The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-10

More young Lawyers. both fiedged
and embryo, in town this week than
/ there are patches on Granny's bed
i quilt And such a coming of '.old,
/ forgotten lore :, But they have all
passed muster" and now look out
Dan Webster's ghost will be bound TO
| rise and howl for envy.
High ritual is on the increase in
/ London. Thirty-nine churches now
| celebrate daily communion three hum
| dred and forty have surpliced choirs:
!! thirty-five have eucharistic vestments;
| thirty-nine display candles on the al
| tar. and since 1867 the use of incense
| has been extended from three churches
! to sixteen.
Low prices. good fare. and cour-
| teous attentions. carry the day, nova
| days in the hotel keeping business.
| Witness BOnitZ's success at Colds
| boro'; or to come nearer home, here is
| Caleb Osborn, who took the National
! Hotel on the 1st inst, and already has
five long tables well filled each meal
! time, in his dining-room. Few per-
sons can afford to pay high prices for
| boarding in these times.
The well-known ism" list, Rev"
| rockingham, ays if the Silver Bill
| shall pass, "the honest man will suffer
and the poor man will grow poorer
How does it happen, then, Mr.. Froth-
| ing-man, that all the Wall-street specu-
| lators, and all the money-crats of New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago
| and Washington are SO anxious-oc
VERY anxious-that the bill shall not
| pass: Did you ever know one of those
chaps to not want to "pass" anything
in the shape of silver,''-from a spoon
to counterfeit Mexican quarter?
Quite sensation was produce d
among the young lawyers attending
Supreme Court, by the appearance of
young lady applicant for license
not to marry, but to study law She
Is Miss I. A. Holton. of jamestown
Guilford county; sister of one of the
young men, who obtained license. In
stature, she is below medium size,
black haired and good looking. In
dress and manner. there is nothing
indicative of forwardness or '.strong-
mindedness' the Northern sense
Her application was met by the inqui-
ry as to the power of the court to ad-
nit women to the Bar; and the case
was argued yesterday, A. w. Tourgee
appearing for Miss Holton.
Queer what notions the average
individual has of the duties and pleas
| ures G. Of an editor For example, we
had two calls the other day--one of
whom brought long description of
| the wonderful usefulness of his pat
ent stump-extractor. Brought it in
for you to print" he gracefully re-
marked, as if he owned the paper, or
was comforting favor. "All right,
we answered, About how much
| space do you wish it to occupy"
| "Oh don't want to publish it as an
| advertisement | thought you'd like
| to have it, you know, to fill up with -
You are badly mistaken, friend the
kind of ''filling we like to have" is
something that will fill up the prin
| ters stomachs. and leave pinch or SO
| for our pocket" And he went out
| looking as if he would like to apply
| his Stump-grabbler to the oable-end of
our head piece. Our other caller
bluntly wanted to know--"Why don't
you pitch into that-railroad :" and
was about to give us lecture on the
duties of the press, when we cut him
| short. DO you knOr these things to
be true Z: .Of course. | do: and its
an outrage : and every citizen ought
| to Exactly, Mr.. Toots-and now
to begin with. do you sit right down,
and write out your grievances then
| sign your name III full at the bottom,
and I'll publish it and then there
will be one citizen who has done his
duty, and the company will know
what is complained of, and No,
no, lie cried, nervously Il can't do
that : you see the superintendent Is
friend of mine and-oh no,
wouldn't have my name mixed up
with it on any consideration-and af-
ter all twas a small matter-I dare
say it was a mistake. Don't mention
it please'-and he vamoosed.