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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
A Religious Mon maniac A
w lid Woman Of the Woods.

The train for Clarkson and Tena's
stamping ground arrived here on time
with some 20 on board. Several got
on here. and by the time we reached
Charlton there was about 800 on. The
main object of the eXcursionists was
to get q view of Iena. who is a curl
oSity, not in general appearance, but
in actions and management of her
band. Her stamping ground IS situa-
ted half Il mile west OF Clarkton,
AID within 300 yards OF the railroad
on the south side. The only thing
visible OF her premises from the road
is a small white flag, which, we learn,
is always spread to the breeze. When
we had advanced to within 80 yards
of the house, sounds could be heard
which reminded us of "a regular dance.
Every one one eager to See her and
learn what was going on, made haste
tn get to the house. Arriving there
we found it impossible to get a good
view of her, and made ourselves con-
tent by looking through a window,
where we could see a half dozen OF
more women, clapping their hands
singing and cutting up all sorts of an
ties, ridiculous to behold, out amusing
to strangers. Now and then we could
oct a glimpse of Tena, who was seated
near the fireplace, and a red cap
similar in shape to those worn by pri-
Yates in the army. IN refused to
come outside, and the anxiety to shake
hands with her led several OF the eN-
cursionists side, which made her mad.
and she made no hesitation in abusing
them with the vilest oaths for intrud-
ing upon her. 1t is said that she killed
her son to save the cOlOred race from
sin. because Christ died for the whites.
How true this is we are not able to
saw: but it is evident that she uses her
followers roughly, and seems to have
full control of the colored race in that
immediate vicinity. On the south side
of her house is a clay hole, which Is
surrounded by small mounds, or pones,
made of dirt, covered with paper, sit
uated some two feet apart, which she
calls holy ponrs," and we learn that
in this clay hole she lays her followers
occasionally, and walks upon them
for the purpose of pressing their sins
out.-LumbertOR Times.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
Anti-Pie Remarks.

Pies are eaten and enjoyed by a
great many people, notwithstanding
their deleterlouS effect upon health
and digestion. 1t Will be- hard TO per
suade old house keepers To do away
With pie, for they are joined to their
idols; but we can at least make the
effort. In summer time, pes are an
unnecessary extravaganza. When fruit
can be had for the picking, or at cry
low prices, when you can sugar down
for dessert, golden or red or black
raSpberries, n blackbe:ries, when you
can pile up a beautiful, artistic pyra-
md of pears, peaches and grapes, for
a center-plece to your table, and can
flank 1t by sliced melons and rosy APP
pies, what more could q king ask :
Doesn't it seem half like Dissertation,
to spoil all that beauty by making of
1t a truity paste between two layers of
pie-crust: Do believe for once that
best way is as good as any" and let
the fruit come on the table in all Its
freshness and beauty and wholesome
ness, father than waste health aud
strength and labor in concocting di-
geStion-slaying pies.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29

the Park of Palestine. which also in
Guides a model Of the city OF Jerusa-
lem. The Park, designed and on
structed by Rev. W. ". Wvthe. who
also Iald out a similar one at Chautau-
qua Lake. Is a model. 800 feet IN
length, Of the entire country of Pales-
tine from Dan 10 Beersheba. OF a scale
81 = lest l. the mile. III which althc
natural features OF the couutry are
displayed ana the accurately
preserved in miniature. The peak
OF snowy HerInon. representing an
altitude ~ 10000 ieet. is here REPRE-
sen'ed at an elevation OF about TWEEN
ty-fiNe feet. The plains OF Esdraelon.
sharon and Pnillstia. the mountain
OF Tabor, Carme'. Ebal. Gerizim. and
III the remote distance the bleak
mountains of Judea are seen. with
immature cities and villages beneath.
nestled among or browning the sun
mits OF miniature hills. To the south
lie the waters Of Merom. from which
theJordan descends in IN nature, wind
ing like a thread to the sea of Galllee.
and thence takes its rugged way to the
Dead Sea When one Receivers from
the ii It sensation of the ridiculous in
gazing at this Typographical dwarf. il
- 49, ~ D1GoAIlI III
the ingenuity with which it is con
structed and it Is certainly a valua-
BILE assistant to the student Of sacred
history.
The model o. the city of Jerusalem
complete and said to be very accu-
rate-lS even more interesting. The
city Is represented on a scale of one
GOT to $50 feet, the miniature model
covering an area Of 5000 square feet.
The basis of the work is the SURVEYS
made by the English and French gov
ernments, aided by over three hum
dred stereoscopic photographs taken
on the spot. All the public buildings
are represented with great care, and
the hills and valleys around the city
are laid out with d mInuteneSS that
enables II to obtain q better idea of
the actual contours and localities of
those sacred scenes than could be got
from printed descriptions.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
How They Dress for Dinner.

