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- - - (---..- i gllTSTON, H. C, THURSDAY, HABCH 20, .1879. IVO. 14. b. B. !. II. O. WIW. H. 0. WEST & CO., Cin-ral Dealer In 31 e i c lia ridise, and Aent for Tfic Liverpool and London and Globe, and other flrt,cla Flr Insurance Companies. - 'T, Dr. A. R. MILLER. d'M1 DENTIST. l'7 fc-vT-,?. ArtiJu i.il Teeth, Ex- "VC- Ollice at residence. Air Hoard furniihd to parties from the coun try. jan.V12m J. If. RSflS. T. J. I'liKftSON LW.MS & I'KESSO.V. IIous IStiildcrs '& Upholsterers, KINSTON, N. C, A r pi pnrt (1 to build and repair IIoiiej and lniH" til knid iif l'urjiiliire hi good sti lt' and at Alr l!;'tri and (artt bnilt and repaired on lfrt iii!u . . janl-12in A. HARVEY & CO. Manufacturers of Fine Bkands of " Ohoviiijf Sc JS molting TOE A 0 G O, juiil - 1 2ui. Jvinston, X. O. CItAS l IIAKVnV, N'OTAKY PUBLIC nnd - liifrrior. Court I In k for Lenoir County. I'rob-ilen D'Mils, MortngoH, Lien .'iomls n i i 1 otlu r instruments, required to bo It jr'istf-rcd. . Ini" JJl.mk I).u-d, Mortgages, Arc, furnished froo on application. jnul-3m i.ouis ;ki:-:n 'FAHHIONAUIiE llAKHKIt UUil II AIR DUESSfcll, K INST OX, X. 0. OHlco over IVlletiery Prujj StoTe. jan3-lyr Jj. j. mix. C. C. TAYLOR. L. J. HILL & CO., JiootcV, Shoe jMalteix., .'KINSTON, N. C. .SnWL; Calf Skin and Louis ' vUlu ak Sole Leatln-r,- t mako and repair V-i' hoots and Shoes KM1r to order. . tCi SATISFACTION OUARANTEED.j janl-ly i .1. 1. Xairott, Miller and Lumber Dealer, i KiiiNton, N, C.,: Is now pr pared to fdl nil orders for FIltST. CLASS LUMBER at tho lowest Cash rates. BTiT Also koep on hand the eelebratt-d Tuckalioc Family Flour, janl 12m J. V- JACKSON. JACKSON & LOFTIN, f. 1. LOFTIX A T T O il N Iv V S A T A TV, ' KINSTON. N. a l'rrctl-t in f.in.tii- ;.,.,., tiT..... tI ... T , . i - -Mir I'romnl nmt xll,.ii. ...,.i. .i Lit iti' utnit.'l to lb. -in j Sttl.-n.-nt of iiaiM of dcuasrd ptUona a (iiu on nrt Hon-pSiuanN fonuerlv oo rupil by J. y, ,tkS. . jjinl-lin W. J. RASBERRY, " -VttoWio.V. Vt LtLAV5 KINSTON, N. C. Olflc on Hoart Hmm Square. jaul-12m j Wm. W. N.; HUNTER, M rtlllUR HURT CLERK, PROBATE JIDGE, AND Kx-0$icio NOTARY PU1U, 1C lor Lenoir Count j. CW -Vi1' m Wwt:a Siowi North of ourt Holism m i. fi- - ... . the , ivi mini, j, knf cuVtlM" Probata ch-trrv au iurni.nMt frw of TO THE PUBLIC! . -I- W. TAYLOR Mas hi totv ttt th m:i ni; uivki:' kkidcse, ' il'UWKS; atlCLRIES; HARDWARE, li . ui I V ,;M-irkri for country produce Su;,,W '''--Utandin Kitou a Fine TOiirs. Frjiidirv Wines, fifars i Tobarro. - i ; i , : , : -. - Betsey and I Are Out. Draw -op the papers lawyer, and make 'em good ana stoat; For thinjr at home are croarvrayi, and Betsey and I are oat, j We, -who haTe workd together so long as man ..: -and wlfa, ! , j- Must pall in single harness for the rest of oar " What is the matter !" say you. I swan it hard to tell ! Moet of the years behind us we've passed by ,1 I have no otbr woman, she has no other man Only we've lived together as long as we ever can. So I have talked with Betsey, and Betsey has ; talked with me, . And so we've agrtd together that we can't nev- .'. er agree; ' , Not that we've catched each other in any terri ble crime ; We've been a gathering this for years, a little at a time. There was a stock of temper we both had for a. start, - . Although we never suspected 'twould take ns two apart ; , I had my various f ailings, bred in the flesh and bone ; j ' And BeUsey, like all good women, had a temper of her own. ..' The firs thing I remember whereon we disa greed . ; . Was something concerning heaven a difference in our creed ; r We arg'cd the thing at breakfast, we arg'ed the thuig at tea, . J And the more we arg'ed the question the more we didn't agree, j And the next that I remember was when we lost a cow; 1 ! She had kicked the bucket for certain, the ques tion was only How ? j ' I held .my own opinion, and Betsey another had; And whi-n we were done a talking, we both of us