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.7 i-ZlL&y 1 The to 03E PUBLISHED EVERT MONDAY BY R A, SHOTWELLJ VOLUME 1. KUMBER 33. Rutherfordton, N. C, October ( 09 Per Ann am. f IN ADVANCE. THE VINDICATOR. Advertising Rates : QCj- Advertisers will notice ihat our rates areMower than any other newspaper in the State. The Cash must accompany the Adver tisement to secure insertion. Business men would donvell to call a.t the o dice and raak -contrails for yearly advertising. . 1 week, 2 weeks' 1 mo. 3 mo's. One Square $1,00 $1,50; $225; S5,75 Two uares 1.75; 2,50; 4,50; 10,00 Three Squares 2,50 ; 4,00; 6,50 14,00 Foursquare ft.OO; 5,00; 7,25; 19,00 'Professional Cards, $2,00 per nictuh. Announcing a Candidate 3300 Marriaga notice sfec Death notices tree. Obituary notices 3 cents per line. Tlie Fanner's Proverbs. If butter churned in morning air Is kept in a cool place with care, The taste is nice ; But that which shows the buttermilk Dont sell to those who dress in silk For any price. To be in debt Brings out the sweat. No half-cook d meat Is fit to eat. A woman who sneezes Ought not to make cheeses, Put her hands in a muff. Or ever take snuff. "When the wind is east and turkevs ob It is no time a horse to hobble ; blc. But let him range to catch the breeze Should he be troubled with the heaves. -An ox with broad horns and short glos sy hair, Is good for a team, the market or fair, One white foot is bad, two arc too many. That horse is best that has not any Safe bind, Safe find. A farm without hogs, But an army of dogs, "Will have more puppies than pork; For the swill will be lost, To the husbandman's cost, Dogs good for nothing to work. The slackest farmer, strange to say, Is known for being out of haw It does not pay in any way. To milk a cow three times a day. When chickens roost above the rnowe, It spoils the hay for horse or cow. The well-bred daughter of a farmer, A prudent help-meet and a charmer. Geese in a pasture spoils the grass, For horses, donkics, and the ass. It is no place to set poles, "Where moles or mice have dug their holes. Cobs make no food for kine to eat, But they are good for smoking meat." 1- Pork and beans make muscles stronxr ."Something farmers seek ; It is a dish to make life long, "When cooked but once a week. A slovenly dress a shaggy pate, The fences down, a broken gate, Figs in the garden, weeds very high. Children unwash'd no bacon to frv Lots of great dogs and yawling tom-cats, "Windows repair' d with a dozen old hats, An empty barn, not a spear of hay, Cows in the clover, horse run away, Things sold by guess without being weighed, Bills coining in and taxes unpaid Pipes and tobacco whiskey neglect. Drag in their train as all might expect, " All sorts of trouble to frdt away life But worst of the whole an unhappy wife. Little boats should keep near shore, But larger ships may venture more. Maiiy estates arc lost in the getting, Since men have forsaken hewing and splitting, And women their sewing and knitting. A mackerel sky The wind will be high. Then bring in the grain, Close by there is rain, A smoky chimney may be cured, A scolding woman not endured, A farmer's wife, like cream or curd Is to be seen but seldom heard. Bare-footed girls, With floating curls About the gate Though quite content, Atg no ornament To the estate, . If you would thrive, Be up by five For there is health And certain wealth. When at the plow, Or milking cow. A farmer should at home be found, And often looking at his ground, Inspecting fields, repairing fence For dollars come by saving pence. Clear the soil from moles and slugs, Prune the trees keep off the bugs, Then .fruits and melons, rich and fair Will recompense for all your care. Rutabaga, carrots and beets, Improve the character of meats ; They make good beef, and quicker too, Than any other feed will do. At the farmer's cost Is an earjy frost, Exercise treason Harvest in season. Of all the crops a farmer raises, Or capital employs, Brings back such comfort and such jpraises, As a crop of girls and bays. iFor the Vindicator. llUTIIEKFOlIDTOX, N. C, Sept. 29th, 18GS, 31 y Dear Your sweet poem, in the Vindicator of yesterday, so exquis itely copied from Moore, has been re ceived. It is impossible for "me to look as dear as I did at the time you allude to. Then I was rich in possessing the rich Ireastire of your love. Xow that is gone, and I am very poor. I try to solace myself in various ways. Sometimes I walk across the room with great strides ; at intervals slapping my forehead with my hand. Then I hop round on one leg for about half an hour. But I obtain the most relief from stand- I ing on my head. When my mind be comes gloomy, thinking about you, I immediately invert mvself and wave my legs gently to and fro. This volun tary collocation of the body has a fine effect on the ruiud, rendering it in a .short time perfectly cheerfuL I think you are mistaken