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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-06
Chances to Become Rich

There are great many people who
are living anxious lives, and wasting
time in watching the fluctuations of
the stock market. and trying to get
points and private information that
shall enable them to make q fortune.
They are risking their capital in a busi-
ness in which, from the nature of
things, ninety nine must lose in order
that one may be successful. We hear
OF the successes always but the losses
are kept as secret as possible, since
the losers expect and receive no
sympathy. Meanwhile. q thousand
chances TO make more than a ordinary
interest on their money, and often
large fortunes are escaping them every
day. In any growing city. land in
creases in value faster than ordinary in
terest. In some :cities, this increase
Is so great that many capitalists have
been content 10 hold well-located prop
erty for the rise. without any improve
ment whatever, although the additional
investment for Improvements, if con-
sidered separately, will often yield two
" N"'SS PNi tNhN' pei AhOuthi bcsAuos
Fastening the increase in the value of
the land Hundreds of families can be
found now who have comfortable homes
that are annually increasing in value,
because a small part of their capital
was thus securely anchored. while
everything else they possessed vanished
shortly after the husband was tempted
to indulge in stock speculations: The
money that has been lost in this man.
ner, if it had been invested 9 few years
ago in vacant lots at current prices, in
what was then the outskirts of the city.
would have made the family rich. Any
one who has lived few years in this
city can point out hundreds of cases
where land has risen in value from IS
to $50 and 800 per front foot. and land
then held at higher rates in proportion.
A few years hence. those now here will
have an abundance of similar stories to
tell, the moral of which will be, And
there ] might have made my fortune if
l had let speculation alone Stocks rise
without regard to their intrinsic value,
and fall naturally, because valueless or
overrated. But none need expect to
see the day when any well-located lot
in the city will be cheaper that it is at
present. With few exceptions. the
foundations of the largest fortunes in
this city have been investments in land
at low prices R. f. AdrSrtiseF;
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-06

THE Santa Barbara Press says:
Thousands of tons of hay will be stored
up this year. against tho possible COM,
ing of want at some time in the future,
aud safety thereby assured. The pros
pect for agricultural crops is of the
finest sort 1t will surely be year of
flush production. There has been such
a splendid abundance OF rain, and the
ground is so thoroughly saturated,
that all root crops VIII grow profusely
and yield bountifully.'
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-06

BISMARCK has been drinking several
casks of beer manufactured in New
York. He pronounces the beverage ex.
cellent. The firm that sent over the
sample has received some large orders
from. Berlin, and the indications are
that quite q trade will spring up.
Shipping beer to Germany seems q
more ertravagsnt performance than
carrying Goals TO Newcastle.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-06

PAUcA Robinson lafter a
long whistbout at the club: It's
awfully late, Brown. What will you
say to your wifey' Brown in whisper ]:
.Oh, / shan't say much, you know -
Good morning. dear or something o
that sort. She'll say the rest
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-06

AT a recent dinner of shoemakers. the
following toast Was given: May we
have all the women in the country ia
shoe. and all the men TO boo.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-06

The bes, thing ever said of ghoets
was said by Coleridge. when asked by
lady if he believed in them. No,
madam: / have seen too many of them
10 believe in them.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-06

sPURdEoS agrees with Moody as to
the marriage Of believers to unbeliev-
ers, and obstinately refuses to unite a
professor of religion with one who is
not
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-06

DAKOTA has raised 1000. 600 bushels
of wheat last year.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-06

