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IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT GREENSBORO, N. C, By James W. Albright & Brother. / I'll MS—eash invariably in atlvjuio*. -: - \ uoM.w9l.95, tiir«-c mow. 75 cln \ 3 -,.. 1-..11 r-vuiWutijire Mil>M:riU*n. will re ..[.'. gratis. ■ m ^M^I.^^^^C Rate* «l A«lv«rii*inic. ■ payable tmdww; - /ii'trt-rltf in HiJvance. i -I I HI inwrttoB, I 1.00 . ■■■• tii"ii, M' ■'.- .... fi.(K) lu.oo . l-i .ertiun :..oo . 1.50 .. 2."i.00 40.0(1 n, 10.00 Miti mill,. :i.oo 36.00 SO.06 I !i . 15.00 s.00 60.00 100.00 N"llil.- 50 per <•*» burbar than •••<'..-. $7; Mapi-iratea' adeancr. • .!- changed quarterly if -... \. i five lin»-», whiiyid a* ilf.Tin ailranee I - r-olessional Cards. II liii.i.iKi., THUS, lti in\. Jit.. \ .i . Late ■■/ AlammaCefN.C ii A i in \III:. C rsPMovre, V.''. Dillnrd. ICuilin *• OOfflen \ r i ■ 'i;\ KYS AT LAW. <Iit• nslioro, N.C. I; [t I. H ■.|„.(',,li|l-..!'(iuilf"lll,Ai:iIIUIH-.- Ii..-.".,i- ;i. Slakes,Yailkin. Surry, d Caawal] Ceonfi—, linn nill always attend lie- regular < . id Km kingliaiu, ahuttauce and l:ly | \t . Iloulelt. It.O.K., .1 . i lua f lUltiuiure l*mtal College, il \:,i.- tn Dental Aesonialilai lii-.io Improvement in l>enti»try. i T, tli lilli -I without PAW ■' IIY a einiple application tlw Tooth ■'I insensible telMUn iluring • • | . ration of tilling,wttbeul injury ii .tli. r.viiv operation wanunteu :i t 'hargee an low ej anv dentist - ix to the Rubber Co. 1 OH II .'., |...::,. .1 Kubher. .il i ii i: |- ...i up stairs in the Garret) r.;lly iilM VI. NOTICE. | ) Int. .1. DAVIS e- £ZZ± Would respectfully Inform the ■i , of Greensboro and tho ad " iBj ining e.inntry that he ban tilted up an OFFICE over l>r.lVni>ow'h i .<H>|IS STOKE, v\here he will he hup-ttend in all whu may need hiaaetTiee* of iIn- past eighteen yeara, ton i . ini-nnpcnt in the town of Fay-r, will warrant hiui in guaranteeing •.:..i - ,i ,-i II lion. i in nf all the late iniproTe-n. I ii.n.■. - moderateand work led. i ,.i I.I.-I.-■■<-•— will be given ■.•:.- HI r.ivi lli-\ illi-. ":tf Business Cards. • III-. I!. H.I.K.TT. i.Mtr.r.ic «v «•«».. • HMIsSION MERCHANTS IMI %'. in I. >.11. I.l.|iu>r Healer*. I; |{, ... - ire, Norfolk, Va. [i I in-'- ami gvneffnl v l.K-k -I i ;.«.il Liquors, A i .- -!. tin .-I'I- at reason*-1 tsiStai W, B. FARRER, \\ \li H M\KI1' .IkWKI Kit* "X C.rKHi-.l-iP>,N.G.a \ II.,- i .ii-t.iiiily on lianil a I i Ii -..1.1 awortment nf Fashionable Jewelry, .. .pleudid Watcku AMI tl.OCKS. M hick trill bt sold i . \ : • i.. e <• \sii! ■ _i .St-win I Machinal, - t: «hort notiee. Vll.rigbl Mm.-!. East K'-ly • iiu:. > . UK U.F.R III llRY GOODS, I a—H'luielit nf all Good*I . I assortment of iiOKING STOVES. il cheap B.r CASH or1 Kti<ri:i(. 49-.U* , • tin'.I:T-'I VKI\<; and IXDERTAKINO.I . l-i-v. Mi. Tli..-M.-k. one of i i theatate, I will guarantee all I ':..•!.■ I'ti,- T>I give nathdaetioii. .; niilv made I 'ujttu alwaya ready. I fiiuf roniiietilinii either in work or _".' Iv WM. (-OI.I.INS. The Greensboro Patriot. Established in 1824. THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1869. I New Series No. 79. W.A. HORNEY Watch Maker AND JEWF.LLEB H..." alw&T* on hand a tine aasurtafiit *>f W'nt rht-a. & .Irw.-lr.v. UEI'A 1K1XG done SEA TL Y and CHEAJ'L Y Give him a call at CW-Oglttirnn Ik-uk SUuv. •71y New Jewelry Ju-i reeeli-eol. Remember the DEAD! TOMBS and Tile" l|il'l-T-i.'T|.-i! r.-[«-.-tlNll\ ill|imilr> lli-t'l i.'l.lir. anil lbs piililit' at lmv**^tiat he in now |ir<*|>ar<-d 10 tuini-liall kin.I- ofMtMMWBw and ToaftmUtO**, nf tutcM ilfMiviiK, uitli protnptiirff. and ut prii-t** to riuit tin- tinea. Offwn itulMilM and proui|itIy fillol. tVAH work weal ofCompany Baou deKrovd on ibe railroad free of charge. S. C. ROBERTSON. 80:ly ('ha rlolte. X. *'. Palmer, llarlnook «V Co., Commis-hion Mi-icliants. No. I3EU Cary Street, Richmond, Va. •Special attuntiun paid to the nale of Wheat and Tobacco—lmga furniahed for grain, if tleMiretl. July I, 1809. 