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a-ire chimney's soye.
BY BRET HASTE.
Over tho chimney the night wind sang,
: And chanted a melody no one fcnow; ' ' . :.
And the woman stopped as tho babe she tossed,
And though! of the one sho had long sinco loat,- .
And said, as her tear-drops back fho forced,
, " 1 hsto the wind in tlia chimney."
O-rer the chlm.ney the night wind tang,
Aud chanted a melody no one knew ;
And the children said, as they-closer drew,
" :T:a some witch that 1b cleaving the night air
' : through . '' '
TTis a fairy trumpet that Just now blew,
And we fear Cw wicd ia the chiame-
'Over fee ermhtiey the night wind-sang,
And chanted a melody no oue knew ;
And the man, as he tjr.t oa his hearth below,
-aid to himself " It will purely now.
And fuel is dear and wages low,
And .'I'll stop the le tic in the chimney."
"IJvcr tiiechaiiney the night wind pang, --"
Aud chanted a melody no one knew;"
.'Sitt the poet listened and smiled, for h9
Was.uian and woman and child, all three,
And he said " It in God'c own harmoDy,
This wind that kings in the chimney."
I'lCKLED' LIMES.
A Hoarding -School frolic.
L rLOTBixo Mischief.
"Wlio likes picklect limes?
asked
one. -'
" O, I do !" " And t !" "And I !"
Bliouted about & iIozlmi of tlie other girls.
" All right I We'll , each coatribhte a
few 2?ennies, nnd have a regular feast of
, picked limes and stick-candy."
"That's sol" cried-No. 2. "Won't
we enjoy them, though!. My mouth
' waters tjo think of i'c "
These young girls w ere all pupils in a
. Yry aristocratic , boarding school not
many mics away, where everything wa3
conducted on system, and the young
ladies were exiJi-eted to turn out perfect
models of intellectual womanhood. Soma
did, but, alas ! for human hopes, very
many graduated with but one fixed
idea, namely : that boarding-school wa3
a place in which to have fun, and to tor
ment the teachers to the utmost of their
ability.
Miss Woodward was a fine principal
ana a very aiscernmg woman, uus tlie
girls -would get the best of her occasion
ally, in spite of her keen eyes and ears ;
. and" just now, after' a whole month of
. goodness, they wer6 positively pining
for mischief, and had ransacked their
brains foe something, wicked enough to
eliock. the whole community.
Tne morning before, while their,
"worthy principal was taking her beau ty-
: sleep, somo one had climbed up to tho
veranda, and just f before her window
had placed a most:ridiculons carieatura
of her august self, adorned with her
precious Vrown ringlets, and a set of
teeth that were snxposed to have been
a profound secret. " Hoy they got out of
her top drawer on to that figure will al
ways remain a mystery to Miss Wood
ward. But there they were; so the poor
lady was obliged to pull the object in
and stifle her indignation as be4;t sh
Could, because 'twould never do to have
the "story spread abroa!
Tho voung Trofossor of
Laiicriiaax'3
liatl been tormented to sucii a degree
that, had it not been for an attachment
to the very ringleader of all the mis
chief, he would ceriaiidy have tbrovn
up his situation for more peacef ul
haunts ; but, being hopelessly in love,
; , ho bore it all, to the great disgust of the
girls, who daily expected some explosion
irom lum. , jxotnmg was said, and, as
Miss Woodward had kept'quiet about
the figure, they were quite melancholy,
and felt that nothing but great dis
obedience, in somo form, would com
pensate for their disappointment.
. , One of the rules of the school strictiy
enjoined the putting out of all the lights
by 9:30 o'clock, and the putting of one's
elf quietly to bed ; but here were these
irirls this afternoon planning for pickled
limes and a good time in the " evening,
after all the good people of the house
should be in their beds.
It was decided that, after tea, Nettie
Cutler, the very essence. 91 fun and the
leader in all tno miscmei, snoui l leign
illness and start for herroom, but should
steal out the back gate and dovn into
: the towh for the goodies." So Avhile the
others were in the dining hall, Nettie,
liavmg been excused on account 01 a
' severe sick headache," made her escape
and did all that was desired of her and
more. She bought all kinds; of dainties
tne town iattorded, tnen stole m ana
went up stairs with her large bundle,
unseen. ; ;
At iu o clock, wnen tney were sup
posed to be sweetly sleeping, fourteen of
the fifty decorous young women iu the
' establishment were perched on Nettie's
hedj -sucking pickled limes -and discuss
ing more mischief.
