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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07
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"HoME, March -, ISL.

si'hfr
As have not written los your paper.
or any other. IN some time, | have con
cluded t write lust little about a
recent tnp to Florida
On Feb DIST, with bright, merry.
COMPANY | left Raleigh en- route for the
Land OF flowers, and after a few days
Of pleasant travel we reached our des
tiaation, Fcrnaudina, on Amelia Island,
fashionable summer resort, crowded IN
winter
Oh, what a change FROM our severe
wintry weather to balmy breexes, green
trees bright flowers, aud the song OF
merry birds lt indeed seemed If
We had reached perpetual spring, and
the place where morta!s weep ~
more
While In Fernandlna we visited the
Amelia Island lighthouse, not Ear dis
t.nt, sltuated on an elevation Of 40 feet,
aud is itself IS or SO feet high The
light, revolving lamp, which at regu-
lar intervals flashes and scintillates IN
most beautiful manner, Is a most at
tractive warning te mariners. From
the light house the scenery Is grand =
on one hand marsh. half mile vide
covered with green, velvety grass with
a picturesque little foot bridge across 1t
and then number cf Mills covered
with live oak drapcd with grey moss
making most enchanting scene, re-
minding one of May and December
Seaward the scene is sublime, as the
immense breakers surge high in air
And mounts in spray the skies, and
thence again
Returns in an unce islng shower, which
round
With its unemptied cloud ofgentle rain,
Is an eternal April to the ground,
Making it all one emerald
The winter, more severe than for =
number OF years, injured the orange
crop materially, and caused the trees TO
cast their leaves. However, oranges
were found in abundance; having been
shipped from the South. Strawberries
and garden peas were being shipped
North; while at home the former were
not IN bloom and the latter not planted.
We enjoyed very much seeing the
steamers come in from Liverpool, New
Orleans, Brunswick, Savannah, aud
other points.
The. Catholic is the handsomest
hotel
With one more item I'll close.
Amelia Island is twenty miles long and
FIVE miles wide, and ''people say is
enlarged every year; the oldes. inhabi-
tant remembering when the beach was
where the residence of Mr. NJ A. Viii
liams now stands. If this is worthless
throw it aside
Respectfully, Z.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07

WYTHEvILLE, March IA socia-
ble gathering at North Corners, Gray.
son county, last night broke up sud.
denly bv the cold blooded murder o.!
Noah Hogan, one of the attendants.
This man and Noah Sprinkle ell attended
the affair together. In the midst Of
the revelrv, and just as a quadrlle had
commenced Sprlnkcl slipped up to
the deceased, who stood with the lat
ter's paramour, ready to dance the set
with her, drew revolver and shot his
rival through the heart, killing him in
stantly. The man dropped al the feet
Of the woman and treathed his last al
most without a groan The blood from
his gaping wound bespattcred her gar
ments. Before the terror stricken as
sembly recovered the murderer ran,
Jumped out Of the window and fed.
As he ran down the lane some one en-
deavored to stop him. He turned,
fired shot and wounded the man in
the shoulder. A party Of men quick
ly started off in pursuit Of the murder
er A ride Of forty miles brough,
them face to face with 5prinkel. lie
was arrested. brought back and com
mitted for a hearing Hagan W As mar
ried and had five children Sprinkle ell
is a young bachelor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07

Lenoir Topic: There seems to be an
organized band Of burglars operating
in the Yadkln Valley Mrs. Mary
LIZZIE Moore. wife of F. g. Moore,
Esq Of Marion, died at Marion Fri
day March IL, in the 22d year o her
age. after lingering illness. MIR.
F. p. Corpening, who is gold mining
near Perkinsvile, found last week a
nugget of gold weighing twenty two
pennyweights As such results a. this
are obtained from placer mining, il re
quircs ali Oriental imagination to pic
ture how systematic shaft mining
would pan out-The placer mines
or washings Of North Carolina have al
ready yielded 81, 900, 600 worth Of gold,
large part of it coming from the Brin
dletown and Johns River mines. The
Ore Knob works, in Ashe, produced
/ 900 pounds Of pig copper The bulk
Of mica used ia the word comes from
Mitchell Chronic iron, v.lua le in
the manufacture Of Pigments, is fou al
in Watauga Manganese, ma. ilctaple al
good prices, abounds in Caldwell and
| Mitchell. Two hundred years ago 10.
| dians ajStracted kaolin. or porcelain
ciay, from the old mica mines ii
! Mitchell, where it had been s-c,-te,i
by the ancient mound building NJ
kers of the.s mine. and packed y =
the sea coast and sold it to EuIop,.l
traders
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07
Extraordinary Offer! Only Five
Dollars for the Whole Year!

