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I ' ! SI dbafham Record. H. A. LONDON, Jr., EDITOR AND ntOriUETOB. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Of ADVERTISING. One tquare. one Insertion. Una tquare, twotuscrtious, Jne square, rnc!imiith, tuoa LB . 1 Or rnr y, otip yrrxr, fCOO ime copy ,011 inoni;ia j.oo One cop)-, three looiittt..', . . jjq VOL IV PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. C JUNE 29, 1882. NO. 42. Then aud Now. "I with I were a boy again!" Thus wrote a ponsivo barJ, Bat ' twai a foolish iab to pen, Though trouble prosed him hard. Oh, who to childhood would roturn, Repeat his chequered yeara j Once more their rigid 1c aeons learn, Of turmoil, toil aud tears ? What brighter rages would be traced Within the book of tituo ; What record of wrong words erasod- - What deeds show ruoro sublime ? Alas, the human will is weak To curb the passions wild ; Man may not thiak or act or speak With naturo uudeOlod. And should be tread life's path again, Not all the garnered loro, Reaped from the harvests that hare been. Would make biiu err no more. The same temptations still would tin" To tempt his flcklo clay; The eamo dark clouds obscure the tkios, The eamo snares fill his way. And then, as now, would bo repeat The follies of tho pant ; Hurl pradtneo from its regal seat, And troth bchim him cut. No ardent longings can repair The moments fled away; But those may bo improved with care That come to us to-day. They bear adon n time's nulling tide. Like ships, a precious freight, That must, for weal or woe decide Men's everlasting fate. Wavcrly Magazine. DISPOSSESSING A WIDOW. "I have a mind to put up a ji b on your client, Trueidell," said Charlie Monier to his law partner, Sam Norton "I have observed that you were be coming demoralized lately, but did not suppose you would be ready to soil out a client," replied Norton. "Let us know, however, what the job is, and ii it has an innocent lojk perhap I will go in for chances and shares." Alien Trucadell, against wham thi'i plot was forming, hud been in tbe hand of these lawyers only a fow weeks. He had lately como frrru another part ot the State, and had b Jen buying, through them, a valuable paper-mill property, located on tho river a few miles below the olty. Mouier & Xortou had been his attorneys in the transaction, and had realized a handsome professional fee. In connection with that business there had also been some collateral transactions through which an overdue mortgage for eleven thousand dollars had come into the hands of their client. The property held by the mortgage was a handsome homestead, belonging to a widow lady, Mrs. Trowbridge, young or at least not very old not more than thirty-two and a beautiful woman. Mr. Truesdell had not yet seen the property or its owner. The mortgage bad been taken ou the assnranoo of his attorneys that the security was ample The lady's deceased husbind, Charles Trowbridge, had died suddenly three years before, and left considerable real estate in a badly entangled condition. Ha had baen a bold, ambitious operator, and not very prudent ; made new pur chases continually with money raised by mortgaging anything on which a mort gage could be placed, until oven his family residence, the property of his wife, had, by her consent, reluctantly given, bscome involved to the extent of more than halt its real value. Mrs. Trowbridge had one child liv ing, her little boy, Baby, now six yeats old, and for his sake she had been doing her utmost to save what she could of the property her husband left, aud she had managed so successfully thus far that when a sale was inevitable she had been able to effeot it herself, and not leave that ceremony to be performed by the sheriff. The reader I. as probably suspected by this time that the job those lawyers were preparing to put up on their client was not likely to ba very serious or damag ing. They had learned from incidental remarks of his that he had been a widower for several years and had a family consisting of two little daughters and his youngest sinter, also a maiden aunt of his deoeased wife, who was managing his family affairs, but not in very satisfactory way. The Trowbridge property," said Mr. Monier to his partner, "will just suit our client for a residence, and the right and easy way f.r him to get it will be to bid it in undor a foreclosure sale, and then dispossess the widow." " A charming idea," said Norton, "but of course he must see the property in the first place, and determine how much he will bs willing to give for it." " Mr. Trowbridge, I believe ? " A graoeful bow waa the lady's answer, and the visitor