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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

Long Island were the next to give way
before the onset of the Georgia fowls.
and then TIE Shawl Necks were ready
70 tackle the formidable Chanv Ewes
OF North Carolina. Arriving on the
ground not in the best fighting trim.
they nevertheless overcome the tar
heel chickens In sixteen out OF nine.
teen mortal combats. After these
achievements It /, not surprising that
Georgia sporting men point with
modest pride 10 the Shawl Nechs a.
lnvincibie birds. though il might be
Well To remember that the uncer>
talnties of cock-fghting. as of horse
racing. are great. Dr.. Browns iron
clad chickens came from a long series
OF crossing of game breeds. which
nnally resulted in a heavv-se-. baggy-
necked square-breastei cock of an
gerous pluck and muscle. If they
triumph over the kentucky Domi
niques at New . leans. the own
q their Georgia hackers will no doubt
De sonorouS."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
The Bright Side OF Liberia.
NONRovIA, LIBERIE, Nov. II. 1873.

NONRoVIA, LIBERIE, Nov. IL, 1878.
Dear Brother | am well and do
ing well, and am satisfied. have
drawn my lands and built nv house.
| was very glad to receive your letter
dated on the Sth of August, and TO
hear from You all You said YOU
wanted to know how the lands Welded
here. | Will tell you the lands are
rich and will bring anything YOU plant
gu can make three crops of corn a
year. There are not any horses here
like IN America. but 700 can get along
here better than in America with all
the horses. All you have to do is to
cut off your land and take the corner
OF your hoe and dig a hole and drop
your corn, then keep the bushes down
and | Will assure YOU, you Will make
as good corn as you eve saw-that is
ali you have to do. Cotton does much
the same, only it grows to trees. The
water is good. You wanted to know
whether there We're any coons here.
Yes, bu. you can't hunt them like
IN America. >CoOns have little caves,
and you have to hunt item in the day
time. Tell Hardy Montgomery this.
Brothers n friends, IT any of you
Wish TO come out you could not wish a
better thing. If any of you come
bring clothes, ammunition, beads, per-
fume, rum tobacco, the cheapest calico
you will get % a yard for bring
blackberry. strawberry, and all kinds
OF vegetables. We la plenty of
fruits here, but it amt like The fruits
OF America. Bring all kinds of seeds,
IT you can. You wW be sure to hare
tue terer. So you must bring oil, qui-
nine, salts, ijrer pills &c, Tell Hardy
TO bring Jerry on his back and his gun
at his side.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
.ll5

NE LARGEST LOCOMOTIVE Tn
largest locomotive ever made in tn
country vas sent out from PhilaIel-
phIa the other Fay tn take its pIars an
a long and heavy grade in the Roxy
Mountains upon the AtChison. Topeka
and santa Fo Railroad IL has eiybt
driving wheels. only - inches IN III.
ameter the cylirders measure :, 81
- inches. and the boiler i - jnch..
IN diameter. Ii has 2l3 tubs .arh
over IL feet long. and the hr.box
10 feet long. The weight OF he en-
CINE l. llS.O 100 pounds and the .r.At
wels ht and Slze OF the boiler and IL.
smail driving wheels form a tr.m.na.
Gus power. The eight driving wheels
are merely To DIS ubute the weight.
Tor II the weight rested on bu. 'fonr
no track ever laid could withstand
the essure. The weight j. - great
that the western railroads over which
u uau.t pass, Will not permit il In 70
yer bridges So 1t viii have 10 be- ia
Ken - pieces aud carried over iii Seq
tons.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
Killed by a Meteor.

