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

Judge Carpenter, of California, tells
this anecdote of James *. Folks term
of the Presidency Polk was a tenn
perate but not an abStinent man. of
very regular habits. He rose early at
the White House, aud had his servant
bring, punctually, a very large cock
tail IN a tall glass, of which he drank
just one-half. and left the other half
for his return from his morning walk.
On this walk he required the company
of Marshall Polk, his nephew. Young
Polk was also fond of a cocktail, though
his uncle did not know it, and would
not c~ountenance it. However, they
the daily occasion. when Marshall,
pretending to have forgotten some
thing, would slip back and drink nearly
all the remaining half of the cocktail
and pour in some water. After re-
turning from the walk President Polk
repaired to his chamber in a brown
political study, and seizing the tumbler
gulped down the water and sediment.
and then exclaimed "Paugh !" This
continued with regularity, and the
cheat was never found out. Polk now
lies before his dwelling In Nashville,
inferred in his yard, and Marshall
Polk has not pee heard from since the
beginning of the war.-Exchange.
If the writer had been at the Meek
lenburg Centennial, in 1915, he would
have heard Col. Polk deliver an excel
lent address. He and his uncle were
both born in Mccklenburg, but he
now lives in TenneSSee.-ED. f. & Nj.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
According to the Reidsville Times,

According to the Reidsville Times,
Jasper, the horse thief, 10Y in Green's
boro Jail, is a gay lark indeed. He is
a rogue of the most deXterouS kind.
He traded to Sid Lea, of CaSwell, a
horse and buggy he had stolen from
Mr.. Ball, of Fayetteville, and he has
sent Lea the money for the horse and
buggy. He is a s,eight-of-hand per-
former in more senses than one. He
wants to be whipped, branded and
turned loose SO as to continue his
profession" He says he belongs to
a gang of thieves, and told of some
gentlemen around Goldsboro from
whom he had lifted horse flesh. Jasper
is a fine looking fellow, tall, slightly
bald, and wears a light moustache.
He sailed at times under the name of
Blalock.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

Watauga-A. j. Mcbride.
Wayne. f. Gadsby, T. B. Hyman.
Wilkes-L. Harrel, j. T. Finley.
Wilson-R. w. King, Frank w
Barnes.
Yadkin DIR. Long, Fl. c. Wilson.
Yancey-J. R. L. Neill, n. NJ. Wilson.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

Raleigh Ne,rs Nathan Waters, who
murdered a Mr.. Johnson, in Rich
mond county, some time since, has
been captured in Georgia, and is now
awaiting the requisition of the Gov
ernor.... 1t is expected that the work
on the tunnels OF the Western North
Carolina Railroad will be finished. and
that the cars will be running to Grey
Eagle, 10 miles from Asheville, by the
lst of January neNt.....The room OF
our worthy State Treasurer. DIR. W orth,
at the Marlborough House, was entered
one night during Fair week. and a
valuable gold watch and considerable
monoy was taken from under the pill
low upon which the Doctor was sleep
ng.....T The Danville Ntos relates that
on last Friday evening Miss Sallie
Durham, living near Pelham, in
attempting to kindle a fire with Morn
ing Star" oil, exploded the can and
burned herself SO badly that life was
despaired of.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24
OcToB ER24, 1878.
Department Of agriculture
state Board OF Agriculture, Immigra
tiO1 and Statistics.

y y VANCE. Governor and ex ofiiciO Chair
w" G. KERR. state Geologist and eN ofncio
* = BATTLE. President State Agricultural
Conepe and ex office member of the Board.
r. NJ. HoIE, President State Agricultural
Society and eX ofticiO member or the Beard
: n. Master State Grange, T..
az II and ex officiO member Of the Board.
J. K THIGPEN, of Edgecombe county.
JoSATHAS EVANS, of Cumberland county.
IEo<IDAs /. POLK. Commissioner
THos. j. ROBINSON, Secretary and Treas
urer.
ONCE. second floor OF Briggs Building
Raleigh, y. &.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-24

The population of the State being at
that date about LOO, 900, or more,
there are about four nOn-church
members to every member. Allowing
half of these to be children, there still
remains the astounding fact that to
every church member in North Caro-
lima, there are two adults who profess
no religion in an form-Jewism, Cath
Ollie or Protestant.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