THE necessity of economizing N the
agricultural districts has deprived
many mechanics and laborers of en-
ployment, and driven them from the
towns and cities. which are, at the same
time receiving immigrants fleeing from
the depression on the Atlantic Slope:
and it will be difficult, If not impossi-
BILE. to find work for these people
through the Summer and Fall.
We have said. aud our opinion is
shared by professional orchardists, that
there is chance for q million men In
this Territory to make comfortable
homes bv cultivating small fruits for
drying. The market for fresh frnit is
supplied so well that there is not much
profit in its cultivation, unless under
exceptional circumstances; although
there might be. if some great improve
ment were made in the facilities and
expense of shipment to the Eastern
States; but it will not do to trust to
such contingency. Dry fruits. nuts
pickles etc. have great advantage
over fresh fruit in their keeping quail
ties and their high price as compared
with the freight. The trees and vines
once planted will not be affected by
drought. and by their regularity oi
yield give a security which the growing
of grain for expectation can never have
in this Territory.
The cultivation of fruit for drying
however, requires a special knowledge,
persistence and capital or credit not
possessed by many of the men now
seeking opportunities to establish
themselves: and while there are chan
ces for million. yet 1t is unsafe to ad-
wise any special individual, possibly
lacking in the needful qualities OF
means. tn lay out one of these orchards.
The land is vacant, however, and while
10000 men are clamoring for employ.
ment, the Territory is foil of work or
opportunities for it; and We can scarce
ly look in any direction without seeing
place where labor could be spent with
profit; and where we know it will be
spent at no distant time.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-06

THE cattle that are driven in Texas
this spring will number 223,OO0.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-06
KALAMA TO TACOMA
CONNECTIONS.

CONNECTIONS.
At TACOMA, with Pacific Mail Steamships for
Victoria and San Francisco. aud with Sound
Steamers tor Seattle, Steilacoom, Olympia. and
oil points on Puget Sound.
At Lake View. with Stage for steilacoon.
At Tenino, with Stages for Olympia.
At Kalama with o. 8. n Co.'S boats for Port.
land and all points on the Columbia river.
At Portland, on Wednesday and Saturday at {
A. NJ. with steamers for Port Townsend, Victoria
Nanaimo. New Westminster and Fraser River.
Through Tickets for sale at Principal Offices OF
the Company. and at the Once of the o. 8. N. Co.
ia Portland Oregon, TO Victoria and Seattle, and
via p. NJ. 8. 8. Co.'S Steamships from Tacoma,
and D. 8. 8. Co. and p G. 8. 3. Co.'s steaushi ps
from Portland to San Francisco.
Through Tickets to Portland. Oregon, for sale
at Victoria. Seattle. Tacoma and Tenino.
8. A. BLACK.
General Superintendent.
W. WAYNE vOGDEs
General Ticket Agent.
W. H. PUMPHREY. Ticket Agent st Seattle.
W. oct3l
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-06

new Hampshire's tobacco crop svera-
ges 300 pounds to the acre.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
MARBLE WORK.

Monuments, Head-Stones. etc, con-
stantlv on hand or designed and exc
cuted to order.
Orders solicited and promptly at
tended 10. ieb .-ly
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
How People Will Lie.

A short period of steady persis-
tence in such unblushing false
hoods as have lately found their
way into print will place the stand
ard of newspaper veracity SO low
that there will be reasonable doubts
as to everything startling which
finds its way into the newspapers.
A series of gigantic falsehoods,
manufactured almost out of the
whole cloth, is the foundation for
this assertion. Within few weeks
past three gigantic sensationalisms
have been manufactured and pub
lished extensively, II of these
having been located in Virginia,
another in North Carolina and still
another in Georgia. The first and
second first found light in a Gin
cinnati paper, n of them being a
big SANDER on the people Of the
Valley of Virginia, charging the
residents Of Staunton and vicinity
with the inordinate use of opium
and the other was a sensational re-
port from Western North Carolina
in which a bride, on the very night
of her marriage, is discovered by
her husband to be in a very deli
cate condition, the result early the
next morning being the death OF
the woman, the severe woundlng
of her paramount and the flight OF
the incensed husband. Both Of
these have been proven to be base
abrications, without the shadow
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Coming South.

Sometime since Messrs. a. Raw
son and IL. Britton, Of Writings
vile, Mass, were sent out on an IN
specting tour though Virginia and
North Carolina by parties at Whit
ingsville who proposed in.migratlng
to the South.
After carefully looking through
Virginia and the Western portion
of this State the gentlemen decided
to locate in the old North State,
stating as their reason of preference
that the climate suited them much
better; that the farm lands were
better adapted to their wants and
that the mineral resources Of the
soil we're very rich, and when de-
veloped, as they would be at nc dis
tant day, that wealth, intellect and
indutry would concentrate. them
selves in Western North Carolina.
They were particularly pleased with
the water-power of the mountainous
country. which together with the
fertile lands and good pasturage
would eventually make North Car
DINA one Of the wealthiest and most
prosperous States Of the Union.
A large tract of land near
Charlotte has been bought by
Mr.. Britton, and Mr.. Rawson
left a few days ago for Massachu-
sets to make arrangements to
bring his party to their new homes.
They will bring their. horses and
cattle with Wilmington
Rp3,jpm-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
MARCH p, 1878

