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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12

The interchangeable ladies who, as
members of the Ladies Relief AssO-
citation, so generously gave their every
care to the festival of Friday evening,
have their reward, and can always re
fer, with true pride, to the pleasant
results Of their toll. In the work Of
doing good there is never a cessation
among the noble ladies of the Oak
City, but the dime party was the
browning effort of all charitable works.
Nor are the kind ladies, who acted as
assistants on hat memorable evening,
to be forgotten; for they devoted them
selves with earnestness to their labor
of love. The affair was entirely salts
factory to all, the proceeds having
reached the handsome.sum Of $3.50. To
this the ladies added $3.50. previously
collected. and thus made up a grand
total of $1,000, raised by the efforts of
this one society. This amount was
sent, yesterday afternoon, to the at
f1icted cities. That Gods own bless
ing may attend it, is the fervent wish
of the generous, tender hearts, who
worked and won it.
The Grange is whatever its friends
choose to make it, and may become a
Sldiu llStI uIucIIdilty lOI piohiOiS
the best interests of the young as we'll
as the old. For the young it may prove
a protecting agis under which they
may shelter from many Of the dangers
to which they are exposed, and may
inspire them with an interest III their
vocation and in their brother farmers
that will, perhaps, give a proper and
wholesome direction to the lrrepressl-
BILE energies of the young mind IN Its
restlessness and craving for excite
ment. Throw aronnd the young man
the social, elevating, wholesome lntu-
ences of the grange, and you may en-
list his pride, his interest, awaken his
energies, and arouse his manllness.
These influences will inspire IN him a
more just conception Of the Importance
and responsibility of agriculture as a
pursuit, and thus increase the chances
of making a good, useful and honora-
bic man.-Fdrmer's Friend.
Although the Chinese language con-
ain words for right and left, these
are very seldom used. You will FIRE
quently hear of 1.-The north hand,
the south ear" &c. The packages on
a mule are too heavy on the south
side they must be shifted northward, :
and so on. The Scotchman who in
church asks his neighbor to ''sit a bit
Tdst.' would be quite at home in
China.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12
The Farmers Alliance.

In New York state what is called the
Farmers Alliance has been organized.
AS to its objects the Eimira Husbdnd-
man says:
The work which the alliance was or
ganized to accomplish is an important
one, and should enlist farmers not
only, but all classes of citizens who
have an earnest desire for real reforms.
1t needs no argument to satisfy
thoughtful reading men of the injus-
tice of our assessment laws. The in
surance monopoly is generally under
stood, and the burdens which are
placed upon the farmers, merchants
and manufacturers of this state by the
irresponsible management of our great
railways are becoming too g%rievous to
be borne. The alliance is in itself a
protest against these wrongs, and is
doing a good work in uniting earnest
men IN an effort to correct the glazing
evils in the legislation of the state. 1t
is designed to arouse the powerful
farming class from their lethargy, and
to set them at work for Their own pro-
lection and in behalf of the great in
dustrial interests Of the state.
The Farmers Alliance is a political
but not a partisan organization. 1t
purposes to work within the existing
parties, aiming to secure the nomina-
ton of good representative men on all
the tickets, and to prevent the noml-
nation and election of railroad attor-
neys and the agents of ~monopolies to
positions of influence in our legisla-
ture. AS a result of the work of the
alliance, in the last assembly of this
state there was a larger number of far
mers and representatives Of our indus
trial interests than there had been in
that body for many years, and we be
lieve the proportion of these classes
will be largely increased in the legisla-
ture to be chosen at the next election.
Farmers are a conservative class, and
are slow to rOuSe themselves as to the
importance of taking action on ques-
tions which vitality concern them; but
the leaven is working. and little by lit
tie the demand for truer representa-
ton is growing among the thoughtful
voters of the state. The Farmers Ali
ance has enlisted the energies of many
good men, who are doing valuable
work in behalf of the reforms sought.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12
Officers of North Carolina State
Grange. p. of II.

