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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19
Improved Gin Brush and Wiper

Last winter Mr.. H. A. Walker, an
unlettered citizen of Steel Creek, in
this county, invented and last March
had patented, an improved cotton gin
brush and wiper which has met with
the greatest amount of favor among
the farmers wherever introduced. Its
advantages Over the bristle brush are
that it can gin wet Or damp cotton as
readily as it can dry; it runs one-
fourth lighter than the bristle brush
and gins faster: 1t costs only one sixth
as much as the bristle brush and the
lint is equal if not superior to the
other. A number of the best farmers
in this county have given Mr.. Walker
testimonials of the estimation in which
they hold his invention. and nearly ali
recite the advantages above set forth.
This brush is destined to supercede all
others, and we are gratified to know
that Mr.. Walker is likely to reap a
handsome pecunIary reward from his
invention. He has just sold the right
in it for the States of North Carolina
and Tennessee to our tOwnSman Mr..
l.. j. Walker, whom we can conscien-
tiously commend to the people of
whatever sections he or his sub-agents
may visit for the Introduction of this
invention. He has likewise sod the
right for Georgia to Messrs. r. A.
Grier and tt Swami, of Steel Creek,
who left on this mornings Airline
train to work UP a sale for it in that
State. These are young gentlemen of
character and standing here in their
native country, worthy of the fullest
confidence and we wish them great
success in their venture, on their own
account and for the sake of the patent
which they are selling. which is really
a meritOrious one.-Chdrlotte Obser-
Ter.
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Officers of North Carolina State
Grange, P. of q.

Nostey.-S. B. Alexander, Charlotte
McckIenburg county.
Orerseer.-N. B.. Whitfield, La
Grange. Lenoir county.
Lecturer.-T. III. Robinson, Concord,
CabarruS county.
Stetrard.-D. III. Armstrong, Ashton,
Fender county.
Asst. Steuard.-Hill T.. King, Stump
Sound Onslow county.
ChdDlain.-Rev. VIM. Grant, Jack
son Northampton county.
Treasurer.-D. w. G.. Benbow,
Greensboro, Guilford county.
Secretmy.-Joseph Z. Porter, Tar
boro'. E~dgecombe county.
cate Keeper.-W. ID. Wharton,
Greensboro, Guilford county.
Ceres.-Mrs. S. b. Alexander, Char
lotte. Mecklenburg county
Pom0na.-Mrs. n. b. Whitfield, La
Grange. Lenoir county.
FOra.-Miss Eugenia Robinson,
Concord. Cabarrus county.
Lody Asst. StetcdTd.-Mrs. ii. r..
King. Stump Sound, Onslow county.
state Business Agent.-Dr. ID. w. Z.
Brubow. Greensboro.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
S. b. Alexander, Er-OGicio Chair
man.
G.. L. French, Wilmington.
j.. l.. Polk, Raleigh.
w. III. Cheek. Warrenton.
J.. L. Porter, E.c-Oticio Secretary.
LIST OF DEPUTIES.
LIST Deputy District.-Wm. Is. Shaw,
Indian Town, Currituck county.
9nd Deputy District.-ohn A. Davis,
Tarboro'. Edgecombe county.
3rd Deputy District.-B. +. Hooks,
G~oldsboro', Wayne county.
4th Deputy District.-Hill Z. King,
Stump Sound, OnSlow county.
9TH Deputy District.-L. l.. Polk,
Raleigh, Wake county.
9th Deputy District.-Frank NJ. Pitt,
Oakville, Warren county.
18th Deputy District.-Dr. ID. A
Montgomery, Company Shops, Ala
nance county.
Sth Deputy District. W. B. Clement,
Jerusalem, Davie county.
9th Deputy District.-T. III. Robin
son. Concord, Cabarrus county.
10th Deputy District.-W. p. Rein
hardt, Hickory, Catawba county.
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
12th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
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Heroes.

