The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-18
Blackwell Il Go have "a splendid ex
hibit at the Fair Grounds.

Blackwell 81 Go nave a splendid ex-
hibit at the Fair Grounds.
Only about two miles of track to
Law before the WILLIAMSON. Tarbo 70.
and Raleigh II. II. j. completed to Tar
boro. The iron will all be down ere
another week.
Lieut.. Micah Jenkins of South Caro-
lima is to be court marshaled for some oc-
currence on the frontier. He i a son of
the fighting Brigadier, jenkins South
Carolina"
1t was las, instead of IA" cadets
from Binghams whom we last week sta
ted would visit the State Fair. The fl =
ure s fell out while en- route to the press
Our friends who failed TO get a
premium this time, may be more fortu-
nate on New Years Day. But, at any
rate, they will have the full worth OF
their money, i'll the weekly visits of the
T. q NJ, together with the satisfaction
of knowing that by their p%romptness in
forwarding their subscription they en-
abled us to make Improvements (many
yet to Gomez which will greatly add to
the value of the paper.
Mr.. James Edwin Scott. the good
looking and clever young Alamancean,
came down to the Fair with as hand
some ; pair of match ponies as YOU wish
to hold the reins over. We leave it to
the pretty folks who have held them.
He calls them Tried and True
Friend Scott has a very fine exhibit OF
his tobacco at the Fair grounds, done up
IN fancy patent boxes with a window in
front, to show the shattered golden
leaf within.
Henderson Gold Leaf says that in a
group of ten gentlemen, sitting in front Of
j.. X. YOung's drug store, no less than
five, half the crowd, had lost a leg, either
N battle or by accident. But you needn't
beginto think that Henderson is crippled
or disabled In any such proportion, for
the same paper e%Xultantly remarks that
from RECEIPT indications the population of
the town will reach 5000 in a couple OF
years or so, without the accession of a
singular foreigner, Present population
about l.500 we SUPPOSE.
Col, w. f. Beasley, in a pleasant
visit to the T. & ii. Saturday, said he
was IN earnest about the project for
building a railroad rom Wilson to Green
vile, on Tar River, whence there is
steamer communication with Washington
and other points IL the extreme east. Tie
says he told the meeting in Wilson that
all he asked was a subscription or bonus
OF $500 from the two counties $50
900 from Wilson, $40, 600 FROM Pitt, to
be paid on the day the locomotive runs
from Wilson to ~Greenville.
From appearances in last issue of
the Asheville Meas, the Liberal-Repub-
hcan organ at Asheville, the home OF
Capt. VIM. NJ. Cooke, That gentleman
has retired from the race for Congress 4;
though We have no knowledge to that
effect. We told Capt. Cooke in April
last that Mott and the Revenue gang
would not give him fair show. and would
force the Liberals to identify themselves
with the RAIDS, or getnO votes. And as
soon as Cooke began to show that he
was really a Liberal and not Il Radi-
cal, the Revenuers 'sOured on him. Ito
use a slang phrase, and if YOU ever saw
a Revenue "sour-mash'' you can under
stand that this was too hard for a GEM
tleman like W. NJ. Cooke to swallow.
Gen. j. NJ. Leach made a charac-
terlstic speech III the House of Represen-
tatiyes on Wednesday night last. We
were not present, but from the current
reports his chief theme was General
LEACH" and you know the old saying
about the lawyer who argues his own
cause.
But the General might well be ex-
cused some slight mental alteration.
considering that as he walked to the
place of speaking he had to pass a long
line OF bonfires blazing from end to end
of Fayetteville street in honor of the
earthquake in Ohio, by which 90, 900
Radical majority was pulled down, and
$4,000 Democratic majority erected in
its stead; with a gain of enough Com
gressmen to restore Democratic supre-
macy in both Houses of Congress. How
so? Answer: Because the moral effect
has already swept Indiana out of the
pale of doubtful States" and will unite
with the influence Of a most superior
specimen Of womanhood to bring the IL
linois Independent Senator to the right
side of the fence and thereby doom Ma
hone to a very back, back seat.