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4 V7 I'o ;wuti HAf?AUs VAC I i rtort; ;--,'! DAVI5 & ROBINSON,! Editors and Proprietors. " ; VAEJETY. IS THE SPICE OF LIFE, THAT GIVES IT ALT. ITS FLAVOR. - TERMS $L50 per Annum, In Advance. i- 1 If YOL. 1 v OXFORD,': GBA3STVILLE COUNT Y, : Q.j TUED MORNESTG, , JTJNE 16,; 18T4. NO. 2jB. 1 1 i nn i ' : 1 y : If .... k ... 1 'vS'-tt- Go Sunr by a little blind boy a pupil of .the N. C, Jeaf and Dumb and 'Blind Institute,; lief ore the N. C. Press Asso "ciation, on jWednesday, 3Iay 14, 1874. ril sing a little song to-night, -. 1 I - And every word is true, -You'll find that every word is meant,. Young gentleman fot yoa ! ' I've no intention to offend ' 4 In hat is sung or said, The sum and substance of it is, To go and learn a trade. Chorus The 4 'coming man, is he, who ': . j lives," . ' . . , - To see his fortune made, - "Wliom everybody will respect, Because he learned a trade Your education may be good, , But time is flitting by, v. Instead of loafing don't be fooled, ; The old man may not die ; J ... And if he should the chances are, The will may be mislaid, . ' " Or you cut off without a cent, - So go and learn a trade. Chorus, &c. This country's, full of nice young men, Who from their duty shirk, Who thirik '-twould. crush their family pride - , ., - If they should go to work ; Take off your coat, (your father' did,) And find some honest maid, Who'll help !you make your fortune when You've learned an honest trade. , Chorus, &c. Be temperate in all you do, -. ; "t Be faithful to your ' boss," ' ; You'll find the more you do for him, 1 Will uevei? prove a loss. ; ! You'll find in fifty years from nc I When fame and fortune's made, 1 The best step that you every took, . : , Was when you learned a trade. - -Chorus, etc1. ' .' For the Torch-Light. MIT'S IX A NAME. ' BY SILVER STAR. :. , r - r , '- " I ' Surely i : was ari unusually quiet time to be prevalent in Calton Hill, it being the only watering place for many miles around and : was generally attended by a large crowa every summerana iau. i)ut not so this time for I had now been i there upwards of six weeks with- j out any notable change occurring to disturb the monotonous quie famous8ummer resort rude of the of invalids and pleasure seekers, j. I was seriously thinking ot remov ling my situation to one more cal- ; culated to banish the tormenting blues, when one day I had just re- 1 turned from a Ions: stroll over the 4 4 . ' ' grounds, tired, lonesome and great ly depressed in spirits, I threw my self nnnn ,il snfain thft p.lpcrnntlvJ Tiurnished parlor, caught up a f newspaper and commenced care lessly perusing it J The old paper, like a multitude of others, contain ing nothing of interest to me. It's columns being entirely taken up ;yith the discussion8 of that treach I erous subject politics, consequently I my mind and the paper wandered !: off into dreni (nrectionsy and ias it fell, from my hands, I was thinking of j flirting with a beauti ful girl enrobed in about ; nity yards of some sort of costly material.- As the woodbine twineth -so did about fourscore C yards: of ribbon encircle the , waist, .head ;arid neck of that angelic creature. iMy; reverie! was brought to an unliinlted eiid just as I was calcu lating whether if I was to marry the fashionable belle, my whole j sale lestablisl unent oi la'diea'diess I goods woulc . or not - continue in j its-present rpsperous condition, ana ,.was . abbut to arrive .at the. conclusion tllat it would-not, when frofa the opposite side of the apart- Iment there; came in quick: suc cession and with considerable em Iphasis the 'words, "My1 cousin to inight,,,( I . looked up and' lo, I 'beheld Iiss; Amelia Finch,-one among many of thdse troublesome old ' maids who generally make their appearance when their com pany is' least desired and moreover render themselves happy and you miserableby entering upon the matrimonial question: 'You must inlvaribly cohincide with them, for if you differ inppinion you are immediately subjected to a longer lasting, however, , I; have