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LASKER, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, XHC., THURSDAY, JUXE 13, 1895. T
NO. 21.
Henry Ward Beecher.
r tj;e I'atron and Gleaner.
IF
i t, .1 -i I o it i n ST4---r
till' l.'lSl OUiivacij m uiciu
f heard Henry VVard
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Ww York. It was his
in
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, ..ri-Kjn after his return from
,. ,. v !l I'll I If II I. riA I H'.l . II 1 1 T
vUniiii' 1 - x o
fuij I wont early in order to
securing a seat. The
ling" is a large, plain
destitute' of ornament,
v,-t hack from the side
had four doors in front,
i : .-ii. ii-
orresjxjnuimj- wiin me
-iialuislesin the church.
was Tmly one step above
walk. When I reached
r- h half an hour before
, for church services I
ich door occupied y an-
Tlie. principal business
ushers was to keep peo
ns' the church. This
strange to me, as I had
n them anxious to get
it
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y tin
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sl.fr.
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t t h door which I attempted
4 . I i.iiii i linnjlcrvmo Tr-n r
. . f 1 i iw't: t n rhntio mon rTe
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a a iciiiM aim piuusuui, voice lie
jvvd e;icli-orie wishing to be ad-
uitl 1 to please, stand aside until
iu. ww Holders Massed in.' At
hat monii-nt i iooKect ana along
vt i v si reel mo poopie in a per-
tVct si ream were hastening to the
hurch. '-The-.ushers seemed to
now every new iioiuer, anu. ev-
ry pfw holder seemed to know
his nirlits. 1 hey passed into the
- a ,i i
din iv li in an unimerrupieu anu
unbroken chain..' Looking at his
watch the uslier told those who
had hi'.-n waiting to pass in. Hav-
i 1 A "I ' A. A. A 1
inir laken my sianu next 10 me
door J. was the first to enter the
church after the invitation was
irivcn. I was immediately met
by a 'very graceful and pleasant
rtsoii who conducted me to a
choice stmt ' about mid way the
church on the right hand side of
one of the principal aisles. Those
who were there for that purpose
immediately commenced drawing
out the seats from theendsof the
ih'ws. thus extending each seat
across every aisle. There I saw
seated in this vast auditorium
more than three thousand people.
Hundreds were turned away I
from the dtxrs because thero was
no space for them to be seated or
The changing of posi
the moving of feet pro-
twenty thousand dollar oran
pouredorth its deep and solemn
tones . The choir was in full ac
cord with the organ and the audi
ence were in full accord with the
choir. . It seemed as if no one
could - help singing. Without
thought the writer himself com
menced singing. But recollect-
i ji . i .
ing mat ne could not sing the
power of song having been denied
1 1 m
mm ne ol course was quiet He
was then a listener and not a par-
ncipant. -
Mr. Ueecher then stepped to
the front of-his stand, two feet
above the audience, and without
any book in his hand repeated his
text In a single moment with-
4. . -I A' 1
out any circumlocution tie "Was
Bread. Where ? How ?
LENTILS.
For the Patron and Gleamer.J
The Lentil is a favorite article
of food in the Oriental countries
in which it grows, , having been
in use there from the earlies
times. It is of the pea family,
.and is cultivated like the English
pea, only it is sown later. Large
quantities of lentils are imported
into London and Hamburg, to be
used as, an ingredient in soups
and sauces, being much prized by
COOKS.
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In Egypt and Syria, the parch
ed seeds are exposed for sale in
the shops, and they are esteemed
V, 1 . J. J "a
tutj uesi loou to carrv on nn
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rni -i
inwLiuu. wcis me penoa u " i -..
was just DQiore tne shadow of
Elizabeth Tilton clouded his bril
liant career. Mr. Beecher was a
man of medium size, wrell formed
and with a handsome and attract
ive face.
His clothes were well fittingand
made to oixler; and the soles of
his boots were neither too thick
nor too tnm. Me wore no beard
or mnsxacne ana nis nair was
long and coubed back behind his
ears. His voice wTas cultivated
until it fell like music upon the
ear. bo clear ana penect wTas
his articulation that not a word
0 luwy mi iuuoo, uiivx ill u. ri
a pottage of a chocolate color. It
was for a mess of lentils that
Esau sold his birthright to Jacob,
preferring a savory dish of pot
tage after a long and wreary siege
of hunting rather than the honors
ciui uiui: aj liiu fiuesL sun f)i :t
patriarch.
