The Greensboro patriot [July 23, 1873]

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W-WL. COLLINS,
Cabinet Maker, Undertaker,
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Corner of Davie and Sycamore Streets,
Qreetuboro, X. C
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Jus. II. Dillard. . A. Gilmer.
Murray P. 8
Dillard, Gilmer & Smith,
ATTOHNKYHAT LAW
m.il
SOLICITOUS IK BANKRUPTCY,
over Bank of Greensboro, opposite
llcliboU' House.
PRACTICE in state and Federal Courts,
al attention given to mailers in
bankruptcy, and causes arising under Ii.ier-tevenue,
In District Court of Western
Diatrii-l nl N-.rili Carolina. Collections in
-deral Courts solicited.
tO&lT.
Halnul anil Ho»f«ood (.'OIBIIK.
which can be furnished and delivered
within tun hours' notice.
A good Hearse always in reailinoes. A
good line of
BED-BOOM FURNITURE
mi baud or nude at short notice.
Picture Frame*
I Made on abort notiaa, from cither Gilt,
Walnut or Mahogany Moulding.
Repairing of Buggies, Carriages, Ate, a
i specialty.
If Country produce good as cash,
feb l:ly
.Ii 46, 187*.
C 1'. Mi-NUKMni.i.. Jons N.STAPLES.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
O It EEM8l8B8i W.C.,
\V I practice In the CoarasofGuilferd,Rock-
:. Davidson, Koisyilis, Stokes, Ran-
.,..1 AluMuee: all... IT. 8.Circuit and
District Coarta. Bpecial attention given to
collections in "II pane ..t the Slate, and to
rases in Bankruptcy.
\f I mice one door North of Court House.
Jan.V7:ly ,
a . .-. BAIX, inns. n. UtOOH,
BALL & KKOGH,
ATTORNEYS A T LAW,
(Upstairs, nea Lindsay lluilding,)
(.1:1 ENSBORO, a*, c.
13:1* . .
A. M, SCALES. J- i- acaijta.
SCALES & SCALES,
Attorneys at Law,
Qreefleboro, N. C,
J. E. O'Sullivan,
Tin Plate & Sheet Ironworker,
DktAEsXB IN
Planlnbed, Japiuned «V Stamped
TIN WAKE, STOVES,
PDlaPS, Lightning Kods, 4c; Stencil Plates,
BRAS CHECKS,
forHoteta, Saloon*, Ac.
GHH Fitting, Hoofing, Gatteriiig,Ae^pronptT/
fZrH'llIml.
Mereb-uts aiv iiivitv.. |0 OUUBUM BV utiKrk
bofora iiiiii-linnini/ flrtPwhfTf. j.ni *J.»:1 y
Wattli-Maker,
Jeweler A: Opliciau,
Orreusboro, >. C,
llus eoaataBtli on hand
a splendid aaabrtaMnt o)
able Jawelrr,
I some splendid
Fashi
wtilili will be
iraicaei
1.1 ClieHi>l
Ctocfcs,
r Cii-li!
1>RACTlC£ia lbs State andPedepalC
A.M. Scale" will attend the Pi
imrts.
abata
. A Koekingbani County al Wentwortb
■in the lal Honda) ofevery aiontli. janl5^»p
v. ». Ml RBIMOH. Ml"- I - ' UHJEB.
-. \. tana.
Mr.UKIMON. IULLEB .V AS1IK,
Attorneys^ Counsellors atLaw
Ji, N. C,
rILL practice in llie State ami federal
- wberever tbeir sereices may
i. I.
I'I rmei office of Pbillips A alerri-inur
."cillll
wI,.
r* Walobes, Clocks, Jewelry. Sewnurlh
chinea.aud Pistols repaired cheap and on sborl
notice. Call opposite the Old Albright Hotel,
East Malket Street. 10-ly
iy An assorted stock ofdlnis, Pistols,
Cartridges, Arc, always on hand.
IUYirj SCOTT,
Jeweller and Watchmaker,
North Bha Si., Eaal side of Ihe Court House
Will Work for Half-Price
In repairing Watches, Clocks and Jewelry,
upril £"i:ly
N. II. II. WILSON,
LIFE & FIRE INSURANCE AGENT,
OreenobofO| N. C-,
T> KPKESKNTS Hrot-nlo— Conii-aiiiet
J\> with an a^j-ro^ale capital of over
THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
l.lornev and Counwellor at Law. -*f&tt*+^E2Tm~
AM> ber*s Bank, unilcr llio ottoioat Miijterviaion
SOLICITOR IN BANKBUPTCY,'of
_ ST. II. II II.I..
Greensboro, W. *•., who ,vin at .lM limi.s bc gU4 ,„ wait ol,
11! II.I. practice in Ikeeoorlaof Alaiaanaa, all who desire either
Life or Fire Policies.
mar I4:ly
Dav'itbsm, Guilford and Kandolph,
DC Court of North Carolina.
