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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06

TIE DURHAM FAIR-WHAT 1T
MEANs.-Mr. Julian : Carr. the live
President of the Tobacco Association.
said to the Times reporter Yesterday
that the Fair would be held in Durham
sometime i'll May, and the day viii be
fixed on at the meetin" of the Vice Presi-
dents who q g To assemble in that town
this week.
We expect President Arthur with
u>," said Mr.. Carr. we can put linn 10
breakfast leaving Washington the night
before and he can get back home to
breakfast the next morning. | think
we can get him. and also Gen. Sherman
mas promised a visit TO Durham. and
why not have him with Us at that
time:'
What is the object of the fair"
WHY in the main to give a boost to
the North Carolina tobacco-it all goes
around now in the name of Virginia to-
bac.o. Why Capt. Ed. Parrish was III
Cincinnati some time since and happen
ed in one of the warehouses and there
he saw several hundred packages which
he recognized at once a having been
shipped from Durham, aud il was for
exhibition on the floor labelled '-Nir-
ginia tobacco" He just called the
man at once and told him to pull it off
right there aud reliable ii North Caro-
lima Brights." The man objected at
first. but Parrish told him it had to be
done. that he knew the tobacco, and so
he labelled it North Carolina Brights.''
We want to show the world too he way
to Durham. Well, good bye."-Reids-
vile Times.
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Speculative r utuTeS.

Mr. Edward Hincken, Of the firm Of
BOYD s. Htncken, testified in reply to
Seuator Boyd, that he thought corners
ing all my lille" SAID he Ito corner the
freight market. Sometimes ! hit it, and
sometimes | don't. Selling grain or
buyers expect 10 have the grain to de-
liver OF receive may not be perfectly le-
girImate The keeue corner III 1850 lie
tanned about % per cent of the shIps 10
port. Freights had been good III Il e
early part of the year and they came back
Tor another freight and found that they
had come 70 a wrong market. Some laId
il oct and when the movement of grain
was resumed they got good rates. | have
seen a cotton certificate for ESQ balcs
that had ~sixty-four Endorsements on it.
showing hat 1t had passed through six
Simply mediums or exchange like a $50
bank note.
Senat ,r Boyd-Nith tt difference
a $50 bank note always mas the same
value while these certificates may vary ID
value
Yes, but it always calls for a certain
IUtlDCi u UdiSS VI COllOu. iOOu l SCC
how YOU can prevent corners. saw a
aruer ibis morning buryiug his potatoes
Iul turn'ps in the ground. He was max
.ng a corner; he was burying them tor a
rise
Senator Browning is the brok
eIage on cotton?
Twelve and a half cents, l think, for
buyer aud seller"
And each time that that cottoa
charged hands IN the instance you spoke
Of this was paid
Yes; and this amounted to about SIC
per bale"
And all this went to the bIoker?'
Yes; that j, the way We make our
money"
And all this comes out of the mau
who wears the shirt7"
Yes we sell to the foreign manufac-
ture:s. and the price of the shirt rises OIL
falls with the price of the cotton"
Senator Boyd-Do you think that thl:
system of dealing In futures is honOra
able?
Il think if a man makes a contract aDC
the thing does not turn out right he
ought not to plead the baby act aud say
that the transaction was not legal
Has any man ever pleaded the tabl
act
Yes, on the floor of our Exchange
Who was hep
His name only differed one letter from
mine 1t was Henckln
Don't you consider this dealing il
futures a species Of gambling ~
"All commerce is gambling. If tak'
a ship, to arrive, | gamble on the wind
q ~ Z - l-.rs 49,
mas been against me and | have got t
,a,- for n -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06

