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

THE CRoMwELLs.-Mrs. s. p.
May, Of Asheville, n. c., writes
US that several families Of the
name of CIowell, in Halifax
county Of that State, claim to be
direct descendants of the father
of Oliver Cromwell. In the
year 1914 two brothers, John
and Edward, brothers of Oliver
Cromwell, left England for Anne
RIGA, and settled in New Jersey,
soon after which they emigrated
to Halifax county, North Caro-
lima. While on the voyage, fear
ing that persecution would fol-
low from adherents of Charles
IL, when on the English throne,
they resolved to change their
name. This was done with a
solemn ceremony, and by wri-
ting their names each on one
paper, and each cutting from
the paper the letter NJ. and cast
it into the sea. The family pc
digree on vellum, recording this
fact, was with the family in
North Carolina, in an ornamen-
tai chest, which with other val
uables, was seized in 1871 by a
scouting party of Tarleton's Lee
gion, and carried off. The fam
ilv made another record of the
transaction, which is preserved
by their descendants.
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MARCH 6, 1879. ]
NOTE. Communication fOs this De-
pdrtmcnt solicited from PatrOns in
aN sections of the State.
officers Of the National Grange

officers Of the National Grange
Maste-.S. E. Adams, Monticello,
MINI.
Orersee.-J. J. Woodman, Paw Paw,
Mich.
Lecture-Mortimer Whitehead, Gin
%cinnati.
Stetuad.-A. j. Vaughan, Mem
assistant Stecdrd.-Wm. Sims, of
Kansas.
Tredsurer.-F. NJ. Mcdowell, Wayne,
y. \. -.
Serretdry.-O. 81. Kelley, Louisville,
GateEeepe.-O. Dinwiddie, Orchard
Grove, Ind.
Cpyes.-Mrs. Adams.
pomOnd.-Mrs. Woodman.
FV,I.-M 8. Moore.
Ltdu Asst. Steward Miss {. A. Hall,
Louisville, KY.
EXECUTIVE CoN,iITTEE.
d. WYATT Aiken, Cokesbury, 5. c.
Henley James. Marion, Ind.
:. H. Ellis, Springsboro, Ohio.
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The difference between a hun
cry man and a glutton is that a
hungry man longs to eat and a
glutton eats too long.
Look over the live stock AMI.
II some are poor and weak be.
cause of exposure and short IA
tons during the late severe win
ter, put them into lots by them
selves and give a daily ration of
some kind Of grain in addition
to a liberal allowance of hay,
roots, etc. If any kind of stock
Is worth having, it is worth tax
ing care of.
Crude petroleum is excellent
for the outside work of build
ing, and for floors it is better
than paint. 1t can be purchased
by the barrel for twelve to
fifteen cents per gallon. Apply
it with a common paint brush.
An implanted surface will alb
sorb a considerable quantity,
which will be more durable
than the best paint. If desired,
the surface may be coated with
any Of the lead and oil prepare
tons, but care should be taken
to have the petroleum we'll dried
In ; otherwise the paint will
"scale" badly.
In localities where crows des-
troy the newly planted corn, it
will be found advantageous
soak the grain in tar-w.ter over
night before planting, rolling it
in land plaster as needed. The
taste will not please Mr.. Grow,
and he will let the field severely
alone thereafter. This method
Of treating seed corn also renders
it less liable to the depredatlons
Of insects which often commit
serious ravages. Many farmers
believe that the tar water pos
sesses valuable fertilizing pro
perties. This method is an old
one, bat for some unknown rea-
son, has gradually fallen into
disuse.
It is a common practice among
our large planters to hire their
working hands by the season,
rarely keeping the same individ-
uals more than a single term.
This is not economy Or wisdom,
we most respectfully submit, be-
cause the transient employee as
a rule has no interest In his
"boss" beyond receiving his
wages, whereas the
man employed during good
behavior" has a direct interest
in the welfare Of his employer f,
besides he becomes familiar
with the work and the particu-
lar methods Of performing 1t.
By using a little discrimination,
a set of hands may be kept year
after year to the manifest advan-
Of all concerned. = Our
Home Journal.
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FARMER. AND MECHANIC.

