The Old North State

              *■ ', i^-"-'-"'--'!1 -, vi infill t i flljfjtf £. salisbury n c october 21 1870 vol v no 42 tlje lb nortl state l'llli.lhliku wlof.kl.v 11v 1 e wis ii a n e s editor and proprietor 11 a tics h si iis ltll'1 ion one bau payable in iijvauee 3.0ll six months " •• 1.50 5 copies to ou address 12.30 10 copies to hud address 20,00 jlutes of advertimnq one square first insertion 1,00 for each additional insertion 50 j special notices will be charged 50 per cent i higher than the above rates court and juxlicvn urdera willbe publish ed at the gains rates with other . advertise ments obituary notices over six lilies oh urged as advertisements contract rates 7 o ;'«-_' | h 2.t 3 » 3 f k i s ' k k « f\'n sracr h'*"b 8 bk s 3 f s ' § b ' j ' ■ " ' r ' ' i square 2 .">() s375 50l):*d 50 1300 2 squares 4 50 gt_.r 8 50,13 00 22,00 3 squares ti 00 9 00 12 00 20 00 30,00 4 sipiaves s 00 1 1 00 15 iii 25 oil 17 50 ! i column 1 1 00 l(i 00 20 00 to 00 45,00 ' jicolu'mn id 00 2-1 00 30 00 45 ml 75.00 i column . 28 00 40 00 50 00 80 00 1 30,01 1 ' lettk1 from gov iraham hii.i.sboro n c oct 1 1s70 gcntlciiiirl i have had the honor to receive your kind invitation to a public dinner of the conservative party of bertie at windsor on the 4th inst in honor of the recent victory achieved in the late dec ! tion and regret that business engagements deny me the pleasure of attending i beg you however mul those you rep resent to he assured of my cordial good wishes and sincere conjruiulations on the , event which brings you together the i grand result of the election attained us il was by she calm and spontaneous determi | nation of the people not only without any undue ireaus to sway them in that diiee \ tion but in the face of patronage and j power and the appliance of a military force actually distributed and stationed at the pieciocln in sundry tumuli j ; ami d , tcr arresting and holding in prison many of ou'r most respected and influential men i to drive them to the contrary affords abundant cause fur rejoicing and thanks | giving by all good and patriotic citizens j it demonstrates that the people are fully alive to thf magnitude of the interests in volved in 1 tie contest and that the power to control the government is again in iho hands of those who expect permanently to live under it lo pay ils costs and to feel ill their persons and interests the con sequence of good or ovil counsels and pol icy it is thus that it revives hope in the breasts of those who may have been doubt ful or despondent ; and induces them lo thand god and take courage to rebuild their waste places and make lasting homes in their native laud it opens up for the futr.re a new vista fuilll must i be kept with the federal government by j a full observance of the rights anil a pro per care of he interests of the colored race ; which no one among us would now ; disturb if he could but all else in our system of internal govern ent and police is in the hands of the people of the stale it is for them that this government exists ; by them it is | aid for and maintained and il should conform to their interests wauls i and tastea it is manifest that much nf the existing system is of foreign importa tion and not the offspiing of the deliberate judgment of the people these parts were copied from l he institutions of states dif ferently circumstanced rs to wealth den sity of population and the habits and in dustrial pursuits of the inhabitants they do not suit us and will require careful re vision tissue is nothing in this tusk at ' all calculated to induce any collision will j congress the members of which would bo s far from interfering in our domestic and | municipal affairs as they would be j alous of our iulcifcicuec wiih theirs su.u on ly as they are affected by i ho recent amendments of the constitution of the units q stall's nothing should be done rashly or in a spirit nf fa-lions hostility ' jiut we need a cheaper system ore more responsible and less novel and strange lo the people at best our path is beset with lifficiln ties in the paucity of our resourcs's tin wild legislation and maladministration of the last two years have done as mm h lo damage our finances and public credit lis was done by the war liul the downward tendency in this respect it is to be hoped has been arrested by the changes to he effected by the election and we may look again for the prudence integrity and economy ol former limes 1 trust also that we have arrived al the dawn at h list of a day ot better feeling between the people of the late hostile sections of our common country ; and thai tin people of the north will see in tin exercise of p w er by the conservative | eople ol the stati , only a faithful observance of tin obliga tions imposed by u common cou-titutio and that all predictions to the contrary have hem the offspring of murepresanta tion and injustice believe me gentlemen iv it-li gnat rcspi ct your obedienl servant w a <; n \ it mi messrs jos b cherry 1 h