YoCNG MES Orr OF WoRK-do you
want employment Here is a chance t.
make good pay, and see the country in
this pleasant season of the year. MIR. W.
P Hendon, the General Manager Of Il c
Wheeler 4 Wilson Sewing Machil G
Agency. at Raleigh, wants FIVE or xix
active and wide awake men to travel lor
fifty mics around tie capital. Thy WI
b. II, ished a Sa.on harness, machines.
&c.
The Improved Wheeler & Wilson sells
rapidly. Very little effort to introduce
it has heretofore been made in this re
gion; but the company now means to lei
the public compare it with all others.
Write, or call on, w. p. HENDoN,
Raleigh. n. c
Sales Rooms at Madame Bessons, OPP
posite Express office. Ladies invited to
all anG see it at work.
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ter's, an had lugged me inter the cabin
an fetched me to.
But theys been the deuce aud all uf a
time over to Dishbelter's, says Dan. The
hu durn township was thar, an the lay
out was big. When this part % he
country sets out stewed prune ia a glass
dish, an' hez butter On plates, says Dan,
b'gosh, We can make up yer mind that
'tain't no durn common shindig that's on
the taps, an the Dishbelters set EN- ont.
Marier had on a bron new red caliker, an
a green ribbon tied round her mead. The
ole man had his white shirt on, b'gr,h
an KEEP his coet on. The ole woman
had on a yeller apurn. an they was a Are
in the front room They done the thing
han some and when 5 . clock come an
you want thar, you jest Oughter heerd
stan it, an whit out an stood In the
woodshed for ten minits. When we got
back Marier was better, an the lust
thing | know e, up she pops an says
II tell var. says she, that I'll be do@-
goshed IT this yer cctherin, g,iu to be
disciplined by any sap-headed gaioot
what comes a campin in these yer part,
say she, an If they any Teller in this
gtI lpOul % l., got the 9Fit 20 DuChtC Di
to me, she says. they IL tie the red hot
test weddin' yer tonight that ever struck
Buncombe county. says she.
An who dye s'pose he'd the grit
says Dan -Jcp Ledyard, gosh. Marier
never weakened, an in less than ten min
its the Squire he'd EN- hitched, an cv'-
rybody in the room he'd kissed the bride.
an was jest more thun guashin' away at
that layout.
Boys, continued the Old Settler, II
war short about five pounds % meat that
the bars had clawed off II me bat ! had a
bottle % rnm layin' back on a shelf, an
told Dan Jones to get it. He got it, an
| says to 'eln, | says, boys. excuse me fur
takin' the fust drink, but | want to give
a toast. | says, an this Is il
Hers to Marier an the Eel err that hcd
he grit. An yer's hopin', b'g).h, that
NIarier ii never be a wilder.
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One Fool K Ills Another.

CISCINxATI. Nov. 30.-This after
noon at the Coliseum Theater, IN tie
fourth act OF Isl Siocum. " Frank Fray ne,
10 shooting the apple off the head #
Lacy SiocuH,. ~personated by Miss Ann e
Won Behren. missed the apple and shot
Miss Non Behren In the head. She died
in fifteen minutes. The curtain fell and
the play was stopped. The audlence sup
posed the victim was only slightly hunt.
Frame used a Stevens rifle, No - cal
lbre, and was executing his backward
shot. Tie ca ch snap Of the rife was
imperfect, aud slipped iu>t as the ham
ner fell. blowing the cartridge shell out
back ward. When the curtain went down
alter the fatal shot the excitement behind
,he scenes was so great "a To create alarm
lest q panic might ensue among the aU-
iienoe of $500. Frayne's cries and La
meutations were so violent that he was
heard before the curtain, Manager Fen
messy was TOO much excited to say any
thing. but he sent a friend to the front
to say that the accident was slight and
that the play would not proceed further.
The audience then retired in order,
though one lady tainted. Manager Fen
messy then took charge of Frayne, and,
though the latter demanded to be locked
up, he got a friend to go before Judge
Bigley Of the police court and give bond
for his release from arrest. The bail
was fixed at 81, 900.
FrayDe's mental condition was such
that one or two of his friends kept clio e
watch over him at his hotel. The the
ater is closed for tonight, and probably
will not be opened this week. The cor
oner viewed the body, and it was then
removed to an undertaker's, whore 1t will
lie until word is received from her friends
in Brooklyn. 1t is said she was engaged
TO be married shortly to Frayue. The
cause of the accident was the lowering of
The barrel by a fault in the spring catch.
F~rayne's shirt was burned by the powder
and a part of the shell was driven back
ward.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06

