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IT. , . ' ..,, .n.pn," t ,"- ' HMwwr ' ' b-j.- ' -' J-s- f w-'' SB-'? a U "f" I S si ; .4 lAo ) li- .Kit.., p. ... ? WILLIAM D. COOKE, ) EDITOR 4 PROPRIETOR. f A FAMILY NEWSPAPER-NEUTRAL IN POLITICS. : TERMS, - - two mum m iora. 9cl'0trt to all tljc !3n tm&fe of El)t Soutl), sTitcmturc, but ation, flmulture, 3ei0, tc jSWarfceta, ,i VOL. Ill -0. 15. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH, 18, 1854. WHOLE m 119 v tap. 1 m. t . III - A. ter" "V - Ai. r. !,-.. r I ll ,111 I : .' .. ,1 5,11 1 1:L'' S. 1 1 m ill: - 1 1 11 r iix l I u v ! SELECT POETRY. 8 NO OF LABOR. THE MINER, The .eastern sky i bltishing red, The diKUint hill-top glowing ; . 4 ; The brook is murmuring in its bed, , . . In idle frolicg fluwicg ; .. , ; ,. .. , Tis lime the pick-axe and the ppado, AnA iron " Tom" were ringinij; " And wi h diirst'lT'S, the mountain stream, A song of labor singing. The mountain air is cool and fresh; . Unclouded skies bend tiVr us ; Broad plafers,jrih in hidden gold, Lie temptingly before u : Then lightly ply the pick and spade, With wiot-ws girong and lusty ; . A golden pill ' is quiikly m ide, Wherever claims are " dusty." , . . We ask no-magic Mid is wand, ; Nor wizard-rod divining ; The piek -axe, ftnde, and brawny hand -i Are sorcerers in mii ing: We toil for hard and yellow gold, No bous bank-notes taking The hank, we trust, though growing old, Will better pay by " brejtking." There is no manlier life thnn oura, . A life amid ihe mountains, Where from the'hill-sidea, rich in gold, Are wellinsr fcpark'if fountains: A mighty army of the hills, Jjk some Mtrng giant labors To gather spoil by earnest, toil, : And not by robbing neighbors ! : When labor closes with the day, -' T simple f :re rcturninjr, , We gather in a merry group , Around the camp-fires burning. The 'mountain sod our couch at night, The stars shine bright above us ; ' We think of home, and fall asleep To dream of those who love us.! . ORIGINAL STORY. v . For4he Southern Weekiy Post. THE CHANGES IN FORTUNE: . on, . ' THS MISERIES CAUSED A GKOG SHOP. BY LODDY. r, Twenty years ago ! alas, what cliang s take place in ihe tlcsnny of the human race during that jeiio 1 ! as I was w;mlin; my way frura ihe qui t v. l ie f S 7,' to tl e capital of the State uf North Carolina, my attt-n;i n was arrested by one of the most beautiful country teats that li is eye evr beheld ; it was jut the place in which a lord ,or nobleman would like to spend his summer days. It, was situated uit) a liigii promontory, iu the midst , of a V-aunful oak grove of natural growth, ; and : known as " Pleasant Hill." At the foot of ih ; hill, on the ea-stern sido of the hou e, gurgling j- brook,- whose sparkiing waters glid.-d over its : ' pebbled b-d with m .jestio grand-ur, migfit be ! seen winding its course to its final goal ; wlioe j source was a spring of pure water, the beverage ! prepared by God himself. 9tr the western side was the valley of a small river, in which the setting sun seemed to si nkj in all the grandeur ; of golden hue, from the view of, the inmates of this lovely spot, which was composed of Mr. 11-. -j Ids w ife, two daughters and an only son. " Mr. It was truly (a happy man, for he was an affectionate husband and a kind father, with a plenty of this world's goods, in fact, he was ,a rich mau. His purse was ever pen to' the needy, and his na)ne swelled in praises on the lips of his neighbors. But, alas! he "was "one i of those who took no interest in religion, and when his wife, who was a pious .member of the Baptist Church, would urge the importance of lite subject of religionon him, he would treat her sometimes harshlv, and almost with contempt, although in every other instance he would yield to her wishes with implicit obedi- ence. Mrs. R ,. finding it impossible to turn his attentiotyio this all important subject, resolved never to broach it to him again. He did hot worship at the alter of king alchohol, and his doting and pious wife had a hope for him. How vainthis hope, time will1 tell, j Mr.' Ii- was guardian for a nephew, who was, left an orphan at an early age. He was a young man of promise, with an inheritance of only five hundred dollars, which he was to receive when he reached tho age of twenty-one. He bx was a sober inan. When he became of age, he wished to go into the mercantile busi ness, but his patrimony was too small to go in to it as extensively as he desired, but! his uncle obviated the difficulty by proposing to loan him the requisite amount, provided he would set up the store near his residence ; which thei nephew readily