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7 ' IIICwIII ! II Mil WW vol nr. LINCOLNTON. N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE T, 1S89. NO. 5 W4 CIIEIUIY BOUNCE AND nosy MAIDS. A Story for the Ceulcnlal of the IreHlUenoy. Hi Wii. elliot ahirris, 1. D. In he flowery mouth of May, 1718, the thrifty dwellings ot' the Peuiif-ylvama Geirnaos uuuided the old Lutheran, ihuicb and bury, lag-ground on Barren Hill, while all aiound lay farms and orchard, with many a cleariug which opeDed Xhi woods to Banlightand promised good wheat. The cherry-trot h were especially well loaded wiih bl 08301D9 or with the early red and black truic foretelling speedy ripening. Gathered by the bu.lul, tor Mim uitr pies and winter drying, or ror crushing in. the press till their rich leljaice made cherry-bounce the color ot blood, the cherry was the javorire fruit ot the Germans. Well named from the Dutch word to "lound," or "ihrow,'' cherry "jounce," or Kirsche bonze, was the harmless ."dbrub" drunk during the harvest and dog-days, Websttr, a New England dictionary-maker, does iudeed defiue the blood-red liquid as ''cherry-brandy and sugar.' That, however, was the degenerate Yankee article, or the noxious drink of late days. Bight well bid the British army in Philadelphia know that Barren Hill was not sterile. By many a raid, as well as purchase in old Sec ond street, did they know the riches of the poultry yards, and the Inciousj cheese butter, beef, and fiuits, of Moutgomeiy County. To stop their depredations, General Washington ordeied out Lalaette with twenty one hundred picked men, with five cannon, to occupy Barren Hill. Fif iy Indians, to serve as scouts, and a regimeut ot militia, were also to as sist. On the 18th ot May, Lafay ette's detachment, the flower ol the army, marched out to begin the campaign. Punctually at four o clock next morning, rive thousand nessiaus and red coat4, with fifteeu pieces ot artillery, marched out of the tity, tally exploring to ba their game At Madison's Ford the British mad a rush for the American artillery, but were driven off by the rean guard of Continentals. In the skin xnisb, nine of Lafayette's men lost their lives. But the cannon were sately brought over. Hungry, hot, tired, and swearing in two lauguages, King George's warriors marched back to tell Gen eral Howe thut Latayette declined to cross the Atlantic with him. There was much straggling now that the men were irritated, aod the officers eould not prevent it it they had wished. Alas! now foi the farmers oo the road 1 In one home, at Whitemarsh, two little girls named Hannah and Kath arine lived. Their , father, John Harby, was a s'dier in the militia, and away; only mother was at home. They rushed into the house as a party of Hessians opened the gars den gate, and made a rush for the kitchen. "O mamma! what shall we do?" cried the elder, a both clung to their mother's skirts and hid their faces in its fold. "Go upstairs and bide," said the mother ; "maybe they want only bread and butter." Up Into the garret, aod behind boxes and barrels, under the hot sloping roof, they bid aod crouched until, with fear and heat, and their hearts almost pounding their ribs oat, they were nearly smothered. Meanwhile, below, the big boots of the Heftsians were heard ou the sanded kitchen floor. Standing their guns in the corner, they cried cot : "Bring out some fresh bread and butter, and milk, too. Be qoick, woman." "The only bread we have is in the oven,' said Mrs. Harby, whose hand 8 were still floury, "but you can have some milk. I'll go to the spring house at once' With a dipper and pail she sped to the cool brick and sod house through which ran an ice cold rivu let from a spring near by. "Let's search for liquor," said one of the Hessian?, while the bos teas was outdoors. Forthwith they proceeded to ransack the cupboard, the clothes press, and even the par lor china closet, bat without suc cess, except to find some caraway, seed cake an t a bowlful of schoitz, or dried wpplen. lhe yood h msekeepe", on b r re turn, not knowing the object of their Nenrch, and Heeing ;ber wel ordejed rooms in confusioi , lost all fear aud luofee out iu genuine "Pennsylvania Dotch" : 1 "I don'c see why yon can't civilly wait fur the biead to oak, but you mast turn things upside down You were iiot taught that in rhe cate chism. Why do vou Germ inn come herj tj fiijbt against people of your own blow? You know we Germans here came from the same fatherland; and not so lan g ago, either." "Silence, woman; we're soldiers, and obey the orders of our sover eign. Besides, are not the rebels and the British of tl e same blood also I Hush, or we'll force you to keep silence !" "ttind her mouth with her apron,'' said one of the men. Bat the brave woman kept up a steady stream . f talk, as she mean while set the table, well knowing the proverbial road which, in all parts of the w.tdd, leads to a him gry man's heart. So effective were her upbraidings that two of the men left the kitchen and sat outside under a tree; but the sergeant and two or three others, muttering something about women's