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': - '. , ' - : ' . :j: i - - - " '- . i V :v I . . . ; :: v . ; -. ,v .. . - -, v ; - . , y v ; ' :fjy .- ; :. " ' 11 II'MI i iH'llil It! ' II 111 C'TIf I I I Ml 1 ( i I " if. I M I 5 ' I I j! II 51 I rS I . II II. MJ li 1 f- ir -I I 1 II ,1 f! ,- i . .: ' V v " " . - " A ' - ii ' - - j- i -'- - - ' ., . - - . . . " ' . " . - - Pp. ! - " " DAVIS & ROBINSON Editors and Proprietors. VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE, THAT "GIVES IT, ALL. ITS FLAVOR. TERjlS$I.5b per A r.-hnTn.'ln Advanc6.-- Tig: mm T Oxford 'Advertisements f DFFEK their professional services to thGcitizens;of 'ieisi anl ivrijuty. - .. - - - . - Office at T. D. Crawford & Co. -s Drug tore. ' feb.Cly. E. W; OVTEX'.wiIies it ever borne 'in niind that he is "stil livinc:' in Ox ford, and is 'prepared to supply tle place of-ldst .dental organs with artificial one? for $25.60 per set"; ami to perform all (operations in fi5s;profsiori iif a skillful and sajisf actor y manner k "v ' "SepSGm : TU1S SPACE BELONGS TO J. K. Wood, Willis LanSiv. " BABBER, . Corner Broadway, and vHiilsboro St., Shoi lately occupied by II. T. TInghe?. All work done in the best fctyle of the i tonsorial HirL.S v r ' ' ' . ' ' In Addition to niy,shop, I .will opeii an Ovsfcr talooij,' where oysters may : be hod ; at all hours and ail styles, steweu, ir.eu, . raw, aud scalloped. Also for sale by the . gallon or smaller quantity. I return my ) sincere thanks to my customers for their past patronage, and hope by close atten tion to business to -merit a eontiuuauce of t dr. favors;: I: glial 1 cpdeavor in t.lie.fiir tnre. as In the past, to make it to the in ,tsrcst .of .all.to give ine their orders. . Hurrah for the Holidays! (SIGX Bia WATCIT.) OXFORD, X. a fancy- nonuay such as , Silver wsire. - Watches, Clocks, Toyft, Fancy Coofds, Vases, &c, tc. f . V . SPECTACLES. I lej; Jias spectacles for; thet old folks. Call and see him, he has old Santa Clans on exhibition. LVuniittance fi-e'e. deelatf . . ' Attention ! Great Dargaliw for Cash Pnrcliaserg JNO. W HUNT, : X ?Ma!tf Street, " OXtUD; x: C. V; ,V" Has f o r -1 h e?: II o 1 i d ay 5 ' CAKES, - - - ; " CANDIES, CRACKERS, aud FANCY ARTICLES lie also keeps on hand the best CKilAfts: T011ACC0 AXD SNJUFF , ou the market. - Among tlie substantial he, luu Flour, Fis Axle. Grease, Hats, and various other articles too numerous io mention. Call and examine ins. new Vtock; ;'i r w V deelStf CLOSING QIT STOCK. .' : '-j j f . - ,; v'j Having determined to'clpse Lonjpur stbek ; . of Goods, we arc now offering - : : GREA02 BARGAINS . In every Hue 6f goods; anil escecially in Dress Goods,' Trlmmlog, . . Clbbons, Motions, Vi S J Cats' and Caps, Etri' Etc. HYe invite your .special .and early atten-ti-ju to our Stock of Goods, Now . tv is the, time ; ,r n -t :-T'6 BVTG oojy's cheap J .TTr iTII his dealings with Santa Clans v '.i.y.T... has succeeded in pijrchasin'g many T fancf Holiday Gifts a id Bridal Presents , :WE MEAN WHAT JVE SAT , keT9iii -. : .... Oxford, X C. ;'"t:r4'-2sts ;WalKng ;cn 'the Sea.3 On Jife's sea in Morm tossid weather. -, ?3Iid the gloom and dark of iiight, .r When the wind and warps together Blot. tfieJliatbor from'otTr sight ; s When our little ba? k is tossing And we know not how 'twill be, 'Ti3 then the Xazarene comes crossing, U -Walking tward3 us on the" sea. ( Then.the black clouds part asunder, -. , And .the. storms no morejdivide ; While the rolling, rumbling thunder v Makes no more a terror - tvide ; When our dearest hopesshall wither, : Oh, Thou Man of Gali'leeJ ' 'Turn tli ,watchf ul footsteps hither, ' Come; Thou walking on the sea. ' 'x - . :- -. i ... i When the mists of dath are falling," And life's yoj-age' all is uiade, We f-.hall hea.r the Saviour ealling : I It is I, be not afraid." :h t V Life Is short and time is tleeting,' Ever watchfuHet us be, Till wq hear our Master's greeting Meet us walking on the sea. The Close of the Year, BY POLLY PEPPER. ;' - . - i ; '- t v' -' ' ' , , . The days have come aud the days have gone , the months have passed away, second by second, tick by tick ; and now we stand on the crumbling vcrgot the old; rr:,v:.'" 