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THE DANBURY REPORTER-POST.
VOLUME XV.
Reporter and Post.
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#or aapuin.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
A. J. BOTD, J. W. REID.
r. B. JOHNSTON, JULIUS JOHNSTON,
JBO YD, REID $ JOHNSON,
AttornoyH - n.t - Law,
WENTWORTU, N C,
Messrs. Reid and Jobbaon will regu
alriy attend the Superior Courts of
Stokss county.
R. L. HAYMORE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ut Airv. N. C.
Spsclsl attention giveu to the collection o
slalsss. I—l2m
W. F. CARTER,
dff w.
MT. AIKY, SURRY CO., N. C
Practicss wherever hlsservices are wanted
f, BAT, ALBERT JONEB.
JDay Joa©s»
manufacturers ot
S* WDLFKT.H ABNKSS, COLLAR*.TRUNK
Ut. 1M W. Baltimore .treat, 'Baltimore, JM.
W. A. Ticker, It. C.Smith, U.S. Spraggina
Tmokor, Smith *• Co-.
Maaafaetarkra * wholesale Oealara ta
M9OT9, MHOKS, MATS AND CAP fit
ISS Baltimore Street, Baltimore, JM.
I—
M. J. * if. *• BEST,
WITU
Etnry Sonncborn #■ Co.,
WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS.
§§4jtßOTer St., (betweenGcrif.au £ Lombard Bts)
BALTIMOUE MD.
■. MRHEBORN, B. BLIMLINK
MsyAsu Nfaiy, A- a muir
W. H. MILKS,
/ WITH
MTIPHEX PUTNEY# CO.
Wholtsalt dealer * la
Mitts, Shoes, and Trunks,
1219 Main Street,
yept. Kl-Om. HICIIMOXD, VA.
BICHAU) WOOD SAMt. P. OXH>WI.V.
■ ENKY HKNUKRSON. Ult'll'll w. UAIMN.
WOOD, BACON & CO-
Importers and Jobber* of
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
WHITE GOODS, ETC.
Koa.MO-311 Matket St.,
PHIL AL EL PHI A, PA.
Parties having
CUT MICA
for sale will find it to tliolr interest to.
with
A. O. SOHOONMAKER, 1
158 William St., New York.
R. s. OGLESBYT
WITH
C. W. SCOTT.
WHOLESALE
MOTIONS AND WHITE GOODS,
612 Main Street
LYNCHBURG VA.
O. K. LEfTWICK.
with
WlRee, ELLETT k CRUMP,
RICHMOND, VA.,
Wholesale Dealers is
BOOTS, SHOES, TBUNKB, tiC.
Presspt attention paid to orders, and satis
tftlea (aaraateed.
00- Virginia Slatt Priion Ooodi s finally
March, •. m
SSSSST w. rowsas. antias o. TATLO .
R W. POWERS k CO.,
WUOLESALK DRUGGISTS,
Dealers In
PAINTS, OILS, DYES, TARNISHES,
Tranoh and Amorlo*n
WINDOW OIiAtlS, PUTTY, ItO
SMOKING AND CHBWINU
CIGARS, TOBACCO A SPSGIALTY
IMS Main St,, Biohmond, V
AaiasMalS—
WlL»eß, KERB k CO..
WIOLBALI GROCBRH AND COUMIS
810N MERCHANTS.
IS S B*ward street, earner of Lonbsrd:
BALTIMORE.
WsksspeonausU; on hand a larff aao
well assorted stock of Groceries—soluble foi
Seatbera aad Westers trade. We aoiWteoo
sigaaents of Couatr/ Produce—sack u Cot
lea; PealherSi Ginseng; Bseewax Wool;DrlsO;
Pratt; Puis; Skins, etc. Oar facilities for do
B( kasi Bess are suck as M wsrrant oaik said
st precept rater as. AU orders will hsre our
mu* MSsolisa. 74
* 'A ■, '
OK) TO
#.i |Nw»
0
TINE BI.OCK,
Winston, IV. C.
