Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1855-12-12
NOT DEAD!
THE LIVE GIRAFFE" AGAIN.
o Uaaoaa 0Il N0rth- GaroLinnl

At the and earn st sOlc tatOn Of nearly
body. 6 but t especially = CO of ye Animal
can be secured, to out again 10 the gaze of
all mankind ard the ur ersa admiration of womsnkind,
during the first wees nuary, 1855 r8E
The Live q rafe w: lie was a neutral paper while
and ked with the vs. w I them the most p"5en ear s sbse hs &
mate or ndnaat that ever issued Southern press
sphere, it would now have been The Brother Jonathan
of the South Such resultea evident any think
most envabe distinction But becoming fat in an unucky
moment like the man who had grown ea enough to ride
Anima leaped the bars its field and the
next hng we heard OF him he like man turned politician
doubt ike the silly lamb of old that euded the sight of
found to be infested wolves he wished himself back in
his old range But the bars had been put another high
CT ana lie cdn get back besides he had grown SO lean
bought wisdom is the best in the world if
which there of truth poetry or roanee and
IN IN view of tbs old saying and the Animals experience,
hereafter cn the same caper again He'll kick any man
that would intimate snch a thing
The Live Giratfe will then be neutral. II will be de-
voted 10 [2 70 tAe ~e'2S, ch3 &eSatHre 1t will be made
funny and Instructive that would have wasted it.
self on the air as summer do; but for its columns,
it will seek every opportunity to grave and uninter
estng matters into pleasant and agreeable Incidents up
ses al 'a.nred ar nanity 1T meeis wllh and mould it
Church or that's promising great deal) the
religious pIiit.c aud SET. aI each ksa iI 1nd!'
The ci' zens of Raleigh know well enough the vhue Of
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half million Why, since the of the Animal from
their borders they have had bad luck than was ever
heard o! hefTe More Trusts have made more liens
been ven upon property assignments made more
quarrenns and msn.'ns, more drnkrng of liquor
meanneSs generally and i'll luck than ever was known
at any period since the great plague in Egypt.
Now this Is as plain daylight and the only remedy
for such evils IS to tro ont The Animal again So think.
Now, th> Is n" nr'' ti0n shall make You. want
an asSuran of your wngn IS patti onze the Animal
and [ snail pir I-,,, fi,I ,,,,,,rt,,;t,,
to correspond with me and to send in all names that
secured.
If 500 be secured shall have no fears fthe
success OF The Animal He viii soon grow when he
MS to take exercise and thea he plead his own case
not with eloquent words at least with kick
the boys.
has been ntimated To me that the ,nnecon sustained
to the C'0t.G Ie"n0nt would inuIe the Animal since
the " Pen"ant had suddenly expired and left many
subscribers the SniS. sv here and hone il
will satisfy body, that had interest the Pen
nan wrote most of IFS EdtoIIas for which l ShoulE
have received soi"5 according to agreement but did
not have tried this c05usnes and neither paws nor
tude, and nobody to divide with in the spoils
you 10 send me your names between and of
january if enough respond, the Animal make his
bow if not, harm me
Terms: Two dollars per annum payal ON delivery of
first umber doll,rs fifty c.. is if paid in six
months three dollars if not paid till ea OF year -
money wall be required until the first issued I
R. II. WHITAKER,
Raleigh, N, c.