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Ik WIT Mil VM 'II Y ' I I II II V i i n re !) BE SURE YOTJ AEE RIGHT ; TELEUST GO AHEAD.-D. Crockett. VOL. 54. TARBORO', N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1876. NO. 45. r 4 N3T GENERAL DIRECTORY. TABBOBIT. Mayor Fred. Philips. , . ' ' CoMMlssiONERSJesse A. Williamson, Ja cob Feldenheimer, Daniel Y. Hunt, Alex. McCabe, Joseph Cobb. Secretary & Trsasurer Kobt. White burst. Chief of Police John W. Cottea. Assistant Police J. T. Moo-e .las. E. Simonson, Altimore Macnair. , COUNTY. Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judfft U. L. Stuton, Jr. Register of Deed Alex. McCabe. Sieri f Joseph Cobb. Coroner Treasurer Robt. II. Austin. Surveyor John E. Baker. Standard Keeper J. B. Hyatt. School Examiners. II. II. Shaw, Wm. A. Duirijan and K. S. Williams. Keeper Poor HouseVim. A. Duggan. Commissioners Jno. Lancaster. Chairman, Wiley Wrell, J. B. W. Norville, Frank Dew, M. Exem. A. McCabe, Clerk. MAILS. 4RRIVAI, AND DEPARITRE OF MAILS NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. k V. R. R. Leave Tarboro' (daily) at 10 A. M. Arrivo at Tivrboro' (daily) at - - 3 30 P.M. WASHINGTON" MAIL VIA OREEN'VILLE. FALKLAND AND SPARTA. Leave Tarboro' (daily) at ' f A. M. Arrive at Tartxsro' (daily) at - - 6 P. M. liODUES. fhe ftifriita and tbe PUcei.f Mcctlii(f . Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. U. Law rence, High Priest, Masonic flail, monthly convocations first Thursday in evtry month at 10 'cl.ck A. M. Concord Lodge N. 58, Thomas Gatlin, Master, Masonic llall,meet first Friday night at 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. in every month. Kepiton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O. F., I. B. Pinmuntain, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every Cret and third Thurs day of each month. E.I.'.'combe Lodire No. 50, I. O. O. T. W. Teler, N. Odd Fellows' Hall, allots .'Very Tuesday night. Edgecombe Council No. l'2, Friends of feraperance, mett every Friday n If lit at the Oi!d Felloes' Hall. Advance Lodge No. 28, I. O. (J. T , aiei-ts firr Wednesday night at ther Hall. 2inOh Ldre, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet n Srst and third Monday night of every month at Odd Fellows' Hall, A. Whitlock, President. CHURCHES. Episcopal Church Services every Sunday it 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. and 5 I. M. Dr. J. B. '.'heshire, ttector. Vrthodist Church Services every Fourth Sunday of every month, niorninir aDd nicht. 1 st tiundav at night and 5th Sunday at night, liev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor. Presbyterian Church Services everv 1st, Srd d ITth BabbathS. Kev. T. J. Allison, Pastor Weekly Prayer meetiuj;, Thurs day night- Wsstonarf Baptist Church Service? the 4th Sunday in every moLth, morning and night. Xev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primitive Baptist Church Services firRt Saturday and Sunday of each month at 11 'clack. - HOTELS. Adams' Hotel, cornf r Main and Pitt Sts. 0. F. Adam6, Proprietor. EXPRESS. Southern Express Office, on Main itrect, c!o every juorning at 9 o'clock. N. M. Liwrikci, Agent. glUI'- PROFESSIONAL CARDS. - - pRANK POWELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TABMOEO', X. C. Collection a Specialty. T Oflice next door to the Southerner office. July 2, 1875. tf J OS. BLOONT CHESHIRE, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Cg" Office at the Old Bank Building on Trade (Street. jc25-U. II OWARD & PERRY Attorneys and Counselors at Law. TARB0R0', N. C. tT" Praciica in all the Courts. Stat and Federal. nov.5-ly. w H. JOHNSTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. 1 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. Practices in Courts of adjoining conn ties, in the Federal and Supreme Courts. Kov. , 1875. ly Yv 7 ALTER P. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, TARBORO', N. C. Will practice in the Courts of the 2nd Judicial District. Collections made iD any part of the Mate. Office in Iron Front Building, Pit Street, rear of A. Whitlock &. Co's. Jan. 7, 1876. tf J AC0B BATTLE, Counsellor and Attorney at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Practices in all tLe Slate Courts. March 24, 1876. ly J.n & W. L. THORP, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. fjR ACTIO ES In the counties of Edge- M eomhe. Halitax, mash and Wilson, and lu tiie Supreme Court North Carolina, also !n the United States District Court at Raleigh DR. E. D. BARNES, Surgeon Dentist, JTIaiii Ntrect, TARBORO', N. C. All work warranted to gWe entire satisfaction. jeb.lS-il. Dr. G. L. Shackelford, dentis T , TAEB0E0', K.C. (Jfue opposite Adams" Hotel, over S. S. Nash f Cfc otore. Care of children's teeth and Plate work a specialty. - ' v.