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aw- inn 1 ..... t&".Mw'wm-mmi klNSTON JOU11JNAL. KINSTON JOURNAL. 1 1 t AT ILT0, LESDIR.. COUSTV, N. C I W. HARPER, 'Editor. r""W-E - v - . ...... . " . l.oo ,.tr:i' Blanks always o hand. J, AY. HARPER, i H S XL"K Tropnetors. J- Independent In All Things., i i TEII5$2.00 ht Tfir. VOL.IL KIN ST ON, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1880. jutu or JDTkxruuia ; Owe Iwk wartar nliKt,Mi , Half a. W- k l-SS . CM . . . UJI J' r. b. torn. JACKSON & LOFTIN, KINGTON. U. rr4,tjf ' L"f . '-; Wayae, Jones and WrimS 4 nni-t aUeatKm paid all bas- IV"' - A CHRISTMAS GATHERING. ) peak; bend the twig jest as the tree's ' bargain, I'm afeared,1 Ht-psy. - ' . . " , - i inclined to grow, as the copy-book bed to payout that five dollai , i :. nroniised ve for a new buunet tu I. Tbe Christmas lira has cose some Christmas time; I've rs I'd I ges.' - " ""-" promised ye for anew buunet to make again, the giad-i 'My land! 1 guess 1 sba n t never up Mr ttiera cnicseus. . . a a a 1 a I ill Tt .V let hint eo tbe way be 8 inclined toi i iny lanin gasped nepsy, i nev bright, the boagus ;Uot jg ;tg my wfty answered er'd ha doue it in creation!' i vt d-oel persons a C-iiinr 'urt Saoa. formerly ac- ,dbr J r. W.tev. ial-l.aa Tbe eeifreeas are berried are white wita naia; i it . .-A Fromer-rT steeple, far and -ear, ta Joy-bell iy. " u.auui.f to nave ner way w an extern cue pealing ring The voice of man's Koodvrtlf farth in everything. II to man apeaka ai- I (LKMKXT MAMLY. I r. m. rMMo'. jlanly. Simmons & Manly, Attorney at Law, New Bcrnf, N. C. (jifl, on rtouth Fruot Strrt, pposite the Gas lea Uuuk. hardly uuderatoo herself. However, she -w as kiud hearte 1 un der all her nap and sparkle, and Ho ver being a little touched with the wisdom his foxy aspect betokened, soon found her weak' side. Like Warm glow the lights by cottage-hearth, la lord ly mansion high, ( And many a tale of loTe is old 'neath frosty 1 a. merrily1 h ' ai,ighb.u. ring and silvery j y another womau ami nist men laughter1 swept for that matter she could be coaxed BleadH with the cranchiag ef the snow beneath , into anything.- the ionles' feet. III. $r Will prwtica c.rn and r-Kiilarly tnrt, is tb 1 -Hawing. cosiiti- Craven, Ortiret, J,,.., Oalow, cstU-im in tin F-dTl asd Slate attend all session of the Pamlico, Lcouir Win. W. N. HUNTER, ICPER10R TOIRT CLERK, PROBATE JUDGE, AND Ex-nfflcw NOTARY PUBLIC for Lenoir County. a- Office in llf Building adjoining thf from yonder A few whines and wans and affect ionate rubs of that sharp yellow head against her gown beguiled her out of many a dainty morsel his doggish soul longed for, chickens, he soon sent Hark! strains of Joyous music come crowded hall. And sounds of mirth and twirling feet proclaim And glowing cheeks' and gleaming gem's .nd ! terror into all their timid spirits; not brighter eyes are there The tones of manhood, childhood's grace, and maiden' blushes fair. . IV. The mistletoe hangs coy aloft, it's polish'd beads of white. Mix'd with the laurel and the bay and scarlet berries bright Of glistening holly, whilst the yew peeps grace ful from beneath The glowing mass, and over all is twined the ivy- wreath. ; ; "AUlKal blanks reqnin-d to be rrobati 'it! couiuily on baud and fnrnia-d free of cfcU. -an-tf T. J. WHITAKER, grPERlOR HURT CLERK, PBODATE JUDGE, and -Ki-Ojflrw NOTAKY PUIILIC For Jones County. A legal blniik riuirrd to be Profited kept toii.i.utly on baii'l. janH-tf Dr. ii. K. BAGBY, kukoicon ii;ntiht. Tib extract ! without pain KtirousOsftle (las. by the the use of Kiwrov, . ar8-12m V. Oil WHEAT. Two Th"iua Harrow for sals by J. M. 3IevlMni, Nov. is. KitiKton, N. ' CHEAP LAND. IU)7 AorK in .lone -county, mil" Kaluw Irenton, for nli' at it'Jl. .1. VV liar pi' v. A)erts(n & Taylor, Tha little ten-yaar cavalier assumes a mannish air, The six-year