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if i n if V "BE SURE YOU ABE EIGHT AND THEN GO AHEAD." Davt Cbockett. NO. .17, AMBD . PROFESSIONAL CARDS, vr. HARRIS, M. v D. phvf.ician. Surgeon and Obstetrician. (Wr his prtfefsiorial services to Hie ciii n of Ri't'nerfordn nnrt vicinity. jHfieesen,r"slctl 10 ,,is eare wjl1 receive fmaybo found at his Office or Residence wben not proicssionnlly absent.- 1 ly -SlJYEXl HICKS, M. D., ItUTHERFORBTON, N. C. Continues tlie practice of Medicine, Surery and Midwifery, in Ruth er ' fo-t?on, and the surrounding conn try 7lyv rrGUrilKI!. J- r' V V SUM. GA1TITKU BYNUM, ATTOCXKYS AT LAW, . Mono xtp.x. X. O. rr"ct:cc i" U16 Fi1.t;I Ltui, v.ino Court ot Noitli ('nri'l;T'fJ. :l.l in li.i- ',umk-s 0I CVtitwI'M. '!(hvi-!!, llnl'MrUyii, Mi'Dmvt II, .. .. I ; 1 ..!,,. '! t 1 1 : 1 Y.-ilW. V Colk-yi-iotis insult it- smy part ul tin Jtate. .. :'S:!y : w. ii. cox, SUHGEQN Dentist. 33:ly Rutherfordtox, N. C. 1 ) I v. J. A . I r A G U E, . Physician and Surgeon, Having lcntol at Rii,liM-foTUon, 2J7 C, re fircifiill.v Undfis liw rriiK's-iii'fil rvici, to "I he citi.tr 11? of lire Vil!:ijr apii' sun ixitic lit 1 r roiiiilry, i'.nd hope- to lut-rit a pnitof t1n.fi r 'pfii-oii;i-;e, 33: ly. J. . u, lt; v.ivrju, TUYSiriAN ANI 8UHOKON, r fir-iti-fiil Sop tin? li'n i':il . intiiiii:iof Iwrotn 'TM) T T lITriTTT?n lore wei veil, y j rnmjii :il Ictaion t. jllwll's to njeiit a continuance of li e ime. i-tl J. B. CAR.IMTKU, ATTORXKY AT LAW, IiUT!!KKFCKlTOK, CH Collie' ioiiji prompt iy :Kt until to. llf M. IT. .IUSTICK, ATTOKNKY AT LAW, . ' UrTjiKiiFOMvrox, N. 0. 'Will pmrlioe in Mio Spjw-i ior Com is of 1 Tie ?'h and llili JiMicial Districts, in tire Sn -preme Court ot Xorth Ciiiohna. and in the fidtral Courts, at ftuU-Mvilie and Ashcvillc. HOTELS. CHIMNEY ROCK HOTEL, GaiMNKY Rock. X. C Wallace & Juctico, J'roprietor's. 1 I'll way h(Mvcen AshcviUe arid Uutlier ordtnn. Snrroiindcd hy.tlu- grandest mun t;'iii ticnifry in the world. 4 Iiitts will he "''ie i-ouiloitalik and charged mok'ralely 4t CI I A ULOTTE HOTEL, ClIARLOTTK, X. C. M. Mattho-ws & Son. HS:tf UK BURNETT HOUSE, PwUTHERFORDTON, N. C open lor the. accomniodatior. of the '"TfihDjr piihlie. ft iid with co d Jarf. attin ;vf K-iVHnts, aiul j.r,Hr1 stahlfs and fe-d for "orstjs, jtie proprietor a.-ks a shave of palron- ''ly Pierrietor. BUCK HOTEL, ASU KVILI.KN. H. M. DEATOR, rroprletor. "ssoAitw sl'.oo nzu cav. icif B USIXESS CA JUXS. K., ill. KOKliVSOtf, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, Jan St., Opjyosite the BurntM Iluvse, LlTHJKtX)ni)10X, N. (!. All workMjt saiwi made warmntcd to' Fit. V e:i,1I'K nd repairing d(x't ln-t. tiotce, l tyle Fashion, Plates always on hand Orders Irom a distance prcmntlr at- t 44-i y. IDES ! HIDES ! ! HIDES ! ! ! aJ'n '-''"'h tr.arket . proes paid for Green . 'U- . D. MAY t CO. arAR AND RECORD, -bushed Weekly at $2 pe Year, Clexdenin & Carpenter, ItUTHERFORDTQN, N. C. KESTEIIN STA R LODGE , No. oi, A. F. iri.I ntk8 re'ruliiry on the 1st Monday tight ud f, 0",h' "fsdays of Superior Courts, wa the losiivals o! the Sts. John. M It TTT0' M- WtllTSlD, W II. l-II JUSTIOK, i'ECIf.i SIC. 1 ljjj STAR & .REGOKD. I III.SSKKD EVKftY SATIKDAY. J. C. CLENDENIN,) -r, J. B. CARPENTER y -PUBLISHERS. RUTHERFQRDTON, N. C. Terms of Subscription. 1 copy ! year in advance, $2.00 1.00 .05 10.00 16.00 30.00 1 copy 6 months Single eory, 6 copies 1 year, 10 " I " 20 " 1 " Specimen copies sent free. Rates of Advertising. lv iG 32. 4M. 64. I fill 1 inrh 1 .00 ! ."in O.uO ''.."( 4 00 . 5i 2 inr'ir -J "J l!U 4 00 . .".V KtfG 11.00 :i inc'-i'- ;ao 4.50 ou 7.o i-.tm 11:5.1 9 1.(1 IS ll 27.00 36.00 4"X;0 i 4 inv!i.-. 4.0(1 00 f.Ou lO.Oi) IH i;n "J.MV i..rl-.R .", fi 7,." 10.00 l-j.-iii it't.oo C7.r.() 1-2 ci4.IO.