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V' 13E SURE YOU AEE EIGHT ; THEN" GO AHEAD.-D. Crockett. ii: VOL. 53. TAEBOPvO', N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1875. NO. 46. GENERAL DIRECTORY. TARBORO'. Mayor Fred. Philips. Commissioners Jesse A. Williamson, Ja cob Feldenheimer, Daniel W. Hunt, Alex. McCabe, Joseph Cobb. Secretary & Treasurer Robt. White hurst. Chief op Police John W. Cotten. Assistant Police Wm. T. Hurtt, John Madra, Jas. E. Siraonson, Altimore Alacnair. COUNTY. Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judtjf H. L. Staton, Jr. Register of Deeds Alex. McCabe. Sheriff Joseph Cobb. Coroner Treasure) Uobt. II. Austin. . Sunwyoi John E. Baker. Standard Keeper P. S. Hicks. School Examiners. 11. II. Shaw, Wm. A. Duncan and R. 8. Williams. Keeper Poor House Wm. A. Dusruan. Commissioners Jno. Lancaster, Chairman, Wiley Well, J. B. W. Norville, ;. 'rank Dew, M. Exem. A. McCabe, Clerk. MAILS, ARRIVAL AND PEPARTl'RE OF MAILS NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. & W. R. K. Leave Tavboro' (dailv) at 10 A. M. Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - - 3 30 P. M. WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE, FALKLAND AND SPARTA. I.fliive Tarboro' fdailv at - - 6 A. M. Arriv at Tarboro' tilaily) at C P. M. The 'ishts uud the Places of Meeting-. Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law rence, lliffh Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly convocations first Thursday in evry month at 10 o'clock A. M. Concord Lodge No. 58, Thomas Gatlin, Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday night it 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. in every month. Repiton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O. F., I. B. Palamonntain, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every first and third Thurs day of each month. Edgreeombe Lodge No. 50, I. O. O. F., J. O. Charles, N. G., Odd Fellows' Hall, meets erery Tuesday night. Edgecombe Council No. V22, Friends of f emperance, meet every Friday uight at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Advance Lodire No. 'JS, I. O. G. T., meets everv Wednesday night at Odd Fellows' Hall Zanoah Lodge, No. 235, I. O. li. B., meet on first and third Monday night cf every mouth at Odd Fellows' Hall. Henry Morris, President. CHURCHES. Episcopal Church Services every Sunday at 10 l-'i o'clock A. M. aud 5 P. M. Dr. J. 13. Cheshire, Rector. Methodist Church Services jpvrry third Sunday at night. Fourth Sunday, morning and night. Rev. Mr. Swindell, Castor. Presbyterian Church Services every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbaths. Rev. T.J. Allisoit, Sta ted Supply. Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs day night "Missionary Baptist Church Services the 4th Sunday' in every moi th, morning and night. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primitive Jiaptisl Church Services first Saturday and Sunday of each month at 11 o'clock. HOTELS. Adams' Hotel, corner Main and Pitt Sis. O. F. Adams, Proprietor. EXPlttSS. Southern Express Office, on Main Street, closes every morning at o'clock. N. M. Lawrence, Agent. PROFESSIONAL CAItlS. POWELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORff, X. C. Collections a Specialty. T- Office at the residence of the late Mrs. M. E LawreuC'-. July 1875. tf J TOS. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. &W Office at the Old Bank Building on Trade Street. je25-tf. OWARD fc PERRY, Attorneys and Counselors at Law. TARBORO', N. C. ty Practice in all the Courts, State and Federal. nov.5-ly. J 11. JOHNSTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. &y Attends to the transaction of busi ness in all the Courts, State and Federal. Nov. 5, 1875. ly "gREDERICK PHILIPS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. J?" Practices in Courts of adjoining coun ties, in the Fderal and Supreme Courts. Not. 5, 1870. ly J. H. & W. L. THORP, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C PRACTICES in the counties of Edge combe, Halifax, Nash and WiPon, and in the Supreme Court of North Carolina, also in the United States District Court at Raleigh. Dr. G. L. Shackelford, SURGEON DENTIST, Successor to Dr. E. T. Fnqua, TAEE0B.0', ff. C. Office opposite Adams' Hotel and over S. S. Nash & Co's store. Oct. 23, 1874. tf HOTELS. Rocky Mount Hotel, 0. W. Hammond, Prop'r. rlI.TTE AND ATTENTIVE SERVANTS Jt always at the Depot, on