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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02

TIE CoMlo SIDE or PoLYGAMY.-
There is a comic as we'll as pathetic
side to Mormon pelygamy. Among
the MOrmen women in Utah was one
who accepted in full faith the polyga-
mic revelation She had found in pol
ygany an ample compensation in the
supposed right of the first wife to
choose her husbands succeeding wives.
This was her argument. IF the first
wife selects the other wives, it has the
effect of showing them that the hus-
band thinks much of her Judgement,
ard is willing to abide by it, and that
they will have TO do the same. This
is, of course. as it should be. But il
she lets her husband choose his own
wife, he is almost certain &c take fan
cy to some one whom the first wife
does not like at all, and consequently
her authority is undermined. The first
wife ought to ..aSe al the power in her
o~p hands" The sequel of this lady s
story is extremely ludicrous. After
she had chosen two other wives for
her husband, he was SO pcrverse as to
choose n fourth for himself, the fourth
being not at all to her l.king, as she
herself admitted. RMS is her own &C
count e the matter: Il tell you,
said |, / am quite disgusted with you ;
a man with Il rec wlvcs-and me one
of them-to go talking twaGd.e to a
clattering huzzt like that, with her
cats eyes ans. Ts.i halr! Golden hair,
my dear,' be said; Charlotte's hair is
golden i say red its straight, star
ing red : as red as red can be, ! told
him and then We had a regular fight
over it. | doa't ,ac.n that we came to
blows, LGt we had some hot words,
and he went out and left US two alone.
Then that young hussy was inpudent,
and | don't know how i was, but
somehow when we left OF our cenver-
sstion | fo.ni some Of Charlotte's red
hair between my fingers. and there,
she said, innocently, holding out quite
a good-szed tuft of aubu3n hair, There
l put it to you. sizter Stenhouse, is tha
red or is it nOts'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02
SCINTlIA TIONS FROM THE STAR

SCINTlLArIoNs FROM THE STAR
( Wilmington. Judging from large
number of opinions OF diyines in the
North as reported in our exchanges the
New Revision meets with great and
general. Nearly all we have seen are
strong in its commendation -A A
medical college at Butfa'o, New York,
has revoked the degree Of ~. D. 1on-
terred upon William Ii. Crump, be
cause his thesis was not original. Sup
pose that rule was to be extended
throughout the country. What an
alarm signal it would sound -Ex
Governor Hubbard. Of Come cticut re
Gently paid SO for :, salmon, the first
caught i'll the Connecticut river this
year. Ecchnnge This is the man
whose daug htcr married his coachman
respectable white man. She is now
earning her living with ner needle,
whilst the great man" eats bis salmon
at $50 piece. but the greatest oil
these is love-"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02

On account of the immense number
of patent humbugs many hesitate to
purchase practical and efficient rene
dies when absolutely needed, and suffer,
sometimes death, when a safe and re-
liable relief is close at hand. The sev
en- Springs Iron and alum Mass is no
patent humbug, but is made, just as
salt is, by boiling mineral waters down
aud extracting therefrom, in con
densed form, properties SO efficient in
purifying the blood and invigorating
the body. 1t will check aaG euro ohills
and fevey, maiarial fevers. intermittent
fevers eruptions ofthe skin, bronchitis,
&C., because it arrests and cleanses bad
blood, which is the root Of these, and 90
many other diseases. It is manufactur-
ed by Landrum i Litchfeld, Abingdon,
Va.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02
RALEIGH. n. c., THURSDAY. JUNE ,, 1881.