(-0 I5.MJ (I lit. VO .VH'O C.X t ci. iivo ,' u 40,'ju 5a on fund ilu,00 IfO.lO 3U0 J5S" Non-objectionable local notices j 9. rnr linn B3r Advertisements are payable' quaitcrlj', in advance. Agents procuring advertise ments, will be allowed a reasonable commission. ST Special arrangements, -when electrotypes are furnished. Objectionable advertisements, such asv will injure our readers, or the character of the paper, as a high toned journal, will not be inserted. Cfiy Any further information will be given, on application to the pub hsherTi . - In a .napkin smooth and white, Hidden from all mortal sight, My one talent lies to-night. Mine to hoard, or mine to use ; Mine to keep, or mine to lose ; , May I not do what I choose ! Ah ! Ihe gift was only lent, With the Giver's own intent, That it should be wisely spent, And I know He will demand Every farthing at my hand, "When I in His presence stand What will be my grief and shame, When 1 hear my humble name, And cannot repay His claim? ' One poor talent nothing more ! All the years that have gone o'er Have not added to the store. - . . - . ' ; Some .will double what they hold Others add to it ten fold, ' And pay 19; ok i g slim 1 ii-j gold. L Wouldxthat I had toiled li!:e them ! All my sloth I now condemn j j Guilty fears my soul o'erwhelm.N ' Lord, O teach me what to do ! Make me faithful, make me true, And the sacred trust renew. Help me, era toot late it be, -Something jTet todo for Thee, Thou who hast done all for me. Seacier 's Treasury. ,The Vicksburg (Miss.jTimes tells the following in its issue of March 4 : the cats jumped through the window. when Mrs. Powell thew a blanket over it and threw it out at the back door. This one was soon followed by another, which was kilted with a small axe. By this time the colored cook was attacked a short distance from the house, and she alarmed a white neighbor, who was al work near the place, who came to her as sistance and killed the eat with a hatchet, but- not until the cook had been pretty well "chewed" by the kitten. The gentleman then went to the relief of Mrs. Powell, at the bouse, when two of the cats attack ed him quite severely before he snc ceeded in dispatching tliein. Four of the pack were killed and several wounded before they could be scared ofL The hides of the four cats that were slain were brought to this city on the steamer, Lizzie, yesterday. A day or two after this attack the carcass of a deer was found buried ' near this place, with evidence of its having, been the work of this same pack of cats. This account comes to us through a reliable source, and we can rouch for the veracity of it The natives attribute the attack to hun ger." uOre day last week the residence of i roj ,ftCk tlie chiHinp- tide ofx tli Mr. Powell, near the head of naviga- j tast-flowinir decades, and listen tion on Sunnower River; was attack LniilHjIfi Hs;n,r 110tes of triumnh ed by agant'.of wi.d cats. Mrs. lJowell . -i c " i i 0 1 i. 1 u i. over toils forgotten and sullenm and a colored servat only beuig at I , , ' 1 P t, l,nmP. TiWhnW m.i - ended, to the wierd story of the . "ir , a , iJ ay or IIoldcnN Address. Below will be foam the address of Hon. Jo. W. Holden before the Press Banquet at Raleigh a few days since. 31r. President ami Gentlemen As sembled : So mn oh has been said, and so many tilings have been presented to the enjoyment of onr honored guests since their arrival in this city; they have been so warmly welcomed and so hospitably e?K tertained ; thev have heard the story of our growing wealth and vigorous enterprises so much bet ter told by more eloquent lips than my own, that nothing1 on thee mntters has been left for me to say : and yet, as at this mo- on t 1 mnst speak, and as my thoughts have held a different flight, therefore, per force. I'll speak of that which struggling hardest for an utterance, comes readiest ir. answer to the senti ment which your President has just so pleasantly enunciated. The name of the city ofRaleigh, gentlemen, awakens a train of far-reaching associations. It sum mons, from the placid, deeps of the past the memory of a grand and gallant hero, the towering; shade and central figure of England's, golden Elizabethian age ; it evokes, in quiet majesty, the form of Sir Walter Raleigh, the states man and soldier, the sailor and courtier, the poet and pnilosor her, the chemist and historian, and the martyr in the" cau-e of human ftvedom. On him, it , was once said the old world gazed as at a star I' while from the new, where the . eryatia! cliffs ofMt. Raleigh, amid th.e solitudes of arctic seas, shimmer beneath the aurora's rays, the reflection of his fame flashed back ! flashed over old ocean's wrinkled waters three centuries asro, when the keels of his intreped fleet first cleft the inland waters of the hemisphere which we now inhabit. Here, too, on the soil of North Carolina, he built a monument of enduring fame, for here he plant ed the new home of the Anglo Saxon race; and here, among the vines