Thirty or forty of the crippled sol
diers OF the Home at Washington
rendered their services, free, to nurse
yellow fever patients. We do not
know whether they were accepted;
but at all events a party of nurses vol
unteered to go from Washington. Mrs
Roberts in the Capital writes:
went down tx see the band Of he
roic men and women off, who volun-
terily went on this mission simply and
solely from a of duty. Not n
of the women who went were forced
into it by poverty. Every one had a
good home. Out of the original vol
unteers only two backed out, and they
were men; not a woman faltered; and
not n of the women asked what
compensation they were to have, but
the masculine sex did venture that
inquiry. One of the ladies who went
was a personal friend of mine. She
was a native of New Orleans and had
nurSed a sister with the fever. She
has been for sometime a gOverness in
a well known family here. l spent
the greater portion of the day she left:
with her, and heard every argument
brought to bear against her going. FL
nally n said, You are going in a
mental capacity, as a common nurse,
all the best people have left, and you
will have to take care of poor people
and negroes" Well" said she,
that only makes me more deter
mined to go; a rich person might buy
attention, but the poor cannot. l have
no ties, and l am going" | cried SO
that my face was such a sight | was
ashamed to go to the depot, but | put
a veil on and went.
Miss Goldstein, "a pretty young daugh-
ter of the jeweler, was on hand with
some lovely bouquets of tube-roses,
one of which was pinned on every de-
parting n man or woman She
gave me one, although l told her |
was only a coward who stayed at home.
The going off reminded me Of war
times. 1t was different from ordinary
partings, and the little band went off
with three hearty cheers and a tiger
from the assembled crowd.
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Swain County.

Mr.. EDIToR:-We have had an album
dance of rain for the past two weeks
which has retarded farm work. How
ever it puts the ground in good condi-
ton for blowing which is now begun
in earnest. Our fruit crop is excellent
and a large quantity has been dried
for market especially peaches and ap-
Piles. Corn. particularly the last
planting is doing finely, Our beef is
extra fine this season, as the cattle
have had fine ranges, for grazing, and
u people are looking for fair prices
when the buyers come in. This is our
cash-money-crop, and our people are
as much interested in the prices ruling
the beef market, as your planters are
in cotton.
j. L. TERRILL
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IS, 1878.
Vhe Gr0mof.

N,TE.-CommunicdtiOHs for this De-
Dartment solicited from PdtrOns an
al sections of the State.
officers Of the National Grange
Naste.-S. T.. Adams, Monticello,
Mimi.
Orersee. j. J. Woodman, Paw Paw,
Mich.
Lecture-MOrtimer Whitehead, Gin
%cinnati.
.Steirard.-A. j. Vaughan, Mem
phis.
assistant Steudrd.-Wm. Sims, of
Kansas.
Treasurer.-F. NJ. Mcdowell, Wayne,
y. y.
Secretary.-O. H. Kelley, Louisville,
by. =,
Gatekeepe.-O. D%inwiddie, Orchard
Grove. Ind.
CereS.-Mrs. Adams.
POmOnd.-Mrs. Woodman.
FOd.-Mrs. Moore.
Ltdy asst teicdrd.- Miss G. a. Hall,
Louisville, Ky.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
ID. Wyatt Aiken, Cokesbury, >. I.
Henley James, Marion, Ind.
S. III. Ellis, Springsboro, Ono.
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~SMITHFIELD, n. c..
Sept 18th, 1878.

Editor Farmer and Mechanics,
DEAR SIR:-I am receiving enquiries
in regard to saving the Spanish Chufa.
Last year bought of Julius Lewis &
Co. wire cloth three by five feet. l
placed the same in a frame with two
handles on each end. The labor of
two men were required to oscillate it.
Boys pulled up the chufa and beat
them off by hand across a narrow
bench. They We're thrown in the rid
die with a shovel. They may be dried
in sun shine without inquiry. Spread
them then. Do not bulk them while
in green state. In that condition
they are liable to sour. Do not pack
them in boxes or barrels. 1t would be
safe to spread them on a floor. l lost
a number of bushels last year because
l did not know how to save them but
[ think l know now.
r. A. ADAMS.
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rough Village, N. Y, paid a visit to
his brother Isaac on the LattlntOwn
road. Returning home toward night
fall he came by the way of Graves dye
works, and as he was passing the up
per pond a large spotted snake sprang
up from behind a clump of bushes and
bit him under the right eye. Mr. Du-
boised grasped the reptile by the neck
and hurled it from him, but as he
grasped it the snake fastened its fangs
in Mr. Dubois under the ear. On his
reaching home remedies were applied,
and by midnight the swelling on his
face and neck had been reduced.
Yesterday he was still suffering severe
", but no fatal results are anticipated.
From the Columbia Spectator.
Ed Squires informs us that there
is a snake of tremendous size in our
neighborhood, supposed to have es-
capped from some m~enagerie. 1t has
been seen by a number of persons, and
it is said to be about ten feet in length
and as large around as a mans thigh.
Farmers will not work in underground
for fear of being attacked by this mon
Ster.
From the st Louis Republican.
Miss Lydia Rusk of Jefferson CITY,
Mo-, was bitten by a snake of the cot
tonmOuth species on the 22d. While
picking up some wood for the kitchen
fire, and felt a scratch on the fore-fn-
ger of her right hand. During the
morning she subsequently bathed the
wounded finger and applied some sim
pie household remedies for such pains.
Two hours later another of the family
went for more wood, and discovered
a serpent was lurking there. On a
more particular examination it was
found that two scratcher or punches
had been made an inch and a half
apart, one on each side of the middle
knuckle of the finger. The usual an
tidotes were administered.
From the Columbia Times.
A gentleman connected with the
North and South Railroad was over
looking the work of some hands on
the road nea Mulberry Creek. AS one
of the hands was knocking away briars
with a spade a huge moccasin fell out
of the bushes, and dropping near the
Negroes foot, Immediately wrapped
himself about one of his legs. The
snake struck at the man several times,
but the spade acted as a shield, and
the mans companions killed the rep
tile. His fangs were one inch long.
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Grange

