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yto& c4 THE LANDMABK. JOS.1 Ejf CAIiDWEI,!,, "liaitor and Proprietor. -- )Ti Ft 7 TBJU(6CBSCKIPTIOT, CUHlKASmci. 1 Copy, on tw (2 M 1 ' jnunanths... , i oo 1 " three aMMtns f S- When subscriptions are not paid in W vanee, X8 cents extra will be added. BATES OF ADTEJKTIUjra. 1 Sqnare, 1 month $ i-s 1 " 3 " I " " i.s 1 year.... 1 month. JXs 3 sew k Colomn 1 month u ' s " IMS 5' " . - 1M 1 rear.. JC.aS 3 months..!.. .......... 9R.0S " n.o l year.. SCOS , S ntoaths....4. ........ ....... 49.6s S .. SO.Sa 1 year 1S0.SS yoL. vi. ? ; ... states vule, c.,. fbida yv march 5, isso: NO. 33. 11 JLJL.il. 'J 1J A 1 . w -A" N .; Ii S jY u l u u; u w . , , , , i . - . ' -.....-...,,,:. . : ;..! . , .. r 1 1 ooiioVl la a few days our buyer will be in the Northern Markets completing our purchases of d oreet to make room and avoid carrying over any stock, we offer for the : Jjl : J L ' ' ext tliirty days 'our entire line of . ' i j. i j ji J FANCY DRESS GOODS. '.nr..: ' HOSIERmiANDtlGrOVES, BLAIVTKETS, SHAWLS, SKIRTS, FLANNELS, REGARDLESS OF VALUE. ALSO TWENTY-FIVE FinSTEI CLOAKS. . WORTH FROM $11.00 TO 818.00, TO BE V ; ; Y Unmercifully AT, SAY. FROM $6.00 TO 12.00, OR EVEN LESS. ABOUT SIX THOUSAND D0LLAES WORTH of FINE CLOTHING will be added to the above stock to share the same &te., Call early and you will not regret it. . - WALLACE BROS. SUtesville. N. C., Jan. 22. 1880. - : rEMIOMAI. CABB8 GZQ, W. GfiAHAM, : ' .Praettel limited to A i . ' a , K t Dl : - fji t - i irnrfeamritfl'.'-.i;. .J i (tiff ions; t iv - r-": 'M- Ks 5 STATESVltLEv N. C. : : nil' tTE1RAJ4 - Js7ne or the other always at the office In f.'m iX'BOOU. Sirhonton Female College, piEiSPRIft!TERJ4 FOR 1880, JL asjnns Thnreday. January lath. Board and Enrttfli tuition, lnclndins; ' Free hand LtAwtnc, OsJisthenlcs. and expenses for - winiiDL Hghts , -eervants' attendanc . ft a. 9.0n per sesoion-f twenty weeks. Ct Circulars to t a sri 1 . wttk nl pejtlcnlars on applirntlon to 1" HU Principal.' ijsxrrti Aim ihom. ! WrUI0 HtfFORMrTHE - CITIZENS OF STATESTlLliE and taecpnbllc geMrally, that I am prepared . So ssaalsLtare, a the best style, all grades of M BfaT&NQ SHOES. T tUsS lV CBtTP ELMTIC HTU, " ATriMf sof5, ;r. ; C-Qwa 4rlB jronrsd the n-vlces of a first lss Verkmrtn, Mnstter myself that I can salt h of U ssst lasticUoiis. warranted. Satisfaction (aaran jaaa. B spa rrlna done on reasonable terms, j) Isalj.tWr B. B. JOYNER. JB 1KINTISe BiLLHKADS! 0 LETTER HEADS!;: ' itn iaiikm cmcs is jnst la receipt of lines of - f , f ' e . f t- i . : Jon Work m tlrts and aH other Hnes exeented .7 . A promptly and cheaply, and entira i i (-..,- . aUafacUoB coarantaed. .'.'.m yromtoed. , . , ' T HI T f T ! r-i , fiqffiris furniture ! I HAVE ON HAND CONSTANTLY. ' fall ytfiesand slze. wmch I nold at pncee as !nw a. tbey can be had elsewhere. i tURNlTUBE of different varieties always is mock ana sot ssie cneap. feb.li.6:Sm- ' A. P. BARRON lgTt ALJ&S-lliaToJE; L, j. rrHIS HOUSE IS NOW TJNDEH THE MAW- JL aremens at M. Dr. Reeves, formerly of the National Hotel and Hoyden' House. Salis bury, N. O.. -Whose aim II will be to make Ufa nrftt-claes hotel in every, respect. : -JeimecUou8 Sample Keois on first and s-The patronage of the public Solicited. FOR BALE. 5 ! For SatebrR'ent : t !'-' ! '111! A HOUSE AND tOT t 'TTtrx 'I I? r I' J IN THE TO N OF STATESVILE. on the most reasonable terms, tor particu lars, appiy to Feb IS im. TaylorsTllle, N. C: QNE OF W. F. JOHN BARNES'S s (Velocipede Style) Cheap for Cash. . Jan. . 'on. J. V. LAMPREVlHT. ' '. "J " i ' '-' JI.1.J..1 wjmi sow- STIMS0N '& ANDERSON, ? . ' ' BTATSBV1LLM, X 0. 4 i i ,!:., " ' ' - Dealers r.' ..i, I ,1 : . i . ...... . f , , ,f . f PURE DRUGS, TYESIRE TO CALt THE' ATTENTION Jrof Coantry Physlctans and the pnblte gen erally, toi the fact thai their stack of Drugs is new cemplete and) oompslses, evcryxbinK re- qnireo oy an advanced pnarmacy. , ! U 44iSfcSa3 ptf ! M ABVfaUf JsU factknt m PJlJClis,! UTI !i I j JaoigTlf , R. W. POWERS ! CO., Wholesale "Oruggbts; wYoi 1305 Main ' BaMetv" f t i;RICHMOND,.VA.;i : ! ' 'DEALERS IN '! Fore brags. Patent Medicines Paints, Oils 'and Pyd Stafe. ePrompt Attention Paid to Orders! t cpt.ix,'79-.iy ' " : ' K4NOEAIJ. --i-.