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complete in all department; well assorted, new and
seasonable, embracing everything necessary
to the full and complete outfit
of the retailer.
Extending to you a cordial invita'ion to visit ns, and hoping to
secure your orders through our traveling salesmen,
We are, very truly yours,
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JPm S. All orders by mail will be filled upon
the same terms and receive the same attention
as buyers in person.
R. B. BRITTAIN fc CO.
DEALERS
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
MORG-ANTON, N. C.
HOWARD &
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
MORGANTON, N. C.
ARK constantly receiving neW'"and seasonable goods, which they are
offering at the most reasonable ra'ea. Cll and see the in, and you will
be convinced that they cannot U undersold.
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"SUMMER.
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PRESNELL,
THE MOUNTAINEER.
W. C' ERVIN, Editor.
SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1883.
"COUSIN FRANK. "
BY MBS. E. H. HOUGH.
I must now bid vou eood-mornine,
Miss Ogden ; my train is about start-
mg. I am sorry you are obliged to 1
remain here until to-morrow, in co
sequence of the break in the road ;
but you will find everything pleasant
at the Sherman House. I have enter-
tn,i vmir namn tUa KrtVo Qri;i
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have also ffiven the name and :
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address of your father, which will be
all the guarantee vou will require for
the best treatmont they can eive you." i
m.af ; .ir;nkt Mw0ion OTWi
I am greatly obliged for your kind
ness," was the pleasant response.
The lady whose attendant had thus
bowed himself out and away was a
happy young girl of eighteen, who
had been spending the holidays with
some relations in St. Louis, and was
now on her way to her home in
Rochester. She had been accustomed
to travel, both in company and alcne,
and did not regard it as a very seri
ous calamity when she learned from
the gentelman in whose charge she
had been placed, and who had accom
panied her as far as Chicago, that she
would be obliged to remain there a
day or two.
It was now eight o'clock in the
morning,and having breakfasted in her
room, and while thinking how pleas
ant it would be to find some one in
that great city whom she knew, she
chanced to remember having heard
her father say that he had a nephew
residing there by the name of Charles
Brown, a dealer in hardware.
The city directory having been sent
for, gave her the address of "Charles
Brown, Hardware," and within the
next twenty minutes a cab placed the
young lady, with her satchel in her
hand, at the door of his residence.
The bell had been rung, and stops
were approaching the door, when our
heroine began for the first time to
query herself as to whether she had
gone into the cousining business in
the most prudent way. Would it not
have been much better to have sent
her card and informed those cousin
that she was at the hotel, and would
be glad to see themt She must now
go in and say to the lady :
"I am a cousin of your husband.
My name is Agatha Ogden, and I am
a daughter of Ralph Ogden, of Ro
chester, New York."
How different an awkward transac
tion looks, when we get fairly into it,
from what it does when thought of or
seen at a distance !
"I am much pleased to see you, Miss
Ogden !" was the form in which the
young laay was received Dy iirs.
Brown. "Please let me take your
hat and wraps. My sister, Miss Wil
liams," she added, as the lady thus
introduced entered the room. My
husband is out of the city, but will
return to-morrow. His brother,Frank
is at the store, and will be home to
lunch. I know very little in regard
to my husbands relatives, and do not
believe Frank knows much about
them, he having left home when not
more than ten years old."
"I do wish I was back at the Sher
man House!" Agatha said to herself,
the first moment she was alone.
"These ladies seem very kind; but
how extremely awkward I shall feel
if the gentleman should not be a rela
tive of mine, after all ! They will
think, and so shall I, that I have made
a very great fol of myself. And even
it tney are my cousins, they will no
doubt suppose that I came here to
save my hotel bill. But I am here
now, and they are making me wel
come; of course, I cannot do other
wise than remain until the - elder
brother comes home. I do wonder if
other people ever act as foolishly as I
do sometimes T How father and
mother would scold me !"
i? ranfc Krown the cousm who would
be home to lunch, was an earn3st
t young fellow, twenty-two, years old,
overflowing with life, and had seen
'just enough of the world to make him
somewhat bold and self-reliant.
To make sure of Frank's company
to lunch, Miss Williams went down
w ine s,ore SOOD auer tne vl81tor
came in and told him the whole story,
endmg with : ; v
"She is really a?yery prettygirk
Frank- We are just delighted with
er
Frank Brown had never heard of
any cousin of that name : but that
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omv raauo ne uiscovery more inter-
estmg.
