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I i- H ;-. - vol: IV - PITTSBORO, -Ni C, THUKSBAY, OCTOBER 20, 1887.; NO. 4. l v. i 4- 1 ' ' t i -1 ' f R TTOTVTR: CBL18IIED EVERT THURSDAY AT THE HOME OFFfCK, 0?T 1111X4 BORO STREET. nrr A. II. MEKRin, Editor & Proa rlctor. Boon in tkioim (or i)"scnirTiu. i ' One dollar pet" year mj advance. ' Not strictly iin advance ten cent month. : .; per bo not, Q perfect Day I i O Day si beautiful so golden-bright. A little longer stay!. thy western window fades the li Boon comes the Nightl " 1 ' Delav I i i 7 a smile; 'I thought it was quite earl; in t.hft ftf tarnnon " - - - - f T s It Jack's heart sank lowers she evidently I eloquent dark eyes; wise. In all hero and lover should earnest ;1 with a) low, be grave, silent, soft voice, and QUEER ;0LD GRAVESTONES. haired old men were pretending to pray chess on the. other side, f The '.room was 8iall, bare, comfortless fj hut there was at least love and contentment. The old men were harmless,-, the ' girl , was tender and patient, and she worked with all hef a m mignt.to supply tnerr lew ana simple Go not,! O perfect Day!1 Go not; dear Life, away! Dear Life, one's cheerful friend and guest of KATJEf OF AUFKUTIS1NIJ II square, 1 timeljlj it ,i ; - square, 1 month; 1 square. 3 months, ) 1 square 6 monthc,;. square 13 mqnthR, Contracts at reasonable specified time and jepace. rates : $1.00 5.00 - 7.60 12.00 for any 1 1 I HPEfJAIttlXEH. The Editors SrS not "responsible for and would not be understood as endorsing the ;viws of contributors to. the columns ot .The lioMK, findj Uiey reserve the- prerogative V)f withholding Itho'uames of contributors if It should be doeracd proper. No com mani as t ion will be allowed a place in th paper junless accompanied by the, name of a re sponsible party. Ho iadecbrous personali ties will be published: Obituary notices to the extent of bight lines : will be admitted !free of charge, i Tan cents - will be charged for every line in eicf cs of this number. Con-. Tribators are requested to write on only one iub ot vneirmanuscriuis, yv e uo not prom- Me tore turn rejected manuscripts. Addrees THE HOME," Tcr.7-ritf; I i Wttsboro. N. O. -TTI- ihJu to ffrant ao annual subsidy of $300 000 for fifty years in aid cf ii thr iro)oalqd subway connecting Prince Edward Is v.. . . - cost mora 1 than Soon wilt Itt 1-1 A little longer start! J thou steal from us, and ; And coriie no morel! ' ; t! shufe -i - the Delay! Go not: idear Life, away! Robert Trawbridat, in LippincotCs. : ; BOTH MISTAKEN. 4Comin: out tr Itosedene this - after noon ijack?" Mr. "Dalton said ,:as she passed throught the office, where saveral young jmen, vcre . busy writing. hi think 4g&e3 said something about ex pectind you!T? :.. .i . 4Thauk you, sir,1" Jack Hardy said, throwirlgidown his pen with alacrity. I'll be ii ady in a moment." t . i V Very Good." And Mr Dalton' took up a hahdful of letters, elanced at them carclessjlyi threw sme to Michael Ainger, the chief clerk, and put the others, un opened ibto his ppoketSj while Jack ran his fininirs through! his crisp eulrlSi arid turned Uciwn his cufls, as the only ' pos- did not miss him.: nor even expect him, though, he hadj promised to come, "and had been looking forward to the visit ajl the week He had also been making, up his mind what e would 6ay to Agoes oaa tnat particular occasion juut now, tnougp the place and tipie was. most propitious, there was something in her face that dis couraged, him; jshe iboked so calm an4. sweet and unconscious of her own beauty; she was-so tenjier-hearted, that Jack -j-tender-beartedooi and supremely unsel fish found hiniself wotideruiff how" he could, dare to trouble her, : or disturb J the , perfect, even . calm; .of - her life. If she5 accepted him . i it, wouia dc a DrenKJ ana sometnintroi ft wrench, for - Agne3 ; was ; devotedly i tacbed to her father. If fhe refused him' he could not ! helb' fcelins1. even hi the midst - !0f n his OJwn ntertainfyi that It would give her pain and. upset all- their pleasant intimacy, and yet Jack felt -that he must know j his ! fate put it to the touch' without nny further delay?' H 4i You were exucctinsr'me. Asmes t'? he said,, throwing hmself oa the moss at he: feet: and'thcre was so much earnestness and entreaty1 inl-his voice that looked at him attentively. , ; " You knew I wouldcome tot-day ?" that 1 thought, much ou often do come on 4 mere " I don't know about it, Jack ; to bring iVoUv some laud I with the main- I sible improvement to his toilet.' . - -vt -rAttT U ah- Lai bein; estimated at to be seven land, the hrst tpst 3.UO0,0qO.- The tunnel is or eight miles long, and; doubtless, will jthe original figure. Thomai A. Edison, tho famous invent or,! may spend the t inier in California.: It1 is rejortcd that he will build a 'winter! home at Thermalito, lluttc County, Cal., a 'line laboratory! - For several and erect years1, he' peeimens found in hasj been csperimeriting, with of 'the , black sand deposit that country, endeavoring to extract gold therefrom. Frofcsaor fit ; lloynton says in the Pvpif tScience Jfmthly that a region ol country twenty m 2s"orth Carolina, ! Georgia come together, iles in diameter, where South Carolina '''and contains more plants thaa can be Ifound in lany srwit in the United States lofceupyiut the same area." He Calls the listrict a botanical bonanza!.' intcrestirij; andirare A Birminghajni (Conn.) electrician has pew rat-trap! which-'it is said; works kdmirably: : lie Mtathes a piece of meat o.one pule'df a (lynamo machine, which an only foe reached by the rat by stand - . . r ' j . . . . ing on a plaltc W.hich serves as the pthei bole. Hcpott -shysthat no rat has ye put nany have reached foi is rewardedfor ;his Ingenuity by a. large collection of dead Jts L-i-f 4 V rJtA if' . 