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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13

In a recentslecture James I.
Fields SAD when Longfellow
was aboutTo leave England, he
received a message thus "l1er
Majesty hopes that the pleasure
enjoyed by her subjects of zee
ing Mr.. Longfellow, will not be
denied to her" He paid her a
visit and was received as might
be expected.
Joaquin Miller says of one OF
his tangle-haired heroines that
"she swept the lone some Sea.
1t would have been more to her
credit to have been at home
sweeping the lonesome Kitchen
or helping her poor old mother
wash the dishes, instead OF
tramping off with such ar ocean
in her head.
Presidents Of American col
leges where the Chinese govern
ment is educating some of its
young men have to be careful
about dismissing them, as 1T has
accidentally, as it were, been
learned that an expelled student
is promptly decapitated by the
authorities on reaching his ma
tive land.
ITO become disguised with
doing good because the object
benefited is unworthy, is render
ing benevolence a worldly cal
culation, and not the warm I'M
pulse of a grateful heart. That
a fellow creature suffers is sutfi-
Gent reason for us to succor him
and the remembrance of that
act is ample recompense."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13
Twinklings.

A merchant who rests on his
over is in bad business.-On
City Derrick.
When you have a family jar
YOU can't always preserve the
neace.-Boston Traveller.
Governess (desirous Of explain
ing the word "enough')C"Now
suppose, Freddy, you gave pussy
ali the milk she can lap, all the
meat she can eat, and all the
sweet cake she cares tor-what
will she have" Freddy with
surprising Observation-Disclosures. )"
Boston Globe.
The percentage of increase in
the population of the United
States between 1900 and 1910
was larger than during any other
decade in our history, being
36.45. The next largest percent
age, 1887, was during the ten
years which ended with 1850.
The percentage from 1860 to
1870 was 1922.
With alum in his bread, col
oring matter in his butter, sand
in his sugar, and poison in his
liquor, the average man has hard
work in getting food and drink
that will not make him a skele.
ton nor kill him. Now comes
the adulteration Of coffee with
date stones, which has been dis
covered in England.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13
Milk as a Diet for Invalids.

Doctors differ veterinary sur
geons in France declare, that
there is no danger to be appre-
hended from the consumption Of
milk from COWS affected with the
mouth disease if the milk be
cooked. The Belgians are
strongly of the opposite opinion,
and quote proofs where indi-
viduals have contracted the dis
ease from partaking of cheese
and butter, prepared from the
milk CT affected animals the
virus Ct the pustu!es was
evidently not destroyed. There
is not any difference of opin-
ion as to non-injurious conse-
quences resulting from eating
the flesh of animals so diseased.
Fire as usual purlfies everything.
Dairymen ought to be making
rapid fortunes at present in
Paris: milk is the favorite food
prescribed by doctors wherever
it can be taken, and in the un-
boiled state. There are diaries
that will guarantee to supply
an invalid with milk constantly
from the same cow, binding
themselves as far as the season
will permit, to supply the cattle
with a uniform food. In the
apothecaries shops + notices,
setting forth that orders are
taken to furnish milk from
stated 9airies-the latter pub
fishing in the newspapers once
a month, the analyses Of milk,
by chemists Of standing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13
The recoil throws the

