The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-10
The growing disgust with titular de

The growing disgust with tltular de
prees ought to receive a lively shove along,
ia view of certain recent exhibitions at some
of our State institutions. vi what honor Is
a degree of DID," or "L.L.D,," or any
other d. big or little, when obtained by
repeated, persistent, and lmmodest elec-
pioneering with the Trustees?
Well pleased we were to meet Bros; Neal
of the Pee Dee Bee, and Wolf ofthe Monroe
ENQUIRER, on Monday. Good looking and
clever that's about it, when you come to
figures. Mr.. A Lii Smith, of Charlotte,
who has lots of friends here, also called
Monday.
Gov. Jarvis was shot In the arm and
Gen. Scales was twice shot in the leg. But
Mai. Mcleod Turner was shot all to pieces.
He is a mangled, Scared, suffering, monu-
ment of his own glorious gallantry in de-
fence of his State and section. Why
shouldn't old 'Rebs' make Turner their
Governor? He couldn't canvass, but his
wounds would speak for him, from Curri-
tuck to Cherokee.
The Carolina Central Railway (from
Wilmington to RutherfordtOn) at auction,
under decree of the Federal court, was sold
on Monday to the LIST mortgage bond-hol-
ders Represented by Col. David r. Muir
Gibson, T O. French, A. Y. Stout, Jas. S.
noOncc, Ii IA. v. ' " %l.-oO,
600, which is 30 per cent of the amount OF
the lst mortage, and about six per cent OF
the real value of the road.
Rev. C. w. Westbrook, the well known
Nurseryman, of Wilson, n. c., advertises
DIR. Ryders's Fruit Curer, or Drier. He has
sent us samples of dried apples, whose rich
yellow color surpasses any we remember to
have seen in dried fruit. But every farmer
ought to send for a catalogue. There Is not
an acre of North Carolina soil, but will pro-
duce, from a crop of fruit or berries, well
prepared for market, more actual cash profit
than from cotton.
The Wilmington Star looms up Ito put
= mildly to give us 1.-THE cu',"-tha,
is to say, the cut off, as exchange: 1t is al
right so far as we are concerned; but we
shouldn't have done it, had we been the Sta,
people; first, on ethical grounds ano
second, because the FARMER N MECHAN
nc must have ''paid' as an exchange by
reason of its having given the Star repeated
and repeated notices worth one dollar an
inch} besides a great deal of copying, duly
credited. But-there be lots O. folks ii
this world, and room for all.
The Second Century is the quaint it'll
of a weekly journal just started at Abe
marie, the county seat of Stanly county, b.
P. w. Wooley. Esq, formerly of Lenol
county. Gotten out with but few ex
changes, and under the usual disadvantage
of an initial rumber, it displays an earnes
of success and growing interest. We trus
Bro. Wooley may continue to furnish us tn
news from Stanly, Montgomery, and adjacen
regions, until the close of the present cen
tury, if not longer.
The young folks seem to have gotte
the worth Of their money out of the Tn
gersity commencement. They had a Mus
cal Hug-Party every night, and a jol
Dutchman in the Library in the a~fternoo
even while the class exercises were in pros
ress. And that gifted lady, Mrs. c. P. S
remarks that were she arguing again
dancing she would make a point right her
to wit-''that the minds of young Poop
once abandoned to this species of anus
ment are impatient Of any control in its i
diligence. 1t becomes paramount to eve
other consideration and, as in the prese
in> lance, is pursued without regard to tt
claims oftime, place or circumstance. 7
its destinations are resigned all higher e
joyments of taste or intellect. To dan
the German is far better than to listen
commencement o~rations. | cannot CO
graduate young people who nave reach
tbs conclusion and act upon it,