IF. JILBBO WN, Publisher.
fOLTJMEI;
RALEIGH, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 18771
NUMBER 9.
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uars are the plans of fair delightful peace-unwarped by party rage to live like brdthers."
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Letters appearing under tfjls head are publish
ed as news matter witQout rtgara o me opinion
of the Editor as to the expressed Dy cor
respondents. These columns are! open to the
"pubhe without regard to party ; letters which
ure respectful and impersonal, will be inserted
under this head. Editob. j , Ulr,-
WAKE COUNTY W0RK HOUSE.m
, To the Editor of The. Register :
Sir: Sixteen prisoners will cost the
county, at present pricesrof provision, say
one bushel- of meal each per montlr.will
make 192 bushels per year, and at 80
cents per bushel will amount .to $158 dol
lars and 60 cents a year; so much . for
bread. Bacon at 3 lbs. per week will be
; 'li lbs. per month, 'and, will bo,160 lbs.
: each per?year r 160 8Qultmlie3 by 5 16., will
be 2,688; ibsand.at 10- cts. per lb. will J
. come to $2U8 dollars ana so cents , per
year cmbacon; Peas, rnblassey salt &cC, s
.will cost at k least 10 dollars' per month
more, making $120 dollars per year, mak
ing for board for the whole fa year $547
t dollars and Q cents; al the above rates
. eaeh;prisoncr costs the county $33 dollars
ftjjf cents per year. Thi$ is considerably
less than, it costs to feed prisoner in jail ;
there " I leayn, the; sheriff is allowed 50
cnts per ,dayy and 365 djays ; makes $182
dollara and 50 cent per ytea'r each; at that
rate 16 prisoners woiild costHhe county
$2,920 dollars rier year, j f
I But to rjeturn to , tle , work house:
r These . prisoners (we suppose the.ni v all to
lie men) are allowed eight dollars per
mouth for , their time t?hich is $96 dol-
lars each: and amounts to$l,536 per year.
We are ibid that it requires 0ne guard to
four prisoners, which mikes! 4 guards at
$17 dollars and 50 centsl per month for
their wages, allowing thipm the same ra-
tions as prisoners $33 dollars and 50 cents
per, month, $JL4 dollars, making the
cost of gnard per year near one thousand
dollars. It requires a 'night watch at this
Institution, and we learojthat he is allow
ed $35 dollars and rations per month,
which1 amounts to about 460 dollars per
year- The superintendent's' cost to the
county is, at least- $325 jdollars per year.
Other incidental expenses, such as arms,
aininifion, freights; discounts and interest
oil moneys handled in fcjehalf- of the in
titntlon, medicines do4tor?-s bills, fcc,
A:c, at least $1,000 dollars more per
I" year; making the institution' cost the
county about five thousand ($5,000) dol
lars annually. I
, I I have made this estirrjate on a basis of
sixteen as I understand there has not been
Jnt' from, seven to sixteen there for the
.last six months ; now the fewer the heavier
: the cost, each. L I
I , Kow, what benefit id tlis concern to
U the tax payers (or any one else) in Wake
j c-ounty in consideration f the annual ex
j, ; pendifure of the five thousand dollars ?
! There misht be a volume written on
j lEhis thing, and the conlty Poor. House,
j located together as they are at this time.
I have no charge o luake
against
J any one in particular ;i regard to this
.j things '-.., j i:;
I Mr: Riley Xearby, th present Super
" intendent, is a' gentleman, and we believe
! well qualified for theyppsition,and will
J no doubt sae every cent he can for the
county. W:e learn tiiat he works
' the prisoners on tlie farrn connected
Avith the Poor ; Hbue, I and hire's
: thein to work on tlie negIjioring farms
t when He can, but wo think it but fair ,to
presume that they are rioi in fa year, more
-j. tlj.an one fourth of theirj time : employed,
. 1 .owing to . the fluctuation! An - the demand
j for such labor on the fatms in the vicin
j ,ijty. If they could; be regularly employed
: on ine; county rarm, 11 mignt pay, diu lite
; reasons,are too plain tb all, that they
eanuot.