l have heard it said the grangers con-
template the building of a cotton fac
tory at Stoves falls, with a capital of
one hundred and eighty thousand dol
lars. Will they succeed: l hope they
will, for the reason that too much at
tentlon cannot possibly be given to
this subject.
AS 1t Is now, the great bulk of our
factories are from five hundred to one
thousand miles east of us, and the re
suit Is, we have to send the raw mate
rials there to be manufactured. send
our produce there to feed the opera
tlves, and then the manufactured artl-
cles are returned here to be sold. In
this way we virtually pay three rail
Q a fares on them. One on the raw
material, one on the produce and one
on the manufactured articles. Those
on the rail road fares, if saved, would
make our farmers rich.
But this is not all, Manufactures,
build up towns and cities, which N
hancest the value of property, for its
proximity to market certainly makes it
more desirable, and thus the agricultu-
raj community gains in another way.
If we could sell our products for cash
nearer home, and save the enormous
and ~extravagant rates of freights
charged by rail roads, we would not
perhaps hear SO much of the present
hard times. Our farmers could afford
to pay a little more for a homemade
article, provided it IS equally as good,
than for one made abroad, for SO do
ing the money is kept near home, and
they build up a home market for their
produce. which will much more than
compensate them for the extra price
paid.
We hope all will take an interest in
this enterprise and aid it in all possible
ways. ID. A. III.
Co. SHOPS, n. c., Sept. 9th, 1878.
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Planter AND Farmer.
DEVOTED TO
AGRICULTURE, STOCK, HOR-
TICULTURE AND RURAL
AFFAIRS.

The chief Agricultural Journal Of
the South, with a circulation ranging
from Maryland t. Texas.
DR.. l.. r. DICKINSON, Editor and
Proprietor, Richmond, Va. At 500
a year.
DIR. NJ. G.. ELzEY. (Blacksburg Ag.
College,j Editor of Live Stock Depart
ment.
DIR. THos. POLLARD, Commissioner
Of Agriculture of Va Editor Garden
and Fruits.
From Gov. VANCE, \. c.: = read
the Planter and Farmer from cover TO
cover, and found it Astounding IN the
most interesting matter. l
desire greatly to see SO conservative a
journal as the Planter and Farmer
widely taken in North Carolina, and
wish you a hearty Godspeed."
je eff.
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ON PUBLIC
ROADS.


Editor Farmer aid Mechanic.
Sir-Now that we have got the
quilted hill sides put in order. le, us
see what can b. done on tie compare
tive level parts. On al these We no
ticc the tendency To wash low and
lower in the centr OF the road. This
must be cured By turning the
side into the middle until the centre
is high and the sides low. Here We
can get on faster as a pillow Viii do
nearly all the work. Commence near
the centre of the roadway, about a
foot from 1t and run the pillow the
whole length Of any convenient piece
OF road, return Just as far from the
centre OF the other side oft. throwing
the two burrows together and continue
doing SO TIL you have got it plowed,
say II feet wide. Now begin in the
middle again and pillow il over again.
repeat this process 3 or 4 or ) or 6
times, according TO the amount OF cav
ity you found in the centre.b but do not
stop until you have a roadbcd well
ridged up. which will be when YOU
and your hands all pronounce it far too
high. Now fill any holes which may
happen to be in it, see that it is all free
from anything which would hinder
the water from getting off the road
speedily, make an outlet for your
bitches and go on to the next piece.
You should choos, a time when the
road is moist and soft enough to work
freely, without being too wet. Gen
orally there will be work for other than
the plow-hands getting up obstruc-
tons and making outlets for your
bitches. See that none ace idle. Don't
bring out too many at nee.
Respectfully,
HORNY HANDS.
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HORNY HANDS.