It is in Egypt that the lentil
crop is of tne most value, form
the land of the Pharaohs the len
til forms, one-sixth of the food of
the people, besides being exten
si vely exported to other coun
tries. It is well adapted to the
son an( o, nmnip. n.s it rpnnirps
that he six)ke from the first to the
L I little irnsmtion savp. what tht
last but what wTas heard by the . mu i
At a. x -,xu x t de provides. The Egyptian len-
. tils are reputed to be the best
ence, aitnougn nis voice was not i , . .... . 7,
' and most nutritious in the world .
loud. . x a ii .
. . , . r rum tiiio 10 Assouan, uie
For nearlv an hour he held this , -.T., Tr
; J . . . .. farmers of the Nile Vallev regu
larly rotate the crop with wheat
or maize, gathering it in about
vast audience bound with a spell.
His language was plain and sim
ple, but his thoughts were as
grand as the falls of Niagara. Nojt
a word did he use that could not
be understood by the plainest
farmer; yet they were so woven
together as to bring out all of the
tints of the rainbowT. His sen
tences wTere all bright and spark
ling: thev were full of live
thoughts and endless
beauty.
gems
of
the end of April. Every peasant
rows enough for his own con-
A T
sumption, maKing it into por
ridge, which he finds both whole
i a m . t
some and sustaining, and tne
cheapest food he can obtain. Al
so, from the flour of the lentil,
W V-l. . VXVUVfc AAA M V AAAA.Jm blAWU
adding another nutritious substi
tute for white. The hygienics
to .stand,
tiou and
duced a
could he
rumbling noise which
f. U III I
ei-
heard in everv part of
tbi vast room.
I could hardly imagine ho w that
liuiet could be obtained necessary
for the preacher's'.-voice to be
heard by all who were present.
The, choir consisted of sixty
t ni i in i I si ngers in the gallery
jut behind the preacher's stand,
ainl hiit three or four feet above
lii'u. A t this moment a tail, an-
lady just behind the preach-
as id about midway the choir,
and commenced singing a
M'o. know that my Redeemer
live tli." Instantly everything
was perfectly quiet. A pin might
la Ihmmi heard to fall in almost
'v.'iw Kirt of the audience. The
;:siuger, although tall and angular,
attractive in her apix?anince.
Her hair was fair, her eyes were
k;e. and her complexion was
f1Vsk. There was a tremolo in
tier oiee. which seemed as if she
;vas struirirling for confidence.
H r voice- was as sweet as the
5'otes ,,f a tlute. Every moment
11 was louder, and louder and
swf.u.r and sweeter. In the
( v. i:d verse four other persons
joM.ed in the song, and then the
'iit;iv choir. f (
The preacher then stepped for
ward and offered his invocation.
Another hymn was sung and then
tin ft jguhir morning prayer. Af
b'i wards was sung tliat grandest
l':vo of all church music, the
(v):wtion hymn. More than
half the audience joined in the
itii:iiig of this hymn. The great
recommend usinir the nuln for a
T . 1 P 1 A ? I " X . A . , .
it seemea as ii ne were trying hfialthf ul de.crusL
to bankrupt the English language . . . ...
il tjaiiu, x.nj-.vciiiv.i i let, xaixiuiixiu,
Suez, Port Said and and the other
towTns, the consumption of 'the
lentil, especially in soup, is enor
mous. Most of the export goes
to Londpn, there to be converted
into invalid or "pa tent" food, un
der some fanciful name at a fan
ciful price.
Oh! the developement o,f the
years: iror centuries, me art gi
makinsr or baking bread from
so as to leave nothing of the beau
tiful to be said in future.
At one time I saw a thousand
i, 1 T1 T -J! A
nersons witn nanaKercnieis 10
x .
their eyes and soon after I saw-
three thousand persons with their
faces wrreathed in smiles.
When tliQ audience was dis
missed hundreds went forward
to shake hands with their preach
er and to welcome him home from
his summer vacation.
As this vast assembly slowly
grains, peas ana Deans, aiier De-
left the church with uncovered ing ground in their rude mills,
heads the great organ filled the was generally unknown: and it
was lontr. when even the Romans
air witn us ueep anu .boiemu . . - ,
tones. Of all instrumental music learned thd'art, except to maKe
the most unleavened bread or caKes.
M. H. Kice.
yet known the organ is
heavenly. While under the mel-.
ancholy strains of the great or
ganist no one felt as he passed
out of the church the slightest
disposition to say a word. Neith-
Lahaska, Pa.
to be cxdnttnued.