- March 17th, J876, ' lT) NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. an o - ( PER DAT TO AGENTS ! h D X Vf Best Selliner Goods ! Haasis &LUBECHT, 107 Liberty Street, New York. tpr 0 (Ifriyy a Week to Agents. 8am 00 H fp 1 I plea FREE. P. O Viek ery, -Augusta, Maine. A TT1 "VrnnCJ FOUR $10.00 Cbjoinoa il.jrllill JL O Fee J. M. Munyon & Co,, Philadelphia Pa. ANDERSONVILLE. AGENTS WASTED I A complete History of Andcrsonvill e Pri son, by Dr. R. R. Stevenson, Surgeon in charge, with an Appendix containing the names of 13,000 Union soldiers who died there, with date and canse of death. Sent on receipt of price, t'S 00. A splendid campaign book. TURN BULL BROTHERS, Balti more, Md. HigUest Premium at the Centennial Awarded to I be LAMB rvMTTI; MACIUXfi! KNITS A 8TOCHING IN 15 MINUTES. Cnitting in the heel and narrowing off the tos complete; knits all sizes, narrows and wideds at will; and knits the web either Tubular or Flat, Single, Double, or Ribbed, Producing til Varieties of Knit Apparel. Send for circulart and sample stocein. LAMB KN1TTINF MACHINE CO., Chicopee Falls, Mass., or Philada., Pa. GOING TO PAINT? usb voxw but mm AVERILL CHEMICAL PAINT It Is the Original and Only Relia bly Paint, Mixed!Rady for Use. It is the must Durable, tbe Uaudtumeet and most economical paiut made. Send for sample card, with testimonials from owners of the rinc6t residence in jt.e country. For sale in every sectiou'of the couutry. AVEU1LL CHEMICAL PAINT CO., 21 Burlinj Slip, Kcw York City. The only Centennial Mcdii for a prepared paint vu awarded us. Centennial Reduction in Advertising. $3,250.40 worth of Newspaper Advertising, at publishers schedule rto, given for 7U0, and a Three lloiith'i liole Accepted in pay meeut from Advertisers of responsibility. A printed list, riving K'ame, Character, Ac tual Daily ana Weekly Circulation, and Schedule Kates of Advertisitie, sent free to any address. Apply to Geo." P. Rowell & Co., Newspaper Advertising Agents, 41 Park Row, New York. THE ADAMS' HOTEL, formerly the " Edgecombe House," is still open for the accommodation of the traveling public at the low rate of Two Dollars per Day. The Proprietor will state to the citizens of Tarboro, that he does not intend to be run off with regard to private board, that he pro poses u he can get a lot ot regular boarders by the week, payable weekly, that he will board them for $3.50 per Week, strictly cash at the end of the week for table board and f 4.50 each per week for man and wife, with good room they furnishing their own lights and fuel. Those wishing Board at these rales can be accommodated. O. F. ADAMS, Aug. 4, lS76.-tf. Proprietor. PRIVTAE Boarding House. MRS. V. E. LIPSCOMB respectfully an nounces that she has pened a Private Boarding: House in Tarboro, on the corner ot Bank and Pitt Streets. Good Fare, PloSMnt Rooms, Comlor taDie ueas. lfoara itiocerale. Feb. 19, 1875. C. J. AUSTIN'S WHOLESALE & GROCERY, Prices Low Down for Cash ! CF Asent for TETER'S AMMONIATED DISSOLVED BONE, prepared expressly for Cotton. mar.24-ly. Manhood : How Lost,' How Restored ! Just pnblishrd, a new edition of Dr. Ctjxyeb well's Cele brated Ebbay on the radical cure (without medicine) of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and Physical In capacity, Impediments io Mamape, etc.; al so, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, induc ed by self-indulgence or sexual extrava gance, &c. Jg Price, m a sealed envelope, only six cents. Tbe celebrated author, hi 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 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 every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radically. tZtf Tbis Lecture should be in the hands of every youth and every man ia 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. O. 3ox, 4566' .BALT1M0RE.MD. 414 LEXINGTON ST Lager Beer & Wine - SALOON. W7-EEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND ALL IV the Fine WINES and LIQUORS, TO BACCO and CIGARS, opposite Adams' Ho mm teL .J ERHARD DEMTJTH, Oct. 8, 1875.