3 1 t, and the inventor T Mr. Dalton -was a tall," portly,.' genial gentleman, with ia j rosy f ace s cheery voice and kindly mile lie was the principal lawyer in Westwood, a , Uour- lsiiing country town ; lie wa an esiace ajrent, too, ana was aitoseincr ( a niuniy )ro3peroui and. respected . .gentleman. There was a traditionaH Mr. lArivcr, the lead ol the nrm, out as no one: ever -saw him' no one thought much about' hint," except,! perhaps, "I promised books- ! ' ,f And you generally Keep your .prom l ses, like a good sboy. i V hat have yod brought me to-day f " ; t ! " I don't know never mind: I want to talk to you-l-Agnes 1 have something; very particular; to) sa to your-but I dontj know how to begn- " T f r. ' - Don t begin, 1thenr" she interrupted wnn a swut uiviDauon oi xus "Don't, Jack,1' and she laid her hand " We have been Michael Ainger,. whb very unpleasant: 1 knew that he w reality.? I Mr. Dalton was a widower, with one daughter, Agnes,- who kept his home, and Jack Hardy was a distant cousin. whom thej lawyer had ' brought up :. frorii childhcfodl and placjed in his Office, witi L.-.L fi it - .i.4 every pjrospcci oi succeeuing ,io ine o establisjied and lucrative business.' Jaek was shy, and somewhat awkward. Hb was plan-jlooking, tpOjSave tor his trankl honest blue eves, and-crisD brown hairr. but! he was clever an4 ambitious, patient and pains-taking in the office,; and enj tirely.devqted to his master. . ; Jb-veryom liked Jack Hardy even dumb animal understood how good and gentle he was and alllthe other clerks in the office inn posed on him in a wy that proved how muiqh faith, they had in his patience and generosltyl; No one ( envied J him h for being such a favorWe ! with, his master, fo'tj hislintcrest was; xerted oh! behalf of others rather than himself. "Ijfor did the! clerks tesent his being so. much at Rose- dene: in all probablility he would be one day master there. ;- Only Michael Ainger II caressingly on ui arm, such friends always l " "Cau't we be anything more,. Agnes? he said, taking hier hand., u ..You- know that I love you have loved youfand will ; love you always, friends' we must al- ways be.. But can't you say one word? l love you.so.i n - 1 . ' iritis impossible ! Oh I dear Jack, 1 am so sorry. , I nf ver thought of this. ' , "And I i have 'never thought! of- any4 worldly learningiand cullnre, and with a suppressed force! or passion or. earnest ness she could hardly define'the thing to herself but a'something that set him apart from other jmen, from the first. It was an easy; matter for him. to win hcrfieart,-for'all the possibilities ie saw in him were! for good., and - he was an assiduous wooer;-but she did not so easily consent : to snow uer love, mqcn ess confess "it. " oiut, having .once : done so, he ;uiressed for: a - socedv marria?e. and"he said he w.ould ?feak to Mr. Dalr tdn, on whom everything depended, that very evening;- jpr Agnes would never marry without her ! fathet '4 consent, and somehow- Mr. Dalton did not very much admire i'hillip yynne, thought he was a good deal at Rosedene. ' Had he thought of jBjiitorsf or hia jdaughr's hind,;which he nevef had, Jack. Hardy would have Dcen much, more 'acceptable, f tie was therefore much I surprised ' when .Mr. Wynne laid . his proposals before " him that! evening after4-dinner. X; He would even have 'objscted' for- his instinctive J 111 ' jL J J" ij Li - . ii . . "' ujsiiKB anu uisirusb. oj , ine man were strong at that moment fbuti for two ihings. Philip spbke with quiet cer tainty of haying won Agnes s love, and Mr. Dalton bad received a jtelegram from his senior: partner Mr; Driyertbat dis quieted him very much. j He ' coald not ' understand j it,, but no"ncv the less he I experienced a istrangb sense of r - uneasiness, j - especially J as. ,he knew that things- . had been a little wrong" with his p-jr'tner .for some time, .f So he accepte.d Mr. jWayne's pro posals,' not withj en thusiasmi but still with tolerably" god grace, nd even con sented to an early jdate bein -fixed for the wedding. Aij hour latere when he saw his daughter's radiant, blushing face, and the deep teader light, in herreyes whenever i they rested on het' Jovcr, all wants.: - She had worked for .them for ten years- ever since Mr. Dal to a and his chief clerk, '31ichael! Ainger,' left "West! wood, ruined indeed, but not disgraced j; ever since that dreadful day when Phili6 Wynjje heartlessly - said they were hot. mistakenand escaped with his partner, Robert "Driver, the author of their ruinj :- Suddenly their came a loud knock at the door, ; and without ; waiting . for 4 reply ' the latch was raisedi and Jac Hardy entered the shabby littler room. ' darling, I have found you 1 am not too late," he cried, clasping " Agt nes in his strong arms. "leu. me it l not too late." . ' - I ; ? "No, it is not too lateAgnes sobbed both! mistaken, mj darling: I, in daring tj" think I was worthy of your love; you, in tbinking'I never would 'be; but let ns forget thd past arid begin again." S '. v "But my father and Michael T' ' "Yqur father will always bemy father dear, - and ..Michael w.llj always be myj dear old friend. The world has gone well with mc during,the.last ten. years and now to find you again, and-willing! to share my good fortune, I have nothing; left to wish for. I am not even sure that I am sorry we were both mistaken long ago. Happiness won by, waiting is not only sweet, but sure.:' 4M uicer. : 'That we- were QUAINt EPITAPH3 IR A CONNEC TICUT CEHETEBr. ' - ' ' -WILL. HB COME.