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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
Randolph County Club.

One year ago, at the suggestion
and under the direction of DR.. ID.
r. Parker, an Agricultural Club
was formed for the purpose of
discussing the subjects pertaining
to practical agriculture. At each
meeting a subject was selected for
discussion at the next, and a mem
Der of the club appointed to inform
himself on that subject and lead
in the discussion Of it. Only two
failures to discharge the duty have
occurred during the year. The
interest has been warm, the atten-
dance good, and all the members
have become we'll instructed in the
improved methods Of farming. For
the benefit of farmers | have pro-
cured for publication the subjects
considered by the club during the
year =
|. Manures and their sources.
3. How to prepare and save
manures.
B. The application of manures.
4. Clean seeding.
5. The corn crop and its cultiva-
ton.
6. Sheep husbandry.
7. Fence or no fence.
8. The mechanics Of the farm.
9. The care and feeding of stock.
10. Sweet potatoes and the pea
crop.
II. How to make the farm at
tractive.
y. What shall we grow for
profit.
ID. How to reclaim waste land.
IA. How to make the farm pay,
Is. The compost heap.
16. The wheat crop.
L. Farming compared with 9TH
er professions.
Is. Fruit and fruit trees.
-. Pork raising.
20. Cattle.
p. Grasses.
%. Exhibitions, fairs, &c.
The last subject led to an exhi-
hilton to-day of agricultural and
horticultural products, horses, cat
tie, hogs and sheep. There were
also fine specimens of needle-work,
and products of the domestic
loom.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05

Governor Colquitt demanded an
investigation IN regard to Ben.
Hills serious charge duplicating
his honor. The investigation is
held with closed doors. But this
is not the way to silence suspicion
or vindicate wounded honor. The
Baltimore Gazette says of this star
chamber procedure
"This is not the correct thing
for the Democratic Gibraltar of
the South. Governor Colquitt is
undoubtedly innocent. He is a
Christian gentleman, and all the
world, including Europe, knows
hat he is only the victim of Ben.
Hills unbridled Pegasus, but it is
a popularity Of the human family
hat it likes to look On when a pub
lie man is being vin6icated. The
doors should be openedand prop
ped back"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
Fruit Trees.
or the FARME AND MECHANIC.

EcE ne II AkME AND MECHANIC.
APEX, \. c., Nov. %, rs.
There is one thing | see that is
very much neglected by our brother
farmers. That is: They need
orchards. | think the time has
come to look after them in the
very best manner, for two vely
great reasons. The first is the
worth of the fruit-the revenue
which would be realized from the
sale of fruits in our markets. All
who buy apples in them now know
something about what they cost.
Two and a half cents apiece for
apples is just as good for the pro-
ducer as two or three hundred
dollars is for an acre of cabbage,
or two hundred bushels of Chufas
per acre. The second reason is,
that the law of the land will soon
be Sc that every person can distlll
their own fruit, and sell it himself
or drink it, or dispose of it at his
will.
Now, prune your trees, manure
them, too. and you will soon have
a large income from them.
c.. W. ATKINSON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
Cruelty in Asylums.
New York fun.

New 1OTh CuH-
Two instances of cruelty to in
sane persons come simultaneously
into public view. In the city Of
Syracuse, where there + churches,
Christian associations, charity So
c%ieties, and an organization for the
prevention of cruelty to animals,
all u~nheralded visit to the asylum
by a committee revealed that five
persons, hopelessly bereft of reason,
had been thrust into a foul under
ground enclosure, and were exist
ing there without beds or covering
other than the rags upon their
backs, their food being passed to
them through the bars of the cell
windows. They lived like hyenas,
and were treated, if the commit
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
Pedantry.

Professor Blackie, of Edinburgh,
whose scholarship is undoubted,
says of the modern affectation Of
spelling:
"English is English, and Greek
is Greek F.; and as the proper meth
Cd of spelling Greek words, when
adopted into English has been set
tied by the usage Of the past Eng
lish classics now for three hundred
years, it is not only a silly affecta-
ton to change 1t, but it is a viola
ton of the historical continuity of
our language, which adopted these
words, not directly from the Greek,
but indirectly from the Latin. 1t
is for this reason that WE say Plato,
Zeno, Strabo, and such like !; not
Platon, lemon, Strab0u. The law
of historical continuity in the same
way leads us to say Socrates, not
Socrates Isocrates, not Is0hrates;
and so forth. As little are we en-
titled to write heltic for Celtic,
Nykenoe for Mycena, hihero for
Cicero, on account that the Greek
X and the Latin G were both pro-
nounced hard, even before a slen-
der vowel, as they are always in the
Gaelic at the present hour. For,
as before said, Latin is Latin, and
English is English /; and We are no
more entitled to say Kettle and
Kiker0 than we are to call Munich
MuncheOn or Florence Firenze."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
European Characters.