-tt Proprietor, i MISCELLANEOUS. L. WRENN Manufacturer of and wholesale dealer in CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, FARM WAGONS, CARTS, WHEELS AND AXLES, HAR NESS, COLLARS, HAMES, SAD DLES, LAPROBES, HORSE CLOTHING, WHIPS. &C, ftc. Also a large Stock of Carriage Materials. Nos. 14, 16, 24 and 26.Union Street. Norfolk, Va. April, 7 1876. ly. T- 31 FREEMAN'S Old Reliable Jewelry Store, 48 YEARS ESTABLISHED. STILL IN FULL BLAST. Arthur C. Freeman, SUCCESSOR 1C0 Maim St., Norfolk, Va., offers tc the citizens of Edeecombe an& sur rounding country, a full line of Diamonds, Plain Gold Wedding and Engage meut Rings, Bridal Presents, &c. My facilities are such that being connect ed with one of the largest Importing Houses in this Country, and buying exclusively for cash, enables me to offer SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS. 8cnd your orders to me, aud you will save 15 to 20 per cent. Shonld the goods not suit monev will be refunded. Address, ARTHUR C. FREEMAN, Jeweler, Norfolk, Va. Highly Ijipobtart. I employ none but the most skillful Workmen in the Repairing of Watches and Jewelry, and if you wish to have your watches repaired properly and satisfaction given, send them to me by Ex press carefully packed in cotton. WEBER'S BAKERY ! THIS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS now ready to supply the people of Tar boro and Yiciiiity with all kinds ot Bread, Cakes, French and Plain Candies, Nuts, Fruits, $c, 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 hav their Cakes Baked bere at short est notice. Of iers for Parties & Bails promptly filled. Call and examine our stock, nexf door to Bank of New Hanove.-. Nov. 4.-ly. JACOB WEBER. GREAT SENSATION AT ROCKY MOUNT mHERE has just been opened by an experi- A enced Artist a fine Photograph Gallerv. and he guarantees satisfaction to every Man woman and child. His pictures are as good as can be Found. any where, and they who want to be Dead ture of a good picture, should visit his Gallery On. 31 ix in Street, where they can get any kind of a picture known to tne Art lor prices to suit the times. Picture? are famished in India Ink, Crayon, Pastel, Oil or Water Colors. Copying old pictures ( enlarging to any size) a specialty. S. D. POOL, Rocky Mount, N. C. July 28, 1876. 3m FUHNITUHE ! A large lot for sale cheap for cash. Also V Furniture made to order, by PITT ST., TARBORO', N. C. ' Call and see before you purchase. T7io-x3X3n.r.zs:xza-G- promptly attended to. Keeps on hand and makes to order, Maho any. Walnut, Poplar and Pine Comns. Also on hand a full line of METALIC CA SES. Hearse for hire on burial occasions. Terms cash. Jan. 1, 1876.-ly. J: E. 8IMMON8. GEO. L. PENDER, WITH "BimitF Tanllmor Xr fin Ui. Ull) A aUlIkUUA V VUi) Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry (iood, ."Notions & mine GOODS. 275 W. BALTIMORE STREET, J. E. Ruff, Baltimore. noTl9-ly. A. B. Faulkner Wm. R. Uallett, Engineer's and Surveyor OFFICE. I will open an office for Engineering and Surveying in Tarboro on September 1st, when I will be prepared to do any work in my profession for the citizens of Edgecombe and adjacent counties. Having had eight years practical experience in my profession, I can promise accurate and satisfactory work- For any further informa tion, call at the office of 8. 8. Nash fc Co. HENRY K. NASH, J2. Tarboro, Aug. 4, 1876. tf. Inxhata9 Banfytrmx. Friday Nov. 17, 1876 How the Pump Made a Match. A FACT-STOST. BY JOSEPHINE POLLARD. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon had no children of their own, and so they decided to take one from the poor house, where there were usually a goodly number to select from. Dainthc Blade was eight years old, an orphan, and without any relatives, when she went to live with Mrs. Sheldon, and she gr3w up a nice, clever, modest maiden, grateful for all the favors she re ceived, and cheerfully anxious to make some suitable return which is not the case with all adopted children. Well, when Dainthe was about sixteen years old, two strange events occurred to disturb the har mony of the household. One was the arrival of a baby an "unex pected pleasure !' and shortly after ward Mr. Sheldon found that his business required his removal to Massachusetts. 'You cn do aj you like about going. Lfamtiie. said Mrs. bad don. 'You know we can't compel you.' 