were mad. And the next that I renumber, It started in a joke; " . j - But for full a week it lasted, and neither of us fpoke, -j And the next wjis when I scolded because she t broke a bowl, And fche said I was mean and stingy, and hadn't any soul. 1 And so that bowrkept-pourin' dissensions in pur ! ; - . '' - I. And so that blamed cow-critter was always a comin' up ; f , .y, ' And so that heaven we arg'ed no nearer to us gOt, ' I. ,j And it gave me a taste of 6omethin' a thousand times as hot: . ' ' j And so the thing kept workin',: and all the self Vme way ; . j Always sonuthin' to arg's, and somethin' sharp to "say ; ... ' V i And down on us came the neighbors, a couple o' dozentrong, i J And lent their kindest s ervice for to help the thing along. And there has ben days together and many w eary week :i We was both of us cross and spunky, and both too proud to speak : . And I have ben thinkin' and thinkin', the whole Of the winter and fall, It I can't live kjiid with a woman, why, then won'tat all. And so I have talked with Betsey, and Betsey has talked with me, And we have agreed together that we can't nev er agree ; ' . ; . And what is hersshall be hers, and what is mine shall be mine; And I'll put it in thie agreement, and take it to her to sign. AVrite on the paper, lawyer the very first para graph ' ; Of all the farmland live-stock that she shall haW her llalf ; r 1 Fop-she has helped to earn it, through many a Weary day, i ' . ; . - And it's nothing more than Justice that Betsey has her pay. I ,1:. Give her the house and", homestead a man c:j;i thrive and roam ; .' But women are skeery critters, unless they have a home ; . ' j : . r ' And I have always determined, and never failed . to say, ; That Betsey never should want a home if I was taken away. ; There is a little hard money that's drawLa' tol'- rablepay: A couple of hundred dollars laid by for a. rainy rtay; ' Safe in the hands of good men," and easy to get 'at; j Put in another clause there, and give her half of that. . -:. -: . .. . '! Yes, I see you smile, sir, at.,my givin' her so much ; ' . ' j. Yes, divorce is cheap, sir, but I take no stock in such! . ' .' . . . t ' . j True and fair I married her, when she was blithe and young ; ' j And Betsey was al'ays good to me, exceptin with her tongue. . ; j Once, when I was young as yfra and not so smart perhaps, . ' . A 'j. For me she mittened a lawyer, and several other vchaps ; ' . , J.; ( . , 4 -; v.; xy i Aud all of them waa ' flustered, and alriy taken down, ; "; ' . 4 - And I for a time was counted the luckiest man in ' town. f 1 Once when I had & fever Iwon'tiorget it soon I tas hot as a' basted Vurkty and crazy as a loon ; ': ! IS ever an hour went by me when she was out of sight j: ' . - . J j; She nursed me true and tender, and stuck to me ., day and night. . ! ' -:; X " i- 1 i :. And if ever a house was tidy and ever a kitchen clean, ' Her house and kitchen was tidy as any I ever . seen; " ' ' And I don't complain of Betsey, or'any of her acts, 1 j ExcepUn' when we've quarreled, and told each . other facts. So draw up the papers, lawyer, and 1 11 go home lo-uight, . And-read th agreement to her, and see If It's all ; right; ' j . ..":,-.."' r" -And then, in the moxnin', iH seU to a tradin' man I know,' " j ' " And kiss the child that was Jeft to us, and out in the world I'll go." ! v And one thing put in the pa tier, that first to me -didn't occur ;j . ..'I .. That when I am dead at last she'll bring me back to her; And lay me under ago, the maples I planted years When she and I were happy before we quarreled so. And when she dies : by me, And, lyin together agree; wish that she would be laid in silence, perhaps we will And, if ever we meet in heaven, I wouldn't' think it queer If we loved each other better because -;we quar reled here. S elected. MALCOLM'S CHOICE. An old gentleman; leaning forward with hi? hands clasped over a gold headed cane, wis seated in a suniraer house situated upon