The Gastonia _ _XJ__ DOr°t*d to Ul* fiottQtlon of lion* and tit* lntnraata *1 th C'oanty. v°l- Gastonia, N. C.. September 22, 1808. ' " _""T- -1'1 -1"1"'11 "" 1 JI'L TL~" ^ T I ' ■ "*IIM "L I . ■■ MAJOR JONES TRAVELS FIFTY YEARS AdO. By Major Joseph Jones of Georgia. f.KTTER IX. RaltiMOHK, May H, — 'To Mr. Tbompeon: Dear iUr-l’vs always ioood that It was tbs best way to make "good digestion wait on appetite and lielth on both,” aa Mr. UcUsib ses, to ■Ur about a Uttlo after eatln’m harty bate. So after eattu’ the excellent dinner at tha Exchange what I told you about la my tost letter. I tuck aaotbec turn round through the city. nr this time 1 begun to git lb:- turn of the place a little batter, and wasn’t so fraul of gettln tost. I turned up Sonth street as they call It, whnrther's inoro tailors than would make a dcxru men—even If the old lusrolm Is true which I oarer did bllovo—and went up llsltlmore street agin, whar the floe stores la kep, and whur the galls all go s-sboppln’ and permlnadln' In tbs sf tetnnoas ta Show tltrr new dresses. Well, nr, i cm lull yuu wbat’* a posltlv fact, It would take n French dancin' mailer Vo git along In lUlil toore street without runnin’ agin sum body, and even he couldn’t shsssay his way round through the troops of g.ills without roooin' a-fowl of oue now and then, or rakin' hts ablna all to pieces on the pine boxes wbat is piled all aloug Ute sldawslk after you git above Charles street. 1 dour the very best dogin’ I could, and then while I wka Lowin' and toraplo' a apology to 'em, ten to one if I didn’t knock sum baby oyer la tbe gutter wliet was cumin' nloag with Its ms behind me. or git my cola-tall fast In among the crate* iu)d box** so tile that I ruu a mon strous risk of loaln' It Itowdacionely. But 1 wasn't the only one wbat gut bung—two nr three galls got ther ‘dresses hit abed ap, on the nails and hoop*, so they blushed as rnd as Bre, and a old geotleooan with n broad brimmed bat, and Ilia atockiugs over hts trousers, tumblod over a wlioel harrow rite into a pile of boxes and tore his ololbea drtdful. It tuck the old man torn lime to gather hlmnelf up. and git out of tbe Jaw be was In. W'hor ho got eut Its never coined a word, but be fetched a groan that sounded hka It cum from war down below Ills waistbands, sad went ou. 1 thought, at lust, that tlie store keeper* must be doln a terrible eight of bisness. to be shore, to be aeudiu uff and recelvln so much goods, bat I knocked on sum or the boxes with my cane, and they sounded as boiler as a old empty bee-gum. I epoee tbe city gtts a fust rate rent for the pavement, but If tbe merchants was to kerp tber empty boxes lo liter sellers. It would lie a great deal mate convenient for the people to pam aloug. and I should think It wouldn't hurt ther cootenls a bit. The fact Is a body can’t get luto Ute stores to buy nothing for tbe piles of lx sea round the doors. I wanted a piece of tobacker my**|f. bat I couldn't see do store wbat 1 could git Into with oot running tbe riak of breaktn my ucek or tcsiin my troweer*. You may auppoeo I teed a heap of liatlful wlatmln In Baltimore street. Well, »o I did, but to tell you Ute truth, I seed cpme bumlnsUo ugly ones, too. The fact is, Mr. Thompson, wimmln s wlcomlu, all over the world; nod Ute old sayhi, that "floe feathers makes fine birds.” la jest as true here ul It Is In Georgia. I'm a married man, you know, and exit speak my sentiments about the galls ’thout glvln offence to nobody; or, at least, 'thout beta speoted of selfiah motives. Well, then, I ear Baltimore needn’t be ashamed of her wimmln, so far a* holy’s concerned, "Ilaodium 1s ss hsndsuin doee,” is a old end irue snyln; and if the Baltimore galls is only a* amiabbi and good as they |t Dutiful, they’ll d> fuit rate, take 'ooi on a avorage. But, llkn every other place, tbor’s some here that ncods a monstrous sight of guodurav to make no for ther ugliness. I know i» used to ije a comtnun opiu* ion, tint the HiOiiinoro wirruniu was tlte prettyest In the world; and I'ye heard people what had bean here be fore, adrlee the young merchant* wbat wae gwlira to New