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the carolina watchman ol vii.--.third series salisbury n c january 27 1876 no 16 published weekly : j j bruner proprietor and bditoi . thos k br uner iie editor bates of scbcbirtlow weekly watchman ii ybari payable in ad van«t 2.(0 x mos nis •' '• ". 1.25 copies to nny addresa h'.o tdvertisi rates ite square 1 mcl ) one insertion 100 " two " 1.50 ate<s for a greater nnmber of insertiona operate special notices 23 per cent more i regular dvertinementi reading notice cent per line jbreaehand even insertion xew firm new lsiunij new goods julian & heilig ave associated in the gr eery busini ss on ivmer of main and fisher streets rhere ihej ai keeping .. i':,.i line of first ila.ss groceries ing sugars lotfres had n lard domestics yarn maids teas butter eggs chickens meal i i alined goods f ail kind . i ireign iknd dliim 7u : peppers spices flavorings fee also pork und beef of excel lent qual ity i li'dcrx solicit d for any < 1 1 - in their line wliich will receive careful atti ntion at ijo-v%rog.t c.isli pricos hghhighes i ish prici s paid foi beef and p duce d r in ian i5:tfj j ii heilig new advertisements more beautiful than ever is the new jewerly just received at bell & br i's consisl ing of gold and silver watches gold atto plated chains bracelets ladh2s sets cents buttons pins and studs 18 z engagement kings c we have made in the handsomest manner hair chains hair jewelry diamond and weedding e,in&s special attention riving to the repairing ami timing of fine watches and regulators all watches repaired by us nre warranted 12 month office 2 doors above national hotel see sign of large watch and pen salutary dee ~, 1876 tf 11 vll i war r when nu want hardware at low figures call on the undersigned at xo 2 sj-rauiie row i a at well salisbury xc may 13-tf cedar cove nursery pri it trees vines £ plants i jl large stock at rea*on&mc rates new catalogue for l£75aud 76 with full do bcripliniis of fruit nenl free address craft a sailor r.vi plaikc yadkin ounty n c nov 1 1875 3mop the lynchburg insurance ai mm coiupaij , capital aud assets over 600.000 state deposit io.ooo property insured against loss by fire at lhc lowest current rales take a policy iu the lynchburg and sleep soundly i am also agent for ihe north carolina statn life insurance company if yon hnve the good of-ynur country at heart keep your money in the south and help ouild up houi instil nt ions 1 i mcffjeikly agpot oft 21 lp7 stms i hang him or not gov brog j den expressed himself vesterday as j being again in trouble the iiegro | randolph sutton who was convicted j in cabarrus court of burglary is sentenced to be hung at concord the 1 21st instant rut a large # petition has been sent the governor irom con cord praying to commutate sutton's : sentence to imprisonment for life in j the penitentiary as it states the neg o i hail taken no life or even att mpted j it and that he committed no larceny and was badly wounded in the at tempt this petition is signed by all the town commissioners of con cord the county commissioners the sheriff superior court clerk regis ter of deeds editors of both the pa | pers and all tlie preachers and seven of the jurors that convicted the negro on the other hand is a counter peti tion from citizens in and about char lotte endorsed by judge scheuck asking that the negro be hung and stating they heard he was a desper ate characier and had served for bur glary in the south carolina peniten tiary and was strongly suspected ofa burglary in mecklenburg county — so the governor is in a in-own study — news indicting thk merchants — on the first day of every year the mer chants are required to take out a priv ilege tax of one-eighth of one per cent on the total amount of purcha ses in or out ofthe state for cash or on credit except the products of man ufactures and agricultural products ofthe state it is a little matter a seventy-five cent affair our merchants lever think of right off and the wild esl man never dreamed ol being in dieted for stepping a dav or so over the time butwelcam that on yes terday solicitor harris procured the book from the register of deeds and hunting it carefully drew up indict ments against all those merchants who had not paid the tax ont of four hundred merchants it is said he has indicted three hundred onlv a fourth of them having taken out the tax — wc must believe this is onlv a tragic way the solicitior has in reminding men of their duty though many talk of a four dollar fee on each indict ment and hint that four limes thrte hundred is twelve hundred dollars into the pocket of the solicitor don't mention such a thing — news it wa a shrewd saying of old dr samuel johnson that when he found tow at one end of a line he never looked for silk at the other end the republican national com mittee heads its call for a convention to nominate a president ofthe united states with the name of"george e spencer of alabama a notorious political rogue sitting dishonestly in the senate of the united states we hazard nothing in saying that there is not a respectable republican citizen ofthis country out of politics i who would deliberately invite this man spencer to his own house but he leads the list of ti.o republi can statesmen wdio are to be con ciliated and made much of by any man who expects the presidential nomination of the republican parly in this centennial year 1870 and his followers are like unto him clay ton of arkansas p'ckard of louisiana ; addition division and silence kemble of pennsylvania ! these be thy leaders o lsreal of the dead sumners and wilson and lin coln's and chase these are the men who have secured the absolute control of the republican party in the united states nnd the or gans of the administration are not ashamed to proclaim that the choice of cincinnati as thc place of meeting for the republican convention is thought to favor the renomination of grant because it will secure thc preponderance of these particular vaga bonds in the councils ofthe party of great moral ideas !" — n y world the present prolongation of last summer is very discouraging in the region along the hudson river where ice is wont to he harvested annually in january the secretary of the knickerbocker ice company says that the company has not gathered a pound yet as the ice in the upper hudson has not been of sufficient thickness thc thickest being but nine inches and that dirty ten to twenty thousand men are in readiness to gather as soon as the ice is ready and meanwhile many o them are suffer ing from lack of .. ork the crop last year was unusually large and there still remains in store a quantity of ice huf the prospect this season i of a dearth of ice with high prices next summer — new york world 18th an old man "" l8 dead the other day in this county mr joseph marshall started to feed his hogs when he fell out ofthe door and his wife caught him — but life had gone — he was dead it is thought he died of heart disease mr marshall was sixty-five — ral news ! respect to the memory oe the hon w a graham tne legislature of virginia now in session lias unanimously adopted j thc following resolutions which form j an appropriate tribute to one who at i the very time of his death was en gaged in the public service of the , state of virginia a service imposed '. upon him through the influence of : the talent learning and weight of cliaracter of the distinguished gen tleman : j ■• whereas the general assembly i has been informed oflhe death ofthe hon william a graham a citizen of the state of xorth carolina one of the arbitrators selected to determine the boundary line between this state i and the state of maryland whilst in ; the discharge of his duties in that be half therefore be it resolved that the general assem bly of virginia takes the occasion to express its profound sensibility at the death of this distinguished citizen i f our sister state mr graham was universally respected for his vir tues and distinguished by great abili ties high culture and long and emi nent services in numerous high sta tions state and national virginia feels that a character so pure anil il lustrious deserves such a tribute as is only rendered to the good and the great resolved that this action of the general assembly be communicated to the family of the deceased and to the governor of the state of xorth carolina degradation of swear ing it is no mark of a gentleman to swear the most worthless and vile the refuse of mankind the drunkard and the prostitute swear as well as the best dressed and educated gentle men no particular endowment is requisite to give a finish to the art of swearing thc basest and meanest of mankind swear with as much tact and skill as the most refined and he who wishes to degrade himself to the lowest level of pollution and shame should learn to be a swearer any man has i talents enough to learn to curse god j and imprecate perdition on themselves 1 and their fellow men profane swear ing never did any man any good — no man is richer or wiser or happier for it it helps no man's education or manners it commends no one to society it is disgusting to thc re fined abominable to the good insul ting to those with whom we associate degrading to the mind unprofitable needless and inqurious to society and wantonly to profane his name to call his vengeance down to curse him and invoke his vengeance is perhaps ofall offences the most awful in the sight of god louth john quincy adams mother a north carolinian in an old stager's reminiscences of distinguished americans we find lhe following sketch which shows that the mother of john quincy adams was a north carolinian : i doubt if there are fifty persons in the united states who know that john quincy adams and robert barnwell rhett were cousins these two men representing the extreme northern and the extreme southern doctrines and who hated each other wilh intense bitterness were near relatives as i shall now show the rhetts of south carolina having become extinct their relations the smiths of beaufort souih carolina took the name of rhett in the year 1s3g these smiths were from north carolina the brothers james llenry robert barn well and alber changed the name to rhett as 1 have stated the cousin abigil smith of north carolina married john adams and was the mother ol john quincy adams the partisan accrimony ot these two men was so intensely bitter that in 1s33 when the south carolina nullifying convention was debating the policy of accepting the compromise bill just passed by congress and favored by calhoun robert bain well rhett said that before accepting that compromise he would be shattered into bloody fragments on the battlefield and john quincy adams in a letter to some old woman in massachusetts named thaxter iu 