The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-10-03
TOWN AND COUNTRY
LOCAL LAcONICS PICKED UP HERE ANE
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

When young men, and old ones too, !
20 out to SOW their wild oats they usually
mix little old rye in also.
Town was full of tobacco and tobacco
wagons yesterday. 1t was here from all
over the country for 40 miles around.
Mr. NJ. Dorsey spent last week in the
Northern markets, visiting Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York. Mrs. Dor
sey accompanied him.
Capr. E. G.. BrOdie has returned from
the Buffalo Exposition where he went as
a representative from this State to the
Farmers Convention last week.
Ask your neighbors to take the GOLD
LEAF A little effort on the part OF
friends would swell our subscription list
to two thousand in short time.
Says an exchange: 1t is said that the
way to get rich with a rush is to go slow.
This does not apply to the business man
who does not advertise, however.
Round trip tickets from Henderson to
Warren Plains will be sold during the
Warrenton fair next week at SO cents.
This does not include admission to fair
grounds.
The Pearson meetings will attract a
great many visitors to Henderson. We
hear of many persons who will come
from the neighbOring towns and from
the country around.
The Raleigh & CASTOR Railroad will
sell round trip tickets from Henderson
to the State fair, October 18th to 10Th,
for $145 This includes one admission
to the fair grounds
Let your religion be seen. Lamps do
not talk, but they do shine. A lighthouse
sounds no drum, it beats no gong, yet
far over the waters it's friendly light is
seen by the mariner.-hoOdy.
We cannot do good to others without
beneftting ourself in the act. AS has
been truly said happiness is a perfume
one cannot shed over another without
few drops falling On ones self.
1t il now veerng around to the time OF
year when the appetite's allegiance Will
be transferred from watermelOns to buck:
wheat cakes and gravy for breakfast land
from ice cream to hot soup at dinner.
Some one who doubtless speaks from
experience, says when a married maj
fastens his suspenders on with a wOodeI
peg or eight-penny nail, it is a sure slgl
that to him marriage has been a failure
Henderson ought to have half dozel
smoking tobacco factories. There is M
better point in the State for this bust
ness We have the finest tobacco IN tn
world and ample facilities for shipping II
any direction.
The Bellefontaine Examiner says: W
had dreaded the coming winter until W
realized that it's coming would call i
those beastly ugly russell shoes. We ar
reconciled even though the winter sha
prove the severest on record.
The Weldon Nems says chicken kille
in that town had two hearts. The sa,
ing that man is chicken hearted ev
IDENTIFY does not mean to apply to
chicken of this kind Some folks wekno
do not appear to have one heart.
Secretary Foote writes us that there
every indication that the WarrentOn ia
will far surpass what it was last year
and we all know how creditable that wa
The fair will be held October 9th, lOt
and 11th Henderson and Vance coun
will be we'll represented.
The Wilson Advance announces that l
town has 76 manageable girls wi
would make good wives for somebod
And vet, the editor of the Adudnee is
single man, and pretty good looking
that. But may be it is not his fau
How about it, Charles?
Hyou want genuine bargain in ladi,
dress goods, silks, dress trimmings, tai
linen, towels, napkins, fannels, skirtint
blankets, yarns, hosiery, underwe;
notions, etc, call on Meador 4 knlgi
agents. They have a nice stock, all III
and fresh goods, carefully selected, a
sell cheap.
AS our esteemed little contempora
the Oxford Daily Day aptly says, the fl
young editress of the Orphans Friend, II
only writes charming prose, but can tn
a timely verse as well. Witness this:
The ice cceam freezerS in the soup.
The soda fountains tame,
But, girls, the oysters come to stay,
And we'll get there just the same.
Ifyou are not satisfied that Henders
is making substantial progress IN
way of establishing new enterprises, co
and take a walk around town with
one of these bright crisp mornings
pleasant afternoons, and If We don't c.
vince you that such is fact, then W
take something" else at the expense
the GOLD LEAF.
Real bargains are offered in big job
of towels and napkins by MeadOr & KING
agents. The ladies are invited to call
see these goods.