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remainder or shld township. - -.
except public lots, 10000 1900 lou ot
And IL 10 hereby ordered, That the tax Assessed
against l.. p. Jones, John Newton and WILLIAM
Harding. ID. X. Hastings and French Thomas
together with (t6l 10Y sixty one dollars And eighty
cents OF the TAX Of Cross, Emery Iburston,
sky CENTS. be expended on Black Brook road /.
and Frank r. Thomas OF Aniover Ia appointed
sgent TO expsnd the same: and the balance OF
said tax, amounting 10 seventy four dollars and
SIXTY cents. be EXP ended on road leading from
Aniover to Upton and Henry W. Dunn OF said
Moth Surplus is appointed agent TO eNpend the
same: and they are required TO give bond rs The
law directs.
~ repairing the Black Brook road. 90 called
lying In said township, sud siso the Garry
ROAD" which lies in said tow ship. the sum OF
Three Hundred Dollars 10 assessed as iollows;
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Dated, Paris, Dec. 80, 1856 -
WALDO PETTENGILL.
OXFORD, ss:-Dec. %, 1s8s.
Before me, personally appeared Waldo Petten-
gill, one OF the County Commis sioners for said
County OF Oxford and made osih 10 the truth Of
the above accounts by him rendered and sui
scrib,d.
JAMES s. WRIGHT.
Clerk Of Courts.
OXFORD, IS Dec. 30, 1852.
Having first examined and audited the above
sccouots OF Waldo Peitsrgill, we hereby certify
that we allow thereon the sum Of two hundred
and lUriy one dollars and seventy six cent
JAMES y. WRIGHT,
CLERK Of Courts.
ALFRED 5. KIMBALL,
County Attorney.
A true copy Attest: JAMES :. WRiOHr, Clerk.
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OXFORD. ss:-Dec. -, A. ID. lss2.
before me, per onaily appeared WIN. a. Froth.
In sham one Of The County Commissioners for
aid County Of oxford, and made oath % the
truth OF The above accounts BY him rendered and
JAMES s WRIGHT,
Clerk OF Courts.
OXFORD, SIS Dec. ~, les..
Having drst ex mined AMI audited the above
account. OF willism A. Frothlngh an, We leeIy
certify that we allow thereoi the the sun or two
hundrei and two dollar- lt202 Co.,
JAMES 8. WRIGHT,
Clerk of Courts.
ALFRED s. KiMBALL,
County Attorney.
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And D II. Hastings, I'd, Of Bethel 10 appointed
agent 10 superin,end the expenditure Of the same
and IL required to give bond as the law directs.
Attest: JAMES 8. WRIGHT, Clerk.
And IL is hereby Ordered, That said assessment
be pu blIshed a. the law requfres.
HENRY q. WALKER, County Com
WALDO PErrENGILL, I missionen
WIN. A. fROTHlN0HAM, of tho
County OIL Oxford
Dec 80. 1882. certify the foregoing TO be .
true copy.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12
RALEIGH. n C, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER II. 1888.

warmer fh4n thc ou'-id Every one
with much experience IN b rfing tob9.ep
pianf h.i- ha~ stem these little iornadce-
rgi~iCg aud conveying off shes and >iugil
liter Mud most ot vour readers have
on stjll DAYS seen them take up leaves
and Sjraws, and carry them ont Of sight.
once saw . 2 not more than sour or five
feet in diameter. which f0Ua half an
hour To travel two hundred yar.ls There
was not breath Of air >trrine. and yet
it carried out of sight all the loose ca =
and urass IN lis track. These lite oueS
are cumpancd bv all the nhenomena o.
the big ones. AMI ask is it not reason
bile To conclude that and little arise
rom a common cause and Is II not
probable that that cause is electric ac-
ton?
The imnortant and vital question now
arises I,Lu IaH r~ ID n rord III Dr.
StrUcfiop n III anil p-nDcrf4 In II.
course - mv rtai;n- have seen il
stated that in the cricnlrural districts ot
France the farmers are in tic habit OF
eiecjiDg poles with straw wound around
them in the belief that they pre-, ent
hail~turmS: and haze been told that for
the same purpose they been erected in
our own State II France they cali them
pdragre}es. Would i not be good in
ceStncnts for our Western citizens To
have some small stationary balloons with
conductors anchored in the earth and
ready to send up A. high in air as prac-
ticable, on the approach of cyclone? ?
BY concert OF action the cost to each man
would be very small, and in my mind the
experiment is worth trying.
faip1 believe to be produced by the
same cause as the cyclones. The vast
heat distracted from the atmosphere by
the escape Of electricity must be suffi-
cient to produce congelation of vapor
suspended in the air The absence Of
thunder and lightning is no proof chat a
great deal of electricity is passing between
the earth and the clouds.
DR. Franklin found. from the rim ging
Of his bells, attached to lightning
rod. the most profuse passage Of elec
tricity he ever witnessed in "a snow storm,
when there was neither thunder nor
,ightnius. w. Q. GREGORY.
Oxford, y c.
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It UI IHF II u NJ
Sea Shells.

