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THE CONSriTUf iOM OF OUR FATHERS.
- TABOEDVe.; FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1875. ! :: r ;v-1; :.
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VOLji53jSj;,ji r ji
no:. 3": : '
Tl Z I 1 in! il I i XL It-vIT n I ri 1 T I
1' BY'IH
TAUBOUO'.
Ma you Krcd. PUili;is.
C.)MMisst.ER8 Jwc A. Vi!!i.-.n:son, Ja
, , i, l-!at i.lu;im.T, n.ir.U'l W. Hm tt, Alex.
Mi-C:il'f. .Ist.ih Cobb.
; riiKTAKY & Tkkasuui-.k Kol.t. .Wliiie
t,mt. -
Chif.f op Police John W. Cotteu.
shtkm 1'nucE-Win. T. JIurtt, John
V uln J:v-- K. Snuouson, Allimore Macuair.
COUNT V.
Superior Court Cleric and rrobaie Judge
H. L. Statou, Jr. . ,
Register of Deeds Atex. McCabe:
Sheriff Joseph Cobb.
Coroner
Treasurer Roht. II. Austin.
Surveyor John E. Baker.
Standard Keeper P. 8. Hicks.
S:hool Exam iners. II. If. Shaw, V m. A.
nii-jq;an and R. S. -Williams.
K-eper Poor House Vim. A. Du??an.
Commissioners Jno. Lancaster, Cliairman,
Wil.'y Well, J. B. W. Norville, Frank Dew,
. Esem. A. McCabe, Clerk.
!TIAII.S.
i!;';iVI, AND. DEPARTURE OF ItAlI.S
NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. 4 W. E. It.
I.ouve Tarboro' M.iilyl at - . - . 10 A.M.
A rnve :it Tai boro' idaily) at - - S 30 P. M.
Washington mail via greenville.
falkland and sparta.
I ,v. Tii-lmrn' C.Ui)v at - - 0 A. M
Arrive at Tarboro' (Jaily) at
C P. 51.
I.UDUCS,
The lgh nud the Places of Reeling.
Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law
renef, lli-ti Priest, Masonic nail, monthly
convocations first Thursday in evsry month at
10 o'clock A. M.
Concord Lode No. -r)3, Thomas Gatlin,
Master. Masonic Hall, meets first Friday niirht
it T o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10
.'clock A. M. iu every month.
Iti'plton Encampmeut So. 13, I. O. O. F.,
1. H.'l'alamountain, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel
loiv' II;.':!, meets every first and third Thurs
,'. iv of" each mouth. ''
Evi-t'combe Lodjre No. 50, I. O. O. F.,
J. G. Charles, N. (i., Odd Fellows' Hall, meets
very Tuesday night.
Edirocombe Council No. 122, Friends of
Teuipeiauce, meet every Friday night at the
Odd Fellows' Hall.
Advance Lod-e No. 28, I. O. . T., meets
every Wednesday night at Odd Fellows' Hall
Z-moah Lodsre, No. 205, I. O. B. B., meet
on first and third Monday night of every
woiith at Odd Fellows' Hall.
- Uenrt Monnis, President.
tlllHCHES.
E:iscopal Church Services every Sunday
at 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B.
Cheshire, Rector;
M.thodist Ciufch Services every third
Pumlav at night. Fourth Sunday, morning
and -.adit. Rev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor.
Prshyteriar. Church Services every in,
Sr.l :i:id 5th Sabbaths. Rev. T.J. Allison, Sla
ted Supply. Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs
day r.iuht
tisiionarii Baptist Church Services the
4:'u Sunday in every mOLth, morning and
niirht. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor.
Hrimi'.ive Baptist Church Services first
.-a urday and Sunday of each mouth at 11
o'clock.
HOTELS.
Adam' Hotel, cornt-r Main and Pitt St6.
O. F. Adams, Proprietor.
F.XPItESS.
Southern Express Ollice, on Main Street,
t!oes every oiorning at i J-f o'clock.
N. M. Lawkesce, Ageut.
PKOFESSIO-VAL CAUDS.
FRANK POWELL,
Attorney &. Counsellor
-iA-I" IjAW,
TAEB0P.O', N. C.
Collections a Specialty."
Office in Gregory Hotel Building.
July 1S75."
tf
JOS. BLOIM CHESHIRE, JK.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AXD
Notary Public.
Jf i'T" Office at the Old Bank Building on
Trade Street. je25-tf.
Dr. G. L. Shackelford,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Successor io Dr. I.. T. I'nqiio,
TARB0R0', N. C.
" oruce .'pposite Adams' Hotel and
ov.-r'S. S. Nash & Co's store.
Oct. 2-'J. 1874. tf
Dr. E. D. Barnes,
DEU im TIST,
rifIAN Kl'L'L for the liber. il patronage re
! ceived in the past, desires to assure his
lri. nds and Ihe ptiblic that lie is prepared
with increased iaeili'tes to perttirm all opera
tions artaiuing'to the science) of Dentistry
in the best manner.
B,-7" Otlice over H. Morris & Bro's store.