The complete l-em>oI 10 !. iisvDe.
ne zoe of the South. h-t, ju-i t-ru
sued from the press 81 u Lahrop 4
20 of Boston. Ii l. publish / - .e,.-
raj '~levant -tyles OF bindl"s. ,Ichly en-
ieiii-hed with many cuolce tngr4yings,
making a VoIume Of rare - ne. IL l.
~old only by subscription. Agents are de-
-Jrei 10 every city and tosu Ia the
Sou hern States Any me ,~i->iring to
~ Of service to the poet. n aid send
their subscription Or application for al
gency TO tie publishers
The Me.>rs Lothrop wr T. tla, much
interest III the present Ell Il II i, felt
throughout the >,uth. II contains a
biographical sketch ~ Mrs. Margaret
Preston and an excellent steel por-
trait OF the poet. Among the subscri-
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Bate. senator Bayard. Rev. DIR. Pal
mer. Mrs. Burnett. and many promi-
ncnt people. chisfy III fhe North.
Southern men Of means and cultivation.
and all STATE Libraries should nave a
copy.
Mrs. Mary Sales. widow OF the late
Peter +. scales, Esq. died AT her resi-
dence at The Meadows" III the South
western part al Henry county. near the
Nortn Carolina line. on Wednesday the
18th inst. Her health had been iailin.
Tor some tine and her death was there
fore not unexpected. The deceased
lady Was a sister ot the iate GOV. More
head. Of North Carolina. aud leaves "A
family OF our sons. ole OF whom CoI.-
manded a North Carolina regiment III
II ~. H.. ,.,- ..l ,If - ~. 49,. all
known gentlemen in this section OF
country. She wa~a adv OF remarkable
attainn.cnis and had Il lar.c circle al
tdmiring trends and Acquaintance
i)anvIlle Keyister.
Clinton CdurtS.on Last week Con-
-teb k.ng. % Itncy Grow f, VI hip,
~>erIousiS SHOT 4 negro school IA named
IL .cks. Mr.. King had a wirr,nt Tor M
arrest Of the aforesaid I~edagogue, which
he was proceed a. 10 execute. Not
wishing 10 be again confined III The cuuu-
y jail from which he had but "a lew days
before been released Hicks r. sisted the
pfhcer with an aXe.-Ne are informed
by Capt. X. l.. Paid sou that he has sc
cured IN SAMPSON more than quota Ut
he additional stock required by the
Cnuton AID Point Ia well Railroad II
he city If Wilmington will do her part
work viii begin at au early day.
On Mrs. Langtry's first appearance the
sale of seats amounted to 81, Ji9, while
for the first week the SAFES amounted to
So So, and for tho four weeks the
total mount taken IN at the box office
was Sol 500. which shows the average
~eceipts we're maintained during the en-
tire seasyr. This. taking all things into
consideration, shows that Airs LangtIy'.
was the most successful season evel
ia cd in New York. not excepting tn.
wonderful success OF Sarah ~l;ernhardt,
VINO payed in a larger theatre, where
higher rlccs were charged.
For supreme court judges:-Rutlin
Democrat. ll0.2S3: Folk. Literal. lot.
l35. Rutfin's majority. GAS. Fol
Superior court Judges :%--Shipp. 1885
McKov. lO9.977; McRae. 100. 1873; Gil.
mcr. 100. $50: Churchill. Liberal, l04..
$50; Darby. Liberia. lOi,3Gl; Gutherie,
Lii eral. loo. 36l. The Democratic ma
iority averages 5.0s2.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06

