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VSk . Si XV I II III I I I I II Iff III BE SURE YOTJ AEE RIGHT ; TELEIST QO AHEAD.-D. Crockett. "VOl77;: TARBORO1, N. CRTOAY, DECEMBER 10 1875. iVO. 49. GENERAL DIRECTORY. TAUBOIIO'. Maaor Fred. Philips. Commissioneks Jesse A. Williamson, Ja cob Feldenheimer, Pan id W. Ilurtt, Alex. McCabe, Joseph Cobb. Secketakt & Treasurer Kobl. White luirst. Cuief of I'oi.iCE Jolin V. Cotteu. Assistant Police Wn. T. Hunt, John Madra, -las. E. Sinionson, Altimore Macuair. COCNTV. Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judge 11. L. Staton, Jr. Register of Deeds -Alex. McCabe. Sheri ff Joseph Cobb. Coroner Treasurer Robt. l. Austin. Surveyor Johu E. Baker. Standard Keeper P. S. Hicks. School Examiners. II. H. Shaw, Y,m. A. Dua:gan and R. S. Williams. Keeper Poor House Win. A. Dufrsran. Commissioners Juo. Lancaster, Chairman, Wilev Well, J. B. W. Norville, Frank Dew, M. Exem. A. McCabe, Clerk. . MAILS. RRIVATi AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. W. U. K. Leave Tarboro' (daily) at 1" A- J- Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - - 3 30F. -1. WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE, FALKLAND AND SPARTA. Leave Tarboro' (daily) at - - A. M. Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - - 6 1. M. I.ODUES. the MgbU and tU Place, ol Meeting. Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law rence, IIi"-h Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly convocations first Thursday in evury month at 10 o'clock A. M. Concord Loda;e No. 58, Thomas Gatlin, Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday nijcht t 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. in every mouth. Repiton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O. F., I. B. Palamountain, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every first and third Thurs day of jach month. Edrer-ombe Lodge No. 50, I. O. O. F., J. G. Charles, N. G., Odd Fellows' Hall, meets every Tuesday night. Edgecombe Council No. 122, Friends of Temperance, meet every Friday night at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Advance Lodge No. 2$, I. O. G. T., meets everv Wednesday night at Odd Fellows' Hall Zanoah Lodare, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet on first and third Monday night of every month at Odd Fellows' Hall. Henry Morris, President. CHCUCIIES. Episcopal Church Services every Sunday at 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B. Cheshire, Rector. Methodist Church Services every third Sunday at night. Fourth Sunday, morning and nitrht. Rev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor. Presbyterian Church Services every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbaths. Rev. T.J. Allison, Sta ted Supply. Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs day night Missionary Baptist Church Services- the 4th Sunday in every niOLth, morning and night. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primitive Baptist Church Services first Saturday and Sunday of each month at 11 o'clock. HOTELS, Adams' Hotel, corner Main and Pitt Sts. O. F. Adams, Proprietor. EXPRESS. Southern Express Office, on Main Street, closes every morning at9 o'clock. N. M. Lawrence, Agent. PROFESSIONAL, CAHDS. "JJIRANK POWELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBOEO', X. C. 3- Collections a Specialty. "3 Office at the residence of the late Mrs. M. E Lawrence. July 2, 1875. tf JOS. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Office at the Old Bank Building on Trade Street. je2o-tf. J JO WARD & PERRY, Attorneys and Counselors at Lawi TARBORO', N. C. Practice in all the Courts, State and Federal. uov.o-ly. H. JOHNSTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. XW Attends to the transaction of busi ness in all the Courts, State and Federal. Nov. 5, lb75. ly jpREDERICK PHILIPS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. " Practices in Courts of adjoining coun ties, in the Federal and Supreme Courts. Nov. 5,1875. ly J H. & W. L. TLTOKP, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. PRACTICES in the counties of Edge combe. Halifax. Nash and WiIon, and in the Supreme Court North Carolina, also in the United States