flirt throws, conscious, back: her wealth of golden hair; A riper beauty sheds her smile a white-hair'd knight npon, t Whilht youpger manhood envying tarns, and looks half Jealous on. . , YL - " v- ' , So winter, once again made young, bethinks him ef his Spring; . , t And Spring looks up In W'iuter's face whilst youth is on the wing, i Forgetting, even as she sniiles, Old Time another pace Hath travel'd forward and hath touch'd, unseen, her winsome face. VII. Ring on, ring on, O Christmas bells, peal out upon he air; Grasp handy, O stalwart bearded men; smile on, O maidens fair; Laugh, darling brijrh-hir'd little ones, in your white-blossom'd primo; Pay loyal homage, one and all, to happy Christ mas time! From the Youth's Companion. A "YALLER DOG." m. M X M H& KOSK TRKV COOK E. "Say, father, I wish't you'd get us a doir." oulv did he keeo them well ofi the r a Tucker premises, but alack! he hunt ed them into the enemy's country, and laid about him so sharply there that mure than one squawking and kick ing fowl strowed his path. These outcries, of course, brought out tue lissets in force, and nover had to run for dear life into the a . I swamp, wnere amid tangles 01 elethra, bilberry and alder bushes, woven in and out with cat brier and clematis. he was safe from human enemies, till darkness shut down, when he sneaked home the back way, aud ate hisup- with the eageruesB of a dog, and heard a many questions as to nis aosence, which fortunately for him he could w uot answer: Meanwhile, the BlUsets grew furi ous. Ilover had not been a ruonth in his new home before a crested Poland hen had her leg broken by those sharp white teeth, a black Spanish rooster's back was permanently twisted, aud a big Brahma lost the use of one wing, while at least a dozen of the short and yelrow-legged barn door breed best oi all lor eating, nameless though they be were chokod or plucked or tram pled on till their usefulness was quite extinct. Then came one luckless day when Rover, in a fit of terror at the gun old Blisset, lying in wait for him, explo ded so near his ears that one of them was signed, made his way straight for the Tucker kitchen instead of the swamp, his tail curled tight in between nis jegs, nis ears limp," ano yowis oi the most pitiful and piercing descrip tiou proceelied from the great .mouth 0;irriji? IJiiilclei's LAGRANGE, N. C. TV. II. STANLY, -GENERAL FIRMSHING IMLTAKER. Goldsboro, N. C. Mktallio autl Wood Burial Cases id Httek. Also W 11 1 T K C A S K 12 T S- For Cuildkes, always on baud. from resjon.ible sep2.Vtf .Orders by Teierrauh parties promptly jllUd. ' Xrt. Dr. A. R. MILLER, vhjj Holds himself hi '-.vyi readiness to insert if Artitl'i:il TmiIi V. tract, till aud clean. i or do anything nc- ecary to be done by f ftlce at residence. DoaM furnished to parties from the conn- - ian3-12m Mr. Tucker looked up from the j that was adorned with chicken feath ers tike a moustache. Neighbor Blisset pursued him home, saw the welcome he received, and burst in with certain pungent remarks. 'That's your dog,5 is it? Well, you'd better keep him to hum, Mis' Tucker, or I'll let tlrive through that 'ere yal ler snout o' his'n pretty quick next time. I aint a goiu' to hev all my liens killed by that beast, now I tell ye 1 - . a - rake-tail oe was wedging in, quite as tonished. 'Fur the land's sake Hepsy! I thought you despised dogs above all things. ,Vell, so I do: but ye know Scrip ter stys there s a time for all thiny-s, aud I expect now's our time for a dog. We shall be clean eet'up with Blis- set's chickens ef there aint somebody t kaer 'em ofl; they're a- raisin' of em for the hotel folks, and I can't 1 i .a spend rnytJays a nanpin my apern at chickens.' Where's &iry?' 'O Sary! my sak .IOI5 lIMTTINO Done Neatly and with Despatch. IWed Msrtgs,. 