the ground of a hotel at a fashionable watering-place He was in a corner hidden by droop ing vines, and bis face expressed deep and apparently.painful thought. The refrain of his sad musing was, VOnly one person in. the whole world to love me, and J shall lose even that love now! vn ine oiner siae ot the summer- house, divided from tbe side th'f ld gentleman occupied by a rustic jparti tion two ladies, jyoung and fair, rustled in, and taking out some fancy work, settled down for a chat. One was tall and dressed in a! pret ty costume that was at once youthful and matronly; the other was petite; blonde, and not more than eighteen. Mrs. Courtland spoke first. j "Embroidery Alice?" she said. "A bankerchief coi ner. For your trous seau?" ' - ' -, . l 'Yes;' and the sweet voice faltered, while a burning blush crimsoneb the fair cheek. 'Is it not pretty?' 'Very. I want to talk about your prospects, child. Your Aunt Mary tells me you are making a splendid match-' " J , . . : ; , j ' - Did she? I think so, Blanche. Malcolm is so noble and good!' 'But your aunt tells me he is the favorite nephew of the great merchant, Hubert Bates, whose wealth is some thing enormous! You have only to help him play bis cards well arid he will probably be heir to a magnificent fortune. But what ails vou? You look as if I was telling you a piece of news. 'I think aunt Mary has been mis informed, that is all.' 'Then he is not Mr. Bates nephew?' 'I never hearti him speak of a rich uncle, and I am jquite sure he has no hope of inheriting money. He has a good salary, and my little fortune will furnish a small house; so we can make a comfortable and, I hope, a happy home?' . j 'Did be never speak to you of his uncle?' - j Not of a rich uncle. He had told me of a lame uncle, his mother's broth er, who has been very kind to j him, given him his education and a start in the world. He alwavs talks of him witn tne deepest love and pity. Pity?' I 1 'He 8uflers tortures from the effects of a fall that hajS lamed him for life and often causes him weeks of agoni zing pain. Malcolm tells me with tears in his eyes of his fear of loosing this friend. j j 'I wonder if it is the samel' mur mured Mrs. Courtland. 'Tell me, Blanche, some of the best places to go for jour furniture and car pets. It will bo new work for me to buy household goods, and Aunt So phy is not well enough to help - rae mnch.' j Oh, I will go with you. But'I de clare, if I were you, I would wait and see if your Aunt Mary is fight. Your fortune will never buy or furnish such a house as a future millionaire should live in.' . . f ; ,My fortune said Alice -Hunter, with a ring in her clear voice, 'will furnish a house suitable for a bank clerk with five hundred a year salary, which is what rny huspand will have. If Malcolm has a rich uncle he is ;not the man to live in expectation of 'mon ey to come to him over a grave; I If his uncle Hubert is, as you say, very rich, Malcolm would hate money jwon by the death" of j the : nearest relative and dearest friend he has. But I don't believe in i be money, for he bev er spoke of it to me.' . j . Then the talk drifted into dUcns sion of bridal finery, of furniture jand stories of the young wife's content in her own married life. " But the old man leaning opon j the cane was thinking: " Can it be true? Does Malcolm think so little off my money that will be his, that he has f . .. , i n.tra amriim if S . . . " V T cu ""onea 1; 10 nis prom- isea wner uan it be that I shall gain a loving,! tender neice, instead of los ing ray nephew when Malcolm mar ried?' . J ; ;: r "- ' Loving his nephew so deeply, Hu bert Bates had felt a keen pain at the news! of his betrothal. He had never seen Alice Hunter, but he knew she; had been brought up in a circle of fashion and was the orphan niece of.bne of society's gayest vota ries, MrsJ Mary Haydon. While he museii upon the conversa tion he had overheard, the silvery voices of his young neighbors still souuding beside