York to boy goods, that If they didn’t want to loee thcr liarta, they’d better go round this city. But that waa a good many year* ago, and you know times altera ouenm stenser ae well ai alroumatenoas alters name, and thla Is the way I account for the change. Then the Baltimore galls waa moat all natives, and cone from tbe same stoek, and they was so universally band sues that nobody could help but notice It. But lira city le growed a monel roue sight aleoe them data—a great many people from all parts of tbe world have oome Into II and what waa the bntr of Baltimore, baa bean mixed up with and distrib uted aboat among slcbnkeapof ugli ness, that a great deal of It le eptlt altogether; end wbat does remain pure and onedallerated, ain’t usora’n half •0 esoapfmioue now aa It uaed to be. Bat notwttbeUhdln, (tier's some mon strous baud tuns wtmmln In Baltimore, •erne butlfel meters with dark bezel eyes, bright auburn rlngleta. Grecian now*, ooral lips, and plump, greovfal forma, that la encogh to melt tbe ice from roond the heart of u old imchellor who bad been cold ae ,» Hazard for twenty year*, and IU my posture opin ion, that a mau what couldn’t And a gall handium enalT In ibta city, would stead a meietroua poor obaeee at glt tlo suited abort of gwlne to Qcorgis, where the guilt, you know, Lake (her moiperments from tlte warm Heulhern •kite, tber baty from the wild flowere tfcal grows la our fields, and that ••leas from the Mrds that sing In oar rrovee. Aftor gwioa up u rer at Youtaw •treat, ( oroaawl o»*r and cam down M tMbtf *M* of U)« ktreet I on kin •joo*»*ona thing and another til I rot moat down to Charlo alrort By tMo tlaM I begun to he moartruua dry, (ld m I'd hoard toll a good deal about the »ody watsr what ttioy hav« In the l»lg cltii-a, 1 thought I'd try a little at the fust place xUsr they sold It. Well, the fust doctor's ih. p i com to bad a s-xly water sign op. and lu 1 went to git sum. Se* I, “f w».,l a drink of jer sody water.” ‘•Wbat Hoi' of syrup will you have!*” sea he, puttix his hacd on a bottle of molasses. "I don’t want no ayrup,” set I, "I wautaoJv water." ‘‘Ab.’’ sot lie, "yon wai.t eatra anily." Acd wlili that hn luck a glass and Pht sum wbit sluS In it and (hen held it under the spout til it was full aud handed it to roe. 1 put it to my hed und fulled away »t it, but I never got slcii a overlastin dose bntore In all mv life. I got three or four swallera dawn before I begun to taste IIia urailed stuff, aud you tnty depend it lilted to kllhd me right ded iu my tracks. It tuck tho bretii clean Out of tor, and when I cum to toysell roy tongue felt like It was fall of needles, and my stummlck liko l*d swullered a pint of fiozeu soapsuds, and the tears was roonlu out of my eyes In a stream. I aruppM the git91 and (purled the iret out of my mouth quicker 'n light nln, but before I could gll brelh to epnak to the olitp what to etendio behind tha counter staralu at tua with »U hie might, he ax'd me If I waiir'l well. “Well I thunder and llghtnlu,'' see I. “do you went to plaan me to deth end then ex me if I’m well *'» “Piaen !•’ «u be. “Vee," eei I. “pleeo I tax’d you for sum sody wuter. tod you cln me a dose bad miuCf to kill a hoas.” “I gin you nothlu hut pU any of the stores here lor anything out of ther line. I apoee, like the eody water, It’s well muff to them that’s need to It, but It’s mon ■troosoggrarokln tnlhem what ain’t. A* 1 hadn’t bten down la the lower part of the city, I thought I’d git Into 5??.°.’ i!*® °*nlbheee and ride over to and see how it looked. Well. It a a good long »tret oh from ooe eewd of Baltimore to the other I can tell you. and after yen cross over Jenri Ml' what rno. through to the liver and divides the old towa from £?»