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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-04
THE CLEMENT

The very low prices for raw cot
ton which have ruled for some
years past, and which, under
increasing production both at
home and abroad, must still bring
disappointment to the planter,
have given ready consideration to
almost any suggestion by which the
profits of culture might be en-
HANGED. No more ready and prac-
ticable mode could be pro-
vided than the Intervention Of
machinery to reduce the cost OF
manufacture. To a great extent,
the profits Of the manufacturer
were the measure of those of the
planter. For though to the for
mer, the enhanced value given to
the wrought material by skillfully
applied labor was great in proper
ton to that derived from cultiva-
ton, still there were well defined
limits even to them under the pres
sure of domestic and foreign COM
petition.
But if a plan could be derived
by which the producer could real
lie both the profit of the planter
and the manufacturer, then the
great problem was solved: and the
planter might hold in his hands
the destinies both of agriculture
and commerce. In the produc-
ton of cotton, the Southern plant
er, under conditions of peace and
commercial freedom, from the
superior excellence Of his staple
may always rely upon indepen-
dence from rivalship; subject how
ever to the dimunition OF profit
from over production. If to this is
added, as is now the case, the cost
of transportation to distant mar
kets for manufacture, then there is
additional reduction of profit, be-
cause inevitably upon the producer
are accumulated all the costs of
freight, insurance, commissions
and all the other ingenious exac-
tions of the trade. Hence the ef-
fort that has been made so strenu-
ously, aud with encouraging re-
suits, to create manufacturing en-
terprise in juytaposltlon to agrlcul-
tural industry, and, by almost en-
tire eliminating transportation as
an clement of cost, enabling the
manufacturer to make largerprotits
than his Northern rival; while It
gave him ability to pay tie planter
better prices for the raw material.
No system of manufacturing was
presented to the public with such
plausible claim to favor as that
working under the Clement At.
tachment, the invention Of i Ten
nessean of that name. 1t is unde.
niable that the yarns made under
his process are more even, stronger,
and more economically produced
than by any other mode. And
there must be some serious re; Sd
which operates against a genera
adoption of the system by til,
Southern planter or by manufac
turing companies. For it is a
much within the reach of the ent
as the other other bv its simplicit,
of construction, and by its economy
of application.
1t is well to examine some of tn,
claims Of this invention. And frs
what Is the substance that it act
upon? Cotton is a textile fibre tina
has peculiar facilities for being
drawn out into threads of uniform
twist, length and diameter OWN.
to its "smoothness, tenacity, hexi
bility, elasticity, and spiral form o
the filamentS." In the condition
in which it is brought from III
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-04
SOME SCATTERED THOUGHTS

-
If ANY apology be needed LOT
what follows, We have THIS 10 oHer
Prof. Kerr j, >ta-c G~colo-lst, aud
thus. j. : W. lec. - liberty TO Spe@A
IF what Is advises orr farmers.
The NirgrfaNs are continually
pointing to, aaI c9mIim.nffn3
nm for, the good WORKS r. doe loF
the State. j. any farmer Il IL
search OF agricultural truth "lio
progress. 1t hlm huht NJ 'ui.'
August. and September NUMBERS
81 Capt. Ihl@PaAs RECONSTRUCTED
Farmer" for ls.3 and read i'foi.
heFrs address II the Weldon ar
1t i the best s'cni1l'ral aouIe97
ever delivered IT the ! - cur
knowledge y VIII amply Pas 10
the tfooole q nc se"ioh
Professors "dN'ce - oui 'ii,''
upon compost anu waste y i'9oi
not long ~sihee,""S We "4''' r'iI
IN writing out I lew weeks 40
Wefook the same We" u coH'los'
ing. Il the farmers . me Tae'
Will but thlnk' ana calculate We
see nothing else IoT mem - - W.
conclude Win l'r"l. hefr tAa' 'lls
Is 2 great waste Oh thoiI "edi "
mefalizeo lfe'-laooF. mere = '"e
practice, remove ne renee Ii0'
upahd plant II cotton anu - VII
be louhd 'ha' ! VIII no. S'o" :"
II 1t was on ! oaiiA q MANURE '"'
SIMPLY pc cohsldcfaoi! oel1ei Ili"ii
that planted u III me i'eIu' iieio
IS the science analysis SHOWS mat
1.-THE fence corner dIft contains less
than i've per en-. OF hohiu> "a
al other ief'iii|ihS ins'eoiei.'''
Two on three per cent. viii cover
the average. WAi@a means 1AaI =
to - per ccat. OF THIS la2of ! Z
dead loss. IhtnN Of ha"In-
n~lnety-cight pound, OF sand "a
dirt and getting t"" pounds OF
questionable manure. It : urged
the labor has been nred ~ the yen
and this is the best that can 81
done with 1t At this season. ) 1T
hiring a negro by The Yer and giv-
in9 him simply employment for
a part Of the time creating rather
a big leak for cotton at ten cents:
We believe the intensive system OF
farming is the only n that Is
proper, and that pays, and fence
corner composing can certainly be
no part OF that. Would not prepar-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-04
CLUBS