him, there was asud den crash. Something struck him upon the headand he lost conscious ness. J ' Cries "from the summerhouse, from groups of people collected in the grounds brought a party of men speedily to the spot The rotten posts surporting the roof upon one side had given way and the side and roof had fallen in. Mrs. Courtland and Miss. Hunter were buried under the fallen timbers, the doorway being complete ly blockaded, but were uninjured. Not so the old gentleman, who had been their unsuspected listener. He was taken out pallid and senseless. Nob5dy knew him. He had come by the morning train, had taken breakfast but no room, and asked the hour for the retnrn train. A sur geon, summoned as speedily as possi ble, announced a broken arm and in jury to the head,' making a likelihood of a long,tedions illness. There was some animated discussion, some sug gestions of hospital, a search through the pockets of the unconcious victim, resulting in the discovery of a small sum ofmbney, but no letters, papers or cards; jand finally a desertion of one and another, each going his or her way with the cbnsoliug reflection. 'It's none of my business.' But' when they had all deserted the injured man the surgeon, still busy binding up his arm as he lay npon a bench brought from a ruined summer house, , fety a light touch on his hand and looked up. Can I (help you?' Alice Hunter asked. ; 'No child, not now.' 'What Will they do with him?' I suppose he must go to a hospital?' 'But the rid e the journey?' 'Will cause great additional suffer ing, perhaps result in death.' Doctor, will they keep him here if he is paid; for?' Certainly; but there is not money enough about him to pay his board a week.' - I will pay it.' You?, Yes; I will not let him die for want of money I have. He and her lips quivered-'he looks like my dear father who is dead.' Hem. yes. Here comes the follow ers to carry him to the station. I think I wifl have him taken to the house where I board. It will cost less, and be more quiet,' Mrs. Courtland declared Alice was outraging the proprieties most dread fully when the young girl went to the house and offered her services as. nurse to the doctor; but Aunt Sophy silenced all comment by moving her belongings from the hotel to the quiet boarding-house,-and the doctor found he had a valuable assistant. Alice explained in her quiet, low voice, thai her father was ill for nine long months before he died and she was his nurse. This accounted for the noiseless woolen dresses, the velvet-shod feet, the quick eye and. ready hand, and when the sufferer recovered consciousness the gentle voice and tact that quieted him in paroxysms of pain and fever. Aunt Sophy was too much of an invalid herself to help; but she sat beside the bed while Alice moved to and fro, and performed all nursing duties. The invalid had one long talk with tbe doctor, and then submitted to the gentle ministration of the two woman, 1 . . . only insisting upon a man the doctor provided being with him at nigHt and within call. , 9 The season was over, and only these three remained of the summer board ers at the house, when, one cool Octo ber day, the sick man, now fast recov ering, called Alice to him. I shall soon be well again,' he said, regretfullp. . - 'Yes, she answered, cheerily, 'very soon.' . . . . . . . ; .; I shall miss my nurse j And I my patient; but I am glad you arerecovering. We were afraid atone time there would be .a more painful parting ,f You mean I was in danger of dy ing. ; . Why should that be painful? I am old j , t f . . t She made no answer, looking sor rowfully into his uplifted eyes. And a burden upon you, the doctor tells me. ' Why did you make your- self resDcnsibla The fair face flushed, the toft eyes were dewy with feeling, as Alice said softly: Because ya are old and seemed poor and friendless. I was glad it was in my power to aid you. Do not think it was at any great cost she added, with a generous desire to lighten the burden