Chas. G. Yite§,
And also iu lbs District and Circuit courts.
of lbs I nited Suies. in the Western liistrict*
, i \ I' , and specially in cases in Bankrupt-'
Internal Revenue. MAMKACTI RKB OK
I'loini.t attention given to collections, auit
.11 , Lain emitted i« his ,;.re. Tin. SUeel Iron*.Copper Ware
.llie above named courts solicit-' A Nl) dealer ill Dry Goods, Hats, Boots and
A Shoes. Wood Ware, Lamna, Crockery.
Office, on Ninth Elm street, opposite the *ud Glass Ware, Gnseiles, Stoves, and u-n
House. ap ilU-ly
1)K. EDWARD LINDSAY,
Physician and Snrgeon,
/\lTl.i;s his profeaaional services to
tbe citiaana of Greonahotoand vicinity,
np'.i -ly
■I Goods, generally. No. 21 South Elm
Street, lireensboto, N. C. Goods -old low for
cash, or barter. jan li):ly
D. A. & R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon Dentists.
N. II. l>. WILSON. CIIAS. E. SIIOHKII
»» n.si)\ it MI on i. it.
BANKERS,
GREENSBORO, N. C,
(South Elm Street, opposite Express Office.
Bl'Y and sell Gold and Silver, Bank Notes
Stale and Government ltomls, K...1 Koad
Stocks and Bonds, &c
^ep,
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jtmn, tii!»i>
■ • :.i i itii**m
in th« practice of
DKNTI8TKY,
rr-pi-cirnlly offoi
' iheir profetwion-al
sen iceoto the
eitizeDB of
Groauwboroi
ami tin? oiirntuii-ding
country. ODOortho otbor "f them
. ;m ;iI\\;i\K bfl Imiiiil at their ofliic on
I.mil-,n -. ctn iii up stairs, ciiliaiii'i' Kahl
Market' Street.
Nuti-Cn tt>i>• referonee given, Ifdoured,
tVniii our respective p.itioiiM ituriu^ the
pant twelve or fifteen JJMUV* illil:tf
DR. i: A. CHEEK,
Physician and Surgeon,
It' I 111 an ciperienc* of 13
ii bis prufeesionaJ services i
I Gn susl i • and vicmitv.
.. ! Itea denes on West Market St..
i ..low's Hall.
lit 1 KKKXCE4 :
Di Wm I Howard, Baltimore, Md; Dra
W - nd I lie, Waneiiioii, N Cj Ur E
Burks llaya . Ka i ..:,, N c. Dr J II
Marion, N C. ap 3IM»ui
J)K. BOBT. II. TOWLES,
I i KMKRI.V OF UM.KIl.ll,
s settled here :iti.l offer* hit •orvieea
in the praetioe "i nivdicitio to the
Da of
QKEENSBOBO.
ovi i Callnni'l Drug Store.
111:11 ISbly
PLANTER'S HOTEL.
Tills Iloitsi- Is |>ioasiinttj locat-ed
on Eaal Street mar the Court
.and is ready for the reception 0
II irdera and Travelers.
THETABLE
In always supplied with t ho best the mar-ket
artorda.
THE STABLES
Are in charge ofcaieful and attentive hoet-
,iid no pain* are spared in any ren-pecl
to render jjuests ctnulortable.
, THE B-A.R,
bed t*» the l'lanier n is always »up-plied
with the beafl Wims, Liquors and:
Began. |
UVE.RY STABLES
Have lately bean attached to this Hotel,1
and partita wishing conveyances, can be
Bccomodated with Good Tennis.
ryPrices as low, if not lower than any j
other hotel iu town. JOHN T. REESE, |
bfclj Proprietor, i
Having associa tWReceive Money
ted themselves SIGHT CHECK; and
in kind upon
or SPECIE.
1 >l-c i.M Ml
it subject t
allow interest
lime ilejMisil {CURRENCY
TlusiineHM Paper]
'olleclioib made at all accessible points.
Sent. Ditli, ly
~ w. A.. HOi^nsrijir,
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WATCH-MAKER, JEWELER AND
o:PTicx_A.:isr,
No.11 South Elm Street. (Jrcenslioro, N.C.
HAS a beautiful stock of Watches.
Clocks, Jewelry, Plated Ware. Pis-tols,
Cartridges, Notions, Ac. All repair
ing warranted. A large and fine stock of
t.ohl Tins. deeSStly
s>
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' .VSIIORO,
An Old Maid's Opinion.
"SOl'R ORAFE9."
Do you think, if I'd a baby,
That I'd let him poll my hairt
Do you think I'd put on collars
Just for him to soil aud tear t
Do yon think I'd call it pretty
When he bit bis little toe T
Vet I have known some silly mothers,
With their babies do just so.