-' (Grecian. Dqdes. his scruples vanis cordial to Philip dently loved hinij to be said:- . That was Satu following .seemed most perfectly bs: ica, and he was even Wynne ; jthe child evi- So there was no more thing elscy' Jack replied, with a little; smile. ' "I know fou are too good.,and kind to send me iway -hopeless if there were any hope: ' ; 1- j V ."There. is none, Jack." ! j :0 ' "Then I can only pray for your ;happi ness, Agnes, and say good-bye.? . i ' : "Oh! that yieeft n9t be, surely. You will . soon forget 1 this." Agnes' replied. "And" she added, with a sudden blush, that gave the last! charm to her sweet, thoughtful' face i"and, Jack, I think I shall be happy." . ... :; i i- H ."Thank Heaven for that!" he said, earnestly. 'It is, the dearest, the joaly wish of my heart. Ah ! I see that i'sj. I think I understand," and iiis lips trem bled. ' "If I am right, there is? indeed.no hope ; it only Teminsfor rne I once more to pray k: more - tervently . i than ever. day and the Sunday to Agnes Dalton the lutiful dav of her life. - I" J--M Philip came oyer to Rdsdehe i early, and they waited to chkirch together through the shady lanes .and shining fields.; He word of love Agnes that nor did he rail at the iiselessnesa of things, and the helplessness of man;' nor jdid he even smile when Agneslsaid that! every dav, if we liked, we could all do j something to I did not utter one often remembered lessen the snse o misery. i "We will try said, looking at erto J iear 1 have human sufferings and together Agnes," he Her - tenderly. "Hith- done more to increase rather than diminish the sum of human help me l" i- g me," she said softly. woe but you wil ''Heaven helpm That was Sunday., On Monday after noon,, while Agnes DaltOnjsat a her fa jvorite shady nooktwaiting tor the coming of her lover, she was startled !by an un familiar step on jhe mossy slope, and, booking up, saw Michael Ainger. . ii . .Tl . I 1 .' J I 11.1 ' 1 1 thought seriously apout tne matter; and -neaveu uiuss.auu eep you always, anu he ofton -wondered lpw it would all end! say good bye in real earnest.?' for poor'Jack. who Wag quite capable of i "Oh! not that, Jack surely not that! 13 It At a jrefcent meeting held irf Alexandria. Virginia, to further the project to build l crand avenuo I irorri iWashinirton. - to Mount VerlionJjitVas explained that the rpposcu j aeniua wouta' run ior two "ilea through I the Arlington property, w jthat it was expected that the Gove re construct at least, that various ftates would be fees to be planted in the the bordei-?: of Mount fand it is hoped that the' riginal; States would be'suffi teresied to place in life ..form,. or marble, the. signers of the iicht ortion sked to jarking crnon a irtVcn cntly rii v bronze quid The send venue - 0 eclaratidn or ndcpenderice. A newspaper I .ti ..L'?.J I rougni s yould no Ibtained Jmount o in Illinois . recently it agiinst forty-three men who pajH , their subscription,! and judgment in each ' .for .full the claim. Of these,, twenty- .i jignxmen maac arnuavits that tnev owned Id more property than the law allowed lcra, thuij pjreve'riting attachment.' Then icy, under the decision' of the Supreme ourtjt wero ari-estcd ' for. 1 i - petty larceny, kd b)uncl overi tn the surn of $300 each. 11 1 but fi ga.ve. bonds, while six went jail. It makes no difference to what art of the continent ' the paper goes1, a 11 sent 1 to the Postmaster; Justice of je Ppace br ..any United States officer n ue collected. . ; ; ,.;t 1 i--H'- (':" 1 1 -.' "The XJnited cir work,, ot i . falling desperately in.j love with Agnes Dalton though in hp way calculated to win he: love-in rctut-nj . .: , : ..' ;v ; 1 "My hope is Miss Agnes," the old clerk said, as hewatched Ms master and Jack drive a vay that sunny if ternoon. , "She's too go d and wise to encourage the lad in folly, oi allow .him to delude himself; but I wish "the. "master would - opeu his i eyes, and Jsee that they're not children any longer.", ue naapeen cutting open the letters before himp and glancing at their contents mechanically. Suddenly he, starred, and : a look of trouble came into hi eyesx which 1 rncreasedas he re read the ' letter, and; then put it in bis pockeq, "Past post j time,"j:i he v said, glancing at the clock; "nothing to be done tci-day ; and Mr.iDalton'raust see-to the matter; himself on (Monday .n It's gone, beyondimy managemerit." t , ' i meantime air. uauon ana jacK were drlvind along the beautiful shadv road leadJ3 to Rosedene. "It's good to get liome,"! the lawyer saidjwith a 'deep sigh of satisfaction, as he drove up; the well-; rolled drive. "There' are not many pret- You are my oldest friend my cousin almost my brother.;' " "Were- I your K ery brother, Philip, Wynne would breok no rival in your affection," Jack raid, with a strange was wrong. ishe cried, '"Tell 1 "My father what (divining something e. Michael I" t' "It's hard to teti, Miss Agnes ; but you re brave arid strdn jr. ; and I know wberfi o look for help ia time of heed.' "My father, .Michael? My father?" "He's broken, miss, but alive. Driver & Dalton bas cone to smash.! -Driver hardness in his'yoice. "I must go, dear.' Jjas. esc aped, and Dalton is left to bear to UM.