The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-13

they .re clearly in favor OF a lease. aud
a mai rity of tnrm 10 the Hiln ugton
and Weldon Railroad Company.
Ii is Dow for you 10 give such direc-
+ oGscuneernins this properly SIS you
nav think ibe interests 81 the State
and the Atlantic section demand. aud
,tur action sba control. Ia the event
yuu take no a~ction. l shall not further
interfere u the matter, one way or The
,1ber. bat Shall leave hat question, a.
[ do ali others, 10 lie settled by the CON-
pan without interference Do my part.
CAPE FEAR AND Y4DK!s VALLEY 4. R.
The work on this road ha. progressed
more RAPIDLY than was expected. The
grading has beer mpleted 10 Greens
poro and fifty miles beyond and it is
now ready for the iron. Negotiations
for the sale of the FIRST mortgage bonds
OF the company. authorized by the act
Of 1877. are going IN. ard il is believed
enough money will be Iealized from the
sale 10 iron and equip the road to
Greensboro. C1ly so, 00G Of $50, 600
appropriated was paid out by h Treas
urer in adjusting the indebtness OF the
company. The My aid the State IS
( COW giving this important work IS the
maintenance of the convicts, for which
she i 10 receive the Erst mortgage
bonds OF the comnany. Upon those al
resd7 we'd tue interest has been
promptly paid. This road l believe,
will soon he Tunningto Greensboro. 1t
xii, then be only necessary to gill the
gan Of thirty miles between Fayette.
vile and LumbeIton to open up anOth-
or and shorter Line Of railway from
Wilmington TO Greensboro. With that
or ON such connection made and the
road pushed as rapidly as possible into
the Northwestern counties, the bens
frs derived from a road running dag
onallv across the State will be felt and
appreciated by q large belt OF the State
from vi .aington TO the mountaias.
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD
The purchasers of the States interest
in this road have thus far complied With
their contract with the State. They
have paid promptly the hire of the con-
victs, and the i~nterest on the first mort
gage bonds Of the company, as they
contracted to do. They have paid of
the floating debt or the company and
have laid down about two miles Of new
iroa. Their $50. 900 deposit is still 10
TIC Citizens National Bank Of this city.
as collateral security for the faithful
performance of their contract.
Owing t 0 hindrauces and delays in
etftcting laeIr organization, the work
upon the read has rot progressed as
Rapidly as was expected; but there are
now ave hunG!ed convic;s at work. and
| am Informed by the owners, as soon
as the open weather Of spring comes, the
construction Will be pushed rapidly for
ward on both lines.
4 DANDY OF THE OLDEN TINE =
When our fair friends become as "a.
gaaious as they are pretty, and handy
to have about the house, they will
waste no more time IN arguing IN de-
fence Of their love of fine clothes but
will retaliate on their rebukers by show
ing from history, both sacred aud pro-
fame, that taiiors were first invented for
the benefit Of the pantalooned sex.
Who was The Wisest Man. Of the
Old Testament? Solomon, of course.
Yet Sd was a dandy. He was the best
dressed man of his day. Many years
dilCl NdIQS. IL ndS lClndi hCds OSuO.O
the Lily; it toi2eth not, nor doth it SPIN,
yet Solomon IN all his glory was not ar
rayei like one of these !" We are told,
moreover, that the Queen of Sheba,
who was the Belle of the Period, hav-
ing heard so much about Solomon's
magniicence, put on her best rig, and
came across the country, with all her
maidens, rather expecting to take the
shine off" of the old g~entieman's plu-
mage. But straightway she caught
sight Of him, she gave in, and muir.
INJURED that-'the half had not been
told her y 1t is barely possible that this
exclamation was a feminine device to
reach somebody's good graces; but If so,
it proved a failure for Solomon does
rot appear to bave ''seen her home"
or returned the visit. Perhaps she
happened to come at the time he was
so badly smitten with Mrs. Uriah-but
of this the less said the better for old
Sol!
In Pro(aue History, the most cult
waited of the Anciepts were the Egyp
tlans and Asyrlans, whose palaces, aud
pyramids, are yet the wonder of the
world. We'll, these old Cheops dress
ed, and primped. and pomatumed them
selves, with not only rings on their
fingers. and bells on their toes but
also rings in their ears, aud some in
their noses and were so covered with
brass, copper, gold, silver. and other
ornaments tina, each of them looked
ike a big sun foTer'-walkiDg the
banks of the Nile. In short, it is pref
~ well established that, until modern
times. the stcrner sex were equal tn. if
not ahead of, their sisters. cousins,
and aunts.' in the matter of putting
on style
The GENERAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
standing the inclement weather, a pretty
full attendance in both branches Of the
General Assembly witnessed the organ
i~zation Of that body, or bodies. Hon,
W [. Dortch was made Speaker ofthe
Senate; r. NJ. Furman. Chief Clerk,
John II. Small, Engros>ing Clerk.
Hon. Clas. NJ. Cooke was chosen
Speaker Of the House; Col. Cameron
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