wiustou fee c . ' lommlttee the population of illinois by the resenl cenpcb is 2.5si7.105 masquerading so my cousin is coming from europe to fulfil the conditions ofllfe father's will ' will i don't think much of him that's 1 sure any man that will consent to snar ly a girl whom he has never seen for the sake of a little money is a contemptible wretch and lure miss lilias sel'ton topped very excitedly hal lilias argued her eon-tin mar ian l.e rcnkoualilo llr-ttberl m arisen | hasn't expressed the slightest intention of complying with his father's wishes has said nothing at all about in trimony has i had 110 need of tho fortune left him con ditionally well that only shows him to be mi serly was the willful retort and the matter jusl bellies itself down to this : i'm | not going to 111 any any one whom 1 don't love wiih my whole soul — no matter whin pecuniary disadvunngo may be the icsnlt — and 1 don't want to be bothered with him anyway marian dear won't yoi'.do mc a favor and the speaker's wis.il'ul gaze was very becoming why of course whiil is it .'' well 1 thought over this mailer all last night and have lit upon n splendid plan it you'll only consent you know we have received permission to keep house down nl i he old homestead all by ourselves this slimmer well no one llieie knows us and won't you be lilias and let me lie your maid if he can's love sue in one position as well its another i i don't want anything to do with him ; and if he should fancy von it would be splendid llulh these young girls were beautiful wealthy and ronnuuic the elder mr marston on account of some fancied bus iness wrong ho had done her father had left his property to his son on condition that the son married lilias if be refused lilias was to possess the whole lie had been dead now about a year and two or three days before lilian had received a letter from ihe son slating his intention of coming again to america but making no mention whatever of money or matri mony the letter was cultured and gentleman . ly — lilias was forced to confess that ; but his very reticence on the one impor tant topic piqued her and rather revenge ful he planned out ibis little programme ihcli after coaxing her cousin ugreptt to in a few weeks they were located for the biunmer in the softon homestead — mrs seftou and her daughter had preler j red n fashionable watering place hut innl pposed lillias desire to rustic ate iii the old farmhouse which was ten ated and kept in order by a couple to whom both lilias and marian were slrun gers now said lilias one glorious sum in r evening i suppose we may expect herbert martson daily as i have left a note 10 be delivered to him immediately afur his arrival informing him of my whereabouts liul look here comes iwr strangers ! may la one of them is he he on your guard " the had to t m • to say more for both had approached and one spoke is miss seftou residing here '" marian bowed composedly that is my name sir indeed svith extended hand al low me ihnn to introduce myself as her bert marston alter the necessary greeting had been interchanged the new comer glanced in j quiringly al the little white robed figure btaniliiig modestly apart marian bit her lius amusedly lilias didn't look at nil like a menial still her character must bo kept up and iii reply to his questioning gaze she said : maggie you may go in and help mrs brown about lea 1 presume your walk irom the depot lias given you an appetite and marian in her turn looked as though desiring un introduction to mr murstou's companion l'cih.ip said the gentleman with an odd expression be/oro your maid at lends to mint part ef the business she will show my valet the loom lam o occupy until gills looked up in surprise the valet was a handsome dork mus laeheil ix footer whose every expression belied his position of servility ; hut he had , should led the valise and stood waiting ' for his guide to lead the way so with a look which sigulied something more than mere wonder maggie obeyed the i oper ative command of h'-r mistress and pro ceeded upstairs whew !" safd the valet after deposit ing his burden looking up with a smile into the fair young face of his escort — thai's what i call warm work ! well maggie are you and 1 going to be good friend i he spoke rather condescendingly and the indignant blood rush d into his com panion's cln s-ks as she roplis d cooly : j am nothing of a prophet and there fore find il impossible to answuryourquos lion decish ill ; but 1 am inclined to think not \ he smiled piovokiugly that's bud hut our opinions on that suliji al differ why il wo don't enter tain each oth t what tie dickens shall wo do with outsell 1 b .'" 