The following appears In a Ger
man paper In religion the German
is skeptical, the Englishman de-
won't. the Frenchman jealous, the
Italian ceremonious, the Spaniard
bi9oted.
In keeping his word the German
is faithful, the Englishman is safe,
the Frenchman giddy, the Italian
careless, the Spaniard a deception.
In giving advice the German is
slow, the Englishman fearless, the
Frenchman p~recipitate, the Italian
nice, the Spaniard circumspect.
In external appearance the Ger
man is large, the Englishman well
made, the Frenchman we'll looking,
the Italian of middle size, the Span
lard awkward.
In dress the German is shabby,
the E~nglishman costly, the French
man tickle, the Italian ragged, the
Spaniard decent.
In manners the German is
clownish, the Englishman barbara
Gus, the Frenchman easy, the
Italian polite, the Spanlard proud.
In keeping a secret the German
forgets what he has been told, the
Englishman conceals what he
should divulge, and dlvulges what
he should conceal, the Frenchman
tells everything, the Italian is
close, the Spaniard mysterious.
In vanity the German boasts
little, the Englishman despises all
other nations, the Frenchman flat
tiers everybody, the Italian esti-
mates cautiously, the Spaniard Is
Indifferent.
In offending and doing good the
German is inactive, the English
man does both without cOnsidera-
ton, the Frenchman is extreme,
the Italian is prompt in benef-
cence, but vindictive, the Spaniard
Indifferent.
In speaking the German and
Frenchman speak badly, but write
well, the Englishman speaks and
| WIlleS WELL, Cllc 1IdlIdu SptdhS well,
writes much and well, the Spaniard
speaks little, writes little, but
well.
Servants are companions in Ger
many, obedient in England, mas
tiers in France, respected in Italy,
submissive in Spain.
The women are housewives IN
Germany, queens in England, Ia
dies in France, captives in Italy,
slaves in Spain.
In courage the German resembles
a bear, the Englishman a lion, the
Frenchman an eagle, the Italian a
fox, the Spaniard an elephant.
In the sciences the German is a
pedant, the Engllshman a philoso-
pher, the Frenchman q smatterer,
the Italian a grave thinker.
In Germany the princes, in Eng
land the ships, in France the court,
in Italy the churches, in Spain the
armories are magnificent.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
A DUEL.
An Old Friendship Renewed
After two Ineffective
Rounds of Pistol
Shots.
BY telegraph to the Herald.

by telegraph 10 the Herald.
CHARLOTTE, y. c., Nov. 81
A duel with pistols was fought this
morning near P~lneyille, a village
situated IN the southern part of
this county, on the line of the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
railroad. The parties to the affair
were " Young South Carolinians
belonging to well known families.
One Of them, Robert Sanders. is a
son Of DR.. Sanders, Of Sumter
county /; the other, James Wilson,
a son of b. W. Wilson, a leading
member of the Iorkville bar.
During the fair at Columbia, S. c.,
two weeks ago, the two young men,
beng acquaintance and friends,
made 4 bet upon "a horse race. The
result was a disagreement and a
quarrel, subsequent to which San
ders procured IA cowhide, and
searching Wilson out, proceeded to
chastise him for language which
he had used IN the progress of their
alteration on the race-cOurse.
" hatever resistance Wilson may
have made at this time the friends
of tie parties supposed the difficult
ty terminated, until Wilson reached
home, when at the instigation of
his father, he sent a challenge to
the chastiser. The demand for
satisfaction met with a prompt re-
spouse, and pistols were named as
the weapons, last Saturday morn
ing as the time, and Sandbar Ferry,
in Georgia, just beyond the South
Carolina line, as the place. On the
way to the duelling grounds, how
ever, one of the parties was inter
cepted and taken under arrest at
Columbia, while the hostile inten-
tons of the other were in ike man
mer frustrated at Augusta, Ga.
SECOND ATTEMPT.
Not to be foiled, however, another
meeting was arranged, this to take
place this morning at Pineville, in
this county and State. One of
the duellists, with his second and
surgeon, reached Pineville last
evening, and the other, with his
attendants, this morning. Not
withstanding it was we'll under
stood in the village last night that
a hostile meeting was pending, the
law officers took ne steps to prevent
it. A dispatch was sent to the
sheriff of this county in this city
this morning, but before he could
respond, the meeting had taken
place.
TWO ROUNDS-NOBODY HURT.
The parties, therefore, proceeded
unmolested to a suitable spot near
the village, took their position at
the usual distance and at the word
of command fired. 1t was found
after the first shot that neither of
the combatants had been touched.
Another round was fired with like
result, and this stage the seconds, a
young man named Bland, represen-
ting Wilson. and Mr.. Detriville,
a + .low-townman, representing
Sanders, interferred and prevented
further hostilities. Both of the
combatants appeared quite cool on
the field, and wounded honor hav-
ing been satisfied, they renewed
their friendship and all parties
boarded the first train together for
their respective homes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
The Native Breed Of South
Carolina Hogs,
ny or IN"