the arrival of trams, to conduct guests to the iioiet. It is the Traveler's delight. Oct. 1st, 1875. tf YARB0R0' HOUSE, RALEIGH N. C. G. W- BLACZNALL, Proprietor. Reference made to all travelling gen tlemen. ATLANTIC HOTEL, IS' orlollc, Va, R. S. D0DS0N, Proprietor, Board, First aud Second Floors,pcr day, $ 3.00 Third and Fourth Foors, " 2.50 Special terms for permanent boarders NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Prescription Free lor the speedy cure of special troubles com mon to the youiifr abd middle-aged. Ner vous, mental and phy-ieal depression, loss ot memory and energy, pains in the back, self distrust, dizziness, dimness of sight, confu sion of ideas, and other disorders of the ner vous system consequent on various habits that lower the vitality of the system. Any druggist has the ingredients. Address DR. E. II. HILTON, Cincinnati, Ohio. ins day at home. Agents wanted. ip L & Outfit and terms free. TRUE & CO-, Augusta, Maine. 117 1 limnri Agen's for the best selling It 1 X I ' rt 1 1 Prii5e Package in the II ilil I iiJLF World. It contaios fifun hp ta paper, 15 Envelopes. Golden Pen, Pen Holder, Pencil, Patent Yard Measure, and a piece of Jewelry. Single package, with eiegant priz, post-paid, 25 cents. Cir cular free. BRIDE & CO., 769 Brodwi y, New Yerk. "j"! A WEEK guaranteed to Agents, f I Male and Female in their own local- dress P. O. VTCKERY & CO., Agusta. Me. You Can Make $5000 In 90 days in A 1 Stocks. MY SYSTEM IS SAFE, HONORABLE AND SIMPLE. Pamphlet Sent Free to All. W. II. WEEKS, Banker, 178 Broadway, New York. Stocks bought and sold at the N. Y. Stock Exchange. 0 ii CtOA Per dav at home. Samples worth C H O-Wjl free". STINSON" 4. CO., Port land, Maine. Advertiser's Gazette. A Journal of Information for Ad vertisers, Edition 9,600 copies. Published weekly. Terms, $2 per annum, in advance. FIVE SPECIMEN COPIES DIFFERENT DATES TO ONE ADDRESS FOR 25c. Office No. 41 Tark Row, New York. GEO. P. ROW ELL & CO., Editors and Publishers. FOR NORFOLK AND mv iUiUllLlIl Uir. it 1 11 E Steamers COTTON PLANT and PAMLICO connecting with the Old Dominion Steamf hip Co., I, all'ord the most direct and the quickest time for shipment of produce from all points on the Kiver. Through Bills of Lading given from all points on Tar River for Norfolk, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, Pro duce is covered by insurance, if desired, as soon as Bills of Lading are signed. Shipments by this line go directly to des tination wittiout delay at Norfolk or Wash ington. The COTTON PL ANT makes close con nection witn the Wiimiiig.on A Weldon Rail Roarl, and uives through Bills of Lading from all landings oa the River at Ihe lowest rates. JOHN MYERS' SONS. Washington, N. C, Jan. '0, 1S75. tf E. T. POOL. C A. TOOL,. W. B. POOL Pool Brothers FASHIONABLE BAR, Hiiiiarel IZ&oms, OYSTER SALOON, Barber Shop AND Cigar Store, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. OYSTERS STEWED AT ALL HOURS, tr st and sweet. Attentive waiters to attend to the needs of his guests. mrl'J-tf. TERRELL & BR0., DEALERS IN AND STAPLE DRY GOODS, Main Street, Near the Bridge, rnztirlO 33L0, 1ST. O- Sept. 30-ft THIS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS J. now ready to supply the people of Tar boro and vicinity with all kiuds of Bread, Cakes, French and Plain Candies, JVuts, Fruits, jc, $c, $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. Private Families can always havo tbeir Cakes Kiikeil bcre ut short est notice. Orders for Parties & Balls promptly tilled. Call and examine our stock, next door to Bank of New Hanover. Nov. 4.-ly. JACOB WEBZR. Manhood : How Lost, How Restored ! Just publishrd, a new edition of Dr. Cclverwell's Cele brated Essay on t! radical eure (without medicine) of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and Physical In capacity, Impediments 10 Ma'-riage, etc.; al so; Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, induc ed by self-iudulge!if:o or sexual extrava gance, &c. ZSf Price, in a sealed envelope, only six cents. The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years' successful practice, that the alarming consequences or seit-aouse may De radical iv cured without the dangerous use of internal medicine or the application of the knife ; pointing out a mode of cure at one simple, certain, and effectual, by means of which everv sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radieaUu. lT This Lecture should be in the hands of every youth and every man In the land, Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, post-paid, on receipt of six cents or two postage stamps. Address the Publishers, CHAS. J. C. CLINE & CO., 127 Bowery, New York ; P. 0. 