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w y ft VOL, 4. MOMGANTGN. N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1SSS. NO 43 Carolina Mountaineer 1883. SPRING AND SUMMER. aa r iwwr " - StaiesrUle JY. To 3Te Trade: Wi take S - T - O - C - K IS NOW COMPLETE. Our Sock thia Season is unueually attractive and complete complete in all departments; well assorttJ, new and seasonable, embracing everything necessary to the full and complete outfit of the retailer. Exrendiug to you a cordial invita'ion to visit ns, and hoping to secure your orders through our traveling salesmen, We are, very truly yours, -;oJ- JP &. All orders by nut il will he filled upon the same terms and receive the same attention as buyers in person. THE MOUNTAIN HOTEL J. A. HUNT, Proprietor, Morgantoa, N. C. HEADQUARTERS FOR-a C O MM E RC I A Zj M E JY. 'A Good Table. Comfortable Hooms, Polite Attention, Reasonable Special Term by the Mouth. Hates. Important Notice to Farmers of ftorth Carolina ! In order thai all may be able to use Baugh's Special Fertilizer for Tobacco and Grain, we are "ow selling it direct to farmers of of North Carolina, at the following liednced wholesale prices for Cash: rice per Single Ton - - - $.35 OO Three (3) Tons for - - - - lOO OO Five (5) Tons or over - : : - 33 OO PerJTon of 2000 lbs. in good bags of of 200 lbs-each on board cars or vesse at our works. We Guarantee the following annalysis- Ajoioma - - - - - 5 to 6 Per cent. Available Bona Phosphate - - - 10 to 12 " " Sci.pma.te or Potash - - - 4 to 5 " " This article has beea used for years in North Carolina with excellent results. nd we think it will pay all Tobacco Growers to use it liberally. Addres all orders 103 SOUTH STREET, BALTIMORE. MD. HOWARD & DEALERS IX GENERAL MERCHANDISE MORGANTON, N. C. f ARE constantly receiving new and seasonable goods, which they arp offering at the most reasonable raes. Cil and see them, and y u r !. v-isc-J Lb 'hejr eaonot be nudcrseld. l fw g w: warns.. Cef wlEarCH 1. pleasure in informing you that our and inquiries to PRESNELL, 1883. THE MOUNTAINEER. W. C. ERVIN, Editor. SATURDAY, - - MAY 26, 1883. THE IDEAL WIFE. Fomewhere in the world must be She that I have prayed to see, Shetl.at Love assigns to me. : Somewhere Love, her lord and king, Fr'ra from h" n le wi purple By the brink of summer streams 1 have dreamed delicious dreame, What I will, my sweet one seems. ly the.hrtufc of Hummer streams I have pictured siumv eyes. Tiil the thought too quickly dies. "When the winter fire burns low. Lovely faces come and go As the dy in ashes glow. 'Tis her voice I hear so oft In the music low and soft That the western breezes waft. Tell her, Lore, that years fly fa si, Bid her eouie to me at last, Ere her golden days are "past. Shall we ever, ever meet? Shall I find in thee, my sweet. Visions true and life complete? Whisper low to Love apart, Whisper, darling, where thou art, Pei feet wife ami noble heart. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. BY CLARKK D. KNAPP. Several lawyers were sitting in a court-room waiting for "his honor" to come, so that the court would open and they could proceed with busines. To amuse themselves they were "spin ning yarns," and as might be expec ted, every story was of some incident of the law. "Judge Holmes, it is your turn," remarked a young attorney, addres sing an old man who had baen a silent listener lo what the others had related. Judge Holmes brought his chair forward nearly to tiie centra of th croup, seated nimseif "1 suppose, gentlemen, that I might tell you something." "I do not doubt but what it would be interesting, and I am for one an xious to hear," said an attorney who had much respect for the old judge. "Yes! yes! go on, Judge; tell us the queerest experience you ever had," said another. "Well, gentlemen, I will tell vou how I came to lose faith in circum stantial evidence," said the judge. "It was when I was upon the northern circuit, the first year that I was Judge. That was a good mauy years ago, when the country was new. The jud ges theu had to go from one court house to another on horseback. There were no railroads then. I tell you there has been a great change in this country. Well, 1 am getttng off from the subject. I was to hold the November term iu Plainville; the court-house was an immense log-cab-in; behind it was a log barn made on purpose for the judge to keep his horse in. After a long, tiresome ride I a. rived at Plainville. I noticed a very large crowd of people around thecourt-house, and wondered what it meant. While I was caring for my horse; four or five of the citizens, aod the best citizens, too of the place, came into the barn. "Good-morning, Judge,' said one who appeared to be the spokesman of the party. "Good-morning, sir I responded. "Fine day, Judge.' "Yes, sir, ery line.' "Got much to do in court?' "I do net know.' "You have got one quer case, and a bad one, too.' "Is that so?" "Yes a murder.' "I am sorry.' 