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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02

A QUEER SCENE. There was a queer
scene at one o. the churches last Sunday,
says the Milwaukee Wis Sur. 1t seem.
that during the vacation the seats had been
newly varUished, and somehow the varnish
was not right. as 1T was terribly sticky.
You know when you pull anything Oft oil
sticky varnish that 1t cracks. Well, the
audience had all got seated, when the min
lister got up to give out the hymn, and as
the basement ot his trousers let loose of his
chair, there was a roise like killing IA fly on
the wall with a ~palmIeaf fan. The minister
looked around at the chair to see if he was
all present. and til Il no guilty mans pants
had escaped, and read the hymn. The cho:r
rose with a sound of revelry, and after the
tenor had swa lowed a lozenge, and the
bass had coughed up a frog, and the alto
had hemmed, and the soprano had shook
out her polonaise to see If the varuisb show
ed on the south side, the audience began
to rise. One Oh two OF the deacOnS got up
first, with sounds like picket firing in the
more got up, and the rafting of the un-
yielding varLish sounded as though the
fight was becoming more animated then
the whole audience got on its feet at once
with a souuo OF rafting musketry. The
choir sang Hold the Fort" When the
orchestra had concluded, the people sat
down gingerly, the services were short.
and all went home praying for the man tina;
painted the seats.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02

A New RAILROAD Col Sharp, formerly
Of this section, was in Raleigh yesterday to
take out the necessary papers for a Railroad
from Danville to Mocksville in Dlvie coun-
ty. The Danville NeacS says =
Col. Thos. r. Sharpe, Of New York Is
the man who is to build the road, and with
a plomptness that indicates the most com
plete confidence of success in the underta-
king which stamps him also as a discreet
business man, he has placed his men a.
work on the road before it was known here
that such a road was seriously considered.
The road will be a narrow gauge. and will
connect with Maj. Southerlin's road at
Cascade, and extend from that point in
to North Carolina, hy way of Leaksville and
Madison.
Col. Sharpe has had long experience in
railroad aft irs. and has arrived IN Danviile
for the purpose of personally giving his at
%tention. for ii time at least, to the brisk for
warding of this movement. Typographical
engineers are at work selecting the best
route, steps ale being set on foot to secure
hands for the work of construction, and in
fact matters have assumed such a phase
that the work of building this road at an
early day may be set down as one Of the
certainties of the future
Col. s arpe lisa wealthy landed proprietor
iii the neIghborhood of Leaksvi;le, n. c.,
, besides being the representative of a syndi-
cate of ample means"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02

ENTERPRIsE.--Our sister town Of New
Bern, is far ahead of us in enterprise and
thrift. We learn from the MT Shell, OF
that place, that the advantages of that sec
ton are being rapidly developed. The plate
factory, which affords work 70 several hun
drcd people, is a perfect success and pays
well. Then they have "A cotton factory, ma
chine shop of the Rallroa I, and three large
establishments of the same kind, under the
control of private individuals; besides a
tobacco factory, a cigar factory, a bucket
factory, a broom factory, a candy mauufac-
tory, steam saw and grist mills, and rice
mill, ETC., all of which are profitable to
their owners.
The lands around the city are fast be
coming a vast garden for truck farmers,
who cultivate two crops on the same land
during the year; first getting off peas and
then planting down in cotton, both of which
pay well, as results prove.
And now, after all the above noticed in
d~ustries, a firm in Baltimore has opened an
oyster house for the purpose of packing oys
ters for Observation-Disclosures Press.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02
For the Farmer AND MECHANIC.