District court at Kaieign. Dr. G. L. Shackelford, 33 HI TXT 17 X JS "X" , TARBORO', N. C. With over eight years experience in the practice of Dentistry, 1 feel assured of giving satisfaction in all case3. Charges moderate. fxf Office oriDosite Adams' Hotel and over S. S. Nash & Co's store. Oct. 23, 1875. tf TM. HOWAED, XT O O X ss DEALEIl IN DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, SsC, Sr.C, SsC. Next door to Mrs, Pender' Hotel, TARBORO, N C. Lours Hilliakd, Makcellus Moore Greenville, N. C. Formerly of N. C. HILLIARD & MOORE, COTTON FACTOKS AND General Commission Merchants McPHAIL'S WHARF, NORFOLK, VA. K.eep eontantly on band a large and varied stock of Bagging and Ties. General dealers in Standard Fertilizers. Liberal Cash advances made on consign ments, je 25-tf. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. DOMESTIC?' SEWING MACHINES. ? T.itaral Terms of E tsy change lorbscona-han a cription. DOMESTIC" PAPER FASHIONS The Best Patterns mad a. Bend 5 cU. for Catalogue Adiress DOMESTIC UACmHB CO; JT Aqiw Wastbo. -sa NEW xo&s.. t1 na day at home. Agents wauted. 31. & Outfit and terms free. TRUE & CO-, Augusta, Maine. SHUN DRUGPOISONS. Medicine Rendered Useless : VOLTA'S ELECTRO BELTS and BANDS are indorsed by the Most eminent physicians in the world for the cure ol rheumatism, neuralgia, liver complaint, dyspepsia, kidney disease, aches, pains, nervous disorders, fits, female eomulaints, nervous aud general debility, and other chronic diseases of the chest, head, liver, stomach, kidneys aud blood. Book vith full particulars free by V olta Belt Co., Cincinnati. O. Sn a wi i f EEK iruarauteed to Asreuts, and Female in their own local ity. Terms OUTFIT FREE. Ad dress P. O. VJCKERY fc CO., Agusta, Me. CiX in C'Ofi rr day at home. Samples worth fl HI v" J! free. ST1NSON i CO., Port land, Maine. 1TJSYCHOMANCY, OR SOUL CHARM MT ING." How either sex may fascinate aud gain the love and affections of any per son they choose, instantly. This art all can possess, free, by mail, for 25 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dreams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1,000,000 sold A queer book. Address T. WILLIAM & CO., Pnb's Philadelphia. 4 GENTS, the greatest chance of vhe age. Jt. Address, with stamp, Natioual Copying Co., Atlanta, Ga. FELT CARPETING3, 30 cents per yard. FELT CEILING lor rooms iu place of plaster. FELT ROOFING and SIDING. For Circular and Sample, address C. J. FAY, Camden, New Jersey. 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 Park Row, New York. GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., Editors and Publishers. FOR NORFOLK AND Ti- and .'AMLlOO connecting with the Old Dominion Steamship Co., afford the most direct and the quickest time for shipment of produce from all points on the River. lhrongh Bills of Lading given from all points on Tar River for Norfolk, Baltimore, rmiaueipnia, .ew York and Boston, Pro duce is covered by insurance, if desired, as soon as Bins ot J.admg are signed. hipments ny this Hue go directly to des tination without delay ui Norfolk or Wash ington. The COTTON PLANT makes close con nection witn the Wilmington A Weldon Rail Koai, and yives through Bills of Lading from all landings on the Kiver at the lowest rates. JOU MltKS' BOAS. Washington, N. C, Jan. 29, 1875. tf E. T. POOL. C A. POOL. W. E. POOL Fool Brothers FASHIONABLE BAR, Hllliard Mooms9 OYSTER SALOON, Barber Shop AND Cigar Store, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. OYSTERS STEWED AT ALL HOUR frest and sweet. Attentive waiters to attend to the needs of his guests. mrl9-tf. HTHIS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS JL now ready to supply the people of Tar boro and vicinity with all kinds ot Bread, Cakes, French and Plain Candies, Nuts, Fruits, f?., drc, $c, embraciug everything usually kept iu a First Class Establishment ot the kind. Thankful for the liberal patronage of the past the undersigned asks a continuation, with the promise of satisfaction. Private Families ran always haro tlteir Cakes Halted Here at aliort emt notice. Orders for Parties 4 Balls nrnumtlv filled. Call and examine our stock. r 1 7 ' next door to Bank of New Hanover. Nov. 4.