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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-22

TRUE AS GOSPEL With this issue we
begin a new volume, and enter enter upon our
Journalist. No one who has never tried 1t
for himself knows anything of the difficult
ties Of establishing and maintainlng a c9un-
trv newspaper in North Carolina ana es-
necially in Western North Carolina. Our
good old State has long been proverbial tor
her want of appreciation Of her home lnstl-
t%utions: and we firmly believe that her
home nress is less appreciated than all be-
side. Sometime since we remember noticing
from a statement of a certain New York pa
ner that it had a larger circulation IN North
| ESarol;na than any of our own State papers.
Then, in soliciting subscriptions for our pa
per We az. are 6 of, esoa met sn Eiia saf s Tay ap in
N";na or ~somewhere and it's as much as
Get time to read. The truth is we pity any
man -that attempts to read tl the s, stuff # fe saoS
in these papers. Now, IN the race OF sue.
| discouraeement as this, we say 1t is no ordi
nary task to establish a country paper--
Hickory Caroltntan.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-22
The Ghost to Hamlet

Bet you two dollars an q half
I am thy fathers ghost,
Doomed for a time 10 walk the night,
Until | can get put or the day force.
And the loud crimes lone in my days o. pol
itics
Are burnt and purged away.
that | am forbid. could 8 tale unfold
Whose lightest word would weigh As heavy
As a freight car; freeze thy young blood /;
Make thy two eyes stick out like ink bot
ties;
Thy knotted and combined 10 ks 10 part,
And each particular hair 10 ST nd on end,
Like quils upon a brand new pin, brush
But this eternal blazon must no. be
To ears of flesh and blood. List, list. oh,
list
| intend TO sell it 10 a newspaper for forty
dollars:
-HoIet reum World.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-22

OUTLINEs.-Chester A. Arthur has writ
ten a letter accepting the Republican Vice
Presidential nomination he defends the
Federal election laws and claims that they
are the CHIEF point on which the two par
ties are opposed .-Postmaster Forbes, Of
Richmond, Virginia. is a defaulter; he and
some Of his subordirates are TO step down
and out.-A supposed case OF yellow
fever at Memphis. Tennessee. The town
marshal Of Garfield. Ohio. was murdered
by a party Of rougbs.-A New Albany,
Indiana, a colored man was murdered with
out provocation at a dance.-They are
talking of lynching Benjamin j. Bortree at
Easton, Pennsylvania, who shot and killed
his brother-in-l law. Henry w. Shouse.-
At Leadville, Colorado. a miner named
Baker fatally shot two policemen and wouh-
ded another; he is in Jail and will be lynch
ed probably. - AT Santa Fe the murderer
DUNCAN was taken from the Jail by a mob
and hanged.-A girl in Shanksville,
Pennsylvania. has been kidnapped by show
men; four of the rascals are In Jail, but the
girl has not been recovered.-At Belle
view New Jersey, Frank Woolcote was ia.
tally stabbed by a fellow named McDer-
mott, who Is at large.-Harry s. Orr,
aged thirty five. jumped off the train near
Baltimore and tried to cut his own throat;
be cut also his wrists be was taken to the
Observation-Disclosures presided at a large
meeting at Belleville; be said the Repub-
lie could stand all attacks.-The French
Government instructs its representatives
abroad to furnish all Communists who have
been amnestied with funds to return to
France.-The Porte will claim the media
of the Powers Under the Berlin treaty be
tween Turkey and Greece.-Three passen-
ger was killed and nine wounded by an &C
cident to excursion train near Toledo, Ohio;
the private secretary of Hon. VIM. II. En-
glish was fatally injured-W Wilmington Star.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-22

CHARLESTON, July 19.-Col. Cash, sur
viving principal in the recent duel, came be-
fore Judge McIver, at Cheraw, on Friday
on a writ of habeas corpus, and was admit
ted to bail in So, 900.
Considerable excitement was occasioned
in Cheraw by an attack by a son of Col.
Cash upon Mr.. Pegues, editor of the Cheraw
Sun, who had denounced the duel in his
paper. Young Cash and his father had
both drawn their pistols, the latter avowing
his intention to see a fair fight, and Mr..
Pegues was only saved by being thrust by
his friends into an open doorway, where he
wa, locked up.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-22
Wake county has 400 inhabitants. \
increase of 9,O3s since ISIp.