tongaes being too sharp, pulled open the stairway door, and were about to go up. "Don't go there ; you'll frighten my children. You shall not," scream ed the mother, as she placed her back against the stair door. The roagbest of the men, who had a hideous sabre scar on his small-pox pitted face, seized her, aud pushed her into a chair, and tied her fast with a piece of clothes line. He was about to gag ber with her apron, but his comrade outside persuaded him not to go so far. Overhead the agonized mother beard the heavy boots on the floor, kicking about the ouious, dried fruit, boxes and barrels. "Heigh ho!" cried one; "here's cherry -bounce." Pulling out the corncob plug, he took a long draught, moving towards the door as he did so. Then it was that the two girls, who had kept as still as mice, on beiog discovered by auoth r soldier, screamed with all their might, fearing for their lives. The drinking soldier was so taken aback that he dropped the jug, and the blood-red liquor ran down the steps aod dripped into the kitchen. The mother's eye caught sight of the liquid, which she at once im agined was blood. "Oh, you have murdered my chil dren ! .Cruel, brutal soldiers, can yon not spare the mnoceut f cried she, as the raiders, iaden with their spoil, came down stairs. "Malatne,'' said one of the Hes s ans, as witb mock courtesy he palled off his mitrehat and bowed low, "your babies you can keep, bnt we shall relieve you of your cherry-bounce. It is a good article." Foraging among the out-houses, and bundling togetber,"after many a lively chase, such ducks, geese, aod chickens as they succeeded in capturing, the men ate the caraway seed c ikes and drank the milk. Tumbling the hot bread into their haversacks, they left, takins the road to Philadelphia. It was Dot saf e to linger too long. Thn mount ed militia might become troublesome- No sooner were the Hessian out of sight than down came little Han nah and Katharine, half langhing, half crying over their own fright, and seeing their dear mother tied to thecbair. "O darlings, God be praised, I thought you were murdered V said the mother, as the great tears of joy were kissed away by two pairs of rosy lips, while she was nearly choked by caresse, and her cramp ed limbs further hurt by being squeezed and sat npon. "Why, no, mamma! What made you think so?" said little Katharine. kOh, now I see ! Yoa thought the cherry -Jbouuee was blood ; didn't youf "Yes, daughter ; but get the carv ing knife, aud let me get up. Im cramped, and these ropes cut my Wi." News cino eir'v next morning ih it i he father, John Huiby, wa9 saf. The Pennsylvania, militia, Iriven bek by the irapi tuous onset of the British regulars, "lived t" 6ght another day." The fanners were now able to lay aside their guns for awhile, aud plow, aud plaut, and sow. Yet affairs were so uncertain while the enemy held Philadelphia that "yeast-raised'' breait was only occasionly baked. The ev ry-dav staff' of life was a mixta e of flour, water, and salt, with little or no shortening in it, eaten hot with butter, and called always after, in memory of the date that tried women's souls, Revolu tionary cake." It was June 18, 1778, that the British army, with its twelve miles of baggage-wagons, evacuate! Philadelphia- At once Washington's army, unleashed from camp, started in pursuit. The little girls at the Harby home clapped their hands in glee as their father pointed out Washington, and Lafayette, and Wayue, and Steuben, and Morgan, and the other generals, and officers, on horseback- The army was march ing over to Coryell's Ferry, to cross the Delaware nd push on to Mon moQtb. Six years more parsed, and the Harbys now lived in Philadelphia, aud the eud of April was drawing uear. Washington was to enter the chief American city, coming across Gray's Ferry bridge. He was to ride down Chestnut street, before pa38iog through Princeton to New York, to be inaugurated President of the United States of America. Baby Hannah was now .nearly five years old ; and the two others, who remembered the Hessians and the cherry bounce, were rosy maids of fourteeu and sixteen years old. Great was the fuss, and pretty were the white dresses and new spring hats of the three sisters. Mr. Harby, on one of the committees of teceptiou, was full of importance also. A lovely day dawned, and, amid a throng of other children, the three rosy cbeeked maidens scat tered flowers in front of President Washington's horse, as he rode oast, saluting the crowds that lined rhe roads and streets Iroin the Schuylkill to the Delaware. And because I heard the story of the cherry-bounce and the rosy maids from the little girls them selves, I have told it to all who read ibis. When very old, with her tin gers bent by rheumatism into a shape which to the boy hearer seemed like a bayonet, grandmoth er told me this true story. Cotton Seed leal as Cow Feed. The Agricultural Department ha been making analyses ot butter from cows fed from cotton seed meal which produced uulooked for results. The analysis showed three remarkable points (1) low per centage of volatile acids ; (2) phe nomenally high