Do you think I'd set him crying,
Just to see his cunning frown I
Do you think I'd set him walking
Just to see bim tumble down f
Would I call my baby pretty
When bed neither teeth or hair I
Vet I know some silly mothers
Think their babies weudrons fair.
SAVED
"Miss Violet, will yon give this
letter to Mrs. Maltby f'
I bud my munis lull of dra wing
material, but I received tbe letter,
and continued on my way to Mrs.
Malibv's drawing room.
The drawings were little studies
I had made, while down at the sea-side,
where I had sjient my vaca-tion—
made for Mrs. Maltby—to
whom I had been companion for a I
year, and Mrs. Maltby had been in- I
terestcd in them, saying :
"Touch them up a bit, Violet,and
Mrs.Maltbv was silent. I caught
a glimpse of her f»8». Flint was
not harder.
"Let me have it, Winfred," be
said, pausing before her, "and I
promise yon it shall be the last
time.'r
She made no reply.
"The last time. I mean it, W in
fied." >
His voice faltered. She did not
speak.
"Will yon V
"No," she replied, with no erao
tion whatever. I
His face had been working with |
some strong, deep feeling. But
that monosyllable seemed to strike
him like a blow. He stood look-ing
at her, his face still and desper-ate.
"I did not think God could make
such a woman as you are," he said,
at last.
I tele her shrink beneath the ac-tual
horror with which he seemed
to regard bear.
His intense attention of me chang-ed
to a look of wonder.
"Yon, child, are you not afraid of
me f he asked.
"No," I answered, truthfully.
"But I watched yon in yonr sleep
a moment ago, debating whether it
were necessary to kill you or not."
"You must have been glad :o find
that it was not necessary," I ans-wered.
He looked more astonished than
exclaimed, pointing toward the dis-tant
hills.
"Yes, and you shall wish lor yonr
rights no longer, Mr. Sedley, Red-burn
is yours. I have no claim to
it."
He did not speak, and I went on :
"Your sister was just, and she
wonld have made you the heir had
Used to Was
. it Is.
Bill Arp, the Southern humor-ist,
speaking of the good old days'
says:
We used to say: "Hete, Bob, go
and catch Selim, and saddle bim,
and bring him here in five miutes,
1 e '.111 . .— v ■" "*».s ,»OIII men v. uuu I o
before but I did not stop to think i her justice, Miss Violet, that saved
.'r.,;,i„ 1 , „T -, me- Viol«. I love yon, and I will
"5>5oS,r1&ie sTaiTd, lfir^mlly,",!1wTilPl m- ur- etalskee."Ktdbm" •» Vour 4,and, not
der you first."
"Do not do that," said I. "I am
your friend. I was sorry for yon
that day."
He did not speak, but a troubled
look disturbed the pale fixedness of
his face.
"How much money have
there 1" I asked.
"One hundred dollars."
"Aud you need it very mnch V
you
BnVsbVspoke with nnalterable s^JJS"*-" he rel'lied with a
composure.
"I told jon more than a year ago
that I should pay uo more debt* of
yours, contracted at faro, or in any
way,"she said. "I meant it; yon
know I meant it. I have given you
fair warning. And I shall never
change."
He did not speak ; his head was
drooped upon his breast, he was
deathly pale.
"I have done my duly by yon,
I will get a portfolio for them and j Gujs you kuow tliat [ |mVe," she
keep them." . added.
I usually sat with her in her "Yes, you have been just, but
dressing room through the morn- I voa Uave never been merciful," he
ing, aud thither I now repaired to repHM
touch up the drawings, while she ;
sat with her slipperetl feet on the |
"Oh, God !"
He flnng up his arms with a bit-fender,
embroidering with purple :
ter cry tnat wnug my heart.
ami crimson wool.
I gave per lite letter, and went to
a low seat in the deep bay window.
I sharpened a pencil, and then
happened to glance at my compan-ion.
Her face was ashy white. Her
profile was turned toward me. In
its irregularity and pallor it. looked |iair nnd took ., w.at nearer llie lire,
like a lace cut in stotie. But I had Uer ,jps were _B-i a8 j, s)ie were
never seen it look so sharp and
dentulv.
I looked at her. She did not re
lent or go to hitn
He flung himself in a chair, and
with his head dropped and his
arms folded ii|>oii the back, was the
most hopeless figure I had ever
seen.
She rose, for I had finished ber
still as ni-li-:;
IT was clenched in her
I had brought her bad
The
hand.
uews.
I was shocked, but silent. I
tried to remember what I kuew of
her family relations.
S '.itt was a handsome, black hair-ed
woman of fifty, who had been
early widowed and returned to her
father's house. Here parents were
dead, lief mother had died in her
infancy, and she had been the mis-tress
of Bed burn ever since.