Newton Enterprise. Que of the convicts
on the Western Railroad al this place Was
seated On a log anunns himself with a
sharp edged cnisel one day last week when
Wesley Pope, one of the guards. slipped up
aud tic led him chi the ear with a straw.
The convict threw BACK nisgnandss Ald the
7chisel ssruck Pope 10 the neck. making a
terrib:e gash aada barely nsissingsoae OF the
large arteries. zee
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-22
ruREE EAR IN BATTLE,
THREE IN PRISON.
BY
RANDOLPH A.

--uoying been asked by several persons during the
Fsaek whether the account in this column is fcti-
past take occasion to repeat that every fact and in
dous, lated in this narrative from beginning to end
ciden,, " occurred as stated; the description in many
sfu ances being taken Verbatim from my journal notes,
n sIau eyen Gate. r. As
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-22

Mr.. McGehee, Col. w. II. Cheek. DIR;
r. w. King, Capt. Amis, DR.. Parker, OF
Rowan, and others, are in town as eanai
datesfor Commissioner of Agriculture.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-22
.adr nominated for CONGRESS. =

--Cannady nominated for Congress. : :
-Tildcu gives $1,000 0 to helpeiect Han
cock. ga :
SARev.aDr..D d. X. Junkin; Tan uncle Of
the editor of this paper) who recently died
in W. est virginia. left a biography ofGen.
Hancock, which is now being printed. :
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-22


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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-22

the drippings from above, and the poison
Gus exhalations from the damp soil under
the open floor.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27
a Sad Dream.

Which may not be all dream, was
thus related The dreamer saw two
Of his friends die, and afterwards saw
them seeking admission into Paradise
knocking at the gate the first was
asked his name, his occupation in life,
and what good he had done all these
were answered satisfactorily. TO the
question had he been q subscibcr TO
the Review9 "Alas no." said he,
Il spongcd my reading" "Did you
ever help the editor by giving him an
advertisement" "Ncvcr., What,
never" No, never we'll hardly ey-
err "Alas then, thou miserable Sin
ner, you cannot enter" was the sol
cmn reply. The other was put
through the same intcrrogatories had
lived in peace and quiet, belonged TO
the church, never robbed any one, or
committed arson, and had been a
subscriber to his county paper, but
never paid for it, and had once advcr-
liscd for small amount. He too,
rightly, was refused admission, and
the two were sent howling where
the lion roareth and the whang-doodle
:nourncth. Sad fate, and conclusive
proof that the printer must be nour-
ished and cherished in this life.
Take warning, oh yc delinqucnts, and
settle your bills !-Lancastcr Rcriew.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27
Ethan Aliens Courage.

Ethan Allen, whose misfortune it
WAS to have termagant for a wife,
had and deserved reputation for
courage of the leonine kind. Some
wags thought to frighten him once,
but they mistooli their man. One OF
them, arraycd in a sheet, stepped in
front OF him in the road late one dark
night when he was on his way home
ward. Ethan stopped, looked at the
specter, and without a moments hes
ilalion, exclaimed: "If you come
from heaven i don't fear you. IT, you
are the devil, come home and spend
the night with mel married your
sister," His neighbors never sought
to test his courage after that.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27
Woman's Love.

John +. Poindextcr was married
the 10th instant to Miss Isabel Cot
trell. Some time last year clerk
by the name Of Curtis idsulted Miss
Cottrell' who was then engaged 10
Poindexter, for which Poindcxter
cowhdcd him. Curtis afterwards
went to-PoindcXter and attempted to
return the cowhiding, when Poindex-
ter shot and killed him. For this he
was tried, convicted of manslaughter,
and sentenced TO two years imprison-
incnt in the State Pen:tentiary. He
appealed TO the Supreme Conrt, which
confirmed the verdict and sentence.
just before starting TO the Peniicnli
ary he. was married.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27