1s44 asserted that slavery should be abolished if it cost the lives of five hundred thousand men !" in fact it may have heen suid of john quincy adams in the last years of his life as autipater said of some old orator that he was like a snciifice there being noth ing left of him but his tongue and his paunch gov brogden o^blaixe the govenor was very cautious iu bis response as the reporter yesterday asked him what he thought of the policy of blaine's speech he would rather not go on rec ord but the answer at last came in these words : i think it would have been better for some other man to have made that speech thau one in blaine's position the govenor's views may be taken as a pretty fair exponent of the mind of tbe republican party in ibis state they don't like the speech — ral net'as humors of the campaign the bloody and the vinegary elements of lhe congressional wrangle of last week have been made sufficiently conspicuous by lhe newspapers ours to-day is a more pleasant task we simply wish to place on what cary the negro orator of the ever-memorable north carolina reconstruction convention term the archives of gravity a few choice mor meaux of pleasantry indulged in by jouiu alistic wits and wags and politicians mr morrison chairman of the ways meaj.a commitiee described blaine's victory in these graphic terms : when ever they speak we ge lhe best of lliem whenever we speak they get the best of us ' the philosophy of whicli is least said soonest mended a philosophy that is not bad though we approve of the course pursued by our l.ids iu con gress the chicago times thinks we may forgive ieff davis his responsibility for andei son viile but let us not forget thai he has been an insurance man and that inveterate joker of lhe brook ly.n argus casually remaiks : jeff davis is by no means a revengeful man when blaine wants to borrow fifiy cents he knows whom to apply to there is likewise a germ of philosophy iu this observation which lies in the ap plication if our rabid fellow-citizens [' would fold up the bloody shirt and i quit digging in tiie soldiers graveyards they could easily find something to like in dixie's land besides official pickings and ready-made voters now that we have gotten tlyough with brickbats aud bloody noses suppose all bands laugh over the late fooler and go into the centennial and ihe fall campaign wiih a jolly spirit according to the new york sun our friends the enemy should not feed sanguine of the result therefore ihey are not expected lo laugh much speaking of lhe choice of cincin ! nali as the place ot meeting of fhe ue publican national convention that p;i | pers says : in lhe debates upon thei election ofa place a great deal was said about getting railroads lickets at half price the speaker evidently being for getful of the fact ihat ihey will all be deadheads after lhe next election " when we remember all the late unpleas antness we nre disposed to desire the reifying of the sans prophecy wil mint/ton star burlington jin rice : a sw et young girl went imo ;\ < cai u rapid music store aod asked the clerk inqnii iugiy if he had " a hi-art that loves me only ?" no he sail lull lore's a health to thee mary that wouldn't do but bef-ire she turned lo go she asked have you one sweet kiss before we part !'" that cedar rapids clerk looked up and down the store ; lie book keeper was out ihe boss was up siairs irving lo sell a a granger a wheezy old melodian and so he leaned over lhe counter and turned j out about hall a dozen of the best and ; most artistically finished articles that the astonished young ladv had ever seen of fered in a job lot she didn'l say much but she went out of the store in a step aud a half and rubbed her cheeks thoughtfully ail the way home the tredegar works it will lift a burden irom tins community to learn that gen joseph r anderson has been appointed receiver of the tredegar coin pan and that he will in his new capaci ty be enabled to resume work almcst immediately gen anderson is as we have said somewhere of mr mccance one of the most public-spirited men in virginia " his eyes are not always bent towards the earth or towards his own af fairs he consults the welfare of tlie city and the state as well s bis own in i tercsts and those of his employees his anxiety lo benefit r'chmo id and virgin ia uo doubt contributed somewhat to the present embarrassments of the company with whose name his own has been inti mately associated for thirty years or more we congratulate our people upon lhe fact that general anderson is sliil to manage the tredegar works aud we can also congratulate the company ihat it is to continue to have the benefit of bis ex perience ability and reputation — rich mond dispatch immmfam«iji^ms»slsm —■— agricultural preserve the fertility of the soil a man who deposits all his capital in a savings bank and then adopts the pol icy of drawing the inlereo and a portion ot the principal annually to meet current expenses would certainly be considered on the road to hopeless bankruptcy but this is an exact counterpart of the policy pursued by nine-tenths of the farmers who commence operations npon our most fertile virgin so'ls the effect is seen iu all our older states and lany of the new and lhe cry comes from thousands of owners of worn-out farms what shall we do to restore the fertility of our land ?" when we or our fatheir settled here lhe soil gave abundant returns for the labor bestowed in cultivating the various kinds of crops but all this is changed and while there is a seed time the harvest comes not there is not a day in th yee.r in x hich we could not find men who will recount their troubles in strains similar to the above and it is evident that they have been drawing upon the principal as well as interest of their bank stock it is true that men are constantly taking up those old charters of once sound banks and by putting in new capital in the form of good fertilizers are enabled to place them again npon a paying basis and occasionally to make a few declare large dividends upon the investment no syelcro of husbandry can ever sue ceed which does not recognize the fertili ty of the soil as its basis or capital and the crops taken from the land as the in terest thereon now in proportion as the farmer permits his land lo deteriorate he diminishes his capital and lessens his annual dividends but this gradual les sening of one's income might be borne wiih better grace if the labor necessary for its production decreases in the same rati i ; this however is not the case for it costs inst as much to plough and pre pare an acre of land which will yield only ten bushels of corn as one that gives fifty nr a hundred this same principle per the entire routine of agricultural npe iii ns : hence it is very easy to see how a farmer may labor incessantly and cbtain only small returns whenever a fanner finds his crops growing gradually less per acre he may at once conclude that his capital stock is being impaired and measures should be immediately taken to lestoie its original strength how to do this is a question depending upon local circumstances and surroundings sometimes the swamps may be drawn upon for their rich depos its of peat which can be profirablj used s a direct application to the land oj composted with barnyard manure or with lime ashes and waste from some manu actory gypsum beds and marl depoits tie made available in such cases but generally the best source for obtaining fertilizers is in the farmer's own stock raids or in turning under green crops raising root crops to feed lo stock and keeping sheep is lhe system most general y pursued in old and long settled coun ties not only to restore fertility to worn ut soils but to improve that which has emained fertile our western farmers is well as those of the older states • hoiild heed this warning for inexhausti ble soils have never 3'et been found al hough their discovery is frequently am louueed it is much easier to keep land rich than o make it so after it has once become poor besides the well-known fact that he o'der a conntry grows and tin more hickly settled it becomes he more val table an the products of the soil and his should be in itself a sufficient incen ive for keeping up iis fertility to the liighcst possible btandaid probably ibout one in every ten of our eastern farmers has fully understood the value of unimpaired fertility of the soil and pur sued a system of cultivation correspond ing therewith and il is only just to say llml ihey are not anxious to sell out and jo west or elsewhere a man who can rely — year iu aud year out - upon two tons oi hay per acre and cau sell it for fifty to sixty dollars or upon seventy five bushels of corn and get sl per bushel for the same is far from being extrava gant at valuing his laud at two or three hundred dollars per acre while he also lakes inlo consideration the i*ct that the price is more likely lo go up than down in lhe future circumstances identical with those which have enhanced the value of the best farming land in the eastern states nre affecting those of the western and their owners should guard against the fatal error of permitting a decrease of fertility while endeavoring to make the most of high prices and a ready market there are farms in the vicinity ofour ol der cities which readily command five bin died to a thousand dollars per acre for cultivation onlv while there1 aie others in ihu same neighborhood not worth fifty the difference being mainly iu the fertility of the soil the owners of the one have drawn upon the fertility of the soil until il is exhausted while the others have been adding o it for yeais and the re sults of the iwo systems are shown in present values — n y san the following extract from an article in he mobile register may offer some valuable hints to those who are earnest in finding an answer to ihe question : ho vv shall w e f e rt liz e o j r worn out lands i having shown the urgent necessity fir a change to a heller system ot farming we are confronted by a question of vital importance to wil : how sliall we fur tilize our worn lands seeing we have no manures and are too poor to buy ? in answer to this questioning permit us to offer the following hints : you have more land under fence lhan you can profitably cultivate perhaps ; then after you have pitched your crop iti spring turn under five or ten acres drilling in common cow peas two and a half feet between drils when tbeyare well up give them one good working after which they will cover the ground with dense foliage this at ihe proper time you should turn under and in october following sow oats at a small cost if you desire to put your land to cotton the ensuing spi ing turn the green crop under in april plant cotton in may aud you will most likely