The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-13

the n.ld. Notwithstanding his wounded
leg, and other .'impedim-sta.
Scott. Republican Senator from
New Hanover, introduced a resolution
10 investigate the sale OF the estern
y. c. Railroad. After 3 good deal Oh
sparring it was put IN > ,comm,'se
oidgeon hole that Is referred
Both the Methodit, AID the baP-
lis, Recorder. have CO incident oo]ec
lions to the Governors Ball. DosssS
Battle thinks the bawl Of the poor, iof
food. should have precedence.
The increase OF the price Of Public
Printing from 40 TO 90 cents. q the
election OF Nessrs. Ashs. Calling Co.,
ororrietors Of the Observer, ssens 10 %
settled. And We have no objections,
whatsoever.
Prof. Serump. Of GA, thinks the
story about the tower OF Babel
revision unless we admit that the Babelo-
oians we're all crazy before they began
Because the tower is said TO have beer
built on the plains of Shinsr, whereas It
would have done just AZ well to climb
some of the adjacent mountains when
are higher than the tower could phossi-
ply have been built.
Mr.. W. Fl Bobbitt, Sr., formerly
Of Warren, blu, now residing At Sarion,
Mcdowell county, calling TO subscribe
for the Farmer and Mechanic. men-
tons that the mineral fever Is daily
rising in the CT. montana region. Col.
u K. Irby, of Mitchell, IL delivering
SO. 600 worth of mica per month, and
mas orders for all he can dig. Crude
+. Young is making a fortune, also.
DO you know that the cost OF the
Government printing Office at Wash
ington i. more than two millions Of doi,
lars = year? And that the keeping Of
a Flower garden to furnish nose-gays 70
'Congressmen, and their friends, male or
female, costs SIS, 900 ayear? We trust
none of our men bers are included.
There is more rascality at Washington
than was present in SOdom and Gonor-
rah a. the time of the birthstone show
or.
The Governors message warmly
recommends circuit criminal courts, for
the larger couDtlae, TO relieve the su-
perior courts, by holding a criminal
session three times a year, or ottener.
Judges and Solicitors to be chosen by
the Legislature. This plan has long
been urged By u friend of the Wilson
Advance, and others, including ourself.
1t seems TO be the only method OF IN.
surfing speedy trial in the Railroad
counties.
Maj. Joseph A. Englehsrd's report
of Pender's Division whlch played SO
-uperb a part in the battle of Gettys-
burg is printed in the Richmond His
torical papers for December. 1t Is very
complimentary to Gen. Scales, Gen.
Lane. and many Others. In the same
publication is a severe rejoindor by Gen.
Harris and other Mississippians, to the
claim of Gen. Lane that North CAROLYN
ians held Fort Gregg in its famous re-
+, sistance on the day Of Lees fight from
Petersburg. We regret these contro-
lversies. All did well enough.
EHOur friends are urged to no
tify US promptly II their names
should fail to appear among our
next page the week after the
money was sent, or paid to an
agent. Remember that no cred-
it's are put on our books until the
amount and date has boon print
ed In the Cash Column. Notify
US, Also, II the date be printed
wrong. We have lost money by
men who collected 81 from tho
subscriber, and paid us only q.
Before tho six months expired,
they had left the State.
OF course. the cash Column Re-
ceipt" is better than any other kind.
Ysu can clip it out if you wish to pre-
serve it but there is no need of that ;
because if ever the matter should be
disputed you could demand the files to
prove just exactly when, and how
much, and to what date you paid.
By courtesy of DR.. Thos. D. Hoxg,
We have his small pamphlet upon the
subject of the streets, and We are much
gratihed to observe the interest his sug-
gestions have awakened since all mu. t
| admit that something must be done"
to improve our streets. 1t is doubtful
if any Capital, of even a petty South
American State, ever presented such a
spectacle as is to be seen on Fayette-
vile street, this morning and the con-
dition of out lying thoroughfares is said
to surpass even our main promenade !
Dr.. Hogg's plan cannot be summarized
! this week. as it provides for raising the
! funds, for sewage and night-carts, and
for > steel rail street railway for cotton
carts) to the depots. with bale-tax, etc.
But the public-spirited Doctor is en-
titled to praise for having set people TO
thinking on the subject.
Have you burstsd your boiler? If
so, and il so not, please cast your eve
to the ad advertisement of that Iron clad
Establishment, Messrs. Tappey and
& Steele, (ex.North Carolinians we be-
iievel OF Petersburg. Va, who nave for
several years promptly met their adver-
Using bills in the Farmer and Ne
chdnic; and if that is not a good sign,
what isl
BY the by, it is , popularity of the
Messrs. julius Lewis & Co.. apd Messrs.
Thomas q. Briggs s. Sons, and the
''Old North State" Insurance Compa
ny, of Warrenton. George Allen.
and Others We mean to name one
of these days, that they are not
only prompt in payment. but cour
teous in the manner Of il. This
is . quite toe decidedly rare tea
ture in business. Men who are no,
willing to pay, and pay politely, ought
not to make contracts. Yet we have
known men. after '~.jewipg'' for half a
day in getting the price reduced be-
yond all profit to the editor, and after
forcing him to wait double the contrac
ted time, finally pay with a series OF
grunts and sour looks as if they were
being robbed against their will. interest