Near Gainesville a newly mar-
-. . , , ' .v i I i-i-r-ki- rn it-art t m i n nnp f n v
er did ne wisn to mar uie uiurui xicrvx .. j
photograph which had been im- attracted a good deal of attention
n 1 A I
Dressed upon his
the past hour.
Rehoboth, N. C.
heart during
Carlton.
Robert Colly er's Father.
And now about my father,
writes the Rev. Robert Collyer,
D. D., in the June Ladies" Home
Journal. I think still he was as
mmrl a smith as I have ever
at a station by their peculiar be
havior. A lady got on the train
at a station and tooK a seat in
front of them. Scarcely was she
seated before they commenced
making remarks about her wear-
mg last season s nai auu uiwa.
She was severely criticised for
some moments. Presently the
k-nown a: man amio uuiu xuxc turned around. She noticed
no lm in iron or steel: with soft, iau tuiutu rtiWU . . . ,
steadfast brown eyes, strong and at a glance that the bride was
sinewv arms to labor, and never older than the groom, and without
sick a uuy x K-ixiA jcuiv.uiuv1, i Tie icasi re5eiiiiiit;ixi ix uui vxx
is work until he fell
dead that day with the hammer
iu his hand. Blacksmiths, I
think, are usually silent men.
The old Beechers were, as I have
heard, who were of this craft," si
lent men who left the pent-up
speech to their sons and grand
sons. This was my -father, also.
TTr tcic n silent man. while both
n,. 'Athoi vrow ns free I A vounsr ladv. me otner uuu
JUllliUl ti 11 Vi IAAVJ HIV - i - - - ,
from contagions and infections as ing, kissed in the dark a youn
man whom she mistook for her
lover. Discovenng her mistaKC,
sh Raid: "It's not he. but it's
" - -. ,.-r J 11
tenance she said: uaaain, win
you )lease to have your son close
the window behind your The
son closed his mouth instead, and
the madam did not giggle again
until the brakeman called out
XiUllt.
A JUST TRIBUTE
OF PROF. E. A. ALDERMAN OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA. .
Hon. A. M. WaddehV of Wil
mington, thus writes to the Mes
senger, concerning the address
of Prof. Edwin A. Alderman, at
the Guilford Battle ground cele
bration some time ago, on the
life of William Hooper,-one of the
signers of the Declaration of In
dependence. We have not had
the pleasure of reading it but
knowing Prof. Alderman's high
ability, his industry and patient
research into all matters of his
torical interest which he under
takes, we are quite prepared to
believe that the compliment paid
him by so fine a scholar and fin
i shed an orator as CoL Waddell
himself, is entirely merited and
well bestowed. Col. Waddell says:
I particularly desire to call the
attention of vour readers to the
finest piece of biographical liter
A J 1 A
ature mat nas ever oeen pro
duced by a North Carolinian, and
one which ought to be especially
attractive to Cape Fear people, as
the subject was one of the leading
spirits of the Revolutionary pe
riod, and the author is a Wil
mington man.
I refer to Edwin A. Alderman's
address at the Guilford Battle
ground on William Hooper, one of
the signersof the Declaration of
Independence. It is a phamplet
of sixty pages, with an appendix,
a picture of Hooper, etc., and is
an elegant, scholarly description
of the best educated scholar and
orator of the day, by one of the
most accomplished scholars and
orators of his own time.
am A -n i
jtToiessor Alderman, who is
professor of the Philosophy of
Education at the University, has
by this address placed himself in
the front rank of American writ
ers, and has shown such capacity
for dealing with subjects like that
of this address as to make it his
duty to do still larger work for the
honor of his native State.
I am verv proud of him as a
North Carolinian and a Wilming-
tonian, and am very sure that all
who read this phamplet will feel
as I do on the subject.
The North Carolina Teach
ers' Assembly.
The coming session of the
Teachers' Assembly,- which be
gins on the 18th of June, at More-
head city, will be the most at
tractive one in all its history. In
addition to the regular pro
gramme, which has been pre-
pared with great care by the
Committee, there will be present
a number of prominent educators
and lecturers from other States,
ncluding Dr. Mowry, President
of Martha's Summer School; Dr.
Windship, Editor of New England
Journal of Education; Mr. Polk
Miller, the South's favorite dia
ect speaker; Miss Virginia Cul-
bertson, a charming poet and hu-
morist The oratorical and musi
cal contest will be particularly
fine and there are a larger num
ber of entries than ever before.
