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And thought with a nervous dread
Of the piles of cloths to be washed, and
more
Than a dozen mouths to be fad.
There were meals to be got for the men in
the field,
And the chjldred to fix away
To aehool, and the milk to be skimmed An 1
churned ,
And all to be done that day.
It had rained in the night, amd all thj
wood
"Waa as wet as it could be.
And there were puddings and pies to baka
And a loat of cake for tea
The day wa hot, and her aching head
Throbbed wearily as she said,
"If maidens but knew what good wives
know.
They would be in no hurry to wed."
''Jennie, what do vou think I told Ben
firown ?"
Called the farmer from the well ,
And a fluh nrept up on his bronzed brow.
And his eye halt bahfull fell :
It was this " he said, an l coming near,
"He smiled, and stooping down,
Kissed her cheek, " 'twas thi. that you
were the best
And dearest wife in town."
The farmer went back to the field, and the
wife,
In a smiling and absent way,
Sang snatches of tender little songs
Hne'd not sung tor many nday.
And the pain in her head was gone, and
the clothes
Were white as foam of ths ea,
Her bread was light, and her butter "was
sweet;
And as golden as it could be.
"Just thing," the children all called. 3n a
breath ,
"Tom Wood has run otf to sea!
fie wouldn't, I fcuow, if hejonly had.
As happy a home as we "
The night came down, and the good wife
smiled
To herself, as she softly said,
'Tis sweet to latoi Jfor those we love
Tis not strangn that maids will wad,'
A ( l UIOl fi ;o-Ulr-
Thai oi l lie UiiUel Stale la
SrtruiiKe Mlxturee.
Audiew JdcHsou said upou one
particular occasion when the fact
was forced to hid notice, that 4Con
k'letjfl i a curioat collection'' His
alliterative phrase is as trne to day
ae it w8 then, aud the new Con
K'roaa which met on the 7th inst., id
a conglomeration of btraagely as
Rorted characters.
it contains 444 members exclusive
d tonr territorial delegates. ' Many
are old hande and are made new
oues. Fro ru the whole lot au enter
pi i sing correspondent lias found
soaie interebtiug characters and a
few are selected litre.
Beginning with the 38 Senators,
the youngest of them is Edward O.
Wulcott, of Deuver, Col. He was
born in 184S in Massachusetts, and
is a lawyer by profession.
The oldest is Julias S. Morrill, of
btrtfcrd, Vt., who was born in
1810, and is a merchant. Moreover,
he is the Nestor of Congress, hav
ing served 39 years.
The rest of the Senate is made
up of 01 lawyers, 4 capitalists, 3
journalists, 2 lumbermen, 2 manus
lat tnrers, 1 merchant, 1 railroad of
ticial, 1 miner, 1 stock raiser, 1 car
1 builder, 1 doctor, 1' bankers, 1
printer and 6 quarrymen. The rest
pat themselves down as retired.'
Twenty ot the Senators served in
the Confederate army daring the
var hnd 16 in the TJuion army,
Tbe man with tbe longest time to
s-i ve is Edward C. Walthall, of
Grenada, Miss , who bus been rt
' lected by the Legislature of his
;S!ate for the term ending in 1901.
The most cultored Senator is
Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachu
setts, who is an author, artist, lin
guist aud society man.
Tbe handsomest is Charles II.
Gibson, of Maryland.
Tbe most senatorial is Alfred H,
Colquitt, of Georgia, whose father
and grandfather sat In the Senate
before him.
The haughtiest is J. Donald Cam.
eron, of Pennsylvania, whose unique
distinction it is never to say a word
in the Senate unless he moves to
adjourn.
I The richest, now that Stanford is
dead, wonld seem to be John P.
, .. . .
item.
The most celebrated outside o
his own country is John Sherman.
The' most abused is Matbew Stan
ley Quay, of Pennsylvania.
The most punctilious Is Calvin S
Hrlce, of Ohio, who changes bis
shirt three times every day.
The most temperate is David B
Hill, of New York, who neitbei
drinks, smokes, swears, gambles,
nor eats dainties.
The strongest is William H. Al
lison, of Iowa, who could almost tell
an ox with bis flit.
In the House are 204 members
who served in the last Cougiess, bet-idea
sixteen otbtre not in the lat
Congress, but members ot Con
resees prior to it.
