The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

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A miller in England who had
beaten his wife and threatened his
children because summoned for not
sending the latter to school. was
last month seized BY forty women.
who logged hun and then dragged
him To a pond. where, while drench-
ed with water. he implored pardon
for his misdecds.
"Robbing Peter o pay Paul"
In the time OF Edward VI. much
Of the lands Of St. Peter, at West
minister, were seized BY His Maj
estys ministers and courtiers; but.
IN order TO reconcile the people 10
that robbery, they allowed a por-
ton Of the lands 10 be appropriated
toward the repair of St. Paul's
church. Hence the phrase, Rob
blng Peter TO pay Paul"
a notable improvement in watch
es is reported from ChauA de Fonda,
Switzerland. By a peculiar pro
cess the figures on the dial are rem
dered luminous, 5 % that If exposed
during the day to the sunlight they
remain phosphorescent and visible
throughout the night. Prepare
tons are being made for the pro-
duction of these watches on a large
scale.
Frank Palmer, who was in the
fight in which Custer was killed,
tells how those who buried the
bodies Disseminated. They care
fully inferred the remains of the
officers, piled stones over the graves,
and inscribed them; but the pri-
Yates "were not buried at all, only
covered, a little earth being thrown
on them, and their bones are now
strung from end of the prairie
to the other"
John Steele, or Coal Oil JOHNNY,
who was put in sudden possession
of 81, 800, 600 by the discovery Of
petroleum on his otherwise almost
worthless Pennsylvania farm, only
to become poor again through wild
extravaganza, IS now station agent
on the Atlantic and Gr>at Western
Railroad. He has given up drink
ing, and thinks he is so much wiser
from experience that he would not
waste another fortune if he could
get me-.
One Of the characters of Saratoga
this seaso is the rich Mrs. Thomp-
son, who has an income of 5000
a year, representing over a million
dollars, for which she never accepts
more than five per cent. Her per
sonal expenses, exclusive of the
actual %necessitive of life, do not
exceed $3.50 a year, vet she gives
away in charity all her large in
come, and sometimes, 1t is said,
pawns her jewelry to raise money
for some object of charity, redeem
ing it when she receives her next
installment of interest.
A handsome young clergyman in
Bryan, Ontario, Was attentive to
several Of the young women in his
congregation, but seemed in nc
hurry to choose a wife. The young
women trembled between hope and
fear. The older men saw that the
work of the church was suffering
by neglect, and sent a committee
to the pastor to say, in substance,
that he ought to marry or stop
counting. Thus predded, he Sc.
lected the prettiest of the young
women and married her; but wheth.
er harmony will be entirely restored
remains to be shown.
Charles McMullen was at the
bottom Of a we'll in Dedham, Mass.
when the sand and gravel through
which he had dug caved in on him
He was buried only to the neck a.
first, but, after his companions hac
begun to extlicate him, a second
fall of earth covered him complete.
ly. His head was hurriedly
reached, and he was found t(
be alive, although nearly smother
ed. A keg, with the heads knocked
out, vas placed over his head, ant
the work of digging him out wa
resumed. At the expiration of fou
hours he was almost freed, his leg
only being imbedded. Then
third fall of earth buried hin
/. anew, and he was snothered t.
:, DEATH.
Henry Faxon of Buffalo is saic
! never to have recovered from
fright that Blondin gave him, hi
nervous system receiving a ~lastin:
shock. Blondin was about to star
on one of his walks on a rope acros
/ the chasm below Niagara Falls