and flowers of our Eastern shore, where the .breath otsnring is filled as of old with the perfume of blossoms and the cool fores's are still made harmonious with the carols of innumerable birds, in a land whose loveliness fires the imagination and enchants the hevirt, he layed the foundation- of a colony, destined by lofty fate to i n 1 p e ri s h a b 1 e r e n o w n ; una ga ve to it, the inland city of his hones, in those distant years, the glori ous name which has been so often uttered her to-night, the name f the Qity of Raleigh. Let us then, for a moment, as we gather about the festive board, e mother city. It. was a lonely set tlement on a wild and stormv coast, tlie sole habitation of civ ilized man from the circle of the Ilesperides to the Pole. One hundred and fifty persons made up its devoted band of pioneers, whohadfaced the terrors of ocean, the invisible fevers of the land, the starvation of the wilderness and the implacable malice of treacherous foes ; and who, finally, faced an unknown and mysterious doom, whence no record has been rescued from the tones of eter- nity. Bv the spell of this story tliel words of the historian have everl thrilled into 'tender and mournful harmonv. for into the midst of that unhappy city there came one, whose name has grown- into a household word a babe, the first, sweet, lily infant of an English mother, born on American soil, a heavenly gift, a morcitnl memo - ry from the pkies ! Virginia Dare, the first born citizen of the fir&t Citj of Raleigb, the first free born rare or our scarceiememoereL- citizen of a land consecrated to freedom forevermore! And therefore may we not now, with this memory in our hearts, indulge our fancy with a dream, as all have sometimes dreamed, that if there be a tutelar divinity which guards the grove, the foun tain, and the hill, that surely, trom the balmy arc of this May even- mg? somewhere among the shad ows of yon floating, fleecy clouds, clothed in the thin radiance of the stars, the spirit of Virginia Dare looks tlown to watch o'er our second city of Sir Walter Raleigh, which is alone, since her translation to etherial realms, the true daughter of the island City that was blessed, three hundred years ago, with the brightness of her natal morning! Aye, it is well thus to dream, and to be lieve, and to consent, in variance with the callous sceptiscim of the hour, to the presence ot so pure, so gentle, so angelic an ideal at onr feast ! Virginia Dare! Vir gin child of a virgin land! May thy spirit, watch o'er our thresh- holds and guard our heartstones with unfaltering love! And yet forever, mcthinks, be side her form there stands another shade", dissimilar hut inseperable, rising from the placi d deeps of the past in serene and tranquil majestv. Tt is the martvr and the babe of the statesman and the child, the poet and the angel of this song. It is the oak and the vinev-tho English oak and the Carolina vine the vine, whose trailing tendrils wanderamong t h e b ran ch es o f o r Ci ty of Oa ks ! It is more. It is the virgin and the hero! Oh,then let this be our prayer, that the fame of tlie spotless purity of Virginia Dare may remain a memento to the unsullied sweetness of the maid ens of the City of Raleigh ; and that the memory of Sir Walter's virtues and his achievements may stir the hearts of our young men, as with a bugle blast, to emulate the deeds of him whose name is perpetuated by the City of their ! Asylum', of renn.7caused by a sligiitf f us is that we lay out too much fire in the fan houss so that smoke vork for onrsejves to do. We instead of pure air was blowninto ?et a great many things half done, the main building.' Great alarm oc-xnd work twice as hard as need curred among the inmateswho broke re, when the same amount of the glass in the windows to admit:abor judiciously expended, wonld axoota u,. x cj "cAc thrown open and about four hundred inmates were allowed to escape into the grounds. Only 12 left the grounds, and all but six have since been returned. Among the missing was Gen. John Sydney Jones, of Philadelphia. - Says the St. Louis Journal : The version as to what Washington Baidp'eatef exertion in getting in to his father varies with localities. pds cfr plants that wou Id have In the old spelling book he is report pone jost as well a week later, ed as saying: "Papa, I cannot tell allien the same time spent in har lie ;" in New York, "It wloudn't payrowing or weeding ground, would to quibble; I did it, but I'll prove anjhave been equal 10 four times7 at alibi " in Boston, "My esteemed later period. These remarks progenitor, do you deem it possible that, under any circumstances, J could reconcile my ideas of the . ulti 3 mate infinite with a present conceal ment of existing but by no .means eigo, "111 bet vou two to one that j cultivator as if they were but. just C; can do it quicker next time;" in CmPusnm through the ground ; fivfannofinr rtirnnmof onna Til I l;cinati, VYes, papa. I wouldn't, lid for.