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ONE OF OPIK HEAD’S bWUIES.
N’ea the river, in the upper part of
Arkansas, lives old Jeremiah Winfrcw,
known all over the neighborhood as
possessing a fund of profanity so great
that ho one. no matter how desirous of
“ swearing ” distinction, could hope to
rival. Old Jeremiah, although named
for one ot the most dislingnishefl
prophets, made no etfort toward reform.
He would not allow a preadier to eonte
to hie house, so great was his aversion
to the gospel. One night, when the
wind blew cold and when the sleet
beat against the window pane with that
sharp rattle so brightly tending to pro
duce thankful emotions to those who
are within a warm room, and so exas
perating to the traveler, a man rapped
on the door of Jeremiah’s house.
“ t'omc in,” exclaimed the old man
r >
ns he put aside a pl£e of pop-corn.
The door opened and a Voting man,
carrying a pair of saddle bags, entered.
Jeremiah immediately began aseriesof
attentions, lie gave the stranger B*i*
seat in corner near the churn
wife and daughters that
hurry flurry only women, pre
paring euppeypjfthe “ pom' traveler.”
After supper, when the jfl-anger had
been invited to smoke and when Abel,
Jerejrtiah’s son, had been sent, to ” shel
ter " the stranger's horse, the old man,
eyeing the stranger, asked :
“ What trade do you toiler ?”
“ I engaged in the Lord’s i
clmndisc, I, Christian friend,
am a meek and ly circuit rider.”
“ Then onten my liyuse, sir," ex
claimed Jeremiah. “ Git right out, or
I’ll apply a par of cowhide boots to
that part of your physical arrangement
which rests in a cheer. A circuit rider;
why, ding your soul, I swapped horses
with a circuit rider when I was a boy,
and got cheated so bad that my father
thrashed me. Get out of here. Mo
sey !”
“ I am sorry, my Christian friend—”
‘*Git out. Abe, git this feller's
shoes. Move on.”
When the preacher had gone, the old
man sat for an hour, swearing and
smoking.
“Father,” said Abe, “ I'll bet my bay
filly agin the sorrel nag that you'll be a
circuit rider in six months.”
“ r *'‘ tj> 1,0,1 young varment, or
I’ll whale you.
You’d better take the Get. pap.
Here’s yer chance to win the filly.
•“ All right. I’ll take the bet. Cos to
bed.” 4
All next day the old man swore about
the preacher’s impudence, and. in gene
ral terms expressed regret that lie did
not use a stick on him. Next night,
while the old man was feeding the cat
tle in the barn, a voice so strange that
it made the old man’s blood creep,
moaned rather than exclaimed :
“ Jeremiah Winfrey ! ’
“ Who’s that ?” answered the old
man.
“ Jeremiah Winfrey!
“ Well.”
“ Hide the circuit of the gospel.
I’ll show you what it is to fool with
me,” hotly exclaimed the old man, and
he climbed all around in the barn look
ing for the offender. lie could find no
one, and when lie went to the house he
• roused Abe out of bed and told of his
strange experience. Next day, when
the old man was riving boards in the
woods, a voice over his head exclaimed :
“Jeremiah Winfrey!”
Where are you ?” said the old man,
dropping his froe and gazing up.
Jeremiah Winfrey!
“ Well?” still gazing.
“ Hide the Circuit of the gospel!”
. oil, Lord !” supplicated Jeremiah,
dropping on his knees. “Oh ! forgive
me for my sins, but keep me from rid-
ing a circuit."