- , r ! ; t - i ail me oiame uaiton ana mei M. I Tl A- F ' , 1 1 . . A. "' . 1 Tl ! 1 t i - " : -jiesc ior you, ana wsi ior me: iut t "What is it? what has happened? who you will come back some day iwhen you 4S hurt? ' In pity, Michael, tell me 1" ' have learned to forget." Agnes said,- -"The firm. Miss Arrnessk-thatis.the gently. , t - I , L master and me. Driver's gone, escaped "If I. never Icome back till i then, I'll and taken everything with him. We're aiever. come back at- all !" Jack cried, n ruined, bankrupt, 'disgraced 1" klashing away i a' tear, with the iback of ."Oh! is thatAll? - I feared my father !Kic lianri T f o n-ao vnru 1-krtiriGh . rlanifal xwraa il1 Sr rioi-KnTb naail. f mTkonl V piis manly heart. "But if eveW hear or jthink you want me, Y will come without Y moment's delay, ,even if it-be front: the Very Uttermost ends of the earth 1" ; - 1 And - without another word Jack turned away ; for in tnith he could' riot trust his voice any further. ". He longed to be alone ; alone with - his sorrow, his awful sense of loneliness; alone to look at his trouble ; try to realize the magni- i tudge of. it, and consider whether -he could fight M but manfully, with any i Worse than ill, worse irihan dead- disgraced, Miss f Agnes I", 1 the,' old man wailed. "Jk very thing is gone l" ;r d friend ;jwhile there s Poor, ruined,' we may never! t is only a know sobae; one who cheer up, and tell "iNever mind, oi life there's hope. tier spelts than Rosedene." v-.; - - chance of getting the better of it, compared I to. it, especially when Agues I bcoou on vuo steps smnmg a j welcome. She wa n)tin sight tht afternoon, but Jack knew where td look yfotC her. Takingf " the . books, j he crossed the lawn, yvith a- light, ing uricorisfciously in oft; hes rt? because so beau iful and every find hei e't'ier in the patched him disappear with tear eyes. . ' 'Poor, " faithf ul, kjnd f rm step,- smil- vpry . gladness world ".was e so kind. 'Ill ummer house or plates not only continue feeding. the rest of Uhe brld they steadily increase the amount I that: work,t' says the Philadelphia :1 firgrapa. f "r py. in'ten raonms ending ligust 31 the exports of beef and pork cceded by : $2,000,000 the, exports Of. c 6ame kind in the same period in 1886. e total wil $55,300,000 or a ratio of 'cf $70,000,000 W year. The wonder of is thing is beyond parallel, and it may ii claim a passing;: tnougnt in these f of reflection upon the greatness, the wth;and the ! illimitable .future cf the ublic Here is the contribution of the itcd States. to the dinner tahlcbf the rid in only twA articles of food , eon- nption. All other meats, than beef and k go to swell the enormous total"as brcadstutTs," j fruits andl vegetables; ncd goods, etc. y We not only feed ; elves more nourishingly and amply any Other jpQople are 'fed,' but we these hundreds. of millions worth of yearly Ito ihe markets of Other Via. . ISo other ; cou n try ; jd ocs such; a k, nor in all history bas it been done, j. could possibly: have foretold such the wold, r he Slid alpilld : b :t the s im mer-house was de-erted. j "All tl ebat cr , we shall have thei longer; walklback,'' he muse J, Jas! he cros ed ij a meadow, and enteredia smallfickly plantedcapie, generally spok n of a jf 'tne Wood." It was Agnes Dalton's favorite retreat when she wabted to read anjd think ; ho one ever 'aobornpanied s her .there except Jo, Jier favorite dog, orfjliowed frfr except Cousin Jack, who was f privileged to go where fie liked,, and do a? he liked, at Rosedene. i After a few hiiriutcs he found her seaedl lott ca :mo?sj bank under,the shelter f the trees, absqrbed in a book. She had thrown off her hat and laid aside her sunshade; the light 1 fell on her soft, fair hair, burning it to gold, and irradi ated hqr calm, sweet i face Tiber j white; as she dimmed liearted uoy ! L never dreamed oi such an end to our friendship! rt And yet, if I bad not been so selfishly wrapped up m my -own happiness I might have seen, I might have known. But he is only a boy; he will soon forget. .. - i Uut even as she uttered' the i words. mdthing told Uer that, . boy though ; ho wa?, jack iiaray wou:a not iorget For a. long time after hedeft Agnes sat on thei mossy bank, thinking deeply. It tiJ 1 t - 1 -a r x. I it. uau. oeua a irviutr iiav tor iier, auu mc surpassing any 100 years ago?" Arabian Night dress gleamed amid the t-6ol, tall; f erns and there iwas a Imost impressive-! air "of rest and stillness all rduhd with isubtla oaor oi nowers ana a arowsv num oi in sect lif4;uack gazed ;fpV a few mlnutesrj mruugii an opening m i;fte tail trees, anq his heart seemedlo stand still. : Agnes looked io calm, so beautiful, so like an angel; with the sunshine making a golden gl6ry aboujfc hef, that he iwas frightened at i his Own 'presumption ! in loving her: arid yet how could he help it? . She was so kind? ana-gracious, i and tender and rAtiful. i All a man's life might be wel spent in loving her, all ; his i nature en nobled,; even if he wasj never fortunate enough IcMivin anything; igi return.; SI " i Withta ery unusual humility Ijjack drew near.; Jo blinked; his great .brown ;eVes. :aiid !wagged his Jtail.5 lazily,1 but Agnes never-looked up;! find in that one minute Ijabk somehowifelt that she was farther from him, more out of his rcaoh more sacred than she -had ever; seemed before, i At last he made; a slight noise by treading down a . bramble, and Agnes looked up wjth a smile of welcome. . ' ,j 4IIomo so Boon," Jack?" she said, wit be; but disgraced,' matter . of Tnoney, , .tdiII hIfk n . is I TAnriA f ihpni nn me the very worst;'; ; i . ; - "There s no best or worst r about it, Miss Agne3. Mr. Driver has realized every penny the firm could;" command; stolen all - our securities ; , stained our and absconded that's all'."