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i One Year gix Months. Special Keqnests.. .1. Wiiiing oa bnainess be sure to jgive the Pdsioflics at which yoa gei your mail matter. 2. In remitting mour-y, ls-ays give both name and PostoHke. v ' - 3. Sen! matter for the mail department on a eeparate piece of piper from any thing for publication. , - 4 Wiite oiuaicauoiis cnlj on one Bide of the theet. - BETWEEN THE -IE AYES. - I BI JTOSEFHIN PLtABD. ' i I took s Toiusae, old and worn, From eff.tbe library sbeif one fly ; The covers ware defaced and torn, And Boany a leaf had gome astray. I tureed tie pages alowly o'er In earchof some forgotten tenth, Familiar in fee days f yor Aa were the school tools of rny yonth. The mildewed lea the faded print, -j Seemed quite Inanimate and cold. As if Ihey ne'er had been tie mint From which I garnered precious gold. Bo dull and colorless the page, . v. I turned and turned in hopes to find S, Something that would restore to age . . The fresKness of the youthful mind. As wel', indeed, might I essay . Hope's early visions to rene, Or giTe nnto a dead bonqnet Its former fragrance and its dew. I closed the volumt with a sigh, Ab if it were joy's entrance door . A bit of color caught my eye Just as it fluttered to the floor. Twas but a maple leaf, all blotched Wife gold and crimson, green and brown, The edges delicately notched, And perfect etill from stem to crown ; And when I took "it in my hand, , . . This little leaf from maple tree, A if it were a magic wand, Brought back a vanished youth to me. I lived again those, joyful days, : The old,' faniiSiar' songs J eimg, And walked again, wiih sweet delays, . The paths I loved when I was young. ( E'en as the hues -upon the leaf, Each scene appeared eo freshly oright -That all remembrances of grhjf Were lost, and faded out of eight. A SEVERE TEST. A Story of the Melbourne Foliee, . Borne years ago a good many more, In f aot, than I care to recall now I was wandering very disconsolately through one of the main thoroughfares of Mel bourne, debating with myself the advisa bility of walking down to the quay and offering my services as steward to the Captain of the first homeward-bound ves eel on' which I might see the " blue peter " hoisted. Things ' had gone very badly with me ;, "every enterprise to which I had turned my attention had either fallen through or resulted dis astrously to myself ; and, after vainly trying my luck in the colony for over three years, I came to the conclusion ' that the sooner I reconciled myself to the utter f ailure of mv attempts the be fr ier it would be both for my peace of mind and my constitution. " ' in this dismal mood 1 v a& listlessly ; reading over the, shipping i ,nouncc ments posted on an adjacent wll, when I came across a notice from the Police De partment, intimating, in tersely official language, that a few new hands Vere needed hands who were strong, vigor 'oua, healthy, shrewd, good horsemen, and rejoicing in the possession of such other natural advantages as would inev itably insure their success in any line they chose to adopt. I was n good horseman, healthy, and tolerably strong ; my shrewdness I had begun to doubt lately ; and, as for the rest of the desiderata, weli, I suppose I was ar well off as '"'ost people. Here, possibly, was a chance for me; at any rate, it was only a few days' delay if nothing came of it; I would make my application and chance it. I returned to my diggings, wrote an official applica tion as per directions, and, to make a long story short, received, two days lat er, a note desiring my attendance at the Btation on7 the following day. Here, after a rather stiff examination, physical fc- and mental, and such tests of horseman . ship as taking a five-barred gate with my arms folded which I accomplished sucj cessiiilly I was told that everything was tolerably satisfactory, and I might expect an official notification of appoint '. merit -at an early date. Meanwhile, it would be desirable, I was informed, that I kept the .matter, as far as it had gone, quite private; a stipulation I had no dif ficulty in conforming to, since I had not a sinsle friend in the city. . , . On. the evening of the following day I found at my quarters a second noto from Mr. Superintendent," conspicuously marked "Private," and conveying the very agreeable intelligence that I was temporarily engaged from that day. The letter closed with a request