The father of tbe House is Chars
lea O'Neill, of Philadelphia, Pa,
who, if he outlives the present term,
will have broken tbe record by navs
inn eerveu JO consecutive ears in
the lower branch of Coijgrens.
Tbe House contains 206 lawyers,
17 farmers and agriculturalist, 14
journalists. 14 manufactures, 13
ruerch&uts, 5 bankers, 3 teachers, 1
publisher, 2 doctors, 2 clergymen, 2
college professors. 2 printers, 6 gen
tlemeu ot leisure, 2 society men
aud 30 odd whose pursuits are too
indefinitely reported tor claHsifica
tiou Of the lot 221 went into the
Democrat caucus, 126 are solidly
Republican, and 8 call themselves
Populists. That leaves 2 undeter
mined. The most eloquent of all is W.
Bourke Cochran, of New York.
The one with the most solid con
stituency is Thomas J- Geary, of
Santa Rosa, Cal., whose motto is
"The Chinese Must Go 1"
The most uupoplar outside of his
own district is William S. Holman,
of Aurora, Ind., who should O'Neill
die, would become father of tbe
Hon-. He is ser ving his fifteenth
term.
Tne thinuest is a member from
Mediciue Lodge, Kan., who wears
no socks, if current report be trust'
worthy.
Tbe most literary is Thomas Dunn
Euglisb, of Newark, N, J once tbe
boon compauiou of Edgar Allan Poe
and who has written verses which
the Princes of Wales greatly ad
mires. The most interesting is Daniel
Edward Sickles, of New York, who
has been on tiial for bis life, charg
ed with murder ; who loat a leg at
Gettysburg, and who saved the lives
of three men at the risk of his own.
Tbe best educated is Wiliiam L,
Wilson, of Charlestown, W. Va ,
who knows Virgil by heart, can
read Hebrew with ease, and conju
gate a Greek verb as readily as he
hustles about tbe polls ou election
day not to men tiou essays he has
written on tbe integral calculus and
equations of the second degree. Au
exception might be taken to this in
ravor otDr. William Everett, whose
scholarly attainment are well known
Tbe most unique is William Mc
Aleer, of Philadelphia, Pa., who is
the first out Democrat and support
er of Grover Cleveland and tariff
for revenue only to be elected on
the Republican ticket after his own
party refused bim a nomination.
The one who bobs up serenely is
Joseph A. Scrantou, ot Scranton,
Pa., who is elected and defeated
with rliuch regularity at. every other
Congressional election.
The most puzzled is Charles F.
Crisp of Americus Ga., who has
never been able to decide whether
he is eligible to the Presidency of
the United States, or not, having
been born abroad of American par
ents.
Tbe proudest ii Joseph E- Wash
ington, of Cedar Hill, Tenn., who be
longs to tbe family ot our first Pres
ident. Tbe most elegant is John E. Rey
burn, or Philadelphia. Pa., whose
principal duties are connected with
tbe inheritance of a series of for
tunes from departed relatives.
A gentleman with an appropriate
name considering the object of th
special session, is Representative
Monev. of Mississippi.
No doabt this session will bring
oat others who are as interesting as
those already recorded.
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To tbe majority ot young Ameri
cans there are only two chapters in
the history of their conntry, both
mm ing under rather lurid headli
nes the Revolution and the "Late
Unpleasantness.'' But while the
eneisin of th Nation may be the
Ulorious Fourth," there is a period
antedotiug it which deserves a
greater amount of consideration
loan tbe average student bestows ;
though certainly it ha would fully
understand and appreciate tbe spirit
which animated tl at first patriotic
chapter of the rAt serial he uiUHt
first acquaint tdmselt with the per-
s nage who "lived, moved and had
their beiug" in those introductory
page, and the varied conditions
surrounding them.
Nesrly all of tbe States are ahead
of North Carolina in the preserva
tion of their valuable historic mate
ml, but a careful examination of
the records that are still extant
prove her to be second in impor
tance and interest to none. One of
the very first settlements was made
within her borders by Sir Walter
Italeigb, and iu 1585, on tbe island
ot Roanoke, was torn Virginia Dare,
tbe first child born of Eoglish par
eutage iu America. But it was
west and north of this island that
the colonists settled in the largest
numbers and built their homes,
many of which staud as monuments
to their taste and hospitality.
