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7)evoted to the d-oteclion aj" Home and the Interests of the Comity.
"Vol. II.
Gastojvia, Gastox County, IS". 0.,' Saturday Moijxtxc, December 3, 1881.
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GASTON
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GAZ.ETT
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is Silver Lining.
Thore's novcia 'ly bo sunny
But a little etoud appears ;
Thore's never a life no happy
But has its timcW tears ;
yottJK)iin.sliiinaiit the brlKhtcr
WhlUCVlT tllO telllfiest clears.
There's never a KUrdciiVrow-inir
With roses In every plot,
There's never a heart so hardened
Hut it hus one tender spot;
Wo have only to prune the border
To And the forget-me-not.
Thore's never a sun that rises
But we know 'twill set ut night ;
The tints that gleam In tho moininy
At evening are just as bright ;
And the hour that is the sweetest
Is between tho dark and light.
There's never a dream so happy
But tho waking niakott y :!-:"-7Tiiure's
never a dream 01 sorrow
- But the waking makes lis glad ;
We shall look some day with wonder
At tho troubles we have had.
The Minister's Surprise.
A portly, comfortable sort of a man
id a chocolate brow overcoat opened tie
gale of Parson Rowe's cottage one sharp,
cold morning when a heavy mow lay upon
the ground.
It was Squire Glover, or.e ot the
" pillars of the church," und he wus com
ing to consult his pastor concerning some
church matter. Just as he was about
rapping at the door it opened, and Wil
lie Rowe came out.
"Just walk right in, s-qnire, and sit
down," says Willie. "Pu'll be in direct
lj." Away he ran, nt.d 1 he Fqnire etepped
in, and pat down in the little puilor, nail
ing the appearance of his puslor.
Presently lie heard steps and voices in
Ue adjoining room, and tmo a child's
voice said:
'Ta, just loi.k at my eboe. It's ell
ripped."
I think it is, Laura," answered the
parson's tones. "Let me sec perhaps
no, it is too worn to be mended again."
' "Well, pa, please, I'd like lo have a
new pair, Won't you get 'em for im?"j
"As soon as pa can, he mrely will,
doughter," aid the father, in tud touts.
"Be good and wait a little, Lautu."
"I have waiud ever so long," said Lau
ra, "and Willie's shois ore worse than
ruine, and he hasn't got any mittms, eiih
er." "Laura," interrupted a voice which the
squire knew was Mrs. Rowe's, "run and
eed y.uc chickens, and doil't worry papa
now."
The child ran out, and the parsbn, nev
er .dreaming who was in the nexi room
hearing eveiy word through the crack of
Ibedoor, said:
"1'bey can't worry me more than I am
worried, Mary. I don't say much, but
I feel all our needs, not for myself, but for
you and tlie children." It made my heart
ache, a little while ago, to heur Willie ask
if we could never have meat for breakfast
any more, and Know that there wasn t a
pound of meat in the house.'
"Nor an sugar, either, aid hardly any
flour, acd not a dime in the purse, John,
but for all that we won't starve," said the
Jutle woman's cheery voice. ''Have you
lost your faith, John ?"
"No, Mary, 1 hope rot," came the an
swer. "J3ut it does seem hard, when my
salary is so small it can't be pi. id, so we
could have a few comlorts at least. , Some
times I think I must give up here, and try
somewhere else."
'Oh, no, no, John J" pleaded the wife
''Not yet, anyway. We've got such a
pleasant home here, and our people are so
kind, don't give up yet. Let's try oc a lit
tle longer, and maybe help will come?'
"Well, I don't know from whence. Mary.
I'm sorry to say so, but I've lost heart
lately, till I'm really not fit to preach. If
the Lord don't help us, and that soon, I
dou'l know who will 1" Then there wag a
sound of a man's rising, and Squite U lov
er, feeling as if he didu't want to see his
pastor just now, up and slipped out before
Parson Rowe came in.
And when (be good squire got safely out
of the gale his fuce was red, and he was
puffing for breath.
"Well 1 well ! Ood bless my soul 1" he
panted as he trotted on. ' Here' a pretty
state of things 1 No"meat, no money, no
.shoes why, God bless my soul 1 This must
be looked after. Shall be, ton ! I'll see the
deacons, and if they won't, I will, oat ol
my own pocket, too. (Jod bless my soul!