'I i rather, said Dainthe, twist ing a corner ot her apron; 1 wouldn't be happy any where else.' bo the journey was made, and the family sctt.e 1 in a nice, cosy house, where Ddimhe continued as maid-of-all work, and occasionally assisted as child's nurse; although Mrs. Sheldon was jealous of any attention the baby received from any one but herself. The pump that supplied them with drinking water was two blocks off, and Dainthe would tie a white handkerchief over her head and go out to fill the pail at least twice a day. It was all the time she was in the street, and always with the handkerchief tied over her head, and her hair neatly bound. Just at dusk one evening the baby was taken alarmingly ill; the poor mother was frantic, and sent Dainthe flying for the medicine the doctor prescribed, while never a change passed over the sufferer's face that did not send a pang to the heart that leaned anxiously over it. Dainthe put her usual head cov ering on, and startad for the drug gist's, but meeting a crowd on the way stepped one side, and stood tor a moment on a convenient stoop to allow taem to pass her. 'Did you notice that party : said a gentleman, drawing near to Dainthe. 'Yes, sir,' was the reply. 'Have you any idea where they are going ?' he inquired. '.No, sir; 1 was wondering what was the matter.' They are going to be married; six couples; let us go over and see the ceremony.' It was a temptation too strong to be resisted, six brides ! it would be well worth seeing. And baby, medicine, everything, was forgotten in the womanly curiosity that hlled Dainthe s breast. Al most mechanically she followed her guide to the door of the opposite dwelling, where they could see the whole assembly, and before she knew it the attraction was so great she was standing inside the room, which was connected with a private residence, an absorbed and interested spectator. AW the gentlemen signed their names in a book, and Dainthe noticed that her companion signed his, after which they stood up, something was said, and then the six couples marched out of the room just as they had comein, only look ing ever so much happier. Dainthe was preparing to follow, all at once reminded of her neglec ted duties, -when the minister touch ed her on the shoulder and con gratulated her on being married. 'I ? Married ?' exclaimed the poor girl. 'It cannot be ! I didn't a i come cere to be married I and a storm of tears and sobs shook her violently. 'It is too late now to repent,' said the minister, not understanding the circumstances of the case; and with a few kind words he took hie de parture. '.Are youhinwilling to be my wife?' inauired Mr. Rogers, who had brought all this shame and confu sion upon the poor, bound girl. 'I don't know,' said Dainthe. 'I don't know what to do, or where to go;' and she hid her face again, and gave way te convulsive sobbing When she was calmer, she told him who she was, and what was her situation. She owed several months of service yet to her employers, and hardly knew what they would say to her on her return. 'Remain hero to-night,' said Mr. Rogers, 'for it is teo late now for you to get in the house, and if any thing is said to you give them this: and he handed her a slip of paper she had no curiosity to examine. He then left her, and she spent the remainder-of the night ia soli tude and in tsars: and the early dawn found her looking haggard and worn with anxiety and remorse. 'Where in the world have you been ?' exclaimed Mrs. Sheldon, on entering the kitchen to make prep arations for breakfast. 'Father went out hunting for you and thought you must have been spirit ed away.' The baby was better, so that Dainthe's absence had caused no really earious trouble: 'I wasjijarriedlast night.' said Dainthe, blushing painfully. 'Married ! To whom, pray, now?' 'I don't know.' 'Don't know ? Was there ever anything so silly?' It was silly, Dainthe thought, and more like a dream than a reali ty. Perhaps it was a dream ! and then she thought cf the slip of pa per given her by Ler companion. Mrs. Sheldon took it, read it care fully, and then transferred it to her husband. 'An order on Timothy Rogers for three hundred dollars in money, or in goods? Why, this can't be genuine ! Somebody has been playing a practical joke on the poor child; but i'll stop in and see about it ! Timothy Rogers ! Why he's one of the wealthiest men in Masss achussetts ! I'll stop in the store ou my way down.' Mr. Sheldoa was quite certain it was a hoai; and handed the paper to Timothy Rogers himself that" he might realize what a bold forgery had been committed. 