The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-25
Miss Mamie Burwell was quite SIC

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Aldermen p. G. Fleming, went to
the mountains last week for a little rest
and recuperatlon.
Little Mrs. Tom Thumb has a big
heart. She tainted as the clods len oh
her husbands coffin.
r. 3. Crutchfeld, Esq, an energetic
and clever a n,-has a card tor your eye
Cotton GinDers. Please look 1t up.
-Messrs. Jones Il Powell are receiving
large lots of coal. Now is the time to
get i; cheap.
Any of our Editorial Brethren who
would like to have a copy OF
Treatise on the Horse, will please drop
US a postal.
Mrs. Col. A. b. Andrews and hill
dren are at Cleveland Springs. Miss
Nellie Long, OF Sewbern, is at Gettys-
burg Springs, Pa.
Rocky Mount Reporter saws: Nash
vile, is making arrangements to get up
a big excursion this fall, to Ra!elph, by
the Seaboard and Raleigh Railroad,
Rev. Alex. Sinclair, of Penna.. for
merly of Charlotte, is trying to rer"per-
ate his health, in Mitchell county, where
his son, B. ID. Sinclair is in mercf aulz-
ing.
A negro named ]. E. Parker of Her
nersyille was killed between that town
and Winston, and his body placed on the
track. As $40 was found in his pocket,
the affair is mysterious.
1t is understood hat the counsel for
Ellison, and the unseated ~aldermen,-
presented to the Acknowledgement on
Friday last the preliminary papers tor
quo warranto.
The giving away of a wharf at Two
Ii summer resort near Baltimore threw
800 people into the water. ~Sixty-fve
bodies found thus far.
Rev. w. S. Lacy, with other # the
Trustees of Hampden sydney College,
was called to special meeting in Rich
mond last week to elect a succ ssor to
Rev. DIR. R. l.. Dabney, who has accept
ed a position in Texas. Rev. DIR. t. f..
Peck was chosen to the vacant char. lie
stands very high, and its popular in
North Carolina. One of his daughters
had charge of the Music Department at
Charlotte Female Institute a few years
ago. Rev. J. F. Latimer, who was re-
Gently called from Davidson College to a
church in Memphis. was also elected to a
Profeesorship in Hampden Sydney.
The wedding of Mr. w Lox Long and
Miss Pink Reinhart, at L~incolntOn, last
week was a very pleasant occasion. Aud
the Unfair las it is called in the West) at
the residence of Sheriff A. B. Long, in
Rutherford. was very largely attended.
The F. + NJ. had another friend and
subscriber to pass under Cupid's moose
last week, as the following shows. At
the residence of MIR. r. w. Price, 10
Wilmington, by Rev. DIR. Wilson. DIR.
L Harrill, of Statesville, formerly.,a mem-
Der Of the Legislature from Wilkes,
aud Mrs. NJ. &. Carmichael.
Secretary d.. +. Everitt
that a called meeting of the stockholders
of Peace Institute will be held next
month to consider a proposal for ~increas-
ing the capita stock in order to enlarge
the edltice. There now you see the re
suit OF advertising! 1t has gotten both
Peace Institute and St. Mary's into
trouble. A dozen years ago they were
jogging along.-slow and slim, glad to
keep in motion, and not In any danger of
becoming CROWDED! But a change
came. Energetic and capable men took
charge of each school raised the stan
dard, or at least the facilities and began
to seek patronage. In these days those
who don't seek dou't find Year after
year the advertising was Increased. Some
Said 1t dldn pay. Some asked-Can
you see any return Tor that So you paid
the Furmer and .H.chpnic.I And the
answer could be, Web, i got show
ers of calls for circulars, etc. | cannUt
tell what were the fruits of any particu-
lar paper but this | know,-the fame
of the school wijens continually, and its
patronage enlarges. So you see how il
works. .Jast so!
The colored Camp-Meeting closed
Sunday night amid a blaze Of glory,
~pine-knots, spirits, spirituality, happi
ness, hilarity, ~huggery, enthusiasm. etc.,
etc. More than 5000 people were in
and around the camp it is laid and the
roll of carriages. hacks, and mule ,ci-
pedes, kept people whose rooms front
main street covered with dust all the day
and half the night !nr the brilliant
moon tempted ten thousand Counting
couples to ex end Sunday until | o clock
a. IN on Monday.
1t shows how far We have come since
the AbolitionIsts captured the COUNTRY,
that a very large rprtiJn " our pOpula-
ton had Lever seen ~ cd ta>hlOICu
color ed Campaigning and .ent t. this
one with as Iuurl, Iuterc.t d. to a circus.
or let It's sav-Ic at,r-shuw Neverth =
less the meeting appears To have been
orderly, AMI well conducted. and a, We
heard a cnlored sister remarkiny IN
the stlert,-.I isn't M Na, k,,
eft de Lord wants to bless the meeting
he kin, an | hopes he'll take a notion
ter do it,"
Another camp" will open in Bledsoe'