FOR GOOD *
Tobacco Flues, Sheet Iron and Home
made Tinware at
Living Prices
Also Roofing and Guttering at short
notioe, at BOTTOM PRICKS.
Sept 16-ly
J. W.SHIPLEY,
Corner Malm Irf Street
WINSTON, IV. C,
Under Jacobs Clothing Store.
MANUFACTURER OP
Harness, Bridles, Collars and Saddles,
Also dealer in Whips, Dames,
Brushes, Lap Robes, in fast
everything in the Har
ness and saddlery line.
CHEAPEST HOUSE lit WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.
Will sell my own manufactured goods as
oheap as you can buy the Western
and Northern city made goods.
PATRONIZE NOMI INDUSTRY.
Has a stock of the old army McClcllan
Saddles on hand.
Come and see me Sept 29 l-y.
Brown Rogers # Co
Wholesale and Retail
HARDWAKE-
Largest line of SHOES in Winston.|
Agricultural Implements.
MACHINERY of all kinds
HARNESS AA D SADDLES At.
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, kc
Special aitmt ion xnmltd lo their While't
Clipper Ptenet.
.1 genti Dvpont't aid and mil known
RifU Powder,
Sept 26-1y
Doors, Sash, Blinds.
Having rebuilt our Planing Mill,
Door, Sash and Blind Factory, and fit
ted i: up with all new maohistry of tbe
latest and moat approved patterns, we
sre now prepared to do all kinds of
work in cur line in Ibe very best style.
Ws maaufacture
DOORS, SABB, BLINDS,
Door Frames, Window Frames. Brack
ets, Moulding, Hand-rail, Balusters,
Newels, Mantels, Porch Columns, and
are preparod to do all kinds of Beroll
Sawing, Turning, &o. We cany in
atock Weather boarding, Flooring, Ceil
ing, Wainscoting and all kinds of Dross
ed Lumber; alss Framing Lumber,
Shingles, Laths, Lime, Cement, Plaster,
Plastering Hair and all kinds of Build
ers' supplies. Call ana see us or writ*
for our priocs before buying elsewhere.
MILLK* BROS-, WINSTON, N, ©.
Oak Ridge Institute.
A FIRST CLASS HIGH
With Collage De
partment
ADMIT BOTH SEXES.
AKULL and tborugh 3 years Academic
Course of Study in Classics, Natural
Science and Mathematics. One of the most
flourishing and snccesstul Business Colleg
es .South of Washington. 800 students from
various Stat** last year. Special classes,
Kail Tern of I*B6, in Klocution, Vocal Mus
ic, and Pedagogics, under the instruction of
expert and experienced teachers.
Depends for patronage on ita thorough
methods, and relfeis to its students In sTl
departiuents of business and vocation.
New Lite ary Society Balls, Beading
Room Ac. Fu'l corps of oxperlenced teach
ers. Location In every way desirable. Fall
term opens August 10th. For Catalougs,
Ac., aildress
J. A, A M. H. HOLT, Principals.
Oak Ridge, N. C.
GEO. STEWART.
Tin and Sheet Iron Manu
facturer.
Opposite Farmers' Warehouse.
HOOFINQ, WTTEWNSANO TOUT
ING
done st short notice.
Keeps constantly on hand a Sn* lot ft
Calking and lleatlng Stores.
"NOTHING BUCCEEI>H LIKE SUCCESS."
DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER i, 1886.
MTI TUTWPTETWTD.
Joy* that we've tasted
lb; sometime return
But the torch when onoe wasted
Ah, bow can It burn f
Splendors BOW -ck>ud*d
Say wnen will ye (hint?
Broke is the goblet,
And waited the wine.