-ly. JACOB WEBER, Manhood : How Lost, How Restored ! Just publishrd, a new edition of Dr. Culvebwell's Cele brated Essay on the radical cure (without medicine) of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and Physical In capacity, Impediments to Mamage, etc.; al so, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, induc ed by self-indulgenco or sexual extrava gance, &c. 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 of self-abuse may be radically cured without the dangerous use ot 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 bis condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radically. g This Lecture should be in the bands of every youth and every man in tne lana. Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, post-paid, on receipt of six cents or two postage stamps. Address the Publishers, CI1AS. J. C. CLINE & CO., 127 Bowery, New York ; P. O. Box, 4586 4r ftf Per Dav t home. Terms free. It) IU Addres O. gmuoa k Co., Portland llains. WEBER'S BAKERY ! MISCELLANEOUS. RATEBONE'S ACORN COOK. With or without Portable Hot Water Reservoir and Clotst. Soa't feiy aa old-fastieaei Stove, tut Et oi With all latest improvements. Largest Oven and Rues. Longest Fire Box for long wood. Ventilated Oven, Fire Back and Fire Box BottomIn, tures 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 Covert. Burnt 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. wassahted satisiacicst. Manufactured by RATHBONE, SARD & CO., Albany, N.Y. Sold by an Enterpritlng Dealer in every Town. W. G. LEWIS, Agent, Nov. 12, 18T5.-Sm. Tarboro', N. C. FALL STOCK. NEW GOODS JIST RECEIVED. Dress Goods, Embroideries, Collars and Cuffs, Kid Gloves, Meiina Vest 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 aud Examine. A pleasure to show Goods. T. H. GATLIN. Tarboro', Oct. 1st, 1875. ROBT. LAWS0 & CO., SADDLE, HARNESS, 'T T in and IP.UNK MANUFACTURERS and dealers in SADDLERY H AUD WARE, WHIPS, LADIES' SATCHELS, CARRI AGE ROBES, &C. No. 277 West Baltimore Street, BALTIMORE, M. April 2, 1875. ly BLATCHLEY'S r Improved CLCUM tl HF.R WOOD l'l'VP ST9 ",is the acknowledged tl,,7 STANDARD of the -'-- market, by popular verdict, tho best pump for the least M2 money. Attention is invited to lift- Rlatehlfiv's Tmnroved Bracket iha Drop Check Valve, which can be withdrawn without disturbing the joints, and the copper chamber which never cracks, scales or rusts and will last a life time. For sale by Dealers aal the tfade generally. In order to be sura that you get Botchiey'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 be promptly furnished by addressing with stamp. ! CUAS. G. BLATCIILEY, Manufacturer, 506 Commerce St.. Philadelphia, Pa Feb. 12, 1875. 9m The Best Household Oil in the World I c- West & Sons' Aladdin Secu JL Warranted 150 Degrees Fire Test- Endorsed ly the Fire Insurance Companiei Inward Fire Ins. Co. of Baltimore, December 23, 1S71. Messrs. C. West & Sons: Gentlemen Hav ng used the varions oils sold in this city for iJr.mmating purposes, l take pleasure in re commending your "Aladdin Security' as the saiest ana Dest ever used in our house hold. Yours truly, (Signed) ANDREW REESE, Pres't. E3T IT WILL NOT EXPLODE. ji.sk your Storekeeper jor it. Wholesale Depot : C. WEST & SONS, 113, 115 W. Lombard St., Baltimore. Sept. 17. Bm TO THEPUBLIC ! Board Reduced from $2.59 per day to $2.00 ! 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 bis friends and the travelling public in general. Comfortable Rooms and Clean Beds Always I TABLE FARE as good as the market will possibly afford at th low rates of $&00 per day! These of his patrons who are in arrears are hereby notified to come forward and set- tic up. it takes money to ouy provisions. O. F. ADAMS. Tarboro', July 23, 1805. tf. MISCELLANEOUS. C. J. AUSTIN'S Wholesale & Retail PRICES LOW DOWN FOR CASH! THANKING the public for past patronage, I call their attention to the followin" goods which I keep constantly on hand a: Lowest Prices for Cash NEW MESS PORK, NEW HUMP POHK, SUGAR CURED HAMS, from the best dealers, BACON SHOULDERS & SIDES, 1) S SHOULDERS & SIDES. C. R. SIDES, SPICED REEF, BEEF TONGUES, PATAPSCO FLOUR in bbls. and i bbls., and other standard brands of Flour. FRESH PEARL HOMINY & GRITS. C. YELLOW SUGAR, Extra O. WHITE