7:t:0m N. HrDTwiLSON, (xenci'til Insurance Agent, CREE\SRORO. X.C. Bepreaonte FIRE Companies with aggregate CAPITAL "f Twenty .llllllona or Dollar*. .M.'II i lit-: -ETNA Life INSURANCE COMPANY, Uaaarnaaeed by any in the CHEAPNESS and Reliability of ita Holiciea. ASSETS S12,000,000. Call and innnro your jtroperty against IONS by tiro, and thus encore you a home, and pre-vent eiiibarrcssment in knjajneaw, in cast- of accident. TV Provide a LIFE POLICY lot the sup-port of your wife and children when y..n are gone. OFI'ICK :-ltanking HOIIM- of Wilson j & Slioher, South Elm St. 77:ly ank of <Jr«M-n<iihoro, (iKEEKSKOKO, N.C. , Vh,irler„l //« Ihr Slat' •/ .VvrfA CaTaWnn. Aiiii.ori^.-a CntpUal »noo.ooo. JK>SK II. l.lNIisAV, Pnaident, Late Caaliier Hank Cape Fear, GreenaborD. Jti.its A.GRAY, Caahler, Lalf I'aslii.-r Danville Hank. Va. EliiKNK MOBKBEID, Teller. Kegouate Lean*, and diacuunl aHadneaa paper. ' Buy and aell Exchange, Gold and Silver Coin and llulli and Bank Hetea, Gonmunent, Stale and Kail Road li.n.ii- ami Steeka Itiorlrti MONEY on DEPOSIT. Make eolleeaon*, ami tran-aci a nuneral April. U69. Banking Buaiiium. M:ly \\J S HOOKE, W . Dealer in general MERCHANDISE, i IIII.I.IM;IIV, and Country PHODIlK, la the only authorised agent of the Singer Sewing Machine Co., one of the beat in the j world. The last one he aold.being No. 333^17, ■ abowa to what an extent they are used. Price ( $tio. Also for the Mason & Hainlin Organ Co. whoaa Instrument* for beauty, and sweetueas of tonc.(( Lurch and Parlor) are surpassed hy i none. One of then can 1M- seen at his house in Greensboro. Price *.">o to 11,0)00. 7S:ly B ,tt**oroBoo*4 £ a,*1" — rcw. "*\ '^e.NSBOKO,^: lC; ' II «.T IIF.I I:IVI:I> : A new and si-lect Btoekof BOOKS, STATIONERY AND FANCY ARTICLES. |) A i I . I ai ia\\ a>. COMMISSION MERCHANT, and, I.I ... Proriaiona, llanhrare, tilassl W i |.i|..-i.Wiinliiw-luob'ii.Ac! u u-iv.-n t.i .-lili-is.and In lliesale^ V,>.,; Stores, Tobacco, DriedI '. i.l i;r HolsE uril.DINC. Newbern, ».C. HOWARD, COLE & CO.; A Wholesale Dealers in Foreign I l>.iii..ii. Dry t;...il-. And White Goods & Notions, til It.illimoi <-. & til (irrman sis.. W lb n i. ) Baltimore. ■ - ,57:1 i P. Sl"l KK^ - I ill this old ebtabliahed SI. i.H V .V; IH"LANY, i - . ii Dealers in s.«[innarv, II Waapping Papers,- Blank Bsoka. •-■ \V. Haliimoif Street lli'iil' 11<> Wai-il- ■ 1 . V i v .r...'■■■.! RareeU,JV.C. I . It. Ill Ml.lt A to. .1 (1)1 ION I'M roKH, IMIIIKNKKAL i 'olllllli-.-ion M-'PolHits, III,,II A \\"\iin SMIKKIS, I'lllllMIOI III, VA. leii, and lilsral advances ' .' - •.ll.aliilillg. Ov-1,-1 Sin 1. . -: ;,i. per ton. II I' . i -M Ml |.... !«,,, ai loweal rash price*. Nt-rf'ilk Portsmouth, and ■V>:6m .OK ■ ll-« \H«»I.1>A HOOK BINDERY -NK BOOK MANUFACTORY i:.. -i. x. i. . Ri : i thsr Law 11. k. .. ii ding. Missing Nuui* I « . ■ • m taken in Ex- 11 l.xn uiiou, Miuute . I'. >ki Is Mwieto Order. ; ■■■■■• .1 fim« Office. JOHN ARMSTRONG. The Farmer. In the sirtnt of thy facr shnlt thnu tut Bread. AN ITEM FOR TREE GROWERS.— ("lias. Downing says that lie once witnessed a reutarkalile change pro-duced «n the body of a pear-tree by means of wrapping il in straw. The tree was a BrownBenrre,grafted about st-veii feet high from the "round, upon a stock which for years had not grown as rapidly as the grail, and presented a very decided bulge or swelling at the junction of the graft. This smaller portion was encased in straw about two inches thick, and at the end of two seasons it was fonud on removing the straw that the contracted, or hereto-fore smaller, stem had swollen to the size of the graft above, presenting but a slight indication of the point of union between graft and stock. This is an item of interest, and mnuy tree-growers who have trees with contracted stems, evidence of some natural want of af-finity with the graft, may find in it a hint for practical use. We have our-selves practiced wrapping the stem nf Morello cherries, when grafted at a height of two or three feet with the fr-e growing or swee'. varieties, with moss, and thus kept them swelling regularly with the growth of the graft for years.