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HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 4, 1895.
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OUH LNUND NAPLES,
Iurlin?ton, " tlie- Queen City of
Vermont State.
MEAUQtARTERS OF THE GREAT FIRM OF
'WELLS. RICHARDSON & Co.
whcre Paine'5 Celery Compound is Pre
pared for the World.
ViV,r ij.irl.nartont I bring a boiir to thee.
Tiiou l .vnly Naples ofoor midland sea.
The finest island sea in America is
lake Ohaniplain; the finest city on its
chores u Burlington.
Hundreds of American cities could
In named which have especial attrac
tion of mountain, lake or river scenery,
and each of which is deemed by its in
habitants the prettiest and pleasantest
of places: But it would not be easy to
iuiion one which combines all these
different elements of natural attrac
, tiveue.M in greater, beauty and gran
deur tlian Burlington, or one which
lias won from strangers more enthu
siastie admiration. Its site, sloping
upward from the curved shore of the
bay for a mile, rises to a ridge 300 feet
above the water, crowned by the col
lege bnildings and by handsome resi
dences, which stand relieved against
the 'background of the Green moun
tains, rising into the peaks of Mans
field and Camel's Hump, 4000 feet
above the level of the lake. .
Burlington in Brief," the title of a
handsomely illustrated book just is
sued by Chas. II. Possons, describes
many of the features of the city.
Looking westward from any of the
hundred points of view along the slope
lakeChamplain, here ten miles wide,
stretches out to the mountain wall of
Adiroudaeks. The prospect thus
viewed embodies all the features in
cluded in Wordsworth's famous de-
scene oi rural .splendor. ;
The valley of lake champlain is his
toric ground. Events have taken
place in it which have again and again
shaded the destinies of large portions
of the American continent. Before
the foot of a white man had trodden
its solirudes, it had been, for no one
knows how long, the dark and bloody
debatable ground on which the great
rival tribes of North America fought
for supremacy.
Un the eastern side of this historic
' Like, iiiui iiiniil the scenes of these
events, sits the city of Burlington.
Its site wys selected 130 years ago, on
the shore of the lovely bay which
'bears its name, nearly midway of the
length of the lake, nearly midway be
tweea the (ireeii mountain range on
the east and the Adiroudaeks on the
west,- and upon the bank arid near the
mouth at One of the. largest rivers of
.Vermont once called the French river
h" ause its valley was the route of the
French in their forages on the English
. settlements on the Connetieut during
the French and Indian wars.
As a manufacturing and commercial
point Burlington occupies today an
important position. It would be diffi
cult to name a city that has felt
th " hard times"' less than Burlington.
Its pub-lie buildings are handsome,
suh-tantial st met ures.and its schools
and charitable institutions are unsur
passed by any city of equal size. The
i!;e bmMing - of- tin Young Men's
m-i-tian As-oeiation was largely the
--t of t u. present mayor, .Mi. W. J.
vhu P.uteu, of the tinn of Wells, Rieh-:ir'i-
n A: 'o. '
1 s.e ;:iost widely known concern in
1;:i!i.t:i s, of ooise, Wells, Rieh
, ar-k ,n 'o , one of the largest and
iuwm s lVt ul linns of manufacturing
Ch.-t; ; - .f . ," . . ,1... ...... .. ... I . t 1... ' .
" nn- a)UllU, WHICH IKtS IIS
i uarters here, and den1- a tremen-
'!!
ss s'.iippiiig diamond dyes.
U-'-.T..
v" :,t ' :,M Mh and Paine's celery com-
' 1 1 ' 'he four quarters of the
' ouuumgs : tins concern
v....
t'Olaia Street and impress
tor t. xbe city witli the. imnor-
"' J prosperity of the establish
About two acres of Uoor space
lv ,.'!'-;,;'i''tly devoted to the interests
v--;.:paUY. .
.. Uichardson & Co. are known
uun as of families. In the various
pi v Vk " 1 -"OUIIS Cornell are em
i Jr, I aiul a tour of tlle establishment
to" u"1? interesting. In the var-
luatlufacturing departments, such
laboratories, shipping facilities and
finely appointed offices are met with
in no similar establishment.
It is a great concern, and to one
seeking the cause of uch success in
this line, Burlington people will say
that it is strict integrity, and the fact
that every preparation bearing the
firm's name is at least all that is claim
ed for it.
Another institution is the Vermont
University, with its famed medical
college, where the great Dr. Phelps
was once a lecturer.
The city is the home of Senator Ed
munds, ex-Minister Phelps, Dr. W.
Seward Webb, Lc Grand B. Cannon
and many more men of national repute.
It is well named the "queen city."
OBITUARY E. H. flEAD.