It was not long, however, since
her father's decease. She had nev-er
had a child. She had no broth
ers or sisters whom I ever heard of.
I could not surmise what had hap-pened.
I saw her bum the letter, and
then she rose and left the room.
Afterward 1 guessed whom that
communication was from.
A week passed. They were
quiet and comfortable, but rather
monotonous weeks at Redburu.
But, though young, I was less
restless than most girls. I was not
unhappy with Mrs. Maltby; only
sometimes I wished for a little
change.
It came—a most startling epi-sode.
We had company to dine—Mrs.
Maltby's lawyer aud personal
friend, from New Fork.
I was dressing her hair, as some-times
I did, for she liked my ar-rangements,
pronouncing them ar-tistic.
Suddenly, without knock
or warning, the door was flung
wide open, aud a young man walk-ed
in.
I felt Mrs. Maltby start under
my hands. I myself was frighten-ed,
the intruder looked so bold and
reckless.
cold, but her face was
flexible as flint.
He gave a groan, and started up
suddenly.
"I am going," he said. "I—," he
met her eye and asked :
"Why did.\on not kill met I
was altogether iu jour hands once.
You killed her,yott will well remem-ber."
A slight flush stained her pallid
cheek.
"You wonld have made her hap-py,
I suppose, if she hail lived," she
said, sarcastically.
But the sting did not seem to
reach him.
"If she had lived! Oh, Heaven,
if she had lived ! Winfred Sedley,
may God deal by you as you have
dealt by me."
"I am willing that He should,"
she answered.
lie remained not a moment long-er.
Wrapping his cloak about him,
he gave her one look of reproach,
aud left the room.
I looked wistfully at her; she
did not speak to me, aud I,too,went
away.
She was ill the next day, but on
the day following, she appeared as
usual.
Ot all that I thought aud felt, I,
of course, suid notbiug. The mat-ter
was no affair ot mine. I had
not understood it, Mrs. Maltby
wonld make me feel it.
I understood that the two were
brother aud sister; that the young
man was named Guy Sedley ; that
he was dissolute and in disgrace;—
that Mrs. Maltby bad taken care of
bim iu boyhood, bnt now ignored
the relationship.
I was in no way allowed to learn
any more.
Bnt on the second night I was
awakened by a light shining into
I put my hand in his. trusting
Bim, loving him utterly aud proud,
very proud to make him the master
of Kedburn.
STOP AT TDK
YA11BURUIGH HOUSE
Raleigh, H. O.
C. W. Blaeknell, Proprietor.
JOB WORK
OfKVEBV Description,
Executed iu tbo
VERY BEST STYLE,
And at New York prices, at the
Patriot Job Office.
He was very handsome, but he mv charaber.
looked to me to have been travel- "it wa8 wmething unusaal,for the
ling long, or to have come out of iittle dock on the mantle was chim-some
revel. His linen was soiled, • tweive-
After a moment I slipped out of
shot, yet his ap- hed alld glidea toward the open
ingularly attrac- *.__ TK„ ,,„,„ ami.P,.i1iBr<„i folds
his long, clustering hair unbrnsh-ed,
his eyes blood
peaianee was singularly
tive. I had never before seen so
high-bred, handsome and graceful a .
man.
Mrs. Maltby did not speak to
bim.
lie sealed himself before and not
far from her her, however.
•'Go on. Violet," she said.
"Certainly. Let the yonug lady
proceed with her task," he said
quickly "What I have to say
need not interfere with her employ-ment.
I understand she is your
companion and confidant, though I
have not had the pleasure of meet-ing
her before."
The last sentence appeared to
have been quite-mechanically spok-en,
lor he had fixed his eyes fierce-ly
on Mrs. Maltby's face, aud seem-ed
to see only her.
I went on pinning tip the braids
ot her hair as I had been bid, but
my hands trembled.
I could not see ber face, bnt I
think she met that look steadily.
"Yon refused uie," he said, in a
far different tone from that in which
he had at first spoken—low aud
concentrated.
"Certainly," she answered.
'•Do you want my blood upon
your head t" he exclaimed.
"I washed my hands clear of yon
long ago," she answered, composed-ly-
'■Long ago !" he repeated, and a
wave of emotion that was inexpli-cable
to me went over his face.—
Then he was silent. I don't know
why,bat from that moment I pitied
him.
He got up and commenced walk-ing
th 3 floor.
"1 tell you, Winfred, I must have
this money," he said. "I mast have
it to-night," he repeated.
door. Tbe long embroidered folds
of my night-dress tripped me, bnt
I made no noiso with my bare feet
upon the deep velvet of the carpet.
I don't know whom I expected to
see—certainly not Guy Sedley,
kneeling belore a sandal-wood
chest, with papers strewn around
him on the floor.
A taper, burning on the silver
sconce u|>on the wall, showed his
face perfectly cool, as he went on
searching for something.