added, "Mr. Truesdell." " I am pleased to see you, Mr. Trues dell," said the widow, as with a motion ot the hand, she invited him to resume the seat from which he had risen on her entrance. " I have called, madam, to look at this property, which as I understand is for tale," laid the gentleman. " Yes, sir ; I will show you the prop erty with much pleasure. Hut 1 must first ask yon to cxeuso mo for a few moments. My little boy will cntortain you until I return," and lluby came forward w.th ready confidence, and sig nified tiH willingness to make himself agreoablo. " I hope you will buy our place, sir," he said, when they were alone. " If my dmr papa had lived we would have kept it, hut now mamma says we can not." " Haw long has your papa been dtui ?" asked Mr. Truesdell. " Three years, sir. Did yon ever see my pupa ? " "No. 1 have been living more than a hnudro.l milos from hero, and have made no acquaintances iu this vicinity until lately," the visitor answered, smiling. ' Mamma has told me of some cousins cf papa's that I havo never seen, and Then I first looked at you I thought you might bo ouo of them, because it secnis to me you look like my papa, Ho had side whiskers, just like you have, and his hair wui the same color, and he wjs i.biut as !.i ge as you. Here is his picture," and he pointed to a very f no oil painting oa tho opposite wall. Mr. Trueidell was standing before the picture, studying it with much interest, when Mis. Trowbridgo roturned and announced that ho might now see the bouse (i u i.l grounds. An hour or more was spent in this way, affording an opportunity fcr such casual and inci dental remarks as tho occasion called for. Rihy was one of tho party, of course "Is I his little bvy your only child, niudani ? " asked Mr. Truesdell. " Tho only one living. I have lost two dour lit'le girls, one younger than Ilujiy and the other two years older." " I havo twi little girls," said Mr. Truesdell, "and had ono boy, who, if living, would bo about the age of yours. He died three years ago, soon after the death of his mother.'' " Don't you think, mamma, this gen man looks like papa ? " interposed Raby. " Well, yes, a littio.perhaps," said his mother, suiiliag. " I a ai much pleased with the general appearance of tho property, madam,'' M-. Truesdell remarked, "and may see you again iu regard to it.'' Yon prcbaMy know, sir," said Mrs. Trowbridge, "thai my interest is loss than half the real value. A mortgage, now overdue, holds the larger share." Mr. Truesdell did not intimate that he bad lately become the owner of tbe mortgage, b it simply remarked that if he concluded to bay the property the mortgage would of course give her no further trouble. " I wish you would buy the house, and come here to live, and let mamma and me live here, too," exolaimed Ruby, looking up wistfully into the face of Mr. Truesdell and ai the same time firmly grasping his hand. It tho mother could have got hold of the boy at that moment she would havo given him an impressive shake, but he was on tho other side ot Mr. Truesdell, and any attempt to stop him with words might lead to something worse, so she simply said, " I have several other pieces of prop erty, some ot which I have hosn trying to dispose of, with the hope ot saving this, but the best bids, thus far, have been very low." "Are those pieces of property also encuculi. red? " "Yes, sir; every ono, more or less. The property that my husband held was rising iu nominal value when those mortgages wera put on, and he thought he could carry them safely, but a reac tion came, and now my interest in prop erty on which he placed a high value amounts to but little." Your experience, madam, has been like that of many others," said Mr. Truesdell. "But you are fortunate in having even a little left. I will have some conversation with my attorneys, Monier & Norton, ia regard to this prop erty, aud will probably call again within a day or two. Good-day, madam ; good-by, Rnby." ' Good by ! ' responded theiittle fel low. " Do come and see mamma and me again. I want to see you, you look ao much like my para. Don't you want to see Mr. Truesdell again, mamma ?" Certainly, my dear," said his mother. " I shall be much pleased to have tbe gentleman call." The lady and gentleman thus casually meeting had incidentally and almost unavoidably learned certain leading facts in regard to each other. Of ooune no remark designed to be in the least degree suggestive of any special or per sonal interest 1 al been made by either, and yet the ciroumstanoes themselves were suggestive. 