The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-20
The Warrenton Gazette tells of q
man who. postponed his we'd

The Warrenton Gazette tells of
Granville man who. postponed his we'd
ding until after sowing his oat crop.
A good many young men put off mar
rying until they "sow their wild oats"
and then-don't marry after all.
However, that's blessed thing for
the poor women who might have
"jined in" with them for worser and
worSer!
Mr.. d. P. Meacham, who has
farm three miles from Raleigh, has an
excellent stand of wheat in his cotton
field. He read in the FARMER AND
MECHANIC of Georgian who made
20 bu shells Of wheat per acre, sown
broadcast. Mr.. NJ. believes his wheat
will be ready to harvest the latter part
of June, in time to cut above the top
of the cotton.
AT tho Baltimore Medical College
last week the following young doctors
from North Carolina obtained their
diplomas George II. P. Cole, w. F.
Cook, Daniel S. Ellis, Robert L. Hes
ter, Abel B. Huntley, j. M. Cain, Theo.
A. Cotton, Jesse H. Mitchell, Latta
w. Reagan and John P. Parrott. At
the University of Maryland the follow
ing North Carolinians were graduated: !:
John II. Lacy, (son of our revered
fellow -townsman, Rev. DR.. Drury
Lacy, Henry Irwin Clarke. Julian M.
Baker and H. NJ. Brooks.
In a column review of Edward
Graham Haywood's Grafton over the
late Mr.. Moore, Bro. Kingsbury. of the
Star, remarks
"Our leading men are dying one by
one. Recently our State has lost
Moore and Gales and Carter and En-
gelhard and Devane and Wingate and
Battle. The old mother is being be-
reaved, and yet the race Of thinkers
and actors, of men of eloquent
speech and of fruitful pens, will not
die out. Others will appear in due
time to take their places, and the day
is far distant, we doubt not, when the
"breed of noble bloods'' will be ex-
tinct, and when North Carolina shall
not have men of the sword, and men
Of the pen, and men of eloquent
tongue"
johnny Edmundson aged 16, and
Duncan Johnson aged II, of Goldsboro
quarrelled over game Of marbles.
Afterwards they chanced to meet re-
sumed the abusive language Johnny
threw brick at Duncan, who seized a
pole, and struck his assailant on the
head producing confusion of the brain,
and-death. What pity I'VE all cry,
Yet who among us would have thou
ght highly Of the boys if either. or
both, had submitted to gross insult
without throwing the brick, and WELD
ing the stick It is little curious to
read in some papers dolcful lamenta-
tions over the fatal result Of the Ats
lanta fight, while in the very next col
umn are thinly veilcd sneers at aWest,
ern Editor for not attacking man
who treated him abusively. Society is
all wrong in this matter. We look with
contempt on nan who refuses to re-
sent gross insult; but if perchance he
miscalculated the force of his blow, or
happen to strike fatal spot, Instant
ly up go our voices in holy horror
crying-''Shocking MURDERr' There
are scores of very excellent citizens
this day who would be murderers, pos
sibly hanged, but for lucky escapes in
hitting the weak corner of their ad-
versary's Uranium.
But the law? On, the law is right
enough IF public opinion were on
it's side. The curious thing is, we
pillory man if he don't fight, and
hang him if he does