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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1882-10-26
HE KNEW EN- BOTH.

"There's considerable doubt IN my
mind which l ought to vote for. re-
marked the seedy man, rubbing ms
elbows and staring through the
piceon.hole at the busy cashier. For
some reasons 1 like Folger and
for others I'm way up on Cleveland
But it was fours." and he shook his
head gloomily. ''lt was tours anu
no mistake!''
what was fours p growled the
cashier.
"All three was fours,'' replied the
seedy man, rousing up. 81 went IN
with a pair of kings clean and When
Folscr raised, me and cleveland
stay ed right with him. On the draw
| cot the rest of the kings and lifted
things for hundred. They were
there % and the seedy man sighed
mourufully.
'How did you come out p inqulr-
ed the cashier.
well, sir, Cleveland didn't have
any ready money and Folger was
strapped. but they were good and
let 'em chip NOES for the amount;
l was putting up cold money ana
the fist | knew there were SIX or
eight thou on the board. You bet
they hung we'll. And | was On the
premises myself. 1t was pull and
pinch and finally they called. L
showed the kings, but they beat me.
"Wlat did they hold 20 asked the
chashier. who never plays. but likes
to hear of such things
"Cleveland had four aces,' ans.
wered the seedy man, resting his
elbows on the counter. ''les. SIT,
four bullers was neld by Mr.. Cleve-
land -
"Where was Folger? What did
he have ?" demanded the interested
cashier.
"Folger was there. He had four
:jokers p He had for a fact! We
were playing with the odds and ends
of some old packs, AID Folger had
come in with three .jokers' and drawn
the other.''
w here WAS IulS.
AT camp meeting out in lowa,a
year ago. Folger was running tenn
perance and Clevland was doing the
orthodox gospel"
What were they doing out there?"
demanded the mystified cashier.
They were preachers; the Rev.
Ephesus Folger and the Rev. Wei
come r. Cleveland. | know 'em.
They laid me cold, and Pm puzzled
which to vote for.''
You're way OFF, explained the
cashier. ''Those men never preached
nor stocked poker pack ON man. -
''Sure % exclaimed the seedy man,
rather startled. Il thought they
were the same. By the speeches
nominating them at the conventions
1 supposed of course they were min.
listers of Go d, and by what the op.
position papers say l was sure they
were the men who set it up on me at
the camp meeting. l say! couldn't
you run it up on 'em as a campaign
document aud fix me on account Of
what l lost?'
He wasn't fixed, but his story is
given as waning to the rural press
against the seedy man and othel
mistakes he may make about the
two candidates for governor.-Brook
Ign Eagle.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1882-10-26

OFFICE BOARD Co CoMM1ss'Rs !
HALIFAX Coz G SEPT. MEET'G 'S2.
do hereby certify that the foregoing
report is true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
r LEWIS, Clerk.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1882-10-26
FASHION FANCIES.

Street costumes are either very gay
Or very sober.
A great deal of red will be worn
by little people.
Arab red is the newest and livlie-
est shade of this color.
The fishwife's poke is the novelty
for little girls wear.
Tan-colored, long loose gloves are
t he first fayorites Of fashion.
Plush is as frequently used for
children's dressy wraps as for lar G.
er people.
Little girls dresses are even more
quaint and picturesque than in sum-
mer.
Plush artificial flowers and leaves
are striking, elegant novelties in mill
inery.
The new cloaking materials have
repped surfaces, either lengthwise or
across the cloth,
Combinations of materials in con-
trasving colors appear in Paris i'm
ported costumes.
Fashionable women will wear laced
shoes, but the button boot is by no
means discarded.
A shirt o. bright plaid worn with
jacket OF impe. ial blue makes a
very attractive costume.
The same variety and latitude in
color and materials appear in chill
dren's clothing as in thai of older
people.
The first fall wraps for children are
of dark, rich.vonet., nne WOODEN plaids.
in pelisse-like forms, with plated
shoulder capes.
The turban and Tam O'Shanter
cap and Turkish fez in red woods and
red cashmere will be much worm by
little children under 10.
Costumes of smalt blue, and hus
sar blue, with accessories of A. abi
red, brighten Fourteenth and Twenty
third streets in New York every af
ternoOn when it does not rain.
Artificial leaves are more in use
for millinery purposes than 1owets
but many of the handsomest fall bon
nets have leaves, flowers and feathers
combined in the trimming.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1882-10-26

OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT TRANsPoR !
TATIoN,-S. 4 r. r. R. Co.
Portsmouth, Va, November 18th, 1919
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE!
On and after MONDAY, November 10
trains will run as follows:
LEAVE PORTSMOUTH DAILY Elk
CEPT SUNDAYS.
Mail train at 925A Am
Accommodation Train 200P.M
ARRIVE AT PORTSMOUTH DAILY.
EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
Mail train at 5 45p NJ
Accommodation Train IL 50 Pm
Mail train connects at Weldon with the
Mail Trains of the Wilmington w ellon
and Raleigh and CASTOR Railroads.
And on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays at Franklin, with steamer for
Edenton, Plymouth and Landings on
Blackwater and Chowan rivers and for
Washington and stations OH GAINESVILLE
and Washington Railroad.
Through tickets on sale to Tarboro,
| Goldsboro, Newbern, Wilmington, Col
umbia, Augusta, Charleston, Savannah,
Jacksonville, Fernandina, and all points
in Florida, Raleigh, Hamlet, Charlotte
Statesville, Marion, Hickory, Old Fort
Asheville, Warm Springs, Atlanta, Ma
con, Montgomery, Columbus, Mobile, New
Orleans, and all points in South and
60 -thwest.
0o Ero;o' .+s received daily, except Sundays
from AM. to Pm. +: G. CHIC,
Superintendent o. -i"nsPo' '"''o'''
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1882-10-26
SCHEDULES.

PETERSBURG RAILROAD COMPANY,
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT.
PETERSBURG VA, October ID, 1882.
COMMENCING Monday, October, Is.
~ 1882, trains on this road will run as
follows:
GOING SOUTH,
Boston & Savannah Fast Mail
(Stops only at Relfeld)
Leave Petersburg daily at 4 :O9p p. N
Arrive at Weldon at 5: 54
NEW YORK EXPRESS,
Leave Petersburg daily at 100 P. NJ
Arrive at Weldon at 3.19 ?. NJ
Freight.
Leave Petersburg (ex'pt Sun $50 m
Arrive at Weldon at ll:OO In
GOING NORTH.
Boston & Savannah Fast Mail.
Leave Weldon daily at II :O5 An
Arrive at Petersburg at 1928
NEW YORK EXPRESS.
Leave Weldon daily at Ito p NJ.
Arrive at Petersburg at 1924 ?. NJ,
Freight.
Leave Weldon Eek Sum- 200 pm
Arrive at Petersburg 30 pm
First-class coaches will run through
between Wilmington and washington
and sleeping cars on night and day trains
Sleeping car berths can be had for one
dollar from Richmond to Baltimore. No
change of cars.
Through tickets sold to all Eastern
and Southern points, and baggage check
ed through.
w. J. BROWN,
Dispatcher OF Train,
r. NJ. SULLl
General Superintendent
w. P. TAYLOR, Gen. Ticket ACT
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1882-10-26
sell the cleanest made and best
oh

sell the cleanest made and best
1 shooting Breech-loading Double
SHOT GUNS in the world for the money.
My SEQ 90 Side Lever English Gun d2
guage, u to 81 lbs; 10 guage, 81 to 8
lbs. if 10 lbs. 81 extra), has genuine, fine,
English, real twist barrels. Every bar
rel bears the proof-master' stamp show
ing that it has been tested with two or
three times the usual charge. They are
choke-bored, and, will shoot as well as an
ordinary 500 gun. Sent G. O. D. sub
ject to examination; over 500 miles away
81 must come with order, and over 1000
miles 81 is required. If with Pistol grip
and rebounding Locks price is s23.
CHARLES FOLSOM, LOG CHAMBERS
STREET, n. Y. CITY.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1882-10-26
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAaE.l

