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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12
,.,I an> Church department.

20 l.. Tonnoffski. John I. Pu'
vi others took part in the open a
'sn' 49, meeting in front of the old Gov
rs.--s Palace, Sunday afternoon.
,,r,f r. P. Pell, formerly Professor
.t,nsI Hill, has accepted a position
= ,be Asheville Grammar and High
school
Mrs. Williams Methodist Female
,asrv at Durham has secured Miss
80 Southgate as Musical Instruc-
and has made a good opening for
the Fall term
Miss Ida Christmas, recently elected
....ber in the Durham Graded School
,r.o accepted a position in the New
Bern School
IN article from Rev. DIR. Chas F.
will appear next week. He Is
-I:t,,lns much literary and religious
r.. lt late and seems to be emery
..m the easy quietude of a comfort
III. civ pulpit, wherein for some years
' r. has been swallowed. We note.
.ts bv. a burleSque on the Summer
t.,l Of Philosophy by a writer in
-. rs,iuq Visitor.
Rev. B. w. Mebane's churches de-
.,,.l to give him up, consequently Haw-
l.. and Cross Roads churches, which
him pastor some time ago, are still
- - J pastor. Nh. &. w. Smedes.
rp ,reirh. an 4. B. graduate of the
Tr.-,ity last June, has been secured as
her in Graham Normal College ty
,,nt Long. He comes highly rec
ended by President Battle and DIR.
" mn of the University.
k.spersville News: Walter F.. War
r nj Prospec; Hill. came on the train
=. o,rrnd Oak Ridge Institute. He is
r,~.efv nineteen and tips the beam at
$50.
>,ea'v Obxerrer: Rev. T. Page Ri
u.rff : uow i'm his siXtv-second year and
1,akfur quite vigorous. He is the fa-
.t,r or twenty-four children. and has
-rrr been married once. and his wife i.
sill living and looks quite young for a
T41y a. her age. She also visited her
arld~ at this place.
Nswbern Jonrnal: kinston College.
Dr r. H.. Lewis President, opened last
Naud Y with 76 sUudents.-kinston
I'D school. Prot. Claxton PrincipaI.
Iesan is fall session with 2l4 pupils.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12

WILMINGToN STAR OUTLINES. The
ceremony of driving the asst spike in the
Northern Pacific Railroad tool place
Saturday near Helena, Montana there
was a large assemblage present, includ-
ing Gen Grant, the Governors of several
Western States. the German Minister and
other distinguished persons Hon. w.
NJ. Evarts was the orator of the occasion.
The total cotton crop of the United
States for the year ending August 81,
1888, was 6,949, $50 bales. A Ger
man fleet has been ordered to Chinese
waters in view Of the possibility of an
outbreak against observation-disclosures
Of the cotton crop are less favorable than
those for August the principal cause of
injury is drought the general average OF
condition is "A in 1882 it was 90. -
A demonstration by the Irish National
League, at Waterford, was attended by
80, 900 people resolutions were passed
demanding a parliament for Ireland
New Orleans had a $25, 900 fire on Sun
day.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12

THE CARDIFF GIANT.-"Ignola-
mus Chicago.-The colossal hoax
that excited so much interest a few years
ago, known as the Cardiff giant. was
originated by a resident Of Binyhamton.
n. Y, and grew out of a controversy
between him and IA clergyman in Ack-
ley, Iowa. regarding the former exis-
tence of giants. The result was that
the mechanic decided upon the produce
ton of an image which should be eX-
humed and passed off as a giant. After
some difficulty he obtained a block of
stone in an obscure point on the Dubu-
que & Sioux City railroad, which suited
his purpose. 1t weighed between three
and four tons. and was twelve feet long.
1t was shipped to Chicago. where it was
cut into the shape of man After being
cut it was rubbed with sand, which gave
it a water-worn appearance. which de-
ceived many scientific gentlemen 1t was
beaten with hammers containing needles
by which the pores of the skin were i'm
itated. After being completed it was
wet with ink and washed with sulphuric
acid, giving it an antique appearance.
1t was then packed in sawdu>t and ship
ped to Union. y. Y. where it was buried
in the ground. After a year or so sew
eral men were hired to die a well at the
spot where the giant was buried, and of
course the giant was soon found. The
greatest excitement followed and the
spot was the resort of scientific men, A
three-fourthS interest in it was sold for
$50. 1000. 1t was pronounced to be the
remains ola giant. Even Ralph Waldo
EmerSont said it was astonishing. and
undoubtedly ancient while Cyrus Cobb
said that any mar declaring it to be
humbug simply declared himself a
fool" In "a few months the fraud was
discovered. and the Cardiff giant was
forgotten.
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Fine North Carolina Tobacco.

