The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-28
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w. + Dortch. Maj. Cooke, ant

-Sirloin steaks in Philadelphia now
sell for 80 cents per pound. Poor people
buy the bones at 80 cents.
The very place you want! Good house.
good water, good neighboorhOod! See
adv. of the old DR.. Wilson place at Mel
vile.
The NeuLerntda commends the anti,
P rohibition Platform. 1t ought to be
sagacious, as it represents the joint genius
of two parties.
The intense heat since Saturday has
been very ~enervating and Uncomfortable.
The dust at times was choking, until the
heavy rain last evening.
An Atlanta silk grower, who has sue.
ceeded admirably for half a dozen years,
says the Usage orange hedge is as good,
or better than, as the mulberry, for silk
worm food.
-When you neal anyone talking OF
sending his boys or girls to school, please
suggest that he or she will examine the
various cards in the Farmer and Uechdn
&c before deciding.
We cannot see why the anti-Prohi'
bitionists dub the Democrats -"Bour-
bons." 1t used to be said hat "Old
Bourbon was the most popular element
of Democracy, swallowed blindly by al
shades of opinion.
-Messrs. Harrison and Gully of Cary,
have been increasing their business week
by week, and have just built several ad
ditions to their factory. Wagons, carts,
wheelbarrows, log trucks,-they make
in first class style. See adv.
DIR. Gay at Norwood. Mass, and
VIM. Gay gen at Ithica, n. Y, were
each shot, 90 the night of June 10th. BY
mistake, for burglars. Tho u was
Gay, the other Gay-'gen but the subse-
quent proceedings could not have seemed
very gay to either.
1t is our sincere belief that the day
will come when the hanging of Guiteau
ton Friday of this week. will be regar-
ded as a great mistake, if not a crime.
The world will be we'll rid of him; but
the drop" will not have fallen many
hours ere calm reflection will concede
that this mar wa, deran9ed. "a.
The extensive new macN
Ellington. n, y cp at o
burned a entalnus a
loss of s 81, and no insurance. 1t
was a severe blow, coming soon after the
last years FIRE. The fire ignited from the
engine it is thought. The fremen labor
ed for three hours to keep the burning
lumber in check. The firm has pluckily
resumed work much to the joy of the
many workmen.
"A dispatch to the Observer from
Nsgnolia Democratic Convention says
Mckay was nominated on the seventh
ballot under the two-third rule. Muir
ray had a very handsome and fattering
following. Pitt changed her vote op
the seventh ballot; Greene withdrew Muir
ray, and then Mr.. John Woodland moved
10 make the nomination Of Mckay unan
imous in a patriotic speech. The best o.
harmony, and order prevailed. Solici'
tor Galloway was nominated by acclama
ton
Commissioners, Geo. ii. Snow anC
w. w. Fuller. elsewhere give a very fai,
statement of tie l15,O Coz acres of Lame
offered for sale. in Pennsylvania. If yol
know anybody who has a few Thousand
dollar. to invest let him examine thi
chance, The tract is about Is mile
from Headersonville, the same distance
from Caesars Head, and 80 miles west o
Asheville, including Mt. Pisgah to which
so many picnic parties go. 1t is a local.
ty that will some day be famous.
w. P. Cannady, Esq Editor Of tn
Wilmington Post, has been nominate
for Congress in the Sd Dist. He is evi
IDENTITY a man of considerable vim. Tn
first time we saw him, he was peddlin
fish in Newbern coming up every morn
ing from the village of Newport, wher
he had a shop. The next time W. sa'
him, he was Mayor of Wilmington, b
grace of negro votes, and advanced t
meet us with a tall hat, golden-heade
cane. and Chesterfieldian bow. The thir
time we saw him he wa. collector of Mort
Carolina's Chief Seaport, and one of tn
Radical Presidential Electors. And if
should urn out that our fourth meetin
finds him in Congress, we shall become
CONVEX to the fertilizing virtue of "Fis
Diet
A delightful assemblage Of intimat
friends mo cards. filled the parlors
Peace Institute yesterday morning, Jun
9th, to witness the Union of Mr.. Bsr
r. Lacy and Miss Mary S., the lovely an
accomplished daughter Of Capt. John B
Burwell. Rev. DR.. Burwell, assisted b
Rev. w. s. Lacy, performed the cere
mony and the happiness of the hand
some young couple was mirrored on tn
c~ountenances of their friends. Their
were numerous handsome presents
MIR. and Mrs. Lacy left on the Mort
train for a trip to Cape May, Newark
twh.re Mrs. Van Hagenin, nee Agne
Lacy, resides and will be gone sever;
weeks. The groom is one of the mos
n I