Tarboro, April !, Ih75. 3m
HUI'LI.S.
YARB0R0' HOUSE,
RALEIGH N. C.
Gr. 77- ELACZITALL, Proprietor.
tltinuu.
GASTON HOUSE,
South Front Street,
Newbc?rn, TV- C
S. R. STREET, Proprietor
ATLANTIC HOTEL,
INoi-follc, Vn.
R. S. DODSON, Proprietor.
I'.'iAHK, First and Second Floors.per day,?3.00
I bird and Fourth Foors, " ii.M
Special terms for permanent boarders
M. IIOWAUD, ;
DllUGGIST
UBALEK IN
DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES,
sza,, src, acc.
N'-it door to Mrs, Peudcr'o Hotel,
TARBORO, N C.
Lager Beer & Wine
J"KKPS constantly on hand all the Fine
!. Wines and Liquors, Tohacco and Cigars,
I ' ll door J. A. Williamson's,
ERHARD lEMUTHr -'
Nov. 27.-tf. Proprietor.
MISCELLANEOUS.
PAMLICO
INSURANCE 4BjMM1
COMPANY,
Of Tarboro, TV. O.
-:o:-
Capital 5200,000 00
-o:
OFFICERS :
HON. GEO. HOWARD, President.
CAPT. JNO. S. DANCY, Vice President.
JOSEPH BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR., Sec
retary and Treasurer.
DIRECTORS:
Hon. George Howard, Jesse II. Powell,
Hon. Kemp P. Battle, Wra. S. Battle,
Capt. John S. Dancv, Capt. T. II. Qatlin,
Matthew Weddell, E'ias Carr,
J. J. Battle, Joseph B. CoffieM,
Wrn. M. Pippen, ). C. Farrar,
John Norfleet, Fred. Philips,
John L. Bridgers, Jr.,
THIS COMPANY INSURES
Dwellings, Stores, Merchan
dize, Farm Property,
and all classes of insurable property
Against Loss or Damage by Fire !
at local board rates.
2," All losses promptly adjusted and
paid.
ORREN WILLIAMS,
Supervisor of Agencies.
Taiboro, March 19, 1875. tf
Jas. E. Simmons,
X3itt Street,
EAST OF MAIN, HAS IN STORE AND
for sale
Wardrobes,
Bureaus,
Ytfashstands,
Writing Desks,
Cane & Wooden
Seat Chairs,
Extension,
Centre and Leaf
Tables.
Towel Racks,
Rockers,
Chillis Basket Chairs.
ALSO A LAKCE LOT OF
Beds,
Mattresses
C3 IiOUUgOS.
All Cheap for Cash.
S" UNDERTAKERS BUSINESS IN
.11 its branches promptly attended to.
JAS. E. SIMMONS.
Tarboro, N. C, Mar. 20, 1S75.
3m
Seaboard & Roanoke Rail
Road.
Office Sapt. Trans., S. & R. R. R. Co.,
Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 1, 175.
On and after this date, trains of this Road
will leave Weldou daily, (Suudays excepted)
as follows :
Mail train at 4:00 p m
No 1 Freight train at 4:U,- u m
No 2 Freight train at S:00 a m
ARRIVE AT PORTSMOUTH :
Mai! train daily at 7:15 pm
Noll reight train at m
No 2 Freight train at 4:00 p m
Freight trains have a passenger ear attach
ed. Steamers for Edeuton, Plymouth, and
Landings ou Biackwater and Chowan rivers,
leave Frankliu at 9:40 a m, Mondays, Wednes
days and Fridays. E. ti. OHIO,
Supt. oi iransportatiou.
ODENIUIIIR BROS.
(Formerly Tarboro', jtf. C.)
AVE OPENED FINE AND EXTE.V
sive tallies In
XiiciBiiiond, "rn-,
where they will constantly keep on hand
First-Class
Horses c&3 Mules,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
S77m Any order to them for stock will be
promptly attend to.
KENTUCKY . STABLES,
No.. 15 and 17 Fifteenth Street,
RICHMOND, VA.
May 2S, 1874. 6m
PRIVATE
Boarding . House.
t TR5. V. E. LIPSCOMB respectfully an
lTX nounces that she has opened a Private
Boarding House in Tarboro, on the comer
ot Bank and Pitt Streets.
Good Fare, Pleasant Roams, Comfor
table ItoUt. lioard Moderate.
Feb. 19, 1875.
iy
TARBORO
Female Academy.
SCHOOL DUTIES WILL BE RESUMED
Monday, 31st of May.
For particulars, address
MRS. GEN. PENDER,
May 2S.-tf. Tarboro', N. C.
TH0MASV1LLE
FEMALE COLLEGE,
DAVIDSON CO., N. C, on N. C. R. R.,
Established in 1849, Chartered In 1853
and 1800.. Large . commodious brick build
ings, beaut tlal extensive grounds, new, hand
soiac Jnrnituie. Full course, including Mu
sic and Art. Seven able, successful teachers.