charged. The recoil throws Ia
mule on his back, bringing the
second gun into position. ms
is di: charged, which suddenly n ~
throws the mule to his Zee
again. when the gul'ners swap
out The mules throat with nay
and reload" The accompanying
Illustrations, in brown, red. blue
ard gold, are still on file IN the
War DEPARTMENT. represented
the rotary mule in seven di11ef,
ent attitudes looking c~ontented
and happy all the time.
This was felt to be outrageous
audacity on the part of a subal-
tern. The clerks in the War
Department laughed at the fun
nv letter immoderate|y, but their
superiors looked serious. Jef1er-
son Davis, the head of the de-
partmtns, was t,rr:bly ind1g--
nant, and he resolved to defend
his wounded dignity.
Charges and specifications
were drawn up against Lieut..
Derby, and the officers we're ac-
tually named for his court-mar-
tial, when VIM. r. Marcy, Sec
rotary of State, a man OF more
Sc nse and self poise, said to the
irate Secretary, Now see here,
Gen. Davis, don't Go it. This
Derby has undoubtedly a SUPER
fuous development Of humor,
but be is shrewd and ingenious,
and really a fine draughtsman.
He has valuable qualities. ! "a
can organize a court that Will
convict him, but you will be lhe
but of ridicule on account OF it
all your life. Better file the
suggestions of the crook-alld-
ring and the lively rotary mule.
and say nothing" And he did.
indianapolis Journal, Rad.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13
Fashion Note.

Tie Oil City Derrick prints it:
A society paper says: Square
necks are much worn on low
corsages. Y necks are also seen,
but round, low necks are pre-
ferred by most young ladies for
ball toilets" We prefer round,
low necks, and object strongly
to square necks, because the cor
ner cut your arms, and the V
necks (Which mean five dollars,
We suppose,) are too costly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13
lMARcH l3, -,
THE PLANTERS Fp1r

No Skilled Labor required
its simplicity Of constrnct oeeas
strength of material. 1
Absolutely safe as regards fire. =
to suit the times, Price Of r.
Large Screw with Back a..
ward gear. TO be driven hy on na I
for packing Cotton. 800, '"e D
Mr.. J. D. Wells. of Toisnot
says: The engine | bought # \
use with ordinary fam la ~ Eq
w. NJ. Benton. Boyklns
easily ginned 7 to 8 bales a S da1
colored man with no previous ay'
rience operates it. l feel safe elp
CARDS sparks" d
We could multiply testimonr
essary. Send for circulars as u Il
Engines and our celebrated eesaf
Presses for Hand or Power 0olt
TAPPEY & STEt1
an 9-6m1 Petersburg, r.
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Jefferson Davis and John
Phoenix.

When Franklin Pierce was
President, Jeff Davis, then Sec
rotary Of War, issued a general
invitation to officers of the army
who were skillful draughtsmen,
to send in suggestions for the
new uniforms which it had been
decided to adopt. One such in
vitation was sent to each officer,
Lieut.. Derby was very ready
with his pen-a really ingenious
artist. In reply he sent to the
War Department a design for a
new uniform-or rather a pecu-
liar addition to the old uniform
the amendment consisting
merely of a ring attached to the
seat of the trousers of each pri-
vate soldier. Each officer was
to carry, instead of a sword, a
long pole with a hook in the
end like a shepherds crook.
The pole and the ring enabled
officers to keep privates from
running away in battle. Flu
gitives could easily be caught
by it and brought back. Stray
glers kept in line. Moreover
the ring would be very useful in
the cavalry service to fasten SOL
diers to the saddle to prevent
them from falling off, and in the
artillery service the rings were
to be used for draught purposes
IN the absence of mules.
These specifications were &C
companied by the most grotesque
pictures, representing officers
hauling back cowardIy recruits
by the serviceable ring, cavalry
securely fastened to the top of
their steeds by the same device,
and artillerymen harnessed to
cannon, drawing them through
narrow defiles Or up an activity
inaccessible to mules by cables
attached to the posterior staples.
On another sheet of bristol
board was an illustration in
gaudy colors of "Derby's Rotary
Mule H%owitzer," accompanied
by the following description:
upon the back Of a young and
vigllant mule strap a mountain
howitzer, the muzzle pointing
toward the tail. A similar piece
of ordinance is fastened with
iron bands under the animals
abdomen, the muzzle aimed be-
fore his forelegs to the front.
There are four gunners-:wo to
each piece-and a 'persuader,
as he is called, whose business is
to persuade the mule to stand
firm and not retreat, by stuffing
him with oats, after each dis
charge, with a tin sausage suffer.
W hen Indians Or other legiti-
mate game appear in view, the
mule IS by a crank movement
on the tail limbered to the front.
1t don't make any difference
which way the mule faces land
here is where my patent comes
ny, one gun is always pointing
20 the front. At the command,
the top howitzer is dis
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13

