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Pract ces In the Superior, Supreme, and Fed erai courts. nsJ Prompt attention to Collectio U IX BORNE, j ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Winton, N. O. Practices In Hertford and adjoining counties. Coliecuons made in any part of North Caro lina, 0 a: H 91 x H : b I z ! H C' F. CAMPBEIX, r?- littEJUUEESBOEO. H a u ',; -THE OLD CAIiOr. ' ii . n ! " " Hie eurrentlesa waters aire dead and still But tLe light wln43 jay with the boat at wilt i And lazily iA'and out again, . It llpata the length its rusty chain. , r,t L ke thie weary march tf the hands of time That meet end part at the noontide c imrre 'Xndrfhe eH re iliissed at each torn aneirV By the dipping bpirof the old canoe.J --SjaHu. O many a time with careless hand. I have pushed it away from the pebbly strand. And paddled it down where "the streams rruii- Wherethcwbir's" are wide and the eddies : are And TJl?hM as. I, leaned lihfOcila - aide, , And looked be low in the broken tide. i To see that the boats and faces were two, That were mirrored back from the old canoe. But now, as I lean oyer the crumbling Bide, And look below in the ejnggish tide, The fa e that I see is graver grown, And the langh that I hear has a sober tone. And the hands that lent to the light skiff wings, i Have grown famil ar w th sterner things ; But I love to think of the hours that flew, As I rocked where the whirls their wild spray . threw, ' 1 ; Ere the blossoms waved or .the green grass grew O'er the mouldering stern of the old canoe. The Next Neighbor. Alice, my dear, will you watch the' baby for a few moments, while I fun over to Mrs. Clark's?" said Mrs. Belmaz to her j daughter, who sat rocking a fretful baby, and trying to read a little now and then, but with poor success. "Yes, mother." Q Mrs. Belmaz, throwing a light shawl over her shoulders, went across the street to the home of Mrs. Clark, her most inti mate friend,; to hear the latest news. "Why, rood morning," said Mrs. Clark, wh6 was out in the yard gathering flowers. "Come in the house. I was just wishing you would come over. I wanted to come over to your house this morning, but I am baking bread and could not leave it." The two sat down in the cosy little sit-ting-room to have a morning chat. "Well," said Mrs. Clark, "do tell me who is moving in the little house on the corner." i fThat little house! Why, I did not know it was occupied, ".said Mrs. Belmaz. Yes, Mrs. Smith's hired girl was over this! morning to borrow some coffee (and, by ihe way, they have borrowed something or other every day of this week, and this is Saturday), and she was telling me that they hnr! hpn rAmrtinfr out bv the river, iust like evDsies and as the weather is getting so S cold thev have moved into town: ana sucn furniture as I saw geing there ! And only think of it; they only had one load! But perhaps they have seen better days, for the occupants themselves are quite respectable looking people." This themeroved so interesting that the ladies discussed it for some time. "Dear me! X must; go home," said Mrs. Belmaz, rising at last. "It is half past fileven o'clock, and I havs pies and bread 1 to bake for dinner, and poor little Fred is teething, and I told Alice I would not stay but; a moment. Let me know if you hear anything more about the new neighbors." Alice, in the meanwhile, had got teething xreuoy to steep oy wauuug nw mm him. . 44Whv. Alice, my dear, said the mother, "we have some new neighbors in that little house on the earner." 'Yes, mother, so have heard. Mary Mdrdaunt called while you were gone, and told me all about them.. She asked me very sarcastically if I intended to "call." "Pride must have a fall, and Mary Mor daunt will find it out some day. If they are respectable I shall go to see them. Did you learn their name?" : "Yes, mamma; it is quite a pretty name Halloway. There is Mr. and Mrs. Hal loway and their daughter, Pearl, who, she says, is a perfect beauty; and then there is a son who lives at a distance. It is too bad they are in such reduced circumstances, but I intend to go and see them, anyway." In a remarkably short space of time Mrs. Belmaz had her pies and biscuit made, and the table was set for dinner when Mr. Bel maz came in. She kept no servants, for she would not, she said, do as some others did, spend! half their husband's wages to pay a servant, just because they were too lazy and proud to work themselves. Mr. Belmaz. was a carpenter, and, on account of his superior workmanship and excellent taste, he had been employed to execute the fine