UJsfer-S. p. Alexander, Cha rlotte
Mcgklenburg county.
Grange. Lenoir county.
Lscfurer.-T. III. Robinson, Concord,
Catarrus county.
StewarrI.-D. III. Armstrong, Ashton,
Fender county.
list. Ste1cdrd.-Hill f. King, Stump
Sound Onslow county.
CbuIaia.-Rev. VIM. Grant, Jack
SON Southampton county.
.ycus,ner.-D. w. G.. Benbow,
Gr.. nshoro. Guilford county.
S,rrcfary.-Joseph +. Porter, Tar
barp. Edgccombe county.
cute keepcr.-W. ID. Wharton,
Greensboro. Guilford county.
(rjcx.-Mrs. 5. Is. Alexander, Char
Ipttr. M~ccklenburg county
TomoHa.-Mrs. \. b. Whitfield, La
Grange. Lenoir county.
Floru.-Miss Eugenia Robinson,
concord. Cabarrus county.
LaIy Asst. Sterdrd.-Mrs. III. +.
Kn~. Stump Sound, Onslow county.
state Business Agent.-Dr. d.. w. &.
R.ubow. Greensboro.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
S.. b. Alexander, E,c-ODicio Chair
man.
q. 4. French. Wilmington.
l.. l.. Polk, Raleigh.
". II. Cheek. Warrenton.
D.. l.. Porter, E.c-ODiciO Secretary.
LIST OF DEPUTIES.
l.t Deputy District.-Wm. Is. Shaw,
Indian Town, Currituck county.
md Deputy District.-John n. Davis,
Tarboro'. Edgecombe county.
5rd Deputy District.-B. +. Hooks,
GuldSboro'. Wayne county.
lth Deputy District.-Hill f. King,
Stump Sound, Onslow county.
9Th Deputy District.-L. l.. Polk,
Raleigh. Wake county.
9Th Deputy District.-Frank NJ. Pitt,
Oakville, Warren county.
9Th Deputy District.-Dr. ID. A.
Montgomery, Company Shops, Ala
nance county.
sth Deputy District. w. b. Clement,
jerusalem. Davie county.
9th Deputy District.-T. IL. Robin
SON. Concord, Cabarrus county.
10th Deputy District.-W. 7. Rein
harIt, Hickory. Catawba county.
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
lIfal.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12

A~IREYvILLE, S. c., September l.
Sheriff Jones has been missing since
August %. His office was opened and
investigated by his bondsmen to-day.
He is behind some 1000, and the
whole affair is shrouded in mystery.
In a letter addressed to the public,
which was found in his safe, he says:
sBy one hour Of neglect I have wreck
ed my own happiness. have robbed,
whether through negligence or not |
am at a loss to say, but such is the
fact. ! cannot meet my bondsmen, |
cannot meet my friends, with suspicion
written on their faces. | have raised
sufficient money to carry me safely
across the ocean" The letter was
written on the night of the 21st ult.
A letter received from the fugitive
yesterday, postmarked Cincinnati,
August 2Sth, said that he was making
for Canada or England.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12

Planter AND Farmer.
DEVOTED TO
AGRICULTURE, STOCK, HOR-
TICTLTURE AND RURAL
AFFAIRS.

The chief Agricultural Journal of
the South, with a circulation ranging
from Maryland to Texas.
DR.. l.. r. DICKINSON, Editor and
Proprietor, Richmond, Va. At $500
a year.
DR.. NJ. G.. ELzEY. (Black5burg Ag.
College, Editor of Live Stock Depart
ment.
DR.. THos. POLLARD. Commissioner
of Agriculture of Na.,) Editor Garden
and Fruits.
From Gov. VANCE, y. c.: Il read
the Planter and Farmer from cover to
cover, and found it Astounding in the
most interesting matter. L
desire greatly to see 50 conservative a
journal as the Planter and Farmer
widely taken in North Carolina, and
wish you a hearty God-peed."
ie Gift.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12
SEPTEMBER II, 1873. |
VI)r Orange.

