Western Carolinian

              the western carolinian to the i'nitki status hv till bv it to tiik statbs ark kkskkvku t ti1k states -, on to thk rbopib amendments to the constitution article x b austin & c f fisher > editors and proprietors ) < no xxh of vol xix \ no from commencemfant oflo salisbury n cl november 8 1838 john from lhe french ; bis twice and rut bilked i ' hush sir i don't ask lor your assistance ' i lui muttered abraham ' i su.d t'other piece after 1 got in bed ' abraham said his mother i doclnre 1 do nut kirn iv whin to s.i v in yuu i am so murtifietl sn shocked at this conduct that i nm completely al a loss how tue press myself ubuut it suppose you had died last night after trilling wilh ynur prayers os yon did ; whu cun say what wuuld huve become i nf yuu ! is it possible lhat you cunuoi s|iuud a few ' minutes in prayer tu your heavenly falher who feeds you whu chillies yuu uud whu gives yuu eve ry good thing vnu hnve in the world you poor sinful child i cnuld weep uver you pour \ i i ii i ii ii i evinced such deep contrition un der this ice i ll re fur ho sobbed us if his heart would break that his mother deemed it prudent to conclude with sunsives ; which she did in the happiest mnnuer haling bus restored abraham's equanimity in a measure with a gently encourugitig smile she coul it tied : wspto my late patrons mv accounts arc ell in lhe bands of messrs auslln 3i fisher my authorized agents for collecting lhe »• and lone more urgently solicit nil those imlebt s'ui me either for subscription to the " western oor soisa advertising or job printing to settle their accounts wilhoul delay as i must hivt mone v 1 have waited patiently until my necessities have become im mrriftts those at a distance are most earnestly re jueirted to transmit what ihev owe by mail to austin 1 fisher i hope this is my last coll upon my friends jos w hampton late ed west coro salisbury oct aft loan tf were to the sacrifice of life wero aroused to honest curses the guards gras|ieil their arms uud wail id for a sign from the emperor bul nero gave no sign * i looked upon the woman's face it was sa lome ! i sprang u|m>ii n.y feel ; 1 called her by every feeling ol niturc l.i fly from that place nf death tu oome o my ui ms lu think of lhe agonies fall ihn ion her cms and misleads me now ere the dark hoar comes would it be wise to forget how night and lay i havo clung to an earthly image forgetting in lis presence that sorrow or shadow could ever more arise and ... its abscence remembering only thai it should again appear beturn my craving eyes but it is loo lute once have i yielded up my tile's dnvolion unco have i dreamed ihe happy dreams of pure uud steadfast love and never again will he spirit thrill to shells that aro woven but to be aev .-. ol i have known through him some bitter hours but all at lust will end and what natters it in the grave whether ihey who sleep beneath were ' bles sed in their lives i cannot forget but my mom nry shull be uu sadness to others the friends who wish me well aud happy shall see me both oheor lul und gay lyillmm why mn you don't bukc biscuits twice uver ! abraham yes mu loos sometimes ; don't you nm when company comes ' mother nu : i sometimes warm over cold ones when i l.avn'l time lo make fresh ones hut never huke them twice butler they were lirst made lo carry to sea ; and they were then baked twice uver ; as 1 believe sen biscuit still arc isaac mu w hul's breakfast rived frnm * mather ppell il and ynu will see ! isaac b-r-e-o-k hreek f u-s-l lbst break-fust mother well ike yuu ure a grand s|ieller — breok-fusl is thc word ; nut brcc.klust abraham i know whal il cutties from mother what i she hud raised the bend of constantius on her knee uud wus wiping the pale visage will her hair at ibe sound of my voice she looked up and calm ly casting buck iho locks frum her forehead lixed her eyes upon me sho till knelt ; une hand sup pulled ibo head wilh lhe other she poiiilud in it us her unly answer i again adjured her there wus the silence of death aiming the thousands mound me a tire flashed iu her eyes — her cln-ek burned shu waved her bund with un air uf superb sorrow mini i:i.i.vm:oi *. georgia scbnb a family picture concluded from our last i what do you want william v i j wlin i some spare-rib and some fried homony • chaney help william • what do you want abraham v i reckon suid john smiling ' he'd like a little • now john behave yourself he hns suffered the punishment of his fault and let it there rest