Tin* old man went home, and expe
rienced some trouble in trying to con
yinee his wife and Abe of the fact that
something supernatural had spoken to
tiirh. The old lady sighed and said
that she was afraid that Jeremiah was
not in his mind. Thus matters went
foF months. Nearly every night the
voice at the barn would call the old
man, and every time he went to the
board tree the solemn admonition would
come from above. Unable to longer
endure such mental torture, the old man,
who had by this time professed religion,
made application to conference, and
was accepted. On the morning when
he first started out as a circuit-rider he
presented Abe with the sorrel nag. He
soon instituted a revival, and was so
successful that he received a compli
mentary letter from religious headquar
ters. Several nights ago, just after
family prayers, and while Parson Jfere
luiid) 'yas upbraiding Able for not join-
He Hartwell Su3
By AYERS & McGILL.
VOL. IV—NO. 51.
ing the ointrch, the young man said :
Hap, and you did become a circuit
rider, didn’t you?"
“ Certainly 1 did. You well know
the circumstances.”
“Yes, T know," replied Abe. “ I
know a leetle more about the circum
stances than you reckon. Alter I
made that bet with you I bid in the
barn loft and called you through a horn.
When you dim up I hul under the hay.
Then I heat you down and run to the
house. Next day when I seed you
goin - ouUto rive boards, I dim up in
Jtlie tree an’ got down in the holler. 1
again to the house. I prac
ticed this* you pap, tilf you ’fessod
ligion. I wanted the iMgy you know.”
The old man sprang from his seat,
seized a CQ|)t, but throwing it
down, and said in a
calm voice, L pray.’’
A fraudulffiT transaction can some
hft# a good result. The old man
is*, still a preacher.
A French Story.
There is a story told of a lady and
a gentleman traveling together on an
Knglish railroad. They were strangers
to each other. Suddenly the gentle
man said :
“ Madam, I will trouble you to look
out ot the window for a few minutes;
1 am going to make some changes in
1113' wearing apparel.”
“Certainly, sir,” she replied, with
great politeness, rising and turning he
said :
“ Now madam, my change is com
pleted, and you may resume your scat.”
When the lady turned she beheld her
companion transformed into a dashing
lady with avail over her face.
“ Now, sir, or madam, whichever you
are,” said the lady *“ I must trouble
you to look out the window, for I also
have some changes to make in my ap
“ Certainly, madam,” and the gentle
man in ladies' attire immediately com
plied. “ Now, sir, you may resume
your seat.” To Ids great surprise, on
resuming his seat, the gentleman in fe
male attire found his lady companion
transformed into a man. lie laughed
and said :
“ It appears that we are both anxious
to escape recognition. 1 have robbed
a bank, what have you done ?”
“And I,” said the whilom lady, as
he dexterously fettered his companion's
wrists with a pair of handcuffs : “ I afn
detective J . ol Scotland and r.rd,
and in female apparel have shadowed
you for two days —now, ’ dra wing a re
volver. “ keep still.”
Sharp Practice.
There is a saloon-keeper in Baltimore
who is considered by the boys pretty
smart, and it takes a waking eye to
catch him winking. The other evening
he was standing behind his bar waiting
for a customer, when three fellows walk
ed in and took their stand in a row.
They were all “half off',” and had evi
dently spent the day on some excursion.
The saloon-keeper waited patiently and
tly first one of the row after a pause,
said demurely, “Three whiskey’s.” The
bottle and glasses were flashed out with
a clang. To the surprise of the man
of liquors, however, the second one in
the row gently uttered, “Three whis-
keys.” “Beat,” thought the bartender,
and he put out three more glasses, when
the third man simply said, “Three whis
keys. All this while no hand had gone
near a pocket and no chink of silvci was
heard. The bar man thought he was
badly in for a “beat,” and the ninth
glass slipped leisurely and rather reluc
tantly over the marble counter. The
three men drank their three whiskeys
each, one after another, with solemnity,
while the cute saloon keeper tapped the
table nervously with his knuckles. Sud-
denly the first customer pulled out a S2O
note and threw it down on the counter.
“Well,” said the bar man, “what can
we do? I have no chanj#.” Ihe oth
er remarked, “Neither have we, and
they reached for the money, hut the
smart saloon man was too quick. Whip
ping the note into two pieces he said
smilingly, “You take one half and I’ll
take the other, and you come around in
the morning and pay me,” and they
came.