"If .we could only do something -to'
exasperate Prof. Sterns, I should be
satisfied," aid Grace Darnley, who dis
liked the professor for something the
"same reason as the fox detested the
' grapes. . J
They all sat busily thinking for about
a minute, nothing being heard but the
smack of lips over limes and candy..
. Then, " Oh, girls.-1 have aa-idea 1" from
, Grace.
, All mouths suspended motion.
"Ton know Ma'am Wood ward thinks
the professor ia perfection itself,, and,
although she is about twenty years older
" than he. thinks that those ringlets and
ESTABLISHED ISIS.
her bewitching manner have surely cap
tivated him. WelL we'll send her a
touching love-letter, and sign his name ;
won't that bo fun, though?'
The -other girls were astonished at
such "a .-sitroroTW movement, because.
notwithstanding all their mischief, they
thoroughly respected the young man,
and did not wish to disgrace themselves
in his eyes. Nettie, although - knowing
nothing 6f hi3 feelings for her, was quite
tenderly disposed toward him, and did'
not care to sde him intrapped, and
perhaps led into marriage. They all
demurred somo time, but were finally
overruled bars Grace. ;
'"He won't mind it a bit," said she;
t,an6T"thhik'how mad ''twilf make die
old 'un,' when she discovers that we
are aware of her passion for him ! "
That waa sufficient ; they all detested
iier so agreed.
A week from that night was to occur
a montniy social circle given in the
school, when the. young ladies of the
town outside were invited, and also a few
irreproachable young men, who afforded
great amusement for the girls by their
meek and lowly appearance. It -was de
cided that in the letter a place and time
of meeting should be appointed. Time
nine and one-half o'elock, social night ;
place Miss Woodward's private parlor.
Tlie pickled limes and candy having
by this time all disappeared, the party
broke, up with a parting injunction from
Grace to think up an awful letter for the
old lady.
: II. Executing Mischief.
The next few days were busy ones.
Every spare moment was occupied by
the girls in writing and comparing love
letters; but finally one was composed
which it was decided could not bo im
proved upon. It spoke of tho over
timing passion the author had for
Miss W., and his utter inability to keep
it longer to himself. " Having fancied,
from several slight advances, that she
was not entirely indifferent to him,' ho
had ventured to address these lines to
her. Ho knew there wa3 some differ
ence iu their ages, but if she would
overlook that, he would make her a
faithful, devoted husband. If sho could
return his love, 'would aho meet him in
her private parlor the next evening,
while the others were making merry
above stairs ? And could he ask her to
make no. sign until that time, as, in case
oi a rciusal. newould 11K0 to tninli 01
ber as his own, for a white, at least."
Grace had been spending hours trying
to imitate his handwriting, in w7hich she
succeeded to some degree ; but, being a
love-letter, the lady would scarcely think
oi tlie wriunc sirnplv ci tlie supposed
writer.
One afternoon, two days before social
night, while the principal wau out tak
ing her "constitutional," tho letter was
carried to her room and placed where
she would surely see it ; then the girls
waited with seme fear and trembling for
tlie result." .
At ' the tea-table, thot night, Miss
Woodward wa3 late, and came in with a
peculiar expression of triumph, on her
face that amused the girls, even in their
anxiety.
That she had read the letter w7as evi
dent, for occasionally she would glance
down to the other table so happy, where
Prof. Sterns sat unconsciously eating,
that, had the poor fellow been really an
anxious lover, it would have lightened
his heart considerably. . But he, being
ignorant of tlie plot against his peace of
mind, was serenely talking with one of
the other teachers ; 56 Miss Woodward
restrained her raptures until tho ap
pointed meeting should take place.
That night the same fourteen conspir
ators gathered again in Nettie's room to
talk over matters.
