The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-29

Rocky Mount Far
Coup's Circus-about 18th Of Oct.
Editorial notes ON the outside
pages.
Miss Mary I. Pescud, of Raleigh,
is assistant principal OF sugar Maple
Academy" in Watauga.
First dance of the season, thi.
Thursday evening. A German, SO
called.
Hon. John Manning and Il. B.
Womack, Esq, of Plttsboro, have
formed a law-partnership.
Chester, Roscoe, ULYSSES p
how swectly sentimental We three APP
plies swim
Professor Walter announces two
new pieces for the piano, by Miss
q .brielle ID. Meares, OF Raleigh, just
published.
Col. John A. Mcdonald has taken
position in the est. blishmeDt of VIM.
Woollcott, and his umerou friends
will know where 10 lind him.
Wonder if Judge Tourgee will be
As powerful with the new President, al
with the old, in ''bossing" North Caro-
lima patronage y
Col. Walter Clark made a short
speech at the big Ecumenical Council
Of the Methodist church in London
week before last, unless there is a mis-
take in the name.
MIR. Chas. Jones, son of Mr.. Kinon
Jones, residing i few miles from the
city was thrown from a runaway buggy
some ten days ago, and after lingering
IN pain a week, died on Thursday even
ing.
Geo. Allen, ESP, the leading Hard
ware and Agricultural Implement deal
err OF the Newbern region, gives three
plows, valued at SIS, to the colOred
,eople' S Fair. Liberal as usual!
A couple of dogs tussling caused
Col. Cal 8. Brown, of the Boyden
House, formerly of Raleigh, to fall on
the hard pavement, with such force
that he suffered severely; says the Sails
bury Waterman.
Col. Polk has secured a first class
Lion" i'll the promise Of Gen. Wade
Hampton to attend the Confederate
Re-Union at the Fair; but we suppose
the assembling of the Senate, on the
10th. will prevent his coming.
The moon may give less light than
the sun, but it kindles more matches
among the folks. IF all social calling
and counting wore required to be done
by daylight, none but the very young,
and the very old, would marry.
The New York Sun remarks that
n of the chief objections to Gen. Ar
thur, namely his advocacy of Grant for
\ third term, will now correct itself.
This is a shrewl saying. The new
President will speedily perceive that a
second term" for Arthur takes prece-
dence OF a third term for Grant.
Articles for exhibition at our State
Fair will be transported by the Rail-
roads, free of cost! What more could
any one ask? The cry. heretofore, has
been that the freight was the great
drawback to full exhibit of our magnifi-
cent products. But now,-what?
Col. j. G. Winder has supplied a
real accommodation by his new fast
freight and passenger train" which
leaves Raleigh at 7:l5 p. M, and lands
at Norfolk at the same hour next even
ing. 1t also allows our Franklin, War
rem, and Granville friends to spend the
day in the city, and go home at night.
The Minneapolis Tribune says
''Col. Stone, an ex-Rebel officer, now in
the Egyptian army, was the leader 10
the recent mutiny at Cairo
This is meant for a slap at the South.
Unfortunately General Chas. p. Stone
i. an ex-"Union" officer, whom we
helped to whip at Leesburg. And in
stead Of leading" the mutiny, he it
was who persuaded the rioters to return
to their barracks.
Foster, the notorious spiritualist
humbug. whose tricks have fooled so
many persons 1--WE know more than one
intelligent North Carolinian who has
travelled all the way to New York to
see him liz now in Danver's, Mass, In
sane Asylum, a hopeless maniac, re-
quiring the straight jacket.
We see it stated that Capt. John
Y. McEntire, of Rutherford, has been
appointed a Revenue 'store-keeper.
John is a clever fellow, and was once a
dead man. That is, he was left for
dead, lying in the ditch in front of the
little redoubt at Seven Pines, which D.
II. Hills men carried at point of bayo.
net, after forcing their way through the
worst half mile of swamp, and twisted
timber ltrees felled in all directions to
make an abattis) that ever we saw.
rhe dead" man came to life after SIX
months in hospital.
The Sta copied nearly a column
Of short items from this paper last
week; and kindly remarke6-''The
Farmer and Mechanic knows how to
gather, and serve up, news. We draw
Oh it largely to day. as we often do
Thanks, mon ami; but we cannot draw
much satisfaction from the compliment;
knowing, as We do, how very far short
of what nught he, our paper is. Still,
it IS a compliment seeing that with
w~ide-awake morning and evening
dallies In the city, and half score of en-
terprising county papers within a shor,
circuit around the city, it is very hard
up any items not previously printed.
We often clip paragraphs, and jot down
locals which do not ever appear in our
columns. because before the week ends
they have already reached the public in
bali IA dozen papers. Some day,
when Richard comes to his OwD,' We