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r ' 1 - I i I I ' : ' ' - ' - "'I . ' - y. . 1 1 , m i - .- - ' - ' I 1 ' ' - 1 BE 8UEE YOTX AEE RIGHT; T,TLE2ST Q-O .H33T).-D. Crockett. TARBORO', N. G., FREDAT., FEBRUARY 9, 1877. VOL. 55, ,i 1 I I GENRE AT DIRECTORY. TARBORO' MATOB Fred. Philips Commissioskks J esse A Williamson, Ja- ob Feldenhelmer. Daniel W. Hnrtt, Alex. McCbe, Joseph Uodo. SiOBKTJlBT A Tbiasoksb -Kobt. White- harst. CHUf o Fouci John W. Cotten. AS8ISTA.KT Folic J, T.i Moo c Jas, E. Simonson, Altlmore Macnair. Superior Court Clerk and Probate .'tMs7 H. L. BUton, Jr. Regiiterof Deed Alex. McCabe. Skertff Joseph Cobb. Coroner - TruuvrerRobt. H. Austin. SurveyorJohn S. Baker. Daargas and B. S. JUTUIIimm. r:MniniAtumrt--JTio. Lancaster. Ohalrmmn WilejrWell. J.B. W. MorrUle, Frank Dew, M. Kxem. 1 A. IfeCabd, Clerk. inniViT, AND DEPARTTTBE- OF MAILS NORTH AND SOOTH VIA W. ..aw. n. R. Leave Tarboro' (daily) at 10 A. M Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) I I at - S 30 P.M. WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE FALKLAND AND SPARTA tjn TurKnro' fdailv at - - 6 A. M. irrin at Tarboro' (daitV) at - 6 P. M. LODtiES, rhe Niffbta i ad Ute PI f meeting. nnnonrd R. A. Chapter No. 5. N. M. Law rence. High Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly convocations first Thursday in every month at 10 o'clock A. M. nnnoord l.odire No. 58. Thomas Qatlin Master, Masonic Hall.meeU first Friday night it 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. in every month. Renlton Encampment No. 13, I. O. O. F. T R. Palamonntain. Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every first and third Tbtfrs- day of each month. Edgecombe Lodge No. 50, I. O. O. F. T. V Toler. N. Of. Odd Fellows' Hall meets every Taesday night. - Edceccnibe Council No. 123, -Friends of fem oe ranee, meet every Friday night at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Advance Lodere No. 2S, I. O. O. T., meets every Wednesday nlnt at there Hall. Zanoah Lodfre. No. 235. I.- O. B. B., meet on first and third Monday night of every month at Odd Fellows' Hall, A. Whitlock, President. t'HVBCHESii Episcopal Church Services every Sunday at 10 1-3 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. lr. J. a. Cheshire, Sector. JBethodist Church Services every Sunday at 11 o'clock, and at nigbt. Rev. Mr. Rone, Pastor. f resbyterian Church Services every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sabbaths. Rev. T. J. Allison, Pastor Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs day night. Mietionary Baptitt Church Services the 4th Sunday in every moith, morning and night. Rev. T. R, Owen, Pastor. Primitive Baptitt Church Services first Satnrdayand 8unday of each month at 11 o'clock. HOTELS. Adams' Hotel, corner Main and Pitt Sts O. F. Adams, Proprietor. EXPRESS. Sou thern Express Office, on Main Street, closes every morning at 94 o'clock. N. M. LawbimCi, Agent. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. POWELL, c Attorney and Counselor at Law, TAB0B(r, jr. c. JtST- Collections a Specialty. S Office next door to the Southerner office. July 2, 1875. tf T OS. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAW, AXD NOTARY PUBLIC. Office at the Old Bank Building on Trade Street. je25-tf. QEO- HOWARD. Attorney and Counselor at Law. TARBORO', N. C. 2?" Prac.ice in all'the Courts. State and Federal. nov-ly. jlREDERICK PHJX1PS, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. 13? Practices in Courts of adjoining coun ties, in the Federal and Supreme Courts. Nov. 6, 1876. ly ALTER P. WILLIAMSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. TARBORO', N. C. (fill practice in the Qpnrts of the ad Judicial District. Collections made id any part of the btate. Office io Iron Frost Building, Pit Street, rear of A. Whklock & Co's. Jan.- 7, 1876, tf J H.