The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

ne Nti hoi mas appointed tdpt. j &.
ID. Williams, Jr., OF Fayetteville. a
member of the board Of local managers
of the State colored normal school.
vice +. }, Lilly, Esq, resigned.
The Greensboro Mehodist Protestant
reports revivals as follows: Guilford
circuit, professions. accessions;
Forsyth circuit, p conversions, l3 a.
cessions; North Granville circuit, p
conversions, accessions; Greensboro
circuit, u conversions, % accesSiOns;
Winston circuit, Is converts; Haw
River circuit, 80 conversions, - acces-
SlonS; Roanoke circuit, % conversions.
Salem Press Last weeks heavy
rains along the Gadkin river caused
many hearts to sadden as the swollen
current swept relentlessly Oh, inunda-
ting corn fields, meadows, etc. leav-
ing in its wake ruin and devastation.
1t is impossible to arrive at the aggre-
gate damage. On one plantation
Glenn - 1T is estimated that over 5000
bushels of corn Will be unfit for use
Mrs. George Dixon went to Mr.
Dameron, Cincinnati dentist, to have
an aching tooth pulled. He extracted
the wrong tooth. She went away very
angry, and Oh the following day, when
he said Good morning" to her in the
street, she retorted, You'd better say
good morning to my TOOTH Al that
he lost his temper and choked her.
but she pulled out part of his beard
and had him arrested.
\ Columbus Ohio genius has in
vented a machine that is announced
under the title Good news for the
dead" 1t Is a torpedo to be put in the
grave when the body is buried 1t
looks like a miniature needle gun
divided into two pieces, and is only
six inches long. The first piece
is nailed inside the coffin, covered by
the upholstery. Before the coffin Is
closed for the last time, the second
piece. containing Il cartridge, is at
tached. When the coffin is disturbed
the cartridge eXplodes. and the grave
robber is scattered il minute frag-
mentS.
Wilmington .Stlr: To show some
thing of the Importance of Wilmington
as commercial city, we mention that
sixteen vessels and steamers arrived
on Monday. There are now lying in
the river no less than forty-two bar
ques and brigs. \ very noticeable fea
ture is the number of large vessels
among them. Such a number of YES
sells of such large tonnage Is unusual
at this season. The commercial i'm
portance of Wilmington Is steadily in
creasing. North CarolinianS ought to
take more interest in its growth than
is manifested. The Legislators of the
State should do all they can to foster
the commerce of our little city.
AS to remedies for the bite of the
rattlesnake, a physician in Western
PENNSYLVANIA states that whisky is a
specific. He treats twenty or thirty
persons a year for rattlesnake bites.
The bites rarely prove fatal when
whiskey is used in season. The rattle
snake always strikes at the neck, or as
high up as he can get. In the expert
ments in indianapolis, every animal
put into the snakes cage was struck
in the neck. The snakes fang makes
a very small wound, and but little
blood escapes. Inhamm .tion sets in
at once The animal struck seems to
suffer very little a n, but to be rather
in a stupe.ied condition. Human be-
ings are said to suffer acute pain from
the wound. 1t is not known whether
or not the rattlesnake poisons the ami
ma that it desires for food, but it is
known that it can swallow its own
poison with impunity. 1t is said also
that human being may swallow rat
tIesnake poison with perfect safety if
there is no wound about the mouth.
There is one animal invulnerable as
far as the rattieSnake Is concerned,
and that is the hog. The hog wages
war upon all snakes, innocent and
poisonous. and destroys them with
eagerneSs.
North Carolina is a naturally rich
State in an agricultural point of view
some of its vegetable mold lands have
been under cultivation for a century,
and still show no signs of diminished
fertility. Vegetation Is green all the
wear round in some sections ; potatoes,
cabbages, and otler vegetables are
planted in December TO be ready for
use in February and the early spring
months.
South Carolina is rich in its produc-
tons of cotton. rice. etc: nearly half
the soil of the SI3te is of an alluvlal
formation. having clay as its sub
stratum.
Tennessee is divided by its geograph-
ical configurations into three sections.
each of which has productions pecu-
liar to Its soil and climate. the middle
section being a splendid agricultural
region: scventy-two per cent. or the
population are engaged in farming.
Were all the inhabitants of the
United States placed within the bound
!; res Of Texas. the population would
| e less dense than II is now IN the State
of Massachusetts Texas is a big State.
Some of its alluvial soil is thirty feet