The railroads have made the usu
al low rates for the assembly, and
the attendance is going to be very
arge. A number of parties have
been organized in Virginia, South
Carolina and Georgia to visit the
assembly.
CAPT. W. J. ROGERS.
RETURNS TO HIS NORTHAMPTON
HOME WHAT IS THOUGHT OF
HIM IN THE WEST.
Capt. W. J. Rogers who was
appointed by President Cleveland
a member of the townsite board
of Enid, Oklahoma Territory.
over a year ago has completed
his work there and returned
home, much to the joy of his old
friends and neighbors in North
ampton. The Wave, a daily paper
published at Enid, contains the
following notice of his leaving:
Major W. J. Rogers, late presi
dent Of the Enid townsite board.
departed Sunday evening for his
old home in Margaietsville, North
Carolina, where he was called to
look after a large plantation hej
owns. In the departure of Mr.
Rogers Enid has lost one of her
best citizens, who came among us
to perform the duties to which he
had been assigned; a stranger
among strangers, and, while those
duties were arduous and liable to
displease many litigants, he nev
er swerved from what he thought
to be just and right, being actu
ated by honest principles, well
ingrafted into, his being through
the channels of a thorough edu
cation. In making his decisions
Mr. Rogers was slow, but when
he once made up his mind he was
as nrm as tne Kock ot Ciibralter
and no one has questioned the
justice tfcerof. In leaving Enid
he bore with him the respect.
confidence and- friend shit) of
Enid's best citizens as well as his
associates of the townsite board".
Being a Democrat of the old
school he was ever ready to de
fend or criticise the actions of his
party.
OBITUARY.
That's what I-call a good din-
XT
the sound oaks are and the stars,
so that the microbes, when they
came in the dreadful form of fe
vers, found nothiug in them for!
prey.
nice.
1 T 1. 1 1.
ner, re ma rKeu ixjuuy, iis ue
eaned back in his chair with an
irof repletion.
'Bobby I'm ashamed of you, "
said his mother.
The minister, who was dining
with the family, laughed heartily.
"Bobby appreciates the good
tilings of life like all the rest of
us," he said.
"Don't you think it was a good
dinner?" Bobby asked of the min
ister. .- " .
"Yes, I enjoyed it very much-"
-Ma said she thoughtyouwould
because she didn't suppose you
got very much at home.
Mrs. Mary E. Pruden.
The subject of this sketch was
born Nov. 6, 1819, and died March
23rd, 1895, age 75 vears, 4 months
V
and 17 days. She was the be
loved wife of John J. Pruden and
they lived happily together for a
number ot years, ineir union
was messed witn two Rind and
affectionate children now married
and have a family of kind hearted
children some of which are near
ly grown. Thus has passed away
from earth one of the best of
wives and mothers, a kind heart
ed Christian, always ready and
willing to do good toothers when
ever she could. She was a con
sis tent member of the Baptist
church at Mt Carmel, and ah
ways loved to attend her church-
She had been a great sufferer
for many years, yet she kept up
and with willing hands was ever
ready to administer to the sick
and distressed in the neighbor
hood. , She leaves a kind and af-
ectionate husband, one daughter
and son and several grandchil
dren to mourn her death. They
will miss her sadly as with her
many relatives and friends. We
will all miss her kind deeds and
good counsel.
Weep !'0t, dear husband and
oving cmidren; sne nas gone to
ive with her Savior and in the
sweet bye and bye when your
work is done on earth and Jesus
calls you then you will meet her
across tne river wnere sne win
be waiting to welcome you to live
with God forever. May you so
live while here in 'the flesh that
when the summons come you can
say, I am ready and will go to be
united again a happy family jn
Heaven. A Friend.
TrespassersTake Notice.
All persouf are hereby forbMdni to
cut, rtmore or ilamage. or In any way
injure, any timber or property of any
Inscription which weowu In Northamp
ton or In any other county In North Car
olina, without our ichl permlMion,
under pain'anl penalties prescribed by
Uw. Tuk Cummer Company.
This Norenber20, WM.
Grange Directory.
Dinvtorr of Northampton County Io
moua Grauire for
Officers; A. E. IVdeAL; J. 11. Hrown,
O.; Her. Je&j Mytho, Chap.; V. H. Mar-
phy, Uvt.; H. C. LassikT, S.; J.
