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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01
A yankee named Haines has adopt

A yankee named Haines has adopt
ed the --latest method of making a
raise. He was arrested at Reading last
week for Inning seven colored CLERGY
men, and several ''singers.' to 90
round and sing and pray AT cam :
meetings gotten up at various points
for his benefit; the hat being always
passed until quite a raise had been
made. At night he kept the Preach
ers' cooped up IN a barn loft, for what
reason does not appear. Possibly h.
had determined that the services"
should not be Interrupted by their ar
rest for chicken stealing. He forgot
that be himself might be taken III out
of the night-dir. And So he was.
Stand by your friends No man
can achieve greatness in public life, who
is ungrateful to his friends. Grant
never would have seen the White House
a Second time but for his steadfastues~
in standing by those who stood by MIN
Even the negro route agents knew that
if Grant were reelected they were .afe.
Without endorsing the selfish view OF
the question, we believe it right t
practice it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01
Freaks of Fortune.

Tie discovery Of the wonderful dia-
in mrch the same way as the discovery
IF geld in North Carolina. 1t will be
remembered that a Cabarrus county
man i.ad d chunk Of gold the size of a
brick, which had been picked up by his
children, and was used as a "chock' to
keep open the Gcor. y visitor was
struck with its appearance, and eventu
ally sold it for $500.
In 1867, John O'Reilly, a peddler.
Stop ed for the night at the house of a
Dutch farmer in the South African set
Elements. aud saw the l~at;er's children
playing on the earth floor with some
pretty pebbles which they had found
along the river banks. O'Ite!lly picked
up one of them. and said, with surprise,
THAT might be a diamond - Nickirk
laughingly SAID he might nav it it
was no diamond and if 1T was there
were plenty around there.
A writer in "~Scribner's'' Magazine
thus tells the remainder OF the story -
O'l,eilly was not to be laughed out of
his idea. and said that if Niekcrk didn't
obie, he would TAX it down with him
to Cape Town and see what 1t was. and
if it, proved to be of value he would give
him half the proceeds. On the way
down. a long journey. he stepped at
Colesburg, at the hCt.l. and showed
the pebble. scratching with it a pane of
glass. His friends ~laughingly scratched
glass with a gun flint and threw the
pebble out Of the window, telling
Ore lily not 10 make a fool of himself.
However, OReilly persevered, got 1t to
DIR. .Artherstone, neal the coast, who
announced that it WAS in truth a dla-
monI Of 225 carats. 1t was sold for
$4,000. | am glad to saw that ORellly
divided fairly with Niekerk. The latter
remembered that he had seen an i'm
mensa stone III the hands of a kattir
witch-doctor who used it in his lncanta-
tons. He found The fe; ish-man, gave
him 30o sheep. horses, and nearly all he
posse ssed, and sold it the same day to
an experienced diamond-buyer for 500
O0D This was the famous Star OF
South Africa Il weighed S32 carats
in the rough and was found tt be a gem
quite the rival of any Indian tone IN
purity and hrilliance. After IT had
been cut it was honrht by the Earl OF
Dudley and it i, now known As the
"Dnilev' diamond. The natives
crav!ed over the giouad and found
many more, ar,i the excitement grew
and became ii tense. BY 1869 parties
III ox-wagons had Won ked their way
over the weary plains t. tie Naal River.
From ali parts OF tie colony and from
foreign lands, people swarmed, and
o like the creation of a dream. a
tented city of twelve thousand or more
grew at Pniel and klipdrift, the oppo-
site banks of the stregm where dia-
monds were found plentiiully ana OF
excellent quality by sorting over the
bowlder-dnit. soon hundreds of era
dies. like those used by the Australian
gold-diggers. were rocking on the edge
of the stream, supplied with the precl-
Gus gravel by a lar-e force OF dlggerS,
sievers and carriers People were thun-
der struck at their success. Poor men
with a turn of the hand became rlch.
Hotels, bakeries, brewerles, drinking
saloons and shops were erected ano
reaped rewards quite as large as did the
diggers. It was a marvellous scene a.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01
Thrifty Farming.