see a decided improvement in ihe product in this way you may each succeeding season gradual ly increase the productive capacity ol your farms until finally you reach the standard of fertility in evidence of what may be done by persistent green manuring lake the fid lowing extract from the agricultural reports for 1870 : mr f stephenson of gainesville ga , reports the example ot a farmer who iu js60 set apart ten acres of an old sedge field turned it under in june arid sowed wheat in september h 11 vesting tlie next year four bushels of wheat per acre when the land got a good growth of weeds he again turned it under one inch deeper than before and in september sowed wheat making a crop of nine bnsheis per acre the next year he turned the green growth still deeper making 17 bushel of wheat per acre and the following year 1869 hia crop was 27 bushels per acre this is a very strong exhibit in favor of green manuring and shows what a progressive practical fanner may accom plish with a smill outlay of capital and labor u'e are free to eonfess for our selves that only four bushels per acre for the first year would have slavered our , faith in preen manuring and perhaps most farmers would have abandoned the plan before any conclusive results were j reached i'he truly progressive farmer discovers in the foregoing extract another very important element in the work of renova ting our tired lands : we mean deeper ploughing each successive year which added more perhaps to the attainment of the astonishing results reported by this georgia farmer than we at first thought are prepared lo admit it is pertinent in this connection to remark that poor far ming is largely due to poor ploughing and that large bodies of land grown tired under a system of shallow ploughing only needs to have a few inches of fresh soil brought lo the surface to restore their productive capacity to almost pristine vigor american scientific a worm in a horsk's corn not long since a horse wa brought io me to be cured ofa corn in the foot in pairing the corn i found a worm about three fourths of an inch long one-half inch thich and sharp at each each end as a needlepoint one end was black lhe other while the black end was next to the sole of the foot and the white end iv the flesh after removing the worm and burning wiih nitric acid the corn was entirely removed and lhe horse perma nently cured of lameness points in a pig agricultural writers often give what they term points by which to judge good horses or cattle bur although a reader of many leading farm papers i have never yet seen anything about the points in a good hog it is certainly important that we should be able to recognize a good hog when we see it tnd then fore i make hold o ask you io favor us with a few rules governing in the cise if there arc any established rules in that direction farmer wayne co tmiss lending wi iters on the pig are agreed that the following points indicate a good animal : 1 head wide in front ; ears erect and pointed forward ; chops rounded and well filler up to the brisket 2 shoulders broad and shoulderblades well sloped backwards 3 uibs well rounded ; loins wide and slightly arched 4 hind quarters but little sloped 5 hams rounded outwards well let down nnd full towards the twist g best wide with elbows well out 7 fori1 rib wide underneath link well let down straight and well filled s l gs straight and small in the bone feet small and compact 0 hair abundant bright and oily 10 tall l hick at base and rapidly tapering — jlibilc register fattening chicken it is hopeless to attempt tn fatten chickens while they are at liberty they must be put up in a proper coop and this like most other appurtenances deed not be expensive to fatten twelve fowls a coop may be three feet long eighteen inches high and eighteen iuches deep made entiiely of bars xo part solid neither lop f-ides nor bottom discre tion must be used according to the size of the chickens put np they do not want any room indeed the closer they are the better provided they can all stand up at the same time care must be laken to put u such as have been accustomed to be together or they will fight if one i is quarrelsome it is better to remove it at once as like other bad examples it soon finds imitators diseased chickens should never be put up the food should be ground oats and either be put in a trough or on a flat , board running along the front of the coop it may be mixed with water or milk the [ latter is the better it should be well soaked forming a pulp as loose as can be provided it does not run off the board they must be well fed th>ee or four lime a day the first as soon afier daybreak as may be possible or convenient and then at intervals of four hours each meal should be as much as they can eat up clean and no more ; when they have done feeding the board should be wiped up and some gravel spread it causes them to feed and thrive after a fortnight after this treatment you will have good fat fowls if how ever there are but five or six fowls to be fatted ihey must not have as much room as though there were a dozen nothing is easier than to allow them the proper space as it is only iie:essary to have two or three pieces of wood to pass between the bars and form a partition this in iy also serve when fowls are up at different degrees of fatness this requires atten tion or fowls will rot keen fit and healthy as soon as the fowl is suffi cienllv fattened it must be killed other wise it will not get fatier but will lose flesh if fowls are intended for the mark ct of course they are or may be fattened nt onc-e ; but if for home consumption it is better to put them up at such intervals as will suit the time when they will be re quired fur the table when ihe time arrives for killing whether they are meant for market or otherwise they should be fisted without food or water for twelve or fifteen hours tbis enables them to keep for some time alter being killed even in hot weather — journal of chemistry - - - _ jl gleanings | some peoplo never look up to heaven till god in his providence lays them on tiieir hacks if you see a man with a big dia moml on his shirt-front have him ar rested ft may not be tweed but it will serve him right anyway — alta california detroit policemen don't seem to be very good narksmen i want you either to int me or stop making such a blamed racket said a thief in that eity at whom a policeman was shoot ing rev h ii murray has an article in the golden rule advocating lying in bed in thc morning but there seems to be no particular necessity for us to paste it in onr hat — bridgeport stand ird xed and zack arc snd topers — been sad since 4th o1 july last ned told z his nose was the last rose of sum mer z retorted " taint blooming alone they left a deal of ground plowed no and both noses arc poul ticed a few days since a man convicted of drunkenness stood up before his honor at the police court and his honor said in his slow solemn way i'll give vou 10 or thirty davs weil i'ii take the 10 squire said thc fellow an americanized citizen was called on as a witness in a case before one of the justices lately and when thc oath was administered he raised both hands and said i shall spoke nod dings what ain't drew if ever i hopo to iie so quick as a minute a rural editor wishing to be se vere upon an exchange remarks — the subscriber of the in this place tried a few days ago to carry home some lard in a copy of that paper bui on reaehing home found that the concentrated lie had changed it to soap a rustic couple newly married man-lied into a drujr store and called for soda water the obliging clerk inquired what syrup they would have in it when the swain deliberately leaning over the counter replied : — stranger money is no object to me put sugar in it children said a country minis ter addressing a sunday school why are we like flowers what do wo have that flowers have anda small boy in the infant class whose breath smelled of vermifuge rose up and made reply worms and tl.e minister crept under the pulpit chair to hide his emotion a stokes county girl danbury reporier a young single healthy looking girl was in town on last tues day who had raised fattened and killed a hoc which weighed 592 ft when dressed — and she hadn't on a pin-back dress neither she wonld make a useful helpmate to some o our bacon loving young men to spkak — dr walter dedman ar •'. richard durham ot johnston count were in the city to-day and invited m turner to address the people of thei region at karppbero the 29th of thi month the invitation wa accepted these gentleman report that there is no a single man out nf al their acquaintance i who is in favor of paying the special ta . i bonds — ral sentinel mr lincoln used to tell in hu i mitable wav a story of a winches converted confederate who was s overjoyed at receiving his pardon th ; he exclaimed : thank you mr pre | ident thank you ! now i'm pardons i s'pose i'm as good a union man • anv of you — emphatically one of yr aeain but didn't stonewall jacks ." give us hell in the valley a voung gentleman got neatly out ofa fine scrape with his intended — : she taxed him with having kissed ; two young ladies at some party which she was not present he own ed up to it but said that their un i i agos only made twenty-one j simple-minded girl thought often z . eleven so laughed off her pout did not explain that one was ninctf and the other two vears of age — wasn't it artful ? scene at a brooklyn wedding break i fast company all seated about t table a pause in the general con versation happy husband to his wife's seven-year-old sister at the other end of tiie room : well juli vou have a newbrothernow jnlir yes but mother said to papa the other day that she was afraid ye : would never amount to much but that it seems to be sarah's lastchanov iutense silence for a moment fol lowed by a rapid play of vcn.iv tir«*i forks
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|Carolina Watchman
|The Carolina Watchman
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|J. J. Bruner
|United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury
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|State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive
|The January 27, 1876 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina
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|Carolina Watchman
|The Carolina Watchman
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|United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury
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|State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive
|An archive of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina
|The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers.
