Carolina Watchman

              vol iii third series salisbury n c september 5 1872 no 51 whole no s41 published weekly . j 1 bruner prourietoi aad editor j j si ew art associate editor iiatks of bl bcbiptiow iisk yi'ai payable m advance 2.50 kix months ** ** 1 ••"- 1 * .;,-, - ie a dd i *•>■• 10.00 i | i0mjexts j|p 4 1 tops fi iii*:a])*v foot stokes c john h buss l )> pkimi ' '" hia friend i this diet hod wo id tttei tion i is extended tai i _: ,., ii .! ..; ■ in i.i line of business — ■ t prepared lo all kind of .,--. from tbe che ipe i ucad rt ■ e pre , ily works not ii hand can ted mi short time strit i ,';. in ac ,. ith m.i ' - drafts and the lhe emit t ;. ratisfii tiou pruaran tim-d ii will in i be undersold nrntli or . orders -.!;. d address lnlin ii im'is salisbury ii i llii 1 ! h r a murphy | hat in again organized for l'.l 1xess hive just opened a stock of goods entirely new and fresh in the room formerly occupied as lhe hardware store and next door lo bingham & fo to the inspection of which tiny most cor dially invite the public their entire stock was carefully selected by iln senior m m l'-i i iln firm i-i person and houghl at i iti - which will enable them to sell as i iv im cash is aey house | in ih itv for goods ni same quality their mock is gcn-tral embracing j iln vai i"iis branches i t i dry goods ! v ( rot ' ■ r-i ware boots nnd s de l.t atln r i nil nnd jiimliiiii skins grain and grass sci/thes cap letter and note paper envelopes pens ink dy md t beautiful assortment of lr"l w im m "» a ttj en if ft » tr a i i thev feel assured of their ability to nl ire satisfaction and especially in vite hi friends aud customers lo call and m ;: li ihem their acquaintances i hey expect and intend to maintain the reputation of the old murphy house which is well known throughout western north carolina all they ask is an ex . ttiou of tin : i slock and the prices vi trouble to how goods bo come right ilong their motto si mil profits ready iai and quick sales i with ii good stock low prices fair ilealiii and prompt attention ihey will ivor to merit their share of tli pub lic | itronage they are in the market fur all kinds ol produce and solicit calls in both sellers and buyers r & a murphy etobt mll'i'iiy andrew murphy salisbury march a is72 • - 7 : 1 y ] a m.st'i-liya x j p o\v vv new opening jmie a ni-iati-d tin ii -. the li in naiiii ..;' a m sullivan co j u v e ■ i ii j holmes new build \ to the ii a t!u are store • y will be pleas 1 to meet old and new iricuds t ., magnificent room — ! • 1 :-. -: in ;.->•. a and a 3li«.x-so ata splo-ndidl stock of goods / comprising a general assortment hard v ware excepted and will guarrantee as 18 can i.e sold y anv i'n-.ise \\\ they will deal heavily in groceries mntry piodnce buying and selling aud ■■ ho wish either to lei v or sell to ettll \ tf si li i vax a co 72 9:tf s a l el „ \ brick house with 7 rooms arid - \ all necessary out houses ; situated in the 1 desirable part of town persons wishing -• h'l-e can applyat this oflu ■■ : t for the watchmau mabel's message in pensive dream at twilight mabel sat her mien the amber of declining day in pleasing tints portray love's impress there and pictures thought in all its wondrous way the fairest lilly mingled with the rose would typify her eetly smiling face warm in her cheeks the health of girlhood glows bright cherry lips her perfect visage grace the gloomy hemlock high on yonder knoll in darkened outlines marks the airy llight of yonder snowy fowl that bears aloli iler plighted luve wiih pleasure and delight the missive gone was not in wanton haste fair mai el knew the freaks of vonng-love well the hasty brush may mar the progress gained and thua it errors on the canvass tell stil t , then she sal while twilight inks to night ; mn waits the faithful messenger's return : could she augur the sad re.-punsive words she would nol haste life's destiny to learn the tru-ty bird true to it's calling flew to carry for its mistress love sacred prize as faithful to her friend as if it knew the love that in eaeh fiilk-bound missive lies fr twilight ceased to gild the distant hills nd its mellow glow lade from mabel's brow she ees her feathered friend in humid llight — with beating heart she asks what message now '.' with eager hands she grasps the wonted note and hastens to initio its.-ilken ties though death hath placed thereon his gloomy seal siill unrevealed the mournful message lies adieu dear friend ; before these living words she reads shall reach thy thrice happy door all that respond in thy unsullied love shall be to mabel and to earth no more alas a his poor mabel ceased to read ; a darkness stole across her weeping eyes and in the faint of death her pallid form had swooned her spirit to her lover hies though alfred weeps his love to leave behind to drain the bitter cup of life alone ; but to his joy while in the spirit-laud she whispers still in death tint 1 your own grim monster death ! the great nnsated fiend how many vows are broken by his deal ; still discontent with alfred's early death hath placed on mabel's heart his blackened ea tbe fayettevilie deivx onstratzosar continuation