The papers have noticed the sale of
, s34 pounds OF tobacco for 8. l66. Al at
the Winston Fair, by VT. A. Whitaker.
OF Surry county This tobacco was rails
ed on eight acres. This is fine and en-
couraeing and We are glad to sec tina, a
5 lie ike this attracts so much attention.
a. 1t deserves to do, and is so much
copied. But the Star has publ he'd 20
times probably. within the last seven
wears. as high sales as this. In fact
some of the sales have surpassed thai OF
Mr.. Whitaker and by a great deal Let
Us repeat only a few. Dennis Tilley sold
nineteen tierces OF Granville county to-
bacco in Richmond, Va averaging over
81 per pound for hof His lowest price
was 81 cents per pound and his highest
was 81 81 per pound The Oxford
Torchbghf a ta9 year, ago, published
the sales Of o Granville farmer who made
81, 100 to the acre. We published the
SAL, of B +. Hester, living four miles
{ ON Oxford He made SI2 600 ia thr e
years fr III ten acres of land In tobacco
Many of the Granville farmers have av-
eraged during the last ten or twelve
wears from 500 to SI.20p TO the hand
Two sons OF Mitchell Currln aged re
>pectively Is and 10. sold their crop OF
tobacco Tor over 5000 net, AFTER payiug
all expenses 10 market \ >ickly broth
er, aged II. rendered them some as
slstancc. ard s. was paid for extra labor.
But we could give Instances by the dozei
Of just as high prices as Mr.. Whitaker
got. Only a few weeks ago we gave the
sale OF one iJDd o. the fine tobacco of
the late Memcuan Hester, who lived tw,
miles from Oxford, and it fetched over
81 400. or more than S25 per hundred
We have not time to search our files.
but the above are under the exact fig
ures. North Carolina can beat the world
10 fine tobacco. and no county can sur
pass Nauce. Granville. Person, Orange
and Caswell possit " the finest ever
grown In the United States was grown 10
Granville. Wilmington Star.
Another sample of what tobacco dos.
Fielding Knott, Of Granville, a dozen
years ago paid s. tax. Now he
is the largest tax payer in Gran
vile, except William O. Gre
CORY, who, we believe, own, 5000 acres
of land Mr.. Knott crop this year will
run near 10000 pounds. 1t has averaged
more than 80 600 for ten years past. and
the price averaged $50 per hundred.
Nine thousand a year is a good income
for any farmer.
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Byron's Sister not the Vile crea.
ture Which Mrs. Beecher
Stowe Pictured,