of obligation. I have some money lying idle.' For the wedding-day perhaps. Well, child, you might have poorer Jewels to deck your bridal than an old man's tears of gratitude and love. I am getting well and shall soon leave you. Will you giye me a keepsake?' The girf loosened a little locket from a chain round her throat, cut eff one of her golden curls and put it in the place of some hairs he took out and iaiu me trinket in the old hand. man 8 With my love she said, soft. Ah, child!' he sighed an nld r man sick ana leeble wins little love.' Yet, she said earnestfy, you must believe that I have nursed you since ou were couscious with affection. ly own father is pone, hnt if vv you want a daughter's care or affec tion, believe me, I will gladly come to you if possible.' lhree days later the house was de serted. AuntSoohv and AlifA rolnrn. ed to their home, and Alice cheerfully paid out of her small patrimony for iue: ooam ana expenses ot her venera ble patient She little euessed how deen an ?m. pression her care and tenderness had made upon the heart so Ion rlnl against human affection, so distrnfafnl of any advances from his fellow-crea tures, it was a revelation to him, this active charity to an utter stran ger, lie had gone to the hotel mere ly to see Malcolm's choice and hail purposely left all clue to his identity behind him. He had intended meet ing Alice, if possible, unknown and watching her unobserved; but acci dent had thrown them together in a way he little anticipated. The first use he made of lm recovery was to write to his nenliA - ' 9 WKIVVIUI wit him at the station when he returned home. - -: Knowing nothing of the recent acci dent,, the young man was shocked at the change in his uncle's face. Youve been ill?' he cried. Very ill - 'Why did you not send for me?' I had even better nursing - than yourself, Malcolm. Don't ask .me any questions now, but tell me about your marriage preparations 'Alice has gone home, And will re main until November. Then she comes to Mrs. Haydon's, and will buy her furniture Iu November?' . 'Yes.k . Late in November she cams, her trunks fuil of Aunt Sophy's present, aua Auni .aiarygave her cordial greet ing. A grand wedding was the dis play upon which the lady had set her heart, and Alice shrank a little at the comments upon the rich uncle and her own good fortune in the 'first-rate match But just before the wedding day a little note was brought to Alice H)y a gorgeous footman, who was driven to her aunt's behind a private carriage. The note was from Malcolm, and beg ged her to come4o him in the car riage. , Wondering, but obedient, Alice was speedily ready, and was driveu to a handsome house where the door was open to usher her into a stylish draw ing room, where a gentleman awaited her,-aud Malcolm advancing said: 'My Uncle Hubert, Alice!' Kindly blue eyes looking into Her own, withered hands were extended and a voice she knew well said' We are old friends, Malcolm. Are we not Alice?' .Then before she could answer, the old man continued: I have thought I Alice, that it was unkind to have my nepnew wait lor my death before shar ing in ray wealth. I have borne a curse of distrust in my heart for many years, thinking my money won me all the affection, save Malcolm's, that was offered me; but, though you were well content to wed the young clerk and put young own patrimony into his home, you must not refuse my heir, who has accepted from me an income that .makes him independent, and this home.' . ' My love for Malcolm can bear rich es or poverty was the anewer; 'bat. sir, oar uome needs you. Yoa will come, trill yoa not, to the children, who will try to make yonr life happy by loving care? Long before I knew you, Malcolm told me he hoped, when be had a home, to win yoa to live in it Will yoa let me, too, beg of you to come to as? . Gladly, child! the old man said. I understand now Alice said to Malcolm, wby yoa wanted to wait un til after the wedding to take our hvuie. Yoa wanted