FARMERS Gibbs
This; IL worn he Ing. hut there
are many farmers and many com
muniries that are vet slow anu
stupid as to lis meaning. There
are three Of these clubs now flour
,bIng in Granville county; outside
If this We know Of but two or three
others IN the STATE. The institu-
ton of slavery did certainly blind
our people 10 tie workings and
progress of the outside world. ANY
thing akin to combination was con-
s.dcred a badge Of weakness and is
repul.iyc to Southern character.
This feeling fingers and Il people
are SILL prone to pour rldicuIe upon
those vino attempt - step outside
the beaten track. But could these
clubs once gam a footing they
would be found more in harmony
with Southern Instincts and char
acter than any other of the farmers
organizations. Hospitality IS
something dear to the Southerners
heart, and the opportunity these
occasions give for this display he
would find exactly to his tastes.
10 see IS we did a few days ago,
some fifteen or twenty club-men
with their wives. cons and daugh-
ters. around the festive board sip
ping our OWL s~cuppernon9 and
blackberry makes a joyous sight
who of them did not forget country
isolation that day? \ farmer who
has not the necessity OF meat ana
bread to inspire him: and when
books and papers fail will find 10
inspiration equal to that Of q club
meeting. The farmer who bears
one OF these badges feels that he has
somewhat taken upon himself the
responsibility of leadership and
that there is more expected oil INN
than when, he had not the oppor-
tunitv these organizations claim to
Give him.
50 50 have a day set apart for ones
| ncighbors to come rs critics and N
~spectors must quicken the sIoWest
farm pulse. To have q neiehbor
come clothed with authority to
look in your cribs and 90 back and
report to all the rest whether you
have corn for your took, to look at
Your hogs and tell whether they
simply grunt or squeal, are slick OF
NANCY, to tell whether your cattle
have had shelter ana food, or sim
ply shelter: OF whether they were
driven off to hunt a scant living
from sticks. broom-sedge and moss,
to look at your gates, fences anu
bitches and tell whether they are Ia
repair or decay, is calculated to
arouse ones farm aspirations. To
have ones darling ideas of farm
economy di.sected and perhaps de-
nounced, BY his friends, as tie
veriest old fogyiam, is calculated to
make one pop in his hand and
call for a new deal"
Farmers IN search OF truth, in q
generous rivalry, Use no whitewash,
These clubs are chock full OF IN
terest and real practical good to
those who start them, and where
ever the Grange has not been &C.
c~eptable, we would specially re-
commend the trial Of clubs. They
are rc~ily the first step towards in.
proved agriculture. y. 4. q.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-04
1875

e This paper is printed at 10 P. N
every Wednesday. Price q, IN adj
vance. 1t is the Official Mouth-piece
of the Department Of Agriculture. Inn
migration and Statistics Gov. l.. T.
Vance, Chairman Col. l.. l. Polk,
Commissioner. Monthly reports are
furnished by two or correspond
ents from every county IN North caro-
lima. giving all items OF interest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-04

- Mrs. Cornelia Phillips Spencer,
Prof. c. b. Fairchild, DIR. D.. r. Salmon,
and others whose names are withheld,
for the present, have also kindly en-
gagged to contribute for cur columns.
q Address.
FARMER AND MECHANIC,
Raleigh, y. &.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-04

d. c. Mangum has been confirm
cd as postmaster at Durham.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-20
Death of william Cullen Bryant.