INDIAN CHILDREN AT HAMPTON IN
sTITUTE. Capt. R. II. Pratt, T.. S. A., il
in the city making arrangements to pro-
coed to the Sioux country for the purpose
of bringing East number of indian chill
dren of that tribe to be educated. The
children, about fifty in number, males and
females, will be entered at the Hampton
Va, Normal and Agricultural Institute.
After their entrance to this school Captain
Pratt will retain charge of them until they
become satisfied and at home amid their
new surroundings and duties. The males
will be taught agriculture and given a
good common school education. The
females will be instructed in branches of
parallel usefulness. The expense of edu-
eating them will be borne by the Interior
Department. In addition to these chill
dren a number of young women from the
KiOwa and COmanche tribes will also be
entered at the Hampton Institute. This
will be at the instance of Gen. Armstrong,
its president. There are now at the school
a number of young male Indians, who were
released from imprisonment at st. Angus
tine some time ago by Secretary McCrary
General Armstrong thinks that if they be
thrown in contact with young women of
their tribes-the Kiowa and Comanche-
they will unite with them in matrimony
1t is taken for granted that educated In-
dian couples who are Christians and have
beeen married as such will have an eleva-
ting effect upon their tribes when they
return to them. Results simil n are also
expected from the bringing UP of the fifty
Sioux children of both sexes DHushin0tOn
Star.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

LETTER FROM GENERAL GRANT
The following letter from ex-President
Grant, addressed to an army officer who was
formerly attached to his staff, ismade pub
lie in the San Francisco ssPost'' of Au-
gust 81
BERLIN, Germany, July 1. My Dear
MAJOR: The several letters you have writ
ten me, with all their Enclosures, have
come regularly to hand, and have been re-
ceived with great pleasure. 1 have been
very negligent about answering, but you
must forgive that. We are now on our
way north through Denmark, Norway,
Sweden and Russia. In the fall we eX-
pect to visit Spain and Portugal, and set
tie down for the winter at some pleasant
place, probably south Of Italy. In the
spring shall go back to the United States
and settle down for life: where, it is not
yet determined. My whole trip abroad has
been exceedingly pleasant AS yet not a
single unpleasant incident has occurred.
Every place, in every nation, and by all
classes OF society, Fl Om rulers to the work.
ing people, the greatest civilty has been
shown me, and the profoundest respect
expressed for our count ymen. AS pleas
ant as everything has been, however,
long for the time to come when l am to
return home. | would 90 back after visit
ing Spain and Portugal, in the fall Il will
nave visited every country in Europe.s
Egypt in Africa, Syria and Asia Minor in
,Asia.) only that hav,. no place to go to.
by waiting until spring, can go to my
Long Branch home, and have the summer
for preparing winter home.
.Iruly yonrs,
n
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

correspondence VI tuc otduHeoh
MOUNT SIDNEY,
Sept. 18th.
The energetic members # the flourish
ing order of the l. O. o. Fellows, at this
place, prepared an elegant supper last Sat
urday, with which to welcome visiting
members Ut other lodges, but owing to I'M
ayoidable circumstances the expected
visitors did not come.
The pulpit OF the M. E. Church, South,
was occupied last Sunday by the Rev.
Andrew Eoby, P. g. Ills interesting and
eloquent discourse was based upon the
latter clause of the 18th and the whole OF
the 18th verse OF the End chapter of Phil
ippians.
The ladies Of this place and vicinity will
have grand lawn party in the Church
Grove, on the Gath inst, commencing at
2 O'Clock and continuing until 10 T. M,
the proceeds to be applied exclusively to
the repairing Of the NJ. e. Church, South.
A sumptuOus supper will be furnished for
rs cents. The ladies will have tables laden
with every kind of refreshments, which
will, even to an epicarean taste, prove
illuminated with Chinese lanterns. The
Stonewall Band will be in attendance.
The Hon. J. T. Harris and Capt. John
Paul are expected to speak in the after
noon upon the political issues of the day.
The Sunday school anticipate holding a
picnic on Saturday, the 18th inst.
We are happy to notice Miss Margaret
l.. Houston. an accomplished lady of Har-
risonburg, Va. among the visitors at this
place.
Owing to the scarcity of money, business
Of every character is very much depressed.
JENNEssE.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