'That is all right,' said Mr. Rogers; 'will you have the money, or the goods V Had Mr. Sheldon been arrested by a highwayman with a demand for his money or his life, he could hardly have been more surprised or startled. 'It was a strange proceeding,' said Mr. Rogers,' and 2'J1 do every thing in my power to make amends. My mother died some time ago, and left me alone in the world, with a large house to look after, and plenty of servants. I needed a wife, but had never seen any one I could marry, until I saw Dainthe Blake. I used to watch her going back and forth to the pump, and have frequently stood by your door of an evening, wondering in what why I should secure an introduc tion. When 1 met her last nisht. t seemed too good a chance to loose. I married her in sober earnest, and am ready to stand by By contract. Dainthe was released from her engagement with her employers, and the poor, bound girl became the beloved mistress of an elegant home, where slaves stood ready to do her bidding. This happened a great many years ago when there were slaves m Massachusetts and was told mo by a descendant of one who knew the Sheldons and Dain the Blake, and thought it the most romantic affair she ever heard of. if the town pumps were still in existence, I must expect that many coquetishjmaidens would trip light ly along the street, in the hope of alluring the heart of some wealthy and romantic lover. But love is best caught when caught unaware, and little did the modest Dainthe immagine that "Tying her hankerchief under her chin, She tied a young man's heart within." The Marriage Outfit Old Deacon Brown started in life very poor. Lie married his wite, Susan, before the days of hoops, pads, etc. They had been happy in their married life, and unto them was born a beautiful girl, whom thay named Kate, who, of course, when she grew up, fell in love. Her choice was a poor, but noble young man. The deacon and his wife had taught their child to choose for her self, but to do it wisely, and they were glad to see - that she made choice of an estimable young man, their neighbor's son. Now, Kate took up a notion that she must have a great many arti cles for her marriage, and to make a fashionable show of dress during the honeymoon, and as they lived at only aatown, she wrote her fath er a note, requesting him to furnish her a considerable amount to buy her outfit, and she stated in it that she expected she would have to that city to get all she needed, whereupon the old man made the following reply : " Dearest Daughter : -4s you are my only daughter, I may call you dearest truly, for I love you very much. I have considered your note and this is my reply : I am sorry to find you possessing a weakness of most of your sex, viz : that you think you should have a large out fit for your wedding and honey moon. When I married your dear mother she had but twojcalico dress es and other things to fit, and she thought herself well off in them, and I really thought her in her calico dress, the prettiest, sweetest girl in the land, and hae never thought otherwise. She has made me a dear, precious wife, and has been to me a helpmate, indeed. Now, my dear child, I will not refuse you what you ask, but my observation in life has convinced me that those girls who spend a heap of money to provide their outfits for marriage are generally suro to spend heaps of it afterward, and that often they keep their husband's no3es to the grindstone of misfortune and toil all their lives. " A great Many fine things for your wedding and its after incidents will make you no sweeter or pret tier to your husband, and may make you a great deal dearer as to his pocket. If the man of your ohoice really loves you, as no doubt he does it is not for what you have on, but for the qualities of your p erson, head and heart, and as he is a man of sense, I have no doubt he will think more of you when he finds that you have made any great prep arations for your marriage. There are many gentlemen in this country, now worth their millions, whose wives, when they married, had no more than your mother. By this I do not mean that you should hare no more; but your mother tells me that you have now five neat every day dresses and four Sunday ones, and really they are a larger, finer and better outfit than many millions of your sex are able to obtain. 