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I v. ' i ' - - - r v t ESTABLISHED IN 1873- WITH 8TE4DY FLAME WIT STrtlVC TO C".?1E, 8I OO PER ANNUM ADVANCE VOLUME XV. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, ; WEDNESDAY. JULY 13, 1887. NUMBER 3. m :-. i i i lit A . 1 f 1 1 - 1 i . m u - .- A Midnight Experience The stars looked down on the elnnv berirg town As softly to bed last night we crept; He hod yelled his fill, the house wan still . And we knew that the little tyrant slept. , So glad! Bat we stubbed our toe 'gainst the crib, and lo I A yell of twenty gi lung power The st illness broke, for the tyrant woke j . And we walked the floor for an other hour. " So mad 1 Boston Courier TflKST. BMMAEOH Absolutely Pure. i ! - - U This powder never; varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economi cal than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate Sold only in cans. Royal Bak ing Powdeb Co., 106 Wall St., N. . ; ' j A. W. ALLEN, j Attorney and Counsellor at , Law. j OXFORD, N. C. . Practices in the Courts ofGranvih nnil atlioiuinir counties, and the Su preme court at Raleigh.! CsTOfficein court House jel5 i HOMAS W- CANNADY. i ATTOHNEY AT, LAW. I I , Oxford, N.;C. : Prflctirps in the ; courts ol Granvil e and adjoining; coun ties. apl2i-l2m. H IKES' IMPUOVED Packace. & centa. makes 5 sraUona of a rteliclona Kparkiiue, temperanoe beverage. Strengthens ml Dunfies the Wool. Its puritT anl lelicacT recommend it to all. Suld by al' druggists and storekeepers. A TRAMP AHD A DRIYS . OVER THH CATSEILL ' MOUNT AISS CMs 83 Cud a new and suc cessful cure at vour own home by one who was deaf tweny-eight years. Treated by most of the noted specialists without bene fit. Cured hiii.self in three months, and Eince then hundreds of others. Full particulars on application. T. a PAGE, No. 41 West 31st St. New York City. CURE DEAF FOR THE Patont Tmnroved CtiRhtooed Ear Drums Perfectly Restore te Uearing, no matter wbetd er deafness is c useJ by colds, leTers, or injuries to the natural drums. Always In position, but Invisible to others and comfortable to wear Musle, conversation, even whispers heard dis tinctly. We refer to those using them. Send for fllustraied book of proofs free. Address F. H1SCOX, 949 Broadway,??. Y. - mm ?tm 3et Cm for Ottos . ljinj, Asuun, rvOon. Inward LUUUXKio. ito-:u:ifih i- w (It powr o-nr diM unscu t otiir ''r11' hH new lifrand streH to ...'d 65. hi rag MARVELOUS nn M DISCOVERY. Wholly unlike artificial systems. Any book learned in one reatliug. - 1.1,1 hi -vrrk Tin. Hichard Proc- torttecienU, Hon V. W. Astor. Judah P. . . i t;j-.-,. tJ. rijK!vi nf -2oS each at Tale: 4MtTJniverUy of Penn. Phil., and at Wel- T--i..i. Prmiruvtna mvr ntKETfrom pwnw fintSETTE. iBl Fifth Ave., New York. The Rock Upon -Which Rip .Van WJnkle fclept-A Moun- 1 taineer's Xnrrative of Ir Ting Famous Legend The Bones ol Kip's Dog Still Hanging from a i : Tree. . : N. V. Star. Amoxo the Catskills, June 29. That great family of moun tains c died the Alleghanies has a home 100 miles wide and 1,300 long. It reaches from the eas tern valley of St. Lawrence River to the north line of Alabama. It is composed of a series of lofty land waves, with now and then a billow tossed into mountain peaks. The catskills are one county of this great evolution of rock and fire. They stand ten or twelve miles from the Hudson River, these toy Alps of the Alleghanies, for the are distinguished Irom the great er part of the mighty range t which they belong hy their Swiss like peaks and dizzy cliffs. " j It was lor awhile thought tha; these mountains contained largo measures or coal, out mis was found lo be a mistake, 'and they became a gold mine filled with nrecious metal ior the intellect and the heart, spangled with dreams and legends, inferpersed with natural landscape gardens and rich with observatories, from which can be seen the emerald jewelry of several diffeient States. As our; Hudson River craft came yesterday . in Bight of the blue ranges ! that smiled at us a few miles in the distance, it was evident that there was trouble in the C ttskills. The ghosts of the Dutch enpin players who walk through every visitor's fancy were having one of their most brilliant games, and making a ten-strike; every half minute. The.tops of the mountains were being bombarded by bhafrs of fire. Fleet after fleet of bluesflagged thunder cloud? came sailing to ward us out of the western coun try. A wall of. white fell in a second between hs and the mys tery land for which we were battle had left creeping down, the hillside. "To make this illus ion. more perfect small bits of sun burst through a 'cloud rift and painted miny of the3e misty creatures blood red. A mile and a halt up the road we catne to a frame building two and a half stones tall. Bv the side of it was a little hut of a sa loon. "What is this?n we asked of the driver. liip House," said the driver, preparing to give the eager colo nel a drink. "Place where Kip Van Winkle slept for twenty year. - You'll see the. rock he alep. on-rjast npbnek