SUGAR, LOAF AND GRANULATED SUGAR, COFFES. Rio, Laguyra and Roasted. GILT EDGE BUTTER in Firkins and Tub3. G0I1EN BUTTER in 10 bl. Cans. CAKES, CRACKERS, CHEESE Fresh Buckwheat Flour, Macoroni, Sapioca, Yermaciile, Gelatine, French & Plain Candies. Best Old Rye Whiskey for Medical purposes Fine Cooking Wines, Extra French Brandy, American & Imported Ale and Porter HOSTETTER S BITTERS, SCHEIDAM SCIINAPS, by the bottle and case. And everylLing else found in a FIRST CLASS FAMILY GROCERY. Call and save money by buying from C. J. AUSTIN. IsT Bricks, Lime, Lathes, Hay, Oats, Mill Feed, Corn Meal, always on hand. Nov. 12, 1875. ly The Reason Why LAZARUS & MORRIS' Celebrated Perfected Spectacles and Eye Glasses. Hive met with such extraordinary Enccess and are so much in demand is because they are found to possess all the qualities we claim for them, viz: Parity and hardutss of materiel (therefore i notliaole to scratch), brilliancy ot Lnisn, strengthening and preserving power, and conferring an amount of ease and comfort attained by no other Glasses iu the world. TLey are without doubt the most perfect and scientifically accurate Lenses ever manufac tured, and last many years without change, For sale in this locality only by JAMES H. BELL, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Tarboro, 3T- O. LAZARUS, MORRIS & CO., Wholesale Depot, 'o. 1 0 Courtlandt Htr. IV. "ST. Manufactories, Hartford, Coxx., and Siietfield, Escj. Caution. We never supply or employ i'eddlers. jyly TERRELL & BRO., DEALERS IN STAPLE DRY GOODS, Main Street, Sear the Bridge, Tar"boro, INT. O- Sept. 30-ft S. II. MARKS! CO. PETERSBURG, VA. WOULD INFORM THEIR PATRONS that they are receiving the finest as sortment of Fine French and American Can dies, Fruits Toys and Fancy Goods ever of fered in this market, viz : Chrystalized Apricots, Chrystalized Cherries, Chrystalized Pine Apple, Chrystalized Limes, Crab Apple, &c. Chocelate Fistache Josephiue, Chocolate Jim Crow, Chocolate Wafers and Cream Drops, Sugar Filberts and E. Walnuts, Fine Cream Bon Bons, Parisian Bon Bon, Fine Cream Pistache, Burt. Almonde Roasted Almonds, Almon Croquet and Jordan Almonds, Chocolate Caramels and Cocoa Caramels, fresh every day. Lemon Tafley and Cocoanut Taffey, fresh ev ry day, MALAGA GRAPES, CONCORD GRAPES, DELAWARE G BABES, Oranges, Lemons and Apples by every steamer, -California and Bartlett Pears, New Londcn Layer Raisins, New London Layer Figs, Fine Dehesa Raisins, New Prunes, New Currants, New Pecans, Almonds, Palmnuts and Filberts Brandy Peaches, pints, quarts, bait gallons, i BrandV Cherries, i Pickled Oysters, Canned Oysters, - : Canned reaches, rears, tomatoes ana iorn, Sardines iu quarter and halt boxes, The Wnolesale Department has not been neg- lectcd Merchants will find our store stocked with evervt.hins' in our line and in lartre quantities, which we can offer at the lowest pi ices, and thev will fined it to their interest to examine ur stock before purchasing, as we can offer them oreat inducements. Jur Steam Refined Flint Candy cannot be surpassed. Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff, a specialty. Oct. 2'J, 1875. 5t R. B. ALSOP, GROCER, main street, Tarboro', tv. o. Choice and varied stock kept constant! oa qand. my28-lt Rockyount Hotel, G. W. Hammond, Prop'r. P0L1TE AND ATTENTIVE SERVANTS always at the Depot, on the arrival of trains, to conauct guests to the Hotel. . It is tl,e Traveler's delight. Oct. 1st, 1875, tf GROCERY a; Friday, Dec. 10, 1875 From The Sunny South. THAT B1BY. BY II. R. R. There never was such a baby; everybody said so, and we all know that -what everybody says must be true. J 'The loveliest,-' 'the darlingest,' 'the sweetest, 'the beautifulest.' Oh, there never was such a baby ! 'lie's got my foot,' says grand ma No. 1. 'And my hand,' quoth 'grandma JNO 'His eyes are exactly like mine,' said Aunt Ellen. 'And bis nose like mine,' said the other auntie. 'He's a Thompson all over,' quoth one grandma. 'He's a Wilson up and down,' quoth the otaer. '7is toes are like mine, I think,' said mamma, anxious to claim some part of baby. In short, that baby is discovered to resemble every member of the family on both sides of the house, much to the disgust of its fond father, who hoped for the sake of its beauty that it would resemble himself. Indeed, to behold that much con gratulated and wholly uncomforta" ble individually holding the baby i3 a scene worthy of the pencil , of an artist. 