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

hot bread are denominations; In des-
nair. she remembers that h still has
this furnishing crowd TO feed. one
may herself believe hat plain bread,
lIgnt cakes. unco0ked fruit. and sim
pier meats. would be wholesome =
but. oh. the ..men-folks - Above all,
to imagine them brushing their hair
and putting on their coats and sitting
down 10 smooth, snowy linen, glitter
ing glass, sparkling silver, shining steei
and fresh tiowers,-nO more.
might tell you to determine TO nave
plain white dishes, uniform II not
priceless; glass like crystal silver re-
duced to absolutely solid spoons, forks
and butter-knlves more IL you can al
ford III, and the money saved from II
shalns OF plated pitchers II sugar
bowls, going to enrich your damask
and then your china, l know |
should frlghten you, were TO add,
Use them every day, arrange them
with exquisite care, and emDelllsh
them with fragrant flowers.
1 know, | am familiar with every
difficulty which can beseE the mistress
of a farmhouse. Yet think what
cause you have to hope. Your men
and BOYS all go to the pump and splash
themselves plentifully with water as
though by instinct. If they knew that
you sincerely desired it, they would
soon form the habit of taking just a
minute or two more to arrange their
toilets. 1t is pretty safe 10 say h a If
the table invariably presented an ex-
quisite appearance fortwo weeks, they
would be sorry to see a relapse the
third. You may not be able to reform
the food itself,-but the accessories,
with patience, you may.
There is no use In talking. Hard
labor, as hard labor, in itself IS degra-
ding. 1t is constantly encroachlng
upon and threatening previous quail
ties of mind and heart. 1t is false
morality to try and teach otherwise.
and it is well for al, especially the
greatest toilers, to look this matter
squarely in the face. Once warned of
the danger, they a study intelligent
ly to avoid it. The end of living Is not
TO labor, but labor is the means of
living. Hin above it and beyond it
and jealousy guarded from its spoil
ing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26
Boys Will Be Boys.
Harper's Magazine.

Concerning the long bow, no Ameri-
can effort can surpass one that comes
to US from Scotland
1t was told that Colonel Andrew
McDowall, when he returned from
| the war, was one day walking along
by the Myroch, when he came on an
old man sitting greetin' on a muckle
| stane at the roadside. When he came
up. the old man rose and took off his
bonnet and said
.Ye're welcome hame again, laird
Thank you,' said the colonel; adding
after a pause, L should surely know
your face. Aren't you Nathan M'Cul-
loch?'
.Ye're RIGHT, deed, says Nathan; its
just me, laird
You must be a good age, now, Ma
than says the colonel.
I'm no vera aul yet, laird, was the
reply, I'm just turnt a hummer
"A hundred. says the colonel,
musing well, you must be all that.
But the idea of a man Of a hundred
sitting numbering that way! What
ever could you find to cry about?'
1t was my father dashed me, sir,
said Nathan, numbering again; AN he
put nj DOT, SO he did
Your father y said the colonel; is
your father alive yet?
Levin ay,' replied Nathan; L ken
that the day tae my sorrow
Where is hep say the colonel.
What an age he must be l would
like to see him
oh, he's up in the barn there says
Nathan; a no, in a horrid good humor
the moo, aither,'
srThar -o,t ~ - %L4 Ioro @ooa<lo-
and found the father busy ~threshing
the barley with the big fail and tear
ing on fearful. Seeing Nathan and the
laird coming, in he stopped and salu-
ted the colonel, who, after inquiring
how he was, asked him what he struck
Nathan for.
The young rascal! says the father,
there's nae DOOM wi him; he's never
DOT O a mischief. l had tae lick him
this mornin' for throwing stanes at his
grandfather"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26
Small Courtesies at Home.

There is a greatla lack of minor refined
habits IN some places-especially iii
the arrangement of the table. Seltino
a table IS pre>eminently a lady's work.
1t should not be left to any frowsy
Gretchen, or laundering Biddv, or
shlftless Dlnah. A oma with any
OF the instincts of a lady, however
dormant, ought to want to see her
table beautlf~-, and attend to it her
sell, or give her girl special training in
this department..
: Country housekeepers, alas /. while
too sollcltouS of the substance. often
completely gnore the symbol. In
most cases their cloths are clean
usually In some districts, that is all.
They are often wrinkled. frequently
there are no napkins, the glass IS
dlngy, the knives unpublished, the food
arranged more as regards quantity
than appearance, and altogether, To
sit at such a board long, would etfec-
tually check any attempt to rise above
the gross materlality OF the subject.
There is scarcely a woman who in
her secret hear would not desire bet
ter. But the thought of a set of hun
cry, inpatient, dusty, sweaty, farm
hands hang upon her like a milestone
Perhaps she has read Mrs. Dlaz's e&-
cellenI little book, The School-mas.
ter's Trunk" and from it has learne,
OF perhaps not, and some one ha
told her,-that rich cakes and pies an'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26