Johnson, A. S.; K. Davis. Treas.; E. C.
Allen, Sec,; J. V. GrifSin. G. K.; Miss I
rena Crowdor. I.; Mrs. I. XL T. Davis, C;
Miss Roxkj Brom. F.; Mrs, yL R lin
ker, I A. s.
STANDING CO-NLMITTKES.
HxwrTiVERer. "Jesse Hytlie, J. II.
Brown and J. W. Spirey.
Education- ltav. J. C, HcetwtKHl, Kih
chen Datis and Mr&. I. U.T. Davis.
Pixaxce Cilumbns Dtltmtch, II. C.
Lassiter and J. W. Grifflu. x
AGRicvLTruE- J. T. larker Geo. Smith
and Miss Ikxta Parker.
CooPERAfiox Newie Davis, K. O. AI
len and Mrs. I. R. T. Davis.
Meets quarterly on Uh Tuesday in Jan
uary, April, July and 'October.
W. 1'aul 3Iooi;c, I). I). S.,
Jacksoii, N. C.
Z3f Office at roidence.
W. W. Pssblss & Son,
attorneys-at-laW,
JACKSON, N. C.
Office No. 1 West ot Hmj Hotel llurwyn.
One of the firm .will bo at Rich Square ev
ery second Saturday in e;uh and everv
month, at AVoKll.-ind every third Saturday,
and at Conway every fourth Saturday, be
tween the hours of 11a. m. and 4 p. in.
DR. G. M. BROWN,
Qlmcc? WOODLAND, N.
- TeethTextracted without palu.
c.
T. R. RAIffSOIYZ,
Attorney at Law, .
Jackson. N. C.
t"lractices in tlw Courts of North
ampton, Halifax, Bertie and adjoining
Counties.
Jackson Female School
Opens Monday, September
1895. For terms apply to
Miss L. H. Whitfield,
PrnciiKil.
- ' NOTICE! ;
Having qualified as executor of the will
of L. B. Stephenson, dee'd, 1 hereby notify
all persons holding claims against said tes
tate to present tlicm to me for paymeut n
or before June 15th, 18:;, or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery. Debt
ors must pay promptly. This May , l.H5.
T. J. Stepuenso.v, llx'r.
By H. S. Gay, his attorney. OW.X.
NOTICE -SUMMONS.
North Carolina, ) t..i ,...
Northampton County, f r,u I ,or ,urk'
T. J. Vaughan, U. Vanghan and B. 11.
Winborne, Executors of Uriah Vaughan,
deceased,
against
J no. TJ. Bottoms, Adminlstm tor of Jno. (J.
liJwards, Joseph A. Garriss. Trustct?,
Tlios. P. Edwards, Jordan Edwards, Al
bert Sidney Edwards, Sarah E. Edward,
Jno. D. Bottoms and wile, Henrietta
Bottoms, Atlas Coggins and ThedoHl;k
Coggins, his wife, and John N. Vaughati,
Defendants. . ' . '
The defendant, Jno. N. Vaughan, will
take notice that lie Is hereby required to
appear at tlie August term lSi5 of t!e Su
perior Court of Northampton county, N.
C, to he held in Jackson on the 1st Mon-
day in August, and answer or demurto
the complaint in tlie above entitled action,
which ' is brought to have Uie Deed of
Trust, executed Feb'y 13th, IsMS, by J. G.
Etl wards and wife. Martha S. Edward,
to Joseih A. Garriss, Trust, dxlartTl
fraudulent and void. This the 16th day of
May, 1T.
5-SWt J. T. Flttub, C. S. C.
HOUSE MOVING.
Yes, it pays to use printer's Ink.
We hear of side lines and out line. For
more than ten years I have worked at
house moving as a side lino; have move!
nearly two hundred houses. No need of
any one now straining himself to move the
old way. In writing to mo please describe
tlie houet the distance and the ojndition
of the way. Heary houses a specialty. .N o
failure yet. E. H. Uuott,
3-li-ly Ukh Square, N. C.
J. J. IJUUXK'IT'S
Is Headquarters for Ice Cold
drinks of all Flavors and Kinds,
Milk Shakes, Claret lee, Piiie-
apple Sherbets, !fcc.
ZSJWhen in town, dont fail to
come and see me.
J.J.BDRKEfT,
Jackson, N. C.
BELLE OF WINSTON
It sweetens the breath and preserve
tb teeth. The best lOe pls on the
market. For ale at tbe leading stores.