& W. L. THORP, Attorneys and Conns elors at Law, ROCKT MOUNT, N. C. PRACTICES in the counties of Edge combe. Halifax, Nash and Wilson, and in the Supreme Court North Carolina, also b the United States District Court at Raleigh. TACOB BATTLE,, Counsellor and Attorney at Law, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Practices in all the State Courts. 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If any of onr friends , choose to aid in extending out circulation, we shall be grate ful to them, and every sucbi person who sends ns ten or more (sabscriberi from ; one place will be entitled to one copy of the paper for himself without charge. , Ajt one dollar a year postage paid, the' expenses of paper and printing are barely repaid i and, considering the size of the sheet and the quality fof its contents, we are- connaena ne ; people wui consider Thi Wimr ,8ra the cheapest newspaper published In the world, and we tirnat Also fflM of the verv best.: ,n ;. - ! . Addnr : THE SUN, New: York. Clty,N, Ti NEWADVERTI SEME NTS. 9 Manufacturer of and wholesale dealer ip CARRIAGES, FJGGIES, FARM WAGONS, CART8, WHLELS AND AXLES, HAR NKSS, UOliUABB, UAMEB,' BAD- I DLE8, I.APROBES, -JJORSE ' -CLOTHING, WHIPS. '':-ACi..A;c. " , i. t Asc; a Jarjps. Stock "if -Carnage Maflsrlalfc i Norfolk, Va. April, 7 1876. ly. Old Reliable Jewelry Store, 48 YEARS ESTABLISHED. STILL IN FULL BLAST. Arthur C. Freeman, SUCCESSOR f I 160 Main St., Norfolk, Va., offers tc the citizens of Edeecombe an tur ronnding country, a fnll line of Dtynonds, Plain Gold Wedding and Engage merit Rings, Bridal Presents, fcc. My facilities are such that being; connect ed with one of the largest Importing Houses in this Country, and buying exclusively for casn, enaDies me to oner SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS. 15 to 20 per eent. Should the goods not 6ult bend your orders to me, and you will save money win oeretunded. Address, ARTH UR C. FREEMAN, Jeweler, Norfolk, Va. Htqhi-t IanoKTAjrT. I employ none but the most skillful Workmen in the Repairing of Watches and Jewelry, and if you wish to nave your watches repaired properly and satisfaction given, send them - to me by r.x press carefully packed in cotton. WEBER'S BAKERY'! rpHI8 OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS JL now ready to supplv the people of Tar boro and vicinity with all kinds of . Bread, Cakes, French and Plain Qgtndies, Nuts, Fruits, v. $c, f-ff., -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 nan alwan bave (nalr uakea Baked bere a.t abort cat notice. Orders far Parlies &BaHs promptly filled. Call and examine on stock. next door to Bar k of New Hanover. Nov. 4.-1 y. JACOB WEBER. RESTAUKANT AND Boarding House. v MEALS at all HOURS ! O1 YSTERS SERVED IN EVERY STYLE. A good stock of CIGARS and TOBACCO always on band. Soliciting your patronage. lours PIER, r r - - S.E- Good accommodation for Transient Customers and Table Boarders. Tarboro', Sept. 1st, 1875 W. T. TAYLOR; llaadteetarerhf.j -'h-x WINDOW FRAMES, DOORS, Plain Panels of every istylc DOOR FRAMES," WIA'D 0 WS, SJLSXES) BZTX7S, MANTLES XOULVmOS, i BRACKETS, SCROLL WORE Tobacco; Box Pattemsn Whitakeipfs, mvW. .... . ' . t -1 Also, contracts to out up buildinera. furn ishing all material, complete turn-key jobs. or otherwise, as parties may prefer, all xAh kiln-dried mmoer. March 34, 1876. . ly Want to SelL W WILL, SELL. MX TWO BTOBi OYf SLUX.- M. iBg on Chnrch Street, corner- of Thomas street five rooms and closets. The house is newl painted and In excel lent repair, one acre: ot ground is attached under new paling. There -are .also the necessary out honses. It ts a bargain for somebody. , 1 will also sen a good riano ana otner nr- nitare. Also several vacant law onthnrch 8treet. All in Rocky Mont, Iff C. - 1 ? DOSSEY BATTLE. Oct. 29,1875. tf. A FORTUNE FOR OKLI ONJS ' First Dollar Quarterly Drawing, at New Orleans, Tuesday, January 8, -1877.- , LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY This Institution was regularly Incorporated by tbe Legislature of the State -for Educa tional pnaposes in 1868, with a Capital of L, 000,009, to which Jt has since added a reserve fund of $350,000. Its Grand Single 'Number Drawings will take place monthly. The sea son of 1877 opens with the following scheme CAPITAL;PRI21fit5,0OQi r rrlze flO.OOO. , . k;i Prize 5,000 lwa Prizes, Amounting to oo,.,( v TICKETS AX to ---M O.tLT O.IE DOLLAR EACH. ! Write tot efrenlars or send orders to ' -CHAS. T. HOWARD. New Orleans, La?" Or to M. L Fogabtt, 157 Main St., Norfolk, Va - - 1 j . 1 1 f.s REGULAR QUARTERLY DRAWING on Pabrnray 4, 187. .Tickets tlO each. J Capi tal Prize tJJO.000. 1 " ' i dec.5lin. arb0ro' Bonfytrntt. Friday Feb. 9, 1877 THE PRICE OF DORA S GOLD BY B. ADIXIlt FROST. 'If you had half the spirit of a mam you would go too !' Poor John Bay nor bad heard this so often ill the last two weeks that at last he was. roused to an- I ItwiH'-- - 'See here. Dora,' he aaid, pulling his wife ddwn upon bis knee, and holding her fast, 'do you bean that ? You said it fiftyl times since this expedition was talked about, uow tell me if you want mo to so.' Dead siteuce on tbe part of Dora. 'I have been working hard for fire years, to clear off the mortgage upon the farm, that 1 might have a home for you' continued John, earnestly, 'and" it is mine now, clear of debt. We are not rich, but I am strong and net afraid of work, i i i i - ana vou nave oeen Dreugnc up a farmer's daughter, and know the du ties of a farmer's wife. Six months ago you were as happy as a bird, my bride and darling, but now' 'Now,' interrupted Dora, 'I see an opportunity for you to become rich' in a few months, instead of toiling and slavingfor life, as your father and my lather toiled and slaved to make a bare living by farming. Thev tell us that "old can be picked up at the Black Llills in pocketfuls at a time.' v 'Welir 'And wo could be rich. We could leave this miserable farm, and go to the city to live in a great house, with servants, carriages, fine furniture.i Oh, John." Dora hid slipped from Jier perchc i i i', i Ii i a,.--i upuii uer uuauiiuuo aueu, aim owisa beftre him, her little figure drawn erect, her big blue ej$ flashing, her cheeks crimson' -ItL excite ment. tf A.nd vould it make you happy? asked John wistfully. Yes ! Of course it would ? Who would not be happy with plenty of vXmej ?v r -)m----!sb- f 'There are two sides to the ques tion,' said John, quietly. 'The In dians have the right to keep us off this J promising gold country, and they defend its passes.' It may be your bag of gold will be only John Raynor's scalped head !' . 'Oh, if you are afraid to go, that ends it !' Dora said, quickly. It was a cruel speech, and it stabbed the honest, loving heart of John 11 ay nor to the core. He was no coward, but a strong, brave man, with a noble nature, but he was fond of his home, of the farm he had worked so faithfully to clear of debt, and of the wife he had loved for five long years. Only six months had passed since his .wedding day, when Dora seem ed entirely happy in his love, and in the cosy nest he had taken an honest pride in winning for her. Then the young men of the village of Tophara became smitten with the gold fever, and about a dozen of them resolved to form an expedi tion to the Black Hills. Dora's brother, Tom 27aven, was (he prime: mover in the scheme, and coming every day to lay all his dreams and plans before' his sister, he had inspired her with th same feverish thirst for gold that was driving him from home to brave the toils and perils of the expedi tion. '- .. Like many women brought up to wotV. hard, to own but little finery, to live upon plain fare, Dora set a fictitious value upon the delights of wealth. She built gorgeous air castles founded upon the few works of fiction she had read, and dreamed of an existence to which that of a pri&cess in a fairy tale would have peen. dull and prosaic. K 'And with her head full of these