-a barrel of nork :" in St. Louisi caa iu out. me irouuieis over iei afJustJlJlmlll is quite us vuc;i us bury the hatchet," and in Denver, ive as the best hoeing would be. Look ahear, old man, dye spos Aii hour or two raking of a gar 'd put up a job on you?" ' den- between the rows of the Va- The new constitution adopted b1 rious cirons. will in fact anrnosi the Swiss,'by a voteof 321,870, tl 177,000, will introduce savreal impo tant changes. Among these it gives for the first time, the federal govern ment the control of the army and o. military stores and fortifications j makes every man liable to militar) service ; makes education secular an compulsory ; provides for the pasq afe of a uniform bankmptcy law; subjects the ecclesisatical to the civj power ; makes civil marriage oonga tory prohibits the creation of an : MfiP?.witjj ?-Cuniarv abilitv aiicl to ltsTffricui- . 0 - tnral reliabibtv and enterprise. The Ftatements made public ot the unheal thin ess of our climate above that of other regions are false, and our country population is about as civilized as elsewhere. But what we must have, and that 1 spedily, is an increase in our num- ' bers,nud in oar financial capacity. 1 - . A great step in this direction would doubtless be the division of our uncleared and untenanted lands into sections, and the gratu ltous bestowment of alternate sections upon" settlers. This is a si nple suggestion, we know.- But it has wTorked well elsewhere, and wh v mav it not succeed aniong us ? If a real estate owner wTould ! only familiarize tiimselt with the facts and figures, see what impos ing advantages he would bring to his own doors by such a liberal policyj how the marketable val ue of his meanest acres would be quadrtlpled, how the moral and social tone of the agricultural community would be elevated, how both the quantity of labor would be improved, and what a distinguistied advance in our en- tire agricultural condition would b e b ro U gh t , ab o u t , lie could n ot hesitate a single moment to en dorse and adopt such a policy. The trouble, with our peopfo is, they do not look deep enough ii to their own interest. For an embarrassed farmer to give away his land, seems at the first blush to be a remedy worse than the disease. But the history of finan cial speculations, over all this country, proves beyond a doubt, that itjis the easiest pathway to success. In order to luake m jney we must lose monev. '-.The -grim policy of the miser, to hold on to every Shilling and to pick up rags and rusty nails to get more, raay do lor a cracked brain and har dy constitution, but it will not do' for the advanced civilization and critical circumstances of these times. I We must take in the ne cessities of the situation, under stand the interests at stake, be come himi liar with the emergen cies of other people and other regions, and then address our selves boldly to the curative treat ment of the maladies which have fallen upon us. Keeping Work. Ahead. The p-reat trouble with the most aave a tnreeioiu result, mis is 11st how it is in the war against vjedsj -"Ve are so accustomed to pet into a "fury" about getting Lit crops in time that we forget hat the weed crop is now m and loing on at a rapid pace. We ave not unfrequently seen the of course apply more to garden than farm-work. Where horse power is at hand, weeds half an inch fiigh, if annual w?eds, are J - . J Dnl in garaen worK a simple ra- king.up of the ground when weeds render hoeing unnecessary, ai d inus save many a uaru uav a ia- bor. Discharged. A Whitehall grocerj-man marks the prices of provisions on the covers of his barrels and casks. lJe had a new clerk the other day vho mixed things. He got the coyer of th e sugar barrel , whi ch was labeled " 9 cents a pound," upon the lard