The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-02-11

The winter wedding epidemic is upon
us, prospective brides in tender mood
are taking our advice and blessing.
We would say: Expect happiness,
but don't forget to make it. And ex-
pect much of the man who las proved
his good sense in asking for your hand
but don't forget that he is susceptible
to east winds, aud liable to fall upon
days when there is no comfort for
mortal except to be cross. a prudent
woman foreseeth the evil aud hideth
herself. That is to say, she becomes
nil-passes off into thin air, as it were.
Don't say word-not even tender
word. He does not want it; he only
wants to be alone. BY and by, the
moon will change and the demons will
leave him, and he will be found sitting
clothed in his right mind.-Rlchmond
Christian Adrocate.
Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and La
Grippe when Laxative BrOmO Quininc
will cure you in one day? Does not produce
the ringing in the head like Sulphate OF
Quinine. Put up in tablets convenient fol
taking. Guaranteed to cure Or money re.
AuhuCu. Nv, ~ VINO 'tiAN -
Dy all druggists. Oct. Is, lc.
In MemOriam.
Died, in Henderson, n. c., on Jan
uary 22nd, 1897, Thomas Jordan
Blacknall, in his eightieth year. Ii
1850 he married Miss Louisa Foster
of Franklin county, and six children
were born to them, only three of whom
survive.
Mr.. Blacknall comes Of true revo
lutionary stock. His grandfather
Thomas Blacknall was at sixteen E
| soldier under Washington, belonging
to the eth Virginia regiment com
manded by Col. Robert McClanahan
The boy soldiers grandfather, the
Rev. John Biacknall, who came t.
Matthews county, Virginia, in 172(
and later for short while to Nortf
| Carolina. was one OF the first Episco
| pal clergymen tc otficiate in this State
The Rev. John Blacknall was direc
descendant in the male line of thu
Blacknalls Of Wing, Buckinghamshlre
| England, who were gentlemen OF coat
armor certainly anterior to 400.
Before the war Mr.. Blacknall wa
one of the leading merchants of Hen
derson. Early in the sixties he dis
posed of his property there and retire.
to his farm in Franklin county. wher
he resided till after the death Of hi
wife in 1888. A few years subse
uueutly he returned to Henderson,
where he passed the remainder Of hi
life.
Always of delicate physique his If
was necessarily quiet and uneventfu
He was Just of the age and tempera
ment to feel most keenly the shock {
the change wrought by the war. le
the sudden change from atfluence
comparative poverty lie bore sereneI
and without repining.
He was a man of close observation
exceedingly accurate and retentlv
memory. and wide and varied readln
which he followed without aim br
purely for the intellectual pleasure
gave him. Indeed. the cast Of h
mind was intellectual rather than pra'
teal. A capita. raconteur, possesse
of keen sense of humor and exceed
inglv socIablo withal. he was mos
genial and interesting companion. Tru
to the traditions Of his family he VIZ
J averse to display and ostentation or
> egotism in any Of its many forms.
He held aloof from the jars and bicl
, erings Of the world. Vices great Al
, small he was free from. Malice al
| uncharitableness were foreign to h
t nature. | don't think he ever had a
enemy. He was pre-emlnently trut
. full man and an honest one, passir
: into the great Motherly Darkness
+ clean in hand and heart as when
t emerged from it eighty years ago.