At an early hour on the morning of
June II, Mr.. Bryant breathed his last,
passing away peacefully and without
pain.
William Cullen Bryant was born at
Cummington, Massachusetts,, on the Sd
of November, 1874, and was, therefore,
in his eighty-fourth year at the time of
his death. As with most poets who
have attained fame, the bent of his
mind showed itself very early in life,
being scarcely thirteen when he wrote
two poems, The Embargo" and "The
Spanish Revolution" which were pub
lished in 1903. AT sixteen years old he
entered Williams College, and at eigh-
teen commenced the study of law, be-
ing admitted to the bar as soon as he
attained his majority, and practiced for
several years. 1t was Immediately after
his admission to the bar Tin 1816) that
he published Thanatopsis," which not
few of his admirers consider the best
of all his poetical works. In 1921 the
| first collection of his poems was pub
| lished in small volume.
In 1926 Mr.. Bryant abandoned law
for journalism, becoming one of the
editors of the New York Evening Post,
continuing his general literary work
together with his editorial duties. His
connection with the Post was main.
tanned to the very last, and his advice
and direction have been steadily Wis
ible in the course and conduct of the
paper.
Mr.. Bryant has been, in his time, 8
very extensive traveller, and in nsthins
has his poetry more appealed to genera
admiration than in its close sympathy
with nature, and the fidelity with which
it portrayed her beauties. Its tone wa
pure and elevating as the mountain ali
that he loved SO much to describe, ant
its solemn and majestic tone savored o
the forests that were his constant de
light. We have not space to enter upol
critique of works which are known
almost by heart, to all Americans, ant
it is enough commentary upon the pu
rity and beauty of his character, that t
one and all of us, in penning a few sol
rowing words upon his death, it will oC
cur to speak of both his life and it
ending as remarkable realization o
his own teaching:
| $50 live that when thy summons comes to Join
The innumerable caravan which moves
To that mysterious realm where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not like the quarry slave at night
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothe
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant Dreams"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-20
GLEANLNGS FROM THE MUSE.
A R0MAuNT MEDIEVAL
BY JOHN AsTRoBus.


He threw on her neck a chain Of gold,
She gave him a tress Of her yellow hair;
These were the days Of bitter feud.
He told her the story so often told,
And the moon, as Of old, was the witness there;
Love was gentle, as times were rudel
tie gave her kris at the abbey gate,
He whispered a vow, ay, sweeter than this:
The wood Is filed with spearsmen tall!
He gave her heart In an amulet,
And he gave her again parting kiss
Louder, louder the bugle calls!
The flint fires fash under hoofs Of steel;
His FURNISHED armor CLEANS in the wood;
Fair aud bravel but he rides alone.
The maiden tneels at st. Mary's shrine,
Where the altar windows, stained like blood,
Stream on a martyr, wrought in stone.
The rattle Of spears is heard in strife,
And the swords outnumber one breast OF steel;
There are twenty halberds ride tonight
A thrust for love- and thrust for life,
And shower Of blows on the casques that reel +;
woel alas, tits the fair young knight
The nuns chant low at st. Mary's shrine,
The chain OF gold on the altar lies;
heart OF gold lies likewise there.
Fashion with lilies the holy sign,
Over the lips and over the eyes,
Bosom Of snow and soul as fairi
The holy monks are carrying slow
cuirass and casque with bloody greaves;
And he therein, the brave, the fairl
The mailed hand that broke the blow,
With the grasp of death, still sternly cleaves
Te biood-stained tFess of golden hairl
A double tomb by ST. Mary's shrine,
In stone and wonderful tracery,
Lies where the bood-red windows stream.
Above on a shield Is a chain Of gold
And tress Of hair, that silently
Waves, while the lovers sleep and dream.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-20
A Stern Mother.