HARTWELL, HA., WEDNESDAY. AJGIiST IS. 1880.
How to Preserve a Carriage.
/i*w tl’orW,
A prominent carriage manufacturer
of Nottingham, England, Mr. Starcy,
publishes a series of‘‘Useful Hints for
the Proper Preservation of a Carriage,”
from which we quote the following:
A carriage should be kept in an airy,
dr\ coach house, \vith a moderate
amount of light, otherwise the colors
will be destroyed. There should be no
communication between the stables and
the coach house, the manure heap or
pit should also bo kept as far as possi
ble away. ’ Ammonia cracks varnish I
and fades the color of both painting
and lining.
The carriage should never under any
circumstances, he put away dirty. In
washing a carriage, keep out of the sun
and have the lever end of the ‘‘setts”
coveted with leather. Use plenty of
water, which apply, where practicable,
with a hose or syringe taking great care
that the Water is not driven into the body
to the injury of the lining. When
forced water is not attainable, use for
the body a large, soft sponge. This,
when saturated, squeeze over the panels,
and by the flow down of the water the
dirt will soften and harmlessly rub off’,
then finish with a soft chamois leather
and old silk handkerchief. The same
remarks apply to the underworks and
wheels, except that when the mud is
well soaked, a soft mop, free from any
hard substance in the head, may he
used. Never use a “spoke brush,”
which in conjunction with the grit from
the road, acts like sand paper on the
varnish, scratching it, and, of course, ef-
fectually removing all gloss. Never al
low water to dry itself on the carriaire
as it invariably leaves stains.
Be careful to grease the bearings of
the fore carriage so as to allow it to turn
freely. If it turns, the shafts or pole
will probably strain or break. Exam
xz\ Of w#. - T ,
loose, tighten it up with a wrench and
always have little repairs done at once.
Never draw out or back a carriage
into a coach house with the horses at
tached, as more accidents occur from
this than any other cause. Headed
carriages should never stand with the
head down, and aprons of every kind
should he frequently unfolded or they
will soon spoil.
Where Does the Day Begin.
Asa matter of fact, the day begins
all around the wold —not at the same
instant, but just as the sun visits its
successive portions of the earth in his
journey from east to west. But the
travelers who cross the Pacific ocean
can give another answer to the ques
tion! that on the one hundred and
eiglitTeth degree longitude —one-half of
the circumference of the globe, starting
from Greenwich east or west —there is
an arbitrary change or dropping of a
day, and that at this point, if anywhere,
the day may be said to begin. It was
with strange feelings that the writer
crossing the Pacific, having gone to bed
on Saturday night, leaving everything
pertaining to the almanac in a satisfac
tory condition, awoke on Monday mor
ning! Sunday had completely drop
ped from our calendar for that weekoit
least. Every one knows that in travel
ing round the world from east to west a
dav is lost, and in order to adjust lib
reckoning to that of the place he ha:
left, one must drop a day as if he had
not lived it, when” in reality the tirn<
has passsd by lengthening every da;
during the journey. For a long tim
it was the custom for sailors to offer
this change pretty much where the
pleased ; but now it has become a se i
tied rule among American and Englis
navigators that the one hundred an i
eightieth degree a day must be passe) j
over if going west: and one added f
i/oing east, in which latter case tit
traveler enjoys two Sundays or t 4
Thursdays, as the case may be. It b
most likely that this particular degrp
was decided on from the fact that, ex
cept a fmv scattered islands of Polyne
sia, large communities, wi/h
vast commercial and social transaction*,
to be affected by the change.
Traveling costumes need not he v<jy
expensive. A linen duster and a
about tills the hill.