- ii ; - to blame And what name, is not - i One of the biggest surprises in nether garments the whole world round is worn by . the Grecian dudes one sees on the streets of Constantinople, -: Imagine . a sky-blue silken balloon, bottom side up and fastened "round the jwearer's waist, two rcat-fitting leg-holes made in the bulge, and the whole bulb collapsed and jj swaddled about the legs j when walking, and you can imagine the lower story o! a Greek dude. . 1 t ' -: His trunk is - enveloped in a tight-fit-ting jacket of some other shade of blue, with loose flowing slecve3 and white fur belows showing underneath. ' His head is adorned with a greek fez, from which an enormous black or blue tassel hangs down his ba:k. this ornamental ap pendage looks as if ever on the eve oi pulling the fez olf the wearer's head by its great weight. He wears the ordinary brogaris and socks and sometimes leav cs the calves of his legs bare.-?' Sometimes the Greek dude carries a cane, but he carries it for use quite as much as for ornament; or, at air events, walks with it in a bus'ness-like manner, He walks with a gait awkward and un graceful, but even .wereihe a. naturally graceful walker his ungainly nether gar ment imparts to him a' decidedly gro tesque appearance. I"" "I ! j The chief; delight of the' Greek dude is to sit in front of a k ah vay shop, smoke nargilehs and watch the ladies, pass by. Those of his own nationality are wearing garments but slightly different from hie own. the footholes in the inverted bal loon being fiearer the bottom, ' but that is about MU-yrFitUiburg CimerctaL ". f .. 'j . : ' ; Cost of Raising I a Boy. ' "My father never did anything me," is an observation which is frequently heard from the lips of young men, but in mostcases a little ienection would con vince the speaker that he is maKing a serious error. ."A recentjwriter, hearing the remark uttered by a young. fellow whose education, as the phrase goes, had just been completed, ' and who was look- mir Arnunri him to find an onenlncr in o . f i U business. . took the trouble to estimate the cost of bringing up the said jouug fellow "from his birth, which' had! been defrayed, of course, by the parent referred to in such a slighting way.- Iheae are his figures; ; . j , - i ; $100 per year for the first five years. . . . $150 per year for thp second five years., $230 per year for the third five years... $300 per year for the next three years , $500 per year for the next two years.. . v Total .V.' . . J ... . . .. . With a few modifications, these figures may be taKen to represent tne average The Curving riaoe of Some of New Haven's Etrly.l Governor Sam-; pie of Colonial Poetry.' . . Glancing lo the right throuzh the car window just belore the local ' express rushes upon the little bridge over Mill Creek to the cast, and dashes on into the village of New Mil ford, Conn., the Jsew i ork bound passenger gets a glimpse of one Of the quaintest old rravrvards in New England. - Its; brown, bat's eared gravestones are strewn so' near the rail road track it hat thej thundering express seems b grind them beneath its wheels. Some of I the gravestones have sunk almost out lof sigh f: Others, with sides warped and crumpled, push their weather stained ; noses up through the rank, tangled grasses ia defiance of time's '. de cay, K few lie prone in shamefaced overthrow. The stranger, particularly if he be an antiquarian, will find rate grubbing among these nuty old stones. Some of the gravestones are nearly 230 years old. j Milford, was setied in 103V, and the settlers began to uie apparently about as soon as they got here. A good many never received the Christian burial, as ; the Indians attended to, .their obsequies without inviting the relatives or personal friends of the deceased. One of the; earliest inscriptions thxtij entirely preserved is on auab above tho rather pretentious' tomb of Governor Robert Treat. Mt reads: Here Lrcth Intorrei the Bodv of ColL Itob-rt Treat; Ef. Vhn Faithfully Served This Colony in the Pott of (iovemour an l Deputy Governour Near Ye Bpaca of Thirtv Years, and fet the. Arw of Four Hcore aol Eight YeAm, xchanad This Lite for EUer. July l, Anno ixm. iju John a thai Iaw, another Governor" of the colony, is also bimed in this grave yard. He was born ia Milford on August t5, 1672, and diei there on lo ember 1750. He was Governor from 1742 until 1750. His resting place, like Governor Treat's, U marked by one of the few flat tombstones I above ground. r t?everal other colonial , dignitaries 4 have imple headstones. iOn others the early obituary eulogist bas left biicop:ou9 trade marks. Here is a sample:. . j "The trulv honorable and vkwt Hosrer iNewion, tq. j j "An oracerjor distinguished note la ye ex pedition 1 Tin) and