'I make these suggestions for your consideration, but leave you to follow them or net as your judg ment may dictate, and to show you that this is the fact, I enclose you a draft for a thousand dollars on my cashier, which you can use at your pleasure. Affectionately yours, John Brown.' Kate did not long hesitate as to her course of action. Her mother gave her a few dollars of her pocket money, and she bought only a sim ple olain white dress and appeared in it at the alter, with natural flow ers and her own loveliness for adorn ment. She drew the amount of the draft in gold, and one month to a day af ter he marriage handed the amount to her husband and accompanied the gift with these words: "Dearest I applied to my father far money to purchase what I sup pose J need for my marriage, and he wrote this letter (handing it to her husband) and inclosed in it the draft upon which I drew this thous and dollars, which I now present to you as the money aaved by a victory over a foolish fashion. Have I done wisely ?' 'You have, my blessed wife, and are a thousand times dearer to me by your judgment. it is needless to add that the husband of Kate is now worth many thousands of dollars, and in a de lightful old age they often tell their friends and children of the thous and dollars as the foundation of all. A Story, with a Moral. A gentleman of middle age, who had always been a farmer, had cleared up and improved one of the best farms in Maine, erected new and convenient buildings, reared a family, and was enjoying the bless ings with which he was surrounded, became possessed with the idea of selling his farm. Friends told him he could live so much easier to go into the village, where he could have a nice house, a garden, keep a cow, and, if he chose, a horse, and live like a gen tleman on the interest of his mon ey; that he advertised his farm for sale. He found no want of purcha sers, and the farm was soon dispos ed of for a handsome sum. Then the stock, farming tools, etc., were sold, and the place he had wrought with his own hands, the buildings he had built for his own convenien ces, and, according to his own notions, the spot where he had rais ed his family, and around which clustered so many associations, passed into the hands of strangers. For a time the gentleman did not locate, as he desired to look around, find a place to suit him, and see where he could be happy the re mainder of his days: At last he found a place that suited him, pur chased it, and settled down to life again. But things did not go right. Ho missed his old farm and house, the silent but delightful company of his cattle, sheep, and other do mestic animals, the scenes where he had passed so many happy years, and the society of his old neighbors, tried and true. He grew discon tented, and was well nigh sick. j?is wife and daughters, also, were not pleased with theiiy&ew home ; it was a mile from toa, with a little land, and was what many would have called a desirable place. Hav ing remained long enougn in nis new place he could not be said to have lived at all to become satis fied he should never be contented, he resolved to have the old farm back again. He went to the man who owned it, paid him five hundred dollars more than what he got, took possession again of his familiar fields and groves, and having learn ed a wholesome lessoa from his transaction, is now at work again upon his old farm, a happier, wiser, and better contented, if not a richer man. It? moral to farmers and others Is, that when they get discontented and sell out, they should be sure they are able to buy back their old homes and business, when they find they have not bettered themselves by the change. Training a Mustang. TUe Experience of a Young Man Who Prided Himself or Ilia Horteman auio. A sale of unbroken Texas mus tangs took place on Baroone street the other day, says the New Or- eans Bulletin, and young Whit- marsh, who rather prided himself on his riding, bought one. He thought it would be eo pleasant to train him and teach him all kinds of little tricks ; so he had him tak en to Spearing's stable, and in structed the hostler to take good care of him and to be gentle with him. Alter the mustang got gen tle enough to permit his food to be put over from an adjoining stall without trying to jump