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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08

Col. PoLKS APPOINTMENTS The
Commissioner of Agriculture has ac-
cepted enga9 9em9nts to speak at
Rutherford Co!I,ye on thu 21st inst !;
and at Denver Sanin NY on the 235h.
During the interval of those dates he
will probably sp ak in Cleveland or
Gatawba, or both He has accept ed
an invitation to deliver an address co
the pupils o. Wilson CJllAgiate lasts
tute on the 26 i Of June: AMI also to
speak at the Wadesboro Fair. VIII
speak at Winston on the 7th of June !;
and also in PITT county at an early
day
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08

The Weldon Ne1rs says: 1t is report
ed that one day last week man by the
name of VIM Leonard got into fight
with an lrlShman at Ransom bridge.
III lrlShman cut his throat, from the
effect of which he died i'm mediately.
The Press says there is some talk of
the Pledmopt Wagon Company moving
their machinery. and all the manufac-
turing apparatus, from the Catawba
river tt Hickory, and run the machin-
cry by steam instead of water.
Saturday last several hundred ne
groes met in Weldon to discuss the
question of going to Kansas. Several
speeches Were made pro. and con.
and a committee was appointed to as
certain particulars and report.
A special to the Raleigh Nems states
that in Louisburg, Franklin county,
Thursday afternoon, two young men,
MARCEL US Dent and Charles Dickersnn
got into quarrel which resulted in
ID DAnt lod ginga pistol balm the neck
Of the other. The injury isseriou5 ii
not fatal.
Raleigh Observer Dent shot Dcker-
son In Louisburg on Thursday last.
DlCkerSOn Is neaQ ana Dent IS IN la11.
......I O. 0. IA lodge was organi-
zed at HendersOnvillA, Granville coun-
ty, Nav 1st. by Grand Master Bagley.
The lodge is called Gillian Lodge, No.
105. af er tn late Judge Gillian. The
old lodge at FarmviIle, Pit county.
was reoryanized on the 2Sth of last
month 49,. The Govern Of Kentucky
has apoointad Charles NJ. Bus
bea, Esq. his aide de.camp
with the rank of Colonel, and
has forwarded him his commission
DIR. Grissom has gone to attend the
National Medical Convention. at At
Ianta 60. Andrew Kitfrell, Ned
Freeman and VIM. III. Fuller, all color |
ed were arranged on yesterday at |
for burglariouslg breaking
and entering the dwelling Of A. A.
Cal TT, at Franklinton. The trial was
set for Mon lay.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08

FEES OF COUNTY OFFICERS.-Attor-
neY- General kenan has written in re-
ply Q letter from Col. b. r. Moore.
solicitor of tQe Criminai Court of New
HahoV county, expires slng the Opin-
lOu that the act of the General Assem-
bly, passed at its las last session en-
titled IAN act to regulate the fees of
certain officers in Pitt cOuuty," applies
in that county alone. This, we sup
pose may be taken as final. unless steps
ale taken to contest the matter in the
courts.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08

WELL REALLY There is something
ludlcrous in the fact that a few wee Ks
ago when Congressman Garfield was
denouncing Southern men, and South
ern measures, of every description. he
had just transmitted, through Gen.
Scales, a check 10 Fay for certain gold
mining properties he had purchased in
Randolph county. Congressman Jas
Wilson has also invested in Mont
gomeIy mines. After all these men
know where to put their money to
make it do the most good, politics or
no.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08

FINE WOOL Maj f. L. Vaughan,
member from Allegheny in the late
Legislature, sends Col. l.. L. Polk a
sample of fleece which weighed 134
when clipped. The specimen is about
s inches long and very fine. Maj.
Vaughan says "my flock, which is
principally composed of Cotswo.d,
with small cross of Southdowns)
Including ewes bearing lambs this
spri g (half the loD averages from
Ibis. 9 OF. to the sheep, with many
good wishes for the success of the
Agricultural Department. Yours, &c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08

