The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08
s,aleiaIJ ano Roundabout.

Con. Clingman sailed for Europe
the other day.
Prof. Kerr goes on prospectih
tour in RAJ doDh county and adjacent
REGIONS next week.
We were pleased to have call
from Col w. T, Blackwell, Of Durham,
on Friday.
Gen. Basil Manly having been re-
elected mayor of Raleigh. was rendered
complimentary serenade last night
by the cornet band.
Judge Fowle has b en- warmly in>
vited TO attend the Charlotte Ce!ebra-
tion on the 20th, and will arterd. He
doesn't want to speak, but will not
easily get off, you may depend.
The young peop'e have decided that,
after the Mis- letoe Bough on Friday
night, they will try little of the heel
and>toe bowling at r" ley Hall. ''And
90 home with the girls in the morn
ing"
R. S. Bur.ell, the youngest son of
Rev. Dir. Burwell, OF Peace Institute,
Was ordained as m mister by Dallas.
Texas) Presbytery on the 18th ult.
He had b2en preaching some time, but
only as a Licen'iate.
Wake county boa d of heal h as or
ganized on Monday is eXceliently Off
cared by DR.. r. B. Haywood, President,
and Dr.. Jas. Mckee, superintendent.
Ctrt. w. w. White is Secretary by
yi;tLe o. bis county Ctfice.
One hundred thousand shad were
set loose in the Neuse last week, bat
the trouble is, all the young ladies are
going fishing one day, next week, and
them" poor little shad will have to
walk right back to Rale Ugh.
We have no prejudice against any
other P, blications, but We do thoroug-
ly believe in Southern textbooks for
Southern schools, and We believe the
sentiment Of the State is in favor of
the University Series ofschool books
IRON all that we learn, there will
be pretty general observance of St.
Johns Day, Oath of june by the
Masonic Ludges throughout the State.
trl1nI M4Sf.r Gov Io..
lar letter recommending such obser-
VaUce wherever practicable.
=" Len DR.. Mason. on Sunday, de-
cared energetically that the true ch is
uaA would not neglect certain duties
never NJ, never "a disposition to
"od the usual rejoinder-''well, hard
ever - could be seen running
40uiiu The congregation in the guise of
aSuppressed smile.
D'Silop Lyman returned frC m his
a''efn tour very much jailed but
I'@''el afresh yesterday, and con-
a''eu The conservation of st. James
''i'n at hlttrellS, with inteles ing
S'''ices' Rev. Messrs. Rich and |
omedes, with the Re or. Rev. Jervis
Edwards, assisted.
D oae of the larg, st, fishermen of |
n 'InIico county said to commissioner |
Folk the other day. whenever We
-" snip tish from our place TO Raj il Ii
wo - same cost We ship TO New York
nal, IN Dc glad to supply the r ,leiy h
.L''Nt N' Build! build. and keep
'Ng ye railroad men
COM. pr: Grissoms last report (for a
?! OF which we make onr aclnou,
,sn,i 'o''IS') has attracted unusual at
tho :, " It's iorcibIe setting forth of
as.e AIMS Nh of the Institution up the
hosa ana ara the disposition to ignore
aDn,nL ''S' We shall probably give
lumber of extracts ,herefrom
se,,s .On, a Capt. old's telegram to the
curs;o~ earn that the Richmon ex-
and I ~ carried about two hundred
the Inv PERSONS from Raleigh, and
We're reiee oe the K. & G. R. r. who
10 froa 'iorced at Weldon by about
all w,n, 'ne Wilmington road and
Old o., nv handsomely into the grand
''' On the 'Jeem mes"