of tup pro gramme of tuesday night ths inauguration of the campaign i by the greeley and brown i club wednesday gen leach speaker jarvis and v ii busbee on tup \ st a s 1 at farmers hall great enthusiasm old cumberland good for greeley by at least 200 majority owing to the short space of time at our | disposal tuesday night to make the mail our article iu yesterday's issue was neces , sarily cut oft at the most interesting stage of the proceedings as stated yesterday mr john w rose a prominent young lawyer of fayetteville introduced the hon i m barringer who came forward on the bal cony si bstaxce of the remarks of the hon d if barringer as soon ns lhe applause with which the introduction of the honorable gentle in in was received by the large crowd as sembled in front ofthe fayetteville hotel mr i said that he most cordially thank ed then all lor tin very kind manner in which his name had been received al thiingh he had at tirst hesitated about coining to this grand demonstration be cause of some physical indisposition and his constat t labor in other duties in behalf ol our cause he now rejoiced that he was here to-night to witness this grand success and the patriotic zeal and energetic spirit hy which it had been achieved it there was a city or town iu our good old slate that had a deep and pei inane nt bold on his affections it was this noble patriotic historic and renowned old city of fay etteville her people had been the friends of freedom and civil liberity in its truest and largest sense since the days of lhe o * ** revolution to the present hour fayette ville had been endeared to him hy lhe earliest ami most pleasant associations of his life lie was born and raised near the great highway over which were trans ported in the earlier and most prosperous days nf this good old town the rich pros ducts of lhe fertile valleys of ihe yadkin and catawba aid a large portion oi the entire western part of this slate he was familiar with that great wagon trade from tin west which like rich aigosies had once thrown the fruits of the labor of the west into the lap of fayetteville adding daily immense treasure to the wealth and prosperity once so fully enjoyed by her merchants and her whole community lie was endeared too to this city by the recollections of early and permannent friendships formed with her rising young in n in the spring-tide of life — friendships which ended only by the death of so many of thorn in the vears that are gone your win-flows your iluskes and others well known in your history were my compan ions in academic groves and college halls in after life also — on the stage of public action — in our legislature and in congress 1 was the associate of your tooiuer — your kecles your seawell — your henry yoor strange — your dobbin and other distinguished gentlemen i could name men of character and fame not only for their usefulness hut eloquence who shed renown on their state and coun ty in more recent times too you have fully illustrated the public spirit and ardent patriotism for which your town and county have always been so well known ah 1 i remember me ofthe two splendid volunteer companies nobleyoung men from this brave old town and county j — among the first to appear at tlie capital j of your state fully armed and equipped ' and ready to die for the cause of southern , independence and local self government a cause tiiey believed to be right though j overwhelmed with defeat and disaster i only by the power of superior number and j resources how gallantly they maintained our cause on the battle field and alas ! i how many of them bravely gave up their lives in the bloody fight you all loo well j and too sorrowfully know and most fearfully have vou suffered for your devo | tion lo principle and patriotic duty ! your ■ beautiful and flourishing city was laid in j ashes — your country desolated your peo ; pie impoverished oppressed and worse j than all humiliated by the domination of ignorance incapacity corruption and the j bad influence ot men strangers and aliens j in interest and sympathy to us all who came to plunder and to rob an impover ished country aud lo fatten on the spoils of a cot ired people to add to our deep mortification we have seen this thieving dirty work of the carpet-baggers urged on and aided by some ofour own native population for lhe miserable sake of office and avarice and a most inglorious j ambition in common with the true and noble people of the south yon have borne all this with the most patriotic as well as paticnt endurance a philosophic endur ance which has challenged and won the admiration ofthe world among civilized nations and even the wonder if not the praise of our enemies at home and abroad applause at the first nrment that you had a j chance since the war you triumphed in thi.s citv and county over all the power and patronage of llie government most anscrupnously used against you in the election of your most excellent conserva j live ticket in 1870 which did you so much j honor and useful service in the last leg j islature and again in the great contest j ofthisyearon the 1st of this month against j siill greater odds and a s i