the house .thar.' . The proprietor of the establish ment now came to the door, and looked so full of information con cerning the affair thai: I am not ashamed to say Iwe'nt down the States; and next morning onpurpose to ask him about it. He is a dark man, with large, strong mustache, and a deep, convincing voice. He was already, engaged in conver the valley gulf below fof every! sixty years. - From such a plate as this, we gaze, and know the reason that the Indians, whose imagination crept into many of j their names, called the Catskills "The Mountains of the Sky." It is like looking irom that chariot ot the air, a balloon; a leaf of God's great atlas lies before you. A POBM-IH-PROSS Robert O. IngerlP Tribute to Henry Ward Beecher. Index-Appeal, .'j r Among the tributes ! to Henry Ward Beecher there is one from Robert Ingersoll. He' starts out with the statement that Henry Ward Beecher was born in a Pur itan Penitentiary, of which his Tus i:r i I MS1A ft n 4m ' lAft1 . w ! wahw I 1 rrr. i-iiuj After 9 icu ui wiq nli-l.-rt U,t.M W low. men nan a score 01 miles, . ,. .jt WtCl LUAJIV A XitlUiCfB 1H11U. through many, & spire-crowned contin- Through grated windows of his vUlage, Wilt shows you thesil- u glimpaea Qift oirter ver gleaming Hndsoiu It takes .251 A i7LLLiv.. ,xt sation with a sad-looking man from New Jersey, and I had noth ing to do but sip a fifteen-cent glaes of lemonade and listen. saying, "this Van Winkle used to live down here to Cstkill. He was consid'ble on the hunt, an become up that valley down there one day, an' met a lot o' Dutch fairies, with whisky kegs, an'Toffered to help 'em bein of a kind disposition to everybody but his own folks an they give him a drink, an' he dim' up on to that. rock, an' slep' there twen ty year in one nap. 'Fore he turned in he hitched his tlorg to j that tree thar. An the tree it growed an' it growed, an' when he woke up there was nothin' left o the dorg but a bunch o' bones an' a string. An' there's the bones now.' There were cer tainly some bones hanging to the branches of a tree, some ten or fifteen feet high, where no one could reach them. "But excuse me, sir," said. the sad-looking man from New Jer sey, drawing an opera glass from his pocket, "but I am -a butcher, sir. and 1 hose look very much like beef benes to me. 'Maybe you know more about it than the history does'." said the proprietor, testily. "I tel just as it's told to me. If you can improve on it, why go ahead that's all." The sad-looking man improv ed cn it by buying a cigar, and then said to the mollified Boni face: "I am a little puzzled over a statement that I have found in this new guide book, which is to the effect that Mr. Van Winkle took his sleep in another valley, hear bv here." And he showed him the paragraph. This seemed to be the first time that the keeper of Rip's well ven vex gleaming Hudson Tt takes you sailing up. and down that fa mous 6f ream for sixty miles; it leads you over to the east' bank and far inland: it takes von nn I ' . . . n here came a tour mrougn ; several amerenr. all this time you have not moved a step from the brink of the American Bight. We walk two mile?, past two beautiful lakes, 'and come to the famous falls of the Cat skill, Na ture and mechanics are here in parterslup. Ab the stream runs out of the lakes toward the cliffs where it is to perform its great jumping act it is held back by the construction of a dam, and told to wait until somebody comes to look at it. -Wher the visitor ar rives he is invited to register his name and deposit twentyrhve cents to the credit of the enters past is deadthe future still un born. He occupies with down cast eyes that narrow line of bar ren, shifting sand that lies ..be twean the flowing seas." .'But Genius knows all time.' For him the dead all lire and breathe and act their countless parts again All human life is in his now, and every moment feels the "thrill of all to be : ; ' " No fine can overestimate - the good accomplished by this mar velous, many-sidod man. He tried to civilize the church to nrt- nuouze the creeds, to gotten m- thoughts iwere in -Tiia brain -new cates the unresisting but inde-1 tion of how bright he will make strnctible avid, and as she labors i her future life follows. To his oui breasts of stoae, to takV thti f earlrom- meilfrs' httsv4h chains of creed frcro very brain, hopes within bis heart. , Anoth-, us fBM" Vi u ' et heaven bent above hia life.' and ver eyery grave revelation of the ACKea orr every ae,m- beatiful and real. UWogy A ii . law of love, he wavered not, but grew mean and small, j , ia i. a Nature woOedr and; won nnd(lu"Ufc """i0 lT Tn saved this mighty 80uL v 4i ;, ,.- t,n Her countless hands were fow-: "V" "7 ing seeds within his tropic brain. Duvau All sights and sounds all colors asnsr- . , . forms and fragmentswere siored ! He ped from harsh and cru -within the treasure of! his mind. e? crffdf ' thafc rene Plnloso- ti;d ,fo ara AJ w py inai nas no Piace I the graceful ourves of streams, I Vtt aH1a efnn JiVir n -Vi A onrn m m .. v i w iiaburj niiaiiuiuu Mix iixjo nuiu prise, lnen : ne is aamittea .... ..ml l f. , ..... . , , Jmei pools like statues. of oontent. through a little wicker gate, and ... .. 