Having
put
himself through the
hands oi his
and boot-embel-
lisner, ana given each
part of his
wardrobe a few extra touches, he
ordered a cab to set him at his door
that unusual precaution having been
taken in order to bring himself into
the presence of his new cousin in an
unsoiled condition. Then, after giv
ing himself a few more touches and
scrutinizing glances on entering the
hall, the young man marched boldly
in, and having been duly announced,
said :
"I am delighted to meet you,
cousin !"
At the same time for the uhole story
may aa well be told he took her
fondly by the hand, and placing his
left arm gently around her, waited a
second or two, until he saw her fair
blue eyes looking firmly, and affec
tionately, and as he thought invitingly
right into his own, and then gave her
a cousinly kiss, not roughly or hastily,
but in a very becoming and orderly
way. He said, again :
"I am delighted to meet you, Cousin
Agatha!"
To which the young lady respond
ed :
"And I am pleased to meet you,
Cousin Frank."
The young man remained at home
that day an hour longer than usual
in fact, did not return to the store
until one of the clerks came for him,
and then remained only long enough
to answer a question or two. A little
business at the Sherman House requir
ed his attention. Cousin Agatha s
trunk, the check for which he had
received from her.tnust be sent over to
their house, and her name withdrawn
from the books. Miss Ogden would
be their guest while she remained in
the city, and she had already very
kindly promised to prolong her visit
some two or three days.
"Well, my dear," said the elder Mr.
Brown, on hearing the whole story
from his wife, immediately after he
came home, "this is a comical adven
ture one however, that does not seem
likely to damage any of us. The
young lady certainly is not my cousin,
nor in any manner related to me. 1
understand, however, exactly how the
the mistake has occurred. There was
another Charles Brown, who left here
a yeai ago, whom I knew very well,
for he was also in the hardware busi
ness, and he had, as he told me, an
uncle by the name of Ralph Ogden
in Rochester. We were talking one
day in regard to our respective fami
lies, when he incidentally mentioned
that fact, and spoke, as I remember,
in very high terms of that uncle. The
young lady is, of course, the daughter
of that gentleman, one is now, as
you say, down in the city with your
sister?"
"Yes ; they went out together an
hour ago, to do a little shopping, and
will soon return."
"Well, we must correct the mistake
as gently as possible, and make the
young lady's visit none the less pleas
ant to her. I will go to the store now,
and return within an hour, and while
E am gone you will, of course, explain
the mistake to the visitor. Meantime
I will set Frank all right in regard to
the matter, aad prepare him to be a
little less demonstrative."
The mistake was first explained to
Miss Williams by her sist6r, and then
; both ladies united in makinsr the rev-
elation to their guest,
and all were
soon laughing heartily at what seemed
to them a ver enjoyable joke. .
As for Frank, his feelings were
mixed and peculiar; and our heroine
also experienced a sensation that
seemed like a gentle confusion, when
she thought of the earnest and affec
tiouate kiss she had already received
from the young gentleman, whom
she had neVer met before, and lo
whom she was in no way related.
A slightly awkwaid and embar
rassing situation, and to get back to
the formal and dignified propriety
which should be observed between
strangers, and do so in just the right
way, might possibly require more skill
and tact than a girl of eighteen would
be. expected to posess.
"Well, Cousin Agatha, how have
you enjoyed yourself since I saw you
last?" was the greeting Frank gave
their guest, the first time they met
after the mistake wa3 discovered.
Agatha flushed a little, but not very
crimson, and managed to go through
her part of tho programme in a way
that made all parties feel as if they
had found a happy and congenial
friend, worth knowing and loving,
even though she was not their cousin,
Mr. Charles Brown mentioned to
his family, in the course of the even-
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mg, mat ne naa learnea irom rename
parties that'the young lady, as he had
cojectured, belonged to oue of the
most respectable families in Roches-
ter. -
"A good and worthy girl," he ad-
ded ; "whose visit we must make as
pleasant as possible."
And to the carrying out of that
programme'the whole family addres
sed themselves especially Frank.
Of the mistake that brought the
young lady to their house, nothing
was said to friendsVho come in. Miss
Ogden was simply introduced as a
young friend from Rochester, who
was paying them a visit; and all join
ed with them in saying now very
sorry they were that her visit would
terminate so soon.
Whether the cousinly kiss with
which Frank Rrown and Agatha Og
den greeted each other, when first
meeting, wrs repeated at parting, has
never been known unless to the
young people themselves. But for
some reason the acquaintance begun
in that random way did not end with
that visit.
On thinking over the whole matter,
on her way home, Agatha came to
the conclusion that it would not be
best to tell any one, except her father
and mother, the story os her cousinly
adventure: nor diet she tea quite trie
whole story, even to them.
