Newspapers / Orange County Observer (Hillsborough, … / Dec. 24, 1896, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Orange County Observer (Hillsborough, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
'J.-.'"'- ' ' ' " . " " : ' j : : 1. ttra Jk. A. - r ill 19 HILLSBORO. N. C. TidFUSDAY. DKCKMiiKKi. imm; NKWSK1IIKS-VOL. XVI. Nu.:; r CHH 1ST TAJ. r'fi!!.Ty f!fk- ar- 'Inn'-ini.', dan :r.:rf in the L'r:iv :tr.ru fr'!ly j.l-a?. 1 1 r nl . J - t;,.y " r-ii. i"-r j". r'i r. -i :. ! .':: th- g:tr b-i- , f . -lrarr. 2 r ,;a ?i 1 rig:,; hir.-. f.f th- Kif-Kin .', U',. ...... ... :. :..:;y rr,,;v J ;-: hk- s.v :- ',f -..-r.-r '.-h r. I'-'iHr.ry fl.,,. . -. a . .'awr.g. A;.-' f.-t ,v . . t Vi.'i r ;'. " So'.-n it v,.,, i -..ri-t r.:.- h t ' J'-n't . r. w.v :. . v g. 1h -j-riM-t :. Wintry .-; : gt-r-d wi ie ; 3:r- th- ;.,v-iy : - Iar- t., j .!;, -a ;,..- Li-!.:? WnfrryfhiV- nr- -i'ting, -J ftixit-r. Through ), J) ..... .;,,). r a;r Jb-p . rti.-l th-,-, ..!: 1 v !. !-r dr.?.im. W.ik v-r) t :!(..,r- fair, J-''. l;.g -.v) g..r f' i -."'f.u:, h.vu th'- h- - I !;,. tr. -s 5- 'ljTth-;;, .(,.. r. S.-t 1i h' ''!. h .,, ! v.-.'.l ! J.,;;!:,;- Aj. ! !fi.-. i r--i i -.vi:; t,.. m,;.i. h" f:i' ir r . ur.t .-- uv.y . ,v". -v -.. .. !!.-.cn ' V ' 1 w..;;: t -. .;, . , cif. ... I'"r v-- :.i:.f. ( v r-i: ::.h r.i ' Ki.,a- tl,- vvi :: - way I!,- MrtWi'' th- tr- . ;t- f;.,, r: 1 I'-'S h : '. r--.-f.l!.- ! witl. sW, V 1 11 !".,. n . (' h ' III i.r I,, 'r.-r h. ; ( ai. i. .. i f my f.ihtin;: 'I ;. t!i- 'i.-rry .- Aril th- -h,; Ir-it Sutfitrs, .uvir. Till ail dr.- 1 , ,.,r )jtti.. f,.,.L Sh:ill. with h t'.-.-hii- -.-,- uj.-'Un-in-, r: "Vhv j ,f,. 1( w. .,.( An.l t-n !-r v..j.'-.!ill whisp.T l'lak--lik- h-ilim- from ;4,v..: "'hrit;ii;i? i - s . swt, my ,fir!lm,', Just l.-'-a,; .. jt, kinu: I- I, ''..;' THE JllV OF JIAIMJEKKTTA cur.i-niAs sTonv. Lr.Altl.V a c fine J sllililuWrt Wcro fftll- irii- iutoks tho atylo of tho old churcb i on tho Lill, the ' t-r;iy, lonely Vuihl iri' timt hu.l hUic.i) thTc f-u lou;r, ainiil .sunz-hine tu 1 s-ha-it)v, vutohirir, r. it wi r., th- in a.'e fill vil!ar ii, th ullfv hulow. Aliov- it the j titts-, j;rr-:i fvc: inwintt r, .- t-.I tin tr lon t ranoho: r'hth-slv in the aii.l lim 0' tn -ir -.v irl rt i'c.-tions i0-r tho h-ow. tlu fthito, .t!t sm.w, that CiTorcl all th-. hillsiilr as' with a mantle of alcst Vt) vot. And tin- (hiv was lu'L-inniiifj to clos.i iu, to 8'ical its ray witis .ver tho dim hky anil th suov bor.nd world, lihtcuod only ly thi' warm jIeatu that caine from mauy a'wtudovr in th iHaf. Th- aft moons wore sho'rf now, haid the hut-thin- fraueu to 6&cl tlur, as tluy went about their work; but, aiti r al', was it not the eve of tho Christmas ta-t, and what could onj expect? I?o the eottaes wer. warm 1 and cozy, and the j'ino los in tho tiled stoves crackled and burned away 'moirily, and few were tho footsteps hat juiced ovt" the mow ontsiJe. As th- clock in the tower chimed four, old Johauu Maria entered tho divness of the church upon the hii), htr soft red lights hI.ouo Iihje far aw-sdars before the altar. There were JU , Till--. VAMII.Y O ATItrRiNO. ft few other dark figures a'ready there, kneeling to whisper a prayer at an old oaken prie-d:ei;.r Hut tluy looked u;i as th old mr.n came forward, and gilt !u ted tt',rtiur m re e'.o.