The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18
Senator WooLhouse's majority in the first
49, ~,., 900

were received III ndltlgu Ou IIIudJ ldoI.
The old city has her head up.
-Coup's circus returns by Charlotte,
Nov. goth Greensboro the Both. 1t went
as far South as New Orleans.
Cold weather; and coal has risen to SO
per ton; sawed wood brings ST.. 20, per
halfcord, and is hard to get promptly.
By a coincidence Dare county gives
Jarvis 20 majority, the exact number the
county was estimated in these columns two
weeks ago.
Mrs. johnson, formerly Miss Neppic,
daughter of W. Bailey, Esq, of Charl tie,
died in Mobile last week--the bride of a
year.
THAT old. and reliable Almanac, the ~.
e.. Farmers. by Mr.. James Fl. Ennis is
Ieady for the public. And a very superior
number, we think
Cumberland Fair opened Yesterday with
excellent weather, AID prospects. We
trust the exhibition will receive such success
as it is cap, bic of having if the farmers of
the upper Cape Fear put forth their efforts.
To our Earpsboro friends we regret
that we canLot give more encouragement
about their mail. 1t goes out to Forestville
and seems to go very irregularly, because
we put up the Earpsboro package every
mail day without fail.
"A colored sister deploring the lack of
enthusiasm of her minister
the coolest preacher [ ever sot under.
Why, [ tells you, his words dis fell on de
congregation like chunk OBJ frozen souse,
right outen de ice-chist! -
The great boat race between HanlaE
and Trickett, Of Australia, resulted In a
mere ''walk-over' for Hanlan who is now
without a rival in the world. He won the
London race without half trying: actually
stopping to wash his face while Trickett
came up with him.
The Elizabeth City Republican paper
puts Latham's majority in the LIST Congress
sional district at 29S, and says Col. G. w.
Grandy will certainly contest his seat. 1t is
said four Congressman in Louisiana will al
30 contest. This idea is to get a good work
ing majority for the Republicans.
Jim Whitaker. colored, had the Demo
cratic challengers in Buckhorn township ar
rested for intimidation" because they re-
fused to allow him to vote. Investigation
before the u. s. COMMISSIONS developed
the fact that he had been convicted of steal
ing. So he went to jail as the result OF his
trouble.
In addition to the Legislative members
given last week, the Republicans gained one
Uu0lDDST Ill IdTe GUILTY, III Ill w dldugd ,
and one In PersOD,-if We count Mr.. {. ).
Winstead who will doubtless vote with that
party on the most of measures. This gives
them a total gain of %; a net gain of II
new members.
A miss, or a majority, however narrow,
is as good as a mile. Mr.. j. A. Hood, OF
Eagle Rock, took a notion that his township
ought to have one Democratic officer. So
he came 'out" for constable, a few days be-
fore the election. and came IN Just four votes
ahead of Harris Hunneycut, the Republican
aspirant.
--Appleton's Journal for December con-
tains a very readable review of Tourgee's
three books which have made a greater sen
sation than any books since Uncle Tom
Cabin. Unfortunately the Reviewer C.
III. Jonesl seems to be as ignorant as Tour
gee was malicious and slanderous; for GER
the Fools Errand' as truth, and argue
against its fabrications as if they were facts.
We may be obtuse, but for the life Of
us, after repeated readings to see where the
wit comes in, we cannot see anything
specially amusing in I'll. g. Jones ''CouSir
Sally billiard" 1t probably owed It's fame
at first 70 the fact that so years ago a news.
paper rarely ventured to print a joke and
is now passed around because our father,
thought it funny.
Stir around lively, my young friend
and never give in until you are on You
back, and a marble monument on top O
you. Reflect what au ugly fix poor JONAH
was in when the whale salted him down TO
dinner! But did he give it up dry so
Never! By great activity and attention t.
business he made himself SO disagreeabl
that Leviathan landed him nigh on the
cand With "a c0urtpprS anntnvC anJ tho no
mark that henceiorth he should adher
strictly to fish diet.
We regret to learn of the death of yeun.
Professor Armstead J. Gordon, of Culpep
per, Va, who died suddenly in church
He was a man of more than average mark
and seemed likely to make a name in litera
ture. His articles to the Wilmington mo,
Baltimore) South .AHuntic were enioyed
and in some instances widely copied.
Later-We are in some doubt if this b
not a mistake, though the name and occu
patton are identical.
1t has been a pleasure to us to receiv
calls FROM many friends during the pas
week, among them Rev. DIR. K. III. Char
man, Rev. s. &. Alexander, Rev. Davi
Farley, Rev. L.. Mckinnon, Rev. Dr.. A. u
Hepburn, President Of Davidson College
Prof Schwerin, Rev. w. p. McDonald
IT,. L. McDufhe, Esq, of the Lau
rinburg Enterprise, whom we hold i
high esteem Tor his manly attitude amid til
dangers of Grants Ku Klux war in 1872
John d. McIver, Esq, Solicitor of the Fay
~etteville Dist, Nj. Monteith, Esq. of Meek
lenbbur-, Geo. Allen. Esq. of Newberu
Sheriff Kearney, of Franklin, and Others.
We have never printed the charge
against Garfield not excepting even tn
NOrey letter; because we have grown ut
terly skeptical Of reaching the truth in an,
matter connected with Federal polite.
Neither did we print any of the charges o
insinuations against Jarvis. We knew
and yet know-nothing either for, O
against, them. But it may be simple Jus
tice to state that 50 far as can be judgec
from appearances. and present develope
ments, the famous ''Chinee' letter was m
infamous fraud, and those fellows,-th
editors of "7ruth' ought to change thei
paper to "Un-7ruth." We believe nov
that they tried to 'sell OUT their own fab
rication when they made that appointment