Oie OF the best NAYS t. bring about
Improvement III our North Carolina
system of agriculture is To publish the
results ot experiments by farmers
themselves. Many men Viii utterly
reject a theory. because j; IS book
larnIn but when a neighbor takes
up a theory ANA thrives upon it, the
SLOW moving -keptic gradually con
fess,s that he wa> psejudiced, and
thought his daddy knew all that was
worth knowing. and that his daddy's
son wa a chip OF the old block. Here
Is an interesting sketch Of to method
OF q Robeson county farmer-Capt.
Steven Thomas. by name- reported
by the Raleigh" correspondent of the
Observer:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01
What Can he Done.

oae 80 tie w~faltbly~t and MOST -4e
CsS>flI farmers ~ New Hanover r,uu.
u a. day lahoreT fifteen wears e+o.
toT hls services hr rrCc4srst one do
.AI cr -. AMI had 3 lsr~ tams.t te
SUI ri, bat ~ economy ..a1 taI g
a, habits Il. managed - lay ir ?
lltti 81 his small salary t. commence
Ii y II his OWN ccuuut IT, pggoa.l-
81 a mail tract oi land rt.Ar t.t,
city and 10y harl work Ala ela~y A.t,a-
tpu = hl~ farm ~,ou took rank.
among most promluet truckers IF the
county. I.sttlc b> httlc has he add,-l
Ia iis stock and farm. anu to-day D.,
has ,S,r one hundred acres ~ - uah
land - = IN the State. a greater uuEa-
b,g IF horses. CONS. and goats. Of bet
t-I breed han those II many tsut,r>
III tn. couats Thps, who know ~.as
that the farm Of 1homa, ii. Monk ~
one Of the best equipped and appoint
Ell IN the county and Yet ~tca Ia
start Il til, land ami surroundings wa~
abou an i par With most eff the land
IN ti3- ectIon The whole farm A.
under a high state oi cultivation ln,i
the l.: i are being improved 10y TIA,
JudIclous use OF compost heaps. AC.-
VII RecicE.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01
Flat Rock.

\ correspondent Of the Observer
q S-The mountain Il near Sa-
luda. and from there to Ashevllle l.
beautiful beyond description. Three
miles from >aluia the train ,top- for
: lev minute fpr tn. engine to TAKE
a long breath. and to Set on a full
head II steam. From tins point the
grade ! over 2eo feet t. the mile. A
mighty pufnnE ! kept up. but the
summit i seemingly. easily reached
The stage passes through Hender-
%sonville. a village Of about ~ inhab
ltan's. and three miles from Hender-
sonvillr You rcach Fiat Rock. the most
lovely spot in Western Carolina Flat
Rock j. the summer residence Of a
number of wealthy south Carolinians.
and a handsome residence. with invi-
ting grounds. i presented every four
or i've hundred yards. While the
man Vas beng changed. in company
Will a gentleman and two interesting
lady passengers. | listed the beautI-
ful flower yard of the Rev. Mr.. DraN-
ton, which cNcei- in taste and lowell
ness anything oi the kind | have ever
seen. His beautiful grounds and
gigantic green house, filled To over
flowing, l. alone worth the trip.
The Episcopal church at Flat Rock
Is deserving of special mention. The
architecture j. specially striking, 1t
resembles the description Of an ancient
monastery, with It's grounds and ter
race. The grounds are beautiful, and
the place itself seems almost To breathe
and lnfuse = sacred atmosphere.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01