that I would call at once on the Superintendent, Somewhat to my dismay, I found, on " presenting myself, that my permanent appointment was conditioned upon my : satisfactorily carrying through a special : job then on hand. It was an affair of eome nicety ; and an old hand, from an other station, would have been given the work, but for beitter absent on other . business. .The matter-would .admit o1 no delay ; and it was imperatively neces sary that it was undertaken by some one v not. or seemingly not. belonging to the Melbourne force. In short, I was to do it. The matter 'was briefly this : A packet of Government papers, of high importance, had been stolen from th messenger to whose care they were in trusted ; and. from information received. h seemed pretty certain that their pres- enfc possessor a man fast becoming notorious in the colony would be walk ing toward the city next afternoon ; and to prevent his intimate acquaintance with the town, enabling him to escape, or any confederates attempting bis re lease, I was to wait by a bridge on the line of road, about ten miles oat of Mel bourne, and get the papers from him. The man wu by no means to be shot, or if possible even hurt; but the papers &nst be secured. Minute infltructioaa i t , I i r.3 m v . ri-i ri?i fe-j . m w -fa m pi a.u; i 11 v mr m ;H i h r-4 , ii ' - . - - : M-V : ' , : ; . ESTABLISHED 1848. as to his appeaxaaee wre followed by a pretty laia implication that my oareerJ in .the force would very largely depend nponrcy success. ... I felt, as may be easily imagined, in anything but high spirits.. The pros pect of a single-handed encounter with a man of whose resources I knew nothing, and who might blow my brains out be fore I had a chance of attack, was net cheering. However, there was nothing: for it; it v was my last chance, and I must embrace it without shirking. Next daywhichwasSundav. I ac-1 cordingly procured a horse from the sta tion, and, taking my revolver with me, started out -to try my luck as a police man, and about 2 o'clock in the after noon came near the place mentioned. I left my horse at the nearest roadside- "hotel," sauntered to the bridge, and, leaning over the rail with bo very dis tinct notion of how I was -going to act- waited for.my man with what coolness I could muster. Two hours had passed ; the sun was beginning to go down; and I was just preparing to console myself with the nouon mat tne man had got wind of our intention, and gone by another route, when I became aware of the ap proach1 of - a solitary pedestrianj As ha came nearer, I ran over the description of the man I wanted which I had learned by heart and at once concluded that this was the individual. He was a tall, powerful, uncompromising-looking fellow of about five and forty, muscular enough to have lifted me up and thrown me over the bridge into the shining water beneath. I commenced to walk over the bridge as the man approached it passed him slowly, and felt, sure it was the man. After going two or three yards, I turned back. Hearing my step, the purloiner of state documents turnefl round. " Well, mate, Jwhat is it ? " " Can you oblige me with a pipe of 'bacey?" I asked. ' "Oh! yes;" handing me his pouch. " What are you doing about here ? You dbn't look over-brisk. Broke ?." " Pretty nearly," I replied. " New arrival, I suppose ? " "Almost." "Ah I there are too many carpet- knigiits flooding Melbourne. Com3 out expecting to make a pile, goj; disap pointed, and don't like to voirk for W grub, eh? Put a sere- iobaccfc-ia your pocket you'll find it pleasant com pany on the road." I nearly emptied the pouch and handed it back ; and, as the owner put out his hand for it, I slipped my foot be hind his heel and pushed him. He tripped and fell splendidly. I was pret ty quick in wrestling, and I topk hold of the man's throat with my left hand, put my knees on his chest and with rny right hand felt in the breast-pocket of his coat He struggled violently, but I thought I should succeed. : i'" got my hand on some papers ; but, as I was drawing them from the pocket, the ruffian got hold of my right knee-cap with his left hand, and gave it such a ter rible wrench that I believed he had idis- located the joint. Then feeling my hold relax, he suddenly hoisted himself with his right hand, sprang up, caught hold of my wrists, and hurried me to the bridge. Holding me thus in an iron "grip, and glaring fiercely at me, he haid: ."I see your game; there's only one way of dealing with the police. Dead men tell no. tales ; so over you re going youngster. ; - Suiting his action to the word he re. leased my hands, and in the same in stant grasped me flrinly and hoisted me. My last chance seemed to lie in an old twist I had learned at college. As the man raised me, I placed my feet on the brickwork of ' the bridge, pushed. myself back with all my strength, jerked a little torward, lowered rayj head, and then fairlytwisted under my captor's arm from right to left. 1 My? school experience had saved my life ; fortha man let go hi3 bold with a cry of pain, and quick as thought I sprang upon him., "It's all right, old fellow, take the papers and read them." But in the mad excitement of the mo ment, and remembering. 'my mission, I thought this surrender was only a ruse on the part of the ruffian. He sat down on the road in the most undignified fash ion and handed me the papers. The first one that met my gaze was a headed piece, of? police-office paper, on which was written : " This is your test for Entering the force;" and was signed by the Super intendent. 1 Well young man,"said mine enemy, " you have passed the last exarc. with honors. You have nearly broken my wrist. But my horse is at the first road side hotel. If you'll come with me I'll have a drink with you, and get some cold lotion for this sprain. I believe . it will be a case of splints and sick leave ; but you have done your work well. Bother thearmhowit aches I" (So did my knee.) ! The report was satisfactory, and I was appointed permanently. Mr. Superin tendent's ' test caused me to be sepjon various duties which led me mtcfepy rough experiences; but I never believed myself to be so near death as when I was deciding my future with my superior QgChmrificrY JournzU ' - i r ' PUBLISHED AT RUTHERFQRDTON, N: C f .VERY FRIDAY MORNING. CHRIST'S SENTENCE. The A Ilryed Cp'j ef the pfest Memorable Judicial Sentence EverJPronoune4. , The following is a . copy of the most memorable judicial sentence which has ever been pronounced in! the annals of the world, namely, that of death against the Savior, with the remarks which the Journal Le Droit has collected and the knowledge of which must be interesting in the highest degree to every Christian. It is word for word as follows : Sentence pronounced py Pontius Pil ate, intendant of the Iiower Province of Galilee, that Jesus of INazareth shall suffer death by the crossf In the seventh year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, and pn the Silth day pf the month of March, an tha moatholy city of Jerusalem, during the pontificate of Annas and Ciphas. Pontiu3 Pilate, intendan of the prov ince of Lower "Galilee, fitting in judg ment of the presidential seat bf the Praetors, sentences Jeus of Nazareth to death on a cross between two robbers, as the numerous and notorious testimoni als of the people prove ; ' 1. Jesus is 4 misleaddr. 2. Ho has excited the people to sedi tion. . ' . 3. -He is an enemy td the law. 4. He called himself jthe Son of God. 5. He calls himself, falsely, the King of Israel. " j 6. He went into the I temple followed by a multitude carrying palms in their hands. Orders from the First Centurion Qui rillis Cornelius to brin g him to the place of execution forbid persons, rich or poor, to prevent th etecution of Jesus. The witnesses wfio . have signed the execution of Jesus are : 1. Daniel Eobani, Pharisee. 2. John ZorababeL j 3. Raphael Ilobani.. i. Capet. ! L Jesus to be taken out of Jerusalem through the'gates of Tournes. The sentence is engraved on a plate of brass in the Hebrew ! language, and on its sides are the following words: "A similar plate has ben sent to each tribe." It was discovered in the year 1280, in the city of Auilla, in theKing dpm of Naples, by aj; search mada'-for .