i'll hsve suid abraham some hum-gravy and some egg and some homony help him chaney ■ what'll you havo isaac v ' i'll have some ham-gravy and some homony and some sassidge and some spare rib and some i ' well you're nn a going lo have every thing on tbe table i assure you what do you went p ' 1 want some hum-gravy und some homony john help i ' 1 nn 1 don't want no gravy i want some spare rib john give him no i l ->„''• want no spare-rib i want sas sidge ' > well if you don't make up your mind pretty quick you'll wan your breakfast i'll tell you i'm aot going to be tantalized ail day long with your aula suy what you want and have done with it ■ i want some ham gravy and some sassidge and some homony > help him john john helped him to about a tea-spoonful from each dish • now ma jist look at bud john ! he h'u'u'l gi ne only jisl these three little bits o'bits john if you can't keep frorrf tantalizing the children tell me su and i will not trouble you tu help tin-in any mure i confess that i am at a loss lo discover what pleusuro one of ynur age can take io brazing your younger brothers rebecca what do you want ' i want my pig tail ma'am ' mess my loul nod body hav'nt you forgot thai pig-tail yet it's burnt up long ago i hope look bob and see and if it s'nt give it to her i wish in my heart there never was a pig-tail upon the face ofthe earth boh produced the half charred pigtail and laid il on miss rebecca's plate there continued her mother i hope now your heart's at ease a beautiful dish it is truly fbr any mortal lo take a fancy to ' ma i don't wanl this pig-tail ' i'ufce it away — 1 knew you did'nt want it ynu little perverse brat i knew you did'nt want it ; and i d.iii'i know what got into me to let you have it but really 1 am so tormented oul of my life thut hall tlie time i hardly know whether i'm standing on my head or my heels ' vises said chancy ' aunt dorcas says please make miss louisa come out ofthe kitchen — say if vuu don't make her come out o the firo she'll git wilt up presently — say every time she tell her to cuine out o the fire she make mouth at her ' why sure enough where is louisa ! g and lell her to coino into her breakfast this instant i did tell her ma'am : and she say she wont on>e till ahe gels done bnkin her cake mr butler left the room und soon re-appeared villi louisa sobbing und crying : ' aunt dorcas jerked me jisl as hard ns ever she could jerk fore i did any thing u t her hold your tongue she served you fight enough you'd no business in there you're n prel i thing io be making mouths at a person old enough lo bo your grandmother if i'd thought hen i gave you that utile lump of dough that lhe hole plantation was to be turned up-side down sl-mit it i'd have let yuu do without it miss luuisa after a little sobbing and pouting a from her apron a small dirly ashey black wrinkled burnt biscuit warm fmm the kitchen shovel which would havo been just precisely the feper accompaniment tu miss rebecca's dish sad upon this m preference lo every thing on the ,- *" e commenced her re past . w..-h lnu said the mother wilh a laugh as secasl imr eye upon the unsightly biscuit you rtain|y have a strange taste fcvery bmly knows that lho mother's laugh is h»»y responded lo will compound interest hy all *•' children so was il in this instance ; und good nr prevailed round the tuble i ft sorry aaid abraham ' for louisa's b-i-s *«;»•«, ki biskit '"■-'" really aaid mrs b ' you are a l.nnd *"*<* opeller la that the way you spell biscuit f esn spell it , na !' bawled out isaac ell h pe ii , n b ','' 8 '. is — c (' well that's right h ' ah e " lut'll dn you needn't go any farther j you've d it farther than your brother well it william « ' ilham spelled il correctly fo n ih " ( ' ** eor k e i hut is biscuit derived '■ really do nol know said mrs b ' and yet i e somewhere read an explanation of it john wis it derived from abraham you know when vol call us chipen tu hreuklust we ull breal oil unc run us fust us wo can split mother well that is a brilliant derivation tru ly du ynu suppose there wus nu breakfast before you children were innn ' abraham ilu ma every hotly hns chil'cn mrs butler explained the term isaac ma i know whal sassidge come from mother whal isaac cause its got sass in it well there there there i've got enough of your derivations unless ihey wore belter you'll learn ull these things ns yuu grow older just here miss sarah whu had heen breakfast ed at a sitletulile wns seized with a curiosity to see what was on the