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2 l)c f)atl)ctm Becorb. KDlTOli AND PROPRIETOR. vf Cli (LIE G TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, DOLLAR PER YE&R Strictly n Advance. Where t he Heart Is. Some day, at the sunset, the feet shall rest On th height whose rugged ascent Hath fill d with heart-weary throbbings the I reast, A"1 the bloom of the cheek hath blent, With the vhitene of moon-kinsed snows. IVsthii; there, then, in fame's radiant plow. X!i traveler shall svlly look down, 1! hling the valf wueie Ioto's blossoms An l 1 t' yield fame's rrown r :u breath of love's tender rose. lr, v-" ir seeim, where the hill tops lie, , vh-. t luri-ai place to be, With th. " i.ito dipped elouds swift hurrying1 bv ,n i the braik of griefs throbbing va Par Mumding ns iu misty dreams. Anl the snw-toached blossoms that crown the height, s. em t he faiict of all that blow; Vet the fe't that climb are weary at night, And the vnlo that lieth lelow in;js of home in the sunset gleams. Olla Toph in Courant. ANGELA. I am a poor, paralyzed fellow who for many yean past has been confined to a bed or a sofa. For the la3t six years I have occupied a small room, looking on to one of the narrow side canals of Venice, having no one about me but a deaf old wo;nan who makes my bed and attends to my food; and here Ickc out a poor income of about 30 a year by making water color drawings of flowers mid fruit (they arc the cheapest models h Venice), and these I send to a friend in London, who s. lis thorn to a dealer f;r small sums. But, on tho whole, I am h ippy and content. It is necessary that I should describe the position of my room rather minutely. lt only window is about five feet abovo the writer of the canal, and above it the li.ii c projects some six feet and over hauls tiic water, the projecting portion I cing supported by stout pilc3 driven hto tho bcl of the canal. This ar rangement has tho disadvantage (among o:her) of so limitiag my upward view that 1 am uaalle to see more than about ten feet of the height of the house im mediately opposite to me, although by reaching as far out of th3 window as my u.iinaity will permit I can see for a cormdernblc dbtance up and down the canal, which does cot exceed fifteen f .ct ia w id tli. Hut, although I can see Uit littTe of the material homo opposite, I can sec its reflection upside dovp in the cms!, nnd I contrive to take a good deal of hverted interest ia such of its inhabitants as show themselves from rime to time (always upside down) on its balconies and at its windows. When first I ocrtipied my room, about mx yean ago. my attention was directed to tho reflection of a little girl of thir teen or so (as nearly as I could judge), who passed every day oa a balcony just above the upward range of my Ihr.ited field of view. She had a glass ol flowers oa a little table by her side, nnd as she sat there ia fine weather from early morning uutil dark, work ing assi luously all the time, I con eat led that sho earned her living by uc lie work. Sho'was certainly an in dintrions little girl, and as far as I could ju lgc by her upside down re jection, neat in her dress and pretty. .She had an old mother, aa i avaliel, who oa warm days would sit oa the balcony with her, and it interested me to sec the little maid wrap the old ladv ia shawls, and iring pillows for her chair nnd a stcol for her feet, and every now aad agaia lay down her work and kiss and fondle tho old lady for half a min ute, and then tr.ke up her work again. Time went by, and as the little maid grew up her reflection grew down, and : t last sho was quite a little woman of, I Hippo c, fixteen or seventeen. lean taly work for a couple of hours or so in the brightest part of the day, so I had plenty of timj on my hand in which to watch her movement, aid sufficient imagination to weave a little romance -I out her, an I to endow her with a U-auty which, to a great extent, I had 'o take for granted. I saw or fancied Iit I could sec that she began to take ':i interest in my reflection (which, of ' our.se, she could see as I could see ''i r-j; and one day. when it appeared to !;;' that she was looking right at it ;!' tt U to say. whoa her reflection ap i ! i ted to be looking right at me I l'ie I the elesperate experiment of nod ",:g to her, and to my intense delight ui.r n il .ctio:i nodded in reply. And ;r our two reflections became known to another. It did not take me very long to fall in 1 jv.j v. itlk her, but a long time passed before I could make up my mind to do more than nod to her every morning, uben the old woman moved me from my b 1 to tho sofa at tho window, and 'Vin ia the evening, when tho little left the balcony for that day. Oae 'i'J, however, when I saw her reflection Poking at mine I nodded to her and t!lrwall.wer into tho canal. Sho nulled several