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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03

....There has been a vast deal of
travrl this summertime fever for loco
motion seems to have struck almost
every grade OF society. 1t a mar can't
SAKE ~ or borrow enough money these
DAYS 10 spend ii few weeks at a fashion,
able watering place his business is be-
ginni ~ to be regarded as in a very ur-
healthy st tie. For the past two months
there has been at least ten thousand
people OF all classes and previous condi-
TONS at the various watering places Of
"esnr in North Carolina alone. Ashe-
willie itself boast OF four or five thousand
visitors nearly all the summer. The ten
dencv of so much going to the springs is
not altogether lovely" There the
yiddy and ~thoughtless but comparative
" innocent young girls are frequently
brought in close contract with the brass
md glare and glitter of fashionable So
.ietv and in a few DAYS have the image
purity defaced which il NAV have taken
SOME plous mother twenty years to stamp
into the mine
Gov. Jarvis has gou to the Boston
Exposition where he and Beast Butler
have been engaged in a confab about
the relative duties of the States. North
and South. and some others of political
interest but the confab cannot redeem
Buffers spoons" or unsell the We-.
tern \. G. Railroad. Wish it could.
The Governor states among other
things that North Carolina is more pr -
porous to-day than since the war. We
can't see it here in Raieigh-the Gov
ernor must have seen the State in some
places that have not been open to the
general public. He states far her that
during the past five years. that i during
his administration. her prosperity has
been unprecedented. We'll. peri APPS he
is disposed to look more kindly on his
administration than most people. We
decline to call a State specially prosper
Gus where for the nos part the Loor
are getting poorer and tie rich richer
"Rate,gh," IN .SmithfeLd Herald.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03
The Bank Of England ha- rcd

The Bank Of England ha- rcfu ~
tho rate Of discount from 81 :" ~ eut
EuIlinu n the Bank has u,r, ~esf tls-
dAa during the past week.
Mrs.. Goodwin has hccr fl
nj T-ov. y T.. Tor killluG TT ,ha i
Al l~tckport a man ma,ir I 'nte'
FAULT on i hi.hiy accnnpl> ELL S'H'l
LADY. Ms. sarah Bradley, u f,et atN-
light.
zen. Withers, the hcntn-sY y -
breeder. >ays that the best ~tses is1i'r
The limestone rather than CLAY a'ti >1Hd
stone rather than clay aud sandstone ior.
nations 1t forms a pcrpetus fertilizer
for the land. aud gives out a ~pa>tursee
upon which j. knit fine bone aud firm
muscular tissue.
LII j. stated that the New \ orA
Tr.I.nc receives $1,000 inr a particular
adv. rti>insc column for one year. The Hcr
alt IL j. said. gets more than tnl>e Are
not these figures exaggerated T. =. are
awful steep 20 to speak. bat they pay
the advertisers We may suppose -" H.
Star.
Col Frank Davidson. olSt Louis,
Mo: committed suicide nj Van Buref,
Ark.-F. O. Prince. the Democrat
c nominee for Lieutenant GOV NOR OF
Massachusetts. declines the nomination
-Gcu. Hancock suffered a iall on
a steamer a few days ago, inluring hi>
knee but no serious result IA appre-
h.n.1.l
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03

.3.outhern newspapers which have
short memories. ard are anxiou than
B. +. Butler shall have the credit ot hi
good deeds. are respectfully invited 10
lay before their readers the following
order. with which Butler began hi> ca
rctr in New Orleans.
The newspapers which declined L"
publish this Infamous etlivt were threat
rncd vita suppression. AMI MaNaf Nom
roe and some ot the city I'll ms who
protested AGAINST II w,lr arrest q anti
sent down 10 Fort jackson. where tIley
we've kept in confinement for many
months. Butler : conduct III New or-
leans can never 10 forgotten. Ills very
name il an offence 10 every man who
holds women in honor. The crimes he
committed cannot he biottcd out bN the
recital 81 an occasional act OF kindness.
or the recollection 81 some >pasm oi ap-
parent gcnero>ity.-Charle,ton Noes
dHi Courier.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03

