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II. L. ABERNETHY, & E. A. FOE, Eds. & Proprietors.
'ABHOH THAT WHICH IS EVIL; CLEjLVE TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD." Romans x
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TERMS: SI IN ADVANCE
VOLUME 1.
MARION, N. C, APRIL 25, 1862.
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Poetry
For th Enterprise.
LINES,
Respectfully dedicated to the Sons snd
Daughters of Temperance of the Marion
Dmsba.
Ye friends of humanity, wak !
A.: 'J r iui co ;i i and!, ,
Co forth to your glorious work,
.e woes of the wretched to heal.
(a whfre the poor drunkard ie found,
:. Leg Lira his cup to forsake,
U kindly entreat bin to stop ;
I' ,r bta loJy and aoul are at stake.
Dntreat him to stop ete hi wife
And hi" children are drowned in disgrser,
And all that is lovely and dear.
To want, and to ruin give place.
(. ) aid the vile drunkard's poor wife,
With comforts that nature dema&d.
( soothe with the balm of kind words,
; bless with benificent hands.
(Jo warn that younj man of the 4regs
Of pollution, and sorrow, and death,
'j hat mingle so freely within
The cup that now poisons hid breath.
(Jo tell him, that they who in youth,
The habit of drinking do form,
Are almost as sure to be lost.
At tio-.vtra Ij fall by a storm.
G on then, ye Temperance band
And rescue t ie drunkard from shame,
Vid save the fair youth ot the land,
.K-r.jV Com? "ante. '
(io nn in your glorious work,
Till inteoap'rance shall hide his eurs'd head,
And those who his cause now defend,
n- conquered, or else shall have fled.
vn, and the God oilhe good,
V ill re-var.l you on earth and in heaven,
And when your Mest work shall be done,
The pjauilit, "well done," shall be given.
Marion, N. C. i. . 8.
UNNATURAL.
'Ill thrives the hapless family that shows,
A cock that's silent and a hen that crows ;
I know not which live most uncutural livesf
bey mjj husbands, or commanding wives."
Selected Tale.
THE COMPROMISE
BY HAL
THE steamboat Granite State,
went purling from the wharf in Hart
ford, one afternoon last summer, as
was its custom of an afternoon, for
Ne tv York; but never had that pret.
ty steamer borne upon its deck a
peron of rarer beauty than one Abo
sat leaning agaiust the rail, watch
ing the disappearing objects and
feasting her eyes on the beauteous
scenery, while the boat glided down irg then tor the spot where the child jrely upon their hands for a liveli
upon the bosom of the glorious Con- bad disappeared in the water. The jhood: aod he could say, that they
necticur, and was now on her way ; excitement was intense, and by the could never become wivei, and the
back :o her home. Near ber sat a I ti"1 the life-boat was lowered, it proper heads of lamilet, until they
nurse, holding in her arms the wid- was thought that both the dog and, knew with practical experience all
ow's only child, a babe of about two ' the child were lost. At this mo- ; the ecnomy of houseboM aflairv
Years of age- ment the dog was seen approach- One of these daughters became the
One does not tire wilh looking at ' n,g with something in its mouth, lady of one of the States all at the
tbe scenery presented on the banks ; Tbe life-boat was pushed towards head of respectable latnilies: and
oftbe Connecticut; there is a variety him, and it was foi.nd that be had they carried out the principles id.
of beauty to look 'ipon- R.eh, Iuxn ; ihe boy, and he was sail alive, and I p8Dled by Ueir worthy parents,
unant farms, woodland and towns j both boy and dog were soon on the j -vioning and securing tbe esteem
Vu5 us waters use Deads
upon a rosary, and we feel haU in
clined to count them as the fair nun
counts her bead,ind look up and
thank God that (his vroild is so i
beautiful. And surely it could not
bate been that the mober was tired
of looking upon the beauty of the
szene presented that made her turn
her gaze from it, and 6x it upon her
lovely child. She looked upon him
fondly, and a mother's ad raising
inve shotjc frooj her features; her
face beamed as though it had been
the face of an angel..
