The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-18

If you bad as strong a dislike to being
q bad man as YOU have to being thought
one what a difference there would be in
your lifei
A nobleman of questionable v~eracity
told Lord Chesterfield one day that he
had drunk six bottles of champagne.
That is more than | can swallow" re-
marked his lordship.
Capt. J. NJ. Bunting. who was injured
by a railroad accident near Camilla, Ca,
a few weeks since has so far recovered
that he was abe to make the run from
Savannah to Waycross last Tuesday. =
Star.
Fort Worth, Trras, .AprI 16.-Two
children about eight years old we're burn
ed to death here yesterday, in a dry goods
box. The bow contained some straw,
which they set fire to by smoking CT
garettes.
The valuable gri1t and saw mill belong
ing to Col. T. W. Devane. about eleven
,1ileS north OF Fayetteville. was fired
Sa urlly about midnight, resulting in
. t,tai 10 5. The adjoining bridge over
the publ road, was also partially de-
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\ society paper of Baltimore mem
tons the astounding fact that a certain
;ouag lady held a German one evening
last week. 1t does not state whether
she he'll hi'n in her lap or by the ear.
hut il IS nevertheless very pleasant to
- usider that the attempt was success
u. and for the SAX of introducing some
rongen.al means by which unframed So
cietv Sw.lls may be subdued, it is sug-
| g"ste,l that the experiment be continued
and Americans allowed to be held in
the same manner as Germans.
Hon. Spen ,er f. Baird. Fish Com
missioner, wrote ID Col. II. b. Short
making inquiries as to the area, outlet.
temperature aud depth of Waccamaw
Lake his object being to find water in
the South suitable for the propagation
OF the Lake trout, one IF the gamest
fish that ever tackled a fly or swallowed
a minuow. Col. Shorts reply was 80
satisfactory that Mr.. Baird promptly
decided that Waccamaw Lake pcssed all
the advantages requisite: Mr.. l.. l.
Donne.ly, from the government hatchery
at Washington, arrived at Pennington a
few days ago. having ten large cans con
tanning IS. 900 of the Lake trout averag-
about two inches In length.
The Lake trout is one of the finest OF
the fresh water fish a 10y forever
to the angler and indescrihably sweet to
the epicure. At maturity which II
reaches In about two years, 1t weighs
from three to four pounds. Star.
FIX Governor Curtis H. Brogden
writing to Wilson Adunnce, says:-
THE course of the Republican party
in this State IN discarding their best
best men for Office, has helped to destroy
their party. As 5000 as any honest Re.
publican has become prominent in their
party. the whole swarm of Republican
office seekers, white and colored. have
made war on him on him to kill him off,
and get him out of the way for some OF
the rest Of the hungry swarm. They
have pursue their course till they have
got about all the respectable white Re
publicaus out of the way and have de
generated to almost entirely a party Of
negroes.
LET the Democratic party take warn
ing from the suicidal course of the ne
gro party.
Il npiice your call on delinquent sub
scribers to pay up That is perfectly
right, and | cheertully heed your re
GU 81 because an editor ought not TO b
expected to publish a newspaper TO
nothing. and those who subscribe for i
and read it ought in justice and homo
to be wiling to pay for it when called oil
to do so.'