A considerable number of letters from
Lady Byron to Byron $ sister, Others from
Lady Byron to Mrs. G. Lamp. and a few
back and for b between Lady Byron AMI
nrs Leigh, documents which are de-
posted in the British Museum,-haye
beer copied and published in the Loudon
Athenaim. They cover ii columns of
that important periodical. aud need to be
read IN correction with many other things
With Moore's shallow lite Of Byron.
wiih ByroD's own letters. with Mrs.
Stoves mischievous and repulsive &C
count of lady Byron's condolences.
The letters extend in point oftime from
before the marriage of Lord Byron with
Mss Mllbanke to after the fruitless in-
terview in 1851 between the wife and sis
ter In the presence of Rev. f. w. Rob
ertson as Lady Byron's friend. They
show a continual state Of family discord
beginning with suspicious of Lord By
ron sanity on the part Of his wife, APP
p rently shared by his sister and Others:
IrowIDg bitter III the matter of appoiut
ng a trustee Tor the daughter, Ada By
ron. which eliminated In a pronounced
e~strangement; and closing with the evil
deuce that Lady Byron had totally re
fused Mrs. Leigh's overtures of recon
citation. and that she persisted in be
lleving that something remained behind
which justified her in her unformoving
attitude. There was not a clean spot in
Bye ) nature that would have prevent
cd even the unnatural crime his widow
finally came to believe him guilty Of; but
hese letters prove to any reasonable
mlnd not only that his sister was q true,
loving and honorable woman, but tina
he never suspected the horrible charge
hat his wife cherished against her.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12
h First Kiss Turns a Happy
Husband Into a Maniac!

W~ILKESBARRE PA, September T.
William Garrison, was married on
Thursday. and Immediately after the
CEREMONY on realizing what he had done.
I-aue a rlving maniac. Lizzie b.
.,-r. = cumelv lass Il years old. spent
fb- morning with hei lover looking for
. clergyman Ia make them one hut all
.E- r.vereud gentlemen refused on ac-
ragr- "a the youth ofthe would-be ride.
Then lhr girls father went with them
arural Justice. and on his approval
The squire consented to perform the
CEREMONY.
Young Carr -son had just kissed h
bride and. while the Justice was writing.
he Observed in a quiet. ordinary tona of
voice: Il am inspired by God" The
bride blu>hed at the strength of this
compliment. but she grew pale when
Carr s>on suddenly overturned the table.
wrenched the leg of I chair and charged
on tie astonished we'd ling party. They
a.h,t in a momelt. and ncWly-madr
husband enjored himself by SIN ,shing
everything in the room. The stov. was
br1ksu H. pieces. dishes were smashed
AMI lie door was splintered.
Wen he had finished the work OF
destruction he went out Oh the stOop OF
tile house. removed his clothing. am
started ON a run through the village. A
small erowd pursued lin over a bridge
which spans a creek. and called out to /.
=. er. who was fishing in a boat. to
head atfthe maniac. He did SO. and
carr -.n was at last cantured and led
back % the Justices office. There he
wa>gl9thed and bound with ropes.
i imminent was then made out.
ami tie party vas about to start for
W-a--burre to have him placed in Jail
waen he said that if they would 90 b
way oih.S father III laws house he
would accompany them quietly. His
wish Vas complied with and his frenzy
appeared TO subside, for upon arriving at
h> w.,e's hom he said he was hungry
aud asked for supper. He ate a hearty
meal and chatted pleasantly for awhile.
after which lie retired and was not dis
,ur1ej until t o'clock this morning.
H was then aroused and told be
Won have to 90 to jail. The news
auSered him and he made a vigorous
t-ht. out was eventually Overpow e.ed
bound hand and foot and tied up in a
blanket. Limp and helpless. he was
then placed II a = and brought tc
tLi, city. 1t was with difficulty that
several 2el cemen could hold him or con
duet him to the padded cell which Ii
provided for maniacs. Deputy Warder
Mcdonald had half his beard torn out
and several ofthe officers were badly
bruised. Carlson held on to Melon
adj, .eard until his wrist was pounded
with "a bunch Of keys and nearly broken
~ soon a. he had been turned loose
i'll his cell Garrison tore OH all his cloth
ing and destroyed his bed-tick. TheI
be fang the fragments through the bar
o. his cell. Food was offered to HIM
but Ire refused IL eat and threw it OH
into the corridor. Sometimes he become
quite. and then he pours out a stream
70. profanity. mingled with pious plat
Ule>.
The Young bride in Frustrated wit
grief at the strange effect the marrlag
las had upon her husband. She ma
taken to her he'd, and it is feared tina
her terrible misfortune may affect he
brain.
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The Watch Tower learns from Mr..
j.. Siterson that th,re are so brandy
stills In Martin and & in Beaufort coun-
ties.
A Young lady's lover who had been
absent for s mouths, in his joy at once
more meeting the object of his alteration,
bit her, and now she calls him quinine
Atlanta claims to have a young lady
who has the finest and prettiest hair in
the United States. The name of the
party of whom she purchases it is not
made public.
The Empress of Austria is SO hostile
to female doctors that no graduate is al
lowed to practice in that country. She
prefers a male quack to a female physi
cian.
Mrs. Nackay, the wife Of the bonanza
millionaire. is accompanied wherever she
goes in public by a private detective,
whose duty it is to protect her against
diamond thieves.
How strange is life? Before marriage
the Girl pulls the wool over a mans
ewes. After marriage she pulls it of
his head.
Tarboro .SOutherner: ThOs. H Battle
was unanimously reelected Solicitor OF
the Inferior Court. GoOd.-Harry
skinner. Esq, of Granville. has been to
Raleigh to see, it is supposed. Gov. Jar
Wis about the Congressional matter in
the First district. From this time on
some shrewd pipe-layiny will be done
but. gentlemen. don't pull your triggers
| too soon. Be sure the bird is there first.
Durham Recorg}er We learn that r
I. Rodgers has bought out the Fullerton
Brown Stone Quarry, which is said to be
rhe finest Brown Stone 10 the United
States for building and all other pur
roses There is not les than $50.
600 deposited in our Dniham Banks. by
Alamance and Caswell farmers. This
speaks well for that section -Blacl
wells Durham Tobacco Manufact' :
ring Company, finding their business in
creasing rapidly. will soon erect a large
addition to their mammoth establish
ment to cost $50 0OO. |Ihelr trade
is now much larger than ever bet.re, and
they continue to make improvements.
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Miss Penelope Whitfield was washing
some clothes on Mr.. Moses Patterson.s
premises and had to draw water from an
uncovered cistern in the yard. In draws
ing a bucket of wafer she dropped her
hat In the cistern and returned, alone, to
get it out. Some time after she was
missed and inquiries Were made for her
10 every direction. but they were fruItless
and the body of the unfortunate lady
was accidentally discovered 10 the els
tern about four O'Clock in the afternoon.
The water was about nine feet deep. A
girl was sent to the cistern to get out
some can and in %proging at the bottom
with a pole some of the lady's clothing
caught in a nail driven through the end
of the pole aud the body was brought tc
the surface. Newborn Nutsh ell.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12
Leading Business Firms in Other
Parts of r. G