times in return, and I be-r d-aw h -r mother's attention to !'M incident. Then every Inoming I tbre-w a flower into the water for gooJ 'Horning," nd an dher in the evening ,or 'od night," and I soon discovered vol. x. that I had not thrown them altogether in vain, for one day she throw a flower to join mine, anel -sho laughed and clapped her hands as tho two flowers joined forces and floated away together. And then every morning and every evening sho threw her flower when I threw mine, and when the two flowers met she clapped hor hands,' and so tin I: tut when the were separated, as they sometimes were, owing to one of them having met an obstruction which did not catch the other, she threw up her hands in a pret ty affectation of despair, which I tried to imitate, but in an English and unsuc cessful fashion. And when they were rudely run down by a passing gondola (which happened not infrequently) she pretended to cry, and I did tho same. Then, in pretty pantomime, she would point downward to the sky, to tell m i that it was destiny that caused tho shipwreck of our flower?, and I, ia pantomime not half so pretty, w-uM try to convey to her that destiny would b? kinJcr next time, and that perhaps to-morrow our flowers wou'd be more forluaate and so the innocent courtship went on. One day the little maid did not appear on her balcony, aad for several days I saw nothing of her, aa 1 although I threw my flwcr as umal no flower came to keep it company. However, after a time she reappeared dressed in black and crying often, and then I knew that the poor child's mother was tleael; as far as I knew she was alone in the world. The flowers came no ic ore for several days, nor di.l she show any sign of recognition, tut kept her eyes on her work, except when she placed herhand kerchief to them. And opposite to her was the old lady"s chair, and I could see that from time to time she wou'd lay down her work aad gaze at it, anel then a flood of tear. woulel come to her re lief. But at last one day she roused herself to no 1 to me, and then her flower cam'. Diy after day my flwer went forth to join it, and with varying for tunes the two flowers sailed away as of yore. But the darkest day of all to me was whea a good looking young gondolier, standing right end uppermost in his gondola (for I coulel see him in the flesh) worked his craft alongside tho house and stood talking to her as sha sat on the bilcony. They seemed to speak as o'.el friends ladee I, as well as I cou'd make out, he held her by the hand during the whole of their inter view, which lasted quite half aa hour. Eventually he pushed off, and left my heart heavy wiihin me. Bat I soon took heart of grace, for as soon as he was out of siht the little mai l threw two flowen growing oa tho samo stem an al"cgcry of which 1 could make nothing, until it broke Upon me that she meant to csnvey to me tha-nd 6he were brother and sister, S & j tiaa no cau-c to oe saei. upon l noueicet to ncr cnecruy, kae no lded to me and laughed aloud, and I laughed in return, and all weat on again as before. Then came a dark and dreary time, for it became r.ecC'Smy that I should undergo treatment that confinetl mo absolutely to my Led for many days, aad I worried and fretted to think that the little maid and I cculd sec ench other no longer, and wprsc still, that she would thi:k that I hael gonc away without even having hinted to her that I was soing. Anel I lay awake at night wondering how T could let her know the truth, and fifty plans flitted through my brain, all appearing to be feasible enough at night, but absolutely wild and impracticable in the morning. Oao day and it was a bright day indeed for me the old woman who tended me told me that a gondolier had inquired whether tho English signor had gone away or had died; and so I learned that the little maid had been anxious about me, and that she had scat her brother to inquire, and the brother had no doubt taken to her the reason of my protracted absence from the window. From that day, and ever after, during my three weeks of bed keepingfa flower was found every morning on the edge of my window, which was withii easy reach of anyone in a boat; and when at last a day came when I could be moved I took my accustomed place on the sofa at the window, and the little maid saw me and stood oa her head, so to speak, and that was as eloquent as any right end up delight could. possibly be. So the first time the gondolier passed my window I beckoned to him, and he pushed up alongside and told me, with many bright smiles, that he was glad indeed to see me well again. Then I thanked him and his sister for their kind thoughts about me during my re treat, and I then learned from him, that her name was Angela, and that she was the test and urcst nr niden in all Venice, and that anyone might think himself happy