consented to do. The next thing-the Uncle did, was, to advise the nephew to add spirituous liquors to his stock ; (alas ! v what advice,) and gave as a reason, that it ' would add to the sale - of. other articles. The . ' young man opposed it at first, but finally con sented. From that moment-commenced the downfall of the R family. -l; j Mr. R was often at his nephew's atore, where he met his friends and acquaintances, and often took a social glass ' with them. At length he began to love it and henceforth refus ed not to take a glass to quench' his thirst, 1 Mr. R went security for his nephew, to a larg amount, which he borrowed for tKe pur . pose of making purchases,- instead of collecting from bis customer. The young merchant see ing that he was loosing rather than gaining, gathered all the cash he had, after borrowing one thousand dollars and giving his uncle for security, left for parts unknown, leaving papers in the hands of a friend, which gave his uncle possession" of all the rema:ning property, which was not enough to pay half what was due him. Every note sighed for his nephew he was oblig ed to pay. . p Mr. R- haVing all the remaining; proper ty of his nephew in hand put his sou Willie into the store as clerk, and he himself, when he was sober enough tried to eollect what his neph ew had booked against his customers, but some of them had become drunkards and bankrupt since; tiey commenced trading with the young i merchant ; and he gave up the idea pi collect ing them,, and did. nothing henceforward but lav drunk in his own house : and in a few months he filled a drunkard's grave. In a few weeks his wife followed oiie of his broken-hearted daughters to the tomb, ;, ' j Mr. R 's estate was divided between his widow, son and daughter. The grog-shop was purchased by a man, who kept up the liquor traffic. The son followed in the steps of his father. The heart-stricken mother was now niore than ever bowed, down by having a drunken son ; who, instead of being a' comfort to her in her old age, was fast sinking her grey hairs with sorrow to the grave. ! The morals of "the neighborhood had become so bad, that a few patriotic gentleman establish- " ed a division of the sons of temperance in the immediate vicinity of the grog-shop. They were, opposed by nearly all the neighbors, but the faithful few persevered, and many a poor druhk ard was rescued from a drunkard's 'grave by this noble institution. Among these ws .James D , one of. Willie's principal associates a young man of fortune but wtiol.ke Willie, had got the taste of liquor in his youth. I . Day after day, Willie was found' at the grog shop; when he returned home at hight he often found his mother on her knees praying for him ; but he was too drunk to be conscious of the fact. On a cold winter's night the moth er sat by the fire-teide every moment expecting the return of her son. Hour after hour passed, .but still-he returned not ; and she fearing some accident had happened to him, sent a servant in search for him. The servant found him in a wet gully, hear the grog-shop,- almost frozen to death, and carried him h me and placed him upon a bed by the fir, where he lay until morning unconscious of having received such a kind favor from a servant. j Next morning, as Wrille was about leaving as usual, his mother fell upon his neck1 and beg ged him not to go to the grog-shop that day. He pulled away from her, and went; off with out saying a word, and left her weeping for fear he hail gone to his usual place of debauch. But at length, to her surprise, he entered with James I) . His mother desired James to be seated, but he refused, saying " I have merely called to inform you that, while I was on my way to the division room, I met WTillienear the grog-shop, and I thought of the by-gone days, .when we associated together there, and thought perhaps I might persuade him to accompany me to the division. He refused at first, but at length he said, 'I will renounce this cursed -practice and become a sober man. I will join the pledge. Go tell my mother.'" As James was speaking, Willie said not a word, but stood still with his head hung down. Words cannot express the joy she felt while he Avas communi cating the good news. She rushed, to Willie and embraced her repenting son, saying as she did so, " go my son," and turning to James she added 44 may the Lord go with you both." The young men left together, and Willie did sign the pledge, and returned home that night sober for the first time in many months. A few months after this, Willi made a pro fession of religion and joined the Baptist Church, of which his mother' "had