1 J w V J J - AAV A J WOO TV 1VU1U i JLAAS TT V1WO allowed to climb down down .. ... . ., , A down any nflmber of rickety J Ue spirit of the reasons ..it.-. 4. i u change of everything that is, of otonc until. rCk to o r loct v r till I T - OLVLC7. UUii AAV XSJ I U AUO U A V A A I - (1 1 T V 1 LA ll view of the chfrs over which the . , . ., , I oln w hftMv w rArt1n lhArhnll.atiraIr- water is to make its leap. When ,.' .. i . , .and devious paths that man has cueu uy tno nuiii inui, uaio ... , , . , by winding paths in wood?, the charm of quiet country roads, and lanes grow indistinct with weeds and grass by vines that. cling and hide with leaf and flower the crumbling walls decay thus conscentric semicircles in close her mouth like brackets arouqd interpolations, and she is for the time being voiceless, for the "gulick, gulick, gulick " that is borne to the ear is not a voice note, but merely suction caused by the teeth entering and leav ing the chetf ing gum. - Anybody who has heard a -: cow walk through a mud hole will under stand the sound attempted in the description. -It is said . that the Macon girl, before - she took to gum, , was the sweetest little creatwro-ineohe world, and no one rever; thought enough about her tongue, after catching -aightof lips and eyes,' to notice what she did with it. Jf erhapa she will re form some day. - We shall see. Courtship la llnsala. i I will tell you a story of love- making of Russia, of which I will endeavor to draw a peri picture and show ray American ! readers that the young men and maidens of aiy country are in no rise dif ferent Irom those of other and more favored crimes. They are, that looks on sin as stumblings perhaps, a little more demonstra of the blind and pities those who tive, less given to concealing the fall, knowing that in the 3onIs of feelings ol the nearr, ana less in all there is sacred vearning for clined to regard money as a nec- - " I . . . . light He eeased to think of man essary considerauon in the set- as something thrust upon the Uement of heart affairs, j W hen wnrlil. an awilo. frnm nmp nthfiTi a Russian mrl loves, it is with . TT Ol lwn niklA riAO f r Awf G TT scere. lie ieit at last mat men u uuic hmh, uci uto are Dart of nature's self kindred mounts all obstacles, i speaK of all life the gradual growth of from experience. countless years; that all the sa cred books were helps until out- errown - and all religions rough he is at last comfortably seated, and ready for the exhibition, the old miller of silver grists at the top of the cliffturns a small wind- ass crank which hoists the gates, aUU bllV 11WU V-V I AA VO V.VvCA I VIV 1 U j 1 - ong enough for you to witness it j s and issue the proper number of admiring exclamation points. Then the old miller lowers, the gates, lights his pipe and muses until your return upon the folly" of the human race. -To a ques tion as to whether he thought that his peculiar meth ds of ex hibition might bo i introduced at Niagara, he replied that he wasn't quite certain .'bout that; he nev- er'd be'en out Niag'ra way. When asked, with such breath as one has on hand after getting back to him, as to how many times he has witnessed these falls which he manipulates, he replies, weari ly, that he was down there about thirty-six yeafs ago, and hasnt cared to go since. . ..... But our first full day at the Catskills is done; we come back dreams "of heaven's blue and feel the amorous kisses of the sun and that strange tomb wherein the alchemist doth givja to death's cold durt the throb and thrill of He saw loving eves, the wil lows of the meadow-streams grow red beneath the glance of spring the grass . along the marsh's edge, the stir of life beneath the withered leaves the moss, below the drip"of snow the flowers that give their blooms to the first south wind that woei the sad and timid violets that only bear the gaze of love from' eyes half closed the ferns, where fancy gives a thousand forms with but a single plan the green and sun ny slopes, enriched with daisy's silver and the cowslip'8 gold. . As in the leafless wbods some tree aflame with life stands ; like a rapt poet in the heedless crowd, so stood this man amonghis fel low men. L j worn with weary feet in' sad and painful search for truth and peace, lo him these paths were vivid imagination every thing is rainbow hued, and in a language so poetical as the Russian it is grand and impressive' to hear this suifor of the daughter hand pour fotth his torrent of eloquent words. j ' . The mother listens attentively to the burning, soul-stirring lai. guage,apparentlyweighingindeep thought all he says, looking occa sionally at the presents presented to her.and which I mccVfear are the key which unlocks the door of her heart She finally gives, a rather nwillinj' assent, with the proviso if the . father 'is willing. This is a needless precaution on hef part, for as a rule the father is