The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20

The Baptist State Convention will meet
in Goldsboro next year.
The semi-weekly Peoples Paper, is of
good size, newsy, and a new thing tor Con-
cord.
More than thirty-six deaths from diph-
liberia occurredin Brooklyn, New York, week
before last.
The Wilmington Rerier has seen, aye,
laid eyes upon (not hands,)-a recent sweet
potato weighing ten pounds.
AS the stars didn't fall, we furnish half
a dozen for the benefit of our friends anxious
to see them. y y X X 4
Mr.. H. NJ. Williams, of Tarboro, called
on the Morganton Blade, on his way, foot
ing it to California. Bring US a chunk of
gold, will you?
Quite a number of young ladies are
taking cooking lessons at Mrs. Campbell
school, and are delighted, at the novelty,
probably.
New subscribers every week, averaging
about two a day. Mr.. Dowd sent a large
list from Monroe, and from Fayetteville.
Advertisers will please note.
As a number Of our journalistic breth-
rem are filing the Historical sketches, we
place them on the first page, SO that the
paper may be free to clip from when de-
sired.
The McPheeters' oil mill dam was torn
out last week by the farmers committee,
much to the general qualification. The mill
will be brought to the railroad and run by
steam.
The ladies of Charlotte design to honor
the opening of Leap Year with a grand hop.
Our ~good-looking contreres, Chambers and
Mcdowell, will please bear in mind that
bigamy isn't tolerated east OF the Rocky's.
We met a group of three men on Satur-
day. Each had a copy of Mrs. Z. w. Har
vember. We trust this is an augury of ex
t%ensive, and extending, circulation.
To show the increase price of iron, the
Salisbury Neus tells of a Statesville firm
which was paid by a Northern manufacturer
500 forfeit to cancel an order for IS dozen
axes ordered some weeks ago, before the
rise.
Mr.. w. r. Terry states that the Rock
ingham Spirit of the South ceasedt to be a Re
publican paper several years ago, and Capt.
w. +. Harllee is indignant at being supposed
capable of writing for a Republican jour
nal.
The long expected steamers of the
Carolina Railroad System have reached
Morehead City, and large shipments Of cot
ton from Raleigh have passed down, says
the Messenger. The Gulf Stream sailed
1850, and the Benetactor will arrive to-day.
Texas is getting civilized. w. P.
Greenlow, one of the wealthiest and most
prominent citizens of Sherman, committed
suicide, because the Rev. Conrad Haney, "a
noted and eloquent divine" had Beecher-
lied his wife.
Young people, be sure and read the ar
ticle headed The toilet" on another page;
housekeepers, read the "BiIl of Fare" for
every day in the month farmers, read the
lecture on Grasses by Col. Duncan poll
%ticians, read the account of Senator Bayard's
reception at home.
Mrs. Potts says she is a native of Eaton
vile, Chowan county, n. c., but has no
friend or relative, and lived in New York
nine years. Her letter to the press tells a
rambling tale of inability to get employment.
1t bequeathes her body to the medical stu
dents; but the reporters think she had no
real intention of committing suicide.
We regret not meeting Hon. John Man
ming when he called. Col. Green, Capt. Ru-
ius Amis, and Gen. Clingman, Mr.T.D. Wad-
dell, and others, gave us pleasant calls this
week. Pressing and unremitting duties pre-
vent our going abroad, but it is gratifying to
have visits from friends as often as they
come to town.