known some of. them that .were too old to marry, talk about it untill they seemed to be inhaling the coveted breath of , sweet sixteen and would become so interested ; that they would exclaim t V oh ! . for the fount of youth that Ponce de Leon failed to! discover." v ; , ; . ."Tyiio i3 your cousin," I expostulated,-apparently unconcerned, but must confess that I felt some what interested in whoever he or she might j be, especially , if their presence ..would contribute any thing to my enjoyment. ; , "Oh, she is the dearest, sweetest girl in the, whole world. Xillie O'Loreing is her name." It was certainlya peculiar denominationi Is supposed that I must either have blushed or looked greatly surpris ed for Miss Finch ; unchained her unruly tongue ; that which comes nearer t being 'perpetual motion than anythingit has been mymis fortune to listen to, and began in structing me as to how I must ap pear in the presence of her cousin. Vell -nigh iraiiticjvvith . despair I made! a precipitate retreat, - stop ping my tantalist by,placing about a mile of old .mother earth be tween us. I continued V walking the remainder of the evening and at ,night . was so fatigued that I concluded to postpone my supper until next morning. .' The weary hours of darkness at last lirigeringly retired before the. grat beam of liht that made its appearance in the East, and sun-up found me sitting in my room lis tening for some assurance of the arrival of Miss O'Loreing. The breakfast belllrangand I made all possible haste1 to comply with its summons. Unfortunately for me my mother was very circumspect, teaching her . only child to never appear! forward' when a boy, con sequently diffidence had grown as fast as I had so that at twenty-five I could scarcely look at a lady without blushing to the very eye brows. " "Walking in I was "pre sented to the fair lady and in a moment of intense excitement I pronounced the name as Miss O'Lorenza. One of the. most ag gravating peals of laughter I ever heard was indulged in by those assembled at the" table. I think that all the blood in me instantly rushed to my face and had it come in contact with any inflamable matter the result would have, been either a blaze or a very warm ap plication! , The laugh at last sub sided into a very, broad grin, while I with soihe difficulty succeeded in appropriating a portion of the spread to tKe 5 gratification of that gnawing sensation and subsequent ly retired from the scene of action, and comhiehced promenading in the singular' number but on the long piazzas I was not destined to long; enjoy this -kind of sport for a voice clear and musical issued from the parlor saying, "It is not pleasant to be out there Mr. Al ston; conie in and join us in sing ing." 1 'I' reluctant obeyed the call. f Now 'a'fdfMngihgl enter tained aii ?utten . contempt for it, Horrible when - enterea it-vvas unanimouslyiagfeed: should conduct 'that' part known to professed; vvpcalist I as , bass. Al hadn't the slightest knowledge of it at all. I do not remember, of ever hearing -the r. word before. The.1 school boys used to play a game byJatnarn,e.,;Jf J :; rcbol fcet :cprrectly 'it was epelt. with an "e" and from' what I afterwards learned its meaning was also diff erent, however, I was prevailed upon especially by, the fair Lillie, whose name I had. learned to pro nounce corectly , to make an at tempt. ; Therefore we t bore down witlx astonishiug ayidity -uponthe their ' popular tune' of .Mollie Darling," 1 1 making a noisedeep and lioarse that I could compare to noth i n g except the j oyous notes of one J of-the long-eared ;race. After numerous 'instructions and close 'application Imade (as it was termed) the average baster of the period., ; ' r-Aar.'