1,,,-n nonos, and Magistrates Mans, always on hsnd at the JO I'KN A I. OFFICE. Kinston. N. C. KINSTON, N. C. Civil Engineer and Surveyor. rj d.partment of haal Cill Kngmeerinir tin an rxiM-rienci. nf tn . : o . - - - - . i . ... .MirTavHi, II oTll-2m Fjtgineering. or Citizens of Jones, Le noir and adjoinim counties: VwViSi otwna.' Hats, Tobacco., c!, ic M",..s, Sagars, Coffreal CHKAPPOU THE CAS If ! TO II. fiKCTONS VARIETY STORE norU-t a Sto., CapV, Hart wa;4c. Oo0d'' V I. Myers For KnlA 3 GOOD DEER BOUNDS, mouths i till naii .;.. j l Winston, es! her head's too full of algebry and jography ami sech things to mind chickens; she could tigger 'em otf on a slate, I expect, but they'd eat up the lettuce right under her nose.' 'Well! well! What sort of a doe do ye wa'ui? . 'I want a yaller dog; they do look so awful spry. 1 mistrust black ere turs ot all sorts and kinds, and a white dog's just like a 'sheen. I i j i . t eoum put, up wun.a two colored one, but I sort of hanker alter a yaller dog.'- 'Well, I'll see; mabbe Strong's folks can tell where they got their'u. I'll see the squire.' 'So do, pa; asking breath aint no loss. ith which astute remark, Mrs. Tucker went in to her chorii. aud pa got up from the log he sat on with the creak and jerk of rheumatic people when they "Chinge the place, but k'ep the pain," as good Dr. Watts says. 4 Ephraim Tucker was a man of his word; if he was slow he was sure too, and Hepsy was delighted, but iiot sur prised, when he came in just before supper, leadiug'by a string a half grown dog of a dirty yellow color, a little picked out with black about the muzzle and paws. The dog'g head was long and as sharp nosed as a lox's; his ears were clipped to alert brevity, and his mouth opened back to the roots of those drs, suggesting that the shears had also been used to enlarge the opening be guu by nature. -, It was like a pair of shears opeuing and shuttiug when Rover suapped at a fly. with no further result thau to display the red gums, strong young teeth, and lolling tongue, that bad ample room acd shelter betweeu the blackened edges of that astouishing slit iu hi head. Of course bis name was Rover. 'He corwe from PeteBteel's folks, over to Ratlam; they hed more'o they wanted, Pete - said. ! I come acrust him down street a selliu pea-brush, aud this here pup a-yauptn along be V.I...I t.:. .t.:i.. . s . .k. dog vim can kind of eddicate ; him know, train him up on chickens 'Why didn't you keep your old hens hum, then? They begun it. Haint we hed to buy a dog to ket p 'em off our gardiug? We shouldn't 'a had no sass at all ef they'd kep at it!' Of course this provoked retort, and a sturdy neighborly quarrel set iu theu aud there the first work of the yellow dog, and de&iued to outlast his little term of life. Pa Tucker came home to find Hep sy crying with rage, aud Rover, full of his supper, dozing before the stove, not even routing himself at the repeat ed mention of his uame as the story was told in full. 'Well, well said Ephraim, when the tale was done. 'Ye must look at both sides of a thing, Hepsy; 'taint real agreeable, I expet, to hey our fauwls killed jest as they're a turniu' into money, so to speak. I dono as I altogether blame Blisset for bein' riled Well, it's done; 'twas fair enough; heaps better n goin to law, now I tell ye! said tphrann, with severe ion, for though he was a mild aud blow man ordinarily, there was iu his character a reserve of obstinacy, or ernas u snouid be caned nrmness, that Hepsy discovered early in her married life could not be evaded. one did not, either, teel quite as ten derly towards Rover, when she thought of -her three-yea rld Sunday bonnet that must be worn all the com ing summer. I he next morning the dead hen, with much objection on the dog's part, was tied securely about Rover's neck. He felt the disgrace or the inconven ience, and with a short, angry yelp, fled into the yard as soon as he was free of restraining