-ely. 11 woubt say ihv eve: : i. hiany.pt rhaps, :md ti'fy wou'd join in tl.e - diin:uM svt , t ii'sj t nt -, 1'ft :toir.4 n t h.' t ! eart the names oi their de.-ir-y lov ) ones, and commi-.ttiug them to luuven'l fcafu- h'-eping for th- night. And old JebAiii; Marin, as they haJ - 4P. V.. expected, kneeling in the soft halo that the lights made, bean tho old, old words that ttiey knew so well, and that they followed fo earnestly, while the wind wailed outside over the enow on the steep white road. And Amalie and Dorchen and Aida, girls with fair tresses and eyes blue as tho skies of iho Futhorland in tho sweet summer time, listened and prayed iu all the fervor of youth and hopefulrn ss and joy. Waa not to-morrow the feast of the Christ-child. And had not the sacristan already brought beautiful wreaths of berried holly and 'white-veined ivy- leaves to twino round the carved pul- pit and the choir-staii-i ? Yes, it whs a i timo of joy and gladneas, this Christ- t mas season, and thev were verv, happy. Why not so? livtre ( : gay and glad at Chri-tma-s tin; , very - was .vh'.-i: . there where 1; no he a in the e.;.t ige., aiii little tir trees laden with pre .!.;.-, and B-.igar angels to be. bought at the shops or the market ir the town von ; dtr, to remin 1 them of tho great ; Chrihtmas long ago, when the angelo f?ang over the star-lit hel ls at Uethle hem. ( And by and by, that same evening, there would bo a great service, wh n ih priest would pray and preach, and they would all listen, oh ! so intently. . Hut now there was only tho quiet I ness of the little church, with its scent ! of the freshly-cut boughs, and tho .jaavering, monotonous voice of ; Johana .' Maria repeating the old : litany, as he had repeated it so many ! times before in the same place and in tho same accents. rr.. .. mere was another girl in the b corner, uneenng at ner prie-dieu, and whispering tho words of tho sweet old petition with white lips and an ach heart. Christmas brought only sor- ( row for her, she said to herself. Ihero , was no gladness fer her to expect, no"j loTing voice to give her the Christmas J t . greeting, no tender lips to press Ler own in that love sweeter than others, even at the season of universal live. No, all was dark. and dreary erejiry as tho shadows that fell upon 'the white 6now ; and while the others re joiced and lcoked forward to keeping the festival her heart was heajy and her thoughts roamed back, pitij :sslv. ixiinfully, to a bygone tiay a day that was marked with the shadow of death. It was Chrtetmas time again, and the priest 'had preached and prayed, and given the old liantifal bened.e- tion, that Coated out hke a message from Heaven over the kneeling people over her lover and herself. Ah I her lover ! He had been kneeling by her sid then, with the lights dashing on his soldier's coat and his brave, handsome faoe, and she had heard his voice throughout all the service, m ringing, jlear tones that she knew and lovel so well, so trulv ivn 1 he had been so ha 2.-n-.ite.y. , K VeT And verv i t nanpv, aitiiongn me . t i morrow'- parting h;d Ci. me evea now and thv-i to her i'cart. w.tr the threb bing pain tf ?