THE WEDDING RING In the day
well known to history a 'once upon
time, certain noble Roman yout
, was deeply engaged in the .xcitemen
OF "a game Of ball I he occasion wa
al Important one to him, for il was hi
wedding least, but the play made hin
careles, of treasure that he ought t
have guarded with the greatest effec
ton
He took off his wedding ring an,
placed It upon the figure or a statue o
Venns to remain there until he shoult
want it again When, however, a few
hours after, he wished to take it, ht
he found 10 his dismay that the >ton,
hand had become cleuched SO that i,
was Impossible TO remove the ring. He
now had TO pay the penalty of his rash
ness, he was constantly haunted by the
figure, which kept whispering in his
ear: Embrace me; am Venus whom
you have welded. will never restore
your ring.
The wretched youth continued to be
followed by Lis disagreeable companions
until, after much difficulty, he was able,
With the assistance Of a priest, to force
the goodies. to relinquish the ring, and
then only was the young man free.
This legend is widely spread, and has
been popular under varied forms in
some of these the Virgin Mary takes
the place Of Venus, and the owner of
the ring having by placing it Oh the
hneer OF statue, become the betrothed
of the Virgin, is obliged TO renounce
the world and enter NOR astery.
In another version a certain priest,
desiring to enter the marriage state,
seeks license from the pope, who
grants his request on condition he shall
hrst conciliate st. Agnes, who was not
only the patroness Of his own church
but the special preserver of virginal
chastity, by placing on the finger of
her image an emerald ring, sent for the
purpose by the sovereign pontiff him
self. The priest does as he is directed,
and places the ring on the fourth finger
OF the figure. but his astonishment is
great when the hand which had been
pat forward to receive the ring is re
turned to its original position. Attempts
to withdraw TIE ring are Intellectual,
and the unfortunate priest realizes the
truth that he is contracted
to ST. Agnes and can marry no one
else.
These stories are nart'cJlarly, interes- !
was universally entertained in olden
times, that wedding and betrothal rings
possessed an inherent power and value
in themselves "a belief which still lin
gers in places. Though fast girls and
divorce laws are fast ettacing them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02
Down Trodden Russia.

We remarked recently, in connection
with reply TO the Oxford OronidR
(edlied by a Prussias2 shat the fuI
truth about the Nihilist movement wa
not known and probably would not sool
De generally comprehenled, as all o
our sources of information are Euro
pean, therefore monarchical, and ar,
simply such as the Cars minions per
NIT to pas out of his doIninions. Som,
OF our readers may not know that il
iSsla man cannot write letter {,
any part OF the world, and be sure 0
ITS safe transmission, as in America
Ii Hc cannot even travel without a pass,
a was the case with our former slaves
the only difference being that the slave
rarely had to show his pass, whereas
IN Russia every town and railroad Is
guarded by armed soldiers and every
house has Its paid spy constantly at
the door
1t now appears that, as we suspected.
the Cars tools suppressed the truth in
relation to trial of the recent Regicdes
All the correspondents were forced to
suppress the main portion of the speech
OF Jenabotf, the most lrtelligent OF
them.
| Il am not an anarchist" he said.
allow the necessity of a government,
Which always must and will exist but
the government must be for the people,
and not the people Tor the government
| demand for the people freedom and
representation, freedom of the press
and freedom of speech and further
demand the land for the people, to
whom it of right belongs"
The nost disgraceful feature of the
whole affair was the beating Of loo snare
drums to drown the yuices.C. the pris-
oner5 on the scaffold A Despotism is
surely weak when it dare not permit
dying woman to utter word In her own
vlndlcatioD
Since the above was written We find
in the New York papers = telegram as
follows. showing the hcndish spirit Of
the Cossack Dynasty which certain pub
llcatlons Ia this State attempt to de-
feDd =
ToRTURING A AWoMAN--A STORY OF
ALLSGED FIENDIsH Cruelty. -Purs
Nay 23.xslSpecial to the New York
Ereaing Telegram. "A startling piece
of news, which if it is false. the Russian
Government would do wellja co entradict
IS published IN tins mornings Ltran
stseant, which appears with a deep
black border. On the strength OF
a letter from st. Petersburg it
announces that ''at O'Clock on the
morning Of the 10th inst, just four day
after the birth of her child, Hessy Helt-
mann, whom everybody supposed to be
still alive and awaiting the pleasure of
Alexander, was hanged in prison. 1t
is said she had been tortured daily in a
most fendish manner to wrir confes-
sions from her. Night after night she
was awakened and warped that her
hour was near. For several days in
succession she was literally strung up
and cut down only just in time to pre-
vent her expiring. On the morning of
the 10th the hanging process is said to
have lasted little too long. and when
Hessy was cut down it was discovered
that she was strapgled TO DEATH The
L,trdnsigeont adds that the indigna
ton and excitement ia St Petersburg
are intense. The troops have been
forbidden to leave their barracks on any
pretence, and revolutionary move
ment seems to be anticipated >
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02