the carolina watchman ol vii.--.third series salisbury n c january 27 1876 no 16 published weekly : j j bruner proprietor and bditoi . thos k br uner iie editor bates of scbcbirtlow weekly watchman ii ybari payable in ad van«t 2.(0 x mos nis •' '• ". 1.25 copies to nny addresa h'.o tdvertisi rates ite square 1 mcl ) one insertion 100 " two " 1.50 ate


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"The Cultural area of the Montessori classroom covers a variety of subjects. Geography, Science, Botany, Zoology, and History are included. Art, Music and Yoga are also considered a part of the Cultural Area of the classroom. Dr. Maria Montessori felt that having knowledge and understanding of such subjects is what makes one a "cultured" person."
The vision of the 2 day culture program is to expand upon ideas from the child's primary classroom. For example, a child might make a map of South America in their primary class and in the Culture program, we might make food, try on clothes, and listen to music from South America. Likewise, a child may learn about and see photos of an artist in their primary class and in the Cultural class we may create art in that artist style.
The Culture Program will offer opportunities for experiences we love to have in our primary classrooms and in our homes, but these are the experiences for which we may not always have the time. Think gardening, baking, creating art, listening to and making music, practicing yoga, and caring for animals. These are the activities that children typically enjoy the most.
This class is intended to be a positive, fun, and rich opportunity for the children to connect with each other and the world through direct experiences with nature, art, music, food, and so much more!
This 2-day Cultural program is offered as an enrichment class for children who are currently enrolled in a traditional Montessori program either in the morning or three days in the afternoon. It is available to all 5 and 6-year-olds and to 3 and 4-year-olds who no longer take a nap in the afternoon. The prerequisite for this program is that it must be taken in conjunction with another preprimary program.
This class is in session from 12:00 to 3:00, Tuesday and Thursday. A ratio of 12 students to 1 teacher is maintained with a maximum of 24 students.
The child who has felt a strong love for his surroundings and for all living creatures, who has discovered joy and enthusiasm in work, gives us reason to hope that humanity can develop in a new direction. Dr. Maria Montessori
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Bachelor: Students Slow to Embrace Twitterby Wyatt Lewis '13 • February 5, 2010 Share:
Why is it that in the world of social networking some of the most cyber-savvy navigators of the Internet age refuse to set foot on "tweeting" ground? Why does "twittering" constantly seem to receive a bad rap? And if it is so bad, why did ComScore find the leading age demographic to be those between 45-54 year olds?
The late teens/mid-twenties age group follows a close second. A poll of nearly 500 Wabash students showed that only nine percent of the student body uses Twitter. Twelve-percent said they dislike Twitter and thirteen-percent remain completely indifferent. A stunning 66-percent of the students said they are totally clueless about how the site works.
Senior and Malcolm X Institute Chair Brandon McKinney is a member of that first group. He has 121 followers, and he updates his Twitter account 15-20 times a day.
"It's like a series of Facebook statuses," he explained. "You can choose to 'follow' a user on there and check out what's happening to them during the day. You can add pictures, but you can't add albums or anything."
McKinney believes many people in his generation just haven't taken the time to learn and to adjust to the new medium, and he believes a lot of it has to do with technological habits. Updating twitter on a phone tends to be more convenient than on a computer.
"If you're just going on the website and updating your status, it's kind of boring. The phone app makes it more exciting."
Twitter launched four years ago, and more than 18 million users have accounts on the site. However, one statistic found that 60-percent of new twitter users quit in the first month. At a passing glance, Twitter can be mistakenly perceived as an outlet for narcissistic or voyeuristic tendencies, but Twitter users claim that to be an overly-simplistic image of the site.
"Twitter doesn't seem to be popular among the high school and college students, and that's because their friends aren't on Twitter, so they flock toward Facebook instead," Michael Carper '13 said, "I think right now Twitter operates as a sphere full of different realms. Say right now your interest is sports or Indiana politics or a certain TV show…you go on Twitter and find those people that have those same interests, whom you probably haven't met in real life and use it to share information."
The point of Twitter, Carper explained, is not necessarily to socialize with existing friends.
"Most of the Tweets I read are not from people I know," he said. "Mostly I read tweets from political commentators or comedians, because those are the kind of users that actually have incentive to continue blogging. In order to gain followers, you have to update your Twitter pretty frequently, at least a couple times a day."
The forum is also much more public, Carper explained, "I like that you can communicate with celebrities. Ashton Kutcher, for example, is one of the big Twitter users. You can tweet a celebrity, and he might tweet you back. It has a much more professional feel; you see a lot of businesses, graphic designers, and bloggers trying to network. "
Chip Timmons, Associate Director of Admissions and a well-known social media enthusiast, elaborated on the professional uses of Twitter.
"I don't use it as an admissions page per se, but as a way for me to promote Wabash and talk about myself a bit," he said. "It's kind of a creative outlet. Marketing agencies in higher education will often post things and be looking for future clients and customers, trying to find ways to advertise."
The biggest dilemma with Twitter seems to be the commitment.
"Whereas people find you obnoxious if you update your Facebook 20 times a day, it's almost recommended on Twitter," Timmons said, "People will often 're-tweet,' or post someone else's tweet as their own if they find something interesting. It's a way to virally spread good news; it's the equivalent of 'liking' someone's status on Facebook.
Twitter is social interaction with your friends and people or things you're interested in with a lot less noise; you don't have to worry about Mafia Wars or who rescued the 'lonely, brown cow.' I'm interested to see in how it takes off in the future."


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Government demands for user data worldwide from Google have "increased steadily," the search giant says in a new report: "One trend has become clear: Government surveillance is on the rise."
"Government demands for user data have increased steadily since we first launched the Transparency Report," writes Dorothy Chou, Google senior policy analyst, on the company's blog about its latest "transparency report."