3ox, 4586 WEBER'S BAKERY ! MISCELLANEOUS. .THE FAVORITE HOME REMEDY.- Is eminently a Family Medicine ; and by be ing kept ready for immediate resort will 6ave many an hour of sutlering and many a dol lar in time and doctors' bills. After over Forty Years' trial it is still re ceiving the most unqualified testimonials to :ts virtues from pe sons of the highest char acter and responsibility. Eminent physicians commend it as the most EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC For all diseases ol the Liver, Stomach and Spleen. Ths SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint are a bitter or bad taste in the mouth ; Pain in the Back, Sides or Joints, often mistaken for Rheumatism ; 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 Couh kolten mistaken for Consumption. Sometimes many of these symptoms attend the disease, at others very few ; but the Liver, the largest organ in the body, is generally the seat of the disease, and if not Regulated in time, great suffering, wretchedness and Death will ensue. For Dyspepsia, CoustipatiOD, Jaundice, Bilious attacks, Sick Haadache, Colic, De pression of Spirits, Sour Stomach, Heart Burn, &c., Ac. The Cheapest, Purest and Best Family Medi cine in the World! Manufactured only by J. 11. ZEIL1N & CO., Macon, Ga., and Philadelphia. Price, 11.00. Sold by all Druggists. Cheap Stove House J. 0. DUNL0P & CO., OS "W- IPxrttt St., BALTIMORE. Parlor Heaters, Cooking Stoves, Illuminators, Furnaces, Ranges 6c Grates. T STOVES REPAIRED. Sept. 17. 2m FALL STOCK. . JIST RECEIVED. Dress Goods, Embroideries, Collars and CuiTs, Kid Gloves, Mcrina Test and Shirts, Hats, Hosiery, Cassimeres, Jeans, Bleached and Brown Muslins, Ladies and Gents Boston and Phil adelphia. Hand Made Shoes, Crockery, Hard ware &c, &c. Call and Examine. D A pleasure to show Goods. T. H. GATLIN. Tarboro', Oct. 1st, 1875. ROUT. LAWS0 & CO., SADDLE, HARNESS, COLLAR, and TRUNK MANUFACTURERS and dealers in SADDLERY HARDWARE, WHIPS, LADIES' SATCHELS, CARRI AGE ROBES, &C. No. 277 West Baltimore Street, . .,-, BALTIMORE, FSO. April 3, 1S75. iy T?T.ATrTTT."EV'.cj Initirove'h CiTPTTM- TS BER WOOD PIT MP ,;is trie acknowledged STANDARD of the iWiMiQ Vy popmar sSsssS verdict, the best pump for the least mm. I... , is5 ' lnoney Attention is invited to t'3 ISS Blatcnlev's Improved Bracket, the 'ft IrP Check Valve, which can be l'i'X-M withdrawn without disturbing the tCsLHJ joints, and the copper cbalnber which never cracks, scales or rusts and will last a life time. For sale by Dealers aad the tfade generally. In order to be sure that you get Botchley's Pump, be careful and see that it has my trade-mark as above. If you do not know where to buy, descriptive circulars, together with the name and ad dress of the agent nearest you, will he promptly furnished by addressing with stamp. CIIAS. G. BLATCIILEY, Manufacturer, 506 Commerce St.. Philadelphia, Pa Feb. 12, 1375. 9m AMISISTKATOIt'S NOTICE. ALL persons having claims against the es tate ot the late William R. Cherry, or in debted to the estate, will please settle with the undersigned or her Attorney, John L. Bridgers, Jr., on or before the 12t.li day of October, 1876. This notice will be plead in bar of all claims not presented. FRANCIS E. CnERRT. Oct. 15-4w. Administratrix. FOR RENT. A ONE HORSE FARM, making fitteen bales eotton yearly. Easily increased lo twenty. Applications made to Editor, or MERCHANT, Oct 2-3t Enfield, N. C. NEW GOODS til l MISCELLANEOUS. , AUSTIN'S lit Wholesale & Eetail PRICES LOW DOWN FOR CASH! THANKING the public for past patronage, I call their attention to frM-viy- poodJ which I keep constantly On nauu at the . Lowest Prices for Cash NEW MESS PORK, NEW RUMP POUR", SUGAR CURED HAMS, from the best dealers, BACON SHOULDERS & SIDES, D. S. SHOULDERS & SIDES. O.K. SIDES, SPICED BEEF, BEEF TONGUES, PATAl'SCO FLOUR in bbls. ard i bb!s., and other standard brands of Flour. FRESH PEARL HOMINY & GRITS. C. YELLOW SUGAR, Extra C. WHITE SUGAR, LOAF AMD GRANULATED SUGAR, COFFES. Rio, Laguyra and Roasted. GILT EDGE BUTTER in Firkins and Tubs. GOIIEX BUTTER in 10 bl. Cans. CAKES, CRACKERS, CHEESE Fresh Buckwheat Flour, JIacoroui, Sapioca, Yermacille, Gelatine, French & Plain Candies. Best