The dressing. or rather undressing.
Of English ladies' at swell" dinner
parties, drives an indignant American
10 write a. follows.
y i nner dress for 4 ladN in England
i something ! iremhle and shrek al.
When She gets to the drawing room
tie end OF the skirt j. ~ the hall door.
and nothing l. on her neck and bust
Like the green salad. she c.mv- II the
table u~ndre>Sed. - Ear a. h.r clS = ets
can see. And the ugIIer. older. fatter.
and the more beefy she i, the more \
She like the salad. Her hair J. a c m
pound problem in double vulgar frar
tons, ornamented with fine feathers.
flowers and jewels. Her neck i a
terror 10 an arm Of any amorous pro
pensitjes in black cloth. for the slight
est contact would carry OF much pow
dercd starch. But around il diamonds
dwell and emeralds glitter, or sap
phlrcs blaze. Each shoulder is orna-
mented with "A baby bow or band. and
these constitute the upper part OF the
dress, with the exception OF the small
bunch OF flowers prImly placed on the
cheSt-bone. Tn the altar of lady no
dressing. or no-lady dressing. | have
shattered the ten commandments and
numberleSs wine glasses in wrath and
embarrassment 80 often that | fear FOR
my present and future state. 10 be
placed rts Il ris before a magnificent
sample OF a champion young English
rare-roast-beef wife, with a one-button
bodice and "A slNteen-button pair OF
KID gloves on, Is making a fellow "A
pable OF looking unutterable things
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29

A correspondent tells the Raleigh
News that or the Bird inst, a difficulty,
growing out of an old church feud,
occurred between O. l.. Keith and Jas.
Jenkins, fifteen miles from Murphy,
Cherokee county, in which jenkins
received three mortal wounds, and
died III a few minutes. Keith was ar
rested and lodged in jail, to await his
trial before the Superior Court.
Miss Ruth Ellish. Miss Alma Calder,
and a Brooklyn young lady all claim
to b. the author of the SAKE Holme
Stories The lady who was generally
suspected of writing them denies it.
The secret is in the possession of the
Messrs. Scribner, the publishers of the
series. They ought to confound the
pretended authors by announcing the
real author.
A new way of dressing the hair is to
separate it in the back in two long
braids, which are joined again near
the nape of the neck by e Of a
shell-ring. Then the two ends of the
braids are taken up, joined again in
the middle of the head, and fastened
by a shell-cOmb matching the ring.
Miss Anna Y. Raper. or Anna liar
Dor. Michigan, is a young lady who
never had a headache in her life. She
has completed a classical and law
course, and been admitted as an attor
ney to practice in the Supreme Court
of Michigan.
Miss Beckwith, who astonished Lon.
don some time since. by swimming
ten miles in the Thames, before she
was fifteen years of age, will shortly
try to swim twice the distance. Should
she succeed. she may try the passage
from Dover to Calais.
1t is said that a good many Register
Of Deeds propose To hotd over an(
test the right OF those recently elected
to their offices. They claim that tn
election Law made no provision for tn
election OF + gister Of Deeds.
The Scientific News says that lime |
not worth much as a d~isinfectant. L
will cure the bad smells without re
moving the cause. Common coppera
is equal To the best.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
Developing, Purifying and Ele-
waiting.

The range has developed the intel
lectS of the farmers, it a to a great
extent. purified the politics of the ma
ton. and it has elevated humanity
wherever its principles have been IN
culcated Brother J. r. Harwell. Mas
ter of the Tennessee State Grange,
says:
1t is clear that the grange is doing
a most excellent work in arousiug the
intelligence of the farmers of the
country. and quickening thought, and
we are fast becoming, not only a read
ing. but a writing people as well, as
the Grange Reports so clearly prove.
This is one incalculable good the farm
ers derive from the Order, the best
educator within their reach, and as
thew become better informed as to Its
and methods, they VIII m
derstand better its value to them, ana
will give it an earnest support. 1hey
are too accustomed to toll n hardship
to weary in pursuit of a positive good;
because it requires personal toll ana
self-sacrifice, as well as united effort.
But perseverance in the work OF the
range under intelligent direction,
will soon become a abOro OF love, anu
the acquisition of practical knowledge
according to the grange plan. a pleas
ing task. 1t must be apparent to every
observer. that since its first intrOduc-
ton among us. it has been exercising
quietly, though surely, most excellent
influence amongst the masses. opera
ting through the hearts and minds OF
those engaged in agricultural and KIN
dred pursuits, developing, purifying,
elevating the good IN the one. and
educating, expanding and informire
the other. until now We can see tht
shadow of a coming revolution-tha'
which the Order contemplates as tit
end of its laborS. a prosperous agri-
culture. an intelligent, happy peopl'
and a good government.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
o.a.ers of North Carolina State
crance. P. of H.