The late Isaac Friedlander. who died
a few days ago, was justly called the
Grain King Of California, since he
early gained such control over the
trade, that nine-tenths Of the grain
shipped to Europe from California be
tween 1870 and 1876 passed through
his hands. He also controlled the
fleet of 800 or 400 sailing vessels neces-
sary FOR the transportation OF such a
vast quantity Of wheat. 1t these en-
gagements had been strictly personal,
it has been estimated that It would
have required a capital, IN late years,
OF $40. GOO, 600 to carry on his opera
tons. He was in 0 cases, now
ver only a broker on a large scale.
and finally failed in 1876 by losing So
600 900 by the partial failure OF crop
and by the Russo-Turkish a His
failure and death haveprobably broken
up permanently the possibility of any
II man again controlling the I'M
mense grain interests OF California
lie was a giant physically, being near
~ sever feet in height. and with a
body larger in proportion. He was a
German by birth. and came to this
country when a boy. He shipped the
first cargo of weat ever sent 10 Europe
from San Francisco.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01

Yesterday morning morse was st lien
from the farm OF Mr.. Richard Hayes,
who ives on the road to Auburn. The
thief was pursued by Mr.. Whitaker and
Mr.. Barnhill, both neighbors of Mr..
Hayes. These pursuers finally came
up with their man at Auburn. He
proved to be John Dancy. The horse
was at the same time recovered. Put
ting their prisoner in a spring wagon
the captors brought him int the city.
He made no special resist tncc until on
reaching Cabarrus street on their way
up Fayetteville, he leaped from the
wagon, intending II escape. But he
was foiled III the attempt, for Mr..
Whit. ker seized him by his coat tails
and held him fast. Both finally got
hold of him. and her sent II police
headquarters for aid.
-T1ov. Vance delivered his address
on The Scattered Natiou' at the Court
House in Norganton Tuesday, for the
bepe tit Of the Presbyterian church.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01

nigh when the opposite camps we're Int
up with the warm .lnw ofllcItf~ shining
2 the tent cloth buildings anu
me pilIilant camI-fifes II their twelve
thou~and inhabitants = n-ed across The
water, from bank I E.Ik Far me-
the lght We're kept ~ the shouts and
t+r and sinllnl and music. aud
Tue sr' sslnE I'D reortsslug of the boats.
I'' tNcted crowds shifted their quar-
le4> up aLd uo~u he river. making uew
during 1870 and l~-l over
!" I - % ~ rom ialty to nifty miles II
stream.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01
Contributions to the Agricu tural
Museum.

From w. +. Rlelnhardt of Gaia W be-,
a lot OF Irish potatoes from the gardens
of Hickory very fine and from +. G..
Boyle a lot, 81 pounds raised from one
potato, Early Rose variety.
White blue stem wheat presented by
5. ID. Williams of Wake.
From j. w. Dawson, L. ]. Sawyer,
j. Il. Whorton. j. j. Brobble of Craven
county a lot of very fine Irish potatoes
some of them weighing SO ounces
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01
NASH COUNTY, y. c.
July 22nd, 1875.

EdttOr F,trner dHd WechdHtc:
would Ike T." ask some one of the
many SHEEP ~laisers of this State a few
practical questions IN regard to this i'm
portant INDUSTRY To be answered
through Your valuable paper. | will
first give my situation aud chance for
raising sheep. AS t. enable who ever
will to give me the information | must
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01
HIS FARM

