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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

How ERNHAtTFIREs THE f ORKrRS
The old, worn, and tatterCd, unabridged
dictionary that can be seen on our work
bench was suddenly seized with convul
oions on last Monday night about II O'Clock
We distinctly saw ii wsg its dog ears, and
the calf back plainly contracted, as though
It suffered acute pain. We couldn't account
TOR the strange phenomena on the part Of the
Old volume, and were left to conjecture only
until the Northern mai came in Wednesday.
Then we saw what had been the matter
The New York editors bad raidcd the die
tlonary and robbed il Of every al ective IL
order to describe the B~ernhardt craze. L,s-
ten at the Tribune: 'Superb amplitude
spontaneous cnthusi .sm effective adeaua-
quacy-her utterance Of an impassioned
speech was like the aerial transit Of an al
ro| Of red hot steel The sun 'Lurid
and amazing Observation-Disclosures 81
conviction-glowing ike a furn3ce-rapf
and painful attention. e.. The Herald
kept a little cooler than The rest, ard dip
ped into regular French talk. ''horribic
phantasies-remarkable power, aDd the
like. These are only a few of the choice
selections, and these are sufficient to give
reasonable account for the strange behavior
OF the old dictionary.-DanviIlc Ners.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

Raleigh has three as good Dentists a.
can be found South of Baltimore.
In respect to the State Printing there
is the usual speculation in Typographical
circles. 1t is generally concluded that
Messers. Ashe, Polk. & Co. hold the win
ming hand.
Married at st. Johns Newfoundland,
Louis III. Haywood, of Raleigh. and Mar
garet Robinson. of Cleveland, Ohio, a mem
Der of Miss Josie Loans Dramatic Compa-
ny.
"A young lady in Baltimore informed
Mrs. w. II. Vanderbilt Of the fact that
Concord Episcopal church was small and
| tl60 in debt. Vandibilt surprised the lat
ter by a che9ue for the amount. 1t was not
as much as his income for a single hOu'
but small favors are thankfully received
when given by utter strangers. 80 the
Cencordians sent William a box of par
tridges by way Of receipt. This from the
Sun.
Our State Legislature stands:--Conser
~vative Senators SO Republicans Senator
II. Conservative Commoners, Is; Repub
licans As. Maj. on joint ballot SO. In TIN
we count the following Independents a
Democrats Senator Foil, and 4. f. Hell
man, Of Cabarrus, Abram Cox, Of Hyde
F. VI. Davis, of Haywood j. T. Ray, Q
Macon; ID. McYount, of Catawba he
publican Independent, c. 5. Winstead.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

The STATE DoCKET.-Two of Charlottes
fair ones are to be sq~uandered in the direc-
ton of Augusta, Co., report says-Dur-
ham has received a large chemical fire en-
CINE. -Franklinsville cotton company
last week received four car loads of machin-
cry. ''The life of the living creature was in
reveal 10 North Carolinians that the life of
the State lies in the whiriing wheels of all
corts of manufacture and railroad, enter
priSeS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

THE GovERNORsHIP.-In our tables last
week We gave Gov. Jarvis 1851 majority.
Later returns take off the 200 in AISLE, Civ
ing that county to Buxton By ) votes; take
off 800 in Wilkes and give Buxton 90 maj
Reduce Tyrrell from BOP to s3 ; increase
Carteret from 30 to 2S5 take oft 100 IN
Allegheny add II to Watauga; take :
from Surry, and 9 from Irede!l.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