"A letter for you, A g:tha, and
from Chicago," was Mr. Ogden's re
mark, while distributing- the mail-mat
ter the postman had brought in, one
morning, a few days after his daugh
ter had returned. "From your cou
sins, perhaps,"
"Have we any cousins in Chicago1?
asked an older sister. '
We had, some time aero," was the
evasive answer which Agatha, with a
sly but imploring look, promted her
father to give.
"Who is your letter from, Ag?"
asked her sister. "I saw the address
a gentleman's writing."
"Please don't bother me now," said
Aoratha, placing: the letter in her
pocket without reading.
"Just the way," said the sister,
"that vounsr ladies treat the first let-
w '
ter they receive from their beaux."
'After tbey have received as many
as vou have," retorted Acratha, with
just a very little spite in her tone; "I
suppose they give the first reading
to any one who is willing to perform
a service of that sort!"
"A love letter, as sure as I live!'
exclaimed the sister.
It is scarce necessary to say that
the letter was from Frank Brown,
wno managed tne correspondence so
cleverly that at the end o two months
he was a welcome guest at the resi
dence of Mr. Ralph Ogden, and . the
accepted lover of his daughter Agatha.
A few young friends, that : sister
among them, were mischievous
enough to say, on the day of the wed
ding, that Agatha "Ag," as they
persisted in calling her most of , the
time knew very well, when she cal
led on Mr. Brown, that those people
were in no way related to her, but
just went on a love-making adventure.
A slander, of course, and they knew
it. No young lady ever made a more
honest blunder, or a more lucky one;
for the young man, whose first intro
duction was that earnest and affection
ate kiss, proved to be a worthy, and
faithful husband. Agatha could . not
have found one who would have
suited her better if she had looked
the whole continent over.
How to Make the Garden Pit .
The garden pays well, even with hand
labor." It would pay much better if
the mam burden of the cultivation
were put upon the muscles of the
horse. But the savins: of cost in cul
tivation is only a small part of the
benefit of the long-row arrangement.
It would lead to a much more fre
quent and thorough cultivation of our
garden crops. Most farmers neglect
the grrden for their field crops. .The
advantage of a frequent stirring of
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ine sunace somo growing crups i
greatly underestimated. It is said
that it pays to hoe cabbage every
morning before breakfast during the
early part of the season. -We can
testify to the the great advantage of
cultivation every weeK. mis ire-
quent oreaking of the crust adrrits of
a freer circulation of the air among the
roots below, that fall. The manufac
ture of plant food goes on more rapid
ly, and to a certain extent, cultiva
tion is a substitute for manure. An
other benefit of the long-row system
would bethe almost certain enlarge
ment of the fruit and vegetable gar
den, and a better supply of these
fruits for the table. This, we beiiva
would have an important sanitary in-
fluence in every household.
Devon Cows fob Butter. We
have been looking over reports of
what Devon cows have just been
doing in the butter line among us,
and find that nineteen of the cows
have been producing from 15 to 20
lbs. 5 oz. each of best quality of but
ter per week. Considering their
medium size and economy of keep,
these are great yields, but in years
gone by, there are records of still lar
ger yields, nearly equalling those of
the most famous Jersys of the present
day. The Devons, however, not only
excel inf the dairy, but in several other
respects. They are very superior as
working oxen, have a quicker step
and greater endurance than any other
breed, and are the most powerful of
all for their size. When fattened,
they turn out a choice quality of beef.
Thus we see that they are a most ex
cellent general purpose breed good
in the dairy, for work, and for the
shambles. The oulyorbr cattle that
can be compared to them in uniting
so many superior qualities are the
Red Polled Norfolk and- Suffolk,
which in fact, are hornless Devons.
The Devons'have been much neg
lected by the public for twenty years
or so past, both in England and ia
America; but attention is now awake
ning to their great merits, and we
have no dsubt they will soon come
into as high favor again as formerly;
for, aside from their Polled congeners,
no cattle are so profitably bred and
raised on light pastures, and billy,
I rocky districts
At a public sale of eighty-six lots'
of Devons the past year in England,
they averaged $180 each. One cow
of these sold for $635, and a bull for
S$87o, while a calf brought 50 guineas
$250). These are about 25jercent.
higher prices than the average of any
herd of either Guernsey, Jersey, or
Ayrshire cattle sold in England
in the year 1882. We can leara from
this the appreciation of Devon iu
thiir own native lancL-drtsrK'wo
. J Agriculturist or Ifay.
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