melting point; (3) strong persistence of reducing agent. The first point of impor tance, is showiog that mixing cot ton seed with ieed of cows in the South will tend to raise the melt mg poiut of butter, thus rendering it more suitable for consumption in hot climates. Prof. Wiley says, from an aualytT ical point of view, the results are of great importance, siuce they show that butter derived from a cow fed on cot to u seed meal might be con demned as adulterated, when judg ed by the amount of volatile acids present. Since cotton seed meal is destined to be cattle food ot great importance, especially in the southern part of the Untied States, this is a tact of the greatest inter est to analysts and dealers. Wash ington Dispatch. Itch, Mange, and Scratches on human or animals cured in SO minutes by Wool ford'3 Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold by J. M.Lawing Druggist Lincoln'. ton N, C. Iove L,elter of th Future. Lovers will soon carry on corre spondence by phonograph, which, with a gross of wax cylinders and little boxes for mailing them, will tecome a conventional but uetul accompaniment to tbj ngagemeot ring. 4kM dnluii" wheu wiitteD. lan told, does not adequately ex--press rhe lover's fervor. But when reproduced with the phonographs mathematical exactness, there should be very passionate words, or, at any rate, an iidx of the warmth of the wpeiker'a passion. Worcester Spy. Studying the Bible. It is the man who studies the Bible most who finds most, in the Bible which is worthy of study. In this realm pre-eminently is it true that "whosoever -hath, to him shall bn given,'' and that "whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he thinketh he hath.'' A good illustration of tbi- truth is given iu a recent tes imony of the Rev. Dr. Henry G. Weston, president of Crrzer The ological Seminary. In a public ad dress be t-aid: "For fifry jears I have read the New Testauneut through every month, jet I i e er go to a meeting aod hear a man read a chapter without feeling that I have learned something new from hearing that chapter read." As over against this illustration rhere might be named more than one in m who has not read the Bible through consecutively in the last fifty years, who feels nure that there is nothing new in the. New Testa merit, and still less in the Old, for his reading or hearing. Returned lor Their Talis. The following story illustrates how much mice love i'h"eir tails : In Norwich, Connecticut, the other night a young lady sit a mouse trap in her parlor a trap that was like a diminutive railroad round house, with arched doorways, and with a delicate little loop pf steel under each doorsill to fly up and catch a mouse by the muzzle. The steel nooses snapped busily all night, and next morning the lady found five mice clinging in five of the inhospitable doorways, and, what was very mysterious to her, three long mouse tails hanging from the three other entrauces. She puz zled her head long over the inscru table problem. Why did three mice visit her trap over night aud delibs erately leave their tails behind them? But there wa no answer to it. A very bright idea, however, flashed into her mind, and Rhe set her trap again. Yerily, the three tailless mice came ba;k to recover their tails, and in the gray dawn of the following day the young lady found three tailless mice dangling from the trap. Pittsburg Dispatch. The Connolly Cases. The case of the State vs. J. B. Connelly, charged with embezzle meut in the use of the "Pljer money," was tried in the Superior Court last Saturday, and the de fendant was acquitted. The case for lorgery in the mat ter of the Plyer check having been dependent upon thecae for embez zlement in the matter of the Plyer money, the solicitor entered a uol. pros, as to ''r. The grand jury of the present term found three other bills against Connelly for embezzlement of raou eys paid to him as clerk. These were continued until the next term and the defendant required to give bond in $1,500 for his apperance. In the case ot failure to report (a misdemeanor), in which . he was convicted last reek, the court im posed a fine of $20 and the costs. The defendant's wife and young est child were with bim in conrt throughout the trial of the two cases for embezzlement. English Spavin Liniment removes all Hard, Soft, or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from horses. Blood Spavin, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring-bone, Stifles, Sprains, all Swollen Throats, Etc CughsSave 50 by use of one bottle. Warran ted. Sold by J. M. Lawing, Physi cian and Pharmacist. Lincoln ton. A SPEECH BY CLEVELAND "We Know We nave Xot Trafficked Principles For SucceHH." New York, May 27. The ban quet at tu Fift'i Aveune Hotel '.hi eveuing, TendeioJ t EPre ident Cleveland by the Young Meu't? Democratic Ciut, ol this city, was in every way a successful aod en joyable event. The gneas Included many cores of the leading Dem crats of the nation. Among them ere : Gov. H'li, Mayor Grau Ex Minister Phe!p, W. L. Scoit,Chuu cy F. Black, J. E. Russell of Mass. acbusetts, BourkeCo-kr-iD, Ex