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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20
For the Primer and Aec
An Joke.

ra,be Fall Of 1861. Co, e aud *
al Inv Guar : aud Raleigh Rifles
4r% &. Vol, afierward, li.h y. G
Troop, were eDcamped near BIdgood :
Church. Va. their only neighbore beng
The Church. duly ~patronIzed by civilian
,t,nirers. and the Widow Flynn, her
oretty daughter and nice Maltese cat
I'm both Companies The monotony 0i
ann wa. often broken b. practical Jokes
axecuted ID good earnest and with heart!
,,od viii. This recollection l. OF the
..New mes. q. which several OF the
hers are still living but poor
.SprIpht. the nj u conspIrator. lles
hnriad on the crest st Malvern It'll. and
Serg. Roberts, the head OF the mess,
and a gallant sharp>hooter, i still with
The missing But 10 commence The
New mess. before the accident which
| nov relate. wa, called mess No. One,
81 Go. X and was composed Of non
com. officer, and good proyliIng prlvates
who could supply squirrels, chickens,
opoSsums and such Ike. On the i4th
III sent. 1861, this mess Was III posses
sion ot i've pO>,ums, which the culinary
Superintendent put IN the pot before
dav on the 18th TO parboil - a 10 have
them baked for breakfast, and placed the
ever tru,ty Wash overly 70 keep tie
Dot boiling. Now ~"Spright' smith
knew that Wash had a failing and that
hi, weary watching could easily be be
guided by sundry apple lacks. Ills other
preparati9nS, such a. stealing Widow
Flyuus cat ard the SHINING thereof
were already made when be visited the
solitary watcher in the capacity OF one to
whom sleep would not come. Taxing a
seat by Na~h's tire he b%ethought hIui-
self Of those applejacks, aud with the
watchmans consent brought the jug,
and the silent slecpers around tell not OF
the uuWary moment IN when the cat
took the place ct the righttul po>>es>Or
Of the pot. and only Que observing eye
measured the ShortneSe otthat possuu ;
head at breakfast next morning. Itute
Smith was heard to remark chat "NIr-
ginny 'possums have shorter heads than
Caroliny ones, though he tastes just Il
good" Subsequent developments, such
as the search of Widow Flynn tor her
cat the coon skin cap" which the boys
swore was a young tigers skin, etc. /,
developed Mess No.-One, Co. Is, 4rh
n. G. Vols irto the New! new, ness
@. I. s.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

To tie ERtor Of tie " rs, OJserrer -
w clam the right To reply To the charge
made that we sought a combination with
the six Republican aldermen.
We state emphatlcally that we neither
made nor authorized 10 be made any al
vances TO them, directly or indirectly.
Tn the contrary, we are informed by q
Republican alderman that the brother
III law oi one of the lncumbcnts offered
two hundred dollars (S2o0.u0) II one OF
the SIX Republicans would vote with the
eight that the offer was commune
ted aud refused.
W. have been further informed that "a
brother OF another incumbent approach~
Cd one of the six Republicans and en-
dcavured to secure HIM to vote with the
eight on the ground that our opposi
ton was a personal fight on his brother.
We have been further Informed that
one OF the eight sent a message to the
SIX Republicans not to vote with Us; and,
that If it wa necessary to prevent our
success, they would themselves unite with
the Republicans to give them tie whole
city government
The allegation that a ticket was made
up by us and submitted to the Repubii
cans fer their approval is absolutely un
true. Cur object was TO defeat the re
election OF two unpopular officials W
had no need of Republic aud. For the
eight to elect them they needed to Sc
cure Republican votes by ''overtures'' or
urn them out BY violence It seems
they resorted to the latter because the
former failed. Our object IS 4 reform IN
the close corporation system, winch
renders zone but the select few eligible
To hold office under our city government,
and to remove the two city officials who
were most objection able t. a large por-
ton of the Democrats Of the city We
nave each OF Us always voted the Demo
cratic ticket without scratching
We ask the eight aldermen, who are
now running the city government, il
each of them can say the same? 10 fill
the vacancies which they have made
without proof or trlal) IN the Board,
the eight have selected two negro alder
men. We wish To ask If this is a part
OF their tight for the white men Of Wake
county p
In conclusion, we say that the comb
nation made by the eight to exclude
from office every Democrat outside f
the ring sinks into Insiguificance com
pared wIih their subsequent assault rp-
on the principles Of free government AID
personal rights IN iepri ing a citizen Of
his office without notice OF trial. and re-
fuslng him The right to be heard III his
own defence, thns violating the great
Charter.
Pun II. ANDREWS,
ID. = AVERA.
u. ID. RAND
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

