- r / _ ■ _ jil.jlv v-/c4;a v/xjlxjlut cjl lv^jlaaaxcijjlx 70l iiii this3 ss&iss salisbury n c september 14 1882 no 48 the carolina watchman f c t ablished in the year 1832 1 l ,.',. advance platform for the watchman our children haf a dog money ? ' do a son uv a gun keep a pank ackound ? j didn't it been impossibility | dot a cur should lend you • dree dousand ducants or ' shall i bend low and in a bondsman's key mid bated breath uud vhispeivd humble ness said this fair sir you spit on me on veduesday last you spurn'd me thursday on friday you told me to vine mine shin off an udder dime you call me old stick-in-der-mud ; und now for dose dings i lend you — a tile cent nickel und took a mortgage on your old paid head ! we congratulate the people of north car olina n the era pf peaee.prosperity and good government which has beenun broken since t he incoming of a democratic state adminis tration upon the pure and impartial admin istration of justice and the honest enforce ment of the law upon the efficiency of our i common school system and great advance made in education and the general im provement and enterprise manifested in ev ery part of the state and we pledge our i selves to exert all efforts to advance the material interests of all sections of the state in the future as we have done in the past and we challenge a comparison between a democratic administration of our state af fairs and the crimes outrages and scandals that accompanied republican misrule af firming our adherence to democratic prin ciples as defined in the platform adopted i by the national democratic convention held at cincinnati in 1^80 : bv x d g precious little hands and feet ever near our wants to meet ; laughing black eyes eyes of blue shaded with soft pensive hue eager voices tuned to gladness winning older hearts from sadness sent to brighten life to us shall we change ? be less joyous m l celebrated l^j , . .. .... t y nno thfttterril itscoi ■ u fecuone ol produced b ' i 11 ' .-••■." ifis and r i j ■ f o r the more exl { .. al ra 1 must we faint and weary grow treading ways of pain and woe ? wear the tearful aching gaze ever turned to children's days learn our tones of doubt and sorrow breathiug fears for each to-morrow ; little ones 0 can it be yon life's darkeu'd days must see resolved that we regard a free and fair ' expression of the public will at the ballot box as the only sure means of preserving our free american institutions and we de nounce the republican party and the inter ference of its federal officials for their gross frauds upon the elective franchise whereby whole districts states and the union have been deprived of their just political rights and we believe the corrupt and corrupting use of federal patronage and of public money drawn by taxation from the people j in influencing and controlling elections to be dangerous to the liberties of the state and the union the lights of home lightly sportiug mid the flowers knowing now but golden hours finding charms in earth and sky that we pass unheeding by blending sweet with playful fancies giving earnest loving glances happy children can it be you the davken'd days shall see ? in many a village wiudow burn the evening lamps they shine amid the dews and damps those sights of home ! afai in wanderer sees them glow now night is near they gild his path with radiance clear sweet lights of home resolved that we are in favor of the en tire abolition of the internal revenue sys tem with its attendant corruptions and that we denounce the present tariff laws as grossly unequal unjust and vicious we favor such i revision of the tariff us will produce a revenue sufficient for the econom ical support of the government with such incidental protection as will give to domes tic manufactures a fair competition with those of foreign production that there should lie an immediate repeal of all laws imposing a direct tax tor the support ot tin government of the united states but if it should prove impracticable to abolish tin internal revenue system with all its at tending demoralization fraud and corrup tion then we nine upon our senators ami it presentati ves in congress the importance of so amending tin law that the revenue officers whonow receive in salaries in north carolina alone more than 000,000 shall be elected by the people of the localities to u hit-h they are assigned resolved that tliecour.se of the demo cratic party since its recession to power in ■ xorth carolina in furtherance of popular education is a sufficient guaranty that