The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-31

the Dog Days, how shall a fat maj
keep cool this summer?
The new advertisement, one col
umn in length, of DIR. Clark johnson
will appear next week.
w. G.. Coup opens in Philadelphia
this week with "a new monster show
the geatest on earth and a good
deal more so.
Babies born this year will have one
advantage; they will be just old enough
to vote when the new century comes IN
and can assume wise airs over old Nine
teenth century folks.
Judge of Probate, Chas. ID. Up
church, has appointed Granville 5. Pat
terson, colored, to be a Justice of the
Peace in Wake Forest township, vice
T.. A. Carver resigned.
If the Temperance movement sue
ceeds, July and Julip will go out to-
gether, and hard cider will have the
biggest Boom, as never you dom
see vas come to passl
We are indebted to some one fol
complimentary tickets to a lecture to
be given at Tucker Hall, by Bishop
Hervey w. Warren, of Atlanta, Ga,
Subject-''7he Forces Of q Sunbeam.
Capt. Octavius Coke, and Capt. A.
j. Hines of Wilson, have resigned
from the Directory of the Insane Asy-
lum, and Gov. Jarvis has replaced them
by Mr.. r. Fl. Smith, of Halifax, and
Maj. J. G. McRae, of Cumberland.
Three thousand tons of iron for the
Cape Fear Road have been bought, and
will begin to arrive next week. This
amount, it is believed, will complete
the track from the Gulf to Greensboro,
and then we shall have two routes to
"Verdenton," as Tourgee terms it.
The Kinston Journal, judging
from the increase o ffreight business on
the Newbern R. R., hopes that road
may be able to "pay its way" hence
forth, without being leased or other
wise a~llenlZed.
Above one thousand acres near
Newbern are planted in early peas, which
are already nearly waist high, and pre-
sent a refreshing appearance after the
dull winter. A large area is also plan
ted in radishes, turnips, and other
truck" for which the Newbern sec
ton bids fair to become famous.
The Virginia Readjusters leaders,
without a single dissent, have publicly
declared their approval of Mahone's
course and it is now certain that
henceforth the Mahonite Republican
Negro element in Virginia will vote as
a party, and be a powerful party.
-Messrs. S. Fl. Parvin & Sons, of the
Pioneer Advertising Agency at Cincin-
natl, announce the completion of their
Both year in business. So far as our
knowledge extends, they are thorough
ly reliable, and prompt in payment !;
though they seem to have a very erro
nsous idea of the Farmer and Nechon-
ic's circulation which is double what
they allow for. We extend our good
wishes, gentlemen.
MIR. Minott Osborn, editor of the
Ne,o Haren Register, the leading daily
of Connecticut, has been spending sew
eral days with a family connection. l..
A. Hart, Esq, at Wilmington, and as
the Star reports is much gratified at
the cordial reception he has received in
Charleston and Wilmington,-the re-
puted hot-beds of Southern Bourbon
ism. What a pity that more of the
Northern editors [who are decent men,
at home cannot see our people as they
are, and not as painted by the partizan
pitch-brush.
Good for Garfield And this is
third time of saying it within three
months. The first was when he snub-
bed the negro Ringsters who went to
Mentor, and came back in a ferment or
some similar ment-a al stew. The sec
ond was his moderate Inaugural Ad-
dress. And now, he has given the big
Ringmaster, Conkling, a stunning set
back, under circumstances which signi-
fly that-'Ihas is Garfeld's admiu,stra-
ton, and the machine is Justedr
sHFPlease remember to mention this
paper when you write to ANY adver-
tlser, as we'll as to your friends living in
other States. In this way, without
costing you a penny, you may perhaps
send to US many a dollar that will be of
the greatest assistance to us during the
coming dull season.
If our Business friends when they go
North to buy goods, will mention this
paper to the large Wholesale Houses.
they may do us a favor. and we are not
likely to forget, those whose favors we
accept.
Every reader should carefully con
slider the portion of Gen. Alfred VI.
Scales great speech, elsewhere printed.
We rejoice to see men like him speak
ing out. 1t shows there are some poll
ticlans who stand by the masses, rather
than by the machine" 1t shows that
railroad influence is not, as yet, all
powerful in North Carolina. We have
never seen Gen. S, but as a friend, and
a subscriber of our paper, he has had
our good wishes for a long time and
We can now join with thousands of
others In regrcttiug that he was not
transferred from the larger capitol, to
the Less,-in November last.
"A subscriber sent us last week a
silver dollar, paying 9 cents postage.
1t was adjudged too heavy, and we were
compelled to pay 9 cents. Thus Is
cents were paid the post office DEPART
ment to get one dollar from Cameron
to Raleigh, less that SO miles! There
was no sense in this. There is no sense
In sending a letter: if it be due. Therei is
no sense In making the recipient paw for
negligence of the post master who sent
It. There Is no sense in making. any
body pay double price. We trust that
Postmaster General James who is a
practical and experienced business man,
and known that the Postal service is es-
tabllshed to se,re and Accommodate the
pubic, not to gOuge and annoy them,
will remedy this outrage as we'll as some
others We shall try to bring to his at
tention.