barrel and straight way began to sell lard at nine cents. The sudden decline in,the price attracted all the people in town, and tlie clerk thought he was doing & big thing until the proprietor returned, paid him off and told him to emigrate to Trov, where smart people were in de-mand.4- Tmj Press: New Potatoes -PotatQ Culture. On this subject a correspondent of the Country Gentleman, writes as follows: . Being one of the successful com peti tors for the $500 premiums of fered by B. K. Bliss & Sons, in the spring of 1873, for the largest quan tity of potatoes grown from one pound of tubers planted, I have re ; ' ceiyed numerous letters requesting me to give my views of the best varieties of potatoes for general cul tivation, and also my mode of cul tivation. I will give my opinion as to the varieties that I think are best for general cultivation. The first Extra Early Vermont For an early potato it is decidedly preferable to anything I liave ever tested. It is at least ten days earli er tlian the celebrated Early Rose; far superior to it in quality and yield ; perfectly free from disease, and, in fact, in every way a most valuable early variety. The next I would recommend is the Ice Cream. Out of 73 varieties tbat I tested the past season, th Ice Cream was third in ' productive ness, and fully equal to any in quali .ty and flavor. It is a late variety, and matures with the Peerless. Carpenter's Seedling is a potato that I can recommend as a variety which I think is worthy of more than a passing notice. It combines the qualities of the Rose with those ? of the Peachblow. For earliness,,it is fully equal to the Early Rose, and has the keeping quality and splendid flavor of the Peachblow. In fact, if I were to be confined to a single va riety, I should select the Carpenter's Seedling in preference to any other I have ever tested. It is a beautiful cropper, and in every way worthy of a general cultivation. MY MODE OF CULTURE. In the first place I select the lightest soil I have, one year in ad vance. If poor, I give it a liberal dressing of barn yard manure ; turn it under very deep, . then sow on some green crop, such as wheat, rye or oats, and plough under before it gets so large that I cannot cover all with the plough. I let it lie over until Spring, then harrow smooth, mark each way three feet apart ; se lect the moist perfect tubers, cut to single eyes and drop from one to two eyes in a hill ; then make a com post of salt one part, slacked lime two parts, unbleached wood ashes four parts ; put one good sized hand ful in each hill ; then cover all from four -to six inches deep, according as the season is wet or dry ; the drier the soil the deeper the covering should be ; keep the weeds down and the ground mellow with the hoe and cultivator, until just before the bios soms make their appearance; then hill up broad and flat, slightly cup ping towards the vines, in order to hold all light showers of rain ; keep the weeds down by cutting off or pulling up. I do not disturb the ground after this time, as it would injure the young tubers that are thea in process of formation. Early planted corn, it is trne may be seriously injured by drought, but it is lesu liable than that planted later. On level dry lands we prefer to plant in checks, but on hillsides fhe drill is pre ferable, as, it the rows are run around the hid on a level, as they should, be, the ridges prevent washing. Some early variety may be planted with advantage, for a rart ot the crop. We have succeeded well with Pennsylvania Gourd Seed, which, will mature i i rv -vii !' an im i nr lion nnr ortmnmil 1 ll.WIIlll VIII I1VI IIIUII VUl Vl'tU'XWW kinds, and may escape drouth tl at wou fd prove fatal to later crops. Corn is indispensable and. should generally be made at home, the cost of transportation being great. It may not prove a remu nerative crop on all our tobacco lands. It certainly is not always made so, nor is tobacco ; but' tliere are good corn lands on-; at most every plautalionr lands "on which good crops iiii always -be made, with proper cultivation. Chinanien are destroying the fish in Carson river, Nevada, with lime. They sel ect dead water, and cast the powdered lime by handfulls over the surface. The lime absorbs the atmospheric ai r, the fish are suffocated and rise tp the surface for breath. If iut taken they float out to pure watpjp and recover