The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-07-02
e 49, - 500
WITH AUNT BECKY.
Events in tie kaiit;caI World
The Eclipse of the Sun Crops
Looking F1Aef A Fishing Ex-

Looking FnetA Fishing Ex-
perience Death of Mrs. Nc
ean.."l'i<s%t~ g. i:
Correspoplence of The Robesenian- 49,. 4
Just as I collect my writing
materials to. drop you a few
lines. a bold little partridge has
approached almost to the door,
piping forth his merry tune Of
Bob White; happy little fell
low, gay and Oblivious to the
trials and worries that Vex
the human family. The little
grandson tells me how easily he
could kill him iii were the
right season of theyear, but that
| is forbidden3 and theilfttle; cEdat-t
ure has fitted away 49, :: I
Well, severaf>evellfs of impof-
lance have occurred in the politi-
cal world since my last c0mmun+
icatien4 The. Rational Republi-E
can convention and our State
convention are. over, leaving. a !
trail Of disappointed hopes to the
Vanquished.. and joy to the vic
tors. am, myself, sitting amid
the ruins Of defeat, sharing with
many others; in regret over the
loss of Horne and McRae, but they
and their followers made brave
fight, and the, future may hold
in store for them deserved hon
ors. -:
We regret to learn of the death
of ex-President. Cleveland, the
! only westige Of a Democratic
| President f74ing, and a man of
astdte intelIett and forcible
: misunderstanding to- prece-
dent, our. next ruler will be the
Hon. Mr.. Taft. Il see no use in
Southern delegates voting at
: Denver at2ats s1f | were there in
: that capacity I would nomi-
: pate a pHe4bfed Southerner, and
get that little mite of sati5fac-
ton at beast. : ....
The Squire is busy these days
holding court. 81 never knew
4 him so pressed. with business
! since he was elected to the Office,
=. but MISUNDERSTANDING mostly
l. among3 the colored people and
0I The late e eclipse III of the sun
took us by surprise. p. We had
= not been consulting the almanac
Il Il lately, and We're in ignorance. of
3 the occurrence until ! noticed g
= strange ,dimness falling over the
u face Of the earth, and the shad-
8 oWs of the leaves taking on thai
T. +. peculiarly soft beauty which
i had noted before on similar oc.
- casions. About this time lit.
= tie colored boy on the place came
!, running in, tOGtell me that his
II ma wanted. a piece of window
!, glass to see if the storm was
). coming" | gave him the desired
Il u article, and then decided to gel
e piece, and snloke it, and inves.
,e tigate a little myself. So getting
, my apparatus ready, | focused i
). upon King Sol, and found hin
III III about half obscured by the
:. u new NOON l never knew ar
~ eclipse to remain so long, ane
u the Squire seemed very GLAD
'e when / announced that Madam
- Luna was taking her departure
20 - and was going on to attend to he
D. own business. =
- Crops arealookmg fine in the
3 Fork, and if,seasons continue ia
~ vorable, there. 9will be no lack Of
y bread for the sower." Tht
:, . real busy season is drawing to ;
~ close, the corn is about lain by
and horses and hands will have
S. some intervals of rest. a.
n | and my partner went fishing
H. yesterday afternoon and caugh
l. only a small specimen each, s.
AZ Angus decided to go down stream
le and try the pike, while | remain
7f ed and fished on. Presently ny
y cork Disappeared and l pulled
4 heartily, the weight of the thine
S was beyond the ordinary, and
got excited, but kept on pulling
ed and when the Iobject came t,
t, view, 10! l had heeked a.tremen
lg dous terrapin,- which came I'll
putting and blowing like a littlI
n engine. l landed the trouble
T. some fellow, which had doubtless
+ been stealing my bait for l.
n these many days, but | was afraii
' OF the ugly-yarmint and leavinI
I him on my hook, | fastened tn
r- line around "a tree, and left hir
g. for Angus to deal with, and
!, came home, as:my hook was GU
v of commissioh:' e.
~ | have just learned of tn
l" death of Mrs. NJ. H. Mclean, Q
Red Springs, which occurred g
that pace on the afternoon c
the Goth. Mrs.. McLean (neez Mis-
I'M Edens) was for several years
resident of this community, an
has many relatives and FRIEND
h here, who mourn her dt
parture, and deeply sympathiz
by with her PARENTS brother an
sisters, and theatwo little one
no now bereft entirely of parent;
NJ love ahd'care, their father haVin
died seyeralyears:ago. N -.
no AUNT BECKY"
his Old Fork, N. c., June 80, %
sa@ezss-.----- -s---...-~ -
IT. most enjoyabIe day. - -
tn Misses Winnie and Maym
Mclean are visiting relatives
10 Antioch this week. a.~,