Devoted to Hart County.
menced n 1826, and opened September
la, 18J(, In 1814 George Stephenson
construded his first locomotive, which
traveled at the rate of six miles an
hour, pho first railroad constructed in
Atuorfc* was projected by Gridley Hrv
ant, n 4vil engineer, in 1825, and enr
|ricd by himself and Colonel T.
11. in 1820. It was designed
to cany granite from the quarries at
Quine', Massachusetts, to the nearest
tide-witcr, and is known as the Quincy
railroad. It was four miles long, in
clndiig branches, and its first cost was
fifty thousand dollars. It was laid to
a fivofect gauge, and was constructed
as fdlows: Stone sleepers were laid
aero* the track eight feet apart; upon
thos, wooden rails, six inches thick
and twelve inches high, were placed;
upoLthe top of these rails wrought
iron plates, three inches wide and one-
quaifer inch thick, were spiked ; but
at at the crossings of the public roads
and pdftways stone rails were used,
and. us the wooden rails decayed, they
were replaced by others of stone. This
ro:*l was supplied with the first turn-
table ever used, which was designed by
and is said to be still in good
order. Bryant also invented the port
able derrick, and the switch or turnout,
and constructed the first eight-wheeled
car ever used by combining two four
wheeled trucks for hauling long pieces
of g’ar.ite intended for columns; and.
although a more complete application
of tie principle was afterward made by
Boss A\ hums, of Baltimore, in the con
struction of
Baltimore and ■ in
Bryant’s behalf. One of the locomo
tives built by George Stephenson, at
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, arrived at New
York in the spring of 182!). Another
built by Foster, Kastrick & Cos., Stour
bridge, arrived shortly afterward, and
went upon the railroad m the latter part
o’ I lie summer. This lo
comotive put into use in /Ciicnpßk. It
hid four wheels, a rnultiUtbnUt boiler,
ail the exhaust steam blast.
Au Incident of (lie Door.
Tran-ler'n Magazine. >
Stage-door homage often proves tlie
t nil of sympathy existing between ac
trand audience. What 1 mean will
!i best illustrated by the following iuci
nt. A friend of mine was once act
gat Swansen. One night whilst wait
hg at the wing, he was accosted by the
oor-kcoper, and told that someone was
Iskiiigfor him at the door.
I “Who is it?” asked my friend.
“I don’t know sir,” was the response.
“ What is the person like?”questioned
iy iriend.
“It is a boy,”answered the hallkcep
r.
“ A boy,” echoed iny friend. “Ask
ini what lie wants.”
“He won’t say, sir; and,” added the
nan with a serious tone, “I don’t like
o send him away. He don’t look well,
if.” - .
“ Very strange. I have a long wait
ifter this scene; let him stay till it’s
over and I’ll come and see what it’s all
aboutand niv friend, taking up his
cue, walked on the stage. When the
•scene was over, putting his great coat
over Ids dress be sought the hall, where
lie found, waiting within the shadow of
the doorway, a poor, pale and wcnkly
| looking lad in a sailor’s garb.
“Do you want ine?'* a.sked my friend
I kindly, as soon as lie had reached him.
'‘Yes, sir, please.”
“ Well, my hoy, and what is it?”
The lad looked shy and confused,
then said softly : “I’m very sorry, sir,
but I wanted so much to see you
here he broke down and the tears
trickled from his eyes.
yiy poor lad, what is the mattir.
You don’t seem well.
“No sir, I’m not. I’m a stranger
here. I’ve seen you play sailors in our
town, sir; and as I’m a sailor, and
i have been shipwrecked ’
' “Shipwrecked!” cried mv friend.
rite First Kailrontl.