airy., visions, it provoked her past all patience that John was content to follow the plow, to eat greens and bacon, and weir coarse clothing, as. he had done all his life. He would listen to all Tom's glowing descriptions of the expedition with V-fgrave, quiet face, sometimes Breaking a woid of caution or warn ing that fell upon deaf ears. He wfisid answer .Ii her hints ana taunts by ;a gentle : Jtm well content here, Dora, with my life-long home, and my darling wife !' But at last he was roused, not to --a ...; oj nope sucn as spurred tne others on, but to the fact that Dora wished him Xo go. - '..'SShe thinks more of the gold than of me!' he thought, rising heavily fromi his chair, and speaking slowly. -Since you wish it dora, I will go !' he said, and even, her cnthnsi asm was held in check a moment by his pale face. . " ' I : MUb, I don c want to drive you, she saidw pettiahly if you are con tent to vettate for life In this mis erabie hole, i suppose l can put ftp with it.' j J flo spoke; - the three' words with fit era j, emphasis, and left the room. 2is heart seemed breaking. -For five, years he had had but onaaream of the future. Father and, mother lay in; the church-yard, brothers or sisters he had non, and the entire love of his heart was giv en to pretty Dora Haven. He was burdened with debts his father left for Jus sole legacy, his home was heavily mortgaged, and he would not ask Dora to share in the priva. tioa and toil by which he freed him self. ..And when at last ho could aikvheiF to come and brichten the hemic. h?s had made for her, it had A r - a fai iL.a tt vi 1? ' - pjdeasried -of e"fr:'" J ; He passed from the room where he had announced his decision, and wandered slowly over the house. Ii was small, but every portion was full of tender association to him. -In One room hi3 parents had died, in anotner was tne cottage furni ture he had sent all the way to 'York' to get to please his bride. The parlor carpet and the substan tial horse-hair set had come at the same time, filling him with pardon able pride at the preparations for his marriage. -. These white curtains Dora had made in her fi$t week of her home life as his wife.V. These autumn leaves they had gathered in their lover strolls, and Dora had made (hem into wreaths and bunches to bring with her to adorn the walls cf her new home. He was but a simple farmer, not yet twenty-five, with but a meagre education, and not given to droams or castle buildiug. Thourougly content to live as his father and grand-father hid lived before hira, he could not compre hend the "vision's filling Dora's im agination. , v He half hoped yet thatshe would urge nimQ give up nis intention and remain at home1, and yet he knew that her content with the humble happiness he could give her, was gone. But Dora, though frightened twenty times a day at the success of her taunts, would not speak the words he hoped to hear. Very rapidly the preparations were made to depart, for the oers; were nearly ready, and the 116 sestvegg- Um teaab was-ftUtwae before John Baynor was fully equip- as a miner. The first realization of what she was giving up for a dream, came to Dora when she stood upon the plats form of the rustic railway station, with Tom upoii one side and John on the other, the former full of ex ultation, with merry smile and bright eyes,: the latter grave and stera with lowering . brow and set iips; -. 'John ! the littlo wile whispered, 'if you don't want to go' ,'It is too late tor that 1 hesaid harsjhly, and then hearing the ap- rbaching tram, his lace softened, and he caught her in his arms. 