1 z. - 1 . oiner. so near as on ine niirnt oi the 3lst of December at 12 o'clock. While the clock is on (the stroke r of. twelve and we are oii the divid ing line between the old and new year, standing as it 7 were; in the brilliant light of the present, with one foot on the brink of a dying past, .and one on the verge of a dim future, the , three great tenses seem to float up to each! other aud render the round of Time com plete.. The spheres roll on. The past -fades aw,ayl - The - present glides along with us. The future, revealing' through its jmisty veil the " outlines of airy, castles, still recdec'es'avwe a3vancel:- -On glides the barque! of life up on its eventful; voyage down the I stream ot time to. t lie; snoreiess -ocean of eternity. Through bright davs and through dark, through sunshine and shadows, the barque moves along bearing us still on ward. Kow bright angels are our companions, and wave. their shin in e: pinious over us : ithen like birds of fliglit they vanish, leaving darker spirits to accompany us alorig: the chequered journey of tlftc. Dull Care sits beside' us with paie Ajnei, ana, sorrows over shadow lis with their wings. The aiigel of Death -hovers near.-1 But the skies brighten. The , gentle nanirrrs of Consolation and Hone administer lo .me wounaeu soui, and the spirits of darkness return to their gloomy abodes, j Now we pass along by rich: fields where the fruits are ripe aud the vintage I inviting ; and by meadows bloom- variegated gems. " Fain would we pause and luxuriate, butthe stream of iime.flows on. 'flows ever, and ere, we nave tastea tne tempting treasures of the Iand,Se are borne tar i .beyondi themt Theydie en shriued like a. dream of beautv in the never returning past, while we strain our eager eyes to pierce thejmisty shroud tliaenwraps the ever; flowing prospects t6fhe future. " :'-1 'ff T On wrard, still onward, through the spring- of childhood, fresh and fair with the dews'- and budding promises of . the morning of life Onward ; throrigK the su mmer of vouthhoo'd, fiowerv and fragrant vith the odor of the elixir of life. ;Ott'tliT6ughsthe-au hood, Howcrless,' but rich with" the iruus: oir iapqr. and c prosperity PftntTjr4cet .-winter -of asrel h'en.wilhalbbec vaiaif yqu the snu of life is lowon the horizon of the world. "Wlicn bnds, flow ers and fruits are . gone "ahd'tHe night, 01 death 13 cominjri"oh. When bis hair 13 white .wit Ii tliel frost of age.v When Hope has 1 bidden him adieu, or lingers only j to point out the light which gleam like stars in the" night upori tlie j distant plains of Heaven. 1 The last "sad i scene closes -in. I The frail barque of life, beaten by : the storms of veArs. is brokeniand !. fthntfpfofl ;- Ai it tvwMuv i4a eternal ocean it sroes down withaiolir-yomiS 1 1 mi . . -i .-. ! mrcti.. ine attenaaut s ' vanish in the gloom. The disappears behind the .cloifds. The mortal shell, the casket ' of the living soul, sinks beneati 1 the j waves, inc. spirit leaves it, as the hnttorfltr ihn abpll nf hprr-Vrr-'! salis, and enters" that' mysterious "bourne from whence no traveler returns," and into which no mor tal eye can piercev - 1 Thus life fleeth like a f shadow and passeth like a tale that is told, and man goeth to his long home where the weary are at rest and the wicket cease from troubling Such are some of the sad 'and solemn thoughts that hover around me, seeking utterance and speak ing in the funeral dirge of the dy- h - . g -v r:we, 1112: vear. Ana ! ere we sav rare come the come the new with festive joys, -rlet us. ask ourselves it we are a year wiser and better, as well as a year older. If we have improved each golden hour as it passed. If w;e liave endeavored to conquer "en w,' hatred and malice, and all i uncharitable ri ess." If we have been generous to the poor and just