work of an elegant new house that was being finished out in the suburbs of the city. It was a large stone front, and - had excited the fancy and curiosity of the citizens, as it was not known definitely ' who was the owner of it. The agent of a wealthy gen tleman from New York City was superin tending the building. t This gentleman, was none other than Mr. Halloway. p He had been traveling a year for the benefit of his and his wife's health, and stopping for "a few days in the quiet city of S i they became delighted with the beautiful scenery , and invigorating c i mate, and decided to live there. Sending for his private agent, the work of building a suitable residence was commenced imme diately. Not wishing to have it known that the hew house was his, Mr. Halloway enjoined secrecy on his agent. They sent for several; of 1 their relatives and friends, and concluded to camp out until their house was finished, but, being overtaken by cold weather, decided to temporarily occupy the "little house. ' v:?; ':'.. :! : ' ;'.;- ,.'r-- j, 4Mother,n said Pearl Halloway a day or two after they had moved, "I wonder if any of the neighbors will call on us. May be they are too aristocratic to do so, for we have not made much of an appearance." "If they do it will b some one who cones for ur trua worth and aot our 'p- TTollrturou. ' i I ' "JUT dear Said JklT. J5elpia7 0 PIS Wile tlvenink!!Jl thinlHyx better aU on oar new neighbors ixrlhe Uttleit?. ' One eYening shortly after his arrXTal houser a thec0raer.iXou f say that Mrs. Clark, and Mrs. Smith are notirigf'bcatise, the ne people ar sb poor jf i but HtVill do : 4Yes,-". chimed in the sweet Voice-; or Alice. 4I' met their daughter 1 Pearl, ?the t other Hay arid fibe isspsweet looking I just fell m love with her. Ai aeciarea men and there that I would know her "before a week;"";;: r .rf I f rt ' I , ' 'They did' not, come out of curiosity, I know." said Pearl. Hallowarew aeirward7as Mrs. Belmaz and Alice de- "No, indeed, I don't think they did," replied her mother. "I admire Mrs. Bel maz very much, and I advise you to become better acquainted with her daughter, Alice ; she seems to be such a sweet girl." ! TTes, indeed, I will I I know we shall be excellent friends." "Why, I see you have called on your neighbors in that little house, " said Mrs. Smith to Mrs. Belmaz a few 'days after. "What kind of people are they ? I did not like their appearance a bit, and they are in very reduced circumstances, are they not? I am always very particular about whom I co to see. but some neoDle are not at all ; particular." 1 "Well," replied Mrs. Belmaz, "I never met people whom I liked so well in so short , an acquaintance, I advise you do go and see them." I 1 I "No, hot I! But I wish' you much joy in your new acquaintance, and I will go to see them as ari act of chanty it they are m need of anvthinff. for then I should consider i it my duty. Well, good-by," and she de- parted to report, to Mrs. Clark and the rest of the neighbors." j ! Three weeks passed, and by that time i Alice Belmaz and Pearl Halloway were fast j friends, as were their mothers. Of the i neighbors none of the rest called, and many were the light remarks made in the hearing of Alice and her mother. One bright autumn morning Pearl Hallo way came for Alice to take a walk. "As it is nice walking, let us go out to that new house in the suburbs," said the latter. j j "Yes, that is just where I wanted to go, for I have not seen it since it has been fin ished, and we are to move in next week." "Why, are you going to live there? I thought a gentleman from New York owned it. You surely are jesting!" No, I am not. But you are right the owner is a wealthy gentleman from New York, for that is papa. We kept) it secret just for the fun of it; I thought it would be so nice to play we were very poor people, to see if the neighbors would come and see us. You and your dear mother were the only ones who were not too proud to come. x nave someuuug ciao iu jvu, v, as soon as we are settled in the new house I am going to be married, and I want you to be first bridesmaid; a cousin of mamma's, Rena Clyde, is to be second, and brother Willard is to be first groomsman. Alice, dear, don't tell any one except your mother; I am afraid if the neighbors knew this our house would be filled with callers." "Oh, no, I won't. But why did you not tell me before ? Although I would not have loved you any better if I thought -you were a princess?" The respected females in that aristocratic neighborhood were surprised to see a hand some carriage drive up to the gate