md lude i IN their absence, and othc's
,~elrctsi a. 81 their placs~
III there J. . single allegation above
ia lc that will be denied h. a human be
sng D Raleigh. We would be glad 20 see
that man. We have yet TO hear from
him.
Action was brought 10 restore Ellison
and the other aldermen alleged TO be cX-
pellci To expedite the matter. a 1t l.
4 uaS- efecting the right Of the people
Of Raleigh Ia be governed b met
chosen ~ themselves. the coun>ei t'r
kin>on offered IN open court q let Judge
Philips pas upon the facts. = vel a.
the law. aud offered Il Inlr il M WI
uess, but to take the facts a they should
H. sworn to by one OF the eight alder
Nr. julius Lewis, then present
was objected to. and delay vas asked
~ and that the case should be tried a.
. M If the court
The ~ho!e difficulty arose from the
t. that We, three - The cratic
aldermen. were opposed "a the reclcc-
t.ut OF RADIUS III. Ru>bee. In a. tltS
Attorney, ami Mr.. Lambeth. a CITY
CierN. We are wiling u abioc the re
e tclon II the rest 81 the officials,
ABOUT > IN number, but il tEr solid.
aQbroAeu ring were To 20 bacb, II would
irsc lcaliy ~dssluAllty any Other sstizen .
Rtalgh from holding office under the
ETY. government. At first we rec3ul-
me- led gentlemen for those position.
bat on objection, we yielded aud icc.aI-
II ourselves willing 10 take any othef
yttizcu Of Raleigh, except those two
NAMED. We thought thaj we had COOL
reasons for ohlecting 10 these two Nj
Bu>bte has been City Attorney couscc
utivcly for the past eight years Daring
that time he has received about 81 n
from the TAX pa ers Of Ra.cign for very
slight service.
In the last six years only one suit tp!
no great Importance had been brought
against the city. We thoueht the salary
should be materially reduced, aud on az
count Ut the unpopularity u Mr., Bus
bee and Mr.. Lambeth Ito mention no
other reasons. J we know chat their re
moval from office would be acceptable to
a large part OF the Democratic people Of
the clty- y majority Of the Board Of
Aldermen were IN favor Of gratifying the
public wish as to those two gentlemen
To save themselves. the violent aud rev
~oluti0nary proceeding above set cut wa>
rtSprtct To.
Ii Is for the people TO say, if they en-
dorse it,. PHIL II. ANDREWS,
G. ID. RAND,
ID. b. AvERA.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

Laurinburg Exchange: At Laurel
Hill. on last Monday night. the store
and goods Of Mr.. Richard Yeates was
consumed by fire. The store of Messrs.
McNair & James, being in close prox-
unity, was damaged some by the flames.
Insurance 5000.
Engineer Melville, the alleged hero of
the ~Jeannette's i'll -fated arctic expedition
does not speak of his wife IN any milder
terms that he is separated from her than
he did before. He ~denounces Mrs. Mel
vile as q drunken maniac who made his
home a hell on earth. 1t will be re-
membered that the testimony in the case
was rather mixed. A number of reli
able witnesses gave Mrs. Melville a good
character, and it is the opinion of several
millions of people that Engineer Mel
vile is a brute.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

DEATHs.-With exceeding regret we
learn OF the death Of Mrs. Cob. Wharton
J.. Green. at Tokay. near FAYETTEVILLE.
on Saturday. She had been an invalid
tor 4 numbe OF years and Wa so
feeble a. to be denied the pleasure of
coming To the p;irior - witness the
marriage Of her lie Iong lr.cmd-Nirs.
Senator David Dar---a lew months
ago. She was the oll, daughter OF
Gen. EiIery. OF Massachusetts. and Icon
neeted with prominent proplc til that
state. and thl> while her virtues and
@races OF character won numerous
friends whose sympathies attend the
bereaved family She leaycs.-Died
III Selma. on sunday, j.. w. Ellington.
Esq. an esteemed and respected citizen.
John Macl;ac. one of the
oldest citizens OF Wilmington y. G..
died in that city Thursday. aged II
years.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