'Worshipped as ever!" exclaim
ed the old nurse. I do believe you
love this child more thanUod or Hea
ven.
it
Speak not thus, Nancy; I do ove
the child, dearly love him; but hope
I love God too."
,Hopr? do you know you love
God or Heaven half as much as you
love this boy?"
"I dare not answer."
"Dear mistress, Jove not your boy
too much. He may be taken from
you
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The old nurse was a firm believer
in the doctrine that the Divine Be
ing interferes with the atiairs of men
to work good results, and the sincer
ity in which the w,ords were uttered
sent them to the heart of the mother,
and tears stole .o ber eyes as she
thought of the possibilty that her
child, so like her husband, who
had died nearly two years since,
fhoxkl po hu-u; -4 lvs.h? J?kroe.
The nurse appeared sad that she
had caused the loving mother need
less grief, and both became abstrac
ted, insomuch that that they did not
notice wilh what a longing gaze the
child was looking upon the fair wa.
ters. It was while they were thus
sitting in silent abstraction, that the
boy, as if he hat! seen some conge
nial apirit look up from the pure
stream, and longed to meei t's tens
brace, .sprung from the arms of the
nurse, and disappeared in the wa
ters. Lost lost! ray child is lost"
frantically exclaimed the mother;
and she was about to spring into the
waters for her child, but was pre
veuted by some of the passengers.
For a moment all seemed confu
sion, amid which a gentleman ap
peared who had been in the front of
the boat, qnietly reading. He has
tily inquired for some article of clo
thing the child had worn. The nurse
handed him an article of the child's
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apparrti. waning to mm a large)
Newfoundland dog the gentlemau j
pointed first to the arricle ot cloth-j
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As soon as the mother bad satis
fled herself that the child was still a
lire, she rushed forward and thrown
ing her arms around the dog, burst
into tears, caressed and kissed its
shaggy head, ard looking up to is
owner said,
"Oh sir, I must rv that dog!
I am rich; take all I h?ve, every
thing, but give ne my child's pre
server:
The gentleman sarld, and pat
ting Jiis dog's head, s !,
kI am very gia', t. - '.am, he has
been of service tc yet.', but nothing
in the world vrvj'il u'oce me to
part with him." j
The dog appeared rleclly hap
py,as if conscious t f h&ingdone his
duty
A short time o f ' e r th' incident the
gentleman whoowae-' the dog and
the lady who owned th-.-; child that
the dog hai savea, seen com
versing together in a retired part of
the boat. The passengers soon con
jectured that they ere making
some compromise rcH',ve to who
should for the future vn the dogt
and it proved evident f f t they were
right in their conjectr?1, and that a
compromise was agreed upon, for
next morning when tl;ft sfeamboaf
arrived at Peck's sli, . New. York!
not only the lady and er cnild and
the nurse entered the 'eauliful car
riage, which was in .vaiting, but
the gentleman and t!.r Newfound
land dog entered toe, "
was a brilliant wedding ia an eles
gant residence on one of the avenues
and the rich widow was the bride,
and the gentleman who owned rhe
dog wns the bride-groom. Tne dog
was also present and participated in
the ceremonies; aad was the observ.
ed of al. observer, x
These are the mother's own words ac
reposed at the tune the incident occureed,
on wbica this sketch is founded.
THE RICH MAN'S DAUGH
TERS. In one of our great commercial
cities, there resided a gentleman
worth from two to three millions of
dollars. He had tbree daughters
and he required them alternately to
go to the kitchen ind superintend
iis domestic concerns. Health and
happiness he said were thus promo
ted. Besides he could not say in
, (he vicissitudes ot fortnnp. that t)iv
" "
might not ere tbey should close
their early career be compelled to
ot all around them-
Let the fair daughters of our
country draw lessons from the in-
; dustrious matrons of the past
Sunday Reading.
HOW VERY UGLY I AM.