Fix Senator Chaffce brightep- un ,
honeymoon Of his son-ib-ilw, Ulysses
trant, with a present Di SiDJ.O ono Gu Eo.
ment bonds.
Winston Sentinel. Forsgttc oue
week.Mrs. Painter attended, t.- 4ta
iy Meeting Of Friends at New G..l.#
weck.-One Of SaIcm's Ialr aa--t-#
Miss Gertrude Hall. and NJ. F-..r. ". "
mIngton, \. c.. were marrl.t III -a NJ
wan church this lThursd ssy a"t.era"#a
, o clock. --hIiii4m Bsrra@ "u|
On THURSDAY, Nov 18th, for LeaEs,...s,
take charge Of a lOt OF haEd- al ""t@
he \. {. Midland. We her IL sand
one thousand hands wall be at work OH
road by Christmas.
Lenoir 7opic: Mr.. S. w. T., Of Elk.
Wilkes county, sends Us the following ID
q. X. Clements, d farmer OF tins co-A-
but formerly a resident Of Orange lulaE.
me that he has Cow in HI: POSSESSION . SID
OF corn with Mtrty-OHe full mafuFed tt1=
it He planted the corn the 18th day
last April, and while gathering hls Tod
this fall he came across this marvellous -
and cut 1t down and preserved it As . c-.
osiJ for the farmers.
Mr.. ]. Z. Morgan lives At Oak Gf"'
Union codnty. He offers 500 for .
daughter Saran Ellen, who ~disaPpe4rra III.
her home last Monday night. Miss Nor.
is described by her parent as 10 year ID.
short in stature. red complexion and l-
hair. From tins it will be readily seen Cd
there would be no difficulty in recognlzL
her even 1T a~casual meeting on The stree
One does not often see young lady VI.
has red complexion and light haIr, aithod=
a young lady with red hair and light c.-
plexion is occasionally seen. But Mr.. VI"
gon is of the opinion that she left home
get married, and ifthe supposed huso'.
is as smart as he should be Will take the 81
home and claim the reward.-Ch4rlotte "
serter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

WAsHINGroN Press fTEus.-On Sunday.
Thos. G.. Archbell a young man who had
recently come to down, vent u TO the
river bridge, and laid down near the draw.
The plank being loose tipped up. and pre-
cipitated him into the stream. He dream
ed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

Bishop Keane dedicated ST. Peters
Catholic Church, at Cha Hottie, on Sunday.
The sermon on the occasion was preached
by Bishop Lynch.
Count Won MoItke is a htly old gen.
tlenan, ana has just celebrated his eighty
iIrst b.rtLiay.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

As Hayes and Garfield slipped their tea
and looked across the table at one another
Thursday evening, they must have bad sin
gular reflections. This meeting of the first
American President who was not elected
and the first American President after hav-
ing been condemned by his own party for
bride taking and false swearing, would
make a curious historical painting.-N T.
SIM, Ind. Dem.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

MARRIED.-In Lincolnton recently, NJ.
James +. Williams, Of Greenville, 5. c.,
and Miss Sallie McBee, of Llncointon. -
In Raleigh, Dir. l.. G.. Bagwtll and Miss
Della Watson. by Rev. DR.. Marshall.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