of the insignificant little house, and Mr. and Mrs. Halloway depart in it, while Pearl went in another with a distinguished looking gentle man. But their surprise was still greater when they did not return. You may ima gine their chagrin when they heard the whole story. There were over a hundred invitations to the wedding sent to a distance, but the Bel maz family and a few others were the only ones of that town that were there. The affair far surpassed anything that had ever taken place before in that locality. ; Pearl Halloway is very proud of her noble-looking husband, Clement Vpbrley, while Alice Belmaz is beginning to think more of Willard Halloway than she does of Pearl, although she will not own it. All the girls pattern after her now, and poor neighbors are never neglected, even if they do live in a small house. Iiir They Get Beady lor Dinner. "My dear, said Miss . Clara Morris to Mr. Clara Morris, at the Palmer House the other day, are you quite ready for din ner?" - 44 Awfully quite, my love." , , , "Have you laid out the paste diamonds for the chambermaid to steal?" H, 4 4 Yes, ducky." "And written the usual note to the Chief of Police ready for mailing?" ."Everything regular, my pet." "And ; ordered a nice, gentle horse to run away with me to-morrow?", 44 Yes, dear." , ; "And sent those", marked copies of the moxa operation to the Sunday papers ? " ' "Certainly.' I I V U- . 44 And did you tell that reporter '-I intend ed, to buy a $200,000 banana , plantation somewhere? . r i : j 4 4 All attended to, sweetest." u.y, 44 Then let us look unhappy and go down." i i Advertising Cheat. ;. It has become so common to write the beginning of an elegant, interesting article and then ran it into some adver tisement that we avoid all .such ; cheat and simply call attention to the merits of Hop Bitters in as plain honest term? as possible, to lnduca people 'to give them one trial, as no one who knows their value will ever use anything else! Never appear to notice scar, defor- m ity or defect of any one present. j; J iwsv. jj.lt. ( gravis wu rpcenuy. uawine of the Episcopal- church Car- iocial was given at the church for the pnr- fprse of giviug the members an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the .new pas tor. "Two of the oldest and most respecta tli pillars' bf thr 'sanctuary entered the 1 pes tor s study a cozy littte room; where s fir wasi brightty buxhing-rand found, a dozen i genilemenQunging .around in ; easy aUtudes and smoking. As Ir. Davis was known to be a western man and liberal, the Wirs 'didn't shock "the ' brethren much. ftxj Were4ntroducedi and rather stared at Mr. Davis, a very unclerial looking gentle man, with a dropping black mustache, and a somewhat rakish air. "I'm glad you've come among us, brother Davis," said one of the old gentlemen,. po litely. ' '; "Thankee," replied his reverence, affa bly, "It is a pretty good layout, I reckon." The old man gasped, but managed to say hthat he hoped the church would prosper under his administrations 4 4 Well," responded the clergyman, with cheerful confidence, 4 4 I'll give the boys a cattle, and do what I can to . drive in a few gospel stakes. Is it a pretty good crowd for business?" Both the horrified brethren stared speechless at the pastor. Seeing that they failed to comprehend, the gentleman kindly explained: - : 4 4 Oh, you don't tumble to the racket. What I mean is,, will you church fellows stand in when I peei and go for the sin ners?" 4 Finally, murmuring something about be ing always willing to assist in the Lord's work, the brethren were staggering out, when their new pastor stopped them with; 44 Isn't this rather a dusty style of treat ing a fellow? Can't you trot out suthin' to wet one's whistle?" They fled after one sacred look at one another, and were rushing from the church when another brother hailed them and said he wanted to introduce them to the new pastor. "We've seen him," groaned one, . "Where?" 4 4 In the study, in a cloud of tobacco smoke.' 