-;'t .t! r, . ' ' ' ' . ,i ; , A rose fell from her hair last night, '. When dawn undid the frail lamplight, - And the walls went mora taugnldly. ' I brought it hap. Site looked on me, . Half turned to set her wreath aright. ( I wonder was the dawn's delight Lovelier or more innnlte 1 uhen Cyprls o'er the roseate sea ' t-; :.J. i., .... Arosel-, ,,,,, ... j, t . .. Bed flower of floweis, 'tis yours bv right. . To touch her long throat's rose and white. And fall for love. Tell her for me, How bard it is sometimes to be So near a rose, alas ! not quite , ( f . A rose. ' 1 It s the same with men as "With eicKa r- Yun ctui't tell whether- they, are good or bad 'til mey re Drone. . , Whom the rods wontd destroy iher 'first fill full of oufldence that it Is aot loaded. Cin Mr. Younc woman wants' to know. ''how she can tell a freeh ere from a stale one f" Taste it, goosey ; taste it. Burlinffton Hawk ey- '.'.s.v.-; i,jie r-irsf -,frrtfrt6ini Alnericaa shipped oome wheelbarrows to Rio de Janeiro, and the na tives filled tixem full of stone and such and carried them on their Beads They said it was a capital contrivance, and wondered how tney managed to get aiong so many years without it. i t . : . CORRESPONDENCE. THE WESTERN B4ILKOAD Ot'ES- TION. ' Tba Vln of. CoiiKraaamitu Kltcbln, . r tsi Second District, ou lb Sub ject. , A -, Washington, Feb. 21, 1880. To the Editor of The Landmark . - . ... I take it for granted that the Gov ernor will convene the Legislature to lake into consideration the proposal of Mr. .Best to purchase the ; Western North Carolina Railroad. I believe it to be now ascertained beyond dispute that he and his associates are abun dantly able financially to carry out to the letter, and within the time named, any contract they may conclude with tne Mate through its legislative au thorized agents as to the purchase and 6ale of the Western Xorth Carolina Railroad, together with the Western Division of the same. Of course there are hooeet differences of opinion among our safest and best men on the question as to the expedi ency 01 seiuug the road. . What extra ordinary light and information those who oppose the sale have over and above those who advocate it, I know uot. Nor would I undertake to coni demn them because, being human, we are all liable to err.. 'Especially is this so in great national or State issues, when we are moire or less interested or at least feel so: ac cording as our preconceived uotion6 have been formulated into fixed ideas. and our predilections for-of against any particular policy, it our mends can convince the General Assembly' that the road ought not to be sold, that body will of course refusa to take oif the brakes, and hold the property ; but it will seed a stronger speech fortified by more potent arguments than those that have been thus far offered, to pre vent the people of a Slate with a treas ury already bankrupt,. fiom shilling irom their own shoulders to those that are more able and willing to bear the ouraen, a load which has , alreadv proved Itself greater thau they can en- uurc. . The . first rioint 'iriarlA'-hv t.h head and front of ths opposition is "that it may be sold for three million dollars cash when completed." For the sake of argument admit it to be true. 'Com plete the road ta Paint Rock. . Sell ior caHui gei ineinree million cioitara. It wiUZ fine and one-Balf million dollars to complete the road and put it in coDtiiuon to Dnng the three ruilhous. it will byjthe,Ume Jtaaimished take oue million dollars to pay the eight hundced atd fifty thousand dollars and the hdchied Interest theftfcnJ ili will take five hundred thousand dollars to par the statutory lien. Now mit these iuiimuu uuiiute. uiKt ifQe niDouai me road will bring when completed. Take the one, amount from the other and you Dave we magnmcent sum ot nothing for the State your road gone into the hands of a foreigner, with not one foot ot the Ducktown branch! built and no obligation, either, ilegal or moral, do any living drearnre or soulless corpora- . uodj, to build one single rod ot the Ducktown branch. v i i ,r i Much is said about giving five hun dred convict without a cent of consid eration for a period of five years, to