Solomon F. Burrough was a
young man ofindustriou5 habits
and good character and lived in
Stanly county. Some days ago
he was at work in the woods on
a plantation which belongs to
Mr.. LA Heathcock, of that
county, when a tree fell on him,
causing instant death.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13
The Bashful Bridegroom.

The wedding guests were gath
cred all, the minister vas in the
parlor, the marriage feast was
piping hot, and the bride was
peeping out Of her window and
blushing the while, but the
bridegroom was missing. They
waited two hours, and then dis
patched a brother of the bride
to find the bridegroom ; mean
while, lest the victuals should
spoil, they all sat down to dim
ner. Now, the bridegroom was
the most bashful man in Goshen
township, and possibly in Ohio.
He was discovered in his DON
with his everyday clothes on,
and with one side of his face
shaved. When asked why he
had remained away, he replied
that he had attempted to shave
himself but was so scared and
nervous that he could not accom-
plish it. He finally told the
brot.e r that if he would finish
shaving him, and help to trim
him up, he would go and report
for duty. The brother kindly
assisted, and the two then start
ed for the home of his anxious
bride. When within a short
distance of the house, the young
mans heart again failed MIN.
He declared that he could not
face the crowd, and reluctantly
retraced his steps. The brother
went home and reported the re.
suit of his Investigation, and the
preacher, turning to the lady,
said, "Il never tie you to such
a man." On the following Sat
urday the father Of the young
lady was met with the same
plea, Il can't stand to face such
a crowd, but if you will get a
squire, and let us get married
AFTER night, | will try it again."
The old gentleman declared that
the ceremony must be performed
IN the day time. Finally, the
bashful young man was led into
the pailor by the arm, cooped
up in a corner, and brought face
to face with minister and maiden.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13

AioO OOEIl Gil
gagged to play a week in San
Francisco before the present
season closes, and to lecture
twenty times in California and
Nevada, for which she is to re-
ceive $4,000.
Seven young men and three
young women were arrested the
other day in Madison county.
Iowa, on a charge of disturbing
publlc worship. 1t is said that
they went SO far in their leyitv
that one of the party drew a re-
volver on a good brother while
he was leading in prayer.
In cambrics. a striking novel
ty appears, in that of reversible
patterns-the colors being 40
stamped in, that stuff can b.
made up with either the RIGHT
or the wrong side as the Out
side; and in these cambrics the
colors, though not the figures of
patterns, differ on the RIGHT and
the wrong side.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13

Qaoies' porttolio.

W-The ladies of North Carolina are
invited to contribute short artic les,
recipes, suggestions, household hints,
&c, for these columns. Name of the
author will be seen by no one except
the editor, whether the communica-
ton be accepted or rejected
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13
The Household Receipts.

