The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-03-29
. One Of the drawbacks of married

life is sickness Of the little ones. For
Colds Cough you cannot find better
remedy than DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
Nearly all physicians prescribe it and no
family should be without it.
Recently Mr.. c. F. Warren and
Mr.. Geo. A. Sparrow, of Washington, N.
c., had some hot words with each other.
The consequence was they determined
to fight duel, but after all they didn't
fight. and doubtless they are glad they
didn't.
There is q contention between
Dossey Battle, of the Guide. and the
editors OF The Martin Times. The
Guide claims the most babies for
rarboro, but The Times says that
Williamston has The most. We feel
like commenting,-but all +! we'll.
Noah Biggs & Co.. are prepared
to furnish either by retail or in whole sale
lots. W. T. Blackwell & Co.'S genuine
Durham Tobacco. The former reputation
of this high grade of smoking tobacco is
sufficient to commend it to your use.
when we assure you that this reputation
it still maintains.
The Scotland Neck COMMON
WEALTH, q first.class paper If we
may judge from the few numbers
sent US, is placed on our exchange
list with pleasure.-Fu!co".
We are glad to exchange also, and
hope we shall continue to receive
The Falcon.
There was q man coming down
from Halifax Oh the S. N. r. r. the other
day who actually was afraid that the hind
most car would get left. He inquired of
the conductor if he would get to Scotlan |
Neck as soon IN the rear car as he would
in the front. Yeu bet he knows that the
rat which has the shortest tail gets in his
hole first.
We have just received an issue
: Of The Goldsboro Bulletin. 1t is
quite handsome sheet and pleasant
| ~ introduces to US brother Hallowell
who gives Us news. wit and good edi
rorial matter. We congratulate The
Bulletin. Bro. Hallowell says tina,
ne has been keeping the pig in tn
d bag, but is row out. We hope The
e Bulletin may meet much success
y which we think it merits. We are
glad to enter it among our exchanges
n Some say that editors lie both
'e night and day. That may be, but accor
IN ding to what an exchange says there il
a good chance for those who fool with
n doctors to lie-not alone but with thei
10 fathers
f We are passionately fond Of doctors
and we delight in everything connected
with them. The bible has this to say Q
V them: And Asa, in the thirty.nintl
i. year of his reign. was diseased in his fee
until the disease was exceedingly great
'e vet, in his disease, he sought not the LORI
but the physicians. And Asa slept wit
~ his fathers
ye Had you been standing in tn
of store of Noah Blggs & Co., few day
ago, as company of young ladies stoo
n gazing with an admiring eye at the me-
70 goods YOU would have heard the exclams
70 tons, ''How beautiful the prints are tn
season! What taste they always display
Wonder if all their stock will be as we
Us selected as their prints?'' In answer +,
al this, we invite you. one and all to call
'e- Il few days and the goods will show f
themselves.
at the quarterly examinations ,
&c our schools are now going on. We woul
n call attention to the fact that there is ST
another quarter before the session close
lie There is room for other students, and IL
Sc Spring term is especially favorable f
to such schools. as there is not so much in
lis pediment in studies by reason of cold ar
disagreeable weather. We think too mar
m farmers keep their boys on the far
-. during the Spring and Summer, and ri,
~ them too little time in school-du-ing Il
~ Winter only.