lies on the road leading from Laurin-
burg Ia Shoe Heel. about two miles
from the former place. He has Two
hundred and seventv-tivr acres OF
open land, II hundred OF which Is Ill
cotton. slAty-five IN corn, Seyenty-tiye
in peas, and the balance resting. This
farm. GHtc betnHl, was owned 10y a re-
latlon OF the Captains. and was deNo-
ted exclusively to the culture OF cotton.
and produced, one year, forty thous
and pounds III the seed: this was con
sidered an abundant yield. and a cor
respondent of the Fayetteville Oh
server made mention OF the fact in a
communication to that paper. Now.
after being Self-~SuStalnlng III making
corn, oats, peas, &c. last year, there
was more than twice as much cotton
made. In 1877 he planted for % bales
and made 60. The crop is much bet
ter this ear than last. and for a like
number of acres it Is decidedly the best
average crop | have e e this season.
He cultiyates his firm by hired labor
as the most economical. and SAYS the
Creates drawback in the work Of the
farm is the travelling threShing ma
chimes, which come nearer democrat
ling a crowd of fifteenth amendments
ilsi IA > = -
striving. year after year, to cultivate
his crop With more economy than the
year previous. Upon an examination
Of his books | find the hoe work of his
cotton crop last year cost a fraction
under % cents per acre: this year he
expects to bring 1t under 40. OF the
one hundred being cultivated in cot
ton. thirty acres are IN II field,
which. up to this time, the cost for
hoeing has not exceeded 20 cents per
acre. | asked him how it was that
this field had cost him SO little. lie
replied. III his inimitable style, You
see | have fifteen able-bodied geese.
YOU know, that | keep in that field,
and if it is plowed properly, you
know, II goose Will manage to keep
the grass out OF two acres, YOU know"
He saws they are ;he cheapest hands a
cotton farmer can work. the ale of
the feathers will more than pay the
expense Of keeping the geese, and by
increasing his umbe IS h way he
expects to reduce the expense of hoe
ing next year. Last ear he made
enough tobacco to last his hands ten
years, and after deductlng all farm
and family expenses, his net profits to
the pillow was about S4tJ. Ills entire
crop of cotton was sold IN L%aurinburg
at an average of 8! cents per pound.
The s~eventy-five acres in peas was
stubble land, planted at odd times
when it was too wet to work corn and
cotton. which he considers a clear gain
as to time. He is of the opinion that
land fallowed with peas is the best
and quickest mode Of improving it
he thinks foreign fertilizers, as a gen.
eral thing. too oon become like Judge
Pearson'o Judiciary. ''eXhauSted," and
when the plant needs the help neces-
sary to produce the fruit, it is founo
TO be taken up III the stalk, SO that
after experimenting with various
kinds IN various ways. he considers
the homemade manures the best fol
the farmer. and while the plant does
not look SO well in the spring a
where other kinds are used. yet, OF
the .home-stretch," the homemade
Will leave its competitors well n the
rear.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01

MORE SHEEP.-Last year we paid
foreign countries $50, COG. 600 for wool
len goods. When we have in the cOun-
try 10000, 600 more sheep than we
have now, we shall only produce the
wool we use: and yet there is no coun-
try in the world where sheep could
be raised so profitable as the United
States. especially in North Carolina.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01