hands; yet, when his anxious mistress sought him out an hour afterward, auxious to see. if the punishment had been effectual or not, she found he had pawed aud rubbed at the string till it was broken, i and now the feathers of the hen lay scattered all about him, aud its last leg was in the process of crunching between those white teeth. He hail discovered that hens were good to. eat. At sight of Hepsy, he fled, aud made a straight wake for Blisset's yard; but that astute aud wary man had srruug a couple of wires above his picket fence, ami Rover fell back iguomiuiousdy instead of bouudiug over into the midst of the fat fowls whose taste he had found so agreeable. Hepsy. in full pursuit, taking a lit tle more direct track than Rover, aud wholly intent on his capture, did nut see the pail of soap-grease which Mrs. Blisset had set out iu readiness for the weekly visit of the ashman. It was too unsavory to be put beside the gate into the road, and it had been arraugetl to leave it just by the fence corner, where it abutted on the Tuck er lot, but the fence on Ephraim's ground had given way lately, and through this gap Hepsy went while Rover made his forced march put of her gate by the road, aud the sl!ort cut brought the poor woman over the soap grease pail. This tripped her up, and streamed, with its ill smelling con tents, all over her best alico gown. But she did catch Rover, as he fell back from the wires, and dripping, scolding, and crying she carried him to the barn, shut him up in the corn room, and fled to the ' woodhouse her self, where she si ripjed off shoes, dress aud stockings, aud stole up stairs for tresh clothing, thankful Sarah was at school, and her Ifusbaud boemg corn But she had to buy Mrs. Blisset a gallon of &oft soap; aud her own gown was hopelessly faded in the severe process of cleansing it from all that grease. So she consented that a muz ored chuixh in the Interior of the State, setting forth tbe fact that they hid been hauled before a church in vestigating eoaimir.ee on a charge of buying futures in wheat. They wan ted the uhl man opinion as to the right or wrong of tbtir action, and be was prepared to say: ' De puason who burs futures in wheat am simply rlskin his money on de chances dsl wheat will go op or down. Some folks call dt gambtiu. I rent teu acres of grou;n' an' lay out $300 an' take my chances on a good sezuu fur corn or ' 'later. Or 1 put money into amaoufaclurin euterprUe an Lake my chances on supply aud demand." if one am gamblin what am de odder? De man who beys a lottery ticket simply takes chances. Ue man who buys a boss simply takes In bit opiuyun l-Jders IVCetinra fW a4wrWtaf lev aay sp . My W n.ia ai tWsSej m IW Kfa IVmsi? . JWth Car ia. Miss.Semantha that had given her Elders Lightfoot auJ Brrry.-of a col- mnTinincf nni lriu.i iua ma tAa.f the ancient maiden. shi resolved not to let her in this time. Rover was lyiog bn the step, rath er tired of the chas' which had been fierce and frequeut, so Hepsy called I tell him softly, and said, decis- 'Stubtmy, Rove, etubboy under her breath. He rose to the occasion just as Miss Semantha put her haud on the gate. and with his best bark made for her. when Hepsy flung herself forward and caught him by the hind-leg. Dou come a nigh him. Miss S'manthyr she screamed. For tbe mercy's saks don't ye opec that gate! Git away whilst I can hold him! I dono but what he's mad!' 