breakfast table what a world of thought and feeling arise in pe rusing old le.tors ! what lessons do we reed in the silliest of them ; ond in others whst beauty what charms what magic illusion wraps the senses in brief enchant men 1 but it is brief indeed — absence estrangement death the three great ene niies of mortal lies start up lo break the spell the letters ol those who aru dead how wonderful we seem lo live and breathe in their society the writer once perhaps lived wilh us in the commu nion of friendship in the flames of passion in tne whirl of plessure in tho same career in short uf earthly joys earthly lollies and earthly infirmities we seem again to retrace these paths together but are suddenly arrested by the knowledge thst there lies a greal gulf botween us and them the bunds which traced those chaiacters ere moulder ing in the tombs eaten by worms or already turned to dust old i.kttkfttf ' i nm come lo die she ull.eretl in u lofty tone ' this bleeding body was my husband i have nn plther the wurld cuulains tu me bul ihis clay in my arms yet anil she kissed the ushy lips be fore her yet my constuulius it wnstusnvo ihal i tiher that your generous hear delied iho peril ol this hour li was io redeem him from the hand of evil that you abandoned yuur quiet home — yes cruel father here lies lho noble being that threw open your dungeon that led you safe through the conflagration that lo ihe lust i.iuineul uf ins liberty unly thought huw he might preserve und protect you tears al length fell in floods from her eyes ' bul said she in a tune of wild power he was betrayed and may the powers whoso thunders avenge the cause uf his people puur down just retri bution upon ihe head thai dared 1 ' and nuw abraham tell yuur mother how you came lo suv a part nf the second prayer v ' i could'nt gu to sleep till i said il mi.'i.m ' well ihnt is n goud sign ut leusl and whui purt wus it v ' cod bless my father and mother mrs butler felt quickly fnr her handkerchief it had fullen frum her lap and she was glad of il she depressed her head below lhe table in search of il — dismissed ihe children before he raised il — und ihen ruso wilh a couuleuunce suffused with smiles and leurs ' poor babes said she ' what an odd compoand of good und bud thoy are the grandmother returned just at this time and discovering some uiicusiness at mrs uut lei's tears lhe latter explained as she concluded — ' the lord bless lhe pom dear boy exclaimed the ven erable imu r,,n raising her apron tu her eyes that shows he's gut a good heart no danger of the child that cunt sleep till he pruys lor luu father and mother accordingly she undertook to draw herself up to a convenient elevation hy the tablecloth — her mother arrested her just iu lime to save u cup and pushed her aside with n gentle admoni tion this did not abate miss sarah's curiosity in the least and she recommenced her experiment — her mother removed her a utile more emphatical ly ihis time these little interruptions only fired miss surah's zeal ; nnd she wus returning to the dhurge with redoubled energy when she ran her cheek against ihe pul.ii of her mother's hand with a ruhifacienl force a-vay she went to her grandmother crying " ira.nma ma whipp'd vour precious darliu angel baby , ' did she my darling then giandmn'a precious darling angel baby must he a good child and tim er won't whip it any mure ' well i will be a doud chile ' i heard my own condemnation ul.oiit lo be pro nounced by ihe lips of my child wound up lo ihe inst degree of sufil-ring i tore my bun leaped upon ll.e bars before me and plunged into thn arena by her side the height stunned me ; i totlered n few paces and fell the lion gave a roar and sprang up on inn i luy helpless under bim 1 fell his fiery breath — i saw his lucid eye glaring 1 heard ihu gnashing of his white fangs ubove me ' an exulting shout arose i saw him reel aa if struck ; gore filled his jaws another mighty blow wus driven lo his heart ho sprung high in the air with a howl ho dropped — he was lend — i l.e amp theatre thundered with acclamations while salome was clinging to my bosom con st annus raised me ft on the ground the r.nit of the lion had roused hi.n frum his swoon and two blows saved me tho liilch.un was broke in the bun rt of ie minister the wholo mulilude stood up supplicating for our lives in lhe name of filial piety and heroism nero devil as he was dared uo resist the strength of popular feeling he waved u signal to ihe guards ; ihe portal was 0|ie.ied ; and my children