we earnestly favor the education of all classes of our people and that we will advocate any h'linlat ion lookingjto an increase of the fund for that purpose that will not materially increase the present burdens of our people itemized that the question of prohibi tion h not now and never has been a par ty question in north carolina and never been endorsed by the democratic party and the people of the state at the general election in the year 1881 having by an overwhelming majority voted agaiust pro hibition and the supreme court having decided that the prohibition act is not and never has been a law we regard the matter as finally settled and any attempt to re new the agitation is merely a weak effort of designing persons to divert the minds of the people from the dangerous principles and corrupt practices of the republican party revolted that while we arc not wedded to any particular form of county govern ment we recognize the fact that a large part of the taxes of the state are paid for the common benefit by the white people of our eastern counties and that we consider it the bounden duty of the white men of tin state to protect these people from the oppressive domination of ignorant blacks and pledge ourselves to such legislature as will scenic this end purer thoughts than ours you breathe angel's pleasures rouiidjyou wreathe nearer you to heaven than we nearer its blest company ; on your brow its brightness lingers yet untouched by sorrow's fingers - darlings can it must it be you our darker days must see ? ye lode-stars that forever draw the weary heart in stranger lands or crowded mart ; oh ! lights of home 5s when my brief day of life is o'er then may i see shine froiue the heavenly house for me dear lights of home savior these to thee we biing to be sheltered neuth thy wing by the loye that bronght thee down from thy kingdom and thy crown by the tender ties now given precious souls to link to heaven draw our children lord to thee ere the darker days they see — v /. king miss molly and topsy two extremely humanized young persons come litre 1 die of colds " new york sun pri i . wji c co vrt,sec'y a horn e 0 omp any se eking gently lead them in the way ending in thy perfect day ; teach their infant lips the song suiig thy angel choirs among ; then within thy holy keeping saved from sin from saddest weep the liai k liberia from sierra leone arrived in this port on thursday 15e sides her legnlai cargo she had on board a leopard a large number of gray parrots and two chimpanzees the monkeys are rare here not more than eight having been landed in this country these two are females and young though the laiger is three feet tall the other is a baby and seems to know her name molly she is playful and affectionate but her fel low-voyager topsy lias some ugly traits home patronage stroii prompt reliable lfaoral ! i written ii dwi ilings ,. . one half cash ami bal nths these our lov'd ones blest must be blest forever lord with thee salisbury n c for the watchman canst thon by searching find out god job 11:7 make no mistake ! ttim.j j the only really big show coming will not exhibit in salisbury until thursday sept 21 ' e-£"^eb cpstp^m , k vvw 1 i rc 1 ' jift./jfl'i i b r^hf.tt & rfl nfw i1tfi1 i 11 jjilllllij 1 1 01 uu u lilii ulilldlj railroad shows oriental circus igyptjam cahifah umivsrsal exposition of living wonders s o ly aggregation of great exh : bitions that will jwwm^w visit your vicinity in 1882 will exhibit in m^^^^m ! f salisbury 9n thursday september 2 1st jk&''^miim *~ r : " \ the managcnient of s 11 bruntt fc cos new unitt-il monster k:iilri>;i s1mw nil ab§h$$wi '• ' j<~v a 5 ( ' iiau ' 1 i j to any charity public or private the sheiilv of the ni'.ntv in:iv li imute if jfsi any oiher how rulvertiscd to appear in salisbury arrives on its own car will also b^^^^^l^^*-^^^^§^vs on.::i as ab ive 1000 i s ii barrett & 0 s shows tloes not arrive n i v\n spe of palace sleeping stogk flat and baogige 3ars all miw all5ts0wh do not be led astray bv the deception practiced by small sh )\\ s who mfly endeavor to impom on you it nil j ..;. j ou - • twenty times over to wait the coming of the big show what you gam see oh thursday september 2 1st t«-o vi f^f.v disnlav 200 male ami female a ■-. herd l assiatie and adirt li phants ! some women oykn^and and america many great golden chariots xerxes grca i , han ., ' ., ,„.. , t .,.,:,,... i ;., rii.tivii great japanese circus rcngn-at clowns 20 bareback it ders ji a wolftfflffith drove of dromedaries 00 cagel of iu wtld l 4 