4 -Impossible. He's in the vestry, and a very nice old gentleman he is. " "And who is the other Mr. Davis the young man in the study?" asked the re lieved brethren when they had shaken hands with a wholly acceptable and entire lo respectable Mr. David. The good old gentleman chuckled and replied : 4 4 My son, Sam, doubtless Is was indeed he he with the plate ef strawberries mark on his stomach. Mrs. Brown's Husband. Mr. Mills, the minister, was a stranger in the town, and when he was called .upon to visit Mrs. Brown, who had just lost her husband, and to console her, he went around to see Deacon Wilt, so that he could post himself about the situation. , 4 'I understand you to say," said Mr. Mills, 4that Mrs. Brown has been married three times? or was it fourf "I say." replied the Deacon, 4that she was Mr. Brown s third wife, while he was her fifth husband. But she was the fourth wife of her second husband, and the second wife of her first, so that she 7 4 'Let me see, ' said the. parson, 4 'the second wife of the first and.the well, then, hree and five are eight, and four are twelve and two are fourteen if I get the hang of the thing, Mrs. Brown has been married fourteen times, and Mr. Brown was her" "No, you don t understand. Brown was only her fifth husband." M "Oh, her fifth, liut you said sne was the fourth wife of her second husband, and she had three more, so that four and three are seven she must have had seven hus bands, and where are the other two?" . "Why don t you see? tier second hus band was married three times before he met her. She had been married once " . j "How could she be married only once wiien he was her second husband?" 4 'Only once before she met him, and when she married him she was his fourth wife, so that he had had four wives, she had only " "Is this Brown you are speaking of f "No, no! Brown was her fifth. He had been married twice before. " Her second husband had?'; "I mean Brown, of course. Let me ex plain. Mrs. Brown, say, married John, Thomas, Jacob, William and Henry. And Thomas married - Lulu, Mary, Hannah and Susan" "Before he married Mrs. Brown or ( af ter?" : - ' - ' 4 'Before. Well, then, Brown married Emma and Matilda, and John married Ag nes. Agnes died and John married Mrs. Brownr Then John died and Lulu, Mary, Hannah and Susan died, and then Thomas married Mrs. Brown. Then Thomas died, Jacob's wife died, and Jacob married Mrs. Brown. Then Jacob died and William s wife died, and William annexed MrayBrowh. When William died Emma and Matilda died, and then Brown married Mrs. Brown Evervbodv came to Mrs; Brown, you seel 44I see. ' said Mr. Mills, "i ininK a grasp the facts. Til go right around to see her." i iMrs. Brown was at home. . And after alluding to the . weather and one or two other topics, Mr. Mills said: . , . "I am deeply grieved, Mrs. Brown, to hear of your bereavement. It must be very, very terrible, even for a person who is so used to it. "So used to it ! What do you sir?" - ; i - ; ' ' - mean, 4 Why. I merely meant to suggest that pxnerience !- cannot reconcile us to those afflictions. But there is this consolation; dear madam time dulls the edge or our bitterest erief. You weDt for John as if you could not be comforted; but you see 1 VJ ohn I l do not understand you, sir. 44You wept for John, but Thomas came. k YYJien Thomas was taken you thought your self J utterly inconsolable ; but" there was Jacob he brought: new joy - When Jacob was wafted to a better land your heart was' nearly broken, . but William healed the wounds; and when William drifted off into the unknown, Henry assuaged your grief.: Perhaps there are other Henrys, Williams and Thomases to whom this blessed duty will fall again.. Perhaps ".. l "You are talking very strangely,, sir," said Mrs. Brown. . , 4Oh no ;T merely say that now that John, and Thomas and Jacob, and William, and Henry have been called away to join Susan, and Hannah, and Agnes, and, Matilda, and Emma, and Lulu, and Mary ,ajid .therest, there Is some" hope thatthat WhyVMrs. Bnvsvn, what on earth is the matter?" Mrs. Brown flew out of the room' without replying, and Mr. Mills, filled with amaze ment, went around to ask Deacon Wilt to explain the mystery. "I was merely telling her," he said, "that Brown had followed John,-and Thomas, and Matilda, and the others into a better world, when she -" "Good gracious!" shrieked the deacon; 4 'you didn't allude to her dead husbands and their wives by those names, did you ? " "Of course. You said that " "Oh, thunder, man! Why, those were only imaginary names, that I used by way of illustration. Brown's first name was Al cibiades. No wonder she was mact" Mr. Mills groaned and went home in dis may. And now Mrs. Brown has left his church and gone over to the Episcopalians. She is to be married soon, they say. Hame Facts About Sharks. The size of shark has been immensely ex aggerated, but as to the dangerous nature Of the creature there can be no manner of doubt. Ancient mariners are proneto long stories, which it is their delight to dress up and magnify. Tales are told of sharks that have reached thirty, thirty-five, forty, and even fifty feet. We may take such meas