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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-23
Mr WAS REssrlssaAC.

She was young lady from Duck
water, and had enjoyed her visit 70 the
Base Range metropolis immensely. She
was pretty and piquant, and one Of her
veil known gallants had done his level
best 70 make it pleasant tor her during
her stay. The exciting cause of the fol-
lowing was an attempt on his part t.
snatch kiss from her pouting lips.
Then she arose in oil the dignity Of Of.
Tended maidenhood and said: See
here, mister, jest don't set 'em too fresh.
You've done. the handsome thing in cir
cuses, ice cream, candy and aich, but
you can't take no liberties. MY Jake,
out to the creek, he's got asquitclaiRl
deed to the premises, and don't you for
get it. You can't squat on this loca
tion; and you'd better huntfor quarter
section in some other direction, where
yon can get better title and gather
your own crop" The young man REQ
ognized the force of her argument anC
hunted. Ealrska Nev. .Ssnsinsl.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-23

party on whose banner justice and
equality afro indcllibly inscribed. Do
yon wish to SEQ the country strong and
prosporousi then support tho policy
that, shedding ito benign influence upon
every part, gives Irresistible strength
and universal well boing to tho whole.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-23

The marriage of which this is the
only legal evidence (this is bona-fidel
took place in Copperas precinct, in
Peorai county, now in Fulton county,
ILL.,, in the infancy Of Che county, or
rather in primitive times, and the mag
istrate ought to be imrnoralized, whelh-
or he receives his commission or not
STATE OF ILLISoIs,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-23
Peoria County.

To ali the world, greeting:
Know ye, that JohnSmith, and Polly
Myers is hereby entitled to go together
and do as old folks do anywhere inside
Of Copperas precinct, and when my
commission comes / am to marry 'em
good, and date 'em back 10 kinab acci-
dents. o. M. RI
Il. Justice Of the Peace.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-23
SIGHTaIR.

An extraordinary fallacy
Of night air /! What
breathe at night, but nisl
=, ice is between pure NJ
.thout and the foul air
AIost people prefer the lat
accountable choice. VIII
say, if it is proved to be o.
Il one-half Of all the discs
from IS occasioned by sleeping
windows shut An opnn
most nights in the year, can j
anyone. This Is not to saw
is not necessary for re-
great cities night air is
and purest air to be had
four hours. We could
stand shutting the wind
during the day, for the
sick. The absence Of snl
all tend to make night
for airing the patient.
One Of our highest
ties on consumption
told us that the air
SO good as after ter
Always air yauf ro
outside air, if possi
made to open, doors
q truth which seem
Of apprehension.
be aired from vi
from within. B
there arc in a hoi
4
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-23

To cover the expenses Of the war Rus
sia has been compelled to raise three in.
ternal loans aggregating 400, ,000, 600
paper rubles, one forsign loan Of 93.,
100, 900 silver rubles, and to slisburse in
addition 250, 100000 saved from ths
budgets Of former years. The whole
cost Of prepairing and conducting the
war has been soc. 900, 900 rubles (S576.
000,000). The estimated cost Of takin6
the troops home viii be 90 ,O0O, 900
les, or $50, ,0O0, 600 moro, making
tai expenditure $50. coo, 900
$6I2, ,0o0s so00
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-23

There arcV
tcntiary; six o.
Tho Friends or
ganized society al Esa
county.
Tire expenses of the CorstirA
Convention. everything ie
amount to sG93l SO.
Navigation on snako river Is
thin. The boats are @aarpesF
shoals with hawscr.
Tho Times says that Grant sen
more insane to the asylum than any
other county in the state
The only saloon II Osaezo i.as given
up the ghost, and the building j. nov
used for school purposes.
A new Touring mill Is to be erecfed
in the forks of the Luckiapute. on tho
land owned by John Burns.
New ;s just at-out lis tiHs i.st tI,g
various Methodist preachers are deli.
esipg tIseir farewell sermon.
Henry McGuire, Of Marion county,
put bullet whole through las hard
while careIessly allowing : loaded pistol.
Senator Grover, Colonel Wilson and
Gen. Adair have been paying visit to
the salmon hatchery on the Clackamss
The Oregon conference of the u. +
church will 10 Leid at Salem, beginning
on the 2sth Of August, Bishop Andrews
presiding.
On the first business day Of tie rail
road from Olympia to Tcnino, % pay.
ing passengers went over i from Olyrn-
pia, and tho whole receipts we're $40.
p. Suma, berdcr nsar Rocky Bar,
Idaho, was shot and killed, on tie 9th
Of July, by Newton Neal, for setting
bis dog after Meals oxen. No arrests
It Is now the scaso1 to make your
bets on the number of men who will
be twisted into carpet rags this harvest
time on tho tumbling ryds Of shreshing
machines.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-23