He must have come through my
room to reach this apartment, for it
had no opening but into my cham-ber.
I was aware that the papers
iu the chest weie valuable—that
there was money placed there. And
I saw that he was robbing his sis-ter.
I saw, too, a dirk-knife on the
floor, close at his side.
I looked at bim an instant—even
then I remembered to pity Mm—
then glided forward, snatched the
! knife, and leaped back to the door.
1 was mistress of the situation
"Please put it back." I said. "She
has been just to you, I would like to
be merciful. I will give you the
money."
"You t"
"1 have it—yes—here in my room
—let me show you."
I flung open the door, next to my
writing-desk and came back.
"This I will give you freely," I
soid, openiug the roll. "You said
to her that it should be tbe last
time, and I hope—."
He had taken tbe bills into bis
haud, looking at them in a kind,
unbelieving way.
"You-uiay hope that you have
saved me," he said in a low voice
We were silent a moment.
"You kuow now that 1 was very
sorry for you," I said, with tears iu
my eyes.
"Yes," be said, gravely, "and I
loved you for it."
He put .Mrs. Maltby's money
back and re-arranged the chest. I
began to listen nervously for voices
about the house, but all was-verv
still.
He locked the chest, and gave me
the key.
"Yon know where it is kept !• he
asked.
"Yes, in a drawer in her dressing
room."
I wondered how he had obtained
it.
"Hnrry and get away."
"There is no danger; I paved
the way carefully. Pure, brave lit-tle
girl, how fearless you ate for
yourself!"
He looked at me earnestly, as if
he wished to carry away a clear
memory of my features, then wrap
ped his cloak about him, thing up
: the sash, and leaped soundlessly
out into the darkness.
I extinguished the taper, and
crept back to bed. I did not hear
[ a sound about the house until day-break.
When I arose, I saw the dirk-knife
glittering in the sunshine
1 near my writing desk, where. I had
laid it that night. Then I shudder
ed.
At 8 o'clock the watchman who
! was kept on the grounds, was found
1 gagged and bound, just inside Red-bum's
entrance. Ves, (iuy Sedley
j paved his way coolly and surely.
A year later I was tbe mistress of
Redburu ; the beautiful house, the
; spacious grounds were all mine.—
Mrs Maltby had died and bequeath-
1 ed them to inc.
On her dying bed she had said:
"Violet, you are my heiress.—
There is only one living* being who
has my blood in his veins; him I
disown."
She paused, and then went on :
"You have seen my brother; I
loved him, I was ambitious for
him, but his natural bent was evil.
We had a cousin, a lovely child,
who was brought up with him —
They were engaged to be married,
but'l forbade it. I revealed to her
his dissipation; I told her ot his
debts and deeds of daring. She
loved him and trusted him; but
she was delicate and died. He said
I killed her."
She grew pale, even past her dy
ing palor.
She went on :
"When 1 last saw him, the otH-cers
of justice were after him : he
was a defaulter, he had stolett
money to pay his gambling debts.
He is" probably living in jail now ;
but I will have none ol him ; I was
just to bim, I will tiever forgive
him."
So she died—hard as a flint to
the last. And 1 was mistress of
Redburn.
I was voting and fond ot gaiety ;
I had now the means at my ilispos
al. Every summer my house was
filled with guests. In the winter 1
was in New York or abroad. And
vet I lived only on the interest of
'the money that was bestowed on
me.
Three years passed. I had never
heard a word of Guy Sedley, when,
one day, the Bromleys. of >ew
York, were coming to visit me. ask-ed
leave to bring a friend; I
she lived to see fou what yon are ,oa blackra8?1 •..harrJr nu- J'00"■
today" ofagnn, or I will .straighten you
"But it was your mercy, and not with a ff"*** ''" >'ou CM't "^ a> Inallaa \WZ-.- V.': t . .a .. • lit', BIT.
Now its—
" Oh ! see here, Bobert, I wonld
like to have my horse brought out,
if you ain't doiug anything partik
ler; bring hiiu, as soou as you can,
will you 1"
And there's the poor women—poor
souls—it's all we can do to taper'em
down to the sit nation.
" What did yon spill that water
for Jullyann, you lazy, trifling, con-lemiitiIile
hu/./y--positively you ain't
worth the salt that's put on your Tit-tles
; didn't I tell you that the next
time you spilt water on the floor I'd
give you a thousand! Now take
that—and that- aud that. Now go
and get your wasbragand come here
and wipe it up, you good tor-nothing
imp of darkness.
Hut that's gone out ot fashion,and
it is:
" Come, here, Mary Ann, I want
you to go and see Aunt Frances, and
ask it she won't come and do mv
washiu' this week. Tell her I'll be
much obliged to her if she will, now
ruu along aud be quick and I'll let
you go to the citcus."
Well it hurts 'em—I know it does.