'God keep you, little wife, he I may come back rich and make you happy. io man win wors qaraer or gold than 1 will to bring it to you. Through a mist of tears 6he saw him follow the others into the car, and then joinedthe groups of weep- i who had come upon the same sorrowful errand as her own. I- Letters came but rarely. John's hard hands could guide a plow far more -easily than they could wield pen, and whan he wrote his epis tles were brief, though loving. A the expedition went, further and further from the borders of civilza tion the letters became lose frequent. Bat from the hour the train car ried John out of sight, Dora's pun ishment began. The cosy home his love had fitted cp for her was a haunting reproach, and tbe excite ment of Tom's visits over, menp ory began to recall all John's love sad the change that had come upon him after he had decided to join the gold-seekers. It was no comfort to cross the lots and go t ner old home, for there Mt. and Mrs. Haven bewailed Tom's absence, and gave Dora round scoldings for encouraging him in his crazy expedition.. r Like as not we'll never see either of them again, or know how they died,' Mrs. Haven would moan, rocking herself to and fro, 'a good son Tom wts, till he got the gold fever.' 'And a better husband than John never lived,' Mr. Haven would say, 'and you gave him no p eace or rest till y'ou drove him off!' : And going back to her desolate house, Dora could gather no com fort in the old dreams. Nannie, her only servant, would bring her knitting to the sitting room, and drivel her mistress nearly frantic by her sincere lamentations for the master. . " " Night Rafter night, kneeling to pray for John's safe return, Dora felt the" agony of self reproach grew, keener and keener, j .j N For it had come to this very Soon, that the. t longing for wealth, the hope of being a great lady, all fa ded away, and the desolate wife'B only prayer was for her ; husband's return.. '- . 's-(- id whole year J passed awy,and the miners had not returned. A' wee snowdrop of a baby came to Eo for one brief week on Dora's breast, and theaileave her. Ocbasionally the newspapers that came irregular ly 1 to the village, told of disaster and death in the gdtd regions, but never were the names' of the party from Topham ia the lift,' and Dora hoped against hope.' ; ; ' : -A.r' Winter snows were; ljing ''later the farms, and fifteen months had drag ged out their! jtreiry lengtfh jsince John Baynor had left his home.; A ale, .wasted shadow of Dora moved istlely labutthetarffidt Kanme muttered often i " f 'Tp 'She'll not be long after husband and child,' .; i . i Grief and remorse were doing fatal work with, pretty dora, when one evening as uuslc was settling into night shadows, there came startling knock i at the door; of the farm house. Dora started! to her feet, but sank back half fainting, into her chaiif, saying,' with white, trembling hps: 'Ouick, Nannie, go quick ! It may be John.' - I Nannie was not , behind Irand, and opened the door auicklv. A tall, brown-bearded main stood upon the porch, who- passed; the old seiwant, and entered the; room where 'Dora, with white cheeks and startled eyes, looked at him, then beyond hiir.. Beyond him into va cancy. - Tom! Tom! Where where is She could not frame the question, hut he brother caught her ; wasted figure in his arms, as she. reeled across the room to meet him. 'I have come alone, Dora,' he said. 'There are but three men left of all who went liom here.' The white lips moved, noiselessly, only the great blue eyes were strain ed in mute question. 'We were returning, Torn said, and we had eucceeded beyond our wildest hopes. We had sent the gold on by a circuitous route, with James ZZill and Jerry Fane and a guard of frieadly Indians." He paused, but the burning eyes never wavered;- ! 