The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-31

our regular edition, 10 prominent person
ages up md do.cn the country. Please
examine, and II you dcem such a paper
north four cents a reek, the editor UilI
be gtdi to enroll your name.
r. J. Harrison, Esq, of Harrison,
Gulley x Dorset, the enterprising man
utacturers At Cary. ave US some points
about their combined Cultivator. Cot
ton-Planter and Guano-Distributor,-
each of which took a Premium at State
Fair. Mr.. III. attended Louisville Ex-
position and happened to meet Mr..
Mickle, the chief of a big manufacture
ing firm in Louisville,-who no sooner
saw the implement than he pronounced
1t (the sweep in PARTICULAR the best he
had seen. The Messrs. Mickle & Co..
employ 500 hands. and can turn out
1000 Of the Cotton-Plauters per day.
They talked the matter over. and ar
engagements are about complete to intro
duce the pillow &c, in the Louisville re-
gion: North Carolina being supplied
from Cary, Of course.
And right here we are reminded
that Geo. H. Wainwright, Esq, now a
citizen of Wilson, coming in to renew
for that ~steadfast eX-Confederate vete-
N Peter j.. Royal Sept. y, '83), with
whom he is associated in the manufac-
ture of the Wilson Plow"-told us that
their mandatory was running on full
time, and '.ploughing' its way to pros
perity. That's good! He who by the
soil would thrive. must either hold the
pillow or drive"-and there is labor
saved in getting a good pillow to hold.
Bro. Theodore Hobgood, who has SO
successfully conducted Toisnot Sunny
Home for four or five years, gave US a
pleasant hour on Monday, en- route for
Asheville. Mrs. II. is visiting her uncle,
Senator Dortch's family, in Goldsboro.
She is a niece of Mrs. A. VI. Lewis.
DIR. J. H. Cooke and lady of Durham
passed through Raleigh last week, re-
turning from a four weeks tour in New
England. They of course visited chiefly
among personal friends but were treated
with very great kindness and hospitality
by all whom they encountered. The fact
that the n. e. Exhibit is about the only
thing worth seeing in the Boston Expo
si,ion, which is a bigger thing down
South than in its W State, has given
the Old North State great prominence in
New England; and aside from this the
death of a great many of the old Adolf
~tionists of the Thad Stevens, Wilson,
Sumner, Greeley, Garfield class has less
d the bitterness of old time sectional
ism.
j. S. Johns, Esq. one of Wakes
yell-to-do farmers, called last week to
renew his subscription to Jan l, "a. 1t
is a pleasure to chat with intelligent
ci,izens, who keep posted on current
events. He was at the University when
the wal began, but like most of the
Chapel Hill Boys'-soon doomed the
Grey"
Mai. c. NJ. Steadman. with Maj.
! Duncan j. DeVane, having argued sew
prdl cases III GLG SuptCIlC 1tiui u. UIOp-
ped in to renew for the Farmer and Ne
ch0Ric. and give us an agreeable half
hour. Major and Mrs. Steadman had a
delightful tour in Europe. and Judging
from appearances" the Major enjoyed
it..
1t was pleasant to have with us our
former townsman. T.. +. Pescud. .Ir..
for a few days last week; though his
errand was the saddest-the coming to
a fathers bedside. He gave us many
interesting details of Louisiana life, and
SAYS the progress of the South is very
noticeable to one who travels as much
as he does.
Our old friend, Mr.. Pescud. ST., Is
very low,-sutfering intensely,-otten
pulseless but almost always clear in
mind. Genuine sympathies attend
him!
&c. d. Vincent. Esq. Alamance co.
Oct "a. 'Si, kindly remitted by conlradc
III. c. King. who seems to think that the
old Grey-coats ought to keep up the
touch of the elbows and stand by
one another. through the march of lie.
Just as if we had never heard the \ an
kee order to Break Ranks! and 90
crawl into your homes. if they haven't
been burnt by our Bummers. Well,
there a good many think that way.