ill more unscru pulous use of government patronage and influence you succeeded in your county ticket and especially in the triumphant re-flection of one of the most active in telligent and useful and working members ot the senate ot xorth carolina your patriotic fellow-citizen wm c troy appl mse i it juice fellow-citizens to be with you to night you have cause for joy and irieetinir — for bonfires illumination and mutural congratulations our cause lias achieved a substantial victory in north carolina while because of gross fraud violations of the election laws fraudulent returns intimidation oi voters appeals to \ the fears iiopes and avarice ot tininl and | weak-kneed voters and all the influence [ power money and official patronage of the governments state and national through marshals collectors and assessors and their deputies spies and detectives from the highest to the lowest and most infa j mous in evvry part ofthe state ; while j even cabinet ministers and the candidate i for vice president himself were brought j into the field against us in the most : shameless and unblushing audacity against the freedom ot elections and we might well have expected under all these adverse circumstances an entire | deleat yet we have won against all these j odds a most substantial victory — a victo : ry ofthe intelligence virtue and honesty j of the lax-paying people of north carolina over ignorance official corruption and ! incapacity the purse strings of our good old state are still in the hands of honest legislators applause and the peo pie who pay lazes have still an assurance that their rights will be protected against the vile spirit of public plunder and rapa city applause although mostly behind the scenes and not much ou the public stage in lhe great work through which we l*ave just passed allow me lo say without vanity or egotism no man in lhe state has been so familiar with the great odds against which the good people who only wished honest administration under good laws had to contend than myself 1 was in a position to have daily information of all t ihe influences that were brought to bear agatnst us and how all the departments of llie general government even the post office department which ought above all others to be free untrammelled and unsuspected employed all the means in their power to defeat an honest expression ot lhe people of this state at the ballot box in the position to which t was called by the state convention at greensboro by the representatives ol the tree and intelli gent voters of north carolina i had opportunities to know what we had to contend against — and endeavored as far as in me lay to counteract it i have trit-d to do my duty applause and cries ot you have done your duty nobly and eon i repeat fellow-citizens in measured words — and with deliberation that we have achieved a substantial victo ry against the most terrible odds and the vilest influences — and against all that could be brought to bear against the free ; dura of ihe ballot-box we have a de cided unflinching majority of more than twenty on joint ballot and john pool is no longer to misrepresent us in the senate ofthe united states great applause we have unmistakably five of the eight congressmen from this state good and true men that will do honor as in the olden time - the better and purer days of the republic — lo our state applause and we have come so near the election of . our state ticket governor and all that nothing but an official count and a tho j rough and honest investigation ofthe gross frauds and irregularities and violations of lhe law in the exercise of the great elec . tive franchise can really decide who ia the legally elected governor ot north carolina to be installed on the 1st of january next great applaufe i would not fellow-citizens knowingly do i injustice to any man much less to a whole people but i say to you to-night that from information received from vari ous parts of the state i veiily believe that if the ballot-box of the 1st of august be thoroughly purged of all fraud and illegal voting our state liclet headed by judge merrimon is fairly elected by ibe honest and legal voters of north carolina great applause will you submit quietly to these frauds and violations of the law made by your representatives 1 cries of no no don't you think the election ought lo be contested ? we do we do in one universal shout ) we want nothing but an honest full and fair inqui ry if caldwell is duly elected governor then let him be so declared md sworn in for lhe next four years hovi-ver distaste ful it may be to ihe intcl'igent and tax paying portion of lhe people of north carolina that's right and if merrimon and onr ticket are fail ly elected altera fair and honest canvass of the votes then in the name of truth justice law and the people's rights we demand that he and they be sworn into office as the lawful representatives of the people of north carolina great applause tnd cries of that's right and we'll have it so j i v ill you quietly submit to fraud and the utter destruction of the elective franchise lies at the very foundation of your liberties no never well then do you