'They got safe to the nearest fort, and foj warded the gold by 4 carefolstagesfto Chicago siBnt we were not so fortunate. W i were encamped one night, and John was writing to you by the fire-light. He looked up at me, to ask if it was worth while to write,; when after so long a silence we- were ffomer home, and while hesp6ke the crack of a rifle told us the 'Indians were upon us. The first shot killed John, He felt upon the grass be side me gasping, 'Dora tell Dora farewell. I forgive,' and died. I have his letter, Stained with his life blood. And I, only, of all the party, escaped. I will tell you later how. I managed but' - 'The letter !' Dora - whispered, 'the letter !' "I have it here. Andr Dora, John's share of the gold will make you a rich woman. Now, I must go back to mother, but I will bring her back, at ence." Dora did not hear him. i With dizzy brain ahe was trying to read the letter that was John's legacy. Sadly Tom kissed her, and mo tioning to Nannie, left her, to has ten homeward. j Scant greeting he'gave the loved 1 ones there, to hasten his parents back to tho farm, Jfirere his widow ed sister was reading her letter. In the deep arm chair,- where Tom had gently placed her, she rested, still clasping the blood-stained let ter in her hands. But her eyes never read the lines there, her heart broke over the fatal news that her brother brought. She never j touch ed the gold for which she had wid owed herself, she never heard the storv Tom had to tell of his won drous : escape. ; With . j her i letter pressed to her heart, she lay! in ber arm chair dead. A gentleman, 'wishing some bush es removed from his garden, told his gardener, a Hibernian, ! to pull them up by the roots', j Some time after he went into the garden, and found the gardener digging trenches around the hushes. Why, Patrick,' he said, 'yoa .seed not dig around these small Jmahes : in that way. You are strong enough to pull them by the roots Oh, yes,' Sir,' e piied the gardener, 'I j am 'strong enough ; but I must, dig a little be fore I can get hold of the roots. : If you bad told me to pall them up by the branches, I could easily vhave removed them without digging. ' 'Ah, good morning, good morn ing, sir; glad to see; you. You have an article on the political sit uation ? . That's right, sir, put it in the coal ' bucket. Good .morning sir ; be careful as you go out ; the stairway is yery dark.'; 4 , i ' ; Whiskey, it .has , just been dis covered, if given in sufficient quan tities, is an infallible cure for lock jaw. The fact must be 'borne1 in mind, though, that acts only as -an antidote, not as a preventive, You must have yonr5 lock-jaw before you sage your wuina.pjr,- an 'Editor.'"', " i Yes, I'm Mrs. eter, Snow, editor's wife. I well remember an the day when Mr. Snow . asked V me to become hi? wife.1 I confess I lilted Mr 'Snow, and thinking it would be a hae, thing to be the wife: of an editor,,! said ' Yea' aa pre t ty. as knew how, and I became Mrs. Snow. I have seen ten years of, marHed life, and find f my husband to ba an amiable, goodrnatured man. jHe always epenas nis evenings ac noma ano, s, . in ,;, tua& respect, ; . a moaei man : but ha alwavs briners a tiile Of .excharisesi ' which is only limited readsv while x, patch 'the knees "and elbows of pantaloons and coat. v Af ter we harf h d a Quaker s meet ing of an hour's length. I break the stillness by asking : Mr. Snow, did yoa order tjhat coal I spoke to you about i 'What did you say, my dear ? he asks, after a few minutes mw . mw 81- lence. 'Did you order that coal I spoke 1 spoke to you about i . 'indeed, my dear, 1 am sorry, but I forgot all about it. It shall come to-morrow." .1 -Another hour's silence, which is relieved by the baby's crying ; and, rather likinz a noise of that sort, 1 make no effort to quiet him. i 'My dear,' says Mr. Snow, after he has cried a minute or so, 'you had better give the baby some cat nip tea to quiet him ; he troubles me. , j . - . .. . The baby is still. Another pas ses without a breath of noise,' Be coming tired, 1 1 take a lamp' and retire for the; night, leaving Mr. Snow so engaged with his papers that he does not see me leave the room. Toward midnight ne comes to bed, and just as he has fallen to sleep the baby takes a notion! to cry again. I; rise as quietly as possible, and try to still him. While I ana walking the .room with a small Snowdrop in my arms, our next a boy of three years-1- begins to scream at the top of jhis lungs, xnere is no otner course but to call Mr. Snow ; SO I said ii 'Mr. Snow II Mr. Snow !' j The third time he-starts up and cries, 'What, Tom ! more eopyXf A thoaeh X ,was;t 'Aomrithat little imp running about the office. I reply tartly i . ! 