4 Well, how did you like the Trow- b-idgw property, Mr. Truesdell?" asked Mr. M-tnier as his client returned. "A very handsome place," was the gntlen a i's reply. " And shall we commence foreclosure proceedings immed a'ely ?'' asked Mr. Monier, with a sly wink at his partner, which was noticed by Mr. Tmcsdell. "The dispossession of the present oc cupant will be simple and my, aud that part of tho business we will turn over to you." " It is not worth while to make any cost in that direction Just now," was tho quiet, but significant answer. " I am Rlad you havo como again ! " exclaimed Ruby, bounding into the parlor. "I told mamma I knew you wculd come." "Yes, my bay, I Lave como to look at your mamma's nonse once more," but he did not tell Master Ruby that this was not his second, nor even his third call, and that his mother had probably not thought it necessary to invito him to be prceent on every occasion. "Don't you want to see mamma, too ? She will be here in a minute. She is fixing herself up a little more before she comes in." Unfortunately for Ruby tho last re mark was beard by his mother, who was entering the parlor at that moment. That boy was soon on his way out led by a servant, but the outrage was duly resented. "My mamma sha'n't treat me this way after yoa come here to live, shall she, Mr. Truesdell?" was his daring shot. " I would just like to know, mamma," said Rnby ono day, about six weeks after this incident, "why I can't stay in the parlor when Mr. Truesdell comes to talk to yoa about buying our house ? " "Never mind, my desr," said hit mother; "perhaps Mr. Truesdell will not buv the house after all." " Will he come to live, hero, mamma, and let us live here too?" and be my papa, and and you bo his wife? " "Yes, my darling boy," exclaimed the fond mother, clasping her littlo child to her heart. Two hours only had passed then since the engagement had b en sealed with a ring in which a glowing rub had been set. In a lapture of joy Mrs. Trowbridge explained to her child, as well as she oould, tho meaning of the ring aud ot the precious stone he saw there. "Mr. Monier would like to speak with Mrs. Trowbridge a moment," waj pencilled ou a card that was handed to the widow. "Nothing wrong, I hope," wad the thought that startled tho lady for au instant. Tae marriage ceremony was to take place the next morning, antl it was now bait past eight in tho eveuing. Her prospective husb tnd had left her half an hour bjfore, and sho wui puzzled to oonjecture what reason his lawyer could possibly have for calling just thou. "I have called, madam," said Mr. Monier, " to hand you this document, which is, ai you see, a ndeaso of tho mortgage, ou jour property." "Why, how is this?" said tho Udy insirprixo. "UaiMr, Trunsdell paid oil this mortgage 'I " "Mr. Truesdell has been thy owuur of the mortgage, madam, for several months, having purchased it through me, before he became acquainted with yon. In order to restore to joti the full aud absolute ownership of tho property in the easiest and most direct way, ho has, by our advice, executed this release while your name was still Mrs. Trow bridge." "A name sir, that I have always thought it an honor to bjar, but now other emotions fill my heart. If you report to Mr. Truesdell that you have left me iu tears, please tell him they were tears not of sorrow, bit of the deepost gratitude. Good-night." Mrs. Trowbridge became Mrs. Trues dell at ten the next morning. "And so this is the way you dispos sess the widow," said Monier, as soon as he oould get noar enough to his client, after the ceremony, to whisper a word in his ear. "I thought I would rather possess her," was the reply. Mrs. Garfield Is Very Well Off. She has 8300.000 in Government bonds, the result of the subscription. Then her husband's life was insured for (50,000, which she promptly received. She also was paid the salary of tbe President for the unoccupied first year, amounting to about 820 000 Then a id to it about 830,000, tae total value of Garfield's estate. That was tho total amount, after all the abuse that wai re ceived, that he was ablo to accumulate io a life cf fifty years. That muses (100,000, does it not ? I suppose that the income from this to'alof more than 8400,000 will be, perhaps, 810,000 a year. 8ba is also put on tbepunon list at 85,000 a year. S she is comfor table and can raise her children well. A certain preacher once took for his text, "Husbmds, love your wives.' Pausing for a moment, he glanced to ward Emily, (his wife) and began as fol lows : " Now, brethering, wo sartiol.v den't love our wives as we'd orter. I don't lova Etuii as I orter. but if I was to have another wife.I'd love her better'n I Lev Emily I" Tho Measure ol Her I.ovp. "Myrtle, doar?'' "Yes, Goorge.what