demand an investigation into these frauds by the legislature we do you aie ri^ht fellow-citizens and i tell you now that il you quietly submit to these gnat outrages on the ballot and gross violation of the elective laws you will never have a fair and free election in north cai olina good people will turn away in despair if not disgust with this great bulwark ofour liberties as it ought to be and would be if honesty supported and maintained in all its strength and purity applause no fellow citizens we cannot we must not as freemen and patriots submit to these outrages on the ballot if we wish to maintain our liberties whenever a fair and just ground ior investigation is laid before the legislature the ballot must be kept not only pure but unsuspected applause we have cause therefore my fellow citizens to rejo'ce aud congratulate each other over what has been done but our woik is not all yet done we must now clear the decks for lhe great fight in no vember a fijiht for constitutional liber ty honest administration local self gov ernment against central despostism for peace and good will against strife hatred legislative war and all the imminent dan gers which now threaten the liberties of our country never did f'..-emen hav more powerful motives for exertion and self sacrifice from one end of lhe coun try to the other ihe true men of the land — the patriots of every parly and name have responded most nobly to the invo cation in behalf of liberty and peace and constitutional law and govt n.nient [ ap plause there is a great uprising — an upheaval ofthe people a gathering to gether of the good men ot all parties applause old whigs anil old demo crats i o seivatives and republicans are burying the dead issues ofthe past and rallying in defence of liberty and the constitution as understood by ourfathers with full ar.d statesmanlike recognition of the changes which have been made by lhe results of lhe war and the inevitable logic of events applause and we are encouraged to go ou in this great work the signs ot lhe times are auspicious for our cause we have longed for peace — a real peace since the sad days of ap pomatics — seven long years since but we have been misunderstood and vilely misrepresented at the north either from indifference the absorbing love of money or the advantage to be gained by parti z.ui misrepresentations we hive been grossly misunderstood and maligned at the north and instead of that peace which we had expected we have suffered all the wrongs of hostile legislation and bittir w r'are against our piop'e their interests and prosperity but the dawn ofa better day a brighter era beams up on us for the iiist lime in these seven long years of trial and oppression we feel that lhe north is in real earnest for peace and good will between the sections not the hollow and cant phrase of let us have peace when no peace is meant ex cept the peace which made quiet and or der in warsaw but a real fraternity be tween the north and the south and the fi.et and west and every portion of ibis great republic where all men and ail mates are under the constitution to be recognized only on lhe platform of perfect equality — applause i have felt this in my heart and mind since ciiiciuanti and baltimore when i saw men heretofore antagonistic in sentiment and opinion cordially symphathize with each other and from every section eager to clasp hands across and fill up the bloody chasm of war and move on together shoulder to shoulder in the great snug gle for constitutional liberty and free gov ernment applause greeley and brown are the representative candidates of this great party of good men ready to merge all the antipathies and antagonisms ofthe past for the good of the whole country applause 1 wish 1 had time fellow citizens to tell you all i saw at baltimore but 1 have not cries of go on one thing i felt and knew there lhat this tick el was the emblem of peace aud good will if not to the whole world certainly to the linked statee and that under its success we at the south may have reason to ex pect reform restoration reconciliation prosperity immigration capital and above all that we are again citizens of the united states entitled to full privilege and equal ity with all who claim the proud and un doubted rights of any citizens of this great republic — applause how great tlie contrast between phila delphia and baltimore ! at the former convention where the office holders con trolled the nomination as soon as it was i made as everybody knew before how it j would be made what a picture did we j witness ! the drop curtain was with drawn and then appeared in the near dis tance a man on horseback in fullmilitaiy costume booted and spurred wiih sword and marshal's baton panoplied eap-a-p'e — surrounded by none of tlie emblems of peace but covered with the insignia of war at baltimore the entire picture was reversed when the nomination was made by a free and unrestrained public sentiment and when the curtain was lik ' wise withdrawn what met the gaze of the admiring multitude ? not the war i horse and martial rider but a simple and beautiful farm house with ornamented grounds and picturesque