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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19

CASwELL MoNUMENT.-By request
of President f. +. Cox, We announce
that Mai. John Gatiirg will act a. agent
in Rsleigh to receive donations for the
memorial to Richard Gaswell ia the pu9
lie square at Kinston. The State rave
$500. but it was deemed altogether Ia
adequate for a suitable 10
the first Constitutional Governor, the
first grand Master, aud one Of the very
few successful generals OF the Revoi
ton.
Accordingly an Association L1slo..
organized, and "a long list Of yice-Prcsi-
dents appointed, who are urged to ST
cure contributions al once, a. the mon
ument will be unveiled, If possible OH
the eth Of july.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19

VANIsHED,-A5out ten weeks ago
a youth calling himself j. w Cali.
CHER pretending to be a jeweler, in
truded his serene visage into the quiet
precincts of Lenoir. He was a tall
powerful man, with beard shaved
smooth off, and a deep sea just under
one of his eyes. He seemed to be an
enterprising youth. He had posters
printed, advertised, rented All office
and swung a jewelers. sign to the
breeze. He told every body that he
had been the adopted son of John
Robinson, the circus man, and that he
hailed from New York, Atlanta Ga,
Charleston s. c. or almost anywhere.
He disposed Of some watches which he
brought with him at very low figures,
and up to April 80 a good many Of our
citizens had taken him their watches
to be mended. On the morning of
May Ist in company with a suspicious
looking character he left Lenoir for
parts unknown, carrying with him about
one dozen watches, besides other jew,
elry. He has gone, he has fled he ha:
departed, he has broken away. Many
of our citizens are wondering whether
or not he will return. Perhaps-not.
Topic.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19
ITEMS FRoM THE LENoIR (Caldwel

ITEMS From THE LENoIR Caldwell
county, ToPIC.-D Died, Wednesday,
April 20, Martin, infant sou OF Capt.
VI. Y. and Mrs. S. Moore. Miss
Matte Mcbride. daughter of Sheriff A.
j. Mcbride, of Watauga, was visiting
friends and old school mates, in Lenoir
last week.-Large crops of cotton
are being planted in this county. To
prepare for the increase in the crop,
Mr.. Hugh Sutherland propose to have
another gin and compress works In ep-
Grafton By the first of October. There
is quite a panic on Mulberry and John.
River over the presence of pleuro-
pneumonia among the cattle. MIR. ii.
&. Coffey has lost three head. and the
disease has attacked the cattle of Others
in the neighborhood THE Eastern
folks will before long be thinking about
where they will spend the summer. If
they want pleasant accommodations,
combined with ready access to the
mountains, they can come with all secu
rity to Lenoir and be certain of moder-
ate charges. The land of the Sky
it here, close at hand, in Watauga,
where scenery, ranging up and down
the gamut from the beautiful to the
grand, sublime and awful, can be reach.
ed on all sides. it was the good
fortune of the Junior editor to attend
the marriage of Mr.. John Goforth, OF
Rutherford, and Miss Lou futile, al
the residence of B. NJ. Futile, Esq.
Quite a number of friends assembled
to witness their marriage; Hickory,
Shelby, Rutherfordton and Lenoir, be-
ing represented.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19
The Scare in Concord ana
What is likely to Come
of it.