'Of course, 'papa must hld him first,' says the nurse, and he sits with arms outstretched and limbs trembling, holding that baby much after the manner of one who holds a hot potato. He has sat thus for full fifteen minutes it seema like igc3 without so much as moving a muscle, or lifting an eyeslid, so fearful is he of crushing the soft, jelly-like little morsel, bunddled up in muslin and flannel. 'Let me have him now,' begs Aunt Ellen, eagerly extending her arms, and papa yields him to her witn a sign ot reliet, savins m a confidential tone : 'He feels l'ke a hot poultice.' lA hot poultice !' screams grand- ma jNo. i mcignanuy, wmie tue nurse retires to conceal her laugh-" ter. I never heard anything like it,' pipes grandma No. 2. 'Oh, Edward, 1 wouldn t have believed it,' comes in a smothered voice from under the bedclothes I knew, how it would be all alons,' snuffs crandma No. 1, who has the 21ft of foresight in a re markable degree. 'xes, i tola baran a year ago he d never care anything far that child,' chimes in grandma No. 2 who would have made an excellent clairroyant had she ever turned her attention to it. 'lie never did have the feelings of a father.' adds grandma No. 1, which is undeniably a remarkable speech, considering tnat tnis son and heir is the berated father's first born. 'I wouldn't mind it, Edward,' laughs Aunt Ellen, as the crest fallen papa, who all this time has stood with his back to the fire, and hi.3 hands behind him, suddenly flies troni the scene of his discom- forture, while that angel baby un feelingly sleeps, careless of the pain he has been the means of inflicting upon his paternal relative. Yes; he 'sleeps all the time.' 1Hq never cries.' 'He is iust tho best baby in the world.' 'He's a per feet little angel.' 'Was there ever such a baby ?' 'He's grandma's darlicsr susar loaf.' 'Papa's little man. 'Mama s tweetny o tj meetny darling; so h3 is.' 'He's auntie s innocent, lovely angel.' Whether so much praise had demoralizing effect up6n the ange or not. we cannot saT, but certain it is that before a great while that baby began to show its true char acter. He would wake up at the most unseasonable and unreasonable hours: he would crv when there 7 wasn't the slightest occasion for it he would render you liable te un iust suspicions by suddenly shriek ing as if you'd stuck a pin in him when you were doing your 'best endeavor to soothe him to sleep He would insist upon being trotted until your limbs were nearly dis located, and your head ready to split: and the moment you stop to rest your aching ankles, he com pelled you to renew the amusement by giving a regular war whoop. He seems to have no pleasure excep in the misery and the sufferings o others. lie is full oi deceit, hy pocrisy and fraud; he is opposed to the temperance retorm, and whe we try to instill temperance princi pies into his tender mind, he goes off into horrible hts of colic, man ciou3ly grows dark in the face, and threatens to have a black spasm until grandma, utterly deceived by his machinations, declares th. 'he shall have a little toddy to ease that dreadful pain, so he shall, where upon he instantly revives, and is transformed into an angel again Furthermore, if offered paregoric when he has set his heart ou toddy, he spitsjt in our faces without the smallest compunction of conscience. He delightB in taking unsuspecting people out of their beds on freezing-cold nights, when the fire has all gone out, and the thermometer is down to zero, and compelling them to race up and down the floor with him until half frozen to death, when he proves that he is possessed of a demon by smil ingly going off to sleep, as if noth ing had happened. As he grows older, it takes the entire household to amuse him, and he tyrannizes over every one from grandpapa down; his plaything must be the very thing we most value, and if refused anything, he yells and storms around until everybody is reduced to the most abject submis sion. 'What in creation is the matter ?' exclaims papa, startled from his afternoen siesta by one of baby's yells. 