That brave little woman shall have Some
help to keep op her hubbui.d's heart, or I'll
know tbe reason !"
Racing along, flush' d and excitrd, he
met Deacon Jones. He had the deacon by
(be buttonhole in a minute, and after a
short consultation they botji ent ( 0 to
Peacoo Robii sou's.
And that afternoon there was much stir
Irr (J lerjTillc, link-groups constantly meet
ing and consulting in every store, and on
every corner. While the day seemed to
close in dark and cheerless in the parson'?
little cottage.
A Irish snow fell that nijiht and sr-rvn!
to make i.niseless the sleds which drove
softly up to ihe minister's cottuge will; the.
very first fuint streak of dawn. The in
muled of the little dwelling were all xltep
ing soundly, tut one awake and listening
might have heard mufti. d footsteps, whis
pers and cautions shoving and pushing ol
heavy articles. These, however, soon ceased,
nod all was quiet until the day broke clear
ly and the villagers arose.
The weary purson and his tiue-hearted
little wife had lain awake late the night
before, for heuvy heurts muke sleepless
eyes, and they skpt a iiitle later than usual
this morning. .
A But at last they were all up and dressed.
The simple breakfast, consisting of ct flee,
warm biscuits and butler, was nearly ready
whenVWillie and Laura took a notion to
run totbe front door and see how deep the
snow was on the front poich.
Through the lilt!e parlor they trotted,
Willie first, and Laura following, to the
Iront door, winch, with some little trouble,
they pulled open.
And the next minute the cottuge rung
with their hasty shouts.
"Pa ! pa 1 nmn iiiu ! momma 1 do enme
here! Come quick! Run here to the
porch, quick, boihol you !"
(jlieutly surprised, and slightly frighten
ed, not knowing what hud happened to the
children, the good parson and his wife
rushed to the front door, upsetting the cat
i . t. . . .i . .. . , A .
aim ine conee-poi in ineir nusie io reacn i'
What a sight met their eyis! No won
der the children shouted J The snow had
been carefully swept from the front porch,
which was set out with a tempting array
of various articles. Right before the door
stood a barrel of flour, on top of the barrel
were laid two juicy hams, and astride the
hams sat a great, fat turkey, all dressed
ready for cooking, ut which Wjllie und
Lutiru set up u great shout.
An open barrel beyond was running
over with plump red apples, and a second
burr-l fiiil'nfbig, comfortable-looking po
tatoes and n row of crisp' cabbage-heads
kept guard all around the barrel.
Then there was a box, packed with pa
pers of sugar, coffee, teu and rice, a sack
of dried peaches and several cans of fruit .
And another box, when opened, displayed
two new p iirs of shoes, jjst the right s?z
for Willie und Laura; sundry rolls of flan
nel, muslin und calico, warn) stockings and
rfiittens, and several small articles, not for
getting tt well filled basket of nuts and
candies, which proved that somebody knew
what children love, and which set Laura
and Willie to dancing, like iilile Indians.
In the bottom of the box was n thick,
warm gray shawl, with Mri. Rowe's name
pinned in it. And when the. shawl was
unfolded, there droppid cut an envelope
directed to ''parson Rwe, inside of which
they found the amount cf the de!irqient
salary in good, new greenbacks, and a card
upon which was written-:
" Will our pastor accept tho little surprise
gift which accompanies his salary, with the
love of a grateful people?"
" Oh, whut a pleasant surprise !" cried
Willie and Luura together.
"What a wonderful mercy, rother!, said
the mother; " John, didu't I tell you the
Lord would help us?"
'.Yes, Mary!" answered the pastor.
"Let us thank him for the mercies of this
morning."
And ia I lie lit tie parloi tiny all reverent
ly knelt, and never a more fervent thanks
giving went up than ascended from the
little circle in the parson's cottage that
happy winter morning.
MEN OF G1UT.
The large majority of men do not use a
tithe of the power they ' posssa. Their
talents qrp mostly in a napkin. One of the
wealthiest men in wall street to-duy.'broke
down in business a good many years ago.
He went into an office where he was well
acquainted, und said to a member of the
firm that he had no bread for his family.