"In the first half of 2012, there were 20,938 inquiries from government entities around the world. Those requests were for information about 34,614 accounts."


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What if you could do anything? I ask students this all the time. If money and geography were no object, where would you go and what would you do? My job is to help their wildest dreams become reality. This week someone asked me what I would teach, if I could teach anything. I panicked.
First, just as students doubt my veracity, I doubted my questioner. He didn't really mean anything. He meant within the bounds of the curriculum. To be fair, I don't mean queen of the fairies or king of the world when I pose the question. I mean architect in Amsterdam, soprano at La Scala, zoologist in Zambia, and so on. Even so, freedom is terrifying.
Second, my mind raced. Here was my chance "to dream the impossible dream". Don't blow it. Say something unbelievably creative and compelling, right now. I recited courses I'd taught before and the standard array of material I'd proven myself qualified to teach in graduate school and more recent scholarship. Woo hoo! Who is this boring woman? I posed a slight stretch comparative course that would necessitate a colleague's participation. I'll give myself half a point for that. I dared to share my fairy queen fantasy - a course on Bollywood, which we agreed belongs in another school altogether. My La Scala moment eluded me, and I'm still mad.
I embarked upon this blog in hope that I would arrive at a delayed answer via my virtual revisitation of the conversation and my inadequate reply. I want students to step into the past with me and embrace its unexpected lessons. I don't care who begat whom among the high or low born. I like to pass among the ghosts and see the world through their eyes to the extent I can. When that happens as I read a poignant diary entry or detailed newspaper description, the veil of eternity lifts. I want to share that. Guess what? It's hard.
I want to take my students through the portal to the past so they will not stand on a Florida stage at some future date and proclaim opponents' staffers "bad historians," because they disagree over chronology while utterly incapable of making the empathetic leap into others' lives themselves. I want my students to enter other real (not fictional) people's lives and ensure that they look at rioters and riot police as beings with mothers, lovers, dreams, and despairs similar to their own.
To achieve this goal with greatest efficacy, I would need a time machine. Although my sons are at work on a device to break the space time continuum I can't build it into the curriculum just yet. Instead, I must rely on an assortment of old documents, contemporary discussions, and pedagogical alchemy to transport students through time by different means.
When I've taught before, we've galloped across sixteenth-century Europe and crisscrossed the Atlantic in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as I've attempted to guide my charges through the world that was and in many ways still is.
Certain episodes make my task easier. Three Sovereigns for Sarah allows them to experience the Salem witchcraft trials acted expertly by Vanessa Redgrave with the actual documents for her script as opposed to the exponential fiction of Daniel Day-Lewis ulcerating in The Crucible. Few historical moments demonstrate social-political self-destruction with such visceral impact, but it feeds the fantasy that all the world was New England until 1776. It wasn't. Puritans just produced more words per person than most.
I want the rising generation to meet Conrad Weiser as he moves across an ocean, up the Hudson and down the Schuylkill in conversation with Natives and Europeans of multiple tongues but few printed words. I want students to enter the lives that desperate widows and runaway wives patched together in the colonial countryside.
So many men, women, and children flit though my mental landscape from Portland to Pune all while I realise that I've missed millions more who could shed light on the delights and dilemmas of the human condition. If I could do anything and teach anything, I would visit them all with students in tow. I just need that machine....
Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe is a member of the University of Venus editorial collective and an associate director of the Office of Fellowships at Northwestern University, where she teaches history and American studies. For more, follow @ejlp on Twitter or go to http://elizabethlewispardoe.wordpress.com
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Hollywood, Los Angeles Travel Guide
Hollywood Summary
- World-famous attractions like the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Some of L.A.'s best restaurants, bars, and clubs
- Universal Studios and Rodeo Drive just 15 minutes away
- Nearby legendary music venues in West Hollywood
- Historic and high-design destination hotels like the Hollywood Roosevelt
- Many good hotel values
- Celebrity spotting is a local pastime
- Maddening traffic and difficult, expensive parking
- Limited public transportation makes a car necessary.
- Smog irritates some visitors and obscures views.
- Plenty of who-do-you-know attitude at nightlife venues
- Far from L.A.'s beaches and airports
What It's Like
A neighborhood trumpeted by 50-foot-high letters and one of the most iconic locations in America, Hollywood is literally all about show. Film industry landmarks crowd Hollywood Boulevard, and world-class music venues line the Sunset Strip, one of Los Angeles' premier nightlife districts. Also close to Universal Studios and filled with some of the city's best restaurants and bars, Hollywood is, for many visitors, synonymous with Los Angeles.
The film industry looms large here, with the touristy Walk of Fame playing a starring role. Also along Hollywood Boulevard is the home of the Oscars, the Kodak Theatre, and Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, El Capitan, and the Chinese Theatre. Musso & Frank Grill, at 6667 Hollywood Boulevard, claims to be the oldest restaurant in Hollywood and was a favorite of Orson Welles.
Farther south, Melrose Avenue has terrific shopping, most notably at Fred Segal. The Pacific Design Center is a garish monument to interior decorating, and the Museum of Contemporary Art has a small outpost nearby. Santa Monica Boulevard, a strip-mall lined commercial thoroughfare, connects Hollywood to L.A.'s beaches about 30 minutes to the west.
Where to Stay
Hollywood has a high concentration of excellent hotels. From the iconic Hollywood Roosevelt to newer, sleeker, and sometimes mellower properties like the Redbury at Hollywood and Vine or the Magic Castle Hotel, interesting hotels are the norm. Luxury properties are less abundant than in Beverly Hills, but Hollywood provides surprising value for one of America's best-known tourist destinations.


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I bought the Neo1973 Phase 1 with the purpose of learning and adventure. My immediate plans are to understand how to access all existing devices and how to use the toolchain to port some pretty Free software program (I picked Mathomatic for beginning). I have the debug board as well and if somebody nearby (Zurich, Switzerland) needs it can help to unbrick the device.
My real name is Audrius Meškauskas.


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US Banning Books: Unauthorized Catcher In The Rye Sequel Permanently Banned
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However, THResq reports that a permanent injunction has been issued, as the author and publisher of the book have settled the case and agreed not to pursue it any further. This is really unfortunate, because now the original book banning ruling stays valid and on the books for others to point to. Yet another example of copyright being misinterpreted, and censorship resulting. Copyright law is quite clear that there's supposed to be a separation between "idea" and "expression." Only the expression is protectable. Colting did not copy the expression -- he used the idea to create a brand new expression, and even if it sucked, it should not be banned. It's too bad that this is as far as this case will go.


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The Bucs improve to 10-10 on the season and 3-6 in league play, while the Bulldogs fall to 4-18 on the season.
Sophomore pitcher Chas Byrne (
First baseman Paul Hoilman (
The Bucs added three more runs in the bottom of the second as Mendez crushed a three-run home run over the fence in left center to increase the ETSU lead to 6-0.
UNC Asheville cut into the lead in the top of the third as a run came around to score on a Betterson error in right to make the score 6-1 Buccaneers.
ETSU added a six more runs in the bottom of the fourth as the Bucs batted around in the inning to take a 12-1 lead. The inning was highlighted by a Hoilman RBI double, a Ben Allen (
The Bulldogs narrowed the gap in the top of the fifth as they scored two runs on a Justin Schumer grounder to second and a Beau Zinman single to cut the ETSU lead to 12-3.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Bucs answered scoring three runs on RBI singles by Allen and Scruggs and a grounder to short by May to make the score 15-3.
UNCA scored cut into the ETSU lead in the top of the sixth scoring three runs on one hit and a Buccaneer error to cut the lead to 15-6.
The Bucs added a couple insurance runs in the bottom of the seventh as Betterson and Reeder singled in a couple runs, and shortstop Garrett May (
The Bulldogs added one more run in the top of the ninth on a Schumer single to make the final 18-11.