'No, 1 don t want any more copy; I have had enough of that to last me my lif j time ! I want you to ee what Tommy is crying about.' j Mr. Snow makes a desperate at- temp to arouse! himself ; as Tommy stops to take breath he falls asleep again, leaving me, to pace the room in as much vexation as I can com fortably contain. The next moan ing at breakfast, when 1 give Mr. Snow an account of last night's troubles, he says : , J 'indeed, mr; dear, i am very. sorry the children trouble you.' j This is always the way. if i complain, it is 'indeed, I am sor- But should the very same thing occur the subseauent night, direct ly before his eyes, very likely ;he would not see or. know anything about it, unless it happened to in tfirnnt his traiA of ideas' Then 'he would propose catnip tea ; ' but be fore I can get it into the infant's Btomach, he will be far away into the realms of thought, leaving me not a little vexed at his stupidity. lie knows the name ot every newspaper puDiietea in Uingiana the United otates, but he cannot 1for the life of I him, iell the name of his own children. He knows precisely the year of every Ameri-. can journal, but he does not know the age of his own baby. He knows how every contributor looks, but I don't believe ho can tell whether my eyes are black or .blue. j : , They say Mr. Snow is getting rich.rt AM I know 'fdl he i gives iie money to clothe y ; boys, f and: that, too, without a complaint of poverty. . I hpe the world's opin ion is right, and when I am satis fied it is, 1 shall advise him to re sign his editorial labors and spend a few months in becoming acquain ted with his wife and children. The little ones, will feel flattered in ma king the acquaintance of so literary a man. A Delaware gentleman who room ed with Senator Saulisbury said One day : 'Senator, I often meet a servant in the morning! taking two cocktails into your room. Do you always drink in duplicate ? 'Sir,' replied jthe Senator, 'I order two coc tails every morning, and 1 -when X have drank one. it makes me feel like another man. . Then, sir, . I am bound courtesy o treat that other man, I drink the second.' by so The Georgia j Jubilee Singers make this kind of music : j ; . Look up yonder what I see 1 , . Shall come toged der in the mornin 1 A band of angels'after me ; .; Shall come togedder in de mornin. Oh, Lord, dese bones Is mlnej 1 1) t . : , Oh, Lord dese bones ".. i Oh, Lord, deso. bones is mine . Shall come togedder in de momin. (From the Detroit Free Press.' arxBB nQios.'- 'i s 'C'i -:r -' I. 1 i i . i ' ;',j.uu gisv uuru,. j Uar uuouuu o emblem and pried, iz 2 B ' the -Bub-' ject uy afew remarks f frutn your1" umble sirvant,. who,;-to preffis hiz discorse,' in the xces uv hizpattri atizm i& jemoshunz, pheels con strayned to xplain, .in the lanwidge of the great xTjbernian poet s ' "Hears 2 tbe Amerikeo agio " Prowd bard nv fredam, awl hale! Is- : h The foul tbet no 1 kan invagle . Ore put salt on hla butlfuj talel1' V : The eagle iz tru grit; r& iz sum, J Knot t satisfy ed with whippin the Brittish lion, ; ore abowt the larst ' r Sentennial," he turned, a phew ears ago, ;in a Wisconsin I reggiment,, t under the non de plume of "Old . i Abe," S taik a hand ore rather,. , claw-r-agan, under the - old , flag. . This,' know deubt, wuz " the saim identikle . burd, ez hiz - hed. wuz white with; age; tho hiz yigger wuz . unimparedj He 4chune81y skap ed frum the shot and shell uv the !? memo, tho when the balls wuz men round hiz hed it lookt ez if he wood soon be klasst with the "bawlled- hedded" speechess. r r .