labor for a foreign syndicate; ' Des not every intelligent mad 'know that no such proposition was ever made by Mr. .Best? J Un toe contrary, did tie not -offer per head for these convicts a sum sufficient to feed, ' clothe, guard par for 'tuedical attendance and sill iMsnariaprjaieetiacidmit tortfceir keep ing r it now cut the State over ilOO mt heai,frtanniiv.k take r care bf oer himiiiw fiwiereiorev u, turnistnng uw ui luem i bit. Deal ior nve yearti. the 8tatf'wiH save at -least' 106.000 per year, which will be; a reduction jof ms - saj) "is aBjuut. toe an nual' expenses if the' toad will be t?0idd hichi will reduce. the-Staie ieVyjmtvo hWidffc (tbvaiid idol If the road were completed tolVitit Rock, its actual cost would be far be yond 93,000,000; but as the former indebtness ot the road has pnen repu diated,, we. will say that it will stand the iflterjtt,n. Ibis , sum . annually, ,at six per cent J will te $180,000, -besides the running expenses, not. less than (60,000 : looting up an annual -outlay of 8240,000;; Will any" nan acquaint ed with.. railway, management piedL' hi reputation, to assert thai the road would rtalizKthis sum udoq its busi- nes?,. -I-tliiiik pot. '..Suppose it .tlid, how would that help our - friends! on the Ducktown branch? 'To preserve good faith with them, it would compel us to go' id debt at least four millions. more.,, This the people , would never Cotisent to d i,- and the result would be vf-shouldthe advice of our Aicnds pre: fail-ft-the lom .of the mailt lino from Salisbury, to. Paint Rock; and1 the cer tainty of never building the, branch to Ducktown:'- ' -:." ".'-"'" Mr. Dortc'h,' in his argument, seems to lose fight of our .obligation to the Ducktown section, and almost utirtly of the thicktowu branch. -The btate can complete to Paiut Rock, let it to over- one nundrqd parties juiioj can complete it to tliat point ; buthe tiger and the elephant are both on the other branch.,. Who jwill bu v them both and give railway-jConniKOii through'' to Asheville .in fjjve yeara? Mr-jBest says he will, au4 we' ought to close with him on the conditions he pioposes, to-wit : that we. ore to have our ele phant back agaya if he cannot trans port from Puck town to Asheville in five years. :, It is Baid, m jBubst:un.e will. bear the light butti n that it we of eno.ooo per year for .eighteen i the road will be- comij Rock. If it is rjjraDt cau be done for i!;t'" -the statement is moonshine,. Pre' ha longer, Paint , that it . of money '.he merest rpri8tjajtJ get Jt road thcU . M,000; but state maaagemeus. ,JLial extrava gance will not cakftittkere lor less than $1,500,0U0, 4 If, as some assert, we could mortgage, and complete the road to Paint Rock.lhe millions would never flow into the goffers of the State! as some seem to see tiieiu uowing into tne pocKets ot tbe capitalists ; and in their bewildered imaginations pene trating behind the veil of the future,; they seem to see nine-tenths of the people bang their heads in shame be cause the Lord, in the distribution -of his gifts, did not see fit to confer upon tbem the faculty of prophecy. It is claimed that if we pay the in terest on the public debt and a small mite of the principal, that is enough. It depends upon how a man was raised. There are those who do not look upou a public debt as a public blessing ; that it is, on the contrary, a yoke upon the present generation and a curse when transmitted as an inheritance. They who oppose the sale, speak of it as a plan to give away the road. If so, it is the giving away of that which, if sept, is, m perpetuity, an intolerable burden. Now. if they who consider this movement a plan to give away the road, and profess to believe that mill ions will flow therefrom iuto the pock ets of the lucky donees, let them has ten to organize between now and the meeting of the Legislature, and give as good security as Mr. Best for the completion of the road; and I think risk nothing in guaranteeing that that body will make for them the same terms which that gentleman proposes. iJy the sale of the road the - people will get rid of $100,000, per annum to support convicts ; $70,000 to purchase iron ; $180,000 annual interest on $3, 000,000 ; and about" $100,000 annual expenses in leakage and contingen cies ; making a clear saving to the la boring tax-payers of the State of $450,- 000. It will afford the people grounds of hope, in no long.