only too willing to ease hi m telf of the burden of a daughter's support. ! : Bat you will ' naturally ask where the poor victim is all this time. '-Why 1 in the next room, of course, where every word ut tered by her lover fallslike sweet music on her ears, due under stands her mother's tactics, and yet it must, bewith trembling heart that she awaits the sealing' of her fate. ; - ; ' ' . All premliminarles . arranged between mother ani lover, the daughter is called into the room to receive the parental blessing, instead of which she kneels to her mother, praying not to be taken from her. She describes the beauties of her virgin life,and declares 6he has no wish to change it, prefers her freedom to all else, and' begs that her mother will not make for her the hated red petticoat, which con stitues the principal portiou of the wardiobe of every peasant bride. The daughter pleads, the and seeks to AlCbmfih'C6!d- t 'cited th beginning of serloiu affWj tiona bt lb Throat, Bronchial Tube, tod Lnngt.' Therefore, Utf hnportaace of Mrly Bad tffeettY jtrettJneilt cannot M TMtotbnated. Ajttt Xtoettf TeclorJ star alwaya be relied upon tor the tpeedy eorlsCoMorCoia. ; i J. t iMt Jaaaarr I waa attacked with a erere Cold, which, by neglect and fre- auent txporares, oecarae worm, 2w an my lann. A terrible cough aooB followed, accompanied by pains i terrible eouga panted by pate " t rhMt. from which I wiffered Interisetyr , 'After trying Tarioua reniedlea, wlthoot r '--f obtaining relief, I commenced taking yarr CWry Peotoral, and waa .i . , . ' Spttdily Cured, r. ; " I aa aattafiad that th!a retiMdy aaTea my , v life. Jno. Webater.PawtuckaVfir-i. 1 I contracted a acTera eoW, which ; :', Senly developed Into Pneumonia, prevent? -lor danrerone and obstinate, ijmptawi Uy-kyalelaa A wwiered tbe uae t,. "VV AyeK Cherry Pectoral. Hta lnatrncUori'- wen ivltoweu, man uw rcvum fx and permanent cure. H. . Suapeoa, Borers Prairie, Texaa i .:. . .- t Two yeara ago 1 lufferetf frera-a mtw ? Cold which sealed on my Lubga. - 2 con -suited varioua physicians, and took the medlcliiea they prescrloed, out reeerfea ontr temrjorary relief. A friend induced waa r;it, re il toral to my children, and consider tt " ; . Tht Bett Remedy ' fbr Colds, Coaghs, and all Throat and iAirur dleaae, erer ond In my family.-f Bobert Ysnderpool, Meadville, Pa. , Soma time ugo I took t slight Cold, whkh. being neglected, grew worse, and nettled on my fungs. f had ja backing cough, and waary weak.- Those who. knew moibest-eonsidered my UXe to b -tn great .danger. I oentlnucd to suffer, antu I commenced using AtertCherry PectoraL Less than one Bottle of thU yal vabta medieuM cared me, and I feel that 1 owe the presenrauon of tny life to its' earatire powers. Jars. Ann Lockwdod, Akron, Hew York. ' ",- Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is coaiidered bare, the one great remedy for all diseases, of the throat and kings, and la mora - tn demand than any other mediolne ot ita class. J. F. Roberts, Magnolia, Ark. . - . Ayer's Cherry Pecforal, rraparl by Dr. J.O. Ayer ft Co LowsD, Maa ""1 Prise Si; sis heulei, aa of success. He knew that all the which tney are supposea to con streams no matter how they wan-j vert into the much prized linen. der, turn and curve amid theUhese pretty young misses pass hills and rochs qj' linger in the the hours in idle gossip until the - li? i r iL : i e lakes and DOols must some time "me approacnes ior iue ara at ui the sterner 6ex. when loavu ajAAv ouwa Tliaao vi'avii Anlarwrrl TrnV Rnul hies to her loom and All there is of leaf and bud, of It 13 the custom of the Russian . a. a 1 young ioiks to meet logeiner oy appointment in the long, stoimy winter evenings, selecting the house of each one in turn Boys and girls come gayly dressed in holiday attire, the latter! carry wrons;. and vet all ffave promise hn8 tlieir iooms and linen thread, mother caresses, " l l"l iL 1 S I X .A.Atl persuaae ner io accept, me over, to whom but a short time before she refused to give her. The mother, wh;le gently stroking the glossy hair of her child, tries to persuade her that after all a vir gin lite is not the most desirable; that God has placed her in this world with a mission which she must seek to fulfill; that she can not always remain at her moth er's side; she must go out from the parent rool,and make a home for herself. many more are said in vindica tion of the life apparently forced upon her. The mother concludes by repeating to the daughter all the lover has told her of his bright hopes for the future, and the sacrifices he is - willing to make -for her happines'. The j: j i 4 i rj: J eh csTla rum! and leads him into daughter finally yields V. under t.; r,ai t i,i , u.r the middle of the circle, then sncu persuasive worus, LAND SALE. By virtue of a mortpaao f xecntea William uaKer anil wire, aiuen me Keto'v 18S6. il recorded in book il, pare oil id the Kerister of Deeds offloe at oxiora, l im ou Monaaj, ,me SMh of Jnly Us, itell to the kieheM bid'1"- f caah, at the conrt house rtuor iu oxforrt. w. u., the