-i,mo . ?orr-wfal dream. Hut he had begged iur to forget- to forget ail tne paiu ' p-rCn icr tiat 1 : r y v r 1 l i k v rrr .. ASM i 1 I one day. J.et us bo.hnppv together, sweetheart," he had said, looking into ar. -M , ' , ii her eyes with his own, ah ! filled-with eo much love and tenderness. And she had obeyed him, as she always Mould obey tho voice that wag more to her thanhfe itself, and they had beet happy perfectly, passion ately happy in their great, unfath omable Jjve. "Wha't is love?" he said to her, as ihey walked home in tho tvenin"', watching the star gleams, like points . of diamonds, Hash on the dark watera of the Neckar: "What is love?" he ' bad asked, and afee had looked up tc tho beautiful, grave faco before she answered : "Love is the most perfect and tha holiest of., friendships, my beloved. It means the-nerging of one's self intd u. 1 .iS i .i .- , uemg, auu me nving lor an A & , oiuer. ik i uasea on sympainy. deepest and truest, and its kevnote id , . - unselfishness. It is something that cannot uie, ior it neiongs to Uod, and " Sen by Uim to us as the best git! from His Heaven. It is ho y, eternal, ever-abiding, an lit is ours, yours and ;K ik . a. r a A mine the moat perfect union oi hearts, my dearest oue, in tho ten-! derest, truest sympathy." SSo she had spoken, as they wen down the river borderedroai together, uauu iu uaau, o uu till' evtmulf WIIIU b moaninj amoni ino imest ana me i Christmas chimes ringing out from the i tower in the distanced And he had j stooped and kis-ed her, is?ed her over an 1 over again with burning kisses that lingered on her lips all through the lou long a.'e-r wards, j when they were parted bv a darker tide than even the sw.ftly 26-wiag j Neckar. ' That was her dream of Christmas the trjst under the wm of the un seeing night ; the words that he had j said to her over ar.d I love you ! I love-' you ! Iloveyoa!" ' worde that she never, never tired of ' hearing, and that he never tired of saj mg ; an s muic of :L w.ara h -tcM wen t- r nl D-r-.-or wild I' ; - 5 - . rrar s the n.iv gatLe: irth and ;g m the I' ii I -i -'i an i Amai:e t - c - o . t-; mounts ss. a:cr in l: with tear trivel-.t.;me 1 great cat, z h:a b.urr eyes, and pas- s::cna;; ta:n ar. I : ; liv III- i i vm.m. I II I Y'V, n I THE LAST OOODUT. iz -i'.t ;j I.nes oi hi ?&!e face, sr. J kis lova b-i, - t.st . , " last ?ood-by, whil the stari paled an i ue tarav davli iel the - ' . k ' A Till i . - . . . irr., Sie had Whtstwr.'.". 1. m wi uope, oi i;.-;r next tT!Pf.inc ".-- i i-,-"-'- w. it urave lift ho rr-n , 3 - that iu uo. o: tL. patent waiting iua: would lrin tLem K:ca last. And he kntw that the wa.sri-ht ; that his ba heart told Lira the saiue ; Story, while he ki&seX his dea dear io f.. il.. 1 . w neck, and her head pillowed on his Etrong shoulder. iuu u-i raisea tier lips to Vila f r '"'' . ,w,. ,u, m3l, ion:; kis.s, and it was over wan ner heart s story, told in thai; one 4,Auf wiedersehen.' J Ah! the peasant's litany a3 over, and the women had gone out softly, i 1PP1 OI lUe -irls oices Boanued already tome, diaan.e down , tho hill. i J , , f -'1,,41V 1 ouowtfu mem, axul the sacristan had brought in a ; great bunch of red hollyberrie to i tfii,ni - ii.. .ii i-iiuuttinr.- ' . ,uu Eae must 6. t0. IaU2 cut : II tO tllf tlrT ,,nn ,,r Tl 1., 1 , " ' ' if -w uer own tuoutrhts, these ORDPV trirls. and slo wa 1 ..r ;t ! : 1 i V i 1 J them for Jt' aaJ th?y would be trv ! ... . - i --naci v.uu uv.