The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14

pIease send IA copy OF b paper oIch-
sionalIv to different friends, In or out OF
the State, suggesting that it will keep
them posted on the news OF tue State.
The coming of the comet is said to
have imposed a dreadful strain upon
the front gate, in families that have a
eighteen year old piece of peaches al d
cream for the boys to look at
The State fair will give 81 900 in
cash premiums. No entry fees wH 6e
CHARGED. This ought to bring a big
list of exhibitors.
Merchants and others needing a
good enqr0ss,ag pen, can find a tine
assortment at the Fnrmter and Nechdnlc
office. at 10 cents a dozen the editor
having received an excellent variety
from the manufacturers.
Several articles and c~ommunlca-
tions crowded out. We have only Il
small quantity of type, and when 1t has
been "set up the gate must be shut
down" no matter how Interesting the
later intelligence. Ere long we hope
to remedy this if all our friends will
kindly settle for their Indebtedness as
promptly and honorably as some do
ss-Only S38 cash is needed to buy
an handsome, highly ornameuted, )
drawer. NEW HOME" Sewing Ma
chine, valued on the manufacturers cat
alogue al sos. Or a genuine SINGER
machine, same style, and price. A rare
bargain for any one wishing a first class
machine, suitable for the sitting room.
Address the Editor of this paper.
Moses n. Amis, "a young chap who
read law, &c, &c, around Raleigh,
went to Hickory, Joined the Good
Templars" and was kindly treated. But
fell from grace, and wrote a letter to the
State Journal roughly abusing his late
''Brethren." The result Is some very
severe talk about him by the Hickory
papers.
Thomas Garfield, an uncle of Pres
ident Garfield, and Mrs. Arnold, a
cousin, were killed near Cleveland,
Ohio, by q train. They heard the
whistle, and the lady begged him to
stop. So did a ~by-stander, who had
Just crossed the track. But Garfield
was vain of his fast horse, and shouted
back that he could beat the engine,
The next moment he was Ct rushed un-
der the wheels, and Mrs. Arnold was
tossed up against the headlight, with
skull fractured, aud arm broken. The
horse galloped off unhurt.
Mrs. VIM. A. Wyatt, of Hyatt
Mills, Wake county, who has been visi-
ting her son, the junior of that success
full firm Latta Il Wyatt, rode to her
home, II miles, on Friday evening,
Notwithstanding the heat, and the fact
that her weight is three hundred and
che Fl. . and snsrge.sssss IS Waap sE,s sEa aaaalaap4
In size.
Three well-known citizens of Newberr
died last week. One was Capt. Thomas
III. Allen, whose warm heart, and
staunch fidelity made for him hosts OF
friends In all parts Of the State. He
was 46 and twice married. The other
death was that ofMr. Jesse D. Ciaypole,
aged IS. a New Jersey man, and leading
stakeholder IN the Newbern cotton fac
tory, when first organized.
Last but not least was that knightly
old gentleman, ex Z. S. Senator, ex-
Justice of the Supreme Court, ex-Mayor
of Newbern, the Hon. Matthias f.
Manly, the colleague of Gov. Graham,
and in many respects like unto him.
y generous father, a faithful friend, an
honorable citizen, and a staunch South
erner, Judge Manly one of the best of
our people.
Tx President Jefferson Davis has
written a neat letter, in answer to one
asking his views. He SAYS II will
not, like the telegram you cite in regard
to the attempted assassination Of the
President, say | am tia lkful the assas-
SIN was not a Southern man. But | will
W | regret that he is an American. A
re black enough in itself has a deep.
>trom the m~ercenary motive which
have prompted it. sincerely
It the President may recover
the startling event will arouse
e to the consideration of a
u the decentralization which a
after office is creating"
Ike Young has made a ten
Z has suspended deputy col.
+, Burns for enchanting, when
he news of Garfield's a~ssassi.
Il am d-n glad of it. Now
at men will have a show ~
Ing On learning of it from Agent
oks, pronounced all such express
sions reasonable and unteeiing'' in
the abstract and decapitationery in re
spect to Burns. uniting him to hold
any position under a government
whose honored head was a victim OF
foul assault"
We congratulate the Colonel upon a
new lease of office He is a close watch
er of "P,s and Q's." =, you know,
stands for Prohibition and President.
q stands for Company Q,"-and i,
stands for what Gov. Vance calls the
"Red-Legged Grasshoppers."
If we were rich we should test the
experiment of sending up a succession
of small balloons bearing a tin can OF
dynamite with a fuse, timed to explode
at half a mile height. TIE simple ex
plosion of "a small tin can would harm nc
one, on the earth, while the terrific con
cussion would disturb the atmosphere.
create clouds, and call down a plenty OF
rain. When the experiment proved a
success, the Government would be fore
ed to arrange stations to lombard the
the skies, and a the farmers crops In
time of drought. No old soldier can
doubt the success Of the experiment, il
made on a proper scale: because all old
soldiers know that a few heur
c%annonading by leayy guns III
variably produced a rain storm,
Every great battle was followed
by a long rain. And Of course, the in
tense shock of the dynamite, high up in
the atmosphere, would be more effective
than fifty heavy guns down on the
ground. The whole SCENE might be
tested and perfected out on the plains
where there are no Inhabitants. Iii,
needless 10 say the discovery ola methnd