helQSVllle Zines a. Miss
West died in Caswell county
two weeks ago last Wednesday
from eating persimmons just be-
fore Christmas. After eating
she was taken with a cough and
they thought she had consump-
ton, 80 violent were her spells.
In this was she fingered on un-
til the other day she died. The
doctors considered her disease so
strange that they made a post
mortem examination and found
persimmon balls in her stomach
the size of a mans fist. She
had swallowed the seed......As
two negroes we're hunting brush
last Sunday morning they spied,
in a big gully west of here, and
about seventy-fve yards outside
the corporation, a cigar box
nicely tied up and hid as it were
in the side Of the gully, but the
dirt had caved so as to no longer
hide the box, and this prompted
the men to open it and see what
it contained. To their astonish-
ment they beheld a dead baby,
perfect in form, and we'll wrap
ped up in dimity and soft cotton
cloth laid on top. The little
baby hid in the cigar box dis
appeared the night after it was
found, box and all 49,. Rev. w.
S. Fontaine preached an excel
lent sermon last Sunday, at the
State Line Church, near Pelham.
His subject as the economy Of
the times. He declared the only
way to make the times better
was to practice industry, econo-
my and honesty. That is the
gospel truth. He berated the
people on not taking more news
papers, and reading and inform
ing themselves.
Oliver, leader of the Nebraska
gang which burned Mitchell
and Ketchum at the stake on
the pretext that they were cattle
thieves, is said to be the wealth
lest man ever arrested in the
United States for deliberate
murder. He owns over 10000
head of cattle and vast tracts of
land, and evidently considered
himself above the rich of the
law. Oliver aimed to revenge
the killing of his brother by
Mitchell and ketchum, who ac-
ted in self defense. They were
arrested in an adjoining county,
and Oliver gave the sheriff$1OO0
to bring them where they would
be in his power. While en- route
he captured the prisoners, and
tying them to stakes, smearred
them with kerosene and then
lighted it. Next day their char
red bodies were found, and sub
sequently Olive was arrested and
placed in the Kearney Junction
Jail, from which he has been re
moved to Lincoln to defeat the
intention of his friends to set
him at liberty.
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1856

hnest wares In the CITY. sh.
caused tie same bourse bv i
herald and trumpet to be bro
claimed ",The Royal Exchange.
and so to be called hencefor,b
and not otherwise, and so it ha.
been.-London Society.
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Story of Sir Thomas Ores
ham, who Drank a $75,-
900 Pearl at his Dinner.

600 Pearl at his Dinner.
Gresham is a good subject to
begin a history with, for it has
what is earlier than history
tradition and romance. The
story of the Grasshopper is a
pretty one, only the rude hand
of the antiquary sets it all aside
by proving that Gresham was
no founding, but born in wealth.
There are plenty of tales left.
How is it with this? It is
gravely related in a work called
Lawson's History of Banking"
that the Spanish ambassador to
the English court having extoll-
ed the great riches of his King,
the master of the Indies, and of
the grandees Of Spain before
Queen Elizabeth, Sir Thomas
Gresham, who was present, told
him that the Queen had subjects
who at one meal expended not
only as much as the daily reve-
nues of the King but also of all
grandees, and added, "This l
will prove any day and lay you
a heavy wager on it." So Ores
ham outraged the Spaniard in
his own line. The ambassador,
biding his time, came unawares
to the mansion of Sir Thomas at
Bishopsgate, and dined with
him, when, finding only an or
binary meal he said SWELL, sir,
you have lost your stake" Not
at ALL" answered Sir Thomas;
'and this you shall presently
see" He then pulled a box
from his pocket, and taking out
one of the largest and finest
eastern pearls, showed it to the
ambassador. After which he
| ground it down and drank the
dust in a glass Of wine to the
health Of the Queen, his mis-
tress. "My lord ambassador"
said Sir Thomas, "You know |
have often refused el5,O0O for
this pearl. Have [ lost or won?'
81 yield the wager as lost said
the ambassador, "and | do not
think there are four subjects in
the world who would do as
much for the sovereign" Legend
tracks the man. Here is one
that would do for a medieval
saint, and also from Lawson. 1t
must be borne in mind that the
street before the Grasshopper
(that is, So was then used as the
bourse of London, which is not
unlikely. Gresham, trading to
the East indies, by which he is
reported to have made much
money, at one time was discon-
certed by the non-arrival Of some
ships, which, is alleged had
caused him much embarrass
ment. While dispondingly walk
ing in Lombard street a sailor
came up to him and presented a
letter, which conveyed the joy
full intelligence that two of the
ships had arrived and that the
box the bearer would deliver
contained some diamonds and
pearls of great value as a sample
Of the riches the ships had
brought home. Perhaps it was
a large pearl out of the box or
out of the two ships which figured
in the other tale. After getting
the good news on the bourse,
Gresham could do no other than
found at his own cost and ex-
change, laying the first stone on
June 7, 1866. And OF Jan. %,
1911, it was opened by Queen
Elizabeth. The Queens majesty
attended by her nobility entered
the bourse on the south side, and
after she had viewed every part
thereof, and seen a kind of indus
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-13
A Quadrangular Shooting
Affair in Mississippi-Two
Men Killed.

