The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-06
DECEMBER 6, 1871.
EDITORIAL NOTES

WAKE, was IN session Monday and
Tuesday, and took the bonds Of tho
county officers.
Chickens sell we'll Out West
Inc Indiana Farmer reports the sale of
. palr of Buff Cochin chicks at 200
and d pair of Dark Brahmas at s25.
Mr.. Gilmore, of Gilmore Springs.
Nevada, has 300 Angola goats. The
fleece averages 6 lbs. per animal. and
sells from IS to 50 cents per pound.
The old VIM. H. HAYWOOD resi-
dence was sold to w. Fl. & r. 5. Tuck
er for S5.225.00 The furniture wa
also sold. Both went at very low
prices.
Albert Crane, of Chicago. has lust
sold two calves, only 10 months old.
tor $2S,OOO. They are blooded ..Airdrie
Duchesses." He paid $44, 800 for their
mothers. This is high priced beef.
st. Louis will have a big dog show
shortly, with $4,000 in premiums. Now
If some venerable canine Nestor
would only warn his species that a
doS-law will be passed. and every one
OF them sent to the '.demnition bow
vows If they don't abandon their
fondness for sheep, the effect would
be good.
Miss Lizzie Herrick of layers
town, Md, aged 40, after having saved
a SnlIpr sIrI1 Of n -
get married when suddenly she threw
up her hands, and became a raving Iu-
matte. Apparently there are a good
many women almost as crazy in going
to the altar, though they don't show it
quite so plainly.
Mr.. c. c. NJ, writing from Cedar
Cliff, Alamance county, SAYS much
damage was done by the floods in
washing the hill sides, Overlooking the
corn on the bottoms, and sweeping
away the newly sown wheat. Fences
and bridges will require much time.
and expense, to replace. The mills
were all stopped, and some people ran
short of bread stuff.
A case of Elephantiasis occurred
/ Philadelphia recently. Jas. Fea-
therstone aged II, began to swell and
harden until the calves of his legs
measured 30 inches in circumference,
were as hard as stone. and seemed pet
rlfied. AT length, his weight became
such that a rope and pulley were nee
essary to raise him while having his
bed changed. Medical men came
long distances to witness this rare
case.
"A clear-headed physician of this
city doesn't weep a bit when he hears
of a Savings Bank blowout. Cause
WHY We'll, you see"-says he
every failure lessons public conf
"dence in these one-horse concerns,
AN makes men, who have a few
thousands in cash, more willing to
lend, on good security to their neigh
"bors, and others, who will immedi-
lately put the money in circulation
through various business channels.
Suppose money could be borrowed
lItClN III tIllS Otdlt dl u pei CeIit III
three months there would be 200
factories in operation that are now
mot even thought Of"
We are obliged t Rev. DIR. j.
VIM. Jones, Secretary of h Southern
Historical Society, Richmond, Va,
for recent numbers of the Society
Papers" published by the Society, I'M
der his editorship. These little pam
phlets are modestly doing a great
work towards setting straight the
foolish fabrications which pass cur
rent for History of the Civil War
among northern readers. Every Con-
federate owes it to his dead comrades
to assist in relieving their memory OF
the stigmas and ISLANDERS sought to be
cast upon it. Don't you remember
how many q poor soldier tried to COM
fort himself as he crouched on his
lonely post. or pushed through the
thicket to meet the swarmlng bullets
OF a lurking foe-with this reflection
We'll. / expect to fall | feel it in my
noa1I +. Dul l. S1ldIl IL
comrades will never allow a slur to be
cast upon my name Y Wonder n
they would think upon that feature OF
the case now
We observe that the ''retired ply
s~ician," with his generous offer OF a
gratuitous cure for cOnsumptlves, stlll
f1ourishes. and runs his advertise
ments. even in the religious newspa-
pers. 1t is surprising, in view OF the
frequent exposures OF these scouii-
drels. that they can still lind enough
of dupes to pay for constant advertls-
ng. This abominable scamp, who de-
socrates the name of God by sanctl-
monious phrases hoping 1.-The medl-
DINO nv the help of God. Will work a