-r.aii inrougn ms least, sbe felt. Even now, perhaps, Amalie was say ing, 'Ach ! the poo'r Margaretta ! Is it not two Christmas festivals sinco her lover died in the;war?" And the others would look grave for a moment pad sigh a soft "Yes." Ah, it was true. Two long, dim years had passed flfvay sinco tho ekirmishes on the frontier land, where, amid tho dry heather and the deal bracken, they hd told her that her lover had died. But that was all. They knew not wbero his body had been rested ; they1 1 IrnfiTt. nnf it- o t W r, 1 1 , i 1 1 r 1 tii,T.n.n,l. v .ru.vuj. laj m.ft rum I i. vi agony or had parted with his brave soul in tho heat of the battle. All was vague, uncertain ; only- her lover was gouo from her gone, gone, she knew not where. As sho went down the hill roa 1 on that Christmas Eve-alone some one was waiting under the shadow of the bending pine trees. Some one came forward to meet her with a quick, glad 1 ' cry of tov and heart s delight. was . 4 ' . dream as the thoughts in the Christmas, and of her love, her own, her life'6 love, but lost to her lost? Nay, for a- voice spoke to her, and "uOams havo no voices, they are silent and ead; and this was a living, throb bing voice, fuli of passion and ten derness. "Heart's beloved! Sweet one!" he was calling her all the old dear names thnt shf rpmpmlwirpil cn tril I nml Kio ..w.. , i.- . . , . kis-ies were burning once again on her linn and brnar nn 1 Vii avfn -arr t.ll. ; , ' , ' i , . Jtng her ail the love his hpval heart v - , , ,T i i ! , . hnrfl for hpr. H hil rnrii I.O-.V trt Ler to his Margar-tt.a, ba-k to his Iov ffo tLe of jea j And, clapped to his breast in the hash of the evening, with her tire 1 bead resting on his heart, they heard the bells ring out for the eve of the festival the festival of Perfect Love. , By-ap l-by he told her the story of v i . t t hii wanderinL's, of nis supposed death. y of hi3 cat tiv.tv snd C 5 and h- r ,. . .' ; liste-ne 1, with i in his an i with V r, cn his fa -e. And a: !: ca-tLf L;l , 'gri n an i t: rv ...... c.-rc:. I y : -a-i :. .. h y day. Cta-e 1 i tLe gsy ,r.n m rr-s ' : l e ru u s c Ana when others went sc-tly away, tegtther the oto over and over Cam, murmuring reat playroom at mv cr.n Imot Au wiedcrseheu" that he knew j where we children gnhercd f. r our I , ir:ng , Ler comfort- ' S renins froliss ; of the f-,n uai in ' i ;-ft b8--,.i;ol b-eq you.!' ,he tho warmth and h -ht. wk- .'e,. id, brokenly, with her sweet arm?, struck it, 'io s ., ys , cv the nrrrhv. 1 . - . , tid kne.t o:, wL:. each lovin; -?.a:t Hpp;. h' n' th.y -The breath-.l :ts leader petition ac y ' i. m. m p.tred it thanks for tLe oil o:ta-r at-ij. r or . the WiediT: had bet- f t'okt-n m truth; an .ball keep.CLr.Minu, tootle La v. ( Iiritfn,i of Iiil iho id Ii . ' My f;rrt thunchi of Christra wi kU ii nr irox c vt red th : gl,, with fautt.o hue, of be'vtv , ! th-f.,, ,.r u , : , .,' i "vv-- Vi mere. o youn- tlu n. that are l-t owi:, ' ,-ld now or have faded fro: thi wurl J'forev. r Then there Comes u wrier vz.-uu of tl.i Christmas of the wurI, o bell?