CO~COLD PRESBYTERY.-Re J. II
Ihornwell was chosen Moderator, and
Rv. j. E. Ramsay Clerk. The new
Book was adopted by nearly unani
nous vote. Overtures to G. A. re-
commend biennial sessions of both
Synod and Assembly: also, the abol-
ton of the Relief Unsurance) Scheme.
An adjourned meeting will be held at
Bethesda church the last Friday in this
month. SO says Concord Register.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08
J0ttings "On the Wing. :
By OUR STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

w. T. B ackwen & Co., are going
to enlarge their tobacco factory two
hundred by forty feet and five s ories
high. They have orders on hand for
nearly a million and half pounds Of
tobacco There were over $50, 900
paid out for stamps in Durham last
week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08

DEL EGATEs. The following is a full
list of delegates from North Carol ma
to the Presbyterian General Assembly
at Louisville, May 18th.
Mecklenburg, F. Latimer, r. d.
Jnhnstos, S. T. Martin, II A. Grey
Wilmington. j. r. Wilson. ID. D., A.
Sp-unt Orange. j. G.. Alex inder,
Thomas Sparrow, f. H. Johnston. A.
NJ. McPheeters Concord, a. T.. Craw
ford. ID. F.. Cannon.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08

RALEIGH lady preachers have
quite revolutionized popular sentl-
mept 1t is said one Of our most pros
porous merchants of1erfd to furnish
hcme for Mrs. Moon, and help to build
her church in Raleigh if she would
settle here.-Col. L. L. Polk, has
been quite i'll for the past fortnight
b1t is again at his post. much i'm
proved.--Th There is a duplex quadru-
pellex goslin at P6nny's pond near
this city. 1t has three legs, and four
feet Whan it gets its growth it will
scra.ch cora like a circular buzz saw.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08

R w. Best, Esq. has been APP
/ pointed Assessor. and c. B. Root, ESQ
Assistant Ass ssor, for Raleigh town
ship.
The religious interest; az the
Methodist church shows lttls if any
diminution. The converts number
about 40; GER ainly wonderful work,
under all the circums rances.
Col. Little, Of Littleton. and Raj
eigh, is friend worth h,ving. He
subscribeS for himself and for friend
out West. and frequently volunteers
a good word for the FARMER AND Me-
CHANIC. May his shadow never grow
Little !
Sup. of instruction Scarborough
inf 1rms US he has had the S .hool.BilI
prepared for signing. and expec 5 the
coming Cf Speakers RObi son and
Moring to atfix heir signatures. some
day next week, obably about the
l3 h ms.
A ''refined lady" In Boston has
married negro man +: and learned
professor In CIncinna has married
the very black and kinky-headed
daughter of negro millionaire The
first marriage was for love and the
last for money. Tie oniy thing clear
about the Sc dark transactions il that
there was lack of sense in the ladv.
and cents in the professor: though
ttle sseln 10 have known where TO get
a plenty of scents. and a scentsation
along vi h it.
AT time when ourself member
of the General Assembly we repeated
ly declared that no member of that
body should be appointed to fill state
office, much less one which he had
helped to create. There are plenty
of good men in the State who never
were, or will be, in the legislature,
and without alludng to any ex sting
appointments, we would hail the day,
tas a step towards real Retrenchment
and Reform), when a consti utional
w should prohibit any man from
holding two offices, CT acceptins a new
oIe until the expiration of the old
Railroad and other appointments are
5 rong car DIS for political support.
Items flom the Raleigh Ne'cs =
Ira O i've, J. G. Olive and A. G. Olive,
arrested by Deputy Marshal, w. H
Martin, in Wake county. charged with
lllic t distllllrg. bound 10 court by L.
:. Commissioner I. r. Purrell, failed
to give bond and were j4iled Elk.
Gov. Newell, of n. j. is expected
to have good audience at
Tu ker Hall, on Thursday night
At Louisburg Conrt, the three negro
burg lars, Freeman, kittrcll and Fuller
submitted 10 plea of larceny and were
, freeman to two years, |
kit'rell to five, on the State Railways. |
Fuller was let off with bad scare,
under suspension of judgment. The
Jurors in the case of Marcellus Dent. |
for the killing of Dickerson have been
chosen aad the trial is in progress.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08

TIL, Edc.combe Quarts of Tarb
are to have a biz celebration on the
Goth. Attorney General kenar, VINO
is an honorary msn Der # TIE cnmpa-
nv. has beea inv ted to deliver the ad-
dress on the occasion.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-05
Cultivate Conversation.

