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THE FLO.VEKS COLLECTiO."? Ievotel to tlie Interest or every Fn-'mlly in VcHtcri North Oixrolinu J- - '- i VOL VII, HICKORY, N. C, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1877. ft- I' ' NO, 15 y i . . ' " J, ii , . - . . . 1 ' ' V AK&yil. N. O,-' Saturday April-14. j ; feix montii3.....(.... Three months, ......... r iTecopi one y rat, mgie copy, ...v.w.. ... . 2 00 1 00 00 .8TS 00 Atl nlcriT)fioTfts Yftliat be iraid in advance, and if not renewed promptly at the expita " tion, will be discontinued. ADVCRTIHEMEBSTS Of a transient character will be charpwl i aa far fircr tiitM and r0 cents for each sub- ..sioo. ... ;) ... oo. . - The Old Story. ; 1 kissed the lips I deemed so pore, TtMi inuud. wwt ihaiti,iT Mud- sequent insertion. 1 Column, One year, i ' 14 " " 4 Of all ' kiuU xwutwl in the v ry U:si tyie, at Abort notice aiw at low prices. 1 i J.S. TOMLINSON Editor And Proprietor. PROFESSIONAL CAltDS. J. lOWENSTEIN, d. d. s. SURGEON DENTIST, s1 HICKORY, N. C. t ! Work", guaranteed to give satisfaction. Uy Practical Tailor, (Rear W. n'. Ellis' Store 0 Thanks the people for tlierr patronage in Ane. past, and is now prepared to do ALL WORK in hi line at- short notice and in a workman-like manrier. febl9:ly . JD. Insold. Practical Builder and Contractor, HICKORY, 8C.G. Sneofflcations and Estimates furnished for any k'md f Carpenter or J oiner work: Patronage solicited. ; Mar25:ly Charlotte Hotel, J RILEY D A VIDSON, Prop. Chakxotte, N. C Refitted aiia TERMS, S 2.00 PER DA.Y. April 7-tf And with a nameless, bitter pain T saw your white face whiter grow ; But now 1 think with scorn Intent . Of that past hour of grief and pain, For we have sunaered every tie, . And Tiever can be friends aa1n ! The fam-bt roe that blsiiis swn't Coin- ;ib oftentimes a cruvl tliorn, A lid e't-n tlu- iftt , t-nd-it hands Ar' ly its cm! sharj ne.-s torn. And mj dm1 rose, that lor Joiu yt-ar Upon my u'in in-art had !:dn. Repaid my care with MH-rn, and so We never can be friends again. It was not with the passion bold . That marks the lover's, tender tone, I sought to win your sweetest thought And call youi love my very own j . But it was friendship's magic voice That lured me in her silken chain ; But we have broken every tfe And lie ver can be friends again. Yet sometimes, when the days grow dark- When soiuber sWm clouds darkly lower, I'll drop one fond, regretful tear To memory and that parting hour. Ah ! once I deemed our friendship sweet Could by no selfish hand be slain, But we liave sundeml every tie, And never can be friends again. Mayhap the future years will bear Your life so far away from mine ' That gleams of brightness from the past No lorger on your path will shine ; Then seek, I piay, no more for peace . In memories that bring but pain, For we luive broken every tw, And never can be friends again. THE TIEV ANDREW L011ETZ. tion of Ibe cori&trv at that time, bU facilities for traveling were confined entirely to horseback riding, and It is well known that be kept constantly, for bis own material use two horstrs, upon which be traveled. He has of ten been known to ride seventy-five miles to fill an appointment.' , He was particularly pleasing in bis addresSyand'clogTicmt In hi s r!pUtd i s .A.. D. -HILiL, Attorn ey-at-Law, BOONE, WATAUGA CO., N. C. Will practice in Watauga and adjoining eounth's. SpeeiarAUcntion to the Collection ofriaims Or. I. B. HICKORY, N. Avtea- ms services as - Ph.ysic.ian and Surgeon to the citizerrs ojf t his plaeeand surrounding community, an i... i,,iww1t ; hia ofncekluiuur Uie day and at h is residence at night. ' Apiil 13 conrses. csorteeDlv versed was he In Scriptures, on one occasion there be ing no Bible in the church in which be was to prench, he wos at no 'loss for Ms U stand references. It was one fVi klioHj ivciacu-8 of character to immiiest a fondms for drcs, as his j Mlis!ml silver kmc knceklo, silk I stt-kins and potlss linen, bore wit j ir".s. An aiacditc is told of liim.lhal I iiie of his congregation, anjecoiiouiical 4d (Jei uiaii, once complained that the parson's salary was much too large, as it admitted of a display of dress, which he deemed unessential in a minister. when, the clergyman quietly replied that the money expended on his dress came not from his congiegation, but from South Carolina, showing that his tedious rides to that distant section, were deemed well worthy ol liberal compensation. On the death of the Immortal Wash ington he delivered an address at Lin- colnton, suitable to the occasion, which was brilJbnt, pathetic, chaste and appropriate, was highly commend ev by the press of the day, and . was published in pamphlet form. A copy of it was in my possession until re cently, when 1 rcsret to sav it was lost. i Until 1812. twenty-six years afler first settling in Lincoln county, he la bored faithfully and effectually for the (Reformed Church Messenger. 