: Il. Alexander, Charlotte,
,~.'.lIsubur- county.
H,,n +EN b. Whitfield, La
n... leuoir county.
''',' ,r.r-T. II. Robinson, Concord,
,.Igrr!- county.
lt'ggnL-D. III. Armstrong, Ashton,
prnurr county.
sand Ou-Iow county.
|II.Lua-Rev. VIM. Grant, Jack
... Northampton county.
a.-gSu~r.-D. W. G.. Benbow,
80, ,.1,ro. Guilford county.
.ro. tarA-Joseph +. Porter, Tar
~ FJrrcomhe county.
Gf+ Ee.yer.-W. ID. Wharton,
c~..r,horo. Guilford county.
g.r(x-tIr,. :. b. Alexander, Char
f,rre ~Mecklcnhurg county
'p.u.,,a-Nrs. y. Is. Whitfield, La
G~nrr. I.troir county.
Ea1l-iIiss Eugenia Robinson,
r-,,.ni. labarrus county.
J,.fy asst. .Steirdrd.-Mrs. III. f.
E.ny Stump Sound, Onslow county.
s.lfe Business AgeHt.-Dr. ID. We.
p.unoAv. Greensboro.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
8 B. Alexander, E.c-OGcio Chair
man.
~. French. Wilmington.
H.. Polk. Raleigh.
". II. Cheek. W~arrenton.
j. E. Porter. E.c-OBicio Secretary.
LIST OF DEPUTIES.
fat Deputy District.-Wm. b. Shaw,
Lmim Town. Currituck county.
snd Deputy District.-Jolm y. Davis,
Tlrbgro. ~Edgecombe county.
.pl Deputy District.-B. +. Hooks,
Ga.sboro'. Wayne county.
ah Deputy District.-Hill L. King,
Stump sound. Onslow county.
9Th Deputy District.-L. l.. Polk,
Ealri-h. Wake county.
9Th Deputy District.-Frank ". Pitt,
Oakvjl.e. Warren county.
Eth Deputy District.-Dr. ID. \.
Montgomery, Company Shops, Ala
nance county.
sh Deputy District. w. b. Clement,
jerusalem. Davie county.
gh Deputy District.-T. II. Robin
SON. Concord. Cabarrus county.
10th Deputy District.-W. Z. Rein
harit. Hickory. Catawba county.
llth Deputy District.-To be sup
Piled.
ETH Deputy District.-To be sup
FIiad.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
IIAI
Planter AND Farmer,
DEVOTED TO
AGRICULTURE, STOCK, HOE-
TICTITTRE AND RURAL
AFFAIRS.

The chief Agricultural journal oil
tho South. with a circulation ranging
from Maryland TO Texas.
DIR. l.. r. DICKINSON. Editor anu
Proprietor, Richmond, Va At - ~
DIR. NJ. G.. ELzEY. (Blacksburg Ag
College Editor Of Live Stock Depart
ment.
DR. THos. POLLARD, Commissioner
of Agriculture of Va. Editor Harden
and Fruits.
From Gov. VANCE. y. e.: y read
the Planter and Farmer from cover 70
cover, and found it Astounding III tha
most interesting matter.
daS;ra greatly to see 50 conservative q
iournaI a. the Planter and fdTHter
widely taken in North Carolina, ana
wish YOU a hearty G~odspeed.
ie 27-tf.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29