Remarkably healthful location. Board per
month, 12 00; Tuition in English, $3 00 and
tl 00. Session begins August 30ih, 1S75.
For catalogue, address
V - H. W. RE1NHART,
Aug. 27.-4t. Principal.
NW, ADVERTISEMENTS.
Oiariottc Institute for loimg
fMics,
Rev. S. TAYLOR MARTIN, Principal,
CHARLOTTE, N. C. -
Ths annual sesb':ou;.beginniug Oct. 1st and
ending June 30th, is diTided into two terms,
without intermediate "Taeation. Handsome
buildinirs and crounds, and a full corps of
oxperienced instructors, . Board and tuition.-.
in English, f 100 per term." Tor othef info!
mation send for circular. r " ' .
; - - 8. TAYLOR MARTIN, Charlotte, S. C.
The Only Polytechnic Home
School. -i ;;
ST. CLEMENT'S HALL, EUicott City'tMd.
Five vacancies owing to enlargement. - Ap
ply at once. Oiaduates rank Wgh. Receives
only first-class boys. Four bourses : Classic
al, Lih.;ral, .V.icntlfic, Commeicia-l. Hend
stamp to MASTERS for Decennial catalogue.
PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE EM
PLOYMENT. " Beautiful !" " Chinn
ing !" " Oh, how lovely !" " What ara they
worth f " &c. Such are exclamations by those
who seethe large elegant New Cromos pro
duced by the European and American Chro
ino . Publishing Co. They are all periect
Gems of Art. No one can re.-ist the tempta
tion to buy when seeing the Chromos. Can
vassers, Agems, and ladies and gentlemen out
ot employment, will find this th best open
ing ever olfercd to make money. For full
particulars, f cud stamp for confidential cir
cular. Addrcps Y. GLEASON & CO., 70S
Washington St., Boston, Mass.
THE BROWN C0TTO3 m CO.
NEW LONDON, CONN. ,
Manafactnrers of Cotton Gins, Cotton Gin
Feeders, Condensers and Cotton Gin Mate
rials of every description. Our Gins have
been in use thirty years, and have an estab
lished reputation lor simplicity, light-running,
durabil:ry, and for quality and quantity
of lint produced. Our feeder is easily attach
ed to the Gin, and easily operated by any
hand of ordinary intclligcnoc. They are the
simplest and cheapest i'eud. r in the market
and feed with more regularity than is possibly
by hand, inert ..sing the outturn and giving a
cleaner ocil better sample. At ail Fairs
where exhibited and by Planters Laviug them
in use, they have been accorded the highest
eueoniums. Our Condensers are well-made,
durable and simple in construe! ion, and do
what is required to drive the Feeder or Cou
deuser, and no Giu House is complete with
out them. We are prepared to warrant, to
any reasonaMe extent, perfect satisfaction to
every purchaser. Circulars, prices and full
information furnished. Address as above,
or apply to PENDER .fc JENKINS.
Tarboro', N, C.
S50 TO $10,000
Has been invested in Stock Privileges and
paid
900 cent. PROFIT.
"How to do it." Bool: ou Wall t., sent
free. TUMBiUDGE & CO., Bankers & Bro
kers, 2 Wall St., Ne .v York.
rpT7 A C The choicest in the world
JL Xjxi-kJ. Importers' I'riees Largest
Company in America staple article pleases
everybody Trade continually increasing
Agents wanted everywhere best induce
ments don't waste time send for circular
to ROBERT WELLS, 43 Vesev St., N. Y , 1.
O. Box 12S7.
11 A WEEK guaranteed to Male and
I I Female Ai'ent in their locality.
"Crt.t. vnTriivctftt.n v.
lars Free. P. O. VICKERY & CO.,Agusta,Me.
e. t. rooi..
c a. tool.
w. 2. POOL
Pool Brothers
FASHIONABLE BAB,
Milliard ItGoms9
OYSTER SALOON,
Barber Shop
AND
Cigar Store,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
WE HAVE ENGAGED THE WELL
known caterer, JOSH MOTLEY, to
take charge or our RESTAURANT, and we
will guarantee for him that our old custom
ers can always get a GOOD, SGjUARE MEAL
at the shortest, notice. mrl9-tf
WEBERd BAKERY !
qpiIIS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS
1. now ready to supply the people of Tar
boro and vicinity with all kinds of
Bread, Cukes, French and Plain
Candies, .Nuts, Fruits,
,fc, fC., J'C.,
embracing every thing usually kept in a First
Class Establishment of the kind.
Thankful for the liberal patronage of the
past the undersigned asks a continuation,
with the promise of satisfaction.
l'rivate Fiimilies cn.ii always liave
llitir Cal.es IS.-itted ticrc at atiort
. . est jioiico.
Or&e-ts'for Parti es & Bails
promptly filled. Call and examine our stock,
aexr, uoor to Bank ol New Hanover.
Nov. 4.1y. JACOB WEBER.
ir
w
Proprietors of the
Model Cigar Factory,
No. 1145 Main St.,
R-icUmoxiil, Va.