186M cause ol lue ""rcn, wncn oeuiu put orxiiirmjiiZssengertiaYv - ever much of t.lm lir nf thi litt.P Upv An drew Loretz. I beor leave to lift for J One quiet Sabbath evening, after - i . . ... i . i. ..I.. moment to their view, Hhe curtain of bavtng.spent uie morning .n u.3 uoy oblivion, which, for morP. than fiftv duties, preaching to his congregation years, has shrouded the Lame of this .u.v.u, v w. faithful soldier of Christ, and wrest it uome near -"coiuwin, leaving . i . t?i n lrom utter fonretfulness. He is sun- anu flven ounZ cuuaren, an oi wuom 7 S LOVES L T OtlA )lifAR. It H impossible to make' an angel of a young lady who persistently uses bad famtnar, Jo matter how pretty sfcc may be, or how altractivo In out side appearance ; all that oes fur rAught lfvshe says Qood mornin" andGool evenin. Sunnosc she i in.: ';, bJie tlie Queen of Sheba. "with a wry great traioV aiiHTill lo MutoV Jecti-cs after hr prcpostl lions, will it not mar .he glory of her coming ? Seriousl, should a woman be called graceful' who continually tumble over her final consonants aud ay "Lerome go," "agootlVnl,,,4firs' rate,' "ban' tne that WoUiu iKiper?" It's a pleasant thing to hear from the lips of our sweetheart, 3 our own especial Uloveil one, that she resolutely de clined young rhitWins invitation to the theatfe. but when tire artless maid half closes her eyes and rnuunurs, lf he came for we in a golden chariot 1 wouldn't have went !" yoti don't feel so comfortable, so negligently at ease, as you were before thatlat remark of Matilda's. Women should not de ceive themselves. The most uncouth, illiterate man knows whatclegnaut and correct English is, when he hears it. ile may not be able to string three words correctly himself ; but he sniff the hutinony of rounded sentence from afar. It is instinctive. Sec how woikiugroen hang upou the of au orator! Of his meaning they know little or nothing, tail Uks 'Vnercy, number and cadence" they catch, ami the harmonious sound pleaees the car. Ejrvh aij. West-cx N. C. ScxsuiT Mo&ati- Falls. In the heart of Brushy Mountain, flye dttei lrom Pore't Knob the highest peak of these moot lams, and four miles Irota Wilkcsbcro on Moravian creek, is presented a most lieauliful ipecles of natural sees erj- Moravian Falls. The fill is al most one hundred Tect from top to bottom, but is composed ot two du lt vifk t ftttr Cm deetlTnyHs ne seventy feet above the tecood. Just at the foot tf the first there it a table rock ten feel long ixty feet wide, and is smooth as though it hail been exe- .uUnl by artisan skill. The second de- .livity is thirty feet from tltc base ot j the first. Midway the first fall, in the centre of the rivulet, there is a large protruding rock. After a rain, or evcu a shower, the water is hurled with such rapidity agvinst the rcrrk that it is shattered into a thousand at oms, as it 1-aps in the air some twenty feet aud strikes a few feet from the base of the second fall, giving it a new start. The rock over which the water alls is of the finest species of granite. PROVERBS FOR HERS. SUDSCRh MA wise aoa tatkeUi a Rlad Cither1 and- a prompt pajlog tulcribcr cast eta an editor to Uoh. uFollyUa Joj thst Is destllhU cf wlidom," but a ddlingnent subscriber caascth tuffcriogln. tbt Losm of a newsppet taalrt. "Alt tho wajv tA XL2!t. t -cv 7 . In his own eyes" ccpt lbs -raja tba delinquent subscriber bath la not pay ing far his newspaper. Uctterita littls with righteous nets, than a thousand subscribers who failelli to par what they owe A Just weight and balance are the lord's," but that which U doe cpow your newspaper is the pubUsbtr'a Uicreof. Mlktler Is a dry morsel and quict ncs tlierewitl:,' than a lung list ot subscribers who cheatctU the pria ter. . Better is the poor can that wall: eth In Integrity" and psyeth hit sub scription than the rich man who con 1876 us N. JOYNER, 5 Dr. R. W. JOYER H 1. JOYIiER & SON i ave associated themselves in the practice of Hii-dieine and offer their professional services t the citizens of Hickory and adjacent coun- They may be fimmlat the Ilieknrs T3rdg Stove or, at their residence nearby at all hours when not professionally absent. yo 23-ly J1SG. IT. MURRILL, - . . : . ; . Attorney at Law, And Agent for the sale and purchase o Real Estate. Persons wishing to buy or sel farms, or Town lots may be profited,? by ad 1 drcssiDg him. . , i HICKORY. 