sustaining mv feeble steps and show ered wnh garlands and or nn ments from innumera ble hands slowly led me from the arena — sala thiel letters from ihoso we once loved who perhaps are still living but nn longer living for us ; il ma 1 be wo grow tired of them ; or the separation may have arisenfiom mutual imperfections of character still the letters recall limes and seasons when it was otherwise and we look upon ourselves out of ourselves as it were wilh much melancholy inte rest that identity of the person and that es trangement of the spirit who can pain it f there is still another class of old letters oa which ihe heart delights to expatiate ; thoee of the still living but absent oh i whal do they not af ford delight i they have ihe whole witchery ef boau'.y luve and truth in them without one speck or flaw to lower the tune of that enchantment ihey contain tiirili.inu sketch " a portal of the arena opened uml tho cumba tiuit will a mantle thrown over lus li.ee and ligure wus led in surrounded bv the soldiery the lion nn red and ramped against the burs of his poll at the sight the guard pul a sword uud buckler in to the hands uf ho christian und he was lell alone he drew the mantle from his luce and firmly look ed around the amphitheatre his fine countenance und lofty bearing raised a universal cry of ad miration he mighl have stood for an apollo en countering the python hia eye at last rinsed to mine could i believe my senses 1 constaillius was before me ? " all my rancour vanished an hour p»st i could have struck my belrayer lo the hoarl — i could have called on the severest veugeunce of man und heaven to smile the destroyer of mv child — but to see him hopelessly doomed ; the man whom i had honored for his noble qualities whom i had ever loved whose crime was at thu worst but the crime of giving way lu the strongest teiiipi.iiiuii that can bewilder lhe hear of man — lo see llus imble creature flung to the savage beast dying in tortures torn piecemeal before my eyes and his misery wrought by ine i would have entreated henven und earth to save him but my tongue cleuved to lhe roof of my mouth my limbs refused lo stir i would have thrown myself at the feet uf neru but i sot like a man of stone — pale paralyze — the beating of my pul»c stopped the gate ofthe den was thrown back and the lion rushed in with a roar and a bound tha bore bim half across he arena i saw the sword glitter in iho air when it waved again it was covered with blood a howl told that the blow had been driven home the lioo one of the largest from numida and made furious by thirst und hunger an animal of prodigious power crouched as if to make sure of his prey crept a few paces onward and sprung at the victim's throat he was met by a second wound flut this impulse was irresistible and conslaulius wus flung upon the ground a cry of natural horror rang around the iimpiiho.tr the struggle wns now for instant life or death they rolled over cacti other — the lion reared upon his hind feel and with gnashing teeth and distended talons plunged on ihe man — again ihey rose togeth er anxiety was now at its wildest height the sword swung round ihe chumpion's bend in bloody circles they fell again covered with blood and dust the hand of co.istuii.ius hod grusped in lion's mane and the furious houuds ofthe monster could not h«ts thc hold but his strength wns evi dently giving way he still struck terrible blows but oach blow was weuker thnn the one before — iill collecting his whole force fur a inst effurl he darted ono mighty blow in.u the lion's throat ami sank the savage yelled and spouting out blood fled howling round the arena but the hand grasp ed the mane and here his conqueror wns dragged wtarliug through the dust rt his heels a uuiver saffnutcry now arose lo save hi.n if ho were not al ready dead but the lion though bleeding nt ev ery vain was still too terrible and all shrunk from the buzzard a i lasl the grasp gave way uud iho | body htv motionless upon he ground ' what happened for some moments nftcr i know not there wns a struggle at the portal a female forced her way through the guards rushed in alone j and flung her upon the victim tho sight of u new ! prey roused the lioo ; he lore the ground wilh his talons he lashed his streaming side with his tail ; he lifted up his mane and bared his fangs bul i his approached was no longer with a bound ; he dreaded the sword and came snuffing lhc blood .... the sand and stealing ruund the hotly in circuits still diminishing ' the confusion in the vast assemblage was now extreme voices innumerable called for aid women screaming and fainting ; men burst into in dignant clamors at this prolonged cruelly even i ibe bard hearts ofthe populace accustomed us they ' well then mother wont whip it any more — and ihis conlerenco wns kept up wilhuut ihe vari ation of a letter on either side until the grandmo ther deemed il expedient tn remove miss sa.al tu an adjoining room lest the mother should insist upon lhe immediate fulfillment uf her promises ' ma just look at abe !' cried out william ' he saw me going to hike a biscuit and he snatched op ibe very one i was l ok in at ' abe said lhe mother ' i do wish i could make you quit nicknaming each other ; and i wish more thnt i never set you ihe example — put down lhat biscuit sir and take iuu.tl.er abraham returned the biscuit and william took il up with a sly but triumphant giggle at abra ham ' ma said abraham ' bill said ■ god durn law what a slory ! ma i declure 1 never said no such thing • yes you did and chaney heard you willinm'scounleniince immediately showed that his memory had been refreshed ; and he drawled out never none now wilh a tone and countenance that plainly imparted guilt to some extent his mother suspected he was hinging upon technics nud she put the probing question — ' well whal did you say v ■ i snid i lie teto'.ly od urn ' and that's just as bad mr butler you posi tively will have to take this boy in hand he evin ces a strong propensity to profane swearing which if not corrected i.ii.ncdiulely will become ungo vernable ' whenever yuu cnn't mnnnge him said butler as befure just turn him over to me and i reckon 1 cun cure in ' when did he say it v inquired the mother re luming lo abraham ' yuu know ihal time you sent all us chtld'en lo lhe new ground lo pick peas !' ' why that's been three months ago al least ; and you've jus though nuw uf telling it oh i you malicious toad yuu where do you lenr.i to boar malice so long ! i abhor that trail of character in a child ' ma snid bill ' abe ha'u't said lus prayers for three nights abe and bill now exuetly swapt places and countenances ' yes said the mother ' nnd i suppns 1 should never have beard uf lhat if abrahum hud mil iold uf vour profumtv 1 know belle'r dragged o^t abraham in reply to william abraham said lhe rollier solemnly did you kneel down when ynu sui.i yuur prayers inst night v ' yes iiiu'h.i said abraham brightening a little ' yes ma cmilinucd bill ' he kneels down and fore i say now i lay nv down lo sleep he jumps up every night and hup m bird and says he's done said his prayers and he hu'n't had lime lu say half a prayer during ihis narrative my name sake kept cow ering under the steadfast fruwit of his mother un il he transformed hrniself into the perfect personi licii.iun of uliucy ' how many prayers did you say lasl night abra ham pursued the mother in un awfully portentuus tone ' i said one and here abraham paused • one and what v ' one and pieco of t'other one ' why ms he could'nt hv snid it to save ins life for he had'nt lime from the new york farmer kattkn1n i hogs with boiled food the remarks of mr buel un the advantages of cooking food fbr fst.eoing hogs in the number of your journal i'or december certainly merits more attention than the subject will be likely to receive ho long since as in 1803 or 4 i had practical ex perience of this method of fattening what eras then culled a very mum oil of a nog the net weight of the meat about sit hundred and filly pounds alter having slain my stock of pork for a farm luto in december on riding by a neighbor's three r four miles from home in the eastern part of columbia county i discovered a very large framed hog capering about the fields his hair sleek and concluded he bad just escaped from the sty on giving notice the owner told me ihe story of that hog which was that this had been ihe second at tempt to fallen him and lhat the bog " would only grow not fatten for which reason he had conclu ded to give hi another wintering and had just turned him out of the sly having done so ihe fall before on going to examine his other hogs i found that tbey had beon supplied with plenty of corn in tho ears and water from a running brook i tried to persuade the owner to adopt my plan wilh his hog and leed him on corn meal boiled but be soon stuck up his nose at the idea of " ma king hasty pudding for his hogs i as my effort lo persuade him was ineffectual he finally made me an oiler of his hog to try