The Farmer and .Ueclynic's receD,
circular setting forth the advantages Of
tered by North Carolina as an home for
Home-Seekers, aud rare field for Cap
ltal, having been widely copied, is
bringing shower of letters, from the
North and Europe, asking about our
farms, mines, water powers. timber,
schools, agencies, etc including nearly
every kind of property and business.
The Editor has neither time nor means
to answer all these inquiries but to
each he returns, at his own expense,
a copy of the Farmer oad Nechanic for
the current week, and he prints therein
all current items about orr States re
sources likely to benefit Outsiders.
To make the paper more useful, as
fair reflex of our Capacities and Indus
tries, he offers to the citizens of the
State land none other) the following
extraordinary terms =
E2TA card of five lines, during The
entire year of 1881, for only 50.
Or four inch card. for same period,
(ten mOnths) only $50
The smaller space will be- cash, in ad
vance the four inch space coilectibic
- 30 per month. Changes as often az
desired. Paper furnished regularly
with the 4 inch card.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07
NORTH eARoLIMA, WAKE COUNTY.

Special Proceedings
W. i Ey.U No. 139.
BY VII tue of an order o. the Superior Court Of
Wake County in the above entitled Special Pro-
ceeding. 1 will sell on Saturday the 23rd day OF
April, 1881, at public auction to the highest bid
der at Hayes Old Store in Wake County, a GER
tain tract Of Land, containing one hundred acres
moro or less, belonging to the estate of James
G. Evans decd; The said land is in OAK Grove
Township, adjoining the land of Betsy Freeman
Bill Evans, ct ais. on both sides of Lick Greek
and being the same on which Zachary Taylor now
lives. erms of sale, credit of six months with
good bond and security for the payment Of the
purchase money. Title to be reserved until the
money is paid.
VIrRUvIUS ROYsTFR,
March 81, Sl-4t commissioner
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Ralaiuh Ne,rs- OIserYpr Cotton re

Raleigh Netcs OJsercer: Cotton re-
ceipts last week 647 bales. Cotton re
receipts this season 65, ,622 bales.
The enterprising people who manage
the Raleigh 4 CASTOR Railroad are lay
ing Bessemer steel rail on portion OF
the line. There are only six prls-
oners in the county jail The Jail is
said to be cleaner than i'll years past
but is yet horrible place. -- W ork
on the Second Baptist Church, Hargett
and Person streets, has begun again.
after a long supension. The Dur
ham people, We learn, obitct to blcy
cles so much So that they prohibit
their use IN the town. Mir. Phi
lips rates himself at something more
than 81. 500 per annum.
Charlotte OJso rer: New dwelling
houses are going mp IN all directions
in the city, and the demand lncre.s' S.
Many small families are now boarding
that would 90 10 housekeeping if bull
/ dings could be procured. .-ADson
! and Davie counties have been permit
ted by act of the Legislature TO adopt
| the stock law by petition OF maJolty
of voters to the board Of county com
missi ners; or any one township in
either county can establish the law by
i Detition in the same way. lD>tead ol
The trouble Of an election, all the
friends OF such a law have to DO is tC
get ma jority of the voters to sign
1etit,on for the law. and the count.
commissioners are then req'Iir, d to en-
/ force it and levy taxes to pat expense
for boundary fences, &c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07

Graham Gieaqer: Mr.. Clem e. Cur
It's has received some OF his machinery,
and will soon begin some Of his iabrica-
ton Of cotton yarns on Rock Greek, at
his place known as Curtis Mills.
Wadesboro Times: Will not some
body start a tannery at Lilesvillef
'Twould pay. a harness maker,
shoe maker and a timer could all do
well acre. BE it said TO the honor
Of this Legislature, it is one OF the best
We have ever had "A negro boy
named Lindsey was accidentally
caught in the machinery of Geo. Lit
lies steam mill last Saturday. and w4s
so badly injured that he died shortly
afterwards.
Gastoain G5zette. At Lowell, Gas
ton county, Messrs &. j. Lineberger
< Co have two cotton factories in sue
cesstul operation. aud there is rumor
that preparations are being ma ie for
the erection Of another large one by the
same firm. The work at Mr.. K.
Y. McAden's factory is progressing fine
I lly.-Y Yorkville, S. c., is determed
to have steam cotton factory, about
The work at the large factory on Broad
! riv.r near Black station, has begun IN
earnest. DR.. J. y Terrence Of Gas
ton county, Is one Of It's owners. -
Another large cotton factory will be
erected BY Spartanburg capitalists on
i'Acolet river a few miles below Clifton
Thc power is one Of the finest in the
St4te.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07