.SA AIOIh IdNNIhS IL eHOiooSbly
creased on the inside when new
and stood near the fire where
the grease will strike in.
An excellent salve for cuts,
bruises, ETC., may be made by
melting together for a few min
utes, equal rates of rosin, bees
wax and mutton tallow. Spread
thinly On a soft rag and apply
to the wound.
To prevent the hair from turn
ing gray and falling, keep the
head cool by using occasionally
sage tea with a little borax adj
ded. With a small sponge ap-
ply to every part of the head
just before or at the time of dres-
sing the hair.
One ounce of Irish moss soak
ed as for blanc mango, and boil
ed ten minutes in two quartes
Of water, and the juice Of six
lemons ; sweeten to taste and
strain, Drink freely it will
nourish the system and relieve
the cough.
SAUsAGE.-A very nice way to
cook sausage is first to boil them
IN water in a frying pan, then
encase them in a covering Of
plain pie crust and bake them
until they are done. A gravy
may be made out of the water
they were boiled IN, adding
Drowned -four, a small piece OF
butter and a little summer saw,
Dry.
To wash buckskin gloves,
make a suds and add half a
tablespoonful of the magical
mixture to it, and wash the
gloves with it, or put them on
your hands, take a small sponge
or soft flannel, and dipping into
the suds, rub it over the Clio es
until they are cleansed, and then
rinse with clear cold water.
Hang them where the wind will
blow them dry, or pull in shape
and dry by the fire.
BUCKwHEAT CAKEs.-To have
good, wholesome, light buck
wheat cakes, the very cleanest
and incest buckwheat -four is
essential, free from dirt and grit.
Take one part granulated wheat
-four or oat meal to three parts
buckwheat -four. Mix a batter
of these with tepid water and
salt, using any good lively yeast.
Just before baking add a spoon
full or more, according to the
quantity made, of molasses, and
a small even spoonful of soda or
baking powder. The half of a
yellow turnip is a good substitute
for pork as a "griddle g~reaser,"
which obviates all the disagree
able odors arising from fat on
the hot griddle.
FURNITURE PoLIsH.-We have
heretofore given receipts for
making furniture polish, all very
good, and we now give the fol-
lowing, recommended highly by
those who have tried it: Take
a half pint of turpentine and the
same amount in weight of bees
wax cut in small pieces, put them
together in a basin and set in a !
moderately hot oven that the
wax may slowly melt, and stir
constantly Apply to the fur
niture with a liece of wooden
cloth, Ga piece Of broadcloth is
best for the purpose,) ardn use
another piece to rub with, and
do not be sparing of labor in
rubbing.
A German paper gives the fol-
lowing method Of getting rid OF
rats without poison: Having first
for some days placed pieces of
cheese in a part of the premises,
so as to induce the rats to come
in great numbers to their accus-
toned feeding place, a piece of
cheese is fixed on a hook about a
foot from the floor. One of the
rats leaps for this, is caught on
the hook and remains susDended
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13
AZ ORTIZ $25 TO 500.

ORTIZ SO TO 800.
Every farmer should have nv ).
ceipt tor making manure. No ~
who mas it would be without II fl,
times its cost. [, is mad at It'll.
in fac. So of time and MONEY ".
make you $50 to $50 worth Of mlnur
equa i. strength TO z iuvi Il GLga
| will send the receipt to any addrr,
for 81 cash ; or 6 receipts for IS. Re-
lister your letter, and address it to
"FARMER,"
Raleigh, NJ
Is Papers copying the above. an
sending marked paper, will be fun
lshed with u recelpr. jan 3O2t
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THE HOME FERTILIZER.
FOR Less THAN $500

run Less THAN $500
We agree to sell enough
URE G. II MEALS
To make a Ton (2,2OO lbs.) Ct Manure.
That will make you as uuch Cot
ton, Wheat, Corn, Oats, Potato,s and
Tobacco, as any Manipulated Fertile
Ter offered In this market at $40 to Sl5
For this remarkable statement we
offer you the very best references in
your State. which you will find by
writing for circulars also Formula"
With instructions: suggestions, etc.
The name is copyrighted and "Recipe"
patented.
Send for our book, with hundreds Of
certificates from your neighbors. also
suggestions that may benefit YOU IN
selecting your Manures It will pav
you to invest in Pure Chemicals. and
Compost at home.
BOYKIN, GARNER & co.
Proprietors,
jan lo-oW. Baltimore. Md
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n EW YORK GALLERY,
N. G..