"I am ready to go messages for you, or
perlorm any other service." He hung up
his coat and commenced work around the
lowest round of the ladder. Previously this
man's check vus accepted anywhere on the
street. - You may be sure such a man
gradually mounted up.
Over in Bostoii a like-minded man fell
out. lie was without bread, and soon
would be without shoes unless he wakened
up arid stirred his energies. lie was a
bookkeeper, and at one li ie earned a
handsome salary. WTlmt did he do? This
he did. He took a cotton hook and went
down to the wharf to load and unload cot
ton at so much an hour. Behold another
man with grit. The owners of the cotion
and the ship eyed this hero. Soon the
decree went forth : Come up higher, fie
resumed the quill and laid aside the cotton
book. Discourtfenu'nt never weakened the
Boston boy. Winners with hanging lips
and chicken hearts, who cure theirtroub.es
with the bottle or the pistol, are pitiful
creatures, who should never have been born
Anon.
THE. SCHOOLMASTER.
THE EDITOR,
A HKTKP DISCOl'RSE OX THE HABITS Ol' TDK
CKKATCRK.
The editor is a member of that race of
an iuiuls called mankind. He is invariably
a kind man.
He is perfectly harmless. You may to
into his din withnnt fear. Bui he has his
peculiarities. The sight of a pnet makes
him wild. He is then very dangerous, ami
is apt to do bodily haun to all within his
reach. He is also much wrought up when
a man comes iu with a lit tie trifle 'he has
just dashed cff. .
There is one thing1 that must be said ip
the editor's disprnise.-- U s mind -is si
biased by long thinking in a certain
direction thut he dislikes very much to
The curiosity I have to show you to-dny,
children, is perhaps the most wonderful iu
the collection. lie beats all.
The schoolmaster, it is suid, trains the
young idea how to shoot. lie is not him
self given to shooting, however. He takes
more delight in ihe rod than in the gun.
The schoolmaster is supposed to know
everything. This is a mistake. There is
one thing he does not know. He does not
know how sooo the school committee will
find a mtn who controls more votes to take
Ins place.
The schoolmaster is not a military man
but his principal assistant is. The name of
tills assistant is Corporal Punishment. It
is to be hoped the corporal will" sooo be re
manded to private life.
The schoolmaster is sometimes call, d a
tutor, and occasionally he is called an ass.
On the whole, an astater man is seldom
found.
Tbeschoolmaster thoroughly understands
the rule of thne, but always insists upon
the rule of one. So you see his understand
ing is out of all proportion to his rule.
Although the schoo!mster is a ruler of
the boys, he hus his own rulei. If he be no
stick himself, his ruler always is.
The schoolmaster is a very inquisitive
person. He is always asking questions.
His is a question-able calling.
The schoolmaster con be found in all
classes. lie is also given to classifying
knowledge, I sometimes think I would be
iu his classify could.
The schoolmusti r is good at figures. He
would cut a pretly figure if he Were not,
flu is the figure-heud of the school, or
should be ; but sometimes a boy gels ahead
of him. "
He is also good at spelling. He can
stand a long npell in a good situation with
out flinching.
He is always correcting tbe errors of his
pupils, ond c- iisi quently lias but litile time
to attend to his own.
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER.
In on article referieg to country journal
ists, the Milwaukee Sun says: When we
think of the hurd drudgery most ol Ihi-se
enttrprising, indefatigable workers d.i in a
week, und the small amount of thanks and
cash they receive in return, we feel as
though something was wrong somewhere.
Why is it that in many localities the peo
ple do not appreciate the importance of a
good newspaper, and sustain it by a liberal
patronage, thus making it a better paper,
is one of the most unaccountable things in
the world. We have no argent call now
to say what we do, but we tell the people
of every locality wiiere a paper is published,
no mutter how small and insignificant the
paper may bp, that every dollar they pny
it for subscription or judicious advertising
puis two dollars in in their own pocket
We have figurd on it and we know. It
may not look so oiTils fuce, but it is very
deceiving. Lots of schemes that look ns
though tlicy hud millions in them, like the
inaa who is sure he can pick out the right
card in three-card :moute, fail to return any
thing like millions, while other schemes
that do seem to amount toanylhings carce
ly, pan out whole handfuls of nickels un
expectedly. And the country newspaper
is of this class. We are not at liberty lo
give the whole thing away, by explaining
all the particulars, but country people
may rest assured that we understand the
m itter and that we are not steering them
into any trap door game, that will let them
down out of sight. Subscribe for your lo
cal paper and pay for it in advance,, and
if you feel at Ihe end of the year that you
haven't got your money's worth, then your
fortune is made. You can go to any mu
seum nr.d get o salary of ?5,0i)0 a ycur as a
curiosity.
