The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-28

caught.
r. f. Thompson, Union Church,
Huntington county, Pennsylvania, wishes
the name of any Real Agents in this vi
cinity. We had to write him that none
advertise with US; though there are no
doubt plenty Of persons with land for
sale.
Thanks to Hon. w. II. Cox, and to
Senator Vance, for various publications.
Books are always welcome. Some OF
those SEM are very useful. We often
have use for the Census Reports.
The young folks seem bent on
''making up for lost time'-or Lent
time. The Lenten eason ended Sum
day the new dresses and fiddles came
out Tuesday, and the three days have
had two balls, with a good big chunk
danced out of this morning.
DIR. d. l.. Salmon, Veterinary
Surgeon, who lived at Swananoa, in
Buncombe for several years, and is, We
suppose, a native of the State, has been
appointed to take charge of a govern
ment hog and sheep hospital at Wash
ington, a kind of Stock Experiment
Station for studying the ailments OF do
mestic animals.
Daniel r. Goodloe, Esq. formerly
of Warrenton, has restored to the u.
S. Secretary of State, an old Record
Book, rescued from the flames by a boy
sixteen years old, on the night of the
9th August, 1914, when the capitol
and other public buildings were Destroy
ed by the British forces, entitled the
NORTH Caroliad Line" 1t is in a state
of perfect preservation.
Charlotte has had a lively week {;
the OJserrer sold, John Wadsworth. the
livery stableman, appointed L. 5. Con-
sui at FSaltillo. Mexico; Sally Grier,
colored, goes crazy through grief at the
death of her husband and belabors his
corpse with a club; VIII. Bailey, Esq,
publishes a card raking the Legislative
top-knot; anda variety of other matters
too numerous to mention.
Success and happiness in life of
course are subject to comparisons; but
surely when a man has. like David Da
Wis, ere his Goth year, held the post of
L. S. Judge, U. S. Senator, Acting
Iice-President, etc.,-and can bring
home a lovely and lovable bride, and
draw his cheque for a million or so, it
would seem as if he had his share of
the good things of hum an existence.
Scotland Neck Commonwealth des
cribes the giving-away of the Western
n. c. r. r. as "a great shock to the
public" and one hat will be difficult to
explain away during the next campaign.
Newbern Journal thinks the Republican
members of the Legislature quietly wink
ed at this, and other measures, simply to
get the Democrats in a tangle.
We do not anticipate much remark
upon these subjects during the present
year but by November, 1884, there will
very likely be Railroad changes that will
throw the electoral vote of North Caro-
lima for the Republican nominees.
W. Fl. Bailey, Esq, writing to the
Charlotte Observer, gives a list of impor-
tant Williams passed by the Legislature.
He suggests Col. Coke for next Governor,
and Mr.. W. III. Bower of Caldwell for
Lleut-Governor. This ticket would show
Its cleft Bower" from the start and pos
sibly the Right also. But Col. Holt is
said to hold a strong hand. The names
of Messrs. Bennett, Scales, Cox, Carr,
Saunders, ct al, are often heard along the
line. Many persons say that Vance alone
can unite the badly shattered phalaux of
old Wings, old Democrats. G~reeubackers,
Douglasites. Know-Nothings, Conserva-
tves, Prohibitionists, Anti-Pros, Rail-
readers, Anti nonopolists, Tom. and-Jim
Alecks, Eastern men, Western men. Mud.
Cutters, Middle men, Jews, Gentiles,
Greeks, Arabs, Elamites, Messapota-
mians, and Mess-o'-potageists in gener-
al, and particular, individually and col
iectively comprising-the Grand Old
Party" OF the first part, SO help me these
witnesses, all and several! Selah
Miss Julia Jackson, ''Stonewall's''
only child, is visiting Rev. DIR. Reed, at
the Presbyterian Parsonage, Richmond,
Va. Her Cousin, Miss Mamie Hill,
second daughter OF Gen. ID. II. Hill. i.
attending the st. Louis School of Fine
Arts, which has a fine Museum of Paint
ings, and $50 pupils. 1t may encourage
Miss Mamie to know that Miss June
Spencer, daughter of Mrs. Cornelia p.
Spencer, now at Peace Institute, finds
ready sale, at high prices, for almost all
of her Art-D Decorative work. Another
of our young ladies of well known family
has a large number of nick.nacks in New
York; hers being chiefly needle-work.
Southern women, of education, usually
have the nimble-Gngers and refined taste,
to succeed in such pursuits, if they pos
sess the requisite patience and t~enacity OF
purpose.
Miss Daisy Hampton, only daughter OF
Gen. Wade a., aid Miss Coleman, are
visiting DR.. Coleman, Grace ST., Rich
mond.-Miss Marion Haywood has re-
turned from spending the winter with
Mrs. Col. Woodruff. -Mrs. W.. G.
Morgan, Mrs. Frank Osborne, Mrs. Wad-
dell, and lady amateurs gave an Easter
Concert in Charlotte. Miss Sallie
Gather, a young lady of Davie county,
took orron,o With ouio,da1 infant h,t no,