II we notice closely we shall find that the
people who are most popular in social life
are those who understand not only how 10
talk themselves, but how TO make others talk
This is a very valuable gift. To be able 80
to direct conversation as not to display your
own knowledge, but 10 draw out the opin.
ions and quicken the thoughts of those with
whom you talk--this is an accomplishment
indeed. II makes each a contributor to the
enjoyment of all, and II leaves with each a
pleasant sense OF having said something
which others were glad to hear. This is
very different from the consciousness Of
having been bored or snubbed-or both,
which lesser folks often carry away from
the presence OF fluent and tyrannical
talker There is good deal of this sort of
conversational missionary work waiting 10
be done, and the time which we spend in
chatting about the weather might be very
profitably devoted to it. 1t should be borne
in mind that there is scarcely any one of
average intelligence who cannot, If he is
drawn out, talk Interestingly and instruc-
lively about at least one thing-the thing with
which he is practic,ssy most familiar, or
which is connected with his regular labor.
Is your companion in the car or on the
street machinist, a manufacturer an
artist, builder-lead the conversation
around to the one subject If there are no
others, in which he is sure to be interested.
The result will be that you will please him,
and will gain fresh knowledge yourself.
Whoever talks much thus with specialists
upon their chosen department of labor or
thought will get together fund of valuable
information, not to be learned from the
books-.Selectef
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-05
Systematic Housekeeping.

Have day for each part of the heavy
work. Monday, washing. Have drying
room or balcony for drying in wet weather.
Always dry the tubs and boilers nicely be-
fore putting them away. If possible, have
wire line in the yard for drying clothes.
Use borax instead of soda, if the water is
hard. As much care should be given to the
rnsing as to the washing of clothes. Take
great pains in folding down the clothes, as
this facilitates the ironing. Tuesday, iron
ing and baking. Wednesday, clean pantries
aud cupboards, drawers and the cellar.
Thursday, sweep up stairs do this so well
that each bedroom will smell fresh and new
Don't be afraid of sunshine and air to assist
in cleaning. Wear dust-cap and mittens
whose Wristlets extend over the dress-sleeve.
Witt Teatly.combed hair, tidy-dressed feet,
and a Working dress in repair, you need not
be ashamed because Count Noaccount gets
a glimpse of you at your work. Friday,
sweep halls and stairs, and all of downstairs.
Disarrange only one room at time. Pin a
cloth to your broom and brush away cob
webs. Sweep your rooms twice, and many
carpets are improved by taking damp
cloth, wringing it out frequently in pail of
water, and wiping the dust off the carpet.
Saturday, clean kitchen, bake and prepare
for Sunday. Let every Sunday afternoon be
a rest and recreation. Do as little extra
cooking as possible on the Sabbath. Gentilty
counts for a greater value than show. BY
doing this only you will have time to read
the newspapers and magazines. Keep up
with your music, or take up course of study
or reading. Medicine and hygiene are fit
studies for a housekeeper. II you have a
physician in sickness, you can aid him by
careful nursing; il you have none near, you
may save the life of dear one. You would
study long years to accomplish SO much
| The Uousekeeper
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-05
Pay as You Go.

The best of all rules for successful house
keeping and making both ends of the year
meet is "pay as you CO." Beyond all coun-
tries in the world, ours is the one in which
the credit system is the most used and
abused. Pass-books are the bane and pest
OF domestic economy, perpetual plague,
vexation and swindle. Abused by servants
at the store and the house, disputed con-
stantly by housekeepers and dealers, they
are temptations TO both parties to do wrong.
=" / never had that" We neglected to en-
ter this y " forgot to bring the book :"
Never mind. we'll make note of it !" and
so it goes. But the worst of it is that house
keepers are tempted to order what they have
not the means to pay for, and when the
month or quarter comes for settlement they
are straitened. A family can live respect
ably on very moderate income, if they al
ways take the cash in hand and buy where
they can buy to the best advantage. Then
they will be careful first to get what is
necessary. Extra comforts will be had as
they can afford them. But it is bad policy
to buy on credit. No wise dealer sells so
cheaply on credit as for cash. The table is
the place for economy. Good wholesome
food costs little compared with unwhole-
some luxuries. The dress of family is so
much matter of taste that it need hardly
be said it is just as easy to be respectable in
clothing that costs but little, as in that
which is expensive. To dress according to
ones means is the only respectable style.
One must have home, and in every place
there are dwellings suited to the ability of
the tenant or the purchaser. When the
rent, the food and the clothing are kept
within ones income, the margin for benevo-
ence, for luxury and for pleasure may be
measured and used. In these, as in other
matters, "Pay as you CO." Keep out of
debt as you would keep out of prison. Try
this plan through the year 1879, and see
how well it has worked when you review the
| subject in the beginning Of lSS0.-Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-05
Difficulties Overcome.