He was an entire stranger to the
girls present, and the boys were moan
dwouldnotintroducehim. Hefinally
plucked up courage, and stepping up to Q
young lay requested the pleasure oi
her company for the next dance. Shs
looked a. him Ia surprise, and informed
him that she had not the pleasure Of his
acquaintance. WELL remarked Ga
zendovia. 'syou don't take any mors
chancos than / do.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-08-23
rARus LkrrkR.

seaesAlaw about the noulevaras. TAe An.
Cafes ana Crystal Palaces Extended GO
the dinenaions of Clty. Dasaltng Dis.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06
Too Much Marrying.

There is a young lady III the city
who says she has more parents and
step-parents living than any one she
ever heard. This is the way she tells
the story.
You know papa and mamma never
could agree, and so finally they got
divorced. | don't say whose fault It
was, but really did behave
ugly sometimes, and even | could not
get along with her. 50 when the
separation came | went to live with
papa. Shortly afterwards mamma
married again, and papa was not long
in following suit. / lie not like II
very well at first, but my step-mother
turned out to be first rate and | got to
like her splendid. Then papa seemed
to get infatuated with another woman
that he got acquainted with. and she
wheeled around him until she made
trouble. and the result was another
divorce, and papa soon married the
woman that made the trouble. When
the second separation took place /
went with my step-mother because
loved her and because my services
were necessary to help take care Of
the baby. Then what does she do but
90 and get married. Ideclare | never
saw SO much marrying IN my life. 1t
only happened a little while ago. and
my new step-step-father-l suppose he
is-treats me in a very kindly sort OF
n WAY. as if he felt he couldn't help
himself. but didn't exactly like II, and
| don't like it a bit. | can't go back tC
mamma. because she IS mad with me
for going with papa in the first IN
stance. and L cant 20 to papa because
of that wheedllnG woman. and | ant
bear to stay where | am 1t Is too bad
that a girl should have a father and
mother and two step-fathers and two
step-mothers all living at once and not
a home that She can feel at home in.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06
StingineSs.

l despise a stingy man L don't see
how it is possible for a man to be
worth fifty millions of dollars. or ten
millions OF dollars, in a city full of
want, when he meets almost every
day the withered hand of beggary and
the white lips of famine. How a man
can withstand all that, and hold in the
clutch of his hand twenty or thirty
millions of dollars, is past my COM
prehension. | do not see how he can
do it. | should not think he could 90
it, any more than he could keep a pile
of lumber when hundreds and thous-
ands We're drowning in the sea. |
should not think he could do it. Do
YOU know | have known men who
would trust their wives with their
hearts and their honor, but not with
their poCketbook not with a dollar.
When | see a man of that kind. | al
WAYS think he knows which of these
articles is the most valuable. Think
OF making your wife a beggar Think
OF her having to ask you every day for
a dollar, or for two dollars, or for fifty
cents, "What did you do with that
dollar | gave you last week." Think
Of having a wife That is afraid of you.
What kind of children do you expect
to have with "a beggar and a coward
for their mother: | tell you, if you
have but a dollar in the world, and
YOU have got to spend it, spend it like
a king spend it as though it were a
dry leaf, and you the owner of un-
bounded forests That's the way to
spend it. | had rather be a beggar
and spend my last dollar like a king,
than be a king and spend my money
like a beggar. If lis got TO go let it
20 Get the best you can for your
family-try to look as well as you can
yourself. When you used to go
counting how nice You looked All,
your eye was bright, your step was
light. and YOU just put OF the very
best look you could. Do YOU know
that it is insufferable egotism in YOU
to suppose that a woman is going to
love You always looking as bad as you
can: Think of it. Any woman on
earth Will be tru to YOU forever when
YOU do vour level best. Some people
tell me. Your doctrine about loving.
and wives. and all that. is splendid Tor
the rich. but it won't do for the poor
| tell YOU there is. on the average.
more love in the houses of the poor
than in the palaces of the rich. and the
meanest hut with love in it is tit for
the gods. and a palace without love i
a den only tit tor WIG beasts. mat ;
doctrine. You can,J be 50 poor but
hat you can help somebody. Good
nature is the cheapest commodity in
the world and love is the only thing
that will pay ten per cent. 10 borrower
and lender both. Don't tell me that
you have got TO be rich We have al
the false standard OF greatness IN the
United States. We think here that
for a man to be great he must be noto.
rious he must be extremely wealthy
or his name must be between the lip:
of rumor. 1t is all nonsense . 1t Is no
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06