NoTE.-CommuHicdtioRs for Hls De-
yartment solicited from Patrons IN
rU sections of the state.
officers of the National Grange
V,yfe.-S. f. Adams, Monticello,
g,,rsee.-J. J. Woodman, Paw Paw,
Mich. - o.:
Lerfure-Mortimer Whitehead, Gin
.Girlrmd.-A. j. Vaughan, Mem
assistant Stcwdrd.-Wm. Sims, of
T,r0surer.-F. NJ. Mcdowell, Wayne,
y. Y.
yecrctary-O. II. Kelley, Louisville,
Ky.
Gatcteepe.-O. Dinwiddie, Orchard
Grove, Ind.
rrrcs.-Mrs. Adams.
YomoEd.-Mrs. Woodman.
FT0d.-Mrs. Moore.
Lndy sst...Steudrd.-Mis c. A. Hall,
Louisville, KY.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
y. Wyatt Aiken, C~okesbury, S. {.
Henley James, Marion, Ind.
=. II. Ellis, Sprin9sboro, ONO.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12
Representation in the National
Grange.

The question of the proper basis of
representation in the National Grange
is being discussed in some of our ex-
changes, and will be likely to prove
the most important subject of consid-
Grafton at the next meeting of that
body at Richmond, Va, in November.
Some plan must be adopted that will
be more in accord with ideas of eQuali-
ty than that which now prevails. To
allow the representative of a State
numbering less than twenty oranges,
equal powers and privileges with NJ
who represents several hundred Or
CARNATIONS, is contrary to the spirit
of American institutions, and is not
right.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12
Six Substantial Reasons
Way you should Insure in the
:::. lgssl Lii. ,:.s,ss., :.uvaI,
puII Anrr nuu
PHILADELPHIA p

1t Eecause IL : one OF The oLisst Com.
pauie> n The county. aud past tbs day OF er.
p-UlnrEtS
ID Re~cauS~ Is = purely Mutual Connany.
livery L Icy Holder i = mem har IL IRE Tom
pAny, entitled ~ ali 1T Advantages and prt.
Tor trustees and tlas has al Influence In its
infringement
81 B~caa~e Is has asla~sc a percentage of
a>erts ~ A2uL Les a. AID LIE Insurance
Companyin The country.
VA. Because. BY economical management,
rs tailo 81 eKpease< - total Income IS far
otLo" The average Of } he Companies lsee
IclA ln>GTAncs 4 pogs,
IN. because tt has declared more dlyt.
DEEDS IL nun Der. an 81 . larger ayaragr
PERCENTAGE. than AnH other Company In tie
United STATES.
For enAmp, e.: Policy N. "a. 70, &,n h.,
been paid 10 -" sftow % ! raiadciphia
Merchant upon which twcutstA-ee dtyf.
denis n4i been declared. averaging ATTY
seven Ter cent Hal these dIyIatnis te~n
use'i 1" puTrhA~" saa ttouS - THIS Policy.
. - more "oLIlGsA been realities, making
The Policy worth : ltso.
OH. Because 4 i literal IN il management,
prompt II Is >rttl lncnts HAtc beyond a con
tnEencN, and it, rates arr a. sow asany arst-
class COMPANY IA the country.
fhl>CfFAL FEATURES small expenses.
absolute security. large return premiums,
Insured.
Jp BROOKS. Cent Agent
tor western North Carolina,
GEp. 7. NcNEIII, ~GenIAscnt
For Eastern North Carolina,
fayetteville. Nc
Agents Wanted hy bo;h The above General
Agents, - work ia their retlectIye terri
torres. Ibcrai contracts made.
mar : l2m
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12