rytor Charlotte ObSe, uer.:-The
FL nox scare is %simmering in Con
81 but the absence of country peo-
oJa in town shows how rapidly the bad
Ipers has spread. The half dozen coun-
tr,men who were here this forenoon,
m ~ noticed to get through with their
h,.iress 4 great deal more rapidly than
anal and hurry back to their farms to
,h5n out their cotton.
T,.t night the small pox patient. a
nm rs usual at the bottom of it,
moved TO a small cabin in the
n.,t- on Mrs. Sarah Ioung's place,
;s,I,tcd from any human habItatIon
Lr half a mile. The remainder of the
Gr,mans are closely q~uarantined IN
,r.frGttIe white house, some three hun
drri wards above tie depot. \ strict
-,a,,ntiur is established. The cotton
,i,.ter was made to move his scales
~ fo,yn aud has established himself
,i.,r. Of the back lots along Main
.,r.4t \ number of negroes and poor
ub;t.s live ia cabins near the depot,
oad none Of them can come up town.
Jacpb Bauman, n~atnralized Deufscher
h.s b.cn employed to remain with the
G.r,aaus Tor one month for the consid
Grafton of $50.
The onlv uneasy feature of the matter
i.the fact that a number of our young
mon visited the sick woman before her
case was developed into small pox,
and the terrible disease may in this
manner gain ii foothold among the
ueoplc. Every arm in town will be
held out for vaccination during to-day
and to-morrow. The board of health
is doing everything possible to meet
the emergency, and really there IS lit
n, danger to fear, and we all feel safe.
the excitement incident to the first
alarm has completely subsidized, and
Concord is as quiet and serene as could
he expected, taking into consideration
the barren prospects for blackberrles,
Layer bv the s bottles and the thermon-
etTr at 81 degrees in the shade.
w. H. H.
Several small pox ''scares" are re
ported from different points. We
r,collect living, eating, and sleep
ing for weeks III the same 0 with
SMALLPOX patients, at Fort Delaware
and under circumstances giving little
hope to escape the pestlieDce, as we
were Oh a marshy island, lower than the
surrounding river, which constantly
oozcd through the trail dykes, and filled
the bitches with a greenish scum the
very sight of which was suggestive OF
cholera. One of these sliney bitches
ran directly under the floor of the
room, or "Division," We occupied.
One day we helped TO lift Lieut.. eau
thorn of South side Virginia down from
his Bunk" which was on the tier above
our own. He was a CHASTITY spectacle,
and died a few hours later, OF small pox,
We mention these things to suggest I
well known rule ter meeting epifiemlc>
viz: Keel your mouth closed IN pres
ence OF the infection, your body Away
clean, your diet and habits regular, tnc
YOUR soul well balanced and be sure
that you've pail your subscription tt
the FurmeI. ard .Nt chonic. Follow
these rules, and you vii, come out witt
a white skin, and not a mark any
where Oh you, OF against you!
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19

\ ROMANCE IN CoURT.-InHers0n
.Hvy IA romantic case came up be
tone Judge Dixon, in the SupreIns
Court, this morning. Some time ago
John P. Clifford of Yonkers became en-
gagged to Miss Ellen MeKilvery, who
afterward began to lose her sight, and
about six months ago became totally
blind. On Monday they were married
10y the Rev. Father Hens, in the
Church of St. Boniface. Mrs. CHI
ford's parents announced to the bride
groom that they did not intend to let
their daughter have their house, as
they loved her too we'll to part with
her. Mr.. Clifford had fitted upa home
for her in Yonkers, and had made ev
erything comfortable for her reception.
He argued with the old people. but
they would not listen to him. Then
be applied to Counsellor ID. b. English
who got out a writ of habeas corpus
against the brides parents, requiring
them to produce, Mrs. Clifford in court,
before Judge Dixon, this morning.
The parents told the Judge that their
only claim 10 keep their daughter was
founded on their great love for her,
which had only been increased by her
misfortune. Judge Dixon said that a
husbands claim is regarded first in law
and as Mrs. Clifford said that, while
she loved her father and mother dearly
her duty and her fondest love called
her to go with her husband, he award.
ed the custody of the young woman tc
the bridegroom. The old people there.
upon kissed their daughter and sou.in
law, and all went away apparently con
tented.
Oculists sav that Mrs. Clifford's sight
will probably be restored.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19

TiXT BOOK. FOR pUBL c Schools
The State Board Uf Education. aflcr
an all day session. Curing which abou;
one dozen gentlemen representing the
several Publishing Houses sat upon The
ragged edges Of the benches IN front
ofthe capitol, gave the Lions share Of
the Publications t. the university
Publishing Company "a New York
House under that title; with u sop To
Appletor, aud one or tao other firms.
OF curse, the Books were selected lc-
gar,!iess Of the Publishers. They a:e
a. follows: Webster 81 clicr, Holmes
Readers, Maury's Biographies, Sand
ford's Arithmetic, Harvey's Elemental
ry Grammar and Composition, Read &
Kellogg's Higher Lessons, Read y kel-
logs Graded Lessons, Goodrich's Pic
t%orial, Children's Firt History, Holmes
History for intermediate, A. III. Steph-
ems History for Higher Glasses, Mitch
ellis Map Drawing, Worcester's Diction-
airy. The following copy books were
chosen: Reynolds, Payson, Dunton <
scribner's, Eclectic, Appleton's and
Ellsworth's.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19
A sad Prohibition story is that q