been a member for several years. She did not long survive to en joy the. company of her son after this. The troubles and trials she had gone through prostra ted her on the bed of affliction; and shortly before she died, she called her son to her bed side, and admonished him to prove faithful to his profession, arid stick to his pledge, and meet her in heaven: when she ceased speaking her '' spirit fled to the God that gave it." - Oh, what a curse a grog-shop produces in the neighborhood in which it is; located. Twenty years ago this' family was prosperous and happy ; but now behold the change. Go with me to the family grave yard and there behold the, gravec of an -affectionate daughter, who died of grief; the final resting place of the once kind husband and father, who now fill- a drunkards grave; and the grave of the wife and mother who died broken hearted. All this it Bains doings! But the wife and mother had a prayer hearing God, and he in his providence answered her prayers in behalf of her son and permitted her to live to witness his reclamation." Two months after the death of his mother, Willie married the only sister of James D -, and now. lives happily with his wife at " Pleas ant Hill," the same beautiful spot where the happy family lived twenty ' years ago, though not possessed of so large a fortune as his father, yet he is a happier man, and prizes 'the religion he scorned. j ' Reader, my story is ended; and in conclusion-let me say t you, shun the grog-sh-p as you "would a'deadly poison, and tottch' not the '. enticing ' fiiw "for; ' 'a.iV Jit libiteth jike a ser- yew. ra aungBW jise an SELECTED STORY. . From the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. . BENJAMIN FROM HOME. NCMBER I.. Every body travels that is a settled point if he can ever scrape together, money enough, to pay his railroad, stage, or steamboat fare; a man will certainly take a peep at the world and " the elephant." He may le as greeii as a potato vine,' but what matters that to him ? If his verdancy is a source of amusement to others, he ought to be thought the more of on account f this quali ty, for something U needed, now and then, to relieve the dull monotony of life in this every day world of ours, and to drive away the blues. Men sometimes travel for pleasure, and some time business calls then away, and then again a elliw will take a trip without having any defin ble ohj-ct in view, unless it be an intention to splurge." ' Well do I remember, when the Railroad was first put in operation1 between Petersburg and Blakely, what a stir was . created among the good folks of a certain village not a hundred miles from Roanoke river, by the declaration on the part of some villagers of au intention to go to Petersburg. Seveial weeks, or longer, notice was given, and "preparation made, and sundry bits of paper were sent in. containing memorandums of articles to be purchased for the differ nt families and friends, while broken jewelry and watches wanting repair were stow ed away in his trunk and about his per-on in sufficient quantity and numbers to justify the idea among strangers that he was an itinerant Peter Funk. But, if the same strangers could have seen him on his return they would have instantly concluded that he had changed his vo cation, and become a regular pedlar. Here was a bundle of calico for one, there a pair of shoes for another, here a roll of carpeting, there a bundle of stockings, here a package of toys, there a box of confectionaries, besides band boxes, guns, pockej knives, and " various other articles too tedious to mention." Tfa-n a trip to Petersburg was all that was j necessary to give a man a. polish, and as for a young Miss who had taketithe important trip, she would , put on more airs than a Yankee school mistress. For days, weeks, and months afterwards the railroad and the city were stand ing themes for conversation. And if you hap pened to ask a gay young lady if she had ever visited Petersburg, aud she was unable to reply affirmatively, you would be apt to receive for an answer. "No, sir, but sister Sallv has," or. "brother Peter went there once," as if she was determined to impress upon your mind the fact there was at least one in the family who had "seen sights." ' ' This was the state of affairs at -one place, and we may very naturally suppose it was so else where, j But I set out on this letter, with the settled j purpose in view of introducing "a character as was a character." Did you ever hear of Benja min Perhaps you have heard of a Benjamin, but did you ever hear of our Benjamin ? No ; then I will "by your leave" introduce him to your