I hear that they do S(lme j chopping in
I cotton in the spring, and picking out in
the Fall, for -some of tHe farmers in the
neighborhood of the plaqe, and have split
and corded gome of the timb3r tna-t
blowed down on the 20lof March 1875 ;
. while in other portions df the county .the
. timber has rotted, and jthe grass1 grown
unmolested,1 and cotton hting n th& patch
f until after; Christmas, j Now fair play
woui say, "jthat. as aj cdnn- .vinstitutioa
1- they should (chop; mall ln& pickjBome.in
Little River, Panther Branch and all the
i other Townships in the Jcount, a3 well.
int wjiat does their work amount to in
. the way it is done, at last? Nothing but
a s nail saving to the county, out of the
nve thousand annually spent for the m-
stitution. We seriously doubt if -they
s;ive the county more than $500
. annually, and at that rate 1 thero is h
clear' loss to the count v . anhuallv of
r four thousand five ' hundred dol-
iars at tne eaa 01 each year,
; .110 man can pomt to a single spot, and
show where ' these prisoners have struck
I one lick that rendered any snbstan tial
i ; bijiietit to the coimty at large for this
I 'tour thousand fire f hundred! ($t,500
j dollars.: This should not t - be so.
L ;t them be put on the "'public roads of
the county, and kept there. continually,
and in ten years Wako county will have
roais to brag aboutt - and j which will be a
. . . 0 . ' i . . . . n :
real credit and a resil substantial Denent
to . the citizens of . the county generally
and the public at large.' i -;
East of Necse River:
- May 21, 1877. ' ,
TIIEOpD FELLO WS.
A PEEP INTO THE' GKAND LODcflS.
To hi Editor 0 the Begis'e-: I
I have jhad the pleasure several
times of mingling , with the Fraterbi
ty: of Odd : Fellows, both in j the Su
bordinate and Grand Iodge ; arid I say
the pleasure, for really I cannot conceive of,
a more pleasant place than a sanctified
Hall, filled with men whose hearts are full
of that social fraternal Love, which char
acterize this noble Order. But I njust say,
in jusice to imy feelings, that the most
pleasant tiraIhaveever spent either with
the Order or without it, was spient last
weekat Salisbury, llow could it be oth
er; wise'? The brethren at Salisbury had
lef taiothinnndone which nightcjondce
to the.pleasnre 'of the members of the
Grand Lodge. The citizens of tjie place,
ever notedior theirkindness and hospitality,
gave lis a hearty welcome to then famous
old town. The; young ladies, .(oh,, bless
the dear creatures,) they with their sweet
fc smiles and lovely charms, just captivated
the Irrand Lodge, at least that Jart of it
which had not been caught in the net al
ready. The brethren of the Grand Lodge
met full of zeal and- hearts overflowing
with the bright benevolent principles so
beautifully taught in the lessons! peculiar
to this Order. They went to vvork with'
ant eye to " business first, and pleasure af
terward." Hence, the dispatch of so
much business in so short a time. It has
been remarked by gentlemen, whose ex
perience ought to qualify them to judge
of such matters, that they have never seen
so much work performed and with so
much unanimity, as was done at Salis
bury. .c . : .
It can be accounted for in 110; other way
than that the whole membership was con
trolled by no selfisbj or pecuniary motives,
but a strong and ardent desire to promote
the interest and push , forward the eno
bling principles of "Friendship! Love and
Truth. " j
Let us raise the curtain and! look into
the Lodge for a moment ; Sag that man
sitting in the chair presiding, his hair now
silvered with honorable gray, ljis face the
image of benevolence, and who wat-hes
with a keen eye every, movement,; jealous
almost to a fault in guarding the time
honored customs of the Order. That is
R. J.! Jones, now Past Grand Master, and
Grand Treasurer an otlice. filled byj him
for many years t6 the entire sat isfaciion of
the Grand Lodge, as was attested by his
unanimous election. . !
Sec over here on his right,; That man
is the chopping block for ; the Grand
Lodge. The whole wit and sfitire is level
ed at him, but it slides off as harmless as
" water from a Docks back'! He is al-
ways ready wheneyervtui
lim around
or slap him on the back so as to make him
hear you, for he pretends to be hard of
hearing when he can make good use i it.
Yes, that is him. That is J.j J. Litchford,
R. W. Grand Secretary, a position he has
held foriyears, always unanimously elec
ted. I
Who is that fair featured, light haired,
good looking gentleman, wjio sits,consSi
cously over there, always ready to edge in
a word, and whose oratory i is as natural
as a mocking' bird's warble ? That is
Past Grand Treasurer Theo: F. Kluttz,
now R. W, Deputy Grand Master.