"Oh, dear," said pretty little Alice
Grant, " I wish we'd never had anything
to do with that old letter ! I know
something horrid will turn up."
" That's so !" said Nettie ; " and I
would not have Trof. Sterns know that
I was in the' scrape for the world !"
! They all echoed the sentiment except
Grace, and even she did not seem so de
sirous of niischief as formerly ; but 'twas
done, and thev must await the conse
quences as best they could.
Ill The Consequences.
The next evening, while the young
professor was arranging his toilet for
the affair, a note was handed him by
ono of the servants requesting his pres
ence in the principal's parlor at half-past
nine.. Supposing it to be some business
connected with school duties, he thought
little about the matter Now this was
unknown to any but Grace. She had
decided! to make the little plot more
complicated.
'Twill 'servo him right if ho does get
into a scrape, thought she." " Perhaps
it will teach him to treat somo ofjhe
younger girls with a little moro polite
ness."
About 8 o'clock they all came to the
long drawing rooms, looking as pretty
as new-blown roses. The rooms were
filled with young people, and of course
they straightway proceeded to enjoy
themselves.
Miss Woodward was arrayed in "spot
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less whit," asd looked the very aneicai
maiden she waa, notwithstanding her at
tempts -to appear extremely youthful.
Prof. Sterns was - enjoying hinuwll
heartily, and never so much as looked
her way. "Bat," thought she, " 'tis
because .q is fearful lest the girls should
joke him. But they'll hear it to-mor
row, for I shall tell them myself. After
so many years of waiting, I wish to be
the first to spread the news of my en
gagement." !
As the clock sounded the half hour
after 9, Miss Woodward skipped youth,
fully out of the room down into her own
parlor, and a few moments later Prof.
Sterns also left the room, followed by
many anxious eyes until out of sight.
As he entered her room, the principal
gave a little shriek of what waa meant
to be joy, and rushed into his aims.
"Miss Woodward?" exclaimed the
astonished man, trying to shake her oft
" Pray explain yourself ! What ha3
alarmed you ?"
"O! Edward, .this moment is too
much for mo ! Can: I believe my own
eyes ? " still clinging to him like grim
death. : ' . . '
The professor could scarcely believe
his senses, but. civing her a decided
shove, sat her down on the sofa.
" Now, madam, pleaso ; explain your:
self ! You wished to see me on business,
and here I am I What is wanted of
me?" J
"Why, Edward," very tenderly,
." there is no need for such secrecy ;
no one is within hearing but ourselves,
and you know, love, you wished an
answer to your ntfte.. It is here I have
locd you from the moment I saw you,
and am willing tojbe your wife. The
sooner, the better ;" and once more she
made a rush for his coat-collar.
To say that the young fellow was as
tonished is but a feeble expression he
was simply dumbfounded. And the
note ! What could it all mean ? But,
having forcibly seated the too-loving
woman again, he said :
' " Let me see the letter !"
With a look of great consternation on
her face, sho produced it, and watched
him closely as he read.
"Mis3 Woodward 1" after reading
slowly from beginning to end, " believe
me. I never saw' this. before."
"What I You didn't write it V
shrieked 'the almost-frantiG wornaii ;
"then who did? Who has dared io
make such a fool of me? Who has
dared do it, I say ?"
Now if the professor guessed, he said
nothing, but tried to calm the poor
woman, tor he pitied her grief and
rage. '
But 'twas iu vain ! In her raving,
she dropped off her beautiful curls, nntl
that was the " straw which broke the
camel's back :" she fell to the floor in a
swoon. The young man, thinking she
would be better without him." took his
eave,' and sent one of the servants to
her assistance ; then went to his own
apartments to think it over. I
That Nettie Cutler was at tho bottom
of the mischief, he was certain, and ho
suffered some sharp pangs to think she
cared so little for'hia feelings and those
of her teacher as 1o do such a thing.
After much meditation p the subject,
the poor fellow took himself to bed with
a heavy heart.