Ou the northwestern shore of the ;
Albemarle nestles tbe quaint old
town of Edenton. It was founded
in 1716 aud named for Charles Ed
ou, IloTul Governor of North OaiO
luia from 1712 to 1729, though from
its natural beauty and fruitiulness
its name might well have hud a
more sacred derivation. Lying in
the midst of a region remarkable
eveu iu those days for its fertility,
surrounded by winding creeks, aud
poses6iug a fine harbor, into which
empty the rivers Chowan and Roane
oke, it deserves to be called the
garden of the State, or, as one writ
er has already styled it, --granary of
tbe province." Having a direct
outlet to the sea, it nauraliy became
the market town and shipping port
for the wealthy planters of that dis
trict, and oarly in the history of the
country it possessed a society of
wealth and culture. Far from be
ing refugees from the motner coun
try, ot a low and untutored clas3
they were men whom their progenia
trs might strive to emulate in ev
ery particular, and women whose
lives were models ot virtue, refine
ment and high born courage- Long
before the devolution the country
had reached a high state of cultiva
t on j uoble forests and impenetras
ble swamps were iuterspeTeed with
rolling farms, lavish in their yield
for both man and beast. Fish aud
gam6 furnished sport and revenue-
while the native vine produced a
wine fit for the gods. The scupper
nong grape is indigenerous to this
part of the State, and possesses a
flavor both rare and delicious. It
grows very peculiarly, being trained
over an arbor built like the frame
tor a low flat roof, and bears its
fj ait singly, not in clusters, as tbe
ordinary grape From it is made a
sweet, yellow wine. There is a very
large and gnarle old vine on Roan
oke Island which is said to have
been planted by Sir Walter Raleigh.
Thus it was that while the homes
of tbe colonists lacked many con
veniences and almost all luxuries
and embellishments, tbeir comforts
and pleasures were unequaled, and
procured with tbe least imaginable
effor t and expense. Tbe total lack
of artificiality in tbeir surroundings
stemed to infuse a similar naturals
ness and simplicity into tbeir social
life, aud leave an iudellibie impres
sion upou the characters formed
nnder its ennobling influence. At
this early date the populatiou ot
Eienton, nomebriog some four or
five hundred, consisted mainly of
men who had received thorough
educations in either France or Eogs
land, and many possessed of large
fortunes, arrong whom the common
tie of aell-exile and constant inter
marriage formed a bond which
strngtehened day by day, until for.
ever welded by the final stru gb
for liberty.
As the stranger sails into Edeu
Bav eaid by many who rival that
of Naples with the broad -estate of
Hayes on one side and the long
white bouse and sloping lawn of
Albania and the island horn of
Pembroke on the other, It is not
iifficult to imagine that tbe gleam
ing white roofs and wild foliage be
fore him still shelter the courtly men
ot thoe daje, with tbair kuee
breeches aud ooeked bats, aud the
stately dames bepatohed and be
powdered. Drawing nearer, the il
lusion is strengthened by the
glimpse ot along maiket-place in
tbn c nr ot tbe main street, the
sight of a faded buff court tiou.e
lroutiug ou a beautiful, old-fashioned
green, and tantalizing views
ot color aud lite through the broad
open halls of the houses that stand
neir tbe water's edge. There is an
odd and delightful irregulnrity
about this arrangement ; some of
tbe bouses facing the bay and
standing on tiptoe, tbe yonng and
inquisitive children, dangerously
near the brink, while tbe larger and
older edifices remain iu dignified
seclusion far up among tbe shrub
bery, tbeir backs turned implacably
toward the lapping tides that vainly
tries to kiss the hem of their green
robes.
These bouses face ou the most
beautiful street of the village.wbich,
with its stately, arching elms, de-
serves its royal name of King.
Pausing to look through the tall
gates at the almost tropical growth
of roses, peonies aud japonicas aud,
the embowering vines of wisteii I
clematis and madeira, fancy easily
pictures the erstwhile mistseas ot all
thU loveliness straying between the
piim box borders in her scant,short
waisted frock aud broad straw hat
with its lute string trimming, fol
lowed by a small black slave, who
carries tbe shallow basket into
which she drops the victims ot her
garden shears. You may follow her
to the tall ledge, over which she
chats with her baudsome neighbor
the same young man, perhaps,
who wrote to England that "the
pa nips made in this country spoil
the silk stockings," also that tbe
hat sent him was "very pretty,
though the silver baud was rather
showy,'' and perchance you may
even be allowed to put into the
summer-house where this Colonial
maiden retires to read all over again
the liny glaze-note that has been
sent her with a book entitltd ''The
Art of Loving," in which the writer
declares that it is most convenient
presenting the Art of Loving to
one who so folly possesses the
Art of Pleasing V How quant
ly simple is the phrasing of
these old letters 1 How phlegmatic
and formal they seem in this day of
"adjective de luxe !'' What would
a nineteen century girl think of a
lover who, at the most ardent peri
riod of his courtship, ended his let
ter with "love and compliments as
proper, and, believe me, honored
lady, most humbly and affectionate-,
ly yours!''