4 German who is blessed with a
barge number of daughters, has hit
uFon an Ingenious eXpedient for Sc
curing them husbands. His invention
is based on the theory that ''cour;Ship
requires a ParlOr, a sofa, subdued light
AID seclusiOn." The inventor con
s.ructed in his house a retiring room
styled the lovers retreat" THIS
ap1rtment Is eXquiSitely furnished.
>olt velvet pile carpets cover the floor.
Elegant couches are placed here and
There, and as you sit down the soft
S"eLlng tones of a musical box as
erhd from below and ~agreeably startle
Yen. At one end of the room is a bay
window, filled with all kinds of plants,
tAAalIng delicious odors. and present
ing a rare picture OF loneliness. Sta
,IetteS are judiciously disposed around
ut apartment, in which the light is
s'1uued and tender. Sentiments from
'Ftliler. Goethe, SHAKESPEARE, and 9TH
= famous poets, are scattered among
.r lfesco work. These Thoughts
''iI breathe and words that burn"
'.' arranged according to their inten-
n.y. All bear on the subject of love.
'"' negative sentiments are painted
WV d background, the next in order
~" d purple, and So on, until the glow
az u~!teranceS OF intense affection are
"'oeuIed IN a setting of warm Grim
". These sentiments are numbered.
u, one I'd of the door stands a statue
w 'enuS, and at the other end a statue
u ATOMS On the extended right
r |''.u oi each rests a plate, and on that
t-''e are embossed cards bearing
%"loei to correspond with the SEN
,IIleh's on the walls. By means of
Use cards and sentiments a dozen
ri lovers may converse at a time,
,''.3ul diSclosingtheir secret thoughts
9'"hStcs or interfering with the
~r'eCrmahlng OF others. As proof that
herman plan is practical, it may
stated that his eldest daughter was
unity married at the early age OF
Is'ten. Some of the other girls are
uothed. and there are scores of ap-
ANTS Tor the hands of the rest just
r-rt ''h as they get old enough. Pa
r with many daughters should hail
man as a ~benefactOr!
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
THE HOG CHOLERA-A PREVENTIVE

THE HOG CHOLERA-A PREVENTIVE
The following is said to have bee
used with success as a preventive OF
hog cholera. Equal parts, or a half
pound Of sulphur to a quarter of a
pound each of copperas and ~assafoti-
da. stirred well together and mixed
with food. This remedy has been
used, we understand, by a stock raiser
bordering on the infected district in
Masonboro township, and out of n
hundred and sixty hogs he has not vet
lost the first one from the prevailing
distemper. AS IAN ounce of proven
ton is worth a pound of cure" it would
be worth while, at least, to try the
recipe we nave glven.-Stdr.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
-~

SUPERIOR COURT.-The fall terms of
the Superior Courts in this (the SIXTH
Judicial District, under the new law,
begin with Mecklenburg Ohe first
Monday in September) instead of Polk
as heretofore. Three counties have
been added to the district, viz: Stanly,
Montgomery and Union. Hon. David
Schenck Will be the presiding Judge,
and w. }. Montgomery, Esq, the So
~licitor. Below we publish the date of
opening the count III each county
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
The Safest Steam Engine
Ag aims Fire in the World
Is the Goodwin Agricultural
tngine !!
lor.rl I &c al Manulae,urrr, rnee..
THE VERTICAL STEAM LNGlhE
AND BOILER.
5-Hor>e Ioser. N2A On wheels, =
THE HORIZONTAL STEAM kSGINk AND
ROIIEK
BOILER

l0-Horse power on sk.ds, 500. On wheels.
si.07b.
To the prize OF these Engines, add s. for
Spark ArlesicT.
In material and workmanship, these I'm
gines are equal 10 any. The bodwln Patent
spark Arlesting Attachment makes them
ahSolutely safe against ire from tie smok"
stack. Ii Is also arranged Tor connecting 4
steam pipe with the lint room oil tottou
GINS, branches Of which can be extended
Throughout the whole Gin bouse. valve
Is located near the man who leeds The Tin,
50 in case OF fire IN the lint room, lac can In
Stantly I'LL II aud the whole house with steam
and Put II OF L. When thus equipped.
there Is No ENGINE IN THE h 50
SAFE against fire. Insurance com lAnies
insure them at the same price they do 0ius
run by water or horse power.
| also offer for sale at Manufacturers
prices, the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29

i John Earnhart, of this county,
bp r''I co having raised , quarts of wheat
n1G~o.V grams sent to him in a letter
harvp' lie sowed that next year and
pacLIN'ed n l summer 4 bushels and )
hsv3[ Mr.. Earnhart als) reports
M d hen that was Matched out In
aJ,,,,e Diack hen-2l years old.-Sdt-
TGa,'e Washington Press says Major
llanILt9 sparrow resigned the chair
f,rr llP OF the Inferior Court of Beau
hat T%uilty, at the meeting of magis-
""'eS last week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29

DR.. Mott, during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1873, destroyed JIG
illicit distilleries, captured and sod At
horses and mules, and y wagons,
which had been used for transporting
illicit tobacco and whiokey.-GreenS-
bOrO North state.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
A New 1urnip for the South
lam prepares TO furnish seed in limited
quantities Of my nsw
$50 IurniD.

