The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-06

built at smithville, Is copper fai&h.'1
and cost 800.
Chatham R<~orfs ".
learn that, on last SATURDAY nf-t. ,4.
store OF Ar. /. u. Patterson sf -r.
county. had his store broken irts ,rf
robbed Of about sI0o worth uf go
The Emperor and Empress as c
many have given notice that thsy n.
not desire personS' Gifts It Their r,5
den wedding on June 18th tlt Womb
rejoice II the money, instead. - a.v.-
ted TO charity.
Joshua Rights. the o'dcS r.rr ,e
inoton. died at hls re>id,ac. ON a..
~undsF night Mr. Right, was born
Salem IN the Goth Of April. 1913 ina
houSe that S'ood m the corner s>ac
The Salem Rank Is now located.
The growth of the business in W.r-
>ton may be gathered from the IA.
tha' i've years aEo the salary # tia.
Postmaster AT this place hardly aaa-a.
ed $500. Now the office i a third
ate Office with a salary Of II 500.
There Is q breed of eats IN Holland
having exceptionally beautiful flr.
which, tradition asserts. il due tn au
exclusive fish diet. Their far Is sold
III London as geune'. although real
sfnnet from Africa s rarely sold.
Russian ladies are often i~uvr.or.t.
smokers OF cigarettes. and, a, railway
stations and other points of transit.
scratch their matches On walls or post,
ike men They frequently ask men
Tor a light from their cigars, and a.
asked in return.
We are pleased IL learn that strong
hopes are entertained o. inducing NJ.
r. j. Hale. ST. to take charge Of tho
Fayetteville Gd1ctr. which recently
suspended publication. Such an ac-
QUESTION to the jturn tlism Of the state
would be welcomed with peculiar
qualification.
so you We're a slave AMI "A ~eolourei
man" said an Englishmau t. a darkrv
as he looked at his black face and
wondered what gave him such a COM
p~leXion. Yes, maSsa. | was a slave.
but Ise not a c~oloure1 man. was the
reply. Not colourcd:" and there
was surprise in his tones. mo. m7ssas
not coloured | was born So
There is a fearfully romantic story
going the rounds Of the papers To the
effect that a young man who was
packing eggs wrote on one of them "A
request that the purchaser would cor
respond with him. and that the Incl
dent led to matrlmony. This j. all IN
accordance with natural law however
We have been told that an egg is fun
of "mee and the couple met cgrsact-
ly as one would eggspect. The only
fear we have III connection with the
transaction is hat the husband WA
hen pecked.
Hon. Judah =. Benjamin. according
to a London correspondent, occupies
an elegant suit of chambers and has a
practice which yields him $50. 900 an
nually, for which reason he would de-
cline a judgeship. which only Yields
$4,000. Mr.. Benjamin. is represented
as saying that he could easily secure a
seat in the House Of Commons. several
constituencies having given him very
fiattering invitations to represent them
but he has no desire To go into Parlia~
ment for the same reason that he would
decline a jndgeship-it Involves too
many sacrifices. Mr.. Benjamin hasa
house in Paris and always spends his
summer vacations there.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has
authorized Mr.. Edmunds to report for
passage the House JOINT resolution
proposing Constitutional amendment
TO prohibit the payment of claims OF
disloyal persons for property injured
or destroyed in the late war ton
gressional proceedings, Jan 21th.
The Southern man who would vote
for such a resolution should be de
nounced as unworthy of the and Of
H. I,-4l - - S---
who supports such iniquitous meas
ures should never receive the suffrage
or favors of fair-minded men In any
section. 1t is time to stop the miser-
able talk about .'d~islovaltv.'' II j.
about time for Southern Senators and
Representatives to quit eating dirt.
Southern people are paying large
amounts of money into the National
Treasury, and they should demand a
fair share of the appropriations made
by COngress.-Charlotte Democrat.
Tarboro .SoutAerRer: \ little coIored
boy. son of jim Armstrong, Of Roxy
Mount. was killed by having large
limb cut down on him on Saturday.
On the day before a little o of Ned
Parker. colored. fell from a stringer OF
the bridge across Tar river at the Falls
and came near being drowned. II
fioated to a raft and was rescued.
80. The colored cook on the premise
off. II. Chapman, near Rocky Mount,
left her crawling child in the cabin
alone with the fire. The clothing OF
the child ignited and burned 1t t.
death. Another victim to criminal
Negligence. The Trustee Of }. Il.
Cotfieli offered his large eight room
residence in Tarboro for sale on Mon
day and did not get a bid on il. There
is a mortgage OF 8. 500 on II. IS. 900
was offered for the place a few years
ago. That's shrinkage for you 49,.