In the annals OF deadly ARRAYS
In this State we know Of no oc-
currence so fatal in its results as
that which occurred on board
the steamer Sunflower, while
lying at Johnsonville, the county
seat OF Sunfower county.
About three weeks ago Col. D.
A. Holman, while in Johnson
Vile, on entering DR.. w. l..
Lowry's store, was accosted by
DR.. Lowry, who ordered Holman
out, remarking, it is said, that
Holman was no gentleman, and
did not keep his word, or some
thing to that effect. Holman
departed, saying, in substance,
he would see Lowry again. On
the morning of the affair Col.
Holman engaged passage on the
steamer Suntlower for Vicks-
burg, accompanied by his father
in law, DR.. G. G.. Walker. The
boat arrived at Johnscnville
somewhat earlier than usual,
and Col. Holman and DIR. Walker
together Went on shore, but in a
short time returned.
Perhaps half an hour later
DIR. Lowry, as was usual with
him, came on the boat to trans
act his business, and while en-
tering the cabin was caught, it
is said, by the left arm or back,
by CO... Holman, who turned
Lowry half way around, and
putting his pistol to his breast,
fired. Lowry started down the
cabin, but instantly turned, and
seeing his clerk, John G. Arnold,
start from his chair (being sha-
we'd at the tine), said, Kill
him, John, kill him he has shot
me-"
Arnold ran out Of the cabin
to attack Holman, and Lowry,
walking to the cabin door, cock
ed his pistol and fired at Hol-
man. At the same time, per-
ceiving DR.. Walker with a pistol
in his hand, he pointed his pistol
at Walker with deadly effect,
Walker falling and expiring al
most without a struggle. Lowry
then walked back in the cabin,
staggering, and fell, and in about
two minutes expired also.
In the mean time Arnold and
Holman were fighting outside
the cabin. Arnold received a
wound in the chest and died
shortly at. e being removed from
the boat. Col. Holman being
wounded in the left arm and
side, but to what extent could
not be ascertained, as the boat
left shortly afterward.
All the parties engaged are
very highly respected. DR.. Low
ry was a brother of Gen. Robert
Lowry, and leaves a widow and
six children. Arnold was a bro
Their Of Judge Arnold, of Column
bus, Miss, Col. Holman being a
prominent and talented lawyer,
and respected in the community
in which he lives.
DR.. Walker was one of the
Oldest residents OF the county,
and we believe, had no enemies.
Col. Holman, the only survivor,
was arrested Vckeburg Herald.
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How the War in South At
RIGA is Conducted Shoot
ing Wounded Prisoners.
Men and Women.

