The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-23
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Cant. Phil Andrews says It's the nnest y
hound little lady in the land.
Raleigh has = fine circus, to-day.
but Snow Hill ha. speeches by General
Leach and Mai. Price, while Rutherford
ton has Col. Dockery himself. The lat
ter speaks at Asheville Saturday.
1t is said that Virginia's boss, the lit
tie Malone, has put Gen. r. +. Colston
into a good place in the Pension Bureau
LEAF by leaf!'
The seaside bellies says the up>coun'
try beaux are very nice, only they are 50
unite too utterly timid when put sailing /;
fo, whenever the waves begin to waltz
they want to make the boat hug the
shore"-which is very foolish-in boats!
Modern politics are a paradox. The
less a man knows of them, the higher he
values them. The greater his ignorance
of his own party the more he hurrahs Tor
If. and the more he hates the other side.
The trouble with Nebuchadnezzar
was that he lived ahead of his time. He
got the most eNcruciatingly Grand
Bounce for INDUCING a little private
recreation with the weeds ofthe field >
whereas nova days anybody can use the
weed-if he cheu..
j. II. Lester. who lives near Melon
ough, Ca, is lis years old, having been
born in Rockingham, n. c., December
:. 1863. He distinctly remembers the
revolutionary war. and when IL years old
was detailed with other boys to defend
the women and children from the Tories.
He served under General Floyd during
the wal OF 1912.
TO hand, a neat catalogue. (by Phil>
lip W. Wiley, job-printer) of the 18th
Annual Term of St. Augustine Normal
School, the Episcopal Institution for col
ored youth. presided over by J. +. c..
Smedes. Without much advertising,
this school is doing a good work. The
total of male students for the year num-
bers 65: females %. The boarders We
observe, come from all parts of the State,
which shows that-but you see it your
self.
Democrats have again carried Ala
BAN. by so, OG0 majority over the united
Republicans and Greenbackers. 1t is
singular that Georgia and Alabama-the
heart of the "Gulf-States," and prssum-
ably swarming with negroes, should be
SO hopele.sly Democratic that for ten
years the Republicans nave scarcely at
tempted to run a ticket although back
ed by an army of Federal o~ffceholder.,
Deputy Marshals, and supervisors Of
election. What is the key to it, The
Color-Line, We suppose.
Senator VI. W Ransom was in town
several days OF last week, and is said, by
one of the city Liberal journals, to have
brought a big ''bar'l o money" for DEM
ocratic campaign uses. We doubt it;
Democrats usually run their campaign
with q "bar'r' O. Patriotism" and half
pint O. specie. 1t is said, though, that
a campaign weekly is to be issued by the
Rsnnett-C Cox club, and Senator Ransom
has been invited to make a speech to
the club. 1t meets on the 4th floor of
the Fisher building.
The Washington Republican says
that Prof. W. c. Kerr, "a prominent
North Carolina Politician" is IN that
city. Rather a mistake, isn't it? Prof.
Kerr would hardly have held the office of
State Geologist six years under Demo-
cratic Administration, and two years after
the Reform Legislature abolished the
Office. if he had been a Republican pol
By the by, it stated on streets
that he has been offered an excellent POI
.ition in connection with the Geological
of the Blue Ridge chain of States,
by the Federal Government, and We hope
will accept, as it will help to advertise the
State.
Sheriff NOVEL; had an unusually
funeral, headed by two platoon. OF
the band playing a dirge, and the
Raleigh Light Infantry, with reversed
arms. He was insured for Sc. 600.
- man named DR." j. G.
Jones was mobbed and beaten within an
inch of his life by negroes in Charlotte,
he struck a negro girl, daughter
Of Bishop Lomax, over the head with
his umbrella, while on the side walk in a
professed fit of Mysteries. The Charlotte
Observer says the row created great e1-
element. but nobody expressed sympathy
for Jones.
We briefly noted last week that there
were several applicants for the Secretary
ship of the State Fair, but that Mr.. p.
VI. Hale would likely receive it. Mr..
Hale made haste TO issue his card ~..ilegiDg
that. our statement was without the
slightest foundation Pleased to hear it.
All the same our statement had the
foundation of general belief, reported to
us with much positiveness, by three or
four near friends of the Fair, including
membersof the bar and others. One of
the Executive Committee (which elects
the Secretary informed Us, a few hours
after we went to press. and before the
card appeared, that Hale's name was
among those being considered by the
ommittee, though he manf f TED some