Many the changes
Since last we met,
Blushes have brightened,
And t.inhave been wet;
Friends have been scattered,
Like roses in bloom—
Some at the bridal,
And some at the tomb.
I've stood In your chamber,
But one was not there;
lllulled was the lute-string,
And vacant the chair,
Lips of love's melody,
Where are ye borne?
Never to smile,
Never to mouin!
Mr. Smith ■ Will.
CONTINUED
Mr. Retainer dismissed Augustus
with a D«d as he finished speaking, and
tfc« enterprising student left the room
with his doubts completely set at rest,
it seemed that Mr. Retainer had private
reasons for knowing that the will was
trustworthy, and he was not a man giv
en to jesting, nor to apeaking without
proper means of knowledge. Augus
tus, therefore resolved upon the spot
to obtain as introduction to Mr. John
Smith without a moment's delay
This did not prove mors diffioult than
he had anticipated; in (act, the details
of his conquest over the swpootible
heart of Miss Arabella Smith are too
•ommooplaee to need describing. Sui
te* it to say that Augustus' fascinating
manner, his fashionable attire, and his
performances upon the Oerman flute
combined to render him irresistible.
The Smith's turned oat to be a res
pectable family, without the least pre
tention to gen til ty. It was evident
that Augustus was the nearest approaoh
to a gentleman they had ever been ao>
qiainted with, and their gratification at
his polite attentions was undisguised.
No doubt, the fact he very much
exaggerated the amount of hi* small
fortune assisted to facilitate his oourt
sbip. Old Mr. Smith, from the outset,
seemed oontent with the prospect of se
curing him for a son-in-law; and when
Augustus, after a comparatively short
acquaintance, avowed his passion for
Miss Arabella Smith, her father gave
bis consent to the engagement without
hesitation.
Augustus was naturally elated by the
suooess, though the bative vulgarity of
Miss Arabella rather distressed him.
But she seemed a good honest sort of
girl—not beautiful, certainly, yet fairly
presentable. Compared with the solid
fact that she was an heiress, her trifling
defects weighed very lightly with Au
gustas. The orumpled rose leaf wbioh
disturbed his happiness was duo to the
ominous behavior of a rival, Mr. Theo
dore Brittlebone, whose attentions, un»
til Augustus had appeared upon the
soene, seemed to have been favorably
reoeived by Miss Arabella.
Mr. Theodore Brittlebone was a
guant and gloomy youth, whose avsea
tion was something in the hardware line.
Bitter enmity not unnaturally arose be
tween bimand Augustus, whiob resulted
in Mr Brittlebone being requestsd by
old Mr. Smith to disoontinne bis visits
when, Miss Arabella's engagement was
announced. Mr. Brittlebone aooording
ly withdrew his sooiety, bat he haunted
the bones like a shadow. He waylaid
Augustus in the streets aeoosting him
with mock politoneae, and aoonshtg him
with trifling with Miss Arabella's affeo
tions. Occasionally bis eondnet beoame
violent, and be onoe aetuslly challenged
Augustus to fight it out like a man be
neath n lamp post.
The unruly babavlor and persistent
persecution began to prey upon the
nerves of Augustus, who, In addition to
being a little man, was not addiotod to
pugilism. Hs was paitfully conscious
that be was no match for tho bellloaao
Brittlebone, and be was seriously appro
bensive for bis personal safety. But
what wonisd bim even more wss that
his rival east doubt* upon tbe existence
ef old Mr. Smith's reputed wealth. Ap
parently Mr. BritUebone, rendered
keen-eyed by jmloniy, divined tbe real
Augustus* gevofto* At all
«vents, ha nseer wwaried of instftaitiag
that be was acquainted with Mr. John
Smith's real cireußstaoeas, in a tons
and msnner which were sug
gestive. Augustus ferebore to discuss
the subject with bias, although these
dark bints nade him rerf uneasy. He
was quite unable to fathom his future
father-in-law, who declined to be invig
led into conversation about his affsirs.