lilU. for many years. one of ye council and colon! of the becond rri- ment of muitia, range of tb courlof common pleas thirty-tliree years, until be departed this life, January 15, 1771, in J,he 8 7 th year of nisage. i "His mind returned to God .entombed here lies 1 he part thej hero lert Jieneath the skied, ICevrton as stel ; indexible from right, -In faith, in law, in equity, in fight" Another panegyrist. relates that Isaac miles, Esq., wa a gentleman' "Distingn'tihed by manly aense. Genuine intrerity ant nrmaesx, In patrKiwi anq in virtue. After a, lite active in commerce And in public employmenU, A life very useful to his family And to the publid And adds thit at last this excellent gentleman i . -The sun bas lit the wood and set; -i -WlOi heavy 6w the ra is wer ; ' i ', The flra stand out ia silhouette, l ". i ,-Sharp, US and stnij; - Sometimes a rabbit Cits in skt .r ' '" -A scamperiixs whik a gleam x4 wblte; Kausht else. Her scarf she gathers tight- . The air is chilly. , - . . i j " . - The belfry-clock strik-a iloirly itiW j "Ah, waning love xn&kt trysters late; " ' Flack suitor he whose quren may wait? '. - - ! She stops and listens; ' . leadkaf rosUed that was all 1 ; ,: ." Well, maiden pride wQl come at call;, v . She will not lei the tranlrop fall " - - ; . It stands and glistens. ; ; 5 - ' - - - She tarns but hark! ' the step sbe knows! Toe branches part and, swinging, close; . - What penance now on him lojo, The tryst who mines) - ; ; ; She cant be hard, though sore she tries, . For love will melt throazh loving eyes, . And all the chiding words that riss .; Are crushed with kisses. ; !",,' v. . : CosmV $ ifaorfae HUMOR OF THE DAT. - T 4 foi '500 . 750 . 1,000 . tOJ . 1,000 does it matter ; being poor?, Agnes said,. expense entailed in raising an ordinary To yf not afraid. bravelv. rVf- : ' W: "yod help you,) Mis3 Agnes, ana en able you to bear it J ' x. "J x "He will.: Michaeu I am Where is my father?" ; ? ' 1 In - the i housa ; he asked me - to tell you he ten sa broKen."- i. -PL "I must go : to; i Ir! m At once. I have stayed'tfoo loag. iJPoorfather! ias.if any thing mattered while I have himP- the little 'Oh, my dear J my 'dear! childie I carried in my anns-the sweet, deep, solemn silence and the fading light j wise little-lassie that used td try to corn- were soothing to her over-strung nerves; fort old Michael ti It's a poor return for all my love and care, and ! for alL your goodness, to makerme tell you" the sad dest story eyeryj loymg child heard."t"My dear,; my honored master had :& stroke,' and is quite u!nconscious;' ifThe doctor says he is not in any immediate dangerr but he will ne veil be himaelf again, I fear, .with thi$ trouble banging aver ,him. vr, ! j''Oh, yes, he jwill, Michael We have a tnena who wilt: help us put ott tne Only a short hour, before Jack. found her in the wood, Philip Wynne had asked her to be h:s vdfc,' and after ; deep and painful consideration she consented ; but it was a hard task, to make up her mind, though the temptation , was; threefold, oirj iqtveu uiiu, -sut? oeievene lovea ner, and he hnd persuaded j her,; not - alto gether against her will,-' that he needed her; that she ' had led . him - into. better wava. ana th.ir. to hpln him anrt strnrrt.h. en him in the right path, he tmnst have 1 money difficulivJ'! r4 - ; 1 if i -ri i: her. If she failed him, he would become I - 'A letter, for Vou.! Miss Agnes, marl crain Tl rf locj raJfTnldce1 wt I frrTrinfo-' o ctq ti f colli Hl-oo f"KTftce uu iiau uecu, or pernaps uriii; into some thing worse,; . So reluctantly, f because tne tnougnt oi leaving Her lather was terrible ; jet gladly, because; he thought me " had gained an influence, over his wild, unsettled - life, that he luid the. power to keep, him out of temptation she consentedi-ij J;;'':'-s. jN- 0( Philip Wynne's early Ijffe Agnes Knew noming. -lie naa oeen away-trom home- ever since boyhood, and j the old Manor had been ishut up. In his father's 4 time,- the family had. been - in dimcUl ties, marked irnmejate.'f' a servant said breathlessly; "and. please," the doctor, wants 'to-see yp"-''?-:!i:rU''''-C' Tt vi'i.;r; . Agne3 opened the letter with trembling fingers. ? It was! vefy brief ii IF I -1 - 41 Tr !D:.Rtdi J '-'IVct wm rinf.1i. tniefA. ken you-in thinking' yon could love a worth- ! less scoundrel like me I in fancying I could ever deserve your, love... I am roing to Ja- dropped from f- the gi rl'a and the old man picked :r4'f''h::-iri-.r.'-. w ynne s i nanawni.- boy. Many parents spend several tames as much. .; It would certainly be well for young men who take all this as a matter of course,! and think that . their fathers have done nothing or. them, to rejflect that they owe a heavy1 debt of gratitude to those thatiiave brought them up from helnlcss infancy and eouinned them to fight for themselves the battlo of lifip. UokLm JLrffQfiy. . -' . , , y v . y -t-; j j - . e A Matter or Taste; ! ! i'A scientific iournal has an " article headed:; 'How to Taste?' We havcnTt had time to read it. but our own idea is that it depends a great deal on whatou are going to taste. II. it is qnmine or or. castor oil or anything of that. sort it won't require any previous training or a university education to enable .you to taste -all you want of it ..in one brief. hasty swallow, i But if . it : is something real good'; something that! you like better and cret less of than anv other mati in " D . ' I...