over there and kick the hostler to smithereens, YVhitmar3h thought he would ride 1 a mm - mm. Accordingly he sent word around to the stables to have the horse ready for him at four o'clock that afternoon, and he appeared upon the scene promptly at that hour, dressed in a new riding suit gotten up expressly tor the occa sion. Alter several fruitless aU tempts to get on the mustang's back, he at last succeeded in getting into he styrups, and then he said to the boys holding him, "Let him go." They did let him go, and the first jump he made measured ourteen ieet. So didn't stay where he struck ong enough to say 'scat,' but shot out to one side about eight feet, and then made the bystanders won der if the walking-beam of a low pressure steamboat could go up and down as fast as that mustang. Then he went straight up in the air and anded on the ground stiff-legged, and the shock was so great that Whitmarsh taought the horse must have fallen from the roof of a house. Finding tuat fall, the horse ran for twenty or thirty yards as fast as he could go, and suddenly stopped stock still. Just at that moment Whitmarsh saw a friend with whom he had important business, and, not having time to dismount in the usual way, went right over the mus- ang s head, and although the dis tance from the horse's back to the friend was twenty feet. Whicmarsh only lacked two feet of reaching him. They carried him home on a stretcher and after ten hours' un certainty he gave proof that he was alive by opening his eyes. As soon as he could speak he gave instruc tions to present the mustang to his worst enemy, a man who lived next door but one, and whose seven chil dren were each provided with a tin trumnet. He don't take the same interest in horseback riding as for merly, and for the next six weeks his wife has no '.fear of his being out late at night. Carving a Turkey. There is nothing a young un married man likes better than to go to a dinner at the invitation of a friend and be asked to carve a tur key. He never carved a turkey in his life, and, with an old maid on one side of him, watching him close ly, and on the other side a fair girl foFrrhom he has a tenderness, he feels embarrassed when he begins. First, he pushes the knife down to ward one of the thighs-joints. He can't find the joint, and he plunges the knife around in serch of it un til he makes mince-meat of the whole quarter of the fowl. Then he sharpens his knife and tackles it again. At last, while making a terrible dig, he hits the joint sud denly, and the leg flics into the maiden lady's lap, while her dress front is covered with a shower of stuffing. Then he goes for the other leg, and when the young lady tells him he looks warm, the weath er seems to him suddenly to become 400 degrees warmer. This leg he finally pulls loose with his fingers. He lays it on the edge of the plate, and, while he is hacking at the wing, he gradually pushes the leg over on the clean table-cloth, and when he picks it up it slips from his hand into the gravy-dish, and splashes the gravy around for six square yards. Just as he has made up his mind that the turkey has no joints in its wings, the host asks mm if he thinks the Indians can really be civilized? The girl next to him laughs, and he says he will explain his views upon the subject after dinner. Then he sops his brow with his handkerchief and presses tho turkey so hard with the fork that it slidea on tbe dish and upsets a goblet of water on the girl next to mm. xieany irantic, ne gouges away at the wings, gets then off in a mutilated condition, and digs into the breast. Before he can cat any off the hosts asks him why he don't help out the turkey. Bewildered, he puts both legs on a plate and hands them to the maiden lady, and then helps the young girl to a plateful of stuff- a .1 ing, ana wnen taking ner piate in return knocks over the gravy dish. Then he sits down with the calm neBS of despair and fans himself with a napkin, while the servant girl clears the table. He doesn't discuss the Indian question that day. He goes home right after dinner and spends the night trying to decide whether to commit sui cide or to take lessons in carving. m Keep cn the Farm. in these dull timea, when scores of young men are out of employ ment, and others are crowding in from other places seeking for so- called 'genteel" situations, it is well to give wide publicity to such facts as