Old Rye Whiskey for Medical purposes Fine Cooking Wines, Extra French Brandy, American & Imported Ale and Pot ter" HOSTETTER'S HITTERS, SCIIE1DAM SU11NAPS, by the bottle and case. And everything else found in a FIRST CLASS FAMILY GROCERY. Call and save money by buying from C. J. AUSTIN. EJ?"Briek, Lime, Lithes, Ray, Oats, Mill Feed, Corn Meal, alwavs on hand. Nov. 12, 1875. " ly AGOR With or without Portable Hot Water Reservoir and Closet. Isa't t;7 aa t'.d-faatioiel Stcrs, tut e;t ozs With all latest improvements. Largest Oven and Fiues. Longest Fire Box for long wood, Ventilated Oven, Fire Back and Fire Box Bottom tu sures a Quick, Sweet and Even Bake and Roast. Swing Hearth and Ash Catch. Won't soil floor or carpet. Durable Double and Braced Centers and Ring Covers. Bdrns but little wood. Has Mica or Solid Iron Front. Carefully Fitted Smooth Castings. No Old Scrap Iron Nickel Plated Trimmings. Tin Lined Oven Doors. Ground and Silver-like Polished Edges and Mouldings. Heavy. Best New Iron. Won't crack. CAXlSrACSCSI. Manufactured by RATHBONE, SARD & CO., Albany, N. Y. Sold by an EntenirUing Dejler in every Towrk V. G. LEWIS, Agent, Nov. 12, lST5.-3m. Tarboro', N. C. TIic Meason Why LAZARUS & MORRIS' Celebrated Perfected Spectacles and Eye Glasses. Have met with such extraordinary success and are so much in demand is because they are found to possess all the qualities we claim for them, viz : Purity and hardness of material (therefore not liable to scratch), brilliancy of finish, strengthening and preserving power, and conferring an amount of ease and comfort attained by no other Glasses in the world. They arc without doubt the most perfect and scientifically accurate Lenses ever manufac tured, and last many years without change, For bale in this locality only by JAMES H. BELL, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Tartooro, 330". O. LAZARUS; MORRIS & CO., Wholesale Depot, No. lO Covirtlaiirtfc 8tr. W. Y. Manufactories, Hartford, Cons., and Sheffield, Exo. B7" Caution. We never supply or employ Peddlers. jyly to mmm Board Reduced from 82.50 per day to 82.G0! THE undersigned desires to inform the public that he is still at the old Howard House, now known as Adams' Hotel, where he will be pleased to entertain his friends and the travelling public iu general. Comfortable Rooms and Clean Beds Always ! TABLE FARE as good as the market will possibly all'ord at the low rates of 2.00 per day ! Those of hi3 patrons who arc iu arrears are hereby notified to come forward and set tle up. It takes money to buy provisions. O. F. ADAMS. Tarboro', July 23, 1SC5. tf. " N.J. YOUNG. WITH E. J. Snow & Co., MANUFACTURERS AND RECEIVERS OF PLOUR, 83 & 91 SMITH'S WHARF, Baltimore, MxU Oct. 29, IS75. 3m. 'iff -;R'!lWf x N COOK. Nov. 19, 1375 BETSEY A7iO I ARE OUT. BY WILL CARLETON. Draw up the papers, lawye; make 'em good an stout, For things at home are erossways Betsey an' I are out: ' Wo, who've worked together so long as man an' Wife. Must pull in single harness the rest of onr na'ral. "What's the matter?" soy you. I swan it's hard to tell I s-. ... Moati of the yesrs-behind as we've passed by very r.- t -'-i " I h T" nitir roman,she haa no othor man Only we've liveu togeineras long as we ever ca. So I've talked with Betsey, an' Betsey's talked with me. An' so we've agreed together that we can't never agree; Xot that we've catched each other in any terrible crime. We've been a-gatheriu' this for years, a little at a time. There was a stock of temper we both had for a sfrt, Altho' wo never suspected 'twould take us two apart ; I had my various failings, bred in the flesh and bone, An' Betsey, like a good woman, had a temper of her own. The first thing I remember whereon we disagreed Was somethin' eoneernin' heaven a Uirt'rence ia our creed ; We iiig ed the tiling at breakfast, we arg'ed it ut tea, An" the more we arg'ed the question the more we uidn't agree. The next that I remember was when we lost a cow ; She'd kieked the bucket for certain, the question wag only how? I held my own opinion, and Betsey another had ; An' when we'd done a talkin' we both of us was mad. The next that I remember, it started in a joke ; But full a week it lasted, an' neitiier of us spoke. The next was when I scolded becanse she broke a bowl, An' she said it was mean an" sting;-, an' hadn't any soul. An' so that bowl kept pourin' dissensions in our cup ; An" so that blame eow-critter was always a-eomin' up; An' so that