- Tbe Amerjken eagle iz a great burd fur pray, Jc may be seen "on the (s)centT most' enny time, V.;, ; ef TJ shud B curius enuf 2 xamine tne old foshuned nickels, ef U hav enny. j JL. nev heern; wll ez Jtow there used 2 B a kind kalled the "Golden-eagle,'' see okkashunally, a fine spessimun uv . wich wuth 10 dollers, but; they it abowt defunkt at the presunt writin; when larst seen there wuz a preemium onto there heds, and ' they seamed 2 1 B migration l moor kongeenial klimes. ' It iz eed,' however, that they mayjB sumtiraes seen in this kuntry, where the animus kalled r the "Bulls! & Bears " most do kongregate, but, ez tt gineral thing, r the plase - ez 1 wunce new them nose them know mooa. ' This specshees iz doubtless What the i' old primmer t alloods 2 thuslyj' -JJ ?'The Eagle's flite' Iz out uv site."1 J The cheef okkupashun uv ou na- shural burd, akkordin I 2 our mod- dern artists, konsists ! in karryin round a Jim nvj a tree in X nr hiz talents L a bunch uv arrers in the uther at the same time . trien 2 swaller a scroll with 'the Lattin prescripsbun,; Pluribus Unum" onto it, wich meens, i I suppoas, 'talk 1 , r eirery hour'i thet's wot preseripshuhs iq, Lattin meen, gih erally. i; 1 . j iJiut i return; z our fittin frend Abe. I wood remark tbet ', tho raim seams 'a little out nv plase fur him t. e.. ef he wuz naimed aftur our last laymented Prezzident Abeu Linkin, ez an eagle wuz newer noan 2 B a-blinkin B4 2 my nol- edge, in fakt, they R sed 2 B able 2 look even the sun out uv kounte nanta without so mutch ez winkin. konsidder'the a4sed naim uv Old Abe, fur an eagle, intirely without prezzident in the annuls u v hiz tory. N. B. Don't hawk these goaks abowt, ez the 7th Wis. boys Wood Braven mad, and wood 'owl at mo . cf I shud crow; over thare eagle's unfortunit kognomen. ';' ! i ! Nobul foul,' phairwell ! ; Poits hev embarmed the in verce, & tak isdermists ia thare own own pea- . cular manner, and it iz knot 4 me 2 xpect 2 add 1 2 yore j world wide faim; the wich xlO's frum poal to poal. Ado, grate buid, ado " V- ! Chakues F. Adams. Hpw to Jlad Ont Who a Giyen Per f , , (il I-; son Will Marry. : .. -. ; It doesn't i require any astrologer. ot medium, or i gipsey j with a dirty pack of ' cards.! It is ; very simple, : lieain a nutshell, and can 'be expres . Bed in a very few words. I The plan , is this: If a girl expresses a fondness "' , for majestic men with large whiskers, make up your mind shOJ will marry a very ! small j man with. none. If she declares that 'mind' is i all ahe looks . t for, expect to see her stand before the ,. altar with a very pretty fellow .who has just sense enough to tie a cravat bow; r If, on ; the . contrary, she de clares she1 must have a handsome husband, look about j for the plainest person ia the circle of her acquain tances, and declare 'that is the man for it wfll be. Men are almost as "bad. -, The gentleman i who desires a wife with a mind acd mission marries a lisping baby, who ' screams at. the sight of a mouso, and hides her face when ahe hears a sudden knock as the door. : And the gentleman who dreaded anything . like strong-mind-' . ednesa exults in the fact that his wife is everything he detested. If a girl saya of one, 'Marry him! T'd rather die 1' look upon tbe aL&ir as settled, and expect j cards to the wedding of , ; these two people. If a man remarks of a lady, 'Not my. style, at all await patiently the appearance of hia -name in the matrimonial column in connection with that -lady's.. And if any - two people declare j themselves i 'friends, and nothing moire;' you may know what will come next. -, 4 Why is it," my ; dear sir,' said Wf files' landlady tolitm the other day, 'that you! newspaper men nev-. er get rich V j 1 do not know,' was his reply, 'except it is that dollars and sense'do not always travels to- getber ; i
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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Feb. 9, 1877, edition 1
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