'HoME," Nov. -, 1880.
As you have often requested letters from
ur readers 0fvarious sections, | will write
a short honaely one.
L notice you do not often give receipts,
and 50 10 this II give a very excellent one.
for making batter bread. something that |
NJ Is a failure oftener than otherwise with
~ generality of people.
This receipt has the merit Of never fail
ing If directions are followed closely. Take
one quart of butter-milk, stir in enough
soda TO make it effervesce, then break in
twJ eggs-beat well aud stir in meal enough
to make the batter the consistency Of cake
batter melt the lard. a good tablespoonful.
and beat IN the batter, not forgetting the
salt, pour ali In a buttered tin Gard will an
swer) and bake quickly.
The terrible weather has become a sub
ject of remark, its rain, rain. snow, sleet,
and mud, and the most dreary idea of a
November SPELL is fully exemplified, when
day after day We rise to find the sky looking
as If some huge spider had spun a web from
horizon to horlzon-and the mud Is beyond
comparison, sticking closer than a brother
or friend.
A lady friend in looking over some old
papers a few days since, came across an in
v~ltation TO a ball given at the completion Of
the cipltol at Raleigh and the Raleigh and
CASTOR X. r., not a very ancient invitation.
certainly but it showed the difference be
tween then and now-planly. Truly all i
not gold that g%littersl for don't our ball
tickets glitter! Also the Minerva, a pa
per published in Raleigh, Jan. 1st, 1900.
There IS an apple tree near here that has
bloomed and borne the second crop of ap-
Piles this year and although a stranger to
you, | have watched it every day in order to
get the fruit to send to the Farmer and
Mechanic, as everybody sends each freaks Of
nature to some Editor or other-but since
you have Launched your boat on the tidal
wave" to receive leap year attentions-(ac
cording to your last paper | shall not do so
for fear you may consider it a "ntJJle' and
then, you know, the magic charm that once
invested the apple with such power, and
made 1t act 50 conspicuous a part in the
history OF man. may still exist-and | ,rOuLt
not, coud not interfere with your little
nlbbler. lfyou see fit to publish this
may IN the future write again.
Respectfully. ~'CHARLoTTE.n
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02

A young lady not accustomed 70 waltz
ing, at the earnest solicitation of "A friend
made the attempt in this city recently.
When the music ceased another friend AZ
preached and said, gayly: We'll, L &c you
got through all right" Yes" was the
reply. but it was atisht squeeze
During the election a northern admirer, #
Randolph Tucker sent to him a check for s..
500 to BE- used for his le-electionto Congre 6.
Tucker doubtless duly appreciated the kino'
ness intended, but returned the money, say
ing he could not thus try to influence tie
honest voters of his district. Such a man
Of whom the whole South is proud, and
who is worthy of the highest honors the
people can bestow
Asheville C;ttzea: We understand that
the framing of the bridge fol the Western
North Carolina Railroad to be placed over
the S%wapnanoa at Bcstvil!e. has been com
pleted, that the workmen are now engaged
in framing the bridge TO span the French
Bread brtwecu Smiths bridge. and that
these bridges will he pat down early in
January. ard the lating of the track towards
Alexander's will then be commenced at
! once.
Durham Plant: Mr.. James Hclleman, Of
Person, the counted out candidate for the
Legislature, will contest the seat OF Mr.. C.S.
Winstead. Major Allen Compton mel
with "a painful accident last Saturday, re
sulting in his death. He was riding along
the road near Joseph Vincent's mill. He
ode up to the fence for some purpose. and
falling from his horse over the fence, brok,
his neck. He was 60 years old and resided
in Cedar Grove township, Orange co lnty
Person county contributed -four boar Ter,
to the Sta'e Hotel at Raleigh last week
one White man Brooks, for a crime to,
hOrr be T. m,trtlun, went up Tor ID years
Joe Win5t, all colo, the rascal who trieC
to pass lin elf of in the dark a. a whit,
'ady ; hp,l a IT, went up for the same lengtl
of tine; an "A motor ous negro Il, Ell VIII,
captured curt week shared the sam,
ate Chloaicie
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02
AN EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE

