The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-10
Tho hill IN make three new Superior

in the Senate last night ana Is
to become a law.
Numerous bills that failed when
the Legislature was full are passing now
that a bare quorum IS present. Let the
neople look 10 their absentee Repre-
sentatives who must share the respon-
of all perniciouo legislation.
The bill to increase Jarvis emoiu-
by giving his office 5000 more
for Clerk hire. has become a law
Shaping at the las Legislature when
declared thu: the Governor, with his
Private Secretary and his double corps
of Aides must suffice for a State that IS
heavily taxed. and heels over head In
debt.
According to the Charlotte Odser-
,.e.. Judge Bynum and Mr.. Thos. I.
Grier have sold the High Shoals,
(which Will usrn a 80 foot wheel ana
1000 acres ofl4nd, for 100000 part
cash to MesSrs. White and Davis OF
Pittsburg, Pa. Go it, gentlemen.
THE Life Of the living creature (the
State)-is in the wheels
When Gen. Hancock appeared In
the capitol on Inauguration day there
was a scene oftemreStuous enthusiasm,
and every Senator hocked to shake his
hand Senator Blaine making himself
very conspicuous as master OF ccreulo-
MES. On motion ne was rendered the
courtesies of Congress during his stay
in Washington. So much for pure
character.
-Four of our State exchanges note 2
large increase of crop-morgages IN their
several localities. But the Netcber"ta1
remarks: Very few ofthese mortgages
are on zeal estate. by far the larger
number OF chem being chattle and Tor
yeIy small amounts. judging from the
registration Of mortgages, and other
causes, the Register is inclined to be
lieve that our farmers, as a class, are 10
a better condition at present, h they
have been at any time since the war.
-Sqm Tilden could have made :
smart point. by issuing an address an
uouncipg the expiration of his foul
years term of service but regrettlng
that Grants bayonets, aud Zach Chan
dler's intrigue, had deprived him O.
realizing practically the policy whlcl
should otherwise have marked his Al
ministration He might add that, be
ing blessed with abundant means, ~
had not drawn his salary and wouls
now present the entire amount 500.
600 to Congress. for the establishment
of an Hospital for the Broken-Do~'
Returning Boards, to whom the couA
try is Indebted for four years o
r utter fraud.
We observe tia Mr.. Samuel }
Fall. Immigration agent tor England
has had the major portion OF the Far
mer ami ncchnnc 's article on the Re
sources of Nor;h Carolina reprinted TO
circulation in the Ould Country. Apro.
pos, the NeWbernidn remarks. "Elgh
English emigrants arrived in u city OF
Wednesday, and will make their home
with US. 4 tide of immigrant N OF tn
better classes is slowly but surely settln.
3 this way. The Hollanders, who hav
settled below this city, seem in til
main to be well pleased, and will US
, their influence in inducing others t
! Join them in their new homes. Sever:
: English families have arrived IN thu
: city within the last six months. Their
is vet room and to spare.
! "A Richmond correspondent OF tn
Bahimorean says The stock of tn
Richmond and Danville Railroad hi
t recently advanced to a figure which ha
much astonished its most earnest SUI
a porters, and brought tears to the eye
and sadreSs to the hearts OF scores VIII
I sold out no great while since, at ridicu
lousy low figures. \ North Carolir
journal denominates the corporation
great modern horse leech, and says
! fears North Carolina is tied hand al
d foot, and is turned ovcr body and so
10 the tender mercies Of the Richmor
y and Danville Road. Now runnir
j Western North Carolina, holding
lease of the n. c.. Road, and with
N road chartered from Charlotte to Da
e vile. what is to prevent the Richmor
e and Danville shaping the whole ral'ro!
future of North Carolina. This vie
: of the situation is Illuminating indeed
On Saturday while the "Sunl
South" lay two inches covered in fee,
snow, we found on our table a slice
Is watermelon which had been preserve
since last summer by Mrs. Willeughb
e who signalized the last snow Of the Sc
soa by cutting the last melon of Ia
i seas n.
u This experiment recalls to US a stat
n ment OF "a citizen of Elizabeth City, til
:" he had accidentally left a water-mel'
in his hay NOW, aud some time in la
4 uary found it, as sound and fresh
N in July. Five years ago we might ha
doubted the story, but the well,esta
! green corn stalks, etc may be pr
served for years if chopped very fiji
and packed worry tightly in pits, leav
every reason to suppose that If melo
were securely packed in perfectly d
III rooms, impervlous to air, and cover
re with chaff, they might be kept indie
~ nitely.
~ One of the curious phases
III Northern humanity is the prevalence
~ unnatural crimes. There are COW
; der arrest in various Northern States
father and brothers who coolly plot
= the murder of one Of the sons to get
snr money. We mentioned last week
Us poisoning of Nellie Chace, at Pro
e depce, Rhode Island, by her moth
IL In Augusta, Maine, last week, CHI
Merrill killed his mother with a ha
IS, mer, hid her body until it was frozt
wv then chopped it with an axe, and bur
ip ed it on the kitchen fire in great chur
re- at a time. Finally, he buried the boz
,as in his manure pile. When arrested
i, coolly confessed, and helped to dig
he his mothers head which he had hide