-i ? f . What a jtransformation ! I could hardly believe it. Things were gay enough since the arrival of the fair Ijillie, for such she was. We walked, we talked and went boat riding, and at last there was something; struggling in my bosom which I felt sure could be nothing but love. The merciless frost was beginning to make its appearance when "Bart" likes to sit on the fence, and see the boys hoe corn, and the .season was over. The parting gave me fits, but through, the instrumentality of my old maid accomplice, Miss Finch, I obtain ed an . invitation to visit the fair Lillie at her own home. .In less than a year, dear reader, I quit Speak Kind 77ords.i Children catch cross tones quick er than parrots, and they often be an ent 'habits in them. When mother sets the- example, you will scarcely hear! a pleasant word; amor .g the children in their plays with each other. Yet the discipline Of- such a family is al ways weak and irregular. The children expect just so much scold ing before they do anything they are bid, while in. many a home where the tow, firm tone ,of moth er, or the J decided look of her steady eye, is . lawj they always think of dbedience, either in or out of sight. ' Oh, mother ! it is worth a great deal to cultivate that excellent thing hi woman, a low, sweet voice. If you are ever so much tried by the1 mischievous or willful pranks of the little one, speak lowl It will be a great help to you to even trv to bei pa tient and cheerful, if you- canuotj succeed. Anger makes y ou wretch ed, and your children also. ; Ird patient, angry, tones never did the heart gobdj , but plenty, of, evil. You canno . liave the. , excuse -fbr them that they lighten your, bur dens at all I they make themj only ten times heavier. ; For your own as well as 'your children's sake, learn to speak low. . They will re member' ttiat ; tone when" your head is under the turf. So, too, will they remember a' harsh and angry ? tone. i ! Which ' legacy will you leave to your f children ? Ex change. "v ' ' 'n'"-r ' f -1' li i Life is like a roll of. costly material passing swiftly through our hands, and we musembroider our patterns on it as it goes, ; We can not, t wait to. pick up a false stitch, or pause too long before we set ' "another. ' Only, if; we keep our eye ever on our great Exam pier, we shall find wh en he finishes off our' work,' and smooths out its rumples, and cuts away its frayed ends and mistakes,1 fall into Wpur- says was:dead !" and he sympathetical- It. t'iiirtiWa' 'I "Hn t-i V tVi' KrtTitiof 4 xou are never satisned !" many, be bright while the heart is sad--the rain bow is beautiful, in the air while encath is thcjnaningoCihesea; JSKChese are the lays in which she'shys "Lddri't care-I wisHil l ) u'.iv" ..'For the Torch-Light. THE RIYER BERESKA. There 13 athrilling iflcident con nected with the disastrous retreat of Napoleon from Moscow. March ing to Russia with the "grand ar my, ; to humble the pride ot Alex ander, and-bring him m humble submissission at his feet, he found himself awakened from his dreams of conquest by the thundering ar tillery of the invisible Suwarrow at Borodino. As the leaden-hail of the intrepid defenders of their soil swept down the dwindling cohorts of the invading foe, Napoleon read in the indomitable firmness of the Cossack the . dread augury of his waving ; power. He had borne the insignia of his country's glory over ''mauy a1 victorious field of blood, as his star of destiny hone forth) in appalling, brightness o'er the trembling nations in humble prostration at his feet. ; " , Instead of wintering in Moscow,' luxdfiating on the spoils of the city, he found thfc chivalrous spirit of the Mosco vites displayed in the curling flames oi their devoted citv lifting themselves in awful grandeur to the skies Failing to humble the pride oi Alexander, and strike terror in the fearless Cossacks, he wished ,to immortal ize! himself by blowing. up the kremlin. As the thunders of the mighty explosion rolled off ih the distance, and' the darkened atmos phere threw its showers of cinders" on the , blackened ' waters of the Moskva,, he found himself the be leaguered. dupe of his .ambition, compelled to . retreat turning his back upon; the smoking ruins of the coveted riches of Moscow. 