Sec retary Fairchild, F. R. Coudert, W. C. P. Breckenridge, Ex Gnv. noadi ley, P. A. Cillins, D. S. Ltmon', O. B. Potter aud many other. Let ters of regret were read from E. Secretary Bayard, Dou Jd.Dickin sou, Fttzhugh Lee, John W. Daniel and others. Following is extract Uom Grover Cleveland's speech : Wbea we seek for the cause of rhe perpetuity ot the Democratic party aDd its survival through every crisis and emergency, and in rhe face of all opposition, we find it in the iaet that its coi ner-stobe is a J i.. devotiou to the Mot.tq of Y people, and sympathy witb all thiogs which tend to the advances ment of their welfare and happi ness. Though heresy may some times have crept into its organizn- zation, and though party couduct may at times hve been influenced by the stiffoess which is the habit ual device ot its oppouents, there has always remained deeply im bedded in its nature and characUr that spiritof true Americanism and that love of popular rights which nas made it indistructible in dis aster and defeat, and has constitu ted it a boom to the country in its time of triumph and supremacy. Wekuow that we have espoused the cause of right and justice. We know that we have not permitted the country to await upon expedi ency. We know that we nave not trafficked our principles for success. We Know that we have not de- ceived the people with false prom-j ises and pretense. And we know that we have not corrupted nor be trayed the poor with the mony of the rich. Who can say that thee thiogs promise no reward, and thai tri umph shall not follow the en'ight ened judgmeut aud the sober second thought of our countrymen ? There are to-day no weak, weary and de spondent members of the true De mocracy and there should be none. Thoughtful attention to political parties is thoroughly aroused. Events are day by day leading men to review the reasons for their affili ations, and the supporters of the principle we profess are constantly recruited by mtelligeur, young aud sturdy adherents. Let us de-erro th"lr confidence; and shunuing ail 'gnoble practice:, let us remain stead rast to Demo cratic faith and to the cause of our country. If we are true and loya' to these, the day of our triumph will surely and quickly cooe, aud our victory shall be fairly, nobly won, through the invincible spirit of true Democracy. A Phenomenal Well. There is a well on the old Adam Clark place in Lilesville township, this county, that has peculiarities that the people livmg in the neigh borhood would like to havo ex plained by some competent authon ity. This well is 40 feet deep, and up to the time of the earthquake iu 18S6 always had (winter and sum mer) seven feet of good water in ir. It bad never been known to go dry, but on the morning after the earth quake it didn't have a drop of water in it, and since that time in dry seasons the well has been perfectly dry, bat during wet spells it gets so full that it sometimes ruos over. The well has been known to be full ot water at night and the next day found perfectly empty. It is a walled well and no surface water runs into it. Who can explain this! phenomenon T OFFICIAL OTICK. . O. Experimental Station. Raleigh, N. C, May 30th, ltfS9. The Board of Trustees of the North Carolina College ot Agricul ture aud Aitbanio Artf, at tbeir meeting July llth 18S9. will elect fhe following officers and Professor, viz : First, those constituting the Fac ultv of the College. 1st. A President, who shall have executive management, together ith such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Trustees. Salary $2,000 rtDd residence, or $300 equivalent. 21 : A professor of Agriculture, Live Stock and Dairying. Salary $2,000. 3d. A Professor of Horticulture, Aboricultnre and botany. Salary SI, '500. 4th. A Professor of Pore and Ag ricultural Chemestry. Salary $1, 800. 5th- A Professor of English. Sal ary SL800. Otb. A Professor of Practical Me chanics and Mathematics. Salary 1,800. Next the following : l"t. An Assistant Instructor in P-actical Mechanics, who will li particularly required during the first year to teach Drawing and give instruction with Hand Too's. Sal ary $1,000, lodging and board. 2-1. A Superintendent of Farms and Gardens. Salary $800, and dwelling house. 3J. A Steward, lodging aud board. 4th. A Matron. Salary $600, Salary $300, lodging and board. All correspondence and testimoni als regarding the above positions should be addressed to the onder signed, up to the time of the meet ing. State papers will confer a favor to the Institution by copying this notice. W. S. Primrose. Pres t Board of Trustees. Loose Farming- It is a serious mistake for a far- mer to undertake more than be can do well and thoroughly, says the Baltimore Sun. It is much better to properly cultivate ten acres under ueh circamstances as there would be on twice ten. .There is no in dustry where real thoughtfulness gives more evidence ot advantage than farming. Tbe thri'ty, tidy, handome fences e ee have not been made such by careles roinnip ulations. The proper preparation of ground for any crop is half the bat tle, for no matter how prime the seeil, the soil