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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13
JUNE ID, 1875
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LETTER TRoM CCRRITCCK.
June 4th, 1873.

tG % ~ kI1D1h-
June 18th, 1873.
Edjior Fdrmer and Nech0nic::
DEAR SIR Our oldest farmers
SAY. they never saw such a spring
- we have had. Up 10 last week, we
have had about two drowning rains
per week ever since the 1st day of
April. The consequence Is, We
have planted the greater part of our
crops twice. and at this late dav
our best lands are to be planted or
no crop raised on them, the earth
has been too wet to pillow all the
time and the grass and weeds are
about to over power those crops
that stand. Cotton stood well, but
cold rains and hail have killed it
out so that the farmers have plowed
all up and put down L ! know
Of but one acre in cotton now In
the county. Where three weeks
ago every farmer had from three to
ten acres, and some large fields.
Wheat is badly damaged with rust
about Ealf a crop, and If rain con
tjnues one week longer, that will
not be saved. Winter oats look
well. though they did not entirely
escape rust, the spring crop Will
not return the seed that was soWn.
Irish potatoes are fine. Other vege-
tables are poor. Apples and peaches
are all dropping from the tree. One
man in the county whose farm is
we'll sheltered has an unusually fine
crop of water melons but that crop
~geLerally is only ordinary.
We made no crops last year and
the prospects now, are that we will
be obliged to repeat the dose.
We must be an accursed people;
if 50 it is Just, for we are very SIN
ful.
You may think | have over
drawn the picture of our condition;
if | have, past experience has
taught me nothing IN such mat
lcrS.
Very Respectfully,
WM. b. SHAW.
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The Tobacco Tax

The following II the text Of Mr..
fuckers amendment to the inter-
nal revenue bill, which amendment
was adopted in the House ycstcr-
day:
.'That on and after the passage
of this act there shall be levied and
collected upon all snuff manufac-
tured of tobacco, or any substitute
for tobacco, ground dry, damp,
picked, scented, or otherwise, of
all descriptions, when prepared for
use, and upon all chewing and
smoking tobacco, tine-cut, caven-
dish, plug or twist, cut or granula-
ted, of every description of tobacco,
twisted by hand, or twisted IN a
condition to be consumed or any
manner other than the ordinary
mode of drying and curing, prepar-
ed for sale OF consumption, ven If
prepared without the use of ma
chine or instrument. and without
being pressed or swectened, and on
all fine-cnt, shorts and refuse,
scraps, clippings, cuttings and
sweepings of tobacco, a tax of six
teen cents per pound. On cigars Of
all descriptions which shall be
manufactured and sold, or removed
for consumption OF use, made of
tobacco or any substitute thereof,
there shall be levied and collected a
tax of So per thousand; on cigar
cites, weighing not more than
three pounds and a-half per thou
sand, s1.25 per thousand; on cigar
cites, weighing more than three
pounds and a-half per thousand, s.
per thousand; and all laws and
parts of law inconsistent with this
section shall be and are hereby re-
pealed on and after the date herein
aforesaid"
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that there was to be great call for
the seeG in the coming spring
(Which has proved very c~orrcct.)
so | was obliged 10 use nv building
for drying mi stol no ~ seeds.
consequently try syrups Wcre left
in the barrels just * thcy came
from the cyaporato,'. NctWifl-
standing lie u~ufayorublc coudi-
ton IN which they were left, they
were left. they gauulatcd slonta-
neouslv.
II think the coming f".l viii
be enabled to produce q much
larger proportion Of sugar.
Il have lately received a long
letter from SIR. -. r. Cook. the
patentee OF the justly celebrated
Cook evaporation. in which he says
that he thinks they have the Early
Amber cane there, but it GRADUATES
so litele that it eXcites no special IN
teacst, but he thinks in our high
latitude that success viii attend
Il efforts.
Il Will quote what he says in
this regard: Your section of Min
nesota is probably is best climate
in the United States for maturing
the sap Of cane into cane sugar, for
as soen as it has arrived at full
growth, then Il farther growth Is
quite sure TO be checked and held
under a temperature 80 cool as to
cause the conversion Of its acids
into cane sugar; hence this is an
important element Of success IN
sugar making. This climate
(Ghio) is 50 extremely changeable
as to render sugar making very
uncertain.
81 hope those who are % unfor-
tunate az to be living too far South
for favorable results in sugar max
ing, if such Is the case, will not be
dishcartcned, for the syrup pro
duets of the amber cane are SO SUI
perior as to warrant the general
planting of it throughout the
country. The syrup contains a
large percentage of grape sugar
which IS the most hcalthful sweet
eXtant.
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Grange Enterprise.