How they have set me thinking, dream
ing
Ger all the long ago,
These tiny sheets of Ocean stral,d,
In their sweet, pearly beauty from M,
native land,
L love them sol.
For in their secret chambers do they
seem to keep
The murmer Of the sea,
Recalling ever to my inmost heart.
Visions of youth that meyer can depart.
A tender memory
OF childhood s peaceful, sea-girt home,
Now gone for ever more,
And as gaze upon these tiny shells,
Tears all unbidden rise, my heart tumul-
tous swells
With thoughts of yore.
4 k'en through the mist of wears, | hear
and see,
With heart and soul alirht,
How grandly sings Atlantic ocean wave,
How sparkle the old rocks, her waters
lave,
Beneath the stars tonight.
Oh fairest. loveliest, little ocean waits !!
Ie, too, it sadly seems
Were rudely tossed by tidal waves
ashore
And stranded high oD some lone rock or
Like human hopes and dreams.
'CHARLESToN.
Birds Nest" Aug oath.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12
Give vhe Facts FaIriy, and Treat
all Classes Alike.

Although still Oh tht sunny side -
forty. we have had years enough in pub
nc and Journalistic hf" TO know that
kisses 20 ~ tavorites and man 5
conduct is viewed according To his pocket
and political circumstances We have
known Judges 10 commit offences, ltr u
I penitentiarv crimes to drunkore>S ia
.hurch. without loss Of caste We have
seen things denounced when done hy Re
publicans, and applauded when repeated
by Democrats The negro is Our color
ed filend, or nasty Niger, according
as he votes In short IL is not the deed
but who did it,
The Eumer and Nsehaa,c has d.
doubt oftcn been cursed, aud has Jos,
many a dollar by Its pains speaking, Ter
whlie few friends viii work FOR you. every
enemy is working against you Stil we
believe it to be an editor duty 10 give
the facts fully aud fairly, AS freely in the
case Of President, or Governor, or other
high officer as IN the troubles Of some
poor and friendless boy, who at birth did
not receive the mental and moral stami-
ma to keep him out Of evil, and has had
little assistance from his surroundings
and associates, since. These remarks
are suggested by the following from last
Biblical Recorder
All honor to the Charlotte Journal
CbSerer. The course it has determined
10 adopt, in regard to crimes and crimi
/ nais Is worthy of emulation by the press
at large. The custom OF suppressing
names Of dtsturJers Of tie pHblic peoce
,md ,otlfiue, has done much to encourage
men in doing evil An enlightened pub
| lie opinion is natural, and at the same
/ time necessary preventative of wrong
ioing. 1t Is, therefore, the right and the
dirty of the press to hold up to the pub
| lie view, not only the crime. but the
cl7n,iaoi 1t j. refreshing to see one of
our most popular and Influential dallics
;ane stand Of this kind. Read what il
says:
1t has been the custom Of this office
to withhold names from the public when
the parties involved in trouble, or their
friends appeal to the editors to have this
| done, and the custom was inaugurated
out of feeling of kindness for unfortu-
nate ones who might be dragged before
the courts, and who for good reasons did
not desire to have their names in print.
But this custom has been mposed upon.
As long as it was in force a1d while the
favor was granted to one party, it could
not in Justice b. refused to another, and
in order to treat all alike. the old custom
i, to be suspended and those who create
| disturbance of the relce, behave in a
disorderly manner. and are brought be.
fire courts, need neither come nor send
delegates to this office to request that
he facts and the names be suppressed
The Journal Giserrer is disposed to be
good natured with everybody but there
is such thing "a carrying kindness to
excess.
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Taaies Department.
For the r. & Nh ousehc.i.
The Old Rose Garden.