AN EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE. =
SuIsm, Ia, Nocember PA most extra
ordinary occurrence-the marriage of a con
demned felon on the eve of his execution =
took LACE in the county Jail this evening.
Marcas ID. l.. Hawley, under sentence OF
death for the murder of Lachariah Hayes,
in June, 1879; was formally united in mar
riagc to Minnie Hawkins, in his prison
cell.
I here were present Sheriff w. w. Brand
Tailor III. A. Webber, Colonies G.. w. Hans
brough and r. III. Logan, and J. Aller
Watts, Esq, late counsel for the prisoner,
and IA few other spectators, including sister
of the bride. The bride wore a plain walk
ing dress, cloak, and hat while Hawley was
neatly shaved and attired in a plain new sun
which had Just been procured for him to be
executed in. Thus the habiliments Of
death we're converted into the attire of d
bridegroom. They were both calm and self
possessed, neither betraylrg any excitement
or emotion during the performance of The
ceremony.
The minister having pronounced then
man and wife. Hawley, who had made a
ed into the church, the minister:
present being Rev. l.. g. Miller. of tn.
Luthern church, and Rev. Il. A. Goodwin
of the Protestant Episcopal church the lat
ter officiating at both the marriage and bap
tism. The parting was an affecting scene
the bride separating forever from her doom
ed husband to return to her desolate noun
tain home, while he was again manacled ant
led to his dismal cell to brood over the hOr
rible end which awaits him.
Hawley's crime, for which he will b
hanged Friday, as the Governor has refused
to interfere, was nothing more nor less thar
deliberate assassination on Hayes-the re
suit of a feud of long standing, having it
origin in a suit for the possession of about
fifty acres of land. Hawley shot Haye
from ambush and was convicted upon cir
cumstantial evidence, along the statement o.
an accessory after the fact, and he has sine
trial made a pretty rull confession.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02

STRICKEN DowN WHILE DANCING. A;
a social gathering at the residence Of VI RS.
Austin, in Sharon township, night be fore
last Mr.. Willis Johnston, "a Young man
about seventeen years old. took the floor
for a dance. He had scarcely taken his
position when he was stricken with paraly
sis and sank dow Upon the floor. Before
the physician arrived, he lost control of the
muscles of the left side of his body, and at
last accounts was in a very critical condi
ton. Charlotte OLserrfr.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02

" + simpson, Wilson, Aug r, ~ Capt Arthur Is
W.Iiam-, ,, july H.. - John :. Ieary, Nov ~, ~
J J. Allen NOV -. Il: W l. DrauRhon, Nov 2z, -
II VI KpbDerts /, May p, 81. Fayetteville. II Morn
son, Cameron J., MAY -, ii: j. Johnston, j. Wi
miIgtou /, July /. Il: \ II Austin. Wilson's Mills. j,
May -, 81 solomon Brown, Eagle Rock, i, May Is,
81: Il Jones. SAudInrd, /, Itcv. @ \ Morrow, Mcbau"s-
vile, :, july -, Il, Cap Waiter h. hlNett, iunu-
Level, ,, sept II, ri.
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WARRENroN NEws IrENs-The enter,
tainment by the +. r. +. Fair. Fat. and
Forty, Club was well attended and went
of like hot cakes. II you don't know
how that i, just watch a Raleigh hotel sup
per table during Fair week when there are
two men t. each plate, and ninety nine
hundred others crowded around the door
Way awaiting their grab and grub Long
may the f.. r. f. Club flourish -SelcCt
Hop and oyster supper Al the Carolin I.
House on Friday evening. Dec. 3ri.-
Nr. G.. \ Cook returned from Ms extended
trip IN the South last Tuesday - Miss
Lula McCraw left for a visit TO Tarboro
Tuesday morning.-It comes to u a. a
well authenticated fact tina. ia NiN Pound
Township, George Nicholson. a colnt.i
minister, Was denied the right ana priv
lege Of discharging his accustomed mtniste
rial duties in the p1ipi, simple because ~
rotel the Democratic ttcLet in the November
election.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02

\ Hoo oF HOGS.-This i Ter
Stephens explanation Of the cause Of detes,
The Democrats were fighting for no
princlple. but were making merely a grand
rush for the hog trough.
And he should have aided -" Among all
these hogs, | am the hoxgieSt- By lint Of
demagogism | have had my nose in the
trough, II. {. held fat Offices ever since |
was old enough 10 vote and during fifty
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rarely failed - sneer at and abuse the hand
which filed my trough.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02
YEARS IN BATTLf
THREE IN PRISON.
RANDOLPH A.