But it was evident thst this retioenoe
was coastitutional. aad was oo'Assumed
to r tbe oooasioo. Old Mr. ButHi wss
habituallj taciturn and retioence and
in this respect his cunduct was quite in
keeping with miserly propensities. Au
gustus consoled himself with the reflec
tion that none could koow better tbau
himself the true state of the oase, and
endeavored to stifle bis misgivings by
attributing Mr Brittlebooe's innuendoes
to envy and ignoranoe mingled with
jealousy.
Although Augustus duly announced
bis engagement to bis friends; he did
not for some time mention it to his fel
low-students at Mr. Retainer's clum
bers. He instinotively guessed that
Mr. Retainer would suspect bow the
event came about, and therefore to avoid
unpleassntness, he deemed it prudent
to hold his tongue. But after awhile
tbe news lrakedout, as all news will;
and when Augustus was, one morning,
requested to go into Mr Retainer's
room, he bad a presentiment of what
was in store.
"Good morning, Mr. Maw," said Mr.
Retainer, v*ry stiffly. "1 have sent for
you to ask if it be true, as I bear, that
you are engaged to be married ?"
"Tea, sir ; it i« true," said Augustus
defiantly.
"Of course, 1 haye nothing whatever
to do with your private affairs," resum
ed Mr. Retainer, "but it has occurred
to me that I may be, in a measure, in,
noeeutly responsible fur what has taken
place."
"I don't understand,'' said Augustus,
reddening.
' The young lady is a Miss Smith, I
am told—the daughter of Mr. John
Smith, of Hilldrop Cretcent, Camden
Town," said Mr. Retainer meaningly.
"That is oorreet," admitted Augus
tus.
"Whose will was prepared in my
chambers » few months back," said
Mr. Retainer with unpleasant empha
sis.
"It was an accidental circumstance,"
murmured Augustus, avoiding Mr. Re
tainer's gaie.
"Of oourse. If I thought for one
moment that any one of my chambers
could be cajwble of such a gross bresch
of faith, as well as of professional eti
quette, as to tak* advantage of profes
sions! sgorets, I would request him to
put on his hat and leave this moment."
Tbe effect of this speech upon Au
gustus waa that be felt inclined to sneak
out *f the rooqs than and there, it was
evident that Mr. Retainer's words were
equivalent to a formal nutioe to bim to
leave. Augustus stood his ground,
however from sheer desperation.
"I quite agre* with you sir," l.e said,
shortly.
"I am glad of that," said Mr. Re
tainer, with a grave bow; "your affec
tion for the young lady," he added,
"being purely disinterested, it is hardly
perhaps, necessary that I should say
any mor*. Still, to avoid misunder
standing, you bad better read this."
He handed Augustus a Utter which
he had been holding op*n between his
fingers. Augustus took tbe document
without • word, and read as follows :
"272 LINCOLN'S INN PKLUS.
"DEAR RETAINER : It was a coin
cidanse, and nothing more. I put in
tb* nsme of Smith myself, and my
oonfidentisl clerk added an address
the first that occurred to bim. I know
nothing of the Mr. John Smith you refer
to n*ith«r does h*. It was an accident.
However, no harm is don*.
"Yours vary truly,
H. R. TAW."
"No harm is done, as Mr. Tape says"
•aid Mr. Retainer, as Augustus, looking
stupidly perplexed, banded baok the
letter to him.
H I don't quite understand," mur
mured Augustus, though be perceived
wall enough that than bad boon a Altai
mistake somewhere.
"It is very simple," explained Mr
Retainer. "A client of Messrs Tapo k
I'arohmeot's—a gentleman well known
in society, bat latber eccentric—gave
inetrnotiooa for bis will, bat expressly
asked that it might b« drawn under a
fictitious name, so that elerks and olhtr
persons through whose bands tbe draft
mifcbt pas* should not be able to identify
bias with the testator. It was an odd
procaution, and I must say," added Mr.
