The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1892-12-08


A. +. Il A. Nj.
Meets fist and third Tuesday nights i'm
'l month at 100 p. III. Reavis Hall.
The wise man insures his property
aud thus guards against loss by fire.
Y good many Democrats are lust
now - i'll the hands of their friends.''
\ leap year ball is talked of by the
ladies', to be held during the holiday
season.
Save up your pennies and nickles for
fhristmas-if there are little folks at
yoIr house.
1t occasionally happens that when
people gossip they tell the truth, but
very seldom.
No man has right to despise alto
gcther what the world thinks and what
it expects from him.
Some more offices will have to be
created if all the applicants for govern
mont position are accommodated.
The season of business activity seems
to have reached the town. The streets
are lively with people and vehicles.
When girl is in love she always
thinks the young man is perfect, and
he generally agrees with her in that
opinion.
'Hhe evils of cigarette smoking are
still going the round, but withal that
mere cigarettes are smoked to-day than
ever before.
When Il man talks great deal they
cal. it criticism, when woman talks
Il -reat deal they call it gossip. That
is the difference.
Vow the young man will try to
prove to his girl that eating oysters is
wrong sort of dissipation and one she
shoild not indulge in.
The electric light people are busy at
work getting the wires in order and
put ing them into the places of business
OF tlose who will take lights.
HE words abstemious and facetious
are said to be the only ones in the
ENGLISH language that contain all the
yo' els in their regular order.
l. there is a Democrat who does not
wait an office let him come forward
AM win distinction by having his name
printed in letters Of gold in these col
umls.
IS we grow we know For instance:
Thr hardest work any man could do
would be to have good time in the
way man ten years younger than
himself has his
How true it is, that when you do
not need help from any one then any
one will help you; and when you do
neel help the world is somehow always
loo..ing the other way.
II. Thomason has on hand a fine as
sortmcnt of dry goods and notions,
boots and shoes, staple and fancy gro
cercS &c. Provision will be made to
accommodate the holiday trade.
Badger H. Burroughs has taken the
agency for the Rambler bycicles and
will sell them for cash or on install
ments. These are high grade machines
aud are the mostpopular on the market.
Read Barnes, Stainback & Cos new
advertisement this week. They are
offering big bargains i'll OvercOats aud
winter wearing apparel OF every de
scription for gentlemen. Go and see
them.
When argument takes the place of
epithet hurting the victory of right
principles will dawn, for epithets may
be hurled by any one. but sound argu-
ment is possible only OH the side of
the right.
Wedding anniversaries are as fol-
lows; Fifth year, wooden !; tenth, tin :;
fifteenth, crystal; twentieth, china :;
tweuty-fitth, silver; thirtieth. pearl :;
fortieth, ruby; tiftieth, golden :;
seventy fifth, diamond.
Thad Manning, of the Henderson
GOLD LEAF. is sight, He puts up
cracking good paper; and his last
effort brought forth two staving pic
tures-one of Cleveland and one of
Adlai, the pper.-Concord Stan
1ard.
The office-seekers seem to 90 on the
inciple that - the early bird catches
worm Mr.. Cleveland is credited
h saying that those who are first to
may realize that they are the last
,ld-the coveted prize, if indeed
secure it at all.
o fire is apt to be followed by
Nr. Have you not noticed that
as may elapse without having a
fire but when the spell is broken
re observed that one or more are
follow soon. This is a strang'
\ Instance but it is true never thu