1 have never benn at a loss for amuse mi nt responded his companion dernuro ; ly however if you are dependent up ' on outside society there are demy ol . s)l villll girls al ', w hoqi i have no douljt yop can readily become acquainted with i don't fancy bcrvant girls as 1 gen eral thing ho answprea calmly j l.r 0 rutin r high idi aa for a valet ; and const quently have but little desire to be icqtlti ti d with your friends " a lit tie petulant shrug ws,b nil tho an bwit in ri-ci-ivi-cl nit tin tillr ilr chambro lurnril mill descended tin stairs j'lnit man ho murmured sonly is mi raoro m servant limn i aiti i mil in shan't know that i sunpcct s in truth mitl she chuckled amusedly at tin thought of iiei iwii secret which iiu hub fur iron divining after ii'n while the master and mistress '■ ehuttod pleasantly on tho old fashioned j porch iiu two fi-vauu ly the gulo wiwo j pairing away gnyly iwliy maggie said tho valot wlio answered to the name ol john you ai'o twice an smart oi half ilia young ladies of tin presedt day what makes you busy j in ho degrading a position / don't you i know enough to tench s clmol ?" yes 1 kiippobn bo replied maggie with a mischievous suiilo l|c failed to do j ici-t shu hud bcun purposely showing ; off llui i'm very ussicls uitiichcd to miss liliiie and ssh long an one in obliged to work wnat does it uiatter what one does v a great deal ho answered much more excitedly s lint the circumstances deround i'd ; and hen ho proceeded tn biiow her how iiu was injuring herself and fro in t iiu t they went nfl into a long discussion ispo.i woman's sphere ; and when they nl last returned to the huii-e it was wills manifest reluctance for three weeks mr marston and liit vnlei jnliii remained nt the nld home stead ounti'dry to t-lid cousin's oxpeota , lionet mi muvstion s«id not a word to mm inn of the strange legacy of his futhei and everything went on merrily until a visible badness overshadowed the whole i company inhii drew maggie down by the gate j they had become very good friends not i withstanding maggie's ideas upon their , fil'bl meeting well maggie he began earnestly tomorrow we go away ; but before 1 leave i want you to promise to act upon j my suggestion that silggs'stion was that lie should leave her position as lady's maid and seek some occupation for which her tal ents and education lilted her then without waiting lor her reply he continued earnestly : i nin more anxious about this than you can well imagine ins companion rcu iiei ileal i treiutirg tumulluousty john cast a quick glance intoherdown cast face and then as though encouraged bv what he saw went on impetuously : yon must know what 1 waul to say ; must feel that 1 love you holier than any one else in this wide world and won you tell mo whether or no you can ever return my affections v maggie did not answer in winds bill her shy utile smilis spoke volumes ; and with a glad smile he took her close to his breust after a while he paid seriously : maggie darling perhaps you think it strange that i a servant myself should be so warned about your menial position ; but 1 have won 30111 heart under u false title i am not john valet but herbert marston !' she did not evince the slightest surprise but to his usnzeuient said calmlj ; it's all right then instead of being maggie the maid 1 am lilius seftou at your service the astonishment was profound on both sides and the masqueruders were in due time married anil let us tiust happy a southern sampson — there is a man living in culhouti county miss who is supposed to be tho strongest man in the slate it not in the entire boulh he is thirty-five years of age and weighs two ( hundred and twenty-live pounds he has hern known to carry llirec bars of lailmud iron when it takes from three to live or dinary moil to carry one he can take a cask containing forty gallons of whiskey , nr water the former is preferred wo pre sume and raise it from the ground and drink out of the bung hole with as much j ease us others could out of 11 common pitcher and he has frequently taken a barrel ol flour under each arm and bal lancing o suck of salt 011 his head carried them tor several hundred yards with ap parently but pttle effort lie offers to bet that he can lift 1,300 pounds the fourth git in the union — st louis which has a population of 313 000 according to lise reoont census ro turns claims to be i iiu fourth ci'y in the union in point ol population counting brooklyn as separate from new york st louis is ambitious ; it wants to be the cupiiol of the nation and everything else that is impossible ii tin claim now set up la allowed the largest cities accord ing in population would rank thus s now yoik philadelphia brooklyn st louis but wo think our ambitious western ri val is rather reckless in wishing to rush into tho place belonging to baltimore — l'or this eilv a year or so ago ficooi'llillg to an imperfect local c0i1sus then laki 11 a population of'3.15,000 waa claimed and ii i to be h iped tin united states returns when in 1 1 • will show something moro it is hardly to be doubted therefore that st l.uiiis will have to take a hark seal and retire irom the assiimud rank oi the fourth city of the union just as she did from her a bsortive capita !