The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
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Our b.st acknowledgements to
B-o's Cameron, McDiarmid, and Gale.
fot kind mention of this paper.
1t is one of the serious facts Of life
tata woman may marry a very rich
nan and yet get very poor husband.
The BjJ{;col Recorder alludes feel
i1gly to Coy. Varce's having united
Y it'll the Pad Presby tcrian church in
tits city
Prepared notices of the decease
AID burial ceremonis Of Hon. B. f.
l-oorc. end Major Seaton Gales, were
omitted by accident from this issue.
In January, prox., Bro. Avera, OF
tie Goidsboro N0H, Will issue
monthly periodical to be called the
katH, Plane GHd Plo1r. we have no
d ubt it viii be entirely deserving of
liberal support.
Married, Nov eth. by Rev. Dr.
Hummer. the Rev. w. J. Mckay, of
Hack River Presbyterian church, and
Mss Sallie X. Wi,heIspoon, of Sump>
tor, South Carolina. The fair bride
has many friends in North Carolina.
AS the Roanoke Ne1rs remarks.
Tow is the time to plant advertise
rsen;s. We fear The prospect for
Christmas harvest is very poor; and
is not surprising. in consideration Of
the reagre outlay OF advertising seed.
The pictures of Raphael and Ans
gelo are doubtless exceedingly beauti-
tJl, but we once saw a picture, it was
long gago;so long ago hat we can just re
call 1t, which To our mind far surpass-
I'd them all, 1t was the picture on the
back of hundred dollar bill, which
was all our own. and alas the last
rose Of summer.
A short time since there was re
eeived from II. W. Beatty, of Bladan
county, package OF West India sugar
cane. which is now on exhibition at
the Agricultural museum. Il regard
it, Mr.. Beatty writes Il believe
this cane car be successfully grown
in the rich swamPs of Eas. ern North
Carolina. Ip!anted one acre this year,
nearly half of it is low, damp or bot
tom land, the balance highland: yhe
former produced good cane, such as |
send you. the latter suffered very
much from the drought. 1 put UP one
fourth of an acre for next years seed,
and of the remainder | made eighty
gallons of good thick syrup l think
/ would have made nearly double that
amount if | had had an iron mill. So
You see that the low damp lands suit
the cane best.
The Hillsboro Rec0rder draws a
contrast between our State University.
where ''hazinS" is suppressed through
the gentlemanly instincts of the stu
dents, and the most of the Northern
Colleges, which boast of their superior
culture and management. 1t says:
Cornell University year or two
ago under guise OF the elegant amuse-
ment of having disposed OF young L.g-
gett by a violent, cruel and lgnominI-
Gus death. Now Cornell has added to
iNN ltAlAA GIo lIAfJ pGloOAASti AtiOistbAo4l
Of Il son OF Congressman Ingersoll. lie
was bound ana gagged. hung from d
stone wall head down, his nous ache
scraped off, his face painted, his
clo,hes ruined, ana other indlguitleS
inflicted.
The same contrast viii apply to any
of our State Colleges, Davidson, Trini
ty, Wake Forest, Rutherford, OF
Binghams. There are no better be-
hayed Students in the world.
The State Returning-(beg par
don, That would be an insult y
Canvassing Board of North Carolina
last week gave certificates to all tbs
Congressman elect, except kitchin
whose case has been involved by the
injunction issued By Judge Seymour
The Board denied the jurisdiction oi
the court, but was willing to pay II
Difference, and ad lourned until Dec
18th, when the matter viii be settled
IN the first dIstriC5 Colonel Martlf
why does the SoutHerHer wish to un>
settle the title of 10000 colonies III
TINS State p by d mai. 1t is said Mr
Gates will contest.