The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21

Biblical Recorder strongly recom
mends the Folding Reel and Hanker,
invented bv Mrs S. A. Elliott OF
Granville: besides speaking in high
terms of the lady herself.
-Messrs Garrett & Co. Of Cum
berland. have sent Co. Polk some ex-
cellent specimens ofthei1 native wines,
for exhibition at Paris. Messrs Black
well & co. have sent specimen case
| of fine tobacco for the same destina-
| ton.
Died in the Lunatic Asylum. on
| Saturday, Mr.. Frank Carlton, brot her
| of Capt. p. &. Carlton, of Statesville.
Death oftentimes is relief for all con
| cerned. 1t would seem to have been
SO IN this inStan e though We have
! never known, outside of fiction, a
| stronger tie of affection and tender
! care than existed between the deceased
! and his worthy wife. There is no lac K
| of illustrations OF that we'll known
| line The noblest are the tenderest" :"
Hon. A. NJ. Waddell has consented
to deliver the Grafton at the Robert
Emmett Centennial in Washington,
| March 4th. The Capitnt says:
: Mr.. Waddell Is a gentleman of
culture and emint IT literary ability,
and the Sub-cOmmlCte were most for
tunate in securing his services. He
Is, too, deservedly popular among our
lrlSh-Amerlcan citizens, with whose
cauSe-that of motherland-he deeply
SympathiZes: Il cause which he has ad-
vocated on more occasions than one in
the past"
The black brute, Noah Cherry, has
been found guilty, by cOroner's in
quest, of the murder of the Worley's,
in Wayne, and is now in jail The de-
tails of the outrageous treatment of
Mrs. Worley, in the presence of her
children and the corpse of her hus-
band, are shocking enough to warrant
But no, let the law take its course.
Bob Thompson, another negro, is be-
lieved to be implicated in some de
gree.
Merchants of Raleigh, school
teachers, manufacturers and business
men all over the State, if you would
consult your own interest. and benefit
the public, advertise your wares in this
paper. Not a week-scarcely day
passes without bringing US inquiries
for one thing and another wanted by
our country friends. There is no
puff work ii this we have no less
than four such letters before us at this
moment Our rates are very low
VIM. Sexton still holds his place
as the most wonderful billiard player
ever known. On the 9TH inst. at New
Orleans, in the match for 81 900 against
Cyrille Dion, although the latter played
better than ever before he could
only make 765 points Gncluding 200
allowed him, as odds, at the start to
SeXtons 1000. The game lasted over
three hours and a half and was close
ly watched by packed theatre. Maj.
Walker presented Sexton $1,000 after
the game
Rev. DR.. Alexander Duff, the
eminent missionary is dead. In 1860,
the present writer attended school IN
Penna, with a young Hindoo, the
son of a Native Prince or nobleman
of the Hindoo nation. His father had
been killed in the Sepoy Rebellion. and
the son having lost caste was named
after his English friend-DUFF.
Though very dark skined, the little
Indian was bright-witted enough to
distance his classes generally.
All yes, Truth is ten times stronger
than Fiction Think of the terrible
discovery recently made at Alexan-
der. IN Western New York Some
young men while out hunting. kneeI-
ed down to drink from a spring. and
discovered a hole in the bank. Crawl
ing in, they found a cave. 30 feet
square: and in it the corpse of beau
tiful young girl. about 19 years of age
to whose right leg was a stout chain
attached by a brass paddock to an iron
ring set in the stone wall of the cave.
No one knew the woman nor whence
she came; nor can any one surmise the
mystery of her confinement and
death The matter is being investiga-
ted
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