— The Horticulturitit. CURE FOR SHEKP-KILLING DOGS. —" I.. H.,"Wasliingtoii Hollow, writes: " I have a valuable dog, and more valua-ble heep, forwhi.m thedoghasan illicit likiug. Is there any cure short ofbullet!" In instance, the following remedy was effectual. The culprit was muzzled and strapped by the neck to the necks of two stout wethers. The sheep took fright at their unusual compauiou, and dragged him around the pasture in all j directions. When tired out, the sheep were released, and the dog sneaked home, thoroughly cured ofbis appetite for live mutton, and he was never known to chase sheep afterward. If this remedy fails, try the bullet.—A mcr. Aarieultiiralixt. DELAWARE HEDOES.—A oofiespon-dcutofthc Hiickx Connty Intrllitiencer says of Delaware hedgee: '• They are allowed to grow untouched for three years, when they are. by means of an axe in the hands of skillful work men. cut neatly off, close to the ground, and " laid." as it is termed: thai is. the stems of the tree-; are inclined and in terwoven into a kind of hurdle, alionl two feet lii.^li which i-; sustaiucd in an upright position by stakes driven in the ground eighteen or twenty inch) i apart . The hedge is • laid1 in the spring, and it immediately begins i.. sucker out, so that by fall a dense growth of new wood makes a complete barrier against cattle. With immense shears, or with a knife somewhat sinii lar to a corn knife, workmen then go over the whole, lopping oil' the top of the branches, when new branches are thrown out below, so that in a lew years a hedge is completed, that, to use the wortls of my host, would turn a rabbit. 1 never saw anything more beautiful than those living fences. KF.MKDY FOR THE STRIPED BFG ON WATERMELONS, AND THAT WHOLE FAMILY OF PLANTS.—A correspondent in the 1'laiiUi itml Farmer swys : Hav-ing exhausted my patience in trying various remedies I saw recommended for protect ion of mj watermelon, niusl;- inelon, cucumber, cymling and pump-kin plants, and losing a large portion of them by that gardeners pest, the lady bug, or striped bug. I gave up in despair) and about a week since. I'.ink-ing 1 would try and re\ ive a few plants of my first planting Of lnusknieloiis, I ponied a pint of water Oh the plant just at or about sundown: the bugs having secreted themselves in the top of the hill, immediately flew out. and took to the grass and weeds ; the water making their place of secretion round the stem of the plant a sort of mire, they did not return during the night, and the next mottling, before the mud dried to their satisfaction, they had taken refuge from the heat somewhere else. Having repeated the experiment on a larger scale, I have not since seen but one or two plants treated in this way that have been troubled by them; and these I am not certain have suf-fered by the bug. as they did not ap-pear on the hill on examination. How TO KEEP BCTTER SWEET.— It is the easiest llting'in Ihe world. Simply put it in clean jars, .and eovt-i with a strong brine. This will :. •; pure butter a year, ftesl anil .weet. a> we know by experience, ii equally good to pul in oak casks, bead ed tight. This is equivalent !•> can ning fruit. The brine, in the ea- "i the jar. acts as a heading, keeping thi air out. Bnt butter should be made well; we have never experimented on poor butter. Work put the butter-milk till you have only pure heads clear as rain-water: but do not work so much as to break the grain, in which cft.se you have a tough, heavy article in mater, and grease in summer.— Such butler we advise no one to try to preserve.— Cor. Rural World. To PREVENT Cows FROM KICKING WHEN MILKED.