'It is bad, Judge, and a womon, too.' "A woman murdered?' "No, no; a woman did the murder ing.' "Tnat is bad; I am very sorry to hear that any woman should be ac ensed of murder.' "It's awful, Judge. She is guilty, tfcx mt it wor.P ' "Has she been tried?" "No, she ain't .been tried; jou've got try her, and what we want is this: d&n't let up on her a bit; you just sen tence her, and we 'II be glad to do the Imaging.' "But suppose that she is not guilty? You don't want her hung in that ease, do you?' v . i ww- oougm : poison rind gave it to her man. An I did we not find his body in the river, and the poison in his body? And did not she and her husband have a big quarel, and she make awrful threats to him the night before he was found dead? There is no question about the guilt. Judge.' "Has she been indicted?' "Yes, at the last court; she was in dicted, and we would have lynched her; yes, sir, we came near stringing her up.' "We must give her a fair trial be fore we hang her,' I remarked. " ?e don't object to that. Every body pays she is guilty; and she is guilty, and must be hung that's all there is to it, Judge "I concluded ihat it was not wise to continue ihe conversasion any fur ther. I went into the court-room and took my seat upon the bench. I had a hard time to get into the apartment, the crowd of people was so dense. As I passed through among them, I re ceived many a gratuitions admonition like this: 'Give her what the popu lar feeling was against the woman, and I, too, began to think that the people, for they were a good people, were right. "After the preliminary business of the court was done, I found that by arrrngement with the attorneys every case had been put off, so as to have the murder trial first. So the jury was drawn. I kew that every man in the jury-box believed her guilty, but I coukl not help it. It was im possible to get any jurymen who thought differently. "Ttie prisoner was brought in hand cuffed. I thought the handcuffing was unnecessary, but the sheriff took that precaution. The first impression that carne to my mind as I looked at the prisoner was, how could one so young and so beautiful commit such a ten-ible crime? She turned her pale, ..eai -stained idm and looked nt me. In tl at, pitiful look I read her prayer. It was that I should pro tect her. "Are you guilty, or not guilty?' said the district attorney. lijot guilty' Her answTer was in a firm, sad tone. "For a moment I allowed myself to believe that she had plead truth fully. Bu when I heard the suhdued hiss that came from the people, I said to myself she lies. "We went on with the trial. The lawyer who had previously been ap pointed to conduct the defense was a young man, and a disgrace to his profession. It seemed as if he did all he could te assist the prosecution. "The evidence was conclusive. Her husband had come home the worse for liquor. They had some hard words; she had told him that if he did not Ftop drinking, she would stop him. 'You will be sorry for it. If you dou't stop, you will be a dead man. I will be better off as your xoxdow than as the slaving wife of a drunk ard.' Then light, after the quarrel she had bought poison. She told the druggist that she wished to poison soino cats that disturbed her sleep. The next morning the dead body was found, and the doctor, found poison in the body. There was only one tiling that looked queer. She had not beec allowed to see the rc nains. "As I said before, the evideuce was conclusive, and the verdict ot the jury was 'guilty,' and I must do my duty. "Mary Brainard, stand up.' "She staggered to her feet, and stood facing me. "The jury have found you guilty of murder in the first degree. Have you I anything to say why the sentence of ! &e Court should not be passed upon you ?' "I am not guilty !' She bowed her head and stood waiting for what was to come. J'Mary Brainard, this is a painful duty which I have to perform. Usu ally in passing that sentence upbn one found guilty of a crime, a court passing that sentence utters words of advice to the guilty. In this case I cannot do so ; the crime is toe great. I will proceed at once to pass the sentence of the Court. Mary Brain ard, the sentence of this Court is that on the 21st day of February next, between the hours of twelve o'clock at noon an three oclock in the afternoon, in the court house yard, at Plainville, you be hanged by the neck until you are dead, aud may God have mercy on your soul !' "As sooa as I had finished she sank back in her chair like one exhausted. The people in the court room cheered in token of their approval. Just as the sheriff was about to take her back to the jail, a man elbewed his way through the crowd to where the pris oner was. Clasping her iu his arms, he cried out : "Mary ! Mary!' "She gave one wild scream. I shall always remember it. I heard her say John, is this you?' She then fell forward upon his shoulder. "The dead was alivw; it was her husband! "Yes,' he said; "I am this woman's husband ; I am John Brainard. I went away vowing that I would net return again until I had freed my self from my appetite ior drink. I am now a rober man, and thank God that I am able to save my wife from being murdered simply because the law says so.' That's my story," continued Judge Holmes. "Ever since then I have no faith in circumstantial evidence." "Who was the man that they found dead?" asked one of the lawyers. "That I uever knew; a case of sui cide, perhaps," replied the judge. "That was a queer experience, but it is only a fair illustration of what may have occurred many times ia the past,'' said one. ''And may occur many times in the future," said another. "That is true," said Judge Holmes. "But here is the judge of this court. The train must have