A terrible railway accident happen
ed to a bridal party between Sheridan
and Nheatland, California, on
Thanksgiving evening. John Dusel
procured a license to marry Miss lilly
O'Brien, but found that his license
was not good in the county where the
young lady lived. So the bridal par
ty procured a hand~car and started
for the county where the license had
been issued. Meantime another party
come down on another hand-car to at
tend the wedding in the former coun-
Uy, and as neither carried any light
and as the noise Of each car drowned
that of the other. they came into col
lision midway. and the intended bride,
who was sitting on the end of the
car, received such severe injuries to
her legs that both had to be amputa-
ted.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26

Your OWN THINGs.--There is one
provoking way in which some people
observe the Scriptural injunction,
"Look not every man on his own
things, but also on the things of 9TH
ers." 1t prevails mostly in the free
and easy houses, where nobody is re-
garded as having any property which
particularly %appertains to him or her
self. Mary wares James waterproof,
and Tom takes Dicks umbrella. with>
out a question as to the right of the
case. Ellen can never be sure of hav-
ing her own gloves. handkerchief,
ribbons or pins, for Susie goes to her
wardrobe and takes what she wants
1t is very much better to be too
exact, in defining the limits of per
sonal right, than to be too lax. Our
clothes are, or ought to be, SO much
u own that they acquire a look of
us. a portion Of our individuality. 1t
Is no. well that sisters should wear
each others cuffs and collars without
SO much as saying by your leave" or
their hair brushed should be indis-
c~riminately used by whoever wishes,
without regard to ownership. Mothers
who wish TO cultivate in their little
mes a nice sense of propriety, will do
SO by giving to each his or her own
things. and hen insisting that each
use his own and not another'S prop
erty.-H0me Monthly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26

A SUDDEN DEATH There is some
thing terrible in the thought of having
our friends stricken down at our side.
without q parting word OF endearment
or conSolaLIon--one moment at u
side in the flush of vigorous life,
cheering our hearts with their loving
sympathy the next at our feet, pale
with death, deaf to our cries and
needless of our tears. Every excess
sively fat person is in instant danger
of such a death. Seyen-tenths of the
victims Of obesity die of heart disease
or apoplexy. Allan's Anti-Fat, the
only remedy for obesity, reduces the
weight by regulating the digestion and
assimilation OF the food. 1t is perfect
ly harmless ana its use will insure, in
every instance, a reduction of weight
from two to five pounds d week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26
Charlotte Observer.

Mr.. Dumont informs US that he has
been agreeably surprised at the interest
which has been manifested by Norths
err settlers III the South in his plan to
cali Is meeting of this class OF citizens
in North Carolina. South Carolina and
Georgia. to DO held in Charlotte on the
18th of January, for the purpose of
giving public expression of then views
as to the Inducements which these
States offor TO emigrantS, and more es-
peclally as to the treatment which
Northern men receive at the South
when they come as bona tide settlers.
lie states that he has raceived a mum.
per OF letters in reply L. the circular res
Gently published and that the plan is
universally commended. Many have
signitied their intention to be present
at the meeting. Tie railroad cOmDa.
MES have shown a remarkable degree
of hberality in the matter, some ofthem
agreeing to pass delegates to the cons
venSion free, and all ~consenting to offer
reduced rates. Mr.. Dumont thinks
that there will be at least severty~tiye
Northern men present, and to the
weight of the testimony which they
will bear he will propose to add that
contained III the letters of those who
Will De unable to come.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26

WHAT STRONG DRINK COSTS.-It
costs 81, 600, 600, coo a year In money. I1
makes 80 per cent. of u insane. 1t
makes 60 per cent. of our paupers. 1t
causes directly 70 per cent. of our muir
dets. 1t makes 50 per cent. of our
criminals. 1t sends forth 90 per cent.
of our vicious youth. 1t sends one
every six minutes into a druukard's
grave, or nearly 100, 600 a year. Now,
suppose there were no Intoxicating
liquors, what a happy result would
surely follow, aud rich blessings there
by bestowed upon mankind.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26
Scientific Church singing.

