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-1 , AT f is "PWTD JlaXVJLJL 1U & family aad Isifeasy spapsr. VOL. XIII--NO. 30. RALEIGH. TI. Q-DSC. 17,1879.; TERMS. .Sl.COa-'Ycar,! JTJl Jl y o The- Friend and Templar. Remember, jour obligation. The near approach of Christ mas has bounced eggs right up. Boys, we would have you en joy your Christmas, but we don't want you to break your pledge. The Secretary informs us that : Goldsboro Council, Friends of Temperance, is doing finely. We have heaid nothing from tho temperance demonstration at Kangs Mountain, last Saturday. The King's Mountain Centen nial, in October, 1880, promises to be a very notable, affair. Thanks to brother Eph Leigh of Fort Landing, Tyrrell coun ty , - for club of eight yearly subscri bers. There never ' were more toys and Christmas tricksln 'Raleigh, than are offered for sale just about now. Trenton, Jones county, N. C, has the reputation of being the " cursingist" place this side of the Rocky Mountains. If you have no news broth er, put a dollar bill in a letter and send it along. We will be satisfied with that. Try it. If you propose to send us any subscribers before Christmas it is time you were about it. We " ehall expect, them. Mr. Spurgeon said " thes other day that now, as in the days of Luther; men stand staring at the . truth like cows at a new gate. Young man, let that pistol stay in the merchant's' show case. You have no earthly use - for it, but you might, accidentally, kill your dearest friend with it. If each subscriber will send one other yearly subscriber be tween now and New Year's day, this paper will be issued at once thereafter in an enlarged form. Certainly, brother, you can get one person to take the paper. We feel sure that you can jsister. Cotton has dropped down to There are 57 ; Williams, 51 Joaes, and 43 Smiths in lialeigh. Miss JSaxxxe Cansox Whitaker thanks grand pa ever so much for that nice box of bac'anas sent her the other day. Grandpa ought just to see, her eating them. Dr. L. . Burkheao, Presiding Elder the WUcqington Kstrict, paid us a vii this mornine. Me is spenaius a lew days here with his family belore enteriDgJBn his new year's work. The- Woman's Christian Union has done and is doing a glorious work ail over the Uud. ; Their numbers are augmenting, and the future will be brightened by the redemption of men through their efforts. ' O : ' If you want holiday gifts that will be of 'service afte the holidays are over, call at the Messrs. Tuckers and ask for what you want It's there and no mistake. The indefatigable, irrepressible Senior, the veiitabla Bukchorn " himself, has justxtturued from the north, bringing with him, Santa Claus like, everything the people, old and young, need or-.desire. Se ad. and govern yourself accordingly. Our neighbor, J. P. Galley, Esq , don't intend to be behind in the eflort to please the public, as will be seen' from the an nouncement which he makes through these columns. For the Christmas trade he has added largely to his stock, . embracing a .inong his new arrivals an endless variety of just such things as will please his host of.customers. '; Call and see that China Casket and buy it for your wife. See ad. Ah ! how many little devices there are in preparation to please the ''little folks at home" on Christmas morning ! In every household the little ones are looking forward to the coming of Santa Claus with an eagerness hardly to be endured, while papas and mamas are straining every point to get together those little gifts which they think will be most acceptable to their dear little innocents. iThat's all right. Make the Christmas happy. But, fathers and mothers, you have larger children who are to be cared for, and to these Christ mas " is a dangerous ', season While you are providing for he little ones, don't forget that your boys, who are entering upon the threshhold of manhood must be made happy also at home, or they will wander off to find amusement and perhaps' temp tation also. And, Good Templars and Friends of Temperance you have families also that are to be watched over and tenderly cared for during the exciting Christ mas Season. Some of your mem? bers are young men i who ; are close attention, or they