scenery a happy family group and conspicuous among them the honest countenance of a man who had dignfied adorned and elevated his country by tbe power of his pen mightier than the sword and by a long life of de votion to the civic arts of peace agricul ture commerce and manufactures the cause of education the study of govern ment and good of mankind applause in the foreground of the one picture stood a man who was only a warrior and noth ing else in life in the other a great civilian scholar politician statesman philosopher everything in lact but a war rior who is not only not needed in times of peace but without knowledge in civil affairs is a great misfortune to a repub lican government the great want of the times in the administration of public affairs is an hon est man in the piesident office — that is so ) mr greeley is emphatically an honest man in public nnd private life hi bitterest enemy will not gainsay this no human being has ever yet doubted his personal integrity applause in his high office he will neither steal take presents for himself or family or allow others under his control to do so we will at 1 ast all feel that we have an honest administration — and that is a great deal in these degenerate times you all know bow we have suffered from dis honesty in public affairs in north caro lina i reckon we do and paid for it too there is great comfort in this pros pect besides mr greeley is a very re maikable man for ability his knowledge of public affairs and public men — bis wisdom and great experience he is a woderful self made man and unlike many self made men so-called he has not turned fool but hath wisdom increased by years of knowledge and mental toil and labor all his sympathies are foi the bene fit and improvement the amelioration of lhe condition ot all mankind mis plnlo sophy is humanitarian but duly compound ed with good cr-mmon sense and knowl edge of men things as they are in the world perhaps no man in america now living has so impressed his character and opinions on the mind of this country or age as honest horace greely the judgment of posterity will do him this high honor i wish i had time to say more about him i know him well i served in congress with him his very eccentricities of opinion are all on his side of virtue and humanity and in sympathy ! for the good of mankind in time of war while he was for its vigorous prosecution as long as it was inevitable he was always : the friend < f peace with the south and made no secret of his opinions and when the bloody stiife closed he was op enly in his first utterances for mercy and magnanimity and he declared his opin ions and his faith in the face ofthe world by deeds of courage generosity and stat manship and real friendship for the south aud its leaders that no other northern man dared to exhibit he not only went bail for jefferson davis in the face of an embittered north but even propos ed a commission ed good and great men of both sections to settle on amicable ble terms the difficult questions between us and named as one uf this high com mission out own great and noble and im mortal gen i.e eat applause j what other northern man then dared to i dosoboldandpatrioticadeedl butenough of this fellow-citizens cries of fro on no 1 must stop greeley and brown your representative champions are states men patriots honest men — whatever their opinions they are known to the world there is no concealment raise high then the banners which proclaim our piinciples inscribe upon them—fraterni ty—equality — liberty iu these signs you shall conquer let our watchwoid be work work organize in every country and township open wide the door for ! rei rails rally the\et*rai.s stand firm but i unite-das one man in a common canse for i the good of our common country purify the temples of liberty which our fathers made but which ha • been turned into dens of tbeives j know here in fay etteville and in cumberland from the spirit this night shown that you will do your duty in november we will we will but let us call on all our brethren in north carolina for the sake of peace i and liberty and honest and good govern j moot to do likewise our great party — ! every honest and good man in north car j olina expects us to do our whole duty on ithcsh of november next let this be dune and all will be well loud and prolonged applause at the end of which three cheers were given for ihe hon the chairman ofthe state demo cratic conservative executive commmit tee — aa>*afw ~™ notwithstanding the temporary check which chicago received from the great conflagration the new city directory for 1872 contains 25,000 more names than last year's issue and tluws a total of 400,000 residents in the lake city samuel cole for many years chief of the pension office at washinton d c died at lyons n y recently contributions to tiie watchman manners and customs of old«*n time — it may be amu-mng and enter taining to have some account of the cus toms and manners of living of the people sixty five seventy and seventy-five years ago as to what took place in seaport towns and places which had a dense pop ulation i can give no account ; but in the town where i