Time and space fails us to make a full
acquaintance with 'all of the prominent
features before. us.1 Yon certainly ought,
however, to have an introduction to the
Urand Itepresentatives. ; 1 ou are no
doubt aware that no common character
could obtain" and "hold ; so important an
office as this. You must, therefore," only
take a' look at Messrs. Seaton Gules, W.
H. Bagley and G. M. Busbee, as they bend
- . " '1 m 1
to their work with a will, j lney are men
of no ordinary capacity. Any assembly
is honored by having such pen to amliate
with it. '
Therd is the handsome teatures or our
present Grand Master, A. J. Burton,
teemiiijr with mirth and smiling witn good
.... -m i . -1
humor. ' And looking over 1 see the time-
worn features of our Grand Herald. Just
as srood naturedas ever fiill of years and
honors, his countenance radiant with the
hnVht bfiams 'of Odd Fellowship. Who
floes not recognize old Bro, Porter? And
contrasting with him in features, but not
in principles, you soon meet the polite
and erraceful vonnjr L. G. Bagley, G. M.
Brown, J. L. Keen and a perfect host of
others, ail iuiiy determineu
whole duty. f
, Everything is in perfect harmony, glid
ing smoothly aloner, hot a iar to mar the
good, feeling that universally prevail. Is-k
it a .wonder that Odd Fellbwsare brothers
in the truest sense of the word? Like
the heavenly bodies which are preserved
fn their relative positions to each other by
iheir common , attraction to the sun,; Odd
Fellows are kept in' unison with leach
other, by their attachment to principles,
which directly govern them. ' And yet
how lightly this nobl$ institution is es
teemed bv a great many people who, with
k littlfi thnnomt. would look at it differ
ently I if Unfortunately, all are not Odd
Fellows who are let into its mysteries; '
Now," let's go down to Snyder's and
smile till another ' opportunity to "peep
into the Grand Lodge." :
Friendly, : W.
' Ealeigh, May 17, 1817 :
LITE ft A RY G OJSSIP.
BY MRS.
MARY BAYARD CLARK, LITERARY ;
CRITIC.
To the Editor of The Register :
Harper and Brothers send this week
uite a budget of books of travel and explo
ration, the largest and handsomest of which
is Across Africa," by Commander Gain
eron of the Royal Navy, who was sent out
t the head of. an expedition, not to find but
to reinforce Livingston, and work under
him in the exploration of a country as un
inhabitable to the white man as the polar
regions ; but which, nevertheless, appears
t5 have a fascination for some people, though
there are others who agree with the propo
sition once made that Livingston when
found, should be put into a glass case and
hermetically sealed, so that no more lives
migbt.be endangered by searching for hi nr.
Commander Cameron dedicates his book by
permission to Queen Victoria, and his pub
lishers have taken care that it shall appear
in court dress ; the print is; excellent and so
are the illustrations, while the maps with it
are as valuable as the hook.: The expedition
siarled from the Eastern coast, about ten de
grees south of the equator, and crossed over
to the Western coast, striking the Atlantic
a little south of the, point of departure.
I It is not so much a book of travel as a de
scription of that part of Africa, the manners
and customs of the natives, and the methods
under which the slave trade isconducted. In
this it differs from "the cruise of the Chal-
. 1
enger," just published by the same house,
which is an account of the voyage of H. M.
Sj. Challenger, which was placed at the dispo
sal of a scientific ttaff under the direction of
Professor Sir Charles Nyville Thompson, T.
R. 8. for the purpose of deep sea explora
tion ; the author of which, W. J. J. Spry,
in no way interiers witn- the scientific re
shits of the voyage beyond a passing men
tion of them, giving instead a readable book
qf travals by sea, with descriptions of places
visited and incidents that occurred. . The
tjppe is large and clear; but the book though
nteresting as a narrative would have been
tar mpre so had the author done something
morn than merely touch upon the scientific
results. Toe Challenger was fitted out for a
three year's cruise during which sounding,
dredging, therrnometric observation, and
chemical examination of sea-water, were
carried on continuously, with a view to a
more perfect knowledge of the physical and
biological conditions of the great ocean ba
sins. It nad a laboratory for the chemist
and a studio for the photographer, and all
the appliances necessary for a scientific expe
dition. After reading of all this in the be
ginning of the book, and then being told
in the last chapter that, after an absence of
three years awl n half, the expedition re
turned having successfully accomplished
what it undertook, we feel that it is like the
play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out, and
can only hopS it will be followed by anoth
er which will, give some of those " won
drous facts which will read like fairy tales."