Sold last year ,
1,200,000 CIGARS
Of their own manufacture without a single
complaint from
DEALER OR SMOKER.
Therefore, if you want a
G-OOCSL
Buy no other than
Whitlock & Abram's
MAKE,
and you will have the
WORTH OF YOUR MONEY.
SOLD 3V r.VEKY BEALEU.
Jan 29, 1875. tf
4CvOnA Per Dav at home. Terms frai
Iff W V-v Address G. Snsaoit Co., Portland
Maine.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE FAVORITE HOME REMEDY.
Is eminently a Fatally-; Medicine and by be
ing kept ready for Immediate resort will save
many an hour of suffering and many a' dol
lar in time and doctors' ljjs. . - . - 'ys
After over FortyTeTr??trk& It la stlii'i
ccivim: the most uuQnalllled testimonials taJ
its virtues from persons of the highest char
acter and responsibility.' Emiaent physicians
commend it as-tl most ( , , s y
EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC ' "
For all diseases of the Liver, Stomach and
Spleen. - 1 ' ' 1 "
The SYMPTOMS of Liver Goxapfciirit are
a bitter or bad taste in. the mouth ; Pain in
the" Back, Sides or Joints, often mistaken for
Rhaumatism; Sour' Stomach ; Loss of Apep
tite ; Bowels alternately, costive and lax;
Headache; Loss of memory, with a painful
sensation of having failed to do something
which ought to have been done; Debility,
Low Spirits, a thick yellow appearance of the
Skin and Eyes, a dry Cough iOi'ten mistaken
for Consumption. - 'c .
Sometimes many of these symptoms attend
the disease, at other very few ; but the Liver,
the largest organ in the body, is zeneraJly the
seat of the disease, i and if not Regulated in
time, great suli'oriusr, wretchedness and Death
will eusue.
For Dyspepsia, Constipation, Jaundies,
Bilious attacks, tick Haadache, Colic, De
pression of Spirit?, Sour Stomach, Heart
Burn, &c, ifcc.
The Cheapest, Purest and Vest I'miiiltj KcJi-
". , . cine in the World!
Mamifhct tired onlv by
J" U. ZEILIN &. CO.,
Macon, Ga., and Philadelphia.
Price, $1.00. Sold by ail Druggists.
Piedmont Air-Line Railway.
3 TJ TPT r&f
RICnMOND & DANVILLE, RICHMOND
& DANVILLE R. W., X. C. DIVIS
ION, AND NORTH WEST
ERN N. C. It. W.
CONDENSED TIKE TABLE-
Iu et!ect on and after Sunday, May 30, T
74.
(IQINC? NORTH.
stations. Mail. Express.
Leave Charlotte 9.21 r. m. 5. Co a.m.
" Air-Lir.e Jct'n, 9.32 " C.20 "
" Salisbury, 11.58 a.m. 8.34 "
" Greensboro' S.00 " lO.Go "
" Danville, G.20 " 1.12 p.m.
. " Dundee, C.C0 " 1.20 "
" Burkvil'e, 11.35 " 6.07 "
Arrive at Richmond, 2.22 r. M. 8.47 p.m.
GOING SOUTTL
btAtioss. Hail. Etpress.
Leave Richmond,
" Burkviilo,
" Dundee,
" Danvi'ie,
' Oreensboii"'
" Palisbury,
1.3S p. m.
4.52 "
10.33 "
lO.b'9 "
2.45 a. m.
5.27
5.08 a. sr.
8.35 "
1.1 1 r. m.
1.17 "
Z.oS "
6.15 "
8.25 "
S.33 "
" Air-Line Jnct'n,7.55
Arrive ut Charlotte, 8.03
GOING EAST.
GOING WEST.
stations'. Ma:!. Mail.
L've Greensboro'. !f 3.00 a.m. dArr. 2.15am
' Co. Shops, g. 4.20 " L'vel2 51 "
" Raieili, c- T.Cfti.M.li 8.12p.n
Arr. at Goldoboro, 10.27 " 3 L've 5.30"
IT0ETH WESTERN 17. C. E. It.
(SALEM HRANCn.)
Leave Greensboro 4.80 p M
Arrive at Salem (5.13 "
Leave Salem 8.42 M
Arrive at Gteenoboio 10 S3 '
Passenger train leaving Raleigh at 5.3c
P. M., connects at Greensboro' with the
Northern bound train ; making the quickest
time to all Northern cities. Piico of Tick
ets samo as via other routes.
Trains to and from points East of Greens-
uoro connect at ureensooro witn Alan
Plains to or from points North or South.
Two Trains daily, both ways.
On Sundavs Lynchburg Accommodation
leave Richmond at 9.00 A. M., arrive at
Burkeville 12.43 P. M., leave Burkevil!e4.35
:V. M., arrive at Richmond .o A. il.
No change of cars between Charlotte and
Richmond, 282 miles.
For further information audiess
ii. E. ALLEN,
Oeti'I Ticket Agent,
Greensboro, N. C.
T. M. R. TALCOTT,
Engineer & GenT Superintendent.