Miss Woodward was, with some diffi
culty, tucked away for the7 night, and
her f eelings were pitiable indeed. She
meant to bo kind to the girls, and to
think they should do-such an act (for
by this time she had thought of some of
her pupils as the authors) troubled her
greatly. Then, how should she ever
meet that fellow again? But, while
thinkins over these things, she gradual
ly fell asleep and forgot all her woes. ;
The mischief-makers themselves were
almost as uneasy as their victims. Not
much was said among them, and they
retired early ; but none of them rested
well, and Nettie cried herself to sleep.
The next morning, as Nettie
ing down the corridor, who should - she
meet but the professor himself going
up. She attempted -to pass with a sim
ple " Good-morning," but ho stopped.
' Miss Cutler, I could scarcely be
lieve that you would be guilty of such
a deed as you performed at Miss Wood
ward's and my expense. I have lost
respect for you !' -
' ' Oh ! Professor ! we we really didn't
mean to do any harm " sobbed Nettie;
" and we thought you'd know 'twas all
in fun!"
' ' Yes I It must be remarkably funny
to hurt the feelings of your principal as
you have done," , he said, sternly, and
passed on. -
Nettie stood gazing after him with
tearful eyes. "I we hadn't had those
horrid old piclded iimes to eat, we should
never have thought of it .Oh ! he will
never look at me again I I wish I was
dead and buried I "
But, bless you ! he d'd ; e couldn't
help it. The girls went to their princi
pal, confessed their crime, and ; were
punished according to the deed; but
they were not expelled, to their great
relief ; and Miss Woodward recovered
from her grief and disappointment in
time. i. ,
The professor after making friends
with Miss Nettioj and discovering that
sho really wa3 not tho leader for this
time, found another professorship not
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far away, and resigned his s to a much
older man, who at last accQnte was in-
tending to mace the principal and',nim
Belf one.
After Nettie became Mrs3terne, she :
would oftenay, laughingly jhatp.ickted j
limes were not . good iooaaior voung
women they encouraged mischief.
AMATEUR ECOStiXf.. f: .
."My dear fellow," said - Lavender ,
"it's all very nice to talk; al5 out econo
mising and keeping a rigii( account of
expenses and that sort of thig', bu Pve
tried it. Two weeks ago I ; stopped in
onmy way homo Saturday nght, nd I
bought just the gayest laf jle Jtvossia
leather, cream-laid . account! booki you ,
ever saw, and a silver pencil So mafeh it. j
I said to my wife after supjer : My
dear, it, seems to me it coa.ts a ,Iot of
money to keep house.' J ,
"She sighed and said : knw it
does, Lawy, but I'm sureJ caull-help
it I'm just as economical M I caai.be.
I don't spend half as much or candy as
you do tor cigars. tll .
"I
never take any notice! vVpersonal-
ities,
so I sailed right ahead. -' I be-
lievo, my dear, that if we w$re to keep a
strict account of everything we spend wo
could tell just where to cu alown.1 !; I've .
bought you a little account boofcj and
every Monday morning JI give you
some money and you can set it down on
one side, and then during; the .week you
can set down on the other; -'side every
thing you spend, and thoa oh Saturday
night we-- can go over' it 5 and see,'; just
where the money goes any how w can
boil things down a little.' ',i , k
"Well, sir, she was jusl delighted
thought it was ,a- first rate au, arjd tho
pocket account book was lo;oly regular
Jjavid eioppernold and li?f a business.
Well,. sir, the next Saturday 'nigit we
got through supper and sh&brough't out
that account book as proul,as possible,
and handed it over for inspection On
one side was 4 Received froraljavvy 50.'
That's all right ! Then I Jtooked on the
ether page, and what do you thick was
there ? Spent it all ! ' Thuja I laughed,
and of course she cried, an& wo gvjp up
the account-book racket oa the spot by
mutual consent. Yes, sfo, I've- been
there, and I know what domestic
econ-
omy means,
cigar."
I . tell you.