—Take a small chain, put it round her just back of her fore legs, and twist it. Bverj time she kicks add a turn or two with a stick : she will soon stand easy, and after a few trial- will not need it at all. We consider it a good thing, and. as far as 1 have heard, it is universally SOC ccssful. ANOTHER METHOD. -Takeahather strap, pass it round one of the hind legs of the cow just above the hock, cross it between the two hind legs. then buckle or tie it on the oul side leg in the form of the figure, s, and ii will be found to be effectual. Every kind of fruit is increased in size and improved in quality by attend ance on early thinning. Ifdone early. the one pear or peeeh left where two were, will often become as large as both would, and lie vastly better.— The Hor-ticulturist. Bank animal manures arc not so good in a garden as lime, salt, clay and vegetable manure. Lime corrects acidity, makes mellow aud sweet the garden stuff, and is good generally. Sever strike au animal upon the head. A corrcsimndent of the Practical Farmer says that his experience shows that tWO quarts of cooked potatoes would do as much toward fattening as four fed raw. and that the value of corn meal is very nearly doubled by thorough cooking. He considers raw potatoes almost valueless for fat ten- Never kick nor Scream at a horse, nor jerk the bit in his mouth. THE BONG OF THE PRINTER. Pick and click Ones the type in 111.' stick, A - the printer stands at his case : Iliseyes glance quick,and hi* lingers pick The type at a rapid pace ; And one by one as the letters go, Wool- are piled! np steady ami i low- Steady anil slow— Put still they grow. And word- nf tin- they soon will glow; Wonderful words that without a sound Traverse the earth to ihe utmost bound ; Word* that shall make Thi- tyrant ipiake. Ami tin' fetters of the oppressed shall break. Words that can crumble army's might. Or treble its strength in a righteous light. Yet the type they look but leaden and dumb. As he puts them in place with linger and thumb : Rut the printer smiles, And his work beguiles ily i hunting a song as the letters he piles, With pick and click, Like th«' world's chronometer, tick ! ti»-k ! tick ! 0, where is the man with such simple tools Can govern the world like I f With a printing press. *i, iron stick. Aud a Hole leaden die, With paper of while, am! ink of black, 1 support tin- Right, and the Wrong.a|lack. Say. where is bo, or who may he be, Thai can rival the printer's power ? To no monarch's that live, the wall doth he give,— Their sway Instsonly au hour ; While the printer still grows, and God only knows When hi- might shall rcaae to tower! t§Ttf Jafitiuf. (iUKKNSIiOKO. X. C. THURSDAY, August 12. 1869. INTKRKSTIXC. BOOK. We have in preparation a '• History of the Life and Campaigns of ijcncral Will. h. Scott. If. K. 1!.. II. II. <».. &<•..* by ■• One of the Onilford Dixie Ifoys." Price ^L\ Sold only by subscription. Subscriptions received at this office. BAD WIIISKKY. The Register man abuses us for drink-ing bad whiskey. If you really wish ,11 improve our beverage, Mr. Register, ■ ml us some of that good Astoria whiskey which you fitt heir to when in Ass. Surgeon in the I'. S. service. ■•Ill UWELL MKNDKNIIAI.I.." The Register man treats Harwell with irteal indignity. |He first spells his name wrong, ami then calls him a liar. We would simply state that Burwell is at present on a visit to the "Springs," but will return in-a few days, ai:d if the Register man or any ol his bottle-holders feel aggrieved at anything he has sahl, we have no doubt Burwell will give them entire "satisfaction." CHIVALRY OX THE BRAIN! A good deal has been said and sung about Southern Chivalry. Perhaps the most extraordinary example of that high sense of honor which prefers death to (UihoHOr, is gen. Will. I.. Scott. If. If. |{., 11. II. O., &c, who left the Confed-crale army in thespWaji of 1863, and came home, because he was afraid his niiii mini I desert to tlit enemy, and DIS-GRACE him. AI ha-l he says so.