The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-10
-Thos Edmondson. ESQ

Ue1t1enf, safest, ana Jreest from mistakes,
but I'M prefer the other kind.
-Thos Edmondson, Esq, Wilson
county, Jan I, 'o3.
Pleasant call from DR. John B Per-
son, of Wayne. bringing a new subscri-
Der. Mr. John Watson, paid to Jan 10.
"a. DR. p. is well known as the INDIE
pendent Democratic Representative
from that county. He will vote for Mr.
Dortch for Senator. as will his Republ-
can colleague. DR. Person carries his
Independently" in one excellent III
r%ection, he declined the RailrOadic
"Free-Pass" which were passed around
to the Legislators, and have already
been used by a considerable number of
them to 90 home on Saturday. True,
the State officers, and even some of the
Judges ride as guests of the Railroads,
and there is presumably 40 obligation
incurred thereby. The curious thing
about it is.-the official, or the editor,
who Oppose the Railroadic schemes.
is locked from the ''Dead-Head" list,
| which suggests a faint suspicion that the
Railroads do not present a "Public Ser
want with forty or fifty dollars worth
of free rides for nothing.
Prof. John Duckett, July 3. '83.
| Sorry that Wake is to lose Prof. D.; but
he is offered a more profitable situation
in Martin county. the people of Hamil-
ton having made up some $1,000 for a
good school, and our loss is their gain.
| He will be assisted by his accomplished
bride, nee Miss Ella Herring, of Lenoir
| county, who has numerous friends in
| Raleigh. BY the hy, this was the third
wedding resultant from Normal School
acquaintance, and if rumor be true
there are others only half a mile down
the road" Professor Kupid has an ex-
cellent chance for getting in his work
while the young ideas are being taught
to shoot.
Speaking of our State Educators, it
was a pleasure to meet, also, Prof.
James II. Horner. Of Oxford, SO widely
and we'll known in his profession. He
was making a little trip of visits to
friends, ere the opening session of his
school. which promises to be a marked
advance over even last year, which was
Unexpectedly large.
Coming into town last week as a
witness. summoned in the scandal case
from Eagle Rock. w. A. b. Richardson,
Esq, one of our veteran subscribers,
kindly brought a peck of fruit,--in a bot
tie. Bouquet de Peach,-the French
would call it. Americans usually call
it.-abOut dinner time. We are a
"Tea"-totaler (allowing for occasional
''lapse and slams,'-as the marble
players say); but-a man might get
snake-bit, you know!
Pleased to have calls from many OF
our friends in the Legislature !; of whom,
as it happens, nearly n half are regu-
lar subscribers of the Farmer and Me-
chanic. Among others, Senator Julius
c. Black, the good looking young ex-
Editor from Moore and Randolph, who
hands us a new subscriber, DR.. Thos.
Black. of the latter county, to July 7,
'83. Senators James S. Battle and w.
w. Farmer, of the MISUNDERSTANDING
lin District Senators DOtson and :. B.
Alexander, of Mecklenburg, who, we
regret to add, was called away the same
day to accompany home the remains of
his brother, Col. Hamilton l.. Alexan-
der, who died on the 5th inst. of paraly-
sis. Senator F. b. Loften came in to
bring the renewal of w j Pope, Esq.
of Jones county. to Oct q, 'S3. Both
| are htIuDllCdIS. UuG We u .
pleased to enrol Republican subscribers.
We will try to convert them.
Representative S. Mcdowell Tate re-
news to March 10, "a. Representative
Enoch S. Simmons, OF Beaufort, called
to hand us the subscription of Fenner
B. Stickney, Esq, Jan 10, '84. Thanks,
gentlemen.
r w Brown, Esq, Treasurer We'll
don Fair, Jan 3, 'S4. Thanks, and will
write.
Address of Mr. H c Mcdonald
changed as requested to Worth county,
Georgia. Sorry to see SO many of our
people going South. Agents of the tur-
pentine farms of Georgia and Florida
have taken three or four hundred colored
men from Warren. Halifax, Craven, and
other counties recently.
} Marlborough, Esq, Chatham
county. July 10, 'S3.
j A Campbell, Esq, Jan 3, ia, per
friend n A McKeithan, of Leslie & No
Keithan, Naval Store Dealers, at Blues
Crossing.
Thanks to II j Harris, Esq, Dealer
in Coal, etc. for a new subscriber-a
prominent Senator. Several of our
friends have interested themselves re-
Gently in widening our circulation. Such
favors are appreciated. 1t la common
thing for editers to be told=-':Oh,
mean TO do Ali I ear for your paper.
It is worth its price, and is doing good
for the people, but the end of the
year comes without a single subscriber
from them. Another kind of friend will
not make promises, but every time he
meets anybody who asks the news, he
answers-''Hand me two dollars for the
Farmer and Mechanic. I'll send it to