The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-02-24
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her sweetheart she was willing
to share his poverty and live OF
bread and water, he pledged hii
sacred honor that if she would
furnish the bread he would
hustle around and get the water
And SO they were married; but
hardly was the honeymoon end,
ed before the collector came
around and cut Oft the street
pipe for non-payment of the
water rent.
Some of our farmer friends
tell us that it is a difficult mat
ter to get hands to work on the
farm. Is it any wonder that
we hear some complain Of hard
times! Look on the street cor.
ners and around railroad sta.
tions, and what do you see
Able men; and when q farmer
approaches one of these lay-a
round fellows and tells him of the
fairest promise of a good living
in the country il he will go. he
shifts at him. These fellows
are numerouse around towns
both white and black--hunting
for easy or sha iy places, and
they continue to increase in
shlftlessness, raggedness, and
impertinence. Talk about hard
timel A worthless set that
feed, like grasshoppers, on the
fat Of the land.
We call the attention Of our
readers and especially our Al
lance friends to the letter of
Mr.. Rebt. p. Henry, which APP
pears in another column. We
copied it from the State Chroni-
Gle. 1t warns the Alliance of
impending danger to the liber-
ties which they hold in trust as
an inheritance for their poster
ity. He presents the facts as
clear as our language can ex-
press it. Let them remember
these things and persist in the
determination TO effect reform.
Let them not be diverted from
their purpose by any of the new
issues office.seekers and Repub-
licans are now so anxious to
make to turn attention away
from misdeeds of their party,
and the corruption of its adj
ministration. The principles Of
the Alliance are Democratic
TRUTH, and on those principles
Mr.. Henry makes this appeal.
We will have lots to say
about sheep and roads next
week. The sheep industry re-
luires but a small outlay COM
pared to the cultivation of 9TH
Or farm products, and we want
10 see the worthless dogs run
put of this country; sheep must
be raised and protected, and
our Legislatures should foster
l. in every possible way. Go
10 most any hut in this country
and there you will see one or
more worthless dogs, and not a
sheep, perhaps in twenty miles.
An experience sheep raiser tells
US that sheep will Keep fat the
rear round ION a tolsrably good
rang" and without feeding.
We urge out people to engage in
this branch Of industry. No
more remunerative business can
be found than wool growing in
this State and indeed through
out the South.
A citizen Of our town sent
TO Kentucky about a fortnight
ago for some blooded stock
horses. Now we ask: why can't
blooded horses be raised nearer
home right here in Durham
county, Like a great many
other things, we don't under.
stand il. we learn that the
young men Of Kentucky take
special pride in being the owners
Of fine horses; and the lover
who possesses a horse and bug
gy does not sigh for the wings
o. a dove, and the one who does
not is practically out Of the
race If his rival is fully equip
ped. Whether he is speeding
like a shaft along the smooth,
white turnpike tthey also have
good roads in that State in the
sunlit glory Of a perfect day,
cutting the mellow radiance of
n moonlit night, or lettering
idly through some flowery lane
in the warm, odorous twilight
Of a summer evening, employ
ing the interval as fate or feel
ing may dictate, no is equally
blessed. He has with him at
the same time the two things
dearest on earth, without which
life is void Of attraction-his
sweetheart and his horse.
The shsrifTs are asking
the people TO pay their taxes.
We must not blame the shcriifs;
II is their duty. There are two
things that are sure: Death and
taxes. The people pay IN no in
sums, for the sup
port Of their city, county, and
State governments, as well as