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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18
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IMPORTANT FOR GRAPE
the March LIST issue Of the Farmer our cor
respondent from Red Plains, n. c., recon-
mended the use of a board covering over
the trellis as a remedy against rot and MIL
dew. The idea was taken up by our Vlne-
land grape growers, and experiments are
this year being made in many OF the VINE
Yards. The experiments so far are entirely
successful.
Some have experimental by using manila
paper bags inst large enough to hold within
it a cluster of grapes. The bag is slipped
over the bunch and securely pinned at the
opening, and is left on until the grapes are
ready for the market. We first visited the
vineyard of George Scarborough, Esq, who
put on five hundred bags as an experiment.
In all cases where We removed the bag we
found the cluster perfect, unless where the
bag was not put on soon enough. Experl.
ments thus far have shown that they should
be put on about ten days after the blossoms
appear, for all that were covered at that
stage were found perfect. Mr.. Scarbor-
ough has largely experimental this year
with the board covering, and is so we'll sat
isfed with the results that next year he Will
cover all his grapevines with them. In ev-
cry case where the board protection was
used the grapes were found perfect-not a
sign OF TOC COulu NC lOuuO, WHiic II uCAC
vine, left uncovered, would not be worth
picking. Last year, in both his finely cul-
tivated and extensive vineyards but one
crate of grapes were picked, when the work
was abandoned and given up as not paying
for the labor. Last year he found that the
Concord" rotted worse than the lives
Seeding, " and the '~Champion' worse than
the Concord
We next visited the large vineyard of d.
Rood, Esq. This gentleman has 80, 900 pa
per bags in use. with results the same as in
Mr.. Scarborough's vineyard. One man will
put on one thousand bags in a day. The
extensive vineyards Of Colonel Alex. w.
Pearson were examined. Here the board
covering only has been used, and with graf
flying results, as in the other cases. The
Colonel is pretty we'll satisfied that the
board covering is the remedy against
''grape rot" and next year will make a
wholesale matter of the covering. From
our observations we would pronounce in ia
vor of the board covering. 1t not only af
fords protection from the disease, but pro
tects from the early frosts.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18
FARMERS
Improve Your Stock.

We keep constantly on hand, at prices to suit the
times,
BERKSHIRE PIGS. English bred,)
SOUTH-DOWN LAMBS,
GRADE SHORT HORNS, OR DURHAM
half-and-half bred. Also a splendid full
blooded BULL.4 years old, that would weigh
1900 pounds, if fully fat, which we will sell
low, as we nav used him for three years.
He is a perfect specimen of his kind, and without
flaw, and cost $50, when eleven months old.
All of our original stock comes from a frst-class
breeder in Canada, and for purity of blood, cannot be
excelled. J. F.. CAIN & SON,
Aug. lift HillsbOro, N. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

Greenvillc Erpress:: We learn that Mr.
James Joyner, of Marlboro, the most nro.
gressive and scientific farmer of Pitt conn
ty, cut two acres of German millet last
week, which weighed, when cured. 500
pounds, or not quite four tons to the acre
Considering the dry spell, this was a heavv
crop.
Oxford IorchIight:: On Tuesday morning
"a INST, Miss Mollie, Youngest daughter of
MI +. l. Crews, was found dead in bed.
Inc unfortunate young lady was about 81
years of age, and had been subject to heart
disease for some years, of which it is SIM.
posed she died.
MIR. Samuel J.. Clemmons Mark Twain
has returned to America after a six months
tour in Europe. He will publish another
book at an early day.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