ani can recommend Is - our arms-S q.
t-ins superior io any tuFnip THAI can b.
Erosn IN this climate
II = \ cross between the sven top aud
9lob~. II has TIC shape If thr Globe. and
TIE ability 90 the sryentop - >taaa ths
winter ! clam
l. hat Ii - u Eroa Arkev than any other
t4rutp nd. that u "A Il Not blight under
an! cG~vun~taac-s SRI. Thai IL IS = arSt
cla< : lib aud sto~s fuEnlp sh. That il
all >tan1thr winter Without protection and
furnish al abundance o. SAlzd ia the spgInk
also have seed of The i~oglawiaG varieties
.! turuip~
The a lA7Iiar Turuip ~ Is Go Ter o. - per ID
I'D Iop $ s
Green {, lote
kuta BAga u 80
al , -
H.. . IL "
II seat bx mail l. cents pr round extra fuE
portage { Il FAIR HILu.
Scotsman AMI Florist.
Raleigh. y. &.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29
WHITELAW g. CAMPBELL,
DEALERS IN
ITALIAN And AMERICAN KAssLES,


Monuments. Head-Stones. etc; con-
stantlv on hand or designed ana eN'
cuted to order.
Orders solicited and promptly at
ended to. 'eo'5
TNDERLY STOCK FARM.
For sale-Thoroughbred Horses. Ayrshire
IT, y ~ :. Il. ALEXANDER,
july Aft
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-29

Tbs. t,t.,n els SO long and favofaOiy
Lnown Are stlll III uufActurcd with thAi
care ana attention which has gwen theih
their well earned reputation VI oci"s w
- ~, rn,,nn Gin in tho market, aud ale nov
offered at prices never before SO low. WI
sell the above named steam Engines any
Cation ems. sc for cash. or on time. 'hd
VII onliver item AT amy railroad depot. or
river Itnding, in North carolina
Will al, 50 Sell and have put up,
The North Carolina Cotton
Press.
H., DR. &c Tor $40 Power Press for sie3.
Tnav viii LAST a life time, and are hol sur
passei by All Addres, me her. al ha,',s"'
n. &. JohN
July 3
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-11-21
Independence.

One of the most foolish ideas in the
world is to think we can act entirely in
dependent of one another. From the
first of breath to the last of death we
have to depend upon our fellows. No
man ever yet was able to 60 through life
without assistance; without receiving
favOrs; no day passes without having
need of them. In tens of thousands of
ways we are indebted for food, clothing
shelter. Life the most savage and free
from luxury and association has necessi-
ties that must be supplied by another
hand, and sickness and accident come
alike to all.
When we hear man or woman talking
about getting along without them" we
incline to the opinion that they are
well, to speak mildly-talking rubbish.
The fUll-pOwered and strong-armed man
is as much a slave to the laws of his be-
ing and surroundings as a little child. 1t
is the bOldest Of nonsense to dream of
acting supremely independent. Nothing
IN material nature is enabled to do so,
and can man? The sea is dependent
upon the rivers, the rivers upon the
brooks and the brooks upon the springs
Every one thing is obliged to lean upon
some other thing, and it is the union of
the small that goes to make up the
strength and peTteCtness Of the great. No
one star Is Independent of the Others
and the beauty of the solar system is the
complete dOvetailing together and har-
mOny in working.
There are men, and men who boast of
independence when there is absolutely
no such thing. Even the independence
of money is uncertain as the breath of
the wind. A financial hurricane may
come on the morrow; a fire blot out in
a night, and the millionaire be a pauper.
And so it is with everything mundane.
The talk Of independence is simply
ridiculous. The old story of the 'DiscOn-
tented Pendulum" is a striking illustra-
ton, and the lungs might as well tell the
heart that hereafter it was "going it
alone" as man to cut loose from his kind.
We are and must be dependent. There
is no one instance in which we can be
otherwise. The rash suicide says he
viii free himself from life and its trOu-
bles: will be independent. Yet his very
latest and sinful act proves the fallacy of
his reasoning. Without the work of
another, without pistol and powder and
ball, he could not have done the deed,
and by the hands of those from whom
he boasts independence, he must be
buried
Independence (of this character) is
false in theory and abOrtive in practice.
It Is simply 'bOsh' Ofthe most pronounced
kind, and the sooner man bows to the
laws he must obey, and learns the folly
of his boasts, the more smoothly he will
live and TRANQUILITY 60 down to the clark
valley" none can ever avoid.