As Mr. Edwin H. Mead, who died in
South Orange, N. J., Sunday night,
Feb. 3, was the father of Mrs. Charles
SV Graves of Hickory, who is his only
daughter, and as he owned property
here, the following obituary notice of
Mr. Mead, taken fiom the N. Y. Trib
une of Febuary 5th, will be interesting:
Edwin H. Mead, one of the most
prominent men in the coal trade of the
United States, and the president of the
Pennsylvania Coal Company, died at
his home in South Orange on Sunday
night from nervous prostration. He
baa been in failing health for a long
time, the result of excessive overwork,
but had only been confined to his bed
for about a month. Edwin Hiram
Mead was a -native of this city and
was born in Broadway in-1822, The
next year t'le yellow fever broke out,
and his parents removed to Berkshire
county, Mass., where young Mead was
brought up, receiving good common
school education. His first business
experience was when a very young
man. He was for awhile in the office
of the Harndrens Express, in Albany.
In 1840 he entered the office of Belknap
& Kcarcher, then the leaders of the
coal trade in Albany, and after a year
or so with them entered the employ of
the Pennsylvania- Coal Company in
New York. His energy- and ability
soon brought him to the front, and in
February, 1852, when only thirty years
of age, he was elected the secretary of
the company. He was re-elected and
successively served as secretary and
treasurer, and on the death of George
Iloyt was chosen as the president of
the company,, which place he had ever
since then filled. He was also the
managing directorof the Erie and Wy
oming Valley Railway Company, a
director of the Washington Life Insur
ance Company, a member of the New
York Chamber of Commerce and of
the American Geographical Society.
He was also a member of the New
England Society of Orange. Mr. Mead
married in January, 1845, Miss Laura
A. Belknap, of Vermont, and she sur
vives him with three children, two
sons and a daughter.
Mr. Mead lived in Brooklyn for some
time after his marriage, and in 18GS
went to South Orange, building a fine
house in Ridge wood Road and making
it his home ever since that time. From
the-first he threw himself into the life
of the village, and sought by every
mean; in his power to build it up. He
was one of the original men who se
cured the charter for South Orange,
and served two terms a president of
the Board of Village Trustees and one
term as Trustee, lie was influential
in bringing about the drainage scheme
that has reclaimed so much of the
waste land -around South Orange. He
was one. of the- principal members of
tilt Meadowbrook Association anil an
origin:-.! member of both the - Orange
Athelt-tic Club and the South Orange
Field C'ub, to both of which he con
tributed largelv. Through wise real
estate speculations he acquired a hand
some fortune. He was above allthings
a public spit ited mnu and ever ready
to do all that he could to stimulate
the -rowth of enterprises likely to
benefit the place where tie lived. Po
litically he was a Republican, but he
held to the belief that the tet men
should be voted for and did not draw
the party ' lines strictly. He was h
great student and his well-stocked
librarv was his delight. He was es
pecially fond of. languages and devoted
much time to their study. He was in
addition to this a thoroughly well in
formed mau on almost any subject.
Personally Mr. Mead -a a kind
hearted, genial man. 'domestic in h-s
tastes and ever ready to- help tho-e
who needed help. He made friends
every where anion: all classes of fUen
witli whom he was brought into con
tact, and telegrams and letters have
poured into the home since the news
of his serious illness.
t
Many deaths from the cold are re
ported. More Whisky Trust rottenness has
been unearthed, and Greenhut is in
great trouble.
Congress has voted the clerks of
Congressmen a alary'of $100. per
month during vacation of Congress.
"The New Woman is the theme of
a delightful satire by Miss Jean Wright
In the Southern Magazine ior Febru
ary. - - '
Threatened war with Mexico is caus
ing Guatemalans to flee the country
in droves tq escape being drafted into
the army.
Active preparations are in progress
at the Treasury Department to carry
out the bond contract with New York
and foreign bankers..
Latest information from Breton in
dicates that the recent storm was the
most destructive that has been expe
rienced there in thirty years.
Fire iu a Chicago building in which
forty families were quartered caused a
panic. There were numerous narrow
escapes, but only one was dangerously
hurt.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 9. Flags at
the signal station here indicate that
the mercury is fifty degrees below ze
ro. The suffering among the poor is
horrible.
Reports have been received which
state tha a hundred - houses were
swept into the sea by a storm at Cape
Bretou during the early part of last
Friday morning.
Col. Cody Bourne,aged tinety-three,
and Miss Rose Brown, aged sixteen,
were married in Anderson county, Ky.
It is the frisky Colonel's seventh mat
rimonial venture.
President Helhnan. of the Nevada
Bank, of San.Franciscot Was shot at
on the street there Saturday by Wil
liam Holland, who then inflicted a fa
tal wound upon himself.
"Student Life at Vauderbilt'' is the
subject of an entertaining article ap
pearing in the Southern Magazine for
February. About twenty-five views
and portraits add interest to the text.