Although the season Of thunder
storms has scarcely opened, an unusal
number Of casualties from lightning
strokes have already been reported.
We last week noted the killing of the
negro boy Robert Smith near Selma,
in this State. Two young men were
blowing in field near Belfast O., on
Saturday afternoon, the l4th inst, and
when storm came up the -ahisched
their teams and toc1s shelter under a
sugar mabls Tree. They had scarcely
got under the tree when it was struck
By lightning and torn to pieces. One
of the men and the four horses were ~
stantly killed. The other r..a was un-
conscious for nesrilG .n hour, and when
found he was partly under one Of the
dead horses. On the same evening
Mrs Bosser, living in Weiasaurg,
Ohio, was instantly kills., " lightning
while in her ha.se with her five little
childreD. lie husband had gone to
kansas, and she expected to JOIN him
with the childred in 3 few days.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02
VOL. NlII.-\O. 6

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02

LIES! RIa L4Es Mot so fast
my friend; for if you would see the
strong, healthy, blooming men, women
and children that have been raised from
beds of sickness, suffering and almost
death, by the use of Hop Bitters, you
would say. Truth, glorious truth.
See Truths in another column,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02
Nv good woman. why ere YOU SO out

My good woman, why ere you SO out
of sorts, never able to tell folks that
you are we'll ? Ten to one it's all caused
in the first place by habitual contip-
ton, which no doubt finally caused
deranged kidneys and liver The sure
cure is the celebrated kidney-W ort.
1t is also 9 specific remedy for all
kidney and liver diseases. Thousands
are cured by it ever month. Try it at
once. Toledo BLADE
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02

1t is not too much to say that "Plu-
mer's" New American Hotel, on Chest
nut Street, Philadelphia, is now one of
the most attractive in the COUNT, and
for the price, 81. 80 .ag ,.sy, there is no
house in :.aa.. ot any other city afford
ing go n uch comfort.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02

Hundreds of Men, Women and Chill
dren rescued from beds Of pain, sick
ness and almost death and made strong
and hearty by Parker's Ginger Tonic
are the best evidences in the world Of
its sterling worth. You can find these
in every community. Bost See ad-
vertisement.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02
tor the fAKAa< ,su MayRANic.
Pies at Half Cost for, the Milo n

Ny COOL sisters. ou. who are hou,
, Keepers and cooks ipr the Farmer
aud Mechanics Perhaps you alruad,
kno. a much about It a. | ,.ntcll YOU
but a | made what consider a valuabl,
discovery BY mere accident, viii ri,A
It's being Goals TO Newcastle. aud tel
you all about il. For my oldest brother
says, The enlisted al fourteen, and served
three years. that ut ali the confederate
troops North Carnlnian~ did most
affect pies, that thry would buv any
thing IN the world that was called pie.
# ITS Was ouly tough crust with a
chicken feather III H. Ani when
father battery va at Camp lee, The
Sergt. oil al ir>h company said he be
lleved Capt. { ; men would timber ~
their gun, and charge through II III
itself If the Capt would only tell them
Well, IT is a very harmless taste, and
what | have to write about is how YOU
can make them plenty sweet. and equal
ly nice with halt "a much sugar a. ",
generally use.
| happen To be pie maker IN orlinar,
at home, and one day lat summer
thought | would treat my appreciativt
family 10 black berry pie. The >aI
family, however Is trlfe hyper rilicll
IN the matter of It's pastry.
L put the berries to stew In nice
TN sauce pan, and added "a soon a.
they began to cook, half as much sugar
as thought they would require Then
L took up some IN "A cup To Try and
picked up spoon had been measur
ing soda IN, without noticing that
some of the soda adhered to il ~ soon
as put i in the berries they began to
turn horrld blush DIOR and to troth aud
foam. | stirred them In mere idleness,
tor thought they were ruined, until the
foam all subsided bot when the froth had
they we're of such pretty clear
red color just as they ought to have
! tasted them All the
change that | could detect was that
they were plenty sweet Eureka
had made discovery | took the
whole mass, about quart and a half |
suppose, aud dissoving level tea ,
spoonful OF blcarbonate of soda in !.
little water, stirred it in by degrees,
when they were perfectly mixed, and
had stopped frothing. made the
no little trepldation for the dread trl
bunal of three TO pass judgment Oh
them. They ate, approved said moth
ing suggestive of suspicion that | had
departed from my grandmother's
reclpe-and felt that the venture was
a success. | maintained discreet 81
lence however, then. and until now |
but all thro' the fruit season | made
double rations of pies without hearing
that the sugar bucket was out too
soon.
1t is fine thing in these days, when
so many of us have to count the cost SO
closely, to be able TO feed our ex
Conteds on their favorte ''pie victuals,
and yet not increase the weeks ex-
penses materially SO tell the moth
ers, sisters, wives, land sweethearts for
future use) the secret by which make
pies at half cost | was very careful to
measure teaspoonful Of soda to a quart
and half of berries and add 1t by de
grees dissolved In water, and | made
the pastry very rich with lard-put in a
pinch of soda and mixed rather soft
with buttermilA, and rolled out cery
thin. | hope you all will find it as use
ful a bit Of knowledge as de-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02