what the people want and have the
good Of the people at heart and will
work with untireing energy for re-
~trenchlnent and reform.
And brothers Farmers. we should be
sure the majority we elect to office
are good and substantial farmers and
not till up our Legislative Halls with
Lawyers. 1t j. sid the work OF law
ycrs are like children building p!av
houses. II builds up while another
tears down; another error Is. We have
too many office holders aad their
s~aleries are not IN proportion TO profits
Of the producer. Our laws should be
made more plain, there has been hum
dreds and thous tudo of dollars paid to
Lawyers in North Carolina since the
close Of the late war that could have
been saved, had our laws been made
plain, 50 the magistrates and the great
mass OF the people could nave under
stood them. Worthy patrons, sun may
arise aud set and the moon may wax
diid NdIiS- Dut d. lDLI1 Is w allow our
selves to be captiyated and led astray
by slick tOugued politicians and allow
them to walk III to office upon our
shoulders, just 50 long as We Will be
neWera OF wood and drawers Of water.
Worthy patrons, We al do a great
deal toward removing these great
evils. let Us arouse u energies CON
suit II better Judgment. and COM
mcnce a reformation now. ., for a
touch of the patriotic fire that Will
awake Ii farmers up to a true n
of our interest and our dntv. that will
enable Us TO plant ourselves upon the
great rock OF right, and assert and
maintain our rights as farmers, and
may retrenchment and reform ever be
our watch word, and let US pledge
ourselves to faithful and harmonious
labor for all future time to return by
our united efforts To the wisdom JUS
tice fraternity and political purity of
our f~ore-Fathcrs. Other papers, friend
~ to Agriculture, Will please copy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06
Railroad Items.

The trip from Salisbury to Henry l,
nov made IN one and a hail hours
quicker than Il was before the recent
change OF schedule: tins eAu1p- thc
rains to run faster ami to consume less
time at stations.
The work ON the mountains moves
brayely on. The steel rails. Sampson
bar, for SIN miles 81 track hatcarrIvcd.
and are now being placed IN position.
These rails Viii make quite Il difference
IN the running of tlr trAIfI--b.Ius
much better than those OLA tho old b,sl.
The railroad officials are now making
arrangements To have the road bed
changed 80 "a to run by Newton ia
stead OF having a branch road from
Conover 10 that place - il is now.
The convICt9 now IT work Oh thc
Chester and Leuoir Narrow Guaee
viii be transferred To his road and
work Viii begin un the contemplated
change about the first q Juu".-pr,ss.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06
ESSAY.

Read by S. j. Nash before the
Narrow's Grange, No. $50, Stan
ly County.
Worthy Patrons; being members of
the Order of patrons of Husbandry we
have n great work before us to perform,
a work we owe our Creator, ourselves
our children, and our country, there
fore a work we should perform with
all diligence and pride. First we will
speak of the farmer. Isuppose, worthy
patrons, you are all willing to admit
that we are far from practicing a per
feet system of farming We should
discuss this very important matter in
our meetings, and learn to cultivate
less land. use more brains. less muscle.
and make greater yield per acre, for
we are wearing ourselves, III land,
and stock, out and making but little
n consequently have but little
time for the improvement OF the
mind and recreation. The work of
throwing off the yoke of oppression
that has been and is such a burden to
the farming interest should engage the
farmers attention. Just now this bur-
den has been placed upon II farmers
To a great extent, by electing bad men
to office. Men who have no interest
in farming, and who work for their
interest rather than for the interest of
the farmers.
Here is Il lesson. worthy patrons,
which should be needed, that our pros
perity rests upon the shoulders of the
farmers and an unjust burden placed
upon him is a strain upon the very
props of prosperity. The state of hus-
bandry in any country is the best test
OF its enlightenment. The thermome-
ter of civilization rises or falls as the
plowshears are driven: then let us
FAVOR the farmer, and throw off the
yoke OF oppression, by a united action
vi the farmers in electing good and
honest men to Office. Men whose gar
hiehts nave never been soiled by cor
i"Ption, and men who do not love
money too well; but men who posses:
I''rlotic spirits, and men who know
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06
A Genuine Case Of Hydrophobia.