easy as one might suppose to tell the
cherished secret which has been so
carefully guarded from curious eyes,
even when the will is good and the
final resolution taken.
Doubtless it requires no small de-
gree Of moral courage for a young
man in Wcston's situation to formal
ly accost the object of his love, and
inform her. in SO many words that
with her rests the decision Of his fate.
| No wonder then that our hero
found SO many obstacles in the way
of his intended declaration. Some
times her, attention was engaged by
other asI1iTants or ne became too
much excited to give utterance TO a
solitary word of the speech he had
carefully prepared then again, Kate
was either in too gay and mischiev-
Gus mood TO admit Of serious pro-
posal, or SO dignilied and reserved as
to cast chill over his advances.
Therefore, when several months had
passed and there was nearer approach
TO an understanding, he as a last re-
sort, determined to write, and thus
end the suspense that had become no
longer endurablc.
lie was accepted, and felt that his
cup of happiness was now full. All
the old dread Of her elation ut hav
ing made conquest was forgotten
ilc gave no thought to the sat:srac-
ton which ought TO be demanded for
this sacrifice of the dignity Of his
freedom till Kate laughingly remind
ed him Of the severe consurc lie had
once passed upon those who "med-
died with other peoples affairs" and
had presumed 10 foretcll his future
too.
"Iou see, Mr.. Weston, the pro-
phetic Il told you so has lost none of
its significance, for again is its sovc-
:eiSnty manifested rs once more
Madame Rumor makes this little en-.
try in her book Of follies Il knew it !
told you SO! Another case OF
friendship between congenial spirits
has ended just the usual way
''Lct me add L. S.-Miss Kate :
Conscquences-Hymcn's bells will
peal for the erring, mislakea spirits
in just how many weeks shall say?
"Bright youth! I thought other
heathens represented their god with
an altar to be kindled, not a chime OF
bel,s 20 20 jingle"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27
Consolation,

According to stalwart Radical Or
gans the leading Democratic states-
men are on the verge of the grave.
Every week or two Mr. Tilden suffers
fresh stroke Of paralysis, and now
the sympathizing nation is harassed
with d. ails of Mr.. Seymour's en-
feebled condition. According to these
veracious chroniclcrs the least excite
ment throws Mr.. Seymour into a
nervous fit, he totlcrs in waikiki! :,
like a drunken man, and his friends
are momcntarily expecting him to
lapse into insanity. All this because
they are afraid the Democrats will
make Mr.. Seymour President, wheth-
er or no. After the Democratic Con-
vention shall have nominated some
one else, the Radical organs, with
great unanimity, will congratulate
MIR. Seymour on his return TO health.
e-Neacs and Herald.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27
The Effect OF Leap Year.

Women are at the bottom Of a
large proportion Of difficulties between
men. What more natural than that
the gcnter sex should have fallings
ont IN leap years about the other sex.
The New York Sun gives an account
of a sanguinary conflict that took
place n few days ago between Misses
Louisa Wise and Margaret Downing,
two fair damscls of old Virginia, the
casus bell being their mutual jealousy
concerning ayoung swain with whom
both were in love. One used club
and the other pitchfork, and both
were SO badly hurt that their recovery
is doubtful.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27
The Political Future.

Senator NJ. G. Butler has been in
terviewed BY a reporter of the Hart
ford Post, In which he is reported TO
nave said: cit is my firm conviction
that after the next Presidential cleo.
tion universal peace will prevail, and
the aEimosities Of section be swallow
ed up ia The prosperity of the coun-
try. In my own Senatorial position
l ain struggling rather TO extinsuish
altogether the naturally dying enbcrs
of political hate and sectional rancor..
than reilume spark by party issues.
l not only strive to avoid controver-
sial debate, but as often seek to d.
vert the tendency of such a current of
legislative action BY the presentation
OF cXtrinsic subject matter. fo,esaw
the results of The extra session, and
endeavorcd TO prevent it. l. was
great blunder, and its effects are be-
ing now sensible felt in many ways.
The North forced it, and the South
had no alternative, and yet the South
is MAIDS the uLdeserving scapegoat of
all the errors OF the party
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27
Self f-Reliance.

The young man who starts in life
with determination to work his own
way to success, and to place absolute
dependence upon nothing but his own
energies and perseverance, is far more
likely 10 succeed than lie who is con-
stantly looking up for help from par
cnts or friends. II is we'll enough to
have fathers or II friends aid, but
far better to have sclf-reliancc, to look
facts sqnarely in the face and prepare
cither 10 take honest advantages
Of or combat tLcm bravely, as occa-
sion may demand. Men rarely un-
ders.andtheir own capabilities. Many
a onehas learned for the first time that
he could swim when threatened with
drowning, and few Of us understand
how much we can accomplish until
actually called upon TO put forth our
energies. Economic time. Read
good bopks while others are wasting
precious hours. Read carefully and
understandingly. BE honest, honor.
able and upright in all your dealings.
Respect every mans rights, and com
pei others TO respect yours. Start
with sucE resolves and pertinacious.
ly adhe,5ng to them, the pathway to
honor and success lies straight be.
fore sou.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27
Drunkards' Wives.

