The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-12

or regutar edition. r prominent person
ages ~ and aorE tie country. Please
eraHaine- and II gen deen, such a paper
rorth four cents q ,re tbs edto- uiI
be gtaa e earaH yofn mas
Little kindnesseS pay j big Der cent.
Thev cost little, yet arc wc.th much.
The are the salt Of Lie. Salts cheap.
yet a small pinch Of Il VIII aIl flavor to
a dinner, which FOR lack ct i would be
worthless, OF u~nenjoyaJle. some such
salt is hereby acknowledged. \ trio Of
hoSpitablc "Household' friends recent
IL sent u a little box Of homemade
swect-meats-too sweet to tel about.
Another friend senta bra.e Of lartrid4es
fer u Thanksgiving dinner. Another
fair one Knocked at Z iorieyuity by
sending a glas,-cyed eauton-tlsunel cat.
( (Unlel.ne thing j Another friend YES
terday sent halt-pcck Of splendid app :
from Stronach's. And here i a %
pound box Of tobacco from Mr.. Cozart's
new factory at Oxford. Tie name OF
the brand IS Tile Farma at7 u. eIaa-
ic,' and though 4 certain poet lLe i
dead } said-The Granville Yellow
Leaf-''by any other name would chew
rs sweet.''-we don't believe III. some
men will say anything. Now, although
we DO not use tobacco (thauks to two
years in Albany's cell J He have a mum
Der Of friends who are excellent judges.
Gone of them is a Poet. also.) and they
all agree in pronoumeing tlieud Cozart',
Fdrmer and Mechanic brand a superior
article, sweet, sound, and iuicy,-a sat-
isfaction 10 the taste and i solacct to the
soul or that function Of man which de-
lights to roll a sweet weed under the
tongue. The Oxford factory ought to
succeed and we hear thltit is doing so.
well, Mr.. Blank, you have now
spent a fortnight amongst u ,-what i
your yerdict?'
IL really must say
'Oh yes, say it right out. Ii is
your candid opinion We want. What do
you propose telling your friends VIXEN
You return North"
Well two things are certain. list,
Your State as yet is scarcely ''out Of the
woods, AS our mountain loggers say
you have only begun to settle and Geyol
ope, or even opeE-ap this vast territory.
Capt. Shotweli, in 4 book published BY
my friend Hubbard, Of New Haven, call
it an Empire, G00x200 miles in extent"
and this is very true bat we have single
counties with more people, and more
business, capital employed-and more
productive industries. Second, | find thar
any stranger who accepts his frstImpres-
sions OF North Carolina will be not ouly
disappointed, but 4 little disguised. 1t
takes several weeks of intercourse. and a
good deal Of travel. to comprehend the
real state Of things. | confess that on
coming here, fresh FROM Boston, with my
ideas perhaps exaggerated 81 the COM
blned excellence of your exhibits, | fell
very fiat, and was repeatedly tempted &.
turn in my tracks. But [ am g!aj aou
that | did not. 1t is certain that your
railroad routes give about the worst view
Of your State. More han once ! disem-
harked from The train in a perfect Mi
derness, and shuddercd to think of any
civilized erson living il such a region
but after getting into tie opea country.
aud enjoying the hospitality OF some Of
your substantial farmers, | felt ike max
ing an apology ios my previous disgust
All you want are more people, more
money 10 active industries, more modern
methods, railroads, newspapers and the
like.
Was it true that one Of your party
hired q photographer to take pictures
at a station on the Hamlet Route, and
got up a scene Of white men and negroes
hugging, which he labeled '.S0ciety Cir
cies IA NORTH Carolina - and another
picture with a lot of white men in a little
bull cart, and other men pushing the
bull, twisting his tail, dc, which they
labeled. -"North CarolinG Methods Of
Trarel?"
Il cannot say. The MAI who tcok
photographs Of the various views and
scenes was in the last party, | believe.
He may have taken some burlesque>
views for the amusement Of his friends
at home but | cannot think he would
wish to culumniate your people, who have
certainly manifested the heartiest hosi-
tally, to all the excursionists.
Probably it was exaggerated.