$m&. of seeing these railways connected with tbe magnificent railway system of the great West and ot enioying the eeonomical advantages iucident to such connec tion. I am for carrying out our obli gations 10 our western rrieoas. " i; W. II. KiTCHisr. FARSEKST WIVES. What Is the Mailer With lb rum- era' Mivas? . Correspondence of The Landmark. There, seems to be. throughout the broad lepgth and breadth of the land. a general feeling of unrest and discon tent amongst the farmers' wives. At the North, the feeling finds frequent expression in the agricultural journals. Southern women are not much .ziven to publishing their hardships And trials. out t bat tuey are i also restless and discontented, is shown by the factlbat tney an, or .nearly all, seem exceed ingly anxious to escape from the coun try, and to induce their husbands, to engage in business in the towns. But as this is a most disastrous change, in many instances, .it bsiooraes 'important to every person interested in the well- being 'of lhe. ,Cotrjmhnity-"to, lnKiw "what is the rhatter with the farmers' wives." ' Take the Southern farmers or planters' wives as a class, and I be lieve tney ate tbe gentlest and, sweet est women try the world ;! arid ' rarely complain without good reason. I kuow but little of their sisters' of the North, but presume them .to te' also good wives' fend, good mothers, and some thing must be sorelv -wrong to wride from tbem the frejtint complain'ts'we meet with in thei Periodical "rjr'esb. Their complaints ahij, that their work js too' hard too unremitting that the v have tew Bocial pleabures--no time' for self-improvemeh t,re a.!. ' 2,mtlsic,tlra w- ing. and' pain tin tbey suffer greatly with ill-V look forward, .f ad that tbey 'v death, like U-y women. the majority of t, I have thought o, ii 1 oject a great deal : In my ooca cm! journeys ana rides through the i.eouutry, am giytn to stopping frequently to rest at farms and plantations, sure alwayof 'tfce pleasant 'Welcome Woordetf ' t$l' stran gers ; and in my 'ittlks With rtiy, rural sisters and observations of their homes,. I have ' come to the conclusion that they are sound in heart and 'mind and. tne reforms needed are mostly physi cal.' They need,, ' IsV.lM ore fresh air. . i . 3rd. More money. , . ! ,This . seems to be a very whimsical combination, juirl might nud more 'favor if brought under two beads by combin ing the two firsi Into tine. 'vii'j moVe healili.';, M'ore fresh air and Viiore fruit would ensure more' health, and 'so I leave my catalogue of evils as it stands. The farmers' wives have more exercise than they oeecLbut this exercise would haye no injurious efTects if it were ta ken id the opeii air, ' ;'' 1, f Now j my, advice to the farmers is 8jmplyU&pU. JstEiilaise 1 yotir orr crjardmi.djdjiuinish your coftqq, fields; raise more fruits and fuwer yegVtbles, 2ndl,,(&!ve' your wife more 'out-door enipl lymelit anrf give youi'clf more in door employment. If you are runr nitisj six i)lows, sell four of your plows aud plow horses and put the uioiiey into as many good cows as it will bring. Study carelully the suiistlcs of dairy farms and cotton farms, and you see the reason.' Have a Ions -open shed for milking in and let each cow be se cured to her stall, so that there will be no. driving or running about. And then your blue-eyed Mary, or brown eyed Kate, will really enjoy doing her share in the milking. ' Give her a good brick baking oven; out of doors; insist on having'' regular baking Oays ,wheo the- weekly or semi-weekly supplies are all made and naked. Then use sternly your marital authority in for bidding her tJ cook more than one mtal day.. ;,it youc breakfast consist, of fruit, uonev, cold meat and bread, and a hot cup of coffee, and do you ma'ke the coffee while your' wife sleeps'. -' If the breakfast labte is set the night- fce- fore, thetd'wiir to no- trouble, about breakiaat, except merely placing, on the table the cold food from tbe pantry. Your wile" will noWliave enough td do to tniilr. wash thahea and clean house. iulttLjMH)te the