will' wan der into the way of temptation. They should be the objects of your watchful care, and as a father and mother would try to keep their children at home by pleas ant re-unions and social festivals, so it should be the pleasure, as it certainly is the duty,oi ljoclges and Councils to provide such en tertainments and social meetings as may most effectually keep their members out of the way of temptation To one and all we sav. let us not after the Christmas has passed, haye it to say, with sad ness and regret, "if we had only done our duty that boy or that young man might not have falle One of the biggest farces of the age is tho Grant menagrie which is traveling through the country at present, to the great delight of hotel keepers and dead beats who lounge around bar-rooms. What do the people mean? Why all this tom-foolery over an Ex-President ? What is Grant that he should be hauled over the country and out of the coun try, caged up like a ferocious wild beast, for people to look at ? . No man of refinement .would allow such a thing. What a dif ference between him and Wash ington, who sought retirement after having served his country ? Washington was a refined man. Grant seems to have lost all he ever had ; for, not long since, while at one of his big dinners out west, he leaned back from the table, struck a inatcK and went deliberately to. smoking a cigar to the. gret annoyance of all the dinner - party; C Some of the ladies became disgusted and retired from tLa dining room; but Grant, notfJug daunted, arose from his seat and paced the whole length of the dining room, filHng it. with the smoke from his offensive cigar. Why don't Grant go home and go to work for an . honest living instead.of flaiikeying it from the river to the en!s of the earth ? The answer ;to all thes ques tions is but two plain: (he wants to be king or an emperor or something of i. he, sort, and hence he allows himself to be made a Jjshow of, to JL,re great disgust of pure mmaea, rennea people. Now we are told that Grant's managers propose to take him over to Cuba to winter him. In the Spring they twill trot him through New England, and ex hibit him iu he large cities We think it is aVcnt time for theen- tire pr;e?.3 ok me . country to de nounico the i rant movement, for our people re not yet ready for a king and' f they were,' they would prefc. one who drinks less, and who his 1 more respect for the decor- fa f .fined society, ana one who is not a. violator ol the Sabbath day and a common swearer. .3 Grant Banquet. . The banquet at Chicago last week was no doubt a grand affair more magnificent, than anything ever known before in our 'coun try. The country is gushing with enthusiasm over this event, and the boom rolls higher and higher. It would be pleasant to fall in with public sentiment anil join ihe grand hurrah, but we cannot conscientiously-do so. - We find in the report of the meeting that ceremonies were opened; with prayer by Prof. Swing, who stood over four kinds of wine and One of Cognac bran dy aiid asked 'God's blessing on the performance.' The report says, General Sherman, the piesideht of the. meeting, arose and began the arduous task of quieting the tumult and convivi ality resulting from a superabun dance of empty wine glasses.' The women of Illinois who haye been praying, pleading, and working for protection for their homes from intemperance, presented a petition to the man: agers asking that wine and other intoxicants bo banished from the banquet. Their prayers and pleadings were trampled under foot, as unworthy of considera tion. Well may the true patriot tremble for the safety of our free republic, when our most brilliant statesmen and those most hon ored by tile votes of the people m in hilarious revelry, where vdno and brandy the most dan- gerous enemy of our free institu tions, our peace and prosperity t flow as free as water. How can we educate the ri sing generation to .abstain from intoxicants when the men whom we praise without stint and en dorse at the ballot box guzzle wine and brandy at a public na tional banquet. Upon the virtue, intelligence and integrity of the people the perpetuity of the government depends. Wine and other intoxicants do more to