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

II JARVIS nad the poul ioi
several DAYS last week, SO badly that he
couldn't go-out. But went to PITT
county last week
Gen. Rufus Barringer, who com
mauded with credit a brigade of troop
ers during the war, contributes TO the
Concord Sun an interesting article on
the Carolina Cavalry, with some just
observations in defence of that much
abused arm of the service.
Senator and Mrs. Vance have re
turned to Charlotte; being paired with
Edmunds for the present session,
which, of course, is merely an execu
tive. or confirmatory, session, and cal
do little legislation.
From Capt. r. T. Gray. we learn
that the king of the Cotton Planters, y
Richardson, of Mississippi, whose gil
gantic operations were sketched In ouI
last weeks paper by Henry w. Grady
(who by the by is an old class-mate o.
Slr Gray s. is a native of North Caro-
lima, a Rockingham county man,
a blothefofR. Richardson, of R~eidsyille,
and of Mrs. Margaret Lea, of Winston.
He is thought TO be worth ten or twelve
millions, but recently admitted on the
witness stand, between three and
five millions
Julian S. Carr, Esq, of Durham,
will take a combination tour
Business and Pleasure Europe
in June We are glad to
know of it. 1t is a real advantage to
the State for our energetic, thriving
business men to take an occasional jaunt
abroad because they never fail to meet
other men of their W stamp, and IN
interchange OF ideas they not only pave
the way for future business exchanges,
but also advertise the State In the very
best possible manner by showing what
she can do, and what her sons are.
Speaking of North Carolinans we
were pleased to have a visit last week
from Mr.. f. H. Plummer, Of the Pc
tersburg Iron Works., advertised else
where. He is formerly of Warren a
nephew Of Mr.. Battle and Mr.. Batche-
lor. He has just opened a Branch es
Enlistment at Sandford, shrewdly for
that the crossing of Railroads
and other causes will make that an i'm
point, one of these DAYS. Dir.
says the signs Of growth and
prosperity in North Carolina are far
ahead Of anything in Virginia, or at
least in Southside Virginia. lie thinks,
with us, that III a lew years Raleigh
will become a very nourishing city.
Though long expected, and long
deferred, the death of Mai. John 4.
Sadler, Of Charlotte, in ais list year,
will be learned with regret by hundreds
Of our readers ia the various sections of
the State where he was known. He
was IN many respects a man oi mark
a SOutherner Of the trucs type a foe
to shams, courtly in bearing
the vicissitudes of life, with much com
His eldest son, Julius, was,
believe, the first Southerner who
a victim of the war;; he being ac-
cldentaily killed while en- route to York
,own WITH the lst n. e. Regiment, Of
which Maj. Sadier, the father, was act
ng Ouarter-master on the staff of Col.
D. Ii. Hill. His second son, O. Minor
oadler, Is now acting superintendent OF
he Southern Express, at Columbia,
Capt. Willie Cain, and j. G..
of Charlotte, have joined
Capt. Dwight, at Lenoir, and are sur
a route for Gen. Imboden's mar
'ow gauge railroad from Bristol, Ten
lessee, ria Cooks Gap, and the Wa
river, to Patterson, in the Hap
oy Valley" (home of the Harpers,
Lenoirs, Jones, Leventhorpes, and 9th
er well known families}, where it will
with either the Cape Fear road,
)r with the other narrow gauge. now
nearly completed, from Lenoir to Lin
Chester, and Charleston, or,
ct us say, Chester, Cherdw, and
Georgetown, as Imboden threatens will
De the probability, if the Wilmington
be given up. These things seem
long way in the future but the fact
hat the coal mine company is paying
thousands of dollars for surveys, law
'ers fees, legislative lobbying, ETC.,
that they are in earnest.
Too late! Too late, Old Bach
slordom is now inevitable The Leg
(made up of married mem i'm
posed a tax of $I.00 on all marriage
licenses, and so cents to the Register.
Now, when you come to add another
fifty cents for the parsons fee, and a
billings worth Of gum drops for the
,ride, where are such %ruinous ex-
to end? Cupid may just drive
N his go-cart ; we'll live with liberty
N the price of license, and defy the
bankrupt law
2. S.-These be very degenerate
The Ancients, whether from
nearer the cradle, or fountain
lead, OF Human Creation, or from
ack of that modern culture" which
las refined a great deal of manly vigor
'ut of our day and generation, were
much wiser In their methods of matri-
nony than our folks. The early Ro
mans, as history tells us, went a rom an
round among the Sabines, until one
lay, suddenly, every man Jack of
hem picked up the prettiest girl he
:ould find, and toted her off home on
lis shoulder. And they lived happi-
y together eve after"
The Ancient Greeks, who were
AIMED above all nations for making
reduced housekeeping to a
cience. Neither husband nor wife
lsed tea, coffee, nor sugar; hence there
we're no rows over different tastes.
Neither of them ever wore buttons, nor
tocklngs; SO there was nothing for tie
husband to darn at, nor the wife to
arm over. Lastly, both wore a single
ong light garment, his called a toga.
lers a tunic, which we should call a
Night-Shirt SO the washing bill was
educed to five cents a week. Besides
hey only washed onaa q month IT,