1 1 ?lothi ng in , history furnishes a parallel toe this dreary and disas-, trbusX retreat. -With the : once splendidly !equiped legions of the 'fgrand arihy" pinched by hunger and assailed by the freezing, ele ments, .which left thousands of the fallen soldiery to commingle their stiffened forms with the drifting snows, with the remnant of his haggard and dispirited followers, on the : 25th day of Nov. 1812, Napoleon teached the river Bere sina. , -: Hpre a , scene of confusion and suffering ensued which should have forever cooled the ardor of the Emperor for military achieve ment r and fame. - To cut off his retreat the: enemy had, destroyed the bridge before . him, while the booming cannon of the Cossack told (that a veugeful ; foe ! was on his., track, j - There was no time for delay. ' The river must be spanned or his "star" would lose its lustre in the' gloom of unconditional sur render., ."' ' r v-v!-'. ' 1- 1 Day and night they toiled un til two rude structures were com pleted, over' which the harrassed and eager soldiers commenced pressing their eager wayl t Mar shall. jVictor with his veteran com rades' was in the rear," struggling to check the advance of the pur suing foe until' the pressing mul titudes could reach 1 the .farther shore! Hundreds of groaning and shrieking victims fell beneath the crushing artillery which like immolated victims beneath the wheels of Juggernaut, While the dense mass 'was' pressing its way across the rude structures,' quiver mg ' in' the piercing winds of a darkening! snow-storm,' one of the bridges ' gave way, precipitating tne crowaing mass aDove into ine chilling waves beneath.-' Pressed forward by the multitudes behind who knew nothing of the disastrous tate of those- in iront, -r there was fpr a awhile one continued : stream of immortal's tuinbling headlong o er the teartul precipice : mto the jaws of death below. . The pen of man is; powerless to ; describe the Horrors" of the tragic scene.. Says thc historian, "For t a long time the dropping of the head of the column over the edge of the chasm formed a living cataract of men." Reader ! hast thou ever paused, for a moment, to reflect on" the solemn thought of the many mil lionsj on the march from, time, to eternity, who have made their fearful leap into the dark and chilling river of, death, and sank to rise no moreoh'tbe st ige of hu man existence ! ; Didst thou ever consider seriously the great truth that ever since the death penalty was pronounced upon man. tor his disobedience, man has.been on one continued retreat from time, and that as one generation disappears over the dread precipice , of death to commingle with proceeding one3 in the dismal vale, the suc ceeding generation is pressing its way to a like sad ; , destiny I t As friend after friend measures out his fleeting existence and disap pears, leaving ' thee no chart to guide thee 4 amid lifes breakers, save the illuminating liaht oT truth divine, hast it ever occurred to thee that time is but a span on which eternal consequences hang ! As thou has looked upon the hoary locks and cairn demeanor: ot a trmuior s: pilgrim leahing on his staff, with his eye of fai h spanning the river oFdeathdrin dug in the, enrapturing beauty arid bright ness of the - purer land, hast thou not felt the importance- of being also ready" when death : shall summon thee to the dr(iad tribunal to which thou art hasteniner? There is a precipice in.thy path way around which j the u canst not pass. The Beresina bridge by extraordinary effort cibuid be re paired ; but when "thy! clay tene ment shall feel the . demolishing hand of death, there will be "no work, nor devicenor 'mowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whith er thou go'est." ' Oxford. Wasted HsursJ Oh, how many of these upon the record oi' our jast I ; How many hours wasted, worse than wasted, in frivolous' conversation, useless employment ; nours oi which we can give' n account, and in which we ' b en efited n eith- er ourselves or others; There are no such hours in the; busiest lives, but they make up the of the Jives of , many, without accomplishing whole 6um Many live any good ; squander away their time hi petty; trifling things as if tlie only ob ject in life were, to kill time, as if the earth were not a place lor pro bation, but our abiding residence. We do not value time as we should but let many golden hpurs pass by unimproved. : We - loiter durinr the ; daytime of life, ? and ere we know it, the; night j draws ; near "when no man can work." Ob, hours mispent and wasted ! How we wisli we couldL liyethem over again.