urements for what they are worth. The white shark, the most dangerous of its kind, is seldom more than ten or twelve feet from head to tail. No shark that ever yet swam could bite a man in two, or cut off his leg. The teeth of the shark, no doubt, are very terrible. I They are arranged row behind row,' and the muscles of its jaws are of - enormous strength. But they are fitted for rending and lacerating rather than for cutting or ; severing. The action is not that of the: shears, but rather of the harrow or scarifier, j A shark of ten feet, or even eight, will; seize a man by the thigh and strip the flesh; from his leer down to the heel, or, with a firm grasp of the limb and a powerful twist of its body in the water, it may possibly tear the leg out of the socket. Such an in jury, of course, is as instantly fatal as if the assailant had cut its victim in half. There is, indeed, no need to exaggerate the size of the shark; for a small shark, if hungry, is practically as dangerous as a large one. Any old fisherman knows that a dog-fish will attack a cod or a ling twice its size, and, with five or six well-directed bites, tears it to pieces. It is thus that a shark deals with a man. Following him, and descending below him, it rolls over, and mounting, with its jaws uppermost, inflicts a wound sufficiently deadly to cause instant collopse. It is the old story of the wolf at- acking the deer or -the buffalo. Indeed, the high-colored stories among sailors as to the size, strength and voracity of thesharK, do much to create a dangerous sense of sec urity When a ship is 1 swimming at an chor' in the tropics, the hands will thmK nothing ! of venturing o verboard f or a plunge, if such few sharks as are seen about are little, if at all, bigger than men; of, late at night, they will drop noiselessly over the side, and swim ashore. Their. simple faith is that unless a shark be large enough to swallow a man whole, he will not attach him; while it is also part of the forecastle creed that the shark sleeps at night. : . ") , Many a sailor has paid the penalty of his life for rashness of this kind; and the ignorance current among sailors of the shark and its Jiabit is, when we xamembar how the . brute swarms in tropical seas, something almost astonishing. . The old story of the two pilot fish which always ac company the shark, an guide him to his prey, is still gravely repeated, and as grave ly believed. It is also an article of nautical faith that the sharK knows when there is a dying man on board ship, and will follow the vessel for miles, guided by some sinis ter and almost demoniacal instinct. As a matter of f aict, there are always pilot-fish to be seen in ' the wake of a vessel, only that they are not noticed unless a shark in their company calls attention to them; while a shark-will, for reasons of his own, invaria bly follow a vessel, whether there be a sick man on it or not. - v Tlie "liurro.'' The correct way to "do" the mountains in New Mexico is to mount one of the little "burros," as the donkey of that region is called, and on the sure-footed little beast you can eo where a horse would break his neck, and yours, too, in a very aiiurt uiue. mis diminutive, useful and patient animal is driven with a stick. The rider does not bother with a bridle, but when he wishes the animal to turn to i. the, right he knocks him with his stick on the left side of his head, and vice versa a whack on the right side of the head makes your donkey feel that it is advisable for him to turn to the left. The "burro" is one of the character istic institutions of New Mexico. Although small in size, his carrying capacity is great and one of the most comical sights in .the world is to see one of these little beasts with a load of cut wood strapped on its back higher then itself and a strapping Mexican straddling the hind quarters, of the ranhnal behind the wood. It is a day's work for a Mexican to go into the hills with his bur ro, cut and pack a load of wood, and drive to town and sell the wood for a "quarter;" and on that twenty-five cents the ordinary 4 Greaser" family will make out somehow to subsist for a day. "Playing Ball" as it Used to He. y-Now: Uapproaches - the se&aori of 'smashed fingers, slashed nosesT and mashed; j eyes, j The time for ;Ited Stocking,' "Champion Nines,". Leath er Overalls,! "Bruisers,!' Carmine Probosceses," 'Blue JUoers," 'Ginger Snappers,", 'Ruby Rangers.'