HE ALT III' HIS IS.
PROGRESS OF HAPTIS1 S IN
NOR'IIl CAROLINA.
IS IT
NECESSARY TO
CHILDREN.
MI1IP
New York Herald
In another column will be found a num
ber of expressions of opinion from parents
about the rod as a means of punishment
look upon both sides' of a qnestiun. There- f n. '9 significant sign of the improve-
fore, il you value your safety, never ap
proach him wiih manusciipt written on
A DAUGHTER'S AFFECTION.
She is the delight of her parents at home,
their pride abroad, the solace of their labor
and their cares and the anticipated hope
and iy of their declining lives. The love
of iff-pring, the m ist forcible of all our
instincts, is even stronger toward the female
than the male child. Jt is wise that it
vhould bu so it is m ire wanted ; it is just
that it should be so it is more required.
Tin-re is no pillow on which the hand of a
parent, anguished by sickcesi or by snrrew,
can so sweetly repose us on the bosom of
an afF-ctionatejiajigUer. Her atlcnlioue
are unceasing. F.ven ufter her marriage
her filial cIT. clions are unimpaired ; she ni ly
give hex band and her h art to her husbtnd
but still she may share her care.i and atten.
tion witb her parents, without a pang ol
jeulously or distrust from him. IIu only
looks on them ai the a-t ured pledges of
her 6 lelit v, and the unerring evidonc- s of
a good di position.
.... .
A Willislou, 8. C, man thinks he lias
struck a bonuiti in making quinine Irom
pumpkins.
both sides of your purer.
The editor usually writes with t pen,
but his most cutting articles are the pro
duct of his shears. !
And let me say right here, children, that
a good deal of sheer nonsense hu been
printed about the editor. He utes his
sheurs on y when composing an entirely
originrl article. j
The editor would make a good puhli
speaker, but for his propensity for clipping
words.
The editor's hardest task is to dispose of
!os time. If is a monotonous life indeed,
.u re it not for the kindness ol the few
io ndred people who call upon him every
day to enliven his dull life with stories ol
tiieir gi ievunces, of their bruud-new enter
prises, ani with antediluvian anecdotes
When you grow up lo be men and women,
children, remember this, and spend ull the
time you can iu the sauctum of the editor.
He loves company so much, you'know, ur.d
sometimes he has to sit sileut and alone for
a whole hulf minute. Is it not too bad?
The business of the editor is to eutertain
itinerant lecturers, book canvasser, ex
change fiends, and other philanthropists.
He gives his whole day to the:. lie writes
his editorials at night ufter he hus gone to
bed.
The editor is never so happy as when
he is writing comolimetitary noticte. For
ten cents' worth o presents he will gladly
give ten dollars' worth of advertising ull
on account of the pleasure it gives him to
write, you kuow, children:
lie loves to write neut little speeches
and bright, witty poems fur' people without
brains who wish to speak iii public It is
so easy to do this thut he is sometimes
quite miserable when an Lour or two passes
without an opportunity io da 'something
of the kind.
The editor dines at ull the hotels free, he
iravelj Iree, Iheuters open wide I heir doors
lo him, his lailyr eiolhti hiiii gratis, his
butelier and grocer furnish him with food
without m uny auj without price. In
short, his every want l provided fur. He
spends his princely ' salary in building
churches and school-houses in foreign lands.