1T.:C June! 22 , ' tf A X0RT1I C A UO LI SI AX TEXAS. IS uwia Instable, summgnSj came to the uiAt. t:oi iJ3 v An. faithful Christian, l btdle, is the ifc From a Galveston exchange we see posed to have been an only son, but left sisters in Switzerland, as from re cent information, through the Consul Ge.'eral of Switzerland, I was advised ot ti e fact of descendants of the fami- lv living there stilL On this continent there are but two male survivors of the name, I being one of them, his youngest grandson, and have in my possession his pass port from Switerland to America, his Album. &c. He was born in the town of Chur on the Rhtne,in thcycar 1761, had received a finished education, and completed a have long since been sleeping the sleep of death. He was buried in Danitl's church yard in sight of his residence. 11 is wife survived him twenty years. There being no minister of his own Church South, his funeral sermon was preached by Rev Paul Henkel, a Lu theran Divine. He was noted for strict accuracy and method in keep ing his Church registers of Baptisms, Confirmations, &c Even to this day in Alabama, the writer has met some thorough J. M, SPA1HH0UR, D. D. S. RESIDENT DtNTlST. LESOIILN. C. ' Uses the best material that can be obta hi ed, regardless of Hie-cost '. AIL GS1 G?mXTSS TO CI VI SATXttAC.;::??. jan 15 2 tf. Dr. S, C. H. Jones &Son, Lqtq tedy, CatdwU county, N. C. OFFER THEIR Professional Servi ces to the citizens of Love fady and sur rounding country. Obstetrics ami Diphthe ria made specialities. One or both may be consulted at their office at Love Lady, Cald well county, N. C on private diseases either inpersouorby letter, at all times, free of charge I ' ,Jan 1st 1877. laim who have received baptism at his Theological Uanilsi am wuo 8tl1 remember him, Co'urse at the age of 22. About this and wuom Ula memorJ 18 cuenan time, emigrants from his countrv hav- witu ve ing settled in Southern Pennsylvania I ave given this short memoir at and Maryland, he was solicited bv tbe earnest request of some of the - . " 1 . . . . . - . a. m them to n'omo nvor nrii. fr ministers ofthe Ueiormea tiassis 01 I . m .411 them. Incompliance with their re- Western orth Carolina, wno sun quest, and eager to extend th4 field of love to cherish the memory of their his holy calling, in this new wilder- faithful ancestor, ana nope it may uc ness, he left Switzerland accompanied of some service as an item iu the his- by his faMier, on the 18th of August, tory r tI,e "erormed cuurcn m vuc 1784, and landed in Baltimore. United btates. The father, after! rtnminint about I 1 I a3 sfon be able to Zlvc two years, returned to Ips native land. ! 10 awunt of bis early li and education in hwitzeilanil, as 1 m Boyden House, SALISBURY, N. C. MRS.;DR. REEVES, Proprietress- TP HE' proprietress returns her sincere thanks to the traveling public for their liberal patronage while she was connected with the National HoteL Not having room enough to accomm.vlatA her guests properly, she rented the Boyden xiuuse huu buv leeisreausnea mat sne can now accommodate her cruests' eomfm-tafciv and in the very pes style, In this newly fur- uisiieu uouse, wun au uie modern improve ments., i s Passengers going up the Western North Carolina Railroad from the East, take break fast at the Boyden House. ; F stclass Bar end Billiard Saloon conneced dtntne iiotei July l7:tf wl ieie mocratic nominee for tlie Mayorship of that city. Tb Galveston AVtca gives the following biographical sketch of this gentle man : Col D C Stone who j estenlay re ceived the Democratic nomiatlon for Mayor of this city was born in the State of North Carolina in 1825. the edges or which arc environed by tiuually Ulkth thy MeTU" to coll a shaggy mountain mots. A level head- gain. . cd rson can descend and ascend the "Judgments are prepared for scorn first fi.ll within a few feet of the pro- era, stripes for the back of fools," aad truding rock without being in Irami- everlasting damnation for him who ncul danger, although the face of the rayetbnot for bts newspaper, maiu rock U almost smooth. At the ullie deferred maketh the heart first (all, there stands a gigasuo olJ sick," Is a proverb sadly milled by mill, built