DR.. Daniel ASburys recently paten-
ted invention for drying fruit, tobac-
co, lumber. etc, has been thoroughly
tested in Danville within the last few
DAYS and he writes that it has exceeded
his own expectations and has created
quite a stir among the tobacco raisers
Of that region. A whole barn of to-
bacco was dried by the process in an
incredibly short time, turning out the
leaf as bright as that cured by the sun.
1t is believed that DR. Asbury has an
invention which will reap him a for
tune. Capt. S. b. Alexander, who is
interested in its introduction into
general use, went over to Danville yes
terday to witness its operation.- Char
lOtte Observer.
There is a new Evangeline. Years
ago a pretty German lass plighted her
trOth with a young soldier who was
lust starting with Won Moltke to give
little Napoleon his baptism of fire.
When peace came the lover still kept
away. Pretty Barbara waited month
after month and then learning that her
lover had been seen in America she
left the Rhine village and crossed the
Atlantic. She wandered here and
GneIc, gre" pdlcI, VIII dI Iuc
eyes. Last Friday a Chicago Judge
pronounced Barbara insane. She was
lifted into a van and taken to the
County Asylum to die.
Solomon Garner, who lives four
miles north of Greencastle, Ind, was
last Thursday moving an upland mea-
dow on his farm. Suddenly horses
and machine sank into the earth.
Garner sprang from his seat and with
the help of men who were working
near by rescued one horse, but the
other horse sank twenty feet into the
ground and was lost. The sound OF
running water was heard.
British Ensign, a ~man-eating stall
lion, was shot dead by his owner, in
Canada, last week, while attacking his
groom.
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SOME SNAKE r
Rattlesnake, Blacksnakes, Cot
tonmouth Snakes and a Fright
full MOccaSin.
From Forest and Stream.

From Forest and Stream.
Of the mortal enmity existing be-
tween the black snake and the rattle
snake, two instances have come under
my notice, in each of which the rattle
snake proved an arrant coward, max
iug a great noise, while the black
snake did all the fighting If | may
call II fighting; it was rather a stranS-
ling and a squeezing. My attention
was aroused to it by the rattlesnake
passing close to me, paying no atten-
ton to my presence, but apparently
e~ndeavoring to get away from IN
thing In pursuit, his rattleS springing
L. their loudest note. was in the act
OF throwing the gun up to stop him,
when the black snake passed like a
flash, going five yards to the rattle
snakes one, and the way he seized that
rdttlesnake by the back of the neck
and went round him was something
wonderful.
My experience with the king snake
and moccaSin runs through a course
OF thirteen years and in that time |
have seen the king snake get outside
OF the mOccasin many times. When
the king first seizes his prey he coils
~'HNIu L ulllII lIcy dIo dIillOSC Ilhc d
bail, turning occasionally and biting
the coils Ofthe moccasin. After being
sometime in the coil he will open out,
and II the moccasin shows signs of life
IL recelveS another embrace. When
HE Is extinct tsle king snake stretches
out Its victim and begins at the head.
IL takes sometime to gorge, especially
II the one going inside is about as large
aa The II crawling outside.
From the Hardin Gazette.
One dark night recently three men
VINO dwell neal Caseyville, ON the
kentucky side of the Ohio, started to
20 over the river in a skiff hat had
been lying against the bank for some
lays. The oarsman pulled vigorously
Tor the other shore. When about six
y yards from the bank the man in the
DOW heard the hiss of a rattlesnake in
'he boat. In a flash the oars were
stopped and all sat listening, and not a
sound was heard. The skiff was pulled
across to Caseyville, and there the man
dC the stern sprang into the water,
"rald to go through the boat. Pro-
JurIng a lantern at the hotel, the went
no"n to examine the boat, and found
"rattlesnake with eleven rattles coiled
UAuer the oarsman's seat.
From the Kingston Courier.
On Tuesday Mr.. James l.. Dubois,
VINO has built nearly half of Marlbo-
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Six Substantial Reasons
Why You should Insure i'm the
':., a.::.l Ii. i,!s:s,:. Company,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