Let's
hiwo a
JIE 1VOX THE RE'T. ' :
A wag, who was anxioua ,o test how
much confidence a certain friend had in
him, took a fctandard dolUrj. and, -coat
ing it with quicksilver, passed it at tho
other's store. In less than'.lialf an hour
the dollar, whose peculiar . appearance
had aroused distrust, was brought back
with: v
iiere, Jjuiy, you nava igjven ; mo a
bogus dollr, and I, camera get . it re
deemed." ' ? i
" It isn't a bogus dollar tall it's as
good as any money ever coined in Amer-..
ica," replied tho wag. "Can't yo'u be-
lievemo? No man has a fight fp call
money counterfeit unlil he;bjecs it to
a fire assay." ::i s
The other said that under ordinary
circumstances he would--; belieYe his
friend, but when it camofto' trying to
palm off lead dollars on hfisi for' silver
ones it was another matter. 'and offered
to bet 10 that the dolla? was bogus,
The bet was accepted and tho dollar
turned over to an assayrr- wha;pro
nounced it standard silver 8890 fine'
"Well," said the loser, 'you Bet'up,
the oysters and we'll golown to the
store and get the money, i
The winner, whose conscience Jbegan
to smite him, spent exactly 10 in rham-
pagne and oystersji and then walked
down to the store. The ESser iranded
him a $10 bill, which he shVed into his
pocket only to find a fe houraV later
that it was counterfeit, q wen back
to expostulate, but the los consisted that
it was genuine, and added gpifieantly :
"If you have any doubts as to tlie corr
rectness of my statement y4n had better
subject it to a fire assay."
The smart Aleck wandered oft blas
pheming, and is now tryingo figure up
how much he is ahead on hs trick,'
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HINTS TO HORSEMEN. 1 1
It seems, says the Seietyijic Ameri
can, to be a characteristic failing of
most coachmen to lay the lash 4on a
horse that exhibitsfear at an', object in
uie Btreei or oesiue ux int. joa.; our.
i 1 '.If . ,-f 1
Bergh, the President of thg' Society- for
the Prevention of Cruelty.'to Animals,
says in the organ of that -BPciety what
every reasoning being ougljfc ; to know,
and that is never to whip p horse for
becoming frightened at any object by
the roadside, for if he sees? stamp, a
log or a heap of tanbark iA 'the! road,
and, while he is eying it cjxei ally, and
about to pass it, you strike llim wth the
whip, it is the log, or stump, or the
tanbark that is hurting hin in , his way
of reasoning, and the nexfctime he will
be more frightened. Give im time to
smell all of these objects, md use "the
bridle to assist you in bringing him
carefully to these objects otlear. o;
Rev. Db. John
Hall, oiNew York,
says there is more positive Christian life
in New England to-day tht ever there
j was before.
anil General h t.s.
"There is a good story "which illustrates,
i !
the advantage of being skilled in read
ing faces. An Englishman who could
speak no language but his own boasted
that he had' traveled through Europe
without a courier, and had not been
cheated one farthing. ' He was a good
physiognomist, and filled his pockets
with the small coins of the country ii
which he was traveling. Wheneveif
called to make a payment to a man, lie
would begin by slowly dropping into the
man's hand several of these coins, look
ing him keenly in the face. The mo-
ment he saw. by the gleaming of the eye
or twitchmg oi the mouth, that he had
dropped the amount of the bill, he
stopped.
A cotton speculator who once paid . a
fee several times greater than his lawyer
expected was not so shrewd a man.
Soon after the fall of Vioksburer , he be-i
came involved with the authorities, who
charged him with fraud. His cotton,'
which was worth a large sum of moneys
being seized, he sought the aid of 1 Mri
Geiger, an influential Ohio lawyer, theri
visiting the city. f
The lawyer in one day satisfied the
authorities that there was no fraud, arid
secured the release of the cotton. The
speculator was gratified, and informed
Mr. Geiger that he would see him the
next morning after he had finished load
ing his cotton on a steamboat. C '
The lawyer retired, but not to sleep.
He was debating with himself what he
should charge his client. The amount
Involved was large, the speculator would
make a handsome fortune, and Geiger
thought that $500 would not be an un
reasonable foe for his services. But in
the morning the, sum seemed so great
for one day's work that he feared to
ask it. S
In this frame of mind, while walking
toward tho steamer which was to carry
off the cotton, he met the speculator, j
"Well, Mr. Geiger, that was a good
day's work you did for me yesterday,"
said the client, taking from his pocket a
laree roll of bank notes. 'I
Holding up one knee, he thereon
counted off four $500 bills, and, without
looking up at tho lawyer, asked, " Is
that enough ?" ; J
Geiger looked on ' speechless for! a
moment, but recovering .himself said,;
with the habitual coolness of a lawyer :
' ' I guess you had better lay on an
other 1" -'
It was laid on, and Geiger, putting
the $2,500 in his pocket, said, " GoOd
by, sir."