The case OF Miss Maria Baldwin, OF
West Granville. who was bitten in the
face by a mad dog III April and last
week gave signs Of hydrophobia, Is
peculiarly interesting as another and
strong evidence that the disease is
altogether one of the Imagination.
She had always firmly held that no
one need go mad from a dog bite. and
since she was bitten hail shown NJ
nervousness concerning 1t. going
about her duties as usual Tie dog
had also bitten two other dogs and
two sheep. One dog was killed at
once. but the other and the sheep
have since gone mad and been xii ed
Moreover, one of the sheep bit a lien,
and the bird also went mad, shov ing
its condition by running about wildly
and pecking al its fellows until it was
also killed. But Miss Baldwin was not
told of this, and thought lightly of her
own case until last Monday, when she
suddenly found herself unable 10 swal-
low water. Later she was thrown
into spaSmS and foamed at the mouth.
when she gave up hope. but would
allow none of her friends to come
near her. lest the saliva should lnocu-
late them also with the disease. The
apasms became more frequent and
svsre through the week, the doctors
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06
Officers Of North Carolina State
Grange. 2. Of Fl.

oIdI9e. L. vi L.
NdSter.-S. b. Alexander, Charlotte,
Mccklenburg county.
Ocerseer.-N. b. Whitfield, La
Grange, LenOir county.
Leciurer.-T. III. Robinson, Concord,
CabarruS county.
Sterdrd.-D. II. Armstrong, Ashton,
Fender county.
Asst. Stetrard.-HiI f. King, Stump
Sound Onslow county.
CHupIdiH.-Rev. VIM. Grant, Jack
son Southampton county.
Gredsurer.-D. w. &. Benbow,
Greensboro. Guilford county.
Secretdry.-Joseph T.. Porter, Tar
buro', Edgecombe county.
cate Keeper.-W. ID. Wharton,
Greensboro, Guilford county.
Ccres.-Mrs. ). i. Alexander, Char
lotte. Meckienburg county
HoHOna.-Mrs. \. b. Whitfield, La
Grange, Lenoir county.
FYOrd.-Miss EUgenia Robinson.
Concord, Cabarrus county.
Lddg Asst. .Stetrdrd.-Mrs. II. f..
King. Stump Sound, Onslow county.
state Business Agent.-Dr. ID. w. {.
Benbow. Greensboro.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
S. b. Alexander, E,c-O6icio Chair
man.
q. Z. French, Wilmington.
l.. l.. Polk, Raleigh.
w. II. Cheek. WarrentOn.
j. +. Porter, E.c-OGicio Secretary.
LIST OF DEPUTIES.
LIST Deputy District.-Wm. B. Shaw,
Indian Town. Currituck county.
End Deputy District.-John a. Davis,
I~%,rboro I1~dgeconlbe county,
Bird Deputy District.-B. I. Hooks,
GoldsborO', Wayne county.
Attn Deputy District.-Hil f. King,
Stump Sound, Onslow county.
9Th Deputy District.-L. l.. Polk,
Raleigh, Wake county.
9th Deputy District.-Frank NJ. Pitt,
Oakville. Warren county.
eth Deputy District.-Dr. d.. \.
Montgomery, Company Shops, Ala
nance county.
Sth Deputy District. w. b. Clement,
Jerusalem, Davie county.
9th Deputy District.-T. I'll. Robin
son. Concord, Cabarrus county.
10th Deputy District.-W. T. Reln-
harit. Hickory, Catawb a county.
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06

March was notable for it high tenn
perature, = above the usual average,
for its low rainfall, but little more than
half lof the usual amount; record is
more like that for April in ordinary
yeap<
This record should have been pub
lished several weeks ago., but seems to
have been accidentally overlooked.
w. G.. X.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06