ETSU was led offensively by the front end up the batting order as the one through five hitters combined for 20 hits, 11 runs and 12 RBI.
UNC Asheville starter Justin Schumer (0-4) was charged with the loss after going 3.0 innings allowing nine runs (eight earned) on 11 hits with six strikeouts and two walks.
The Bucs are back in action Friday at 6 p.m. as they head to
UNCA............ 001 023 401 - 11 19 1 (4-18, 2-6 Big South)
ETSU............ 330 630 30x - 18 26 4 (10-10, 3-6 A-Sun)
Pitchers: ETSU - Chas Byrne; Drew Story (6); Bo Burton (6); Ben Allen (8); Bo Reeder (9)
UNCA - Justin Schumer; Dan Weller (4); Dillon Tabor (5); Jeremy Hall (7); Billy Enright (8)
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We've reached a critical point in Kentucky – one where our prisons and jails are full, overdose deaths continue to rise and far too many children have parents who are imprisoned.
We can no longer afford to cling to the outdated idea that prison is the only way to effectively hold people accountable for their crimes. Instead, we need to take a smarter, more measured approach to criminal justice.
"Oh! the old swimmin'-hole! In the long, lazy days
When the humdrum of school made so many run-a-ways,
How plesant was the jurney down the old dusty lane,
Whare the tracks of our bare feet was all printed so plane
You could tell by the dent of the heel and the sole
They was lots o' fun on hands at the old swimmin'-hole." - James Whitcomb Riley
On Saturday, May 28, the 17th annual Judge Satterwhite Golf Shamble was held at Fairway Golf Course in Wheatley. All proceeds went to benefit Trust For Life's Satterwhite Recipient Assistance Fund. The Fund was established in 2001 to financially assist Kentucky organ transplant recipients with expenses that they cannot afford or are not covered by insurance.
Owen County Judge-Executive
As we look forward to nicer weather, school being out for the summer and summer activities, I wanted to inform the citizens of Owen County about the road closure scheduled for June 1-30.
There seems to be some confusion around this subject. The reality is one city block will be closed. That block is from the traffic light at East Adair to the Seminary Street traffic light (and just to the edge of the People's Bank drive through).
"The Sisters Act" Relay For Life team would like to thank you so much for supporting our annual Relay for Life Fish Fry event. It was a great turnout for the weather and a huge success due to the support of our great community.
Each year we have asked Sisterly Touch, Tricky Ricky, and the Owen County Historical Society to help and they have always stepped up without any hesitation. Not only do they donate their time they donate their hearts to this special event.
While there are legitimate concerns about expanding and inefficient government, little is heard about the good work performed by government employees. Last week, after the area received 2 inches of rain in a short period, employees of the state highway department cleared Highway 368 of driveway washout and cleaned culverts and drainage ditches. This work was performed efficiently and professionally. During this same week, state and local emergency personnel spent many hours in the recovery efforts of a drowning victim in Indian Creek.
I wish to invite your readers to join us in Frankfort at noon, Wednesday, May 4, at the Capitol front terrace for prayer and again from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday, May 5, at the Owen County Courthouse in the center of town for the National Day of Prayer. Bring a song, a scripture and a prayer and join those who wish to pray for our city, county, state and nation.
Dr. Joy Arnold-Morse
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More than 100,000 volunteers and over 1,500 projects are being sought for the 18th Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service, to be held on the Jan. 21, the Martin Luther King federal holiday.
The Martin Luther King Day of Service celebrates Dr. King's legacy by transforming the holiday from a day off into a day ON. Individuals and organizations are planning area projects across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
"What started eighteen years ago as a local project has become a growing nationwide movement of celebrating Dr. King's legacy by uniting people of all backgrounds and ages and turning pressing community concerns into ongoing citizen action," said Todd Bernstein, president of Global Citizen and director and founder of the Greater Philadelphia King Day of Service and MLK365.
Global Citizen, the nonprofit organization that leads the Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service, also runs MLK365, which expands the King Day of Service into a year-round program that promotes sustainable civic engagement and volunteer opportunities.
Last January's Greater Philadelphia King Day of Service was once again the largest King Day event in the nation, with 100,000 volunteers participating in nearly 1,500 service projects across the region.
Organizations are invited to host service projects on Jan.21. Examples of projects being planned include starting a mentoring program, renovating and weatherizing houses, organizing after school programs, beautifying schools and recreation centers, creating safe corridors programs, participating in anti-violence initiatives, preparing and distributing food at homeless shelters, delivering meals to homebound seniors, reading with children about Dr. King, organizing health fairs and legal clinics and performing plays about Dr. King and the Civil Rights movement.
All organizations already planning to participate should contact the King Day of Service headquarters to register their project at www.mlkdayofservice.org. Registered participants will receive a King Day of Service T-shirt. Following each project, discussion and reflection will take place focusing on the legacy of Dr. King and the importance of service.
Any individual, family, and group interested in volunteering or hosting a Jan. 21 King Day of Service project should call 215-851-1811 or register online at www.mlkdayofservice.org. Information about many service-day events can also be found at www.facebook.com/phillykingday and www.twitter.com/mlkdayofservice


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'Abuse is Rampant,' Screams SF Weekly About the Cannabis Community; What's Our Reply?
The article calls for "an abuse-free certification label that customers can select for in dispensaries. Qualifying criteria might include providing adequate housing, evidence of meeting payroll, and avoiding worker complaints."
This could join other certifications such as Salmon Safe and Clean Green which are encourage cannabis consumers to support growing practices that they value.
I'll be writing a monthly column for High Times starting in October. The editor requested the first column address our reaction to the sex trafficking article. So, Humboldt (and, the rest of the Emerald Triangle) what is your reaction? How real is sex abuse in the industry? Do you know of specific examples? Have first person accounts? Even photos that depict something to do with this? Do you feel strongly there either is or isn't abuse? Please either comment below or (for the best chance of getting your opinion counted) contact me directly at email@example.com.


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For more than forty years, the Temptations have prospered, propelling popular music with a series of smash hits and sold-out performances throughout the world. Now in the new millennium, their latest release, Awesome, is being called the hottest in Temptation history.
The history of the Temptations is the history of contemporary American pop. An essential component of the original Motown machine, that amazing engine invented by Berry Gordy, the Temps began their musical life in Detroit in the early sixties. It wasn't until 1964, however, that the Smokey Robinsin written-and-produced The Way You Do the Things You Do turned the guys into stars. An avalanche of hits followed, many of which - My Girl, for instance-attained immortality. It's Growing, Since I Lost My Baby, Get Ready, Too Proud to Beg, Beauty Is Only Skin Deep, I Wish It Would Rain - the hits kept coming.
The classic line-up was Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin. Beyond the fabulous singing, the Temps became known for smooth stepping and flawless presentations. The Temptation Walk became a staple of American style, Flair, flash and class. Millions of fans saw their Temptations as cultural heroes. When the sixties and seventies turned political, the Temps got serious. They changed their tone, dress and music. Producer Norman Whitfield led the way. His Temptations hits, many featuring Dennis Edwards who had replaced David Ruffin, burned with intensity. Runaway Child, Cloud Nine, I Can't Get Next to You, Papa Was a Rolling Stone and Psychedelic Shack still smolder.
Awesome, released in 2001, is The Temptations at their freshest, strongest, and most appealing. The current lineup consists of Otis Williams, Terry Weeks, G.C. Cameron, Ron Tyson and Joe Herndon. "Our challenge," says Williams, "is to live in the present while respecting the past. Our past is filled with riches only a fool would discard. At the same time, we thrive on competition. As a Motowner, I grew up in the most competitive musical atmosphere imaginable. But we also understand that for a group with history, no matter how glorious that history might be, reinvention is the name of the game." "When I tell people we are God's group," says Otis, a remarkable modest man, "I don't mean it arrogantly. It's just that we have been tested time and time again and keep coming back. We have suffered the deaths of so many lengendary singers...Paul Williams, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin. Others like Dennis Edwards, Richard Street, Ali-Ollie Woodson and Theo Peoples have left, and yet our unity is tighter, our sound brighter and our popularity greater. Someone has watched over this group. Someone has protected our integrity. Someone has said... just go on singing and it'll get better."