AMERICAN PIANOS ABROAD-A LEAD
ING BALTIMORE FIRM ESTABLISHES A
BRANCH HOUSE IN LONDoN.-It is in
teresting and gratifying to note the fact
that Messrs. VIM. Knabe & Co., one of
Baltimore's leading manufacturing firms,
has been solicited by great London music
house to establish an agency in that city
for the sale of their pianos throughout
Great Britain. The London firm referred
to is the leading music house Ut the Eng
lish metropolis. Messrs. Metzl,r Il Co.. of
Great Marlborough street, whose establish
ment is familiar to all Am, ricans who
travel abroad. This gives To Messrs
Knabe u Co. an agency ring all OF
Great Britain, and also an outl' for their
instruments throughout continental Eu-
rope. It Is, Of course, Unnecessary to
speak of the excellence OF The KnaD be
pianos; but while they are so W dely known
throughout the United States, their repu-
tatlon abroad and the demand for them in
other countries than ours to such an ex
tent as to prompt the leading London firm
to purchase them directly, is IN event in
the piano trade Of America worthy OF
special mention. Baltimore is to be con-
graduated upon the enterp:iz of such a
wide-awake and public-spiritel house as
that of knabe Il Co., through whose eff
forts our manufactures have gained an en-
viable reputation in other Countries as
well as the United States. M,ssrs. Metz
Ter & Co.'S representative vi tied Balti-
more a few days ago and clos the final
arrangem ents with Messrs. K.,abe u Co.,
leaving With them large orders and he
speaking an extensive business in the
early future. A large shipment Of grand
and upright pianos-the styles most desired
in European cities-was made during the
present week, and it is probable that
Messrs. Knabe u Co., will find IL necessary
now taxed to its fullest capacity in supply
ing the home trade for their Baltimore
Gazette.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

DANvILLE's MONUMENT TO THE Con
FEEDER ATE DEAD.-The third of Septem
Der in Danville must have been there just
such day as the l4th Of June WAS in Staun
ton. The city and cemetery Were profuse
ly decorated, and there was alarge pro
cesslon Of citizens and soldiery. Capt. Jno
5. Wise delivered the Grafton, which Gen.
Echols had been invited tomake, and his
speech is spoken of in high terms. The
monument is twenty-four feet high, of
bluish-gray granite, and the mound of
earth at its base will be covered with grass
and flowers. The head of Gent Lee in
bronze ad0rns one face Of the shaft, and
that Of Genl Jackson the other. There
are inscriptions in English and Latin.
This is the u4e in English:
CONFEDERATE DEAD
Memorial Tribute of Nrginia's Daughters
to The Fulkla Brave.
They died as men Hho nobly commended
for the cause of right and truth.
They soLtl, lie and sWeetly 81 ep
Patriots know that these fell in the eff
fort to establish just government and per-
petuate constitutional liberty. Who die
thus will live in lofty example
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

ELECTING A DoTCoR.-A correspon-
dent of the Alexandria "Gazette" who has
travelled in the far " est writes to that
paper as follows:
ter by trade, named Goodrich, who has
just been elected a physician. Think of it,
We learned disciples of Esculapius who
have trimmed the midnight lamp year in
and year out in pursuit Of medical educa-
ton and knowledg think of it, ye who
your profession at half a dSzen of the best
universities in the land, and the walls of
whose offices are decorated with the great
red sealed cerrIflcaIes and dipioI1as or
your proficiency and skill; think of this
ignorant froatiersman, who don't know
calomel from strychnine. or cloves from
arsenic. being elected by the popular vote
to assume the overwhelming responsible
ties of practising physician"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

About $500 cases have occurred since Ine
outbreak. Surgeon Reyes telegrapns mat
1.-THE fever is on the increase, ana IL IL IN
possible to obtain accurate data"
A telegram from Memphis TO-DAY ssaCes
that there is no abatement OF the Iev ,
and the working force is growing smaller
daily; also, that two Towards dleo Yesler-
day and five physicians are down to-11ay y
The state Of affairs is indescrlbaple Only
seven collins makers are left in the Guy.
The Towards have telegraphed 70 To- hlch-
mond, Ind. and Cincinnati for l,Ooo ready
made collins.
NEARER HOME.
GALLIPOLIs, OHIO, September, LIN
the vicinity of where the plague snip Johll
Porter was moored and in a radius OF sev-
en- miles, the northern boundary OF whlch
is two miles from this city, there are repor,
ted to be from fifteen to twenty cases VI
fever. sew, II deaths have occurred since
Sunday. Much excitement prevails mere
and citizens are sending their 1anlil ies
away in every direction. 1t has Deeh uecl-
ded to scuttle and sink the plague poat.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

