The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-27
Index to New Advertisements.
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the editor Graves due allowance for
shortcomings In this number. He has
been too unweli to make more than half a
hand in the journalistic workshop.
Mai. Starkc went to Fayetteville last
week to see about starting the telephone.
We have a good list of subscribers In that
city. and will be glad to nave them in talk
ing distance.
Bob I~ngersol processes to be a free
thinker, and to preach freedom of thought;
but he charges so cents a head, and no 'free
list admittance to his preaching. This is
freedom in preaching, not IN practice.
Capt. Dowd's activity in canvassing
caused us to fall short some three dozen
copies of last weeks edition very much to
our exchanges, notwithstanding that we
consider them as much entitled Quad pro
truO) to their copy, as any subscriber.
Herea er we shall try to keep an extra sup
ply each week.
"A note in the Free Lancc, from the post
master at Sassafras Fork, Granville county,
tells of a postal which was three months and
II days in coming from Raleigh to that
office. We can cite a worse case. On
Thursday last we mailed a letter for Dur
ham, sending 1t to the office several hours
before train time. Durham is one hours
ride fron Raleigh. On Saturday at 10 a.
H.. our partner called for the letter but
failed to receive il. Where the blame rests
we cannot imagine.
The Washington Press tells of an enjoy
able party to Bath the Methodist picnic at
Blounts creek, and other items. 1t says
Mr.. James l.. Fowle with wife and daugh-
ter left this week for Illinois, where he will
49, -. p.xlo Tlo I'll
son of Maj. John Hughes, Isaac Wayne,
aged 10 years, of New Berne died on Mon
day last. 1t is only about 8 months since he
lost a promising son at Beaufort, n. c., at
the washing away of the Atlantic Hotel.
The time-honored "North Carolina
System so ably argued for by the long
series of articles in the Daily Observer last
winter, which promised great things for the
present administration, seems about to re-
ceive coup de grdsse at head aud tail. To
pass over the designs on the Atlantic r. r.
Topping off % miles OF the head, it may be
remarked that recent developments show an
evident intention whether pre-concerted OF
not) on the part of the syndicate, or new
owners of the Western North Carolina, to
c~oalesce with the Richmond and Danville
a branch of the Virginia Road to drain GU,
mountains to Richmond, and beyond. Ac.
cording to the New York Post, Col. Buford,
of the r. & D., was in that city last week
--"COnferring with the recent purchaser;
Of the Western North Carolina Railroad
about making the gauge of the two roads
the same. in order that Western North
Carolina may nave unbroken communica.
non by way of Richmond and West Point,
Va, with New York, and eastern cities"
The Fayetteville Banne,. says: The
Fayetteville Methodist Sunday School cele.
brated their 6lst, anniversary on Sunday
last. Col, Walter Clark. of Raleigh deliv.
cred an able and instructive address, ~recitina
the particulars of the origin of Sabbath
Schools, and dwelling at length upon then
mission, calculating the amount of good te
the church which is being accomplished
through the auxiliary efforts and the whole
some influence difused by the indispensable
institution : < < < Col. Clark's ad
dress was short and productive of good to
the church and to the community. The
same paper says: A young man of grea'
promise and the worthy son of an esteemeC
citizen of Raleigh, has arrived in our mids
to claim the promised hand Of one of tn,
most charming of our city bellies. The al
fusion is to MIR. Fabius H. Briggs and Mis-
WEIGH, who were married in that city 0,
Wednesday afternoon: and returned t,
Raleigh next day. to receive many courteou
AttentiOns. )-.Judge Fowle has accepte,
an invitation to deliver az address befor,
the Jonesboro High School at its commence
iaent on the 9TH of May.