WEDDINGS. At the residence of the
brides sister, Mrs. n. s. Meseley. yes.
terdav at 3 u. M, by Rev. DR.. Skinner.
Mr.. J, NJ. Williams (of Pescud. Lee &
Cos. upper store) and Miss Mamie S
Woodson. a young lady of whom many
kind things are said by many friends.
Numerous and handsome presents were
received. and the you"g couple have the
best wishes of the community. They
are making a trip to Western Carolina.
At ; p. m . at the residcnc. nf
Capt. j Thomas. Mr.. Ben T Me-
Alden. sou Of Rufns Y. McAden. tnerhev
of the late Geo. W. Swepsonl and Miss
Lottie f. Thomas. one of the most non-
ular and esteemed young ladies of the
city.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

Mocksville Times: Harry Daniels was
tried and convicted on Tuesday for in
cest with his daughter and was sentenced
to two years in the ~penitentiary.
At Trinity College, says Patriot, Mr.
G. 8. Bradshaw was elected president of
the Alumni Association. Rev. N. NJ.
Jurney was chosen to deliver tho alumni
address next year. The election of pres
ident Rev. NJ. L. Wood received IA
votes; Rev. j. T. Bagwell, d. D., 9
votes Rev. j. w. Hoffman, / vote
Gov. Jgrvis, | vote. =
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

-S'S-rs. julius Lewis & CO. circulate
d neat iIttle advertising sheet which
9in2a the praises CT the -Al.-Right"
stove 1t i printed ia phiia,
opt se,ins to keep posted on Raj
eNh happenings. FIR a prominent
'd2iarh say "Notwithsta oding az
Tue Mooein improvements oi IA. band
~, the matrimonial harvest IS still
gathered with the cradle aud thr,.hei
by hand"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

As the wife of Joseph Howard, of
Bronson, Fla was leading her four year
old son by the hand an alligator rushed
upon them and seized the chiid's leg
The child was feartully mangled before it
could be rescued.
Rockingham Spirit. Mrs. Martha r.
i.eCirand. mother Of our esteemed towns
man. James T. LeGrand. ESQ. depar-
ted this life last Wednesday morning.
after a brief illness. at her residence
some = miles above this place. aged
about IS years.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

WILMINGTON STAR TELEGRAMS A
sensational report was put IN circulation
that an attempt was made to poison
Madame Modjeska, caused by mistaking
a vial of phosphorus for a sleeping DO
tion which was given her in the play of
Romeo and Juliet. town mar
shall of Versailles, Ky, killed by "
men while attempting their arrest.-
The estimate of losses in Chicago from
the great break in lard on Saturday, is
put at halt a million dollars no further
failures are reported -Twentv-one
suits have been commenced against the
trustees Of the Brooklyn bridge, by rela-
tives of victims OF the disaster. -
The cases of Brady and Kellogg in con
nectlon with the Star Route service.
We're called in the Criminal Court at
Washington. In the libel suit Of Au>
gust Belmont against the editor Of the
htsh N"tiOn. a verdict was roturned of
guilty, with a rccommeudltion to he
c!emency Of the court. ~. H..
Blaney, cashier of the Massachusetts
Loan and Trust Company, has been ar
rested and cunies>es to the embezzle
ment Of $4,000. lost in stock specula-
lions. -- York markets: Money
, yer cent; cotton quiet at l0!(d IG3
Southern flour unchanged at 81. 25(a
90 wheat unsraded red S%l.OlGlo25
corn, ungraded 474(d64c :rosin 81 62B(o
l.bi3 spirits %turpentine dull and lower
at 319d3Sc.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