Among others who use it with success. We ros-
action of one in Wythe county, Va. Sertar,i, &. y
After many TRIALS and a thorough iuvesticatin1 ~
mlttee OF three OF the most intelligent and -,
farmers in the county were named to select -, '@,--
cheapest FERTILIZER for their lands. At All
and exhaustive report, the Grange in session :, n . log
vile, unanimously passed the following resoIp,5. N'-~
RESOLVED, That the able report OF the Co.
on Fertilizers be received, and that it be puIrII~A
the Patrons OF Husbandry,' at Richmond "
that we CONNIE the adoption and general :" ali
order of the HONE FERTILIZER" and that -. -
Agency be authorized to make arrangena,ts ~
Messrs. BoYKIN, GARNER 4 Co., to furnish ON WI
ers with their pure chemicals, at reasonable rat 'a7--
MAJ. THOS. JAS. FINNIF. Cb.r.-
aug142m. D.. 4. SNOW, &C., COMMITTEE.
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VA.
Engines, portable and stationary, Saw Mills, Grist-
Mills, Boilers, Castings of Brass and Iron. Forpings.
&c. Machinery for Gold and Coal Mines, Blast Fur.
naces, &c.
We call special attention to our Improved Portable
Engine, for agricultural and other purposes. The
Boilers of our Agricultural Engines are provided with
our Patent Premium Spark Arresters, a device nv which
the Sparks are forced to pass downward over a reser-
volr OF water and effectually extinguished without the
use OF wire gauze. Our is the only arrangement of this
S!nd which affords free access to the boiler tubes for
cleaning from each end. Also to our new STYLES small
Locomotives for hauling lumber and other articles nnon
sramways and narrow gauge railways.
The best Planters regard our Ginning Engines s11ne-
to any III use. Send for illustrated catalogue free.
Other things being equal encourage Southern institr-
tons. "
Repair work solicited and promptly done.
Shaftlngs, Pnlleys, &c, for Gin Houses.
"Manufacturers of Jones' patent Tobacco Runn Ma
chimes to work by hand or power"
VIM. f. TANNER & co.
h. Il. Rich Square, n. c.. Genera,
Agent i'll Eastern North Carolina. l
Gen. j. j. WHITEHEAD. Agent
RALEIGH, N. C..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

N L~UMBERTON JAIL.-We learn
from the last number of the RObesOalon
that Peter Leach, colored, who is confined
IL Jail at Lumberton to await his trial for
the murder Of Sam Townsend. was aiken
suddenly and seriously i'll last Saturday
night. Physicians were called who. after
a careful examination of the sufferer. came
to the conclusion that he had been poison
ed. Suspicion was at once directed to his
wife as the guilty party, as she had been in
the habit OF visiting the Jail and bringing
him food, and had done so on the day he
was taken sick. 1t was on account of al
legged intimacy with her that Townsend was
Killed, and as she has taken up with anoth-
er man since Peters incarceration. the nre-
sumption is that she has been actuated by a
aeslre to get rid of him without awaiting
Tor the uncertainty Of the laws DELAY. She
has been arrested, and states that one
Joshua Washington was the man who gave
her the cake she carried to Peter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

Hickory Press: Newspapers als mer-
chants best salesman. They enter almost
every dwelling, and, while imparting the
latest intelligence, foreign and domestic,
local and State, they silently but forcibly
solicit patronage for each advertiser.
Mrs. Estelle Johnson, wife of ex-Gover-
nor Charles p. Johnson, of Missouri, COM
milted suicide in st. Louis on Friday night.
Grief over the death of a child had brought
on mental arrangement.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

THE GATLING MURDER-THE GUILTY
PARTY IN JAIL AND MAKES A CONFESSION.
The coroners jury were not long in find
ing the guilty i'll the atrOcious Gatiing
murder, which took place On Tuesday Of
la t week. 1t was ascertained that one w.
II. Vann, who is a lunatic, and has been
several times confined in Jail in consequence
of being unable to get in the insane asylum
had that morning gone in that direction
with a club and a double barrelled shot
gun. Upon examination it was ascertained
that he had the evening previous threatened
to kill the deceased, for his not allowing
him to ride with him from Winton. 1t was
also found that Vann's clothes were bloody.
and that he had torne his coat tail off to
prevent the blood being seen. The gun he
had had was his fathers, and was loaded
with squirrel shot, instead of with buck
shot, as it was on the night previous. In
der these and other strong circumstances.
he was arrested and the jury found their
verdict accordingly. Vann was placed in
Jail to await a trial at the October term Of
the Superior Court.
To a representative Of the Enquiler, he
made a full confession of the crime and the
manner Of performing it, on Monday last,
giving as his excuse "that be was in
trouble, and that he thought by killing
Henry Calling he would get out of it, 4
jury will say at October court whether he
is guilty of murder or not.-Enquucr.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