to all? Let us w'eigh ourselves in the balance of self-examination, and if we find" ourselves - wanting, let; us mark out-a better "and no bler course for the coming vear. Let ijs greet it with noble resolves to. -grow better and wiser as we grow older, that when at last our shattered barque of life goes dowii in the gulf of Death, some friendly hand may mark the spot, and write this noblest of epitaphs upon our tomb :. s : . . ' "HE did not live in 'VAIN." Oxford, X. C. ; j Hark ;Twain's i Adventure. : ' I got into the cars, took a " seat in juxtaposition to a female The females face was a perfect life in surance company ; to her. It j in sured her against ever getting married to any person except a blind man. Her 5 mouth looked like a crack in a dried lemon, and there was no more expression in her face tbam there is 'n in a; cup of cold custard. She" appeared as if she had been through one fem inine and 'got two thirds of rthe way through another. She vas old enough to; be a great grahd- mother to Mary who had a little lamb. The was chewiuff prize pop corn and carried in her hand a yellow rose, while a baud-1 box and cottou umbrella nestled j by her side. I couldn't eruess wheth- she was a mission: of charity: dr.; going' west to. -. start a saw; mill, .... : . . . - -'- .: 1 was full of curiosity to.hear her speak, sol said: The exigencies ot tne time repuires circumspect tioii in a person who is traveling.! " W hat V I say s she vThe orb of day is resplendent ; in the vault above," says I., , She - twisted a round uneasily, and then., raised her umbrella and said : "I don't want any of your sassl git out!" And I did get b­t-r- : The true epic of our" times V is hot' arms and the man,- but tools and the mauan infinitely wider dud of epic.v .- - ;'. 4 Early to bed and early to rise 1 advertise. . : L OTJS T0v71T. ir:.x.or. , ifj. . , , ' lhere! va3 a time wnen .ine t swelling soul or an American ? reached its full proportions while standing by a furrener," talking j about "our country." Why havn't we 118 much right to boast of "our i town" as the revolutionary patriot id ot rna country Uur town ! vvill compare lavorably with any town 01 it size. ILS. true some ot men , like some of our pirits isaKy nouses, snowa xenaeucy io e stmihgbt and mildew on account ot 1 1 1 1 1 a 100 mucn moisture, uccasioiiany some bid foggy 'suggests that the drvin" process of a little morasuii- snine wouia improve inem. some Of them HTQ ' bojS of geiUUS, jopld make their mark had they mrc scope for the exercise of their j faculties. They can take, a top- ueavy counxryman j mat, nappeus iu ue iei over in .iujyh unci viairv, and so effectually - disguise him that on his arrival home his wife would have to put -on her spectacles to ascertain whether he was the man that left her house the ' day before, or one of the "ne w issueVSome artists work by sky light, . but the darker the . night the better our boys can paint and varnish the pictures. Some of them are a little fastidious in their notions, - and sometimes- become a little provokingly wrild in the exhibitions of town pride. " They seem to think our town constable is too ancient in his ideas of arch iticture, and whenever he builds a bridge across a ditch or the sidewalk, instead of hurting his feelings'-by complaining of- the rude Structure, they will go of a. dark night and give him a modest hint by removing it. If the streets have not been properly worked, or are a little uneaven after a rain, at their own expense they get ropes and tie them across the sidewalks to warn ladies and geh tleman coming from the churches, reading ' clubs. &.'