Strange though it may seem to those
who are accustomed to the demonstra-
tive affection of a mother, there exists
class of women who rule their chill
dren by fear rather than love, and who
are cold, if not unkind, in their treat
ment of them. There are mothers who
have built a great and never-to-be-
broken-down barrier between themselves
and their own children; and when the
former are old and the latter are settled
in homes of their own, hate or in
difference occupy the place where love,
confidence and goodwill should be. 1t
is not easy to totally ALLEVIATE the affec-
tions of child; but persistent sternness
will accomplish this result in time.
What sadder sight is there in life than
the mother who has weaned her child
from manifested affection through for
mality and conventional ideas of pro-
priety between parent and child An
unforgiving father and mother is a
pitiable object, while the parent who
continues to love and foster the wicked
est child is admired and honored. Pa
rents should humble and strengthen
themselves to patience in regard to their
children, by such questioning as this
IL lily CuliuIcu dIc flClOuS, cNII-uuluucu,
disobedient and unlovely, who is to
blame7 Who save myself? It is evident
that have made some grave mistake in
his education. Make your home pleas
ant for the children. Join in theil
games occasionally; romp will do nc
harm. Select their books and papers
Encourage them to tell you their schoo
experiences, and do not repel them by
being astonished and offended at any
mishaps on their part. Take an interest
in their head marks, examine their les
son papers. Be careful to be pleased i
their examination was more successful
this year than ever before, and do no
be cross if it is little below the aver
age. Avoid scolding, but do not be 81
Indifferent to your child's welfare tha
you will not take the trouble to reprovs
fault. Encourage them in loving eacl
other, and impress upon them the sacred
ness of family ties. Then, when the,
are men and women. they will neithe
forget one another nor you.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-20
A Secret Attempt to Impeach Lincoln.
From an Interview with Hon. Simon Cameron in
New York paper.

From an Interview with Hon. Simon Cameron in
New York paper.
1t was shortly after 1 came back to
America, he went on, and while I was
resting at my home in Pennsylvania,
that ] received from number of most
prominent gentlemen an invitation to
visit Washington, and attend consul
tation which was to be held in regard to
national affairs. Iafterward discovered
that this invitation was extended to me
because it was believed that my some
what unpleasant exit from the War De-
partment had rendered me hostile to
Mr.. Lincoln and his administration.
Knowing nothing of this at the time,
however, I went to the Capital and
found assembled there number of most
influential gentlemen, who had come
together ostensibly for the purpose of
advising together regarding the condi-
ton of the country. This, I say, was
their ostensible purpose fer calling the
meeting, but l soon found that their
real object was to find means by which
the President could be impeached and
turned out of his Office.
The complaint against Mr.. Lincoln
was that he lacked ability and energy,
and that he was not pushing the war
with sufficient vigor. These reasons, and
the plan of attack, if may use the ex-
preston, were all made known to me
and l was asked for advice. l gave il
at once, stating with as much earnest
ness as I could command that the move
ment proposed would be disastrous
one, and strongly urging that it would
be little short of madness to interfer,
with Mr.. Lincoln's administration.
Then left Washington and returned
to my home, firmer friend of the Presi
dent than | had even been before. Ant
as you know, the Senator said, in con
clusion, the impeachment scheme nevel
amounted to anything.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-20

barrel, the other in the midst of another
laugh.
q Je-ru-salemm cried Uncle Price,
dashing his hat to the ground in the ex-
tremity of his astonishment-" David
Henry"
Explanations ensued. The newcomers
were two sea-faring nephews of Uncle
Prices who had come down 6 between
times to see how the farm stood it," and
had taken up quarters in the corn barn,
meaning to surprise the family on their
return.
"Took us for burglarsl" CALCULATED
David Henry, going into another laugh,
which communicated itself first to Uncle
Price, then to Aunt Marthy, then to the
Clarks in succession, Miss Abigail alone
remaining sober.
4" You've forgotten Bridget" she re-
marked, briefly, when she could make
herself heard.
Uncle Prices good-natured face
heightened, and he started for the house,
preceded, however, by the impulsive
David Henry, who rushed into the open
kitchen door like whirlwind, and, un-
conscious of snags ahead, pitched head
long over the clothes-line, which was still
stretched across the room.
"Hello there~ said Uncle Price
alarmed at the clatter which hi
nephew's boots made among the mill
pans on the dresser. care you hurt p
David Henry picked himself up, NUT
tering something which had an oath in i
about "catlines and rigging" but deignet
no further answer. All parties being OF
the scene, Uncle Price cut the clothes
line and essayed to open the cellar door
but this was easier said than done
Bridget's fright was as great as ever.
It'required the combined strength o
two Clarks to force the door; which be
ing done, they discovered Bridget on tn
upper stairs, with not a particle of colo
in her Irish face, and her tongue cleay
ing to the roof of her mouth in terror
If any artist had depicted faithful
the various attitudes of the variou
persons gathered around the cellar door
the picture would have made his fol
tune. Clark senior was the first to pei
ceive the comedy of the affair, and
broad grin gradually spread over hi
face, which was mirrored on the cour
, tenances of his two sons. In one minut
the kitchen was ringing with a universs
q, and prolonged burst of laughter.
One fact remains to be stated that il
that Bridget left the farm the next da!
Miss Abigail says little concerning bul
' glars, and less concerning fre-arm
i Whenever she does, Uncle Price merel
alludes to " that Sunday mornings e.
) perience"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-20