ITEMS FROM SMITHFIELD HERALD.
(Which Is about to be enlaryed)-Mr.
J. y. Blackman had his gin house de-
>troyed by fire on Thursday morning.
losing several bales of cotton in the
conilagratIon. Cause. a spark from the
engine.-D. W. Hart. who was con-
victed at Raleigh. y. c.. about Is
months AGO Tor passing counterfeit
money, and escaped before sentence
was passed. and was arrested at Dan
vile, Va. Oh the 23rd inst. escaped
again Friday III ut. lie threw a pair OF
handouts into the house Of a policeman
at Danville who was out on duty. say
inc To the policeman's wife. There's a
present. toc you.' and then disappeared.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06
iTTRGll SPRINGS
FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL,

The Company ,ili buy and sell lands.
and c)rI CRATE stocks aud bonds on oom-
mission
Attention VII as. lie .lyen 10 the ex
animation OF lands ard ttic-. the prepa.
ration Of maps and deed, and the pay
ment OF taxes
The Company will attend to the pur-
chase and sale Of lands IN any part OF the
United States OF Mexico, but special at
teutlon will be given 10 lauds IN Penn
syivania, Virginia. " eft Virginia, Nor.i
Carolina, south Carolina. Texas, Col
orsdu and New Mexico.
Correspondent &C concerning lands and
their SAFE i respectfully solicited
The Company viii advertise lands il
the United State, and Europe.
Parties desiring information will pleas,
send -tam p- tor postage.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06

KILOGRAMS 10 DAILY News-OB,
SERVER. " Washington. n. c.. Decem
Der I The steamer Enterprise, from
South Creek to Washington, was buried
off Maud's Point, ten miles from Wash.
%ingtou, this afterro0 H.. Capt. W. A.
rhompsoa. former sheriff Of Wayne
county and ex representative from Beau
fort county W. H.. Hancock, clerk of
the Inferior Court. AID Trim Peyton,
colored, were drowned. Capt. Mayo dis
played great heroism 10 saving Mrs. Dill
lion and child.
Tarhoro. \. G.. necen Der 5.-The
county commissioner, in default If the
Radical county otficers-e,ect 10 give their
official bonds, have c ctcd the following
Democratic officers John r. Station.
sheriff, and Henry {. Bourne, regis ter Of
deeds
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06

On Wednesday. 22d ult.. the large
dwelling house nc Coleraine. belong to
the estate of the late Angus Holly.
which was occupied by Col. ;. b. Spruill
and JOS. II. Etheridge, took fire from
one of the inside chimneys and was en-
tirelv consumed. All the ou~tbuildings
and nearly all the furniture was saved.
The house and lot was given by Mr..
Holly. in his will. to Mrs. DIR. Woodley,
of Chowan county. The loss is estlma-
ted at $4,000.
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Indulgent parents who allow their chill
dren to eat heartily ofhigh-seasoned food,
rich pies, cake, &C., will have to use Hop
Bitters to prevent indigestion, ~sleepless
nights, sickness. pain, and. perhaps,
death. No family is safe without them
in the house.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06

How the hearts of a crowd swell and
throw with pitiles> aired against the
uan who coughs during the Performance
at a theatre, when they know he is two
stingy to invest twenty five cents In a
bottle Of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06

Among the premiums AWARDED at
the late Cumberland Fair. was one or a
beautiful piece of Jeans cloth. exhibited
by Mrs. Nellie Cobb. of Robson county.
The filling of this cloth was Spun by Miss
Carlotta CoLb. of the same county, a l1dy
Of - years of age.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06
FOR SALE.

Desiring to change my business, l offer for sale
one IL b. P. Traction Cooper Engine run only q
short time. A Pony Saw Mill, with SO # carriage.
and Friction Feed, and . single saw. Also . six
II p. Ames Engine, with 60 saw Pratt Gin and
Condenser, and a splendid Iron frame screw Cotton
Press Will be sold on accommodating terms.
Address or call on
JNO. N. FILE MING,
Dec sgt koiesville, NC.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06

s<er F>'so"s p~rcten,ag Uof{1, G~
ce'pts orH hare hent bpt 40 oH> Is nurhoc
'sed to s'gR s"ch Reo>,pts. .1orp, he Eli
tor. fabishaf Receipfs ue fhiak mat o,,r
renie"t slftsf, ohi Jre,st from D ,stok.s
buf sonae prefT TIE otLer Kind
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-06
IN OFFER TO FARMERS.