The next book "Through Persia, by Cara-
yani" by Arthur Arnold, author of 44 From
the Levant," comes mat apropos, as the
war renders every one desirous of knowing
something of Russia, and the first four or five
chapters are devoted entirely to that coun
try. It opens in Warsaw, whence the trav
ellers passed to St. Petersburg, and thence
through Russia to Astrakhan, down the
Caspian Sea from North to South, and then
across Persia. It is pleasantly written and
contains a good deal of information, though
the author dimes down pretty hard at the
end of it on Mr. Bosworth Smith, the author
of one of the best books lately published by
Harper & Brothers 44 Mohammed and Mo
hammedanism" which he calls "an attem pt
to varnish theK oran with modern and unnat
ural coloring," and denounces as " ill Judg
edand inacuratf." It will take, however.
1 j
more than his ipie dixit to shike Mr.
Smith's book from the position it has attain
ed not only as a literary production but also
as a valuale scientific work on religion.
- ''Harper's H ilf H mr's Series" consists of a
series of shrt but entertaining tales by the
best American and F jreign authors ; sketch
es and travel and a lventurrf,biograpiiies,& v,
&, which cm 'b.3 read, not exactly in half
an hour, but at one sitting. Trie type is
excellent and the volumes so small they
can be carried easily euher in a lady's or a
gentleman's pocket, rendering them very
convenient f ar travelers as they can be tuck
ed away at a moment's warning, and as ea
sily takeh out. The set opens with Trol
lope's Christmas Tale, 44 Thompson Hall,'
and will contain selections from old favorites
as well as new aspirants to notice. Charles
and Mary Lamb's 44 Tales from Shakes
peaie," have already appeared. The vol
umes raDge from fifteen to twenty five cents
each, and can be preserved for. future use
better than if larger. They, will doubtless be
very popular. M. B C.
MARSHALSHJP OF THE WESTERN
DISTRICT.
To the Editor of The. Regiter :
Sir: As there seems to be .some dissatis
faction withCol -Douglas as U 8. Marshal
of the Western District Of N. C, allow me
to suggest through The Register that the
appointment to that responsib.e bfficeof
Gen. J W. Bowman, of Bakersville. He
would give very general and great satisfac
tion to his mat, y personal friends, as well as
to the public generally, who are in sympa
thy with, president Hayes's Southern policy.
The eminent qualifications of Gen, Bowman
for the duties ot thit honorable otlice will
be. questioned by none; while his acknowl
edged merits as a former official of the gov
ernment ia ; his District, would reuder his
appointment highly proper and judicious.
Very respectfully,
A HAYES REPUBLICAN.
L Burnsville, HMX May 15, 1877.
BISHOP HOOD TO THE COLORED
PEOPLE OF RALEIGH.
Ox Board the Steamer North State,
Cape Fear River, May 12th, 1877.
N. B. Broughtox, Esq,,
Chairman Prohibition
Executive Committee .
Dear Sir : Yours, requesting of me a
letter for publication on the subject of Pro
hibition in Raleigh, to ; be 1 submitted to the
voters of your Township on the 7th of June
next, reached me too late to give it proper
attention before leaving home. But I seize
the earliest opportunity to comply with your
request.
As I am not now a resident of the city of
Raleigh, some may think me a little offi
cious in assuming to advise men how they
should vote there on a local matter, even
when asked to do 80 by such citizens as your
self andfriends. " -
But aside from the fact ; that a little offl-
ciousness is tolerable in a good cause, I may
argue the fact that intemperance is not a loc
caJ matter. Its evil effects are not confined
to the locality where it prevails. It is a con
tagious evil. Its poison affects the atmos
phere far from the center of its rage. It is
the great evil, the great destroyer of our
times. It is the enemy of humanity. Armed
with all seductive means, it goes forth form
ing its line of death and destruction, dotted
with misery, wretchedness, poverty, naked
ness and woe. And with its black flag un
furled it makes war upon man.. It regards
not location, color, caste or other circum
stance. It aims at man. It spares s not the
aged nor the young. It claims absolute do
minion, with no object but to destroy.