In tine curse of human vents tie
baby show has reached NaukcEnn. "a
beautiful town OH Ii western shore
Of Lake Michigan. and the baby Show
in W~aukeEan was not a public z~Iuj!.
a. all other baby show, have beeu. IL
was conducted ON good moral prIucl-
plies for the benefit IF q church. auI
must have been altogether profitable,
a. over a hundred babies were on OK
hibitlon. while IL cost ten cents a vote
to express ones preference, Ever
thing went on ~ happily ~ a hone
moon during tile pro-re-- Of the eNhI-
bItion voters crowded up lH squad !.
tire church was just coming mousy
out of the moral and pleasing show.
and all wa pure delight But there
came tho solemn time when the bal
lots must ue counted, aud mother
stood around lu anxious suspense, like
a candidate around the polls GA cleo
tion night. Among the hundred
beautiful babIe- on tie lists - this eH-
hIbition had been the ~pickauluuy -
the colured ~JAuItaF ~ "a u~eIthlprlu-
university, and - tins l~uagrraYtlhl.
returning board counted out the r..
suit of the t~allotnE IT began moment
by 10 dawn upon horTI.d
mother that the piekaninuy had Won
the prize. The completed count only
confirmed this startling -u2E tl1n-
The Iarkcv innocent va declared tire
h-aud-ome-t bab.-tar the benefit .f
tho caurcA-br a large "a majority. TIE
color lIn- was tightly drawn and tie
whit. league routed Iu every precinct.
Wheu the ladies 81 N~a4Ae-au est up
another baby show for ta- good ~ tile
I church te.E- Will know 4t. This 47
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06

4 wealthy Siberian merchant.
named S~eberiakoff. arrived in London
lately for the purpose of ARRANGING
with shipping firms for the establish
ment OF Il line OF vessels to run h--
tween England and the north Of SIDE
ria. The successful run last summer
OF several steamers between 81 Peter
burg and the Lena and lenesei riye.-
has fully proved the feasibility Of es-
tablishing communication with Siberia
by sea.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06

t+ln able r. do nothing It
te- al-@ and N-> Baldwin j. d
ftlE 4@4 -t
a : Z
81 stGsr~~ 81 s -. ana
.3s-1 tr -. t.r = a-f ~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06
$1,000
1000 lbs costing

1000 lbs costing $1,000
or by substituting dry earth for the
plaster, the mixture would cost $50
per 1000 pounds"
To illustrate more fully the cheap
ness of the latter process, DR.. LedouN
~encloses extracts % a circular of a
responsible manufacturer as follows:
For wheat: With 1,O66 pounds of
the complete manure erery other year,
alternated with ammonia alone t663
lbs the yield was raised to an average
of A bushels. and in some instances TO
go bushels. on land, the natural yield
of which was 154 bushels.
On very poor land natural yield 35
bushels the yield was increased to
400 bushels, while barn-yard manure
on same land applied Il tons per acre.
produced only - bushels per acre.
Wheat requires only one-half of total
ammonia contained in the crop, to be
furnished in the fertilizer, and there
fore, the above application adds each
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06

necessary I 70 rich = r. great. ~ ~
- powerful {" ~ happy Ill.
tFH MAJ GILL mar
lt.nt atS Is tE- :.rsEs-. the
-eAt- JOY = wetEfl.-Bb Tng<rasX
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06

Officers Of the Rational Grange
Iiaster.-S. L. Adams, Monticello,
MINI.
OreIseer.-J. J. Woodman. Taw Paw.
Mich.
Lect"rer-Mortimer Whitehead, Gin
CinnatI.
Steerord.-A. j. Vaughan, Mem
phis.
Assistant Sterard.-Wm. Sims, of
Kansas.
Treosurer.-F. NJ. Mcdowell. Wayne.
\. Y.
.Sscretary.-O. II. Kelley, Louisville.
Ky.
Gatekeeper.-O. Dinwiddie, Orchard
Grove. Ind.
Ceres.-Mrs. Adams.
POHtOFd.-Mrs. Woodman.
FIOru.-Mrs. Moore.
Lu!g asst. .Stetrdrd.-Miss c. \. Hall,
Louisville, Ky.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
u. Wyatt Aiken, Cokesbury, s. c.
Henley James. Marion, Ind.
S. II. Ellis, Springsboro, Ohio.