walked III the old rose garden.
Beside the summer sea.
Watching the nodding roses.
And the wavelets dance with @lee,
The roses were red with the sunshine
That fell ike a scarlet rain,
And the waves caught some of its glory
While singing their glad refrain.
The children were laughing loudly,
DCNn on the beach at PLAY.
Their sweet young voices mingling.
With the song of the salt sea spray
And wild white birds were floating
Out Oh the ebbino tide
And two great ships were sailing
Inland, side by side.
Again in the old rose garden.
| walked when the roses were dead.
And the shimmering summer sunshine
Like the summer roses had fled;
A day in cold November.
With clouds like funeral pail.
Ard damp winds drifting the leaves
In heaps 'gainst the garden wall.
flushed were the childish voices
That had laughed by the summer sea
And the waves lad lost their gladness
And only moaned to me.
Again two ships in the distance
Rose like spectres gray
All! not to the inland sailing.
But sadly sailing away.
| leave the old rose garden
ShrOuded i'll winter and gloom
But down in my heart there's whisper
In the summer the roses will bloom. ;
So wait for the glorious summer,
Perhaps il will bring to me.
Some message of love. when the roses
Shall bloom again by the sea-
HERON ARCHER.
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foretold in Drea ms.

This NJ 1rnng Nr w. II. Pearca cihc,l
on Mrs Polly Chadwick at an early hour
and informed her that he dreamed last
night $500 in bonds, which she had been
keeping in a trunk in her bed room, had
been stolen. The matter alarmed Mrs
hadwick and she 1T once examined the
hey had been stolen since She last exam
ined them six month, ago when the,
ave 20 all right Newb rn Nutshell.
On the day the A"Isiteu was printed.
but before it had reached Raleigh, we
were told by Mr. p Sells, of Sell
Bros Circus, similar dream which oc-
CARED some years ago, when he was act
ing as reporter on an Ohio newspaper.
His 90. ploye.'. Tie owner of the paper,
had been at great trouble TO take the CEN
sus OF he city. and was keeping the fig
ure -rcre., / it'll intent to get city ap
propriaI on. Young sells dreamed that
10 lie thousands aud next morning care
fully wrote the numi er on a wall, giving
even ihe smaller fractions. eueat was
the surprise OF the c.iitor when shown
the ite.u figures, ior they were pre-
c.-eiy The total of the census enumera
ton
Mr Sells, who IS a very intelligent and
observapt man. mentioned the matt, r
casually, while discussing the mysteries
of magnetism and mind reading.
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For the +. & M Hous ehold.
A Crazy Painter.

When turned to the Household coli
umns this week TO hear from the sister
hood. | found an interesting article from
DR. Deems on independent Thinking
1t recalled my experience with Turner's
Slave Ship | once visited Metropolitan
Museum, New York, during a Loan Ex-
hibition. One entire room was given UP
to the johnson Collection. Being no
connoisseur in art-never having been
educated up to it-I didn know what
to admire nor what to condemn and a.
| couldn't examine every thing that wa,
on exhibition concluded to be guided by
the relative position of things, reasoning
prominent positions So on entering thl>
room. my companion and | walk straight
up 10 the most conspicuous object IN the
room. it was square of canvas all red
and yellow, standing upon an easel in he
centre of the room, and directly iacng
the main entrance. What is it, >ad
L. Il don't know" was the answer
We mad no catalogue, so we conclude 10
bring what common sense we could mus
ter to bear upon 1t aud make something
of it There was the form OF ship il
the foreground. and the rest was all RED
and yellow, seemingly an attempt TO rep
resent sea and sky. At times [ thought
could see in the water around the ship
indistiuct forms of sea monsters aud i'm
ayine if could just find The proper dis
tapce these figures would come out def
mite and distinct. But after a halt hours
search for this position. | gave up in
despair. Stand where | would it pre-
sented the same mass of color We even
turned at the door to take last look
but there it stood as untransatable "a
ever.
That evening We took tea in company
with Mr. Needham, Jr., of t e organ
firm. "Needham & Son." He W lie
son in-law of our host. and gent miu
of taste and culture. told him ,ul
trouble. Why said he, ''that ! rur
ner's Celebrated Slave Ship" What
does it represent p l asked, never having
heard of said Slave Ship. Il haven /
vet had time to see it, he replied. but
from descriptions get of it, consider
it the outcome of irenzied Imagination.
[ felt quite relieved by this avowal. That
summer there was a quite furore over
tie slave Ship Ru~kin and other al
critics were quoted, | saw that Mr. John
son had bought it Cor SO, 900, and not
withstanding Mr.. Needhams backing,
felt quite humbled by my failure to ap
preciate. A year or two afterwards, how
ever, read IN some medical journal "a,
arricle'cn Diseases IF he Eye in which
it was stated That there was certain dis
ease which caused rays oil light to b,
brought to an improper focus, and th,
writer had the boldness to assert tha
Turner'S eyes were thus affected when h.
paiuted the Slave Shin, which accouDte,
for the fact that healthy eye could max
nothing of the picture. This assertion
made me feel little less humble or rathe
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-Atricanette is the new name for

