The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-17

day. Canary body beat thlsf
See sale IF John Sears house aRo
lot in tins city, Dec. 10. Geo. VI
Smcdes, Esq, Attorney.
The city of Chio~, in ''Scio's isle,
has ben steadily sinking since thu
eartharake lat spring, and the people
have abandoned their homes.
-Srnnson comfy Fair opens to day
Coz. Jarvis aud Col. Polk have gone
aud will II AXE speeches. Gov. vance
sill be the orator OF the occasion.
On Monday while we sat working
at open windows without fire, came 9
telegram from Omaha announcing thai
the trains had to be abandoned because
blocked in SNOW.
Roy. Geo. Dame, who has spent
some time III Raleigh, and madei many
friends, has accepted a call to the Fps
copal church of Goldsboro.
Frederick Paulding Dodge, grand
nephew of Gen. Dodge, of ''IlilIman,
Dodge, and Dews' fame, was reported
dead in Macon, Ga, last week. He
was a relative or connections OF Mrs.
DR.. X b Haywood. 7. S.-He didn't
die, and is better.
Col. +. T. Toon, Maj. Nelson
Slough of Concord, and Maj. Duncan
J. DeNane, OF the old 29ih y. c., are
ea~dcavoring to organize the Survivors
Of the command into an association fol-
til. pcrpetuttion of the Regiments
Record. That's right.
An excellent piece of work is the
portrait, craven by Mr.. L. Z. Harris,
ss a frontispiece of the ''Lite, and
Labors of Rev. w. B. Wellons." by
Rev. J. W. Wellons, of Franklinton,
now in press of Ed wards, Broughton x
Co.
Very much do we regret to learn
| Of the sudden death in Wilmington Of
Capt. Theodore Calhoun James, asso-
ciate editor of the Daily RerseU. Our
acquaintance vas but slight, yet his
face. and speech, and armiess sleeve
bespoke HIM a gallant spirit; and Of
such there are not SO many that one
may not be missed.
We regret having to leave out some
general notes about Tarboro. and Fay
etteyiilc Fairs. Both were successful to
A degree quite equalingi if not surprising
expectations of their friends. Senator
Ransom spoke at IarborO, and Colonies
Alfred WAldell and Oliver Dockery at
Fayetteville.
The NeuLermian, of Nov. II, has
three editorials with the ring of true
manliness One is upon ''Thos J. Jar
Wis and Eastern North Carolina"
Another refers to the hiring Of paupers
to negroes in Beaufort county. Anoth-
er scar.ties DIR. w. A. Hammond for
his cowardly refusal to testify as to
Guiteau's insanity.
The Greensboro Tribune intimate,
that Honest John Worth will be
urged lay his friends for Governor next
year. And the Patriot, ana the Reds
Vile Times. refer to the popularity OF
Gen. y. NJ. Scales. Ar some persons
hink The popular eve i. upon both
Gen. Robert Vance. and Capt. jos. j.
Davis and i true 'straight-out" liz
Cumberland. Well, the State has. in
its time gone farther and Jared
worse"
Pleased to have a call yesterday
from Col. Wharton Green, en- route to
join a large party at Greensboro. to 90
to Atlanta including Col. Thos. "
Holt, Mr.. Jos. +. Pegue, Col. Cape
heart, and a dozen others representing
North Carolina Agricultural Society.
Col. Green informs us that a party of
10 citizens of Fayetteville left for At
ANITA on Monday evening. \ party of
700 also went from Salem. Gen. w.
r. Cox. Col. l.. l.. Polk, Mr.. NJ. A.
Parker, have also gone.
Persons who have not studied a
Railroad map of the Union during the
past five years, have only a faint con-
certlon of the growth Of the ountry
he State of Illinois, N the new map,
resembles a vast spyderS web. 1t is
said there is no farm in that State more
than five miles from a railroad. There
re now xix routes Il the Pacific coast.
and t"O of thrt e to Mckee. The Ma
ton Is the most wonderful or the globe.
A :. ecimen Of the outcome OF
american Civ %zation" %! the shoddy-
-rat c.ae>, is gong the rom OF the
press. "Governor" Tabor, of Colora
t.. waS {; New Go.k strtet-'sharp."
He Wen west and by >hrcwd >pecuia
us II .: :iiIns stocks. arose In A few
Nia.Si. ..e ~cun.Land OF mi' 'on> AS
cl,eIc ar- always p.cn y % rcu,ile ready
snu abN IL to assist III h fi>tiny the
Gu,iels Iif upon the pedestal of
for-l'l,. !. Dor soon becarc ianous.
But ~ l. generally the case with
the newly rich hec,u'd not
eliminate the coarseneSs oil his nat
ural disposition. Governor Tabor
iaiiied with a fraii young actress,
# the danseuSe variety, and when
he suddenly skipped away from Den
yer, the Governor gorgeous $I5 90
liauiond went with her. and has not
-ince been heard from. Men who wear
SD, 900 stones on their shirt fronts
ought to be robbed, and by womcn as
vulgar as themselves.
We see it stated in a statistical al
manac that the value of North Carroll
mas field crops for six years past aver
ages $32, 81, 7s9. If this be true. our
State makes 4 miserable showing as she
has 81, $50, $50 acres, and at this rate
we could show but ST per acre.
Lit may not be generally Known that
North Carolina now ranks fifteenth in
population, and twenty sixth IN size.
The order of States now runs thus,
New York, Penna., Ohio, Illinois,
C''westward the star of Empire take,
its wayi') Missouri, Indiana, Mass,
Kentucky, Michigan, Iowa, Texas,
Tennessee, Georgia, \. c., Wisconsin,
Ala, N. j., Kansas, etc.
North Carolina in size exceeds New
York, Pcnna, and Tennessee by about
5000 acres each. But Texas is larger