The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-03-25

judge Eu e gave TiOo TO me axe
Forest y Ingate building.
-Capt. Edmund Jones. OF Caldwell, is
taking an Influential part in the Assembly
proceedings
A correspondent OF the Ojserrer nomi-
rstre to1. FOX tor Governor and Capt.
Nathaniel Atkinson for Lieut. Governor.
Well. why Lot?
Rev. Dr. Nelson, of Hendersonville, IS
assisting tie pastor, Mr. GWaitney, IN con
tt, Church
Raleigh has Dr.. Nye and the Legisla-
ture al al ute time. So says the Char
lotte Ojserter. And the Whole State seems
10 have one Nye Oh the Legislature.
The Duiam Hecordtr learns that Tom
Turner. Who recently shot his wretched
parsuom IA Orange county, committed sui
cae Dy throwing himself into a m~lli-race
about il ms.es FROM Danville.
We hay. on.hand % reamso Of print>paper,
weighing 800 lbs, ard costing Us >! cents d
pound more tilan the same paper cost three
n.ntnn ago We use considerable more
than 100 lbs. per week. SO that the rise
j. equal 10 the .Oss oi from $50 to SO. 90
& reA.
-4s Ledoux. State Analyst, having
tesgeo 20 samples OF BUST 5 and Lambeth 5
garden seeds. from lots offered for SAFE IN
kaeigh, found only three lots, VIZ: Long
Scarlet Radish, Trophy Tomato, and Peas,
wach presented one hundred per cent of
luie seed, capable of termination. The
average for the lot was about 95 per cent
which was not SO bad
Tie ,ntermlnable suit of Aliutant-
Genera Juhnstone Jones rs. A. I. Nal,
Azar,an Cha es. D.. Columbus Mills, ct dk.,
Az ntnih.ts ~ the State Grange Executive
commute having been appealed 20 the Su
rreme Court was decided on Monday in
Gen. Joues' favor. That is to say, the case
wa remanded to the lower court for = new
tllal.
Josiah Turner has printed a pamphlet
address 10 his constituents containing some
very serious charges. Mr.. Turner speeches
nav be Tightly and often absurd but when
he. Iii print, over his own signature, as a
Representative OF one of the first counties IN
the State. makes statements affecting the
moral cha acter of prominent personages, in
public position, there would seem to have
come a tiI3e for action, VITO make him
prove his allegations, or hencetorth hold his
peace. under penalty for libel.
With qualification we noted the readi-
ness OF Capt. Matt Atkinson, and others, to
defend the memory of the lamented Plato
Durham, IN the Legislature last week. Dur
ham was m%ortai, and had his weak side, and
By Welding 10 a sense Of injury wrought his
own detriment and death but he was made
Of the true fibre of maniiness Gold could
not bride, nor danger alright him. lie
sacrificed a seat IN Congress in 1870 for the
sake OF his party; and in 1872 he buried
himself among the ruins Of his own reputa-
ton, for the sake of his friends, and county
men. Should not such sacrifices purchase
far more than oblivion for a few faults?
If Plato had a chance to revise his IA
nous definition of Man, he would describe
him as AN unfeathered biped with a mono
mania for money making" To Be any
body, or to accomplish Anything, now a.
days, one must begin by putting money il
his purse. Hence the ''chief end Of
~{modern) man." as the Catechism expresses
it, is to Get Money, your own, If con.
%venient, otherwise your neighbor's, -anC
KEEP it, after you We got 1t. Get up anc
get gold, young man, and 0 u praise shall
Be long in the land Of your fathers,-n
matter if the old man was hanged for sheep
stealing. Get money, young man, by hook
or by crook; and if compelled to resort tc
the ''crooked,' be sure and thank Goo
from the front pew of church, if possible.
gou didn't have to "hook" it.