AT the meeting of the Pomona
Grange at Poplar Tent last Satur-
dav. it was decided to establish a
Joint stock company, and proceed,
at once. to raise the amount requi-
site, $50. 600, for the building of a
cotton factory. A plan of opera
ton was offered to the patrons, by
J. VI. Odell, Esq, the owner of the
Concord Factory, which we here
append First, to secure by sub
scription from the order, and also
from all persons who feel an inter-
est in the establishment Of such an
enterprise, the amount Of capital
aforesaid. The Odell Manufactu-
ring company taking $50, 600 worth
of the stock bv turning IN the fac
tory for $4,000 and the balance
(S5. 000) in money +: leaving the
grange and Its aiders the sum of
$4,000, the balance of the capital
stock, to raise. giving the company
$4,000 in cash to put into the fac
tory. The proposition then is to
enlarge the present factory building
to double its present size by build
ing 90 feet to the east end the
height of the present building and
stock it with machinery for the
manufacture of Alamance PlaidS,
tickings and sheetings. The engine
now operating the concern Is of
abundant capacity to drive all the
machinery that the building will
hold after its enlargement. This
enterprise will be of more value to
the agricultural interest of Cabar-
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How to Make Cows Give
Milk

\ writer in the Nouthern Farmer
says:
His COW gives all the milk that is
wanted in a family Of eight, and
that from it, after taking all that
IS required for other purposes, go
pounds Of butter were made this
year. This is in part his treatment
Of the COW: If you desire to get a
large yield Of rich milk, give your
20 every day water slightly warm
and slightly salted, in which bran
has been stirred at the rate Of one
quart to two gallons Of water. Iou
will find, if you have not tried this
daily practice, that your COW will
give twenty-five per cent. more
milk Immediately under the effects
of it, and she will become so at
tached to the diet as to refuse to
drink clear water unless very thlrs-
ty. But this mess she Will drink
almost any time and ask for more.
The amount of this drink necessary
is an ordinary water-pailfu at a
time, morning, noon and night.
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Early Amber Sugar Cane
Separating the Sugar
From the Cane.

A subscriber in Minnesota sends
us the following letter from the
Pioneer Press concerning the cult
vation and use of amber cane in
that state.-EDs.
Il first made some experiments
SO as to ascertain how strong this
force was, and afterwards construc-
ted Il kind of IL machine to use, by
which | obtain some good. cry su-
gar; but found that the machine
was imperfect. Then | set to work
and constructed a much more per-
feet one which nearly fills the
bill" 1t consists of a vertical cyl.
mder, with the top partially open,
the convex sides of which are COW
cred with fine perforated sheet of
TIN. Outside of this is a covering
Of corrugated and perforated gal
yanized iron. This cylinder is
supported in a vertical position by
means Of IA center shaft, which is
nicely fitted in a stop below, under
the tub, in which the machine is
set; the upper end is supported by
a bar or bearing in which it runs.
Then by means of proper gearing
which is ATTACHED. the cylinder is
made to revolve with the rapidity
Of u threshing machine cylinder,
and the mush sugar which is put
in the cylinder is thrown to the
sides Of the drum, and all of the
syrup is rapidly extracated from
the mass, which fes out through
the perforated sides and against the
inside of the tub, runs down in tor
rents to the bottom and flows out
through the plug-hole, and is
caught in a vessel underneath,
leaving the sugar within the cen
tnfugal dry and of the light am
her color. as is e in the many
samples which | have sent out.
Wherever | send it, or show the
samples of sugar, a great deal of
surprise is manifested. One man,
m writing to me, asked me some
Inng in regard to the dark
Grewn sugar" produced. l quickly
informed him that the sugar was
H2t dark" or even "brown."
Many have said that they had heard
VI our amber sugar, but did not
take much stock in it, and upon
seeing 1t was surprised beyond
measure. | sent a box of it to a
man IN Douglass county, who wrote
NE that 1t exceeded his most SAN
sone expectations: that he took it
10 Alexandria with him, and he
convinced the most skeptical, and
SluI every grumbler's mouth
Last summer | put up a snug
n3Vle building, i'll which | intend
10 place my syrups and subject
mem to the influence of a VAIN
"perature, In shallow trays. SO
80 10 paoduce a more complete
sanitation: but it appeared to me
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a and Oatmeal.