— Shades of Bayard! PREACHING. The Reguter has taken to quoting scripture and holding forth on dogmatic theology. We presume be will preach regularly hereafter on Wednesday af-ternoon. The first sermon oftheseries will be found in his last issue, aud is entitled "The Xew Catechism." We advise Chapin not to go to bed without a glass ol Astoria Whiskey and a box of Patent Hack ActionCom pound Cathartic Extract Defunct Mor-phOdite Pills at hand for fear this sud-den atlact ofjwefjf should strike him before assistance could reach him. (JEXEALOCY. The Register says: •• The ('onserva-tive Party brought on the Rebellion —the rebellion brought on the war— the war brought forth emancipation— emancipation brought forth freedom— freedom brought forth reconstruction." &e. We say: reconstruction brought forth Chapin-Chapin brought forth the Register—and the Register has not broughtforth, but is in such a delicate condition that we are hourly expecting that every minute will lie the next. A two-dollar bill, on which is written an advertisement for a wife, is iu cir-culation. " GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN !"— When we saw this well known phrase in the last Register we were at a loss to understand its meaning. (Inclose examination of the contest, however, we are convinced it is a misprint. It should have been "Get KJJ behind me, Satan," and is supposed to lie the re-mark which A. B. Chapin made to his old friend Satan when he mounted that famous mule and made his escape from the Confederacy. Satan did get up behind him and has remained there ever since, and is now supposed to be one of the leading contributors to the Register. A RIVER UNDER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. Tritliners Ri ami contains I he follow-ing letter from the well-knowi. Ameri-can ethnographist. Mr. George Catlin. It will be read with surprise and eager curiosity: Mr. Catlin. the American elhao gr.iphist, whose extensive travels have led him through the wildest ami rudest scenery ol America, has turned his attention for several years past from the Indians to rocks, and has made iu these studies vovagesto South America to the Rocky Mountains, the Andes and the Antilles, the results of which he is preparing to publish, in a work entitled "The Lifted and Subsided RocksofAmerica, with their Influences on the Oceanic, Atmospheric and Land Currents." And one of the sinking features of this seems to bef to quote his own words. " the discovery of a river under the Rocky Mountains many times wider than the Mississippi, its course nearly twice the Mississippi's length, and gliding through the clean ami vast rocky cellars ofthe upheaved mountains without the losses by allu-vial absorptions and solar evaporations which diminishes \alley rivers,il lakes along iu its course the sinking si reams and lakes of the mountains of Mexico and with them, perhaps by a hundred mouths iu its deep bed. debouches un-seen into the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. The frequent '• Montagues quifitment •' Ii'oihes i/ni Innililint~ and •• ISImrinij Cares'" which occur iu the Lucky Mountain range (he says) indicatesub-moiitagne cascades, caused by the waters of melting snows, of rains, of glaciers, and a thousand sinking rivers and lakes, which, amongst broken up and angular rocks, are on their way to the ocean level. Thaough the vast and heated vaults underneath the Andes. I contemplate a similar river, running from the thir-tieth degree of south latitude) to the north, and carrying its overflowing waters also to the Caribbean Sea. The Antilles, now partially sunk in the ocean, are but a chain of mountain tops which, six thousand years ago. stood up in their graudeur,a part.,and, probably, the glory) °fthe Andes; and a*, that date the two mighty sul.inon-tagne rivers, meeting and debouching