It hurts the generation mighty bad.
but the children growin' up an' corn-in'
on dou't mind it, for they never
knowed much about slavery" times.
We old people won't last long, no
how, aud perhaps by the time we
pass away.and a new crop grows up
on both sides, the North and South
will be better friends I hope so ;
for, if we havn't been an unhappy-family
for fifty years I tlou't know
where you will find one. I can't
help recalling them old times when
my old carriage driver sot ou a high
dickey with a stove-pijie hat on, and
cracked a proud whip over a pair
of cracked blood-bays and little jai-ler
nig a standing up behind the
carriage a holdiu' to the straps, and
bigger and grander than Julius Cea
sar Demosthenes Alexander Bona-parte.
Old times, farewell! Vain
world, farewell ! Now I've got no
fore nigger, nor hind nigget, nor
blood-bays, nor notion', an' if I want
to go anywhere—thank tbe Lord
for His mercies—I am allowed to
walk.
Well everything's differeut, even
this here newspaper we're running.
Them old fashioned runaway nigger
pictures that used to be scattered
along down a whole column is all
vanished. Them pictures of ah
■Bonded darkies just a trottin' off
with the liindfoot a stick in' up and
lookiu' like the topside of an Ala-bama
terrapin, a stick on the should-er,
and a little bundle on the end of
it; gone, all gone.
'• It u n a way from the subscriber, a
nigger man named Dave, about IS
years old, ~> feet C inches high. Any-body
catchin' him and lodgiii' bim iu
jail can git 920reward."
Darn 'em,there's more of'cm catch
the jail now than they did then.—
Them old picter dies are for sale
cheap at thisoflis.
Ku-Klux in Ireland.
In the course of his oration de
livered on St. Patrick's Day in Sa-vanuah,
Ga.. Wm. Grayson Manu,
Esq., related the followiug interest-ing
fac's of Irish history, which
would seem to indicate the Celtic or-igin
of the Ku Klux :
No one who loves Ireland aud
sympathises with human suffering,
wouid like to lift the veil which cov-ers
her history during the four cen-turies
that succeed her invasion by
the Normans, tor this is the saddest
aud most heartrending page ot her
annals.
There is an nnfortnnate but strik-ingfamily
likeuess between this first
uniou of Ireland under Henry
Plantagenet, and the second uu-ion
consummated in the year 1800,
for both were effected by fraud and
maintained by corruption. [Ap-plause.]
At a conference iu 1170,her chiefs
were told in nearly the same words
that disgraced her Parliament iu
1800, that there could be no remis-sion
of her internal feuds, no pro-tection
against future massacre, but
by a voluntary sacrifice of that mis-chievous
and agitating iudepend
ence which she had so loug and
uselessly enfoyed, and was so una-vailingly
contending for; but that
if united to the flourishing aud pow-erful
realm of Btitian, the benevo-lent
and mighty monarch would find
it to be the interest of her feuds aud
promote her pros|>erity.
The English soon found that the
most cheap, certain anil feasible
mode of retaining the Irish due sub-jectiou,
was by fomenting jealousies
and stirring up Mrite auioug the na-tive
chieftains. History is con-stantly
repeating itself, and tyran-nical
governments, whatever their
form, invariably resort to the same
modes of enforcing their authority
upon an unwilling people and crash-ing
them into submission. So Eng-land,
not being able to overcome
the stubborn resistance of the na-tives,
sent over swarms of carpet-bag
adventures, among whom she
parcelled out the lauds of the Irish.
She then brought up all the corrupt
native scalawag chiefs [lmghter]
by giving them tat oflicesand digni-ty,
and set them to work to prey
u|>on the people.
Finding that even this was not
enough, she passed such cruel and
outrageous laws that the distracted
people were forced to take the law
into their own hands and exercise a
certain, wild, popular justice of their
owu. Thus halt the county of Ker-ry
was ruled over for many years
by Donald Maloney and his fairies.
Who do you suppose these fairies
■4—fi
Have a Speoialty.
It does not matter what a man's
vocation may be—whether a farm-er,
mechanic, physician, lawyer or
literateur—be should have some
specialty to which he may devote
bis leisure, even if it be in the line
of bis vocation. Yes, if yon prefer
the term, let bim have a bobby ■'
We do not mean that be shall ride
his bobby at all times and in all
places and on all occasions, bnt he
should select some special depart-ment
of science or industry for in-vestigation
and research—to master
iu all its details. Doing this, be
will, perforce, enlarge bis general
knowledge and the scope of bis use-ful
aess.
Indeed, it is wise for a farmer to
take up some specialty in agricul-ture
iu which to excel—not upon
whieb he shall depend exclusively,
and to which he shall devote all bis
euergies, but in the prosecution of
which he shall take especial pride
and pains, and upon which he shall
become knowu as a reliable authori-ty,
as well as haviug the best of that
special product that can be grown.