Eminent physicians are prescribing
that tried and true remedy, kinney
Wort for the worst cases Of blllousness
and constitution, as well a. or kidney
complaints. There is scarcc'y person
to be found that will not be greatly bel.-
Gifted by a thorough course Of Kidney,
Wort every spring. II you feel out OF
sorts, and don't know why. t-y a pack
age of Kidney-W Wort ii l.u Will feel
like Lew creature. Lnd,ondpOtts Sen
tinel.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07

By virtue of an order of the Superior Court /
win on Wednesday, the 10th day of April, 1881,
expose for sale on the premises, rear Apex, Wake
county, all the personal property belonging to the
estate of Allen r RainS deceased, consisting of
stock, farming utensils, household and kitchen
furniture. Time of sale II a.. m. Terms Of sale
cash. ANDREW SYME.
Mar I'll. 8l-ot mi ipis
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Turpentine Farm, Worth Co., Ga

Turpentlne afI1, W UItH o., Ud'
This is to certify that was sufferer
from excruciating Pains and was nearly
Blind. went to an Agent and pro-
cured some of DR.. Clark Johnson's In
dian Blood Syrup, which soon etfectual-
" relieved me. | would not take ter
dollars for the benefit derived from the
use of one small bottle
B. SAWYER.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07

North CAROLINA SOLDIERS. -(Ex-
tract from letter from President
Davis to Col. John r. Winston
BEAUvoIR, Harrison Co., Miss.
II am very glad to know that you are
preparing history of the military SER
vice of the North Carolina troops | do
not think they have generally received
their due need OF praise. Without
making invidious comparison it may
be said Of them, that few great battles
were fought and fewer victories won to
which n. G.. valor did not materially
contribute. | trust that your associates
in arms will freely aud fully give you,
those minor details which cannot be
found in official reports, but which best
illustrate the deeds and men. we should
give as examples to future generations
Respectfully Yours.
JEFFERSON DAVIS
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07
IRVING HOUSE.

broadway and 18th street, New York City
american plan. Newly furni. he'd and ftt. d
with elevators and baths. Running water in
every room. Excellent accommodations. Terms
~ to s. per day. CHAS. LEFIER
NOV. Io-om. Proprietor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07
EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE !!

Here is rare chance to advertise
your business for SO cents month !
For the credit and benefit of North
Carolina, quite as much as for our own
personal profit, we desire to print the
cards OF all our leading Merchants.
Manufacturers, (wool. cotton, wood
iron, etc. Mill men, Bankers, Brok ers.
and all manner of Professional and Bus
mess men. Schools, Summer Resorts
Stock and Fruit Tree Growers, Agon-
cies for Insurance, for Real Estate, for
Fertilizers, etc, should surely en-
brace this offer. SO, by all means,
should persons having houses, lands.
mines, timber, water-power, city lots,
stores, or other property they would
like to Sell, or to Buy
1t would be strange if during the
whole year their card should not attract
purchaser
RA~Respond as soon las possible !;
EACH wnnk Lose. tho ad,t ~Sn.rn nf ~ :
offer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07

Having qualified this 3lst day OF March, 1851,
rs Administrator of the estate of Allen Rains
decd, OF White Oak Township, " AXE county, this
IL to give notice to those having claims against
the decedent TO ent the same to before the
lst day Of April, 1e62, st Raleigh Nc.
ANDREW SYMR.
Mar 81. 6l-6E. Administrator.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07

A Safe and Sure means oi restoring
the youthful color Of the hair i IN :
nished by Parker's Hair Balls which
is deservedly popular trom its superior
cleanliness.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07

WANTED--.ssssansss, for pIk nosnss,. Saa.
IuR." viii sell in every family. Also "HoHsE
HocroR," indispensable to farmers
For terms, address W. w Hayne, I34 w. Bal
more ST., Baltimore, Md.-Southern Branch,
/. Appleton Co. Publishers.
ov. 25-Gm.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07