Warrenton has voted to tax the prop
erty of that town so. 600 to build "a rail
road from hat place to Warren Plains,
a distance of three miles.
John Brown, colored, convicted at
Salisbury, N. C., Of manslaughtcr, has
been sentenced TO seven years in the pen
jtentiary.
Rockingham .Spirif:: James II Aycock
obtained judgment for 50. 80 against
the Raleigh and Augusta Air Line Rail-
road for damages to his turpentlne farm
occasioned by a fire resulting from a
locomotive spark.
Recently $4,000 young shad were
placed in Neuse river zeal this city.
making a total of 32I.000 placed in the
stream here for this season.--In
Orange and Durham counties the fruit
crop, especially of peaches and apples.
is goed.-Mr. Ed. Graham HAYWOOD
has been promoted to a first class
clerkship in the office of the First Comp
troller of the Treasury at Washington.
DR.. Willis W. Barnes. a native of Will
son county, n. c., on the morning of
oupe olni' shol ahu dangerously
his brother in-law, Clarence Boyd, in
Louisville, Kentucky. One bali took
effect 10 Boyd's abdomen and another in
his shoulder. He will probably die.
Family troubles are said to have caused
the shooting. DIR. Barnes has many
friends in this county who will regret to
hear of this sad affair. He is a generous,
warm hearted, impulsive man, and en-
loyed a wide spread popularity Wilson
Adranee.
DIR. Willis Barnes is a brother of DIR.
f. D. Barnes, of Tarboro.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

Why suffer longer from dyspepsia. IN
digestion, wait Vi appetite, loss of
strength, lack Of energy, malaria, inter.
mlttcnt fsgcrs efc2 browns Ion BIZ.
,cTa never ial' to c1sc these diseases
They act like a charm IN ;lc digestive
organs. removinIa all dyslteptic symptom.
"a a aS beichIng heartburn. bIli31snes,'
etc Remember il is the only irou pren
aratlon that VII MT blackcn The teeth nr
I'VE he'dac'ie- Ak your dru.si,t con
ruing II merit.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20
s.@Nr II N NcDorsLd M T.r,

ssgrMr. II. VI Mcdonald. of Lagrange.
n. G.. says DIR. Boykin WoHN XII
LER' brought over 100 worms from ono
child IN his neighborhood aud hat it
gives universal satisfaction. lie sells
more of it than any other worm medi-
cine.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20
A Card.

VIII you please insert the enclosed
card. IN answer to a communication thar
appeared IN the Netcs ObSerrer, of yes
terday. That paper refused to give Us Il
hearing through its columns.
Pun II. ANDREWS,
e.. ID. RAND,
ID. Is. AVERA.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20
Men must work and women weep,
so runs the world away p

But they need not weep so much if
they use DIR. Pierce's ''Favorite Prescrip-
ton" which cures all the painful mala-
dies peculiar to Sold by drug
gists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

New ORLEANS. June ia Times
Democr1t Mansfield lLa.) special SAYS
that j. l.. Borden, President ofthe Mans
field Female College. was shot and killed
Is Rev. Ben Jenkins. Jr., this morning
Borden >eiuced a young lady flieuu e.
Jenkins.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

Mr.. L. Brown, durham, N. c.. saws
!" arose every morning with a bad head
ache. used Browns Iron Bitters and
found relief"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

Inc trustees Of st. Augustine Normal
school have decided to build a $40 q
building on the site that was burned
down IL March last,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

4 FASHIONABLE WOMAN In Miss
NJ. E. Braddon's latest novel, "ihan-
tom Fortune.' occurs the following
glimpse of ii young girl who Inherited a
fortune (tor a time) and entered FASH
ionable society as a supposed heiress.
There are a great many women who
lead Just such IA life =
And now Lesbia's campaign began
in real earnest-a life OF pleasure. Il lite
of utter seltishness and sell-indulgence
which 90 far to pervert the strongest
mind, to tarnish the rurest nature. To
dress and to be admired, that was what
Lesbia's life meant from morning till
night. She had no higher or nobler
aim. Even on sunday mornings at the
fashionable church. where the women
sat on one side of the nave and the men
on the other, where divincst music vas
as a pair of wings on which the enrap-
tured soul flew Observation-Disclosures here
Lesiba thought more III her bonnet and
her gloves-the chic or non-chic OF her
whole costume. thar of tie service.
She might kueel gracefully. with her
bent head. Just revealing the ivory
Wilderness of "A lovely throat, between
the edge of her lace trilling and the
flowers in her bonnet. She might look
the fairest image of devotion; but how
could a woman pray whose heart was a
milliner's shop, whose highest ambition
was to be prettier and better dressed
than other women"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