to surprise me I assure yoa I am as surprised as yoa are, though it was JJncle Hubert whopcrsuaded me to wait So where the rich. lnnlW mn Tsrl feared to lose the one love of his life, lie gained another tenderer, sweeter love to brighten his declining yean by a daughter' devotion and affec tion. Frota tb Youth's Cbrapaaioa. ItlghU In Tim ltoad. The following statements as in nVt. in the road may be useful to . nm nf our rearers. It certainly contradicts certain ctaimon opinions; it a I-rra deed is bounded by, on or upon a' road, it nsuallv m id 1 1 e of the road way . The armor owns the soil of half the rend. and mav n a t Vi.. mm w mv 1 BO, SI CVS, stones, gravel, sand or anything of value to bin, either on the land or be neath the inrface, subject only to the superior rights of the publie to travel over the road, and thatnftr. tiil.. surveyor to use such material for the repair oi tne road; and these materials marbe carted a wav and med 1m. where on the roxd. , No other man has a rirht tr fA bis cattlo there, or cut the err n trees, much less deposit his wood, old carts; wagons or other things there. Nobodv'a children Iimva m1 pick up the apples under your trees. aunougn me same stand wholly out side of your fence. i No private person has a right to cut or lop off the limbs of your trees In or der to move his old barn or other buildings along the highway, and no traveller can hitch his horsa to vnnr trees in the sidewalk without bcine H- .11. !l . .. . . f aoie, ir ne gnaws tne bark or other wise injures them. No man has a right to stand in front of vour land nnrl tnattl :u abusive language without being liable to you lor trespassing on your laud. He has a right to pass and repass m an orderly and becoming manner; a right to use the road, but not to a- ouse it . But notwithstanding the farmer owns the soil of the road, even he can not use it for any purpose which inter feres with the use of it by the puplic for travel. - . . He cannot put his pig-pen, wagons, cart, wood or other things there, if the highway surveyor.orders them away as obstructing public travel. .If he leaves such things outside his fence, and within the Trmits of he highway as actually laid out though some distance from the travelled path, and a traveller runs into them in the night and is injured, the owner is not only liable to him for private damages, but may also be indicted and fined for obstructing a public highway. And if he has a fence or wall along the highway, he must place it all on his land, and not half on the road, as in case of division fences between neighbors. But as he owns the soil, if the road is discontinued, or located . elsewhere, the land reverts to him, and he may inclose it to the centre, and use it . as part of bis farm. Judge Bennett How To Get Alone Don't stop to tell stories in business hours. If you have a place of basinets be found there when wanted. No man can get rich by sitting a round stores aud ealoons. Neverool in business matters. . Have order, system, regulation and also promptness. Do not meddle with business you know nothing of. , Do not kick everything in your path. More miles -can be made in one day by going steady than by stopping. Pay as you go. A man of honor respects bis' word as he does his bond. ' . Help others when yoa can, but nev er give what vou cannot afford be cause it is fashionable. Learn to say no. No necessity of snapping it out dog-fashion, but say it nrmiy and respectfully. Use vour own brains rather than those of others.; Learn to think and act for yourself. Keep ahead rather than behind - the times. A Do;: and a String. A near-sighted friend went to an optician to chance his classes, he then .- . , w 0 ' jnquired.- "After these what will I take?" 'These." -And after that?". Those." ' - 'And then?".he asked anxiously. Then," said the dealer, "I think a small and sagacious dog, with a string attached, will be about the thin;:."
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