■ moving sc he m ■::. the proprietor of a forge not remarka ble for 1|u correctness of language but who by honest industry hid realized a comfortable independence bring called on at a social meeting fur a toast give sue cess to forgery |' for the dlil north slate yadkin collm n ('. ) october |, 1870 . mn editor s not seehfeforsome time any thing iii yoiircolitiuns from ibis vicui ! ity mill knowing us i do how much your paper is appreciated by oar citizens 1 propose devoting to it my present leisure half hour in order that i runy chronicle on of the greatest vicloie _, of the gos-j pel wlitcb was nlitaiiftal at sanity reek church in this county during last week it was conducted by that able and elo q lloli i divine ucv mr bowles assisted by i iiu rev sandy cobble business of an importune nature pre vented your correspondent from attending before wednesday night when i ar rived i found the church filled to its ut most capacity wiih tho beauty iutolll genee and refinement of davidson county willi great perseverance i succeeded in gelling a seat ill close proximity to tho pulpit the rev mr bowles was pro ceeding wiih his senium and as i was told based upon these words workout coin own salvation with fear and trem bliug fin it is god which woiketii in you both to will and to do of bis own gootl pleasure at the conclusion of the sermon a call wus made for mourners when the young and old alike pressed fin waul to the idlur sinners came out from the barren waters of sin — crowding their way to the anxious seat — crying out i what shall i do to be saved mourn ; ers were converted to god and joined in the endless theme of praise thai rolled on like uu unending eiiaiit of glory the spiritual drought which his so long pre vailed in that community has passed and how in the place of its withering effects the renovating power of cod's grace has been felt tho liishoran fire of cod's spirit has been poured out in rich effu , sion services continued until ten o'i lock,1 when the rev mr bowles with seeming reluctance dismissed the congregation , with the request to convene on the next day nt 1 1 o'clock 1 cannot close comment upon the occa sion without bestowing a word of praise ; upon that illustrious choir which so hide • faligably assisted the ministers in tho dis charge of llieir onerous duties 1 can say i with much truth mr editor the singing surpassed anything i ever heard — melo dious anil cut'u-ei u.i r t ni'i'v noi ui ,.. . milted soon again mr editor to feast mv eves upon buoll rare grace and loveli , ness bill 1 shall ever recur to that occ ■ ion with loud delight as one ol the mosl magnificent eras in the great desert ul mv lilu i ii.d dominion " p s — rev t ii i'egrun i he moth odist preacher in charge of this circuit preached at friendship church yester day to a large and attentive audi nee i noticed present the misses ii , of stanly county n (.'., a beautiful specimen of the in biliiy of american womanhood 1 also noticed present miss t who wne | looking as sweet as a lrat hue doughnut ; fried in sorghum molusses much to my chagrin 1 was called off before preach ing does d and tin ri fore did not have the pleusure of mingling in ill is dear society : for 1 tear if my limiting pu.-.-iun is not re cipioeated 1 shall pine awaj like a poi soned bedbug and fall awayfiolu the flourishing viuoof life,nn untimely branch • i ), temporal 0 mores 0 d old letters is there anything bttdder than the tiles of family letters where oiu seems to spell backward one's own future tho frail fabric of paper is still firm while the strong hand that poured ait upon it the hearl's throbs of hive of li ale of hope or of despair is molding ill tie grave let ters filled with anxieties blessed perhaps ill their realization ; or hopes defeated ill their very accomplishment letters soiled with professions of everlasting allectiou j that exhaled with a few mornings dews ; and others stamped with sincere love that seems as the tilue-btained sheet trembles ] in tho hand to breathe from heaven upon j it ; letters with announcements of births '■ to be received with a family all hail ! and j with the fond record ufrrrpening child hood — and then the black lined sheet and the hastily broken seal and the sto j rv of sicklies and death ; letters with y \ disclosures of betrothals of lllimited hopes and sweet reliance ! and a little farther down in the file conjugal dissat [ isfuctions bickerings and disappoint ments and perchance the history from year to year of a happy raurr'ed love ; tried and made stronger by trial cement ed by evcrv joy brightened nil along its course with cheerfulness and patience and home loves and charities ; but even in this there 1b solemnity for ii is past the sheaves are gathered into the garden and on earth is nothing left but the sear ed stubble-field ! a snookino duel with knives about sundown oil l'v'duy evening iwo voung men of alexandria va in order ' to settle u difficulty t1"1 had arisen be tween them armed themselves with knives and u«eosupulii si by some of till ir respective friends repaired to tint grounds around loekaber nen - the