We do not urge this because we
think it will prove, in all cases, a
money-makiug adveutnre, but be-cause
we believe in the wholesome
influence of mo<ir« upon tbe general
life and success of men—because
we know that specialists are more
likely to have accurate as well as
general knowledge than those who
live aud labor without any particu-lar
objective poiut which they are
especially aiming to reach.
Let one man take up beans for
example, procure and cultivate all
the varieties he can hear of, study
their respective habits, learn to
kuow their season of ripening, their
nutritious qualities, peculiarities of
flavor, their history, and the ene-mies
which attack them, and he will
find a most interesting field for in-vestigation
opening before him,
which will expand yearly and in-crease
not onlv his knowledge bnt
his fame. Let suoh a man once be-come
known as "the beau man" in
a community, and as growing all
sorts that can be grown in his cli-mate,
and such a reputation will be
valuable in a pecuniary point of
view. So, of isotatocs, com, toma-toes,
peas, or whatever crop one
may choose to adopt. By all means
have a specialty.—Rural Xeic York-er.
for I had come from behind him— tended the solicited invitation, and
done all as in a flash of light—and
as he rose to his feet I stood with
my back to the closed door, with a
calmness that showed it was not my
intention to immediately arouse the
bouse. . , . .„
With presence of mind equal to
my own, he put the roll of bills be
bad been searching for, into the
fob of his waistcoat, and with a
glittering eye regarded me specgl-j
tively. .-id of
I was petite, I bad not
I knew be was not .fibbing yonr
me. out if you will
"You hay-back I will let you
sister," T
put''
Guv Sedley came
It was a shock, but he gave -J
u.,„ „f «i,n tiaaf Uec.laime' anu token of the past. Reclaim
his errors, he was so »
manly that he was .^
disjiu-
"fit!
SSMQ
usurper
.<•. He is poor because I
patrimony. I have no
Rcdburn, and I will not
seep it, but I will give it back to
bim."
An opportunity came. He was
sitting on the terrace one bright
evening. I went and took a seat
near him.
"How lovely this view is!" he
were? Why. they were some 4,000
tenants in white sheets and black-ened
faces, whose business it was to
see that no unwelcome persons set
foot in Killai ney. Sometimes these
fairies were called Rapparees, some-times
Tories, later Wliiteboys, now-a-
days they are called Fenians—I
suppose in this country they would
be called Ku Klux. |Great laugh-ter.
| _^_«_____
Send for Mother.
" Dear me ! it wasn't euough for
me to nurse and raise a family of
my own, but now. when I'm old and
expect to have a little comfort here,
it is all the time, 'Send for Moth
ert'•'—and the dear old soul growls
and grumbles, but dresses herself as
fast as she can notwithstanding.—
After you have trotted her off and
got her safely in yonr own home.am!
she Hies around administering re-bukes
and remedies by turns, you
feel easier. It's right now or soon
will lie—mothers come-
In siektiess.no matter who is there
or how uinny doctors quarrel over
your case, every thing goes wrong,
'somehow, till you send for mother.
Iu trouble, the first thing you think
of is to send for mother.
But this has its ludicrious as well
as its touching aspects. The ver-dant
yonug couples to whom baby's
extraordinary grimaces aud alarm-ing
yawns, which threaten the dis-location
ol its chin; its wonderful
sleep which it accomplishes with its
eyes half open and uo perceptible
flutter of breath on its lips, grne
ing the young mother to. 'shriek
it is dead this time, a'!" iu toues
out " send for (young couple in
of anguish—t* experwMe which
tbe light <r babies bring, find that
threes** beeu ridiculous, and given
,JiUer a good many "trots" for noth-ing.
Did any one ever send for mother
and did she fail to come, unless sick-ness,
or the infirmities of age pre-vented
her T As when, in your child-hood,
those willing feet responded
to your call, so they still do and will
continue to do as loug as they are
able. And when tbe summons come,
which none yet disregarded, though
it will be a very dark and sad one
for yon, then God too, will send
lor mother.
A fine coat may cover a fool, but
never conceals one.
How to Cure a Cold,
As colds arc prevalent at this sea-son,
the Danbury AVir* furnishes its
readers with the particulars of a
method adopted by a citizen ot that
place to get rid of one of those troub-lesome
affections :
" He boiled a little bonenat and
hoarhound together, and drank free-ly
of Ihe tea before going to bed.—
The next day he took five pills, put
oue kind of plaster on his breast,
another nnder his arms, and still
anot her on his back. Under advice
from au experienced old lady he
took all these off with au oyster
kuife in the afternoon, and slapped
on a mustard paste instead. His
mother put some onion drafts on his
feet, and gave him a lump of tar to
swallow. Then be put some hot-bricks
to his feet, and went to bed.