. : that ; there is uanger aneuu. j?ur this "art of politeness some captious relicts of a nother generation have suggested that they ought to be honored with a "rope, dauce" above terra fir mi'.' Some 'who attend our churches, reading chibs, tableaux, &c, have hinted that they think ' . . - the chasms created f by torn' up bridsrss ' and -cross-ties on - the streets, are more dangerous to the limbs of home-bound ladies and gentlemen than the antique ap pearance of the : side bridges and little uueavenness of the side ways. But" our polite; tasteful, night police do not see it in that light:' T I ' 1 various opionions are enrenaiuea with! regard to their over-pplite-ness in tryiner to modernize our town bv forcinsr the town "consta- !-ble to build bridges according to j their otionsVof -mmetary and j heautv. Some think a fellow that will; i tear up an old fashioned oriuge, anu precipitate a iauy, on her way home at night, into a flopivnnd mnddv diteh nnolit to have the "bruise" "of his nosej vvu ... " . f .- y - - . broken by the gentleman that! ........ -: ' - - . Ikiiidly eseortedher.; Other think in addition to our reading! and other clubs in town, we ought to organize a "hickory, club" , for the I special benefit of those who vol nn teer thur services in - erecting dangerous chasms' and placing' ob structious across the side ways of our; town. f -While some think our constable , might display,,- more architecturalskill, we sdo notthink our polite" regulators vill make themselves many friends by sneak mgiyi i acmonsmng tne oiu cross wa3'Sy unless they '.kindly :; place more beautiful, and; stonger ones i in their place.. Now boys, let me rjiv to rnii.. it vnn rintrr. hk-i the don't j gtyle oburtbwri -Imdgesr don't i SUi and I will; bet 4 dollars' -they f :f ftnko them awav nt moht.. Bv soifilUt better than we do ours.", doing, you -mighty cripplqyptir mother pij her,retnrn frpm a visit to a. sick ineua. lonr-iatner, rotlier of sister miht be the un: suspecting-victim 5 of yonr, sport, And, furthermore; don't be guilty ot- an act of mf anness you would be afraid -town, the recollection Qf Yhich might: bring a) tinge of shama o'er, your cheeks, in ober years. , .Your father, ! mother and sister love you, act in a 'mariner to excite 'their' admiration, coiifi dence and esteem. bv exhibitiilEr ; the manly traits ot a noble nature, Uct worth pfthe christian ;pareiits . ' ' - C7 that nourished and caressed you.; Go'with your sisters to the house of Gpd,: aiid by your gentlemanly demeanor evince to others - 'our appreciation ot church privileges, christian surity and the teachings of yourkind and anxious: parents. x may.nnu(ie our. town ;again. if neccssan', with gloves off. Oxford. D:n't doit. Don't linger, .where I .your love lies dreaminsr,' but wake her-" up and show her how to cret break-i fast. ! '" I I ' Don't turn up your - nose at light things. 5 Think of bread and taxation'.-' r " ; ' ' : ;v-" ?;: '1 - c Don't insult a poor.: man. His muscles may beweii developed. . Don't put on airs 1 in your lie w. clothes. . Remember 1 that : vour tailor is suffering. '. - Don't standi still and point the way to heaven Spiritual juide boards,' save but few sinners. - ' V . Don't ask your pastor to preach without nptes.' How ; else. can he pay his' provision ' bill ? -1 Don'tjilret; - The 1 world? .will move on as usual after you . are srone.- j Don't be too sentimental. A dead heart, properly cooked will make' -a J savory mealj v Don't write - long I obituaries. Save some of your kind; words for the livinsr ''' I ;r v " " ' Don't depend - altogether on Spauldirigs . prepared f glue; It will not.meiid a broken promise. The. Penitentiary Crowded, -We are furnished' with reliable ! statistics cf the- number t of con victs in our penitentiary.! On the 31st of October- they numbered J 455 strength.. -To-day tbeyr num ber 528 They : "have increased more than eighty in a little 'over a month, arid are still coming in at the ratio of two ; and a fourth pemlay. What shall , be : done with them.. There are so man v they : can't all be : ' worked. vThey arc: now packed Hike i sardines twcjitor thirty sleeping together in a room, and present a nice promise of disease and t pestilence for the coming summer. . Why can't we build our railroad' with convict labor ? - The State ofGcpr- I gia hasn't a single convict in her nnsonv bhc works tnem. on rjier railroads, and her I dividend from I . ... . i ' - 1 these roads is nearly enougni. to .i - i At pay au tne expenbes ux inu. oimci It seems to us' there is a chance here for some really useful and practicle legislation.