'Why, Edward, he wants me to give him my pearl necklace to play with,' expostulates mama. 'Give him the devil,' ejaculated apa gavagely. Jb ortunately, he doesn t want liim, Edward,' answered mama in a congratulatory tone, as she surren ders the coveted necklace. 'Dat so, missus,' chuckles black mammy; 'ef he did, you done hab to bring up ole Nick out of his hold ong fore dis. And that baby, having carried his point, laughs and crows like an angel. There never was such a baby, eh?' Oh, no, there never was ! Educated Fleas. The hard times have brought old Signor Bertoletto and his trained flea3 back into public life. The Signor had amassed a fortune, and retired from professional labors; but his income having dwindled considerably, he again summons tho fleas to hi3 rescue, and throws open his singular menagerie to the New York public. LI is acting troupe consists of two hundred female fleas (the male fleas are utterly intractable), and their performance is perfectly wonder ful. The performance begins by a passage at arms between JJon yuis xote and Sancho Panza, two blood thirsty fleas mounted on tiny paper horses. They appear actuated by deadly hate, and whirl their little spsars in a furious manner. JNext the immense strength of the tiny creature i3 illustrated by the per formance of Hercules, a flea who is harnassed to a gilt chariot, weigh- just 1:200 times his own weight, and trots with it around the table Other of the little insects are made to turn minute cranks and hoist lilliputian buckets, but the chef- dceuvre ot the entertainment was some two dozen fleas at a ball. At one end of the ball-room was a complete orchestra, each flea hold ine its peculiar instrument in read iness for the dance. On the floor two couples were seen, and on a tis ny sofa another was engaged, at least so said the protessor, in a very desperate flirtation. A music- box was then set in motion, and at the first sound the little insects began their respective vocations, those on the floor whirling about m the dance, and those in the orchestra working their legs, to which were attached the instruments, in most enthusiastic manner. When the size of the flea is remembered, the task of handling them at all will be appreciated. ' Fortunately, they are as tough as porcupines, and can be unceremoniously picked up with little steel pinchers without danger of hurting them. The average lite time of a flea is about eight montns and a3 four months, is required m subduing their spirits and altering their trait from a hoD to a trot, it will be seen that the process training is an endless one. Of the 800 fleas in this collec tion about half are performers, ca pabls of public appearance3 or in training, and have to be taken from their harness of threads once a day to be fed. Their fodder is noth ing less than the blood of the pros fessor, who permits the whole flock to browse ou his left arm every morning. Tho Bible Narratives which Were the Ruin of a New Convert. 'When J was a young man,' said the judge, mopping the beer 11 his trousers with a handkerchief which he had borrowed from Billy Wood 'I knew a blacksmith in our village who was one of the hardest tickets in the, place. A revival preacher crse along and Tom was convers ted. It made a great change him, and was held up by church peeple as a signal example of the saving t ower of grace. After Tom hah been traveling on the road heaven for about three weeks, turn came to be examined on to his his fitness for church membership Tom was an awful heathen, ana although he could sing and pray with the loudest, he couldn t read, and knew no more about tho Bible than a wild African. The session (I think that's what they called it) met one Saturday night, and Tom went in, with his face washed and his cap in his hand, looking a little embarrassed, but as happy as new converts always are. After the praying and other preliminaries, the parson got to work on Tom. He told him the story of Jonah and the whale, and asked him if he believed that. 'Believe that man was in a whale's belly and came out alive ?' cried Tom. 'Do the Bible say that, par son V 'Certainly, certainly, brother.' 'Oh, yes, yes; of course I be lieve it.' says Tom. 