•» mooauoeaap* to think your gettln lato another city, 1/ not In another nation. I lik'd to pot my lew* out of jlot tryln to read turn of the eigne. Hum of 'em was painted It Dutch, so t couldn't make out the fust letter, and sum of the people looked so Dutch that yon nought *i moot feel It on Vm with a stick. I noticed when anybody wnulM tu f II out they jeat pulled a leather Krup and tha oinmlnylma oum to a halt. So •lien wa fnl down to Poll atr*«t, i luck hold of tha strap and fin It a J*rb. bot tha houaa want on faat aa avtr. an I Uhl mj wall on tha •trap to atop 'am “Hallow t" aa* Uw> drlaar outaida. "do you want to pall mo In two f" Coot to Dud out tha ttrmp waa hitch'd to the roan Iwoted of the nooaaa, aod f llkad to drnw'4 him Uirough lha »>ola wt^r ha tuck hla mnoay. Ho waa mad aa a Imrn It, bat wl«n ho looked In and aaod who It *»•. ba had nothin mora to I arpaot aorno porta of Palla* Plat waold salt Mr. IMekaoa foot rale u*a 1 m -t- ——rnmmmwm old a* lh» hill*, and crooked aa a ram’* bom. and a body can bear Jest aa moeli bad English tin aj be could among the cockney* vt 1/indon tod can Sod aria fancy c i.solcr*. male and faro sic. Cbat would do honor Vo J*t. Qllaaea or any other romautlo quarter of tSa Hritlah metropolis. After lookiu thout a little While at the sallori tbnt waa drink In tout* and •ingle aonga in the tavern*, I went dowu on nnv nt tit* wharve* wliur ther wa* a »bl|> jeM cum from Liverpool. Themilnn were ilngln ••All togellicr. oh, have nli 1" and pulllu her in to the wharf. Poor feller*, they had brao out JO day*, worltin Irani, to all kind* of weather, and now they waa omnia labor* to glr thar money to the sharp an that waa look In out for ’em lit y I •bark* for a dad body, r couldn’t kelp but feel entry tor ’em, wlieu I thought how in a few day* tb»y would ho with out money and without friends. a id would glad'y go buck to the peril* of tho ocean, to aecapo ilia trenchary that beact >m un there. I went *nd tuck a wait on «oao luge what waa luv.n on Uin wharf, aud smoked a cigar aud looked at the ve* **t* aaillu about In the barbonr. While l wn actUu tb»r tblukrn of ablp* and sulloni, and on* thing and another, a little faller come along with a liaiklc on hi* arm. and ax'd me if I wauled to bur loose matches. I told bins no I didn’t want none. “You l>ott*r buy some, air," *•« he, ••[ aall ’em very cheap." The littlo falter looked »o poor and pitiful that I couldn't help fovlln a lit tle sorry for blur. “How much do you ax for 'em y" K1 I. "Kight boxes fur s levy." ses In-. They »u JeM tbs asms kind of boxes Uiat we git two for s Ihrip in (Jenrgla. and though I didn’t want none, 1 thought I’d l>u* some of him Jest to patronise him. ‘‘Wall,’' sex 1. "gif* me two box**.” The lltU# feller handed me two box es and J gin Mm a terse pence. Yon may keep ;be chant* for pro fit,” ses L "Tbrnk. joj s' ,” nee lie, and Ills *»«• br'gbUuiHl •> > as bo put the mousy In his pocket. •‘I ):ke to rococugs hv.e't enter prise" seal. "Be hooeat, and never lie or cheat, aud you'll always Hud friends,” am I. •’Yes, sir.” ses lie. ”1 never atevle uor cheat* no body.” "That’s light," are I. ••Tint’s a good boy.” I went on sarokio aud lu a few m’o IU. when 1 Drought be was gone. I lieurd the little feller behind me agio. ••What," sea I. "My slater died last woak,' irt he. "aud we’re very poor, aud my mam my’a sick, and I can’t make money enough to buy modiolus for the ba by-” “Well,” *e* I, "L d-m't want no more mulches, but lien:’* a quarter to add to your profits to-day." "Thank you. air.” ses he. and he went off agio ihaokln ms for the quar ter. Poor little feller, thinks I, how modi belter to give him that quarter of a dollar than to smoke It out In se gars. He’ll go home to bis poor moth er, happy, sod if he bat felt any temp tation to be a rogue, the recollection of my kiodnesa will give trim courage to he honest. I hadn’t got done thTokln about blm before bere lie was baok agio, "Daddy died last week,” see lie, "and elster Betsy got her foot skaMed. sod we haiot had oo bred to eat not for a week—ever sense daddy died — and "Look bere,” aea I, "you better go before you kill off all of your relations; I begin to think you’re a little Impos ter.” • Oil. no sir. daddy is ded,” ses he, "aud mammy and sister lire all alone, and ruamipy told uio ui ax you It you would como and sue tier and give her some money.” I begun to a mull u rat, and sot f, "I'll »eo your mammy to the mischief fnst, and If I’d had the same opinion of you that I