If there be lonely woman amid
the multitude OF lone and sorrowful
women more TO he pitied than another,
| think it is a wife looking upon the
one she has promised to honor, lying
upon The bed with his hat and boots
on. Her comforter, who swore at her
rs long as he could speak ut all. Her
protector utterly unable TO brush fiy,
from his own face. Her companion,
lying in the stupor Of death, with
none of its solemn dignity. AS lie is
entirely unconscious of her acts, /
wonder if she never employs the slow
ly passing moments in taking down
her old idol, her ideal, from its place
in her memory and comparing IL with
its broken and dcfaced image before
her. OfalI poor, broken idols scat
tered into fragments for the divine
patience Of womanhood to gather TO-
gether and cement with tears, such a
ruin as this seems the most impossi-
BILE to mold anew into any form OF
homelincss. And If there is a COM
mandment seemingly impossible to
obey, it is for woman TO love O man
she is in deadly fear of, honor man
she cant help but be ashamed of, obey
u man who cannot speak his com.
mands intclligently. The theory of
recognizing our friends in a future
world is y beautiful one and worthy
OF much thought, but think it is
commcndable to try to keep our
friends in q condition to recognize US
in :ais world, try to keep man while
he is alive so he Will know his wife
and children, and not as aften occurs,
turn them out into the storm of win.
ter midnight, or murder them in his
frenzy.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27
Is 1t Organization Z?

We have information from reliable
sources that the colorcd people are
having nightly meetings in some sec
lions of the county. The clans are
gathering at all the meeting houses
around, and religion is not always
the theme. That there is organiza-
tion Of some kind going on, our in
formant says there is not the least
doubt, fol- the meetings are held at
the dead Of night and are conducted
with great secrecy. Possibly this
may count as q straw, following upon
the meeting Of the Republican execu-
tive committee at Columbia q few
days ago.-Chcstca' Bulletin.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27
How to Dress Well.

A lady may dress cxpcnsively and
not dress well. 1t is not the quantity
of the cloth she wears, or the cos,li-
ness ofthc fabric. that constitutes the
outfit of a well-dressed lady, Color,
style, and adaptation must be con-
sidered, if she would not make puy
Of herself, as thousands Of women
are doing daily. High colors in a
dress are as much out of taste as VIC.
lent colors in picture. We do not
Judge of paints used but by the deli
cacy and natuI alness Of the shadings.
and the skill with which the artist
brings out the objects in beauty and
harmony on the canvass, we forget
about the paint. And so in dress.
That lady dresses best who, attracts
least attention to the details of her
toilet, whose dress is so becoming
and suitable that it seems "a part of
herself; not noticeable for extremes
and for oddities, but for good taste.
Such an one will command respect in
any circle. No well-bred, refined wo-
man can follow the extremes of FASH
ion. A high toned lady of culture
would not be willing TO load herself
down with the absnrdities that fashion
brings to her votaries evey year.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27

Those organs which have been
botherng themselves about The way
in wiiich Union soldiers have been
turned our of various positions around
Congress, will be sorry to hear that
Senator Conkling's Governor of New
York is also treating the Union SOL
diers badl.". He has recently renov-
ed from the position of Quarantine
Commissioner q brave soldier who
fought all the way through the war,
and appointed in his place a man
who, when the war was going on,
remained at home TO look after any
little offices that might be lying
around loose.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-02-27
Divorces in Massachusetts.

a Massachusetts statistician has
been looking up the number Of divor-
ces in that State. From 1860 to 1878,
we learn, 1928 DEGREES for separation
were passed In the massachusetts,
courts, 2,4OO on the petition Of injur-
ed husbands and 1888 on the peti-
tion Of injured wives. Under the
laws of Massachusetts there are nine
specific causes Tor which the courts
may decree dissolution of the bonds
of mauimoDy, and the particularly
virtuons people up there appear to in
dulge the 'specilic causes" very free
lY.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-30
FROSTY FACTS
FOR REGISTER READERS 10 he0I-
TATe UPON.
News from the Cold Waye-Brutal Murder
Rates Story-Plttsblrgh's Riot
loss.s-firey Flames
Heighboring Towns.
SUMMARY OF YESTERDAYS NEWS