dinner.; Insist thai we dinner snail couist 01 mtrDn fist aisfi. I.0UI bread, butter, milk, curds. cheese and fruits in addition will make variety nough. : After washing the dinner dishes, let her. set the tea table and change her dress and eujoy herself j tor the rest ot the day. liet her visit. read, practice music or drawing and be as happy as a girl. Have n,) tea (or coffee either) for your tea table cold bread, milk and mitts are abundantly nutritioua aud palatable. This easy and healthful life will remove all ground for complaiut. Now as to the 3rd item, "More mon ey. ' .No article produced on the iarni pays like hne truic. Theretore in en larging your orchards and cultivating them properly, you ensure more money as well as health and enjoyment for your family than in raising cotton, Small fruits and winter apples and pears are especially profitable. Jibe tilbert orchards ot England would no doubt succeed well in this country. Tbe hazel nut grows wild here, and the filbert is only an enlarged and improved hazel nut. The filbert orchards of Kent county supply in great measure the London market with this nut. Ground nuts are also profit able, ana everything that removes tne heavy labor of cooking from the farm er's wile ought to be carefully provided Ground nuts and hazel nuts, winter apples and pears, make winter vegeta bles unnecessary. Tbe latter requires cooking, the former does not. Bees are a never-failing source of interest to the family and honey a delicious and healthful article of food. The Greeks were a very wise people, aud they be lieved the use of honey to be eminently conducive , to long life. Bee-keeping, as yet, only seems to be an amusement in this country ; when people become as much in earnest to produce a ton of noney as tney are, to produce a ton ot cotton (five bales') they will find it vastly more profitable. - Orchards, when composed of hne fruit and well cultivated, have been known frequently to net $K)00 per acre. I wish very much that cheese-making were more generally practiced at the soutn. It is another most profitable branch of industry and would do much to relieve the "more money" demand. fcuglisb larmmg is like ours in one respecL'They require the same arti cles of food that we do, and the same processes are,, necessary- to produce wheat, butter, cheese, beef and mutton there as here. The Royal Agricultural Society gave 'its highest prize- to the tarin of Mr. Richard Mackareth, in Lancashire.. It contained 112 acres, of which poly 29 are cultivated, the rest pasture.1 "t wenty-two short horn cows ane kept and the -milk made into cheese. Only two-working horses are kept. , When the cows get ,oq they are fattened, and sold at an average of $150. Eighty Chevoit ewes are' pur chased every year, and L u produce last year was one hundred and torty lamba These he fattened and sold for from $6 to $7.50 per bead. -The-ewes yielded Irom tour to'hve- pounds ot wool .each, and when fattened sold, tor, , $12.50 to $13.50 each. This shows bow finely Tn r&crar( tt th a rmartanT rlnino-' rnnrfe in-door work and tbe wife more out door work, ! mean this the husband ought to fill tall, tbe wood boxes and water buckets, and . have , enough of mem to Keep a jun snppiy 01 wood ana water wherever needed. ''Mah-y other things of this kind:, requiring strength ot arm, be ought to take upon biraselt. -the, .wile. .would. hod out-door employ ment in milking, picking and cultivat ing ""wM.f"1. ""PiBp'ins bees ' hi many ways requiring skill rather, than strength, packing boxes and baskets of mat tor market, and in snort ' every thing in ' which she can' assist her hus band,, out: doors , .without, too 1. greatly overtaxing her strength. She only too nappy in enjoying bis companion Bhip, add if such a life once becomes the habit on tbe farm few women would fret for the -pleasures of 'town lifej'ii Farmers" lorm 'IhVgllsaTbody of th!e-peopler-they, t compose ,' tlie" ' riatioo , They sun nji lilin fayum .XIV, "We are the-Btase rt., Tutikils by them snouia oe ne nappies t and most destr- abie. ot . at , Dther8,-They, and . then 'wives ought to be well educated,, well read and aecoeiplisbed.y,Wba,tX have seen of. them convinces me. that they are, a. noble class, but: their lives .are oiten Jfjara and rough their wvves overburdened-with care and. til health, hd their children not so well . educated as they oughtt to. lM,IbeUtve the changes I have suggested , wou!4, give loem oeiMi neaith and more ..money, and consequently enable tbera.to .buy moie-ooots ana nice .clothes , and, to employ better:. teachers, for. thir chit I !.!! Old !; M'ii ! t- ' Old coins are' very. valuable that is'. some old coins. , There's the dollar ol 1804, , for example, which is worth $500. , ..The dime of 1802 is worth $100 for .a fine Bpeciraeu, and the large cop per cent of, '1823 w worth' as much. The half dollar of jl76 , is valui'd at $300,.,; The. .value : of these 'cuius' is. however, equaled by their, rarity. Oo caKionally a, .person conies acorns a coin worth from ten to. oue hundred times its face value..'' ' , '"' ' .,' . -- Am Irish -Wk. I. Cloud, In Harper's Magazine for March Wlien evening came the storm lull- mi, and left a gloomy dull in its stead. The coffin arrived so expeditously that some earn u must nave oeeu roaue be forehand. A few country people who had met it on its way followed H with loud waitings, in which they rehearsed the virtues of those whom they had lost, and their grief aud desolation in having them no longer with them. Of ten a coffin' is , thus escorted - from a neighboring village to, the house of mourning. It is then placed out ol sight, as the body is not laid iu it un til a lew minutes before leaving its last earthly: abode turf was heaped upou the fire, candles .lighted, jtnd a ug ot whiskey, tilling the room -with its penetrating odor, gave evidence ol preparation lor the approaching wake "j.ne "villagers loitered about th doorway gossiping until the arrival of a weira oiu woman, who Kneu. at tbe threshold, and, said,. "God bless all here ! God rest the soul of the dead !" Then sealing herself by the side of the body, she stretched out her lean and shrivelled hands, and burst forth into the most piercing lamentations, in which she recounted all the virtues of the defunct and of her family ; other withered creatures, who had been smoking and dozing by the chimney, now aroused themselves, aud joined in a doietut chorus. The intervals be tween the arrival of the guests which were signals for new outbursts were filled by whiskey-drinking, smoking, snuthng, and gossip. . If any one . who bad lost a friend desired to do so, they could embrace this opportunity of crying" him. As tbe night advanc ed, tne scene became one ot wild ex citement : the old people grew conti dential and communicative over their cups, and tbe younger members amused themselves with various games. 3 - . Upon the breast of the corpse, which lay on the table in the centre of the room, was a plate heaped with tobac co, from which each new-comer filled a pipe presented him on entering, and alir murmunug a brief prayer, took bis place either among the old people by the hre, or the younger ones in the farther extremity of the room. On the arrival of tbe neighbors, - two old women, who were "given up" to be, as I was informed, the best criers in the parish, broke into unearthly howl ings, and these dismal echoes died away amid the gossip of-the elder and the laughs and jokes of the younger portion of tbe assemblage. From an obscure corner I watched unobserved the strange scene, and saw how, after each round of whiskey: tbe rigid 1 lines that marked the faces of tbe old men and women broke, in to a myriad traits ot subtle expression, and their gummy eyes glistened and sparkled with a new found life, while the young people were soon in the midst of a kissing game. A circle was formed round youth, who was called upou to choose the prettiest irom the assembled maid- dens.- On being summoned' she ad vanced, kissed her admirer, who re tired, and fn"1 heif turn chose a young man from the r6u 6,' and so the game proceeded until 'all had tik6' kissed I hoped - to ' their satisfaction.; Should any decline to meet the. .