have now, I’d never gin you the fust red cent ” With that t)M little ragged cos Set up a big laugh aud put hia thum on bl* note and wiggled hit Ungers at me. "Do you nee »oy tiling grese," tea he, ”eb, bo* T Whet do you think of me now, ah ? Would you like to buy another levy’s worth of matches? You tee,” aea he "1’as one of tbs b’hoyal—a out aud out Fell’s Plutar, by J aud then be ripped out a orth that made the hair stand on my bend, and away be went. 1 felt like ( was oompletaly Ink in, sod f ntvtr ted another word. But 1 made op my mind whan l gtn another quarter away to enoonrage hooastj, It would be to a diffararent tort of oandl dale; end, throwing the stump of mv cigar Into the sealer, 1 left the place tad tuck tbs Brat otamloybaa for Ibe Kxobaeg*. I'm dorse with Baltimore, sod shall start to-morrow for lit* City of Brotherly Lore. Ha as more at present from your friend til doth, Jo*, donga. (To Iw ooatltiaad next week.) fin HII.Kt I* A RM.UINJ. n Trip Takm fcjr E>(lkk Awnuap Til* anil— »• ar««lfc» f«m(M ;mi< a>f|M aai MnfferM MUa( Ml WMllHr. I.hicmo.-i. Sept. 13 — Next to Uj« Unheal hallo.mi aaeemlmi on record wai aiade her* tliia uftoraoon from the Create! Peleeo Sydenham, by Stanley Sfwoner, a well-known aeronaut, and Dr. IWreon. The balloon waa Inflated with pore hydrogen and hat a eap««Hy of SO fiOO coble feet. It attained an eltltodt of >7,300 feet, or (Ire and one Afth mi lea At a bet flit of kS.OOO fart the air wee *o rarlfled that the oocaponte of Iba ear were compelled to breathe ooeapraaaed oiypea by tebee. The tewperatnre was 01 degrees Mow freer in* point. The atmosphere wasolaareod the coast diet lastly ylsIUe. The balleoe deecaa ded near Romford, In Xmm. ARP OH TOMATO WORMS. ’ i • - uin luvouAvtn •rxitrui m» ««»v (iimcui*. OltU-Uarawl tmmm TMiwhlM la TMk IkrM IlMwk. 01 awiirr aXa >t« Wtna II In «"» K»Mk« »iain«w ITmih. rill .Irk III Allinu ClkaUaiM. Thli popular writer mart uut bs criticised for mil being up on every thing relating to natural history. He Is inure entertaining and does more good than any ten of tbe learned pro feasors itut wlren are see mistakes tint lead to mischief or to tbe damsgo of tboen Interested In fighting worms rod bug* ws fool compelled to tnlnr ponj t word of remonstrance. B'.r 4rn loeakt of the tomato worm us a oer dlsoovery to l.l®. He knva: "Tb ■ s.’aton has developed a ’big, lung bnll-huaded g-enn worm, with a atlng In the tail. They are covered with whir* pustule* about oue-elgbtb of an Inch long sod stand up thick and aliil uod seem to be eggs or embryo or germ* of nomething that is devilish.'1 Concluding, la says: “It Is sot 00 like a tobacco worm.*' Libs a “tobacco” worm; sod well It might be, for it !• tbe earn* Though there ere several species of them they are all larva of the large sphinx moths that nay be seen just st dnsk flylug around JlnoDton flowers and tobacoo blosaomi, and tbev a” fsed upon the dlffareiil specie* of lo onsoeasr. Tbe‘‘atlng in tbe ami!." None of Uiem atlng or bile, and their looking horrible depends entirely upon duo’s Igonraooe and prejudices. Goutetn pla»wi m works of Uod. adjolted to certain ends, tbev are all busutlfut. And beta we might as well at neoa object to bla theology ebont tho devil being tbe atstbor of noxious insects sad wild boasts la It not a mistake to re fer all tbiog* to man's use or pleasure? Surely God Is tha father of all bla creatures and inlands them all to live and enjoy life. The "white pustules” observed oa bis solits'- tomato worm were not eggs of nay klud. but the little silken cocoons spun by ill* larvae of some species of tcheoemon (1y, which bavin 1 *--tou out all vital part of tbv poor wurru, had coins to the sarface and gone >ntu the pupa state preparatory to coming out new ichneumons to go •id lav their eggs on arore eatei pillars, I t'’ ear. them also. Tbe ugtr worm was therefore lo u dying erudition wheu discovered by our humorist. l'or this reasou worms smu wiUi Lho white cocoous on them ebould never le destroyed. They eaa do uo more barm raid will never become Oise lu propa gate their specie*. It is to oar interest to save sll