with genuine irish humUr, Miss PaT-
IdiII was hcItle Oi not wafer.
The Piedmont Press says The May
or Of the city OF London is in Csbar
rus county, look ing after the gold mia
ing interest with Z view TO Investment
At a recent horticultural exhibition
in London, the new orchid from India,
with snow white flowers, sent by Mr..
Titley, was bought for Thousand dol
lars by Mr.. William Bull.
Mrs. Sallie d. Crawley, who late mar
ried the English astronomer, Professor
Richard A. Proctor, is a niece Of Gen
eral JEFF Thompson, OF Conferate
fame
William Presncll Of this place,
whose wife died five weeks ago last
Sunday, was married again last Thurs
day.-Ashboro Courier. Kill him.
Winston Sentinel Abbott's Greek
township rejected the stock law ut the
elaction held las: Thursday, only thirty
voting for it out OF a registered vote OF
/ i6O, or one IN five.
| Hickory Press. Miss Julia Gross,
while attempting to start = fire with
Kerosene oil in the house of Mr.. Aver
Shell was so frightfully burned that
| her recovery is considered doubtful.
Mr.. Wm 4. Mcdowell, Editor Of
newspaper III Pennsylvia, passed
! through Greensboro this morning on a
prospecting tour through Western
| North Carolina He wants TO fad a
good location for number Of people
IN his section who desire TO invest in
lands, and settle ia this State. Patriot
In the Hungarian village OF Gycina
a young z RI has been sentenced 10 iif-
teen years Imprisonment for a murder
committed under peculiar clrcumstan-
ces She bad been abandoned by her
lover, who had taken fancy to anott-
er g.rl and had married her. On the
wedding night .he forsaken maid eff
fected an entrance into the room occu-
pied by the newly married couple.
where brisk fire was burning IN
stove. and crammed the stovepipe full
Of rags This caused the coal gas to
ell the room. sHffocating the bride and
bridegroom.
A young German was once pressing
, his suit, and in the midst Of his ardOr
question the object Of his choise as to
her possible financial future. i have
heard, )" he said, that your good father
. owns two large estates in Sllesla.
Yes" was the naive reply, and he
owns two more in Ponmeranla. The
E suitor hesitated moment as though
TO catch his breath, and then falling on
E his knees and looking the young lady i'm
ploringly in the face, cred out: And
t can you, my darling, doubt my affec-
@ ton under such circumstances
Lord Brooke, who has just married
: the beautiful heiress, Miss Maynard, IS
a son Of the third Ear OF Warwick Of
the present line. The lady was at one
time assigned in the fashion journals
. to Prince leopold. The present Earls,
though not IN the direct line, claim
! descent from the great Guy. The last
. Of the Barons, as Lord Lytton terms
: Warwick, enjoyed yearly revenue es-
: timated at q million and half OF our
= money. ard feasted daily 80, 900 per
:. sons At the open tables Of his castle
His direct defendant IN the fourth de-
: gree was living in the Low Countries,
< having, as Lord Seton wrote, neither
}. Ipeany nor half penny, and died thuA
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02
Rockford. Taosa go Al

This is e certify that DIR. Clark
Johpson's Indian Blood Syrup COM
pletely cured me of Heart Disease and
Kidney Complaint, after the doctors
failed. 5. ROBERTSON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02