....Hoke G.. Secrest, of Union. was
indicted for the murder of his wife. In
the fall of 1873 the case was moved to
Mcdowell county, where he was tried
and convicted. A motion for n new
trial. was allowed BY Supreme Court.
and it vas suggested that Secrest wa in
sane. and incapable of a defense. The
question OF insanity was put before the
jury and he was %adiudged insane. He
was placed in the Asylum at Raleigh.
where he remained until October. 1882.
when he broke out. and wandered over
int South Carolina and was apprehend-
ed at Columbia for the laceny of a COW.
After an Investigation of the rase at
Columbia he was gwen to the proper
authorities brought back to this State
and jailed at Marion. We learn from
ID. a. Covington. Esq, (Secrest coun-
seD that the matter concerning Sccrest's
restoration To reason was heard before
Judge Graves at Mcdowell Superior
Court. and that he was again pronounce
ed insane, and Will be placed in the
Asylum at Morganton. if it can receive
him otherwise in Burke jail, until the
Asylum has room tor him.
We are informed that about a month
ago the Directors OF MorgantOn Asylum
decided that the benefits of the Ayslum
should net e extended to Secrest. upon
what authority we are unable to con-
ceive. as il is a State Institu ion.-Mon-
roe Express.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03

RUNAWAY BOYS Two SIns OF prom
inent citizen, OF Salisbury s-uTreputlously
left their homes a >hu3f time since. and
some mention ui the fact has found IT.
way into the papers. the thar'o'te JDHr-
a1kDLserrtr. We believe. having had an
article IN reference 10 them. The young
gentlemen were IN tins city yesterday,
aud the father Of one of them was expec
ted here a 50. At last accounts they were
reported to be making an effort to ship
upon a German barque. There is a young
man accompanying them who Is said 10
have travelled with Robinson circus,
and it was probably by his thrill ny nar
~rative. speed with romance and adven-
ture, that caused the boys TO leave their
homes. They are about Is or IL year.
of age. and. and are named Audres ID.
Fray aud Edward Murphy, while their
companion goes by the name OF Alex
Chappin.- Star.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03

Mo>rtCKLIo y Y, ~pt i Yes
tevttF morning. George Huston vas
nj Aua- i .to u tIe l.tn-larl 81 Mr.
smiths ~ 'sfaye. The cow ~a> very
r~e>ll,~~. - tIc lies wtrs hsoth"riu- her.
tnl ~, >Nit.lird her tail almost con
slant Gc'"-e wa> ANNOYED by the
tail - ,sn- ID III face, and he finally
Fietl il f4~t Il bs ankle. A few minute,
later tile CON- became frightened and
tushed around the yard. dragging Hu--
ton over the ground at a lively rate. \
mIlkman passing by Jaw the critical po-
sition the boy VA, in. lie went 10 hls
assistance. Failing 10 corner the COW,
he seized tlt boy b. tie shoulders Just
4. tile con jumped over the lance. The
sudden stop caused the tai II break OF
close az 10 the body. The boy was not
seriously injured.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-03

-. Judge David Davis remarked q II
Durham was tie live>i town he had seen
in all his travels. 1t the past few
months he has taken IN the South. North
and West. Quite a compliment a. Dur
ham.
The famous hotel at kittrells. on
the Raleigh < Castor Railroad. i turn
ing of Northern applicants daily who
write for board during the winter. II !
running all winter. A fine hotel III
Ralei!h could do likewise.
I'VE have never accepted tia
phrase nelc Sonth. A candid Northern
er told Us in Dixie that he liked New
South. because that means DO South al
all While We join in the sentiment OF
American Unity, we would not oblItera'e
the sectional merit Of the South, neither
rhe North. No new South for u.
....An electric tram-car trial was sue
c~es>fullv accomplished recently III Parl~
by the French Electrical Power Storage
Company. AT } O'Clock the vehicle, an
and ordinary three-horse tram-car. letl
the Place dc Ia Nation. i'll the far east.
and after traversiug the capital through
important thorOuGhfares reached the
starting point oou after q o'clock. y
distance of thirty English miles was
thus made in about three hours. Tic
mute wonderment with which the sOund
less progress of the apparently animated
car through the crowded streets was
witnessed by the public may be ina"in-
ed. There was not the slightest acct
dent. Not single horse SHE'D throughout
the entire route. Whenever there was
an impediment. the driver. directed 10y
NJ. Phil ippart. the manager at the com
pany. who was ever on the alert. had u,
difficulty in bringing the vehicle to a
.tandstill at a seconds notice. The ease
with which the car was turned OFT ont
set of tram lines and got on to another
across several yards OF unmetalled
ground was likewise admirable.
The speed of the electric tram-car Is
nine and a third miles an hour on leve
ground. and five and a half miles on al
ascent.
The experiment. however. says the
correspondent of the London Stuna,d-
the first ever made over a long distanc,
fully proves the p~racticabllity OF cleo.
tric tram-cars. and it may safely be pre-
dicted that before long they will tax,
possession of the tram routes of tn,
French capital. The estimated cost il
one-half that of horse rams.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12