indeed who could callljsister, but that he .was happier ewn' than her brother, for he was to be mamed toiler, and, indeed, they were to be married the next day. Thereupon my heart seemed to swell to bursting, and the blood rushed through iny veins so that I could hear it and nothing else for a while. I managed at last to stammer forth sonio words of nwkward congratulation, and he left me PITTSBORO', CHATHAM CO., N. singing merrily, after asking permission to bring his bride to see me on the mor row as they returned from church. For," said he, " ray Angela haj known you for very long ever since she was a child, and she has often spoken to me of the poor Englishman who lay all day long for years and years on a sofa at a window, and she sail over and over again how dearly she wished that sho could speak to him and comfort him; and one day, when you threw a flower into the canal, she asked me whether sho might throw another, and I told her yes, for he would under stand that it meant sympathy with one who was sorely afflicted." And so I learned that it was pity, and not love, except, indeed, such love as is akin to pity, that prompted her to interest herself in my welfare, and there was an end of it all. For the two fl twers that T thought were on one ttem, were two flowers tied together (but I could not tell that), and they were meant to indicate that sh.3 and the gondolier were fiffitneed lovers, and my expressed pleasure at thi3 sym bol delighteel her, for sho took it to mean that I re j uced in her happiness. And tho next day the gondolier came with a traia of other gondoliers, all decked ii their holiday garb, and in his gondola sat Angela, happy and blushing at her happiaess. Then he and she entered the house in which I dwelt, aid came into my room (and it was strange indeed, after so many years of invorsioa, to see her with her head above her feet and then she wished mo happiness and speedy restoration to good health (which ccu'd never be) ; aad I, ia broken words and tears in my eyes, gave her the little cross that had ttood by my bed or my table for so many years. And Angela took it reverently and kissed it, and so departed with her dclightcl husband. And as I heard the song of the gondo liers as they went their way the song dying away in the distance a3 the shad ows of the sundown closed around me I felt that they were singing the re quiem of tho only Iovj that had ever entered my heart. W. S. Gilbert. V m n Tire Man Who Invented tho Monitor. Captain John Ericsson, the illustrioui engiaeer and inventor, was born in Wcrmland, Sweden, July 31, 1803, and at the age of ten began, by the con struction of a wind-mill and pumping engine, the creative work, thct at the age of eighty-four, he briskly continues. His father was a mine proprietor, and the boy's earliest . experience was with machinery. At twelve he was made a ca'det of mechanical engineers, and at seventeen he entered the Swedish army as an ensign. He rapilly reached a lieutenancy ia. consequence of the beauty of his military map?, which attracted tho attention of King Charles John (Bernadotte). Ia 1820, while in London on lcaveof absence to introduce a flame engine, he sent his" resignation homo, it was accepted, after he had first been promoted to the . rank of captain. He never returned to Sweden but his native country has sent him many honors and decorations, and in 18G8 a great granite monument was erected in front of his father's house by the miners, bearing tli3 simple inscrip tion, "John Ericsson was born here in 1803." He is living quietly in New York, and is still an indefatigable worker. An Oregon Patriarch. The oldest married couple on the Pacific coast live3 at Greenville, Wash ington county? Oregon. Peyton Wilkes was born in 1791, aad so will be 97 years old next May. He is one of the few pensioners of the war of 1812. His wife Anna Wilkes is 91 years old, and they were marriel in 1815. They came across the plains in 1845. and settled in Washington county in 1846. They were both born in Bedford county, Virginia, came to Indiana in 1820 and to Missouri in 1839. In following the star of empire they kept ahead of the iron horse until he overtook them at the "jumping off place." They have three sons living, twenty seven granelchildren, forty-one great grandchildren, and eighty great-greatgrandchildren living. Portland (Ore.) Dispatch. What is a Blizzard! Imagine, if you can, a frozen fog driven with the velocity of a hurricane. The air is so full of minu'c frozen parti cles which strike your face like pin. heads fired from a musket that you can not see twenty feet ahead, and all this in an atmosphere from twenty to fifty degrees below zero, and you can form as clear an idea of a blizzard as you'll ever care to get. Its blinding, bewildering effect is first felt The intense cold brings at first the pain of freezing, then numbness, then stupor, then a sense ol blissful sleep and close upon its heels death. Atlanta Constitution. Sufficiently Refreshed, Gagley 4 4 Won' t y ou have s ome re freshments, Miss Wiggle?" Miss Wiggle. 