@ ~
coloIed Odd Fellows were here coming
from Columbia, L~lncolnton, Dallas and
shelby. which, together with the
Lodge ot this citN, marched III process
sion through the streets, accompanied
by HUNDREDS OF then coloIed friends.
- Fine rams are reported along the
y. &. Railroad as far down a Rslciph.
II / terribly dry IN portions of Meek
lcnburg and surrounding counties.
- We had a visit thus week from
Colonel John Stijlw,ll, Of Guiin. Ia.
He is "A native of Mc~cklenburg, and was
once Deputy sheriff ct the comfy
under Sheriff Sloan. lie moved Ia
Georgia forty years ago, where he has
pros poIed and become a prominent
citizen but he still has A loving heart
for his native county - The Con
ference of the Local Ministers within
the bounds oi the \. 6. Conference Of
the VI + Church, south, assembled III
Calvary Mission Church, III this city, OIL
THURSDAY morning. July 25th. Rev. J..
W. H~eppinstall, Vice President, called
the Conference to order, and Rev. l..
Braas 4 acted as Secretary. The adj
DIRE # the President Gtev K. l..
Ahclu thy, who was not present was
read by the Secretary. y committee
OJ IJlAlIlt VI NIGt was dIIpIhl'ts 'oil-
slsting of j. +. Butt. Thomas Ledwell
mon was pr, ached by Rev. Mr.
Charlotte Obsefyer.
Mr. John W Moore. Of Hopewell. IN
this county, has a mare colt inst II
months OLD rhat has been giving milk
for some time. He has tried various
means To make the milk cease, but has
been unsuccessful. 1t the animal IL not
milk, j regularly It becomes So stitf III
the hiud legs tat 1t can hardly walk.
This i, one 81 re strangest Freaks ia
uaturr that VI have ever heard ct.
The colt, OF course. Is too young to have
ever had offspring ->0HtherH HoHs.
There is a body of snow in Tucker
mans wine. Mr. Washington, the
length of which is about 1000 feet, VITA
an average width of forty feet, the
.rea'e,t depth being Thirty feet. The
.rcl is asou 30 feet IN length. Near
the c.lster a large cavern has been
forced % the water. nearly forty feet
in Eeilh t aud irregular overhead, form
ing 4 very beautiful picture.
One WeatherIv, white, was arrcstcI
near High Point. on last Saturday al
~teThool bt III. 'IiI7- l'uIh't 81 Ut
Airy, from whom Neatherly bad
stolen a me morse on the pf'Ni"t~
thursday night. "lheft mas b""ii
a plague of butterflies ia the gardens
around Winston. 1t is the small white
~, ma SUMS tH' '"I"'6'' III" a'r
tie NO. IN - 'ri' -" - -
'Tsctapie9' HTP'7i'i"7 '17'"' P''N''
an my JUL"
U'l-, ~..-,- l.r,.~. f., H.. F4t,
~ Lis an. dia,I IN U.rr.n ,,uo.
=, ~ TL,1r u.nn.ir H. 60 f.r
,.a,s !. ,n.rcL.nt ia f,rh,r,
lo,, nn.;n. nnl.r H.. firm r-,,t.
.fH 49, ~. tr,a, TarL,rn b..
rernnyad IN p.t.r-Lnr, and uIi.J q,
mercantile calling with MIR. William
Weddell until tn. close 81 the War.
o.r or.a Eri.,.5. f.,,,
Dnr1 ~ Pc u.,LnI- -,
III - ,'at .'.,,f,. 80. - -.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-01

Department Of agriculture
state Board of Agricuit TO. ;mmigra
ton and Stat ties.

~ VANCE Governor ali. ~ uIacio Chair
man. - ~, ~ o,ic,,
member of the Board
CIa,a and ex oflcio mrmb L Of the BoiG IT,.
0o ~ II HaLT. President State Agricultural
Society and ex otiiei9 II EN- eF OF the boafp-
ma eX oTncio II eIuber OF the Board.
u y TutGPES. of Edgeconbe county.
JoSATHA> EVANS, OF cumberland county
1oStna. /. POLK. COmIniss oHer.
Tuos 4 ROBINSON, Secretaiy and Treas
uTer. ~ D,f..., p,ild -,
Raleigh. NJ
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-18
THROWING MUD At vERmLuoM
vermillion Standard.


The Dakota Southern railroad had more trou-
In the same place the last two occurred, though
not as extensive as either Of them. About 20
teet OF the track went out this time, delaying the
train arriving here Yesterday about two hours.
are now running al! right... The Dakota Southern
have had such unpleasant and improbable ex-
periences at Vermillion that they could well be
excused for wishing that they had tunneled
through the bluffs beyond.
The above is from the Sioux City Jour-
nal Of the 18th, and in our judgment comes
with very poor grace from Sioux City a.
the citizens Of that place did everything in
their power to prevent the building Of the
road, and charged and obtained exhorbitant
prices for the right of way out Of their
town, when Vermillion gave the company
that built the road n hundred and fly
valuable town lots, the right Of way through
the county and built the depot for the com.
pany on condition that the company retain,
for all time to come, the depot where it il
now located.
Other towns gave bonds that they do not
now propose to pay. Therefore, Vermillion
gave more to the company than all other
towns. Sioux City has also laborsd hard to
build the Covinyton, Columbus & Black
Hills railroad to run in opposition to the
Dakota Southern road. Now, if there is q
washout below Vermillion mot at Vernil.
lion) where is, and where has been the IN
pleasant and Improbable experience, II
Vsrnillion or at Sioux City. Let Sioux
City do a much for said railroad - this
city has, before she commenced throwing
mud ut Vermillion.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-18