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q yb.ther the account in this column is hcti-
~ t.se occasion to repeat that every fact and in
-li- ,.t ,u this narrative from beginning to end
..r-S -,.Irred as stated; the description in many
ItAl-s .aiug taken Verbatim from my journal notes,
ION date. K. A. ;.
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REMEDY FOB CHICKEN CHOLERA Nix
spirits q turpentine AMI ,helleI corn AMI
feed
Mrs. Isaac Brown Of Jones county had \
drove Of loo turkeys, and the Cho'era was
sweeping them away having killed -.
when she followed this remedy. Ani not
another one died. -kinston .IaMranL.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02

The ELEPHANT MYrHS.-The elephant
of our childhood no longer exists Like
behrlnoth and leviathan and other mythical
creatures 10 whom we once implicitly be
lieved, he has been proved TO be a tigment
of the Oriental Imagination. The suthcr
ity upon which we make this unwclcome
announcement is no other than Mr.. San
derson. who has for many years filled the
post of Superintendent of Elephants TO the
Government of India, and who stands in
the same relation to these animals that Sir
Joseph Fayrer occupies toward tigers and
cnomo snal es. In "A lecture recently de
livered to the United Service Institution at
Simla he r)undly calls the elephant posi-
lively idiotic in its attempts to escape when
captured, - and talks of hts want OF origin
atty and it. positive stupidity in many
things La short. I'm the faculty of rea-
soning 1T is far below thc dog and many
other animals" Nor Will Mr.. Sanderson
allow the estimates of Its great height. Ont
Of many hundreds he has measured in
Southern India and Bengal, he has not
found one reaching ten feet at the shoulder.
Yet one disillusion more The elephant
hunte,s.in both Ccylon and India confederate
SInbad'd story that elephants, when they
feel he approach Of death, retire to a soil
sary and Inaccessible valley and there die in
peace But Mr.. Sanderson, though he
admits that no living man has come acros.
the corpse OF a wild elephant that has diso
a natural death, attributes tins rather to
their extreme longevity, which he is dis
posed to place as high as 200 years. This
explanation however, seems 10 Us 10 vIo
late that rule Of scientific hypothesis which
requires that the cause should be al equltc
% account for the sIlr-PW MW GA
.ette.
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NEW YORK ADVICEg,

A. given IN Wednesday morning kilograms
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-02
AT CHARLOTTE.

~ II ~NHAhLVIIE.
iIihs portatlon ended at Charlotte; and
rh, Haa eaten nothing from Petersburg
sn5 "eI' ana was an utter stranger In the
and " became necessary to swallow pride,
~ a>o-" ankee rations." Following a
lha . ~ oI returning prisoners to the office OF
si.r 'Nt Commissary," | was permitted
nrn, Two hours waiting while some Freed
STAN. were served, to draw" one days sub
,pIrI namely pound ''Salt-J unk'
H., and hive Hard Tack" (crackersl.
Ii. ,l"rse Tor waite. ''G'wine ter eat v ur
tsr(r er tote 1t H-inquired a fellow way
! liz With mouth and both hands full OF
4.n Ne Their cried |, in great
.y> ', and litched my rat ons over the
INTO a vacant lot. Fat pork is aD
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-03-13
DIED.

