The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-11

the Ohio River valley, where the vast sup
plies of that river arc dwindling away ev-
cry year. A correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Enquirer says that all through the
spring months-through May and on into
June and July, from the mouth of the Big
Miami to the Ohio-they perseveringly drag
their seines and indifferently SCOOP in mil
lions of fish filled with eggs and on their
way to the spawning beds. Within a dis
lance Of eight miles down stream from the
junction of the Ohio and Miami rivers no
less than sixteen seines are constantly
worked, to say nothing of innumerable
small nets and other devices.
The following cruel disclosure of one of
the secrets of the Chinese toilet in the hum
bic life is made by a correspondent of the
Celestial Emplre: - have lately diseov-
cred the way in which Chinese girls paint
their face in Pekin. They first take a
quantity of sugar candy, which they rub
lavishly over their hands. They then
smear this delectable cosmetic over
their cheeks and forehead till they are as
shiny as the moon and as sticky as though
they had washed themselves in ~treacle.
The surface thus prepared, they proceed to
lay on the white powder, which they spread
thickly from ear to ear; and then they put
on the rOgue. Their subsequent sensations
may be imagined. never heard them des-
cribed.
A gang of sharpers in Philadelphia have
for more than a year been %swindling visi-
tors from the country In q novel way. They
have a stable ostensibly for the sale of
horses. When a countryman enters to look
at the stock, a practically valueless horse is
offered to him for $3.50. A bystander of
fers $500, but the dealer angrily says that
he will not sell to this man at any price,
haylnO had q nraVipuC nOorrol with hin,
The bystandcr draws the countryman aside
and says: buy the horse for $3.50, and
I'll take him off your hands at 5000"
This seems to offer a chance to make $50
without risk; but the victim, after paying
the $50 for the beast, does not see any
more of the promised purchaser with the
$500.
The following letter, written by George
Washington, is in the family Of Abram P.
Hubbard, at Lebanon, Me:
General 4rnastrong:
SIR.-Please pay Mr.. Cornelius Patrick
e3 (which is due me from you, as you
would not settle with Mr.. Evans, when |
gave an order on you for the above sum. If
you do not, l have authorized Mr.. Patrick
to go according to law.
(Signed) GEO. WASHINGTON.
To AS ARMSTRONG. Jan. I'd, 1871
Our city daily papers contain long reports
of the ceremonies at Wake Forest College
last Wednesday, ON the occasion of the in
auguration of Rev. I. II. Pritchard, ID. D.,
Drs. Pritchard and Skinner, Rev. A. c.
Dixon, of Chapel Hill, and Judge Merrimon
all delivered addresses. The cornerstone of
THE Wingate Memorial Hall was laid,
Rev. DIR. Skinner delivering the address.
This building is to be 1O2 feet by 60. The
ceremonies of the day are represented as
being highly interesting.
Louisburg Times: In the case, State
against Thomas {. Horton, indicted in Frank
lin county for forgery, and removed to
Wake, the jury returned a verdict OF not
guilty. The meeting at Trinity Church,
which has been in progress since the ad-
Sunday. About fifteen persons were con-
verified. There were twenty-nine per-
sons baptized in Boon's pond, at Cedar
Rock, on last Sunday, by Rev. G. w. New
ell, the result of the recent meeting at Maple
Spring Church.
Jerry Goldsmith is the hero of Stone
Mountain. That precipitous mass of rock
is used by Georgians as a sort of picnic
ground. On Friday little Emma Jones fell
over the steep side of the mountain, which
has a perpendicular height of 200 feet, but
fortunately lodged on a neuSe, Wnere she
could hold on by sticking her fingers in a
~crevice. Jerry Goldsmith tied a rope about
his waist and swung down fifty feet below
the brink and rescued the child. A man
was dashed to pieces at the same ~precipice a
few years ago.
Charlotte Observer: Immediately after the
adjournment of Court Senator Vance will
leave for Topeka, Kan, joining at Wash
ington other members of the Senate sub
committee Of Privileges and Elections, ap-
pointed to investigate the charges of bribery
against Senator ingalls,, of Kansas, in con-
~nection with his election to the Senate. -
Night before last a handsome twelve pound
baby boy was left on the door step OF one OF
the suburban residences.
A reliable gentleman from Ashe county
reports to the Wilkesboro Witness the fol