- Raleigh Sen- iltieL I - J Billings says: "When we come to thiuk there ain't onl the, face of the earth even one hat - too mu cb , and there hairi'tr beerii since - the daze of Adam, surplus mukeeter5, egg laid by acksident, :. .we can formisum land bv an ihdee how little we know and -what 'a poor job wq should make ov lt runnui the machinery-of creation.- . Man iz a phool enny houy and the Best of the joke' iz, He don't seem tew kuo it.i -Uatshave a destiny - to - , , 'American 'TTcadsfs.' p .The. great et catonst in Jthe jfbrld is ibe, fli 1 Is .oTNiaraJ neifr ockct, jY-," wher .the.water from the great upper lakes ( lonrw ; river 6i tlirecnartcrara niilp . fewidth, ahd thcri, bciiig sudden- . iw contracted;1 cplungea x)ver J thd ricks in two columns,' tothc. deptl i .; ol one hoiidred and jsevpiity teet SThe ir neatest cave in the world ij theIaniinothCarein fKeit- tfteky,fwher6 any; oiie V may -hiake voyage on thevaters ot -a subter rHnpaii river, and catch fisV that apT withontcyes.' r ; IfThe greatest nter M the world f ithe Alisissippi,'four "tlKusatid cf hundred 'miles'toii"' i v v; '"$lfe largest' val ley i n " 'thV woriU isthe ''lyalley,1' off.;,tho;;Mjiirjpr,.' Ipcohtnins fivc htendred thonsand : steare miles, arid is ' oueojf i tli6 hst fertile and prolific regions 'of t3;globe.s 5 i -i. 'ti'V 1 'Vf :The greatest city-, park. ii thp. wvjrld is in. Fhiladelpbia. Ii It con tans ove2?000 acres ? ; ' Srite jrrea test grai ii port - in J ttio. wgrld is Chicajjp.i he largest lake in the world ia Lke Superior, which is truly -an inand. sea, being four ' huudred anjl thirty miles ioug, and ono thnsand ieet deep.; 'M. :: yA ne longest- raiiroau1 in ina Id ia tlie Pacific Railroad, over rones .in lcngtn. . - .i i .fhe greatest natural . bridge, iu thl world is the Katiirnl Brido, oy& Cedar ; Creelc, in -Vlrginiai It j&terida across' a chasm .'.eighty fei in width, arid two ' hundred am fifty feet iii depthMhbofc toc of which. the reek ffdws; .' jf lie greatest iriass of solid iron ie world is the Iron Mountain of -flissou rir It is " three huudred' ari fifty feet high, .and twb mile:! iriircuit,?- ;is.; .r-:'y,;: '-,.1 " - l.i-3 1 Sloth. , 'A .. bth.wiil cat tho core out!;.6v enuy man Jk envelopes, like ; a dream and eatp like a kariker; 4 i :rr; " If destroyed more liotKis'. 'than migSbrtnne hazand whareveiMt settles lcav.es its niarkJie a kloud at liooii-day , -; ? : 7 Sloth is a syren, and - he who . lisiiris' to her sonirs will wako' tin to jspair.-Ab5A BiltingsPl M h ragged, ibrlbrulookiugtir- chm entered a store' in New Or- leaifs recently, arid, addressing the; nififehau t piteously f asked a nick-1 le'H get niv'' "mother a - loaf of brtiad-i-please,sir."t .a '-Sj joyial. uiehbor, also a. merchant with, a slyfiwirikle in his eye, thinknig tb, hag a joke with the bbJTprodu ceda 'nickfe and -saitl :' "ly - 5sorii' thinickle -1 worked for; '-iipwr wlflt will you IXq W it ; ; Quick as , thought the bov twehf iown'into his, f clothes' and ' pfodticing a nijjiiie exciaimea: 1 u matcn our sir MX a recent meeting of; a socic-V ty gi York, -composed . of men f'rbih'therEmera)d Isle, a member mipe the Mlo wing motion : ycvhite hofloiVof the ould flag." ; ; ?-v. n wlthy. Israelite to his hopefuls who had, asked, for ;a .nickle, "X. dolft mind f de' valuebf de fifo sbets ; but shustdmk yot "de in- teitpri dot surn'TOuld be in von htidrjpdryparsv'r ?ditey : Smith ;said that td do; arihiug iu this world worth do-; iu wejnust not stand back shiv eri8s and thinking : of tha . cpldT anpdau crfemble through as well -as - wo can) ' . WOT 3,C10O ! ....... - r - - "t " ' . r-. : r - .... a t-"- -. : v.. -yy i : ' r. -. ; M : . - . -;-., - : . ... . ; ?
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