together into the ocean, castor north of the Autiles. combined with extra ordinary volcanic influences, under-mined the Antilles chain, which went down in the cataclysm well established in Indian traditions, which I have gathered both in North and South America, and also by unimpeachable records on tin- rocks thciiisehcs—by shapes and grooves left in the giant walls at Caraccas and Santa Martha, on the coast of Meiiezm la, where this mighty chain was broken; records which I have twice seen, which may be read by all ages to come, and which are not myths or fables. In this tremendous catastrophe, probably the most stupendous that ever took pirn u the surface ol the globe, the Peninsula of Yucatan, with its splendid Aztec cities, sunk, and and since has partially risen, leaving the two grand sunken estuaries, the Gulf of Mexico and tbeCaribblan Sea. into which the two snbteranean riveis, from the constant overflow of their vast cisterns under I he mounlains.now Spread t|ic"" ''ear and blue waters, heated by the volcanic furnaces they have passed. By the joint influx of these rivers into the Caribbean Sea.i's western surface is elevated several feet alnive the level of the ocean ; and and pouring into the Gulf of Mexico, iast. and taking the sweeping its western coast, t; in its way the Rio del Norte am. Mississippi, this vast flood debouches With them into the Atlantic, at the Florida Cape, and there becomes the '•Gulf Stream" until now one of the mooted puzzles of the world. An Irishman was employed to trim some fruit trees. He went in the morn bag, and on returning at noon was asked if he had completed his work.— " No," was the reply : " but I have cut them all down, anil am going to trim them iu the afteruoou.*' PROtiHKW or nTHIV.ll.AMt: OR WHAT A PAIR OF ANDIRONS COST. "Peter," said my uncle, knocking : the ashes from his pipe, laying it on . the corner ofthe shelf, and then fixing ! his eyes on the andirons, "Peter, those cost me one thousand dollars!" " Hear meT exclaimed my aunt. •'Oh. father T cried the girls. '• Impossible." said I. " True, every Word true. One thou-sand, did I say '.—yes, two thousand, full two thousand dollars!" " Well, well," said my aunt, folding up her knitting for the night, •'! should like to know what you are talking about." My uncle bent forward, and planting his hands firmly on his parted knees, and with a deliberate air which showed no doubt of his being able to prove his assertions, he began: "Well, you see, a good many years ago we had a pair of common old and-irons. Your cousin I.etty says one day. Father,, don't you think these oid andirons are getting too shabby! Shabby or not. 1 thought, they would hold up the wood as nicely as if they were made of gold. .Soon after that, Peter,"' continued my uncle, "your aunf took it up—" "There il goes!" interrupted my aunt, "you can't get along without dragging me in." "Your aunt took il up, Peter, and she s.tid 'Our neighbors could afford brass •inciiroiis, and they were no better off than we were.' And she said Letty and her sister .lane were just getting old enough to see company, and the Stingy-looking andirons might hurt their market. I knew that women will have their own way, and there is no use iu .ibj.eting: so I got the andirons. Tiie pi-ice of them was four dollars and a hall -" " Ah, that's more like it !" cried my auiil. •■ I thought you said two thou-sand dollars !" " My dear. I wish you would not in-terrupt ni". Four and a half. Well, the first night after we got them, as we all sat by the warm fire talking over the matter. I.etty called my attention to the heart!:, the stones ol which were cracked and uneven. The hearth was entirely nut of keeping with the new andirons, and 1 thought I might as well have it replaced first as last.