AN UNGRATEFUL TURN. The letters of
! Mrs. Helen Campbell addressed to the
Springfield (Mass) Republican in puffary
of Touroees calUmLious fabrications, NOT
only surprised and shocked the comrnuni-
ty. but quite mortified those who had taken
pains to introduce her as d lady of intelh-
gence and character. 1t will be renem
3ered that this paper printed a number Of
her articles recommending her own theories
of teaching improved cookery. An utter
stranger personally. she yet received a cor
dial reception on coming to take charge OF
a cooking department at Peace Institute /;
and soon had classes of the first ladies,
married and single, Of the city, at the snug
sum of $40 a scholar fora dozen or so les
sons. Furthermore in a brief period she
was engaged by the authorities to institute
her cooking course as a branch Of the State
Asylum for the Deaf, Du1nband Blind. She
also formed classes elsewhere; in Charlotte
we believe; and at Miss BaidHins Female
Seminary, Saunton, where she now is. BY
her engagements, she should have returned
to Raleigh, but being indisposed, her re
turn was deferred to December lst. Were
it longer deferred 20 one would weep;seeIng
thatsioubtless her pen would be employed
as heretofore IN seeking t. sting aud mIsrep-
resent the hand which befriended her.
We have before us a lengthy article, or
extract from one, wherein she pictures the
Southern gentleman as a narrOW-mlnded
bigot, shut up in a self created atmosphere
ceiye new ideas, and ignorant OF the world 5
progress. Thls, as the Wilmington Star
remarks, Is absurd enough to afford amusc-
ment. But her reflections On Tourgee's
ISLANDERS are something more thar folly. be
cause throughout YanheedOm they viii be
received "a corroboratlye proot-coming from
a supposed actual resident Of a Southern
State CAPITAL. We quote:
Tile first absolutely JaithfaI picture II
| Southern life md character erer droma ~
u Northern hond is found IN the book-far
more a historical and political document
than a story Fools Errand"- book
to be studied BY every Que who would ~analyze
the essential difference between North and
must be ttLca to avert the crik &are to come
untier Southern ruie. =
= The old cavalier, splen
didly loyal, great hearted gentleman" a
he often was, had snlall thought for the class
below him, and none at al for the lowest ot
all save :. goD{ T.. I'll q J,eecb n tie ,cuU II
tie cteatg ,cere ui,oa hiat The cavalier OF
to Day ha~thc same instincts.
There Is 10 need for more otit. Enough
has been given to show tE4t Nrs. Campbell
either knew nothing Of Iourgee and hi
career IN North Carolina, or was willing t.
ignore what she did know, for the sake OF
winning applause from the New England
fanatics who stand ready to applaud any
thing slanderous Of the South. As for
Tourgee's book, the fact that she could
praise such a tissure Of lies shows how little
she knows of a people Of whom she writes 50
glibly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

Miss Dora Stuart, Of 'Our German Sen
ator Combination died in Charleston. S.
c., on Monday, from the effects of a fall
down the steps at the Southern Hotel
~''alive and kicking" with 81 neat pair OF
ankles to do it with, we hear.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

DEATHs.-In Wake county, Jacob Sorrel
aged 5O.-In Wake Louis Dnpree.-
Benz. +. Jordan of Rolesville. Victor Du-
hammel.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

\ SAD EATH.-Miss Sarah Cox, daugh.
ter of Mr.. ". i. Cox, of Bentonyilie town
ship, johnston county, a worthy Inembef
OF the Friends and late the republican can
d tate for the Legislature in that county
committed suicide, last Thursday evening by
banging herself with a pillow line.
About two years ago the young lady bad
a very severe attack of typhoid fever, anl
after her recovery it was noticed that her
mind was seriously affected. She seemed
desperately melancholy and gradually be
came more and more nOn cOntpOS HteattS.
Within the past three or tOu. months she
had grown worse and at times her sad con
dition was truly heartrendiLg to her parents
and the rest of the family. She would
plead in a most pitiful manner that some
one should chop her head of, and had to bc
kept under constant close watch to pre-.
vent her from doing herself violence.
Otherwise she was perfectly harmless On
the dav Of her suicide she appeared TO be
more sprightly than usual, and had been
out III the ward with her father, but left him
and was seen to 90 IN her room. A few
minutes later Mr.. Cox concluded TO see
what she was doing. buC to his surprise,
found that she was not in the room. How
she managed to leave it without being oh
served Isa mystery. Search was Immediately
made, and now imagine the terrible shock
of her anxious mother when, in an old out
house on the lot used for storing cotton, she
found erdaugiter's body suspended by the
neck, and in her last agonies OF death. The
body was speedily taken down, but all eff
forts to resuscitate her proved Ineffective
There were a few heavy commissions and the
spitit of the unfortunate glrl had taken lis
fight to the world beyond, where pain and
sorrow are unknown-GoIdsboro NcSseu
Gor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-18