heaven w as arg'ed no nearer to us got. But it gave u a taste of somethin' a thousand times as hot. An' so the thing kept workin', and all the self same way ; Always somethin' to arg'e, an' somethin' sharp to say ; An' down on us came the neighbors, a eoujile duzen strong, An' lent their kindest service to help the thing along. An' there's been ditys together many a weary week We was both of us cross and spunky, an' both too proud to speak ; An' I've been tninkin' an' ti.iukin', the whole of the winter an' fall, If I can't live kind with a woman, why, then I won't ut all. An' so I've talked, with IV.'tsey, an' Betsey has talked with me, An' we've agreed together that we can't nover agree ; An' what i- her's shall be her's, an' what is mine be mine ; An' I'll put it in the agreement, an' take it to her to sign. Write on the paper, lawyer the very first para graph Of ail the farm an" live-stock that she shall have her half; For she has helped to earn it, through many a weary uay, An' it's nothiti' more than justice !l:at Betsey had her pay. Give her the house and homestead -a mau can thrive and roam. But women are skeery critters unless they have a home; "-- An' if 1 have always determined, an' never failed to say, That Butsey never should want a home if I was taken away. There is a little hard money that's drawin' tol'ra 'ole pay, A couple ol hundred dollars laid by for a rainy dy. Safe in the hands, of good men an' easy to get at ; Put m another clause there, au' give her half of that. Yes, I see you smilo, Sir, at my givin' her so much ; Yes, divorce is cheap, Sir, but I take no stock in such ! True un' fair I married her when she was blitho and young, An' Betsey was al'ays good to me excepun' with her tongue. Once, when I was young as you, but not so smart perhaps, For me sue mittened a lawyer, an' several ther chaps ; An' all of them was flustered, an' fairly taken down, An' 1 for a time was counted the luckiest man in town. Once when I had a fever I won't forget it soon, 1 was hot as a basted turkey an' crazy as a loon ; 'everan hour went by me when she was out of sight, She nursed me true and tender, an' stuck to me day aud night. An' if ever a house was tidy, an' ever a kitchen clean. Her house an' kitchen was tidy as any I ever seen ; An' I don't complain of Betsy, or any of her act--. Exceptin' when we've quarreled and told each other facts. So draw up the paper lawyer, and I'll go home to night, An' read the agreement to her,- an' see if it's all right; An' iii the moinin' I'll sell out to a tradin' man you know, Au'kiss the child that was left to us, an' out in the w orld I'll go. And one thing put in paper that first to me did not occur; That when I'm dead at last she'll bring me back to nor, An' lav mo under tho manles I planted years aco. When she aad 1 were happy, before we quarrel ed so. An' when she flies I wish that she'd be laid by me, An' lying together in silence perhaps we will Hcrree ! An' if ever we meet in heaven, I wouldn't think If we loved -ach other tho letter because we it Taueer. ouarreled here. The !Danc9 No. 1. BY REV. B. CRAVEN, D. D. L. L. D. By request, we republish from the N. C. Christian Advocate, Dr. Craven's paper 'No. 1. The Dance.' 'A fancy ball,' 'the first hop of the season, 'tha plea&ure club, 'they had a little dance at the ho tel at night' and such like expres sions are common in the newspa pers. These are technicalities of a custom that is manifestly on the increase ; the public chronicles of a vice that inflicts heavy penalties upon society. Tbey are proofs of usage that tends to destroy by the easy steps of graded vice, and ot a prevailing disposition among the innocent to seek pleasure upon the dangerous border land of rum. By usage, by fair construction of law, and by the united voice of the Bishop?, our Church condemns dans cing, not simply as an impropriety but as a positive vice. It is not simply an infraction of a Church statue, but a violation of the law of God ; not simply unfavorable to pi ety, but incompatible with the 'life that is hid with Christ in God.' 1. Biblical, examples claimed, prove nothing." The dances refers ed to ia the Bible had not the most Friday, remote similarity to modern dances, in mode, spirit, occasion, or inten tion. Though obsolete, if any one chooses to practice a genuine Bible dance, I have no objection. 