is it?" replied the girl, glancing shyly upward. Tho radiant glory of a summer moon, shone down upon the arth this June night, bathing in all its mellow splen dor tho leafy brunches of the sturdy old oaks that had for centuries shaded the entrance to Castle McMurtry and laughed defiance to tho fierce gales that every winter came howling down in all thoir cruel forco and fury from the moorlands lying to the westward of the castle. On the edge of the broad demesne that stretched away to the south etocd a largo brinule cow, and as the moonlight flecked with silvery lustre her starboard ribs she seemed to Myrtle n perfect picture of sweet content and almost holy cslm. "Is it not a beautiful night, dearest?" murmured the gitl. "See how the ruoonbeans Batter down through the treos, making strange lights and shad owy that flit among the shrubs and flowers in snch a wierd, ghost-like fashion. The deli is indeed clothed with loveliness to night, sweetheart." "Ye," said George W. Simpson, "this is tho boss dell ;" and then, look ing down into tho pure, innocent face that was lifted to his, ho took iu his own broid, thud-base palm, tho liitlo hand that erstwhile held up Myr tle's polonaise. As they s'ood there bilently iu tho bosky glade George passed his arm silently but firmly around Myrtle's wiist. Tho noble ?irl did not shy. "Do you love me, tweetheart?" he asked in accents that were tremulous with trcmulousness. Myr'lo'a head was drooping now, and the rosy blushes of Calumet avenuo in nocence were ceasing each other across her peachy cheeks. George drew her mrr . Vsely to him. If a mosquito had triivi . j -s between thorn then it would havo ' en bad for the mosquito. "Can you doubt me, darling?" he whispered. "You surely must know that 1 lovo you wiMi a wild, passionate, whoa Emma lovo that, can nevortlie. Do you not love ma a littlo in return ? ' For an instant the girl did not speak. Gw'crge heard tho whisking of the bnn dlo cow's tail break in rudely upon the solemn stillness of the night, and ever and auon ciue the dull thud of the bulKrog as ho juuptd into a neighbor ing pond. Presently Myrtle placed her arms about, his neck, and with a wistful, baby'tt-gnt-tho-cramp look in her fuce, alio suid to him : "I lovo you, George, ui h a deutbloss devotion that will eventually keep you broke." And with theso fatal words the adjusted her rum pled bang and fearlessly lei the way to uu ice-cream lair. Ciiicago Tribune. Nwpdlsh Hallways. Ol Swedish railways I was told that Homo nro managed by the state, whio others, like our own, nro private under takings for tho benefit of the share holders. In either case the motto "slow and sure" seems that adopted by the manugement. Tuo trains are always slow, and generally sure to be behind tiino at the terminus. In either case, moreover, the arrangement of the trains seems specially adapted to the public inconvenience. Tho time-tables appear to bo constructed on the plan of dis comforting tho traveller as much as it is possible, and giving him tho fullest chance to exercise his patience. As a rule he has the option of a couple of trains a day, and must bo thankful for tho privilege. He may take, say an express, which starts at five A. M., to carry him half way, with tho chanco of his just missing a train that niiy convoy him the remainder of his journey ; or he may elect to wait till somewhat later in tho day, when-a through train is provided, which will go at a snail's paeo, and land him at his destination about midnight. If he wants to catch a steamboat, which nominally plies in conjunction with the railroad, his fate may bo far worne, and a day cr two muy past ere tho transit be completed. Seen simply on tho ui'p and studied in the time-tallies, the jour ney may seem faoilo and feasible enough, but wheu put in execution the plans which huvo beeu formed with an intlnituJo of trouble may prove of little protlt. Obstacles start up at every Btagit along the route. Trains are so delayed that they f nil to fit iu as they are aniiouiicod, a rattle-trap vehicle breaks down between tho railway and the bout ; or some ingenious misprint is diHCovxred, when too lute, which is fatal to tint hope of sroinpli diing tho journey ui'hin tl.o limn nj pointed. Grumblers who growl over tbe bewilderments of Uradshaw, should set themselves the task of working out the prib'.em of a short cross country trip by the figures which are furnished in a Swedish time table ; the travellt rs who cnmpluia wheu the I Mai train from Paris is some fire minutes lato should Wrn to exercise their patience hi a little tourin Sweden. Suicides in London averaged last year one per diem. The