The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26

Peoria, IL, ha- resolved not to hire
another ecturer on temperance al any
price but to let Its Crunkarus oriuk,
die, and get out VI the way.
This great and glorious country has
about $1,000 postofilces, and Is accu-
muiating THESE uoefui letter depols ~
the rate Oh 2,OgO a year.
so, said a lady, recently, to q mer-
chant, your pretty daughter has mar
rled d rich nusUanl:' ell" slowly
replied the father, 1 believe she has
married "a rich man. but | understand
NJ Is a very poor husband"
She do you suppose that | have
five or SIX hands, that 1 can do every
Thing at once, say de I realize
that you have not, my dear, and rea-
lIZe tiat you have i've or SIX tongues. ,
1aDieau -pyrutechulcs and Mysteries.
There is some difference, we thank
YOU, between the President and Esau.
Esau sold himself for a mess of pot
tage, and The President is going to eX-
sell himself on d pot OF message.
Cloud cheers, and Cries of COnstrue,
construe -
1t would seem that the morals of
Maine ana Vermont need sadly 10 be
mended; for, last year, IN the former
State there was one divorce TO every
twelve marriages, aud IN the latter
state one divorce to every sixteen
marriages.
UNIoN-Monroe Express: There will
ha = a -. - = - . r Ia (.pt,st
church on r4iday night &c organize al
Independent Order OF Good Iemplars.
1.-The fire at the Stewart House on
tuesday night was caused by a coal
popping from the tire and lighting on,
the Dou. 1t was II the third story.
Mrs. Diana Haines was made insane
in Mount Gllead, Ohio, by a false re-
port that she was heiresS to 500, 900,
the sudden citation and disappointment
u~nbalancing her reason. h tried to
commit suicide and was sent to an
asylum. Lately 500, 900 was really
be%queathed to her, but she will not
believe it.
For THE TOOTHACHE.--The applica-
ton of the following remedy for tn
toOtache is said to be efficaciOus in the
nos desperate cases, provided it be
not connected with rheumatism !:
Alum, reduced to an impalpabIe pow
der, two drachms nitrous spirits Of
ether, seven drachms mix them well
and apply them to the tooth.
Engineer Charles CIauser Of the
Denver railroad, was pinned beneath
his engine, which jumped the track
~ - Tr.r L. , - \ cu,,+oh tho ~ I,. lox,
and after enduring the agony for two
cut his throat before the bystanders
enough Jlauser lost his wife and
switch a year ago.
An old gentleman who was living
with his sixth wife, and had always
been noted for the ease with which he
maraged his spOuses, on being asked
to communicate his secret, replied !:
1T is the simplest thing III the world.
If you want to use a woman up, just
let her have her own way in every
thing all the time. There was never
q woman born who could survive that
long
Observation-Disclosures Recorder: The
reception at the school of the Misses
Nash and Miss Kollock on Wednesday
evening last, as the closing one Of the
summer session aura ted a larger
assemblage of visitors than has been
usual on such occasions. Thursday a
lutte mulatto child about three years old
living with his mother on the premises
Of Mr.. w. d. Latta, near University
Station, was burned to death.
NEW Observation-Disclosures Star
An adjourned meeting Of the members
O! the Bar was held at the Courthouse
Saturday morning, at 10 O'Clock, for
the purpose of heaving the report Of
the committee appointed to draft suit
able resolutions IN reference to the
death Of Hon. Hugh Waddell..... Hon.
Geo. Davis Will boon deliver q lecture
on IAN Episode in Cape Fear His
tory in aid Of the widow Of Lieu
tenant Benner, L. s. A.
Nurfreesboro Enquirer Mr.. Moses
n. Lassiter, of the most successful
farmers in HEREFORD county, raised
upon five acres of land, the present
year, e~1ghty-tive bushels of wheat--17
bushels per acre. After moving his
wheat, he planted the same lot in
corn, and gathered 25 bushels per
acre, making in all 21O bushels of
grain raised upon five acres OF land.
This proves what can be. produced
upon Hartford soil.
The recent lively London scandal,
the attempt Of Lady Gooch, to palm
off another womall's baby on her nus
band as her own, has ended as dra-
ma1ically as it has continued. The
woman's counsel admitted to the court
that her confinement was merely tic
titious, and she played the part to get
a settlement when she should be lett "a
widow. She threw herself on the