Carlyle had entertained the idea ot
coming to live in America, Perhaps it
is fortunate for our great men that it
was only castle in the air.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02


Concord SIN: One of the German
laborsrs on the farm OF Lawson Miscn-
helmer received sunstroke last Sat
urday and died in a few hours. He
had ov-rheatcd himself whie at work
and drank wa.er tnmoheratcly.
Hiram Powers, the sculptor, when a
young man in Washington wrestling
with fortune, with far chance Of get
ting thrown, was found by the late Gen
eral John s Preston, Of South Caro-
lima, who sent him to Europe, and sup.
ported him through his studies.
Asheboro C0urior: Ths Prohibition
/ Convection here .ast Saturday was
slimly attended last week Mr.
4 Thos. lambertNs son, VINO had bough:
pistol without his fathers knowledge
or consent, carried IL into the helo
with him. Ry some nishap the pisto
went off, shooting him through tn,
hand, and causing the horse he wa
driving to runaway.
Lenoir Tc,.t., We are sorry tn lear
that rust has appeared on the wheat il
certain parts Of the county. .--Ou
farmers are planting unusually larg
crops of corn this year. r.-Tnerc vii
be an abundance of all kinds OF frui
in this section this year The cherr
crop is particularly fine Three hom
icide cases will he tried al A.he Cour
this week.
At tho marriage in England lately &
leading New York lawyer, Mr. Chai
Pierre Shaw, to Miss lizzie Fisher, tn
brother of the bridegroom eabled hi
congratulations aud wedding gift {
fifty Thousand dollars. Among tn
presents were bracelets. rings, and
flask, each piece covered with grouI
of fine diamonds, aaf4uely set upon
back ground q IRON pyri,es.
Salisbury Wutchmn" DIR. r. y
Eames. i. NJ, of Salisbury, SALISBURY
sailed on the 1ath inst, with Mr. Wn
Brandreth. OF New York city, for Lor
dca, England. They go on bushes
connected with the company. Th
com pany, by the NAY, probably OWL
more valuable mineral real estate tha
any Other live companies 10 North Ga
{ oliDa Their prospects in she near fa
. ture are exceedingly bright. Alread
there i. scramble for the floating stoc
of the Crowell aud Copper Know nin'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02
If ANY SMOKER

If ANY SMOKER Goes not wish to
buy package of Tried and True,
let him ask his dealer for sample
package. If he has it not, send TO
Scott & Co., Mebanesville, manufac-
turers of smoking, plug and twist to-
baccos.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02

With genuine Irish humor, Miss Par
laiid vas kcItie Oi not wafer.
The Piedmont Press says The May
or Of the city OF London is in Csbar
rus county, looking after the gold mia
ing interest with view 10 Investment
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-02

Hickory Press: Miss Julia Gross,
while attempting to start = fire with
Kerosene oil in the house of Mr.. Aver
She'll was SO frightfully burned that
her recovery is considered doubtful.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-03-05
MN MACHINES.

llARrER's. w have the March
number and have looked through
1t with interest, The contents are
Bedford Park with eight illustra-
lions the University of Leid,n
with ten the Arran Islands with
eight; the Possibilities of Horti-
culture with nine a glimpse Of an
old Dutch Town with fifteen a
Nation in . Nutshell with thirteen 4:
chapter VII Of Annc-a novel
with three; the French Republic F.:
Talk on Dress; two stories
Hands on and 4 H~elp-NIcc. for
Him Family Life cf the Turks f:
q poem 10 Richard Henry Stod-
dard. and the usual wen filed
page, OF the editorial department.
ScR1uNrus.-1h March num-
Der is received and ID, contents are
varied AND ills Illustrated Ms usual.
In London with Dickens has nine
Illustrations Erieson's DESTROYER
and her New Gun has four: Stri-
ped Bass has eight; Peter the
Great as a Ruler and Reiormer
has seven. and one Of these con-
tains eight distinct views of prom.
inent places; Glimpses OF Partisan
Art has ten the Witch in the
Glass has one; John Singleton
Copley has twelve. Besides these
papers there are several good sto.
rics and poems, and part second Of
"a Fair Barbarian, Musical Pos.
sibililes in America. Recollection,
of American Society, Notes Of a
Walker, and the customary inter.
es,ing editorial pages.