trant o( lani sitnaiea in ink Hill V wnaktp. OrSftt-wnty, r. .:., oonnaeo L"' if nt nirtcT mi m "-. . V - . A i and made him patient with the world, and while the wintry snows of age were falling on his head, spring, with all her wealth of bloom was in his heart. - The memory of this ample man is now a part of nature's wealth. He battled for the rights of men. His heart was with the slave TTn fctwl ofrainaf t.Vio OAlfinTi otaao1 DV the VOUUg men of millions banded to protect fair friend to join each one begins to work most earnestly, by which means they seek to impress on the minds of . their lovers their capabilities of becoming good wives and housekeepers; but this feigned industry does not last long, for when the male members have entered th chamber work is suspended, and pleasure begins inviting their them in form- 'A the pirate's trade- His voioe was a circle, mis aone. tney an ahom in singing, alter which one friends were few. He taught the of the girls selects her young gen- church to think and doubt. Ho tleman (moi milio.) my. love, as I t t t. ce j :i I wallra hank-flnr) fnrt.h. oh a n ti n !? a I . . - flowr Ann frnit-of nainted in I . . .. I, ii.v i t homesteaa wr , 7 T , iation's hand. He loved this love n & In wnicu and who it were- a heart the edse of the cliff, 8ect me an.u kUW. u" land of onr. and added r to ;u the guests join. In the song us- ;o More Eye- I NO WEAK MORS 1 J ? W ETKS !! MITCHELL'S EYE-SALTE. A Certain. Sale and Effective Remedy for RORK. WEAK AND IN FLAM MED EYES. Produces Long-8ightedness and Restoring the fcieht of the Old. Cures Tear Drops. Granulation, Stye Tumors, Red Eyes, Mat i ted Eye Lashes, and Pro ducing Quick Relief and Permanent Cure. - .ti. .moinna when used In other maYadieaTsnch as Ulcera. Fever Sores, Tnmora, ' D.nu. mihl or wherever inflamma ""Srt.Y.i Halve mar be used to advantage. Sold by aU druggists, tilntAd bedroom had heard his bound. When we landed at Cat- , , disT)llted. His eves flash skill it was in a flying lase ot b t he controlled himself i gance 1 A mra irlal 1 Vl 51 1 ! - . - i 3 i - 11 ? suoweif, u wo . w-ejj ana laugnea satiricaitj. the old stage line of twelve miles He promptly and heroically cut and a few years ago had been th e oordian knot. presented to the past and a new "Mhat statement's a lie on the stage line established, composed face of it, ' he declared; "for when of glistening iron steeds and com- ye come right down to a fine fortable railroad coaches, bate p'jnt, he didn't sleep nowhar, and dry and peering between But if he did sleep anywhar, he gems of rain drops upon the car 6lep here jus' as much as any widows we rumbled through ana place, an 1 wouldn t wonder 11 a dut of the modern village of Cat- little more." i . , The rock, which is said to nave formed poor old R'p'8 bedstead, is a snug little climh from the road. It is about the length of a to this veteran frovnlafV of" and see the shadows fall over it haPPy cUf!en. of i , . ' .. - . n.. Lo w -.Ia of of blue were known and loved by r-oal milaa . id irmrlnnllv blotteA him. r by the. ink of darkness, and we enter the simpll. home-like ele f. I L He loved the yellow autumn elds, the golden . ' stacks," the orch- wns r1nrv thrmirK.tha vnti.i Holualiv selected she tens ot the the greatest orator that, stood beauty of the lover she has chos- within the pulpit's narrow curve.len' nuW mttCh 8ne ,oves mm? now HnlovAd tnfl' llbArtv of r.Afi she would leave home and par There was no trace of bigot in ent8 brothers, sisters,ana inenas, skill. We p assed in the distance the little Dutch hamlet of Leeds, which Young America calls "an cient." because it is 200 years old We left upon our ri r 3miti 1 f l to a daTS.J fnorfilslliebeit renMdV bon to nc tat CMuwboca and GlMt UpvtalUHUcocB. Alwtt A 14th. . ilodsoo. N. V. tain. I JON BAVftttiaPRE fi v& .... Kralrft. 1MIMIM1 i yfle ht. Mntf mad alddrM. b1!uiiajiton. n. t- MDFILD'S ht a comfortable couch, and hundreds . ' i i . i j u I r ...iA aniA tn qVa a drink monr.r nnusft rnai is ua uuicu u t mi ucuuio o om Drhost with a halter about its here and then lie down and see if r .1 . neck. We caught glimpses ol it maices tnem arowsy, m Castkill creek, shifting its liquid old lady discoverea asngni-ue ciWor down over the rocks, and pression and pointea it oui as at last halted at a wayside rail- probably made by his head lying road depot and found horse there so long. A soner-iaceo: coaches waiting to climb with us thoughtful-looking citizen engag- c onH a half nn themoun- ed in distributing equitamy some frravel that haa been aumpeu a 1 T m I a -1 m en Ar rt 1 1 aTTQ Here is a toll-gate lor per- upon uie roauwajr tuu uun , pendicular turnpikes are not a the 6tory at an.; nroduct of nature, and it costs "He never could lay -it . rrt .u i.t nnn. Trril linnf mnnAir tn ninia mem. liiu oiu iwem-j vcai """ : . . L' u valley mountaineer, who guards nor nothing' over mm, u ir r,Jriv.fivA cents cJtiren. 