The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-07-23
LOCAL AND GENERAL
NEWS.


finest we have ever seen.
Mr.. Thos. w. Bell, of Raleigh
spent Sunday in Durham.
Go TO Asheville on the excur-
sion August 18th. II will onlycost
you $3.50 ronod trip.
Don't forget the date August
goth, the time for the big sale OF
town lots Mt Roxboro.
For the life Of us, we can't tell!
Talmage asks: "Why don't men
swear when they are alone?'
Mr.. S. c. Kirkland, Of Orange
called to see us one day last week.
He says the corn crop in his section,
the southern part of Orange i the
best known for years.
james g. Blaine docs not ap.
pear to he Ruch annoyed BY his
critics. The other day friend was
complaining Of their attacks, when
James G. quietly observed: Never
mind, my dear sir, il won't always
be fly time"
We'll. Scarcely; tie Louisville
Courier Journal says: Would the
men who met and declared the In
dependence Of the United States
have done anything ut all bad they
known that IN less than century
and quarter the American people
would be asked to paw forty to
sixty cents for a watermelon?
If we live in cheerful obedience
10 the will Of Providence, we shall
speak to the world cheerFnllv, and
ii will answer us back in a cheerful
tone: we shall seek the good OF our
neighbor, and our neighbours voice
will be pleasant TO our ears. And
lastly, let us so live that the echoes
Of our lives will be sweet. Youths
Companion. +
We failed to call attention in
our last issue to the advertisement
ofP. w. Vaughan, which appears
in our paper. For extent aud variety
of stock this house has few equals
in the State and in liberality Of
terms il distances all competition.
We commend the establishment 10
the consideration Of our friends, be
ing able to speak Of lis merits from
personal observation.
Don't shift them! Young man,
IL you should see your girl gazing
infently at your feet, don't shift
them about unesaily, or draw them
up and sit upon them, urder the
impression that she is overwhelmed
by their immense size. She is merely
taking their measure mentally
for pair Of slippers, on the toes OF
which she intends to work a blue
dog with q green tail and scarlet
ears.
The School Teacher will be pub
lished IN Durham; Mr.. Il. $ Sheppe,
is editor. II will be published
monthly. We are glad TO know
this Any thing for the advance
ment Of educational interests sets in
motion everything else and is the
main spring Of every movement 81
civilized society. IL is a scanty
supply Of general information one
gets doled out By political papers, 50
periodicals and papers Of this kind
ar. the foundation stone Of nations
prosperity Success to the School
Teacher.
Reading character backwards;
says an exchange: A neighbor OF
mine, named Thaddeus Williams,
was a farmer and shoemaker, who
had many eccentric ways. When n
man came along wishing for work
on the farm and would pull out Of
his pocket recommendations from
his previous places. "Oh," Uncle
Thad would say, "dont show me
any Of your writings;l don't want
any written recommendations;
turn round here with your back to-
wards me" Then, lifting the mans
coat tail, he would say: "Ah, you
won't do for NE; you have got too
many patches on your trousers;
You sit down too much; | will have
nothing 10 do with you.
Good size kid. The Chicago
Herald says: "The largest baby
ever born in the world, it is said, is
an infant born last week in Phila-
deIphia. Ii Il boy; il weighs
twenty-five pounds, and is as large
as the average child Of three months
The mother ~ u large aud hand
some woman, and the father is a
bnrly workman in a large iron mill.
In spite Of thedissent 81 free traders
the birth Of a twenty-five pound
baby in Pennsylvania will be hailed
generally ~ q proud triumph Of the
principles Of protection, which have
so wonderfully fosteredand Develop
ed the infant industries Of that
great State. The single question.
has a twenty-five pound baby ever
been born in frce-trade Englandg
all .fycnl.atlv rrnoh Iha fraa trader