The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-11
VOL. III.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS -
Not SO. job Osborn
Ralei9b an0 Roundabout.

God bless the man wlo invented
ice.
A yotcn in company signifies gap
i'll conversation.
Hunger is the motive power that
runs the machinery of life.
Judge Dick delivers an address
before the state Normal School.
The roll of pupils now at the Uni
Nersity Normal School numbers 35S,
and others coming.
The funeral of Mrs. Theo III. Hill
was conducted from the Methodist
church on Friday last,
The Premium List of the State Fair
is being arranged. Capt. c. B. benson,
Raleigh, is Secretary.
Speaking of Speeches, now is the
time to bring in that basketful which
you promised last spring.
Gov. Vance has re-appointed the
North Carolina Railroad Directory
Col. j. A. Gilmer, State proxy.
Wake county magistrates will
meet on the 1st Monday in August to
elect County Commissioners.
Isaac Bynum, colored, murdered
Tom Saunders, an old negro, on the
same farm, in Wayne, last week.
Gen. w. p. Roberts, of Gates, was
thrown from his horse, and suffered
the fracture of his thigh recently.
Lieutenant Gov. Jarvis is occupy
ing the gubernatorial office during the
enforced absence at Charlotte, of Gov.
Vance.
That energetic, never-yielding
Granger, J. A. H., of Iredell, calls
upon the patrons to sustain their organ.
Sensible to the last
L. F. Larkin. Sheriff of Halifax,
doesn't approve of the recent coun-
ty Republican convention, and is "out
as an independent"
Probate Judge Bunting has APP
pointed Jas. I. Hunter, Justice of
the Peace in Neuse township vice
Thomas Yeargin, deceased.
Col T NJ. Holt, DIR. r. B. Haywood,
H. w. Fries and NJ. l.. Holmes, were
elected Directors of the n. {. r. r. at
the Hillsboro meeting to-day.
The Pitt county Democrats have
invited Judge d. G.. Fowle to speak In
that county during the campaign =
expressing the invitation i'll the most
complimentary terms.
Winston appears to have bad the
fourth of July all to itself, in North
Carolina this year. The celebration, by
all accounts, was an unusually Pleasing.
Patriotic, and Practical Parade.
We regret not being able to accept
the invitation of Alderman John c.
Blake to picnic at the Johannesburg
vineyard two or three miles from the
city on July's Fourth. The guests had
a jolly time.
The Managing Editor has nothing
whatever to do with the business, or
mailing departments of the FARMER
AND MECHANIC. His duties consist in
furnishing copy, reading proof, and
similar matters appertaining to the
EDITORIAL office.
1000, 600, 600 cigars were consumed
in these United States last year, and
$4,000, coo pounds of tobacco, being an
increase of 5000, 900 pounds of the lat
Ter, and 80. 600, 900 of the former, arti-
eles over the consumption of 1876 So
says the BdltimOredn.
1t shows the extent to which NAL
prac,ice is carried among the 'fashion-
able people of the North, that Madame
Restell, the abortiOnist. could afford to
live in a house worth $4,000, and to
pay the Neac York Herald more than
$3.50, 900 for advertising
The Charleston Ne,rs and Courier
contains a ten-column account of an
interview with the outlaw, Redmond,
who is described as very handsome,
gallant, and chivalrous; SO much so
that even the Revenue officers respect.
almost as much as, they fear him. or
course, this is little rOse-colOrei.