The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-08

Farm
The mtu who knows tie world will
prver ne issbfni, ald the man who knows
himself wiii never he impudent.
Read the inside pages the. contain a
very 'ntrrcsting article entitled ''IHc Uoi-
e,n .ifoioch.' iy Mrs. Harriet Vi. Irwin, of
C!arl't'r; and also many new items.
the article on the Cow Pea in last
weeks laler should have been credited 10
the Petersburg Mdec. The credit was
clipped oft III shortening it.
"A correspondent Of the RoLeyoajan
says Il rather prominent menber of the
L, @~is'ature that he used the we'd .. crth
C*rr!ina' thirty-tive times in IA ten minutes
speech.
The report. widely circulated last week.
that Young Wertba,h OF Henderson had
dles OF his injuries, proves incorrect. He
Rises UP IN the Sanctum of the IojncconAst
to say he is W~orth-a-m-any dead man, as
yet.
And so Col. Wash Hardy is dead |!
Ala, Door Iorick, he was a fellow Of in
loving, whole -souIed Wash, Here's a real
regret for your untimely taking off!
On Easter mornings. at sunrise. the
dh' oN W. hi'iI vi l. JdI1tS IdTlSn,
Win nston. assemble in the church tow
er, an :reet the coming sunrise with songs
of joy that Christ, the son, has risen to
iigh; M bless the world. Quoth the Re
sieao. lis a pretty custem.
The proceedings of Orange Presbytery.
ION inside page) show two ~te-wort
facts; the coloied Methodist Bishop Bebee
was invited to take a seat as a visiting mem
Der; and DR.. M. T.. Savage presented Pres
bytery with a deed for a new church and
two acres of land at Scotland Neck. He
built The church several years ago, but it
was burned by some william; whereup pom
the good doctor set at work to re-ercct it.
and has succeeded.
Young ladies with Commemorative
designs vii! be interested to learn that the
graduating class numbers Is. of whom the
youngest is 10: the oldest "a; and the
average age 2i45. Eleven have decided
to be lawyers; ! a preacher. | a doctor, and
. undecided, lawyers, of c%ourse.) -Four
are Baptists, 4 Episcopalians, 3 Methodists,
3 Presbyterians, and Lutheran. This sig
nihes that, doubtless you've noticed
what it signifies yourself.
At one o'clock on Monday a small size
Bedlam burst loose at the National. 1t was
the thlrty-odd youngsters of ''Pinafore"
pTdHclnS up ana down stairs looking for
traps" "paps'' ''duds," 'muds." and sim
liar sweet specimens ofsmart slang-very dis
enchanting as compared with the ''cherubic'
chits before the foot lights. Very few Of
the child en- We're pretty. Even s'Little
Butter-cup, sweet little Butter-cup," had an
oleo-margerine squint. when seen at the
table, passlng-in pancakes.
1t is curious how little appreciation
many persons SHOW for a kind word from
. newspaper. even when given voluntarily. |
and eratuitously. as are all complimentary
notices IN this newspaper, (and please don't |
you d,s-remember it but how enormouslv |
they over-estimate the force of a little snuib |
which doesn't chance to strike their fancy. |
We made this remark in a last years paper.
but it is recalled by the fact that Somebody |
Esq. thinks our expression of regret at the
removal OF Prof Hobgood 10 Oxford might
possibly be construed into a prediction of |
failure IN his new location! Well, we are
pleased to know the Professors change will
be more advantageous than many have sun- |
posed. A local school fifty or more voupr
misses will be merged with his and be ex.
poets to carry with him a portion Of h;s
present pupilage. Owing to the free GRADED
in Raleigh, his local patronage Is
nothing like SO good as it will be Oxford
while his expenses are many times greater
learn that Rev. Wm. Royal, d. d.
uill take a ~position as one of the faculty of
Tie new school.