A sad Prohibition story is that OF
young w. III. Priester, of South Caro-
lima, now in GreenvilIe Jail; probably
insane. but made so by liquor. While
at Charlotte Military Institute he slip
ped out of barracks and went to adrink,
ing saloon where in a brawl he killed a
negro. He was carried before Judge
Schenk, and IN some way got Oft. lie
returned home and soou married a no
ble woman. Recently he got angry a,
his father (who humored him in al
things) and shot him dead at the dinner
table. He has been wandering about
until Saturday when he was arrested, a
pitiful wreck. He continually calls OF
his friends to ''pray for him. and is
in shocking plight.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19
WHAT Is TO BE DONE WITH TIL

WHAT Is TO BE DONE WITH THE
NATIONAL HOTEL. The portion Of
.he building fronting on Halifax
street will be appropriated on
he first floor to the offices Of the
State Chemist including the necessary
chemical and apparatus rooms, &c.
which are to be very completely fitted
up. On the story above offices for the
Agricultural Department re to be pro-
vlded, and u museum for specimens
which will run the whole length Of the
building, with a gallery around the
whole room. To effect this arrange
ment the whole of the third floor will
have to he removed to give the neces-
sary height. To the front, on Eden
ton street 1T IS proposed to add some
fifty or sixty feet with a separate en-
trance for access to Library, Supreme
Court. &c. On the first story, and to
the cast of a spacious entrance, viii be
located the offices of the clerk Of the
Supreme Court and the Attorney Gen
ernl. On the west Will be "a large and
spacious room for the State Library.
On the second story, approached by
an ample stairway, will be located on
the east the Supreme Court o and
the Judges private rooms, and or the
opposite side, over the State Library,
below, will be the Supreme Court LII
brary. librarians oom and a large room
for the Judges consultations. When
completed and ultimately finished. with
Il front of suitable character and sly le
to compare with the surrounding bull
dinss and scenery. the whole ef., Ct
will be imposing, and such as VIII 10
justice to the purposes intendef! and
will reflect credit on the city JSer-
Ger.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19
Ok AND Dex: Your Ok. AND My

Ok AND DeX: Your Ok, AMI My
OX.)--The descriptions Of scene md
houses and elens and lakes are excel
ent, but the picture the author gives OF
Southern life is far too highly colored
and eXtravagantly exaggerated. Such
wealth, such palaces, castles with tow
els ard battlcments and magnificent
parks did not exist; if Mr.. Moore
saw them we should he very glad to
hear where he found hem.-Oxford
Orontdn
1t really seems to us that we have
seen them, and have proof that they
existed forty years ago. One of them
stands to-day twenty-five miles from
Oxford, another twenty seven miles,
an | two others thirty miles distant.
Ore Of the last has nearly ruined a rich
man from the North by the unexpec-
ted repairs, paints and decorations.
Forty wears ago some wealthy citizens
of Oxford drove four-horse coaches.
gave splendid dinners and lived in q
style which would seem to he exagger-
atrd, if t%ruthfully Decentralization
F,ieaH.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19

The CLINTON & FAIsoN RAILROAD
CoMPANY.-By virtue of the charter by
the last General Assembly, ratified on
the ) day of March, A. ID. 1881. incor-
porating the Clinton 4 Faison Railroad
Company, the following named persons,
viz: VIM. III. Moore, J.. l.. Stewart, J.
Il. Beanan, A. f. Johnson, John Ash,
Cord, +. I. Boykin, j. III. Stevens, j.
A Terrell, G. Patrick, j. H. Royal, |.
X. Faison, j. G. Pass, Il. r. Bell. J.
A. Oates, w. +. Stevens, II. f. Her
ring, James Eorse AID j. G. Hines, be
ing a majority of the persons mentioned
in the said charter under whose direc-
ton books ale to opened, met in the
court house in the town of Clinton OIL
the 29th Of April, \. D., Isl, after pub.
lie notice to hat effect. aud proceeded
to organize by appointing lsham K.
Faison chairman and \. L. johnson
Secretary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19