was brought up which i suppose was not materially different from the general state of other country towns i will attempt to describe in the win ' ter season the dinners were generally uni form ; the first course was a dish of broth \ generally called porridge ; these generally t had a few beans in them and some dry j summer savory scattered in the second ' course was an indian pudding with sauce | the third was a dish of boiled pork and ' beef with round turnips for eauce — po tatoes were then a scarce article lhrec ' bushels being considered as a very large j ciop ; and i was a considerably large lad before i ever saw a potato as large as a hen's egg for suppers and breakfasts they generally bad a dish of the same broth those who had milk which were not many in the win ter j had that with toasted brown bread or roasted apples for breakfast and hasty pudding for supper for an exchange they sometimes had a basin of sweetened cider with toasted bread in it with a piece of cheese on sabbath day morning tbey generally had chocolate coffee or buhea tea the choco late and coffee sweetened with molasses the tea with brown sugar wiih it they had pancakes doughnuts brown toast some sort of pie — some of all of them dinners they had none ; but immediately after the afternoon service they had a supper a roast goose or turkey a roast spare rib or a stew pie — and this was the common course through the winter season in the spring and summer they generally on week days had milk for supper and breakfast for dinners then potatoes were generally gone and round turnips were too piihy to eat they u*-ed french turnips till greens came and then greens were used for sauce till peas and green beans were ready for use as for flour it was a thing unknown ; at that time 1 doubt there ever having been a barrel of hour in the town every farmer broke up a piece of new ground aud sowed it with wheat and turnips and would raise from five to fifteen bushels of turnips this when by the help ofthe scive was a substitute for flour in general men old or young who had got their growth had a decent coal vest and btnall clothes and some kind of fur l.at ; t.'|tt»«-o w'.to v l.olyd.w uoc and would last half an age old men had a great coat and a pair of boots the boots generally lasted for life ; for common use they had a long jacket or what was called a fly coat made something like our stir touts reaching down about half way the thigh ; a striped jacket to wear under it w ith a pair of small clothes like the coat these were made of flannel cloth fulled but not sheared ; flannel shirts and stock ings and thick leather shoes a silk hand kerchief for hulydays which tvould last ten years in the summer time a pair of wide trowsers now out of use reach ing half way from tbe knee to the ancle ; shoes and stockings were not worn by the young men and bul by few old men in farming business as for boys as soon as they were taken out of their petticoats they were put into small clothes winter or summer this continued until long trowsers were introduced which were then called tongs ; they were but little differ ent from our present pantaloons these were made of low cloth linen or cotton and soon were used by old men and young through the warm season ; at last they were made of flannel cloth and of thick cloth aud were the general costume of the winter young men never thought of great coats and surtouts were then un knonn i recollect a neighbor of my fa ther's who had four sons between 19 and 30 vears of age ; the oldest got a pair ol boots the second a surtout lhe third a watch and the fourth a pair of silver buc kles — this made a neighborhood talk and the family were considered as on the high road to insolvency as for the women old and young they wore flannel gowns in the winter the young women wore in the summer short wrappers or shepherdess and about tbc-it ordinary business did not ware stockiugs and shoes ; they were generally contented with one calico gown but they usually had a calimanco gown another f camblet and some had them made of poplin i h'j sleeves were short and did not conn be low the elbow ; on holy days they wore one two or three ruffles on each arm the deepest of which were sometimes nine or ten inches ; they wore loug gloves coming up to the elbow secured by what were called glove-tightens made of horse hair - round gowns had not then come in fash ion so they wore aprons made of check ed linen cotton and for holy day use ot white cotton long lawn or cambric i hey seldom wore caps when about their ordi nary business but they had two kinds one of which tbey wore when they meant to appear in full dress ; one was called strap cap which came under the chin and was there tied ; the other was called round cord cap aud did not come over the ears they wore thick leathei thin leather and broadcloth shoes all with heels an inch and a half high with peaked toes turned up iu a point at the toe i hey generally had mall very small muffs and some wore masks the principal amusement of the young men were wrestling rnnr.mg and jumping or bopping lbn bops dancing was considered ai a qualification of the first importance especially