The London academy" says: Jewish
scholarship in Amer lea is maxim. itsmark
We have received valuable transatisll
of the Songs of Solomon, - by Dr. KoHer,
rabbi q Chicago. He Considers it a emf:
dramatic poem, with interlocutnrs AID
chorus, and dates it at the best pat of the
post-Hezek;en age.''
Governor HAMPTON, it % feared, will be
prevented by sickness from entering act
lively into tie South CAROLINA Campaign.
: Gen. Butler is ths largest individual
taxpayer in Lowell Mass. He. annua1lv
contributes 81, e36 t. the public treasury,
The residence Of. =. Walden, near Lin
den Station, in Faauir county, was dam.
aged by fire last eek.
Circuit Court. ldge Mclaughlin, COM
mences in Highlaa. Friday Oath.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

A LUNATIC ASYLUM HORROR.-The
trustees of the Longview Insane Asylum,
a State Institution located at Carthage,
near Cincinnati, had a special meeting
Friday, when Mr.. Andrew Mullane, one
of their number, made a charge that DR..
Miller, the superintendent Of the institu-
ton. had recently established a room in
the building for the purpose of dissecting
the bodies of the inmates who die there
while under treatment. His statement
was further substantiated by the story of
an assistant, named Dougherty, who says
that the bodies OF four or five patients, who
died this summer, were thus disposed Of,
and after they had got through with them
the flesh aud other portions not used, were
shot through pipes into sewer, and from
thence into IA pond in the neighborhood.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

The ninth annual session Of the Virginia
Medical Society, will convene in Peters
burg on Tuesday night, the 22nd October.
DR.. John H. Claiborne of that city is the
President.
Commissioner Steele sold on the 4th inst
the Jordan Alum Springs for the sum Of
$14 900. The bondholders under the NOR
gage being the purchasers.
The girls of San Antonio. Texas. wear
broad brimmed felt hats, hang parasols
like swords to their belts, and look like
bandits in skirts.
A Michigan man, by feeding a tramp,
accidently found long-lost brother of his
wife. Thls should be taken as a terrible
warning.
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The tramp of many a busy foot,
That sought thy aiSles, is DER,
And many a weary heart around
Is still, fOreyermOre!


How doth ambitions hope take wings!
How drOOpS the spirit now!
We hear the distant city's din
The dead are mute below.
The sun that ShOne upon their path,
NOW glldS their lonely graves;
The zephyrs, which once famed their brOWs
The grass above them waves.
Oh! could we call the many back,
WhO've gathered here in vain;
WhO'ye careless rOved where we do now,
Who'll never meet again.
How would our very hearts be stirred
10 meet the earnest gaze
OF the lovely and the beautiful
The lights OF other days!
The church stands in the midst Of a
cemetery, and all around lie those who
used to worship in this temple. A GEN.
tury's time has wrought ruin all over the
plaoe, and pillars are crumbling to decay.
There are many of the tombs and epitaphs
which claim the notice Of the visitor to
this ancient city of the dead, but that
which most attracts attention is wooden
cross, which marks the last camping
ground of ''Our Soldiers Some of these
veterans fought their last battle in 1872,
and lie side by side with many whose lives
went out in ga. They were "our soldiers
through both of them. and from genera
ton to generation We should keep fresh
their memory and green their graves.
STAUNToNIAN.
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The Gratitude of a Tramp.

In 1858 Miss Myra kellogg, eldest daugh-
ter of the late Simeon Kellogg, and sister
of Mark H. Kellogg, who fell beside Gen.
Custer on the Little Big Horn, was mar
ried in this city to Mr.. Truman J. Stafford
who had represented Green county in our
Legislature in 1852, and who, in the year
above named, had removed to the promis-
ing village Of La Crosse. The next spring,
however, the young couple moved down
into Iowa and settled on farm, and
several years since went into Dakota. He
was an honest, Woodworking man. but
never succeeded in accommodating much of
this worlds riches. -Four years since,
just after the evening meal had been eaten,
a dirty, ragged, footsore tramp called at
his house and begged for something to eat,
saying that he was on his way to Cantor
MIA, but had had hard luck, having been
taken sick after starting. Mr.. Stafford
made him welcome, and his wife cooked
supper for the stranger. They allowed the
tramp to remain over night, and he was
entertained for week until he had re-
cuperated his health, when, bidding them
good-by, he started on for California. Two
months ago the stranger who, during his
four years absence in California, had
'sstruck it rich," came back to Dakota,
and, in disguise, again spent the night I'M
der Mr.. Safford's roof. The tramp was
particular to inquire into the clrcum-
stances of Mr.. Stafford, and was told by
him that he had ''plenty Of hard work to
do. but very little money" The next
morning the tramp departed without ma
king himself known, and the conversation
~ bn :,,a hoI fornnttpn whom
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