Il tLEi(IH N. 4.
Have your pictu es copied at home.
Old pictures enlarged and finished in
India Ink or Water ColOrs at NEW
YORK PRICES. Those wishing large
or small pict ures made. will do well to
come to the Gallery, west side Fay
etteville street, at Sheiburn's old stand
PRICE LIST OF PICTURES:
Beard Photographs, Furnished, sl.OO
10 200
4 size Ferrot'pes or Tint'pes, 40
2 25
Call and examine specimens.
Yours respectfully,
G. w. STEWART, Photo~Artist.
dec19>1v.
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OLIVER CHILLED PLOW

Also Spades, Shove!s. Grass Bia es &c. I
respectfully solicit orders and Will fill them
promptly and favorably as if the present
Agent for he Arlington Ammoni Ated Solu
Die Phosphate, a good fertilizer for wheat.
Aug. ltf.
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sudden fight, and at once quit
the house in a body. Perhaps
Yankee rats are not SO easily
frightened.
, 1879-04-19

War CLaiuS.-A great deal Is being
said. by the press upon the subject ct
southern claims. As We recOilect It, this
question has be more than hiuted III II.
many OF the states nni III pendiiI-; con
yressional elections. No one Sc ms 10
have bcgn troubled about the mater.
<ow hos ever, THAI both houses III can-
gress have passed into the con.ro! II the
democracy We aEu treated daily to Dish II
fear, served In true pa;tizan style All
of a sudden the! debt of the defunct Con-
te3elacy, and. al claims of southeraers
growing u=t Of the same is TO be assumed
by the United States, and fully pad,
This As q foreGIne conclusion, Is by oar
.;.l eai friends kept d!n5ing in the ears 1f
the people. When We think Of Jho laSs
Us they stand, the binding fleet of obil-
CATIONS taken, the solemn pieages made,
We haye no fear whatever on the subject.
We know our III n. and we know oar
party The proofs which are submitted
as the bass for such IA app hensioa are
without any force whatever Let us looE
AZ few OF them. II IS claimed that the
SsdLta
on thecoamtters is now constit uted than
the north. Of course We understand that
the radicals must tIy 10 Keep up this sec
tion,,l strife, or their stock IN trade Is gone
forever. Bat IS II fact! Thirty i've
committees. as we count them, have been
constituted, OF these representatives from
the south are placed IS cnaIrlen on thlr-
,een: the ether twenty-five arc from the
nor!h. Besides this the eon.:ittoe fo-s
which these e.aIGs i; ever presented
would haya to passthe committee on
war CLAIMS has !or its chairman Bragg, Of
Wisconsin, who IS known t" De 81 open
hostility 10 these claims let them assume
whatever shape they may, lst no one !ose
any sleep on this subject, it is all ior po-
Ii ;cal effect. To all intelligent people 1t
it must be patent that 10 such unjust
LEGISLATION Will disgrace the country whlie
controlled by the only party that can sue
cessfully administer republican form OF
government.
, 1879-04-19

ABLE AaSSEi--Efnn the lafayette
tiud. .i,ia,',.y LeGdc!', We clip the FOLLOW
ing article. The lie WITT Wallace ESQ,
alluded 20 is brother ot our cnterpr.sInE
fei.owton nsnan Wallace, OF The firm af
j. Il. Day d Go:
Tile able manner in which De Wit
Wallace Esq, acquitted himself IN his
speech before the jury in Warren county,
in the celebrated Downs vs.. Ensninger
case, Was the theme, not only IN legal
circ.es, but among our leading Professl"n
al business men. Ey those who heard
il. his speech is pronounced as grand an
cfuyt us Was ever made before any jury
IA the state cf Indiana Our informant,
gentleman highly competent to criticize,
whose political procilvities compel an
.cc..si"pa! an:aCon;s:n with Dix. Wallace,
listened to the ,Ht!ge two hours delivery,
ani inagi:.Isir..o,a!y forgetting last CON
terti1ns, uahcs.ia,.l!giy gronoanc,s II the
granlast argUmcnt 10 ever heard The
case is = plcuiar ".IG, and ST. much DIS
c,,ss;;.i - To be familiar to oar newspaper
-,.;,,!e.s In the original sut the plaintiff
cllinIcd so .ClG, which wts awarded her
~ Iippe:4Eoe Comfy jury. By samc
t,rl.iIica:i:y 4 neE ;r!.l WIS granted.
This THE tie p'aint.E Instituted 500 .yyi.
'g.- tie jTry failing u are, nccesSi';;tci
4 ,l.j.d TRIAL = Change IF venue bcin.
asked by the defendant, the case vas
,.al.s:uIr,l tn tar {. urt of Warren CON-
.. whcre he cXs,s;i:, ;5.i las been pro
crossing so@c da.s. Tie ji.y after :e-
=. a.
of so, $50 for he pl=Ht,if. being tae
amount a>het for in full Tbs Is the
lar-est agylrl ey.r made ly any lUry IL!
,!u5 v..ng,cssioi.l district. The atEo:n IS
fo- the plaintiff %ure iIesSrs. hiote, Nil
ler. Wallace auI Rice Those for the de-
ienGant were Messis LaRae and Tyerett,
Robert and Daniel Tyorhees Is i'll Ill
cases, the verdict Is niuch discussed, by
some approved Of, aid hy others regarded
b - rnrr,.l, TIM i,ryr
, 1879-04-19