acquaintance, and, as I can not transfer him to paper, nor transmit him in a letter, I must satisfy myself by chalking him out as nearly as J can. Imagine then a tall, lean, spare built, hook-nosed youngster, with long hair and grey eyes, and dressed in a full suit "bran new") of grey or "pepper and salt" home spun. His pantaloons appeared to be trying to cut him in twain, but a couple of stout throngs, cut from old bridle ruins, kept them down in their proper place, though they looked danger ous if the "straps" should give .way. Benja min's shirt collar was broad verv broad and when turned down completely hid his collar, though not exactly visible itself all round, ow ing to the redundancy of head covering, that reminded one of hay well cured and hung upon a fence ra 1. To crown all, Benjamin wore a hat as was a hat indeed, and if Genin or Beebe could get the style there is no telling but they might each make a princely fortune by follow ing it in all its ramifications. My descriptive powers are none of the best, and when I get to that hat I give right up and let you draw on your imagination foi' the picture to represent the original. - This sir, in brief, is Benjamin our Benjamin and you see him arrayed now for a trip from " hum." Other folks had been to Petersburg, but oar Benjamin was going to astonish the world and " the rest of mankind w by a trip clear to Baltimore. He had hearn tell of Baltimore, felt certain there was such a place, and had got his wages and determined to go and sec for himself. Now, Benjamin had a most contempti ble opinion of town dandies, and perhaps, one of thent had given, him cause to dislike them, by "setting up" to his sweetheart, and filling Tier head with notions gathered in a trip to Peters burg. " Petersburg ! Petersburg thought Benja min, " It's everlastingly and eternally Peters burg! and unless lean beat 'em, and go tuther side o' thar, these town butterflies will outshine me. Its settled, and TL find some place to go to just as soon as the crop's gathered." ' And so he did,"for he was now on "the eve of purchas ing a ticket to Baltimore, and he fairly chuckled at the idea of going ahead of these town fellows, and beating them at,, their own game." He bV gaii to, think atfout the time he wold"b sitting by the side of Miss Judy, and hearing the town jays singing their song u Petersburg !" " Peters burg !" and how - triumphantly he would say to them, " Pshaw, don't tell- us any more about your little pen of a town, go to Baltimore ; that's tire place to go to, and then you may talk." ' . , .. i,t Well, after inquiring all the particulars about the cars, which he called "shops," Benjamin at last took his seat in one of the " shops," and away they went, but had not proceeded far be fore up he bounced, and swore they .had left his saddlebags, and all his new yarn stockings, that mother had been knitting especially for him to wear to Baltimore. But it turned out that his saddlebags w ere in the other " shop," and that was whirling along with them. No thing occurred worthy of note on the route to Petersburg, except once or twice the noise created by the cars in running through bridges, frightened Benjamin so much as to cause him to come nigh jumping off. (The fact is, Ben jamin was tolerably verdant) W'hen the polite conductor came to him for his ticket, " Ticket," says Benjamin, ' Ticket for what V " Ticket for Petersburg, sir," says the Cap-, tain. "Ticket for thunder I Is this 'ere thing going to Petersburg?" . " Yes, sir, this train is going to Petersburg. - " Stop her then, sir, stop her, for I paid my account to Baltimore, and have got a receipt ; I don't want to go to none o yer Petersburgs." " You must go through Petersburg to go to Baltimore, sir, and perhaps your receipt includes all ; please let me see it ?" Benjamin fumbled away, and at last drew from his bosom a leather pocket-book, old and sleek, and opening it, drew forth his "receipt," from which the conductor, after explaining the matter, tore a little strip. Benjamin opened eyes wide but said nothing. Iu due time the cars arrived at Petersburg, and Benjamin was besieged by boys inquiring if he had any bag gage to carry to the hotel. He beckoned one of these aside, and asked him if this was Balti- more ; upon receiving an answer he desired to know how far it was to Baltimore, but the boy could not tell him. Says he, "Look here boss, how 'm I goin' to git to Baltimore ; I've paid my account, and I'm goin' thar, even if that man did tear a piece off." The bugle sounded, Benjamin was directed to the omnibus, and and away he went to the Richmond Depot, where he took