On Tuesday night last, LeOnidaS
Grover, who resided In tue vicinity of
Newtown, Fountain county, met his
death IN a way that is probably with
out parallel III this or any other coun-
try. MI. Grover was a WidoWer, liv-
ing on bis farm with a married dauSh-
ter aud her husband On the evening
referred to the married couple hau
been absent gn "a visit to SoIue neigh
Dors, and upon returning at a late hour
entered the house, hnd1hg everything
TO all appearances, IN usual order, and
SuppOSt ny that Mr.. Grover had already
rellTed, Went to bed til MISE yes Next
morning the daughter arose, aud haV-
ing prepared breakfast, went to the
adjoining To cali her father, and
Was horIifl1d TO tiud him lying upon
his shattered bed, a muitllated cor
poe. Her screams brought her huS-
Dand quickly to the bedroom. aud an
InSpeCU.On disclosed a ragged opening
In the root, directly owe Tue breast OF
n unfortunate man, which was torn
through as ii by d cannon shot, and
extending downward through the bed
DIN, and floor other hol 5 showed
the direction taken by the deadly mis-
SHE. Subsequent search revealed the
fact chat the awful calamity was Gauss
ed by the tail OF a meteOriC stone, and
the stone i.self, pyramldal IN shape
and weighing twenty pounds and a
few ounces, ayoirdupols, AID stained
with blood, was unearthed from a
depth OF nearly tive feet, thus showing
the fearful impetus VIII which II
struck the dwelling the position Of
the corpse. with other surroundings,
when found, showed that the victim
was a leep when stricken. and that
death to him was painlesS.-Indi0ha-
polls Journal
This will do very well for a lie, but
speaks poorly for the editor who first
printed it.-ED. F. x NJ.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

FASHIONABLE WOMEN. - The New
York Tribune says: Have young
wOmen of fashion any time to be
good ~ This was a question which
the Bishop Of Manchester asked in the
course Of a recent And by
way of Illustration he read a letter
from a young lady, in which an &C
count was given of her daily work.
We breakfast bout ten," she writes.
Breakfast occupies the best part of
an hour, during which we read our
letters and pick up the latest news in
the papers. After that we have to 90
and answer our letters, and my mother
expects me to write her notes of invi-
tation, or to reply to such Then T
have TO go into the conservatory and
feed the canarigS and parrots, and cut
eff the dead leaves and faded flowers
from the pants. Then it is time to
dress for lunch, and at two o'clock we
iunch. At three, my mother likes me
to go with her when she makes her
calls, and we come home to a five
o'clock tea, when some friends drop
in. After hat we get ready to take
our drive in the park, and then we go
home to dinner, and after dinner we
go to the theatre or opera, and then
when we get home | am SO dreadfully
tired that [ don't know what to do
sure enough, poor thing. How could
she find time TO be good:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
Our Educational Faciliti es

North Carolina is nos the land of
lgnoramuses that some OF her own
sons have charged that she is. But
there Is more illIteracy in the State
Than can he accounted for. without
confusion of face. We have a univer-
Sity Well OF the way IT, full lestOra-
tioh II promising wider usefulness
IMAM lii the oIden time three or fo1r
excellent colleges !; d number oS first
Hda>S male and female high schools.
These scho is of high rank are stea
uliy improving the grade OF scholar
snip one OF these colleges his adj
Nahced Its standard since the war SO
tilat It's examination papers aye Row
almost lden zeal III the ordinary cu:-
Ilcuium With those of the great Uni
Ferslty OF Virginia.
Out 1t Is not to praise our COLLEGIATE
institutions, hut to call attention to
the lamentable lack of facilities for
attaining a plain common school ed
ucatlon, thai we write this article
me public schools are Inadequate. and
while there has been Something ac
colnplshed by Mr.. Scarborough there
REMAINS much more to be done by the
Legislature.
y lew figures viii show the paucity
VI u educational as the,
~ no" developed. in the State O
-Nollh Carolina, u OF the original
IL teen, a State having a population
exceeding a million souls, mere ate
f'l'l school districts Tor white chil-
uiel ana l,731 for coiored children a
I'D VI districts OF 218. But the
number OF schools is not equal to the
lumber of districts. OF the schools
o oleIe are tor the whites 1851; for tue
ooiored l,157, a total of Sill. The
~?i9red school districts are all occu-
LEU oil the white 1877 were not in
"0 Mh during the year.
Inns number of schools is not enough
supply all the counties in the State.
LUZ i me number of school houses
So% increased and the length of the
n n2l terms extended, the present
rulnoer OF schools would perhaps n
III III until better times dawned. But
are only 2,41O houses for white
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
Down South