as commissioner I 42o
RI Lewis day as clerk com'rs 90
Jolly Is, 1882.
IT Gregory G S cash in
cases VS. county lao oo
Annual acct of J T Dawson sh'f 5|9 90
I j Fields conveying prisoners
to iail 80
f NJ Parker taking tax list 40 90
WI Jenkins building bridge l4o 70
I'll Purnell burying pauper 90
DC Clark inspecting bridge 90
d & Clark taking tax list 90 W
w II Shields taking tax list 80 90
BE Gary taking tax list ~ 90
w Ii Shields services and mile
age as commissioner IL %
j II Whitaker services and
mileage as commissioner Ii 20
FM Parker services and mile
age as commissioner IL 10
Ii J Hervy services and mile
age as commissioner w
S JOhnston services and mileage
as commissioner 900
RI Lewis services as clerk com'r 90
AUG. Z, 1882.
VII Day two months salery as
county attorney 90 w
NJ Shields taking tax list 20 90
Austin Faison oats furnished CO 20
Lewis u Knight corn furn ed co 40 90
Ew Lyman taking tax list "a 90
Roanoke News pub notices for co 10 90
WE Barnes taking tax list 20 90
wv Johnston taking tax list 80 90
VIII Johnston taking tax list ~ 90
j II Sledge taking tax list 600
We Daniel taking tax list 40 90
DR. r Brown examining lunatlc 10 90
J C Derr coming pris 'er toJall 90
AUG. s, 1SS2.
j Wood feeding prisoners ia 90
Drw O Mcdowell ex'g lunatlc 10 90
WIN Fenner registering voters l Is
Gary & Gary goods Turned co 40
r J Lewis services rendered
county tsee billy a 70
Ennis Bellamy conveying prls-
oner to jail z 90
Froelich Bros goods furn ed co 26 sc
Brown & Carraway medicines
furnished county IL 60
H.J Hervy freights paid for CO 3 "a
g 6 meat for poor house IA 20
Geo Virgins labor at poor house 80
WV Carter services at pr h'Se&c y 20
H J Hervy day as com'r 200
W H Shields day and mileage
As county 80
WI Whitaker day and mile
age as commissioner TO
FM Parker day and mileage
as commissioners 40
wB Gary services rendered co 60
Nj Whitehead 4 Sons goods
furnished county $50
Bill of cost due Warren coun-
ty for jail fees &c 237 81
n r Haryy two DAVIS aS com,r 90
W H Shields two days and mile
age as commissioner 6 80
F NJ Parker two days and mile
age as commissioner go
S Johnston two days and mile
age as commissioner 6 So
j H Whitaker two days and
mileage as commissioner 5 60
R J Lewis two days as clerk 4 90
AUG. ID, 1882.
II Hervy one day as com'r 200
VIII Shields one day and mile
age as commissioner 90
J II Whitaker one day and
mileage as commissioner $50
F NJ Parker one day and mile.
age as commissioner 40
K Lewis one day as clerk CONF 2oo
OFFICE BOARD Co COMMIss'Rs /
HALIFAX Co n G SEPT. MEET'G 'S2. I
do hereby certify that the foregoing
report is true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
K j LEWIS, Clerk.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-23
The True Spirit.

It is related of Gen. Robert E.
Lee that, after he had relieved the
wants of a poor soldier that had
lost his leg in the civil war, and
was asked by a friend to which
army the man had belonged, he re-
piled, II never thought to inquire"
How noble trait did this want
Of curiosity imply! The hero never
once thought of the difference that
might exist between himself and the
man, bat at once recognized what
there was in common, he was man
and soldier, and his great heart
recognized that he was in need, and
his hand hasteEe1 to supply his
wants.
Oh! that our whole land might
forget the disagreeable past and re-
collect only so much of it as speaks
of heroism and devotion to principle
and that we might recognize in
every human being a sameness Of
origin and family that would prompt
to love and humane action.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-23
An Angels Touch.