The climate of North Carolina has
greatly changed of late, makiog it
both cooler and healthier. Until
within the last ten years Edenton
was subject to an annual scourge
known as hemorrhagic fever, from
which recovery was almost hopeless,
and many were the shining marks
aimed at by this remorseless dis
ease. Smallpox and fever and ague
were common visitants, aud during
the summer and fall It was almost
fatal to remain in the towns aloDg
the coast. A writer of. that lime
says: "We literally die daily, and
if I do not fly soon, I fear I shall
find a habitation too permanent to
bechanced." At the same time the
air was deligbtfally mild and soft,
which is vouched for oy a letter
da'ed February 25, 1778, in which
the writer tells bis anxioos spoose
that "his tbin coat has douej&im no
sort of prejudice."
The early settlers of the eastern
section visited and travelled almost
altogether in boats, and few wf re
they who could not handle an oar
or trim a ail. As late as 1778 tbe
only vehicle in common ose was tbe
double chair or gig. drawn by one
horse, which a servant rode beside
and guided. Less than a dozen
carriages were in the State at that
time, and the four horse chariot wan
not introduced till 1799. The first
record of an established academy
j dates back to 1767, though it is cer-
rain that for some time previous the
resident clergy added to their meam
gre aalariea by tutoring.
Ah troubles with Great Britain
began to brew the inhabitants he-
came too patriotic to attend the Eg.
taiilished Church, whieh was then
known altogether as the Church of
Euglaud, and tbe jovial, fox-hunt
ing parsous found their pews and
alms plated a slim source of sup
port. It was a t ritieal period in the his
tory ot Christendom, the b idge of
tbe philosopher superseding the
emblem ot the Passion, the intel
lectual triumphing over the moral.
Voltaire had recently shaken the
faith of the believing world, aud the
disciples of Hume, D'Alembert,
Diderot and Gtbhon increased dais
ly. Double sad was it to see the
charming society ot those days lack
ing the one thing which would have
made it well-nigh perfect. As many
were professed Deists, it is all the
more remarkable to read that one
of the conditions of admission to
the Legislature at that time was a
belief in the Holy Trinity and the
divine inspiration of the writiugH of
the Old Testament, to which ea:h
ctndidate had to swear. But tbowe
days were to full of wholesome la
bor for the working ot much mis
chief, even by lax a belief, and
.the sceptics themselves practiced a
charity and amiability that would
do credit to the Cbiietiaiiily of any
In looking over the custom house
books ot the port of Roanoke,which
was then at Edeutoo, it is interest
ing to note the exports of that time.
Tar, pitch, turpentine, timber, ekius,
Indian corn, rice, tallow, wheat,
rosin, flaxseed, bacon and snake
root are the piinoipal items, while
cottou appears very seldom and in
small quantities. Two bags only
were exported in 1772.
Fishing was always ooe of the
chief industiies, aud in a letter from
Jamaica, dated 1769, a runaway ne
gro is offered iu exchange tor twen
ty barrels of beiriugs. It seems
that rebellious slaves were ofteu
treated in this fashion, as they had
no such opportunities lor escaping
in America, the woods affording
them scarcely any susteuance and
the fear of the Iudiaus. who allowed
them no quarter, making them de
peudeut on the whites."
A housewife of 1776 writes tha
coru is 5 per barrel nnd 3 per
humhtd" ; while as late as lfeUO a
woman iu Tennessee complains of
the high prices, especially of molas
ses, which was 84 50 per gal on. In
m any of the old homes may still be
found evidences of the thrift ot the
Colonial housekeepers ; the great
wheei of spinning arn and cotton,
and the smaller one for flax ; tbe
heavy loom on which was woven aN
most everything, from the heavy
carpets and homespun for tho slaves
to the sottest blankets and linen for
the household; the moulds for
makiog tallow caudles, and the
queer old iron "dips,' tor holding
rushlights; the pretty, brass-tipped
bellows, aud the ugiy, sharp-toothed
carding combs. Tbe mill to which
tbe "up-country people'' took tbeir
wheat and coru it not only stand
ing, but in use to-day, and a more
picturesque spot cannot be found.
