The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-21
VOL. III.
Ralei9i) an0 Roundabout

Col j. n. Staples is ILL., - Gull
ford county Grange met yesterday
Stockholders meeting Of the vii,
mington and Weldon Railroad. was
held at Wilmington, OH Tuesday.
Has anybody heard anything of
any man named Lucius, Curtius, Quin-
thus, aud the rest,-Lamar, of late:
The Star says the Russolites will
have torchlight, "Blow out" ratifi-
catory meeting III Wilmington to-
night.
Prof, LodOux lecture Was a really
valuable one, and house-keepers who
fail to profit by some of its hints are
careless indeed.
Tie Yellow Fever mo- tality
reached 1900, round numbers, and
1873 viii rank as the second worst
year in the Plague history.
Reports from many parts of the
State speak of the excellent sorghum
yield. In Rowan it has almost driven
out New Orleans molasseS.
The conduct of Col. Wharton j.
Green, Gen. w. r. Cox, Hon. John
Manning, Rev. B. T. Long. and others
is highly spoken of III connection with
the recent slection.
The committee to examine the
working of the Fence Law in Mecklen-
burg were highly pleased, and will
warmly recommend it for the whole
State, we understand.
Tie Greensboro state mentions in
the same column persons who have
gone west, and other persons who went
west Il year or two ago but now re
turn sick of their experience.
Gov. Colquitt, of Georgia, in his
in favor of an Agricultural college.
The whole South is waking up to the
necessity of raising tn Agricultural
standard.
There is no greater Eumbug than
the twaddle abont Art" and the say
ing To the pure all thin SIS are pure"
To the blindly ignorant, all vulgarity
may be pure; but 1t is vulgarity new
ertlreless.
Little daughters of J. f. Perry, Of
Chatham, and j. \. Nc Arthur, of
Cumberland, were burned to death
last week. in almost the same circum-
stances; their clothes igniting at the
Fireplace.
1t appears the opposition to Col.
Armfeld IN the 1th District was not SO
merely nominal after all. Brewer
carried Ashe, Allegheny, Wilkes, Iai~
kin and Surry. But Col. Armtield is
elected by a fair majority.
The Baptists have now 36 Wo-
mems Missionary Societies in North
Carolina, which collected this year
$500 for the cause. Mrs. Heck, and
Mrs. Julius Lewis. are President and
Secretary of the State Central Com
mittee.
From the reports of the United
States Commissioner of Agriculture,
we CLEAN that North Carolina has in
creased the number of her live stock
nearly S00.000 in number, and about
$500, 600 in value, since 1st of jan
uary, 1877.
Mr. j. A. Robinson, formerly OF
the Oxford TorchlgH, gave us call
yesterday, en- route for Winston,
where he purposes establishing the
Le0der. a new paper, printed from
new type. If sufficient encourage
ment be given him, he will make a
newsy sheet.
1t has been stated by several his
torians of the civil war that Gen. Jos.
+. Johnston waived his rank in favor
Of Beauregard upon arriving on the
field OF Ball Run. But Gen. Johnston
says .'On my arrival, July Goth, L
formally assumed command of all the
troops and retained it until disabled by
wounds May 3lst following. l had
not the power to impose my heavy re
a Sponslbilities upon another-nor the
disposition"