Retainer, looking severely at Augustus,
■'that I thought at the time it was al
most iusultiog. However, tbe result
is that none but the confidential cletk
who engrossed the will lor signature is
in the secret."
"I understood you to say tbat you
knew all about the testator," oried
Augustus, beaide himself with vexation
and disappointment.
"So I did. Tbe secret was confided
to me," said Mr. Retainer. "Had you
mentioned tbat you knew a Mr. John
Smith, of the address given, I should
hare been on my guard. But you
merely said you knew the address.
"I did not koow bim at the time,"
blurted out Augustus.
He could have bitten bis tongue off
tbe instant after, for he saw he had
Betrayed himself. Mr. Retainer, in a
voice of thauder, ordered him out of the
room, and Augustus, overcome with
humiliation and confusion, needed no
second bidding.
The prevailing sentiment which agi
tated the bosom of Augustus, when he
came to consider the situation, was a
deep sense of having been cruelly
wronged and deceived. Tbe insinuation
of Mr. Brittlebone concerning Mr.
Smith's circumstances bad, as we have
seen, for a long time caused him uneas
iness, and now tbat it had transpired
that the old gentleman was not the
owner of the property mentioned in that
fatal will, Augustus had no difficulty in
convincing himself tbat his rival's was
correct. Most unreasonably be sus
pected poor Arabella and ber relatives
of having attempted to enveigie bim
into matrimony by false pretences, and
in his virtuous indiguation b* did net
pause to consider the injustice of the
obsrgs. Acting upon the impulse of
the moment be immediately wrote and
broke off the engagement, using expres
sions of reproach aad harshness wbioh
poor Arabella bad done nothing to de
serve.
After this it was particularly galling
to Augustus to be oondoled with for
havi g missed the band of an heiress.
It turned out, however, when too late
to repair the hasty step he had taken,
that old Mr. Smith, though not fabul
ously wealthy, was oertainly rich en
ough to make a most desirable fathsr
in-law. Before Augustus bad recovered
from the unpleasant shock of this vexa
tious intelligence, he received a visit
from Mr, Brittlebone, wbioh resulted in
his being swathed in vinegar and brown
paper for several weeks. As a reward,
apparently, for his brutality, Mr. Brit
tlebone had the undeserved happiness of
leading Miss Arabella to the altar, but
this was not until the persecuted Au
gustus, in the unenviable oapacity of
defendant in an action for breach of
promise, bad been mulotel in heavy
damages, which the young
oouple to start handsomely in baiiness
in tbe hardware line.—Truth.
■'■ » • ■
NKVKR SWEAR.
1. It is mean. A boy of high moral
standing would almost as soon steal a
ibeep as swear.
i. It is vulgar —altogether too low
for a decent boy.
3. It is cowardly—implying a fear
of not being believed or oboyed.
4. It is ungentlemanly. A gentle
man, according to Webster, is a genteel
man—well-bred, refined. Such a one will
no more swear than go into ibe street
to throw mud with a chimney-sweep.
5. Ii is indecent—offensive to deli
cacy, and extremely unfit for human
oars.
6. It is foolish. "Want of deoenoy
is want of sense."
7. It is abusive—to tbe mind which
oonoeives the oath, to the tongue which
utters it, and to the person at whom it
is aimed.
8. It is yenomous showing a boys
heart to be a nest of vipers, and every
time he swears one of them stiok* out
from bis bead.
9. It is contemptible—forfeiting tbe
respect of all tb* wise aad good.
10. It is wioked—violating th* Di
vine law, and provoking the dispUasnr*
of Him who will not bold him guiltless
who takes His name in vain.— Union
Signal.
How many big, strong, active men in
this big State of ours *r« striving to get
a living without work* I mean real,
sure enough work. This is one of the
questions tbe oensus taker does not put
. to the free American citifen—Galveston
' (Tag.) JYV«s.
