The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-26

From the New York Sun.
RALEIGH. N. c., June, l873-Raleigh
is town, and capital town, too. II
/ is the capital of North Carolina and
| Wake county both. Wakes are not
more plenty at present in Wake coun-
/ ty than in any other county. @CheaI
john and the old " anything on the
| board for four cents man were never
! in Wake county. The Neuse river il
six miles west of Raleigh. They
built Raleigh six miles from the river
! to keep the first settlers young 'uns
! from falling overheard. 1t is 2St
miles from here TO Washington. Ii
you doubt this you have my consent
to measure it. Washington is a good
place for measures Smithffeld, 81
miles southeast of Raleigh, is9the or
/ dinary head of navigation; but in
/ high stages of water vessels come
within eight miles of Raleigh. Most
of 'em are smaller than the Great
T Eastern. Smacks get right up into
/ the city. | heard one last night.
guess it was a [" Meet me in the moon
( when the lane strikes nine" that was
doing it. 1t sounded Just as if a
c1stard pudding had fallen out of a
! third-story window on to the pave
ment. heard afterward they were
engaged. 1t sounded like an engage
ment. 4
RALEIGH's PRODUCTIONS.
Raleigh is laid out with great regu-
larity, and is elevated and pleasantly
situated in a healthy country. They
have all kinds of tar but catarrh. The
State House is gorgeous. It is model
oH of fknrs q nth 0k A
They used to have another one, but in
1881 it was destroyed by fire. 1t con-
tanned fine statue of George W., by
Conova, which, not being fire-proof,
was destroyed too. This shows what
statue of George Washington would
burn up just as quick as wooden
cigar store Indian.
Raleigh was named after Sir Walter
Raleigh, pronounced Raw-leigh, and
he introduced raw potatoes into Eng
land. He probably introduced them
in this way: Mr.. and Mrs. Boiled
Potatoes, the two Misses Mashed Po-
tatoes, Masters SteWcd Potatoes and
Fried Potatoes. There were plenty
of other toes in England anterior to
this period, bat no potatoes. Walter
discovered another rtoe-tobacco-and
he introduced that into England too.
But for Raleigh, Mr.. Cornish, Mr.. An
derson, Mr.. Solace, Mr.. Mayfiower,
Mr.. Century, MIR. Virgin Leaf. and all
those other fellows who pack tobacco
in tin-foil sardine boxes. might have
been letting rowboats at the Battery,
ormembers of Congress.
QUEER DEER AND HoLDFAsT DOG.
Raleigh was a gentleman, a courtier
and an adventurer, and he passed in
his checks some years before the Cro-
ton water celebration. Appropos of
tobacco, you often hear men down on
tobacco say that no animal but man
will chew it. To all such desire TO
say that the next time they visit Cen
tral Park they can try the experiment
on the deer, and if they don't swallow
as well as chew all the tobacco they
will furnish I'll treat.
If you will read my lettars you
must learn something, and you have
learned that North Carolina is noble
State. She produces piles of tar and
chewing gum. 1t is the stickiest place
in creation, and believe the whole
State is made out of black gum mucil-
age. [ saw dog that sat down in
1906 to scratch his ear, and bark; he
is there now he couldn't get up with
out pulling. up ground enough to-
leave well. So he stays there, and
the bark can be seen yet on the tree
in front of him. There are
lots of pine trees, but pine apples are
scarce. In the country they never
use saddles. They just put half an
ounce of tar upon the horses back,
and they can't slip of.
CATCHING A TARTAR.
Rosin grows here in barrels. It's
a cheap place to tErosin the bow" 4
female rosined' her beau here last
Friday. She threw hunk of it at
him. It struck on the chin and in
jured his spine, and now, when he
laughs, it reminds one of black Friday.
Robinson Crusoe had black Friday.
Some of the fellows who live in the
wood are so thin they have to lean
against q tree to swallow; they are
yellower than blind mans buff, and
so darned lazy they keep tame squir-
rels to shave 'em. They train the
squirrels to dip their tails in soap
suds, lather them, and then scratch
the hair off with their claws. / said
VI LtAA OdIOlA-
ma, and so there is. l caught a Tar
tar there myself saw fellow who
looked so green that if he hadn't STIR
red just as he did I'd been tempted to
pour oil and vinegar on him and cut
him up for salad. He was whiting
D stick s,9-i iiif al y
Says / Halleo. tt3 i-ai
SAYS he: Halloo yourself.
7 Dc, L. e.,
nothing, and those eggs sell for six
een cents dozen, what's the per-
of profit? tea
Says he Mr.. it would take pro-
9het-to tell, 1 reckon. -
A SMART roy.
Says I: That's so; what are you
aa-
Says he: It's a whistle out of will
er, and say, Mister, can you make a
whistle cut of bowl of soup?
Says I: No, Sir.
Says he: Well, then you aint smart.
can. .4.95
Says |: Do you mean to tell me
hat you can make whistle out of a
,owI of soup?
Says he: Yes, l can. That there is
whistle, amt it?
Says l Yes, it is.
Says he: Well, didn't make it in
,owl of soup, did 1
Says I No.
Says he: Well, then, L made that
here whistle out of a bowl of soup,
lidn't L?
That made this Northern gentleman
mad, and started to leave when he
'elled out; | say, Mister, if you'd
ived in the days of the ark, you'd
,one in through the window.
Says /: Why? s.-,.t.-
Says he: Because you're so green
hat the dove would have lit on you
irst.
Ileft under the impression that
North Carolina boys are smart. Per-
laps it's the turpentine that accounts
or it, for that viii make folks smart.
saw touching picture yesterday.
t was man in the wood sitting up
IN q trunk nnflar q hir nm hralla He