New METHoD OF CoTToN PLANTING
The Aberdeen Miss Erdmtner says:
Several times during the last four years we
have taken occasion to call attention to I he
new process of cotton planting. 50 success
fully pursued by Mr.. J.. j.. Crump, of this
county. The result of this process was
!. 300 pounds Of ginned cotton to the acre
in 1877, 1000 pounds in 1878, and this
season the prospects are good for the heavl-
est Weld he has had. For the benefit of
our readers and exchanges we give MIR.
Crump's formula
He prepares his land in December by Dig
ging holes three feet from each other, each
eighteen inches square and eighteen inches
deep; these holes holes he fills with manure
to within four inches of the top, and the
remainder or the way with the top soil.
At the usual season he plants with a view to
having three stalks to the hill, and piles
the clay from the bottoms of the pits as
deep over their tops as the supply will
admit of, with a view to keeping down the
grass, and then cultivates with hand and
hoe, never allowing a pillow to be used. The
preparation is made in December in order
to subdue the fiery qualities of the fertili-
zers, and the holes when prepared will
make at least three crops without changing
their contents-the second crop generally
being the best, and the first and last about
the same. This plan has cotton beyond
the sphere of experiment, and there is no
longer necessity for a man to scrape over a
dozen acres when he can obtain more cotton
and better cotton by cultivating two or
three by Mr.. Crump's process.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

DoRoU PLANTs.-Uupon this subject
the Country Gentleman has remarked that
many cultivators of ornamental plants de-
sire especially to raise those which produce
fragrant odors, particularly for boquets,
stands, and flower vases. In answer to
occasional inquiries, we name the following
sWeet-scented flowers, to which some of our
readers may add Others: Sweet violet. nv
acinth, heliotrope, pinks, sweet-scented
candytuft, %woodbine, sweet brier, cabbage
rose, tea roses, white lily, sweet alyssum,
mlgnlonette, sweet pea, carnation, sweet
William, and several sweet-scented. per
petual-roses- Here are enough to fill a
room or garden with perfumes rivaling the
"odors from the spicy shores of Araby, the
blest," If we'll managed and cultivated.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

There is no more a royal road to good
habits than to learning. Step by step, and
with painful effort, we conquer here, we
su9oae there; we mold ourselves bit by bit,
and hour by hour, till time comes in to
help US with our work, and habit reacts on
itself by crystalizing and consolidating, so
that custom becomes necessity and action
Then we may say that we have
formed good habits, and we may be SO far
satisfied with life.
a.. q. Cornell was nominated for Cover
nor OF New York by the Republican con-
%ventlon which met at Saratoga on Wednes-
day, the Sd inst.
The yellow fever continues in Memphis
with little or no abatement.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18
CARPETS!

I offer for sale, on very reasonable terms, a lot OF very
fine three-ply Extra Superfne and Superfne. Also,
some Cotton Chains from the very best mills In the
country. Not having room, I will sell very cheap
please call and examine. Also, Rugs, Mating and Win
dow Shades. WILLIAM DAff RON,
1883 Main Street.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-09-18

m r p S E E ID
A fresh lot of NEW CROP TURNIP SEED in bulk or
paper. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Address,
F. HEARTT, Druggist, Fayetteville ST., op. Market,
Raleigh. NJ july Palm
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ID FACE INSTITUTE,
FOR YOUNG LADIES
RALEIGH, n. c.

KALEITII, n. c.
The next Annual Session commences ON .bo
Wednesday in September, 1879, and closes ,a -
Wednesday of June, 1880.
The terms have been reduced from 10 to % r.r sc.
in all departments. I'~~
The total expense of a boarding pupil for one ta~
half session will be $40. This amount viii -
washing, fuel, light, furnished room and servants go
dance, tuition in English branches and Latin +, 49,
who desire it, Calisthenics, Text Books and stat ~%s
used for scho OIL purposes.
For liberal propositions to pupils entered for NH.
scholastic year see Catalogue and Circular pa,re 4i
circulars containing full particulars as to 1oursa
Study, &C., address REV. h. BURWELI >ny
%july17-tf. Principals. RaleiIL
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Special attention given to the sale &c
North Carolina Real Estate. No charoa
made until a sale is effected. All nronartv
placed IN our hands for sale will be adver.
I1seo IN the popular work. The south
Illustrated free of expense. 'oo'n
The Charleston News and Courier s,rs.
Everybody has heard Of Geo. Fl Ch.n;y.
farm agency, and few are unacoua;ptaS ,
eratiops." us ops
The New England Farmer saws. ..co
d. Chapln has advertised his farms - 10
W aM0a am@ of SOY S 600 ID during the past Year:
The Aiken s CO Review saws.
cause css zone of s soush shan i Gso; H: Shapin in the
lage is thronged with Northern neou1. VIZ
s9ar 6n;O of Southern South homes, and good Fsopl sal 1n
is DONG a great work for us.'' 'ia'eo
aid Journal, Traveller, Globe. and dStoh her
Farm Agency. VI Chapin's
n. B.-SMALL FARMS (n,,.;>
Building. Once-tisher
AUG T-tf
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WILL 0 SELL THE FARM,
CHAPIN'S FARM AGENCY
RALEIGH, n. G..
DR.. A. 3. CHAPLIN
North Carolina Brarch of George IT. Cha
pins Farm Agency, Boston. Mass,
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NA( EMALE INSTITUTE,
STANTON, VIRGINIA.
Opens it's 3Oth Session September 18th, 1917. one oi
the first schools for young ladies IN the onIteu ave
CIroote nns1rnassed. Surroundings beautiful. AT
tended by pupils from Seventeen States. Strlctest econo-
nv required. Among the lowest terms IN theC
p,1pils received at any time during Summer months.
TERMS:-BoARD, WASHING, LIGHTS, ENGLIsh
COURSE, LATIN, FRENCH FOR EACH HALF OF ~
SCHOLASTIC YEAR, w.
ALL EXTRAS VERY Low. For catalogue, address
Rev. WIN A. HARRIS, D.. D., President.
July 14tf] Staun'on' Ign"
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~'hr1ENBEE Is, Isn
ST. JAMES HOTEL,
Opp. Capitol Square.
CoRNsR TWELFTH MI A n srRrvrs
RICHMOND, VA.
Terms Per Day, 90 n,