-Africanette is the new name for
little regress.
More than fifty suicides from domes-
tic troubles occurred in this country last
week. Bachelors suffer many discom~
forts. but they escape the mental tort
ures which last week gave an average of
three suicides per Cay in New York City
alone. The year 1883 alrt ally has more
suicides than any previous year though
four months yet remain.
Senator Vest, who is out on the
plains with the President was a vest
pulled down last week. While riding "a
mule he boasted Of having been a black
smith when youth. Coming to
,mthy they stopped to have the mules
re-shod, and Vest put forth SO many
suggestions that the sooty Vulcan told
him 10 do il himself. The Senator took
an apron, and began to tickle the ami
mal's hind leg, when suddenly lightning
struck two vests. oDe cf cloth, the other
Of flesh and the remnants of the Sena-
tor rolled down bill until the President
died laughing. If there is anything
wrong about this tale, blame the Wes-
tern pal er, from which we borrowed IT,.
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We have he rd great deal about the
.Magnanimitv'' with which the South
was treated bv the victorious North. but
we have never teen able to see where
that ma9Lanin.ity came in. 1t is true
HAT the North dl not hang. draw and
quarter any OF TIE Iontederate leaders.
hut no thanks i due to the United
States Government for hat Mr.. Davis
olild have been tried qGic ~ enough,
a there had hc,n the slightest chance.
What he could have been convicted OF
treason The law was against the
United States Government. and its
legal advisers had SENSE enough to see
it. There was as little room lor con-
victing Mr.. Davis of treason as for con-
victing him OF arson or grand larceny.
But the victor iOus North punished the
South far more severely and hideously
than by hanging Southern chiettains.
The emancipated slaves were made the
despotic rulers of the white people o.
the ), utlI, and were sustained, i'll their
orgies and eXcesses, year after year, BY
the force OF Northern public opinion and
the glitter of the Federal bayonet.
such crimes, such eXcesses. such hor-
the days ofnegro rule had never been
known on earth before. This is what
came of the ''Magnanimity of the
United States Government For the
rest. it is untrue that Mr.. Davis led a
rebellion for the maintenance OF sla-
very. and is untrue that the Confederate
States were fighting for slavery. The
swords of thousands in the South would
have been glued to the Scabbard, if the
maintenance Of slavery had been the
cause and the motive OF the war. The
Journal calls slavery "a crime against
humanity Ii it b. so the North Is as
responsible as the South Is. There
were slaves in the North as there were
slaves in the South 1t was the Yankee
traders who brought the bulk OF the
slaves to the south. There was agita-
ton Tor the abolition of slavery III the
South before it was heard otin the North.
| The aboltionist movement did not begin
to gather force in the North, until the
| thrifty New Englanders had sold their
/ slaves to the Southern planters and put
the money in their pockets. Charles
! ton Courier.
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For the + farmer and Mechanic

