The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-10-28
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- II ii,ree days ago, with acurioas sps.
,;aen II The freaks Of Nature. Its foal
ssees Potatoes. which are braided loge.
der with = much ns4sness - II ii werg
done ~ he ingenious liagers uf lady,
instead of ~ lhe hand Of dame Nature.
The potatoes, II straight, would be per.
bps Ten Or twelve inches long. and alio.
srllar nake ) good sizsd poiaiOc. They
Sefe grown o. he plantation 81 Mr.. VII,
linn Couch. o. this county.
A LARGE PSTaro.-From the same
sOare VIC hare also received a potato,
o. he yam species, which weighs Two
pounds and twelve ounces. Though MOI
o Inc mammoth orler. il viii serve 10
show i'm. The soil Or Old Orange i eapa-
BIZ 81 asking bouniiful return for lie
llb1r and skill of her industrious sons.
PUMPKIN AND COaPLIAENT.-ffo,
all ye II The Boosting fraternity. listen 70
Us, and II We cant make your mouths
wafer far our pulOpkiu. We guess We can
tell you u m accompaniment that may
excite your envyl
Oh Saturday last, Uncle Sans Post
Coach from The West came loaded with
u present or n, from ! sterling Who
friend on Back Creek. = ~as NAM
m nh Pr.--.ss, weighing % lbs, anil
measuring feet 7 inches in circumfer-
enee.l II will require Buncombe soil
to beat this.
but the compliment. As we highly
esteem the donor Of the Pumpkin. 50 we
can fully appreciate the good feeling
which prompted tie expression 50 highly
commendalory Of our arduous labors for
the public. |. i truly gratifying to re-
ceise praise from such a source. Ii
would compensate for months Of toll; and
will cheer Us on, whether through good
or through evil report, in our efforts 10
sustain for our papsr its character for truth
and sobcmess. Here il il:
From The waters of Back Creek, a
Wing Pumpkin. To The Printer in Hills
borough, who issues paper next TO tho
New Tesiamenl''!!
Hal We Time, We should like, in con.
nexioA with this, TO give certain Honor
able gentleman, mol unknown 10 fame, a
Febnkc such as he deserves, for sundry
attempts TO injurc US by dcnunciations Of
our paper. We have before had occasion
TO handle him on This subject; ndunless
he dcsisis f.om his ungenerous schemes
against Us, an open and uncompromising
declaration Of war on our part will be the
only remedy left Us, when We shall en-
deavor. by open .hosiilities, 10 meet his
underhanded attacks. This gentleman
has, as We have heen informed, on yari-
Gus occasions, charged US with having
published "d--d lies" and used TO us
ward various other violent and abusive
language, with view 10 diminish the cir
cula,ion of onr paper. Such low and gro
yelling deirac,ion can be met only by ex-
posurc. We warn him, then, 10 beware.
For he Is not, like Achilles, vulnerable
only at The heel; his whole body is OK
posed 10 the shafts Of al adversary armed
with truth. For the qualification Of the
gentleman We can tell linn that his efforts
Of late have been altogether unsuccessful.
Our subscription list at prcsen. is larger
than al any former period.
We have a proposition for mathema-
ticians 10 cipher out, if they see iii; IRE
can answer il TO our satisfaction without
figures. OF how much more worth is
the opinion If such man as our gene
rous Wing friend, lhan the opinion OF a
mere party hack--a twisting demagegue
who would stamp the truth as a lie to
advance his own cndss
The editor of the Standard, in his pa
per of last week, in an article intended as
reply 10 ours of the week before, intro
dnccs a parcel of twattlc, answering no
other purpose than TO illustrate the man
ner in which he Attempts to dclude his
readers but in which he has made cue
or two assertions, which it would be be-
coming in him il he would submit some
thing in the scm5lance Of proof TO sustain.
We said in our article that the twelve mil
lions Of dollars were borrowed principally
. 10 provide for deficiencies in the treasury
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