,.ruiGcent Offer! Splendid Chance
for some Enterprising Young Farmer
- Add a Beautiful Specimen of
no,,u Blooded Breed to His Stock
rard Without the Outlay of One
Penny!
Tho Publishers of the FARMER AND
urru,NIC will present a fine, healthy
non Calf, raised upon the farm
prominent officer of the North
carolina Agricultural Society, to the
ION who shall make up the largest
1T of yearly cash subscribers, before
.ho 10th day of April next. No name
'Ira,dv on our books will be counted
r course but beyond this, the offer is
anan to all, and subscribers may be en-
r,IIed from any post-ofice in or out of
the State. Persons entering the lists
for this splendid premium will please
-and on their subscriptions as fast as
obtained they will be properly cred
nod 70 the seno and the more the
raner is seen and read, the easier will
h. the work of getting up the club.
address,. FARMER AND MECHANIC.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
The Fence Law.

Apropos Of the no-fence law agi-
alton, it may not be generally
known that there are now 80 coun-
ties, the townships Of which have,
at any time, a right to vote on the
question of fence or no fence. For
the convenience Of our readers, we
have collated the acts authorizing
such vote, as follows:
BY sec. :, ch 102, Laws 1S12-'.3,
(the original act) the townships Of
D counties, Person, Orange, Ala
nance, Cabarrus and Mecklenburg,
are entitled, upon application Of
70 farmers in any township, to
the County Commissioners, at any
time, to an order for an election on
the question of fence or no fence
for such township. By CHI So,
Laws '13-'.4, the provisions of
the act were extended SO as to EN-
brace Hyde county.
BY CHI. II, Laws 1S.4-'.5, the
provisions of the above Act are
further extended to embrace %
other counties, j. c. Iredell, Cas-
well, Cleaveland, BERTHE, Chowan,
Gates, Hartford, Perquimans, Pas
quotank, Camden. Currituck, Gas
ton, Arson, Pennsylvania, Burke,
Union, Wayne, Richmond, Ran
dolph, Washington, Sampson,
Johnston and Tyrrell. By ch POI,
Laws '74-'75, 3 counties, Arson,
Union and Guilford, are entitled
the benefit Of the act upon the APP
plication Of 10 farmers in a town
ship. This last was subsequently
amended in certain particulars,
CHI. 235, Laws 1911. 1t will be
noticed that the townships of two
of these counties, Arson and Union,
already had the privilege of a vote,
requiring however the application
of twenty-five farmers IN a town
ship.
So out of our 81 counties there
are 80 counties, the townships of
which can now at any time procure
avote on the question, As to the
other counties, we suppose the
next Legislature will probably give
them the same right, but a vote by
the townships Of such counties
would be illegal till such Legisla-
tive sanction has been obtained
Raleigh NeWs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21

of a foundation in truth. The
third Of the series is relative TO the
big tornado reported from Atlanta
last Sunday in the terrible destruc-
ton of property there, while an in
yestlgatlon Of the facts has dis
closed 1t TO have been simply a
small storm. the damages in the
entire city not having been over
5000 and In the whole State not
more than $1,000. Verify. how
some people viii lis .-Wilmington
Reriew.
The explanation i that the
hard times" are driving South
ward many Of the class Of ''Bohe-
mlans' Of the great cities, who
have been accustomed to making a
few dollars now and then by writ
ing for the dailies at s to SO per
column. They now find the South
a good field to work up into sensa-
tlonal articles which sell readily.
and are readily believed through
out the North. We fancy We could
name the writer Of the CLAY coun-
ty" lie.-ED. Z. & II.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21