When one realizes how much time
and manual labor these occupations
required, how long were tbe joar
neys, aud how difficult and slow all
communication by post, it seems
impossible that time cou'd have been
as short aB at present. lhe ex
pression, "tempn tugif, is, no
doubt, as old as time itself, yet it
must have flowu them in accordance
with everything else, calmly and
decorously, not in tte uervous, rap
id transit manner cf to day.
The sad result of two devastating
wars has left little of the old town
proper ; yet a bouse here and there,
' tbe greens, and the ancieut, ivy
covered chmch render it possible
for one to judge somewhat of its
apperrance when it was the Colon i
:l capital, and b tasted, "in propor
tion to its population, a greater
rjnmHr of men eminent for ability,
virtue and erudition than an other
part of America.'' Gabriel John-
Uon, one of tbe earliest and ablest;
Colonial Governors, belonged to an
incient tilled family of Annandale.
Scotland, dating t'teir elevation to
i he peerage from 1420, and was in,
turn professor of Oriental language
s. political writer for tbe London
papers and Governor of North Car
olina, Colonel llaivey was Sp alter
of the House of Commons troru 17-
C6 to 1769, and leader of the Wbigsi
iq 1775 The name of Joseph.
Hawes belongs to the history of the
Union, he having leen one of the
s gneiH of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. He dod wln'e at bis
post in Philadelphia, whereupon
Congress wore mourning for a
month. These men are fair peci
mens of those foigotten forefathers
who fought so valiantly with sword
and pen against oppress.iou and in
justice ; and, indeed, theirs coold
have been no oidiua'y minds that
controlled and directed the action
of those times. In no one of the
provicea was the ciiush ot the dis
sension Iwtween Great Britian and
the cojonies more clear ly staled or
freely argued than in North Caroli
na, and in 1774 the Revolution was
fully begun. The first Provincial
Congress was held at. Newbern,
which, on account ot the cultivation
of its inhabitants, was long known
as the Athens ot North Carolina.
They assembled in open detiauce of
the royal Governor, ami passed re
solutions claiming the lights of En
glishmen, or refusing to either ex
port their own couiuioditie or itnt
iUrt Diinen goods.
The following month delegates
from the various Province met in
Philadelphia, forming ths first
American Congress, of whxh Lord
Camden said that he would have
-iven half bis fortune to have bteu
a member of that, body of men
which ever had and ever would mcfct
together iu this worid.
The spring of 1775 wjtnessed the
downfall ot ro3al authority iu North
Carolina and the famous declara
tion ot independence triads by the
citizens of Mecklenburg county,
which was the bjldeitstep yet tak
en toward the final throwing off of
the yoke.
And, if the daring "Tar Heels'
were the first American to declare
themselves independent, they were
tho first to strike a blow for free
dom. Tha British tried in vain to
enlist the slaves in their cause, who
were either too faitblul or too indo
lent more probably the latier to
torn traitors, but they were more
successful with the Indians, and
r.any were the dark deeds' perpe
trated by the treachirous Cbero
k.3HH killing in a single massacre
ovT 200 rniu, women aud children.
On February loth, 1776, all "loyal
subjects'' were suminoued to join
His Majesty forces iu North Caro-
im3, lor the purpose of crushing
tLat rebellious Province. And a
brave show they made, led by such
doughty warriors as Sir Henry
Clinton and Lord William Camp
bell. Tbe Highlanders, numbering
some two or three thousand strong,
were commanded by General Don
ald McDouald, husband of the fa
mous Flora McDonald, whose sen
vices iu behalf of the unfortunate
Prince Charlie rendered her an
image of adoration in their eyejt
aod, magnificent soldiers as tbey
were, it is not wonderful if they felt
victory assured when they met tbe
handful of Provincial raw recruits.
Mustering scarcely one thousand,
clad in simple homespun, and arm
ed only with single--barrelled shot
guns, tbey met the lordly foe and
conquered. This signal triumph at
the very outset completely checked
the well planned campaigh ot the
British, aod won tor North Carolina
the boDor of being the first Pro-
vince to drive the euemy from her
borders.
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