The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-20

Ut Cd1-OlldS, Joy ONJ
Gould, appears to have the American
Nation by the ear, walking him as they
please.
-Gastonia, in CASTOR county, ten years
ago had one house, the depot. Now Ii
is quite a little town, and We note from
the Gazette that one firm has sold sixty
grain drills this year. Part of them went
over the border into South Carolina but
the fact illustrates the improving spirit
in the Piedmont sections of both States.
Liquor put in some lively ticks last
week. 1t resulted in the death of Laugh
lin at Smithtield, the probable death OF
Herman Bryan at Kinston, and more
ugly Scrapes" than would fill a column
of type. All this in our own State and
much remains untold.
The old saying bragg is a good
dog, but Hold-Fast is BETTER" will neec
revision. Z. S. Bragg, the Democratic
Michigander in Congress, held fast his
friends in a vote of IA to Ia through
1900 successive ballots, continuing
about ten days. But an other fellow got
it, at last.
Congressman Armfield nominated j.
Gordon Racket of Wilkesboro, a nephew
ofGen. J. B. Gordon killed in the war,
to West Point Cadetship. Congressman
Dowd appointed a committee who kept a
dozen boys on the rack for ten hours, and
finally selected Brevard Harris of Cabar
rus, (son of the late VIM. Shakespeare
Harris) as the most proficient.
The big shooting match, at Greed
moor" near New York, was won by the
English Team, by 10 points, a bad beat
for the ''crack shots of Yankeedom.
We have some North Carolina marksman
who would have added great strength to
the Team.
By the by, our friends, w. T. Blackwell
4 Co., of Durham, through Maj. j. S.
Carr, who is now at the North, offered
an handsome Gold Medal to the member
Team making the highest score in a round
of ten shots apiece at 200, 600, 900 and
1000 yards. Caldwell WOO it. He made
l72 points, and took the prize.
The National Rife Association presen-
ted Sir Henry Halford, Captain of the
British team, a 5000 bronze of Fortune
-Messrs. J.. G.. Pittman and Rober,
White have been arrested, and bound
over, under charges of completely in the
Halifax election troubles. This is politi.
cal persecution. If there had been actua.
fraud, the heavy punishment put upon
those convicted at last Federal Court
would have been a sufficient warning and
deterrent; but, in fact, the evidence
showed that the so-called frauds were
not corrupt but merely technical err
rors, made after consulting legal counsel
as to the correctness of the action. 1t is
w%ell-known, moreover, that the persons
who made these technical errors were not
personally interested therein; and so far
as we know received not a particle of
profit or advantage therefrom.
The new advertisement of Messrs.
Julius Lewis & Co. could not get in this
week, but it's All Right And that, by
the by, Is the name of the wagon, (also
the Cooking Stove) which they manufac-
ture, and guarantee "a great merit with
North Carolina buyers because if any
part prove defective it can be replaced in
a few hours time. This wagon must be
growing more and more popular, from
the number We see passing about, and
going out. Mr.. West, the genial Junior
of Julius Lewis & Co., returned from the
North last week with a large winter rein
forcement for their stock of Hardware,
Tableware, and all manner of metal
House-Furnishings. He knows what to
buy, and how to sell at lowest reasonable
rates. And when you walk through this
extensive establishment you will be sur
prised at the many improvements and
new implements that have come to the
front Of late years.
We are indebted to Chief of Police,
G. ID. Heartt, and Officer Beasley, for the
tracing OF an high-handed piece of rob
berry from the Office formerly occupied by
the Farmer and Mechanic, on the third
floor of the Adams building. Picking
the lock of the door the thief boldly took
up a box of old type weighing upwards of
IS pounds and marched off with it to the
foundry of Allen & Cram, where he sold
it for $l.25, whereas its value lat the
lowest price offered by type-founders for
any kind of old type) was from 5000 to
$1,000. Messrs. Allen & Cram told Off
cerJ. w. Beasley that the type was first
brought by a negro-boy afterwards by a
white boy named Hood, a printers an.
prentice. They stated also that type was
frequently offered fo- sale represented
as coming from the nudy Observer, the
Evening Visitor, etc. This will be news
to the Editorial fraternity. No newspa
per Office would sell old type at u cts.
per pound, when it can be sold to auy
founder for eight, or more. And it is
safe to say that whenever white paper, OF
printing material, or books, are offered
for sale las was frequently the case some
years ago, we hear,) by retail, the ar
ticles are stolen and the person to whom
they were offered should send for the po-
lice. Decent editors do not sell dribblets
Of paper or type.
We have lost this sc. OO); but should
other articles, of any kind, be taken, we
shall spend treble the amount in having