The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-03-13
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
LOCAL LAcoNICS PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

Fitness for position, and not mans
politics, should be the guiding principle
i'll appointing census enumerators.
Some people, says the Orange o.
serrer, never have their prayers an
swered. because when they pray for
bread it's pound cake they want.
Put your pride in your pocket when
ever it prompts you to expenditures be-
yond your means. In other words
don't 90 in debt for that which you can
possibly do without.
Advertising enables a business man
to place his goods before the eyes OF
thousands who would otherwise never
know of their existence, or that OF the
owner.-Price Current.
Commercial men and the leading
papers are predicting general prosperity
throughout the country during the COM
ing spring and summer. The lndica-
tions point that way for Henderson.
Have YOU, dear reader, an AK to
grind at the spring election? If so, it
will now be in order for you to spit
urOn YOUR hands ard take hold OF the
crank. The election is fast approach
ing.
Don't expect an advertisement to
bear fruit in one night, says an eX-
change. You can't eat enough i'll one
week to last you year. Quitting adj
yertising in dull times is like tearing
out n dam because the water is low.
SAYS an exchange: Cut a lemon,
skin and all. into three teacups OF
water. boil down to one cup. let 1t
stand over night and drink on an empty
stomach in the morning. and ii will act
like quinine in malaria and other fevers.
1t has been noticed that women have
what may be known as an anniversary
memory They remember every birth
day. wedding and death anniversary i'll
the neighborhoOd. You never saw q
man who could remember anything like
that.
If YOU wish to raise few superior
potatoes. 90 to the woods and collect
all the rotten wood and leaves that are
available. fill the burrows with this veg
etable mould, and you will produce the
finest potatoes you ever had. This is
the opinion of an agricultural editor.
We predict that wave of progress
and thrift will come to our goodly town
of Henderson this year, more reassur-
ing. satisfactory and permanent than
we have experienced since the years OF
panic and depression back i'll the seven
ties. Let us all do what we can to
make it so.
Speak kindly in tie morning; it
ightens the cares of the day and makes
the household and all its affairs move
along smoothly. Speak kindly at night,
for it may be that before dawn some
loved one may finish his or her space
of life in this world. and it will be too
late to ask forgiveness. -ErchGRge
Young man, own a home of yOur
own and have it insured, and you will
soon be one of the solid men of the
town. J. r. Young will be glad to
give YOU some good advice on the sub
iect of building lots. while Col. W. III.
Cheek will tell you how to put n nice
house on it and pay for it on easy in
stallmentS.
1t is said that train of fifteen cars
would be required to carry the food and
nourishment which a man blessed with
moderate appetite consumes from the
time of his birth till he attains the age
of seventy. And yet it is astonishing
how many men get through this life
tn OD V
the freight on that train load.-Pdiaes-
vile Democrat.
Webster called the newspaper 1.-The
palladium of liberty" Henry Ward
Beecher referred to it as 1.-The winged en-
cyclop;edia, land Chauncey NJ. Depew
has Just characterized Il as the histo-
rian of the hour Most people seem
to regard it the free pack horse of the
something that may bi
ridden at pleasure by every individual
who has selfish end to accomplish.
Mr.. Gilmore Martin, brother of Mrs
r. b. Henderson, Of this town. died a
his home in Richmond. Va, on the 5tl
inst. Deceased was IL SON of the lat,
Nathaniel Martin. Esq. and was {
most worthy and eSumablc gentleman
He had been sick but short time anC
his death was quite sudden and unex
pected to his relatives and friends.
As will be seen by the communica
ton published elsewhere, the proprie
tors of the Durham Bull Fertilizer
works. burned last Tuesday, announce
that they are going right ahead arC
will be prepared to fill all orders fol
their celebrated goods without any de
lay whatever. They have already en-
gagged another building for the purpose
OF carrying on their operations and in ;
few days will be running on time ant
In full blast as if no fire had occurred
This Is the sort of pluck and enterprise
characteristic of our Durham friends.