THE MOTHER OF A FAMILY
OF
SEVENTY.
Everybody in Pittsfield knows the
Tatro tribe, but few know their remark
able history. High up on Washington
mountain-, in a small old farm-house,
Isaac Tatro has his home. Isaac is 631
years old, and, while neither a model far-:
mer nor a model man. has a model wife.
Bom in Canada and reared by prudent
parents, Isaac wisely remained unmar-
ned until ne was 6Z years old. .xnen no
took to his -wife a widow, eight years his
junior, a Mrs Lydia Doras, one of a fam
ily of sixteen children by the name of
Shepherd. Lydia had three Doras chil
dren, and Isaac groaned not a little be
cause of the size of his family. But the
poor man dreamed not of what was in
store for him 1 Thirty-one years have
passed since then, and up to the present
time Mrs. Tatro has presented her hus
band with twenty-two children, making
twenty-five by mcluding the offspring
of her first marriage. Of those was one
pair of twins ; two died in infancy ;
seven died after attaining their growth ;
and sixteen are living, the oldest about
40,- and the youngest a babe. Mrs. Tatro
is said to be 58 years old. Of her chil
dren ten were boys and fifteen girls, and;
all having thriving families. The grand
children, and great-grandchildren at
present number . about fifty. This;
mother of more than seventy souls is a
stalwart French woman, who peddles;
berries and mats from house to house aV
Pittsfield, and looks as hearty and;
strong as do any of her numerous
daughters. Springfield CMass.) Union.
MUSIC AND MILLINER Y.
" Good morning, Fogg," said Brown j
briskly. " How did you like the operar
last night?" "Oh, so-so, answered.
Fogg, moodily; "nothing striking about
it excepting the drum-sticks,
come," returned Brown, "
" ''Come,;
be seriousj
Didn't you think that bravura passage
with pizzicato and appoglatura embelb
ishments was lovely ?" . " " Guess I
didn't see ii," answered Fogg, as before;
" there wai only feathers and flowers
and things pn the one in front of me?
What are j you talking about, man ?''
exclaimed Brown. " That girl's hat, of
J course. Wasn't you ?
."Good morn
he turned th
ing, said
Brown, as
corner.
Fritz has been hunting up the pedi
gree of.Dr. iTanner, the celebrated hun-
gry man, and finds he is' of very ancient
lineage. The forty-third verse of chap
ter nine.-Acts of Apostles, reads : "And
it came to pass that he tarried many
days with one Simon A. Tanner." Bur.
Ungton Hawkcye. j
TERMS $2.00 Per Annum.
THE IlICrllTS OF THE ttiESS.
In deciding the case of Edward Crane
against the Boston Advertiser in the
United States Circuit Court at Boston,
Judge Lowell overruled the plaintiffs
demurrer in these terms : For the pur
pose of, deciding this demurrer it must
be assumed that the plaintiff hod con
ceived and begun to carry out a plan foi
making a railroad from Boston to New
York by the consolidation of certain
shorter lines and otherwise, and that it
was a part of liis plan to obtain" control
of; the New York and New England
Company by electing Directors favora
ble to his scheme ; that the publication
of : the article complained of interfered
with this plan to his prejudice, and that
the statements of the article were not
true, but were -published in good faith,
without express malice, and were, upon
reasonable inquiry by the defendants,
believed by them to be true. The con
tention then is, on the part of , the de
fendants, that tiiel subject-matter is one
in which the public has an interest, and
that, in discussing a subject of that sort,
a public speaker or writer is not bo imd
at his peril to see that his statements are
true, but has a qualified privilege, as it
has been called, in respect to such mat
ters. The modern doctrine, as shown
by the cases cited for the defendants,
appears to be that the publio has a right
to discuss in good faith the public con
duct and qualifications of a public man,
such' as adjudge, an Ambassador, etc.,
with more freedom than they can tke
with a private matter, or with the pri
vate conduct of any one. In such dis
cussions they are not.held to prove the
exact truth of their statements, and the
soundness of their inferences, provided
that they are no actuated by express
malice, or that -there is reasonable
ground for then.' statements or infer
ences, all of which is for the jury. Some
of the affairs of a railroad company are
public and soma are private. For in
stance, the honesty of a clerk or servant
in the office of the company is a matter
for the clerk and the company only.