'Do you believe that the three Hebrew children, Shadrach, Me shach and Abednego were cast into the furnace heated seven time hot ter than usual, and that they walk ed in the flame praising the Lord, and net even their garments were singed V 'Tom's eyes bulged out of his head as he looked at the parson and gasped : 'Do tho Bible say that parson? 'Yes, of course, my brother.' 'That them fellers you spoke of walked around the fire seven times hotter'n I kin heat my forge ?' 'xes, my brother; do you be- ieve ltr 'Tom rose up and got out into the aisle. Then ht sputtered. 'No, I don't. And I don't be- ieve that damn fish story neither, now. How to keep a Subscriber- Aa indignant farmer recently entered a printing office and orders ed his paper stopped, because he differed from the editor in his views regarding the advantages of sub soiling fence rails. The editor of course conceded the man's right to stop his paper, but he remarked coldly, looking over his list : 'Do you know Jim Sowders, down at liardscrabble : 'Well, he stopped his paper las week because I thought a farmer was a blamed fool who didn't know that timothy was a good thing to gratt en huckleberry bushes, and he died in a few hours.' Lord,- is that so ?' said tho as tonished granger. 'les; and you know old George .hrickson, down on Eagle Creek ? 'Well I've heard of him.' 'Well said the editor, gravely, 'he stopped his paper because I said he was the happy father of twins, and congratulated him on his suc cess so late in life. He fell dead within twenty minutes. There are ots of similar cases, but it don t matter, I'll just cross your name off, though you don t look strong, aid there's a bad color on your n5se,' 'See here, Mr. Editor,' said the subscriber, somewhat alarmed, 'I be lieve I'll just keep another year; cause 1 always did like your paper; and come to think about it, you're a yonng man, and some allowance orter be made, and he departed, satisfied that he had made a narrow escape from death. Experiment in Wheat Culture. Dr. Page, Professor of practical agriculture in the University of Virginia, gives the following in his report : Topdressing in spring with ni-. trate of soda alone, was very com mon in England many years ago, but was discontinued for some time, in consequence of its tendency to make the wheat 'fall,' and to pro duce mildew. It appears now that these two seriou3 faults have been corrected by mixing with the ni trate a moderate amount of sea salt, which prevents the mildew and also strengthens the straw. In Norfolk, England, the practice of top-dress sing the wheat in the spring i3 al most universal with the best farm ers, at the rate of 100 pounds of nitrate of soda mixed with Z00 of salt, applied in two dressings at in tervals of three weeks or a month, beginning early in March, and end ing about the 20th of April. Mr. Pussey's experiments with this mixture, used as above stated show an increrBe of 8 bushels of wheat more than produced on land other wise similarly treated, but not top dressed with the mixture. There are a few subjects in con necticn with the cultivation of wheat that I regard as very impor tant. One of importance is the preparation of the seed wheat, be fore it is sowed, in order to cleanse it thoroughly from all filth, imper iect grains, ana lungi sopres, as smut &c. To accomplish this, my invariable rule is to wash all seed wheat tho day before it is sowed in salt and water, or brine made strong enough to bear an egg. The wheat is poured into a barrel about half full of brine, and is Etirred and rubbed with the hands, and as the filth, impertect grains, &c, rise to the surface, they are carefully skim med off. The wheat is then taken out, (after pouring the brine off Into another barrel) and is spread until it is dry enough to sow, which u usually the case the next day. Another matter which I regard of some importance in seeding the wheat, when it is to be sowed broad cast, is to make a seam for the re ception of the wheat, with a doubles shovel plough. When the wheat is seeded in this way, it falls into the seams, and is covered by the harrows so well that when it come3 up it looks almost exactly as if it had been drilled, and in my obser vation, succeeds as well as 'drilling,' and