I5y all ineaus, children, be editors. Of
ment of the race that the general feeling is
against Alleging as a means cf reformation
In spile of all attempts to palliate parenta!
brutality the fact remains that it is better
to rule by love than fear and that the per
son who cannot succeed through love is not
fit to rule. There is no sentimentalist!) in
this co elusion, for the accuracy of Ihe
principle has betn proved conntl-.'ss times
by experience with beings of fur lower
grade than' children ever are and of meaner
quality of affection. One phase of love ex
plains the regard of the masses for a poliii
cal leadir, a feeling somewhat similar at
taches a soldier to-H.is fuvorite general, and
the some sentiment, though ol b.r courser
quality, makes a -cut-throat the laithful
slave of a pirate chief. To say thut the
child, which is the only animal except the
dog that will kiss the hand which strikes
it, cannot be controlled through the feeling
that keeps turbulent 'men in order is worse
than untrue it is idiotic. The paient who
coulisses to inability to control a child
without recourse to force merely adm ts
luck of lifTtction enough to enable patience
to huve its perfect work ; for some one
often a person of no particular intelligence
or character is sure not only to find the
child's htait, but to find it healthy and if
fullsiz.'.
A witty druggist, on a cold night lust
winter was woke by a terrible rupping at
the door. Going down he found a poor
fellow who wanted to purchase a dose of
suits. The shop was entered the dose
prepared, ami a hulf dime put iu the drawer.
"How much did you make in that, opera
tion P. asked his wife as he got in bed.
"Four cents," was the reply.
"A shame it is," returned the irritated
dame, "for a m n to disturb your rest just
lor a dose of suit
'II collect, my lore," said the druggist,
"that one' dose of salts will disturb the
man's rest more than it hus mine, nn J
n fleet, that these little inconveniences
always work well in time."
President Arthur' maidni sister is to
preside over the White House. Mis
Arthur w.m before the wir a toacVr ii
the f.imi y of Mrs. Ti'Iman, the .mother
ol Congressman Tillman of the 6th Iistnc.
A prominent merchant of Athens,' On.,
course, it would be bettir if jo-i could be )' "at le is daily besieged by young men
hod carriers or dray horses. But. as that is ! f""1"" tLe country soliciting l ositions as
irnpossiulc, by all means
'( franscript.
be editors.
There are seven thousand species of fish
now known to men of scirnoe.
suit smen, and they are willing to woik al
the mere price ol board. But they are not
willing to work in the liild at any price.
It would brown and roughen their little
butidi.
Don't sleep in a drought.
Don't go to bed with cold feet.
Don't stand over hot-air registers.
Don't eat what vou do not need just to
save it.
Don't try to get cool too quickly after
exercising.
P.iu't sleep with insecure false teeth in
your mouth.
Don't start the day's work without a
good breakfast.
. Don't sleep in a room without ventila
tion ot some kind.
Don't stuff j cdd lest you be nest obliged
to starve a fever. "
Don't try to get along without flannel
underclothing in winter.
Don't use your voice for load speaking
or singing when hoarse.
Don't try to get along with less than
eight or nine houis' tkep.
Don't sleep in the same nudergaruunts
you wear during the day.
Don't toast your feet by the fire but try
sunlight or friction irsieaJ,
Don't try to keep up on cff e and uIcj-
holics when you ought to go to bed.
D m't drink ice-water by the ghns ;
take it iusips, a swallow at a time.
Don't' eat snow to quench thirst it
brings on infl imination of the throat.
Don't strain your eyes by reading , or
working - wiih insufficient or flickering
light.
Don't use the eyes for reading or fine
work in the twilight of evening or eurlv
morn.
Don't try to lenthen your days by cutting-
short your nights rest ; it is poor econo
my.
Don't wear close, heavy, fur or rubber
caps or hats if your hair is thiu or falls cut
easily.
Don't eat anything between meals ex
cepting fruits, or a glass of hot milk if you
leel faint.
"Don't take some other person's medicine
because you are troubled somewhat as ihey
were.
Don't b!ow out a gaslight as you wjuld
a lamp many lives are lost every year by
this mistake. Dr. Footc's Health Monthly.
II S.iutherp planters could ever get out
of debt and establish something I k a cash
system, this Section weu'd be the richest
iu the world. That cotton planters survite
at all, alter payment of CO por cent usury,
Irom ytar to year, i pro, f polive i f the
enormous profits p ssiblc undtr a i! fllrcut
systim. ,
Of the 13.0.K) laborers employed iu the
Cornish mints over 2 000 are women.
The tomato plant is avoided by camigs,
Caterpillars, aphides, slugs aud sou i Is.
In France sixty-nine persons aie killed
ccuully by lightning.
From the reports ff the corresponding
secretaries of ihe mission, .Sunday school
and educational boards of the North Caro
lina Baptist State Convention, we Lather
Ihe following items :
There ure in the State of North Cnro
lina C7 associations, composd of 1,!)10
churches mid 191,812 church members.
