The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-03

Capt. j. W. n, a well known citizen
Your paper is the only one my wife
cares to read. She says: L feel like
have a letter from friends all over the
State when l read the Farmer and Ne
chdnic.' will remain a subscriber AZ
long as you arc editor, and it continues
to be the organ Of tho free thinkers Of
North Carolina. Il. lloyd, Esq,
Chapel Hill, Jan s, 80, $l.OO; Chas.
NJ. Walters, Wake Forest, Oct 6, 80,
. 90; Mrs " J E1un, by Capt Watt,
zoo, June |, 80; Saml 7 Nicholson,
Whitakers, May IL. 81; r w Brooks,
| Cumberland, by Maj Huske, Oct 20, 80;
Capt W j Young, L%aurinburg, April
20, 80: DR.. J I Mundy. Lincoln Co.,
Oct 3, 81; Capt NJ w Page, Oxford,
Oct l6, 80, Capt G w Rainey, Kit
"trells, Nov 4, 50; Mrs Col " T Black
well, Durham, Oct u, 80; DIR Geo K
Mathews, Ringwood, for P. p. Smith,
Jan %, 50. We make hearty acknowl-
edgements to the popular and straight
forward young son Of Halifax for a mum
Der of subscribers sent at various times
during the year. Although usually for
short terms, they nevertheless allowed
time to form a fair estimate of the pa
per, and we trust Will result in renewals
for a longer period. 1t is a good cx-
ample for some Of our other friends.
Let them say to their neighbors-
Just hand me 80 cents. 1t will pay
for the Farmer and Mechanic three
months. If you do not like it, after
trial, | will never ask you to renew"
H. A. Colvin, Point Caswell,
Dec. -, 1881. Thanks for assurances
that YOU will be a Life Subscriber
We never send out a number of the pa
per without wishing we might burn the
whole edition instead of mailing it; but
as Paddy says--"When you can't dc
ony better, We must do the better as ye
can. "a. K. McDiarmid, President
Manchester Cotton Mills, Nov |. S2i
Geo. W. Buchanon, May l, 80; Elias
Sheally, May l, 80; Archy Jackson,
May J., 50; Robt Barnett, May |, 50
John McIver, May |, 50, Manchester
Mills. The three last are colored men.
and it speaks we'll for them that they
have learned to read, and are willing tc
read for further enlightenment. W.
have a number of colored subscribers
and always take pleasure in adding new
ones; not because of the money, bu
because we consider that the future o
the Freedmen will depend largely upor
, the amount of newspaper reading tha'
, i. done by them. Mere schooling il
, not what the Negro needs he mus
continue to be a manual laborer TO
many years to come, and a smatterln,
!, of ~..eddication" will not help him
! What he need. i. more knowledge Q
the world, larger views of life and 1t
duties, more experience Of mems ways
] and the methods of self-.upport, and
! selfprotcc.ion. These ideas, and gen
4 eral information he can get from a dc
), cent, honest, well conducted newspaper
far quicker and better than from puz
. zlin, over school books. Let him rea
how other men live aud move and cor
y duct themselves. and he will quick
;, learn how to conduct himself; for til
i African instincts of imitation surpa'
= those of any race on the globe -
the club of seven persons at Manchestt
:, we are indebted to the courtesy OF Ma
= Wright Huske, a gallant ex-Contedel
ate, who by a coincidence was kind
"a mentioned by a correspondent fro
another part of the State, at the tin
a his letter arrived. Many thanks Il
% your friendly exertions, sir. The Fd
n,er and Mechanic has a long memor