Our entertaining friend, Dr.
Livingstone, tells us that the
tribe of the Makololos have
somewhat ihc same ideas with
ourselves as to what consti
tute comeliness. The women,
in particular, often came and
asked for the looking-glass ;
and he says the remarks which
they made, while he was en
gaged in reading and apparent
ly not attending to them, were
very amusing and ridiculous.
00 first seeing themselves in
the glass they would say, "Is
that me ?r "What a big mouth
1 have !" "My ears are as
big as punkin leaves "I
have no chin at all." See
how my head shoots up in the
middle." laughiDg heartily all
the time af their own jokes.
One man came alone, to
have a quiet gaze at his own
features once, when he thought
the Doctor was asleep. After
twisting his mouth about in
various directions he said to
himself, "People say I am ve
am!"
We must not forget, howev
er, that this looking into tbe
glass is rather a dangerous
thing, especially if people are
not quite so ugly as our black
friend. It would probably do
him liarrn, but we think we
know some young people who
would be all the more agreea
ble, and the more hopeful char
acters too if they did not so
often look into the glass
There is however, one glass
into which they cannot look
too often - the word of the
Lord f James i; 23-25, The
more they look therein, the
more clearly will they detect
their defects and perceive sin
fulness; and this will tend to
keep them humble, and to
make them useful characters.
When you look at yourself
in this glass you not see your
face, but your heart. It matters
very little whether w are
homely or ugly like this Afri
can; but is the heart clean by
the blood of Jesus and the
spirit of the Lord? Do you
know the reason why mauy
roung persons, as well os old
er ones, do not like to read aod
study God s word? Because it
shows how ugly their hearts
are.
Let us ask the Lord, who
jm v w uwa kuu m s vvvss' . . . i
non ,K,nffo tKo r,oort f oiVpood or oad-we love the beau-
to make us and the poor hea -
tbea clean and beautiful thro'
tbe blood of our Saviour.-
Sirr's China-
NUMBER 7.
VALUE OF FIVE MIN
UTES. The true worth of minutes
which careless people couut
of no importance is well sho
wn in an anecdote of Mr.
Hubtbard, told by the Boston
Recorder. A number of years
ago it Tras-tVctzstom ef ihe or
thodox churches in Boston fat
the request of the Chaplain of
tbe State Prison ! to furnish a
bout a dozen teachers, who
would voluntarily go to the
prison on sabbath forenoon, to
instruct classes of convicts in
Sabbath School in the Chapel.
Hon. Samuel Ilubbard was
one of those who went. Near
the close of the time devoted
to instruction, the chaplain
said :
We have five minutes to
spare. Mr. Hubbard, will you
please to make a few remarks?
He arose in calm, dignified
manner, and looking at the pris
oners, said:
"I am told that we have five
minutes to spare, fduch may
be done in five minutes. Iu
five minutes Judas betrayed
his master, and went to his
Qwri PMIn jW minutes,
the thief on the ross rcpeufed
and went to the saviour to
paradise. No doubt, many of
those before me did that act
in five minutes that brought
them to this place. In five
minutes, you repent, and go
to paradise or will you imi
tate Judas, and ga to the place
where he is? My five minutes
have expired,"
There are some things which
no wealth can purchase, which
no eaterprise can compass, and
with which no ship that ever
rode the seas came freighted.
Where is the emporium to
which yoa can resort and ord
er so much happiness? Where
in the ship that ever brought
home a cargo of heart-coin fort a
consignment of good consci
ence?, a freight of strength for
the feeble, aud joy for the
wretched and peace for the dy
ing? But what no vessel ever
fetched from the Indies, prayer
has often fetched from heaven.
Hope never looks back; it
cannot; it never sees the pre
sent nor the past, but Hope
evelivrs in the future. Like
wise love merely, but it al
ways sees the beautiful.
Beauty is the true object of
love, and nought but that. We
can believe tbe truth whether
1 t,fa' veywb--
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i of futunty snd hoPe
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