SAW MILIS.-The Taylor Mfg Co.
Charlotte.
ENGINEs.-J {. Witty, Newbern.
ROAD ENGINE,-J. ). Joyner, Frank
linton.
GRAPE WINEs.-Hon. W. j. Green.
Fayetteville.
H~oTELS,-The Catawba Springs.
Bonitz House. Goldsboro.
BANKS-Messrs. Burgwyn X Co..
Henderson. Blackwell Bank at Dur
ham.
CORN y COTTON CULTIvAToR-
Harrison, Gully X Co., Cary.
Observation-Disclosures x Boyd.
at Warrenton Col. Burgwyn. at Hen
derson Thomas II. Battle at Tarboro.
SCHOOLS FOR Observation-Disclosures. at
Bi Granville Horner's at Oxford, Hor-
ner's at Henderson, Bells at King
Mountain. kelley's at Union Church.
Gulley's at Franklinton.
SCHOOLS FOR GIRLS-Mrs. DR.. Chap
man at Goldsboro; Misses Nash * Miss
kollock at Hills boro Prot. Barnes AT
kittrell.
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DEATHs.-Di. Hugh Kelley, an old
and well ku wn lit zen II StatesVille.
In Raleigh. Mr.. JOS. j. Lakewood.
salesman at A f. ed Williams & Cos book
store, a young man, aged "a who had
numerous friends, as was evidenced by
the regret at hi, death.--ln Ro5er
s%onvile. after an illness Of forty days OF
typhoid fever. Mrs. Caroline Daniel, Sis
ter Of Col. II. ID. Robertson. ~
Newborn, johnson Bryan. an aged and
widely known citizen .-in Wa o ns-
ton, y. c., Carney, son OF DIR ID
Bryan.-In Rocky Mount, Rufhn
Harrison. Mrs. > ID Woodson, the
venerable mother Of Mrs. Moselcy, was
buried Oh Saba. h afternoon. rom DIR.
skinner : church, with a large attendance
OF friends Mrs. Avis Allen, aged
>, at Fall. Of Neuse. Near New
Hope church. Mrs. Susan White, aged
3.La~ week We noted the death
Of Nj'es Alternately. This week we no
tice the death Of hi. daughter, Victoria.
all attractive Young lady. Newton Enter
PRISE says IN Weldon. of consnmp-
ton, Mr.. G.. j. Moseley. - Rocky
Mount, Mr.. John Gay In Johnston
Alvin Goats, aged -
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DURHAM NoTEs--From the Recor-
der Mr.. A. III. Stokes is erecting him
an elegant business office on Parrish
street.-W. T. Blackwell, is erecting
a beautiful cottage residence on Chapel
nil street.-Messrs. Ellison Bros, OF
Richmond, Va. have commenced erect
ING a large 4-story prize warehouse in
Dnrham.-Sheriff J. r.. Blacknall,
aud w. w. Fuller, ESQ.,, attended the
Wheat and Cattle Fair. They speak in
complimentary terms of the fair, and
the prosperous city of Winston.--
Mr.. e.. f Webb has moved into his ele-
CANT residence on ''Hen-peck-row,' and
| Mr.. Fred. Tanning now occupies the
Hunt residence on Mangum street.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12