— The iicvt day a mason was sent for to examine it. He came in my absence, and when I returned home your aunt and cousins all beset me at once to have a marble slab, and they put their heads together." •• La. me!" exclaimed my aunt, "there was no pulling heads together about it. The hearth was a real worn out thing, not til for a pig.pen." ••They pul their heads together, Peter, as I was saying, and continued till I got a marble hearth, which cost Die twenty dollars yes, twenty dol-lar- at least. Then I thought I was done with expenses, but I was wrong. Soon I began to hear sly hints thrown out about the brick work around the lire place not corresponding with the hearth. I stood for a month or two against your aunt and the girls, but they at length got the lietter of me, ..•id I was forced to have marble in-stead of brick. And then the old wood mantel pice was so out of character that it was necessary to have a marble one. The cost of this was nearly $100. And now thai the spirit of improve-ment had gol a si art. there was no slopping. The new mantel put to shame the old w hith washed walls, and thc> must be painted, of course: and to prepare them for paint sundry re-pair.- were necessary. While this was I going on your aunt and tin; girls ap- ! pea red to be quite satisfied ; ami when it was done, they had no idea that the l old parlor could In' made to look so ; spruce. But this was only a short respite. The old rag carpet, liegan to to raise a dust, and I found then- would be no peace.—" •• Now. father!" exclaimed the girls. "Till I got a new carpet. That, again, shamed the old furniture, and it had to be turned out ami replaced j with new. Now, I'eter, my lad, count j up twenty dollars for the hearth and one hundred and thirty lot the mantel-piece and repair-. What does that make r ••One hundred and fifty, uncle." '•Well, fifty for paper and pain i r •■ Two bundled." - Then fifty for a carpet, and one bundled at least for furniture."— "Three hundred and fifty." ••Ahem! There's that clock, too. and the blinds—fifty more." •• Four hundred, exactly." My aunt and eonsbis winked at each other. "Now," continued my uncle, "so much for this one room. No sooner was the room finished than the com-plaints came from all quarters about the dining room and entry. LtUgbe-fore this I had surrendered at their discretion, and handed in my submis-sion. The dining-room cost two hnu-drcd more. What does that count, Peterr " Eight hundred, nnele." "Then the cbainliers—at least four hundred, to make themrhimo with the downstairs." " Twelve hundred." " The outside of the house had to be rejiaireil and painted, of course. Add two hundred for that." •• Fourteen hundred." " Then there must lie a phizes in front; that coat two hundred." " Sixteen htimlred." Here auul In-gan to yawn. Letty to poke the fire, and .lane to twirl over the leaves of a book. " A new carriage came next. Peter; that cost two hundred dollars." "Eighteen hundred dollars!" " Then there was a law n to lie laid out and neatly fenced—a servant to IKJ hired—parlies given occasionally— bonnet and dresses at double the former cost—ami a hundred other lit tie expenses in keeping with the new-order of things. Yes, Peter, 1 was en tirely within bounds when I said two thousand dollars." The opposition was silent. My aunt immediately arose and •• guessed it was bed time." I was let! alone with my tiucle, who was not inclined to drop the subject. He was a iH-rscvering man, and never gave up what he un-dertook till he had done the work tho-roughly. So he brought out his books and accounts, and set about making au exact estimate of the expense. He kept me up till after midnight before he got through. Bis cotislusinu was that the pair of andirons cost him *'_', tfiQ. ' Can Women Keep a Secret.—George Francis Train renders a judgment us follows: Men say women can't keep asecrct. It is just the rc\ erse—women can, men can't. Women carry with them to their graves secrets that would kill any man. Woman never tells; man always does. Woman suffers and dies; man blabs and lives. Mau crnnot keep a secret ; woman cannot make it known. What is sport to the mau is death to the woman. Adam was a sneak. Kve would have kept the apple a secret. He ye fruitful.