The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-24
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copies thai pe happen to ARE iett from
our regular edition. to prominent person.
ages up and dorn the ~oountrv. Please
erdmiae, and II you deem such a paper
north four cents a ueek. the editor UiH
be giad to enroll your name.
eEr-Aay subscriber Who ,rishes a rrit-
ten receipt riH please stdte It ia has let-
TER; ~ uhich case the name ,riH not be
printed an the pdDer.
Capt. X. l.. Paddison. Pender, July
10. 81, aud a pleasant call from this
genial gentleman, who. by the by. was
on Wednesday night reelected Presi-
dent OF the State Horticultural Fair.
Aud a good selection folks will say on
recallin. the success Of the Wilmington
Fruit Fair. Tell US the secret,"-we
asked-.Did YOU send your two steam
boats To New York and bring down e1-
hibits To help out North Carolina. or did
you get the pretty folks 10 make a lot of
specimens OF waX-truit. and play them
off upon the Changers for veritable APP
pies. pears. plums, &c. Own up! An
editor can keep a secret"
None Of that, Why, didn't YOU
know that Eastern North Carolina is
the uaturai home offruit?'
~ ell. | believe Sir Walter Raleigh's
captains brought back a wonderful re
port about the luscious fruits and vines:
nut that was W. hundred years AGO.
and YOU know that ancient Mariners
are supposed to stretch things a lit
I tie"
nau myself. and there isn't any dis
count on either our fruits or our vines. !
have about seven thousand trees in my
orchard, and Mr.. Howard has several
thousand. The Faison NURSERIES and
the Tokay vineyard you know all about,
L h'htSdN 1buI 1T liltlle tlltI SUI
prises MANY people is the success of
cabbage-growing III our section. Num-
bers of Eastern truckers have sold car
load after carload of cabbage to New
York and Phila.-bOth early and late
varieties. | saw at Mr.. Burns. the
other day. a large stock OF cabbage.
which would average % rounds. hard
aud plump To the head"
,l VI ~ -. D.
combe. Capt. Matt Atkinson and DR..
Vandiver well need to look to their lau
rcls.
w. NJ. Morgan. Esq. Durham,
July 10. "a. and always pleased to see
him. The Durham Fertilizer Factory
he says is in full operation, and will do
n large BUSINESS. Such enterprises
help to build up the State.
The company consists of Messrs. Eu-
gene Morehead, the well known banker.
). T. Morgan and w. n. Morgan.
They manufacture from a Formula spe-
cially prepared BY State Chemist Dab
ney. and nave started with a capacity Of
$500 tom but expect to increase very
rapidly. as the trial lots sent to promi-
nent farmers have won high praise.
Young men of energy and capital
they mean-Success!
When you have written 4 mans
name every week for six years you be-
gin to think you know him; SO we enjoy
ed a long talk with that respected citizen
of Warsaw. w. A. Faison, Esq, who
| give us many points of interest. He
SAYS the leading farmers in that section
want the Stock Law. squire Faison
renews TO Jan. l, 'S5. and thus heads
our list. for which we make a bow.
1t was pleasant to take by the hand
Capt. J. w. Fort. and his friend. Mr.. j.
II. Kelley. of Lenoir. Capt. +. Is an
old subscriber. who located near Fay
etteville to educate his children, but has
a good store, ~cotton-giI. and farm. just
across the bridge on the hills where
Hardee's men threw up redoubt to
shell Sherman. but-didn't!
why, | was right there. and helped
to build those works. said Adjutant-
General tombstone CORRESPONDING in
to renew his subscription to the F. Il
NJ. to August l. 'S4,-"I recOllect that
after working all night. we were loading
our guns for fight, when the order came
to retreat. As we crossed the bridge,
we waded knee-deep in rOsin. and men
were hacking the timbers with axes to
make them burn faster. We ali hated
to retreat. and pitied the poor ladies' who
came out to bid us farewell; but OF
course Sherman did. or could. easily
flank us out of our position
Il was IN Delaware Kemper's bat
terv wonder if he is still living:"-
said Mr.. Fort.
..Oh. yes we responded,-''he is
now a professor under Col. John =.
Thomas at the Citadel Academy. in
Charleston. 1t is rather curious that so
many of our famous warriors should
have taken up that most peaceful of
avocations.- Professorship. Gen. ID.
III. Hill and Gen. Stephen ID. Lee. who
with Longstreet, are the highest ranking
officers of the {. ). A, still living, Gen.
Gusts Lee. Gen. Corse, Col Asbury
Coward. in fact too long a list to mem
ton, are in the classroom. Well
perhaps they are fighting for the South
as faithfully now rs twenty years ago.
Lee thought So"
S. II. Cannady. Esq, Granville,
Dec 6. "a. and it vas a pleasure to
many frien Is owe this way to see linn
in tiue health. ami spirits.
w. II. Howard. Esq, Noise. Z. o..
Moore county. Oct 20. "a. by courtesy
of Mr.. Motif. Thanks. gentlemen.
Wish we had Moore" Noise of that
kind. ASHORE Courier says there is a
postoffice in the State named Quiet
I'VE like Noise" best.