2. By whom, for what purpose, and with what results the dance was introduced in Greece, Rome, France and England, can be fully ascertained from books within the reach of most persons. The infor mation thus obtained will not be given to the public by the advocates of the Art. 3 Let us examine the philosophy of dancing j" ta'thatefid vwe state the following propositions, which will perhaps be generally admitted. 1. Every sentiment, emotion, passion, iuclination, and thought of ths soul has its external mani festation in the body, and is thus expressed by countenance, physN cal development, motion tensions and attitudes. By this law the painter expresses both thought and feeling. 2. These outward manifestations being artificially assumed, have a strong tendency to creato in the soul their corresponding thoughts and feelings. 3. These manifestations being seen in others, have an almost irre sestible power to produce the same manfesfations, thoughts and feeling in the beholder, ijfence laughter produces laughter without even the cause being known. 4. The dance is the expression of thought and feeling by motion and attitude in regular rythem, and generally regulated by music. 5. The intelligent dancer simply expresses his thought and feeling. What they are may be inferred from his countenance, motions and attitudes. What these indicate may be best studied by the lady or gen tleman standing out before the csmi pany, and going through the whole routine without a companion or music. G. The uninterested dancer is very likely to acquire the appropri ate thought and feeling by simply ffeino; through the motions and at titudes of the dance. They that stand in the way of sinners, are apt to sin ; and whoever sit3 in the soat of the scorner, generally scorns. 7. The music and literature of the dance have an intent. They are not accidental, but have s'udied systematic art, they are the expres sion of concept and feeling, and in very many instances were original ly made more for hoped consequens ces, than for mere enjoyment as a dance. 8. For what conceivable purpose were the most fashionable dances composed ? 'For pleasure.' What kind ? Every pleasure is the gral ification of some feeling, and what feeling is it, that would naturally express itself by the attitudes, very peculiar motions, and nowhere else allowable familiarities of the dance? Is the dance to acquire grace of ac tion? Grace or elegance of man ner is relative, not abstract, depen ding upon what is to be done or signified, and training for all pur poses must be in the precise line of the thing to be done. What duty or service in life requires men and women to bound from the floor in dactyls and anapests, hold each oth er by the hands or otherwise use steps not available either for walk ing or running, and practice atti tudes and positions so very pecu liar ? The study of either tho aess thetics or morals of the dance might show many people that they signi fy what they do not intend ; but by practice may come to intend what they signify. 9. The artistic meaning of the dance, ia that by influence of music and notion the soul shall be brought to some certain condition of thought and feeling ; that for the time being the daucers shall forget all differences of rank and character ; that they shall yield themselves fully to the genius of tho composition ; and that nothing permitted by the dance shall be deemed in bad taste or offensive. Now if it should happen, that the composition, including both the music and dance movement, is morally bad in any way, then a pernicious effect is stamped upon both body and soul. 10. J aflirm that the whale of dance literature is morally impure ; that the songs that belong to much of it, are generally immoral and of ten indecent ; that innocency i3 no protection against its pernicious influence ; and that the head of John the Baptist is not the only tribute that has been paid to its evil power. B. Craven. Treating the Girls. People have noticed that one of the handsomest young menjin Burl ington has suddenly grown bald, and dissipation is attributed a3 the cause. Ah, no; he went to a church sociable the other week, took three charming girls out to the refresh ment tabic, let them eat all they wanted, then found he had left his pocket book at home, and a de a man that he had never seen before at the cashier's desk. The young man, with his aflame, bent down and said softly : I am ashamed to say I have no change with ' 'Hey.?' shouted the cashier. 