'The old lady turned and filed, and Hepsy dragged Rover iuto the house. shut tbe door, and coaxed him with a 'chances. bone iuto the back shed, where she ' Lightfoot an' Berry am no mo guilty sat down on the step aud laughed. J of gamblin' dan de church am when it Hell said. Rover! good dog! i ou re irood for somelhiu . trick was tnt the U44 Rut it was too lats Dow. TW rra had guie. taking 1 U.ir dinners with them, and tht pros-' prctof finding tbeta was Un slight U be serioui !i thought of. ; Be sure it was a lotig tiros heforw Moses hearj the lat ol his wooJtrfol gmme of B!iud Man's BuC a.c,JE. New York Istdjtr. An Appeal to Honor. Several wrrks since a. prUcef rrveived at the Drlmit IIuuV.f Cor rection who tfeued defer ined t have his own way at every cxL la izij four hours he was in diograc for bttreroi conduct, and he ws no sooner out of one scrape than be got himself into another. He was locked up, tied up and pumhd in various ways, and the other day when he committed ome new breach of duciphue the deputy called him Into . L. - ri - ou re gooq lor somelhiu , aint ye? So yoube. I'd as lives have ye keep offbemantha Beers as Blisset s chick ens, any day. She's a sight wuss'n they be, aud 'twou't cost nigh so much.' When Ephraim came home at night, Hey recounted her last adveuture with great glee, and pa smiled, though he did not alt ar prove. Yet he, too, hated Semauthy. Well!' said he, the sound of a shot 'and a yell interrupted him. They hurried to the back dour to be hold Rover kickiug in the last ago nies, and the village constable holding a smoking gun. 'You see the was complsint made agin your dog t he d got the hydroph oby. Miss Beers, she said you said so; aud it's law to' shoot 'em where they be: so I jest fetched arouud with this here gun au' put an eend to him.' 'Uet a dollar for't, don't ye? said Ephraim, dryly; but Hepsy threw her apron over her face and cried. while the constable sneaked away from sarcasm aud tears, both of which made him uneasy. Well, you done it yourselfl' mut tered Ephraim, in the true Adamic spirit. Hepsy was indignant. The apron came down with a suap. 'Dou't you never fetch me another yaller dog. Ephraim Tucker!' she eaid, with angry grief. J7e never did. gibs an ice cream chances of selliug stuff s church am when it the office in despair ami Wran; ... fesubul an takes its John how long have vou beea xg out all of iu here? yu Wen t Two month. NOT VERY BROTIIKRLT. How mauj times have Hosannah Carter, an hunorarr punubedr w J i . member livint? in Oxford. Ind fur- About a dozen times. I rue-.' warded a complaint to the effect that 'Atnl still you are laty, impudent he lately traded mules with a brolaer n4 quarrelsome member of the club, aud, relying up . Jl uu 1 U3e t dispute you. on the natural bond lM-teii ih. m he . had been careless about looking the r.Te thinking over your case other animal over. Wheu too late hr discovered that his new mule was deaf, blind and spavined, aud the oroiuer reiused to rasxe amends, lie continued the deputy. abd I . hare concluded to put you in charge of the man pox rWpital. l ou are loo lazy to catch the lieaart and too mean to wanted to kuow what Brother Gird- ,el anybody eU have what yoo can't. ii i : i-i . i . ,,n,in i...., k . uer wuuiu uo in a case use iuau i ..- i,tm-r. '1 admit that aich conduct am not I 'Say, deputy.' ie plied the man as werry brotherly said the old man as nu Jr begau to bulge, this is the he rose up, 'but my 'speiieuce in di fit time aiuc I'te .been here that life has taught me dat de man who Jou appealed directly to my swaps mules wid his eyes shet am honor. hen I was ordered and sartin to git de wuitof it. Brudderly compelled I felt aggravated and ob- love goes a good ways i case of sick- tinatc. Now that you appeal directly ness or want or death, but it seldom lo ro7 ne f hotwr and duty I shall reaches down to a boss trade. If 1 1 cheerfully obey. I think I can paint war buyin' a mule of a man I bad I more chairs than auy three men tn the 1 1 aaa auowed an mv ma i should ncrin ai de hoofs au look dat anamile ober cla'r up to de pint of his nose. I shouldn't spect him to tell me dat he had hied down anv tee! or nut tied ober any hoof cracks. My advice to "ce. Free iVc. ue lioosier brudder am uot to lie or zle should be bought for Rover. now.' 