The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-07-10
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
IOCALLACONICS PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

REPORTERS
1t has been bit hot in this neck OF
woods the past few days
Miss Tucker Massenburg left yester
,lay for visit to Baltimore.
Miss Hattie Hervey of Raleigh is Wis
lin" Mrs. Thomas Ousby in Hender-
son.
Crops are growing with a vim. The
most encouraging reports continue to
come from all sections
Muzzle your dog.-Bellefontaine
Examiner.
Muzzle the owner. and shoot the
do".
Dip YOUR brush into the white of an
e..g and apply it to your gilt picture
frames and see how bright it will make
them.
Several new summer drinks have
Just been introduced at Parker's drug
store. You must taste them to test
them.
Miss Minnie BledsOc, one of Raleigh's
fair and accomplished young daughters,
is the guest of Miss Alice Stallings i'll
our town.
Ithas been discovered that the jointed
fishing rod was invented because one
can't hide long cane pole under his
coat Sundays.
Mrs. John King formerly Miss Mary
Emma Grumpy of Windsor. Va, is here
on a visit to her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
o. c. Crump.
There are some people i'll this com
munity that we would like to see get
run over and thoroughly shaken up by
the car OF progress.
Says an exchange, the difference be-
tween a wise man an fool is that one
knows how to keep the foolishness Ill
and the other lets it out.
After attending the Teachers As
sembly at Morehead City, Miss Maggie
Estes has gone to Danbury, Stokes
county. for Il stay of Il couple of months
Mr.. D.Y. Cooper left Tuesday will
his little son Alex for weeks sojourl
at Old Point, Va. We hope the tril
will prove greatly beneficial to the little
fellow.
Young man, and old one too. re
member the men who succeed Ill lie
don't have time to squat on dry good
boxes and suck the end of Il walkin:
stick.
We should not live for self alone. n
has been beautifully written
Count that day lost, whose low DIES
cending sun.
Views from thy hand no worthy actio
done.
Mr.. .Jcre Perry. of Louisburg, wa
here this week. the guest OF Mr.
A. {. Zolicoffer He has many friend
i'll this town who are always pleased t
see his genial cOuntenance in our midst
Every farmer who has a half a doze
or more head of stock-horses, mule
or cattle-ought to plant corn and pea
and build him silo. There is nothin
81 cheap and 50 excellent a feed as Ell
>ila"e. Try it.
The patronage the GOLD LEAF
receiving from abroad shows in wha
estimation the paper is held as an &c
VertlSlnw medium. And 1t Is pr0n
not altogether without honor i'll Its ow
country and its its own home, either
Says the Montreal Star: n certai
amount of opposition is great help t
man. Kites rise against and nc
with the wind. Even head wind
better than none. Norman ever worke
his passage anywhere in dead calm
Some folks can't be pleased "
have observed that the men who In
winter so violently beratcd the co
are now using violent words about IL
heat. SO it appears that Providen'
cannot suit them by blowing eith'
cold or hot
The sale of the stock in the OXfo
Land. Improvement and Manutac turin
Co.. is keeping up well. The repr
sentatives on the road are doing 90
work-OXford Day.
What one town can do another ca
Why will Henderson lag behind:
There will be a meeting of the Char
Der of Commerce, held in the COZ
house at $50 O'Clock Friday afternoo
July 18th, for the purpose of discussi
the railroad question. &c. The IN;
portion Of the town, both white Il
colOred. invited to attend this meetir
The registration books will be clos
on Saturday. 18th. All persons w
want to 90 down on record as voti
for the Nash county railroad shOl
see that their names are on the boo
or they can not thus aid in the 60
work of putting their town ahead
the race of progress.
Rev. Alexander Sprunt. chaplain
the Vance Guards. will preach s.
cial sermon to the company at
O'Clock Sunday morning. They "
attend in body in full dress unifor
This will be the last service of the ki
before the company leaves for the St
Encampment July 22nd.
Toilet soaps at Parker's new drug st
from cents up to 80 cents cake,