The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-06

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Virginia is simply enormous-thata al
Richmond alone being estimated at
81 600. 900 to 3, 900. 000-and the end
is not yet.
The National Grange, in session at
Cincinnati has abolished the court of
appeals and substituted a tribunal
composed of master and the execu-
tive committee.
We regret that we have not space
TO give fuller reports of the county
fairs. local damages BY water. Confer
ence, Grand Lodge. &c. But We cater
for many kinds of readers. and must
have many kinds of items
AT the \. c. Conference. the Re
port of Collections for missionary pur-
poses showed the receipt of So. 400. So
for Foreign, and S2.311.13 for Domes-
tic Missions. OF the ten districts. that
of Hillsboro headed the list with a to-
tai of S163. 90 Raleigh reported $451, :
81 for Foreign and $3.50 90 for Domes-
tic Missions.
1t is a curious fact. illustrating
the necessity for cleanliness and keep
ing the pores of the skin open, that if
coat of varnish. or other substance
impervious to moisture. be applied to
the exterior of the human BODY. death
will ensue in a period of about six
hours. The experiment was tried on
French criminal.
DIR. Pride Jones tells the Hillsboro
Recorder of a variety of corn called
7uscaDIf the seed Of whichs liax pro-
cured from S. A. Williams, Esq, of
RingwOod. 1t averages 10 feet to the
ear. and 4 feet above had 90 blades of
fodder. most of them over 3 feet in
length and very broad. Excellent for
forage.
"A Chicago clergyman says no
true woman would ever let man put
on her shoe. WI. ReUieu.
But many woman has put her shoe
on man. if there be any truth in the
common phrase .'she kicked him."
And, by the way. some persons use it
who would be mortified did they but
know its origin.
Time flies fearfully fast nova
days. Why, it seems only week or
so since our young friend Jonquill was
married. and yesterday we saw baby
carriage. two rocking horses, an India
rubber rattle. and half dozen toys
scattered along the front piazza. while
a negro nurse was dandling a red-fian-
mel something or other, in her arms,
at a window
What strange world this is, And
what queer folks people it. In Nor
folk, Va. on Sunday. Benjamin God
FREY. aged 10. shot his sweetheart, and
himself. dead, from jealousy. The
same day, in Montgomery. Ala, An
tome Nicrosi. and Miss Amelia Sharp,
were found dead in the cemetery
having slain themselves for love. They
left note explaining the deed.
Commissioner Polk went to Nor
folk on Saturday to meet the Fish
Commissioners of Virginia and Mary
land. and Prof Baird of the U. S. Fish
Commission. with whom he will visit
the Albemarle fisheries with view to
selecting site for a fish hatchery for the
three States. Col. Polk will keep his
ewes open. and give Us the benefit of
his observations.
-Nillainv plays some queer pranks
out in Kansas. One chap, desiring 70
get even with neighbor. carefully
punctured peck or more of apples.
inserting arsenic under the skins. and
then scattered them at night under
the latter's favorite tree. 1t was not
an entire success. for only two women
of the family died. But others were
made quite sick
Lovers of something singular In
the line OF bookbinding should attend
the forth coming sale In Paris. when
the constitution of the French Repub-
lie" bound IN human skin. Is TO be
auctioned off. Such binding. however.
is bv no means rare. as the public Il
brarv of Bury st. Edmunds contains
an octave volume bound with the skin
of an executed murderer) and Rus
sian poet recently presented his Lady
love with his works bound in the skin
of his own leg, which had been ampu-
tated some months before