ns 10 female hunlle rider siv gre.lt banck j-j thoruuohbrcd ho : ,' ni | n . nrntive bin i 1 000 men women children uk horses with the bis show in.ui »] gymnasts steam locomotive dan .. c ; mntlegs p irs i .,.. fc.l irea i nierons to mention here t . • „ irhl _.. tn ..., » h .. grand spectacular free street pageant in the forenoon than it is to sec the inside and wutside of any other show in america you may not in a life time have an equal opportunity of witnessing a procession so varied and attractive t th33anl2 sm n p r ' c2 p the ordinary tent shows will also exhibit at statesville wednesday sept 20th lexington monday slit jvril concord tuesday sept 26th ■ the appearance and behavior of the two monkeys in the rear room of mr rekhe's store at ;")."> chatham street seem ed to justify the darwinian theory the two animals look as though they might represent the missing link the hair on their bodies is jet black but that on their almost human faces is of a some what lighter shade their eyesare hazel and have the light of iutelligencein them and a great beauty and glory about them distinguishing them from all oilier mou keys is that neither of them has even a suspicion of a tail by jexxik joxe8 god in eternal glory dwelt ere earth's revolting mass in living grandeur o'er it felt the holy spirit press his hand this world with goodness crowned when early time began while all the morning stars around creation's order sang loaded rifle pointed at the bait some time in the night the two hunters ' who were sleeping in their tent were awoke by the discharge of the rifle n going outside they found tin cub of i grizzly bear lying dead resetting the tr»p they foolishly pulled tin dead cnb inside of their tent ii;.l turned in again it was not long before they were aroused by the she-bear who had followed the scent to the tent and had found its cub dead her distress was great she fon dled the dead body licked it and whined over it the hunters scarcely dared breathe much less stir thongh the bear in her movements trod on their leys and feet when she left the tent they franti cally climbed the nearest tree h soou returned and remained so ion that the men whose only clothing was their shirts and the night being bitterly cold were nearly frozen when sli3 again retired they descended lighted a lire declaring that they wouldn't freeze to death for all the bears in the the mountain fortu nately bear did not visit the camp again political revolution 25 studebaker wagons 23 webster wagons 10 tennessee wagons s nissen pattern wagons i eureka smutter powder vvxk belting and axle greese for sale at r r crawford & co ooo axe handles he smiles upon the flowers that grow beneath the torrid rays ; and those that skirt liberian snows where raging boreas plays it was not thought advisable to leave them long together and they were placed in separate compartments after topsv had outraged propriety by taking forci ble possession of her sister's meal and gorging herself witli two dinners to each was given a blanket and the little one as well as the big rolled herself up iu it and went to sleep molly was soon awake and clamorous for more food a banana was given to her and she ate it slowly and evidently drew an additional relish from the feast by watching the efforts oftopsy to conceal her extremely human and feminine jealousy the feast ended molly wiped her mouth and her fingers with a nankin and whereas it is seriously suggested that vigorous effort will soon be made to compel the state by judicial proceedings to pay the fraudulent and unlawful special tax bonds amounting to 22,000,000 issued under legislation passed by tin republican legislature 1 sijs and 1869 therefore he saw the flaming chariot high the hebrew prophet bear ; the fiery steeds ascend the sky ami beat the trembling air iabijiiiiiii mm flullou charlotte n c branch of luejdiln & bates grand midsummer isaie preparing for fall trade i bay now & pay when cotton comes in 200 pianos and 500 organs midsummer special offer v i n i r our uid sumui r > lie ■•• ■■ i'tti r to sell during the months of june jl l . august and september 1882 pianos and organs of every make 1 style & price at our very lowest c;;>li nites : on pianos 25 cash balance nov 1 32 ' on organs 25 c^:h i^lanc 2t:v 1 82 without interest oi price it balance tan l be paid in the fall longer time will be aiven with a reasonable increaseof price all instruments of every grade and price in luded in thi sale te!i yonr musical friends of it write us for catalogues price lists circulars