WHILE walking along the shore in
Australia few weeks ago Mr.. Roy
Barkley, an English merchant, found
himself slowly sinking in the sand, and
on turning to flee was surprised and ter
rified by the earth suddenly opening
and precipitating him distance Of
about twenty feet into the bowels of the
earth, where he lay bruised and bleed
ing in an unconscious condition for
hours. When he awoke from his leth-
argy and regained the use of his facul-
ties, he attempted to escape from the
cave, for such it was, but could not, and
despairing of ever again treading the
sod of this terrestrial sphere he sank to
the ground. The sea arose in short
time, the tide came in, and the cavern
was filled with water, which soon COM
PEELED him to swim for his life. The
water rapidly rose until the cave was
completely filed, and, he, still swim.
ming, was borne to the light of day, and
almost miraculously escaped from hor-
rible death.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-20
What is a I" Team %

The Court of Queens Bench were re-
Gently called upon to give legal defni-
ton of the word "team." A tenant of
an English duke had agreed, as part
of his rent payment, to furnish at sun
dry times lone days team work with
two horses and one proper person."
On one occasion the dukes manager
desired the farmer to send a cart to fetch
Goals from railway station to the ducal
mansion. The farmer offered to furnish
two horses and man, but insisted that
the duke should supply the cart.
"There can't be a team without cart
or wagon" said the manager. ooh,
yes, there camp replied the farmer;
" the horses are the team"
Both parties were honest, and both
were obstinate, and so the law was asked
to decide which difnition of team"
was correct, the dukes or the farmers.
asked the Court of Queens Bench if
the jury>were not quite as incorrect as
was the duke.
The Court heard learned lawyers
argue, and also discussed among them
selves. What is team? Poetry and
lexicons were appealed to. One judge
quoted these lines to show that the team
is separate from the cart:
Giles Jelt was sleeping, in his cart he lay,
Some waggish pilf'rer stole his team away.
Giles wakes and cries, DDS bodkins, what is here?
Why, how now; am l Giles or not?
If he, I've lost six geldings to my smart;
If not, DDS bodkins, I've found cart?'"
Another judge quoted a line from
Wordsworth:
any jolly team will work alone for me-"
Horses, said the learned judge, might
be Jolly" but cart can not. Where
upon, the counsel for the duke gave the
Judge I" a Rowland +" for his "Oliver "
by citing Gray's lines:
| "Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield,
| Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe hath broke;
How jocund did they drive their team afeld,
How how'd the wood beneath their sturdy
| stroke!'
But the farmers lawyer capped u
that quotation with several citations
from the poets. From Spenser:
" Thee ploughman all unmeeting found,
As he his toilsome team that way did guide,
And brought thee up ploughman's state to bide. y
From Shakespeare:
"We fairies that do run,
By the triple Hecate's team,
From the presence of the sun,
Following darkness like dream"
From Dryden:
"Any number, and passing in line,
| Like a long team of snowy swans on high,
Which clap their wings and cleave the liquid sky
The judges decided two to one tina
the farmers definition of "team" wa
correct; and then, as if to add anothe
to the many illustrations of the "glori
GUS uncertainty of the law" said the,
would hear the case over again.
The case shows the Importance o
putting down in written agreemen
just what is agreed upon, and of es
chewing all ambiguous words.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-20

SOCIALISM is really a formidable
power in Germany, having some sixty
newspapers and considerable number
of membersof the Imperial Parliament,
whose influence was sufficient to defeat
a strong representative measure on the
subject proposed by Bismarck. Advan-
tage has been taken by the Government
of the present outburst of indignation
caused by the attempted assassination of
the Emperor to dissolve Parliament and
order new election, in the expectation
of a sweeping Conservative majority
but reaction in the opposite direction
may be produced by the severe despot-
ism of the Philadelp phia
North american.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-20

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