The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
VOL. III.

There was snow west o. the Ridge
ten days ago. The top Of VI. Pi$gah
WAS GOV vt:el with 1t.
r .ad Prof. Kerr's interesting ac-
count of the big water spout i'll Clay
county.
The Kinston Rifles have received
gums and are improving rapidly in
dri!l and the manual Of arms.
--GoldSboro Messenger The military
were made to pay full railroad fare
from Raleigh to GoIdsboro. on their
way home, and they cOmplai at it.
No matter how eXtravagaLt a
young man may be, he always feels
mean when he is compelled to put
three cent stamp on a city letter.
A chair has been invented which
can be adjusted to 5000 different po-
sitions 1t is designed for boy to
sit in when having his hair cut.
-''As long as your paper continues
to be rs good as it has been in the past
-Iou't stop it; send subscriptions
when due"-O. w. s., Mt Olive, n. G.
Prof c. B. Fairchild erec ed a
"fioral marriage belle" at the Fair, and
the fair marriageable bellies made a
ring" round it from morning till
night.
"A man bought a picture of the
Temptation of Adam and Eve. Some
one asked him if it was a chaste pic
tura. YES he said, .'chased by a
snake"
Sidney Smith once robuked a
swearing visitor by saying, Let us
assume that everything and everybody
are damned, and proceed with our
subject"
-Sergeant's Chllds, and Warlick, of
the Lincolnton "Southern Sta1s," one
of the handsomest companies at the
State encampment, gave us pleasant
call on Friday.
The Directors of the Glasgow
Bank, whose failure for SOC. 900, 600 has
occasioned so much distress in Great
be apt to 60 through course OF
sprc uts.
The homicide in the Charlotte
saloon, of which an account is given
on another page, was committed by q
Young cadet, of Col. Thomas Military
Institute. named W. I'll. Priester, OF
South Carolina.
1.-THE FARMER AND MECHANIC
pleases me much and also takes wei
with all my neighbors. Enclosed finC
subscription for j. NJ. Galloway, anC
myself, NJ. c. Burch, Shooting creek
Clay county, y. c.
Charlotte Obselrer: Mr.. II. G.
Springs, who bid in the Davis farm, IL
Providence township, two weeks ago
for S6.5OO sold it yesterday, with tn
stock. implements, &c on it TO Mr
John O. Alexander for IS, so.
The newspapers, and casual Vlsl
tors, all speak in the highest terms o
Col. Polk's Museum Exhibit at tn
Fair. The Agricultural Museum is
good size Fair, itself, and is groWinI
i'm interest and value daily.
The addresses delivered before tn
Agricultural Society during Fair week
though somewhat overShadOwed b.
the excitement attending other sui
fects, We're full of interest and lnStrut
ton, as will appear when they sha;
have been printed.
George Stronach ia whole-souleC
and clever gentleman of Raleigh, an
during the dark days one of Col. Ber
nett's staff officers was unanimousl
elected an honorary member of tn
Anson Veterans at Camp Anderson, /
Raleigh, one day last week Pc D'
Herald
1t is said nearly all the second
class hotels in the country are su
reptitiously feeding their guests Q
''caul-fat," or oleomargarine, ''bu
t-r,"-it Eeing furnished from Ne
York much cheaper than the COW
can supp L. it at home.
Col. John l.. Brown, one of tt
resentatives from Mecklenburg
the General Assembly, of which |
was formerly member, spent sever
days in the city last week, and I
course dropped in at the FARMER An
MECHANIC office He could fill Il
Speakers char nicely,