Judge Thomas jefferson Mack
G., q the Interchangeable "
style Of politics, VA, chairman of
swine committee at the Columbia
Fair. HIS report j valuable IN
view Of the facts -
The committee on SWINE beg
leave 10 report that they found on
exhibition 3. head Of all ages. OF
which IL were Essex. 5 Berkshire.
5 Chester Whites, s graded, being
crosses Of Poland China on the
Berkshire. or cross II Poland
China on common native stock.
and three full blood Poland China.
While your committee
recognize with satisfaction the
commendable effort displayed in
the introduction and culture Of the
thoroughbred and high grade
swine OF the most improved breeds,
Welding the largest weight Of meat
and food, which is the true econ
omic principle in raising edible
stock, they profoundly regret that
no specimen of our native stock
was placed on exhibition.
We hold it important for eth
biological reasons. that the native
hog Of South Carolina should be
widely cultivated. He is TO our
people the monumental hog. and
around him cluster the traditions
Of two eyentful centuries. Older
than the constitution of the lnited
States, he alone seems unaffected
seriously by It's amendments.
Roaming at viii through our far
reaching swamps and over home
stead hills IN the days of l.1G, the
bold infantry of stout CORVALLIS
grew faint while following the fleet
career of this extraordinary pachy
Ierma, and he distanced with tri-
umphant grunt ven the e%nterpris-
ing cavalry of the fiery Tarleton.
He is absolutely unchanged and
Interchangeable. He can neither be
starved Q fattened, and is really
the only one of II domesticated
animals which has always worked
for his living. For him "eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty"
and he cannot be taken by surprise,
while the predatory rover who es-
says to pursue him soon learns IN
deep disgust the race is to the
swift IN the case of this marvellous
hog.
with his long gallon which can tire.
The hounds deep hate, the hunters ire"
For his owner, he islight weight,
it is true, but then he is sure meat.
The fat hog on the contrary, is a
perpetual hazard and a constant
provocative of larceny. He is I'M
able to deal with the only recog-
niZed race issue in the State, Of
which he is the frequent because
the easy victim. On the other
hand, the native self-preserving
hog appreciates the situation,"
and is a law unto himself, relying
not upon statues but on speed for
his protection. 1t is time, there
fore, that we should return to the
original principles on which the
fathers founded our smoke houses
and that the fattest hog Of foreign
extraction should no longer be re
garded as superior for practical
purposes to the fastest swine of ma
tive growth each one Of which
yields the farmer "forty pounds
of meat a year." and thus tends
greatly to reduce the amount Of
money which we daily export from
| this State for bacon, amounting to
nearly $1,000, 600 per annum
Respectfully submitted,
II. +. MACKEY. Chairman.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05

In the Alps recently Mr.. and
Mrs. Wainwright and Christian
Grass, their guide, fell down a
precipice. Hans Grass, The other
guide, was a man of strength, and
the rope by which the four were
corded together was stout, and
throwing himself backward by
sheer force of muscle he held them
suspended and cried to his brother
to cut steps in the ice and mount,
and be quick about it, for he could
not sustain them for more than
half an hour. Mr.. Wainwright
had not dropped his hatchet, which
he handed to the guide, who soon
reached the edge of the crevasse /;
his brother, still sustaining the
Wainwrights, gave him a hand and
drew him up, then they hauled up
their tourists, and all returned
little the worse for their frightful
adventure.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
Attempt to Arrest a Negro
Desperate = Sheriff and
Others Killed.