against tne mise rable, halt StalV-
ed, unclad kafirs and Bushmen
by the British, appears to be
carried on with great barbarity,
as instanced in the following
letter to the Cape Town Argus,
by a young volunteer with a
more tender care for humanity
than his fellows:
up to the present we have
had 1t pretty harI, and since [
last wrote we have been out on
patrol. We started from here
(k@gas) on the morning Of the
29th of October, and saddled off
a place three and a half no urs'
distant. We fell in with the
enemy on the morning of the
3Oth. Our Captain and his men
were stationed on the kopje, and
men underneath. Captain
men then c rossed the river
to see if they could trace the
spoor. They came back with
the news that the footprints
were gong towards Langeberg,
and consisted OF Bushmen and
Kaffirs, with horses, goats and
one OK. We were on the kopie
when we received word shat the
enemy were in the bush, about
1000 yards away; Capt. IS
men then being underneath us
in the bush. We then had or
der to cross the river, and IS
men opened fire on some of the
Bushmen in the northern part
of the bush, whom they found
sitting down enjoying the stolen
OK which they had slaughtered.
They were laughing and singing,
seeming to be very happy, when
suddenly they received bullets
to flavor the meat. They then
ran through the bush, expecting
to reach the mountains on the
opposite side OF the river,
but when they came to
the edge of the river they saw
Vermoulen's men opposite,
so that they were completely
hemmed in, and thus persisted
forty-one of them, and thirty
four we took prisoners. Six of
our men got leave to cross, as
we we're anxious to be in it, and
we then went-myself being one
of the number-to the other side
of the river, the bullets from
our own men whizzing about our
heads by hundreds. When we
came to the bush we saw what [
do not wish to see again. Wo-
men with children lying there
shot through and through, no
mercy having been shown to
them. [ came to one place, and
a Bushman got up. | raised my
gun, but the man said in Dutch:
Please, master, don't shoot me-
| then saw that he had already
been wounded, and would have
been left to die, but as l was
speaking to him, a gun was put
quite close to my ear and fired.
The fellow gave one spring and
then fell dead at my feet. On
turning round [ discovered one
Of is men, who said: The
man must not live | was glad
to have tout of my hands, as |
did not wish to kill him after
being wounded. They then
drew lots as to who had to shoot
the prisoners; l mean TO say that
those who could not walk we
had orders to shoot, and [ am
glad to say that | was fortunate
enough to be out of it. One
girl was wounded in the upper
part of the leg and could not
walk. As soon as she saw the
man who was with me, there
being only us two at that time
present, she recognized him as
having been once her master,
whom she had served for three
He wished to help her
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They Fade Early.

Inns IS what traveller in Spain says:
After a Spanish woman has passed the
age OF thirty her beauty vanishes like a
dream. The Spaniards are gallant enough
to say that women should die at that age.
They use SO much powder that it dries
and hardens the skin, and to good soap
many OF them are strangers. But a
young Spanish girl is an attractive object.
Give her becoming dress and place in
her hand a fan, and she becomes almost
irresistible. One cannot but marvel at
the witchery and grace the fan, a thing
OF paper, ACE and silk, possess in her
hand. 1t must be an accomplishment
born with them, for the tinniest child
handles hers with equal ease. They have
as many fans as Flora McFlimsy had bon
nets, Tor no costume is complete without
tan to match. But charming as thew
are they are not highly cultivated: their
education is limited. A few of the COM
mon branches. smattering of French
ana Italian little music and dancing
finishes it. They are very INDECENT but
that's the fault of the climate. Eating,
dressing, great deal of sleeping, a walk,
going to church, little fancy-work fills
their day, the monotony of which is oc-
caslonally relieved by little Irritation
that may only consist of smile, glance
and whispered word on the Alemada.
Not until the wedding-ring has been
placed upon Der finger can Spanish wo-
man enjoy full liberty, which is, all things
considered, wise arrangement.
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stroyed Chicago and Boston only scorch-
ed the newspaperthough their buildings
were laid low. The war record of the
Memphis Avazdnc1e cannot be forgotten
how it carried its presses from point to
point as the Union armies advanced, and
printed its edition everywhere and any
where, but always somewhere. The re-
ligion Of the journalist is his trade. To
him it is sin to fly from his desk at the
appearance OF danger. Like the General
at the head of his army he would be for
ever disgraced in his own eyes if the en-
envy, coming in what shape it might.
did not find him in command. The in.
come Of the Memphis editor stops. but
his expenses do not. He fights for 9th.
ers and pays for the privilege. He uro-
es courage. He is SO little frightened Of
Yellow Jack that he takes him by the
buttonhole and laughs with him. He
tells his afflicted citizens never to lose
hope. He sits out the truth from
the wild stories flying about, and could
be great deal worse than they are. He
points glecfully to the future, and de-
clares that Memphis must and will recov-
er her old time prosperity. Imagine, if
you can, Memphis in this hour of its sore
trial without it's press. Think of the
ravages of the dread visitor, unrecorded.
with only the alarmed people to tell one
another who still lived; with the whole
world silent, with no word of ENCOURAGE
ment to reach the public ear.-Ihiladez.
ohio Times.
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A Fracture Of the Skull.
D.. Maudsley, in Fortnightly Review.