THE SOUTHERN PLANTER AND FAR
MER.-We are in receipt Of September
number of this valuable journal. 1t con-
tains ffty-eight pages of interesting and
valuable matter. We notice in this num-
Der, among its correspondents, some of the
best farmers of the State as Colonel
Robert Beverley. Governor Smith, Judge
Smith, Judge Christian, Major Chrisman,
Colonel William M. Cabell, DR.. J. M.
Blanton, R. Perrin Graves, Esq, General
Meem, DR.. J. L. NJ. Curry, Colonel Flick
I'm and others.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

THE PRESIDENT ON THE TIMEs-Pre.
sident Hayes, in his speech at. Madison,
Wisconsin, made the following remarks
upon the state of things:
ssAfter five years of hard times and en-
barrassment, think we may look for a
change for the better in a return to sound
currency. A reduction of the public debt,
with vast crops on every hand, for which
to justify us in looking for prosperity. We
have touched bottom, and are now on the
ascending grade. [Cheers.] It is not al
ways safe or wise to forecast the future,
but it is my belief that we have new era
of prosperity before u.s."
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

The Bridgewater Enterprise" comes to
us this week greatly improved and enlarged
and really displaying an enterprise that the
little city of Bridgewater may be proud Of.
The editor, DIR. Thos. H. B. Brown, has
shown an amount of energy and tact that
seems to warrant US in predicting for him
4 successful career ,injournalism.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

The Goodson Gazette has resumed its
weekly visits from the Institution to the
nublic and to us, nothing worsted, but
rather the brighter for an idle spell, longer
than any other paper in Virginia can
boast of. es5
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

Rev. S. S. Murkland. of Farmvlle, Va.
was thrown from his buggy Wednesday
and his leg broken, This venerable min
lister is seventy three years old and his
many friends fear the result of this pain
full accident. The horse became frightened
and the vehicD was overturned.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-09-13

WHAT SQUIRREL REvEALED.-On
the blue Juniata," in Huntingdon coun-
ty, stands the quiet little town of Alexan-
dria. Years ago in and about the village
lived wild and evil man, the terror of the
country. known as ''Lewis the robber. y
Many a night traveller lost his gold, and
many wagner On the old Pittsburg and
Philadelphia pike was bereft by force of
his valuables. Last week two gentlemen
went out hunting on Short mountain, a
mile or two west of town. They shot a
squirrel which, wounded. ran into the
trunk of large Ozark. What was their
surprise when, grasping into the hollow
for theiI game, to discover an old Dutch
oven full Of Spanish doubloons, Mexican
dollars, English soverigns and other coins
all dated previous to the year 1920. Sew
erai packages of paper were found, which
crumbled to dust as soon as touched. Their
glittering wealth, which they divided be-
tween. them, amounted to several thou
sand dollars. 1t is supposed that ALL this
wealth was deposited in the tree by Lewis
the robber. "-Altoo,so (Pa.) Tribune.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF REAL ESTATE

TRUSTEES SALE OF REAL ESTATE
by virtue of a decree of trust. executed by !. +
HoDletzell and wife on the 10th day April 1877 and
recorded in Augusta County Court. Clerk Office. ID
=. W, lS6, conveying TO the undersigned trustee
Tor the benefits Of certain creditors The undivided
iourt9 interest oil the grantors in certain real estate
cestu5s que trust so to do shall offer for sale at
public auction on the premises for cash on '''
Monday, September 3Oth,
at u M, the undivided fourth interest in yaIuaba
tract OF land lying GrcenVilie cOnraininn ia
acres and known as Bears Iron Ore Bank
ROBT. II. GORDON
o Syt y ttli>h' Attorneys, Trustee.