The Hartford Conn Pct. in a r.
cent l~~ut. pub ished the foIlowin ing
eiitoriafIS
In a remark bly, lucid interval the
bridgeport FIrmer has permitted itself
. give It's re-d = a hip of truth re-
speeding tte South. Listen
N > u:heru a,e>' material
interests can b. damaged without
dung direct. or ind rect, injury 10
NortheIn business interests. When
ever Tie consumer resaurces are les
med. the producer must also sutf-r
aud II - llAewl>e true that an Incr.4sa
81 The consumer : resources benefits
the producer. The South is the natural
market for Northern ~anu.acrur
Whatever reduces her or
prevents Their Development. ~iuficts
damage upon Northern interests"
lat - even 50 but how are the
southern States material interests
damaged: Is Il by the illiberal and
almost Iawless course pursued by that
class IN the South which assumes TO
itself a prescrlptlve right not only IL
govern out u regulate the opinions OF
ine inhabitants OF that part of the
Union. Ii Is a notorious fact that
< III M
energy that have built up the North
aud West, there are wide districts IN
h q section where a Northern man.no.
matter how honorable and industrious
cannot live any comfort To himself or
bis family. Ii he carries with him
the ideas and principles OF his Northern
nome he Is at once made TO fetl that
he can never become a recognized
member OF the community where he
has mad his rev home. IL he is not
visited with actual violence. and forced
at least to fly with his family for
safety. as hundreds have been, he is
taOOOd from society and every petty
annoyance put upon h IN to make him
understand that he Is looked upon as
an lnterloper. Some have stood this
sort OF thing, but there are many who
would be S!ad 10 go South who 10 not
care to SUBJECT their families to such
persecution. The ADVANTAGES are not
great enough to make 1t worth while.
when decent communit es are access
bic elsewhere. Southern men who
urge Northerners TO come down to
their country confess the bitterness of
their people when they advise emf
grants to go IN companies so that they
may form a little society of their own.
But this Is not all. The hostility to
the North and Northerners is carried
into Southern courts, and it is found
IN many cases impossible for Northern
merchants TO collect their just claims
The lie, direct and explicit, was Civ
Ell the above By the convention which
met here Wednesday. This article
was read before the bojy and from all
parts of the house there went I'D ex-
preSsions OF indignation. Lie '"
''Falsehood :" Not a word of it true y
and similar expressions found utter
ance. The members expressed them
selves freely, on the floor and private
ly, concerning this Infamous publica-
ton, and among all of them it found
not II defender. This convention,
too, bear it in mind, was composed
exclusively of this rery class which the
Hartford Post says cannot live in the
South without being subjected either
to actual violence or to all manner of
petty persecution. The lie is thrown
into its teeth by the very men for
whom it sets itself up to speak Stick
a pin right here.-Charlottc Observer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

Leon Lewis, the story-writer VIII,
recently disappeared from Penn Van,
New York, left behind him crsd lor-
whose losses amount TO 500, 90. A
short time ago, he started a literary
paper after the style of the New York
Ledger, called the Mystery. But one
number appeared. Inc mystery with
his creditors now Is how they can get
their money back. A young girl six
teen years of age, a niece OF his dead
wife, accompanied him IN his flight
Baittm0re Guzette.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
Facts About the Human Body