SEND THEM ISi-The Historical
Society Of North Carolina was char
tered in 1878. Ii is without fund.-
and it relies entirely upon the generosity OF
the public. Its object IS pralseworthy Ger
tainly. To collect and preserve historical
material, relics, curlositles, and works OF
art Is worthy of support and commendation
All packages intended for the Society should
be sent to X. p. Battle. President Of the
Society, Rev. j. +. Hoffman, Recording
Secretary, or Mrs. c. +. Spencer, Cores
ponding Secretary, all at Chapel Hill. We
quote from a circular of the Executive Com
mittee
The members Of the Society are Annual,
Life and Honorary Any person may be.
come an Annual member by paying a fee
OF one dollar; and, by paving twenty dollars
at one time, he may become a Life Member.
Applications for such membership with the
proper fee, and also Donations Of money,
should be sent the Rev. j. L. Hoffman
Persons distinguished for literary and
scientific attainments, particularly IN the
department Of history, may become Homo
rary members by election at the annual
meetings OlIy annual a. lie members
are allowed TO vote in the meetings Of the
SOCIETY and they together "th tie iI,oa-
rary members, are allowed ,ue free u e oil
the library and museum a. ar entItly | II
one copy each g, is OF II the society 5 pub
ications.
THE annual nees;oes are held at the
University III Moth Carolina during c5m-
menceme4I week IT that institution.
The revenue Of the Society are desieei
from fees, sale Of pubacl-ions. an d3aa-
lions and requests Of friends.
, 1880-05-17

discipline aud social order That religion
has survived the manifold wrongs which
have been committed in its name and
under its cloak. is conclusive proof of its
Divine origin. Nothing of human in
vention ever withstood such abuses.
Chief Justice Csrtter, who is repre-
srnted as n "pious Judge" il as tar as
possible from any religious big"try. cant
or intolerance; he but considered the
sanctity attached to the administration of
his Judicial functions, which the blatant
irti'el sneercd at. In his personal ao
pearance, his daily walk and CONVERSE
tion, he would no sooner he mistaken for
plous man than Bob Ingers"ll himself
We remem'er travelling with him from
Washington to New York, about twenty.
four Yeas ago, when he was Democrat
ic member of Congress from Ohio
While awaiting the departure of the
steamer at Baltimore, boy peddl;ny
yellow covered novels approached us
with a tender OF his wares, which W.
both respectfully declined. He then fur
lively called Carriers atten ion to n con-
tra'and book. highly cmbellished. which
he kept secretcd under his coat. Cart or
commenced lecturing him IN the mo-t
solemn and impressive manner upon the
en"rmity of the crime of offering to sell
to strangers, away from home, immoral
books. The hoy, with a look OF blank
asionishment. said ap"logeticall.: "Whv.
sir, you don't look like moral man I
thought that other gentleman was the
moral man" 1T is astonishing" COM
merted Cartier, "w hat expert readers of
character by physi"gnamy these street
Arabs become" We then little expected
to live t" See Dave Cartier spoken of in
the public prints as " the pious Judge"
But we have observed US general rule.
what a wonderful change il makes N II
mans moral reputation, to change his
politics. There is Grant. Phil. Sheridan.
Ben. Butler, Matt Carpenter, and John
Logan, when they were Democrats, they
were uniformly represented by their pos
litlr"l opponents as men of dissipat, d
habits and shocking morals. We never
hear any thing of that kind of item now.
and we presume they have become just
lis piouS as Dave Cartier None OF them
were proIesset infdels or practical hypo-
crltes when they were Drmocr. ITS.
, 1880-05-17