looking fine and gave credit to his
groom. Next came a son Of Rel
Dick, Little Dick, a. fine a piece
OF horse-fesh a ever was scruti-
nlzed By an inspector Or judge; he
IS SIX years old. and his dam :
Rebel, by Arlington: 81 dam Haw-
kIn's Fashion By imp. Trustee.
Following Little Dick came a three
y~ear-old son Of Red Dick, dam An
MS; then came the old fa,orite and
pet, as she was always called By the
stable bows, Mary Long; she !
locking fine a silk, aud has >
yearling al her side which. think.
cannot fall 10 distinguish himself il
properly handled. Next came
Annis and Sally Cotton. both look
ing fine. must not forge. TO men
ton the old standby. Mary Day.
who Is the dam Of Mary Long.
Hobkirk, and other such good ones.
Hatteras and Salamanca are both
at the Roanoke and Tar River Fair
Grounds. both taking their work
finely and seeming : relish il. and
| think that Hatteras VIII make il
hot for Tom Bacon in their match
Of two miles for $500 a side.
Yours truly,
". jennings, IN.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
MARRIAGE.

Marriage is to woman at once the
happiest and saddest event of her
life: it is the promise of future bliss
raised on the death Of all present
endowment. She quits her home,
her companions, her occupations,
her amusements,- on
which she has hitherto depended
for comfort, for affection. for kind
ness, for pleasure. The parents
by whose advice she has been guided;
the sisters to whom she has dared
impart every embryo thought and
feeling; the brother who has played
with her, by turns the counselor and
counselled, and the younger child
rem to whom she has hitherto been
the mother and the playmate, ali
are to be forsaken at one fell stroke.
Every former tie is %loosened, the
spring of every hope and action IS
to be Changed; and yet she fees with
low into the untrodden path before
her. She bids a fond and grateful
alden to the life that is past, ana
turn wi tn excited hopes and JOY
Gus : tic ipations of happiness 10
me. Then woe to the man tina
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Tobacco Dust as a Fertilizer.

A correspondent writing from
Lords Valley. Pennsylvania to the
New York World, makes an in
quiry regarding tobacco whether
good for manure, and what its
value is, compared with lime and
plaster. This matter was referred
to the Farmers Club, and elected
the following discussion:
A member replied that tobacco,
when growing, is exhausting to the
soil, and if returned toit in form of
a fertilizer, will restore the elements
taken away. He would mix the
tobacco dust with the compost pile.
Robert J. Dodge said that any
animal or vegetable matter is good
for soil, but some growths are too
powerful to apply in concentrated
form. He thought that care is re-
quired in the application of tobacco
as a manure. He had used tobacco
water on plants for years, but ten
der growths required a weak solu-
ton.
A gentleman present considered
tobacco dust worth the cost OF
transportation provided the dis
distance IN not too great, and be-
lieved that it compared t~avorably
with lime as a manure.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
QUICK WORK.

In Col. Wortham's History Of
Granville, written for the Free
Lance. the following record Of the
first murder trial in 5hat county, is
gwen
Granville County
At Court held at Major james
Paines on Saturday. the 18th day
of August Ammo Domini Ia, Pur-
suant to an Act Of Assembly con
corning Servants and slaves, before
William Pearson. James Paine and
West Harris Esquires, Justices Of
the same county, and Israel Robert
son, Daniel Harris and Richard
IIaTgroye, Gentlemen, F~reeholdcrs
Of the same and owners Of Negro
Slaves within the same for the trial
Of Negro George, a man Slave be-
longing to John Macon Gentleman
For felloniously numbering William
Taryer late Of the said county, the
said negro George being led TO the
Barr and arraigned Pleads that he
is not Guilty Of the Murder Of the
said William Taryer, and thereup-
on the Court having heard and cN-
amined the witnesses for the crown
against the said George and him
heard in his own defence do adj
Judge the said George guilty of
murder Of the said William Iaryer
and it is therefore Considered by
the said Court that the said George
for the said offence be hanged by
the neck until he be dead. and that
Henry King, Constable, Execute
the said George, between this and
SIX Of the clock IN the afternoon
and that the Court do Value the
said George to be worth Forty Two
Pounds Ten Sterling proclamation
money.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21