-Baaan atttimttes,'. j ftncT it. remained there until it was found by the Commis 6ion of Arts in the French army in Italy. Up to the tinie of the campaign in Southern Italy it j was preserved in the sacristy of the Carthusians, near Na ples, where it was kept in a box of eb ony. Since then thejrelichas been kept in the chapel of Caert. The Carthu- i sians obtained the privilege, by their petitions, that the plate might be kept by them, which was an acknowledg ment of the sacrifice which they-made for the French , axpy. The French translation was made literally by the members of the Commission on Arts. Denon had a fae simile of the plate en graved, which wa3j bought ,by Lord Howard on the sale of his cabinet for 2,890 francs. There seems to be no historical doubt as to; the authenticity of this plate. The reasons of the sentence correspond exactly jwith those of the croseL THE EZDEk BOOTH. :a tfes elder Booth's acting Mrs. Jai-ke's lasst signififcant remark is that J was alwfeya in the' soul of the charac ; oi 'mvX iiover resembled Boileau's writ er, wlto, ' inspired ;by self-love, forms -,tJi his heroes like himself." We shall not here attempt a summary of this ex . r;dinary being in' his transfiguration :a &n uctor. The fact which seems to suggest, if not to define, him is that he is liocdless and imperfect as an artist, but electrical and. fascinating as a hu .:au being. He would, for example syhc- acting Macbeth deliberately go to r':s wing and get ; a broadsword with vvl.lch to right the final battle, an,d would Jo this in fell view of theaudience jus as Bistori, when acticg Lady Macbeth,, woiiid carry her husband's letter to the .side and throw it away. He was not particular, when acting Richard, wheth er he wore an old dressing gown or a ryal robe, 'and' he cared very little whero other persons entered, or stood, ..a that they got on and were somewhere. Ilia acting had. no touch of the finish of Macready. But the soul that he poured i.'rfo it was awful and terrible ; theface the lianas, the pose, the movement, all was irsc'arnate eloqiience; and when the lightning of the blue-gray eyes flashed Hid the magnificent voice gave out its Jeep thunder-roll, pr pealed forth its so nevnrts tmmoet-notes. the hearSs of his heM'eiai were swept away on the win or a tempest. ' Each tohe-vand each a6- fcion was then absolutely right. Evert his marvelous elocution, which brought out the subtle meaning of every sound itt every syllable,, seemed inspired, such tiiid so great was the vitality, which a various imagination thoroughly aroused "ixfli strike out of a deep and passion Aie hLrew'fori 'Tribune., Old gent "Well, my good man, I coulcf never buy a horse with legs like that." Gypsy dealer "Wot 1,, Legsl Wy, I thought yer wanted a fast one, and you'll never see 'is legs when '? its a trottia' 1" A Family Newspaper; Devoted to Hoip) Interests -tt- . ... f- onianr of tele cAMP-Mi BTMre. ' ,r .... There are those who fcr&oo origin of the camp-meetimg to Old "i ptanient times; and refer to many passtigM ff om. Genesis to the days of John tJV Baptist for proofs. We will, however consider its rise as strictly American, thd raake no other mention of the Bible tf erefees than are suggested in the opejiig para graph. . il I '! '. The first camp-meeting in tfcle fUnSted t States was held in the year 17,! ohthe banks of the Eed river in Jntiieky, Th way it came about was tptnswhat peculiar. Two brothers name McGee, one a Methodist and the other Presby terian, were on a religious fuJr - fom Tennessee to a place called in tfoses4ayg the "Barrens." They stopped at arisst tlement to attend' a sacrament opodlion with a Presbyterian minister 1the; Jv. Mr. McGreely by name. JoliH McGee, the Methodist, preached on ivitafion, and his services are described ptsdiaVing been marked "with great liiperiyj and power. " McGee's brother an! the feev. Mr. Hoge followed with sermons,! and their effects were remarkablefjr as fhey produced "tears of contrition hd shjouts of joy." ,--' The several Presbyterian. fininiers, the Kav. Messrs. McGreel ,Hoge! and Bankins, left the hou&e, but Jie Mcfces were too powei fully affected to de,art. John was expected to preachf again but when the time came he aroe! antf in formed the people that fh.epverpciiiwer ing nature of his -feeling3 wfuld ncl al low of his preachmg, and ijm exhorted them to surrender their vhea4;3 - to llod. The excitement is said to hlre beei in describable. The reports ortheselsFon derful services were heard bJe" people in the country round, and hy nhed to the place to see the prehcrif j and witness the unusual religioT exercises, the meeting house was ovet &owett, and an altar was erected to the Koi'd i the forest, This added new interest ttj the ijiove ment, and people assemble "fronj far iatS Jiear, with provisions anothcc nec essaries for camping out, an)i emned several days, living hi tep.fi. ? J?at the time denominational divisioiiseerjDd to be forgotten, and the servicf"Wer con ducted , by Presbyterians, eth'dists and