Troy Times
Many are the ..hits" at quartetts
choir5 besides those of Domino Tai
mage and Mr.. Moody. One carica-
lures the singing of the line
Welcome sweet day OF rest
Wan kan swan dan and ran"
Another thus
Suppose we turn the tables and try
to express on paper soma OF the old
STYLE singing. Take the old fudge
tune "~EXhortations, one of the most
popular OF its tribe. As ordinarily
sung it runs thus
Ion Jaw aw-aw-dan's
ba-a-anks ! sta a-and,
And ca-a-ast wii-ishful eye
A of the blessed ''old
folks will pepper .Kentucky," ano-
ther popular ballad, with slides, trills,
arpeggio turaS. grace notes and runs
enough to serve Handel or Rosinni for
a dozen songs. But the browning
apology for scientific singing is found
in the erfcutiOn of China in the
nasal style, once supposed, and still
thought by some good people, to be
particularly pious and ed~ifying--in
which the c~onsonant N" is heard
like the drone of a bag>pipe or the
wheeze of a melodeon with a baritone
note broke loose. 1t must be sung to
give it its true effect:
nWhy n'do n'we mourn n'depa- arted
fren-Z-Z-Z
nor shake nat n'death's a-a-larm-Z-Z-Z
hts n'but n'tue voice n'that Jesus
s'n'd'z-Z-z
n'To-o can nus to his ahrm-z-z-e.
Charlotte Observer: A stranger says
he saw several young ladies eating
candy in the theatre a few nights ago
This must be a mistake.....Rev. Mr..
Bronson, late rector of ST. Peters
Episcopal church, in this city has
been elected Professor of Latin in a
college at Waterbury. Mass, a posi-
ton which IS admirably suited to his
tastes and culture. The proportion
Of students Of Davidson College who
are candidates for the ministry is not
so large as in former years. Shoe
Heel is to ave a newspaper Pres
emily the number Of North Carolina
newspapers will exceed the voting
population. The railroad eating
house has been removed from Dundee
to Greensboro.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26

A CLEVER RETORT.-Watts the psal-
mist, vas one day engaged in digging
dirt from his cellar, and whilst en-
ployed called forth the witticism of
several bys'anders upon the size of his
person. Seeing he vas not much
higher than the spade he held in his
hand, he retorted with the following
splendid impromptu
Had / the height to reach the pole,
To grasp the ocean with a span,
I'd still be measured 10y my soul
The minds the measure of the man.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26
Gables portfolio.

rsThe ladies of North Carolina are
invited to contribute short artlc les
recipes, suggestions, household hints,
&C., for these columns. Name OF the
author will be seen by no n except
the editor, whether the communica-
ton be accepted or rejected.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26
How Proposals are Made in the
Southwest.

He sat on the side of the room in a
big white oak rocking chair. A long
cared deer hound swapping at flies was
by his side a basket of sewing by
hers. Both rocked incessantly.-that
is. the young people-not the dog and
basket, He signs heavily, and looks
out of the west window at a Grape
myrtle tree she signs lightly, and
gazes out of the east windOw-at a
turnip patch. At last he remarks:
This is mighty good Weather to
pick cotton"
"'Tis that--if we only had any to
pick"
The rocking continues.
Whats your dog Nance:
Gloomy"
Another sighebroken stiffness.
What is he good fur"
"What is who good fur said he,
abstractedly.
"Your dog, Cooney."
eur Kitchen possums."
Silence of half an hour.
He looks like a deer dog"
WHO looks like a deer dog"
"Cooney."
"He is--but he's kinder bellowsed,
and gettin' old an slow now. An he
amt no count on a cold trail"
In the quiet ten minutes that ensued
she took two stitches in her quilt it
was a gorgeous affair, hat quilt was,
made by the pattern called Rose of
Sharon She is very particular about
the nomenclature of her quilt, and
frequently walks fifteen miles to get
a new pattern with a real purity
name.'
Your ma raisin' many chickens" -
Forty odd"
after a while the big rocking chair
and the little rocking chair were
damned side by side. l don't know
how it happened. 1t may have been
caused by some popularity on the
floor, or by the natural magnetic at
traction one chair had for the other
but strange to say the basket of work
had followed the little chair, and the
little chair had travelled as fast as the
big one. Cooney had not moved. He
lay In the same place sound asleep,
and he was talking in his sleep, that is,
giving faint, irregular banks at the
possums he beheld in his dreams.
After awhile the conversation was re-
sumed.
How many has your ma got"
How many what"
Chickens"
Nigh OF to a hundred"
By tits time the chairs was so close
together that rocking was impossible,
The mink has eat most of ours"
Then a long silence reigns. At last
he observes:
MAXIM quilts?"
1es,' she replies, frightening up.
I've just finished a 'Roarin' Eagul
of Brazeel, a 'Sittin' Sun and a Ma
tion's Pride Have YOU ever saw the
No"
More silence, then he says:
do you like cabbage:"
81 do that"
Presently his hand is accidentally
placed on hers. She does not know
1t al least does not seem to be aware
OF 1T. Then, after a half hour spent
IN signing, coughing and clearing OF
Threats, he suddenly says:
I've a great mind to bite YOU
you great a-mind to bite me
fur"
"kase you won't have me-"
kase sou il aAed me-"
Well, now | AK you"
Then, now | has you"
Then Coony dreams he hears a sound
of kissing.
Then the next day, the young nan
goes to T~igersville after a marriage
incense Wednesday the following
week. No cards. -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26
The VOiceless

