The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-12-14
However fair they may be outside,
Christmas and thanksgiving are sure
to be fowl days in doors.

/ some men are good because goodness
/ pays best; some men are good for moth
| ing.
The Chenoa, Illinois, Gazette, saws
there are 10000, 900 nerve fibres in
the human body and they all center in
the cheek of man who takes a news
paper two years and then refuses to
pay for it.
a. 0. Purcell, at the Racket Store,
has All immense stock Of goods which
he IS selling at marvelously low prices.
A reliable man to deal with, he will
make 1t to your interest to trade with
HIM when you want dry goods and no.
| tons, hats and other things.
An exchange says the man who
complains Of hard times can be found
almost every night leaning over BILL
hard table, or IN the day time towing
a schooner Of beer across the bar
counter. But that is not literally
true. \ great many people who COM
plain of hard times-and with lust
cause-do neither.
| Dorsey has a beautiful line of hol-
| lday goods which must be seen to be
| appreciated. Almost everything you
can call for suitable for cd and Young.
His stock is extensive giving you the
benefit OF wide range Of choice and his
| prices are very reasonable. Call on
Mr.. Dorsey when you get ready to buy
Christmas gifts and fancy articles of
| every description.
The person who furnishes items for
a newspaper is always a valuable friend
to the editor. Many persons hesitate
about sending items to newspaper
regarding themselves, lest the editor
should think them anxious to see their
names in print. He will think moth
ing OF the kind, but on the contrary
he IS always glad to get such items.
Many seemingly unlmpor tant notes
when printed are news to a large
number Of readers.
AS Will be seen by reference to his
advertisement i'll this paper Mr.. +.
w. Harris, real estate and collecting
agent, has number of dwelling houses
and stores for rent on reasonable
terms. He also solicits business from
persons who have houses to rent,
promising prompt and faithful atten-
ton to all cnterests intrusted to him.
Mr.. Harris is too well known to re-
quire any words of commendatio ton
from US. If you want to rent a house
or have one to rent call on him.
The New Bcrne Journal of the 18th
says: Adolph Goldsmith committed
suicide III Selma on Tuesday night by
taking caustic soda, or iodide of potash.
Mr.. Goldsmith was al English born
Hebrew and the advance agent of the
:, Fortunes Of War; dramatic company
which was billed for New Berne, but
went to peices before reaching here.
Mr.. Goldsmith was here a few
weeks ago when his company was
billed for Henderson. and will be
remembered by many Of our people.
Mrs. Reginald w. Bury, of Gotham,
Albemarle county, Va, arrived last
Saturday to spend the Christmas hol-
idays with her sister Mrs. w. II.
Walker, in Henderson. She was ac-
cOmpanied by her two children and
the little girl has been under the treat
ment of DR.. Tucker, having contracted
a cold bordering on pneumonia, but is
now rapidly recovering. Mrs. Bury |
as Miss Bessie Dibrili, was student
at Salem Female Academy, and Wis
tied the place that was dear to her |
girlhoOd on her way here.
When the golden rod is blooming,
and the leaves turn brown and red,
while the bullfrogs are booming and |
the bats fly over head, when the mos
qutOes cease their rhyming and the |
birds TO southwark flee-you will find
the 'possums Ginning up the big per-
smmon tree. Then your knots of
pine are lighted and the dogs with
pleasure howl. till they scare that poor
benighted bird of wisdom called the
owl. Then regardless of all Gliding
to the swamp the dogs run free, and
they find the old gray 'possums hiding
up the big persimmon tree.
Our warm friend and County Com
mi ssioner John a. Fleming, whose
bigness of stature is only eXcelled by
his bigness of heart and excellent quail
tiles as q good and useful citizen, killed
10 hogs last week that made him 1920
pounds of pork, an average OF 10
pou Ids each. Good size, not too large
and bulky, and yet heavy enough not
to shrink up and be lost when piece
of it is boiled with pot Of peas or
cabbage. as some we have heard of.
And such excellent made country sau-
sage. backbones and chimes We know
whereof we speak.
Our young friend Mr.. f. d. Oslin,
editor of Florida Facts, a wade-awake
and entertaining paper published at
st. Francis, Florida, has sent us some
fine oranges to test in comparison
with that sugar cane of Mr.. Nc
Nair's. These oranges were grown on
q natural shell mound 165 miles South |
of Jacksonville, on the st. Johns river
by Dr.. l.. r. Harris, of Pittsburgh,
Pa. and are as fine as any we have
seen. Mr.. Oslin will be remembered |
as a Warrcnton boy who some years
ago went to Florida in search of fame |
and fortune, and as a result is now
happily married and the editor of one
of the most newsy papers i'll the State |
of perpetual summer, flowers and
oranges.
Every farmer, stock raiser and
poultry breeder ought to take at least
ore good paper devoted to the special
interests in which he is engaged. Of
course if he can afford to take more
than one (and it is money well spent
if he but read closely and study care
fully.) all the better. AS many Of our
readers are interested in stock raising
we take pleasure in copying the follow
inc from the Warrenton Gazette, tor
their benefit, although we do not get
the publication in question. 1t says
We commend to every lover of the
hog. sheep. COW and horse. the Breeders
Gazette. which is published weekly at
| Chicago. 1t is worth far more than
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