The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-16

( A FINE Observation-Disclosures coun'
| ty is a fine old county, and no mistake
Plain and quiet in remarkable degree
with no big towns, Zig preachers, bi,
newspapers, or other means of blowlns
its own horn, 1t nevertheless manage
to make good crops, raise from six t.
ten babies to the family, and pay it.
debts. aud eat its W hog meat. Capt
h j.. Holt, formerly member Of tn
House, but now chairman of the coun
ty commissioners. Was Ia town las
week as a member of the Fedora
Grand Jury.
"How's Johnston ?"--said we.
Booming said he. Ten year
ago., when the Democrats took charge
We found the county deeply in debt
county scrip bawked about at halt
price, sixty bridges in rotting condition
no poor house, no school fund, and owe
1000 tax payers returned as delinquent
Or non-collectible."
That was a bad showing, said W
But how do you stand to day? ?"
We'll, We have paid off SIT, 900 o
old debt, and no longer owe a dollar
Better still, we have on hand So, 35t
cash, o. the taxes collected for 1879
leaving Us the entire tax-levy for 1880
and 1881, still untouched. We hav,
put all the bridges in good order; bull
4 new jail, built a large poor-house
started the public schools. reduced the
delinquent poll list to 400, aud
Hold on!'-we interrupted
that will do Where is the county
can do as well Now, LEI everybody
subscribe for the Fdrmer and .Mechan
&c, send their children to school, raise
plenty Of home supplies, see that their
wives have p.enty Of help in the kitch
en-, and always vote the Democratic
ticket-unless there is a Ring in it and
may your days be long in the land of
your Grand Dads!
A WELL EQUIPPED OFFICE There
is probably no profession whose growth,
artistic Improvement, and professional
elevation, have been more marked than
that of Dental Surgery. One hundred
years ago the Dentist divided his time
with Horse eechery. and was graded
accordingly. Fifty years ago, the
'Iooth-PuIler' went at his lob" by
main strength and awkwardness."
Even twenty-five years ago. the array
OF pulllkens, gouges, knives, thumb
screws, etc., va az terrifying to the
soul as a glance at the Torture cham
ber,' of the Inquisition.
To get a practical idea of the ad-
vancement of the Dental science, you
ought to call upon Doctors d. E. Ever
EFT and j. H. Crawford, of this city.
are partners, but have separate
offices. We spent an hour yesterday in
the office OF DIR. Everitt, upper floor,
OF Tucker Hall); and were sur
prlsed to find such a delightful place.
The p%arlors are handsomely furnished,
with paintings, books, flowers, canaries
IN the windows, etc Adjoining is the
neat operating room, with 5000 worth
Ut implements for quick and painless
then the furnace and fusing
room, store room. etc. La the latter
were shown several hundreds sets
Of teeth, of all sizes, grades, c%olors, and
atfordlng unlimited choice,
and the reproduction of the natural
shades to a nicely. In our lack of
gum ptlon We wondered at this, until
Or. p. asked if We had never noticed
he difference between the gums of an
Did man, or a diseased one and the
,osy mouth of an eighteen year old girl?
And the reporter contritely had to con-
.ess never having gotten beyond the
Fps IN the latter instance; not liking to
look 4 gift in the mouth"
hRrt baro ~ n.
a set | We just completed, that l will
defy any one to detect from the natural
jaw when they are in place. 1t is
what VIC call a platinum continuous
gum set. Look at that circle i. 1t
has not a seam, or crack or c~revice, to
catch the dirt or food and faint the
breath; and the ivory are solid as
iron !"
1t Was even so. The teeth were az
leanly and beautiful as a natural set.
strange that any one should be content
With any other kind, we thought. until
that only the first class Offices
'ere equipped to do this work, and that
My platinum would answer as a base
'late, OWING to the necessity of intense
leat In fusing the gum.
Dr. Everltt then showed some fine
peclmens Of fitting" whereby the
o,ntour OF the face was restored after
extraction of the teeth. Give me
good photograph and I can restore
he precise facial expression by adjusting
shape Ut the new set'-he remark
d. This he continued lis a very {
ostly set, for a wealthy customer. But /
re can put up either gold, silver, plati- {
um, rubber, celluioid, or cheoplastic I
ets'-9f any quality and any price. |
iere, for instance, is a fine line of rub $
er plates. w do this work very rea- I
enable, IN fact ex .eedingly cheap-to :
ut people of moderate means. We 9
ave the material, and the appliances. a
nd We can afford to do good work at 5
Nv rates >
1t Is a pleasur for the Farmer and
to note evidences of progress .
nong our people. Raleigh was a a
ere village q dozen years ago. '
Seventy Summers a SIaveI :