'Well, I dono as he'd oughter have spoke the, way he did. I aint a goiu to be iusulted by no liviu man as I kuow of. I! wou't never speak to them Blissets no more; they'd ought to have kep' their old hens to home, and if you'd got a mite rf proper sperrit, you'd jest go over and tell em so; so there!' Sho, Hepsy! 'taint no use talkin' about it now; he's riled, and so be you; let things settle a spell, and theu we'll kinder clear Hip. I guess Ml get a muzzle for that there dog; he'll bark jest as good, but he can't bite things.' ' I '1 aint a goin' to ney the poor ere tur tormented with no muzzle, Ephraim Tucker! it's cruelty to dumb beasts. 'Well, well, well, kinder calm down o mite, Hepsy; ; mabbe somelhiu else'll do just as well. Come to think on't, I have heard or read somewhere or 'nother that a tyiu' of a dead hen round a log's neck will sort o sicken era of that work. I guess I'll get one o' Blisset's faowls and try it on to morrer.' But Ephraim encountered a storm at Neighbor Blisset's, and was at last obliged to pay for all the chickens Rover had killed, or incur a lawsuit. Being a wise man. he paid tbe demand before it was carried to law, and went him, so thinks me, that's jest tire j home rather crestfallen, with the last for Hepsy. He's real youug, and j of Rover's, qictims in one hand, the up, ye j oilier thrust iuto huj empty pocket, i, so to I 1 HeVgoiu to be a amuxi n d ear But he reveiiired himself un the family in countless ways. He howled all night, till Hepsy was nearly wild between sleeplessness aud sujerstitiou. 'O Ephraim!' she said, over and over, with teais iu her eyes, aud a voice of deep woe. 'Do you hear that crcatur'? As sure as you're born, there's a-goiu' to be a death amongst us; it's a sure ign.' 'Do go to sleep, mother!' growled the weary man, "or else let me. We are all a goiu' to die fust or last, but 1 dono as we're a-goiu' to no sooner becos a yaller dog keeps up a yelpin'. Let him haowl. He is all-fired ugly, cos of that muzzle. 'Taint no sigu but that.' Hepsy sighed over her husband's unbelief, but felt just assure as she did before that R iver's wail was a warning of the grave. By day he was exasperating erough to make life a burden, if he did prophesy its extinction at night. Not a cow passed the premises but he flew at its heels with a fury of barkiug that drove the animal down or up street in a disturbed canter; and many a meek old creature became fractious under this discipline who had never before sbo-n temper, and many an other turntd iuto the familiar barn yard, panting and sweating. ; with the milk dripping all the way from her full udder, and but a small measure left for the pail, aud little patieuce for the milker. , If a horse passed, either driven or riddeu, Rover, flew at his head with jnsane zeal; some instinct Warned him from its heels. But even Dr. Slater's old nag lost the propriety of its tweo xy ore years uochuj, i u oru&e iuto a shambling ruu that ' shook the fat doctor terribly, aud produced a geu eral cataclysm iu his medicine box, the second time Rover's furious onset began. Once might have been an ac cident, but twice was more than Peter could endure. he ran awny, from it. The neighbors were much stirred up by all this excitement, r nd at last Miss Semantha Beers, au old lady who 'took an interest' in everybody's affairs, betook herself to tbe Tucker reside uce iu order to deal with 'Mia Tucker concerning the obnoxious ant mal she harbored. - . ' , ' Hepsy saw her coming, and having hSM - several, passages ut arms WINTER. Winter Is coming whocaresT whocareaT Not the wealthy and proad, I trow; . "Let it come, they cry, "what mattsrs to us llow chilly the blat may bluwf "We'll fea.t and carousa In onr lordly halls. The Koblt-t of winwwVI! drain, We ll mock at the wind with shouts of mirth. And mode's echoing strain. "Little' care wa for the MUna fro-t. While the