PORT GIBSON, Nov. l..-Dr.
Buck, Sheriff of Claiborne coun-
ty, having received information,
before daylight this morning, that
Harrison Page, the negro desper-
ado who assassinated the. Chancerv
Clerk of this county. two years
ago. was at his residence three
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05

A white boy not fourteen was
tried for assault with attempt to
commit rape upon a girl not four
teen, at Salisbury, and found guilty
Of a common assault. Both are
highly connected. Judgment not
vet rendered.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05
Err 5, 1871
Miscellaneous
BELMONT STOCK FARM,
NEAR CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
Nov. 29th. 1873.

your paper for some months and
have looked with some curiosity
and interest to see, if your people
we've looking to improved stock
and find it almost ignored and at
= time too Of all others, in the
history of our country, we should
look to a mixed husbandry and
should have our eggs In not too
few baskets. Your state can de-
yer.ify their products and ought
to DO so, and in stock get the kind
your country is adapted to, and
'ako rational care of it, especially
when young and tender care is
reeded and in the absence of
grasses, grain and cheap crops of
yarious kinds will do to give
Growth and fat, IN due time. If
horse or mule stock, much depends
an your wants the kind to raise for
your use or sales, and then whether
in tide water or mountain or inter-
mediate country. The same applies
TO cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and
everything raised on a farm aud
the cheap and tardy mode, if
grades Is very slow progress to fill
the country with good stock. If
not pure breeds, then at least the
sires should be pure of their kinds
and if horses let them be suited
to farm purposes and the uses that
YOUR country look to other States
for a supply of. The Thorough
bred horse day, as Il racer has
passed, and it is now a time for
work and work horses and we
-hould be a working people.
Cattle are more dependent on
the kind of country than horse
stock, and 1t must be a matter of
more study than probably any
other stock.
Sheep less so, anu swine may do
well wherever there is plenty OF
Grain and waste food to take the
place of grasses but have pure
sires at least and their capacity to
fix their type on their offspring.
The natives of none of the stock
named are at al comparable to
their grades, and they are never
equal to pure ed animals, but
none of them will do well without
a fair supply of grass, or grain IN
its stead to make growth and It's
capacity for ''like to produce its
like" We should not stand still
and imagine your country Is not
adopted to better things and espe-
cially better stock, the South has
the capacity if the people will 1t
to do and of their crops they better
know than persons not "to the
manor born," but they are certainly
behind the times in improved live
stock and if judiciously managed
it will not be in the way Of their
crops and a great need of farm
support, it carries forward the
child from the pet lambs through
all grades of stock up to its finish
and the childs manhood and thus
better incline children to domestic
life and their care of the stock, and
grain intended for it will get to
them as directed by their parents,
and not into doggeries as too often
now by the unfit and inexperienced
laborers we trust too much to; and
feeling there must be more interest
in this subject among your readers
than your paper indicates, l will
trouble you with it again.
Yours,
S. w. FICKLIN.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05

miles from tosn, went out with his
deputies - arrest Page. One 81
the deputies, Robert Lun. vas
shot and instantly killed from a
window. The Sheriff, on forcing
the door. VA shot IN the bo.els.
face and arm. ard : diving. Thos.
HARDWOOD, another deputy. was
Knocked IN M old clstern aud left
for dead, though lie has stree re
Sived and ! not seriously hurt. \
posse left town Immediately. and
Charlie Ncdmcn. one 81 the posse,
while riding near Pages house, was
shot IN the fac. arm. leg and head.
lie j still alive. The assassin es-
capped. though several II his ac-
completes were Killed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-05

comptice, were ! He'd
The 70, Of the Eight District
stands Vance 1915. scattering 80.
u .,im. a;,,ana,,,a
two or half dozen Sta,a< II
entirely too large.
Charlotte b,.,. Dr.,
co~nyictS n tho nen5,cnt;arv anJ
I'M for stealnr INT one
excitcmenr IN A1nxa,1o~ ana T.
dell counties II has broken nm
visiting
p..
"s S6"u 'nS
Thnmr .l' IL
uim i :"
Nicor,aral marty arrived Yesterday
| afternoon and met with an onthn.
siastic rece,tion. There WAS
grand military and civic display
~
ne wyoming iir'ad 'ohpa-
~ iao1oiS' an hlNel' HasS.'
W. ouileN ol'ae nioihihe'
ni 10" - "uNtto"H'
Insured for SO 300.
Ionis Goacv f,u,aor ~ a..
Codov,s Iady RI arJ who oon
+;nrod - Lo - n,Il;sLorana 49,
nr;otor NTH within twa ~,
| a;ad snddnnIv At pbi1adn]nh!a Ia,
n;rLt aroJ :, Vow
",i'' ''"'e' "cio i'Pi'-
tional grange at Richmond, Va,
this week. At the public reception
which was one Of the features Of
the week, speeches were name by
Dudley Z. Chase. of New IIamp-
shire, and others.
Tbo n,oo,inn .ho 1unhoxo,
pra.hrtnr;an Ehn,,oh oonInnto1 -,
~ nl D.. -. chN"H'
aL fpo flarL
Evans, and -. 4. McRac, closed
last Sunday. There was hearty
cooperation on the part Of other
denominations. So saws the R0dc-
s0niun.
'e1po o0n'oy ~
Picoolo'i Ia soni"' ~
iinil"'iho 'i,e i"oi" "a u''ci"6ui'li-
90 nn. nou So
hair, or had other pe~culiarities. It
does not follow that you will be-
come great by following their &C.
c~entricities.
AshevIIie Jo"'""l; Judge 'ud-
ger mas nniShed up MS courts on
the Eight bisIricO. lie passed
sentences Oh oeatil III TWO capitai
caSeS-oecreSt. wlle-ihuraer, ana
Doohe, Vi laohlh, . h,iiing
anan Of tho prosbvtorian Cburcb
an eminent divine i CONDUCTING =
Sorias of services
u
ne oid "hite stanton LHcelSior'
"hicl was owned oy Dah nee II
circus man, o ~ years. n mas
oeeh eAhIoIUGo III every CITY anu
own III the CnlIed states, died at
-. Loul' recently asou %. ne
mas oeeh d a'orloe OIL miillohs OIL
people, ana men no" on the DOWN
NIL Oh lie remember MS ahticS
when a risky colt
"Do Won make any reduction IN
ministers ., said \ vonng lady in
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-04
Antique Errors,

