The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-03
A young beau on Sunday set up a

| private skating rink IL front Of Dew
ey's Bank. He stepped Oh wet stril
! OF orange peel. Luckily, his hair wa,
| parted strictly in the mid+ie. else he
! would have gone off on his ear" as
| the Vulgarians say AMI the shade
| trees might have been threshe.i q 4n,
Col J. @. Burr, of Wilmington.
Col J. S. Amis and Mr.. ". ID. Jones
give us a pleasant csll. Col. Burr
wrote an article on Eastern Carolina
Iurpentine lands, which we published
last Spri G; since which he has re-
ceived let erS from up North, out
Vest, snd even from Europe, ref1rri1 <
10 the article
The Aiken, South Carolina, Re.
risaO speaking of Mr. Geo. III. Chap
ain, says No one has done more
to encourage imm,gratio, ard intro
duca men of means to Aiken county
than he. Already handsome salss
have been made, and the town is filled
With appiicants 10 purchase Southern
homes" We are glad to state shat
Mr. Chaplin almost decided to estab-
iish Branch Of Agency IL Ralei.h h,
some time during the summer. lc
would be worth a great deal to the
city.
Gen. John S. Preston is to q liver
the 10th of May orasion at Colum bia.
-. Grand Master w. r Cox, of the
Masonic Gra1d Lodge of the State, has
appointed Rev. w. p. Williams, Of
Davidson College, one Of the State lee
turers Of The Order. The other lectu-
rers appointed are: w. Il. Davis, Kit
treil ; J. B. Neathery, Raleigh ;1'homzs
Palmer, Shiloh, Camden county s. II.
hounrroe, Kinston Beruice Walker,
Frauklinton, and 3. w. Hatcher,
Selma.
-" Credit to whom credit is due"
we always take pleasure IN paying.
Our paper contains some forty cd d
columns of small type, every letter,
dot, and comma, of which must be
picked from lis case, set in upright
and regular order through all the
words and sentences of these forty
columns. Is it not wonderful that
this can be done SO rapidly and regu-
larly? If you wish to test it, take a
needle and punch a hole in each let
ter Of a single page of this paper, or
one of the dailies and see how long it
Till take. But cur compositors are
young, active, strictly sober and in
NJ T-C
foreman, end Messrs. Faucets and
Fowler, his ieutenants, are taking an
interest in Improving the Topographic
cal appearance of the paper, and when
we get our much promised, but slow
coming material, they will make it
put on it's Sunday clothes every
&C. L. P" "cf Washington, N. c.,
writing to the Biblical Recorder: |
There are some noble Baptists in this |
section of North Carolina. Noah |
Biggs, of Scotland Neck, l suppose. |
Christ, than any Baptist Of the same
ability in the State. Montgomery
Speir, Of Pactolus, is another generous,
noble brother. Time after time has be
s listed me in preaching the gospel in
.his destitute region by pecuniary aid
DR.. Bullock, of Pantego, is a whole
souled brother, and knows how to
end a preacher on his way rejoicing.
He is bent on having church at Pans
ego. Another devoted brother is L.
q. Privott, of Pantego. He is the
Confederate soldier who unaware and
killed the immortal
Stonewan jackson. He doesn't feel
NJ compunction of conscience about
he matter as it was night when he
irod the deadly shot, and he was
,beyirg orders. j. B. Quartemns of
Ia anesville. is a true AID II ed Baptist.
lie has a small patch which he pur-
,ses planting in cotton for the good
arse H la manured il very highly,
nd expects to raise thirty dollars
worth Of cotton, all of which he is de-
TO appropriate TO the pay
nent OF his pastor and other religious
Objects
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT = We mako
ur ack1owledgemen TO Hon. Jos. j.
Davis for the prompt manner in which
% hoe tn for. |