Mr.. George Cotton, in his paper, the An
nspolis Republican, suggests that the young
Democracy Of the State should be brought
to the "fore." However we do not agree
with the old man. This stand might work
more harm than good to the party and more
over 1t is selfishness on his part we imagine.
He is like the dog in the manager. There
are gentlemen of ripe political experience
whom the party could not do without, and
amongst the honorable shelving" that Mr..
Cotton would have done. Leave the man
agement alone and matters will pursue their
natural course, and worthy young men will
go TO the front The old and young Demo-
Gratis can work together and again have an
united party in the State.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRANCE,

When Gambetta's illness assumed seri-
Gus phase we at once concluded that his
death would be an almost irreparable loss
10 France. Now that he is baried we do
not hesitate To say that his death at this
time, Is loss TO Europe-to civilization
itself.
No man of Gambetta's time welded a
personal influence SO wide and command
ing, and while he lived France could not be
counted out in any proposed European ar
rangement or combination. Now that he
has gone, France is left absolutely without
a leader Of commanding ability in any de-
partment, and the German Colossus without
peer or an antagonist whom he fears.
From personal standpoint, Gambetta's
death Is pethetic, because it leaves his career
incomplete. II was the common expecta-
tien both Of friends and foes that when
things had simmered down little more, and
the scrutin dc hste had been wrung from a
reluctant Assembly, he would give France
u strong government Of many years dura-
ton. Now, Theirs gone, and Favre gone,
and Gambetta dead, and monarchal and
-imperialist plotters ready at any moment to
spring their mines, the outlook for the
French Republic lie not encouraging.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12
NE W HOPE.

The old Roman poet, Virgil, describes the
winter-night amusements Of the farmer He
tells how they chuckle with pleasure at the
sound of good snow storm beating against
the window panes, as they sit In their easy
chair before the hearth and plunge with
zest into the early drifts.
he tells how neighbors gather in the
warm room, eat apples, crack nuts and en-
terrain each other with stories, whilst the
good wife contentedly draws the shuttle
over the thread and turns the busy wheel.
And even in these days the picture Is true
in the country homes. But at the same
time, when We are realizing and appreciat-
ing the delights Of winter, there is promise
Of spring. Day by day, at first almost i'm
perceptibly, then becoming apparent, the
sun glimmers through the frozen pane a
few moments earlier and disappears few
moments later, and the daylight becomes
stronger 10 the conflict with lamp-light.
There arises u feeling of hope throughout
nature. The world is not dead. The year
has gone, but new year has arisen, and
speedily new world will come forth from
the frozen covering and push away old
leaves and dried grasses from its face.
Patience, with the cold, wet weather, finds
encouragement nom the frightening days,
aud hope grows with the daylght-new
hope.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12
Prospective Politics.
CLEVELAND, Jan. sth. 1889

NAn'hhANb, Jan. ON, 1000.
Mr.. Editor Nomination by the Demo.
cratic Conservative party Of this county will
soon be in order, and 1t were well that we
take counsel together to prevent any such
disaster az fell upon us at the last general
election. We have an undisputed majority
in the county, and only rivalrous rancorous
pickering per % can intiict upon the party a
similar disgrace.
election TO maintain the present system of
the same, but because nothing al al was
submitted in lieu thereof
Give the people some plain, sensible
method, devoid Of jugglery, instead Of the
existing one, and as sure as can be its
adoption is certain. Its evils however are
upon us, and We must philosophize for the
present, and concentrate our energies against
the common foe until tact and talent shall
relieve us of the incubus. / will state right
here that j am neither present nor pros.
pective candidate for any position at the
coming election, and whatever | may say
worthy Of recognition, has in view, and
that solely the advancement Of the interests
OF the Democratic party, so if the emana.
ton Is faulty ascribe its crudity 10 the brain
and not the heart--for really my impulses
are honest; for II the writer has any politi.
cal aspiration, II Is TO see the "old rung out
and the new rung in" The old corruption
rung out from our national affairs, and the
new rung in In the conduct of our family
affairs in Montgomery county. II is 10 see
wrcnched from the capital of
the nation, and the purity that haliows the
mound at Monticello rung in; 10 see our
old veterans cut, slashed and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12