ONLY THE MULE WAS FoUND.-4d-
Jecale, S. c., Nay 12.-This morning
Adolphus Masham, a youth of l6, at
tempted to ride a mule over a danger
Gus swamp on Mr.. J. c. Litc's planta-
ton. He knew that the place had the
reputation of being full of quicksand'
but insisted on going. Later In the day
screams were heard from the direction
Of the swamp, and a party of men ven.
tured as near as they dared. BY mean:
of boards they reached the neighbor,
hood of the sound, but could only SET
the mules head above the mire. Nc
trace of the boy can be found.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19

Burton, ". III My 12-On las.
Friday night four men broke into the
house Of Mr.. McSiaster. a new mar
ried man. SCI i and bound him. and
then L, : wife. Bfant. one
Il } All IN McGafy have been
II tel A. the perpetrators Great
excitement prevails, aud lynchine i
nieatenei
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19
THE GREAT PIANO AND ORGAN
DEPOT OF THE SOUTH.

We are mad. Somebody hold az, or tIert VIII
b. trouble. This huyll < Pianos and Organs ia
New York and New Jersey, when they can be had
cheaper a. home, has got to be stopped What
are we here for? What j. our Nammoth Dou
be Store for? What 60 We carr. q stock of POO
Pianos ana Organs for? What DO We ke = an
army Of Statesmen, Clerks, Boot-keeFcrs, Tuners,
Travellers, Draymen ami Porters Tor? What do
We run eight Branch HOUSES FOR? What do We
advertise ia over so papers for?
For the fun of it? Not much. Ludier h
Bates Southern Music House was established to
sup ly southern buycrs With Pianos and Organs.
Its mission must and shall be fulfilled.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19

John " Thompson. NpN II, Il. v Mo-
.frii ty'ou. Jan Z. -. Nrs J : Mex y, J iN =
tom. Jan 3. ~: = 7 kiNItt, Wilmington. 4 nj
=: Capt r ] South erlaud. Wilmington, Soy J.
-. II o'Neai. Ha-e's Store. Aug "a : NJ
3 Is hamilton. Princeton. Aug u. 81, w A II.
RI. Henderson. Soy IL. III: II Hignt. kittrrl
I4y 4, ~: " + kornegay. Gol!-horo, NAN -
- X Sm-i-s, Go4d-borp, Oct l, ~: AIltou
Mar ling, Gold-boro. OCT: -, 81 Or A q BROOKS
Ella ( Greek. Jan %. -: " Perry, Rucer
otJ.e, Az Il, 81; w Hl-ti-ty, City, A. .
81; w A b Richardson. Eagle Rock, Aug !, -
DR. j v Bynum. FarInyille, Pitt Co, April y, !
A q Wilcox. Brinkleyville, Oct IL, al; W Is sm ~
sov :, 81; Thomss Lovetls, Cumberland, Soy =
81 T Y Allen, Granville, Feb l, -.
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wll BE- edited on the books ultil Il AvpSr.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-05-19
WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

sy Corrected every "Wednesday morning
therefore showing the etate Of the markets on
the previous day, TUESDAY.
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Kinston .Journal:: Last Thursday,
while W colored men were passing
down Neuse River they found the dead
body Of a boy lodged on a jettie. The
body was taken up and brought to town
and proved to be Albert Hall, a boy
about Is years old, who has been living
with Mrs. Nick Hunter for several years.
Captain f. r Page, OF Jones
county, attended a meeting of the Di-
rectors of the Atlantic Coast Railway
Company, OF which he Is ono, at Colds.
boro last Saturday. lie says the com
pany has already built a road from Nor
folk to Elizabeth City, and from Wash
ington to Jamestown; that they own a
r,ad from Wilmington t. Atlanta; that
they have stacks" of money and are
determined TO I'LL up the gap between
Elizabeth City and Wilmington. The
Captain is very sanguine over the pros
poets for Jones county to get a rail.
road.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-03
EDITORIAL LIFE.