''Sr 70 YAKiuA-We have Tor some
'-' Pas; projected short trip to that in
''>''as PORTION Of our teyritory-the Yaki-
'oSn'ry-we have visited and know
-! every other section of Washington
.~''.''y 'at tbs. We have but a lis,le
- % sparc, bat ever, hoar IF that little
-'' ~. De derosei in gathering information
,-'' vii TeiouAd to TO the interests of the
-..s country. We believe that men hold
-, : +'7 post On Of the month piece of the
!. s''' as editors most decidedly do, ought
..i,os = well informed respecting their con-
Grv G,r'9,S rs and the Resources of he country
s,s,,-it. a1Aoit. We shall write np in these
both =, everything of interest N the people
70, i1,; !, none and abroad, AL the facilities
Ion -ls!sT1nts Ws viii receive especial atten-
ppne,,". we should make an apology to our
ITO, ps ,s. readers 'or our short absence were
qss,s5 =. aa' ,. the Hon. N. T. Cation has kindly
By d. % ".. conduct the paper until we retarn.
gcx .; J; 9s!t @%.t issue We shall be again at our
, 1879-04-19

CRUELTY TO AECIALs-B. fore J. II
Hunt, J. P. AZ Dayton, All examination was
hat IN case were 4 mar was charged vi;h
cruelty 20 animal. The animal horse
belonged 10 Small Brothers nf this city.
TIE accnsed was bound over to await the
action Of the grand jury OF Columbia county
The details are unit for these columns we
do not wish to say anything that would III
the least Interfere with a fair trial, bus can
conscientiors!y say that if the aocrscd in
this case y guilty aud possessed sound
:'ind 1t shc tiae, thy pc. .!.y of the las as
II now stands IS :..adegu,::v u 80 i,ag.a:.t Ill
uutIage.
, 1879-04-19

'.l.I"&-On Sunday last trei Lance a
= nag caar-c.,r iire,i :. horse from Tom
-.-'asy Averysra6Ic. and rode on to Dayton.
'-..'e leaving he was noticed to be in state
3. : ea' ryc,temen., the pe.spir2tion rolled
'-Fa MS ,aae, and he literally tremhled with
ss.'e>ssi feeling, 1t was thoaght at the
.--.- lie Va bound to kill either himself or
..-s oae else before lie could recover from
= = excitement. 0n Monday morning Mr..
..,-gS ; worst anticipatinnS were released,
=. -5 .'eriTe! dISuasch from Jones stating
tae nan had killed himself or his
h.. ~. "a, :, :. DAYTON tie same night of his lear-
- '4..' Naila, From what we can gather
,.- .s-a- trouble OF a woman in the case.
---.1a:s ;og i.