The skin contains more than two
million openings, which are the out
lets of an equal number of sweat
glands.
The human skeleton consists of more
than two hundred distinct bones.
An amount of blood equal to the
whole quantity in the body pass
through the heart onc every minute.
The full capacity Of the lungs Is
about three hundred and twenty cubic
inches.
About two-thirds of a pint Of air i
inhaled and exhaled at each breath III
ordinary respiration.
The stomach daily produces i
pounds OF gastric juice Tor digestion oi
food its capacity Is about five pins.
There are more than five hundred
separate muscles IN the body, with an
equal number of nerves and blood YES
sells.
The weight of the heart is from eight
to twelve ounces. II beats one hun
dred thousand times IL twenty~four
hours.
Each perspirasory duct is one fourth
OF an inch in length, which VIII make
about niue miles.
The average man takes five and one
half pounds OF food and drink each
day, which amounts to one ton OF 5olid
and liquid nourl3hment annually.
A man bredthes eighteen tumes a
minute, and three Thousand CUBIC feet,
or about three hundred and seventy
five ho55headS OF air PER hour.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
JANUARY so, 1879
Vbe 6ran9e.

%oTE.-CommunicotioQs for His De
n1rtment solicited from Patrons IN
ali sections of the State.
Officers Of the National Grange
Maste-.S. E. Adams, Monticello,
Mimi. nm
Ocgrsae.-J. J. Woodman, Paw Paw,
Lesfge-Mortimer Whitehead, Gin
.eferGt.-A. j. Vaughan, Mem
assistant Stcrurd. -"m. Sims, OF
Treasuuer.-F. NJ. Mcdowell, Wayne,
sfcretary.-O. Il. Kelley, Louisville,
Gatckeepe.-O. Dinwiddie, Orchard
Grove. Ind.
f,yes.-Mrs. Adams.
p,,a0aa.-Mrs. WoOlman.
fY,r.-H's. Moore.
L.my sst...Stetcard.-Mi CA. Hall,
louisville, Ky.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
d. WYATT Aiken. Cokesbury, :. (.
Henley James, Marion. Ind.
). II. Ellis, Springsboro, Ohio.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

AFFAIRS OF THE PIT The New
York Sun, of Monday, p bllshed the
following editorially:
The Shawl Neck cocks with which
DIR. Brown, Of Georgia, proposes to
whip anything wearing gaffs and
feathers that Kentuckians or Tennes-
seeans can bring into the pit ar New
Orleans on the Goth of February, are,
by all accounts, a very gam breed OF
BIRDS. Success has attended their
fighting in five Interstate matches,
If their record is correctly given. At
Atlanta the Dusty Miliers we're SO de-
cisively and Unexpectedly busted that
one hacker of these famous Alabama
birds found himself poorer by $1,000
after the battle was over Ii Shaw
Necks next got away With the game
cocks of South Carolina at Augusta.
and afterwards gave a walk imported
Cuban chickens good reason to wish
they had stayed where they were
Matched. A lot Of Irish Reds from
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

SAVING MANURE By ABSORBENTS -
If tneAe Is one thing more than anoth
er OF importance to farmers il would
seem TO be the subject OF manure, or
fertilizers, their making and econo-
nizing, and their application. The
subject or ~SOrDent at once goes t.
the root OF manul making, "a well as
to the saving OF its ammonia from
otherwise inevitable waste. The prime
OF animals contains a large p4rt of
the nitrogen and phosphorlc acid of
animal eXcrement, therefore it woula
seem of the greatest Importance that
mans should be used To save it in
some form convenient Of application
to the soil. This Is most economically
done by means OF abSOrbents. ana
these abSorbents should be dry matter.
capable OF absorbing and holding al
the valuable elements of the IiGuid.
or they lose their efficacy. Farmers
pay literally for similar matter from
the market, not realizing that by q
lii tie foresight and labor as good re-
suits might be had, while The cash
might be used IL other ways. Dried
swamp muck, leaves, straw, sawdus.,
clay aud fine sand ara probably the
best abSOrbentS and lii about the order
named. However, some reference
should be had to the sail to which the
manure is TO be applied and this
matter OF application must be adapted
to the soil as we'll a to the purpose to
be subserved. n neighbor OF mine
applied a dressing of manure; broad
cast OF plowed ground, and fer weeks
there was an anmOniacal scent in the
air, and so strong was it that it pene
trated the rooms OF houses III eighth
of a mile away so powerfully, when
the windows were open, as to be Of
The query with me was, did
will that man %et the greatest good
this mode OF application OF his
manure? w. H. WHITE.
-Albany Comfy Gentleman.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