far better than harrowing in the wheat. It is especially appli cable to the thorough feeding of hill-sides and slopes, whether to the north, south, east or west. The southern and eastern exposures have long been regarded as those most favorable, while the northern and western are uufavorable. The eastern and southern slopes are the first to catch the rays of the morns ing sun, are the least exposed to the influence as the cold winds from the north and west, which prevail in the winter and spring. It is on this account tnat "land sloping to tho east will have good wheat grow ing on it, while other parts of the same field, that slopes to the wests ward, will be ruined." A Wonderful Clock. A marvelou3 piece of mechanism in the way of a clock, has just been exhibited in Paris. It is an eight day instrument, with dead beat es capement maintaining power. It chimes the quarters, plays sixteen tunes every twelve hours, or will play at any time required. The hands go round as follows : "One once a minute ; one, once an hour ; one, onct a month ; one once a year It shows the moon's age, the rising and setting of the sun, the time of high and low water, half ebb and half flood, and by a beautiful cons trivance there is a part which reps resents the water which rises and falls lifting some ships at high wa ter tides as if they were in motion, and as it recedes, Joave3 those little autoamton ships dry on the sands. The clock shows the hours of the day, day of the week ; day of the month, month of the year, and in the day of the months there is a provision made for the long and short months. It shows the signs of the zodiac, it strikes or not, will chime or not, as may be desired ; and it has the equation tables show ing tho difference of clock and sun every day in the year, if it would sing a song and smoke a cigar, and drink the health of the observer in camphagno, its round of usefulness and wonderfulness would be com. plete. Mr- Stewart's Last Purchase. Mr. A. T. Stewart has boucht for 300,000 francs ($G0,000Jgold) the latest work of Meissonier, which is now on its way to this country. it represents a regiment of Irencli cuirassiers going into battle and sa luting their chief Napoleon 1., who is seen standing on a hill in the centre of the scene. The troop of horsemen covers almost the whole foreground, the nearest figure being about eighteen inches high. The excited and warlike appearance of the soldiers, in marked contrast with the cool and dignified exterior ot the great Napoleon, is said to be admirably portrayed. This paints ing, the largest Meissonier has yet done, being five feet long, was oes gun in the latter part of 1SG5. In 1857, when the work was far from completed, the artist wa3 offered 150,000 francs for it by Mr. Pros basco of Cincinnatti. This offer was declined, and the work e till in complete, was exhibited at the Vi enna Exhibition. The picture was finished in September. The other day a Vicksburg father gently said : 'Don't 6tuff victuals into your mouth in that way, my son; George Washington didn't eat after that fashion.' The boy, after pondering for a while, remarked to himself: 'And 1 don't believe that George Washington licked his boy for finding a bottle of whiskey in the shed when he was hunting after a horseshoe, either.' A man who owns a book-store facetiously remarked that he couln't leave this summer because he kept stationery. Thisjoko was thus re peated, and yet the company didn't smile : 'Robinson can't go out of town this summer. Why V 'Don't know.' 'Because he sells books and paper.' A Boy in the suburbs tried to ascertain, the other day, the sound ness of the proverb : 'Birds of a feather flock together.' He pluck ed the old rooster down to a single tail-feather, and it didn't flock at all, but went and hid under the basn. This i3 another old saw smashed. A New York merchant Las been detected measuring thirty four in ches to the yard. Two inches is nothing on a towel, but it tells heav ily on a woolen shirt when the ther nonieter drops down. Free Press. The Duchess of Manchester has the reputation of being the best 'tied back woman m England- i
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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