Are ties (orb its blase: What to ns Is the dreary night. While we dance in the waxtijrht's rays" 'Tis thus the rich of the land will talk; Hut think: oh, ye pompous treat. That tbe harrowlnjr. storm ye laach at wlibia Falls bleak on the pr at pour gat.' They haTe blood In their feint, aye, pur a thine. Bat naught toqaiekea its flow; They have limbs that feel th whutling gale. And shrink from the dii ing snow. Wioter is coining oh! think, ye great. On the rnofle-s, naked and old; Ileal with them kindly, a man with roan, . And spare them a tithe of your gold. From tha Detroit Frea Pn. The Lime Kiln Club. Will Nullification Jones and Tel You do? I do, sir, and I'll prove it He was given a chance, and he hau't given occasion for reprimands deceive intradin mule, but loauiwer The Pnrwoi. Hml tats Xuntulppr. as few queshuus a be kin an' seem I . - sort o' keerless whedder his ofllr am 'cepted or not.' - e The way they Settled It. The trick egrapti Mm in please lur to step du way?' asked Brother Gardner as the meeting opened. The parties uamed shuffled forward their countenances betraying great surprise, and as they stood before him the old man said: 'Las' nite you two members war in a grocery on Antoine street. You weut in dar de bes of friends, an' you felt all right till a white man in dar happened to menahun about de chil dren of Israel man-bin' frew de Red Sea. Dal started discustbun, an' in ten minit de grocer had to frow you boat out. Am I k'rect about all dis?' Btb scratched their heads and remained silent, 'I shall not ax if ye have any de fense replied the President. It was none o yer bizne, iu de fust place, to discus de Bible; you war fules in de nex' place, fur gill in mad ober de discussion. What do either one of ye kuow "bout de chill'eu of, Israel? When did either one of you behold the Red Sea? Neither answered. Here ye am, poo an ignorant not able to' read or write, an ye Stan' an' dispute 'boat sunthin dat ' de ' werry wisest men am not able to decide on. Jist fink of de ideah of men not able to read or write criticizin di work of inspired writer! - If dat isn't cheek den its lunacy. Now you two possons take yer seats, an if eber I know of yer dispulin' de Bible, de dicshunarv, de hymn book or de school reader I II see dat you am bounced outer dis club! We will now aawimilate 'to de usual order o bizness. ' " BCTI50 "TUTCRES. ' It hsnpenel juat a 1 trll it: f..r I n.vi i iiuui me npj in mo niau wnw chanced to be the uufortunsle ruett oi the occasion. Tbe Rer. Didyroos Cool bath wi awl . . a .a s . was played upon old tiiied over the only rtlieW'U kvciety .ioees rieraon me original mioses, oi i muuainei in me quiet country town Union street whose eatiog house and of Ashdale. He was a meek,, ckri lunch-room, with the quiet sample-1 tiau man, striving to live the doctrines room in the corner, were known to be preached; and wherever be was about everybody that ever had occasion I thoroughly known he was appreciated to visit mat pari oi toe city. iuu ueioven. oi many men could Una chill autumnal day, in mid 1 have b-rue up m bravely, and so idea atternoon, when the tables were well Laniiy, under tbe burden of a woeful nigh bare of customers, four men en-1 domestic crias as did he, n hat that te red and ordered the 'bet dinn r cross was will a ptiear from the finals t ii , , f , I.r.t.. ii ? ises could provide; ami, nnanr, aner oi iu following incident. consulting me primed list oi dune to be served, they settled down upon soup, mutton-chop,' fish, roast turkey. aud pudding and pie; and also sundry bottles of wine were called for and emptied while the diouer was iu prog ress. It was s! sumptuous repsit; and it ended in an unusually large bill,' a was made apparent when the got-d hot presented it in black and white All four of the men at occe plunged their right hands into their pockets as though eager to pay the bill each man eager to get his money out fin-t, 'Hold on!' cried one, patting hi band upon the arm of the man on hi left 'Let me settle this.' No; I thsll settle this bill 'Not if I know mvselfT exclsimed the fourth. 