are set forth in the following extract from the New York Journal of Commerce : "One of the great problems of our day, too little discussed by those who have the ear of tho pub lic through the press or at tho fo rum, is to furpish tho young men of this generation with remunera tive employment. The professions are all; overcrowded. The shop keepers are by far too numerous. Agencies of all classes are so mul tiplied that the occupants tread on each other's heels, and are a bore and nuisance to the general public. Clerks out of employment and wil ling to serve for a mero pittance are to be reckoned by their tens' and thousands. Book-keepers with hun gry eyes arc reading the advertis ing lists in tho vain hope of an open ing for their application. Collect ors, messengers, door-keepers, box keepers, watch-keepers, conductors and the great variety of others, al ready expert, seeking employment in kindred callings, and waiting anxiously for some to engage them. Every possible form of service that can be reckoned in the list of genteel occupations is anxiously sought for by multitudes who have no other provisions for their daily needs. The men who have been trying to live by their wits must go to work at the bencu or in the field ; of these the soil offers the most accessible and at first the most remunerative employment. The mass of the unemployed must seek their sustenance from the bo som of mother earth. Land is cheap and there is a wide area that awaits the tiller. The back mav ache. and the skin blister in the sun, but the bread can be made with no fear of failure, if the laborer will h faithful to his calling. It needs ess wisdom and forethought than patient industry, and the man with common minu may eat uss narvest in peace. From the "Washington Star.l Presidential Election- Here are a few facts about Presi dential elections. Washington and John -Adams were elected bv elec tors chosen by States Legislatures. Thomas Jefferson was elected in 1800 by the House of Representee tives over Aaron Burr and John .Adams. John Quincy .Adams was elected President in the same way in 1824. These are tho only two instances in the history of the gov ernment where Presidents have been elected by the iousc of Rep resentatives. There havo been five "minority Presidents," so far as the popular vote'has been con cerned, viz: John Quincy Adams, in 1824; James K. Polk, ia 1844; Zachary Taylor, in 1848; James Buchanan, in 185G; and Abraham Lincoln, in 18G0. In 1824 there were four candidates in the field J. Q. .Adams, Andrew, Jackson, W. H. Crawford, and iienry Clay. Adams received 105,321 votes, Jackson 155,872, and the other two candidates combined, about 100,000. in 1844 Polk received 1,137,243 against 1,361,302 votes for Clay. In 1848 Taylor receiv ed 1,360,099 against about 1,500, 000 for Cass and Van Buren. In 1856 Buchanan received 1,838,160 against 2,215,798 votes cast for Fremont and others, in I860 Lincoln received 1,806,352 against 2,810,501 votes cast for Douglass and Breckenridgc. Minature Engine. A crowd of people were standing around the Corliss engine, in Mach inery Hall, at tho Centennial, the other day, watching and admiring it, when a rain steppedfrom among them and took from his pocket a tin box, and opening it took out what appeared to be an exceedingly diminutive alcohol lamp, and placing it on the corner of tho platform lighted it. Then it began to buzz something as a humming-bird might if only small enough, and upon closo examination it was found to be a perfect steam engine in full motion. having for ita foundation a twenty five cent gold piece. It was com posed of gold, steel and platinum, the fly-wheel being threes-fourths ot an inch in diameter, and the stroke one twenty-fourth of an inch, and its full weight seven grains. A magnifying glass had to be used to see it distinctly. Scene in a New York Police Court Judge Prisoner, "I find you guilty of intoxication in the public streets. The punishment i ten dollars or ten days. Which will you take?" Prisoner "L will take the ten dollars, your horor.'r Rowell's Reporter. A sensative old batchelor saj3 that pretty girls always affect him as or namental confectionary does they give him the hoart-burn. tf n ;i II !
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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Nov. 17, 1876, edition 1
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