about my not being able to give you a look like the looks of old. In this matter let your mcst particular friend judge between us. I have been rendered miserable by those elegant verses- Let me hear from you again. One with your taste for poetry cannot copy too much. Adieu, ONE WHO DOES UNDERSTAND THEM. Withdrawals from the League. For the Vindicator. It is being circidated that I am trying to carry water on both shoul ders, and that I pretend to be both rad ical and conservative. Xow, all I have to say is, that no man can serve God and Mammon, nor can he be Radical and Conservative. I am henceforth for God and my country, and will vote if I vote at all, for Seymour & Blair, for the constitution and the Union. I want it thoroughly understood that I am no longer a member of the U. L. A., and will henceforth be a free man, to vote for who, and what party, I think is right and honest, and for them only. I hereby authorise the officers of the League to take my name ! from their books- I acknowledge that I was cow ardly once when I was scared into the League but now let them try me if they doubt me. I expect to make my home in -old Rutherford, and tc make my living honestly, with the Fear of God before my eyes, and without the fear of man. We are commanded to fear not those who can only kill the body, but to fear Him who can destroy both soul and body. Respectfully, IL G. MITCHELL. For the -"Vindicator." Mr. Editor, In regard to my turning off Mr. J. A. Duval you have not been fur-1 nished the facts in the matter. I turn ed him, not because he was a conserva tive or a Red String for I did not know what he was but for carelessly leaving his mule in the street without hitching him. The article in your pa- r J. , J i publish this denial of Mr Duval's state- ment. RICHARD SMITH. We do not wish to do any man an injustice, and wilL cheerfully repair any injury we may commit unintention tionally. In this case, however, the question is simply one of veracity be tween Mr. Smith, and Mr. J. A. Duval, who gave us the facts upon which we based our article. We know, furthermore, that Mr. S. accused Mf. Duval, ofTiaviiigolten lis a few subscribers along the Cherryville route : and that he refesed to allow him (Mr. D.) to bring up a small box of type from Cherryville for us, although the hack is the only regular medium of transportation between this point and that. We do not know any reason why Mr. Smith should object to accommo dating us except upon political grounds. Union League of America. The officers of a council of the U L A are a President, Vice-President, Assis tant Vice-President, Treasurer, Secre tary, Marshal, Herald, Sentinel, and Chaplain. The P occupies the principal station in the room, V-P and A V-P at the opposite ends and in front of the P, T at the left hand of the P, Sec at the right hand of P, M near the V-P, H within the inner door, and Chaplain at the center of the room, on the right. EMBLEMS, Altar, Holy Bible, Declaration of In dependence, Constitution of the United States, Flag of the Union, Censer of InscenceSword, Gavel, Ballot Box and Sickles, Shuttle, Anvil or other emblem of industry. The Fire of Liberty to be kindled in the censer is obtained by dissolving one pound of gum myrrh in half a gallon of alcohol. Saturate a sponge with a portion of this liquid, place the sponge in an iron vessel and set it on fire. A little chloride of strontia, in the pro portion of one to eight of the above solution, sprinkled on the sponge, will change the flame to a beautiful red. These are to be found at most druggists, or if these cannot be obtained, a taper or candle may be substituted. OPENING A COUNCIL, The President assumes the chair and gives one rap with the gavel. The Marshal then places the flag and emblems upon the altar, the books being open and the sword lying across them, in which position they will remain during the session of C. INITIATION, The Marshal ascertains if any are awaiting initiation into our loyal league P ar ac eal krJ an! in 1 tid tw dai of liberty, to burn during the adminis- tration of the obligation ; the members - j i j i are then notified to join hands in a circle round the candidates and the altar, and the president then calls upon the can didatej to place his left hand on the national flag and raise his right hand toward heaven and repeat after him the folloAving. OBLIGATION. 