steps away, so hidden that | could
not see 1t till started up. | have
rice stalks grown way up here; al
most every product of the earth
a be made to grow on this Belt.
FARTHER up into the mountain,
where the grapes flourish naturally,
the growth on a single acre was
this; have the statement from a
gentleman of the region, in western
North Carolina, Haywood county:
The gentleman who cut the hay
from his land was Col. Cathav,
the yield was seventeen tons six
hundred pounds from one acre in
the same season, three cuttings.
Major Cobble grew on five acres in
one season 800 bushels oats, 200
bushels of corn. These are given
to show the possibilities of the land
when the best. The average is
much less, rendered so, we believe,
by very poor tillage, except in some
cases where the Southern man or
the Northern settler deals fairly
with the land, and employ time in
labor on the farm, utilizing the
weeds and grapes for manures
which grow, and not allowing them
to be licked up by the sun or dissi-
pated IN the air. Fruits are grown
with very little care in this region,
and apples in perfection up III the
mountains of this State and North
Carolina. Peaches in quantities
grew last season SO abundantly,
that / have seen here thousands of
trees literally broken to pieces by
the weight Of the fruit. One
grower told me a thousand bushels
Of his were eaten by his hogs. They
can be had from June to Novem-
Der. Apricots, figs, grapes and
melons of fine quality can be
abundantly grown, and yet many
homes and plantations are without
them, simply because trees, vines,
shrubs and -so-forth are not plant
ed and cared for. Writing, | men
ton these facts which, when con-
veyed to a Northern mind at once
suggests the possibility and practi-
bility of having them all, with
labor and attention, which he would
be likely to bestow. And how
greatly these add to the comfort
and healthfulness Of the family he
would consider.
l have passed this much of the
"
winter here, and have found it
neither too cold nor too warm.
My daughter accompanied me,
came an invalid and without medi-
cines, seems quite restored to
health. And my little son has
greatly grown in flesh and vigor.
If | am enthusiastic on the matter
of the climate and the healthful-
ness of this region, | am not so
without reason. To persons III Ill
health to come to this part of the
State in the winter, and IN the
summer to the mountains beyond.
is to obtain relief, and IN cases not
too far along, cure. The cost of
reaching here to see for yourself is
not great
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
WILLIAM PERSON,
JAMES PAINE,
" Est

This whole proceeding though
then in accordance with law and
usage is revolving to modern ideas
Of Justice. The accused was ar
raigned with unseemingly haste
and in the absence of counsel and
witnesses in his defence was tried
SO recently after the offence charged
that public feeling had not had
time to subside. He was taken
from the bar Of the Court to the
gallows and executed with, at most,
a few hours delay. "Jedwood JUS
tice," which hung a man first and
tried him afterwards, was a little
speedier than this sample Of frontier
punishment
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21
Chat from Weldon, n. @.

| visited the MarGuer stock farm
this morning and made a close
scrutiny of all the thoroughbreds
owned by Gen. II. ". Ransom.
Among the first that | saw was the
old and reliable son of Lexington
and Alabama. Red Dick, who was
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-21

can blight such fair hopes, who a
coward-like break the illusion that
has won her, and destroy the conf
dence which love has inspired, 5.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-29
THE DAILY STAR
TUESDAY.................JANUARY 90

My In order 10 accommodate Eastern ad-
yertisers in the STAR, Mr.. E. Duncan Snihen,
No. ~ Astor House. New York City, has been
appointed our general and special agent for
the Eastern States. This will be branch office
of the STAR, Mr.. Snifen being authorized 70
make advertising contracts on our behalf, and
receipt all collections therefor IN our name.
Esy- CINCINNATI, Jan. 1880 p. M.-Pro-
visions quiet. Mess pork trm and moderately
active Meats quiet and steady. Lard in fair
d,mand and firm. Whisky quiet and with
out change in prices. Corn fairly active and
steady. Wheat in light demand but
nrmer in tone, with lighter receipts.
Flour in good local demand and
with no material change. Oats quiet. Bar
ley, moderate movement, full supply and
steady. Rye quiet ami a shade easier. God
stronger Mt lU2A. Money quiet and easy, with
only moderate demand
BSy~ ~WEATHER.-Probabl cloudy or partly
coudy weather and rising temperature for the
next twenty four hours.