WrppISGs.-In Mecklen burg, DIR. J.
". Srrong and Mrs. Nancy A. Grier
Somr men get married as easy as falling
OF a log. - At the residence OF ON
Ger caleb Osborn, Mr.. w. b. Mann, a
prosperous young grocer of Raleigh, and
Miss PLe' e Howard. of Granville u
tv. Mr.. J. Frank BEDFORD and Miss Luz
Gle Reams, of Durham. acted as atten-
dants, and it was a pleasant occasion.
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n5- We usually address any ertra
copies that ice happen 10 hare letf from
our regular edition, to prominent person.
ages up and dopn tie country. Please
eramine. and II you deem such a paper
uOrth four cents a ueek, the editor UiN
be glad TO enroll your name.
Eas-4ny subscriber uho cishes a rrit-
ten receipt riU please state It az has let
ter; ,n uhich ease the name ciH not be
printed ia the pdDer.
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FAMILY FUSSES.-HeadersonriUe. n.
Z, Sept. S-The trial of the two B~rittains.
father and son, shooting Samuel Cum
bingham, to-day result d in a conv :
ton of m~an-slaughter, both were sem
fenced TO 10 years in the p~enitentiary.
Marion. N. c., Sept. S.-The brothers
in law, Preston Teale and Marshall
Jones, who have been bad friends for
some time quarreled to-day. Teale
went home, Jones following him, and
entered his house. Jones ATTEMPTED to
follow when Teale sprang out and at
tackled Jones with a butcher knife. in
fiieting thirteen wounds, one in the al
domen and the others in the back.
Jones is still alive but cannot Iecover
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12

Young or middle aged men suffering
from nervous debility. loss of memory.
premature old age, as the result of bad
habits, should send three stamps for
Part VII of Dime Series pamphlets. Ad.
dress WORLDS D~IsPENSARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, n. Y.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12