The safety of a bridge on the line is , a
subject of public moment. The pubUc,
in this sense, is a number oi persons
Who are or will be interested, and yet
who are at present unasceriainable. All
the future passengers on the road are
the public in respect to the safety of the
bridge, and as they cannot be pointed
out you may discuss the construction
of the bridge in public, though you
thereby reflect upon the character of
the buildex. If this definition of the
public is a sound one, the Common
wealth, considered as a stockholder, is
not the public, for its interests are in
trusted to certain officers, who are
.1
easily ascertained j nor would the in
terests of the shareholders become t
public matter merely by reason of their
number, unless it were proved that it
would be virtually impossible to reach
them individually. If, therefore, the
Question wert, meuely of the effect of the
scheme upon the . shares of tho New
York and New England Bailroad Com
pany, a corporation already chartered
and organized, I should doubt somewhat
whether it would be of a public nature.
But, inasmuch as the project was one
which affected a long line of road, as
yet only partly built, and the consolida
tion of several companies, it assumes
public importances Perhaps the right
of legislative interference may be taken
as a fair test of the riaht of Dublic dls-
cussion, since they both depend upon
the same condition. The Legislature
cannot interfere ih the purely private
affairs of a company, but it may control
such of them as affect the public. It
cannot - be doubted, I apprehend, that
the Legislatures of Massachusetts and
Connecticut would have power to per
mit, or to prohibit, or to modify a
scheme such as is now in question. It
interests the public, consisting of the
unascertained persons who will be asked
to take shares in it and those through
whose lands it will pass, or whose busi
ness will be helped or hindered by it,
that such a line should be well, aud
even that it shoul 1 be honestly, laid but,
built and carried through. For this
reason the character of the plaintiff as a
constructor and manager 1 of railroads
seems to me to be open to public dis
cussion when he comes forward with so
great and important a project, affecting
many interests beside ' the ' shareholders
of one toad, and that, therefore, the de
fendants, or any other persons, have th
qualified privilege which attaches to the
discussion of jpublic affairs. The dis
tinction is that when a- railroad is to be
built, or a company to build it is to .bo
chartered,, the question whether it shall
be authorized is si "public one ; 'when the
comnanv is oreranized and the stock is
issued, anything j which merely affects
the value of the stock is private. The
demurrer to the answer is overraled.
" T tt A ttw Tiffl oVirtnt. rno nrit 4iiit
little wo will share," said a Dublin
Queen's Counsel; to an ugly customer
who, with a menacing air, asked for alius
at night in a lonely suburb. "This re
volver," said 'the Q. C., . as he drew it
from his pocket, ("has six chambers. I
will give you three " Just then the Q.
found himself -alone. !
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Oae iacb.each sabscqaent hueruon.
,n oo
. 60
Quarterly, Sm-Nnnnsl or ,Ycarly 'con
tracts will be made oa liberal terms.-
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Obitaarits an.i Tributes -of "respect
charged for &t advertising rates,
No communications will be published rcns
lees accompanied -by the full name and ads
dress of the writer. These are not requested
for publication, but as a guarantee of. good'
faith.
All corumnn'catior.s for the paper, and
badness IttUrs, ihould be addresied to
THE BANNER,
UiuberfordtoH, N. C
PLEASANTRIES.
A coon swindle : Collecting the ice
bill twice. :
Inquires : Where is the best place to
learn to sing? The desert.
I occasionally drop into poetry,"
as the man said when ho fell into tho
editorial waste-basket.
The difference betweira hungry man
and a glutton is: MOne longs to eat
and the other eats too long.