'I shall settle this hash myself Aud they arose from the table, dis cussing the matter hotly, each man of the party forbidding the host to "take a penny from any other than himself. Finally, when it would appear that none of ibem woold yield a particle, it was projosed by one of tbe number that tbe landlord should suffer him elf to be hoodwinked; that Ibe four men should then arrange themselves against the wall, when tbe blinded host should move forward and lay hi band upon one of the party, and the man so caught should be allowed to pay tbe bill. Old Mes entered into the spirit of the thing with keen relish, lie aU lowed them to bind a thick, broad bandage over bis eyes; end when all was ready tbe word was giveu: Now, old fellow! litre we are. Be very sure and get the right roe of uI And then Moses advanced advan ced till be touched his hsnd upon I be wall. He thought he heard the men J h- wa aware that he was confronted move. by a female. . vsu a certain aay, wuku Dad open ed very plcaautly, a brother clergy man, from a distant parish, called upou Brother Clbath. partly un cler ical business, and partly for enjoy meut; for the two had U-tu tlaa males at college in other year. Brother W inn man's horve was pat up, and he took dinner with bis (riend. He was introduced lo sister 1 Cool bath wifs cf hi ht, who. b thought was struggling ban I to appear even hospitable. To smile be did uot try. But the meal wa quickly disputed of aud iu ibe atuJy lite old friend en jojed themselves. late iu the afternoon, iuit as Brother Wi un man ws thinking cf ordering his horse, the gathering cloud burst, and the rain fell; and tbe host inatsted ihst hi ftieud should remain - over night. lie bsd ssid that bis wife would not exjsrcl him ihst night, so be could remain as well as not. Outride in the kitchen the bt4!rs, having imagined that her hosbsal bad invited hi guest to remain tYe. oighf, prepared a tray, with brval aud milk tbereou, and iwrut it liu the study for tbe suppers of tbe two cler gyman; aud if be too Id have e-eu bow they enjoyed it, and bow thank ful they were lo her fur having o served thm, be would have g-o mad. It became dark early. Aftei the imple sopr had been rate the boat arose, and pot ota hi hat. ami said be w-Kild go out to the Ui!e, and see tbst Lis gnatm umUrVml that the viailiog brs was to be kept for the bight. Aud anil Le went. Very shortly a fur Mr. C.lUth had gone out, the ' vi-iting brother thought be w i!d follow, and Lake a Lit of fn sli air, otft uiuU n liug the rain. Ue bad taken bis hat in hi band, and had reached the ball, when Lsok here be tbooted, Uod fatt! Aye it was the hoainw herself; a-d I aiut g"u to chase you all round tle in the gLau a he thought it was h r room.' And be moved along to the 1 bualsanl who approached. .She ht.l left until a table brought him upland heavy tin dual-pan in her hand, and just then the front door was. opened, with it she dealt the man a blow up end some one tnt real. . kj the head that alnwt lunoed him. Hallo! What sop now, old chap? j There! Beat! Take ahst! Ill What in the uame of wooder are you , trsch you to I urn my ' hemse into a dnngMia-e? 'tavern! What did yoo invite ihst The old fellow snatched away the ' smirkin everUstin gond foroothing here forr Jsfit The President announced that he bandaze from his eyes; and 0! he " to st op over uirht with . bad received "a communication from t ought to have known that some such t IVr LeJjer. - - .... - I ' . i
New Berne Weekly Journal (New Bern, N.C.)
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Dec. 16, 1880, edition 1
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