'I regret to say,' the young man repeated on a little louder key, 'that I have unfortunately come away without any change to 'Change two?' chirped the deaf nm. 'Oh, yes, I can change a five if you want it.' 'No the young man explained in a terribly penetrating whisper, for haif a dozen people were crowding up behind him, impatient to pay their bills and get away, 'I don't want any change, because ' Oh, don't -want no change 2' the deaf man cried, gleefully. 'Bleeg ed te ye, 'bleeged to ye. Tain't often we get such generou3 dona tions. Pass over your bill.' 'No, no,' the young man explains ed. 'I have no funds ' 'Oh, yes, plenty of fun,' the deaf man replied, growing tired of the conversation, and noticing the long line of peeple waiting with money in their hands; -but I haven't got time to think about it now. Please settle and move on.' 'But,' the young man gasped out, '7 have no money ' 'Go Monday?' queried the deaf cashier, 'don't care when you go. You must pay and let those other people come up.' il have no money !' the mortified young man shouted, ready to sink into the earth, while the people all around him, and especially the three girls he had treated, were giggling and chuckling audibly. 'Owe money?' the cashier said. 'Of course you do-2 75' 'I can't pay !' tho youth scream ed, and by turning his pocket in pile out and yelling his poverty to the heavens, he finally made the deaf man understand. And then he had to shriek his full name three times, while his ears fairly rang with the half-rtified laughter that was breaking out all around him; and he had to scream out where he worked, and roar when he would pay, and he couldn't get tha deaf man (to understand him until some) church members came up to see what the uproar was, and recognizing their young friend, mado it all right with the cashier. And the young man went out in the night and clubbed himself, arid shred his kcks away until he was as bald as an egg. Burlington Ilawh Eye. Tne Cause of Half Work. There is time enough to do many things, if the person is seriously concentrated in his work, and does not squander his mind and tinio by half worje. Nothing is so bad as that. There are many persons who thick they are working when in truth they are only dwaddling over their work with half attention. There is time enough thrown away every day to enable anyone earnest minded to do more than many a man does with his whole day. All depends upon love of work on which one is engaged, and in concentra tion of one's faculties. It is in my opinion, better to be utterly idle, and he fallow to influences, than to muddle away hours in half-work. Besides, change of labor i3 rest, and to an active mind more rest than laziness. I have always found in music a more complete refresh ment of my mind after a hard day's work in my stddio, than even sleep could give. The faculties and pow ers and interest arc thrown in a different direction, and while one series works the other reposes. Af ter an entire change of occupation one returns with fresh zest and vig or to the woik he has left ; whcrea3 if the thoughts are constantly tread ing the same path, they soon, ta it were, wear a rut in the mind oue of which they cannot extricats themselves, and this begets in the end mpuerism and self repetition. Still more, the various arts are but different exercises of correlative powers. They each in turn refresh and enlarge the imaginative and motive powers, and extend their sp'oeie. Each, as it were, is echo ed and reflected into the other. The harmonies of color and forms and tones and words are closely re. lated to each other, and but differ ent expressions of merely the same thing. A sculptor's work will be cold if he is not sensitive to color and music; and a painter's work will be loose and vague unless his mind has been trained to the abso luteness of form and outline; neith er can compose well his lines and forms unless he posesses that innate sense of balance and harmonious arrangement and modulation which is developed by music Black wood's Magazine. The Letter li. The following amusing petition is addressed to the inhabitants ot England : Whereas by you, I have been driven From 'ouse, from 'ome, from 'ope, from 'eaven. And placed by your most learned society In Hexile, Hanguish, and Ilanxiety; Nay, charged, without one just pretence, With Harrogance and Hamprudence I here demand full restitution, And teg you'll mend your Helocu tion. From tha Western Rural. How to Keep tne Boys m tiiD Farm. Too little care i3 taken to en courage the