44 Tain't reason ble. from the driver of a team and The snow would smudder him. five cents from ;any passenger The wild cats would nibble his who may happen to have use for ears. The bears would make a a few pods well filled with pea- meal out. on him. I've heern nnt Vornt1s TTa io also, he 6&V3. this storv for some time goin LA 14 a.- U Vi v j VI in rkiit. in a few soft drinks I 'round', an I've vutu w g? w i there no shelter I . aa - ' , m i ' : 6t our hoieL and dream of happy ooijrn eys to view and hills to 1 "b"74 .. WTfTVnifeTVroit acn-8 nags oi name,-uie more vail conquer, The Handwriting of roe t. ew York Mall and Express. . "The old idea that nearly all great literary geniuses, especial ly poets, wrote poor hands has been exploded thoroughly," said Ha was a brave and and follow him the .wide world over, a As tha song v runs, sne j would follow him across the sev his blood. rtAronn man and on. with tav a mm- o 7 r i ' . t ' i r 1 ereni nanas, 1 piaoetnis trioute would not unless of adamant? -The young people then kneel tn rtunva tliA narAnfal : hleasin?. which is given with a great deal of ceremony. Then the priest is called upon to bestow his bless ing, which is very, beautiful and impressive.' At its conclusion he places a ring oh the hand of each. This1' ceromony is ' called obr.. ttie lands oRrl-tu x&-rJ&' tso acres morcVu WALTER CLAHK, Trustee. . Oxford, N. O, Jane ss, las. - Uel Sale of Town Lot. On Saturday, the 83rd day of July 1937. I shall sell at pablio auction, at the courthouse, in the to n ol Oxford, at 18 o'clock; m., one pair of; mules and a town lot ea Lee 8treet, boaght by, Noah Landia from Iewls a. 8ratb. Said mules and kit wi: be sold as the property of Nov ' ah Laadls, to satisfy a mortgage on same, given by Noah Lsmlls, to secure the payment' thereof, registered la the office of the Register of needs, book No. SS, Page 11. Feb. mti, 188T. 8. U. FU5FF1T, Mortgagee. JuneldttilasT. r ;i g , v,.--. : Notice . -.-SALE OF LA'ND. Statb of Noeth carousa, . : '-Ji .Granville County. -r. By virtue of an execution to rae . ' . f -. directed from the Saperior eoart of ' "r Granville county, wherein J.M. V : MeGeehee -fs plaintiff and William '. ' " V T. Sandfbrd ta defendant, I shall, m ; , ' ; ' ? Cf . Monday, the 1st day of August, 1B87. ; - - , ' l eell at the courtlioue door in the - - - - , i town of Oxford, all the rftrht, title and interest of said defendant, . ' -V lj liain T. Sandford wliich he heia on'; ; , the 28th January, 1887, in a tract of . ;: L land situated ta the county or Gran-'- vine adjoining tne lands or ( josepn Hester, Joseph Knhrht, Benj. Hester. and others to satisfy aaid execution ruideoet. . ' ' " , Jj. rCBUliLOClf.. Sheriff of Granville county. June 9th, 1888. - . ; ; f---, transfigured leaves,-the lender yellow of the -beach,! the won drous harmonies of brown and gold the vines where hangs the clustered spheres of wit and mirth. He loved the winterdays, the whirl and drift of: snow all on his tomb fJ i Robert G. Inqxksoix. mountain?, and rest beneath their shadow, ; where she could enjoy QSOEQIA GIRLS P3CULIAR- her PPi"688 nndisturbed. ITIS3, How Tney Talk in Different Cities, and all About Them. I . Macon Telegraph. ' It is a fact that young ladies in the various communities have He heard tongues, and in some instances - 4 v. n n n n f t A MnAVrAl1 an eAPcri vvuiusu w ,,iv.i. , , He meditated a few minutes and " a- - tM; of the storm, when in the forest proceeded m the same strain "" r ... . . tj. n T desolate and strippedv the brave "Tomimraie, luugar Tin '' -A manv wava of handling their wrote a fine hand. It was rather U1U .& . .f , small, but legible as print. He Tapr?P?fCy.0l8pnn never scrawled, however fast he , r?f. " WrUlCa JJLAO 'HO " " vvvo-w w I - - . - enough to upset his nerves, but , Tr tllv o . I l'a -wcr thtx rmnrmnr. of tn A through it all he wrote .a fair, " " 7 ' , , , -D- i,aj streams.thesignsand lamentation smooth, round hand. Richard 0"0" . ,., ..... I r.. , i.a vinn ti ti j an ina r-w 1J..J . 1 Ul l v j uuw en oceans, or over seven high J seechinv, and is considered even more sacred than marriage itself. The patents off the engaged girl arrange long tables, on which So in turn each eirl selects her ty place the samover and sum. two hmidred w rnw me ueiguwn ui DU,t10 " j Oxford, . C, their rejoicing. The-girl prepares 1 June sth, 1887. tea, the first cup of which rfhe hands to her 'accepted lover, then to her father and mother, - and lastly to each of the guests. This duty performed, she appears to sound' the of na- hum of ofth e sea. voices He loved the shores, unanmity makes a certain move ment characteristic. Peeplewho have sat next to Weslevan Collesre eirls at a nra sicale will bear witness to the fact that their tongue movement is never in extension but vibra moi miloi and leads him into the circle, when the same love chant ing is repeated until all the girls have - made ' their choice. Next in turn come the young' men, who each select a partner and go through the same performance, the whole affair terminating with Notice,- ; V ; o . - , , ; :,'r: :, By virtue of a mortgaged executed -to rue by William Bakery Idated Oo- -tober 84, 