canal loeks where having dolled their oouta tlmy fought according to tllo rules in force in wi stern texas pies i »« '" ll war af t r a prolonged conflict during which both were cm nud si islu d to an extent thai itisfi d lltoii is l»i ll"-y wero sep united and carried to surgeons to have theif wounds dressed neither ol thorn wni mortally hurt akxandn < ( va idttette i a negative but capital likeness tho new statue of the lute m r lin coln placed in olio of the most fashiona ble public squares in new york has been most sharply criticised at last a mini comes forward to defend it but in doing so undertakes to explain the difficulties the artist hail to encounter and thus gives on a negative bat very faithful portrait of mr lincoln : mr lincoln wne a civilian ; a military costume would consequently have been out of place ; he was no horseman like washington and scott an equestrian statue wus not therefore to be thought of he was not a strong-soulod heroic libera tor so the negroes and the broken mana cles were hardly called for by the truth of history ; he did not make control or gather the fruit of a war ; why then tho shot and the cannon ] he never struck an altitude ; he never imagined himself an putting his heel on a dragon ; he never j waved the flag and ho never pressed a parchment to his bosom his eyes ill dulged but little in sentimental rollings within their sockets but were sadly bent i on the duly before them mr lincoln hud no grandeurs of an external kind and the grandeur of his | soul was not such as bronze or marble can express ho was a remarkably homely mail us ujl the world knows iiu was u master-piece of ungraoofulncbs — long awkward angular and loose-jointed the nrtist's difficulties it will thus be i seen on a moment's reflection were enor mous he bad a subject to deal with that could neither be beautified nor idealized j the arsist indeed had a difficult task but so good or so great a man was not to be found in the republican party we | are convinced we entertain more respect for the memory of that man than nine teen-twentieths of those who worshipped : him while lie lived and had office to dis | pease and who forgot him before he was i cold in the grave xow we hear he was i not a strong whole-souled liberator — [ no lie was neither n fool nor a fanatic but a sincere and practical and good j hearted man ho told a committee of col i orcd people after the proclamation of freedom that they could not get along up on u fooling of equality with white men and would not be happy in an attempt to gain such a social position ; una iner hub ] policy for their peace and prosperity was to withdraw to some borne where they would be separate from the whites and ho enabled lo msnage their own affairs in their own way relieved of social conflicts and troubles such a place the united states could provide for them this was i tie tenor of his good advice which will in time to come prove i'selt to have been the very best that could be given but1 such advice did not suit the knaves and lunatics and they pronounce him not a btrong-soulcd heroic liberator he did not attempt impossibilities lie would not propose to involve the country in a ruinous attempt to accomplish such an im possibility so he is no hero he didn't . split things we honor lincoln's memory but we concur with the writer in the tribune i be wou'l make a good picture or statue ' richmond dispatch riches - the man with good firm , health is rich so is the man with a good clear con science so is the parent of vigorous happy children so is the clergyman whose coat the little children pluck as he passes them in their play so is the wife who has the whole heart is a goad husband so is the maide.i whose horizon is not j bounded by the coming man but who has a purpose in lite whether she ever ' met li i 111 or not so is the young man who laying his hand oil his heart can say i buve heal ed every woman 1 ever saw as i should wish my sister to bo treated by oilier ' men so is the little child who goes to sleep with a kiss on its lips and tor whose wa king h blessing awaits a remakkaiii.e discovery - • by many it has been held as a theory that ' the i'umi desert was once an ocean bed ; at intervals pools of salt water have stood j for a while in the midst of the surround ing waste ol sund disappearing only to rise again in the same or other localities a short time since one of these saline lakes disappeared and a party of indians : reported the discovery of u big ship lilt by the receding waters a party of americana at once proceeded to the spot and found imbedded in the sands the wieck of a large vessel nearly olic-lllird of the forward part of the ship or bark is plainly visible the stump nf the bow sprit remains and portions of the timbers ol teak are perfect the wreck la loco ted forty miles nnr'.li of the san beniird ine and fort yumu road and shirty miles west ol lob palmos u well known water ing place oh the desert the load across the desert has been traveled for