President Hayes title has again beer
affirmed and it is probable that no revolu
tionary movement can disturb il. tn,
house Of representatives. on Friday, BY
vote Of 2l5 to 81, adopted the followingpr =
ambls and resolution:
WHEREAS, At . joint meeting of the two
houses Of the forty-fourth congress, convened
pursuant to law and the coustitution for the
purpose of ascertaining and counting the
votes for president, for term commencing
March 4 1877, On counting the vote1
Rutherford B. Hayes was declared elected
president, and William A. Wheeler was de.
clared elected vice president for such term ;
therefore
Resolved: That no subsequent congress
and neither house has jurisdiction to revise
the action at such joint meeting, and any at.
tempt by either house to annul or disregard
such action or title to Office arising there
from, would be revolutionary and is disap-
proved by this house.
This resolution, introduced BY Nj. Burch-
ard, caused lively squirming among the
democrats Of the house, but they were COM
PEELED by the pressure Of public sentiment
take it in. The business interests Of the
country demand that revolutionary attempts
% unseat the president cease aud even revo-
|u~tionists must obey the behests Of their con.
,~tituents. So the resolution passed.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-18
Canton Advocate.

The Press 4 Dakotaian. from the "atmos
phers Of uncertainty that pervades the polit:
ical aspect of the territory" has espied
quite . formidabls array Of material from
which . ~convsntiou could select, among
which it mentions Judge Kidder, Gov. Pen.
nington, Judge Barnes, Geo. III. Hand,
Judge Bennett, Alex. Hughes, Col. Louns.
berry, ]. A. Wallace and r. +. Psttigrsw.
Should the Sioux valley present any claims
for . candidate, Frank Psttigrew would b
. hard man to defeat in this region, but We
have more faith In Franks judgement than
that he will allow his name for use this
campaign. twill be . break,neck campaign
for somebody, and. in our opinion, more
liable to be fatal to the one not the choice Of
the Black Hills. Unless that portion Of
our territory is . marvellous exception to
the first days of a mining country, that they
can and will control the election ofths dele
gate this fall. It will be the man they want,
whether democrat or republican, and none
other need apply. It Is to be hoped that
the republicans will moi, in their anxiety to
secure their ivorite, who yer It may be,
lose sight Of discretion in considering the
Is they are not able to trilie
or carry any other burden than such Is at
least will as much IS divide the Black Hills
But the safest plan 10 to designate
ZONE one that they will unite upon.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-18
COAL IN DIXON COUNTY.
POnca Journal.

POnca Journal.
A special meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Ponca coal and mining company,
was held ct Ponce, June 18th, at which
time arrangements were made to imme.
diately proceed TO develop the coal fields Of
this county.
The prospects for finding q large vein Of
coal in this vicinity are very good indeed
1t is . home enterprise and is to be conduct
! cd by those residing here and having i'm
plicit faith In the success of the undeltsk
ing.
When once the coal led is opsned (ant
of its existence there can bs no reasonabl,
doubt,) it will be q most grand and benef
cial enterprise for this county. and indeed
for all northern Nebraska. The discovery
Of q good paying vein of coal, will bring I
railroad here from Omahs ,-emigration vii
at once be turned this way and Dixon coun
ty will become D of the richest and mos
populous parts of the state.
The gentlemen who have taken hold O
this matter, will, in a few DAYS, commence
sinking q shaft, and will prosecute the worl
vigorously and, no doubt, successfully.