A COOPERATIVE SToRE-STOWEs
FALLs.-Quite a number of representa-
tive grangers from Mecklenburg, Ire
dell and Cabarrus, met in this city on
last Thursday for the purpose of form
ing a cooperative store. We are not
informed as to the amount of stock
taken in this enterprise. Six directors
we're elected, viz: S. b. Alexander, J.
NJ. Davis, J. j. Price and DR.. II. X.
DeArmon, of Mecklenburg; Mr.. Nc
Namara of Mt. Pleasant, CabarruS
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12

A Chicago Justice who had six
drunken women before him recently,
fined them $50 and ordered them to
work it out by giving the station house
a thorough cleaning. He says he is
going t adopt this plan regularly in
fr'nre. The woman pleaded piteously
with his Honor to give them ten days
i'm the House of Correction instead OF
the house cleaning job.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12

and James Harris. Of Mooresville. Ire
Dell county. 5. w. Reid. of Mecklen-
burg and j. Y. Templeton. of Iredell.
We're chcsen auditors. 1t IS expected
the store will open about the Ist Of
October next.
AT lhe same meeting, eight persons
each subscribed $500 stock for the pur-
pose OF erecting and starting a factory
at stoves Falls. in CASTOR county or
the umb who subscribed. was Mrs.
Z. NJ. Newell, one Of the most success
farmers and estimable ladies in Meek
lenburg county. The entire stock sub
scrioed Tor this purpose up tothis time.
up TO about 81. 0OO-Uome.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-12

\ fittaburS, Pa, dispatch Aug p.
says: \ new and successful mode of
sWlndllng has just been developed in
carton County. \ notion peddler
named GOODMAN dreamed that he had
fOund hidden treasure, and prevailed
on q farmer name Iogue. living in
Perry township. to accompany him to
the spot. Inc peddler pointed out a
large oak as the one he saw in his Wis
ION. lt was apparently sound at the
putt, ahout twenty feet up. a limb had
been broken off. Mr. Logues did not
feel like humOring what he supposed
TO be superstltious whim. but Good
man had such confidence in this vision
that he offered Mr.. Logue one-half of
the spolls if he would help him cut
down the tree. He did so. When the
tree fell there was a rattle of coins
near where the limb had been broken
oil, n a small hollow was found.
Ensconced therein were loads of sill
yer. Both seemed to be wild with de-
light, and, on counting up found the
pile amounted to 5000. The peddler
expressed his unwillingness to carry
around SO much silver in his pocket,
and inquired where he would be likely
to get greenbacks for his share. Mr..
Logue having considerable money in
the house immediately gave Goodman
S2,3OO IN papermoney and took charge
of the entire bulk of silver. The ped
dler went and has not since been heard
from, On endeavoring to pass some
of the silver it was found to be a cOun-
terfelt of the poorest kind. Mr.. Logue
is $1,000 out, and the story ends. 1t
was a clever job of a gang of counter
felters which probably infests hat
county.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-06-06

The London papers publish an ac-
count of what is known as the Walker
substitute for coal in the generation Of
steam for locomotives or marine en-
gines. This plan, it appears, covers an
arrangement by which air is converted
into hydIo-carbOn gas Of great heating
power, and is then stored in chamber
subjected to considerable pressure.
From this il is forced out again through
a pipe. to the perforated tubes, from
which combustion takes place in the
furnace and by burning hydro-carbon
with the gas-in gaseous or much di
vided state, without the adjunct of ex-
ternal heat to gasify or divide them.
The heavy oils, in this divided or gasi
fed state, burn over the CRATE in con-
junction with the hydro-carbon gas.
The principle, as thus explained, is re-
gar,lcd AS OF extreme simplicity, and
the practical arrangements are said to
be equally so, insuring certainty of
operation, and, in fact, reducing the
question of preference to one of cost
and convenience merely, The cOmpari-
son for storage room and economy, in
this case, is shown in the following
data, namely: that if the calorific
power of coal per pound be estimated
at 5000 calorific units. then that Of Ii
quid hydro-carbon per pound must be
taken at $4,000 units, which gives an
advantage, weight for weight, of G2 =
in heating power, to a liquid hydro-car-
bon, compared with coal. Again, in
the combustion of coal, rs carried out
in the usual construction Of boilers and
fire CRATES, only a very small propor-
ton of the heat theoretically evolved
can be made use of, while by the use of
burning gas and hydro-carbon in gas
eous form, close home to the heating
furnaces, it is claimed that much
greater percentage of useful cvapora-
tion is secured.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-06-06
CLEVELAND, TENN, JUNE &, 1878.