ect somewhere. Posmasrers. as rlir.
consult only their own convent, nee rs to
time OF distribution and delivery of he
newspaper mails. Our Postmaster u,
this place is exceptionally tnmoda-
ting. attentive and trustworthy. and yt,
he follows the general Gus ON OF allowing
the newspaper mails 10 await his ewp
leisure and consevenience. TO The crea:
vexrtion OF subscribers who Nani the
freshest news, and t" the material s'Vtri-
ment of publishers VIII" 'lcpcnG upon the
mails tor the transmission and delivery
of their papers. The m I'll from the sonia
arrives here at 8 p. VI. The 0req0Atna
comes by express an.i Is delivered 20 suh~
scribers the same evening. Oh >tuadnrd
OF the same day comes hy nali 81 he
same time. is dis ribued the next morn
ing some time atler breakfast. when The
morning rush is over, n1d is restlr Ter
delivery some time between aua II
O'Clock, and persons who finb 1t inccn.
venlen: I" leave their business dafinn
working hons Il" nos g,t the .9taad,yd
until nearly day after the 0 sgoaieot
has hern dolivrted tn is subscrincr..-
This is hut one of the many aunoynnccs
arising from the loose sad lavicss man
ner in which our postal systc IS mana
ged. Postmaster Carr IS much better
than the average and wuuid he anlonm
the last to off, nj it the Department re
qnlrcd impartial observance %! the laws
and regulations land down for be g.v-
ernment OF that branch Of the public
service. =
, 1880-05-17


BRITISH CoLJMBIA-Mr De Cosmos
member OF the Dominion Parliament from
t'r'tish Columbia, in Il recent debate on
Pacific Railway bill, estimated the popu-
lation oi British Columbia at 10000
whites, Indians and Chinese and stated
that the people of that Province paid
$553,76 in excise and customs. E,ti-
mating the white population at 1900,
(the estimate OF Il colleague) it would
make the taxation S47.3S per capita. If
the Province OF Ontario paid at the same
rate, it would pay 1914, ,426,OOO annually
nto the treasury. Washington Territory
has population larger than that Of Britt
tish Columbia, sn" it is estimated that
State government under the constitu-
tion which has been adopted by the peo>
pie Can be run f"r $4,000 a year, which
shows u material difference.
, 1880-05-17

The Government enters into contract
with the people, an the carriers with
the Government. to transmit the mails.
including everything of mailable char
acter, on schedule time, and the Post
masters are under oath and bonds 10 de
liver the same. when called for. without
unnecessary delay. The time was. wi,h>
in Onr recollection, when these rules were
strictly observed and rlgidIy enforced.
not tnly in the case of letters, but of
newspapers and all other mailal,Ie matter
as well. If the entire mail was not tram
nittcd on schedule time, every Postmas>
ter cOgniZant of the TACT was under posi>
tive orters to report the same to the
Department instanter. and corresponds
ing fine or forfeiture was imposed, at the
discretion of the Postmaster General. II
"A subscriber tailed to receive his paper at
he post office where and when due, the
Po tmaster was required to investigatr
the Cause of the failure and report the
delinquent tor admt nitinn or dismissal.
If a Postmaster failed to have his mails
ready for delivery within the shortest
reasonable time after their receipt, he
would be promptly removed if he could
give no valid excuse for the delay. No
matter a what time of night the mails
arrived, they must be Immediately distri>
huted an ! ready for delivery on he opens
ing of the office at the customary hour
in the morning. We held an important
post office under Amos Kendall, and we
know that he never permitted the slight
est deviation from these rules, and there
is no more reason why there should be
tnan there is for dlsregarding the laws
regulating any other department of the
government in matters of public cohven-
ence With the increase of mail faciIi-
ties there has been woful falling off in
the promptitude and efficiency of the
service, and the controlling authorities
take no measures to correct dclinquencies
Contractors pay no attention to schedule
time so long as they make the required
Number of trips, and whenever the amount
Of mail matter interferes with other car.
ryina offered, it is put aside for more
convenient season. With 4 daily mail
our daily newspapers from road arrive
ncre in clumps of from three to six or
eight days at time, with as many inter>
vcning days without any. This is proof
positive OF wilfull carelessness and neg
, 1880-05-17

