The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-26

Mr.. G. Holden, of Wake Forest
township, raised a bunch of oats with
1877 stalks, or heads, from n grain,
this year.
Many horses have been injured
the past weeks by fetlock %fevers,
by continual travelling In the
mud.
When there is direct passage from
Norfolk to Columbia, aud Charleston,
augusta and Savannah, via Wills 10,
Fayetteville and Florence. the r. r.
"" route will carry the bulk of souti'
going travel.
Col. s. P. Horton has moved hi
boarding house to corner Blount an
Davie streets, where be is better pre-
pared to accommodate private Dearders
and transient custom than ever before,
and will be glad TO have you stop witt
him.
-Clark.on n. Potter, of New York,
who at one time babe tair to become a
candidate for the Presidency, but wa
killed by a committee is dead. d.
"a q gnu hio W. JoNSS
The Durham Plant highly som
mends the generous sentiment which
induced Maj. julian . Carr to name the
new row of buildings in that own
"The Robinson Block in compliment
to Lieut.. Governor JAS. l.. Robinson
1t will be remembered that in the Dem
ecratic Convention of 1880, Maj. Carr
was at one tine believed to have receiv
ed the nomination for Lieut. Governor.
Capt. Robinson, the successful nominee.
afterwards won the good will Of th.
people of Durham.by throwing bis vot'
lin the Senatorial tie On the side OF the
s'new county" Of Durham.
There are some rare birds in the
State P~enitentiary. We hear that ths
fellow, Mccall, who was convicted OF
stealing Gen. w. r. Cox's horses some,
years ago, was an expert counterfeiter
With an old knife, a file, some pewter
and pounded glass, he could make a
silver dollar which nine persons in ten
would accept without suspicion.
Another prisoner, who is at time:
demsnted, has a number of mice train
ed TO perform on the slack rope, climl
tthhaaeeftf the f fhteIIeee, Is the 'o Oily thi sea which bn,i
hits the human animal above the bruta
l%eVel,Is lacking \ l~unatic. like all ami
mals, hahitually looks down, not up
earthward not sky-war6.
DO you see the card of Mess,,. l.
L. Polk 4 Co? They invite you t,
come and see their splendid assortment
OF Farming Implements. And TO show
you exactly how the triggers work. the.
have arranged with Messrs. Uzzcll &
Wiley. the enterprising young Book
and Job Printers, to drop a line OF belt
ing from the shaft Of their new steas,
gas engine, so that If you want to ex-l
anime a machine in motion, there Won |
arel
But perhaps you cannot come to
Raleigh right away? Well, then. lust
watch the big card in u advertising
columns. Col. Polk means to use it ~
a picture gallery, aud show a new En-
glBe, or Planter, or rlow. or Machine
every week. Please mention this ma
Per when you write.
They have found a new trick in
New York. A poor, ragged woman.
with a baby in her arms, and one tug
glng at her skirts, creeps along the
pavement to the crowd in front of the
hotels or newspaper offices. She tot.
tiers, and seems about to fail. TIE lit
tie one cries out-''Mammy I'm 50 hun.
gryI' Just then a well-dressed man
steps forward and exclaims-"Why.
look at the poor creature! She, hall
famished! Haven't you had any food
Not a mouthful since yes-
morning, sir and these little
ones, I'm 'fraid they will die out in this
cod, stormy, world"
All. well!'-says the kind hearted
.an-HIm a poor man myself; but
South we don't lot folks starve
before u eyes. Here is SO; is is all
afford, but surely these gentlemen
will give you something I"
Thus appealed to, and ashamed by
the generous-heartedness of the South
erner, the crowd throw a shower of 81.
s.. and even $40, bills into the Door
woman's apron.
then she totters off to a new street.
And at night she and the generous
hearted Soutaerner" put $3.50 more in
bank, as their days work.
Mildly, friends Of the Conservative
press, as mildly as you can, in speaking
the independent Movement" so
'alled, In North Carolina. The Blood
Martyrs is the seed of the Church."
Malone could not have carried off
of thousands of Intelligent Virgin
ans, old Confederate soldiers, like
Cameron, and Brockenberough and
theirs We might name, if the spirit of
'ugnacity had not been aroused by the
lerce war-crics Of the leading Demo I
ratio newspapers. (.
1t is well to recognise that there is in
Worth Carolina a condition of Unrest, t
nd Reorganization. which forbids the q
use Of the machine" whip. |
When a party is in the flush of success. l
t Is possible to punish the least within '
er OF complaint But the Democratic f
'arty oil day needs milder measures t
0 keep it's men in line. There are d
thousands of young men in the ranks.
are true as steel to the South, and
0 Democratic principles, but who are 7
OF specially loyal to the caucus methods t
tour or i've years past. These young c
have no sympathy with tricks |
who desert the party to secure office !; t
ut at the same time they are In a frame. \
lind which will not stand the crack o /
lie whip! ),