Mr.. G. =. Afford, one of the members
Of the Board of County Commissioners,
lost his fine buggy horse on Tuesday last.
The horse died at Baker & Saunders liv-
cry stables in this city.
Mr.. w. NJ. Morris, at Blowing Rock,
has sold twelve acres of land surround
ing his schoolhouse to a Mr.. Terrence,
Who, we learn, proposes to build a he
tel with fifty rooms, upon Lenoir Topic.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12

Mr.. Nj. E. Hawkins, RIDGwAY, N. G.
saws. MY daughter wa thin. emaciated
with no appetite and much debilitated.
Rrowu's Iron Bitters gave her health
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12

FATAL RESULTS OF SMOKING AND
DFINKING Aaron Go,dstein. who died
au Wednesday at Paterson, n. j., fought
T-h the First Napoleon in his Russian
etf1patgl aud at Waterloo. Goldstein
vas au inveterate smoker and drank al
most until the day of his death. He was
Nearly los years old.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12

BsY~Don't wear dingy or faded things
when the ter cent diamond Dye will
make them good as new They are pei
feet.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12

Maggie Ballentine, a seventeen-yeal
old girl Of Portsmouth, Va. was an
habitual smoker, but careless in lighting
her pipe. The other day her garments
caught fire while thus engaged, and she
was burned to death.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12

Bad temper often proceeds from those
painful disorders to which women are
subject. In female complaints DR.. R. v.
Pierce's ''Favorite Prescription isa GER
tain cure. By all druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12

President Arthur returned to Wash
ington in good health, but sunburnt.-
II. O. Forbes, a citizen Of Norfolk, Va,
committed suicide.-Frank Shelton,
negro, hanged at Selma, Ala =, for the
murder of his wife.
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RALEIGH ADVERTISERS.
where to Buy Whom you Como to
Town--Sec Cards in Another
CoIumn-We Nope to add to
the List Next ~ eek.

CLoTHING,-D. ). Watt
HARDWARE. WAGONS, BELLS, ETC,
Julius Lewis K Co.
CUTLERY. HARDWARE, ETC-.-T.
II. Briggs X sons.
CORN MEAL md FoRAGE.-Jones
4 Powell.
Doom. SASH, BLISDs.-The y. G..
Company.
DRJGGIsTS.-Pescud. Lee < Co.
SCHooLS,-St. Mary's. Also Peace
In sttute.
BOoKsToRE-A. Williams & Co.
PHoToGRAPHs.-J W. Watson.
CLAY CHIMNEYS,- job Osborn.
THE RALEIGH COTTON GIN, AND
ENGINEs-Geo. l. Tounoffsk.
THE r. VAN WINkLE COTTON GIN
-Iatta X Myatt.
The PRATT COTTON GIN-William-
son X Cpchurch.
ART ORNAMENTS. AND HOUSE DEC
oRATIoN-Frcd \ Watson.
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Che Editors Desk.

WEEKLY ACKsowLEDGEMESTs or CALLS, Con
REsPosDEscE AND CASH RECEIPTS.
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The Watch Tower learns from Mr..
j.. Siterson that th,re are 50 brandy
srllls IN Martin and 6 in Beaufort coun
ties.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-04-30
STOP BEFORE YOU BEGIN.

Success depends as much on not
doing as upon doing in other words,
''Stop before you begin," has saved
many boy from ruin.
When quite young lad L came
very near losing my own life and that
of my mother by the horse | was
driving running violently down a
steep hill and over a dilapidated bridge
at its foot.
AS the boards of the old bridge
flew up behind us, it seemed al
most miraculous that we were not
precipitated into the stream be-
meath and drowned. Arriving home
and relating our narrow escape to my
father, he sternly said to me, "An-
other time hold in your horse before
he starts
How many young men would have
been saved if early in life they had
said. when invited to take the first
step in wrong doing. mo | thank
you.'
If John, at that time clerk in the
store, had only said to one of the
older clerks, when invited to spend
the evening in a drinking saloon