bodies rec aimed from tho Thames were two per week. FASHION' 0rKS. Clack dresses arecjmbiiia'-ioijs of two or three fabrios. Ono special novelty is a black grenadine made over wlito wa tered silk and trimmed with Spnuish lace and watered tibbon. Colored stones for jewelry are onco more coming into vogue. The mobt popular are the amethyst, sapphire, emerald and ruby. These are sot in dead gold, principally n.j lace pins, with enr-rings to match. One of the new ru prices among im ported dresses is the use of velvet ou cotton drosses. For instance, tho turned over collar, cuffs, bait and bows on a dark blue percalo dress are of velvet of the same color. "Corisande" basque is a stylish coat shaped model, very suitable for the lighter qualities of woolen goods, the shirred ru files on tho lower part of tho front, and the shirred collar removing the severity of the costume. Handsome Biarritz gloves of very fiuo undressed kid, to bo worn with full dress, have wide satin bands at the tops delicately embroidered in tiny clusters of rosebuds, or painted with a mono gram or crest in gold or silver. Anew cloak meant for summer use is composed of row up an row of laoj cov ering cashmere cut iu a dolman shape. Tho only trimming is a graduated scries of rows of Magi sot in the centre of the b tck and down in front. Large handkerchiefs for the should ers are of soft twilled silk, birdc-red with lace, and have the points embroid erod in some bimple ilower j a'tem. They are to b3 worn over muslins and and satins male with pointed waists an 1 full panier overdresses. A new caprice in millinery shows narrow turned-over collars of laeo or embroidery that are open on tho side cf the neck instead of in front. A neck ribbon of pale tinted gros grain passes around the nock, and there is a small bow at the side. The polonaise, formed by paniers sewed on the edgo of a Jersey btsq'ia, is found on many of the cewott white lawn suits, with flounces of embroidery on the skirt ; two colors of satin ribbon form the bows on theso dresses, such as porcelain bine laid over lemon yellow, or dark cardinal laid over pale pink. A quaint and pretty out-door costumo for a young lady is made of willow green checked cheviot, with threads of gld running through it. The underskirt is of dark green satin, wi'.h a rnch around the bottom lined with dark green surah shot with gold. Over this skirt falls a tnnio of tho checked cheviot, with loose Louis XIV. pnffi over tho hips, held together midway of the skirt in front with a bow of cVk green satin ribbon. The pointed bodico, also the cheviot, has a vest of dark green satin, buttoned on cash tide in front with gold buttons connected together by a gold cord. At each r-ide of this vest are revers of the, sa'in faced with tho gold-shot fsbrio. The sleeves are slashed at tho eiluw, with insertions of green fa'in in the open spaces. The wide turn down col lars of gteen satin, lined underneath with the gold-shot surah. A Tramp's Philosophy, In tho hip pocket of an old vagrant was a memorandum book fall of his own writing with a pencil, and some of his philosophy is good enough to be preserved. His first paragraph reads : " Drinking bad whiskey because it is offered free is like getting in the way of bullets purchased by an enemy." A second reads : " Honesty is the best policy, but some folks are satisfied with tho second best. It is hard to ha honest on an empty stomach." "A dry plank under a rain-roof shod is better than a feather-bed iu jail, and one isn't annoyed by the jailer bringing in a squaro breakfast." A fourth says : " Pay as you go. If you haven't any thing to pay with, don't go. If yon are foiced to go, rteDrd every indebtedness? and let your heirs scttlo the bills." Tim fifth explains : " We shunld havo charily for all. Whon winter winds blow cold nul drear ws vaga should pity tho. poor fellowu. in India who are having n d-hot weather." A sixth recorded : " Politeness costs nothing, but it is not expected that you will wake a man up at midnight to ask permission to go through his hen-bouse. It is more court-eons to let him enjoy his needed repose " The seventh and lost we noted down as follows : " When yon pick up an apple core do not find fault because it is not the apple i'self, but be satisfied with tho grade of descent. Do not be ashamed of your occupatiot1. Wo canmt all be lonls, nor can we all be vagrants As I cannot be a lord, I should not lament at being a vagrant. Bo truthful and onf-ipoken that is, tell them you are a Chicigo fire sufferer. Keep seasonable h nr, or some other vag will get your )nk first. Be hopeful, cheerful, and good natured. Growling won't cure