have invented = Self-Supportng Board Fence,
needs no posts, can be made in the barn on rainy
days; costs 80 cents rcd less than post and board
fence 1t il II t patented, but for 80 cts l will
send ILLUSTRATED FENCE tell
ny how to make il, and one Of the following
''remiuine: let, a ore foot lockwood pocket rule.
Id, Kendalls Horse Book, 1G0 pages, IS lnustra-
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Acme Tomato, Prize Head Lettuce, Verbeua, and
Phlox, or all the above for 80 cts.
Address Waldo F. Brown, Box rs, Oxford, o..
Dec 6-4t-eow.
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New Life
is given by using Browns
IRON BITTERs. In the
Winter it strengthens and
warns the system; in the
Spring it enriches the blood
and conquers disease; in the
Summer it gives tone to the
nerves and digestive organs;
in the Fall it enables the
system to stand the shock
of sudden changes.
In no way can disease be
SO surely prevented as by
keeping the system in per-
feet condition. Browns
Iron BITTERs ensures per-
feet health through the
changing seasons, it dlsarms
the danger from impure
water and miasmatic air,
and it prevents Consump-
ton, Kidney and Liver Dis
ease, &c.
H. S. Berlin, Esq. Of the
well-known firm of H. S.
Berlin & Co.. Attorneys, lie
Droit Building, Washing
ton, d. C., writes, Dec. 9Th,
1881:
Gentlemen. I take pleas.
ure in stating that l have used
Browns Iron Bitters for ma
LARA and nervous troubles,
caused by overwork, with
excellent results.
Beware of limitations.
Ask for Browns IRON BIT
TIERS, and insist on having
it. Don't be imposed on
with something recon-
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The genuine is made only
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WEEKLY AcEs" ~Laa xE>f- - CuD. 20.
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Wanted, a Situation,

AS Coachmau and Gardiner. and the care OF .
geItlemans place, by 3 married man, an English
man. No children, sood references from former
and present employer.
Wishes to settle near Raleigh N. C.. address,
HENRY
1t. Box. $50, Stanford, Conn.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-26
Water Works Matters

10 the Editor of the Herald.
DALLAS, Scptembr 25.-Why don't the
Times people brag about our water WORKS?
Don't they know that Fort Worth is buld-
ing new ones, and people will get the inn
preston they will be superior to those
owned by this great city of Dallas. the capi.
tol OF more than half of Texas The valve
OF the section pipe OF the large pump at the
| Erin ~ is still four feet in the mud of fiji.
tered water, and of course the pump is not
being Worn out any. The pumr on the
| bank OF the river was running some on Sat
urday, but being iOl feet from the boiler
| by the steam pipe line, and the nou.Con-
ductor around the pipe n part of its length
being thoroughly wet, thus making it an
excellent conductor OF heat aud promoter of
! condensation, IL was not worn much ps the
engineer with the furnace as full of wood
as he could crowd it, only made steam
enough, alter more than an hours labor in
getting II started to run it at half speed
The people OF east Dallas haven't had any
water in the second stories for two or three
days, and sometimes not in tho first stories
in some places. Yesterday tho pump at
the river was un two hours, emptying the
well III which the suction pipe is now placed
in that tune. The engineer waited till the
well filled again, and then wanted to HELM
I'LL the stand pipe but the great city OF
| Dallas only had four sticks OF wood at Tn q
pump-house, very economical arrange.
ment, but not very desirable, MS the stand.
pipe was nearly empty, The engineer tried
several times to get telephone communica.
ton with party who hauls wood, but did
not succeed, and gave up his effort to sup.
| ply Dallas with filtered water, requesting
by telephone, to Br, WIDER springs, that they
do the best they could Tor that day. II is
fortunate the rains this season have fur.
nshed an unusual supply from that source.
and that the circumstances above related
occurred on the Sabbath, when there was a
limited demand and no fires.
IouR MuppY WATER.