the cars again. Here, w hen the Captain called for bis ticket, he handed out his " receipt," from which another bit was torn. He would have expostulated, but the Conductor did i not have time to wait to hear his complaint, and he turned to a follow traveller and enlight ened him thus : "These railroad folks must be a roguish set, tor here I paid my account clean j to Baltimore, and they kept tearin' it up, and j bimeby they'll be comin' after me to pay it alUj over agm', but I U swow I won t pay another red, stranger ! How far is it to Baltimore. Kin you tell me i . - " Near two hundred miles, sir, I believe." " Two hurt-died, what!" " Miles, sir." f " Thunder aud cornstalks ! Why, stranger, if I had thought it was half as fur as that I should'nt never started. I'll wear out all my clothes before I git there." " Oh no, I reckon not ; you have more be sides what you have on." " I reckon so too, for I've got four new pair of yarn 6tockins two clean shirts, auother pair of trowsers, and a new wai.-tcoat, and I had a no tion to buy me a pair of new shoes when I got there. Can you tell me where I can git a pair cheap." " Oh ! you will find no difficulty about that" "There!" said Benjamin. cutting the conver sation very suddenly, " I do reckon they've left my saddlebags. Don't vou reckon so ?" " Yery likely ; where did you see them last!" " Why, the 'tuther man told me he put 'em in one of the shops." " And didn't you get them." "No. th-y hurried me off, and I forgot all about it. I b'leive I'll get out, and go baek and get 'em. It ain't more'n a mile or so back, is it?" "Oh, yes, its over twenty, for here we are at Richmond." "Overwhat? and where? Why stranger, I be dad-fetched ef they aint got to go back, and get my saddlebags ef it takes utn a weekfor the man told me this ere piece of tin was good (or it." Just then the Captain appeared. : "Passen gers breakfast here before going over to the oth er Depot." " Breakfast thunder! You better take your thing, and go back and get my saddlebags." " Where are they sir T asked the Captain. " How should I know ; I aint seen 'em since they give me this piece of tin." " Oh,! i theyVe checked,. are tliey. 1WeJl1.,sir they're all right,vand will go through safe ; don't give yourself any trouble." , 44 Are they in that tuther shop, there!" "They are in the forwarded car, sir." Benjamin went into the hotel and ate break fasta very hearty one by the way, but upon being asked at the door foi1 half dollar, he dis puted the account . "Half dollar T skid he; 44 for"what." ' ' For breakfast, sir." ' ' ' V ' Why, I jwid roy" bill" clean through, board aud IwIginVanil it was srich"a pig one, and Tt e been thinkinthey will lodge me and board roe . " That, sir, was only for your traveling, not : your eating." Do you charge extra for eating !" "Of course, sir ; we are not connected with the Railroad at all." " Well, couldn't yon take less than half a dol lar? I didn't eat four pence worth." ; "No, sir, we hav a regular price; and you had better make haste, the omnibus is about to leave." Benjamin paid up, and hurried out to the om nibus, and hunching his nearest neighbor in the side, asked him, "Look a here, did they make you pay 5 The man hunched and addressed, proved to be a very gruff, fat old fellow, and as the omni bus was very much crowded, and Benjamin got the last chance at a seat, and was squeezed into about six inches, of space, the old feliow thought an insult was meant by what he had said, and turned very gruffly on him and replied j " Do you meant to insult me, sir, by your im j peitinetice J" and was in the act of putting the poor fellow out, but some of the passengers,wbo j witnessed the scene at the breakfast room door, ! interposed and explained the matter to the old j gentleman. " Now," says Bonjaminn, " if you are satis- ! tied that I did not intend to insultyou, you must apologize for trying to put me out o' here. Is J ibis ere your thing ? Ef it is, sir, Til get out, but I pa'd my account through, and I'm going loo. You're a big man and I'm away from home, but l'il be dad fetched ef you can walk over me, sir." lie was fairly getting "riled up," and would have pitched into the old fellow "inaminit," had not the latter after whispering aside, that "it was best to humor a fool than be plagued with him," made all necessary apologies, and thus Tture i peace and quiet- It was resolved among several mischievous ! joung men to have a little fun at Betijemin's ex- '; pen-e when they again got in the cars, and ac- j c rdiugly they-got seats near him. They had ' not rt fairiv seated before a newslov came in j to the cars with his