slla. x ~
lst Because IL Is one Of the eadsst Cona.
paniesIn the country, and past Tie day ofe1
peTimenis
-. Because IL Il \ purely Mutual Company.
Every f,Lcy Holder IS assT II the tom.
pany. entitled 10 al Is advantages and pFf
vlegcs. having = 7 gki 10 vote a. al elections
fE lTu>irs~ and thus la A. IGausncs ia !s
management
- Because II has - aree \ percentage Of
assets 70 liabilities - any Lite Insurance
Company In the country.
ith- Because, BY economical management,
Us ratio OF expense 10 total income f. far
below the average ~ lie Companies (>ee
Ofaclal Insurance X port
5ih. Because u has declared more dssi.
dends in number. AM 81 a larger average
percentage, than any other Company ia the
United states
for eNamp.e Policy NJ. IL for Soua haS
been paid 10 iAs willow 81 4 Philadelphia
Merchant upon which twenty three dsl
denis had been declared. averaging any
sever lrT cent Had these dividends ern
used to purchase additions - this Eciley,
s. a. more uould have been realized. makGaA
he Policy worth sl.os6.
9Th. Because IL Is lttcraii In Us management
prunpt In IT. settlements sale beyond = CON
tngeucy. and IL rates are As Ios Asany nrst.
class Compapy IN thc country.
fhrNCEPAL FEATURE small rxpanse~
absolute security large return premiums,
prompt payment OF losses. ana liberal TO the
Insured.
j II BROOKS. Gent Agent
For Western North Carolina.
Siatesyille, Nc.
GEO. Il. MCNEIL, ten Agent
For Eastern North Carolina
Fayetteville, Ne.
Agents Wanted hy both the above General
tories. Liberal contracts made.
mar l2n
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Mr. E Magnin of Paris, in a recent
billiard match with Baron PIanco of
Spain, made the astonishing run of
ass points around the table.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19

The stallion stake to be run for this
fall in Kentucky is the richest in
America. The subscriptions for the
stakes, with added money for 1880,
now amount to 50, sos.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-19

Five English bird slaughters recent
ly killed ? Alb grouse, on Whemmergill
Moors, in two days.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-12
PATENT APPLICATIONS
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT

Two THE Ell DORADO MINE.-No. A7
L United States Land Office, Eureka. Nav
April ~, lS7S.-Notice is hereby given ~,
p Z. Fifeld and VIM. j. Malloy, whose pos,'
office address is Eureka. Nevada, have III.
day filed their application for u patent ~ Us
l,500 linear feet of the Ell Dorado mine vi
vein: bearing silver, With surface ground a n
feet in width, situate, lying and being in IN
reka Mining District, county of Eureka AM
5 ate of Nevada. and known and designst"oSS
by the field notes and official plat on fIs; y
this Office as Lot Number l4O. The exterp;aaaa
boundaries OF said lot Inc. 140 being as followa
to wit: Variation 1917 deg. east. Commers'
ing az a post marked No. l, u. 5. survey M
Magnet lode. bears N. SIS deg. 81 min = i -
feet; Ruby Hill No. | bears N. 0 deg. is m;r
W., 1857 feet; the flagstaff in the town =;
Eureka bears N. 81 deg. so min. f., l47S@s
feet; and the FL Dorado shaft bears S. q
deg: ~ min. f. sss feet; thence; running lit
marked No. Q U. s. Survey. No laO; Themes
End course S, 59H deg. W., 200 feet. TO my,
marked No. 3, u. S. Survey No. I40; thence
3D. course ~, 30A deg. w.. 800 feet, to boz,
marked No. 4, u. 5. survey No. 40; and
thence, 4th course N, 59A deg. E., 900 feat y
post No. /, the place of beginning. containin~s
q and $1,000 acres. This claim is bounded ~
the north by the Magnet mine, and ON ~
east by the Pioneer mine. The location AZ
this mine is duly recorded in the Recorderrs
in Book i, of the Mining Records of said biz
trict. Any and all persons claiming adverseIy
an y portion OF said El Dorado mine or IA
mining ground, as ~hcreinbefore described
are required to file their adverse claim with
the Register of the United States Land CGes
at Eureka. in the State of Nevada, durirs
the sixty days period Of publication ber,af
or they will be barred by virtue Of the mo
visions of the statute.
apSO-6Od d. B. IMMEL. Register.