Near this city, March 9, 1880, Mary Eliza
belh Loekard, aged about II years
=, on February Is, 1880, near Union Bridge,
MIS-. Catharine Pioulz, eonsOrt Of Elder Isaac
fionlz, in the Slst year Of her age.
March Z. 1880, in Woolery's district, on the
Washington road, near this city, Peter Schmidt,
aged 81 years. The deceased was born in
Arnsbach, Kingdom Of Beiern, Germany.
Anna Maria Albert, wife Of Solomon Al.
pert, deceased, diod january 20, 1880, at
Hampton, Adams county, Pa, aged 70 years,
months and 20 years. Had II children, IS
grand children and ~ great grand children.
'ettysburg Compiler please copy.
Suddenly, on the 18th Of February, 1880.
y, y, Freedom district, this county, Theodore V .
wagner, in the Slst year of his age. Balti-
more and Chicago papers please copy.
In Richmond, Indiana, on Monday morn
ing, March Sth, 1880, A. Milton Miller, aged
~ years, months and q days.
ar. Miller was the step-son Of Jesse Ref.
snlder' Esq, Of this city. Shortly after at
tanning the age Of manhood he located in
Richmond, Indiana, and being young man
81 excellent business abilities, soon became
identified with the business interests Of that
city. lie was man Of a kind and affection.
ale nature, generous to fault, and leaves a
deeply greved mother, wife and three chill.
dren to mourn his decease.
10 Litte.stown, Pa, March 8, 1880, Samuel
j. Shorb, IN the Goth year Of his age.
Near Arendtsville, Adams county. Pa,
MaFch ., 1850, John knouse, aged IS years,
10 months and 20 days.
March !, 1850, IN Bendersyille, Adams
county, Pa Jacob Bear, aged Gs years, /
February "a, 1880, in Marion, Grant co.
Indiana, Mrs. Susan Foil, aged o. years, I
months and 90 days. Her maiden name was
Gilbert, and was born and reared near Gettys.
burg. She married John Foil in 1909. moved
to Franklin county, and from thence in 1851
TO Indiana. Her descendants number be-
tween one and two hundred.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-03-13

On March 2nd, instant, Joshua Spurrier,
administrator of Bennett Spurrier, sold js
acres, roods and 8 perehes Of land, in
franklin district, near layorsyille, to Thos
n. Shipley for $500. 10.
On Saturday last, Messrs, Maulsby, Smith,
Roberts, Bond, and DR.. Bcltz, trustees OF
George Shower, sold the one third interest of
said Shower in the falkenstoin farm, near
Manchester, 10 Edward Oursler for $500: one.
tiilh interest in "Rockbrook Mill property,
to George 7. Everhart for Sll5; one-fith in.
terest Of Adam Shower to Mrs. Bardwell for
So7.
The same trustees. with the substitution OF
Philip II. l.. Myers in place Of DR.. Bcltz, sold
10 acres Of land belonging to Jacob Camp.
bell, near Manchester, to James Kelly at
SOS per acre; also 81 acres to Michael Bach.
man at S3j per acre
Thomas +. Van Bibber. near this city, has
sold his farm containing 2i2 acres to Patrick
O'Reilley, Of Reading, Pa, for SIS, 200.
On Wednesday last, II. IIaines sold at pub.
lie sale house and lot on Pennsylvania
Avenue, this city, TO Jesse Yingling for SIZES;
also y acres of land on the Cranberry road,
to Jacob +. Elgin at SllO % per acre.
On yesterday, Frederick Reese. as trustee,
sold ~ acres Of land, in Freedom district, to
Jos. u. Barnes at 80 per acre.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1880-03-13

Monday, March slh.--David Geiman, exc.
eutor OF Susan Bricker, deceased, settled ID
and final account.
Michael linghng, guardian to Alfred Jonas
Bankert, settled LIST and final account. an as
guardian TO Susan X. Bankert and John +.
Bankert, settled LIST account for each.
Eleanor A. Baumgartner, administrators OF
John j. Baumgartner, deceased, received or
der to transfer Union National Bank Stock;
also settled her LIST administration account
Jacob Hohacker, guardian to Theodore
Hoffacker, settled ilh aud final account.
Levi j. Motter, administrator Of John Mot.
ter, deceased, returned list Of sales of goods
and ehattels.
Letters Of administration on the estate Of
Ruth Creswell, deceased, were granted to
John IL. Stem.
Tuesday, March 9th.-Peter H., Ezra l..
and Jasper z. Sbriner, executors Of Isaac
W. Shriner, deceased, reported sales Of resi-.
due of real estate.
Report Of sale Of real estate Of Daniel Shaef
Ter deceased, finally ratified.
John A. koons aud George W. Koons, ex
eeutors OF Peter koons, deceased, returned
inventory Of money, also settled their LIST and
hnal administration account.
Joshua Spnrrier, administrator W. A. Of
Bennett Sparrier, deceased, retarned list Of
sales Of goods and ehailels, and reported sale
OF real estate,