The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-08

one OF our ..old friends" (youn- enough
TO give his first vote to judge Bennett.
we suppose) renewed promptly last
month (to Sept. l., 'o3) and We respon-
ded BY letter. Strange TO say the latter
has never come to hand. And by the
by there i a perfect chorus OF missing
letters and papers III various parts oi the
state. Judging from the newspaper COM
plants. No doubt in many Instances
the post office officials are not 10 blame !;
but It j. equally certain tina great care
le>sne-s prevails. And We may add that
il w,Y prevail Until post office men are
selected and trained not simply az
pointed a. a reward tor party prejudice
and zeal.
II would be glad to see yolr paper IL
ali our homes -wriies taptJ \ Turren
Inc Of Company shops, ami a. II,
best way otlutroiuclng II to them. | scnG
the names OF ten or twelve gppl men ioI
trial IripS, lr q ] Cobb. { i-eley &c
heck, Daniel Anthony. VI [ Hays k
Ingic. Nm nhit-et. Thos ) Robertsou,
k VI Stock al, b + WlI>.
Thank, frlenl T., you have our idea
e|orrecll We have no desire 70 induce
any body TO take the paper WhO does not
want 1t, nor appreciate II 20 We give
everybody a far chance 10 try IT before
| subscribing. Experience shows that two
kinds OF aper are popular, because there
are two cla>~e, OF readers. One class
countries the Wide Awakes, IN both
town and country the wlde-awake Tar
mer, Mechanic, merchant, lawyer, doctor,
| school te cher, Railroad agent, ETC., etc
| These peutlen en- and their families want
a paper to come as regularly as clock
work, aud to contain all the current news.
III good shape, without any useles, yer
biage, or long-spun theories.
The other class consists u easy-gOIng,
housekeeping plodding people, who TAX,
no interest in anything outside ot then
own premises, and care SCI little for the
news that they 70 to the uffi c only once
III three weeks. and always put the aIere
behind tie clock to wait until some RAINY
Sunday, when they are not allowed 10
work, and have nobody to talk to and
cau't sleep. For this class of readers.
the most popular paper Is the cheap
Yankee monthly, full Of jokes, fish stories,
and pun-y wit. Ibis class We should
lyle the "Alruanacers, because many Of
them would not give one oid Almanac
with It's ''iubny pieces and garden re
ceipts, for the best paper IN the State
an whole year.
There are, of course, different degrees;
and this accounts for the fact that cor
tain papers which. to intelligent persons,
seem utterly worthless. are more prosper.
Gus aud widely read than others hat ale
rea Iy wide awake and well edited.
Moreover there are other thlngst to lDtlu.
ence people ; choice. One person car, {
ior nothing but a political paper; VIII g
ms nelghbor wants 10 politics, but ALI {
news and business items. Another wa, ls
The Supreme Court reports. AnOtht
duesn t cafe for anything about Raleigh,
but takes great interest IN the Whining
ton section. or the Charlotte section.
Now, coming back 10 yourself we re
mark that those who like the Farmer ana
.Hechdntc at all. are APP to think highly
IF Ii. as is proved by thousands of com,
~piImentary letters, the utterances OF mauy
contemporaries, and the fact that hun
dreds of our friends have continued with
us from the first number they saw. This
explains, also, the fact that instead o.
being confined to one county, or section,
the readers of the +. 4 NJ. are literally
''b-oadcasted' over the State and the
South usually averaging from 6 to IL
at an office.
lou VIII see. tHcTCIUlc. tldi " iUCfcdSt
our list we must secure an wide lntroduc
ION in every community Order IL neet
,cith the pnrttcutur class Of persons whe
like such paper. This the OBJ
Iect OF our Trial Trip subscriptions.
Ne make no profit on them but they
introduce the paper 10 thousands of new
hands with HUNDREDS Of the friends We
1 ila pon,al, tbDc, yrhn EIa Nc
A very pleasant chat with Mr. * W
Weathers one of Capt Aliens assistants
It he Raelgh &c Glston II II re pot =
aid to Mach II 81 He says the +
& Vi. has numerous friends among the Il
X. men, aud We are glad to hear it. The,
are a bright and stirring class Of men; and
we think our Southern Railway EDgin
GERS, conductors, agents., operators, clerks,
etc, are much above the grade at III,
North and in Europe. When the war
closed, thousands of our young men had
to take off their coats, and almost the
only avenues for immediate employment
were the Railroad, the express, the tel
egraph, etc. Any way, there are many
very clever gentlemen-"Onthe road; =
and we say 1t without fishing tor free
aides. either.
-Saml T~rueblooi, Esq, Of Halifax,
crews to May 81, SO, and without notice.
which is as We like. And thanks to A Il
Hicks, Esq of WAYNE county, who 10 ali
old friend, and punctual to the day. Paid
70 Nov. /. So. Adu one like unto him
IS Capt. NJ. w. Page, of Morrisville.
Next comes a note from Capt Hector
Mel a hern OF Robson C unity, one of the
memuers of the Legislature from thai
county last term, and a gallant ex>Reb
lie e~ucloses eleven new subscribers, a
i wnom wore the grey aud with un
N two excepilcn~. Were IL the "D
known Highland Boys, d--cendani
as their naiues show of the STURDY
! Scotch. who fought for Prince Charlie
and migrated tor free homes and fire
Kirk Mr. \ NcGoopan May 5, So
Ne-srs. r McGeachy, VI \ McIver. DA
cGoogaD, j l. Mclean, Thns McBryde
Duncan NcBryde. ID 3 Mclean. Col ID
Bethunc, 5 J Cobb, Jr, p Monr e
Mr.. 1hos. y. Conyers. OF Frank
linton. who drew the Farmer and Ne
/ chatic Premium Fru I Dryer. writes that
he is greatly pleased VIII 1t. When HI
subscribed. he handed ir. Babc"ck a
dollar to bring to us. with the remark
that he didn't expect to get anything.
but the paper was a good one Yes.
sad the Doctor. II lake it. and Il i
worth the money! We'll. here's
another dollar 10 Iun It the full year
said Couvers. AID a, it turned out. he
Ntra dollar got the furnace.
-Then cometh friend y. A. Nc
keithen. OF Messr>. Leslie X Mcke IT,
an. merchants and naval store manu-
lacturers. at Blues Crossing.-who kind
" sends a club OF - subscribers. head
ell by Mr.. \. j. Morrison. Of Argyle.
paid to May ). So. and hopes many o.
item may enrol a> .nnual subscribers.
We should be clad to have them 10 80.
before long we SHALL adoIt a feature