this sale ioses october 1st l882 early pun h ise secures c-.i>n prices iijii easy terms six mi years pnrantee stool and instruc tor with every organ freight paid botli ways i no sale test them in your own homes address "^ ■■ l'yr wm b tker is m onlj aul h toner and rppairer all work guarantcd send orders to this llo 35:3m u mcsmitii farm and farm property f0rj5aie having become rathei aged to d • work i liave con f tioii stork wheat oats hay cattle a ! public auction i friday september 8th 1882 the farm is eight miles east oi salisbury on both sides of crane creek has on it a corn mill and cotton g i press all new and in good oi ler there are about 150 icres ofl md a good deal of it • j lent b<»ttoin and a goo 1 mead 1 isap • :■ barn all the build • 1 " md kitchen fun . t . : - ■ ■ : ■ ■ • cjish for the land • i the • othfi'r half on a credit of twelve m witli iat rest ''•-■■•■ u peeler [ ' ai '. !!■ 1332 it i the north state , life and nuptial association of salisbury north carolina chartered under the laws t north ( nrolina 1 d mcneely president , w t lintox vlce-pres'tand ueul manager i r.l erba1 m -■•■ retary i s.vml'el mfclbblxs treasurer ■ wn v.im ehead medical director hoa j s henderson legal adviser refer to the i5\m an«l bosinesa men of iry reliable and energetic travel ' ; in r agents wanted everywhere !"■•:: plans terms to agrnts l>!:.i:k nrnl any information whatever address tho u . j allen brown local agent satis n c raleigh news & oliserver and wilming ton slar copy for one month m<l bend ■ - •:."- i fnce e»:tf epgptes : . ■ sir.d pr lte r • - u mill . » ■ i thealliman jl t a 1lokio miaifield ohio 1 of theo buerbaum scool eooks school supplies novels and stationery ■!■'.:■ r salisbury female academy the exercises of i his instirulion will ! o(m.-n on the ht!i d:m of s(*|itt*iuliei under the direction ol mi k a uilmkk im i frincipnl ; and miss jinnj a < ai.i v i.i i as.sis!ant ti.;.-m for tin eiiglisli classea int ' jici mouth for ujtils studying latin 1 01 french l'outingeul fee 1 per -• -• ion i admission applj t >. if wiler at ;' the liank ; or in his absri ■-.■ to mi • ». 1 ! >,, . i . .'. j kki mi i i la ( i.'lll s th>l cd li resulted further that the democratic party will resist such recovery and the payment of such bonds by every lawful means lie bade elijah share his love with those who never fell ; and in those azure heights above with kings and priests to dwell the above resolutions were read tteruitim and on motion were adopted as a whole as the platform of the democratic party of north carolina he fills the boundless realms of space where worlds unnumbered roll yet sheds the blessing of his grace on every humble soul on motion of mr furraan the following resolution was adopted : reunited that the present faithful and effii ieut state executive committee of the democratic party with col oct coke as chairman be and is hereby continued as tlit executive committee of the party thanking them for the untiring zeal and triumphant results of their past services hon a s merrimon being called on de livered an address of marked ability the synopsis of which we regret we cannot print in this issue his loiious works extend afar in regions dark — serene beyond the farthest twinkling star by optic glasses seen molly molly com out and hug me said a mat who had been instructed by tli captain of the bark and tlic monkey came out hugged hiiuaffectionally whim pered like a child and while holding him around the neck with one arm in serted the other up to the elbow in his breast pocket in search of another banana here wonders grand he will display eternal ages o'er beyoud the dreadful judgment day wlieu time shall be no more on his conclusion mr paul b means moved that the thanks of the convention be tendered to judge merrimon by a rising vote for his able masterly eloquent and instructive address which motion being carried all the members of the convention rose to their feet with a shout of applause a compliment as handsome as it was deserv ed a xi'v disease both chimpanzees are exceeding clean and when any dirt got on their hands they rubbed it off with great care they were bought yesterday for the philadel phia zoological gardens and started for their new home at once they are healthy at present but this climate has proved destructive to the chimpanzees brought over heretofore they catch cold in the winter iuhamatiou of the lungs follows and their days ou earth are numbered siiylock mrs mose schuuihui is a very candid woman there were several lady friends