more than one hundred years tho history of the ill-fated vessel can of course nicer bo known but i lie discovery of its decaying timbers in the midst oi what lues long been a desert will furnish ba vans wiih food for discussion and may perhaps far llish important aid ill tie elucidation of questions of science never put a burglar in jail that has got i the small pox — he is likely to break out terrible attack of a stag on a child on saturday last two children of mr j hoffuinn smith of this city — a boy and a girl agod respectively 10 und 18 years — visited the children of mr 8 t suit on his farm in prince george coun tj sid about six miles from tho navy yard mr bait has an extensive park enclosed by a fence twelve feet high with an entrance through n massive fate in this park is a fine collection of animals most of them obtained by mr suit in | europe some of thu animals uro regar ded us dangerous and he prohibited his children irom entering the enclosure un less accompanied by one of the keepers they were prevailed upon however by their little visitors lo go into the park — they had not been there long before a stag weighing 100 pnuiidb ran down up on them and began to jump upon thu lit tle sniiih boy mr suit's boy ran off for help while the little sister of young smith seized a stick of wood and used it upon the animal wiih such effect ub to cause him to leave his first victim anil turn on her lie was ubout to jump on the girl when the keeper having arrived with a gnu fired one load in the body of j the animal the girl wus lilted up and assisted in finding her brother who was covered with blood and mire and just as he was taken up tho stag relumed to the charge when the keeper shot him dead : the clothing and flesh of i he boy were | torn to tatters bis face and body being i shreded from head to foot and his shoes broken in several places the apparent ly lifeless mass taken up and curried to the keeper's house the uluriu bell sound . ed and people began to assemble from ev ery direction mr suil hearing the alarm i bell drove quickly to the keeper's lodge | und ascertaining tho cause of the alarm i drove to l'niontown and secured tlieser ' vices of dr fisher of that place who , was conveyed to ihe farm and proceeded to dress tho wounds of the little sufferer ' who is terribly mangled but it is thought j may recover — washington slur rapidity of life — human life is j like a path the end of which is a frightful precipice we are told so at the begin ning we try to check our onward step loir iin il ja i[t,o,-fi lli.uf w-n itir.sl muruh march an invincible power drags us on on unceasingly to the fearful gulf a thousand troubles crosses vexatious bo set our path : but where are they if we could only avoid the frightful end ! no no inarch march hasten on from time j to lime objects pleasant to the traveler [ running waters and flowers which quick . ly pass tempt to amusement \\ e re joice because our bauds grusp t few flow ers and fruits ; flowers which fade ere the close of day and fruits which are lost in the tasting what delusion enhanced dragged on nearer nearer the gulf al ready the joys of life loose their bright j ness ; the gardens for us bloom less sweet ly ; tho gay flowers become dim llie plains lose their smiles and the waters their transparency death throws itb shadows on all things we feel that we are nearer tho brink ; one step more horror seizes our senses all is confusion and — we are dead dikd for dollars — a startling in j cident is related in connection with the flood in virginia and one which shows j with what tenacity some people will cling to dollars in this case a man had the ] earnings of years in an iron safe by his sidu was his wife and seven children — the roaring waters of the swollen river ' were rushing through the lower stories of bis house outside were a party of neigh bors with a boat and who bad risked their lives to save this family the man would not leave the house without the safe ; the woman refused to leave without the husband and there they remained < watching the safe the waters rose high | cr and higher with but a moment's war i iting the house was carried from its fuiin ' dalions and in a few minutes man wo j man and seven children lay silently at the j bottom of the river truly they died for dollars the boston trarcler welcoming a lit ' tie rain which fell there the other day re ] marks : i it is haul lo make a citizen of boston appreciate the terrible dryness which has been experienced for ninny weeks by large sections of new england it in quires sight to realize fully that the pas tures ud even the fields to a great ex tent have been as brown as in december and that cattle for weeks have been fed , at barns as in midwinter that brooks and streams and ponds und springs have been long exhausted except in rare cases : and that it has been as necessary for our farmers to economize in tho use of water as for a ship's company when on allow , unco and yet this lias actually been tho . condition of large scotionsof new england for weeks past the state of the eoiin i try was not only distressing but really alarming ; for in case of fire the inhabit i ants were utterly defenceless a negro had a severe attack of rheu matism which finally settled iu bis foot lie bathed it he rubbed it and swathed it but nil to no purpose finally tenr i ing away the bandage he slack it out and with a shake of his list over it ex t claimed : acho aw»v den old lellar < ache away ; 1 shunt do niifiin nioru for yer ; dis chile can stand it as long us you | can the young wldow a census taker going his rounds stop ped at an elegant brick dwelling house the exact locality of which is no business of ours no was received by a stiff well-dress ed lady who could bo well recognized as a widow of some year's standing on learning the mission of her visitor the lady invited him to take a seat fn the ball 11 living arranged himself in a work ing position no inquired for the number of persons living in tho family of the lady eight sir replied thelndy including myself very well your age madam v my age sir v replied the lady with a piercing dignified look i conceive it's none of your business what my age might be your aro inquisitive sir the law compels me madam to take the age of every person in tho ward it is my duty to make tho inquiry well if the luw compels you to ask i picsumo it compels me to answer i am between thirty and forty 1 presume that measis thirty-five no sir it ui me no such thing — lam only thirty-three ycurs of age very well madam putting down tbo figures just as you say now for tho ages of the children commencing with the youngest if you please josephine my youngest is ten years of age josephine pretty name ten minerva was twelve last week minerva — captivating — twelve cleopatra elvira has just turned fif teen cleopatra elvira — charming — fifteen angeliiic is eighteen sir ; just eigh teen angeline — favorito name — eighteen my oldest and only married daughter air anna sophia is a little over twenty live twenty-five did you say v yes sir is there anything remarka ble in her being of that age v well no i can't say that there is ; but is il not remarkable that you should be her mother when you were only eight years of age .' about that time the census taker was observed running out of the house — why ever pressed a lady to give her exact age i'aikinu oir - say sambo what you doin to-day v sambo — oh l'se workin for mr k in de brick yard gus — well sambo l'se workin for mr d so let's both quit work aud go huntin what say you v sambo — oh otis 1 can't go mr k pays me a dollar und a quarter a day and he specks me to make full time gns — why golly sambo you are green de engrossers gits about forty or fifty dollars a day ; und dey quits and goes hunting when they please and if wo do just us dey do it will be all right sambo — how's dut.gus gus — why we'll just pur off sambo — gus you too smart for honest work you ought to perspire to de con gress or do legislature lcff us par off and go dere gus — all right sambo if mr k says anything i'll write him a letter aud tell him wo paired off and he musti't dis charge you ; and if my boss complains you must write him a letter and tell him we paired off and dat he'd better keep me so dat will make it all right — »^__^ — ashes on coisn — charles carlisle of woodstock vt writes to the new york farmers club that be experimented last year with ashes on corn to which he ap plied a shovelful of rotten manure in the hill fifty hills were left without the ashes a handful being put with the man ure on the other part of the field ho weighed the product on the fifty hills nn nsbed and it corresponding number of hills with the ashes the gain on the part ashed was estimated to be equal to a bushel of corn for each bushel of ashes used he asks is it not possible that the corn is benefitted by the mixing if we cover with the mellow soil to receive the : liberated ammonia i o i tin cit-jj in charleston — accor j ding to the recent census of the city by the sea it is found to contain 6,705 i dwellings 8,656 families 0,967 white i males 10,798 colored males 11,s01 white females 14 865 colored females total white 22,768 ; total colored 2.r.,6g3 ag gregate 48,431 beef steak — editors southern cul ivator — when you cut up a beef se lee such pieces as will make good steaks — in hot weather let the pieces weigh ! four or live pounds in cool weather ten | pounds rub well all over with corn j meal and hang up ill a cool place no i salt when you cut off it piece for cook ing be sure mid rub meal over the fresh i cut surface this plan will enable you to have fresh steak for several days i have tried it for yeais and very rarely fail the first week of last july i meal ed and hung up a piece which kept just one week using some of il every morn , ing jno t doimld thomaston miss aug 2s 1870 why is a gnat like a slanderer be cause it is a backbiter the last request of a viekbburg girl was bu.y mo in a fampadour waist i ni h