-, ringing in many land. fta.st cf -love und oo 1 wi; hearts made ha jiy by .the j ler th the the ::tr kiiulimess the cood ehter that brin - ; it.ht to tho Luiul)Ie.t h:iH.t Ui i . j there :s Imrdiv anv u-n- Hl forlorn that some rv of bn -hf rCaeu him. Th-n "a ! deeper, is the relb etion i d - a- not and whit the . fe-tivai mean It is th 1 i ; ' ; e or;iii.n ; 0f the eternal mira o: uTHrrntv. . . ... s luu uuvu-roi I'irtij into the aeMvities ; nf thi-; world, that has be. a in all otr s and by all peoples observt-d"lft tome period as an occasion for gladness ; th welcome tho.-e already here give tha new born soul to the brief, asMonata years of human happiness an 1 human despair that we cull life." The Joys of Christina. One 0 the most blessed things about Christmas 4 that ' it makes so many people feel to -ng, writes Edward W. Iok, in Ladies' Home Journal. It is the one season of the year uLe i every body feels tht they can di-mi-s ab struse thoughts, put dignity aside, forget the worries of the world, and for a timH return t thir .t,. It always. seems a pity that nu n try to conceal this feeling so often at Christ anas. Only a fewjmen are capable of being gracefully daught in the act of making a ininuture tram of cars go over the carj 6t. night or twj bef CaU'h them at it a re Chrit-tmaj, unl nine out of every ten ill instantly get up from the carpet, bru'-h tho dust from the knees of their trou. trs lor dust will eet on the c iro. t.s of ! , . , . , , V. , i the best regulated hiVmea and nnme- 1 . T , . , . , j u lately begin to ajiologxze. 1 havo often wondered why mt n resent being i caugui in mis way. jjut a woman ; feels differently, and it is a blessed thing that she does. Superstitions ol Christmas. The superstitions of Christmas are more numerous even than tho observ ances which owe their origin to heath- ' , , peapanis me uenei sun j revain tnat on Christmas morning oxen alwavs spend a portion of the time on their knees. This they do, according to the peasants, in imitation of the ox and the ass which, a legend states, were present at the manger and knelt when Christ was X orn. In certain counties of Engoiad the idea prevails that heep walk in pro cession on Christmas Eve. in com memoration of tha 'glad t; lings hrt announced to thephfrd). Hev nr-also 6aid to sing in tbe.r hives on the night before Chr;.-tt jt, an 1 tread baked at that tirr never becomes mouldy at leat to onc many English L' usewivea. thought T. Kp.rurc'i ISirJ. The 'agle ha thr- la igh on the tir key at hhrutmas t.ine. I'n;ia ie!jL a rV.cor J. "iomctimec." fai 1 Unie ca. " fe hou-es dat ha de bigeV faru'he an de l.tties tub"!;'.er teem tr Lah em. v a .tr. The Gcofc "WLut's th- -iifT. rn:e ! hetscen the Ea-ter gi:; an ith- Chrut j ma tnrke;. :'' The Tr;rky "i una no." The G '.V hy , o :. - dr--. 1 tu kil.I an i the cth-vr ki.ie i t j irtii. " Truth. Y r I -KJ...Z V -'ihtrHbt Ibr In r j' SCIKMIKU M1UI Ir. (lermmy r.r d France t ntx : . p- r ci nt. of-the :i,ci.it-t are w-v;- et; in Jaj an the pr.pt rm u is iL.ev t-.ght per cer.:. i "irtridgef.-, tested by the 1'. :itg. Tu- to dvU-rmiliO if ti.ev hav In :i curs fuliy ;via are . . - tT-.. r .-1 b r -a -j i y a London K'J-Muith. L-avi:jg at patients t b t ,- moribund nt th- tuu. the i.jcctnu waRmude. "..T'.M cam. of diphtneri. treated in private prct e- in t.,',s Cuiintry by the atit!tu;n tat.-'tho.i gavo n.ortulit of , ,!ih , s j.r r, u: 1 he ord.i.ary h.ir-" of ,I.pi:. -Knotted j;. China n:id is cali-d . rr? I;n, pt-rhnp- bica .s- he is n, :;, H- t!.lies ti4 (-Lr.tW, . Ittit It ' eat sib;- of ::ii:.