Baptists. ' ' ' W The results were so woiieriui that another meeting of the 6aile! so't was 'suggested, andwas held one'5tiddy river, and still another washed on what was called the Bidge, tioth laying'' been attendediby great crowds w,iio.cam.o for many miles around. These s vicos were continued and extended wiQIeimifar re sults, the Presbyterians ancethl?dists directing and conducting titeni. kit is stated that at one of these Meetings in Kentucky there were preset ;'at : least 20,000 persons. . '.tr i ffl The Presbyterlansv gradually retired from the field, while the FIpthqdists carried the meetings to all-jts-' the country. Since then otheliffcGen'pdna tions have adopted them, an lthet have continued with more, "or lessfefficcy up t the present time ChdgInter ocean. --: ' : ;; i . ' STONEWALL J lCKSQNW.fTpbQT. Having lingered to the lajjt allowable moment with the members j my family "hereinbefore mentioned "--ras the legal documents would term tffcm-t was nfter 10 o'clock at niglffcitheiiji re- urned to headquarters for d.lial icstvuc . - r.t . i tions, and, beiore going to pr uenerai a room, JL orcierea two wn be brought up after me..gWhehj they appeared I offered one of ffyjb .glas Jackson, l;ut ho drew backsaying " No, no, Coionel, youpjiist excuse me ; I never drink intoxicating r.liors." "I know that, eneraaia-i,i" out though you habitually' abstain, a I do myself, from everythinijbf, tho sort, there are occasions (pdhis isne of them when a stimpJaht wpl do us both good; otherwise, I wduldieither; take it myself nor offer it to yn ! bo you must make an exception tq yorgeneral rule and join me in a to ddy io:.ight."; He again shook his he.ia : but, never theless, took the tumblerlnidjan to sip its contents; Preseyj .putting it on the ' table after hayMigl but; partly . emptied it, her eaid : . , v - " Colonel, do you tno Vhy I habitu-; ally abstain from intoxicig drinks ? " And; upon my teplyingthe negative, lie cqniuiueu . ; "Why, sir, because if ik the: ; taste xf them, and, when I dioefed that to be the case, I made up my'jjpnhd aT? once to do without them altoglr.'jiPta delvhia Times. : ' - MISSl OX ATI T AfBJiAQES. , It is said that the perrrtagelof mis- slonaries who have gonromf yariousi theological semmaries llfeas ifollows : Oberlin (Congregationaft49 percent.; Andover (Congregation l6: pei cent; Hamilton (Baptist);. 10 rentj iTJnion. (Presbyterian), 9.5 er3e;ntfewtbn (Baptist), 7.8 per cent yinM.iEpi3-; Copal), 8 per cent.; Koeusstcr (Btptist), 7.8 per cent; Princetoni' (Presbyterian), 6.2 per cent - ' '-. . "How s business btsen, with Brown V asked his rrieh3py yon, "Hot very hvely," said Brosgi.r Put yon have made some thmg;; I .suppose?'' Ohf yes : I made an a$i&uent," ' li rr : : ; . 1 .. : ; .- : : . and Gpncral Sews. TSM VXTTEB STATES CATIT9L. , i i The dome is the most impressive feat ure of the new Capifbl at Washington. It was designed by Walters, .to replace the smaller one removed in 855, j and ranks fifth in height snd size among the notable domes of the world.. It is, in; fact, 360 feet high above the west'gate of the park at the foot of the hill on; which it stands. Its diameter is 138 y feet, and it is praised as one of the rhost symmetrical, graceful structures ; in the whole world. ! Its octagonal or stylobate base rises 93 feet above the basement floor of the Capitol. As it leaves the top line of the building it consists of a peristyle! 124 feet in diameter, of 86 iron-fluted col umns, 27 feet high. ' Each of these col umns weighs six tons. Above them, is a balustrade. Above the balustrade I be gins the dome, which converges upward to an apex, surmounted by a lantern 15 feet in diameter and 50 feet high,, which is surrounded by a peristyle and crowned by the bronze statue of Freedom, ; de signed by Crawford. , j., On Dec. 12, 1833, the statue was raised and placed in its present position at the arex of the dome. Thousands of citizens and soldiers were assembled. A national salute of thirty-five guns was fired from a field-battery in the East Park, and this was followed by a rever berating salute by the shotted, heavy guns of the whole chain of forts sur rounding the Capitol. Few who were present on that day will forget (the mighty acclaim from the people which almost obliterated for a moment : the noise ef artillery. The lantern on the dome of the Cap itol contains three rows of powerful gas jets, and is very much frequented by