The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
IIaIrigIj ano Roundabout.

Wake Superior Court, April Sth.
Quite "A demand for extra copies
hast week
One hundred and seventeen tons
o. fine dust on the street yesterday.
w. ?. Holt fell dead in the streets
oi oxford on Tuesday.
ST. Pacrick's Day was not publicly
Observed anywhere in North Carolina.
We learn that a lady named Pearce
wa found dead in her bed one night
..t vcckin Franklin county.
You chaps in straw hats and linen
busters. Just wait till the Ncrnal Equi-
ual comes along
after April 18th, the night-sched-
ME. viii be run by the passenger
rains on the Carolina Central.
Apples 40 cents a bushelin Lenoir;
% cents dozen in Raleigh. The diff
ference-lJ0 miles of railroad.
Married in Wake county, on sun
dav. March 18th, by James A. Temple,
Eso.. Mr.. Geo. r. Pool. and Miss Lewey
Buiraloe.
1t has been decided, We learn from
the Nsus. to hold a series OF races at
Weldon in April, and quite an array
) os fast nags will be there.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln Is living
quietly in France and says she fears to
return TO this country, lest she be put
where she was confined before-in a
Iunat;c asylum.
The first Presbyterian fair-folk will
hold another dime party in the Lee
ur. Room of the church tomorrow
evening. Who will lend us two
Il u.clles:
Mai. Scott of Chatham tells us that
y at 1888, or SO the winter was SO mild
u that cotton and tobacco stalks were
not killed. but threw out new shoots in
the spring.
IN Gen Clingman addressed the Wash
incton "Vine-growers Association
Wy last night on the topic of ''North Caro-
At lima as a avine-growing State" Truly
s micv theme for one SO well informed
a. he.
toy. Vance has been invited by
the Ladies Benevolent Society OF
~ Wilmington to deliver a lecture at
Il such time as NAV be convenient. Also,
al the commencement at Nottord
College, 5. c.
Hon. II. 9. Waddell, of Pittsboro,
9 Is counsel for suit laying claim to
tract of land in the heart of Whining
a ton. Ii is to lie tried at Robeson court.
IN article by Mrs. Corneha z.
II Spencer, addressed especially to the
gentle daughters of Carolina, will ap-
e pear next week. and we trust Will
% lind favor in their eyes.
Mrs. Mcpherson wishes to hear
from her son, Henry s. MCPHERSON
Sarah Clark wishes TO hear from her
brother. Thomas Clark, a native of
England. who came to North Carolina
before the war.
-Perfuming the hair is the latest
fashionable freak. al the North. Doubt
less the time is at hand when the ac-
cdental dislodgment of a ladies hat
VIII revea a cake of scented soap nest
.ils among the tresses.
Mr.. Jas. II. Southgate a Student
the University, walked the II miles
between that point and Durham, III ?
Nodrs and % minutes. step orer and
'ee Us some morning, friend South
gate.
We shall be pleased to hear regu-
lEIy from our observant contributor,
D. ). c." As general thing, farm
cts prefer to read the experience of
oIher farmers.
~ -Our toVnspeople Of Hebrew descent
.elebrated the feast of Purim on Tues
oay with much jollity; winding up
WITH Bal Uo&Gae at night. There
were nearly 80 maskers besides a large
number of ladies and gentlemen as
spectators. Dancing went far beyond
''e midnight hour.