How TO GET SICK Expose yourself
Ia, and night; eat too much without
exercise work too hard without rest
loctor all the time take all the vile
;. ,>trums advertised, and then you will
wan TO know ''how to get well. /" Which
j. answered in three words-Take Hop
B.tters Soc other column. Ad.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-07
SHOTWE ELL'S
CAR REPLACER,

Simple, Durable, Portable, effective de.
vice for rapidly replacing engines, and cars, un-
tracked by accident. 1t can be carried on the To-
comotive, under the coach seats. 1t requires
but a second to put in position. and in ordinary
cases the car can be replaced withiu two minutes
after its dslodgement. The economy in time,
and lsbJr makes the contrivance worth an hun
dred times its cost.
The Inventor is a young Southerner, brother
to the Editor of this paper who will furnish cir
dress NJ. s. Shotwell (Auditor- Generals Office
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Replacer is now
in use on several New York and New England
Railroads
Read the following Report of special COM
mittee of Pennsylvania State Fair
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Newberne has hen that has laid
forty-five eggs in fifteen days, says the
Nesc Bernidn.
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JOHN W. HAMMOND,

JOHN w. HAMMOND,
President Penn'a State Agricultural Society,
Dear Sir: The undersigned committee appoint
ed by you to make examination, by actual
| tests, of M. 3. Shotwsll's Patent Car Re ,lacer,
beg leave to submit the following their opinion
of the rits of the above valuable invention.
They have ordered by you, placed in opera
ton, the above improvement, and do most en-
phatically pronounce the same to be the best
ever presented to this Society for inspection.
For simplicity, cheapness, compactness and
r ~ IN, :. 'ot -; be eriA'aI TIT [
in the shortest pos -ible time, and therefore
respectfully recommend it to the public-and
also, that bronze medal be awarded by this
Society.
JOHN O. MORRIS, Chairman.
Official. ID. w. SELLER, Sec'y,
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SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERLY,

Mar 81, 81-6w.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-30
Rather Too Prem afnre

The New York Post, in its eagerness to
acquit the colored Lieutenant Flipper
of the charges of ENLIGHTENMENT, upon
which he has been arrested, does not
wait TO hear any denial or explanation
from Flipper or his friends, but at once
sets to work without even pretense OF
any knowledge of the facts of the case
to invent a plea of defense. 1t is evil
dent that the editor of the Post has the
phobia in the most violent form when in
his zeal to establish the innocence Of the
accused he does not hesitate to cast i'm
putations of fraud and dlshonorable con-
duct upon the white officers of the garri-
son of Fort Davis. After publishing the
statement Of the case as reported in the
dispatches, the Post says:
'Such is the story sent out from Fort
Davis, but what is Flipper's side OF the
story? Is he unfamiliar with the Whit.
taker case7 Does he not know that the
prejudice in the army against colored
officers is so intense that there would be
nothing unnatural in putting up a job
of this kind2 Did he never suspect any
thing when they pretended to like and
esteem him very much, and craftily
made him commissary. and entrusted
him with funds. well knowing that
the negro race is not accustomed to COM
plicated pecuuiary transactions, and can
easily be confused about them by means
of accounts, vouchers and the hkef
When he was suddenly called upon to
account, and stated that he had mailed
his funds, did it never occur to him that
his servant might have been bribed, and
checks carefully prepared to look like
those which have disappeared placed in
his hands7 Then the poor defenseless
boy is locked up. prevented from com
municating with his friends, and stories
are spread abroad that his most init
mate associates of late have not been the
best" And this, too, at distant post,
surrounded by army officers who loathe
him, graduates of an institution where
prejudice against his race is cultivated
by officers of instruction, and where the
mutilation of negro cadets is regarded
as pleasant pastime. And this, too, in
far away Texas-old slaveholding, slave
driving Texas where cOnspiracies to
massacre negroes, or rob them Of the
franchise, are part Of the everyday life
of the community 1t is pretty evident
that Flipper has not retained counsel.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-30
UncaIIed for Abuse.