papers. " Baltimore Sun, sir." said lie, poking .one at B-M.j imin. " Thankee," said Benjamin, and taking the paper, lie commenced spelling the word, very much to his own satisfaction, but the little boy reminded him that he had not paid for it ' ' "Do you give a filler a thing, and then ask j him to pay for it 1 Well that does beat." i " I didn't give it to you, I only showed it to j you to buy, and you took it, and must pay j lor it." I Here one of the y ung bloods suggested that I he might get into a difficulty with the town au ! ihoritits and be detained, unless 'he paid for ft, since he took it from the Uy, and he had there- fore best pay for it. Benjamin paid liim, and little fellow' went on. Pretty soon Another came in, and poked the New York Herald at i our friend. But he shut his eyes and turned his j head away. 44 New York Herald, sir,"' screamed the boy in Benj miin's- ear, at the sante time h Iding the pajer before him. But our Behjamiu wasn't going to be sucked in by any more of these lit tle j ests, and he sat as still, and apparently as deaf and dumb as a statue. The little fellow passed on, and in a few moments the c'ars start ed. Benjamin opened his eyes. " Where are you from, my friend!" sakedOne f the young men. "Raccoon Range," said he. "What is vour name, if vou will excuse me for asking." "Benjamin, and that was my father's name, and my grand-fathet'ii, his father's tew they tell me." 44 A very nice name. Have you travelled along here often f i 44 No, sir, I never was along here before, and j I'll be blazed ef 1 come along agin soon." i " Why, don't you like the route ?" i "I don't know nothiti' about the route, but I the folks take all sorts of advantages of strangers. That. feller back ther where we ate, told me 1 j didn't pay for nothin' but my traveliin' and j must pay extra for eatin' just as if a feller could j travel without eatin'." j " What ? He-didn't charge you for breakfast i did he ?" I 44 Yes, and made me pay a half a dollar, too, when 1 would a ' swore' I didn't eat nine-pence worth. " Why in the world, did you let him take you in so." . " What ! didn't you pay J" 44 Yes, but 1 didn't have a through ticket. I suppose you have a through ticket?" 1 v " I'll show you what I've got. 1 know I paid my accouut clean to Baltimore." 44 If that's the ease then, you need not show vour ticket. The fellow should not have charg ed you." ", 1 - ' "There, dad fetch hi pictur, I knowed it; I knowed it, and fold him so ; but he said I must pay, and the emblebus, as he called it, was about to start, and if I didn't make haste, I vonld be left" - - "Did yon show him your ticket V ' "No." ' --"' ; v ' Alil that explains it; but you will see him, probably, on your return, and may succeed in getting ycrur money back "- ' '' " ' : J 44 I'll try it, any way, and ef he don't pay roe. my money, 111 git another breakft, blest him. otranger, now iar is 11 xo Daiuruore uo you know!1 V'a't- .&H .'Tr3.s-! : "I have never been here before-, but thej tell is awwt eweo buourea mm - " Seven hundred miles 1 "" AVelf,' if Tde a known that, I never should a started. A roan told me a piece back, it was two huiidred and I thought that enough in all conscience. Why Judy '11 get married, and have children before I get bftck." ' " Oh, no, 1 hope not ; you can get back in less than seven mouths, and you can writ to her in the mealn time." . " ' ' fc" " Seven months ! Why, I should be grey in that time, and Judy would'nt have me, and there-. '11 be them town fellers flyin' 'round her, like crows 'round a corn-hilf, and knockin' all my fat in the fire. Seven months ! Well, I'll git off at the next stoppin' place and turn back. I told mother I'd be home in three weeks, or four at the outside." " " You saj you paid to Baltimore !" " Yes, and took a receipt.". T " Then you will have to go through an .- liow; you can't turn back; it's a pity vou didn't know this." r "It's my opinion, sir, that gittinVmy money was what they were up to, and after they got that, they didn't care three shakes of a sheep's tail what become o' me." "" Yes, but my advice to you is, to take it all quiet, and make no fuss about it till you git biick." " Tickets, gentlemen !" shouted the Conductor, " I've naid my bill, sir, and have got a receipt," said Benjamin. " Show- it, if j'ou please." " Well, sir if you doubt may word, you can see it," and fumbling away in his bosom, (the Conductor in the meanwhile disclaiming an in tention of questioning his veracity.) he drew forth the same old pocket bxk, and the same ticket, from which the Conductor, while Ben jamin was not noticing, tore off a piece, and handing the remainder to him passed on. Ben- jamin examined it closely, and said t himself, " I do belive that feller tore my rec ipt; but-I aint sure alout it ; I reckon I had better not say anything, but I'll watch the next one, certain" " Wlun did you leave home.'mv friend ?" in- quired one of the young gentlemen before allu ded to. " Why, I thought I left last night -but I don't know for certain." "Impossible! Why, Raccoon Range is some six hundred miles from here. You mast have left about the first of November." , " Well, sense I come to think of it 1 believe it was the third of November when I started." 