One evening, not long ago little
girl of nine or ten entered a place
in which is bakery, grocery and
saloon in one, and asked for five
cents worth of tea. 'sHow's your
mother?" asked the boy who came
to wait on her.-'.Awfur sick, and
amt had anything to eat all day."
The boy was just then called to wait
upon some men who entered the sa-
loon, ard the girl sat down. In
five minutes she was sound asleep
and leaning her head against bar
rel, while she held the poor old nick
lie in a tight gripbetween her thumb
and finger. Onebf the men saw her
as he came from the bar, and after
asking who she was, said; "Say,
you drunkards, see here. We've
been pouring down whiskey when
this poor child and her mother want
bread. Here is a two dollar bill
that says I've got some telling left
"And lean add a dollar" observed
one. "And I'll give another"
They made up purse of even five
dollars, and the spokesman carefully
put the bill between two of the
sleeper's fingers, drew the nickel
away and whispered to his COM
rades: "Jist look a here-the gals
dreamingr' So she was. A big tear
had rolled out from her closed eyelid
but the face was covered with
smile. They tip-toed out and the
clerk walked over and touched the
sleeping child. She awoke with a
laugh, and cried out: "What a
beautiful dream! Ma wasn't sick
any more, and we had lots to eat
and to wear, and my hands burns
yet where an angel touched itw
When she discovered that her nick
ell had been replaced by a bill, a
dollar of which loaded her down
with all she could carry, she inno-
Gently said: "Well, now, but ma
won't hardly believe me that you
sent up to heaven and got an angel
to come down and clerk in your gro
ceryp'
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-23
Stay in Mississippi.

A gentleman writes the following
from Texas to the Memphis Ap,
peal:
GAS am in Texas / will offer a
few suggestions in regard to people
coming here. l have been in Ten
nessee, and know it is better coun-
try for a poor man than Texas. ]
refer persons who doubt this state
ment to their relatives or acquain-
tances who live here. If q man
comes here with capital he can in
vest it in some enterprise and make
money; but poor man here is
worse off than he is in any of the
old States. There are hundreds of
poor men here who are out of en-
ployment, and some people in parts
of the State are almost on the verge
of starvation"
A correspondent of the Neshoba
Democrat says about Florida:
ssWhen / shook hands with you
in East Mississippi two months ago,
l never expected to see that old
land again. But | am coming back
as soon as / can raise the means.
Put this in italics-I am homesick,
"But let me tell you, the gentle
man with whom I came truthfnlly
told us that he had not told us the
half about Florida. The climate is
warm aud balmy, lands fertile,
oranges and other fruits grow wild
as was represented. But the hall
not told was about the things that
you would call nnisances. All the
reptiles and insects Of creation are
congregatlng here. The ants eat
everything and crawl about by mil
lions. Hornets, wasps and bugs
are as thick in the air as hail and
go with the same force Gatterpil-
lars eat all the trees and sometimes
eat our clothes. The wind never
stops blowing, and to wear . hat il
out Of the question. Everything
looks outlandish. / feel like an cx.
ia
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-23
The .aireside
Gems Of fThought,

