The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-14

....Ncrv few men are so stingy that
they vii. not share a kiss with d pretty
| girl.-Bosfon Transcript.
...Charlotte Observer: Mr.. Robert
w. Mcdowell. of Steel Greek township,
in this county, suffered a severe loss
Friday afternoon in the destruction of
his gin house by fire, together with
twelve bales of cotton.
1.-The Massachusetts people could
not stand Butler. He was too mean
they said. But they took care to elect
Ames, who is as corrupt as old Ben ever
was, and, unlike him, is a stupid fellow
without cultivation.-Star.
....A dispatch from Ogden, Utah.
SAYS that Frank Wilkes. of GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, a grandson of Commodore Wilkes
of the United States Navy. while herd
ing sheep at Pleasant Valley Station,
was lost and died of starvation and ex-
posture.
1.-The Cleveland Leader stated that
three nuns of the Order OF st. Vincent
de Paul had decamped, taking with thera
800, 200. Bishop GilmOur says three
sisters have left ST. Joseph's Hospital
and returned to their families. There
is no truth in the assertion that they
took away money or anything of value.
I've learn from the Newberne
Journal that Mr.. VIM. S. Bryan, of Bal
timore, whose nomination for a Judge
ship by the Maryland Democrats we
noted last week, is a native of Newbern.
a son of the late Hon. John II. Bryan,
ut Ro1oinh on6 q hrnfhar nf NJ TIonrx,
r. Bryan, of Newbern, and Mrs. Gen.
Grimes.
....Raleiyh Neus- Observer: There
are now Is. students on the roll of the
University-.Mr. Hugh F. Murray.
OF Wilson, who is preparing to reprint
the Supreme Court reports in a con-
densed form, has received an order for
two sets for the use of the Supreme
Court. MIR. Murray is a fine LAWYER
and is very capable for the work he has
undertaken. 1t will be very useful to
the profession and will be admirably
done.
Monroe Erpress: Northern APP
Piles are selling IN Monroe for so cents
per dozen. Thousands upon thousands
of bu hels of apples rotted upon the
ground in this county this year What
a harvest they would now prove if our
farmers had only had the patience to
gather them! - Mrs. r. G. Blythe
killed a moccasin hat measured four
and a half feet in length and was eight
inches in circumference. Mrs. Blythe
discovered it at the spring, where she
laid her bonnet on it before seeing it.
why don't you buy your apples
from the fruit growers in Western North
Carolina? asked a Journal reporter of a
leading confectionery and fruit dealer
yesterday. Because said he, Il can
ct them put down here from New York
for less money than [ can from Western
North Carolina the freights are SO much
less" A sad commentary on North
Carolina railroading and Southern lail-
reading generally. Even the oranges
grown in Florida cannot get here without
first going to New York and letting the
yankee get his speck out of them, in fact
it seems that Southern people don't
know how to make anything succeed un-
less a yankee has hold of one end of il.
and that is generally the money end
Newbern JOurndl.
....Since | came into Colorado | have
played at SNOWFALL with John Sutman
on the last day of July. | have seen lad
les scrape away the snow and pick flow
ers from the ground under the snow, and
| have seen red ripe berries picked
from green bushes after kicking of a foot
Of To- from them: This at Alpine
Pass.
| have seen men on horseback along
the railroad tracks where we have men
afOot, as track walkers; have seen these
horsemen draw out a red flag, and ride
bareback a dare devil ea'lop over the ties
to flag a train.
l have seen the ticket agent at Mar
shals Pass, lO.725 feet altitude, sitting
by a roaring fire in his office July 3Oih,
while outside the ladies of our excursion
were gathering wild flowers and berries,
thermometer A degrees 10 the shade.
have seen mountains Of rock thou
san Is OF feet high, with the stones arran-
ged layer upon layer, as if built by a
mason: as regularly and carefully laid,
and l have seen standing in the middle
OF a plain a flat stone on its edge $50
feet to the top. Aud l have seen in the
Royal Gorge a mountain over two thou
SAND feet high, all seemingly one solid
stone, without a crack or ~crevice, actu
ally one big solid rock.
have seen a girl dashing over the
plains on horseback, dismount to pick a
bouquet tor her hat. and, calling her New
1oundland dog, step on his back and re-
mount.