It was ia good thing . for the whalers
when Jonah blubbered in the marine
monster that took him in. That blub
ber ha made the fortune of thousands. '
Somebody has figured out that Van-
derbilt's income would allow him to, in
one day, visit 8,000 circuses, eat 10,000
pints of peanuts, and drink 5,000 glasses
of lemonade. I
The late Thomas Hood, driving in the
country one day, observed a" notice be
side a fence, "Beware the Dog." There
not being any signs of a doar. Hood
wrote on the board, " War be the
Dog?"-
Beown says ho hates inquisitive peo
ple, and the worst kind of inquisitive
nes3, ho thinks, is fffiit exhibited by the
man who stops him in the street and
wants to know when he isjgoing to pay
that little biL
"What is a junction, nurse?" asked
a 7-year-old fairy at a railway platform.
"A junction, my dear," answered the
nurse, with the air of a very superior
person, indeed, " why, it's a place where
two roads separate. "
A Syracuse man made a bet of $50
that he could find six women in that city
who would marry him, and ho won it.
Now he's ready to give the $50 to any
body who will show him the way to get
out of six engagements.
"What a beautiful sight !" exclaimed
Mrs. Jones, rapturously, as she looked
out over tho beautiful scenery from a
Pennsylvania railroad car. " Yes," re
plied Jones, without raising his eyes
from, his paper, "anthracite."
A finely-pressed lady ESfppejI and
fell, and tho gentleman who assisted hef
to her feet inquired : " Did you break
any bones, madam?" "No. I guess
not," she replied; "but I'm just as mad
as if I had broken a dozen ef 'em 1"
Said one fellow to another, If I waa
ftt flat-footed as you are, I would not be
afraid of slipping on the sidewalk."
" Yes," was the response," some people
are flat on one end and some on anoth
er." The first chap looked thoughtful
and went down the street.
Old Mr. and Mrs. Smiler were look
ing at the comet from their chamber
window. " No, Mollie, rib; that cannot
be the comet pf 1813, the appendage ia
so much largsr." " But, my, dear Hor -ace,
the comet wa3 younger then. t
They retired in silence. .
j "There's too much horse-racing at
your agricultural fairs," remarked Par
son Jones to the Secretary of the county
society. "I should like to know, sir, what
horse-racing has to do with agriculture?-'
"-Well, parson," replied the
Secretary, with a pleasant smile, "noth
ing, perhaps ; or, at least, no more than
church lotteries have to do with the
ripeading of the gospel." Parson Jones
law the point, and changed the conver
sation immediately.
Heb2 lies a man -vfliose cTi waB-won
- ' By blowing in an empty gun.
No sooner in the gun he blow
" liiar: rr- the golden stairs ho flew.
And met the girl, on heaven's green,
Who lit tho fire with kerosene.
He also saw aetride a stool,
The man who tampered with a mule,
He also Eaw 'twas mighty sore
The man who whistled "Pinafore."
Aud further on the miner cove
Who thavred his powder in the stove.
EOW LAUOE HATS WERE INTRODUCED.
A long-cared bat
Went to buy a hat
Said-the hatter, u I've none that will do,
- Uulees with the Ehears
( " I shorten your ear?, .
Which might be unpleasant to you."
The long-eared bat
Was bo mud at that ' - "
He flew over lands and sea?,
Till iu Tans renowned
For it fashions) he found
A hat that he wore with great eas,
' NEURALGIA AS A WAR ING."
One of the- London medical journals
declares that the great prevalence o ,
neuralgm -or what commonly goes by
that name should be regarded as a
warning indicative of a low condition of
health, which must necessarily render
its subjects peculiarly susceptible to the
invasion of diseases of ah aggessive
(ype. Ife ia always essential that the
vital forces should be vigorous; and the
nerve power especially in full develop
ment ; but neuralgia indicates a lower
depressed state of vitality a poor and
weak state and should be promptly
placed under treatment. ''
f- '
M. Dcfourcet announces in jue
Mondes that ho has in his yard two bars
of iron planted in the earth, to each of
which is fixed a conductor of coated
copper wire, terminating in his receiyer,
apparently a telephone. These, he says,
never fail to, give notice twelve or fif
teen hours in ' advance of every storm
which bui-sts over the.town V
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