Next morning another old lady came
in with a bottle of goose oil, and
gave him a dose of it in a quill, and
au aunt arrived about the same
time froia Bethel with a bundle of
sweet fern, which she matte into a
tea. and gave him every half hour
until noon, when he took a big dose
of salts.
After di..tin his wife, who had
seen a fine old lady of great exr.''
ence in doctoring.on Franklje. _ '
gave him two pills ofbjJ^^Sml.
bout the sue Of *&* *Md tw(>
"bnle\slopofo*n"sifmi,.Srhome-mide balsam m ,,„_„_ Tm.n hf,^
to B*nMOt of hot rum at the sugges-
*Ui of an old sea captain the next
touse, and steamed his legs with an
alcohol batb.
At this crisis two of the neighbors
arrived, who saw at once that his
blood was out of order, and gave
him a half gallon of spearmint tea
and a big dose of caster oil. Be-fore
going to bed be took eight of a
new kind of pill, wrapped about his
neck a flannel soaked in hot vine-gar
aud salt, and had featheis burn-ed
on a shovel in his room. He is
now thoroughly cured, and full of
gratitude."
A New Version of the Flood.
William Cullen Bryant writes as
follows from Florida :
Save iu the case of the very young,
however, the schools have made but
little impression upou the ignorance
in which tbe colored race have been
reared. Their worship in their
chinches gives evidence of this. A
lady, the other day, gave me au ac-count
of a sermon which she heard
not loug since in St. Augustine, as
au example of their mode of embell-ishing
Scripture history. The preach-er
had dwelt awhile on the fall of
man. aud the act of disobedience by
which sin came into the world, and
had got as far as the time of Noah.
He thou said:
" De world got to lie berry wick-ed,
de people all bad, and de Lotd
make up His mind to drown dem.
But Noah was a good man, who
read his Bible and did jus as de
Lord tole hims. And de Lord tole
Noah to bmlil a big ark, big enough
to hole part of cbery ting alive on
de earth ; and Noah built it And
de Lord call upon cbery libiug ting
to come into de ark and be saved.
And do birds come fiyin' to de ark,
and de big liou, and de cow aud do
'possum come iu, and de horse como
trotting to do ark, and de lectio
worms come creepin' in ; but only
de wicked sinner wouldn't come in,
and dcy laugh at Noah aud his big
ark.
Anil den de raiu come down, but
Xoah he set comfortable and dry in
de ark and read his Bible. And de
rain come down in big spouts, and
come up to de doo' sto|)8 of do
houses, and gill to cober de floo', and
den <Je sinner lie scaret, and knock
at de doo' ob de ark berry hard.—
And de big lion hear de racket, and
roar, and de dog bark, aud de ox
bellow, but Noah keep on reading
de Bible. And de sinner say, 'Noah,
Xoah, let us come iu.' And Noah
say, 'I berry sorry, but I can't let
you in, for de Lord hah lock de doo1
and trow away de key.'"
Ten Thousand Dollars for a
Dinner.
One. of the greatest pieces of ex
travnganoe on record in this coun-try
is described by n New York
correspondent of the Boston TVaa-neript.
It occurred in the shape of a pri-vate
dinner at Delmouico's. A
wealthy German im|K>rter, who has
retired from baMncw, and who is
about to sail for Eurojie, decided
la-fore leaving Amerin» to invife his
friends to dinner
Covers we~ ordered for seventy-four
ullf'**» al"' carte blanche was
give; "vO Delmonico for the dinner.
Heie is how tbe New York Sun
gives a genteel touch of political em-bellishment
to a minor occurrence:
"A few days ago an individnal was
arrested in Jersey City for Bntler-ing
a pair of boots, and when taken
before tbe Magistrate be Colfaxed
to such an extent that the Judge
was compelled to send him to Snake
Hill prison for for thirty days.
T-e large banquet hall of that es-tablishment
was secured—the same
hall where the dinners to Dickens
and Tyndall were given—at the
rate of $15 a ticket.
For nearly a week the employes
of Delmonico were engaged in pre-paring
for this dinner.
A table twenty-four feet wide,
extending the whole length of the
room, was constructed.
Iu the centre of it an artificial
pond was made with a fountain,
while around the fountains live
swans were floating. Of course the
pond was caged over.
The centre of the table was bank-ed
with flowers, from the water's
edge, at a cost of over 93.000.
Perfume fountains wen con-structed
iu various parts of the ta-ble
and to add to the intoxication
of the senses, Berstciu's foil band
of thirty-five pieces was eugaged to
furnish tbe music.
Tbe diuner commenced at eight
p. in. nnd continued a couple of
hours, after which dancing took
place until midnight, when the din-ner,
or supper, as it was called, was
resumed for an hour or two, follow-ed
by dancing until 4 o'clock in the
morning.
Tbe bill for dinner amonnted to
just 910,000.