must I e congenial, both in kind and preparation, to secure the best paying results. Quality in farming will give better results than quantity. Every intel ligent farmer must realize the fact and observation will prove that it is the small farms that are the most profitable. Large farina really have the number of men employed that is necessary at season. Seeding tim come and bad weather has delayed the work, aud the conse quence is it is rnshed throngb, half done and then the next job is per formed in the same way. Many a farmer has had to have work done over the second time, aud th-n the yield is not a much a if it had been properly done in the first place. A snccessful farmer was recently asked what bis system of farming was, and replied, "I try o make my farm self supporting. I diversify my crop, and propose in future to plaut less, manure more and work batter: I keep as much of what I produce on the farm as possible." In reply to the question. How farm ing could be made to pay ? his answer was : "By giving yonr farm as close attention as a merchant or any other business man gives to bis business, by diversifying your crop, raising on the farm everything you use as far as possible, by paying cash for what yoa are compelled to buy, thereby avoiding time price.' This is the secret of successful far ming in a nutshell. Bay Wild Orange Svrup for Dys- pepsia, heumatism, Blood Poison, &c. at w,-M,ReedJ&C,o'8.ang.ll,2ai The President' Nlenogr ptier, tuo Flt-t Woman Clerk Ever In the Wbllo Hondo. Miss Alice B. Sanger is the iirit wonmu ever employed an a cUrk in tne White House. She in oue of the raou expert stenographers and typewriters iu the coantry. She it about 22 or 23, and is inclined to be a blonde. She has large, light eyes, and a wealth of hair aod m very sweet faco. Whenever aha epeaks her mouth breaks in smilei. She has a pleasant voice and ia an accomplished musician. At th White House she is one of the fami ly. She wiites all the President' personal letters, aod Is secure in his confidence, having been bis stenog rapher for over two years: Ail last summer Miss Sanger was the only stenographer employed at Har rison's home, aod part ot the time she was secretary as well Chicago Mail. Iatoi Movement in Alabama Birmingham, May 22- A political scheme having for its object the control of the next State Legislature, has been started in Alabama with fair prospects of success. It U nothing less than a fusion of the Farmers' Alliance, the Knighti of Labor, and all other secret labor organizations. The plan is for the Knights of Labor to nominate can- didates for the Legislature in every county in the State next year, aod every member of all labor organ iza tions will support these candidates. If the plan is successfully carried oat, it is asserted that the labor candidates can be ejected in at least forty counties in the State, which will give them a good working ma jority in both branches of the Legi islature. The Knights of Labor appealed to the last Legislature for the en- actment of certain laws in the in terest of workingmen and organ ized labor. These bills all failed to pass, some of them beiog vigoroas ly opposed by capitalists and oor porations. One bill, the passage of which was especially urged by labor organizations, was to prohibit the payment of laborers in store checks. It was vigorously foaght and defeated by capitalists. The movement to control the next Legislature in the interest of organ t ized labor is being quietly pushed, and the Farmer's Alliance and Knights of Labor have already agreed npon it. The membership of the Alliance is now aboat 14,000 in the State, and there are upward of 100,000 Knights of Labor. Wen York Sun. Where Woman Excel. When a woman has a hen to drive into the coop, she takes hold of her skirts with both hands, shakes them quietly at the delinquent and sayn, 'Sboo, there P The heu takes one look at the object to assure herself that it is a woman, and then stalks majestically into the coop. A man doesn't do it iu that way. He goes outdoors saying : "It's singular nobody can drive a hen bnt neP and picking up a stick of wood, burls it at tJe offendiog biped and yells: Get in there, yoa thlelP The hen immediately losea her rea son and dashes to the other end Of the yard. The man planges after her. She comes back with ber head down, her wings out and followed b? a miscellaneous assortment of stove wood, fruit cans, clinkers, and a very mad man in the rear. Then she ckims under the barn and over a fence or two and around the house back to the coop again all the while talking as only an excited ben can talk, and all the while fol lowed by things convenient for throwing, and by a man whose coat is on the saw buck, whose bat is on the gronnd and whose perspiration is limitless. Ry this time the other hens have come out to take a hand in the debate and help dodge mis els. The man vows that every ben on the place shall be sold at once, puts on bia hat and coat and goes down town. The woman comes oat, goes right to work and has every one of those hens boused and coon' ted inside of two minutes. Mobile Register.