scratched no more, and the era of fraternity
in fraternal ranks rung in.
l did not intend TO venture out upon the
arena of national or even State politics, and
will not be tempted now, though destiny is
deity weaving her warp and wooffor Demo-
cratic success, and the proud refrain is we'll
ing up In Democratic bosoms ready to burst
the ,welkin with prolonged huzzas just sue
ceeding the ides Of November, 1884. Sue
cess, untrammeled success in Montgomery
county shall be the burden of my song-the
goal OF my desires-the acme ofmy beatitude
10 this end allow me to beseech the hther-
TO discordant element 10 merge itself into
party love, and kneeling by the open grave
OF dead Senator, Member Of the House
and Judge, vow it shall never be so again,
that live anything is better than dead
mammoth, that no recalcitrant AZ of even q
refractory shall impede the march TO unity,
concord and concurrence.
Oh shame upon us that the individual
hatred and rivalrous bitterness among US is
gall compared to that directed against the
common foe.
Until this is checkmated, dissipated, abso-
lulely dissolved, we will continue 10 write
disgrace, discontinue and final ruin. Let
US bury for ever and aye this personal ri
valry and hatred. Come, let us stand around
the camp-fires kindled by the Democratic
party in the late struggle, and swear by the
everlasting principles of Jefferson that the
Democratic penon of Montgomery county
shall wave far in the van when the entire
Republic welcomes Democratic success. In
another article propose TO show how this
may be done, as done it must be, also to
give views upon the proper constituency Of
our ticket for the campaign of 1888.
In SUMMo MONTE
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12
THE PATTI OF DLSHONOR.

The news from Nashville that the Treas.
urer OF Tennessee is defaulter To the
amount of 100000 or more, sheds some
light ON the motives of the high official for
declining To pay the January interest ON the
State debt. He had other uses for the State
funds, in fact he had already consumed them
in certain speculative ventures of his own.
Stimulated, perhaps. by the example of his
State, he has launched out into dishonesty
on his own account. There is something of
the irony Of retribution in this episode. II
ID eminently fitting that State which had
undertaken to deliberately rob her creditors
should be robbed herself by her own off,
cials. Possibly ii was fine sense of Justice
which prompted Treasurer Polk. If the
money in the treasury was not 10 be paid TO
the State creditors, 10 whom il belonged, il
was not just that il should inure 10 the ben.
cit Of the deIaulting State, and so he avert
I'd tins injustice by deiaulting himself.
II Is said that Polk lost this large sum of
money in Wall street-that great fashiona.
bile gambling whirlpool where reason, hon.
OF. ambition and wealth are daily stranded.
II Is sad and touching story, rendered
doubly SO by reason Of the painful circum-
stances which surround IL and the bitter an
guish Of heart which IL Ia sure 10 entail. In
the pride of manhood, springing from an
honored ancestry, enjoying the confidence
81 great State 10 such an extent as 10 be
selected the custodian of its funds, the un-
fortunate man takes the great trust which
was confded TO his keeping and fritters II
away In the dens Of professional thieves
Treasurer Polk, realizing the terrible DO.
sition In which his official dishonesty had
placed him, and the inevitable punishment
that would overtake him upon Its develop
ment, attempted, with much of the surplus
funds then remaining, 10 make his escape TO
Mexico, where he supposed he could hide
In scclusion from the wrath Of those whom
be had injured, the confidence he had be.
trayed, ~ we'll rs be safe from the vengeance
Of the law he had violated.
Toe latest advices show that Polk has
been arrested and Is awaiting at Dallas, Tex
~, the requisition OF the Governor of Ten.
neesee, when he will be taken 10 Nashville
and tried for his ofense,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
CHARLOTTE C. MATHEWS vs. WESLEY
MATHEWS
In the Circuit Court for Montgomery county
sitting as Court OF Equity.