thsoe ltbarnmoj aouonnt. Tiiey produce file* that are among our belt fnands. Lawbkxce 0. JuttiCHiM Pachwta, Miss. I like that. I like *11 aucli gentle criticisms Man in never too old to Irani «od if 1 had my life to live over again I would try to learu more of natural history and the mysteries of nature. I would like to be «u Vgassit or Audubon or Cuvier or Munacut, or even e Huber, tbe blind muo wbo taught ue ell we know about bee*. Out Lord Bacon said. “He that hath wife and children hath (Iven hostage to fortune for they are Impediments to great enterprises." A man who rnir rios early and has a numerous and lovely wife end offspring don’t have much lime to lnveeUgat# thing* out side of home, end eo it was never In tended that e family men should de vote mueb of bis time to bugs r nd birds end Bailee. That l* alright If be ia a professor in e oollege end makes bis living by it, but even then he oan nol comfort Ills wife or play horse or booger-bear with Ms children to any | alarming extent. And so a kind provldenoe lias wisely ordained that only a few should be set apart for in veutioo. discovery and scientific re search, while the great majority should be engaged In multiplying and replen ishing. I had fondly hoped that in the retirement of m> old age l would dud abuodaut lime to read and ponder and philosophise upon tkses things, bat there t* no retirement at my house. The grandohlldrea are more nnmer oos than the children end quite as lively and mlaobterous and it takes half my time to sratob them. Only yetteiday two little girls borrowed some scissor* from their grandma and while I was gone to the pxt-ofiise tboy got my stamped envelopes from my table and cut them lets Imaginary cow* and doge end boras*. But they love me devotedly end follow me around and pull lb* flows** and are so happy that It makes me happy, too, rod I wouldn't swap tiralr little company for all lh* seteooa and learn ing In the lend. My faith in that If w* lie* right In this world end lay tbe foundation of knowledge we will have plenty of time to advenes in wisdom l» the life that U to some. Heaven I* not stagnant with beatitudes. The worship of Uod will be mingled with study and maybe with work and the mysteries of oruatlon will be opened to us l>y degree* eod an ug with wonder and Might. But I •lldent Intend to write about this. My friend. Mr. Jolineoo, or Professor Johnson, I reokor, I* surely no lets ken ebom the lehneutoon fly having «at*n out all the vital purte of the worm *od com« to the surface sod spaa the HtUe white oooooos. I found soorea of these worm* rind In their whit* ooooon robes «nd they were of various *!***, from an I neb to three tnolies long, and were prwtiy lively oornae*. The smaller one* war* •till hnogry trowing, i round non* In * dying ooodltlon. Th« •harp born or lha tail looks Ilk# It wai n ntingnr, and son* to bo a weapon of dnfonaa. flat wby abobM am not do strop them? l)o tl>ey »ot pray apon llvn Pinas? And what do wa want with tba tohnouwoa HIM, o' any other «lm? Am not all oath lb lag* aa It In* and Coaa and bod bMl and MOeqattnoa •ad bolt %imi and ealerpMlara and pack aaddlaa tba pnU •>? nntnr*. and U nut tba world oound la trying to dantroy Kill ■ mallar ihlag* much aa Uvr germ i nt obolam and yeWnw fapart Ant three JSra*1.Jior2!m 5 S»'m, An 1 w pr jBou*~nd WSajlum. Wh»t would bar* baooaae of my po taiote If I bad uot deatroyad Um boa** No. 1 do not bailer* that I'rerldano* made nil bis orenluree to eojoy life, but eoua were created tike Utoroe aad tlilatiae, to laeraaaeoar toll and dia tutb our tranquility. They are part of Ui« cure*, or eta* Satan who walk* up aod dawn the earth Hke on Inspector genital. had toot* hand in tbs boat oeea. Vrvfresor Jobueoo nr* that ‘ ‘Cod I* the father or all Hie omnium, uad Intend* them all U lire aod enjoy Mfe.” That dcotriae won't eran do for a vegetarian. for both fralta aod rtuaUbta* hare lb* germ* of animal cule life in them. Our Maker did oso Bue mankind to Iruit* aod herb* until aflar U.i flood, and than. forth* Bret .late, saro Noah and hi* daaeetldanU permiaatnn to eat mast—Bah, Hash aad fowl aa