after the ancient gothic the puUUhtr who ssadetb out style. The capacity o( this old mill bills. is almost iucalculatJe. It operates A righteous man hatctU lying, m fleur, wheat, com and oil mills; wool hence an editor waxes wroth against cards and cotton gins and press- the subscriber who premises to call When the stupendous sevcuty-five foot and settle on the morrow, yet call eth wheel is put in motion, it looks as not to scUle. though it would turn the axels of the MIt bitctb like a serptat aixl a ting , cartlu Verily, the mountains of Wes- eth like aa adder when Ue adJsr : tern North Carolina not only arc pos- gets through duldlng op the aaoaatt sesscl ol minerals of abundance, but due from bis tuba. Wi!chU , alto some of the mct beautiful natn- oral scenery in'tlic -world: WdIcsU ro IKiinrM. TYme. Major Finger of Catawba bajT a" (rank, candid, cheerful face, thin grey Tobacco Culture. A North Car I Uh hair and full whiskers, "trails the olina Journal spraks confidently upon beam" at about 115 pounds, dresses the subject In many sections ef that plainly and neatly, speaks la correct, Slate the crop pays better than txrn grammatical language, with a yoic or the ceirals. For iustancc, we arc slightly imperfect and rather nasal, told that there arc at least twenty but still pleasant. He U a sensIlJe,. At nineteen years of ace he graduated r'n county nboarcr. pni.lcnt, moral, educated tfenator at the university of bis native Sutc Sc irom auuviio i,iuu w mo nana- may be a little TasUdious ami prag situated at Chapel Hill, and at once 0nc 11 F t livng matical ; has been a teacher; U Chair- begun the study of law. Shortly af- intlca fnim Oxlonl. plantetl leu man of Committee on Education; Is acres ia louaevo ior iurec consccuurc highly regarUcu by all wuo know nlta, years, and Lis receipts for the same and Us views and opinions hart ranch were $12,000 an average or $400 to weight and Influence. Don't know the acre. There are many other far- that be Is a churchman, but will go" mers who do aswelb The strange my bottom Dickie thst be Is a good thing about such farming ii, that Christian gentleman, and that no coo sone people will flee from it and re- itituency in the State Is more falta- tnovclo Arkansas or Texas, or ugo rully and creditably represented than est," and lare much worse. Indus-1 U liadtloto Ucrall. try ill directttl pai as well In North Caroliua as anywhere on the ContL A notorions poker-player' ta Baltl ncnL Webelive there are ten men I wore cocnty used to keep a reserve in (Jranviilo county who average card regularly la Lis sIcctc If bis m ter he had entered upon the practice of his profession, ho was elected to the ofllce of district Attorney in Franklin county. At the expiration 91 his U-rm of office, he gave lip the legal profes sion and engaged in mercantile pur suits, which' he has followed ever since, excepting a period devoted to the duties of County Judge, to which position he was returned by a most flattering vote of bis countrymen, lie came to this city iu 1SC0 and since that time has filled a prominent place in the commercial community of Gal veston. He has been twice elected to the presidency or the Cotton e.xciian2e, uuu ua ai j i.jwj Journal. confideucand esteem of lboe over $1,000 to the hand on tobacco slone, hand wa a good one, and tbe Jtartlea beside the grain and grasses, and oats, of the other part did not seem to have and potatoes and jhss, and hogs, better ones, the odd card rmslod la" raised on the farm-C'incinnaii To- concealment. Wot If be was la danger at any lime of being cooqaerrd In any whose business relations and di libera- j r llO I) MM LI TIES, eaviiu hi son in-" f nrvbind he &oon ui.urnMt the wi.low Stdititrt-r endoavor to nave iiih r rrneu ai uvi- una, uuu xhhhui j v-.- - whose maiden mime wis Mkn Flizt-V man iaiK-rs in my -ojMhjtoii inor-; iiiion 01 ciuci cierK 10 uias uij. Ieth Lemon. He romained at HifW. I , tranlaU-i. town and at Mj-eistown until the year 17S6, when he was called to a minis try in Lincoln Co., . C, and sat led four miles west of the town of Lincoln ton. There a field of labor fairly opened to him, and with a zeal and in terest unsurpassed, he entered upon his duties. With what success may be fairly seen from a tour to that sec tion where, in every village, every mountain pass, and every -country station may be seen churches, that own him as their father. It h an un- i L. the Boulevard Pereire, Paris, a mad do? started in pursuit of a veloci pede, mounted by a boy