The Louisburg Times says that Mr.
Fenton j Fosters type setting machine
described in this paper last year, is an
undoubted success and the greatest in
~vention of the age" From the same
paper we take the following -
"rhe society met on Monday evening
at the residence Of Mrs. Nj. +. Harri-
son. Quite a number of young ladies
and gentlemen from the country were 10
attendance among others the Misses
Perry AMI Miss Dyer. Mrs Geo. ; Ia
ker recited an original poem, ''ln Mem
moriam," which was highly compliment
ed and the recitation was u%nusus!ly
good. Mr. +. q. Brown read a chapter
from the ,'Blunders of a Bashiul man,
which furnished a considerable amount
of merriment. The music by Misses
Mangum and Young was charming.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20

EfGStN Db7NHNt IA ''A4'N
lady are i'll New York City.-Maj.
A. NJ. Lewis and Mrs. Lewis spent last
week i'm Louis burg.-Dr. Jas. Mckee
and family are at Morehead.-Prot.
J.. Il. Burwell and lady have returned
from a brief trip to Catawba.--A
shooting affair occurred last week be-
tween Bro. Frank Vaughan, OF Ei'za-
beth City Falcon, and ex-senator Thee.
w. Poole. who made several hot
speeches and printed various cards dur
ing the late Legislature. He writes TO
the Observer that he did not retreat,
but simply changed his base, owing To
the fact that the majority OF the crowd
were warm friends OF Mr.. Vaughan.
We regret t o notice from the state
papers that Mr.. Samuel j. Wright. a
young lawyer of Jackson. Northampton
county. has become involved i'll some
financial irregularities. ~"tor-cIies' ii ey
are called. to the amount OF 100000.
principally cotton accounts due to Nor
folk enthusiastically Master. W.
r. Williams of the State Grange. Will
deliver the address at the fair To hc held
at " oodland, in Oct. next.-Capt. Il.
p. Paddison has bought the steamer
.John DamSon, and will continue her on
the Point Caswell route. He warmly
advocates another Fruit Fair. to be held
nj GreensbOrO.-At an Episcopal
entertainment in Statesville the bouquet
for Beauty was voted to Miss Florence
Mott.-Capt. Tim +. Lee is in town.
Mrs. Lee will return with him to New
Mexico. Jack Dorrance is in business
out there.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-02-15
The Way to Accumulate.

Culture IS appropriate in more res
poets than the mere culture of farm
crops. Faithful, patient farmers know
that the field by practical and scientific
skill can be made to yield fourfold what
it will by careless cultivation. The
brain, too, by culture can be made to
increase in intelligence and activity at
least one hundred fold. Money is &C.
cumulated by working for it. and so is
knowledge. A profitable crop of
thoughts can no more be obtained with
out work than can crop of corn or
wheat, The knowledge gained by a
diligent use of the odd hours which can
be spared from work will soon make
wise and useful man. True and useful
knowledge is not obtained like a farm,
bought all in lump, but it is done by
adding idea to idea-one bit of knowl-
edge to-day and another tomorrow,
day after day and year after year, until
the sum total builds up monument of
practical wisdom which friends are kind
enough to attribute altogether to nat
ural endowment; whereas it was only
faithful application of his time to storing
his mind with such knowledge as was
useful. And this is the way most great
men have become eminent for learning
and wisdom. knowledge is gained like
the miser gains his money-industrious
in gaining and persistent in boarding.
But different from money, a man may
use his knowledge and hoard it at the
same time. Hoarded knowledge can
be kept bright by use and increase in
volume and usefulness.
Any man, no matter what position in
life, has time to SO cultivate his mind as
to command the homage and respect of
mankind. If a young man determines
to do it and bends all his energies tc
that purpose he can adorn any profess
sion. There is more intellect needed on
the farm. Those who cultivate the soil
must at the same time improve the
mind Farmers have entered new and |
higher era, and he who wins in the |
future must be able to combat error,
prejudice and ignorance, and overthrow
them as giants stride over pigmles. |
knowledge and power are gained by
working for them, the same as money |
by intelligent industry.-Iowa State
Register.