\ CURE FOR D~IPHTHERIA Mr.. Jno,
5. WileS, a surgeon OF ThOrncO NIB,
Dos set, writes 10 the London Times
that. after two cases of malignant
diphtheria out of some nine or ten he
had been called to attend had proved
fatal. the mother of a sick child
showed him an extract from an Amer
lean paper concerning a pracGloner
who used milk of sulphur for infants,
and flour of sulphur for older children
and adults, brought To a creamy con-
sistency with gylcerine. Dose, a
teaspoonful or more, according to age.
three or -four times a day, swallowed
slowly, and application OF same to the
nostrils with a sponge. Result-He
did not lose a cas- there or elsewhere.
-ScientJic american.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

The Legislature of New York in
1878 passed an act known as the Civil
Damage Law" BY the terns of this
ac- both liquor dealers and wner of
buildings devoted to the sale of liquors
were m@de liable for any and ali dam
ages consequent upon the sale of in
~toXicating liz. ors. a case has been
taken from a village called Middleton
to the Court Of Appeals, and that tri-
5unal has affirmed the constitution
atty Of the act. The case is thus given
III an exchange
''Tenant and landlord were sued to
ecove $500, the value of plaintiffs
horse. which was driven to death BY
his son while Intoxicated from liquor
furnished by the tenant. In the lower
courts the iull value of the horse was
recovered, and the judgment has 0
been affirmed by the highest judicial
authority OF The State. The main
question involved was the constitu-
tIonality OF the law III regard to the
Liability of the owner of the building.
The result Of the decision is TO make
all real e,tate inlhe State of New York
used for the disposal of Intoxicating
liquors liable for the resulting dam
ages"
How would such a law work in North
Carolina? The women would vote for
it II they possessed the elective fran
chiSe.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

SAVED By THE WARMTH uF A Doc
\ white man 10y the name Of Cooper
came nea freezing 10 death "A frw
nights since, about three miles from
C~ovln1ton Ii appears that the young
man was riding a borse and became 50
cold that he could not ride, turned ms
horse loose and laid down in the cor.
ner of the fence to await the comm
OF a party OF hunters. He went t.
sleep aud all his limbs were frozen.
ven tue flesh from his legs vas ready
10 drop from The bones. Blu his faith
ful dog, lying close beside him, seemed
To take III the horrible situation of his
master, and making his bed upon the
legs OF the frozen man, warmed them
To lie again. 1t was by the heat ot
this dog that Mr. Cooper WAS enabled
to get up and walk, ~elsewise he would
have frozen 10 death COCIHqton (G1.J
Enterprise.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30
WILLIAM ADAMS.