1 (each repeating his own name,) . i:v,i u i : i, i vvini iiii upui)cu iiaiiu, in iiic pujsuiiut: of God and these witnesses, do solemnly otci ui aiuiui i. wuiMkiUUUU.Mj UJ- posed,) without mental reservation in me of any kind, that I will support, pro tect and defend the constitution and government of the United States of A- nierica, one and indivisible, and the flag thereof, against all enemies, foreign and domestic.; that I will vote only for and none but these who advocate and sup port the great principles set forth by the League to fill any office of honor, profit or trust in either the state or gen eral government, and that if ever called to fill any office I will faithfully carry out the principles set forth by this League, And farther, that I will pro tect and defend all worthy members of the Union League of America, and that I will never in any manner or form divulge or make known to any person or persons not worthy members of this organization any of the signs, passwords, grips, proceedings, designs, debates or plans of this or any other council of this organization, unless when engaged in admitting new members, and with my right hand on the Holy Bible, Declara tion of Independence, and the Constitu tion of the United States of America, I acknowledge myself firmly bound and pledged to be faithful to the perform ance of this my solemn obligation ; so help me God. Response by the member To this we pledge ourselves. President Gentlemen, around you is a band of brothers alike sacredly pledg ed. This circle is never to be broken by treachery. Response by the members Never. President Brothers, will you enlarge your circle to auy new members. Response by the members we will. President Prepare then for access ions to your ranks. The circle will here be opened and the members admitted. President With clasped and uplifted hands repeat after ine the freemen's pledge :-To defend and perpetuate free dom, political equality and indivisible Union I pledge my life, my fortune and my sacred honor. So help me God. Here follows the patriotic ode at the discretion of the C. The members of the council will now eated and the candidates will take r places before the chair. lie r win men aenver tne charge as ws.': CIARGE. ie oath which you hav taken of f own free will and accord cannot bo pted without leaving the stain of ury on your soul. You have de ed that under God your first and ' lest allegiance is to the government he United States of America, one indivisible. You have taken a mn oath ot allegiance upon the y Bible, constitution and Declara- of Independence lying within the s of the flag of the UnioA. These ain the enduring records of your its and privileges. The symbols of stry which greet you upon the alter o remind you of the great purposes' r order, and to represent the foun- n upon which our institution rests, strengthen and elevate this to to the splendor and durability of structure we uphold. ic Bible contains man's moral code and the principles of religious faith. The Declaration of Independence de clared as self-evident truths that all men arc created equal, endowed by their creator, with inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happi ness. The constitution .is an instru ment reducing to practice the precepts of this declaration. Itis. liberty regu-' latcd by law. The sword, is a weapon Jof defence and protection. Lastly, the liglft you behold burning upon the altar is em blematical of the sacred fires of liberty which bum forever in the hearts ' ffnd breasts of true patriots. We inculcate the spirit -of peace as essential to national happiness and pros perity, but when foreign foes or ttraitor orous hands attempt to rob us of our na tional inheritance, let our .gleaming swords leap from their rests to ;guafd the temple of our liberties. The M instructs the new members in the signs, &c. When these have been imparted, the P. may give a short histo ry of the origin, present condition, and future prospects of the organization. He should impress upon the members the impropriety of using the signs, &Ctt too often or carelessly, as it detracts from their value and increases their chances of "exposure. It is enjoined upon each officer to commit to memory his part of the initiatory ceremony. Any portion Gf the foregoing charge may be omitted, at the discretion of tho P., and other appropriate words maybe substituted. The council room should be rendered attractive by its emblems and ornaments and neatness and order must always prevail. It shouldbe made instructive by ceremonies, by discussions, and by a good supply of appropriate reading matter. Should any person become a member who cannot read with facility, he should at oncesbe instructed by some brother who will voluntarily undertake that duty. It is incumbent upon the President to sec that this is done. We must thus banish lcrnorance trom our council. The La Grange (Ga.) RtjMtcr says of the Radical nominee for Congress in the Third District : "John II. Caldwell is charged with having caused the death of a fancy mu lato woman, his own property, in i860 or 1801, by giving her medicine to pro duce an abortion to hide the results of his own illicit intimacy with her. This statement can U proved to have been made by the woman herself, on her death-bed, by her attending physician." There are twelve Democratic Clubs in Edsrecombe in full blast.
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