— Men are coarse iu their club room talk, women refined iu their parlor conver-sation. Whoever heard of a woman telling of her lovers f Who has not listened to the dissipation ofthe men f Men boast; women don't. Women never tell tales out of school ; men are always babbling. So down with an-other old Ullage. Women can keep a secret. A melancholy little incident is re lated of the ex-Empress charlotte. - This unfortunate I'tincess• has lieen staying for some time at Spa. The other day she insisted with such ve-hemence on playing at roulette that it was impossible to restrain her. On approaching the table she deliberately placed a gold piece on the number IS. The Emperor Maximilian was shot on June 10. The wheel turned, and, though .'17 chances were against her. she won. She smiled sadly, took up the money and quietly left the room.— On her way out a pour man passed by. She gave him all the money, with the injunction that he was to "pray lor him." It is known that the Kiuprcss Charlotte never pronounces the name of Maximilian. The IUffirinc—K ladies smoked, which the god* forbid ! do you sup pose one lady would allow another to stop in the street and light a cigar from her lips, when she never was in-troduced '. When she. didn't even know who her dressmaker was or where she bought her bometsl GWHI heavens. Did you ever notice if there is any-thing unexpected occurs in the mutual path of men through the same street, Iiow naturally and frankly liny accost each other, though perfect slrungers, and converse about it and go their ways, after it. Not so; sweet wo man! "Catch her s;.eaking to thai nasty thing!" How does she know " who or what she is f" Children are so delicious about those matters. I saw two little girls the other day trying to crack aunt upoti the sidewalk by pressing in turn their tjay little nance upon it Despairing of success, they said to a gentleman passing. "Man,man, crack tilsnut for us, will yon f" His handsome face was luminous with fun as he presssed his polished boot down upon ft, to the de-light of the youngsters and myself.— Now these little girls wouldn'.t have thought of asking a lady to do that, or if they had, do you think she would have stopped to do it!—Fanny Fern. Artcinu* Ward once said : Bl igham Young has two hundred wives. .Inst think of that. Oblige me by thinking of that. That is—he has eighty actual wives and he is spiritualh married to one hundred and twenty more. So re Bay he has two hundred wives. He lives not wisely, but two bundled well. He is deadly marriisl. He's the most married man I ever law in my life. ' saw his mother-in law while I was there. I can't exactly tell you ho* many there is of her, but if- 0 good deal. It strikes me that one mother iu-law is almut enough to have iu one family—unless you're very fond ol ex-citement.
Object Description
Title | The Greensboro patriot [August 12, 1869] |
Date | 1869-08-12 |
Editor(s) |
Albright, James W. Albright, Robert H. |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The August 12, 1869, issue of The Greensboro Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C. by James W. Albright & Bro. |
Type | Text |
Original format | Greensborough [i.e. Greensboro], N.C. : Newspapers |
Original publisher | James W. Albright & Bro. |
Language | eng |
Contributing institution | UNCG University Libraries |
Newspaper name | The Greensboro Patriot |
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Object ID | patriot-1869-08-12 |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 |
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Sponsor | Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation |
OCLC number | 871564990 |
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