Perhaps the State of South Caro-
lima never harvested such a crop of
oats as she viii this year. After
long experience III oat sowing, and
continued effort to procure Il sort
of oat hat would WELD agood crop,
and be proof against rust or blast,
our farmers seem to have at last
discovered the article IN the valua-
BILE red oat, now SO extensively sOWn
throughout the State. What a
boon that little grain has been to
the farming interest of the State,
few men can conceive who have
not watched its introduction and
general cultivation with a sort of
experimental interest.
It's presence as a staple crop sug-
gests some moral reflections. 1t
has come in our poverty like a
special providence. To depend
upon growing corn to feed the
beasts of burthen, and SO much of
the human race as sOjourn on
South Carolina soil. would entail
upon our farmers an endless power
ty, and perhaps want and starva-
ton to plough animals. But just
in the nick of time comes the red
oats to save US from industrial fail
ure, and to secure for us political
independence; for we believe the
truthfulnesS of the assertion we
heard made not long since, by a
distinguished lawyer of the back
country, that cred oats whipped
the eight in 1876" For, said be,
when the red-shirt, at the proper
signal, unhitched his plough traces,
mounted his steed and threw the
half bushel sack Of red oats behind
him, he meant business, and bust
ness with aim meant political VIC
tory. And how many hundreds,
yea thousands, of such heroes did
we see in 1876? Let their epitaphs
be engraved upon the grateful
memories of a disenthralled people.
We heard another man say. (and
he was a practical farmer, and a
successful one too,) hat in South
Carolina we can raise oats at ten
cents per bushel. While we think
this somewhat eNtravagant, we are
prepared to believe any man IN
South Carolina can grow a bushel
of oats almost a cheaply Is he can
a peck of corn, and we again assert,
as we have often asserted before,
that three bushels of oats are equal
to ten bushels of corn in maintain
ing plough animals. Then why it
is that we DO not grow oats to eN-
port from South Carolina no one
can tell, except that the farmers
have not vet become weaned off
from their inherited farm policies.
But we have said that we are
growing this year an immense crop
of oats. Then the next question
is. what will we do with them when
harvested and threshed : VIII we
glut the market, and almost give
them away, as we have done occa-
sionally heretofore We hope not.
If properly fed to any and all kinds
of animals they car be made to pay
better than by selling them upon a
crowded market.
A fine market might be opened
even for home consumption, if our
millers would introduce the proper
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10

IN the absence II me bran from ths
Tour u wh5ch the bread VAS made
Re nu'Ftive properties ~ bran
are generally moderated b. farmers
+ : SEown fhaf gluten = the chief
constituent II nourlshlnE bread
also that mineral matter - demand
81 ~ psi bodies and bran i fovnA
richer N both Eluctn aud mineral
constituents than -four. - shown
bv the a~ualvs.
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An Old And Interesting Paner