-ii 4 n,l u r.i ::ev A! m'.igh xh-' r..'tiibii-t th Mc CA.i br-'n.-h. lUnpj teiriue, -n j-uri-r if t.f'.-.i:. IUl.es C.- Uipietel V wear . ti; H. o-::. " ' '1 w.j Fr-rn-h 7....!igist, Martin rt:.t Ih' s,-'t!:t:,i t! I hut ! t v . :.- S y.,u:.g . n-o-.i dt th t ar- h .tch.-d sev-:.tti !i p r.;-,i in ti.e - iu,- -ur, i!i.)-ily b. f.tle tii-e huVe b-f t :1. :.r-u Of Mty-M Vi-n iit-.-t- in ne i :r h . !. rt - e.i- t i e :t t r ' d It cut. s i 'i i r I i a:, i .(tie r uniMials. oi. Ii t - b-e n b;."ui :i nit i. :. d- r gr'Oii.d eb etru- 1 1 id l'i ft will b- tiitv f-.-t nn It-r tti- e;-tv iii.t? uteiitl fr.-ni th- iu art id the eitv to OUe of th- tilb.irbs, tell mile-. ' At fcwllie jduCt s It Wl'.i Hi hlillllvd feet Ih niH til- s irfii.-e. 1 Ii;' b. t!. to hoi-t the' pft-h-ii-i rs will lift ''00 pe.ij.d- at in) time. Tu. re wbl s forty tiiii.s p. r dav. A novelty m the budding trnde of Cat-heiid, Fnelaii I. in btoug :i:tio dueed m the tv-ritig of hf.:i- ner r. unses with uleanite. It ih intend ed to utd.o? the prt'rms-i as a cafe. , und it is churned that the new matter , lal is mt only water and htorm proot, 1 but ft1" jiroof. I t Iiu-.Ma has M-nt nn eip-dii-iori to Khia, under C unt .u tii ;I'-k i. to find a lueili- t.f iilert.lg the e:ir-' d the Amu 1'irii, th- OvUh i.f tho , unci. it'-, into r.h old b 1. s tti it it i.i.ty duw into tfi- ('.jiiin S a. tu-r!-ad of into th- S- of Aral. It nhoui i eiuiity th-!i liit. hieo U hoiltM .f Kf..H:t.tV'i.iii., tfi- t.fitoO H 1 ' th- .1 r-in-e isf'Oi-i run roil. A (neei e;tbilt to a ( ai A v-ry . . i;. ir i:,i-nnt t a fr.oti'ht train h is j ei e i.e to tn- Htt- nti n of the l;,',IlVr. utter i . T t II. . !. t oi t h l I'al.l.ili l.i Hi t!i s fitV, U!.d til Itt d- tail- it u-surii- t.j ioit!ir- of ti m;r elt a strang- as th'iie of .old. I n- trin w.i- running at h rp;d rut- i. i .nn X-n la and I r-i .:, a d s! nne- of f i r mile, when th- tru-ks of oio of tli Cars gav- wny arid j inie I onto th tracks of th- Cmcmtikli, Hmuiltoa and Ihiytou ri t I, which r.iiii pMrallel with tLe J'e nn- y uma nt th.it nirit. 'In- trucks l;g.itd Mjuarf iii (In: rmb, and continued running uulil thy sui iih-d ir.to tii- pi.ot l til- Cineiri Mth, Jliiioito.'i and Dtytoii engiti'i riiniiing in the opposite- dir. ctio'i. I h- I'.mhnnd!e train vid !i:!v di 1 not H'iU.ir nny iiiroinc uii :( o .ng t' th-. lon of true . s, as it wn n. t ii- v-rr-d nntii Tr-beins v,, r-.o- j. 1, t th-n it Bun found tht tfi't bo iv .,f tho freigiit ear s j n po-itiou br th r .f,iii.g4 aii I haI run two rji wiihoiil any k. - . Tin- ncfLnt in p r . tps v;;hout a parallel ;.'i nnal of rai.wiiv. AltJiungii a!f-. ;it-i r true and -ei'iC ! f r o- tl;e fl;',t.f j , d-j aruu'-nt of!.- .-, st --rii " tr o'.g-r ti.:j t.rUo-i. -- C baa 'Iu- ' - i '. ..',- r... it W ii , '. . I :. t -.are. I I ;l t ..,,, . to T !. - : ':..' M rt Wn Jj at ', j t n ?:. u :.i J ros.j rn I i'.A. X .. ' r- gt, tti'i n rt c.-.r i . ar I. t . -. . .n- u-e l nmu 'I.-... :; .-. Vi , . 'i i ,.;; "' rn thin? to talk A I . ti t . - :. V . . -. -. M: - i . ' .. 1 -
Orange County Observer (Hillsborough, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 24, 1896, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75