D.. Maudsley, in Fortnightly Review.
Some years ago miner was sent to the
Ayrshire district asylum who, four years
before, had been struck to the ground in
sensible by mass Of falling coal which
fractured his skull. He Law unconscious
Tor four days after the accident, then
came gradually to himself, and was able
In four weeks to resume his work in the
pit. But his wife noticed a steadily-in-
creasing change for the worse in his char
acter and habits; whereas he had for
merly been cheerful, sociable, and good
natured, always kind and affectionate to
her and his children, he now became ir-
ritable, moody, surly, suspicious, shun-
ming the company of his fellow-workmen,
and impatient with her and the children.
This bad state increased; he was often
excited, used threats of violence to his
wife and Others, finally became quite
maniacal, attempted to kill them, had
succession of epilectic fits, and was sent
to the asylum as dangerous lunatic.
There he showed himself extremely sus-
plclous and surly, entertained a fixed de-
fusion that he was the victim OF a. con-
spiracy on the part of his wife and others,
and displayed bitter and resentlul feel
Tags. At the place where the skull had
been fractured there was well-marked
depression of bone, and the depressed
portion was eventually removed by the
trephine. From that time an improve
aent took place in his disposition, his
Id self coming gradually back: he be-
ame cheerful again, active and obliging,
gained and displayed all his former
affection for his wife and children, and
was at last discharged recovered. No
palmer example could be wished to show
the direct connection of cause and effect
the great deterioration OF moral char
acter produced by the physical injury of
the supreme nerve-centres Of the brain,
when the cause was taken away the
effect went also.
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The Height at Which Birds Fly.

Nature.
1t is much to be desired that some
thing positive were known as to the
height at which it may be possible fer
birds to perform their passages, but on
this point we have $50 far as am alvarez
little information. The experiments
made by Mr.. Glaisher on the six pigeons
taken up in his celebrated balloon ascent.
September S, 1862 (Rep: Brit. Ass. 1862
page 1850, unfortunately admit of no
definite deductions. One pigeon thrown
out on the height Of three miles "extend-
ed its wings and dropped as piece OF
paper Ascend at fosr miles "hew Wig
orously round and round, apparently TAX
ing dip each time" A third between
four and five miles ''fell downward as a
stone" A fourth at four miles, in the
descent "flew in a circle" and then
allghted on the balloon. The two re-
naming pigeons were brought down and
one was found to be dead! Perhaps {, lit
tie more ''practice' OF "experience' was
wanted, but at any rate, the results do
not seem to favor the notion that birds
can fly comfortably at these heights.
Nor is it surprising considering the we'll
known effects Of the FABRICATION Of the
air at great heights. Of course pretend
to no special knowledge Of this subject,
put Mrs.. WI Glaisher, F. r. S., kindly
Informs me that at an elevation of five
miles the density of the air is about 1877
OF what is on the earth's surface, at an
elevation of seven miles about 1-4.1. and
OF ten miles about 1-7.5, I know not
whether experiments have been made
to test the endurance of birds life un-
der such a condition as the last, but s.
could, of course, be easily produced un-
der an air-pump. It would not be SC
easy to test the power Of flight under the
same condition. It is only obvious that
the power would be very greatly dirain-
lshed, and should be glad to learn the
results of any investigation of this kind.
Physicists and psychologists might here
give ornlthologists great help.
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SAD Story Of a Communists Wife.

The Paris correspondence OF the London
Dal1y Neaos says: As might be expected.
there have been Enoch Ardens among
the returned Communists, out happily
very few. When their wives read their
uamcs in the lists published in the Jour-
nals, they disappeared. A case of an op-
poslte nature has been reported to me by
friend Of the family in which it happcn-
ell. The wife in this instance was heroic
III her constant affection, and accomplish.
ed prodigies OF energy in putting her
children to trades, setting herself up in
business and sending money to her hus-
band, who was laid low with chronic
malady. He was so altered by illness
and hardship that at the railway neither
she nor the children recognized him.
The latter went back to distant parts of
the city where they are employed, and
the wife returned home in despairino
mood, which the spectacle of the reioic-
Ing people around her intensified.
The amnestied husband first lost time
seeking for her in the crowd, and then
waiting to see if she would hunt him up.
He remained until six o'clock waiting in
hope that she would arrive, and then
went to look after some baggage in
which he had a collection of curious
shells and stuffed ANIMALS which he
thought would please her. When at last
ne got to her domicile he was shown to
her room and found the door bolted in
side. Nobody answered to the loud
Knocking, and the fpolice commissary
was sent for. Upon his arrival letter,
freshly written, was found, in which the
unfortunate woman said that she had
only loved once in her life, and that the
object of her love was her husband. It
was evident that he was dead, and death
only could relieve her from her heart
wound. Her dead body lay on the floor.
She had committed suicide,