41 1 thought so, that will make it about two months since you left home, as this is the fourth of January." "Two what ! ,4 Where have I been t And here it is after the first of January too. Oh ! goodness. Stranger ! can't you get them stop this thing tell I can write a letter to Caleb. They'll all think Pm dead, and the old lady 'II leave me out o the will, for I told em. I'd certainly be home to the Christmas quilting, and Judy Ml think I'm married, and she'll get marri ed, and oh ! I'm a ruined man. I wish I'd never seen one of these tarnal things. Stranger, ef ever I do git home again I'll stay thar, Judy or no Judy. But I can t account how I lost time so. Perhaps, you never travelled on a railroad befere," suggested his friend. " No, and bad fetch me ef I ever git on an other." 44 Well, you see, they 'killtime' with thething that pulls us along, and, therefore, w e don't see it pass away- " Well, stranger, a man's got a heap to learn; but blazed tf I wouldn't rather stay at home af ter tins, fourth ot January! Ihe hogs not killed, the low ground not cleared the corn not all gathered, the cotton not picked out. Well, I'm done with jour railroads. Stranger you must be mistaken. Two months ! . Six hundred miles 1 and I aint eat but one meal that I km remember of ; do find out a mistake somewhere stranger; ef you don't I'll go crazy, that I will." " No mistake, sir, you must have passed through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia South Carolina, North Carolina" Thar's wharl live, stranger. Kaccoon Range is in North Carolina, and thar's whar I come from." - "That makes a great difference, then ; I was talking about one Raccoon Range and you an other. Oh, yes! you left home last night, I guess, if you are from North Carolina, and, since I think of it, it is November instead of January This seemed to relieve Benjamin's mind very much, and set him to thinking. As the cars hurried forward he soon fell into a sound nap of sleep, from which he did not wake till he arrived at the steamboat wharf at Aquia Creek And here, for the present, I propose to leave him, promising, however, to give yon in a sub- sequent letter his travels" from the Creek to Baluraore,and his aojonrn in the Monument AC THOKriLl. A' iadt, a regular "shopper" who" had" made an nnfortunate clerk tumble overaII the' stockins in the shop they were all goods-ob jected that' none were long enough." I want , the -very longest hose that are made."4 Then' madam yon had better apply to lEe'neit engine house." s ' "' ' -: -"'y this nurnmsv Send father, and.- tell- imn- to. 1 being laa a plug cf tobaooo atoog. Pbecociocs. 44 Tommy, my son, run to the store and get the some sugar. . . 1 Juccuse me, ma: I amsomewnat maisposea MLLE RACHEL'S NOSE. ' m l - We often find very sprightly scraj of gossip -in the " Echoes from Paris" of the French Cour tier. The followinc amusinr anlnt nt Miul. 9 9 v w Rachel, we translate from that journal, H ' 'l' 'Babw, Jan? 1 31854.;" Tire Theatre Frahcaishw i-ecwvedL lurliU Christmas-box the resignation of M'jle Rachel. A letter from St. Peiersburgh conveys to us, in reference to this great txagedien, . the following anecdote : ' : .. . .. One day in the latter end of December last, about two o'clock in the afternoon, M'lle Rachel was passing through one of the principal streets of the city. She alighted from her sleigh and walked along on jfoot in order to observe the Christmas displays in the richly adorned ware houses. Tho snow had ceased to fall since the evening before; the air was clear and calm, but excessively cold. Enveloped in ermines the tra gedies, braved with her habitual courage the rigors of the temperature, and courageously ex posed her delicate visage to the sharp and biting frost With much less indifference did she ap pear to endure the gaze of a gentleman who had just met her, and who 6tared at her with an embarrassing attention. His fixed and continu ed gaze seemed naturally to her to be- a- most extraordinary impertinence, and already were her