A tidal wave completely engulfed
the wharf property of Gloucester,
Mass., last Fridaj. Three vessels- are
ashore, the crew of the Marblehead
being rescued by life preservers. A
large fleet of vessels are in imminent
peril.
The will of the late Samuel A. Mil
ler, who flung himself under a train at
AsheviWe, directs that his property
shall be divided according to the laws
of Kentucky. - The document is a hol
ograph, and was written in a New
York hotel by the decedent.
A Georgia editor recently sent out
letters to several farmers, requesting
them to get up clubs of subscribers.
One of the answers he received was a
follows: "Esteemed Sir: My nearest
neighbor,' who is a uigger, lives three
miles away, and ho takes everything
except a newspaper."
Cardinal Richelieu hated children
and loved cats; when he died his favor
ite Angora pet refused t eat and, soon
perished. I
Daniel Webster was extremely fond
of oxen, and all those on hi farm knew
him by sight and would follow him
like dogs.
Scott w;ts fond of riding, and by
daylight would be out with his ho:e
and dogs. Most of his work was done
before dinner.
Virgil, during the summer season,
filled his house with butterflies.
Des Moine woman who has been
troubled with frequent oohis.coiieluded
.1 trv an old remedy in a new way.
and accordingly took a tahlespoohful
(four times the" usiinl dose) of Cham
lM'ffaiu's Cough Homed y jut before
ijoing to btl. The next morning she
found that her cold had almost eutire
lv dia;i-ard. During tlia day he
tK-k a tew dose of the remedy (one
teaMKxuiful at a time) and at night
again took u tablesiMxmfu! befor go
ing to IhhI, and on t he following morn
ing uwoke free from nil symptoms of
the cold. Since thm she has, on
several occasions, used this remedy in
like manner, with the same good, re
sults, and is much elated over her dis
covcrv of o quick a way of curing- a
cold. For sale by O. M. Roytter
Druggist.
GENERAL NEWS.
A Girl Makes$2I2.!6 in a Month
I read in your valuable paper how
one of your Mibscribers made money
in the plating business, but I cii beat
that and I am only a girl. -I t-ent and
got the new Gray Plater and cleared
$212.10 in a month. Can any of your
readers beat this? You can get spoons,
forks and jewelry to plate at every
house. Some big articles sent and
had platd at the factory. There is
plenty of work to do both in the city
and country, and why should any per
son be poor and out of employment
when such an opportunity is at hand.
Anyone can get my plater by writing
to Gray & Co'e. Plating Works, Colum
bus, Ohio. They do all kinds of plat
ing and will teach the art. My plater
has a lathe, wheels, tools and mater
ials for polishing a nice little work
shop. I hope my experience will help
others.
President Cleveland's Gold Message.
No man of sense believes for a mo
ment that the message sent to Congress
by the President on yesterday was ex
pected or intended by him as an ap
peal to that body. He knows that
Congress would no more act favorably
upon such recommendations as he
makes in the message than they would
undertake to substitute a monarchy
for a republic. He demands authority
to issue bonds payable in gold nd to
deliver them to whoever will surrender
greenbacks and treasury notes at par;
in addition to which he also wants au
thority to sell such bonds at all times
when necessary to enable the Secretary
of the Treasury to deliver gold to
whomsoever may demand it and in
whatever quantities. It would bo
difficult to estimate the limit of such a
debt as he proposes. If he could have
bonds in exchange lor five hundred
millions of treasury notes, gold must
still be piled up.in the treasury for.the
redemption by the millions of .the na
tional bank notes, which would suc
ceed the greenbacks.
It is not true, as Mr. Cleveland ays,
that we have "five hundred millions
of currency notes of the Government
for which gold may be demanded." It
is not true, as he states, that the gold
reserve is essential to the maintenance
of our public credit. It is true, as he
states, that under the false pretence of
sustaining the public credit, the Presi
dent has well nigh destroyed it, by
paying out sixty-nine millions of gold
within the last two months not in
the ordinary way of business; not to
maintain in this country the converti
bility of paper with each kind of coin
but to increase the substance of gold
brokers, bond dealers and foreign gov
ernments. The President has trilled
with this great .subject, ami jierverted
the law which he is sworn to execute.
) When agents of foreign banks ami for
eign countries go iu the Subtrrasury
i in New York v. ii h millions oi' grcen
I backs, the President. instead of tender-
ing them silver, so that the gold in the
; Tieasurv iuav be reserved for the re
d:mpt:on of paper in the ordinary
business ' n;etho!. iiis shoveled the
gold it-serve just purchased into bar
rels, to be exported as merchandise,
it is. nut even counted when it is ex-
poi i eJ ,
It is soid by weight like other J
ju'g.metiil. A;uerier.n gold coin is not
i',iij.i.!eivl ni'ttifV in England. It is
merely a lump .' go'ti bullion. The
Mainp of our Government uoer not de
j tei inine its value. They weigh it just
i as they do lead. It is for thi purport
- and for no other that gold is needed
j in the Treasury. To buy the gold
i shoveled out during the hi -it MXty
days, at the rate of more than a mil
lion a day, the American ieople are
saddled with a bonded indebtedness to
a like amount. No law required this
of Mr. Cleveland. No Law iermittcd
this by Mr. Cleveland. It is an out
rageous lnrtrayal of a great public
trust.
