The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-13
For the Farmer aud Mechanic
The Most Beautiful City in the
woTId.'

At no season of the a is thi.
charming city of magnificent dis.
tances" more beautiful than in the
month Of June.
Justly regarded. as it has in post bel.
lum days come t. be. a. the most beau.
tiful city in the world. it j. at any and
all times a lovely place. indeed: but
now that all nature ha. invested hersel.
in the habIlimcnts offspring verdure, the
streets, u and pari.-in fact. the
city proper. presents a picture IF cN-
ceedlng beauty that has n rival. % iar
"a your correspondent. observation
goes.
Now. when you Raleighitcs lie awake
at night TO weigh the chances Of going
through another day with unimpa.red
optics, the dcniZens OF this city sleep
the sound sleep of conteutmeut. know
ny that whatever the morrOws may
bring forth there viii be no dust. and
Tor tins sense Oi security they are not
Indebted TO the water cart. but to'Bo,~'
Sheppard for the execution OF the con-
CcptlOn OF the most thorough and mag
niliceut system OF paved streets known
To any city Oh the globe. Instead OF
the street sprinkler. You meet boys and
girls on roller skates gliding smoothly
over the streets and avenues. wherever
you go.
WASHINGTON +
Rut | started out TO tell the F.. \ NJ.
reader something of the life of Thu,
ulace-uot the inanimate city of bricks
and walls and trees; but Of the people
who make up the inhabitants of the
national capital. Probably the eve that
peruscs this has alrcad, ecnWashington
that i the architectural Washington.
and irft ba. moi. uossfbly some day
Will; but there are Jew who will read
this article who air already acquainted
or will ever become lamifflrizcI with
WASHINGTON Ifc-or pcrlap, should
say the life led bv the generality o..
Washinatoniaus. lisa fast place.
Here you wlll meet representatives Of
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UGLY FACES AND BIG FEET.
If will doubtless he = sIruri.a I'm tLa
reader. n. il was to myself Ia learn nf
fine ho~IncIincs. of tbc female NORTON ~
hi, community. But if i = fat I
honestly believe that for the size Of the
place there are more decidedly uorv wo-
men with bigger feet in WASHINGTON
than any place on the continent. There
are many pretty rirIs. many beautiful
i'm this CITY: hut there are n rr.at
many ladies here. The good-lookiuu
woman is the execution. not the rule,
If i rather stranue too for in RoIti-
more. only one hour.s ride from here
viii meet more handsome ladies in
the same length of time than in any
place in America.
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There are IN this city between forty
aud NIFTY thousand negroes and how
Trey all live Is a mystery to n balance
the population. Some. CT course,
are dong well, but Tor every one max
subsistence there are one hundred
who i've by their wits, from hand to
MOUTH. There are many mendlcanis
among them. to be seen at any time on
thes streets soliciting aims, and lnnu-
merable news boys OF both sexes,
ranging IN years from V to seventy
we onIlke otiler large cities eSpeclal-
y III tle Eoith. TINS Gaining ana tilat OF
me poot-oIaek mas oeeh mohopoIlZed oy
-hen negro. Should you pass along 1.-THE
avenue. rs pennsylvania avenue Is
allied here. or Seventh street. about
our or ilve o'clock IN the afternoon You
would pine Tor the blasts oil the amateur
,ornetst or accordean llend to relieve
II ''1'
Old Uncle Friday" Jones. so well
lnown to all Raleigh. is one of the sable
l~cnizens OF this city. He has develop
ed into n first class dcad-beat since he
las been living here of whom the North
carOlina Departmental clerks stand i'm
mortal fear. They raised n purse once
md cave the old man the money to 90
back TO Raleigh. He took the money
very readily. but rs it has been several
ago since he promised 10 leave.
he suspicion that he i not going is in
,tron" favor. lie published a book. or
.athcr a pamphlet. which states i'm the
that the author can neither
cad or write. and these he sells for
only a Quarter of 4 loIlar.D Itiscall-
ID The Davs of Bondage. and i'm its
pages the names of many NORTH Caro-
are made use OF, and some in no
complimentary way. Whoever
wrote the book for him was a fool. The
composition Is not only not erammati-
but the English language is so mis-
.rably murdered that YOU cannot make
heads or tails TO what is intended to be
,aid.