The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-14

a relic Of the Re volution. Mr.. wv.
Albright, correspondent for Guilford
county. sends To the commissioner 4
cannon ball picked up on the hattie
field Of Guilfori Court Hou-r.
1t ! estimated that the fences ia
this State cost about 5000 10. \
large sum the people Ia. for keeping
ANIMALS out of their fields. \ much
smaller sum would keep them in.-Pu-
triot.
The L. :. Commissioner and those
OF North Carolina MARYLAND and Nir-
Slnia, meet to-day in Washington City
to confer a. 70 cooperative measures
looking 10 the advancement of the
mutual interests OF these states. Col.
Polk left for Washington yesterday. to
represent our State.
Children must have love inside
the house, and fresh air. and good
play and some good companionship
outslde-Otherwise Young life runsthe
greatest danger in the world of with
erlng or growing stunted, or at best
prematurely old and turned inward on
itself.
i read in the Tribune of three
Kentucky COWS killed by eating tobac-
| have seen cows eat to-
Dacco-leaves a great many times with
out INJURY, and therefore / think that
the weed does not Kill in all cases.
+. Irving Stone, Litchfield County,
Conn.
On being asked recently. in Wash
ington, what was the secret Of her per-
petual youth, Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines,
who is now over eighty years of age,
replied: Soap and water and a clear
conscience" She has fought the courts
for thirty-four years, finally winning
the battle, and some people consider
her the best chancery lawyer in the
country.
The County Commissioners have
wisely set at work the convicts in the
county work house to reIair the public
roads, beginning on the Louisburg
road. Now let the police, and the
sheritf's deputies cooperate to arrest,
under the vagrant act, all suspicious
parties IN town and county, ard We
shall have fewer tramps, and less
roguery, in Wake, at least.
The Supreme Court, in the case of
State VS.. Norris, decides that the $500
privilege tax on fertilizers, is consti-
tutional. Thus, one by one, the OBJ
stacles to the Farmers Friend Law, as
the Act creating the Department Of
Agriculture should be styled, are re-
moved, and buried. Requiescat IN
pace,
1t seems that the wreck Of the
bark Suppich, on Cape Hatteras, was
attended with some painful incidents
not heretofore reported. A siX-oared
boat attempted to rescue the crew,
who were plainly seen clinging to the
mast-top. The boat got within a short
distance of the poor fellows, but was
dashed back, and with difficulty saved
itself from the breakers. Then the
mast fell, and not a soul on board es-
capped to tell the tale Of the disaster.
Thanks to friend Bonitz for the
Semi Weekly Messenger. Goldsboro is
rapidly rising toward the importance
of a great city, and we expect ere long
to be calling for the Daily Messenger.
We collate from the present paper, as
follows: A collision occurred in the
upper part of town on Saturday morn
ing engineer Harrison, of the freight
train, was shifting cars, and though
he knew it was about time for the
down-expresS. continued his work UNI
til suddenly from out of the dense fog
came the passenger train at the rate of
40 miles an hour. Brave John Hassin-
ger stuck to the brakes, and checked
his engine sufficiently to prevent the
loss of life, though the shock was Sc
we're, and both engines badly damaged.
Judge Kerr's address in the Bap-
fist Church, on Monday night. upon
the dignity and grandeur Of the Chris
tian character. was eloquent and en-
thusiastic. :. .Ex-Gov. Brogden writes
encOuragingly concerning the Neuse
Navigation Bill The colored COM
mittee is entitled to the credit of I'M
ravelling the v%illainy Of the Morley
murder.
The commissioner is having pre-
pared a circular made up from reports
Of his correspondents setting forth IN
tabulated form, the and in
dustries of our State, together with a
list of the towns, villages and cities OF
the State, giving the county seat OF
each with the distance and direction
therefrom of all the villages etc,
in each county, and also a state
ment of all cotton and WOODEN
mills, with number of ~spindles,
looms, operations, etc. He will sen
this to such persons as he hopes are
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