/ venerate an honest obliquity Of
understanding.
The beggar is the only free man
in the universe.
Disproportioned friendships ever
terminate in disgust.
Let us draw upon content for the
deficiencies Of fortune.
Good counsel rejected returns to
enrich the giyer's bosom.
Marriage, is by its best title,
monopoly, and of the most invidious
sort.
Riches in general are in every
country another name for freedom.
/ Cheerfulness was never vet pro-
duced by effort which is itself pain
ful.
Epistolary matter usally compris-
eth three topics: News, sentiment
and puns.
The first fault is the child of sim
pasity, but every ether the offspring
of it.
Man little knows what calamities
are beyond his patience to bear till
he tries them.
Man is not creation of pure rea-
SOB, he must have his senses delight
fully appealed to.
In this life, it appears that we can
not be entirely blest, but yet we may
be completely miserable.
The human species is composed of
two distinct races, the men who bor-
row and the men who lend,
No man. is so fond of liberty him.
self as not to be desirous of subject
ing the will of some individuals in
society to his own.
That single effort by which we
stop short in the down hill path to
perdition is itselfa greater exertion
of virtue than a hundred acts ofjus-
tice.
The honest man, who marries and
brings up large family, does more
service than he who continues single
and only talks of population
After men have travelled through
few stages in vice, shame forsakes
them and returns back to wait upon
the few virtues they have still re-
naming.
What q woman should demand of
a man in courtship, or after it, is
first-respect for her, as she is
woman; and next to that-to be res
pected by him above all other wom-
en-.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-23
A Case that Made a Name.

what was the most interesting
case in your experience, doctor?'
1t was at q little entertainment
given in honor OF Doctor Tourni.
Quet's retirement from practice-an
event we yGung.r T aspirants felt in
clined to celebrate with no small
satisfaction-that the foregoing
question was put to the guest Of the
evening.
i think rad the old gentleman,
after a moments reflection, and
casting a fatherly look upon us
through his gold trimmed spectacles,
about the most interesting case
ever had was the first
Would you mind relating it 2
Not at all. Whatever secret
there once was about it., all reason
for keeping it has long since ceased
sIt's now nearly fifty years. he
continued, since presumed to set
tie down here and enterinto competi.
tion With Old Carver, whose dazzling
gilt sign, emblaznned with his name
and professional designation Of Ply.
sician and Surgeon-Curinudgeon
would have hit the mark more near
ly-had hitherto enjoyed a monopo
" of lighting fools the way to dus
ty DEATH
sIIo nnvor ,,oacntl mn w;fhnnt a
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-23
The Mississippi Land Boom.

i The first thingsWe know there viii
be q land boom ID this State that
Twill astonish the old GROWERS. Fol
months and months careful inves-
ltors who reside in the State have
Ibeen purchasing choice lots oil over
the State, and recently some very
large and significant transfers have
been made. As soon as it was sure
the New Orleans and Meridian Rail
road would be constructed within a
year, every foot ofland lying along
the route that belonged to the State
was sold to citizens. Since work
was begun on the Memphis and
Vicksburg Railroad vast bodies of
land in the rich Yazoo Delta have
been sold and every acre of real es--
tate in the valley feels the cheering
effect OF the good time coming. All
in the world the people of Mississip-
pi need is to be Industrious, just,
honorable. and tolerant, to start
a boom that will benefit every good
citizen.
In this connection the work be-
fore the next Legislature is exceed
lingly important. Everything doz1e
should be in opposition to narrow
Bourbonism and in the direction of
ta board liberal conservatism. Lamar
should be unanimously reelected to
the United States Senate. That
act will have significant that will
aid the boom. In addition to Sc
couring the services of wise and ex-
perienced statesman, it advertises to
the world that Mississippi as a
whole prefers Conservatism TO
Bourbonism.
A liberal railroad policy should
be continued. Very little attention
should be paid to the old stage
coach howlers, who appeal to the
selfishness and crowardice of the
people. The people are fully able 10
tackle the ''fearful question of con-
trolling the railways after they get
railways. Before a good cook pre-.
pares the hare for dinner the hare
must be caught. Mississippi has
not more;than one-tenth the railroads
needed and it is wise for the Legis-
lature to bear this fact in mind?
The railways in the state are dis
playing laubable desire to reduce
freight and passenger rate, and as
the State becomes more thickly SET
tied and the roads in better condi-
tion and more thoroughly equipped,
there will be but little of the ques-
tion left to settle. In point of fact
the interest of railways is bound urI
in that of the people.
In general legislation some plain,
honest changes are needed. All
class and race legislation should be
repealed, and the devilish Returning
Board that is full of hell should be
abolished,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-23
,N9isfellaau.
AcApITAL JOKE.
Sheriff Henderson a. General Han