THE OBJECT Of this Bill is TO procure a
l. decree divorcing the complainant from
the defendant "a vinculo matrimonii," and
awarding TO her the custody of her children,
named In the bill.
The Bill states that the complainant is res
idenl Of Montgomery county that on the
sixth day Of February, in the year eighteen
hundred and sixty-ive she was lawfully iuined
In marriage with the defendant, and lived and
cohabited with him from that time until on or
about the second day of January, iu the year
eighteen hundred and seventy seven, and did
at all times demean herself as IA true and con.
siderate wife.
That six children were the issue of said
marriage, five of whom are still living, VIZ +:
Charles II. Mathews, aged seventeen years ;
Edward A. Mathews, aged fourteen years !;
Charlotte II. Mathews, aged Twelve years T;
owen W Mathews, aged ten years, and Ar
thur ID. Mathews, aged seven years
That some two years prior to said second
day OF January, in the year eighteen hundred
and seveniy-seven, the said Wesley Mathews
became and continued 10 be very dissolute in
his habits, and during said time was guilty Of
repeated acts OF adultery with various women
IN SAID Montgomery coaniy and in the Dis
irict OF Columbia.
W 'Sout eoiu scCouu uhl VI Jdnu-
AIRY, In the year eighteen hundred and seventy
seven, the said Wesley Mathews abando ued
the complainant that said abandonment has
continued uninterrupiedly from that time TO
this; is deliberate and final, and the separa-
ZION OF the parties Is beyond any reasonable
expectation of reconciliation
Ihat the complainant has every reason TO
believe and therefore charges that the said
Wesley Mathews has lived in adulterous in.
iercourse with other women since his said
abandonment of the complainant and her
children.
The Bill further states that the said Wesley
Mathew does not reside in the State of Mary
land
II is ihereupon ordered by the subscriber
Clerk OF the Circuit Court tor Montgomery
county, this fifteenth day Of December, in the
year eighteen hundred and eiehiy-two, thai
the complainant cause copy of this order,
together with the object and substance of the
bill, I" be inserted in some newspaper pnb
lished at Rockville, in said Montgomery coun
", once week for four successive weeks be-
lore the fifteenth day of January next, giving
notice - the defendant in said bill, and warn.
ing Nun TO appear in this Court, in person or
oy solicitor, on or before the fifteenth day Of
ApriI next, to show cause, il any he has, why
decree shall not pass rs prayed.
Is. PRETTYMAN, CPk
Circuit Court for Montgomery county.
True copy-Test
dec 22-4t E. B. PRETTYMAN, OK.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12

In one portion of the world, at least, the
new year seems to have opened black and
gloomy. Ireland, the victim of greater sui.
fering and misery than any other civilized
country, is again threatened with starvation
not merely threatened, for gaunt famine al
ready stalks upon her Western coast. For
some time past unpleasant rumors have been
prevalent Of failure Of crops and threat
ened scarcity Of food in Ireland Later dis
patches show the situation to be bad, and
growing daily worse, and that the need for
aid is far greater than when two short years
ago Mr.. Parnell appealed to the American
people for aid Tor starving Ireland. The
worst news comes from Western Ireland
where the soil is far from fruitful, but there
Is danger that this famine will extend tc
other portions of the island.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12

Our neighbor, the Adpocate, this week,
after wading through mass of verbiage in
its attempt to extricate itself from the unen-
viable position of champion to the late "42, !"
comes out and promises in future to aid us
in trying to achieve Democratic success in
the county. We hope our neighbor will not
forget this promise, and at the neat election
will not be satisfied to simply thank Provi-
dence for saving intact the School Board,
from which II is so fortunate as to receive
all the funds spent for printing, but will
join with US in condemning those who, for
personal considerations, attempt to defeat
the ticket.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12

Senator Browns speech on the Fitz John
Porter case was a dignied and impressive
rebuke TO Logan's demagogic attempt to
drag sectional feeling into the controversy.
Fortunately for the country the time has
come when Southern men are believed when
they give ntterance TO such patriotic senti-
ments.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12

From some indiscreet remarks dropped
by one or two sub-lieutenants Of the late
"42," it is learned that part of the program
was for few Of the crowd to vote open tick
its and thereby disarm suspicion as to the
action of the Others. These are the ones
who now step forward when confronted with
the scorn Of the party, and with a stage
struck" irown upon their faces wildly ex-
claim: Thou can'st not say ibid i'll"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-01-12
Henry Ward Beecher pronounces protec-
ton "a gigantic false pretense."

The remarkable crops of the past year
are now making their full influence felt and
still continue to give confidence for the
future Should the crops of the coming
season show fair average yield we shall
look forward to better business year than
the one just ended. In fact persons who
are anxious to look blue over the future
must look some time for sufficient causes,
and then give them considerable exsggera-
ton.