The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-12
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Col Folks speech at Louisburg Is
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of the State of North Carolina, will
meet at Asheville, \. G., on Monday,
May goth, 1881.
&C. W. Cobb, c. w. Hollowell, and
G. w. Brooks have been appointed to
negotiate bonds for building a new
court house in Pasquotank.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, and Miss
julia were guests of the New Orlean,
Coniedsratss yesterday at the unveil-
ing Of a status to the gallant Ironside.
Several communication on file. A
peer outfit of type, and small force of
competitors, leave US, little option.
When there il, however, a choice be
tween noes, and cie,cs, the latter il
very apt to stand aside, or stand over
Mrs. Darlington is getting Devil
dsred by the prohibition fuss. She
says that between pro and corn, a body
can hardly tell what t o drink"
The death of Sheriff Cunningham
In Guilford was followed one week later
by Sheriff G.. L. Wagner in Rowan.
The commissioners elected G.. Z. Krider
in his stead.
For so new a congregation, the
church of the Good Shepherd made an
excellent offertory at Easter, namely
5000 in collections, and $50 in the chill
dren's Penny Eggs"
-Vice-P President, Frank Cox tells
the Charlotte Observer that the Duck
town Branch of the Western Railroad
will be built, but as a narrow guage.
All right! Build it, if only 10 inches
widel
We hear of an iron or machine shop
hat can be bought cheaply; Also
machinery of a cotton BATTING mill that
would be the very thing for Raleigh
where there is a great deal of samples"
cotton that could be bought cheaply and
would make excellent Batten.
"A grand Barbecue and Blowout
will occur at Henderson to day, in sup
port of Vance county movement. A
brass band, and car load of speakers,
white and colored, Democratic and
Republicans. Will 60 down this Thurs
day. morning and free trains will run
from Middleburg and from Kittrells.
BY the thousand! See price list
in our advertising columns for beat
quality of Potato Slips Sent any
where by express. j. G. l.. Harris
ESQ, has for sale a large quantity of
those excellent seed slips which last
year and the year before acquired ex-
tensive reputation. 1t is always wise
to buy from persons who raise them
especially for sale, and are careful TO
select the best.
ANY one wishing real estate of any
description, but particularly forest
timbered, and mineral lands, or a sup
erb water power should address Mai.
John w. Scott, at Sanford, a straight
forward, and reliable gentleman, we'll
posted in his business.
Mr.. ID. Gunter, an old ana respec-
ted citizen of the Enfield section, died
last week after a short illness, with
typhoid pneumonia. Mr.. G. was about
seventy years of age. He was a gentle
man and a christian, and will be great
ly missed.
Glad to see that friend J. A.
Thomas, of the Louisburg Times, head
ed the list of Aldermen elected in hi.
town. 1t is true, it would bankrupt
any ordinary newspaper to get up such
a Bread Basket" as all Aldermen are
expected to carry, but the Times seems
well founded. May it grow-''in basket
and store ~ Mr.. B. B. Massenburg
was elected mayor Of Louisburg.
Whose OK is gored this time? The
Cr-onian! And its bellowings are
dreadful! Its literary tail fourishes
savagely as a Russian knout on the
bare back of a delicate lady. Its eyes
roll like a second-rate actor, full of gin
and glory, expiring before a row of tai
low candle foot lights Verify it
couldn't be much "madder" if it saw
Bingham school receiving a new scholar.
Ajax a writer in the Murfrees-
boro Enquirer holds curious ideas. He
says lit isn't honest for any man to
wear fine clothes, drive fine horses, 60
to the theatres, drink and smoke"-so
long as his debts are not paid Why,
my dear sir,-such talk is shocking
You will offend an whole regiment of
men In every class of society. particular
ly the fashionable class. Why, Ajax"
can you be so much of ''a-jack" as not
to know that Honesty now a DAYS is a
small-pOtato fellow? Let me tell you,
i ,-'Ifyou would DO as folks of fash,
ion do, you're bound to put on airs !"
And If you haven't any money, then
you must pretend to hare a "bar'F' of
it, and go In debt as deeply as the cali
bre OF your nose will allow. Any mar
with a big Roman nose, arched in the
middle, ought to be able to keep up a
show on borrowed money for at least
five years.
1t is pleasing to state that the
Uncle Toms Cabin crowd made no
money in Raleigh, and had difficulty in
paying their hotel expenses. The au-
dlence was small, and the darkeys in
stead OF being indignant when Old Tom
was logged considered it a good Joke,
and ~applauded gleefully. The New
York San significantly remarks upon
this fact which occurred in ali the
Southern cities. The San might well
have gone farther and wondered WHY
these Genes of ostensible slave life"
did not harrow the feelings of the ex-
slaves if the tales of the Beecher-W en-
dell-Phillips, Chas. Sumner gang were
true? The play, Gas played by the
strollins Combination is said to
have been toned down." and many of
its abolition features cut put to suit
Southern audiences. Still it serves to
advertise a book that has cost us dearly
and still helps to SANDER and damage
US; therefore no true Southerner
should give his money to it.