4 - 49, = - - - -
Sheriff Henderson a. General Han
cock.
The following is from the Bator
Rouge La. Capltolian. To under
stand the local references it will b.
necessary to remember that the oc
casion was a banquet given ON thu
evening of 0 fircmcn's celebra-
ton. Capt. Henderson was raised
lin Baton Rouge and left for the wal
in 1851 in a company Of that city.
All who know Capt. Bob will hearti
ly appreciate the joke:
The information having been con.
vcyed that Gen. w. S. Hancock had
reached the city and was stopping
at Grouchy's, motion was made
to appoint a committee of three
with the Mayor added, to invite
him to honor the company with his
presence at the lunch. An amend
mend was made and accepted to in.
crease the committee to five. AS
soon as the committee was organic.
ed, they sailed out in quest of the
General, whom due time, made his
appearance in the hall, walking arm
and arm with the Mayor, under the
escort of the remainder Of the com.
mittee. At that moment the band
struck up a national air and the as
semblage cheered with rapturous
enthusiasm. When order was res
tored, the Mayor in few words in
troduced General Winfield Scott
Hancock to the company, who,
through their orator, Capt. j. w.
Amiss, expressed their high appre-
citation of the honor bestowed upon
them by his presence. q
The General, though suffering
from a bad cold, acknowledged the
compliment by telling the company
that he could recognize among their
sunburnt faces, men who had worn
the gray while he led the boys in
blue. He was proud to meet them
as friends. He had on the previous
evening met Jefferson Davis at a
bali IN New Orleans, etc.
At the conclusion Of his appro-
pirate remarks, the members and
guests filed past. and were in turn
introduced to the heroic soldier
statesman, who occupies promi-
nent place in the heart of all true
Louisianians. Several in shaking
hands with him, assured him OF
their partiality towards him. One
had been raised in the same Pen-
sylvania town with him. The scene
was extremely pleasing an6 showed
that the boys of No. l are equal to
any emergency.
After a pause, General Hancock
again spoke, and told the assem-
blage that in 1861 he left here with
the Pelican Rifles, with the other
Baton Rouge boys. Since then he
has resided in Meridian, Miss. He
now holds the position of Sheriff of
Lauderdale county.
By that time the mistake was ex-
|plained as the old Baton Rouge
boy, Capt. Bob Henderson, was
identified, and heartily welcomed
ssd cbesred. Capt Bob looks every
inch general, having a striking
resemblance Of General Hancock,
one of whose relatives he was taken
for at the Cincinnati Convention, by
an indignant Hendricks man.
The joke was put up a Charley
Weeks, aud admirably carried out.
So much so, that our friend Kuh-
pert went out and brought up Ser
geant Ferguson from the barracks
and Sergeant Page from the nation
al cemetery, who appeared on the
scene after the joke had exploded.
This incident served to render the
affair hilarious throughout.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-03-23
Pierced by Red.Hot Bar of Iron.

Quintus Sonerwine, aged sixteen
is employed in one of the rolls in
the judah Rolling Mill in Philadel-
phia. A bar of red,hot iron was
passing through the rolls and Soner-
wine stood ready with his tongs to
catch it. just as he was about to
catch hold of the bar another boy
accidentally struck the iron. The
blow gave the IRON sudden upward
movement, and it pierced his vest
and shirt passing up his chest
through his chin and the roof of his
.tonguato the roof Of his mouth,
where the bone stopped further pro-
gress. Though suffering great pain
The boys presence of mind did not
forsake him, but he pulled the iron
out, badly burning his hands. The
other workmen stood amazed, but
the boys father ran up to him and.
walked him to a phisician six blocks
distant. The hole in the chin is
large enough to admit insertion Of a
finger. The boys course from the
mill to the doctors Office could be
tracked by the blood he lost on the
way. The doctor thinks the boy
q chance of recovery.