The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-14
Sheriff John Gum ingbam ofGuil
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also Miss Bonner are reported ill Of
diphtheria.
-Chas. \. Hunter. colore1, has
been appointed to a clerkship in Raleigh
p~ostofice, says the Gbse. rer.
Rev. Dir. Pritchard tells the Star
he has no idea of resigning from Wake
Forest to accept the Savannah offer.
Prince Pierre Napoleon is dead.
50 is General Mart. w. Gary, the
South Carolina trooper.
ANY newspaper man Of talent and
enterprise. and having s., 900 to invest
find an advantageous held oy al
dressing p. Q. Drawer Il, Raleigh.
Three scruples make one DRAM
say. the Apothccary Table but SOFA
we shall see men calling for Three
A~pothecary drains without any struples.
%. J. Schoolcraft who achieved
distinction by marrying Miss Matte
Ould Of Richmond. the Belle OF the
Ball, has recently married Miss Lou
Lonsdale, Of New York.
Mr.. Best did not press his plea for
at Wilkesboro His counsel
stated that the temporary injunction
had done all he wished, i. e. prevented
his removal from the Presidency at the
Western n. &. II X. at the time and
that the other points at issue would
come before the court at Rowan.
The Caswell monument is to be 10
Gated at Kinston. Gov. Vance Is to
make the Add ss. An organization
has been effected, and various promi
nent personages are nominated for
Vice Presidents; Judge Howard, Col.
Wharton Green. John Calling, III. f.
Granger, ct at, among the number.
1t turns out that the talk about
sending Jim Harris to Liberia was simp-
~ a dodge to conceal from Col. Johm
Mcdonald who was on the ground
sharply watching the corks for his
friend) the object of the Tourgee Shat
fer Upchurch visit to Garfield to wit,
the u~nseating of Holden.
Tourgee and Holden have been at
loggerheads ever since the former, in
partnership with DIR. Chaplin, started
a rival paper TO the Staada7t just after
the war.
A Bill to force people to educate
their children lacked only FIVE votes Of
passing the Indiana Legislature. 1t
to be the law of all the land. No
of parents have the right to
bring children into the world, and then
leave them to fight the battle of life
unaided, unenlightened, and unguarded
from the dangers and temptations which
assail the ignorant. But it the State
ought to enforce Education, it ought,
also, to make the sources of knowledge
so free and pure that no man, howso-
ever poor, could have any excuse for
opposing the instruction of his children.
Another Bomb-Thrower has been
in St Petersburg. and coz
fesses his completely in the plot TO slay
the Car. He is the son of a Priest.
Yet some writer's say the NihiIists are
composed of Swine herds and yaga
There are few subjects on
more editorial ignorance is ex-
hibitei than this one of -Nihillsm.
. movement which embraces all classes,
from the highest Nobility to the lowest
Serf, and which makes dcllcately rear
cd women, like Sophie Pieotfsky-
daughter Of IA well known governor.
and nice of Il distinguished General in
the Army-take a leading part in
Il plot 10 assassinate-such movement
must mean something more than Com
munism and chaos. Let it be remem
bered that all our knowledge of Rus
sia come through g@OcerHnlent channels
Not a line can be printed in any
Russian journal until the Cars lackeys
have granted permission. And a siI~
gle wor,l that dlsple .scs the police
may send the editor to perish misera
bly, digging salt IN tie Siberian mines.
One of our Warren Franklin
Kemp Plun.ncr Aston. Jr., Of
LAUREL, has recently patented IA Com
plow," Of his invention, de
signed, he says, to lay off the row, SOW
he guano, and list the land at one and
he same time thereby saving one
morse and three laborers That is. on,
uan and two horses, or mules, can de-
he work OF four men aud three horses
l nder the present system it requires
me man to SOW the fertilizer: one and
horse to lay off the rows; one and a
horse to make half the list, aud another
nan and horse to complete it. With
NY combined Opener, Lister, and Guano
Distributor, one man and two animals
AN DO the whole work in fact, can 20
six acres per day aud lay rows off.
SOW guano, and list the land" This
would seem a very useful and profitable
invention; and we trust may SD turn
)ut. 1t is a source of pleasure with Us
whenever a ~SOutherner hits upon a
invention; beraas: each OF
such discoveries stimulates widening
Of enterprise.
1t is evident, too, that the demand
labor saving machines and farm i'm
elements will increase throughout the
South from this time forth. Already
here Is great scarcity of field hands in
some sections. The negroes ofthe bet
.er class are learning that it is more
profitable to work for themselves than
or wages hence arc buying or leasing
small tracts of their OWL thus widen
ng the area of cultivation, and swelling
he demand for labor. In short, we see
inc fortunes for successful inventors in
he Southern farm field.
1t IS now announced that mem bers
If the State Guard" both white and
are exempted by the recent
Bill, from road and jury duty. This
Will cause a good many tired folks to
enlist a an early day and as each com
1any IS entitled to a score or so OF
Honorary members that honor will also
at premium. We notice that Adiu.
ant General tombstone Jones states
hat the entire Guard will serve a,
rnvn-ppr Iaryi' ig.l.(