Virginia and California mines, dipping
down as it went, and could not be
traced any farther. But that fact was
nothing to people who were bent on
having mining stock; and vein or no
vein the stock they would have. Con-
sequently they bought into every mine
in the neighborhoOd-gOod and bad
alike-sending prices up to unheard-of
limits, and investing millions in worth
less properties that have never yielded
a shilling in dividends, aud never will.
when Flood had bought large quantity
of the Bonanza stock, and had assured
to himself and his partners oontroll-
ing interest in the mines, he recon-
mended all his friends to buy a little;
and O'Brien did the same. Those who
took the advice are now drawing their
proportionate shares of dividends,
amounting to about 100000 month.
The majority of those who bought into
other mines are, in California parlance,
"busted." What these three men and
their latest partner, Mackey, are
going to do with their money is a GU
rious problem, the solution of which
will be watched with greatinterest in a
year or two to come. The money they
hold now is yielding them returns so
enormous that their maddest eXtrava-
gance could make no impression on the
amount.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-06-06
Fifty-Mile Ride.

A fifty-mile race took place recently
at the trotting park at San Francisco,
Cal. The conditions of the race were
fifty miles out, each contestant to be al
lowed ten horses, and be required to
change every mile. Three starters
were announced on the bills, but only
two came to post when time was called.
These two were Pablo Castro and James
Smith, the latter wiry young man,
well known as a skilful and experienced
cross country rider, who had engaged
in such contests before. PeraltO, the
third candidate, was present, but as
some of his arrangements to obtain
horses, had miscarried, he declined to
start. They got under way about two
o'clock with an even send-off, and from
first to last the tide of success was con-
tinually changing from one to the other.
In the first miles Smith was uniformly
in the lead, with varying distances.
Castro came up and took his turn at
showing the way, and on the thirty
first mile they left the score dead
lock. Smith then drew away again
and for ten miles kept in front by lead
varying from twenty yards to a full
quarter. Castro then changed places
with him, and the concluding circuits
were a series of struggles fer the mas
terry, Castro coming under the wire at
the finish two lengths ahead, which for
the distance is uncomfortably close.
The betting was very limited, the odds
being two to one on Smith almost to
the very.end. He seemed to have the
sympathy of a great majority Of the au-
ditOrs, and was certainly the more ac-
tive and skilful in his mounts and dis
mounts, but Castro held over him in
the superiority Of his animals, and to
the fact that he sat his saddle much
lighter than Smith. The time of the
fifty miles was two hours and seven
minutes, which, considering the grade
of horses used and the paraphenalia
with which they were handicapped
was creditable performance. Squire
Osbaldistine, in the great match in 1881,
made 200 miles in Sh. 47m., 80 miles of
which he accomplished 2h. ON. 2js., in
a driving rain storm, and on the 9th of
June 1853, JennisOn Shafto made fifty
miles in In. 49m. Us. In both these
events the horses were the finest blue
bloods in England, and the difference
between them and the mustangs, who
bucked their brief hour at the TrOtting
Park, was much greater than the diff
erence in time.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-06-06