been behind, or he would not be so late. Business, gentlemen; we must now attend to business." Making Lawns. Where the ground is unobstructed by trees or buildings, the quickest aDd simplest way or preparation is by first plow ing and then i educing, ana leveling with harrows and other tools, such as a farmer or gardener uses for obtain ing a hue degree of tilth. The object to be attained is a deep, rich, mellow soil of great uniformity of character. A lawn that runs into a sandy knoll at one corner aud a bed of clay at another, and overlies in one place a deep fill of coal ashes, and in anoter a pile of old chips of unknown depth, eaunot be expected to be uni form in color or durability. When'a lawn is to be made by plow , and harrow on land with but slight inequalities of surface, an instrument called a "float" is used to great ad vantage. This is simply a two-inch plank, eight i'eet long, set oh edge, with two stakes, five feet long, in serted in such a way that when tUe ends rest uppn the ground oehind the plank will present an angle of about twelve degrees to the perpendicular. Two holes are bored in the plank to attach a chain to draw it by. When sufficiently weighted, such an instru ment rapidly planes down the'highei places and deposits, the surplus soil in the depressions. The error is often committed of making the planing or floating the last operation. This leaves the higher points with only an inch or two of mellowed soil, while -the depressions receive an addition of that planed from the higher places. THE BAD BOY IN EXILE. "Hold on here," says the grocery man, feeling that he had been too harsh. "Come back here and have some maple sugar. What did your pa drive you away from home for?" " Oh, it was en account of Si. Pat rick's day." said the bad boy as he bit off half a pound of maple sugar and dried his tears. "You see, pa never sees ma buy a new silk handkerchief, but he wants it. 'Tother day ma got one of those orange-colored handker chiefs, and pa immedietely had a core throat and he wanted to wear it, aud i ma let him put it on. I thought f would break him of taking everything) nice that ma got, so when he ireil down town with the orange handker chief on his neck, I told some of fhe St. Patrick boys in the Third ward, who had green ribbons on, that tho old duffer who was putting on style was an oraugeman, and he said he could whip any St. Patrick's dayman in town. The fellers laid for pa, and when he came along one of them threw a barrel at pa, and another pulled the yellow handkerchief off his neck, and they ail yelled 'hang him,' aud one grabbed a rope that was on the side walk where they were moving a building, and pa got up and dusted. You'd a dide to see pa run. He met a policeman and -said more'n a hundred men had tried to murder him, and they had mauled him and stolen his yellow handker chief. The polieeman told pa hia life was not safe and he had better go home and lock himself in, and he did, and I was telliug ma about how I got the boys to scare pa, aud he heard it, and he told me that settled it. He said that I had caused him to run mere foot races than any champion pedes trian, and had made his life unbear able and now I must go it alone. Now I want you to send a couple of pounds of crackers over to the house, and have your boy tell the hired girl that I have gone down to the river fo drown myself, and she will tell ma,and ma will tell pa, and pretty soon you will see a baldbeaded pussy maa whooping it up down toward the river with a rope. They may think, 1 at times that I am a little tough, but ' when it comes to parting forevtr,they weaken. "Well, I am "going down to the river, and I will leave my coat and hat by the wood yard, and get behind the wood, and you steer pa down there and yen will see some tall weeping over them clothes, and maybe pa will jump in after me, and then I will come out from behind the wood and throw in a board for him to swim ashore on. Good-bye. Give my pocket comb to my chum," and the boy went out and hang up a sign in lront of the grocery, as follows : "Pop corn that the cat has slept iu, cheap, for pop corn balls for sociables." Saving Stba wbebbies in a Drouth - One season, just as our berries be gan to ripen, a strong, hot, dry wind sprang up, rapidly w ilting the plants I and drying the fruit before it could ripen. Our garden soil was light and i sandy and unless something could be immediately done, we kuew we should get no berries. We had a small stack of coars marsh hay, which -was cut for the purpose of stable bedding. This was sweet and clean, and a light cevering of one to three inehes thick according to circumstances, was spread over the strawberries and the ; ground between the rows. This ab' sorbed the too powerful beat of the sun and retained the moisture be neath in the soil. The berries now began to fill out to an unusual size, and when rine had as sweet and fine a flavor as in the most favorable seasons- When we picked the fruit, which was done every evening, we raked the hay from off 'the rows oh to the ground between them, and soon re turned it upon the vines. It took only a rfhort time to do this, and the laKr was so light a small boy could easily perform it. We also laid kay under the vines to keep the fruit from being soiled. Amer. Farmer.
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