Against such an enemy, ihe ; common
enemy of mankind, it becomes both the duty
and interest of mankind to make common
cause, to arm and fight till it bites the earth
in death. To fight with the fact before us,
that victory is life and defeat is death. A
victory for prohibition in Rileigh, is so
much ground gained from the enemy.
Raleigh is one of the points at which the
liquor dealers of Baltimore and other cen
ters of the unholy traffic, deposit their cor
rupting filthy lucre to supply their minions
in smaller towns with' the means to defeat
prohibition.
Viewing the matter thm, I most cheer
full comply with your request, that I should
make a special appeal to my colored friends
in Raleigh to go to the polls on the seventh
of June and work and vote for prohibition.
I would say to my friends, that I consider
It fortunate tnat party interests and political
influences, so effectively used against us
heretofore, cannot now intrude.
Let no man deceive you as has been done
in the past, by attempting to make it appear
that this is a party matter ; that the inter
ests of party run one way or the othsr in the
matter. There is indeed a party interest at
stake, but it is the party of right against
wrong of light against darkness of truth
agiinst error, and of life against death.
v hatever tends to remove a great evil
must tend to the benefit of mankind.
1 nave tne satisiaction to know that in
many places party feeling is giving place to
a desire to bless mankind, to lift up degrad
ed humanity, to banish wretchedness, and
to bring about a state of feeling in which
every man shall feel a brother's sympathy
flowing from his heart toward his fellow
man. ,
I hail this temperance eff jrt as a beam of
light that betokens the good time coming.
"Yes, we trust the day is breaking,
Better light is now at hand.
Temperance men are now awaking
To the work the ti mes demand.
Let us hail the joyful season, , j.
Let us hail the rising ray.
When good men unite, there's reason
To expect a brighter day."
Let the good colored men of Raleigh unite
with the good white men of Raleigh and
form a temperance army So "strong that its
advancing column shall bear down all oppo
sition. Let there be no stragglers, no tories
found. ;
That you may be moved to more than hu
man effort, I would ask that you look at the
wretched wrecks of humanity, the victims
of intemperance, that creep about the streets
of your. beautiful city, a disgrace to the form
in which your own human nature is clothed.
Look at the miserable, filthy, ragged, tatter
ed and huLgry children, whose father's sup
port the dens of Satan, where poison is pre
pared for mortal bodies and immortal souls,
and dealt out as the value of the money that
should supply those children's needs. Look
at the agony of that disgusted, humiliated,
sympathizing friend of one, who, like Noah,
through being mocked with wine, uncovers
himself to his shame. Sho'ws his nakedness
or, in other words, acts shamefully, disgrace
fully. Exposes himself to ridicule. We are
not told exactly what shameful antics Noah
was guilty of upon that occasion, except
that he cursed at his grandson because of
his son's offense, but from bur own observa
tion we may form some idea. We have all
witnessed the ridiculous conduct 6f drunk
ards. Look at that weeping sister, that distress
ed and soul-sick mother, that loving wife,
whose heart is wrung with anguish till it
bleeds at every pore. jtVj ',.rm .-f ,
Look at that long line of fettered victims
marching to the drunkard's untimely grave.
Then look at that other j line, numbering
millionsof immortal souls, cursed and black
ened by intemperance,! marching to the
world of woe, the region of eternal night,
where darkness forms their chains and keen
sheets of black despair cover them, except
from the gaze of an angry God, whose frowns
pierce their souls, the sting of which shall
increase while eternal ages rolT.
As they; descend the steep steps of eternal
night, they exclaim
"Hall, ye ghosts, that dwell in darkness.
Groveling, rattling of your chains,
Christ has now pronounced my sentence,
For to dwell in endless pains.
Down, I am rolling,
.... Never to return again."
I draw no fancy sketch I only present,
and that but faintly, what the word of God
assures us will be the end of .the drunkard,
and what our own observation has taught
us respecting its effect upon men in this life.
Is there a man in Raleigh who can think
of all this present and eternal misery as the
effect of the liquor traffic and yet be un
moved?
What say you, my friends ? Is there one
of you. who can think on these things and
then fail to vove for, prohibition on the 7th
of June? .. ;- .. .-.. . 5' ' 4
I repeat, remember in this struggle 44 Vic
tory is life ; defeat is death.'.'