The cold waye which is sweeping
over the land is reported to be the most
severe for years. In the South the
snow has fallen to an unprecedented
depth, while in the East trains are de-
lavcd much 10y its depth. In the North
and Vest the weather is being severe,
and cattle are suffering greatly. A
Cincinnati dispatch announces that four
children have been frozen to death near
there.
John Fur,e nson, who kept low
boarding bouse in Detroit. was shot
three times and killed by his wife, yes
terlay. They were both under the in
tuence Of whisky, and Fergenson was
going TO attack his vile with knife,
when she did the fatal shooting. lie
was hard character and had two other
wives and families in other parts OF the
country.
Mr.. Eritton, counsel for Kate Chase
Spracue in her divorce suit, las corrot'
GRATED Austin Corbins letter, and de-
MES the sensational stories which were
published in relation to the Sprague
scandal at Canonchet. He says that
Soraguc desires notoriety, and wishes 10
be hero in the newspapers. Conkling,
he saws. is in no way connected with
this case.
Allegheny county, Pa, is trying TO get
r:d oi paving the 800 900 debt which
il due on the riot losses. They intend
TO make the losses general and have the
State stand good for the same.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-12-30
CHASE sPRAGUE
Promises Lively Muse for Her Husband
The Fight 10 be Made Very Hot.

prom;ses Lively Muse for Her Husband
The Fight TO be Made Very Hot.
Nsw YORK, December 29-Mr Win
chester BrittUn, Il Brooklyn, WHO IL
counsel for Kate Spra2ue in ler divorce
sui, against her husband, tO day corrob-
Grated Austin CoIbn'S letter, recently
published, which took strong ground
against Governor Spr@gnc, and denied
the sensational stories which have been
recently printed in relation to the
SpraSue scandal. =,
Rrporter-Do YOU mean that Mr..
Cor1in'S statements are c"rr'cs as 10
the celebrated CdnOnCl.ct all ur.
Mr. Brittun-Certainly Tie sensa-
,ion,l statements made through the
press are wholly without foundation. !
had occasion, pro rsSipnaIly, To inquire
INTO all the particulars ot that aita'r, and
the whole story ~ published had not
even a basis OF truth. There WAS N" col
lislDn whatever, verbally or actually,
between the Senator and the Governor.
The Governor fell into one oi his char
acteri.tic frenzy its, au6 quavryled with
Mrs. Surague and i music teacher about
the chilireus music lessons. and Srna'
tor Conkllng, VITO was Nhe'e
on the Governors invitation,
with several other guests, Withdrew.
There was no shotgun on the premises.
This story was circulated by the Cover
nor. lie strives Ia u" hero IN the
newspapers. He is struck through with
love OF nOtOriety; and besides, then and
since he has persistently endeavored
publicly to aspSrse Mrs. Sprague when-
ever lie could manufacture an oppo!tu-
nily. I have never been 10 Providence
that | have no. discovered evidence ot
il. Bat this one sided fight Is now at
an end. Heretofore she has had no
chance To speak; bI; now there will he
An upportunity to understand her side
of the case.
Mr.. Britton added TIA. he had tried
10 bring on the suit without rlb'iclty.
hnt the Governor blutled him OF at
every ATTEMPT,
Repor,cr-But the public have been
told lEat COnklirs is the instigator OF
this proceeding. How about that?
Mr.. Brt.on-Il's an utter absurdlty.
do 10. know Senator Conkllrg.
have never seen him, nor did | have
anv communication with him, directly
or indirectly. lie has no more to do
with this suit than you have. 1t
does very well for Sprague TO
make such allegations To divert public
attention, TO try and secure sympathy
for himself, bat I won't avai! him. lie
will have to face these charges. lie
NAV avoid it fer a while by claiming
tha, Mrs. Spra.ue is not Il domicilrd IN
hahitsn, Cf Rhode Island, which Is re.
guirrd To give tie court jurisdiction,
and NAV thereby obtain delay, but he
will find that the CHARGES must oe met,
and st,emsted aspersions upon the
character Of Mrs. Sprdgue Won do now.