NORTH C~ARoLINA's DEBr.-In his
message to the North Carolina Leeis-
lature, sent in on Thursday, Governor
Vance states that what is known az
the ''recOgniZed debt Of that State, as
cOntradistinguished from the special
tax bonds. amounts to SIG. $50, O45
principa, and SO, 100, 1s2 interest. In
regard to this de1t Governor Vance
says:
1t is out OF tie question for us to
attempt to pay 1t at its face value.
Indeed. L do 10 conceive that there is
any moral obligation upon us to do 50;
nor do our creditors expect it of US.
Quite one half of our property upon
which our bonds were based was wan
tonly destroyed by consent of a large
majority Of those who held them, and
no court of conscience upon the earth
would permit a creditor to destroy
One-half of his security and clam
payment out of the remainder. But
we can and should pay something
The Governor says ne has ground
for believing that very reasonable
terms can be obtained with the credl-
tors if the people of North Carolina
will evince "a determination to settle
VIC IuCSl1OI dlid Dc uOLc Will IL. LII
regard to the special tax bonds, Cows
ernor Vance reiterates the opinion that
they are not binding, either in law or
good morals, unless it may be as to a
very small fraction honestly appropri-
ated TO the State use and accepted by
her.
Governor Vance also calls the earn
est attention of the General Assembly
to the vely grave question of the inter
ference on the part of the Federal
authorities with the courts of the
State. and asks for instruction,
whether, in view of the difficulties in
the way further action shall be had
In the Supreme Court of the United
States for redress. or whether it more
comports with the dignity and gravity
of the question for the Legislature,
through our Representatives and Sena-
tors in Congress. to call the attention
of that body to the great wrong that is
being done.
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Officers of North Carolina State
Grange, P. of II.

Udster.-S. 3. Alexander, Charlotte
Mecklenburg county.
Orersper.-N. B.. Whitfield, La
Grange. Lenoir county.
Lpcfurer.-T. IL. Robinson, Concord,
CabarruS county.
.Steudrd.-D. IL. Armstrong, Ashton,
Fender county.
ASST. !Ste1rdrd.-HiH E. King, Stump
Sound Onslow county.
ChdpIdin.-Rev. VIVA. Grant, Jack
son northampton county.
Wredsurer.-D. W. G.. Benbow,
Greensboro, Guilford county.
,Secretafy.-Joseph 4. Porter, Tar
boro', E~dgecombe county.
cate Keeper.-W. ID. Wharton,
Greensboro. Guilford county.
Ceres.-Mrs. 5. b. Alexander, Char
lotte, Mecklenburg county
Pomono.-Mrs. n. B. Whitfield, La
Grange. Lenoir county.
fIOru.-Miss Eugenla Robinson,
Concord, Cabarrus county.
Lddy Asst. Stelcdrd.-Mrs. II. Z.
King. Stump Sound, Onslow county.
state Business Agent.-Dr. ID. w. T..
Rpnbow. Greensboro.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
5. B. Alexander, E.c-Oticlo Char
man.
o.. Z. French, Wilmington.
l.. l.. Polk, Raleigh.
". II. Cheek, Warrenton.
j. E. Porter, Er-OticiO Secretary.
LIST OF DEPUTIES.
list Deputy District.-Wm. B. Shaw,
Indian Town, Currituck county.
End Deputy District.-John A. Davis,
Tarboro', E~dgecombe county.
Bird Deputy District.-B. f. Hooks,
Goldsboro'. Wayne county.
4th Deputy District.-Hill E. King,
Stump Sound, Onslow county.
9th Deputy District.-L. L. Polk
Raleigh, axe county.
9th Deputy District.-Frank ". Pitt,
Oakville, Warren county.
9TH Deputy District.-Dr. d. a.
Montgomery, Company Shops, Ala
nance county.
Sth Deputy District. W. B. Clement,
Jerusalem, Davie county.
9Th Deputy District.-T. H. Robin
son, Concord, Cabarrus county.
10th Deputy District.-W. p. Rein
hardt, Hickory, Catawba county.
llth Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-01-30

S3me good must come of the Chars
lotte Convention. The %utterauces of
the delegates will no reach those who
read only the worst class of Radical
journals: but the Democratic and
Independent newspapers will publish
the proceedings tar and near, and.
little by little. the truth will become
known. 1t is proper. however. to
remember that no matterhow fertile it
may be, no matter how cordial and
agreeable its people mvy be, any
Southern State is at a disadvantage.
when inviting immigration, if it ear
not say that it pays it debts .-Charies-
ton NcacS and Courier, Dem.