from galvestou at the lions ,, few days ago mose was not present being down at the store the cincinnati enquirer man believing that shylock would appear to better ad vantage if represented iu the more forci ble language of the period renders his address to antonio as follows : sifinor antonio many a time uud oft in der rialto you haf abused me aboud mine moneys und said dot i took more iuderest in a year den der principal vas come to ! still haf i borne all dose niit a patient shrug ; for vat you call it ? sufferance ? yas der bagde of all our tribe you call me bad names — misbeliever cut-throat son of a gun cheep shon und so ou ; veil den it vas now appeared dot jou ueed mine halp ! you come to me uud you said : mr shylock old poy i vould like to borrow dree dousaud ducats till next saturday ! you said so ; you dot haf booted me two dree six several dimes uud spuru'd me from your threshold like a dog ! moueys is your suit den ? 15 y gooduess you haf more cheek as a book agent ! should i not said : y ii lilt l.'ijj ull'lij . pi mo27uhefis tombs great hiluciion in i hi prick.s of march monuments and c:^v--s:cnes of every description 1 '' rdi:illj i ite the public generally to an inspection t»f my stock and work i feel just i tied in asserting that my past experience iindi i drst-class workmen i ii ' the :.• v ■ s and uindern .-:> les and tljat the \-. . , rjiml ,,, 1!1v o f til ' l»fst iu try i do not say tll;ir m > wii . ;,, a ii others l 11111 reasonable w ill noi exaggerate in or der to accompli m v endeavor is to please and rive each eustoinei the val lle ( ' v(1 . lave with me prices 35 to 50 per cent ckeapeh than ever offered in this town before ull at once or send for pi ice list and de wgjifi satisfaction yiiaraut'd or no charge fneeiectiou ol marhle is the last work °» respect which we pay to the memory ut departed friends john 5 hutchinson salisbury \. c nov !. 1881 1 w reid ofrockingham being called on mad 1 some handsome and eloquent re marks remarks were also made by hon jos j davis cnpt swift galloway of greene ; capt c m cooke of franklin andrew joyner of pitt f g skinner of perquimans j m gudger of yancey and w foster french of rol son and after the conclusion of his speech sir r m fur man moved to adjourn how isyonr husband's pishness com ing on ?" asked one of the visitors not so goot as i vauts every once in a vile lie gets one of his honest spells and then we hardly make exspeushes you don't know how pad i feels ven hose gets one of dose hones spells term siftings another republican gone astray the superintendent of the poor liousein phil adelphia stole 125,000 in one year and drew promissory notes to the amount of 250,000 to ever oui thefts major phipps is his name and lie was a regnlai pennsylvania republican saint xetn & observer a well posted correspondent from da vidson says the prospects for the democracy in davidson have never been so good since the war leach's defec . tion has put the democrats at his home on their mettle let the ball roll on x<ir i obserrer i in their tent few men ever had a grizzly bear tread on their legs and live to tell the story yet according to an english member of parliament who made a sporting tour through the west this actually happened to a hunter named bennett lie and his two partners were trapping in the rocky mountains having secured a number of of pelts one of the men went to the near est trading post to sell them and bring back necessary store b'i.v!pl,5-:k the recipe for a impli yru balm iu-,m will remove tan i kjxki.ks hmplks and blot ues leaving the skin soft clear and beautiful also instiuction»forprodu urianl gu v il ol l.aii i n a bald head i : i ■ . a.hiiir im losinu 3c stamp fcx.vanj el i a i i.,s.v the liberal and republican conven tions which assembled in yadkinville ou the 30tli to the great dissatisfaction of the republican party of yadkin county nominated dr tyre york of wilkes for i congress and mr t j dula of the same county for solicitor the straight out republicans entered their protest i when it came to endorsing dr york some of the counties left the convention and did not answer when their county was called t n cooper was present and ran the convention the same delegates wi-re in butli conventions — winston iteadcr two or three bights after his depar tnre t lie bear took a quantity of meat thinking that the animal would proba bly return to seek for more spoil they set a trap half an antelope carcass was pinned to the ground a string stretched around it and fastened to the trigger of a