strangers, particularly young? married couples. The view therefroni in the day time is magnificent, and even at night, notwithstanding the glare of the gas jets, one may obtain weird views by shading the eyes with the hands and pressing the. face close to the glass. The eastward view looks out oh the plain of Capitol Hill toward a back ground of hills beyond the- Anacostia. To the north there is a view, beyond a broad mtervening valley, of encircling hflls ; to the south lie the low ground and sparsely settled parts of Washing ton ; and to the west lies the city with its Botanical Garden, the ? Mall, the wooded summits of University Square, the unfinished Washington monument, the dome of the Observatory, the glit tering stream of the Potomac; and Ar lington Heights beyond. No finer view can be had from any capitol. r Yet the picture thus viewed is scarcely more en chanting than that of the Capitol- itself seen from any point of vantage. Sunday j Magazine. j ' r MEXICAN JAILS. Iii the department of jails there is a deficiency. As at present arranged they can present but moderate terrors to evil doers. The really-fine penitentiary fat Guadalajara is .the only one in which modern idesis of penal discipline are fol- - lowed. There is by law no death pen-; alty. The number of the most-nefarious ' criminals is kept down by semi-official : lynchings as the shooting of certain kinds of offenders on capture hito which nobody ever inquires, and by transportation' to Yucatan but there still remain sufficient to make one look with uneasiness on the slightness of , the' means of restraint employed. The bolts and bars are only lattices of wood much more often that?, iron. At the great central prison of Belen, where spine 2,000 persons are confined, it seemed to me that a very large portion pf them were rgpre comfortable than they could have been in their own squalid homes. They make a strange spectacle indeed as one looks down upon them in laf ge courts, of what again has once been San old convent, where, of all ages and for sentences of all durations, they eat,; sleep and work at various light" occupar tions together. ; No attempt is made to prevent their ' communicating with one another, or staring about. They have good air, light and food, and are paid a partf their earnings. They take their siestas at noon, play at checkers, gossip and even bathe luxuriously in a central tank. TV. H. Bishop, in Ilarptr's Magazine. j ' i:l Statistics show that the people of this country consume -about four and one half pounds of cheese per capita, while the people of England consume about fourteen pounds per capita; annually. The argument that cheese is not a whple Bome article of food, it would seem, would not hold good in the light of this .fact, as the 'agricultural classes of En gland, who are large consumers of OioAisa nrpi nmnnf the -most robust and healthy people of the world. v ! The New Albany Press says: "The weekly paper culls the jewels of thought and news from the mass and presents the same to its readers in a ' condensed, tasteful and palatable shape; The whole paper is read from beginning to end. It is a paper which is taken to he read,' and enjoyed,: and occupies a field peculiarly its own, which can not be invaded nor superseded by any daily," ; . j j TEEMS $2.00 Per Aanam. DILATORY LOVERS. ; The impatience of the parents of the young lady over the long and fruitless visits of the chronic caller "was' pictured in comic colors some years' ago "by a funny writer. It seems that it was mid night The young man had faiewelled himself out, andEmeline had locked the door and was untying her shoe when her mother came down-stairs with a bed quilt around her, and said : j ; " Wanted to creep up stairs without my hearing you, eh? Didn't think I knew it wa3 an hour after midnight, did you?"' - . .j The giri - made no reply, and the mother continued : - j " Did he propose this time ? " j "Why, mother 1" exclaimed tjhe daughter. - ' ' " I " You can ' why, mother,' ;all you want to, but don't I know that you've burned up at least four ton3 of coal around here?" courting ; The girl got her shoes off, and the mother stood' in the tair door and asked : t i 'Emeline, have you got any grit?" "I guess so." i "I guess you haven't. I just wish that fellow with false teeth and a mole on his chin would como sparking me. Do you know what would happen,: Euielme?'' "No." " Well, I'll tell you. He'd come to time