-' .... " America, you .want a neck a yasd long, J watch cOTerf mquireo: ine reponer. stops and dampers l.l hat is not very nara 10 ao, u , "Worn out by a long and distressing asthma. Borne with singular patience, .. He died on the 15th of November, 1780, In the 55th ydar of his age." Mortuary poetry abounds. Some of it is about as original and as startling as the most versatile genius in this line pro-' duces.' Neither young nor old hive es caped it in the Milford grav eyard. Elihu FOwlcr, son (Of Jonathan Fowler, died on October 9, 1j8I, three year and four months old, and his untimely fate is thus graphically epitomized : "His life a span, the mournful toll Declares the exit of his oul ! . Grim Death if co net His life is call'd To take its flight the means a scald. Ye who are young coma learn your end, By deep repentance make Christ your friend." Over the -grave "shcre lies the body of Mrs. Phebo Gillitj wife to Mr Will iam Gillit, Junr.," who died on February 10, 1756, twcnty-ntne years old, is one of the most remarkable tributes in the en tire graveyard. -Manifestly it was writ ten bv her hir band. 1 Its orthography Is unusually eccenirio even for. those days of arbitrary spemng. 1 Here it is: Her Dyinz Words unte her husband are: - Refrain your! passions! I Why so much Di- : paim I - - -. t - -It's the will of God! I hope it's for the Best For you! .Fori me! And for my mothers less, . T -. 1 '. -' ' . To wbome aduel To God and you I now Commend that care ' - . - Pattorn of Patriots to the end of life. - Now Ded, she speaks to every Living wife, Peti Such Juels Should be laid in Dust; Men are Unworthy and the Lord is just." . . . . ' , i. sin . - . - - uroiiest ana aeciaeaiy most reausiic of all the inscriptions! are those on the gravestones' of Jtiss Mary -Fowler and Mrs. : Sarah Bryan, consort of Captain Ilichard ' Bryair- Miss -Fowler was in her 21 h y eat when she died on-Feb. 1, 1792. This lis the inscnptiou that was composed linjher honor: Molly, though pleasant ia Imt day - " - Was suddenly seize! and sent away; - How soon she's ripe, how coon she's roUen, Sent to the grave and koon forgotten."' , - Neva orJb Com met rial Advertiser. There may be nothing newln ihie world, but there's a heap that' .frsah.r- Gamblers are said to frequent ocean stcimcrs because gull are very thick at Talk is cheap. The man who talk too much gets so liberal that be gives hun- self away. -JS-jlltntort Anttrteon, Then is about ra much 'fpring in tho Watcrbury watch as there U in two jrars ia New England. SowsrtUlt j0raL Tb girl who books a flh will hrtr-k , - v to see its iranuo irnnw; . . . - j . But when she hnois a na qxeer f reskl ; - She simply grins and ggW.' " j The woman who marries an. ill tempered husband is Tight in thinking " that tliO Laa struck a Lucifer match. McrrftOHl TranUr.y : . .. ! It is aaid that- the Emprcsi Joephine" had thirty-eight bonnets in one month. Kd wonder- the whole family failed ia businckS.. Lurt'mgto Free Prw. ; - ' . ' Dr. Torsey, of Boston, marricf a pair in ; eighty seconds. There are many young persons who would like to make a minute of -this. Cjurir-Jyum4l. , . . ' the xois-anyxaTisra. .'. v ? Tbe man who does not advertiw J ' Displays as touch good sense ' ; As the man who dons bis Sunday pants . To climb a barbed wire fence. . ; . v . 44 Aim high, it the Savannah ! Ars advice to young men. This is the same old chestnut the girl sprung on the fel low who kissed her on the chin.-i-JV'i4A-, tUle American. - v: " " . ; A .Xew Xngland man has just had patent granted to him for 'an elcrtric switch." It is expected that all thebbys of the country will rise up. in vchcxacDt protest Bonton. Pott. - . ' A J 1 The minstrel show's on deck again ! t . 1 And the end men are chaffing. . i " i And the jokes that tickled oil Adam and E? ' ' . Again set the audience a laughing, i i '. ' . -t ; liotton Vomrtrr. The latest ; and most wonderful j cure, effected by a patent medicine recorded it the following: 44A boy had swallowed k silver dollar. An hour afterward the bov threw up tho dollar, all In small . . . .. . . m r.. 1 A change, principally aime pieces.- oi.- i - tit ... rhoto'j-aplig on Walcli Cases. - 'What a charming fac!n, i ;-' 44Yes. I ther flatter myself it is. It is a photograph of my wife." ' . i " .4,How didj you ever manage to have it photographed on the inside of; your . . . ... . - . i pan. s rarewell." The letter nerveless fingers it'up.:-w.i; . 4 'That is He was .the i evil genius of Now; he. is the sharer of .his but it -was said ;that. during .Philip's ing," he said. f4He is the cause pf all our msnoriiy matters got - right, v. The property '$ was carefully looked if teethe' house kept in good repair, but still thei. master;; did not, return till ' he ; was a middle-aged man with a cold, dark f ace, and a bitter,- cynical manner. No : one liked him;all sorts of ? tales and rumors were freely circulated, but. though every gossip conjectured, no one knew i either yrhcie or how he had spent twenty vears I . of .his lifei; AgnesiDalrOn never troubled C'xTeri ; years passed, herseit about the matter. She found Jum s sitting by the all her girlish fancy painted,; air that a of a trouble. T"1t4tk. A111 9 -' JL. w " , ; W guilt and . plunder -. Welcome poverty, misery, disgrace itself so you are" saved ..' 