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Authors at Harbourfront Centre: Marianne Apostolides, Deni Y Béchard, Steven Heighton
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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Event run: May 2, 2012
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Event run: May 2–5, 2012
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didnt get to see her pussy
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this is real amatuer o,.0
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typical indian bitch...can't suck properly nor can swallow...look how she runs away from dick when the guy wanted to cum. Also you do not shake the dick with fingers bitch...use nice hand, spit and lick like you mean.
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Laurence Freeman OSB, "Letter Nine," COMMON GROUND (New York:
Continuum, 1999), pp. 104-105.
The great risk we take in meditation is first of all to be ourselves. This
is the first step. If we did not take the corresponding next step, we would
never move from where we are; we would be hopping on one leg all our life.
The next step is to take the risk of letting others be themselves.
Perceiving their reality as distinct from our own is the way to do this. And
to see them as real is to love them. Iris Murdoch once wrote that "love is
the perception of the individual." She went on, "Love is the extremely
difficult realization that something other than ourselves is real. Love, and
so art and morals, is the discovery of reality. What stuns us into a
realization of our supersensible destiny is unutterable particularly."
Turning attention away from ourselves toward the greater reality "outside
us" that contains us is the great act of contemplation. It is the same act
of contemplation however we manage to do it: in relationships, in art, in
service and duty, and in prayer. Certainly, learning to meditate--a lifelong
art to learn--is a fundamental way to do it. But it is not limited to the
actual work of meditation. To meditate is to learn how to live
contemplatively in everything we do. St Antony of the Desert once called his
disciples to him and told them to "always breathe Christ."
Small things hold great mysteries. William Blake spoke of the holiness of
the "minute particular." Meditation as a daily spiritual practice soon
becomes a way of life in which our attention to small things expands the
horizon of our perception and the richness of our existence. Discretion--the
great virtue of the desert tradition--grows in our judgment and dealing with
others. With discretion comes the wisdom of balance and moderation. A strong
compensatory force is needed to correct a life that has swung out of
balance and is veering from one extreme, one crisis, to another.
Discretion, as a spiritual fruit of meditation, is an extremely powerful
force capable of doing this. It keeps us centered in the midst of storms and
tragedies. We learn eventually not to give up meditation when life's
problems get too difficult. We learn that you can meditate even in prison
when it seems your life has stopped. We come to feel the effect of
meditation in all the experiences with which life confronts us: how to deal
with the troubles of the heart (falling in love, falling out of love), how
to cope with jealousy or greed (in yourself or others), how to live with the
thorn in the flesh.
The contemplative mentality, which meditation cultivates gradually, becomes
our habitual style of life. This will not diminish our energy or love of
life. In fact, it will energize us and make life seem more wonderful. The
vast amount of energy we can expend in coming to simple decisions, for
example, is reduced. The problems which occupy us do so for less time. The
anguish of choosing dissolves in the act of attention. [And] when we look
clearly, we really see. . . .
Meditate for Thirty Minutes.... Remember: Sit down. Sit still and upright. Close your eyes lightly. Sit relaxed but alert. Silently, interiorly, begin to say a single word. We recommend the prayer-phrase "Maranatha." Recite it as four syllables of equal length. Listen to it as you say it, gently, but continuously. Do not think or imagine anything—spiritual or otherwise. Thoughts and images will likely come, but let them pass. Just keep returning your attention—with humility and simplicity—to saying your word in faith, from the beginning to the end of your meditation.
After Meditation, from Simone Weil, "The Love of God and Affliction,"
WAITING ON GOD (London: Fount (HarperCollins), 1977), pp. 60-61.
Not only does the love the God have attention for its substance; the love of
our neighbor, which we know to be the same love, is made of this same
substance. Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but
people capable of giving them their attention. The capacity to give one's
attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a
miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have this capacity
do not possess it. Warmth of heart, impulsiveness, pity are not enough.
In the first legend of the Grail, it is said that the Grail (the miraculous
stone vessel which satisfies all hunger by virtue of the consecrated host)
belongs to the first comer who asks the guardian of the vessel, a king
three-quarters paralyzed by the most painful wound: "What are you going
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say
to him: "What are you going through?" It is a recognition that the sufferer
exists, not only as a unit in a collection, or a specimen from the social
category labeled "unfortunate," but as a person, exactly like us, who was
one day stamped with a special mark by affliction. For this reason it is
enough, but it is indispensable, to know how to look at him in a certain
This way of looking is first of all attentive. The soul empties itself of
all its own contents in order to receive into itself the being it is looking
at, just as he is, in all his truth.
Only the person who is capable of attention can do this.
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Viva la Melges 32 North Americans!
7 September 2009
Three more races were fired off at the 2009 Melges 32 North American Championship, hosted by the Sausalito Yacht Club leaving Don Jesberg (San Francisco, Calif.) on USA-162 Viva the overnight leader. "I've been around this race track so many times. Today, we played the game pretty conservatively. Stayed middle of the course the whole way and had enough speed to hang in there,' said Jesberg after racing. "I've got a really good group on the boat. We're having so much fun."
John Kilroy (San Francisco, Calif.) on USA-13131 Samba Pa Ti slipped to second place, only out of first by one point. Stephen Pugh (San Francisco, Calif.) on USA-158 Taboo is holding steady in third.
Racing commenced on time under clear skies, sunshine, temps in the low 70s, relatively flat water and light air conditions. From the moment the race committee said go, Jesberg's Viva team looked confident putting their home turf knowledge to good use. Andy Lovell (New Orleans, La.) on USA-136 Rougarou edged out Jesberg at the first weather mark, Philippe Kahn (San Francisco, Calif.) on USA-166 Pegasus 32 rounded third. Jesberg was quick to jibe for clean air on the downwind run ultimately taking the lead. Through the gate, Jesberg rounded first, Kahn moved up for second and Lovell shuffled back to third. Jesberg led the charge to the finish, his Melges 32 was like a rocket for the win. Easily the fleet was clocking 15-18 knots downwind. Kilroy was second and Pugh finished third.
The second race of the day was all Pugh. Some of the tightest racing seen yet at the NAC took place in race two. After an awesome start off the line, Pugh's Taboo team got out front and stayed out front to take the win. Lovell landed his best finish thus far in the regatta series placing second, Jesberg was third, Kilroy fourth, Kahn fifth and Swartz was sixth, all crossing the finish line within a matter of seconds.
Jesberg continued his quest for total Melges 32 domination in race three. He punched off the line with Jim Swartz (Edgartown, Mass.) on USA-007 Q to weather and Pugh to leeward ever challenging for the lead. The Viva team was strong and persistent. They called the shots and got ahead fast. From the first weather mark to the finish, Jesberg simply refused to relinquish his lead taking the win by a substantial margin. Lovell placed second and Swartz took third.
As usual, it's down-to-the-wire for the highly competitive Melges 32 North American Championship. Two more races are scheduled on Tuesday with more ideal conditions on tap.
The International Melges 32 Class Association would like to thank the Sausalito Yacht Club, in particular Jeff Zarwell with Regatta PRO. The racing has been spectacular and the hospitality of the club and its membership have been incredible.