IN this enlightened age and land, and ae.
oepIanoe oily With the pr' judice aud ig'
noFant. II is impossible, iOr Instance, to
persuade any large proportion Ut people
= no have imbibed their Ideas nj logic In
Common schools and free academies, that
II 10 eXpedient TO cram their systems with
mercury, Hasp their bO wells with cOlycinth
and jalap, or stupefy their brains With opt.
HteS, when . pure, effective, safe, botanic
cordial like hOstetter's stomach l.! teiS,
which relieves every disorder for Whicn
the poisonous drugs have been heretofore
prescribed, 10 within the reach VI every
one. UId.faahIoned remedies are rapidly
giving ground before he advance 6f thts
cOnQuering specIhC, and old.iashloned
ideas In reg ,rd 10 depict on ae q means Of
cure, have been quite exploded by the suc-
cess OF be gTest Fen0vant, which tOnes
the system, tIanquiIlses the nerves, In
duces sound rep ise, neulraliHes malaria,
depurates aud enriehes the blood, rouse
the liver Wh,n dormant, and promotes u
regular habit Of body. eod&w
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-04

A man called 81 the shop Of q ShOe-
maker and bought . pair Of boots at
the price of ten dollars, aud handed
"Jimqua," the proprietor, an ounce,
valued at seventeen dollars. As jim.
q1A had no change, he stepped over the
way and got the money changed, re-
turned, aud gave the boots aud seven
dollars to the customer, who took them
and departed. Shortly after this the
merchant over the way called on the
shoemaker with the ounce, which
proved to be q counterfeit, aud JimquH
had to pay him seventeen gOod dollars
for the worthless metal. Now the
question is, how much aud what did
the shoemaker lose by the operation
Some Ray he lost tWenty-tOur, aud
others twenty y.seVen dollars. Can 0nl
Of the resders Of the HERALD solve the
mystery1
Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-04
sExTON's REPORT

OF the City Of VtcksbuTg, for the tOeek ending
Monday, the 3lsi day Of December, A.D.
1877, at II O'Clock m.
Dec. q Margaret e. Donovan, year 0
mouths, congestion Of the brain, died at
Edwards, Mise.
Dec, A-Ma airy Rasley, colOred, 10 months,
teething, Inferred In the county.
Dec. b-Wm. Harris, cOlored, 10 years
months, verdict OF the jury, "Can TO hls
death by pistol shot wound, said pistol
being in the hand or hands OF one VIM
simon, cOlOred," Vicksburg, Sd Ward.
Dec. 28-PrOf. Chas. A. Z. schlllIng, 81
years, disease Of the heart, Vicksburg, Let
Ward.
Dec. 2T-MaTy Seals, COlored, 90 years,
verdict OF the Jury, "Came TO her death
from heart disease" Vicksburg, let Ward.
Dec. 28-PatTlok Fitzgerald, ~ years,
pneumonia, died In the Hill City lnhrmary.
Dec. 29-Albert Murphy, 80 ears, pneu.
mOria, Vlcksburg, lst Ward.
Dec. 29-Marlah Berry, col0red, u years,
heart disease, Warren county.
A true COPY: 10. ARNOLD, Sexton,
z, T. WOODRUFF, d. D., Health oniOer.