FOR NORFOLK
AND
NORTHERN ! EASTERN
rriHE Steamers COTTON PLANT and
JL PAMLICO connecting with
the Old Dominion Steamship Co.,
afford the most direct and the
mickest time for shipment of produce fioni
all points on the River.
through Bills of Lading given from all
points on Tar River for Norfolk, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Sew iork and JSoston, rro-
ducc is covered by insurance, if desired, as
goon as Bills of Lading are signed.
Shipments by this line tro directly to des
tination without delay at Norfolk or Wash
ington.
The COTTON PLANT makes close con
nection with the Wilmington & Weldou Rail
Road, and gives through Bills of Lading from
alt landmns on the River at the lowest rates.
JOHN MYERS' SONS.
Washington, N. C, Jan. 29, 1S75. tf
NEW FIRM I
THE undersigned having purchased the
entire interests ol W. A. Bssett, are now
prepared to do any kind of PAINTING,
Plain or Fancy, usual in their line. They
havo an agreement with Mr: W. A. Basaett
by which his services may be procured on all
work of especially difficult execution.
We respectfully solicit the patronage of
the public. T. W TOLER,
T. C. BASSETT.
Jau. Sth, 1S73. . . 6m
TERRELL & BR0.,
DEALERS IN
0JROCJBJRI1SS
AND
STAPLE DRY ' GOODS,
Main Street ) ' 4 ' :
Near (lie Bridge,
Sept. 30-ft
atbaxa Bonihmxtt.
Friday,
Espt.17, 1S75
How Jonnie went Ahead
la Gran'pa Pay's -barn there
yf&s a wooden box with' a : cover,
only when you lifted up the cover
it wasn't a box at all, bat a locg
spout, reaching way through the
floor iftt the cellar, : Under it was
a trough; under the trough a wide
platform, and leading up to. the
platform the nicest plank walk,
with'cleats nailed across, to keep
folks pie, I mean from slipping
do'wnjjhe Vthele arraiigcuient being
nothing more nor less than the
lining-rcK;in, where Grand'pa Fay'f
two fat, iazy pig3 wera accustomed
to" take their meals or meal; I'm
not sure which it should be.
Johnnie seldom failed to bo on
hand when the pigs were fed, that
lying flat on the floor beside an
open scuttle close by, he might
watch them scrabble clumsily up to
the trough and thrust in their noses
one each side of the perpendicular
spout, which being exactly in the
middle, gave to each an tqual
chance.
Tliey would eat quittly for just
a about a minute and a half. Then
round would go the larger ono to
wedee iu not only his nose, but
two fore-feet between numucr
aiid the spout; and away that
two
poor
Fellow must go to the other end,
whre he was no sooner comfortably
settled, vith three feet inside the
through, than back would come
number one and insist on his right
to put in four feet. After that you
couldn't be quite sure whether there
was two iloses and eight feet on
one side, or one nose aud four feet
on two sides, for it wasn't either
very long at a time. Number two
had one block ear, and Johnnie's
sympathies being with him, he
usually managed to keep one eye
on that at the risk of losing his
balance and adding another pair of
leg3 to the skirmish below.
A pretty 6mart fellow you have
there,' said Dr. Tellem to gran'pa,
one day, as they stood beside the
scuttle, watching the pair of un
gainly crealures below.
Johnnie locked up to see who
wa3 meant. Ladie3 often said that
in the parlor, meaning Johnnie himi
self; but the wise doctor was look
ing straight at the pigs. So was
gran'pa, only bless his old, Iov-i
ing heart he couldn't help laying
one hand on the little blue ; cap, as
he made answer.
'Promising, we think. Real go
ahead, Tuts things right through.
Once get him started, and there
won't be a stono left unturned.'
'S'pose that's pig's. I don't !'
said Johnnie to himself, as the two
gentlemen walked away. 'Turn
over things fast enough, pigs do;
tisn't stones though, and gran'pa
thinks the hsapest of me guess I
know.'
j.ne next Monday morning, as
Johnnie was sauntering
along
tos
ward the barn, he. met
tammy
Uarnos, wuo, use mmseir, was in
search of entertainment.
'What's this?' asked
Sammy,
to the
lifting the wooden cover
spout. . .
I hud tuump, scramolmg, squeal
ing, up rushed the pigs, as if it had
been weeks instead of hours since
breakfast.
'O, ho !' roared Johnnie.
'Nev-
er thought I could fool 'em.
fun, now. Let'em cet sti
That's
, and
bamboozle em again.
What was one of iim's words.
bo tne boys slid quittly cut oi
sight till the pigs had gone gr
ins; away, to stretcn momselves m
tne warm sunshine.
'We'll drop down a handful of
stones this time,' said Sammy, wlo
liked to do something new.
Dcwn went tno stones, ana up
came the pigs, together with
whele flock of hens, whose duty
wa3 to keep the pises dinnewoom
free froxa crumbs.
J ohnnie vigorously applauded.
'Wonder how many stones 'wcul
take to fill up that thing,' said Sam
my.