BRIEF'S ADRIFT.
President Cleveland has *«nt $lOO
to the sufferers at Sabine Pass, Texss.
There are 104 people in San Fran
cisco who are worth $1,000,000 and
ovor. >
The Electrie Toroh of the New York
harbor, tbe Statue of Liberty, will be
seen for 40 miles at sea.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart died in New
Tork Monday, of congestion of tbe
lungs. She left $20,000,000.
Tbero are 58 female lawyers in prac
tice in the United States. Most of
tbcm wear dreascs, like other women.
The Queen of Spain has signed a de
cree of emancipation for Cuban slaves '
tor the remainder of their terms of ssr
vitude. ,
Seventeen quails were in the streets '
ot Newark, N. J., en Sunday. Sports- '
men say this is a sign of an early and a 1
bard winter.
There is great sickness at Biloxi,
Miss., and the deaths are very oumer- 1
ous. It is believed by many to be reg- 1
ular Yellow Jack.
1
One of the peculiarities of a 250-
pound pumpkin grown at Newburg is c
tbat it was fed on milk. A root was
sent out from tbe vine to a basin of
milk, and it consumed a pint of the
fluid each day.
The most extensive fires ever known 1
arc reported from the northwest. A t
vast area has been burned over, and tbe t
losses in houses, barns, erops and all l
kinds of itook aggregate, it is claimed,
1,000,000 or more.
Tbe great hurricane which swept over
England and Ireland on the 12th and
13th, was accompanied by tbe heaviest
rainstorm within the memory of tbe
oldest inhabitants. Many vessels wer*
lost and stranded. The storm was also
heavy in Wales.
There are 250,000 laad peaeils, ac
cording to some unknown statistician,
used each day in the United Btates.
Tbe Chicago Tribune feelingly observes
that "if every woman who nsed a lead
penoii were to sharpen bar own th* con
sumption, is is estimated, wonld amount
to about 250,000,000 a day.
PICKINGS.
From tbe Wilmington Star.
Senator Vanoe is still in bis prime.
He is but 66 years old. Senator Ran
som is 60 or 61.
It is announced tbat Miss Winnie
Davis is to try ber hand in the North
American Review.
Even the Toiy London TIDMI com
ments unfavorably upon Jingo Blaine's
wild Protection gabble.
There is a report that steel guns will
not answer—that they kill as often at '
the breech as at the muscle. '
c
This is not a good ysar for faltering
with conscience, dickering with Inde
pendents or "coontodling" with Repnb- 1
lioans. '
In Ireland ill feeling between land- *
lords and tenants is rapidly springing
up. Tbe National Leagn* stands be
hind the latter.
Little Steven A. Douglas is making
little speeches in Michigan, and they i
painfully remind the hearers that tbe
"little giant" is long headed.
Mr. Gladstone has been stung by |
wasps. He stirred them up. But Tory |
wasps of the Churchill and Salisbury |
sise have often tried to sting the grand
old man.
And now the President says bis order
was too rigidly oonstrued. He says
Federal offioe-holders may make speech
es and attend primaries and oooventions
but they must oondnot themselves mod
estly. It is time for definitions. We
suppose in making a speech an offloo
holder muit not toot bis own born, but '
he may blow a few blast* for the re
election of the Chief.
NO NEED OF AN EDITOR.
Impeonnious Bohemian.—"Do you
want an editor, sir 1"
Publisher of Conntry Weekly—
••You have seen my paper, have you
not?"
Impecunious Bohemian.—"Oh y**."
Pnblishar of Cowntry Weekly.-"Then
you must be more than ordinarily atu
pid. It is patent outside, ant) plat*
matter inside. What on earth do t
want of an editor I"— Harpers Bazaar.
Th* RSIOBTER-POBT has not i* yet
come to this oonditk*.
NO. 18
PERSONA Lb'.
