July 6, 1892: Readers of The Comet learned about several items of local interest. âA little child of David and Harriet Baker died the latter part of last week aged 15 months.
âGeo C. Potts, Vice President of the Watauga Company, has been for some time at Hotel Fairmount where he is expecting his daughter to join him soon.â
âThe bricklayers will begin work on the Reece House in the morning and will push the work until the building is completed.â
âIn the presence of the workmen and several spectators, Mrs. A.M. Reece laid the first brick of the new building, which is to replace the one burned and deposited beneath it in Italian detail 1767, and one of our pennies dated 1892, and by her act declared that Phoenix-like the old building should rise from its ashes.â
âLive up to your engagements.â
âEarn money before you spend it.â
âNever play at any games of chance.â
âDrink no kind of intoxicating liquor.â
âGood character is above all things else.â
âKeep your own secrets, if you have any.â
âNever borrow, if you can possibly avoid it.â
âAlways speak the truth. Make few promises.â
âKeep good company or none. Never be idle.â
âDo not marry until you are able to support a wife.â
âKeep yourself innocent if you would be happy.â
âEver live [misfortune excepted] within your income.â
âWhen you speak to a person, look him in the face.â
âMake no haste to be rich if you would prosper.â
âNever go to bed with cold or damp feet.â
âSalt fish are quickly freshened by soaking in sour milk.â
âDo not lean with the back upon anything that is cold.â
âNever begin a journey until the breakfast has been eaten.â
âWash all marble daily with ammonia and water in place of soap-suds.â
âTo disinfect sheets, etc., soak in chloride of lime solution, wring out and boil.â
âCesspools, etc., should be well covered on top with a mixture of chloride of lime with ten parts of dry sand.â
âTo test nutmegs, prick them with a pin, and if they are good the oil will instantly spread around the puncture.â
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