Of these 31 us'ciution9, containing 8CG
churches, with 6b, 810 members. Hie
colored, which leaves 36 associations, 1044
churches and 103 002 members among the
whites. Ten of these white in-sectntions,
containing 250 churches, with 17,002 num
bers, are in Western North Carolina
Baptist conveuiion, which lies beyond the
Blue Ridge, and about 3,000 are n.eniUrs
of churches which lie along the borders of
the State and co-opcrale with the Slate
conventions of Virginia, South Carolina
und Tennessee. Sj the convention which
was in session week befo e las.tin Winston, '
represents 26 association, 7!)t churches and
83,000 members, all cf which are white,
and lie east of the B'ue Ridge mountain .
During the past year they have raised :
For church extensions uu 1
' Siate missions
For foreign missions
For home and Indian
missions
For ministerial education
For St i te school board
For Sunday schools and
Sunday school institutes
SC8,42 f7
3.79! 55
1.218 12
3,061 58
3,522 8 7
6,0 10 01
Making a total of $66,155 59
or an average of $1.03 per number. Du
ring the year 1881 they huve erected 46
new churches and made a gain . of 5 000
members over the reports for last year.
When the convention was first organiz-d
in 1830 there where in the whole Slate but
14 associations and about lo,0 .'0 members,
including J.- rce v ill and A nti-.M ,ssionary-
or Primitive B . p: idts bs well us .Missionary
B.piisis. Now the Missionary I! tntists
alone number 191,812 communicants, or
nearly one out of seven of the entire popu
lation of the State Leader.
' A SSEEZ1NG SCENE.-'-
New York Mercury.
Probably one of I lie meanest stage tricks
that was ever played was played on .Mary
Anderson. It will he rememherid that in
Ihe play of ''Ingoniar.1' Parti emu und the
barbarian I ave several love scenes, where
they lop on each oilier and' hung- some
that is, not too much ' hugaing,' hut just
hugging enough. Ijigt niar wears a huge
fur garment, made of lion's skin, or
something.' O. e day he noticed that ihe
moths were getting into il, and I e told his
servant to see about the months, and diive
thtm out. The su vant got some insect
1'owiitr aiul blew Hit- v.um or Hit far..,..ig
full of it, and scruboe 1 the inside of it
with In zine. Ingomar put it en j ist bi fore
he went on the stage, and thought it didn't
smell j ist right, but he had ii time to
iuquiru into it. He had not got fairly' iu
his position before railiienia came out on
a h p. skip and j imp and threw herself
all over him. She got one lung fail of
insect powder, and the other full of bei zine,
and she said : .'-'Wilt' thou always love me,
Ingomar ?" She dropped her luad over his
shouldtr, and said in un aside : "For the
love of Heaven, what have you bten drink
ing?" and then she sneiz -d u couple ""of
thins-. Ingoniar held her up the best he
could, considering that ids nose was fail
j ol insect powder, and he answered,' ! wilt,''
and then he said to ber quietly..: "D-mlino
what it is that smells so." Tiny w. nt
wiih the play betweeu sneiz's. and when
the curtain went down she told Ingomar
to go and shake himsi If, and he did. It
was noticed iu the mxt act that Ingomar
had u linen duster und Mary sin.- no
more.
AFTER FIF'I Y YEARS.
The body of a young lady was buried
fifty years i-go in a ctmeliry six miles last
ef ihe village cl A ft on. in CLeniugo coun
ty, N. Y. It was runovid last Thursday
to the eew count r in the village. When
the ci fti i was ren oved from ihe grave it
was discovered that the body was petrified,
and required the united efforts of fonr men
lo ru'Se' it. It cou'd not lave wtigkd less
than four hundred pounds. The clothing
was decayed ur.d tiseml 1 d a veil- ike Ux-
ture over the bdy. Tno hair, which in life
was very abundant, w is slid in b pertV ct
state of preservation. The feutuics were a
little fhiuiiken aud the hands retain, d 'heir
position, loldid acre.-s thebnust. Another
be'dy which was buried tibout six years
ago in the same cmetery n t fiiteen feet
distant wis rvuuved, but will) oo lins of
petnfactioo. .