? and Other euphoniously named base ball clubs, has come. There was a time when base ball was fun. That time has Jong since passed away. .There are prpba- bly remote portions of. the country where tTiere w still some amusement in a game of base ball where the rus tic inhabitants, have not yet learned how awfully scientific the game has be come. There, when the striker hits the ball a good reliable whach he runs for all be isl worth. When the other fel low gets the ball he doesn't place It quietly on the base, but he -hurls it with unerring precision at the runner and knocks two dollars' worth of breath out of his body. The runner is then out. He generally goes and lies on the grass to think over matters and rub the spot where the ball hit. But balls in those days were not the globular bricks they are! now. Any boy with a little ingenuity a nd an old stocking could make a ball. A piece V)f cork or a bit of rubber, to make it 44 bounce," did to start on. Then the old stocking was unraveled and the yarn wound on this rubber basis until the ball reached prop er proportions, when It was covered with leather. The boy who owned a nice, 6oft covered ball, was a king among his - kind. Next to him came the boy with a good bat. The princi pal official In the old style of base ball was the fellow who sat on the rail of the fence and! kept tally. He cut the notches for one party on one edge of a' shingle,) and for the other party on the other edge. Sometimes a good scorer would do more for his favorite side than its best Wsman. There were no um pires in! those! days for both captains to quarrel with. When the two captains were ready to choose sldes. one tossed a ball club to the other and -i they went hand oyer hand,to the top; the last hand that held the club had the first choice of players. Sometimes a boy would Insist that his hand was last while it projected over the end of the bat.' Thiswas settled by another boy striking with anotlier bat the end of the choosing bat. If the la?t hand could st:ind the strokes it was all right, but If the hand projected a little too high it was generally withdrawn after the first blow. Those were the days when base ball was not composed of (our parts science and one of fun. Two Tilted Umbrellas. An umbrella figures In a recent Bos- ' I A. A 1 ton romance jWhicn mignt dc turmeu One'WiaterV On the 16th of Febru- ( ' . , . ..... ary, wnicn was a stormy uay, two peo ple, with umbrellas tilted forward, met in the driving storm. One was a hale and hearty gentleman of about flf- y years, and the other was a Uttle, slight woman, perhaps a year or two younger. , He was coming around the corner from the Washington street side; she ?rasj golns: around the same corner from Winter street. Both 'were In a hurry. Natural consequence, a sudden collision of umbrellas, the shock of which causethe little woman's feet to slip on the. treacherous walk. The gentleman picked her up, thereby get ting a good look at the face, when, ex changing -a few astonished exclama tions, the pair recognized in each other long lost friends, and walked oil to gether. Thirty years ago she was a factory girl in Lowell, and be wa3 a medical student at Harvard. Both were poor in pocket, but rich In love and hope; he worked hard at stuJy, and she worked hard to raise the money to help him on through his course. When the California fever broke out in 1810 he resolved to take a quicker route to fortune, and s arted lor the golden shore, sending back a letter of farewell to this younsr girl. The upshot of the separation was that letters became less and less regular, and at last there was silence. The years passed on; he grew rich and influential, completed his studies, and became a noted physician of one oi the largest California cities; he married and had two children. Two years ago wife and children were carried off by fever. A year to a day before the meeting In the snow-storm, lie 'dreamed that his youthful love was living and In distress, and the dream made such an impression upon him that he sent East and made inquiries, which resulted in jhis coming on himself to search for her. But six months had been spent unsuccessfully, and he had just ' despaired f ever finding her, when the two bumped together at tho corner of Washington and Winter streets. Arid she poor soul I had married late In life, and now was a widow, with two children,, who j were to young tOj work much, and whom she was trying, with her old devotion, to keep at school. The end can be guess ed. Men of the world judge us by what wo do ia the world. 1 .'v
The Albemarle Enquirer (Murfreesboro, N.C.)
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May 29, 1879, edition 1
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