1884. as will, appear by reference to book 20, page 160 Regis ter of Deeds office, Oxford N. C, I will on Saturday, July IS, 3887, sell -to the highest bidder, for eash. at , j the courthouse in Oxford, N. . alt -the rmneral right of saldL Waiiam- ; . Raker in the prope;-tv knoVn aa that r; Royster Copper , Mine situated in 1 Oak Hill Township near Blue Wing, in Granvill eoxmty.'N..i. Tfils Mine- -is on the land adjoininsr the lands of Si C. A. Tuck and others, and contain a more CLA.BK, Trustee... ; AND CAlE OP STORB-HOUStt O LOT IN OXFORD. ; ; v : ' By virtue of the powers " vested In ns by the last will and , testament of Robert 1 Hunt, deceased, we snail, on Monday, the 1st day of - AucthjEi lose all batihfulne68, and she Who bidder at - rublie auction,- at tlie .u. tj.-- bnt a short time before bewailed 0-h?W- in Oxford, theone uie uauig w me iwsunuvus - ; - ; . . i nair uuerert owned by said Robert sacic. ' . ' r6V"w . . rf . V V f and even dories in uie cnoice mm At the conclusion of this dance each young peasant escorts the j object of his choice to her home. At these 'gatherings they areas free as the -bird 'of the air, and she has made. To the world she is oblivious, . andi thinks of none but her . loverj upon whom she lavishes all the love of her young endear . i it - A ed poet, perhaps wrote me m,s'l . . f. j, Ikrrv.like the concert of CTenad ,ot vor I heart, showing by every . a -a s : r - ac tkA sun msum mm w ar a " tui uucii luavu - tt uviiiwwv vm. w m beautiful nana oi any ui K-v"fdreeta.- the Intros blackbirds late in the falL mi withonf nv rAWrd te ine term and .caress' how great BUUHm i -i . w i. . . . m . - ' i- A MAr.wnl biVT a ww.vw, -" American poets up w wTwai - . . A.l!fi silent, nlain thfl onlomii It was somewhat like l'-. "'T. srjienaor oi iuu iuui,. uw but ex B, un the Qtner nana, tne Atlanta a thir(j Daxtv When the time girl talks fast, and, as she gasps arrives that a formal declaration years ago. . . i . r i. tTaIaTw eag'scloud for breath-in the periods where is to be made, the youth, accpm- i,. I?,, of molten gold. 'I she iears mierrupnon, tnrusts paid by some meraberormem- even, ami prupcuj oxa. a ( i Vaa - this her tohrrue out to the full length ,.r fam;W who are sun- X XAV7 XV T V V . I . ' - 1 A A j y w. mm- - B- and begins the next sentence posed to, -aid materially . m ob .nuxvu us tuivnu i tflimnff rne narenis' Gouseuu uiu- he mMTIM it's jes' a yarn for them that want3 m this sum mer." He is as gray as one of the mountain rocks, and, I sup pose, as abstemious, lor he claims j out, now, concluded that started by some theater fellows to make money out on. They're, a-actin on it down to Catskili, in a but now, well advanced in years, writes a fine copy hand, as easy to read as print. Some of his best poems are. written in a nana of such neatness and legibility as would put the typewriter to the blush. Mr. Stoddard handles a :!. n.A.l.rii1 jioloririr vni.. William CullenBryantalso wrote J? ff loviner man; One bv one the fetters fell: the with, "and,'' rr Akin era disannearecl.' the sun as a ciaim upon your siwuuuu. shine smote the roof, and on the The dear little Savannah girl a i;yht: afrAamAiT 1 rattles awav uke inlantry in a ILUUXO wA Duuu "h"' " . 1 . ,,,, 1 . i tvnm ortAn doors. He realised pitched battle and intersperses t, T,rtsnair. thelher conversation with .laughter, "v"J- - J- . - . il J 1 vf T'J, 7, .c' ZT5nrowB ner te starless ceed te the home of his lady love and there make known his .wish es to the father and mother. The mother, not at all surprise ed. usually reads the young man the duties and good hand. It was not as beau- blne8i gnant .?V7 nc caao. K.,t creed. Theflewerof i.. nothin' A 8PCtTIO TOR OpjiAirsJisgjSEs Keajaty stad p rrSZTSTHTJATIOIT or If taken earing the CHAKGj? O? LIFE, gres e.Jrir and danger wiil be avoided. & Dii ta i to Woxzx," mailed free. ZsjlSvixlo Em viator Co., Atlanta, Ofc to be a lifelong foe to the,Iiquid theater there. - it s ii . i i a A . 1 1 I M HkMAnM warn ' tnat aruggeu ana immonauxeu amaueup joiu. the famous Van Winkle. 1 told him that I had heard that Having passed saleljr, through a man named Irving started the this portal, our coach horses be- report. gan their weary climbJ One of "Wall, I don't know anybody them was named 'Colonel,' and o that name 'roun' here," he re- RAPmed disnosed to allow the-oth- nlied. scraping the gravel vicious- er one, who was nothing but a ly; "but ..whoever twas ne private, to do all the work. The might're been a be. Dusiness. j verbal arguments which the dri- The Catskili Mountain House, ver continually used with this where the colonel ihd his fellow equine officer were sometimes al- steed finally landed us, isa vele most imothered .by , wounded .ran of hostelries, having looked tiful even as Mr. otoaaaru ., in v- it as fair and legible as the most ",2on hyporcriticalcouldee Bryant's nananung nau uccu Jch disced.. He . . . i J il T rrh I UVV o, & a Deiter uanu mu "'""o" , - v,i tie Utter wa. tetter .at certain 'iJ times than others. John Q. Whit i pity grew Oieart. The