-demands, ex acted by the jaws of the game, they were beaten with a . knotted apron. amid great hilarity and contention, in to compliance., ' When this was finish ed,, the .old people, who bad been dry-, ing tobacco by the fire, and powdering it into snuff by rolling it between their fingers, 'and partook of it in large quan tities to Keep themselves awake, again begun the death-song with, .wild ve bemepce.;, When they had somewhat relieved their feelings in this manner. tbe whiskey was once more banded round, and the young people resumed their games, Xhc old men and wo men refilled their pipes with tobacco which lay on the dead woman's breast and warming their thin blood by tbe cheerful 'fire, listened to some cum mer's talev-.'r-iM'M-iNK ; : . . , One of the young men on the other side of the room, clad in an old red petticoat, ragged shawl, and a ruffled cap, his lace begrimed with soot, and a Short pipe stuck in- his mouth, per sonating an old woman Jo the agonies ot a fatal sickness, attracted my atten tion. A tali youth in a white flannel 'jacket arid trousers, whose face was tbe picture of health and jollity, en deavoredj-tQ appear; as, .wise be. was. perhaps in,, .verity as, a doctor., r He felt the Dulse and snook his head, and WeBcribed 1 '"potheen. "' ' which: amid vocderous applause, was partaken 1 pi , by tne" whole assemblage. i.tie who counterfeited the old woman .dropped his head, and was soon stretched on the floor, m simulation of death. Mourners grouTp'e'TtbpuT him,. at)d two of the leading Bpirits feat oh either side-as criers the' whole 'assemblage giviug themseve up to the fujn of this madtovesty. , , , ..n-i ; "Never in my life can I cry-well on this side of the corpse,' said 'one1 of i the madcaps, 'rising,- and 'With :' bis heavy hob-nailed shoes walked on , as well as oyen the counterfeited corpse. in "Nor I,either" cried tbe other, who walked over the body with even less tenderness than -his companion,'1 i ! If the object of this mock solicitude objected tq Jite rough treatmen t,be was beaten into, submission, by the knotted apron before mentioned. ' " ' ' '' J ' In the dry1 recital these scenes lose: perhaps, a great; deal of their mirth ; but whtto I ..witnessed tbem, 4, .could Uot, resist the hilarity which tbey pro voked, until the little grandchild, who had been bleeping, amid all this up roat;1 iu bet mother's lap, creeping to the tftble-OBj which her, grandam lay, lugged at the sheet, and crying "Mah more," recalled me to the awful pres ence of the dead. ' ' ; ' '''', '' , This touching incidenT9id not seem to affect the rest of the' assemblage in t hevahie manner, tor the sobbing child was aeut back to its ,corrjer,and,.the i.ld womeii broke n to another verse of.'ihrir deatli-cry. while '' the' young people preparea ior anoitier game. t ' ToVkae Top and Ofx-n- Btnct',f' lev! l:at VAPai,x 4) Miu.aa. I .V.J .-U Dr. J. M. Carson.7 bT Alexander, is represented to be in feeble health. At a leap year party in Shelby last week the boys bad to' go after toft girls. , -.. , , ... , . . ,,, .. There is much sickness among the horses in Guilford an aggravated form of distemper. " ' Renatnr Vance reached his home. Charlotte, last week, and appeared la several cases In the Superior Court. Thn Riinreme Court has decided that Superior Court judges are entitled to extra pay for holding,, extra terms of court. ... - it - - . ; : . w TifrB. Delhnser. an aged lady, sud denly dropped dead at the house of a neighbor near iron fetation, in unco in cnimtv. - Thej huim says JYiBitoo dealers have paid out about, rtwa - millions , of dollars for leaf tobacco since the 1st of January. The foreman of the grand jury of Catawba court not only was never a juror before but never attended a ses sion ot court. .'.;.'.-,. ; i r s ' TIir dwelling and all the out-houses on the premises of Mr. -Lindsey Fur- guson, ot Wilkes, were destroyed oy hre last Monday week. s . ( : A farmer in the upper part of David son, realized $500 from his crop of to bacco, grown on lour acres. A good thing for a money crop. " ' " A meeting of tbe citizens of Rowan will be held at Salisbury on the 6th to give expression to their views refer ence to the sale of tbe Western , North Carolina Railroad, j , , , , . : . . Since the trains have been changed to stou at the new depot at Newton it is nearly one mile from tbe court house, aud necessity has compelled the citi zens to establish a hack line. '-. : Mr. Hollis Hortori'a'AVake ' cetraly farmer, having been to Raleigh sod Eold his cotton, . was returning home when he was set upon by highway men, knocked senseless and robbed of eighty dollars. ' Tbe cook house of Mr. G. D. Whit-, ley, about three miles from Moore ville, was burned, 'Tuesday night of last week, with all of its contents, in cluding, a quantity of meat. ; This is learned from the Gazette. A vicious buck attacked Mrs. Pope, wife of Mr. Kirby Pope, near Tulin. Cabarrus county,, and broke a leg and otherwise very seriously injured her. Mrs; Pope is advanced in years and her recovery is doubtful. This we learn irom the Concord ban. The ReidsviUe - runes says : Miss Martha Itobinsoni an old maiden lady who lived' near 'Lenox Castle, in this county, had predicted for a long while that on ber 85th birth-day she would surely die.- Her birth-day came one day last week, and she died at three o'clock- ux tne evening, agea o.. Charlotte Democrat: Thousands and thousands of crows have been roosting in the vicinity of the" city during the oast week.'- Several hundred nave been killed at night by sportsmen and their carcasses used lor terUUxing pur poses, it tney are lac, wny are tney not as good to eat as a chicken? " : A scoundrelly, negro, according to the Charlotte Observer, is traveuinz around in tbe Pee Dee country repre senting to the darkies that he is Grant's imperial agent, and telling tbem tnst Grant will -certainly be elected presi dent this year and then installed as emperor. For this information the agent charges' each of his dupes 'a fee sufficient to pay expenses. ; . ? " Charlotte Evening Presi, 25th: John Schenck, colored, andiJioa Harris, col ored, met near the square this evening. and had a little contab. bebenck told Jim he had better go home, that he was here for no good, and if he kept "messing around," he would throw 12,000 votes against bis roan, and jao mistake,, at the , next election. The interview did not appear to' "be "of a very cordial nature. ; - ?--Ji ;!'! ' in.!! -'"-" i-- '(? , Shelby 4,Hrpra: . We heard a rural ist, who bad 'once visited the ' tnoun taine, rema last Saturday' that the people of Burke, 'McDowell- and Yan cey had this advantage of the people of this,se(;Uoa,!K)e..8aid ; "Tbe people of Ibis section could only "work one side of the lands while the "people f tne Mountain stood tnt laad' up on the edge and raised magnificent crops on both sides of lt.,,!j. , j, u . "Mr.Tates, Of he Cbartotte Jm efki mint have- beoo- , rider i fcis time. , . In his -paper of , last week he sav j,Oo the night of the 24th of Jan uary. 1857, we rode sixty miles "to ' 11 boors1 wfien the dirt read wafc 'sb" Wv ertid with' BBow'thal we6uld!t)ot it, but went by 'pingsri.ta woods, and jn,the day Mm" rode forty miles in four boursuslng t wd 'nOrses in the' first trip' and One to the second. , iv i- il Mii-.i.f nffittj J j The . Newto JBiderprUe s3S. Mr. Philo Simmons, acitized bf Alexkoder county, attempted to take hi life n day last week by haagiotf hhbsnlf with a rope, Hjs.wtfeswfas atU-aclMd.to the wheat house by anoise.andon 'gotnej thither found him hanging by the neck apparently' deadr"teFie cuVtnm,'iliwn and his reooVery: is'tsWe" Mr, Bim moqs is k soii-of DsiiHel Sii)iHMl. who committed sujeide, eat Newton few monthsago. ,' ',, , An interesting question, as , we. leai o from lha ..rtftiOTff faaa, M ung up in Charlotte, i A basement window io the Central Hotel was, entered, oue night last week, and a 'She setter ring'stnteo. The 'question now tet, What-Wsatdl he done with the. Uilef if caught fj The Supreme Court has .decided that dogs are not property i hepce, it in not larceny to take one. "' What 'redross' has 4he dog-owher-'It-is 'believed that'oo graver charge thaq that of trsspuw will lie against tbe thiet, who je no tbiuf at all for the reason thai be did not steal STATS NEWt.' property.- ii it 11.11 j llA JUiUI V.J .i 11'. ti. ? -: .'w, : ' ; J ; !' i ,f.,j, , -itif . o .m j 'w'f lIUlJjUiliMUil .Ik i n 1 1 t ! ii m n e-4 -!' , . I V r i f st, , n i -.':.' ; if .j i . J -. f . ""'' . . , i ' t A 1
The Landmark (Statesville, N.C.)
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March 5, 1880, edition 1
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