I he flrft railroad for carrying pass
engers avis in England, the Stockton
and Darlngton road, built by Edward
lVase aid George Stephenson, and
opened <n September 27, 1825. The
Livorpod and Manchester road com-
51.50 Per Annuii
“ There, don’t be down-hearted, lad ; I’ll
~ u **d my friend’s hand instinct
ively sought his pocket. Hut the hid
suddenly stopped the action with a
touch of pride in his tone, ns he said :
“No, sir; it wasn’t that that I want
ed to see you for. They’ve done all that
for me over yonder”—and to look in the
direction of the Sailors’ Home—" hut I
wanted a Kind word ; and its I saw your
name, I thought you’d give it and you
have;” then clutching my friend’s hand
in both his little ones, Im murmured a
broken ‘‘God bless you for it!” and
was gone before my friend could stop
him.
“My Mother's llccn Praying.”
/Vriu‘*r 7Wf.
In I ljjOl, a terrible gale
raged along the const of England. In
one hay, Hartlepool, it wrecked cighty
otu* vessels. \\ bile the storm was at it*
height, the Kisiug Sun, 1V stout brig,
struck on Longeur lock, it reef extend
ing u mile from of the bay.
She sunk, ohVher topmasts
above the foaming yjSm
Ihe life-boats ivMHwiy, rescuing
wrecked enwp, Ihe only means of
saving the intiii dqigEg ( 0 the swaying
masts was apparatus. Be
fore it coniJhMSfiisted, one mast fell.
Just ns the rapb I bearing the life line
went booming out of the mortar, the
other must topnled-ovor.
Sadly the rocket-men began to draw
in their line, when £t/tidculv. they felt
that something wns|JPj|<] to it, and in
a lew minutes the beuclocli.
apparently iife%* \&{y a su i| or boy.
I rained and tender lianas worked, and
in a short time lie liccumc conscious.
" ith wild amazement, gan£
around on the crowd of kind andsyni.
palhmng friends. They .Used liimtrV
“Where n, I?”
! ‘ Them art here, my iad,"
“Where's the cap'll?”
"Browned, my lad."
"The mate, then?"
“He's drowned, too.”
“The crew?"
“They are all lost, my fad ; thou art
the only one saved.”
The boy stood, overwhelmed, for ft
few momeiify then he jTaisodJfcoth
hand-, and . fy and in A MMtoouA:
ip- “My iyyAiqg£for WP
My mother s
And then on Miidaieks ou
the wet sand, jji fl face
in his bauds. l . ' Ink
Hundreds heard that this tribute’
to a .mother's
fulness in listcnwig’lo pray •vrt.
The little fellow to a lijunie
near by, and in n few’dyfysUie
home to his mother’s in North
umberland. j
Alive in Hcr/Cty'ave.
The papers of FranklintoWn, North
Carolina, report a remarkably case of
suspended animation, burial imd resur
rection in the person of a maijicd
in that place, who possessed a g(dd watch
and finger rings, which sip: ajften ex
pressed a desire to have buried itli hel s
♦ - Un crlu/vuM rlro f hI)C
was tafcon ill iml life
gradually ebb away until her attending
physician pronounced it ifctinct.’y At
her burial her previously expressed yish
was complied with, and the second night
after the interment a white man and a
negro went to the grave nn4 exhumed
her for the purpose of obtaining the
buried jewelry. As they took the lid off
the coffin and the negro began pulling
the ring off her finger, she raised up.
At this both men took fright and ran
away. Filially the negro went hack
! and she asked him what he wanted. Ile
i told her he wanted her rings- au4*We
white man her watch. She reMed to
hoc the white man, whom the offier soon
found and brought to her. She request
ed him to go home with her. He did
so, and when she reached the door she”
knocked. Her husband opened the
door, hut fainted when ho saw her,
thinking it was his dead wife’s ghost.
The lady is now living, and bids fair to
attain a good old age.
Heading expands the, mind.
WHOLE NO. \>o7
I :l11 "idi ! ‘ m#sious integrity, and who
Imve been sustained by the testimony ot
all around them, that though uutiirtii
uate, t iiey were no-ver dishonest. W hen'
wc sot before ymt tuJljFxamples, when
we show you not iiff!jFh at “ honesty is
heal respond to tlic
appear ™Wi grant nil such tinted
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Detroit Free I rrun.