filled his saw that Christian's the counts and lost, a m reach the meagre lew pernap: man omw .uu. . shore-a hop.V tier is master of a fine, plain nana - -wncVe hat, like that the printers bless. It is as lT" neither leaf - - nor UUU uuo simple, small ana unassuming as 7 . r . . ., -r liov. m Tjeace. to a, he is, and can be reaaeasuy. jdo. - I 1 Ac AA a III 1 laitt DV Msi w , auinoroi-raoui - Howard Payne, which the serpen A Hires no great and 8 .the dust on con- J' a long lecture on during whiuii "she nWtoTi"' J1'-bewail- u to nave ner ton-j burdens oT biih examinea, ana lets the musi cal member sag in its socket. The girls of Augusta and Al bany are very much alike in many things; among others, in the way they conceal their tongues.' Theygrnile and i"niJ, uur mg ail the ills and epeakiha? os few of the blessings, and ends by declaring her daughter is too young to marry yet, too young to ue given over to the cruel tyran ny of an exacting "husband. She pretere to see her as free, and is her worship for her hero." This change irt th& girl's manner is .l!AA J V. nnvAntc lm i.i1od1j not naiiceu. ujr jxubuw vi gutsv? who continue their tea drinking and gossiping. ; : h r These engagement ceremonies are possessed of a weired and im pressive grandeur, which no pen can describe . in their . realistic beauty.'.....; i The, pretty bit - of hypocrisy practiced, both by mother and daughter the one unwilling to give up her child, tbeother to L,rre. b; liu.infr is a L. Hunt, at the time of his death in tbo store-honae and lot situated In ' the town of - Oxford, at the North", end of Main Street,' adjoin insr the" store of Banky Gee, and the "- Kfnr . bury residence, being the piace now occupied by Williams 4; Fun nan as , a drug store, about 55 feet front by -40 feet bacK from street.-. : At the-' same time and - place and on the ' same terms will be offered for sale in the manner, the other half intere riin, in said property,' owned, by" Hunt.. Terms ooe.t ' 1 balance m twelve inciiis cured by pond and to ' at erpbt per cent, per the time of delivery c v 'Mrs. a D. C. Whttk , D. A. Huht, i Mecutl- "53e28J June 87th, 1887. ' -v Jtr- Be- uitereBt. from- SIOD. . fciCMT.' , Sweet Home, could well have ITvyMeeda ttat coila ned for an inetmctor in pen-1 . lasts.! .aU.V hi lianrlivrihnrr W9S SO I'-dmirable. It was- somewhat too small, if anything, but all the: letters were formed with -. . . ' il 1 I Pf il,?., ..t, ,.o rt a i'..f . I (Ulinm o.nranv " clouds whicu' tne late inunuer juu tuxa ouuid precipiw iULvlBa.wLUb."ww,"','' ; wordsH-1 thought.; He '. impoverished : e man the Chris - heaven are onlv no scope of veabut inadimV cnr. To hun- the ""6ii!i is un) uie sound of a brook running on pebbles hid under ferns and clinsin? wil lows, but not a glimpse of wo man's weapon do thev permit. The Augusta and, Albany . girls many Tery young. woods. All this is bu a custom which mint be observed, so fear ful are they that .the young man might suppose his bride too easi ly won, The suiter, further to conciliate the mother, now be gins to lavish The MafnSd.t 2 iAlTr.- pres . ""JsaeiuBiiDa enn on her. accordfr- fo-l,; ta wof .t:i:i-i., ... " "" pink end of her :rX:rm iho hapvy he wiU make " '5UWU ou.wnile sJie matil- her darlino-. A ! brief exhibitirtnd nf IIia mo.n. .Uk. x- .,. . .. . , n wt eiuwv ums ceiling : aainty tongue, her how much helovt b her dauh- giowiqg descnp- nanaea down from generation to generatian, and though insincre, is fall of beauty and pathos. The custom is purely Slavonic, and is accepted only by, merchants and peasants. The customs of the nobility, are. entirely different from those adopted byihe middle oim mwer Classes, : - beeu entered into,' we-will follow our young people through-its de vious windings. They are now free to make . their own arrange ments in regard to the marriage, when and where it uhall uki place, and whf will hatha They; visit and receive friends. and are considered almost i the sam. as,'n3arne4, ',they, have al together a very pleasant time. . . ..V - COITSTES3 UoBRISKOW.' DiSbolution Notice. . - The ex-partn'ership heretofore ex--istlng between the undersigned, un-: der the firm , name . ot Edwards- & Rogers, is dissolved by mutual eon--sent, and J. Edwards will eon-' tiune the business, collect all . ae-- : counts. and pay ail debts ol tne-. . VSa.tlement at once, ' . f - t :) vill nla... M..I..V ' as the accounts most 'su Avy pirnnpuy arranged taey win EDWARDS. , - " J -.u8du weir wifik. placed in course of collection by law , ' - J. P. EDWARDS. t 1 hare this day disposed of my: interest in the firm of Edwards & Rogers to Mr. J, p. Edwards, wl o will continue the general business n heretofore and 1 ak my friends to : eontinne their patronage with Ii n. ; Oxford, N. C, June lOth, 1887. jl4 K , - NOTICF. - A meeting of the stockhoUera r of" the Oxford . sod Henderson : Eailroad Company will v rje.Jud ! at the office of .the eompany in Henderson,. N. 'C, July lCth 1SS7, atl3,m. .; y - 1 i v- ; ... - -A. 'W H 1XE, 1-- v : -j v r Secre itry". ' . 1 Js V 'A- ' - '