The frequency ard destructlyeness of
cyciones, or tornadOes, | think viii uS
uty me In offering for publication,
through your paper, some thoughts IN
relation to their causes, and IN suggest
ing means tor their prevention. | fully
believe that they have their origin IN
electric action. | observe from my read
ing that some of our scientists a tribute
them to the collecting of countercu
rents of air. These are no doubt agen
cies remote, but not immediate They
are agencies in generating powerful elec
tric action by impinging the particles of
vapor III the air against each other.
Much rs we have within hundred rs
learned about it. we are yet In the \ B
C. 5 Of electric knowledge. All educated
men know that heat rarfies vapor, and
causes it to ascend They know too bat
electricity possesses intense, almost mi
raculous heat. melting the most refractory
metals in the smallest conceivable space
of time Now let this intense heat pass
i from the clouds to the earth, or rice
/ rersr, aud rarifaction similar to what
takes place when cannon Is discharged
must Sc 4 up rapidlv the air thus heated
/ and rariti-d whose place must be filed
I by the colder air rushing in from every
side and thus we get the whirl or rotary
movement. By this the particles of va
por iD the air are rubbed against one an
other, producing more electricity and
thu, the electric storm furnishes It's owl
fuel. TIE fact that brick or store build
ings, if the doors and windows are closed
when struck by cyclone fall with theil
walls thrown out,cords proves that lhi.
rarifaction Of the outer air does take
place. In the course OF long life,
have dozens of times extenled my hanc
into little passing whirlw;nd and alway
found the air in its center many degree
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A slim CHANCE.-A story is told on

A SLIM CHANCE.-A story is told on
a Young bachelor Of Onslow county
who. it is said. has more fondness for
hounds and fox hunting than for the
gentle sex. who brought several bales
OF cotton to this market sometime ago.
and on his way back home called on a
fortune teller IN Jones County To see II
he could learn anything OF his future
prospects. Il want YOU" said he to
the fortune teller, ITO tel me first wlieth-
er am a single or married man."
The fortune teller replied angrly.
Did you come twenty-five or thirty
miles 10 fnd out whether you are mar
ried or not: Ii you did, will tell you
nothing, and, jumping into his buggy
which was standing at the gate with his
horse hitched. ready to drive to Trenton,
continued. GU are single man and
YOU stand a d-n slim chance OF ever
being anything else. NE ybern Journal.
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II ral-ei NV eyes in my estimation And
DOW Dr. Deems comforts me with the
assertion that the picture vas painted
at time when Mr. Turner was crazy,
| give this little remini,cence t. the
Household, not as an example Of lndc
pendent think ing but partly write to
call attention TO Dir. Deems ideas on
honest thinking. and partly to ask the
Household not to forget,
FARMER'S WIFE
September |, 1883
Our Farmers Wife" may be no Art
Critic" but she knows how to handi,
her pen gracefully, and to reach sens
bic conclusion.
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dampens the ardor of MANY

an aspiring soul. Why suffer from dya-
pepsias Why be frightened over dis
ordered kidneys: why continue the miser-
able life ofa dyspeptic, nerveless mortal:
Browns Iron Bitters will surely cure
you. 1t has permanently cured thous-
and of cases where other remdles afford
ed only temporary relief. Ask your
druggist concerning its merit. Try a
sample bottle and you will be relieved
of further mental and physical distress.
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NV Wife Nervous Affection

I'VE had ceased to hope that my wife's
nervous affection could be cured, : write
Rev. J. A. Ellie, of Beaver, Pa.
Many physicians failed to do her good,
but Samaritan Nerrme has" At drug
gists.
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Mrs. General Toombs died at Clarks-
vile, ia, OF paralysis.
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; IOT at OVtT TO years OI a9c, = Us.
for all under 10 years Of age. 81 Is.

THIS VIII exhibit following North
sept -; 81 heTdson sept p rbor sept 70; wilson sop
s; eenbor Oct % Salem and WINSTON Oct 10 Salisbury Ot II Nor
Oct IL; Aslevile, Concord, Il.
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Newspaper without Exception Pronounce Show to the H Ev Seem

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A physician in Alleghaney, New 1ork,
who accidentally gave patient fatal
dose of poison instead of Guinine killed
himself on discovering his mistak e.
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Mr. w. II. Christy, of jacksonville,
has fallen heir to a one-fourth interest
in $1,000 acres of land twenty-five
miles west of Henderson, \. c., said to
very valuable