4 4 Thanks, r.o. I'm sufficiently refreshed now. Mis3 Howler has stopped singing." Judge. Ay u ' VV TATTOOING. How the Men of Burmah Are Adorned with Figures. Covering Portions of the Body with Pictures in Ink ' Of all Burmese customs, one of the mosc singular is that of tattooing the person, from the waist to below the knees, with figures in black ink. Every man in the country is thus adorned, and unless his skin be unusually dark, he looks at a little distance as though he Were clothed in a tight-fitting pair of kcee-breeches. The custom is said to be falling into disuse, but I have seen very few Burmans without this 4,mark of manhood," which is conferred upon him when he is about 12 to 14 years old. The operation U a pailful one, and I was glad of the opportunity that now offered to see it, though aware that it takes at least two or three days to com plete. Pho Myin. the subject, is lying on a mat quite nude, with a dazed look in his half-closed eyes, and breathing heavily. Moung Daw nols at him meaningly. "He has taken much opium," he says, grianiag to me. I am not surprised at it. If the Htokwinsay ahgyee was going to exer cise his art upon me for four or five hours, I bhoulil follow tho Barman's plan and take opium by way of an auan thetic. The tattooing wi 1 show well upon the plump, fair-skinned lael before u, and the professot evidently think; he is a subj ct to take paiai with, a3 he sits carefully mixing his ink in a joint of bamboo, and preparing his weapon. This is a brass rod nearly two feet long and about half an inch thick; it i3 wci rhted at the top with a little orna mental figure, a id at the other end ha3 a hollow point divieletl by two cross slits. The professor examines the "business end" critically, and, having sati-lL'd himself tht it is shirp enough, tucks up his putsoe and squats at Pho Myin's sile. Selecting a spot on the thih, he places both feet oa.. it a few inches apart, aad s'retclunj thj skin tight, draws the outliac of -the first figure a ti cr rampant witi an iaky splinter of bamboo; this is sooa done, aad relieving himself of a large mouth ful of betelaut, the profesior settles down to work in earnest. Leaning for ward through his widely parted knees, he balantes the brass style daintily, aad, clasping it with the fiager and thumb of the right han 1, makes a "bridge" of the. left, which he re its oa the surface between his fejt. After sliding, the in fit rumen 1 4hroai jh hi- finders ones or twice, as if, to talce aim, he makes a start and pricks away steaeli'y with a light, firm touch that is wonderfully quick and true. In less than five min utes the tiger, with its surrounding border, h fiaishnl, aad the artist re moves hi feet from the dibtenled skin, and washes off the superfluous ink to see how his work has come out. Every body presses forward to look at tho picture, which shows up ia bold relief oa the rapilly forms J swell i a g. 31 mag Saik exchanges a remark with his wife, aad the Uttooer reiu nes his. work ing position to draw the outline of the next figure. ' The boy, stupefied with opium, lies insensible to the p tin'.iile one figure after another graelu illy appears on his skin. Deep as the points of the style sink, they draw little blood, but the limb swells in a manner that would alarm any one who-did not know it would return to its normal size ia a day or two. Fever sometimes supervenes, and in that case the patient waits for" a time before tho work of illustration is resumed, so it often extends ever a period of a week or ten days, during which the inconvenience suffered is con siderable. Without the aid' of opium the process would be much longer. I found that I could not endure the ap plication of tho style for more than thirty consecutive seconds without flinching so much as to interfere with the operator's movements; for the skin is pricked over so closely that it be comes too tender to sustain their repe tition. Eight rupees is the usual fee pail to a tattoocr for endowing a lad with breeches. The figures that compose them vary little, consisting as a rule of tigers, "nagas"' (dragons), and "beloes" (devils). Each one i3 surrounded with a border of sentences, generally illegi ble, invoking good luck upon the owner of the skin whereon they arc inscribed. The waist andknec3 are neatly finished off with a tasteful edging of point or scroll pattern; these sensitive parts of the body are the last to be done, and tattooers have told me that th3 pain caused frequently arouses tho patient from his torpor. Cornhill Migazine, Comparative Guilt. Father What do you think of a boy that throws a banana