Full Results (After 6 races, 1 discard)
1.) Don Jesberg - [4]-3-1-1-3-1 = 9
2.) John Kilroy - 1-1-2-2-[4]-4 = 10
3.) Stephen Pugh - 2-4-3-3-1-[7] = 13
4.) Philippe Kahn - 5-2-4-4-5-[6] = 20
5.) Andy Lovell - [7]-7-5-5-2-2 = 21
6.) Jim Swartz - 3-5-[7]-6-6-3 = 23
7.) Derek Campbell - 6-6-6-[7]-7-5 = 30
Photo galleries are now online for the 2009 Melges 32 North American Championship featuring fast, fun racing with the backdrop of beautiful California. If you're not here, this is what you're missing!
International Melges 32 Class Association
Rockskipper Photography | Leslie Richter


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Ang Thong National Marine Park is a fascinating archipelago of 42 or so islands in the Central Gulf Coast of Southern Thailand. It is northwest of Ko Samui.
Most of the islands are close to each other, making a breathtaking panorama when sailing around the park. All the islands are of different sizes and shapes. Most of them are covered with tropical forests and named after their distinguishing geography, a kind of descriptive appellation, such as 'Sleeping Cow Island' and 'Three Pillars Island'.
Ang Thong translates as "golden bowl". It occupies almost 250 sq km and includes 50 sq km of limestone islands and karst topography which rise from the sea as dramatic rock cliffs and bizarre rock formations. Caves, hidden lagoons, and white sand beaches are there to be explored and snorkelling among the shallow coral gardens makes for a popular and fascinating day trip.
Ang Thong National Marine Park is a protected nature area consisting of over 40 islands, and is famous for its natural beauty. All of the islands are uninhabited and undeveloped except for one. This island, Ko Paluay, is inhabited by sea gypsies who still earn a living from fishing.
Flora and fauna
The woods in this national park can be classified as dry evergreen forest, beach forest, and limestone forest. Dry evergreen forests are found in larger islands like Wuatalab, Paluay and Samsao.
Beach forests are lighter woods found in small stretches along the beaches and the shoulders. Limestone forests are found on limestone mountains with thin soil layer. Plants are smaller.
Larger animals do not thrive on these islands as they are small and dominated mostly by steep limestone mountains, with only few lightly to moderately slanted plains. Sixteen species of mammals like otters, langurs, crab-eating monkeys, hogs, silver haired bats, dolphins, and whales can be found here.
Other inhabitants include at least 54 species of birds, including little herons, Brahminy kites, common sandpipers, oriental pied hornbills, drongoes and hill mynas. Fourteen species of reptiles are also found. Such as ground lizards, iguanas, Green turtles, hawksbill turtles, pythons, and cobras.
Only five species of amphibians are found: common Asian toads, tiger frogs, rugose frogs, grass frogs, and tree frogs.
The waters of the national park are home to butterfly fish, angel fish, parrot fish, blue-spotted fantail rays, blacktip reef sharks, snappers, groupers, sea slugs, blue swimming crabs, sea fans, sea whips, giant clams, oysters, and coral. The park is also a breeding ground for mackerel.
Get in
Access to the park is controlled, but there are several Samui-based boat rental and kayak operators who are licensed carriers, catering to both independent visitors and organized kayaking/camping trips. There are also boats based on Ko Phangan or Ko Tao that run sailing liveaboard cruises to Ang Thong.
You can go to the park via slow, time-consuming ferries with many other people in big groups (40-50 persons, only from Ko Samui) or in smaller groups (maximum 25 persons) by speedboat, so that you can enjoy more from park and less transit. Tours from Ko Pha Ngan cost 1,800 baht (+200 baht entrance fee). Tours includes pick-up from accommodation, a light breakfast, speedboat transfer to the park with nice snorkelling (better than anywhere on Ko Pha Ngan), visiting crowded touristy Emerald Lake viewpoint, then a buffet lunch on another island with beautiful a viewpoint and tough hiking. If you can go to the top without breaks at three lower viewpoints and you are really fit you can be on top in 30 mins. Lower viewpoints with worse views are less challenging. Then relax on another island at deserted beach where you can kayak (+200 baht/person) and transfer back to Ko Pha Ngan. If you want avoid crowds and money is not a problem or you are travelling with friends in a bigger group, you can do a private tour for 15,000 baht for a maximum of 10 persons.
Admission to the marine park is normally not included in the tour fee unless otherwise specified. 200 baht/foreigner, 100 baht for foreign children under 12 years old. Price for locals 40 baht.
Get around
The most common transport from Ko Samui are tour boats taking 40-50 people, with lunch on board. These require you to transfer to a longtail boat to get onto the shore of whatever island you are visiting, which can be tricky and requires a modicum of fitness.
You can take speedboat tours which also include a snorkelling program and fewer people. It gets you to the archipelago faster. The best way is to put together a group of friends to hire a boat and explore the islands and beaches on your own schedule.
Most tours go to the park's visitor centre for lunch and kayaking. The visitor centre is visited by most tour operators, making it very crowded, from about 10:00 to 16:00. Before and after, it's a totally secluded place with almost nobody around.
Ko Mae Ko (Mother Island) is a must-visit. Here, an emerald seawater lake in the middle of the island is encircled on all sides by limestone cliffs, but linked by an underground tunnel to the sea. Reaching the lake entails a strenuous climb of 40 minutes or so, but is rewarded with a spectacular view across the whole park.
The climb is up a series of staircases wonderfully combined into the natural landscape of the karst, threading through a narrow opening in the rock face at one point, and entailing minimum exertion if you pace yourself and are in decent physical shape. The final series of steps is a bit steep and caution should be exercised when descending the steps, but the entire trip up and down should not take more than 40 minutes unless you stop and enjoy spectacular Emerald Lagoon.
Caves on many of the islands have intriguing rock formations. Visit one for an awesome experience. The beaches are surrounded with excellent coral reefs which make for perfect swimming and snorkelling. Hundreds of beaches here in the archipelago are deserted. Get a boat and find your own secret beach away from the crowds.
Other popular sites are Ko Sam Sao (Tripod Island), with an extensive coral reef, and Wua Talap Island or "sleeping cow". It takes some effort to climb up the steep 430 m hill to a viewpoint offering great scenery of the entire archipelago and the mainland.
The main restaurant, managed by Nam, is excellent and offers a variety of cuisine. Be careful to order early as the cook leaves by 22:00 and the lights go out at 23:00. Cheapest meal is vegetable fried rice at 60 baht. Delicious meals with good portions cost 100-120 baht, worth every penny, but place your order as soon as possible, because preparation is VERY slow. Expect waiting for 30-40 minutes for meals in this uncrowded restaurant.
The park headquarters has two "bars" that sell beer. By "bar", we mean a cooler full of beer. But when sitting on the beach watching the sunset, it beats most bars and clubs fairly easily.
You should take water. You'll need plenty.
The park headquarters is located on Ko Wua Talab, which has basic bungalow accommodation.
The park has 5 bungalows which are of different sizes. The costs are quite low: 500 baht per day for a 2 bedroom cottage. The cottages are set against a beautiful backdrop and the park staff are very friendly, and fanatical about football. However, please note that the park is not for the resort seeker. Facilities are basic: no hot water. And the park shuts off its generator at 23:00. So no electricity at night (which only adds to the appeal of the place).
If the cottages are full, you can rent a tent for 2 for 250 baht. You can also bring your own tent and camp at the campground. But you will almost always find a tent to rent.
Probably one of the best hikes in Thailand. At park headquarters there is a path leading up the side of the rocks. This will take maybe 25-30 minutes to walk up, and well worth it. But be warned, this is not a hike for the faint-hearted. Make sure you have good footwear as there are sharp limestone crags which will be your foothold, especially towards the peak. With a breathtaking view of all the Ang Thong islands, the end-result of the hike is well worth it. Beware though, the hike is very steep in some sections and offer questionable ropes to hang on to. But this hike alone will justify your trip to Ang Thong.
Stay safe
Obvious things like take water, hat, sunscree,n and something like an old t-shirt to cover up with when you are snorkelling.
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