Ny voice seemed in every way unfit for
public speaking. 1t was weak and the pitch
was high. By close application to study |
had become stopped. My lungs were weak
and was troubled with a cough ] wore
plasters for years, and many of my friends
feared that | was going into consumption.
spoke because felt that must speak. At
the end of my first year my physician urged
me to desist from preaching. | was jun
ior preacher on acircuit, in which preached
twenty-eight times to the round. took up
also six additional appointments, making
thirty-four One of these appointments was
in small village, and was in the sitting
room of a house belonging to a humble
widow. 1t would not seat more than twenty
people. On my second and last visit to that
place, I was informed that a physician
there, who was an infidel, desired to see inc,
as he thought he might be of some service
by directing me as to my health. | called,
and he said he had heard that was in feeble
health, and gave me some simple sugges-
tions | was pleased with his general ad-
vice, and at the close of the interview ]
asked him in regard to my continuing to
preach He answered that as to the re-
ligious question he had nothing to say; but
simply as physician he would recommend
me to ride eight or ten miles and preach
once every day. The suggestion harmo-
nized with my own feelings, and resolved
to follow it; and the only request ever
made for any appointment was that on ac-
count of my weak lungs, might be placed
where | could ride eight or ten miles and
preach once every day. My presiding elder
promised me his full concurrence and heart
lest support ! but ! was sent to the city of
Pittsburgh, with its smoke and dust, right
in the midst of the time when the Asiatic
cholera was prevailing there. My friends
were alarmed at my going there but went.
My health was preserved by careful atten-
tion to food and exercise, aud by keeping
regular hours. My voice gradually strength
ened, and, though never musical acquired
the power to address the largest audiences.
My conviction to-day is that if had not
continued to preach l should, in all prob
ability, have fallen an early victim to bron-
chial or pulmonary disease. Often, when
called to face danger, that passage has
seemed to ring in my ears Z" He that will
save his life shall lose it, and he that will lose
his life for my sake, the same shall save it,"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-05
Making God a Beggar.

Pm trying to beg a little money for our
preacher to-day" explains the steward, in
apologetic tones, his manner of asking, per-
haps, saying almost as plainly as words
could " and I'm half ashamed of my errand."
&" | was appointed to beg some money for the
Sunday-school," says the smiling young lady.
collector, as, subscription paper in hand she
sweeps down upon her victim. "I'm going
to beg some money today for missionary
purposes" announces the pastor TO his con-
gregation, who, some way, receive the i'm
preston that he very much dislikes doing
such a thing and would be surprised at
liberal contribution. And so we hear al
most every Sunday, and weekday too, pas
tors begging, stewards begging, aud young
lady-collectors begging. The obnoxious
words are ding-donged in the peoples ears,
in connection with church finances, until it
is no wonder if they do begin to believe that
the church has no claims upon them for a
support that they are morally bound to
honor, but is public pauper to be neg
ected and even spurned if they happen to
be in a bad humor. Begging for what, my
| Why, Christs, OF course. All, yes; you are
| degrading this divine institution, Of which
Jesus Christ is the head TO the level--yes,
below the level of human institutions that
are dependent upon charity. You are re-
versing the order of things by which God is
proprietor of all things, aud make him as,
sumo servile attitude, and actually BEG by
proxy (through you) for few. paltry dimes
or dollars, of those who really owe TO him
and have solemnly promised him TO hold
subject to his commands all they possess
The word has no right TO place in oui
| church vocabulary Ii is a wretched usurper
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-05
Physical Benefit or the Sabbath.

