridge which was Just ahead, the ,1 t ,Minu i,0.f,a longest one on the road; If wJ didn't and I saw a little black speck on the fa i , , uii. blow over we would probablyjump toast. . . . , . . it . I , ,i tne iracKjiqrine wneeis werujjnnu- Says I, 44 You'll swear that's a snipe?" Says he, 44 Yres." Says I, 44 You'd make a good lin en-buyer, you would." ing on the side of the rail, as if we were turning a sharp curve. He pulled the 1 bell-rope, the engineer put on tho steam-brakes, and Just piling i- . Iift t I fj cm rirt Tl fA.lfitr O Tl X.. I 4 7 " 1 " I OT.-n nmrviAi swtilTrori ra mm m iijcru, Yuiuci vi", fc"S"lv t Self-respect is the noblest gar ment with which a man may clothe himself the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspir ed. One of Pythagoras' wisest maxims, in his golden verses, is that which enjoins the pupil to rev erence himself. Samuel Smiles. how." Says 1, 44 How did it get on ?" Says he, 44 That snipe is all right. It's a full-sized one, too." . Says 1, 44 I'm glad of it. I'm glad cushions, and everything together. For a moment there was jqiilte a scrambling: and rattling pfj glass. About all the'damagedone was the breaking of the windows on the up- , , . I per side of the cars, rneiconductor for do you know, young man, when r, r , . . . ..Ji. I sat out there reading I saw a black speck on that toast, but I took it for a fly, and I'm glad to be informed that it's a snipe a full-sized snipe. Now you can take that snipe away and bring me a turkey on toast. I want a full-sized turkey, too." I hain't hankered after snipe since that episode. I could have blown that snipe throug'i a putty-blower without hurting the snipe, or the putty-blower, either. Snipe on toast may be game, but it's mean game. and I walked back to met tho freight train which was following. It took us back to the Springs', where we waited till tho wind moderated; then took a coach down and brought the passengers back. ; Some df them were among those- who had ; been snowed in i ten days on the kansas' Pacific road. They thought being blowed oft the track was notj so mo notonous as lying iq a snow-drift. A little boy who was nearly starved by a stingy uncle (his guard ian), with whom he lived, meeting a lank grey hound onedayjnthe street, was asked by his guardian what made the dog so thin. After reflecting, the little fellow replied, 44 1 suppose he lives with his uncle." The divine wrath of Achilles wasn't a circumstance to that of the Utica man, who, after a rapid run j to the depot to catch the Atlantic express for New York, succeeded in getting on board a coach which was being switched on a side track, and only found his mistake when the brakeman came in to put out the lights. , k One day. Justas aaEnglish officer - mm j had arrived at Vienna, the em press, knowing that he had seen a certain princess, much" celebrated for hqr beauty, asked him if it was really true that she was ihejnost beautiful woman he had ever seen? "I thought so yesterday " was the re ply..; - ' " You'd belter look oat for your hoss' feet above here, mister," said a ragged boy to a traveler. 4 Mrs. Partington thinks that the said the traveler, nervously grocers ought to hire a music teach- up. ?" 'Cos, ther's ufork in the road er to teach them the scales correctly. I there," was the candid rejm' Why?" pulling
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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