eyes flashing with rage when the gentleman springing towards her caught her in., his arms, held her tightly to prevent resistance, then stoop ing, be gavl.ered up a handful'of snow, apd be gan scouring with it the celebrated lady's nose. M'lle Rachel screamed fearfully, a crowd gath ered around, but none among the spectators exhibited the least desire to oppose a proceeding that they observed with so lively an interest. One of them even offered a second handful , of snow to continue the operation. This was done very promptly, and when the gentleman had rubbed until he appeared satisfied, he restored to the lady her liberty, aad saluting her with a respectful bow, said to her, excuse me, Ma dame, but your nose was freezing, and it was the only means of saving it." The assistants, con firmed by their voices and g.stures the truth of Lis words, and M ile. Rachel now comprehending that what she had taken for an offence was an important ssrvice, parsed from augerjtograti- tude, aud gracefully returned her thanks to the saviour of her nose. Hie above is au incident that occurs frequent ly in Russia during the winter. The person whose nose begins to get frost bitten does not himself perceive At, insensibility being the first' effect of the freezing, but other perceive it for him, for the peril exhibits itself by evident and well known signs. Then aud upon the spot the homoeopathic remedy is at once ap-; I plied, by vigorously rubbing the place infected with snow, which, very comfortably, is always! on hand in that country. , t Fr m the Saturday Evening; Mail. LATE TURNIPS- The common English Turnip, when rowed early, is generally "corkey" and unfit,, for culinary; purposes ; but when sowed; late, say after other vegetables have been removedvsay peas, beans or ar,y potatoes this objection cannot be urg. ed. The purple-top is a very desi rabbi specieal for this purpose, growing smooth and fair, and possessing all the qualities required jn the Tur-j' nip; eitbdr for table use or as a winter feed foil stock. : When cultivated in this way, we hare found: it a good plan to cleanse j the. suiface carefully removing all obstacles in the form of stones, weeds, etc., and after spreading on a liberal quan-J tity of compost, in which ashes are freely mixed I to drill in the seed with a seed-sower, the soil having been previously prepared for its receptiocj , by harrowing with a heavy harrow, ploughing for this crop being unnecessary. Gypsum is alsq . a good ingredient in compost intended for Turj nips, uuless the soil is of a gypseous character! Guano and poudrette have a favorable action also, on the crop, producing a rapid development . and giving superior weight and soundness to the , . , roots. As soon as the seed germinates, and the M. phnts are fairly developed, a sligbt dressing of sulphur should be applied, say . in the morning ,f when the dew l on me touage ; or, it may oe mixed with stale urine, or that which has nnt dergone a partial fermentation, and . applied in irrigation. This tends not only to preserve tha plants from the attacks of insects, from which; notwithstanding' the adr anced state of the sear son, they are not wholly exempt, but stimulate 1 tlie secerneut and assimilating organ, and thus - : insure more vigorous and healthy growtLr-- s &ot, or pulverized charcoal, ha often produced . highly beneficial effectsVwhen applied lib rally during the first week after the plants make their " appearance. Cleanly cultivation is quite essenp tial in brodncinff a (rood croD xit this vecretabla. Ag M the bulU begin to defebpe, the hok should be introduced, ; and the plants . slightly. earthen up; out care snouia ,tw imn wi w . I tkA i.faVd J rvrai rtthr" rrmin. ,TH quantit? of Turnips which, may be .rawed ifrj.. acre 6i good 6, in this way, is much, greatey,,- than those who have pot had experience in Tnri nip eultnre would 4 disposed UTBlieVt ii&V" as the Turnipiia a valuable auxillay in i winter-- " ing stoqk, j( h aurprking that fohmrfoi tectirp .t more attention. The preaumpUonnpw , quitf prevalent, that the English .Tnrpip in all its yat-. , l3 rieties, is apt deserving of systematic "cr axtent-' ,t sire culUvation as a fbt'dmTc?nimaIajliSt deserve to be wejely deprecated. Nor&oV takjnintojCpBytic.h'.e araisiilgiw it, is more deserring the;attentk ihe f irmef and 1 prone from the tapHal- aboejs tb Turnip nrivaUed. i toe k-raiser, as. none. woeiniauns.in.wi j ay aodve fecbrqrnendefl. .wilr yte1f a larger - and labor inteitaJ. J'or-ir V 1 f r r 1
Southern Weekly Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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