the plan myself con fident as he said that i would find it altogether unsuccessful t.ie heart's first i do i [ bv mus 8 m rull.l.u-n ' oh god i it is indeed a dus.ih.ie thing to cast our low abroad and liml it nought ! nigh after nigl.t tu steal away from mirth and joy and gay and thoughtless faces lo this silent chamber and gaze upuu the cold slurs uud nw lily loose lhe pent up fountains of an anguished soul and weep ! — a , fust and bitter tears such as should seldom stain the cheek of youth and womaiiliuud ob there are doubts which rack a human heart beyond con trol thoughts that loname were possibly unjust — to cherish madness it is c blessed thing lo be beloved by any human heart — a pure and blessed thing in all his false and passing world oh give mo love i my soul can well repay my being prizo the heaven-born gilt • •» * * • ' this is a happy home of mine a peaceful and a happy home i i treasure its hallowed kindness within my soul i leel even nuw that my aweel esi and brightest days are upon me and believe there can be no words so hitler bitter to pronounce us all beloved ones fare yo well yet forgetting iho voices tha stil through child hood and youth huve been ever near and kind i sorrow fir hat which but yesterday was an unfa miliar sound from thef.icesufkin.lreda.id friends i would have tuined alone lo one whereon was written al last but passing sign nf human ulleclion oh constant and warm and pure should be the luve to which a woman . rusts ! a few short words the exclusive i tiering to us among many of he heart's fleet homage best and above all the silent language of the honest eyes — for this cannot be feigned — that these should beguilo us frum our laud and home ! they loll mo it is idle lu think of the past — lhe fair and happy pual ! yet thero is some dearer s-asiin in tbo life nf all when hough hut for un hour or a day llopo smiling wears hor flu ery crown and happiness uruliiiimcd uu heaven i coins w.lh us and ubout us kagerly and per chance wu ihen unlock the bosun a shrine o of ferings and incense all bcuuly and fragrunce wor shipping as we behold und triumphing as we u.eu i sure ihem cud when these our first felicities of mortal birth have met their qiortal end when we feel lhat ihough other joys may beguile ihey can not belike the joy lhat is gone why should we nut turn alone to memory which kniiwelh neilhor death nur deception ? i have listened lo a voice thut seemed fondest and most blehsed on earth and have repaid iis professions with he deepest and holiest affection of my nature i hnve watched among ma ny for that one dear smile which lo woman soon becomes so precious ! i rut il is nll past and over the day must come when he will look his lasl upon the being be has wooed and loved when nil that has passed between us will bo as though it never was done or spoken it would be wisdom perhaps now to strive with the weakness lhat gov v iii mako the story short as possible i bought the hug for less thsn the owner called the value of the corn he had eaten pu him into a warm sty partitioned from a horse sluble and the next day commenced feeding him with hasty pudding as my neighbor called it made of com meal and a mix ture of boiled potatoes with now and hen some pumpkins this wss dune in s large kettle set in an arch one boiling of which would last him a woek the hog soon began to fatten very fast and to satisfy y neighbor who railed to see him i kept an account current of his food he fatten ed astonishingly on lhe isst of june having kept him very cool over night and without food eighteen hours i had him slaughtered before sim rise and after hanging him up a little time the meat colored by throwing on cold water cut up and thrown into pickle wilh the hams and shoul ders on ihe 3rd of july 1 sent the meat to al bany hy a careful man just as it waa laid down in a hull hogshead he sold the meal readily and brought me buck on tho 4th of july 840 old york shillings fur so many pounds of meat from thia j bog sold oul of the pickle this enabled me to close mv account current the resull of which waa | a clear profit of about one-third ofthe sum he pro duced me these facts were all perfectly notori ous at the lime this was a monster ofa " pork er as they say in kentucky ', and i think was published in some of lho newspapers bul i do not know ihut any one except myseil has persevered in this plan of feeding or that the experiment had any permanent effect on others the farmersbero huvo considered tho peilecliun of pork making re