boys on the farm and to make them feci that they have an interest in it3 success. Agri-. culture is sustainiag constant loss Of ability and tho failures in - life are being needlessly increased through the inexcusable neglect of fathers to make farm life attractivo to their children. It is never profitable to make a simple machine out of a human be ingv. Slavery, for thk reason, was v never in any sense profitable, and never will be. Men and children have minds which are restless and aspirting, and constant work withs out compensation or tho hope of reward is as unencouraging a3 an attempt to batter down a mountain with a bottle of Cologne water, and is but the work of a soulless mach ine. The boy will think of somes thing; his thoughts can not be fettered. If nothing of interest j. connected with the farm is furnish ed Lira for contemplation his mind will Centre its energies upon some" thing else, and where the mind goes and lingers, tho heart will soon go also. His hand3 may hold the plow, but his thoughts will be far away from the field, shaping castles in other and un trif 1 spheres; and soon he will lec.o the farm for greater excite ment, and embrace, apparently, more favorablo opportunities. Tho city is large indebted to this cause Tor its constantly increasing country immigration. Ine city is always noisy, and the bustle of it3 induss try and the sound of its gaiety is head amidst the quiet of furm life. li the mind of the bay is unoccu pied by something which interests it, it is readily captivated by the noiso of the city and agriculture soon 1 ses him from its ranks. Well, how can he be interested in the farm ? As has been fre quently remarked in these columns everything which tends to make farm-life cheerful will have a ten dency in that uirccrion. Flower?, music, books, newspapers, in fact all that a city homo possesses of comfort and the meunii of culture, besides those features which belonir to the country exclusively, diouki be studiously, provided and foster ed. But stiil inoro can bv done. The boy can have his interest cs ceted by a system of remuneration for his laber, wh'ch syctem would be more certainly productive of good results if it provided that such remuneration be in stock. His time and thoughts would thus be occupied in the care of his c.ittle, sheep or hogs, and it wluUI take more glitter than the city generally produces to attract that hoy'i at tention. A subscriber to the Weston Rural informs us that this system with his twelve year old boy, and that no stock raiser ia the country is more interested iu his herd than tliisbov is in the animals which he has earned and which !:o knows are absolutely his own. lie is confi' dcat that his boy will never be al lureu from the farm and in all pro bauihty he is correct. Tho plan is at least an easy and reasonable experiment, and is worthy tho consideration of fathers who i, .icve their son3 will bo haps pier and safer cn the farm tlinn in the city. Circanstanocs Alter Caccs. The other day while a Yicksburg er was riding toward Jackson in his b'1.; " ho saw a long haired young mau fitting cn a roadside. There was such an air of utter disolation about the countrymen that the Vicksburgcr drew rein and inquits ed. 'For God's sake ! what ails you, young man ?' 'Nothing, for God's sake !' was tho meek reply. 'But is any one dead V 'Hain't heard of anybody bu' old Matthews, and ho went off two months ago,' 'Are you sick ?' 'I feel kinder bad.' 'Well, you look bad. In fact, you are the worst looking young man I have seen since the close of the war.' 'was all right till a month ago,' said the young man looking still more solemn. 'What happened then ?' 'Woman went back on mc.' 'Did eh? Yrere you engaged? 'I'd hun2 around there for a year or eo, Mid we'd hugged uud loved and hooked fingers. If that isn't being engaged, then I don't know.' 'And she backed out ?' 'Yes.' 'Well, I've been through the mill myself. I had a woman go back on me in that way three mon. ths ago, and didn't lose :; bit of sleep over it.' 'You didn't?' No, sir.' 'But then,' sighed the young man, as he hitched along on the rail, 'the woman you loved didn't own sixteen mules, and have a clean hundred bales of cotton to sell 1 V. v il li 5 i i I i 5 li i ii ii ii il i ii t 1 n 'i i HI
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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Nov. 19, 1875, edition 1
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