skin on the side walk? Son I uoa't know. What do you tmaK ot a banana skin tnar trrow3 a man on the sidewalk! AyAy C., MARCH 29, 1888. Diary of California's (Sold Discoverer. Sunday, Dec. 26, 1847. Last week I worked five days (in the California hills). On Christmas a party of us climbed a peak, from which we could see many mountains covered with snow, and from which we started many largo rocks rolling down iato the steep canon. For dinner besides bread and meat, we had apple and pumpki i pies. Sunday, Jan 2, 1848. Mr. Marshall has been away for so ne time, and now the cook saves the pumpkin pies and so forth for herself and the second ta ble, Jan. 11. Rain began on the 9th and continues to fall. Sunday, Jan. 16. The river is Very high. Since Monday the weather is clear. Marshall left us a month ago to get the mill irons and has not returned Mr. B nnett has got out tf patience waiting for him. Sunday, Jan. 30. Marshall having arrived, we got his permission to build a sm ill house near the mill, so as to get rid of the partial mistress, and cook for ourselves. We moved into it on Sun day last. Tnis week Mr. Marshall found some pieces of (as we all sup pose) gold, and he has gone to the fort for the purpose of finding out what it is. It is found in tho race in small pieces; some weigh as much as a $5 piece. Sunday, Feb. 6. Marshall has re turned with the fact that the metal is gold. Captain Sutter arrived on Wednesday with Johastoa for tho pur pose of looking at the place whore the gold was found. He got enough to make a ring. Hj brought a bottle of whiskey for m and same pocket knives. This morning I fouud my basin and knife in their proper place. Johnston had hidden them away, though he de nied knowing anything about them. Lucky Strokes in Mining. St. Jyhn's mine ia Summit county, Col., was purchased 15 years ago by an English syndicate for $700,000. Near the mine was located a magnificent castle which was used only to accom modate tho directors during their an nual visit. To-day there is from f 3, 000, -000 to $5,000,000 ia sight. The Col orado Central mine has been worked for 26 years anl now employs between 200 and 390 men. The mine has already pail $7,000,000 ia divilenels and a tun nel h is just been sunlt iato the moun tain .6000 feet to facilitate the work Senator Hearst, who is interested in nearly all the principal mines, in the west, has not lo-t a dollar ia mining in 15 years. Tw.i miners located-the Corn stock mine, and gave it to two Penn sylvanii oil men for a debt of $800 which they owe I. The oil men did not want to take it, because they did not believe it of any account.. Less than four months .ago " the owners refused $300,000 for it, and to-day there is $75, 000 in sight. The La ly Franklin mine was originally solel. for $15, 00f, and a very short time ago tho purchasers sold one-half of it for l)5. 000. The Brush- heap mine was discovered by two boys and' was developed by their muscle. It row piys an annual dividend of $70, 000. Tho r Virginia mine at Kingston was owned by Charles Wallace.. His wife turned the dri l for him uatil they struck it rich and sold oat for $125,000 cash. Kansas. City Times. The Latest Tiling in Blinds.' English Venetian blinds are becom ing very fashionable in thi3 country. Outside Venctiaa shades have always, been in use, particularly to keep out the hot rays cf the summer's sun. "The English Venetian blinds "are made of slat3 similar to the outside shade, but are arrange 1 with cords, so that they can be drawa up or lowered at will just as a linen shade can. They are more expensive than the linen shades, but they last longer. Linen shades hold the dust and fade, but tho Venetian blinds do not. The3c blinds are made of thin wooden slats, about two and a half inches wide and about an eighth of an inch ia thickness. They are sup ported by tapes arranged like ladders. A cord runs -through a hole in each slat, and by this moans they ire drawn up. They are maele of white pine, bass,, cherry, oak or ash, and are stained or varnished any shade or color that is wanted. They cost from eighteen cents to twenty-six cents a square foot. The most fashionable colors now are gray, plain oak or green. Boston Tran script. " Piute Epicures. The Piutes are feasting on rabbits nowadays, the bounty on their scalps being an incentive to the red men to kill them. Pinenut soup, a concoction made of the oily nuts and rabbits, is a favorite dish with the Indians in cold weather, and they say it makes them heap fat." Nevada Silver State. The Leopard's Spots. Keeper (to stranger looking at the animals): "Do you observe, sir, how restless the leopard is, and how cease lessly he changes his position from one spot to another?" Stranger: "Yes; but gosh, mister, I've allers heerd that a leopard couldn't change his spos." Epoch. - Ay NO. 30. CANNED