a sore heel." I Mnviiisr off a Run. Iu times of suv to panic pnople have been known to refV-.! L'ink of England notes and prefer Wu', notes. In country districts of Scotland the old one-pound notes were fjreatly ircf,rred to sover eigns. It is said thai when there was a run upon the Bank of England in 1703 the dcvii'o was resorted to cf paying tho country pioplo in shillings und six pences. O.io ueuto Miuchcslcr firm painted all their premises profusely, and many dapper gentlemen were de tcred from appro filing tho counter. A story is told of Cunlill'e Brook's bsnk. When there was an impetuous and un reasoning rush for (.old, Mr. Brook obtained a mimbi r of tacks of niuul, opened them at tho top, put a pood thiok layer of toin upon the contents, then placed them untied whero tho glittering coins would bo manifest to all observer One bunk procured a number of people as coi:f.-dirnto. to whom they paid gold, thi'ii slipped round again to a back door and refunded it, uud thus the effect of a stat;o army was produced. At another bunk the chief cn-hicr him self examined every note with tho most Sfnveliiug scrutiny, hoMing it up to the light, testing tho Mgnature, and making believe that, on account of alarm as to forgrry, ther.j was need of the uiot scrupulous c.uo. Whe'i ho had com pleted x'k pretc-ndel examination ho handed tho noto to one of his subordi nates very deliberately, with, in slow ml J m osured terms, 1 you may pay it.' Other plans wore to pay tlio money very languidly, counting it twieo over, so as to bo su ro the sum was tight, and to giva a sivereigi short, so that the customer should compluin, and t'ue counting havo to be done over aaiii. At ono of tho b.inks peek measures inverted were placed iu tho wiudows facing the street, a pilo of gcll upon the top. after the manner of tho fruit exposed to sale at street corners iu the summer. At a-iother tho coin was heated in shoveN over the firo in the parlor behind and handed out ik "new" at a tempnr-ituro of three hundred do grees Fahrenheit. The elerk ia charge, accommodating hi phras-ul isy to the Decision, cried out Iri.U-: cv.'ry Inlf hour, "Now, Jiru. d bo g -t'-iu' on with them 6overi!iau ; fults is w ii'm' f.jr their money " "doming, sir, co-niug," was tho ready reply, und the ' folki' thought the power of prod ic'ion bound less. It is always the simple minted aud the nuiuforoicd who constitute ou such occasions the chief portion of the throng, just as the people who go to ex tremes are tho half educated ouci. The crowd were easily persuaded -the proo that all was right was burning thei Sopors. A Liltlc French Story. Insomo parts of France m irri.igeubb girls aro ac;ntomel to pluck, us they return from midnight nia-s on C'lirist mai E"C, a sprij? of apple tree, wh'eh the v put in a vial full of w iter ; th vial is hnng iu their bedchamber iu front of the window ; if ono bud blooms before Easter the mi.s're.ss is sure to) be married before the year on.ls. Among the ei rvmts of a chateau near Alonenn was a chambermaid from Briitii'iy. She was gentle, good-naf tired, quiet, pious au excellent girl every way but she was hunchbacked. Iler name was Ur sula. Taking adviuitige of the dark night she, too, plucked a spri.-r, of opplo tree, sure that nobody saw her. She was mistaken. A fellow-servant saw her and male the servant's lull ring withpeils of laughter at poor 1'rsulc's expense. Still thoy kept the secret among themselves. They all agreed to play a trick on poor Ursula. Oa E ister Eve cno of the journey ur n gardeners removed the old sprig ofapplo tree from tho vial in Ursnlo's chamber and put in its place a sprig covered with blossoms. When Ursula went into her room she could not believe her eyes. She ro turned to tho servant's hall ; her face was raliant with delight as she showed her trophy ; the laughter, jeers, and boatings cf her companions revealed tho trick put on her. Sho stood dumb, confounded, trembling, scarcely able to r strain hor tears. Just at this moment the mistress entered the room and said. . "Ursule, tho app'e-tree sprig may be trusted ; believe it ; you will be married befcre Chn'stmss next. Yon are a vir tuous girl ; I am sure yon will make a virtuous wife. All that yon want to get a husband is money ; the money wanted I will give yon " As she spoke, the mistrc si twined a thousand franc bank note abound the sprig and returned it to Ursula. A fortnight afterward the journeyman gardener who had put the trick on her asked her in marriage, but she refused h'm, at which ho was greatly jeered, and married another. John Qniney Adams Iu bis long service in Congress, was never known to be la'e. ' It, is time