The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-11

..Some of our churches are ever adding to
nrmharS without increasing their eff
6c;ancv They remind me ofdlrt-daubers
neSts. 4 dirt-dauber wounds a spider ana
then Grams him away in his nest, and ne
will do the same for another, ana yet amour
er. until the nest is packed full OF dead sPp1,
ders. And SO it Is with our cnurches. -
II. Griffith, at Middle District Assof:ot.o":
Who can give US any light on this suo)eet OF
d~irt-daubers? Why do they make their
nests and fill them in just that way!---Re-
E0ious Herald. The dirt-dauber builds her
nest.siust that way" and after deposlting an
ece at the bottom of each cell, she Hills the
cell full ofspiders rendered torpid, not killed,
so that thew may remain alive and sound
good food for the young dirt-dauber during
its infancy. &c. The cells are closed when
filed and remain so till the young wasp cuts
its way out at maturity. The inquire oIDI
Griffith is not a good one-unless ne INTENDS
us to understand him as recommending tor
nd church-members as food for young
preachers. We have long thought it strange
that scientific men did not try to find out the
method of embalming used by dirt-daubers.
The spiders stung or bitten by them are
not dead and undergo no change. -BtOucot
Recorder.
Raleigh Observer: Four c%onvicts were the
Quiet UdN TAMIL u W III
whose names and terms of sentence were ::
Jack Williams, white, 20 years.; Moses
Hinton, colored, l year Fred. Hinton, col
ored, l year Burley Haywood, colored,
year.-The revival at the Baptist Church
at Rolesville continues. Twenty-seven per
sons were admitted into the church on Sun
day, and great interest in the meeting con
nues.-Governor Jarvis gold-headed
canes which he lost at Beaufort, has been
found. The revival of religion near Au-
burn continues, and there have been many
conversions. -The Central Baptist Asso-
citation was held at Olive Branch, this coun-
ty. There was a large attendance. Intro
ductory sermon by Rev. Z. H. Pritchard, ID
D.. Nat. E. Cannady, of Granville, was
elected Moderator; b. f. Montague, Of
Raleigh, Secretary and Treasurer and Rev.
J. S. Purefoy, Historian.
Kinston Journal: We hear of a cutting
scrape occurring at Harper's mill, in Trent
township. on the 18th instant. One Amos
Davis and Anthony Hill had an alteration,
a fight ensued, and Hill received four knife
cuts-one on the shoulder, two slight ones
in the back, and a very dangerous one in the
right breast. 1t is generally believed
that seven or eight years is the limit of a
squirrels age. Mr.. John Tull, near Kin
ston, has one that will be thirteen years old
lLIlS IOlC ~ 10 DCIl CCUlN DllIu UuU Ill
lively and healthy. With all the wines
and treats offered the editors at their annual
reunion, we failed to see a drunken man on
the whole trip. Their heads were, and we
hope always will continue to be, level.
An outrage was committed by a tramp
upon Miss Maggie Stealms, whose parents
reside near Lynchburg. Miss SteaIms, it
appears, was sent by her parents to a neigh
bors house on some domestic GRAND, and
when about a mile from home she was at
tackled by the tramp, outraged, and then
gagged, tied to a tree, and left. She sue
cceded, however, in untieing the string with
her teeth. and returning home gave the
alarm. Her father and two brothers started
in pursuit Of the perpetrator of the base
act, but at last accounts he had not been
captured. Miss Stealms is only thirteen
years old.
Right here we would state, for the infor-
nation OF any who are troubled with smut.
that bluestone IS a sure preventive of smut.
Make a solution, say one pound of bluestOne
to ten bushels of wheat; out the wheat Won
wish to sow the following morning in the
soak the previous evening take out on the
morning, add a little more bluestone and put
in your wheat for afternoon. We have fol-
owed this plan for four or five years and
never have any smut, while others who SOW
without soaking have any amount of smut.
Franklin Reporter: Mr.. B. F. Evans. on
going to his mica mine a few DAYS since.
found a sheep down in his shaft, SEVENTY
feet deep. The sheep was unhurt with the
exception OF a small piece of flesh being
shown by Prof. G. d. Smith, of this Mace
some handsome specimens of sapphire and
oriental amethysts, which he found in jack
son county. Some Of these stones are snf
for jewelry. se's
Monroe Enq"lrer:: The mineral spring
discovered a few weeks ago, one mile and :
half from town, has been christened TaI,rloa
Glen. Another sulphur spring on the land
and near the residence of Mr.. John G VII
Ipd tour miles east of town, has within
o ofe last week been brought to the attention
VI QUIZ people, though ii was discovered lono