1t is deemed ol sufficient Importance
to telegraph from Washington. that Sen
aior Davis, of Illinois. Ks t.r tvo
candIdat.s Will he Grant and T!ldtn. 1t
Is now quite prolahlr. Ii j. any way
almost certain that i. Gran. is Nominated
at Chicago Tlldcn will he nominated n
Cincinnati. That would he IN acc"rd-
a1ce with Grants uniform uck and UNI
form Democratic m management, Trough
that Bourbon element in the Democratic
party viii h never leans anythin. and
n,ver toigcis anything. 1t WAS rne OF
Grants wisrst sa, ings. that the R-pnhli-
can party might always rely tor success
upon the mistakes of the Drn",ra's.-
Tine nomination OF Tilden. even n, ainst
Grant. would be another illustration Of
its truth. Against almost any other
candid te than Tildrn, Grant would lie
beaten worse than Scott was; he could
not carry New York. New jersey, Ohio,
Connecticut, Illinois, California or Ore
gor, and not q single Southern State
With Tilden for a competitor. he would
be almost certain 10 calry all ot the
Northern States above named, together
with Viryinln, North and South Carroll
ma. Florida, and probably Louisiana.
Tillen is the very last choice OF the lcaa-
ing Democrats of the South, aud they
would regard his nomination as another
lost cause, and seek to make the best
t. rms they could get from their former
cUnqueror. That is the spirit OF the
Southern press and the expression of
leading Southern Statesman. There Can
be no greater mistake than to count upon
the opposition to Grant in New York to
countrrbainnce the opposition to Tilden.
TIE Republican opposition 10 Grant in
New York is composed OF a few Thousand
malconten,s, who would not accept Til
den as as alternative on any terms. The
Democratic opposition to Tilden has all
organized party of 10000 enrolled men,
led by many OF the oldest and ablest
Democrats in the State, as determined to
beat Tilden as were the followers of Van
Burcn to defeat Cas>, in 1S4S, and are rs
certain to accomplish their purpose So
long as machine politics, run in the inter-
est of the manipulat"rs, prevail in the
government, II makes but little difference
to the masses which patty succeeds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-09-17
DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS

We say positively, and Without fear OF contradic.
tion, that DAYS KIDNEY PAD is the nrst and
only infalible cure for every form of Kidney dis
ease 1t is the best remedy yet discovered for this
complaint and more effcctuaf in its operation than
any other treatment. By using faithfully and persist
entity no case will be found so nveterate not 10
Weld q L. Ii rnn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-09-17
THE FINE STEAMER
- - HENRY MORRISON, i,
NAnT q AnHl lATnHK


Tuesday and Friday mornings will leave Augusta
at 6, Hallewell go, Gardiner at z, Richmond at
s.l5 and Bath at gf5, A NJ for Mouse. Capitol and
Squirrel Islau ds. Ocean L int and Boothbay.
Returning will leave Boothbav at 100 L. NJ, for
DC Point, Squirrel, Mouse and Capitol Islands,
leaving Bath $50 O'Clock in the afternoon for Rich
mond Gardiner, HalloweI and Augusta.
Wednesday and Saturday leave Augusta at l0.l5,
Hallowell at 1910, Gardiner at Ills, a. D.: Rich
mond at 1880, and Bath at r. NJ, for Five Islands,
Mouse, Capitol and Squirrel Islands, Ocean Point
and Boohbay.
Monday and Thursday, returning, leave Boothbay
at A. NJ, Tor Ocean Point, Squirrel, Mouse, Cap tol
and Five Islands, leaving Bath at 10 for Richmond,
Gardiner, Hallowell and Augusta.
Days Down-Augusta to Boothbay-Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
DAYS Up-Boothbay to Augusta-Monday, Tues
day Thursday and Friday.
FARES:
Single Tickets Each Way.
Augusta to Richmond, 40 cts; to Bath, 70 ct,
Hallowell 35 - " 10
Richmond TO Bath Is " to Boothbay rs /"
Augusta, Hallowell and Gardiner to Islands and
BCothbay, 81.
Tickets for Round Trps-Good until September 10.
Augusta to the Islands or Boothbay, $l.75
Hallowell, LIS
Gardiner 90 4" 1.50
Richmond l.25
Bath same as other routes.
Family Tickets at reduced rates.
Tickets good until Sept 10. All freight and baggage
on the same, or it vii not be received board the
steamer.
&c. McCLINTOCK, Master.
Augusta, June ~, 1880.