As lcfore remarked, the message was
not intended for Congress. Congress
will pay no heed to it. The next Con
gress will give just as little hed. No
gold -bond will be issued. No duties
will be made iayable in gold. The
gold now in the Treasury will be
shoveled out by the President during
the next week or ten days. There h
plenty of good money in the Treasury.
Greenbacks h-.ve to be left inexghange
for the gold that goes. Mr. Cleveland
J has not yet got far enough to deliver
the gold to our foreign financial ene
mies without receiving something in
return for it. . The revenues only fall
short of the expenditures seventy
millions a year, and there is now near
ly twice that amount in the Treasury
only it is not in gold. The Govern
ment can go right along and pay all its
bills. It can also redeem in silver all
the notes preseuted by Mr. Ickelheimer
and Lazard Freres.
But, while Mr. "Cleveland expect
nothing from Congress in response to
his absurd recommendations, he has
accomplished the object he desired,
aud that is to offer himself to the gold
kings as the leader of the political gold
party of the United States. He has
now done what we predicted he would
do at the opening of the session. He
has cut loose from all Democrats who
are not slaves to the gold power. He
has made a bid for the support of the
banks and of those they can control.
He hopes to divide the Republican
party as he has divided his own. He
hopes that the gold wing of each party
will beek consolation in the company
of the other, and that by a marriage,
between gold Republicans and gold
Democrats he will form one grand gold
party, which will have him for itsgokl
leader and elect him for its gold Presi
dent. He believes that money will
buy. the people at the next Presidential
election, and that the Rothschilds and
their fellows in Europe will regard
him as "the only original Jacobs." He
thinks that the gold powsr can com
mand gold Republicans to follow what
ever leader it dictates. He will point
to the presence in the Republican par
ty of Teller, Wolcott, Dubois and all
the Western Republican silver Sena
tors as evidence that the Republican
pirty cannot be trusted on the gold
question.
Only one thing remains for Mr.
Cleveland to do, and that is to dis
qualify from voting all who are op
posed to him and his gold allies. If he
can do that, he will be our first third
term President. Failing in that, he
will be a collapsed balloon. He will
linger two years more on his political
deathbed,at the end of which time the
pallor of political death will rest upon
his countenance; and when he finally
leaves political life, his political re
mains will be deposited in the political
potters' field, to which are consigned
the jmlitical servants of the people
who have been unfaithful to them.
The same resting place also awaits
those cuckoos whose servility may
prom pi "them to respond to his latest
deliverance. Cincinnati Enquirer
We think this is cold weather, but
listen to this mild story as recorded by
the Cincinnati Enquirer: "Talking
about cold weather,M said T. L. Ma
lone at the St. Nicholas, "reminds me
of the winter of ' 1STS. Dakota was
just opening up, and the town of Far
go was lively, although iossessiug but
a few hundred inhabitants.' It grew so
cold theit- one night that the mercury
froze iu the thermometers, and no one
will ever know how cold it was.
Amoug other damage done was the
freezing of he whfoky in the saloons.
It win impossible to secure enough
heat to thaw it out, and the only
course lelt was for the saloon keepers
to it iu scales and tell it by the
pound, customers putting cakes in
their overcoat pockets and biting it
i For M-veral days it was common
for fr e.d to offer each other a chew of
wijiky." .
O. i la.-t Thursday, President C. A.
Collif r, General Counsel J. J. Spald
ing, Vice-Pie.-UJeiit H. H. Cabaniss, ,
Hon.Clark Howell, Chairman of the
Committee on Legislation, Gov. R. B.
Bullock and E- P. Black went to Ra
leigh, by invitation, to address a joint
session of the North Carolina General
Assembly in behalf of the Cotton
States and International Exposition.
They were treated with distinguished
courtesy, and received assurances
from a number of leaders that the
legislature would vote an appropria
tion to make an exhibit. The repre
sentatives of the Exposition also ad
dressed, by invitation, the National
Farmers" Alliance and the Negro
Emancipation Society. The Farmers
Alliance parsed a resolution endorsing'
the Exo:tiou. and the negroes gave
it a very hearty endorsement, saving
that North Carolina would eclipe all
other States In the negro exhibit.
Next to money, Rembrandt loved
nothing so well as his monkey. He
ihed tears when the ape died and
I situ ted a portrait of his pet from memory.