"a man who writes for newspaper
is much more slave than a man who fol-
lows any other profession. We are told
that the law is a jealous mistress, and will
have no divided attention. But if this be
true of the law, it is much more true OF
the profession of journalism. A man who
binds himself to a newspaper life has q
long and wearied existence of monotonous
drudgery. A lawyer, wearied in the prep
aratiOn of a case, can continue it, if he
shrinks from the labor of trying it. He
can have vacations and misunderstanding
nothing Of this sort is possible with the
editor. He is like a galley-slave
time comes ne must write. If the brain
be wearied, and the physical system
dull and suffering it makes little differ
ence. The will must come to the rescue1
and the task must be accomplished then
and there For this reason more men
break down and grow permaturely old in
the editors work than in any other. The
joys of society are denied him. No sooner
does he get out out sheet than his energies
are taxed to go over the ground again, and,
unless he has a perennial spring of enthl'-
siasm in his breast, he soon gets over
worked and dull. One of the hardest
things in the world is to keep up this con
tinued grind all of the time, day in and day
out. No wonder that the average brain
crumbles under it and weakens; and the
final result is not flattering. Few make
more than bare living out of it. Others,
who, like Greeley, reach the top like Gree
ley, die of exhaustation before they taste
the joys. "-Pe0g-ia journal.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-03

The name of Mr. Samuel J. Tilden is
| being prominently urged for the candidacy
for governor of New York; and there is
scarcely democrat. outside of New York
city, but hopes that he will run. Tilden'
nomination means two things: reform and
move against Tammany, both of which
are needed. Mr.. Tilden's record as a re-
former is as long as the list of his official
acts. Every executive position he has
held, has been a tale of needed and neces-
to the last official act he has performed. A
war on Tammany has become a necessity
to the democratic party.
II we wish ever to be successful we must
first put away the foe in our rear, before
we can hope to overcome the foe in front.
We must to-day destroy Tammany before
we can republicanism. The influence of
John Kelly has been entirely thrown in the
interest of the republican party, his has
been rule or ruin principles and it has al
ways been ruin. Too weak to control the
party he has used his power over faction
OF it to defeat the party. He has been
nominally democrat. but at heart John
Kelly man. John Kelly was his only
thought, and self interest, or assumed self
interest his rule of action. He has used
the names and title of the democratic par
ty to try to destroy the party. The sooner
he is laid away to rest the better; and
when we know no factions, no halls, no
individual leaderships; but simply one
party; the sooner can we hope for victory
and triumph of those principles in which
we believe, principles which we consider
necessary to the perfect continuance of
free government.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-03

The old adage that while there is life
there is hope" has never been more thor
oughly exemplifled than during the sick
ness of the President The people have
chung to the slightest thread with the
greatest pertinacity, and now it looks as if
their reward is about to come. President
Garfield has shown courage in his illness,
determination to get well that bids fair
to overcome both death and the doctors,
and the country is once more resting hope
full in the expectation of seeing him again
in good health.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-03

Years ago, when the rottenness of the
istration. had disguised everybody but the
politicians and the thieves, the watch word
of reform inside of the party" was start
ed and for time men believed that the
thing was possible. Bristow started out as
a reformer under Grant, and the whiskey
exposures were the result, but somehow or
other Bristow languished and became po
itically dead, and the man who honored
his party was dishonored by the party.
From the name of Credit Mobilier down,
all sorts of steals had been perpetrated by
officials high in the republican party, and
all went unrebuked Then when Bristow
rose up determined that, in his department
at least, it should cease, he received no
help from his party and no aid from his
superiors. He did his work as well as
he was able, and then sought his
reward. A political death, hated by his
party because he had shown up its sins;
stunned as dangerous. When Hayes sue
ceeded we were treated with gush
Gush was plenty, and sentiment could be
picked off of every bush. We were to
have pure administration" and it did
seem pure for awhile, for the simple reason
that all the rascality was carefully covered
up. The slight inkling which we got of
the true inwardness of Mr. Hayes admin
istration was enough to show us the neees-
sity of a thorough investigation, and re-
form. OF this loud pretence was made,
but Window had hardly got started in the
Treasury Department before he discovered
that John Sherman was unpleasantly
mixed up, and SO that investigation stop
ped. The star route steals were a crying
fraud; they were known to exist and there
is no doubt about the parties concerned,
but Brady, Dorsey, ct al, are as free and
seemingly respected members of their party
as ever, and that loud cutlery has ended in
a fizzle.
The whole of the matter is that this Re-
publican cry of reform within the party
is sham As the party is at present CON
stItuted it is an impossibility. The only
thing that holds the party together to-day
is the desire of its politicians for office, and
the motto of 'fhonor among thieves is
enough to hold them together. If they
should consent to the exposure of any of
their number, they would all go overheard
together and they know it. Hence they
stick together. and protect themselves
while protecting each other. and the out
come of the whole matter is that reform is
impossible so long as the party remains in
power.
The only hope of a complete unwilling