GOODS. ! History and Progress of this j Great American Industry. The Boom a Continental War Would Make in the Trade. The armies of England and France are fed now very largely on American beef in cans. If the armies are increased and the productive forces of the two countrie3 are impaired by reason of a war, the trade will assume greater pro portion's than ever. The proportions now are staggering. From Chicago, alone long trains of cars leave daily for the east, each car holding ten tons of canned beef. When a "beef critter" is slaia about one-third of him is valuable to the butchers who deal in fresh meat. The parts, however, that are ; least salable go into the cans. Plates, bris kets, jowl?, cuts and occasionally the entire carcas3 of a cow all go to make up the canned b3ef supply. The much abused Texas steer, when he is too tough for the fresh-meat butcher, gen erally finds his way iato the cans. The scientists arc continually investi gating the canned meat, and not infre quently find new and startling poisoas of the most virulent character. Any one of the atom1, according to scientific analysis, is deadly enough to destroy a regiment, and it seems strange, from a chemical point of view, that anybody remains alive after eating this danger ous food. As a matter of fact, however, millions of people have been eating it for years, and there is no well autheati cated case of injury arising from the use of canned beef unless the beef had been injured ia some way alter the can was opened. Beef, howeve-, and the standard vege tables are the great staples that f orm a very considerable fraction of the ocean carrying trade. The beef trade alone is big enough and important enough to justity the writing of many books about it. Everybody knoW3 how the business began. In 1820, M. Appcrt, a scientif ic Frenchman, k cowing the chemical fact that cooked food could be kept from dccom'ppsition if the auvwere kept from it, patented a method -of picking such food in glass. Not mueh was done on his patents, however, aad it was fifteen or twenty years later when an English fina began packing meat in til as a regular article of commerce. .Tljeir. processes, however, were crude com pared with those of to-day, and it. re 'mained for American skill to perfect the. work witlfia tho last tldzen years. This has been dene, and now almost every article of perishable food is hermetically packed in tin for preservation and trans portation to the time and place in which it is to be used. You can buy' canvas-back ducks in cans. Corned beef, plum-puddings, shrimp5", baked bean?, fowls, fish, ccf fied fooele, soups aad roast beef, in "short almost everything good to eat can be and is done up in portable shape, so that it can be takea to Bombay or Lap land withont deteriorating in quality. To' return to the beef, however, it may bo said roughly that about one half of a good animal is canned and . one-half used fresh. Perhaps two hun dredweight, on an average, of . tin cooked meat from a single animal goe3 into the cans, so that each car-load of canned meat that comes east contains portions of .a hundred beasts. "This is only an estimate, but it i3 a fair one. Whea it is remembered that there are many thousands of these car-loaeTs an nually, and ' that steamers and sailing vessels are constantly scattering the contents all over tho globe, the im portance of the tia can becomes appar ent. It has opened an avenue for the profitable disposal of one of the princi pal food products of the world. De spised oaly a few years ago as a thing only fit to be cast out and trodden under foot of man and devoured by goats, the humble can has brought millions of specie into our nation's coffers and car ried good foo l to many other nations. TNew York Journal. A Jail Bird's Joke on a Farmer. "I had a funny experience once' said a young farmer. "Whea a boy, I con fess, I was pretty green. I lived with my father upon a farm near Columbus, and used to haul wood iato tho city and sell it for him. One day I had entered town with my custoaiary load, when, as I passed a large building, some one poked his head partly out of a window and asked 4if the wood was for sale.' I replied in the affirmative. 