AhEH~ - u EE@n#TW ~
Chapel HilI. sends the Tarb.ro
N1afLevasr an ntenex.7n~ Is.,.-
concerning an old parar IN the -
session ~ President B...1. 4 -.
taims the procced3nr. - tn. sr.,
Episcopal Conseutoa ever held IN
North Carolina. Tie Convention
met IL Tarboro on Nayemf-r T4.h
l.g0. John Norwood. ~ FnnkEn
county wa Tia, ~rrts- IL w.
the father - the late .I.9.e a..
liam Norwood. II u.u. IL
Cheshire ,ay
The ncwsrare f-.r vIaeI lilo
following extract taken .fr.i
IN Noyn CfraIisa sIro4f,L -
Fagft'er5H. Gas,tfl and "a. rnh.
lshed at Fayetteville - -n,s'3 i,
Howard 4 Haw1S.or. 81 -,
Silley \ Co. at Fnnkl5us Head,
iii Gleen street. where EsSavs II
ticles 81 Intelligence. AdIertl
ments. &C.. are thankfully received.
SubScription, FOR thi, rap,r arc
taken At three hard dollars Der
annum. of ffty-two paper-halfto
be paid on subscribing. one qu.rter
in six months. and tile other quar-
ter al the end II the ear.
The Reverend Doctor NfrLleioln
was unanimously chosen President
lie i the famous .Parson Nickle-
John, Of Granville. who lived At The
Glcbe. a plantation given HIM by
Gen. Thomas Person. OF the Reyo-
luton. and who lived and died IN
Granville. The ..Parson." is he
was called. vas the friend of Gen.
Person. and saved him from being
taken TO England and tried for
conspiracy and rebellion when he
was a prisoner in the hands Of GOV.
Tryon. after the battle Of Ala
nance.
We copy a part Of some Of tn,
resolutions adopted
..ReS0lre9. That Reverend Doc
tor Mickleiohn. the Rev. Charles
Pettigrew. the Rev. James l.. VIII
son. Of the Clergy. and John Leigh.
William Mckenzie. and Joseph
Leech, Esquires. Of the Laitv. be
and are hereby appointed. deputies
to represent the Clergy and Laitv
of this State in the next General
Episcopal Convention. to be held
at New York. in September. 1892.
.ReS0lred. That the Reverend
Doctors Mickleiohn and Cutting,
the Reverend Messrs. Blount. Pet
tigrew. McDougal and Wilson. of
the Clergy, and Jonathan Kittrell.
Of Granville James Mills. Of War
rem Henry Hill. Of Franklin
William Mckenzie. Of Martin. rs
quires !: Doctors Leigh, of Tarbor-
ough. and Dickinson. Of Edenton.
and Colonies Long, Of Halifax. and
Leech. Of Newbern, of the Laity.
be appointed a Standing Commit
tee of the Episcopal Church in this
State.
..ReS07red. That there be an an
nual meeting of the Episcopal Clcr-
gv and Laity of North Carolina.
under the name of the State Con-
veption of the Episcopal CLERGY
and Laity.
"Rps0Ired. That in all General
and State Conventions the Laitv
have q riobt 70 rearesentatlon If
their own order. and. until some
future regulations take place il j
recommended to the aitr IN choose
one for every county and ono for
every district town IN This Stata
Hes07red. That the Laitv hold
,bo;r oloc+ion for -
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To sligo - seed coiton, al 81.
To wages Of operatives ~,
To Inrid=utal-, Oil. &c q
Tot2l cost of material and labor tZlgs
CONTRA
By $500 - yar1s. at i7c s2-r
by So - waste, q. &C. =
By LOO bu. seed. a. : .. - 80.
Total profits IT,
Deduct Tor freight and commissions -
Nett profits 80
All the warns made are put at l.
cents per pound, although q large
part was exchanged for cotton, and
retailed az pa cents per pound.
which viii make the average fully
up to cover expenses.
This factory being situated at a
distance VI fifteen miles from a rail-
road, Of course the expense Of trans
p~ortatlOn i. greater than il should
be. The other one now running, is
directly upon "a railroad, and We
shall be able very soon 10 compare
results. ". ". RUSSELL,
Pcndleton Factory, ). &.
, 1878-06-22
The Jury System.

On discherging the jury in the case
of the United States VS.. w. G. Girls
void, lately or trial in the United States
District Conrt for Oregon, Judge Deadly
is reported to have said:
am sorry that sense Of what was
due to the parties to this cause has con-
strained me to keep You out SO long.
The case having occupied near four
weeks in the. presentation of it to you,
and having been informed by you on
Saturday morning that you were so near
agreed as to stand 8 to 8, was in hopes
that with more consultation and delibe-
ration you might agree to verdict, and
thereby save the parties the great trou-
bic and expense of re-trial. But after
so hours OF continuous deliberation you
have failed to agree, and the result is
another convincing proof of what l
have long been satisfied. that the law
requiring unanlmity in verdict has
become serious impeachment to the
correct and speedy administration of
justice, and that it ought to be 30
changed as to allow the finding of MAJ
iority to be received as verdict. Had
this been the law the finding of two>
thirds of this jury would have been ac>
cepted as verdict. and the case dis
posed Of within few hours after it was
given you.
The jury was out 62 hours, and it is
said they stood to 8 f:om the first ba!-
, 1878-06-22

The terrible sutferings Of q
Tenth Cavalry company on the
Staked Plain of Texas, through
thirst, are described by Surgeon
King. They were four days
without water, and the weather
was intensely hot. Their pre-
dlcament was caused by the
death Of their guide, leaving
them to wander by themselves
until spring was finally found.
Their mouths became so dry
that brown sugar would. not
melt in them. Their voices
grew weak and strange, and
their sight dim, and when asleep
they dreamed Of banqueting. "A
sense OF suffocation was eX-
tremely painful. They drank
water greedlIy, but it did not
quench their thirst - which
shows, the surgeon thinks, that
the sense of thirst resides not
in the stomach, but in the gen.
eral system, and in this case
could not be relieved until the
remote tissues were supplied.
, 1878-06-22