The letter of General W. G. Wick
ham, the most prominent Virginia Re
publican, announcing his purpose &c
support the Democratic State ticket, hal
aroused the ire Of the New York Times
and in a very brief editorial it manage;
to denOunce him as a renegade" and q
"hypOcrite," and characterizes his pur
pose to endeayor to resuscitate the Re
publican party Of Virginia after the fall
election as "a piece of impudcnce that
will be appreciated outside of the State
if not within its borders, where he i,
better known" This i'll natured crit.
cism of a manly, independent express
sion comes with bad grace from paper
now engaged in supporting ticket
whose principal stock in trade is claim
for free ballot and a fair count.
Freedom of opinion seems not to BEEN.
braced in the Times vocabulary Of po-
litical virtues as applied to the Virginia
canvass. General Wickham has served
the Republican party faithfully and ably
without seeking reward, and, as is well
known, has impaired quite as much re-
spectability to that party in Virginia as
any man in the commonwealth but be
is a man of determined will. and will be
as little likely to be influenced by the
Times abuse as he was by the attempts
made to induce him to 90 over to the
coalitionists at the Lynchburg ConYen.
ton.
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DR.. Robert f. Weir, a well known
New York surgeon, says that the Presi.
dent has chronic pyemia or septicemia.
It began with the chills of July %, and
from that time the pus exposed to the
air has decomposed and been absorbed
into the system. Acute py@mia occurs
in the early stage Of an injury and is
almost universally fatal. Chronic pye-
mia is a disease only recently recognized
by the profession. There is fever with
numerous assesses la the glands and
muscular tissues. The mortality is
great. from 70 to so per cent. He thinks
the Presidents outlook bad, as enough
fuel cannot be put into him to run the
machine on its upgrade course. The
best treatment is good air, full diet and
stimulants, with early and free opening
of assesses. Pyemia was once com
mon in hospitals, but Listers treatment,
based on the fact that the discharges
from a wound become poisonous on con-
tact with the air, has driven it away.
The wound is covered by Listerism from
the very start with dressings peculiarly
impregnated with carbolic acid, because
the acid has been found capable of de-
stroying all life in the germs thai, floating
in the air, cause the decomposition of
the pus. Had complete antiseptic treat
ment been rcsorted to in the beginning
of the Presidents case, feeling of
security would have ensued. and the
present complications would have been
avoided
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-30
Tho Mnrmnn nnestion.

In the September number Of the Inter
national Reuisp Mr.. John Goldman dis
ousses "Mormonism" from what he IS
pleased to style its third side, as dis
tinguished from the views taken of it by
the two classes Of writers who are ranked
either among its rabid opponents or with
in the body of the Saints" themselves.
he treats the subject in an unusually
fair and unprejudiced way. In fact, so
mild are his views concerning the man
ners and customs of the followers OF
Joseph Smith that, by very many read
ers, he would be adjudged too partial.
When, however, he points out that the
believers in the book of Mormon residing
in Utah differ from other well
disposed communities, in that a
portion of them only practice
polygamy, and in that, as a whole
they are far more industrious and thrifty,
he becomes entitled to an attentive hear
ing. 1t is admitted, even proved, that the
book of Mormon sis fraud, but it IS
alleged that to it there can be no especial
objection, in that its teachings are
moral, and in that it not only does not
permit of plural marriages, but, on the
contrary, actually forbids them. 1t ap-
pears that polygamy was an latter
thought"-the outgrowth of the gross
sensuality of leaders, who had little
difficulty in persuading their followers
that it, too, was revelation. There
is, however, a sect of Mormons not poly
gamists, who call themselves Josephites,
in the belief that Joseph Smith never
advocated nor revealed" that idea.
The writer referred to describes in
some detail the perils and hardships en-
dured by the Mormons in their exodus
to Utah. under the leadership of Brig
ham Young, and declares, somewhat
exaltedly, that, compared with this,
'the Journey of Moses and the Israelites
pales into insignihcance." These peo-
Die, he adds, were not ''the Ignorant
masses of Europe" but "mostlY men
and women of New England blood.
The seed from which they sprung was
planted on the shores of Massachusetts
Bay, grown to maturity in hardihood
of religious obstlnacy which made the
accomplishment of such an undertaking
possible"
1t is declared that polYgamy is but a
weapon in the hands Of both sides in
the discussion of Mormonism. The
church keeps hold of it mainly to court
persecution, for by persecution has ii
f1ourished. 1t appears to Mr.. Goldman
that time and the moral sentiment Of the
remainder of the great West, with those
who are yet to go out there, will effect
the reformation so devoutly wished for.
MOrmous have most effective organiza
ton. They have already settled nearly
all the arabic land of Utah. and they are
pushing their emigration into neighbor'
| ing Territories. This scattering of Their
forces admits of additional elements OF
opposition to their Objectionable prac
/ tees.