This House Is most centrally located h
Tobacco ExchaDg &c or Warehouses &c Dep0.s
Sc FIRsT-CLAss TABLE All Rooms
A. b. MOORE, Pro-
may I5-12m ioiI etot
HOME FERTILIZER, ADOPTFD d.
SEVERAL ORANGES u
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Furniture! Furniture !!
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL!

On hand a full and complete stock OF fohNito =.
of all descriptions, from the most renapte nau;.s in
rers East and West: also of my own make. Faruss ~
want will hot be doing justice to themselves ~l.hou
giving me q call and examine my STOCK ana PRICES "A
liberal discount to the trade.
l. DAFFRON,
1888 Main Street.
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Clerk. % Clerk.
THE BOYDEN HOTEL,
The only first-class Hotel in Salisbury. N =
Headquarters for Large sample
Commercial Travellers Rooms.
SATISFA CTTON GUARANTEED.
G.. S. BROWN, Proprietor.
Aug. Z
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-05-31
LOTS! LOTS!! LOTS!!!
SPRING cry. NEVADA.


lots can now be procured in the hourishing
mining camp of Spring City, Mount Rose Mining
District, Paradise mines by applying to the un-
derSigned, the regularly authorized agent for
the sale Of the same, by letter or in person.
IL, "a HARRY WARREN
Nov. 20, 1873 Spring City, Nevada
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-05-31
d. III. HASKELL,
TOWNSHIP AGENT, G. p. II. II.
TewN Lots FOR SALE OR LEASE.

PARTIES WISHING TO LEASE OR PUR-
chase Lots in the town OF Winnemucca, are
hereby notified that all applications for the same,
or on business relating thereto, should be ad-
dressed to the undersigned at San Francisco,
at the C. P. r. r.. office where they will receive
prompt attention.
Those occupying lands belonging to the com
pany, without having bought or leased the same,
are also notified to attend to the matter without
delay and avoid trouble.
nol9 u. III HASkELL
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-05-31
Commercial and Mining Agency

The undersigned having opened an Office at
2133 Mission street, San Francisco, will receive
and promptly attend to all orders for any DE-
SCRfPTI0N OF MERCHANDISE, SELL ORES,
BUY AND SELL STOCKS. Mrs. Thompson
will personally attend to the purchase of goods
for Women and Children The business ex-
peri ence of both is guarantee that they will
givecsatisfaction. HOMAS THOMPSON.
de .17-7S-tf.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-03-29

Col. r. B. Todd Of Morel,ouse parish,
strikes a solid blow in tho face of thr
boodholder. Gil. Todd ii the Demo.
cratic delegate from that secti"n and
cams up tho "debt qaestion" in thus
language:
II shalt advocate the rejection 81
every cent Of the debt that is tainted
with fraud, ssd the scaling If the
balance to bring it within the resour.
ces Of the State and the paying capa.
city Of the people !; and The interes,
40 this balance .sl,onld I've srelmced Il"
four per- cent. 1t il needless tn dis
coes here the mode If discovering tiu
fraudulent part If the debt, Will,
view tn it's elimination. In my opin.
il" this will Prove ~ difficult tack.
it ne revert to tie long period ii
yea,s when our State was in the
hands 1T the ap"ilers, and our proper.
" wac at the mercy of the pluodrr
re. when fraud and corruption held
high carnival In our legislative halls,
tho only wonder is. not that the
fraudulent tsint of tho debt c"utract
I'd during that reign If i"fa,ny and
crime might nat I've discovered, bu,
that by any devise it could te hidden.
The greater part If this p"st. bellnu,
debt will, 10 my ~opi"i"n, be found
reeki"g with fraud, and the people
are under 10 obligation tn pay it.
however 1t may have been manipnla-
ted or funded, or whatever sew forms
and phases it may have assumed.
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-03-29
Az Usual.