4Well, throw it over this fence came back from the upper window. The house was surrounded by a high wall, but I managed to p tch it over, and then went around to the front gate for my pay. t could not get ia ; I hammered and called in vain, whea some passer by, attracted by my frantic efforts to gain an entrance, inquired what was the matter and. informed me that the build ing was the jail. One of the prisoners had played a joke upon me. I could not get my money or the wood b ick and re turned home with enWy wagon and pocket". w Atlanta Corst tut ion. She Chatham Btcoro BATES OF ADVERTISING One square, one insertion- - $1.00 One square, two insertions - - 1.50 One square, one month - - 2.50 For larger advertisements liberal con tracts will be made. What the Chimney Sang. Over the chimney the night wind sang, And chanted a melody no one knew; And the woman stopped, and her babe she tossed, And thought of the one sho had long since lost, And said as her tear-drops back she forced, "I hate the wind in the chimney." Over the chimney the night wind sang, And chanted a melody no one knew; And the children said, as they closer drew, Tis some witch that is cleaving the black night through, Tis a fairy trumpet that just then blew, And we fear the wind in the chimney." Over the chimney the night wind sang, And chanted a melody no one knew; And the man, as he sat on his hearth below, Said to himself, "It will surely snow, And fuel is dear and wages low, And I'll stop the leak in the chimney." Over the chimney the night wind sang, And chanted a melody no one knew; But the poet listened and smiled, for he Was man, and woman, and child, all three, And said, "Ic is God's own harmony, This wind we hear in the chimney." Bret Harte. HUMOROUS. Still up in arms--The infant King ol Spain. A model man--A solicitor of patents. A draughtsman is generally a design ing man. Legal inconsistency Calling forty pages of foolscap 4 'brief.'' "Apple green will be the spring solor," says a fashion note. It will also be the summer cholera. It now appears that the statement of a sea captain that the E iquimaux wcro flying off with scurvy wa; merely a salt rheumor. They have a way out in Kansas of bringing to time uneujly members of tho legislature. Mr. Funstan, member of the committee on agriculture, was late at a committee meeting, and the chair man fined him six cans of corn. Ob, no, I can't be your husband, Sue, He said, as he gently kissed her, But I will be a brother to you, For I'm going to marry your sister. Mr. Jinks (to landlady) "What kind of a duck did you say this was, Mr?1. Diakly?' " Landlady "I didn't say. I simply ordered a duck from the butcher s." . Mr.- Jinks (struggling with a second joint) "I think he ha3 sent you a decoy duck." - The Academy -at Pekia has got up an . encyclopaedia ia 160, Q00 volumes. Wo don't know what happens to the Japan ese book agent who goes around solicit ing subscribers for' an encyclopaedia ia 160,000 volumes, one .to be deliveretl every other week, but in this country ho would be killed several times a day. Moritz Saphff the witty Austrian journalist, was once' standing in a crowded theatre. Some one leaned on his back, thrusting his head ovej his 6houlder. Saphir' xlrew out his hand kerchief and wiped tho man's nose violently. The latter started back. 44 Oh, I beg yout pardon," said Saphir, "Ithou2ht it-was mine.'' Carried His Ear in His Vest Pocket. Occasionally oae reads a thing' o ridiculous that he cannot bed ; laughing, even whea tho article ho reads is most . solemn. -I Was reading an accouat of a murder at St. Joseph, Mo., in which t an accouat was given o'f a youag man killing his wife. Everything- about it was ghastly, particularly a description of tho characteristics of tho murderer. He was a son of respectable parents, but was a tough. One thing mentioned in regard to him struck me as particularly ridiculous. In'a fight a year or so ago he had aa ear cut off, and siace then ho had carried the car ia his vest pocket as a "mascot," and if he was playing cards or shaking dice he woulel take the car out of his pocket and lay it on the table to give him luck. If anybody kicked on having the- dricd-up ear around the owner of it would dr.iv his revolver aad make the kicker apologize or fight. If a man apologized he was compelled to kiss the ear. What a com panion such a man would be for a tea party ! It i3 said that he would take his ear out of his pocket at the breakfast table in case the. steak was tough, or the biscuit lacked short niag, or the pancakes were heavy, and his wife had to look cheerful and pleasant or he would draw his revolver and shoot at her earrings. She finally got enough of him and his dried ear aad left him, and he follow'cd her and killed her. Men will have their little fads, and the prac tice of carrying around a dried ear or a rabbit's foot must be overlooked. fPcck's Sun. Altogether Too Previous. Naomi Gaorge, you know this is leap year, and women are accorded a ' privilege to exercise which at other tunes would seem immodest. Now, I want to say to you George (nervously) Really, Naomi, this is extremely sudden, and er you j know, that I am already engaged. ! "What have f to do with that? I :. want to say to you that I would rather ; die an old maid than ask a man ta marry me, even if it were customary to. do so." Nebraska State Journal.
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 29, 1888, edition 1
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