-. God will require from us an account of the manner iu which we spent our years, and He will iudge ns so differently., from our V L t ' - . ' own judgment. -The years that our selfish we spent in promoting motives, ignoring our soul's saiva- non, tnese an m ms signt win oe wasted; ' Let us be prudent then in the employment, of : our time, tha when the Great Judge inves tigates the works of each.ohe, He will not-way "that we liave lived wholly in vain ' . j ii;x i ; X3 Happy is the man Who has. tnat m nis soui wnicn acis upon the dejected :as 'April: airs upon violet roots. ' Gifts trom the hand are silver and gold, but the heart fnyes v that. which . neither silver nor gold can buy. :. To be full : of goodness, full of cheerfulness, full of sympathyj full of helpful hope, causes ja man to carry blessings of which he is himself as unconscious as a lamp i3 of its own shining. , ' fHhere is not a finer story of he roc life and death in modern tinier than that aflbrded by the short and obscure career'of George Gordon, SIxtlEarl of Aberdeeu, whjo was y lost at seal three years ag while 'serving as mate on an Aiijerican sailing-Vessel in the Wlpft' Indies. ; He jwas x one :of thce young -noblemen; of gieat wealth aud'greaterjhearf, who be- lievo- that humanity has some claxtxi upon"him7aud he proposes v. to prepare nimseii ior tne auues of his exhalted v station :ia life by praical expefience of the strug gleiand privations , of the poor. He'cfairie to this country,' and, ui ,der i-i an Z assumed name, n work ior ji living wnn nis4 own lr gaiiihg the regard ad co'nii off his ifelloaborers, . who susMcted hjs real rank I- tio He became ah r :i' at last, a net. was lost 1 1 1 1870. His mother, of Arberdeen , has i ' tribulionof 1,60 C X n 1 CS3 a con i Ameri ociety of c txeaman5s u Bo3ton for-the p foe; th'e use of - r history c "" " j cf books ... If a proper ...tic life could bo . inatcrials .noy in ' fi rnily, it would h i. among:: the : : i cty; of: England, ii. In ce some young n ow at; the crossing of written, l thelhan berfex fash: and ger4 so. br . 1 :: 3 do vote, their lives to Iter than horseslmd lo. li:.:...! took the contract tc r. r: blic well.i -When he L : l; r Lent tweuty-fiye feet be-! lr tile surface, he; came one -- : lung find found it caved in, -'( . '.Ld nearly to the top. -.Pat looked c; ' :;t iously. around ancLsaw that n c ie vas near, then taking off h; at and coat he hung them on thu vrindlass, and crawling into" sbrh 'bushes', he i ''Waited -trie result of e :its In a short time the itiz discovered that the well nad caved in, and . seeing Pat's : hat id coat they supposed that ' he z at the bottom of the exca Vf 0 nly a few hour3 of brisk -d; cleared ; the . loose earth i v;ell. Just aa the citizens - 1 o d the? . bottom: and wero -' Wv where - the -body Was, . P '..alldng out of. .the b 1 very good-naturedly, tk .cm of relening'him v of r !j. Tho tired diggers r ted, but tho joke was idlow anything more viy laugh, which soon rich heart wealth is ' an n more heart and :- men." j v--vU;.' olden chain by l.cund together. i crt of eternity , - d perpetuity to to i. error, 1 , Geniuo taleptistl ' "a lb a mine; i X 1 V - J 4. brings it c. The 'most brii. . . ; . . oiteof not worth i I . .! . : ; 1 to gain them. Oar sorrows are li!- t". ' -clontls "which seem hi; : i tanc; but " grow Hgl approaph; ji :r; -: -T5Citt sayings are c: the' pearls flipping oil' string ; but a vrord of li seldom ' .' spoken in vain, seed hichyen 'w!en' ' drop. by chance, spring up into a llov.- e- ' ; i ; Xe3?Crematipni:t c; Tta-.". . eoul fia's flow n a n d t 1 ' o 1 v " .. . . -:
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