Hoping that you may so act as to receive
from the Master the welcome plaudit,
"Well done,"
I remain, as ever, your friend and brother
in Christ, J. W. HOOD.
A STRANGE 'STORY.'-
Here is a true story from Philadelphia,
with all the elements of mystery and dramatic
horror for which our modern novelists and
playwrights strive in vain: Two or three
months after the Exposition closed the dead
body of a man was found in a lonely gorge,
six miles from the city, too much decompos
ed for recognition, and without the slightest
clew in his clothing by which to identify
him. It was supposed he had been a guest
at the Granger's Hotel, which was an enor
mous temporary barracks to which thous
ands of transient lodgers came daily. No
register was kept, nor could any account be
taken of them after they paid for their room
in advance. What could be more unlikely
than this unrecognizable body could be iden
tilled as one of the nameless millions who
came and went through Philadelphia last
year, or that his murderer should be found ?
Yet, by a chance letter to a prominent
newspaper publisher from Germany, the
whole strange story is laid bare. The mur
dered man proves to be a young German of
a wealthy family who came to Philadelphia
last summer. At this Granger's Hotel he
fell in with another German and formed a
close companionship with him. The stran
ger learned all his secrets, the particulars of
his business and family life, obtained letters
from him, from which he studied his hand
writing, peculiarities of expression, etc,
When his plans were ripe he enticed the
young fellow out to this lonely gorge, killed
him, took possession of his trunk and other
property, aud Opened a correspondence with
fiis family in Germany. Since last October
this correspondence has been carried on, the
murderer personating his victim and obtain
ing by pleas of illness, losses, etc., large sums
of money.
-By this time his arrest will in all proba
bility be made. We spoke the other day of
the inexorable justice which dogs the steps
of aj guilty man. But e never remember
to have seen a stronger proof of it than this,
unless it was the death of L?e at Mountain
Meadows. In old times the avenger of blood
held it as a sacred duty to pursue the mur
derer, and the Erinnyes helped him with
keen eyes whose sight reached arouud the
world. We have given over the , matter to
the police, who certainly are not weighted
with oppressive sacred duty and who see
much worse than other people. Yet, by
some mysterious pursuer sent by other hands
than ours, the guilty man i3 followed and
brought to jastice at last. New York Tri
bune. almost a Tragedy.
Though as a rule the theological stu
dent plays a very weak game of whist
owing to his habit of holding on to his
trumps to the very last moment he nev
ertheless has his uses. Landladies
find him extremely handy to have
in the house, since he can always be
coerced into lending his assistance
in moving furniture during the house
cleaning season. Moreover, for the pur
pose of escorting middle-aged single ladies
home from evening meetings, he - is easily
without a rival. Generally speaking, and,
of course, excepting his unwillingness to
lead trumps, he is an inoffensive young
man, containing no deleterious ingredients,
and contributing in various ways , to the
benefit of his fellowmen. r
Like the full-grown clergyman, the
theological student is by no means aquatic
in his habits. . Both , clergymen and the
ological students occasionally attempt to
manage sail-boats, but such exploits tend
60 directly to diminish the population that
they are sternly frowned down by all per
sons who are riot- sincere Malthusians.
Rowing is' regarded as less objectionable,
and many parishes allow their clergymen
to row, on condition that ;no citizens of
.any real value are allowed to enter the
clerical row-boat. 1 he theological i stu
dent, very naturally more reckless deacon
defying than the clergyman, is sometimes
ail 'habitual oarsman, , and as a rule he
drowns only ' a' ; small .proportion . of . his
acquaintance. - - , ; ' .- "
The recent accident which befell a the
ological student at . Waukegaa ought to
be a terrible warning to him, , and to - oth
ers of his kind. One afternoon j he invi
ted a young lady, only fifteen years Ms
senior in age. to brave in his row-boat the
tempests and reef, of the local mill-pond.
Bemarkin, in the words of the poet that
his boat was in the shore-houses;' arid that
several barks were presumably at s0a, and
further asserting that if she would come
with him, he would bring her, nome De
fore tea, he won' her consent and in course
of time gayly pushed trom snore, troumg ,
a wiui cnorua ixom iu ; v"
book, and handling his oars, with the air of
a determined and -ruthless pirate. The
water was fully ten feet deep ;which was
enough for all useful purposes, since otK
jectionable pfeople never grow to the
height bf ten feet. The boat was a light
and unusually cranky eratt, ana xne iauy
had the usual middle-aged love for lilies.