Our dispatches allow that the Eight
In Congress over measures relating IA
Federal Interference 10 tho election
If Congressman, simply amounts IA
tho usual Democratic buncomhe
Nay, 10 might cay, that never sioce
the diagracefal surrender Of the PEG
ple's rights through the fraudulent
Electoral Commission, has such al
exhibition of cowa,dice been shown
The principle which lies q The
very bottom Of this contest-the
right Of the Federal authorities Il
indict and punish citizens for alleged
offences committed against sof1iage .,
suatagaos-is shawefully admitted
BY these recrsant party leaders.
The attempt to satisfy public "pin'
ion y the change Of . mode a
bringing these offences to judicial
no,ice IL a. disgracefal a. the bass
surrender 10 ign"ble. -s..
It 10 now an ansiaas enquiry viii
the people-is It possible to elect
men WHO will not barter or surrendeel
their rights and liberties.
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Timely Warning.
New Orleans Evening Post. }

New Orleans Evening Post.)
The coming convention will be eur.
rounded BY tho mast powerful lobby that
ever attacked the welfare Of people
The spectators and bondhOlders will
make every effort to secure tho payment
Of outstanding claims, warreuts or bonds,
against either city OF Stata. This lobby
will have money aud it will be used with.
ont stint to corrupt tho delegates that
the people have elected to relieve the
State Of its burdens. We know what
We are writing shout, and w warn thu
public now that there is great danger Of
the most corrupt and nnscrupulous lobby
that ever was organized obtaining CONF
plete control Of the convention. We arr
sorry to Any further that there are men
elected to the convention who have been
bought and sold for years, s.,d who have
successfully struggled for success at thp
polls with no other object hut to sell
ont their votes in tho convention to The
highest bidder. Az eternal vigilsuce is
tho price Of liberty, % IL it the cost of y
good government, and unless tho people
and tho press make tho proper efforts
now, the State will be indefinitely mort
gagged to the planderer BY men who have
leon selected 20 redeem IL, and who will
aell their votes Tor money. For sucb
mon, under such circumstances, . p)un.
dered people have only ono renedy-the
halter:
The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-03-29
Biennial Sessions.

We are unalterably "pposed Ia
Biennial Sessions Of our legislature,
on the elmo grounds which 10 op-
pose the appointment Of the Judicia-
~. Because We cous,dsr it . dan
gerous step from Democracy.
The very vi:als Of our liberty ore
frequent - veil "A free elections, and
the return at short periods # public
servants to the b.,dy Of tho people.
II biennial sessions arc better than
annual, then sess'ons each fou, years
are better than those eaek two, every
ten years better than -four, when
finally the principle Of popular rep
resentation will b struck down en-
tirely. ~ot
We are panied 70 note that many
Jonrnaliats in THE State are advocs.
ting this and kindred measures that
are the very eseence # tho priueiplea
sgainst whidh Democracy has con.
tended aimee tho days Of Mr.. Jsder.
sou. ~
Evils, which spripg from leels.
,stiou, arc suecessfal only whse peo.
PIE become impatient and sbsndop
resistance.
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Sherif's Sale,

Sherif's Sale,
Clark e. Bryan VS.. A. T.. johnson, ct d
Parish Court, Parish Of Natchitoches.
No. 1920.
by virtue of writ Of Fl. Fa. issued
ID in the above entitled and numbered
suit and to me directed, have seized
and will offer for sale, at the door Of
the Court House in the City and parish
Of Natchitoches, on
Saturday, April 18Th, 1879,
the following described property, to-wit
North fractional half of section No. II
Lot No. 3, of section No. z, and north
half Of section No. TX, township :, north
Of range S, west, containing four hun
dred aud ninety three 1887 acres, situa.
ted in the Parish of Natchitoches.
Terms of Sale
On credit term of one year from day
Of sale, for what it will bring; pur.
chaser to give his twelve months bond
with good personal security, with ven.
doris privilege aud special mortgage
retained on the property sold.
l.. A. DEBLlEUX.
March. 22.tds. Sheriff.