They were holding an out-door ward
meet ing the oilier night, and a speaker
had just commenced to warm up to Ids
work, when a stranger with all his
worldly “duds” in ail old sheep-skin
on his hack, boots gone, hat going ami?
a dyed-in-the-wool tramp air about him’
halted ou the outskirts of the crowd.
The speech soon caught him, and in:
"began to applaud. At the end of
very sjnitence lie clapped his hands
and roared like a fog-horn. No matter
-wheff er t aker “ hit ’em ” or not;
the stranger failed to come dow n'
with the applause, and lie carried a'
gixrl share of the crowd with him.
After ttie speaker lmd finished, an t
while lie vas n't ping liis heated brow,
y>if tramp" approached him and said :
Tlfat ’ere speech was one of the
best I ever heard in all iny life.”
•" “ Ah ? I’m glad it pleased you."
“Pleased me,! Why, it lifted me
right ofTii my feet! I tell you, you’re
a born orator, and I just wisli I could
stay in this town and hear you make a
speech every night.”
“ Yes, I wish you Could.”
“ But I can’t. I am on my way
West. I shall, however, think of your
speech a hundred times a day. I can
feel the electricity of it yet, and—say.
onn’i VOU lend me half a dollar to help
me on r
Why, 1 turn u .r--. Why
should I lend yo* half a dollar ?"
known
*Whe tilffrl
tuU ami bwHP hmic.-t \
until lie has pass, j l4HfsynlH’deul of
ti niptafion.v ,\tmj tK‘
fiery ordeal, or w
one time in life, thef^wilji|HMMl4(:C
! ;i v• •i ;i I.lr- u u,, |~f pruy* ■ W*.
versity overtakes t v
too often Hies away on the Same wing*
with their riches; and what they once -
looked upon with holy horror, they now
practice with shameless impunity.
(), licis :rt the commencement of n pros
porous career, arc quite above any tricks
in trade; but their love of money in
croftscs with their wealth, llioir honesty
relaxes, they become hard honest men*
then hardly honest, and are 'finally eon-'
firmed in dishonesty.
On the great day of account it wilT
he found that men have erred more in
judging of the honesty of others than
in any one thing else ; not even religion*
excepted. Many who have been con-
demned and had the stigma of dishon
esty fixed upon them, because misfor
tune disabled them from paying their
just debts, will stand acquitted bv the
Judge of the quick and the dead, whilst
others cover dishonest hearts and n< -
tious undetected bv men.
It is my earnest desire to eradicate,
the impressions so fatal to many a young
man, that one cannot live bv beimr ner
fectly honest. You must have known
nil’ll who have gone on for years in'un-
broken prosperity and yet never adopt
od that base motto, “All is fuiyiu {trade.”
ou must have scon, tom noble exam
pies of those wlm have met with looses
and failures, and yet risen limn them
“ Oh, come'now —don t try to i
any high hors# over me. You know
how loud 1 hollered, and you know as
well as I do that if I hadn’t put in mv
best licks you’d have fallen as flat as a
shingle! You are a great orator sir
and that was a speech, b*it if \
don’t know thatjpilering is what does
the business, >m’d tetter hang right
" l The orator pothered over the matter
for a few seconds, and then proba >l\
concluded that the reasoning was sound,
as Lie passed over The money.
At ft prayer-meeting of colored per
sons on a certain occasion the decency
and good order of the meeting being
disturbed by one of the brothers named
Brown, whose prayers in public were
onlV incoherent ravings, the pastor in
quired : “What fool nigg*b* <*
prayin’ down dar nea’ de do. A
kin voice* ro„fal: n “ It ,m .■ r
Brown, sah ” “ Den,”' replied the pas
tor “Bruddcr Brown subside, ftnd 1
someone pray iM am better acquauK
ed wid de Lawd.