The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-18
For the FAaNsn AxD MxonA MIC.
Nine StalwaFt Sons Of John ston
EAnpsRopo. y G. Aug 1ssl

OEly nine IDF
These n,ne have stood the storm well.
and instead Of regret for their votes
they would force their way to the polls.
If necessary, TO do SO again. And
;here were men. who. whether or ~0t
they had the right, had the imDuctg .ce
to lake down those names on their pri-
waite blank books. and para lc them in
An exulting way over the grounds and
read them to crowds. sud tlen threats
and insulting remarks aere made; but
the PIohibitionists passed Il EN- 10y with
deserved treatment, silent contempt.
And since such has Uusu i0le. to show
we are Eot ashamed, bat Eroud Of our
votes. we willingly furnish tie names
AZ they voted VIZ D.. II Manning,
j. II. S~tancil, j. 4 Brown. j. T. J.
Jos. Fuller, X. ii. Blown, Capt. A. J.
Taylor, r. w. O'Ne4l, b. Ii. Creecn.
News tHlpS. j ldye James ID. Colt,
Of the Massachusetts, Supreme Court,
committed suicide by blowing out his
brains. 1t would have been far more
sensible to rest his brains, a. did the
Chief Justice Of Georgia, who resigned
Gu the ground that human lie is short
enough without wearing 1t out on a
grindatone. Unfortunately most OH
Gals will die, rather than resign."-
Mrs. IL. G.. itoblnsun, OF Monroe. Con
necticut, attempted 10 Shoe Fly a par
Of bulls which had escaped from the
field. They turned, and tossed her over
the fence, where she died At Bur
ton, Missouri, jackson atfronted Mrs
Langdon. who attacked Jackson and
Vas stabbed to death. Mrs. l.. ran out
aud shot jackson fatally; but before he
fell he stabbed her severa. times. Nice
little party, The womal, whose ten
per caused the fuss, doubtless feels bet
ter. She has managed to get her hus-
band and her enemy killed, and own name
in the papers.--Some of S~heruan's
Bummers, in their march through
Georgia, took Gen. Robinson's pocket
book, but overlooked a twenty-doliar
gold piece, which he stopped and stuck
into the ground i'll his garden. He sub
Seguently ha1 the size dug over TO re
cover the coin, but failed. Only a
month ago It was al last found near the
spot where it had been buried seventeen
ycars-A Kentucky mob mistook
Mr. Verdun for a murderer whom they
wished to hang. and Mr.. Nerdun mis-
COOK the lynchers for highwaymen. The
consequence was a desperate flight and
pursuit. MIR. Ncrdun stopped whip
ping his horse occasionally to fire a wild
,hot back at the chasers, while they
perforated the top of his carriage with
bullets. He was at length overtaken,
and then the mutual blunder was for
given with drinks ali round. --The
vile of a municipal officer died at Hen
lerson, Ky, and her husband left the
asst offices prior to lnternent to two OF
her friends. After the coffin lid had
been partly fastened, he could not resist
taking one more look. He discovered
that the jeweIry which he intended to
be buried on her was gone. That was
two years ago. He said nothing, and
lately detected one of the friends wear.
ing the articles. He said to her: Il
give you three days to leave town" and
she nt.--Th peculiar faulty
which leads a wealthy widow 10 intrust
her money to the first penniiess adven-
turer who processes to be smltten with
her charms and proposes matrimony is
again shown in the ease of Mrs. Nor
dell, widow of the rich Long Branch
florist. The man in the case was an al
legged Count from Germany, calling
himself Anderson. He sought her en-
ploy as an expatriated tramp, and in a
short time became her accepted lover
and prevailed upon her to sell her bust.
ness and go to live with him Oh his es-
tate in Germany. She accordingly
sold out, aud gave Anderson the money
and went with him to New York,
whence he skipped out. She now
doubtless realizes that his estate is q
castle i'll Spain.