The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-08-12
DURHAM RECORDER.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. W, 1881.
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THE RECORDER force Is un-
der obligations to Mr.. w. T..
Neal fora nice treat.
Be careful what you eat,
and when you eat. There's
cholera morbus in the air.
"A handsome night bloom
ing cereus unfolded one night
last week, at the residence of
Mr.. Jas. w. Blackwell, in the
western part of the city.
Now is the time when we
need the small sums due us by
hundreds, and we trust all who
are in arrears will see that their
subscriptions are promptly paid.
DIR. N. M. johnson q Co.,
has pot 'em. The Siler CITY
Herald says. The farmers are
suffering great loss of hogs,
The people around Bush Creek
have lost nearly all. The meat
will be scarce this fall The
cholera is almost fatal TO swine,
and the farmers say the best Of
their stock die They say they
will pay any price to find a rem
edy foI the disease
Mr.. D. w. Perry returned
from his old homein Nash, coun-
ty several days ago. He reports
crops as looking fine in some
sections in the east. His
daughter, Mrs. Bass came home
with him. She returned home
to-day. Nash is a rich county /,
undulating, with sandy and clay
soils--was formed in l777, from
Edgcombe, and was named IN
honor of Gen. Francis Nash,
who that year fell in the battle
of Germantown.
Here is a short sermon. Ii
covers many points of conduct,
duty and religion. II followed
many defeats will be removed
many sins avowed, much peace
secured, much goodness done:
"The best thing 70 give your
enemy is forgiveness; TO oppon-
ent, tolerance; TO a friend, your
heart; to a child, good example,
to your father, Difference; 70
your mother conduct that will
make her proud Of you; 10 your
self, respect; to allmen, charity.
It's better To have worked
the roads six days in one year
than not 10 have worked them at
all. Mr.. M. L. Kendall. Over
seer in the Thomasville News,
say: I'm reply to the gentle
men, who take so much inter-
est in the public road from
Thomasville 70 Mrs. Virgin 5.
will sag | have worked my l4
hands six days this year aud IL
the gentlemen wish to have a
better road. let them vote TO
work the road by taxation,
when perhaps they will get
their wants satisfied. "
We regret TO hear this
about one Of Orange county's
oldest and best citizens. The
Col. has been o patron 81 The
REcoRDER over 80 years. Last
weeks Orange Observer says:
While on his way home from
town Thursday, Col. w. IA. Jor
dan met with a serious accident
He was riding in buggy with
his son Mr.. John Jordan. The
horse ran away, and the Colonel
was thrown out. Ills collar bone
was broken and be was badly
bruised. DR.. Bayne was with
him all Tuesday night, and he
was suffering very much when
we heard from him Wednesday
1t il d hard matter for an
editor 10 write a decent obitn.
airy Of the man who owes him
for the paper, says an exchange.
So II you want til be sure of .
first-class send-oif ii your local
paper, pay your subscription
promptly. A very forcible il.
iustration Of what q delinquent
may ret after he has shuilled oll
this mortal coil recently ap
peared In the Caledonia Adyer
tiser as follows Morgan
Hammond died at his home ID
Tonawanda last week. Deceas
cd was well known here, havinl
conducted a grist mill at Mum
ford some three years ago, am
later at Mt Morris. He has ais
owed lis $3.50 on subscription
for nine years past Z
"A man certainly must be
lunatic that will stop his pape
because we are talking up 70
better roads. We don't intenI
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