'Much as a bushel.' returnei
Johnnie, screwing his mouth roun
as the men did when 'guessing th
probable 'heft' of Eian'tm's beau
ties.
Pholthat wouldn't half! let's
get your wheel-barrow and try.'
So at it they went, and when
they were tired of dropping the
stones down ono by one' they man
asen to lean a board against the
spout, and trundling the wheel
barrow up, tip it over, man-fashion
the uifhculty and uncertainty c
which proceeding kept their inter
est alive until dinner-time.
Gran'pa was away in town,
had gone to the woods, and
gotten to tell Bridget to feed
pigs.
Jim
for
the
il hope those boys arc not m
mischief,' said grandma.
'0' no; only wheeling
they can't possibly do any
said mamma, sighing over
stones
harm,
a long
rent in the boy's second-best jack
et.
' 'Let's quit,' said Sammy, aboa
6 O
clock.
No, sir ! that 'thing's ' going to
he filled up, smack, sink'n ;swimj
live'n die, s'vivo'n perisft !'-- Baid
Johnnie, quoting from Judge Orbly
who had one day talked politics out
in tha barn. .
So the work went on slowly but
surely, till just before sunset Johai
nie shut down the cover with a sigh
of satisfaction, and, having eaten
his early suppor, waa being tucked
into bed, when Jim made his ap
pcarence, somewhat sour about the
month, and damp d3. his clothes. !
Of Course, after feeding s.the pigs
ii! the dark, more or less for five
years, he had naturally expected
the contents of his pail to go in one
direction, whereas it went in a doz.
en. ' . :
'Some of Jonuie's mischief!
What's the boy been doing to-day?'
asked pran'pa, from his armchair.
'Didn't leave a stone, gran'pa',
called out Johnnie, rather sleepily,'
'put 'em right through. ' You see;
Sammy started the thing, an' .1
jnst went ahead. Course; what
was you telling the doctor: .
'ZZumph I' said gran'pa. 'What
ears little folks have ! We ought
to be more careful what gets into
them.' .' : -
Which i3 .half the moral of my
Ice other half gran pa proceeded
to bestow upon Johnnie.
something on purpose tor you
to remmber. Are vou listening,
ohnnie ?' - ' '
'Some,' said Johnnie, faintly.
'First, bitfure you are right, then
go ahead;'
A Pastoral Lothario.
HIS COSIESSION HE SPECULATES SHE
WAS A CUBISTIAN AND A PEEKCI AX
GEL SO EVIL WAS HEIST, BUT SLES
ir WAS DOSE. ' .
The Eov. T. M. Dawson, of San
Francisco, formerly pastor of a Pres-
byterian church at Brooklyn, Cal.,
makes a statement. LTo has sent a
otter to the San Franciico Chronicle,
in which he apologizes to the world
for his evil deeds, and does not pro
pose to put up a duck tent. lie says; -
A CGNFESSfiOX BEFORE THE WOELD; j
Three years ago a wife, to whom I
was devoted, left me under the evil
influence of others, and after exhaust
ing evory effort and persuasion in vain
to eecure her return to me I applied
for a divorce, and Daniel W. Poor,
D D., was one the principal witnesses
on wliose testimony it waa obtained.
Five monts after 1 applied for a di
voroe my precious child came to her
death by an accident while in charga
of her mother. I was heart broken
and soul-desolate, for eho was all that
I had on earth. And while ia this
condition of distress and solitude I
met a young lady who sympathized
deeply with mo in my amotion. My
heart was naturally drawn toward her,
for she appeared to me to bo all that
the heart of any man could desiro.
A LOVABLE MAIDED.
She was beautiful; she was a Chris
tian; she was well educated, modest,
amiable, kind and affectionate, and
she had a heart which beat responsive
to my own, And without any prem
editation on my part, and before I
knew it, I found her presence quite
essential to my happiness; and seven
months after mv application tor a di
vorce, and when I know I was Bure to
have it soon, I told the young lady of
my love and found it reciprocated. In
this I erred, no doubt, and should
have waited till entirely free. But
ministers are men and lovo is blind,
and especially when the object of it is
such a perfect angel as this young la
dy, seemed to mo to be. - But any
man who will dare to say I had any
evil intent in going with this young
lady is a black hear tod villain. My love
for her was as pure and true, as ever
filled an angel's heart, and I idolized
and worshipped her, and was willing
to give my life for her.
AN ACK50WEEDG2IENT OF ERROB.
With this feeling toward her, which
was iully reciprocated, 1 waa not as
circumspeot as I should have been, in
that I should have waited till I could
honorably address her. bull, as no
evil was meant and it was my fixed
purpose to marry her, I could not
deem myseli guilty ot any crime. Ana
I denounce as a dirty dog any one
who would daro to cast any evil reflec
tions upon our intercourse with each
othor. And no man dare to insinuate
any evil against her in my presence
or anywhero else if I know it and
cot away what he was before. And I
hero challenge and defy the whole
world to produce a single instance in
which I have ever been dishonorably
associated with any lady. Never in
my life was I in company with any
woman of questionable character, and
never did my form darken the door o
a house of ill repute, even out of ouri
osity.
