The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-01

the engine; oy hard work aod . coaveuiens
supply Of watsr the building "a. ssvsd.
Damage estim ased 1t $4,000
On last Wednesday night ''eur boys
serenaded Col. R.T Bennett st the S.ewAr.
House, aud when called out cane forward
and gave the large crowd assemble | . hu-
morous and rousing Democratic speech.
showing by the testimony Of Republicans
them selves the kind Of men Garfield and
Arthur are. After Col. r T. Benn..t, our
distin guished tOwnsman David A. Coving-
ton was called fer, who delivered a string
forcible speech and upon repeated cries
being made for r. P. Davis, that gentleman
came forward and gave Us a short speech
upon the magnitude Of the desperate strug.
gle before US. We learn that Col. X. T.
Bennett proposes to do exactly as he de
clared at the Rockingham conveniently
RAKE this District with afine tco,hed comb
and says now he intends 10 visit and speak
at erery polling place in The District. II
such a thing Is done hy such q political
speaker as Col. Bennett, our majority in
the District will by far beyond the widest
expectations of the most enthusiastic Dem.
ocrat in it.-Monroe Enquirer.
4 letter from Montreal to the Toronto
Gl0bc describes the terrible adventure OF
the crew Of 4 raft. in descending the La
chine Rapids. The pilot was Daillcbout.
the Indian Lacrosse player. He mistook the
channel, and instead Of going over the
smoother course got into the "sault.' or
jump. as the channel part of the rapids is
called. There were thirteen OF the crew,
and the raft bad hardly touched the rough
water before it began breaking up. There
was no more than half a mile yet for the
raft to 90 before the fate Of the crew could
be ascertained and seen from the other raft
which took the correct course. The spec
tacle was a terrible one, Long logs OF TIM
Der would lift high into the air, and human
beings would be seen clinglng to them, the
next moment to be dashed down and to be
buried in the seething waters. Other logs
continually upheaved with their living
freight looking like buIdles Of weeds. Some
timbers while upheaved would touch bottom
at one end, and the fearful velocity Of tho
raft would shoot them bodily into the ar,
to fall among the men who were struggling
for their lives and to add new terror to
| those which already faced them. As the
| raft, or all that was left Of it, reached clear
and smooth water, the half-smothered reu1-
nant Of the crew managed to bring their
raft to the shore to repair damages. For
three of the crew rafting on the st. Law
renee rapids was over!
Some rather novel features were intro
duced in connection with a Republican rat
ifications' meeting held In Brooklyn, n. Y,
on Monday night, at the academy of Music.
A charge of fifty cents was made for admis-
sion, and the orators of the occasion were
selected from the most popular ministers of
that City of Churches" The Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher made the leading speech
| amid great applause. Men threw up their
hats, women waved handkerchiefs and the
band played Hail to the Chief when Mr..
Beecher rose and took the stand. The most
noteworthy thing he said was that "a third
term is an lmpertlnence, and that the
overthrow of the unit rule must be consid-
cred "a great victory" Mr.. Edwards Pier
repout, Gen. John Cochrane and Corporal
Tanner spoke, and were succeeded BY the
| Rev. DR.. Fulton, who said he was glad that
Brother Garfield and Brother Arthur
had been nominated. He felt assured that
| the campaign this fall, would be a great
love feast The Rev. DR.. Putnam fol-
lowed Dr.. Fulton, and was himself followed
by the Rev. DR.. Jeffrey, who protested to
be not a politician but a patriot. lie loved
his country and its institutions, and conse-
quently was resolved to vote for Brother
| Arthur. After that, with three cheers for
Mr.. Stewart l.. Woodford, the man who
nominated Brother Arthur, the fifty cent
ratification meeting adjourned.
lii. havoc of the army-worm among the
farms of New Jersey and long Island bid.
fair 10 be complete and without remedy.
Tn vineyards and farm and: of Burlington
the Ocean Counties, New jersey, a tract
yrtafcr than that lately burned over, are
being eaten clean by the pests, and a large
portion of Long Island is being over run
by them, though the multitude is thickest
on the south side around Islip. Amityville
and Freeport They march in solid column
eating everything as they go; corn-felds
are ruined in a night, and wheat, rye, oats,
hareley and grass fall before them, and
nothing but clover escapes them. At Baby
lon the roads are black, at Westhampton
and Mattituck they are iikened to the sands
Of the seashore and their advance through
the grass can be plainly heard. The worst
thing about it is that the farmers seem Ut
terlv helpless: none of the usual remedies
have been successful; Paris green and
London purple have no apparent effect,