step ' ton es such as old father george cape breton high betty martin and the roll ins hornpipe at their balla dancing was a principal exercise also singing i gongs and a number of pawn plays uch as breaking and set tin the pope's neck finding the button c at the time i allude to a voung woman did not consider it as a hardship or deg radation to walk five or six miles to meet ing ; there was no chaise or any sort cf wagon or sleigh in the town i recollect the first chaise that passed through and i made a greater wonderment than the appearance ofa mammoth people were puzzled for a name at last thev called it a calash a horse that would fetch forty dollars was considered as of first qnalitv aud a horse more than nine years old was considered as of little or no value a far mer generally killed from three to five wine which would weigh from five to eight score each hut it was an xtraordi nary hog that would weigh nine score acute fevers were inm-h more frequent then than at this time tbe principal fe vera were what was called tlie long or slow fever which would run 3,3 10 or 50 days before it formed a crisis there was also tbe slow nervous fever which ran generally longer than the long fever bat consumptions were much less frequent then than now unless it was wiih very old people in the year 1764 a young man fell into a consumption ; he was be tween twenty ami thirty years ol age and it passe-d for a wonder that a young man should fall into a consumption the above account of the manners ami customs of old times was written aboul forty years ago ; since which time they have changed very much in what part of the country this was written we do not know but presume it i about as applicable to this as any other we are told by old people lhat many years ago when the merchants laid in their stock of goods in philadelphig a common shot bag full ot coffee was con sidered a great supply ; and the man who purchased i pound was thought extrava gant it was appropriated to the use of the sick and regarded more as a medicine than as an article of diet many men grew up and had families who had nevi r tasted it how long is a string ? how large is .« piece of chalk or rock or anv thing is how large is •*. load of hay ] how * . i wood in a load wheu the stan ; i too near together some slicks are long some short some crocked making laige hollows i — but a load is a load if there is nothing in it how much will the soul of that man weigh which may be put into the shell of a tobacco seed and rattle like a childs toy / we once knew a man of whom a nniwjr ualiot said that it was not necessary for his doctrine to be true to save his soul for it was so small that it was not worth saving if a man is poor and has a large fami ly that he cannot support by his labor how many dogs can be keep / the num ber is generally in the inverse ratio to a man's ability how many gold chains rings breast pins c can a man ware bow much . can he spend in luxury who hao borrow ed money from the poor hardy and indus trious and then has taken the benefit of , the homestead law or has gone into bankruptcy and has cut off all his debt.-f how can a man honestly and without puijury do all this and then come out . owning the best farm in his county ; de fying his creditors ? ' ' how much will a church flourish that has such men at the head of its affairs . and among its officers — administering the sacrament to their creditors so defrauded 1 how mnch salt lo keep the world t m corruption in a church when it morality is below that of the world , a strong statement that man should take up the cross that sin should be atoned for are idean | that dwell in human nature they **• p diffused among the savages in america , that la clery believed that some of tl • apostles had visited america so says bancroft the historian vol ! iii page 291 stop mv ral'i-r ! illustrating the fearful consequences of ■ this highly retributive measure the " j philadelphia post tells the following upon i '. the led eb of that city : i i this fearful threat reminds ns • • ' story aboul mr swain years ae*o when he was lhe proprietor of the i in ntt by - i his course in regard to some public matter [ de h d , ;: led a number of readi rs one ' of whom he met on chesnat street and ' ' thus accosted him : mr swain i've stopped the led : gee : i what ta th i bii '" i've stopped the ledge was ths ' stern reply great heavens !" said mr swain dear sir lhat won't do c me to the office tins ur i i - and taking lhe in in wi ed the offie ;,: 1 bird aud t h there they found the ci i i - b u desks ; then they ascended ti : •■■'■•' j rooms and composing rooms where all , was as usual ; finally tbey d.*»ccii.ied to the press rooms where the engineers wen at work i i thought you told me y.u bad stop ped the lkli'ek said mi swain ! so i have said the offended ubscri i ber i don't see the stoppage the i.tu ger seems to be going on oh i mean to say — th it is that i — 1 ah — had stopped taking it is that all \" exclaimed mr swain why my dear air you don't know ho w you alarmed me as for your individual subscription i care very little good day sir aud never maki inch rash mawr tiona again