44He was to have been my husband,1' Agnes, said brokenly; r4tbut now it seems all over. . . He sdys we, were .bath mis taken.". fM4 4 f I ;" ; ; t n ' i . Agnes Dalton was -by the fire in the dreary twilight j trampled to death ia the February day, ; older grown, but j theatre. Xeic-Yorh Tr'ib full of all sorts of back stops and dam be all the. way down.. - That is the theory , of an unlettered man who tastes by rnain strength and- natural selection," and. if Science thinks she has a better.way we d like to trot her one heat, anyhow, just for fun. Burdette.- , V ' ; . . . j- ' , '. 1 ' : i ttmm ' - ' I ' . - . . I 1 ; - v--.A Husband's Mistake. -' n . - ) - : t .Oneof.fdie most pathetic incidents, of the Exeter Theatre lire (hi England) was the rescue of a womaiv who was carried, out of the furnace of flamupon the back of a brave -'man..- He was with his w'if e at the play when -the - fire! broke out an?l succeeded ; in dragging, her partwaylto the door, where she fell There was ;an instant of, despair and jbcwildcrmeat; and then he snatched icowering form from the floor in the dense crowd and tniggled through the smoke and dark ncss to reach the street with a shrieking woman on his back, r At last he was out - f danger and breathlessly lowered his ''.rden. Alas! it was not his wife. In i th' confusion and darkness he had res cued A stranger and left his wife to be a the lobbies of the unc. very liar a to ao, u you only know how," repbed the jeweler." A new process has been mrcnted; en amel on which ' a photograph has been transfered is; fitted perfectly on -the sur face of the ciase. It can be successfully done no other wav, and is an immense improvement over the old "way of. put ting the naper.. negative of a photograph in a watch case, It is' even a neater de vice than to holograph in miniature the lace tiirecwy on ine mnai, LHrviuca uciu much cheaper.' Mail ed Erprut." ' . - . . : An Appropriate; Sngjestlon. : 44Whatndoes your father call that dog of hist? asked a young traveling man Of the young! lady upon whom he was calling. j - - - - '-. ' ' "' , 4 Towser,' was the reply. 44I wondet why he didn't .name him Trouscr, instead H wa the rejoinder. 4'IIe is certainly the most perf ec'. ly . developed specimen of I rou?er-dog it was ever my privilege to meet." Hcrckaid- Traieler.'" " ; , ' - - A JacVson, Mich.,; mmufacturer is shipping Wiio155 to Austrlia. A voung lady in Missouri has a collec tion of 17.63'd spools. This "hobby is far ahead of the crazy quilt mania, and more useful than decorating china with, floWen unknown to botanic science. The' young man who ahall link his destiny; with this girl will hare a soft snap on kindling wood. &Un GldU. ' . 1 : ; r; The Gait or Crlmlnala. J i. ; 4 A curious study has been made by Dr. Peracchia of the difference between crira-" inals - and law-abiding citizens, as tx- hibited by their walk. The author first; made a number of observations to deter- ' I r 1 t. It I M .l nAnnl. ii,.' BlOQ, BUU IVUUU UMt U Atuu J-V J'lW .UK. - right pace is longer than the left, the la- i " teral separation of . the right foot from' i the median line i leu than that of the ; ' . . . . . . . .... t ,t iCit, ana uie angie ot uctwuuh j ui axis of tho foot from a straight line It ; . greater on the. right "aide than on the ; left. - - But this is not alL Dri Peracchia has , ; not only shown us how we may dUUn- r guish crimicaU in general, but has laid the beginnings fit the dillerentUl diag- j ; rncli t-uf-Mn VBriAita anrts rif evililorrs. i 1 ttKfOti. W. M - " . w - - - - - ine IOIMwing re ' me iumu);uiuuij, . cnaractcriBiics noica. vuwuwui ; have cnablexlhtm to formulate: ; 1. Thieve. In those who are predis- ; posed to appropriate the property of oth- ; era there i a pronounced widenlngof the ; base of support .together with a very I long step. -t 2. Aswsin. In those who have murder ; in their hearts the base of support it not af wide as it U in thieves, sin e the angle formed by the axis of the Toot with the median line it less obtw, but Ihe sinlsT; trality betrayed by their foot-prints U vrry marked. ' - - Ji -; -it! ' i These discoveries are of m very inter- . est ing character,and if the crinftesl could . be induced to walk before the honest man,' instead of following bira at he usu- - aiiy does, tncy migui aiso ue put w a practical use, for tlien good citizens could diagnose ihe rogue by his .tracks, and. might thus be enabled to escape robbery t ' or aasasination," as the case might be iledical Record. " . ". . I ' i . .Occnpatlon In.CcjIon.- Th wkla vilLairc of the 'maritime districts of Cevlon are as a rule, exceed ingly neatly kept, and the trade carried on by theit inhaitants' is sufficiently 1 projtable to enable them to lead lives of. comparative comfort, a compared with many of the village cultivator! of the favorable seasons, find it extremely diS cult to support life. - Along the line of the sescoast hing provides for the daily wants of very many of the people, while the familieji of others among them find occupation, in - the preparation of the fibres of the outer Lwk of the cocomut, for making into coarse yarn and top, a ue to -wbieh they arc very generally ap plied.. The distillation of arrack-from the juice of the palra tree also ' affords employment to thousands of ". villagers along th? " feaccast, where tie tree CouULes with but little cultivation, Art Journal. . ; .
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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