His faltering lips no words could speak,
70 he never told his love
His cheeks were flushed and his look was
meek.
And he tore of the thumb or his glove,
hundred tim, 5 he dropped his chm,
But never the words would come,
So he did all his talk with his fingers thin,
Because he was deaf and dumb.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26

Last winter DR.. Sackett, of Chester,
Connecticut, made a violin of two
thousand and fifty pieces of wood.
We always thought there should be
about two thousand and fifty pieces in
most OF the tiddles We ever listened
to.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26
NJ OTTO We LIVE To DIE. ANpr ,.
wi TO LIVE.
The Raleigh Steam Dvoing
and Securing Establish 70
ment.

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Two Doors West Of Presbyterian Church
Az kln7s OF Dress G .ods. in IN. rf..
mnde into garments DYED. CIean.t. H..
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MD II p and SLIPPERS NiArIt-
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FULLY. Gentlemens' Goats. Oy+r..a,'
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the most brilliant shades Of Sc.-frt crfrr...
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Respectfully, u. ERDNntp
decl23m.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26

Troy Times
Many are the .'hits" at quartetts
choirs besides those of Domino Tall
mage and Mr.. Moody. One carica-
lures the singing of the line
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-12-26

At the Tennessee candy-pulls the
yourg men carry along al extra clean
SHIRT &C. put on after the entertainment
Is over.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-07
POPULAR MISTAKES ABOUT WAR.

A popular impression has gained curren-
cy that General Hooker succeeded in sur
prising General Lee at the battle Of Chan
cellorsyille, in his crossing of the river
Rappahannock. General Lee said to me
during the ten days l stayed with him In
1867 -" was much surprised to see your
history of that battle favor such an idea.
1t was no secret move of General Hooker's.
As he was situated it was impossible to tell
whether he menanced Fredericksburg or
my communications. l had to wait till he
showed his hand, as he did in crossing the
river, to make proper preparations to op-
pose him. Indeed, real surprises in war
are much less common than is usually sup
posed" With the above incident, in his
lecture "reminiscences Of War Cowespon-
dent" delivered before the Brooklyn
Teachers Association recently Professor
William Swinton, an ex-war correspon-
dent, illustrated how necessary it is for
historians to carefully study both sides.
" The common misconceptions of what
battles really are are sometimes very ludic-
rous,' said the lecturer. I" An artist once
asked me to criticise his picture of General
Sheridan as he appeared directly after his
famous ride. General Sheridan was made
to appear like a very Mars, whom he does
not much resemble. He has more of
Punch and Judy element in his character.
In the picture he sat on colossal charger
was dressed in faultless garb, had on epau-
lettes and typical military hat with white
plume, and fourished in his hand the ira
ditional brand His soldiers were in the
form of phalanx. felt like turning
three or four somersaults round the studio,
but contented myself with telling the artist
his picture would more truly represent the
original if Sheridan were painted with
crumpled army cap, with spatters of mud
instead of spangles on his clothes, and his
men in two small irregular lines behind
trees, stumps and rocks" "a respected
New York editor, now deceased, continued
the lecturer visited the front with stove
pipe hat; That hat became the immediate
subject for fun and chatting. Come out of
that hat one soldier says. Another, 4
know you're in it because see your legs
dangling down., Still another, Boys, he's
one of them fellows that goes up North and
writes cords about us been eager for the
fray In one of Grants most important
with General Sheridan the con.
yersation ran much like this Are you
ready, Philip Yes well, 60 in.
Scores of important interviews between
generals were no more magniloquent than
this -
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-07
LEARN ABOUT THE PULSE.

Every intelligent person should know
how to ascertain the state of the pulse in
health; then by comparing it with what it is
when he is ailing, he may have some idea
of the urgency of his case. Parents should
know the healthy pulse of each child-as
now and then person is born with a Pc
culiarly slow or fast pulse, and the very
case in hand may be Of that popularity.
An infants pulse is one hundred and
forty; a child of seven, about eighty; and
from twenty to sixty years, it is seventy
beats minute, declining to sixty at four
score A healthful grown persons pulse
beats seventy times in minute; there may
be good health down to sixty; but if the
pulse always exceeds seventy there is dis
ease; the machine is working itself out,
there is fever or Inflammation somewhere,
and the body is feeding on itself; as in con-
sumption, when the pulse is quick, that is,
over seventy, gradually increasing with de-
creased chances of cure, until it reaches
one hundred and ten Or one hundred and
twenty, when death comes before many
days. When the pulse is over seventy for
months, and there is slight cough, the
lungs are affected.