or fourWen, named Dupraty, living in the Boulev ard, No. 16. The chase was a terri ble one, and ended in the fall or the boy. Happily it was in the iron or the velocipede wheel that the teeth or the mad bulldog closed. There ended the first act or the drama. The second folio irs. In an impulse of tions it has been his province to pre- ! side. His father was a man of prom ' Do not dictate to an editor how to tnence, having once represented his run his Japr; should you do so, county in the Senate of North Caro- however, the probabbility is you will be told to attend to your o n business I t Senator Patterson. Read the advertisements in youi Cirohns ault hare studied under paper and the probability is yon will Ullf etaincol poker pUyer and bt finu the idace you want in order to mt have been giving lessons to purchase something iut you Lav I jr jjuine, too DMmm RmUtlU long been In net d or. Col Slone is a gentleman highly cul tured in his tastes, of pleasing address A Frencu Story. Ojc day, on and of sterling qualities as a business man. For four years CoL atoue was Chairman of the Democratic .Executive Commiftec ror Galveston county, and in thst capacity acquitted himseir with characteristic dignity and propriety. . way of losing bis bcU,the bidden card somehow found its way to the talJe , and there was sure to be a " misdeal' and a de nand for proceedings do note. We do not know the fact, but wi are s'.rongly possessed with the notion of Souta disputed fact,that he was the first toes- passionate joy at seeing her son saved tablish the doctrine of the Reformed Church in Western N. C. Until his life's untimely end, "he la bored faithfully in the Holy Cause. Never tiring, never shrinking from du ty, but overcoming all obstacles, be had no object in view but to 'do bis Master's bidding. fle ministered to five regular charges, besides making frequent missions to Rowan and Guil from' so great a danger, alme. Du praty presed her lips to the wheel of the velocipede. Some , hydrophobic virus had remained on the iron after an agony of a fortnight the poor mother died, raging mad. The U S Supreme Court has de cided that a State has a right to ex lude Insurance Companies from de- ford counties, to Lancaster district, ins business within the limits or said o v. vwrngio tue primitive condi- Slate, A Jest. A jest may cut deeper thsn a curse. Some men are so constituted that thry cannot take a friendly joke in the same light coin, and will requite it with contumely and Insult." Never banter one or this class or he will brood over your ban dinage long alter you have forgotten it, and it is not prudent to encur an enmity for the sake of uttering a smart double entendre or a tart repartee Ridicule, at best, Is a terrible wcap on. Satire, howeyer, when leveled at social foibles and political evils, has shamed down more abuses than wens ever, abolished by force or loic To ask an editor to Insert a puffin Old Simon, who has carried Peaa his pa ir without pay, is like a man TlvujUlnhls breeches pockets for asking another to work for him for i0f tuese many years, baa finally trans nothing and the probability Is yoa will ferml it to bis en MDon.M Tbe get an Indignant, "No," to your ap obedience of the Proas-Iranians to peal. the commands or tbe elder Cameron U iryouhavea friend in a printing remarkable. Ills vast wealth, It U office never call to see him la lb mrrettd. has had aa taochlo do wita it as any ic&acnce be possesses by virtue of bis abdlitics or any grca service be baa ever rendered bis Slate or country. hours or composition, ror be bt then earning bis bread and bolter. Should you do so, the proliabilily Is bo will wish yoa were well, no matter. Never borrow newspaper from yocr I - mmmm. m . 9 m . m neighbors. 1 f yoa are in the habit ol Miss t annle Uayca, me daughter oi doing so, break right ofT, far if you President Hayes, who wUi occupy still continue to ito so, tb probabtlit och a prominent place ia Washington Is that your last hours will be lull society ror the next four years, U of remorse, frar and death. very pretty binneaUe, of media a Never allow yourseir to become a height, and very fine figure, and la delinquent subscriber ; should .300 about 19 years or age. She U very do so, and die, the probability Is thai bright and Intelligent, a good cenvcr- the nromietor will inloro the world nationalist, aad will toake a decided t -- - 1 or your shortcomings. i enaatota la society. I 1 1 -
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