to i all tho nonae to order." No," replied the Speaker, "Mr. A lams is not in his seat yet." At thi m -ment Mr. Adams appeared. Hi was punctual, bat the clock wa-j three minutes fast. My Love. Listen of my lady fair, Mild Iduo eyes ami bright brown bair, Trutty lipn of rosy bun, Iu licr cluik j are dimples two. S'ich a pretty, dimpled chin Sure most any In-art to winl SkipH sho round nuhl mei-iily, With a euul brim full uf glee. As the stars shine from tho skies, Geiitiy b'-am bor loving tvrs ; Khe's endowed Willi qnot-iily grac, 1'ittod sho for any lac. Can you wonder ibut I lovo Such a charming lit'b.' dove, Aud that uhu is truu to nin As a darling wife cau be ? ITEMS OF INTEREST. A Paris manufacturer claims to have found an excellent cigar wrapper in eucalyptus leaves. Mr. 'Wiirum II. Vanderbilt recently Rave his check for SI, 000 to pay off the debt of Grace Church, Lexington, Va., which was erected in memory of General II' bort E. Leo. Vermont can stiil show snow-banks a niilo long aud sixteen feet deep, and New Hampshire men have no thoughts of leaving off their overshoes for a month yet. Five men, who mado an attempt to destroy a bridge on the Mexican Na tiona' Bu'lw.iy a short time aso, were arrested, and by order of the Governor of Mexico, were imino ;iately shot. Mr. H. M Stanley, tho discoverer of Livingstone, is cow iu command of the Belgian West African expedition. He has again surmounted the Congo Falls and readied Stanley Pool, wh?ro ho is building a Belti'au H'a'ion. Mi's Llllie Daist, editor of a news paper iu Circle ille, Ohio, has been chosen uu alternate delegate to the Ohio P 'publican Convention. Miss Darst visited Baltimore last year with the Ohio Editoiiul Association, Mr Thomas Hughes, nc?ording to the Liverpool Courier, is financially ruined by 'h failure or tho Hugby colony in Tennessee. It is a'.legnd that Mr. Hughes was duped and flattered into the enterprise by harpers iu the United States, Mrs. J isephine R'eve, of Bridgeton, N. J., dreiiuied that a mau wa3 trying to steal her In1 y, :m infant only six weeks old. She awoke screaming for her mother und clapiu. bor buby to her breast. Her mother flew to her, but tLo child bad been smo'hered by the des perate grasp of the frightened woman. A novel appiritus entitled a " chemi cal lung," has been invented for the veutilaMou id tunnel, and has been tested by scientists in Loudon. A room heated up to eighty two degrees and the air loaded with impurities, was reduced to sixty-llvo degrees snd the air purified in a very sbort time by the action of the apparatus. A raHo of suspended animation mis taken loi d' h'Ii is reported in Boston. A Rirl was pronounced dead by her phy sician. A few b. ur.s after, when her lather turned to leave her ulone, sho cried, "Pica'" doii't go, Jiajn " She Ihen told her friends, as they gathered ub ml her, that sho had b en in heaven, a glorious place, ii'id w ished to return. Mie soon utter died. III MOIKH S. " V old maids," remarked MissStib bins, " low eats because we have no husbands, and cat 1 re ulmod us trt a on erous an men." A country paper i-penks of a mau who "died without the aid of a physician," and adds that "such instance of death are very rare." Rul Ku'e to lur husband, ",tohn, what rock iloi s trim lovo split upon?" ( j loth .Tohti, and gunned from ear to car, "The rock of jouder era lie, doar." We saw a young man going z g zig up tho street the other da.v, singing, " Money is a hard thing to borrow." A wag exclaimed, " Yes, und a tight thing to pay back." Said Tom : 1 Siuen I huvo been abroad I'm taken so much veal that I'm ashamed to look a calf in tho fueo." I s'pose, lir, thiti," sai 1 a wag, "yon con trive to shave without a glass." The father of tho family eimiinos bis watch wi h perplexity. " I can't under stand, my lovo," ho says to his wife, "what's wrong with this watch. I sup pose it wants to be eb an d " " Oh, no, ps," replies otm of his olive-branches, " it can't b dit ty, for baby and I were scrubbing it all morning in tho bath tub with the huir brush, and wo usod plenty of soap." A man of good aldrens presents him self at a house, dcsiiing employment. The gentleman fo whom he applies after asking a few questions, says : " Well, my good fellow, I like your looks, and I'm willing to engage you," " 1 have also a favorable impression cf monsieur, and I will give him an answer after making inquiries in respect to the house, which will result, I have no daub:, most favorably."
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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June 29, 1882, edition 1
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