The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-29
EDITORIAL 8QUiB0,--
eft Over From Last Wcek. !.

! Mr.. K. L. Wootten, of Lenolr'
county, subscriber OF TIN. paper, fell
dead one day last week near La Grange.
4 tive the old man chance! Let
President Arthur enter upon his admln
] ;>tratinn with the feeiiuy that he caa
easily ril himself OF distrust, and In
merit much ot Iarields popularity, Il \
4 he will rise 10 the dignity st IA Natloua.
/ President, hot a mere Party Rlng!eader.
The fact that Conkling, Grant
Platt. Dorsey. aud others of the old .
..hipgton RINK we're closetcd with ,
Arthur DIV after day, and night after .
night. during the last fortnight OF Gar |
field life. gives Puck chance to picture
these men throwing DICE like the Ro /
man, around the cross on Calvary And
they parted his garments, aud cast tots
HeieOa.
Two accidents occurred at Coup'>
circu. in New YORK la the chariot
race. which is very exciting, one team
threw its driver, and ran over hun, and
would have killed Miss Matte Lewis,
who was driving another chariot. but
for the activity of some Of the 'supe >.
In the Jockey races. Edward Carpstone
wa. thrown from his horse, which tell
upon him, holding him by the legs dl
rectly in the path of a lot OF other
horses. The multitude shouted In ter
ror, but, the horses one after another
eaped over the PROSTATE man.
Bro. Robinson, Of the Winston
/ L.nIer. gives very adroit collocation
g of the Flowers; playing upon their names
Il The wonder is that SO large mum Der
e could be brought into the Beau quet.
{ W. observe that Rose Mary and
!. ..Sw.e, Williams and Lily" and some
q more Of them, went out with jon
7 quill. +" to have fine time time IN the
a tArhor.yi,a. enjoying ''Houey
,f suckIe,' '.Butter-cups, and '>Scup-
Ii nernongs." 1t is true tale We re-
n member the occasion well
= We have received the Oxford Int
- erarv and Educational Monthly --th,
! offsnring of a marriage between the
:, tOrphun's Friend' aud the O-cont'tn.
i It is pamphlet of 4S pages, at the low
:, price of 81. 90 year. 1t starts with
!. rood circulation. and we wish 1t well
- ;, An the same, it il due to frankness Z
:. sypress regret at the change. Ia
Orpb1n's Friead was more MILLS
=, and the O.ron,nn more distinctly litera
w Rut we suppose the first numbe
- not a representative ore; Ont mcrei
W breaking of the ground. Messrs- Je
- - rome G. Horner and J. ii slilis, al
the publishers, Oxford \. I.
The BaltIm ,rs ''Oriole" celebratio
=" is to occur October lOth, th and l2tf
- Raleigh ought to take pattern from IL
II monumental city The latter gets up
!, biy celebration two or three times
ter year; and by aid of cheap railroad far
Ieo and by extensive advertlselng, draw
ion immense crowds, who not only spel
me money at the hotels, theatres, saloon
EN- and public places Of resort, bu. al
make large purchases IN every line
ors business Better still they get an Id
I'm ,f the citv's advantages for trade, al
hi. thus it happens that merchants recel
ror. ,ev orders months after the ever
and which are due to the visit OF the c,
him toner. Raleigh is we'll located to get
h ad big excursions, and If our Board
ore Trade would take it in hand, the C
new would be great gamer.
God
ken We have received a letter frC
Geo VIM Curtis, editor OF Harpef
nc and noted as chief leader OF the II
-. form, :" Anti Machine, Wing of
NJ II. Republican party in New York.
III urges that the shooting of the Preside
:; ~. (the letter is dated Sept. l6) afford
Tpn T'p good text to show up the rottenn
;st;o of our Civil Service System, since
- .a,. Iuiteau had not been led to bell'
-. himself entitled to fat office IN reco
a. pense for his services in the Preslden
o ',.n campaign, he would not have come
~ Washington, aud dogged the Preside
"'' and finally shot him. If men were
lected for office on the score OF merit
oilty fitness, and not in reward Tor party Y
I'M there would be a better class OF men IN
gress fce, fewer public scandals, and less rsI
at II yreat public calamities, such as We I
'r to experience Mr.. Curtis letter is
do lorsed by Autographed autogra ph'
bs Peter Cooper, Howard Potter, How
Crosby, Henry w Bellows, ID. b. Eat
win Charles L. Adams, Abram 5. Hew
Iood. Frank B Thurber. john Hay, sen'
ives, Randolph r B. Hayes David A. "
the and dnzeu OF hers every one well knt
dent from Name to Mexico 1t is curl
ority TO note B. H. Bristow among
e de- mum ber 1t is still more c1rlols
both note '.R. b. Hayes who preac
came Reform but practiced the way
origi the wicked trom to 4, anu n'ied
ever thousand Office. with hi. personal p
edies sites, and kinsmen, until 1t got t
chall conceded that no one need apply.
lblin. his opponent were an Ohio ihah,
must fifty second cousin by marriage ot
nd Hayes family. But we suppose ~
hen | er fraud can see the evil OF such p
edies. tice,. now that his cronies are b'
. ha. turned out of their nests by ne"
will mlnl,tratlOn.
4 O,c' Another interesting feature 81 tht
will tographs referred to is the dltfereen nc
SIZE of the 81 gn manuals. Most OF Il
including Adams, Cooper, Crosby ,,
Hurburt, Minturn, Peck ham, and
uhcSa III .ta shall are very large and Scrawly. Z
red Of er els -, ;o ,rae .nl;ntered by lightC