destroy them than all other caus es, thereby striking a deadly blow at the heart of the nation. The banquet was no doubt magnifi cent, but there may have been many who took their first drink in company with the distinguised company present, who will some time in the future, behincT the prison bars curse the day they first tasted the deceptive and ruinous wine. It is time for the people to speak in thunder tones against this great evil, which is being fostered and encouraged in high places. Tern p. Bugle. - 1 "- o The liquor dealers in New Jer sey will ask the legislature to repeal the Sunday jaws. What next ? It is time people were awake to the fact that action shoiiidibe' taken to prevent the I loss of their rights. We are en- itied to one day in seven; let the Sabbath at least be free from drunkenness. The Hon. Samuel J. Eandall, Speaker of the National House uf vHepresentatives, is credited with the following . eminently wise remark: 'Every day's expe riqnce confirms me in my opin ion that the Tempeiance cause lies at the foundation of all so cial and political reform.' If suicide be a crime against the laws of Go l and morality then n6 n.mu has a right to kill hiLusflf by the slow but certain ef fects of intemperance. It is a grievous of- feoce ag-imst natural law to destroy life bv sfroner drink becane it is a wilful arct of self destructiou'and will be visited by a righteous Judge. An honest. - Hibernian, while going along the road, was thus addressed by a friend : 'Hello, Pat, you've got on the wrong side of your stocking.' I know that,' says Pat, 'there's a hole on the other side.' A parishioner of a Berkshire pastor was asked what the color of the parson's eyes was. He didn't really know, 'for,' he said, 'when he prays he shuts his eyes, and when he preaches Igenerally shut mine.' Epitaph in a Western paper : "Here lies a girl as one forgot- ton, who lost her shape with the rise of cotton. Caia and ESect. The main cause of nervousness is indi gestion, and that is caused by weakness of the stomach. No one can have sound nei ves and good health without using Hop Bitters to strengthen the stomach, purify the blood, and keep the liver and kidneys active, to carry off all the poisonous and waste matter of the system. Sea other column. Christmas 1 Gferistmas . ,s . JUST RECEIYEED AT ' An almost endless Variety of . i THE BEAUTTEUI. - CHINA CASKET, CONTADilNO THREAD. UllAID. NEEDLES, PINS, 9.TA - PERFUMERY. , The Celebrated PEARL, CRESCENT & IMPERIAL' SHIRT. Ladies and Gents' Underwear. Boijdcn's jrierser s and Miles' ? . I s ACOMPLETE STOCK OK Ready-Made Clothing. " Shoe ami .Boot Da- J Oothing Department VMiliijifeXf; t)n-u TimL&i ti Spiral . Prices sureto suit buyers. Everybody "come, examine and buy. 103. P. GTJLLEY. Dec. 16-tf w 3 H m rr E a S-rift.ot r-J3 i ,5-i e o fa5' Nor25-tf 1 1 The undersigned respectfully announces t the public that she can furnish, on short no tic , Regalia of any Quality, from finest velvet, trimmed with bullion fringe,', gold or silver lace and. stars, to common Work ing Kegalia for Lodges, Councils, Granges, &c., at prices lower than the same can be bought for in the Northern Markets. , Having been engaged in the Regalia Business for a number of years, she natters herself thai she can give satisfaction in every case, and make it to the advantage of parties to order from her. She can also furnish Badges and Sashes for Marshal of Fairs, and Sunday School Banners will be made at short notice. Address Mas. M. E. WIUTAKEB . Friend and Templar Office, - Raleigh. K. C. N. C. R. R. SCHEDULE. THE EASTERN BOUND MAIL ar rives at Raleigh at 1220 p. re. and leaves at 12:25 p. m., arriving at Golds boro at 2:45 p. m. ; leaves Goldsboro on the Atlantic Road at 3 p. m. and arrive at Morehead City at 8:17 p. m., in time for sap per. : ' THE WESTERN BOUND train leaves Morehead City at 4:30 a. in., and arrives at Goldsporo at 9:58 a., rn; lravs Golds bord on the North Carolina Railroad at 10:10, a. m. arrives at Raldgh at 12:25. p. m. and leaves for Charlotte, Rfclimond end the South at 3:40 p. m. The Sboo Fly train l&aves Hilrfh for Goldsboro at 6 a. ra. v. 5- 2 . CO 4 eor fe H 1 S- - IS
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