A TREACHEROUS SIUXrAL FRIEXD.'
But at length our love waa revealed;
an explosion occurred, and I have
never heard from the young lady since,
though I made honorable proposals of
marriage through a proper channel of
communication. In the agony which
followed the discovery I went to a fe
male acquaintance an instructor in
one of the principal female seminaries
on this coast, who had once, while a
married woman, been desporately, in
love herself with a young man who
did not reciprocate her ardor, or there
might have been an elopement. One
would have thought she would havo
been charitablo toward those in a
similar condition. I was wont to go
to her as a mother. I confided to her
my story and sought sympathy and
advice. ' She professed w give both,
and I tried 0 follolV 'heru instruction
implicitly, j h,e waa a muiuariiieh.d,:
and through her letters were destroye d
and to her letters were written. "J And
now, like mdst fmu1uai,'frienlds,'''(,she
has betrayed her' trust, and' haiided
oyer these! letters to the Presbytery to
see if something wrong may not bo
found within them, ' i
' . " : ''.-' A word, a look,' ' '." .:' .
i Needs but a foul interpretation.' 7
To change the simplest language into
shame-.
AK ArrARENT DIGRESSION, BUT TitTORT AS T
. Thia course seems to have been pur
sued to gratify- a personal pique
against ma for haying refoaledthe La-
justice which she caused me. to do- a
year ago in awarding a pn'zo which
I had given according to tho merit of
an essay, to another, whose essay, : in
my judgement, was not of equal mer
it, while acting as the committee of
Award. For this partiality and injus
tice to the one who ought to have had
the prize my,, conscience condemned
me; and I revealed the fact to two or
three members of tho' class1 soon after.'
But for this dreadful offence ofcorres
ponding with a lady who waa , pleged
to marry me some scandal mongers are
anxious to have me before tho Pr'es
bytery. And so I wrote to one' of thei'
members of. that body,? a few days
since,; .a letter, which I incorporate
here, and. whioh I should regret to
have written if sovore malidios "did"
not require severe remedies." -1 -
A SHOCKIKCr STORT OF A BROTHER , CtEit
; - GX5IAN.
To shield this young lady from he
ing dragged before tho public I" -was
willing to give up the Presbyterian
ministry, in wich I had toiled diligent
ly and not altogether unsuccessluuly
the past ten years; and this sacrifice,
with all others that I have made in
view of the unfortunate circumstances
in which I have been involved, ought ,
to satisfy, an y decent body of men,
without trying to carry desolation to
the hearts and Jaome3 of those who
may - prove their helpless victims.
And espe-cially ought this to have sat
isfied ono of my bitterest persecutors,
who haa himself been caught alone
in hia study at nine o'clock at night in
paroxysmal contact with a young lady
at the same time that he had a wife
and young child ia auother part of
the house.
STEALING THE 'ilVERX OF HEAVES'.'
Now, I am not denouncing minis
ters as a class. I have the highest
respect for them and their work, as" a
body of upright and honorable men,
but from this statemont it will appear
that neither tho Church nor the min
istry are free of hypocrites who ' use
the 'livery of heaven to serve tho devil
in,' and that a man should bo choice
of hia acquaintance among all classes
of society. It will also appear that
some of the profeeeediy pious nave no
regard for the honor they may attach
to their words or actions; that some
of them are ready to combine to screen
a vuhan, if he is thought to have the
best show of carrying his case, and to
crush the one tkoght to be most help-
ess. Christian, honor and truth and
charitableness ought to bo of a high
er quality than that of tho wotld, but
it oltoa sinks below it. ..
Tho Influence of Arctic Cold on 2an.
Lieuteny.nt Payer, the Austrian j
Arctic explorer, has been laying J
some of the results of his . explora-i ,
tion before the Geographical Socie
ty of Vienna. Referring to the
influence of extreme cold on the
human, organism, he related that on
March 14, 187-4, he and his comi
panions made a sledge journey over
the bcmixlar alacier - m order to
make observations oT Francis Jos
eph Lalid. "On that day the cold
marked 30 deg. (Reaumur) below
zero. A ot withstanding tnis intense
cold M. Payer and a Tyvolose went
out before sunrise to make observa
tions and sketch. Th sunrise was
gnificent ; tho sun seamed sur-;
rounded, as it does at a high de
gree of cold, by small suns, and ita
light appeared more dazzling from
the contrast with extreme cold.
The travelers were obliged to
pour rum down their throats so as
not to touch the edge of tha': metal
cups, which would have b?en, ns
dangerons as if they had been red
hot ; but the rum had lost all. its
strength and liquidity, fand w.is as
flat and thick as oil. It was- im
possible to smoke either cigars; or
tobacco in short pipes, for Tery
soon nothing but a peice of ice re
mained in the mouth. The metal
of the instruments was just like red
hot iron to the touch, as were sxrae
lockets, which some of the travelers
romanticly, but imprudently, i;ca-
tinned to wear next to the skin- M
Payer says that so great an amount
of cold parilyzes the will, and '.that
under its influences men, from tho
unsteadiness of their gait, their
stammering talk and the slowness
of their mental opperations, seam
a3 if they were intoxicated.