The Sabbath is Gods special present to
the workingman, and one of his chief OBJ
jects is to prolong his life and preserve
efficient his working tone. In the vital sys-
tenn it acts like a compensation bond--it
replenishes the spirit, the elasticity and
vigor which the last six days have drained
away, and supplies the force which is to fill
thesix days succeeding and, in the economy
of existence, it answers the same purpose
as, in the economy of income, is answered
by a savings bank. The frugal man, who
puts away pound to-day and another pound
next month, and who, in quiet way, "
putting by his stated pound from time to
time, when he grows old and frail gets not
only the same pound back again, but good
many pounds beside. And the conscien-
tious man, who husbands one day of his ex-
istence every week k-who, instead of allow
ing the Sabbath to be trampled and torn in
the hurry and scramble Of life, treasures it
devoutly up-the Lord of the Sabbath keeps
it for him, and, in the length of days, the
hale old age gives it back with usury. The
savings bank of human existence is the
Sabbath.-North British Reuiew.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-05
Some Of the Remedies.

Moodlness in woman may almost always
be traced TO an over-taxed condition of the
system, TO too much care, and to too long
continued monotony in daily pursuits. A
wife and mother surrounded by family cares
is acted and reacted upon by the same
sights, sounds and labors until the freshness
and vivacity of the spirit become worn out.
We are so constituted that our natures de-
'mand for their enjoyment of life, and for
the vigorous exercise of our powers, hange,
variety and relaxation. For lack Of these
the interest in life diminishes; the mental
horizon narro ws, life becomes contracted
and seems not worth the living. Then come
various unhappy moods and take possession
OF the mind To learn to control and ban
ish unhealthy moods is one of the tasks that
must be undertaken by every woman who
would lead happy and useful life. The
first step is to recognize their existence and
influence. Reason must be called TO the aid
to declare that feelings of dependency,
hopelessness, complaint and discouragement
are but the result of mood, and therefore
can be resolutely held in check. If one can
only bring ones self to make the frank
acknowledgment mentally, 81 feel mean,
cross and ugly to-day" and then to restrain
speech and action accordingly, the battle is
half won. But the vigorous action must be
resorted TO in order to dispel the mood, and
for this nothing is so effective for woman as
to leave home, even but for an hour. Get
away where other influences will act upon
the mind and body. If dependency and a
complaining mood are dominant, go to see
some fellow creature who is in real distress
the remedy is almost specific for such a
mood. Above all things, moods need to be
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-05
Lay Sermons.

They are not always preached in words,
these lay sermons. Sometimes they are
acted rather than spoken by their uncon-
scious authors; sometimes they are deliv-
cred to an audience of one or two only but
they are none the less efficacious. We have
all heard such sermons at some time in our
lives and we have all been the better for
such hearing, even though no church walls
enclosed us. Very often, too, these sermons
are put forth by some obscure and humble
soul who knows nothing of their power.
But we, looking ON at the quiet life dedi-
Gated to duty, find such lessons in its serene
faith and loving obedience as shall make us
better Christians forevermore. Even the
most eloquent periods of the preacher are
ampliied and emphasized by the placid
trust or enthusiastic hope shining in the
faces of some of his hearers, and thus Civ
ing us new sermon.-ChriSiian InteHigencer.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-05
Secrets Of Happiness.

A susceptibility to delicate attentions, a
fine sense of the nameless and exquisite
tenderness of manner and thought, consti-
tute, in the minds of its possessors, the deep
est undercurrent of life; the felt and treas
ured, but unseen and inexpressible richness
of affection. 1t is rarely found in the char
acters Of men, but outweighs, when it is, all
grosser qualities. There are many who
waste and lose affections by careless and Of
ten unconscious neglect. 1t is not plant
to grow untended the breath of indiffer-
ence, or a rude touch, may destroy forever
its delicate texture. There is daily at
tention to the slightest courtesies of life,
which can alone preserve the first freshness
of passion The easy surprises of pleasure,
the earnest cheerfulness of assent to slight
wishes, habitual respect to opinions, un-
wavering attention to the comfort of others
abroad and at home, and above all, the care
full preservation of those proprieties of con-
versation which are sacred when before the
world, are some of the secrets of that hap
piness which age and habit alike fail to i'm
pair.-New York Mirror.