Of course she leaned over to pick a lily,
and of course the boat capsized, the lady
instantly disappearing under the (surf ace-;
In these circumstances, a man pi mereiy
ordinary courage and integrity would
have swam quietly ashore, -mna, ; alter ,
changing his clothes and finished his sup
per, would have Notified the Coroner that
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tnere was a joo waiting., mm
mill-Dond: The theological student was,
however, as brave as a combined African
lion and Julius CaBsar. Being a good
swimmer, he amused himself by various
aquatic feats until the lady reappeared,
when he grasped her, hat tightly, in his
left hand and struck out tor tne Bngre.
He made such rapid progress that he
lan f ed around to see how it was possible
that a woman weighing seventy-one pounds
could be dragged so easily, when; to his
great surprise, he found that she had
separated from her hat, and had sunk
for the. second time. Hastily inruBuug
the hat.lnto his bosom, careless of the
pain inflicted by innumerable hair-pins, he
waited for the reappearance 01 xne iauj,
and determined that this time he would
secure a "Arm hold. In a' few minutes
she rose to the surface in a reversed, posi
tion, and the eager young man, seizing
one of her feet, resolved to tow her ashore
before attempting to place her on an even
keel soto speak. However, the ladv's'
rubber overshoe parted from her 'foot al-
most as ioon as he had seized it,- and she
sank for the third time. Once more she
rose tb i the surface, and the. thedogic&lj
student, grasping her by her hair, said to
imself softly but joyfully "This time
I ye got a sure thing." Hardly had he
spoken, when the hair gave way,- and he
indignantly threw it from him, and be
gan to despair of saving his , companion
from a watery grave. Nevertheless, that
able woman was determined not 'to drown
without making one more farewell! ap
pearance at the surface " of the water;
The theological student jnet her views
half-way by diving for her, and grasping
one of her ears. Fortunately, the ear
did not give way, and the lady arrived on
shore greatly exhausted, but still with
sufficient presence of mind to clasp her
arms around her rescuer's neck, and to
call him her " dear, dear preserver."
" And afterward, of course, he married
her," gratuitously remarks the reader at j
this point of the narrative. Strange as it j
may seem, that ' theological student, when
visited by the lady's father, and urged to
name an early day for the wedding, stout
ly declined. He said that he did not re
gard priestly celibacy as an orthoJoi doc
trine, and that it was possible that he
might marry at some future day. He ad
mitted that he held the lady whom he
had rescued in high, respect and esteem,
but he felt compelled to say that she
came apart altogether too easily. He did
not mean to 1 disparage her or to cast any
reflection upon her parents, but a woman
who was so insecurely constructed that
she could not be touched without fall
ing apart was manifestly unfitted for the
dutiesjof a pastor's wife. It is pleasant
to aM that the. father listened to these
candid words in a friendly spirit,' and re
turned home with a determination to have
his daughter put in complete repair, no
matter what the cost might be.
This story teaches us that a theological
student may be the bravest of the brave,
and that a woman who is apparently
firmly put together may be as prone to
come apart as is an article of cheap furni
ture manufactured expressly w to be sold at
auction as part of the property of a lead
ing citizen about to visit Europe.--. Y.
Officers of the Grand Lodge of L O. O.
F. of N.. C, elected $t a meeting of the
Grand Lodge at Salisbury Wednesdav.
0th of May : A. J. Burton, M. Vfi Grand
Master ; S. F. Klitz, M. W. Grand Dep
utv : G. M. Brown. Rj W ' O WoW?f.
J. J. Litchford, E. W. G; Secretary ; B.
J. Jones, R. W. G. Treasurer; A. M.
Jurney, R. W. G. Chaplain j W P. Af.
Ehrringhas, 1C W. G. 'Marshal ; J. JL-
Cheny,- R. W. G. Conductor John Cham
berlain R. "W. G. Guardian ; Henry Por
ter, R. W. G. Herald ; WV H. Badev. .
representative to the Grand Lodge of the
uuiLeu waiva. meeting m xwalelgh
on 3d Tuesday inMay, 1878. Greensboro "
New florth State. ; -
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