The vote Of the committee on the main
question is therefore unanimous. with
the exception Of Knott end Butler and
of Lyme, who Is at West Point and po-
sition is not yet ascertsined.
The legal tender bill as passed is as
follows: ,"Be it enacted. etc.. that from
and after the passage of the bill, United
States notes shall be receivable the same
AS coiD in payment of per centum
bonds now authorized by law to be
issued on and after October /. 1878.
Said notes shall be receivable for duties
on imports.
DETROIT. June 1.-THE Republican
convention assembled at two P. NJ, and
elected ex-senator Chandler president.
The following state ticket was then
nominated: For governor, Chas. L.
Crosswell, lieutenant governor, Alonzo
Sessions; secretary of state, VIM. Jenny,
Jr.; treasurer, Gen. d. B. Pritchhard;
auditor, W. j. Latimer; land commits
s;oner, James n. Mesmith; member of
the board of education, Geo F. Edwards;
attorney, Gen. Otto Kerchner; snper-
intendent Of public instruction, H. S.
Tarbello. Ex-senator Chandler was
made chairman of the state centra.
committee
, 1878-06-22

George Mitchell went on a
frolic in Antioch, Cal, on the
evening before the day appointed
for his wedding, and in the
morning his convivial companion
was found murdered. Suspicion
rested on Mitchell, and he was
placed on trial. The girl to
whom he was to hare been mar
ried sat at his side in the court
room, and her sympathy and
grief SO attractively exhibit
ted that the Judge, in his charge,
warned the jurors not to permit
themselves to be Influenced by
her. They acquitted Mitchell,
however, and it is impossible to
determine by the meagre reports
whether the verdict was caused
by the evidence or by the girl.
The pair were married immedi-
ately in the court room.
, 1878-06-22
9TH &AHNI hui III
week .
cycN
uprootec

Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler separated
Iope, Mich, agreeing that
ch should be entirely free
ON interference by the other.
RS. Tyler became a housekeep-
for a bachelor, and Tyler, in
I cad of sticking to the compact
we4t to her new home with a
party Of friends and tarred and
feath cred her. A few days af-
ter Tyler was killed, presuma-
bly, at his wife's instigation.
In 1G47 an ordinance passed
both Houses Of Parliament by
virtue Of which the theatres in
London were to be dismantled
and suppressed, all actors of
plays to be publicly whipped,
and all spectators and playgo-
ers, for every offence, condemned
to forfeit five shillings.
Norway has some curious ex-
hibits at the Paris Exposition.
She has fish skins tanned for
gloves; eel skins prepared for
harness; shark skins, ten feet
long and three feet wide, for va
rious purposes, and whale skins,
six feet long, for driving bands
for machinery.
At recent wedding the "best
man" handed to the clergyman
at the close of the service coun-
terfeit S. note instead of the ten
gold eagles that had been placed
in a richly knit silk purse by the
groom, and lef: in his friend S
keeping. Had the note been
genuine the fraud never would
have been discovered.
In one of the relief camps in Indis
recently. among the famine stricken
natives brought in was "a full-growr
man. large llmbed and big made, who
weighed forty>tive pounds. ="
, 1878-06-22

Samuel Kearney was physi-
cally the best man in Mendoza,
Illinois. His strength and en-
durance were remarkable, and
his powers gained for him the
Office Of constable. Mrs. Shean,
young widow, was almost
equally famous as an athlete.
These two we're coupled in court
ship, and the appropriateness Of
their pairing seemed clear; yet
it led to a fearful tragedy. Kear-
ney was overbearIng in his con-
duct, and one day he attempted,
playfully at first, to compel Mrs.
Shean to sit in q chair. She re-
sisted, and the athletic lovers
were soon engaged in an angry
struggle. Kearney was unable
to overcome the powerful wo-
man by fair means, and, IN Il
frenzy of rage, he shot at her,
chased her out of the house, and
killed her with Il knife. Then
he committed suicide.
, 1878-06-22

HAYES AND THE SCUTH.--A Washing
ton special correspondent of New York
World. reporting conversation with
the President, Says: On one point he
had been inexperienced and misre-
ported. he had not accused southern
democrats OF the southern people of in-
gratitude. He never claimed be was
entitled to the gratitude of politicians
or people. What he had done he had
'ione strictly in the exercise Of what he
believed to be his constitutional and
legal duties. and was entitled to no more
gratitude than any one else for performs
ance of duty. He regretted very much
TO observe that southern public men
had allowed themsel, es very reluctantly,
by tine force of party discipline, to be
coerced into the support of measures
which he thought in their jn1gsment
they did not approve; but he believed
thear conservative instincts would, in
sufficient time, take proper warning of
the nature Of the enterr rise to which
they were invited, and would finally put
them in the attitude of firm and deter
mined resistance to every revolutionary
design; and. trusting to the patriotism
of the whole people, he was quite will.
ng to await their decision.