The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-14

able article on Railroad COmmlsslonS, III
another column.
Allan T. Davidson, Jr., has gone
to Texas to make his home with a bro
Their at Galveston.
1t is noted as singular that there IS
but n Smith in the Legislature: Mr..
John r. Smith, Republican, OF Wayne.
Where are Col n Dumont's 10000
pamphlets which the Department would
not distribute? A dead loss!
If the Governor is a f; manager OF
the Fertilizer Department, why bot also
chief manager Of the Asylums, the Penl-
Tertiary, etc.?
VIM. Z. Dodge, philanthropist,
Chas. r. Thorne, player, Marshall jew
ell, politician, and Archbishop McCabe,
preacher died last week.
Mrs. f. n. Grant, who died at
Statesville recently, bequeathed 500 to
erect a monument over her fathers lone
" grave on the summit of the mountain
which his death baptized as Mt. Mitch
ell.
When an editor is weak, mentally,
physically, intellectually, and financially,
in fact, weak in all respects except In
name,-he naturally assumes that other
editors wish to rob him of some of his
glory.
We were once cracking a whip over
a donkey. A casual clip made him rear
and snort to such a degree that his owner
felt called to explain that-''you accl-
c~entally hit his sore spotl''
-Tarboro Guide advocates Capt Jas
r Thigpen for Railroad Commissioner.
He is capable and firm; and were he dis
connected from the Department of Ag
riculture, would speedily come to the
front.
The Senate Committee yesterday
adopted, UNANIMOUSLY, the bill of Hon
w w Farmer, which elects one member
of the Board OF Agriculture from e,ch
Congressional District. The people will
say-Well Done.
Col L L Polk, founder of the De
partment of Agriculture, and whose
three years work is about the only good
feature of its six years life, made a
strong speech last night before the Com
mittee, in reply to Jarvis.
DIR. N. A. Moses, now at Cooks Ho-
tel, first floor. 'front.', undertakes to cure
cancer, stammering, and catarrb. He
has testimonials from persons who are
known to US, and if they tell the truth,
as We suppose they do,-he has a good
thing. Read his certificates.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee had an ovation
in New York city; there being several
thousands of Virginians there. After
dining with Gen. Hancock, he vas es-
corted to the Casino theatre, managed
by McCaull, who served on his staff.
After the play, there was a big supper
at the New York Hotel.
Capt. Alex. f. Brevard, in Lincoln
county, has an oak tree in his yard
which measures 81 feet in circumference.
1t could be followed for a good size
house.-Brainard Whiting, ofHamlet,
has Henry Berry Lowry's canoe, and
catches 4-pound trout in the swamp.
Mai. w. w. Springfield, who intro
duced the Ducktown sRelief Bill, event
home to get the views of his constit-
uents in Haywood county. There was
a large meeting, and unanimous instruc-
ton for him to oppose any change OF
the contract, says letter to Asheville
Citizen.
The Wilmington Star shows very
clearly, we think, that Ham Jones was
not the author of the absurd (and to our
notion witless) story of-'Cousin Sally
Dillard." The Star gives the testimony
of VIM. o. Gregory, of Granville, and
DIR. Thos. p. Atkinson, (men whose
dictum is above question: that the story
was common in Virginia long before
HarDilton Jones was born.
Thanks to Wadesboro 4rgus for an
extra with the text of Hon. r. Tyler
Benefits formal response to Oliver II.
Oockery's notice of protest. Judge
Bennett names localities and cases OF
wrong voting and wrong addition OF
votes by the po~ll-holders, which bring
his majority up to S57, instead of 443.
Col. Dockery about the same time
issued a card announcing his withdrawal
from the contest on the ground of lack
of time, need of services on his farm,
and the slim chance of carrying his point
before a Democratic Congress. Wise
Oliver!
HarAt the North, among business
men, it is not necessary to remind cor
respondents that when a business in
quiry is made a stamp for reply should
be enclosed. The Editor is willing to
give his time, trouble, paper, envelopes,
ETC., to serve the public but it is not
right to expect him to use four or five
dollars per month on other peoples
business.
Teacher for small school wanted.
at W%ilsonville, Martin county.
Teacher In family wanted, by a
Wake county farmer, 10 miles from
Raleigh.
Teacher in family wanted, bya lady
hear M~ebanesville.
-Governess and assistant ~housekeep-
er wanted, by a family at Selma, n. G.
DIR. w. c. Roney, of Pottstown.
Pa, would be pleased to have any in.
formation relative to North Caroline