Ex-President Arthur'* estate is esti
mated at $lOO,OOO.
Sir Williaui Wliite, who succeeds Sir
Edward Thornton as Great Britain s
representative at Constantinople, speaks
twenty-fire different languages and dia
lects.
Miss. Cleveland's health is broken
down. Uuless there is soon a chance
in Miu Cleveland's health, she will
spend the winterin the south ot Fraooe
or in Florida.
Mr. Patrick Henry Winston, now of
Idaho, but once a North Carolinian, is
rnnning for Congress in the former Ter
ritory. and at a Democrat, too, the
Statesville Landmark gravely avora.
Of Gen. Grant's sons, Col Fred D. la
assistant treasuicr of the New York
Steam Heating Compaay, Ulysses is en
his farm and Jesse ia on his way to Mcx
ioo to enter the railread business there
Wash Post.
A son of ex-Senator Thayer, of Con
necticut, has just achieved a greater dis
tinction than his father ever possessed,
by riding 4,224 miles on a bioycle. He
has been wheeling since the 10th of
April, and has crossed the coutincnt,
chiefly on hia wheel.
WASHINGTON, October 20.—Minister
Cox had a second interview with Secre
tary Bayard this morning and indicated
a desire to be relieved as United States
Minister to Turkey, He was informed
that be would not be required to return
to Turkey. [Mr. Cox has been returned
to Congress.—RKPOßTEß-POBT.]
PRESIDENT CLEVELANDAT
RICHMOND.
The President visited the Richmond
Fair Oct 22d, and was received with
genuine Virginian hospitality. He
made an address ooncluding as followa :
"If in the past we have been estrang
ed and the onltivation of Amerioan citi
zenship has been interrupted, your en
thusiastic welcome of to-day demon
strates that there ia an end to such
estrangement, and that the time of sus
picion and fear is succeeded by an era
of faith and confidenoe. In such kindly
atmosphere and beneath such cheering
signs, I greet the prop!* of Virginia aa
co-laborer* in a field where grows lore
of out united country.
'•God grant that in the jean to oome
Virginia, the Old Dominion, Mother of
Presidents, she who looked on the nation
at its birth, may not only inoreaae her
trophies of growth in agriculture and
manufacturers, but that she may be
among th» first of all the Sta'.e* ic the
cultivation of true American oitiieit*
ship."
HUMOR OF OUR OFFICE. .
Why was tho first issue of greenback*
like the Children of Israel?— Because
it was the offspring uf Abraham (Lin
eoln) and knew not its Redeemer.
How sua I.OOKXH. — George : "They
tell me, John, that Uuole Joseph's wife
was thrown from the buggy on the Fair
Giounds by the horse taking fright just
as Uncle Joe. was about to get in."
John : "I was thereat the time anil
aaw it all."
Geoige ; How did the woman look }
John (after a moment's reflection) :
"Well, George, ahe looked di*-oloMd."
Some of the briefs in the Wilmington
Morning Star are arranged under the
head "Twinkling" ; but morning stars
are planetary, or wandering, and do not
twinkle.
FIVE RULES FOR BOYS.
1. However much you admire any
one, never alljw yourself to bo inflaeno*
ed by that one to do what you know ia
wrong.
2. Never fallow any one blindly ;
make sure what it is you are atked to
do, and what purpose is to be served by
doing it,
3. Always think of what the thing
you are tempted to do would lead yon
to, and wber« it would land you at
last.
4. Follow the leadership of DO one
who sneers at tboee whom yon know to
he good people.
5. Rather deny yourself pleasures
that are lawful than expose yourself to
temptations you era t o weak to reals!
by becoming a close companion of an
evil-doer.—Exchange.
The Greensboro Patriot says the O,
F. AY. V. li. R. Co. has commenced
Itlie survey ol a branch road from Lin
ville's Store to Madison, a distance of
12 miles.