The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-11-01

erner always, aud . I,uy, her.
the Democrats nominate l.urr
upright men We tnu> !. li-e Besnrt
and Judge Ruiiln the bet u.el tn Il
places. and SHAH vote for them, ut .e
should not if We thought othe e.e
From a subscriber at Trinity Lo..ege.
Mr. ". ). Clarke. of Anson. CONES a
club a. follows: Mes>r~. j. A Ashby. ;.
D. Cole, Albert Addison. & q. Cr,p,
ani ). v. Clarke. That i all right. 4
goon newspaper viii help any student.
II his schooling b a preparation for
the battle Of life, he must keep posted
IN passing events, a. well a. III the dead
language. Nehnow youth who u,el t.
buy the morning paper every morning,
and dodge behind his desk III tie school
room To read II.
As remarked list week. journalistic
jealousy j, contemplate. - Tar a. ~
know our own soul, We lltNt never been
guilty 81 il. There are numerous pa
pers II tie Stale that arr lar-cr. hand-
Sonler. cor Mere. and eertalul tar more
prosperous than our own. These We
emulate. anu iii som, sense aotet. tone
like INTO them): but sc do not surg
them. and would not i. tract one lot4
from their popularity nor prosperity.
The more ana tie better papers our
state possesses the >ooncr We shall
arouse. shake oil RIP Ial-N ukIe Back
wooisery. and drive ahead With il vim
that wiil enable All OF a. - make "A ~
In without either Ra~caltX. OF l5rud--
cry the tao methods at present oIea
To young men without capital. For
these r,asuns. We have not. III i've
wears, brought oat i single issue u III,
Farmer ot,t " hun, without i kind
reference t. some one or other 81 our
State contemporaries; and the nearer
the location ol the paper 10 u. the more
frequently and kindly "ur mention.
There are also numbers Of gentlemen
Who Viii bear witness that when they
proposed 10 stop >~o-lnd->o's paper u
take ours, We protested against It ard
sad We would not have a subscription II
the cost Of another editor.
1t j. i pleasure to add that nineteen
out Of twenty OF our State papers seem
to be actuated by the same spirit and
YOU recollect that even the c osen
twelve OF Christ developed II Judas.
These remarks are called forth, not by
an exhibition OF jealousy. but tile re-
reverse by the great kindness With
which many brethren rave alluded to
the +. X NJ; and the practical assis-
lance OF some of them. The club OF
Trial Trips from Bro. Thomas.o of Louis
burg Tunes. last week i followed by a
club Of l. rom Bro. NJ. A. Underwood.
the ia Tor editor Of GieaHer, published
at Norwood. Stanly county. Il am
proud OF Il excellent plper."-he
generously writes,-"and the noble
work il is doing for our good old State
we all love 80 well. Although but re-
Gently embarked in journalism, | feel a
deep interest III the State. and the
growth ot good newspapers; for | know
that the more generally they are clrCl-
lated among the people the more intel
ligent and progressive We shall become.
| should like to see the Farmer and Ne
cuahtc nave q large list of readers in
stanly county. Could have sent more.
but did not have time to 20 around fur
ther to-day
Much obliged, sir and we a add
that we have learned from the Gieauer
many things about the good county of
Stanly for use in our articles as occa-
sion offers. Few persons realize what
ii 1olllI II aot5 " ~ ottIl +.
But if YOU reflect a mpment,-how little
do Eastern readers know of the people
| of Swain. Graham, Jackson, Yancey.
Polk. and other Western counties which
never had a paper: How little do the
Western people know OF Chowan, Tyr
rell. Dare. Onslow. Washington. Bla-
| den. and other Eastern counties that
never ha a paper: And how great an
- 80, 49, FL I.,1lI D.
an. Mecklenburg. Guiltord. Alamance,
Durham. Granville, Wayne, Wilson.
Edgecombe. etc. etc. etc. have over
their neighbors when it to getting
immigrants, capitalists. railroads.
schools, etc. The subscribers sent by
Mr.. Underwood are as follows: L. w.
Melton, \. W. Andrews. G.. III. 4. Lii
~, Capt. j. VI. Wright. b. +. Ivey. II.
{. Turner. ;. ii. Milton. II. NJ. Wall.
John Thompson, Capt. ID. \. Bennett,
W. ". Cornelius. Sloan. SuTry county.
y. {.
Thanks friend Lindsay for your card.
The money came duly, anu was entered
upon Register, and took a Premium for
DR.. B., aud was copied for receipt, bur
omitted amid confusion of FAIR week.
The dates are NOV, | and Is Gour-) lSS@.
and oy the by the names Of Mr. Ira ;
Nall, Jan l, s., Mr O b Murchison July
20, 50, 49,, and Mr * + Mcintosh De-
ccmber 10, So, sent by the latter gentle
man a few weeks ago were somehow over
looked tho properly entered. Thanks,
for your reminder, friend NJ.
Pleased to hear from J. +. Mathesor,
Esq, a subscriber IN Alexander county,
enclosing a club Of half a dozen Trial
Trips" That introduces us to a section
where we have not hitherto had many
readers. Others next week.
Senator Harris, o~fTennessce, is dancer-
ously Ill at Nashville. - Ex-Gov. Hen