in sixty days or he'd get out of this mansion like a goat jumping for sun flower seeds." ! ' j And Emeliae went to bed hugging th: -T. thought to her bosom. Occasionally such visits become sO burdensome that the vouhg lady talks to the young man herself, j At least they had such a girl out in Colorado. She had been receiving the attentions of a young man for about a year, but, becoming im patent at his failure to bring matters to a crisis, she resolved to ascertain his in tentions. When he next called she took him gently by the ear, led him to a seat and said : " Nobby, you've been faolin' 'round this claim fur mighty near a year, an1 hev never yit shot off your mouth on the marryin' biz,. .I've cottoned to yer. on the square clear through, j an' hev stood off every other galoot that has tried to chip in ; an' now I want; yer tu come down to business or leave the ranch. Ef you're on ,the marry and want a pard that'll stick right to ye till ye pass in your checks an' the good Lord calls ye over the range, just squeal, an' we'll hitch i but ef that ain't y6r game, draw out an' give some other feller a show fur his pile. Now, sing yer song or skip out." He sang. DIFFERENT KINDS OS" BENEFITS. i "Who is this well-dressed man-with the sealskin overcoat, hat and gloves ? He carries a gold-headed canei, d i3 fol lowed by a bulldog in a scarlet blanket Do you know him ?" ! " Oh', yes ; that is Slugger, th pugil ist Fine man. Hard hitter. Very popnlar. Always surrounded by crowd of admiring irienas, as you see him now. He is very vell off; was given a benefit the other1 night which netted him 500." " Indeed ; he is very fortunate," " Oh, yes; a very fortunate fellow ; ranks high in his profession, you see. Who is that wiiite-headed, weary- looking old man, close behind the pugil ist and his friends ? Poor man 1 he seems thinly clad for this wintry weather. Do you know him?"- '" Oh, yes ; that is Old Faithful, a country clergyman. Yery learned man, they say. Been a preacher of the gos pel all his life, but poors as a rat He had a benefit, too, the otiier night." " Oh, indeed I Did it net him much ?" " I don't think it did. You see, it was a sort of surprise party, j His parishion ers called upon him in a body, ate up . everything there was in the house, and left him presents to the j amount of 60 Sbrnierniilp. ( MmtnA Jnumn.L PROFITABLE LITIGATION. . Lawyer " Hurrah, let me congratu late you. You are the luckiest of mor tals. Embrace me." . . They embrace, and the client ventures to ask the cause of so much emotion. Thanks to-my skill,"' repUed the lawyer, " I have obtained a judgment in your favor in the Supreme Court " After nine long years. V But, my dear fellow; better late than never.. i " How much do I get ?" asks the cli ent, anxiously. .1 " The court decrees that you shall re-, ceive $2,000. . The costs and my fee wDl only amount to $3,500 so all you will have to pay me is $1,500." i ' Merciful heaven, and I must lose my money beside ?'" ' "Of course yoa lose your money, but console yourself ; you have gained your case. You can't expect to gain every thing." . , ' " Then I will go back to the plowing. The work is not near so hard, and pays better," eaid the boy., j , .'. ..." -.-wv-" Taxation for education provides less that $1 for each pupil of the public schools of Georgia, j AnVESTISIXG RATES. One irch, one insertion fl 00 O-ie inch, e:ch sabseqaent insertion... -nO Q isrtfrTy. Si mi-annual or Yearly Iraeis xriil be made oa liberal terms. con OV.tnsries and - Tributes " o respect charged fjr at advertising rates. No cornraaiucations will be published nns lets aeeoiiijf fccied by the fall name and ads dress of fie writer. These a-e not requested for publication, bat as a guarantee of good f&ith. A -1 comnsnncations for the piper, and business letters, 6hould be addressed to ' THE BANNER. RntherfordtoB, K. C TUB SORROWS Of MIXQEBS. The lot of the famous singer is "mot" a always, a happy one. From the days of ; Malioran, who: was - in America over a . half a century ago, ; to those of poor Christine. Nilsson, trouble and sorrow have spared none of the great singers who have been popular idols. The most acky of these is Jenny Lind, who retired on a fortune before her voice failed, and who leads a happy domestio life in Lon don. But Malibran when young married a rascal, and, although her second mar-. riage was not unfortunate, she lived but" a very short time after it. Her