Another effect of cold is tormen
ting thirst, which due to the evap
oration of the rnoistura of the body.
It i3 unwholesome to use snow to
quench the tbir3t, as it brings on
inflamation of the throat, palate
and tongue. Besides, ' enough can
neAer be taken to quench tho thirst
as a temperature of 30 degrees to
40 degrees below zero make3 it
more like molten inetal-..Snow eats
ers in the North are considered as
feeble and effeminate, in the samo
way as an opium eater in the East.
The groups of traveler who traver
sed the snow fields were surround-
ed by thick vapors formed7by the
"emanations from their'bodies, which'
became condensed, Botwithstandlng'.
the furs, in which tho travelers were
enveloped. These -vapors fell to
tho growiid with: a 'slight; noise, fro
zen into tho form otpmall; i crystals,
and rendered theatmosphere, thick,
impenetrable arid "dark.
1 j.Tuiwimaianuing me numiaity oi
the . air- a" disagreeable sensation of
dryness was felt. Every sound dif
fused itself to a very lng distance,
an-crdanary . conversatioa could be
heard at a hundred paces 6fF, , while ,
the report of guns from the topJ of
high, mountains could scarcely be
heard. ' M. Payer explains this
pntnomenon. by tho .large quantity
of - moisture . in , the Arctic atmos-
phero.iv, Meat could be chopped and
mercury used in the shape of balls.
Both smell and taste become great
ly enfeebled in; these latitudes,
strength gives way under the par
alyzing influence ,of the cold, the
eyes involuntary, close and become
frozon. When 'locomotion stops
the sole of the foot becomes insen-
Bible' - :
It is soinowhat curious that the :
beard does not freeze, but this . is
explained from the air expired fait
ling immediately" transformed into ."
snow. Tho dold causes dark beards -to
become lighter; the secretion'
of the eyes and nose always increaa
os, while the formation of the pers.
piration altogether ceases. The on.,
ly, possibleprotection against the
cold is tp be very warmly clothed,
and to endcawr as much as possi
ble to prevent the condensation of
tho atmosphere, while the much
vaunted plans of annointing and
blackening the body are pronoun
ced to have no real value.
, Overdoing th? Tiling.
In one ofjthe mountain counties
of Kentucky, where Methodism was
less known than heard of, an itiner
ant preacher of this persuasion
called about dusk at a homely-looking
house to ask whether he could
get to stay all night. At first the
good woman peremptorily refused,
alleging that they hadn't room.
As it was getting dark, he began
to importune, saying he was a
Methodist preacher, and had been
riding all day, and that he could
put up with any sort of accommo
dations.
When the mountain dame learned
that he was a Methodist, minister,
she at once divined how, if she
sheltered him for the night, his
brief sojourn might be used for her
own advantage.
There had been for many long
weeks a very consuming drought.
July had already set in, and vege
tation was almost withered. The'
small stream had gene dry; what
ever cf pasturage those regions are
wont to afford waa burnt up; tho
lean cattle were browsing on the
trees. As for tho gardens, they
were about' gone. Still, a good
rain might help things mightily.
When the family were about to
retire for tho night (6avo the word
'retire in such a hut) the pater
familias took' from a little shelf a
Testament, more injured from
disuse than use, and while he was
handing it to the minister, tho wife
delivered herself on this wise ;
'You say, stranger, that you are
a Methodist preacher, ,. Well, I've
always heard that. 'the "Methodists
are mighty in prayer. Now, you
seo what a fix we're in,, everything
burnt up. I want you to pray for
rain.'.- . '
The minister rcal a paragraph
or two irom tne book, and knelt
down to pray. They also kneeled,
bat tho husband sat with his head
bowed on one hand. When the
preacher reached that part of. his
prayer iu which he invoked the
good Lord to send , rain on the
thirsty earth, ho became fully en
thused with his petitions, and pres
ented them ia such a stentorian
voice as to lead to the conjecture
that he Euppoocd the Almighty to
be deaf.
They lay down to rest.
Sure enough, during that very
night
while the man of God was
sleeping under, that root, it began
to rain. At first it rained a3 genU
ly as if angels were shedding tears
over the mundane desolation. But
soon it came down faster, and still
faster, as if tho river gods were
vainly attempting to drown each
other. In short, it was a real washt
ing rain- sweeping everything in
its course. When at early dawn,
our mountain dame opened the door
and cast her eyes over her garden,
or rather over the place where she
expected to find her garden, she
discovered to her dismay, that
what the drought had left, the
storm had entirely washed away.
Even tho soil had taken its -departi
ure from her inclined garden. Tur
ning to her husband, who was about
to get up, she exclaimed reproach-
fully:
"Ves, old man, it's just like 'em,
I always heard so ! The Methodist
fdwava overdo the thing!"
A new definition for an old maid is
a woman that has been made for a
longtime.
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