We, in the United States use the Rus
sian vapOr baths as medical agent
only. But in the life of Russian peas
ant it plays a most important part. No
orthodox peasant will enter church
until he has cleansed himself physically
by means of the bath. After laboring
among pollution for five and half DAYS
in a week, he devotes Saturday after
noon to the vapor baths, and carefully
avoids thereafter all pollution until he
has performed his devotions at the SER
vice on the Sabbath. Some of the peas
ants take their vapor bath In the house.
hold oven, in which the bread is baked.
Others resort to the public bath owned
by the village. Strange to say, not.
withstanding their scrupulous care in
this particular, some of their habits are
absolutely filthy. While bathing, the
degree of heat which they endure
would Kill person not accustomed to
1t from childhood. And in winter they
often rush out OF the bath and roll
themselves in the snow. Such RAPID
transitions from extreme heat to ex-
treme cold illustrates common Rus
sian proverb, which says that what is
health to the Russian is death to the
German. AS the old proverb hath it,
zone mans meat is another mau's poi
son."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-06-06
sagacity ora Canada sledge Dog.

The two mail carriers between Little
Current and Sault Ste. Marie broke
through the ice when about ten miles
east of Spanish River recently, and men
and dogs had sharp struggle for life.
The men, after getting out of the
water, directed their attention towards
rescuing the dogs, which were fastened
by their harness to the toboggan on
which the mail bags were tied, and
which was rapidly drowning them.
Their efforts to save either dogs or mail
would have been useless but for the
sagacity of one dog, which, appearing
to realize the difficulty, instead Of vast.
ing strength In trying to get upon the
broken ice, seized the thongs by which
they were bound to the toboggan in his
teeth and deliberately gnawed them
asunder. Both dogs, thus released,
swan toward the men, who helped
them out, and after considerable trouble
they raised the toboggan and mail.
They pushed on to Spanish River,
where they spent nearly whole day In
drying the saturated mall bags.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-06-06
A Hermit Sportsman.
word

Every summer steamers from Hull
and Leith bring over to the port of
TrOndhiem, Norway, parties of British
sportsmen and lady travellers. The
rivers of Norway are crammed with
salmon, thousands upon thousands of
trout play in the leaping torrents, while
in the almost unbroken woods abide red
deer, reindeer, grouse, wOodcocks and
elks. The Norwegian fjords, which
cut so deeply into the coast, offer to
pleasure yachts safe harbor and easy
navigation. Sailing around the North
ern Cape to Bergen, the summer trave-
Ter sees on one of the islands of the
lonely ford a British flag flying from
the top of neat cottage. The steamer
touches the shore, and the English
colony is found to consist Of a single
house which was brought here directly
from London, with its pretty pointed
roof, its green shutters, its tiny tower
and its graceful bow window. Every
summer it is erected on the banks of
some Scandinavian ford, and in the
autumn it is taken down, board by
board, and returns to London to pass
the winter in a storehouse. The pro-
pYietoris q jolly gentleman who receives
his visitors in a room hung with em-
blems of his prOwess as u fisher and a
hunter, with tents easy to pitch, and
the last new thing in fowling-pieces
and fishing-rods. Outside, a flourish
ing kitchen. garden is the result OF the
planting of the seeds he brought from
England. His little house Is an exact
model of the home he lives in in the
suburbs of Iondon--a jointed toy, easily
fitted together. In the spring this &C.
centric gentleman boards his yacht,
embarks his house upon 1t, takes with
his baggage collection of seeds, cell
lar of wines, timed provisions, tea,
coffee and sugar, and turns prov to-
wards the east. When he arrives ON
the Norway coast, he takes possession
of n deserted islet, in a fish-haunted
ford, puts ND his house and plants his
salads. BY day he hunts the deer and
! fishes for salmon; I'm the evening he
eats the fish he has caught, the deer he
has killed, the vegetables he has sown
The few steamers which pass before his
windows bring him his only news ol
the world. As soon as the tirst colo
weather comes he folds his baggage ano
returns to London.