The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1883-12-22
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residence I'm Henderson. 1T
O'Harra's Congressional dissr,,N
was told by widely known ''H'' -
other day that before the war theNlc Zee,
not residence in North Csro,ins that
tasteful and useful interior commentators
Now there arc thousands.
By the night OF January Is. we shall all
be sick OF hearing that 10 Is leap year: SO |
beg leave To say now that iss4 Is leap year.
and henceforth shall be silent. II can't
be OF much avail In North Carolina. hov-
ever, for al the girls have got married this
fall.
The fry-pan l. bound to 60. A country
physician told me this week that nearly
half the diseases that he treats have their
origin In disoriercd stomachs. His belief
il that dyspepsia does more evil among us
than any of the fevers or any other single
disease.
There Is a Republican candidate FOR the
nomination for Governor next year. who
told me lin confidence" that the main
reason why he wished To be Governor IL
that he can have the pleasure Of pardoning
several of his friends, who are now in the
penitentiary.
met young lady also who had been
perplexed about Nmas presents. She had
bought few very pretty cards, hand
somely bound book-worth nothing
gold pen and other such things. She was
not rich; and she wasted her money. For
her friends would have been better pleased
and surely more u.eiully remembered by
palmer things.
The cigarette from the manufacturers
point OF view is good thing In North Car
olna, but from q maternal or patsrnal
point OF view 1t Is not happy sight 10 see
the smoking cars filled with young rs
going home from boarding schools who
dimly recognize each other through the
smoke their cigarettes make. If you have
been on the cars this week you have surely
seen such sight.
The superintcndents OF our boarding
schools are anxious TO do away with the
little Christmas vacation; but they seem
little nearer bringing to themselves public
support than they were years ago. Some
sort OF observance OF Christmas Is the
strongest Of our social customs, and schoo.
work must be suspended and deranged,
and the expense Of coming home and re-
| turning incurred In spite OF poverty. Well,
| il it makes us the happier, the main point
| is gained.
met a gray and thoughtful old friend
| Of mine on the cars this week going to
Raleigh, ION the most arduous mission OF
the year." he said. "Well, I've thought 1t
all out, he continued. "I'll get my wife
| simply q calico dress; my oldest son a copy
OF Bancroft's History OF the United States;
my daughter a large comfortable chair;
the smaller children a barrel Of apples;
my aged mother a set of new knitting
| needless" There's no sentimentality in
this. There ought to be solidity and
dignity even about Xmas presents.
There is one good thing that our Re.
publican politicians do us for which We
| ought to be generous enough to give them
| credit and be thankful. Once every four
years they raise hope in the hearts OF their
, Northern victims that North Carolina can
be made a Republican State and raise
money from their purses. The money
comes. Well, that's something And a
trickster with cash is not necessarily worse
than tricks er without cash. / congrat-
ulate them on bringing the cash, anyhow
and hope that they will BE- successful next
year n raising good amount TO be spent
| here. TALK.
| On the Road. Dec Is.