coniem .; porary and rival, Mile. Sontag, married an Italian Count and entered fashionable life, retiring, from the stage when quite young. -But her Count was also a rascal, who squandered fill her money in gam- , bling, and she had, when nearly 50 years d to resume her artistic career, which was brilliant to the last But her has- . band was jealous as well as a spendthrift, and when she died in Mexico there were suspicions that she and the handsome tenor Pozzohni were both .poisoned. Mile: Grisi, who was the acknowledged grandest dramatic singer of her time, wedded a man "whom she did not love and who was not worthy of her, and she made a scandal by leaving him for the arms of the equally famous tenor, Mario. Mile. Alboni, probably the grandest con tralto singer that ever appeared in pub lic,, "was married for the fortune in her voice by an Italian Count, but the mar riage was not a happy one, and they lived apart for some years. He did not, however, squander her money, aud when he died- she lost no time in becoming the wife of a French subaltern officer, much younger than herself, who loves her fortune devotedly, and makes him self generally disagreeable to those that rent houses or apartments of hers. in Paris. ' i Nilsson's husband, M. Eouzaud, is said to have inherited insanity from, his family, and he was literally madly in love with her when he persuaded her to become his wife. He was crazy, too, about stock speculations, and, after gambling all his own' and his wife's fortune away on the Bourse, he died in a mad-house. Another great singer, Mile. Heilbronn, who was a pet of Paris some years ago, married a French Count, and lost through him all that she had in the crash of the Union Generale.' She is now compelled, after having lost the freshness of her voice, to return to the stage. Everybody knows how Adeline Patti threw herself away on a poor old French Marquis, frqm whom she fled after he had enriched himself out of her earnings, and how she ha3 thrown her self away in another manner with Signor Nicolini. Adelina -is reported, by a Western interviewer, to have said, also, that her sister Carlotta's husband is a bad fellow, who spends all his wife makes in gambling. These are only a few examples ; more might be given to illustratehe facility with which popular singers, who can earn from $300 to 5,000 a night, sacri fice themselves on the altar of Hymen, who must be a very mercenary kind of olivinity. -Philadelphia Bulletin. A RASa PROMISE. ' A local editor had printed an article severely reflecting upon a prominent citizen of the place, who vowed that he . would take summary vengeance upon the man of types, bought a horserwhip and proceeded to the hotel, where the editor was boarding outa big advertise ment Here he inquired for the object of his fury, and was shown to his room, where he found the editor in bed " Are you the author of this para graph? " said the avenger, drawing the . paper from his pocket and -the horse whip from underhis overcoat "lam," replied the editor, turning over, so as to get a better grasp of the situation. j " Well, sir, I have come to settle this matter with von. sir." shouted the avenger. "Office hours from 6, a. m. to 12 p. m., ' replied tne editor, yawning ; v dui, if you prefer to do business here, how do yon propose, to settle it? " j "By giving yon ahorse-whipping," cried the avenger. j ' , " What ! " exclaimed - the editor ; surely, you will not commit a rumanly J attack upon a man in my -situation in bed, undressed, half asleep ! You must bo a coward to take such an advan tage." ' ; : "No, sir," retorted the avenger; "I am no coward, sir. I ask no advantage, and will take none. I shall not strike you, sir, until you get out of bed, and dress and defend yourself." ! "Then," said the, editor, wrapping the blankets around him, " I guess youH have to wait a spell. I'm game to stay here till next week, anyhow and longer, il l can get a supply of writing materials. Sit. right down, and tell us . the news." : - ' . There was an appeal to the Eevised Version, and the avenger stalked off un avenged. ' ', Trams ore three ways, of getting out of a scrape write out, back out, and tb,f best vay is to keep out, ' : -: t (- i " i J 14 K .4 -I' ' - ' - I : V .i u
The Rutherford Banner (Rutherfordton, N.C.)
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June 23, 1882, edition 1
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