The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-14

H. I. King, Esq, law River. sept
/. SO. Thanks.
A pop-call. hut a pleasant one.
from Bro. ID. :. Carraway. Of Wilson
SLffDays. He is a busy youth these
days a he now not only runs an orig
inal paper, but also the Opera House.
and "a drug store,-and no tellin. what
else. Well, Energy and Fidelity are
the handspring Of human success.
&C. :. Williams, Esq, Wake CO..
May 10. 's3.
A. II. Hayes, Esq. Swain co.
Sept /. 80. Mr.. Hayes. ike many OF
the other Western legislators. went
home with the feeling that a very large
niger had been developed in ihe Il.
& ID. "wood-pile." But as Mr.. HAYES
remarked there was little use attempt
ing to oppose the carefully laid plans Of
the Railroaders.
Pleasant call from DR.. =. I. Henry.
of Vance county. owner of the Henry
Building" and widely known in public
life. His success in farming. his large
acquaintance with the capacities and
needs of the State. would have made
him an excellent member of the Agri-
cultural Board. If he were willin. 10
serve. Mr.. Walter Henry. our risingi
young tOwnsman. also called. and has
favored Us with a copy of his neat
pamphlet entitled Cotton and the
Commission Merchants. or North Caro-
inInOt prosperous because OF prolucingI
too much cotton. too little meat and
breadstuTtS and the extravaganza
charges Of the Commission Merchandise
As the title suggests the contents. and
~ we Sl4s4ll mai. artta. = l.t..a fta~ 80. I
merely remark that il is pleasing TO see
our intelligent citizens giving thought to
such subjects.
John ID. Kerr, Esq, Sampson 90.
Mar :. 81. and a kind letter, for which
many thanks. Gun intentions are good.
No man can name any measure in which
we have sought selfish ends and il all
contests with o~ffice-holders and Office
seekers we are entitled to the benefit of
that fact, are we net?
r. II Fleming, Esq Granville co
Mar I, -. by courtesy OF Mr. } L Bull
lock. + VI.
Thanks to Capt. David King. Il. &
G. II. r.. for bringing us the renewal OF
j. f. R"dwell. Esq. to March u. 81,
and Demorest. We have ordered some
20 or 30 copies of this magazine. and
all the subscribers seem to be pleased
with them. 1t should be borne in mind
that when a Magazine is ordered ii may
not come for a month unless YOU take
the back numbers, and they will shorten
your year n month for every copy.
There is an excellent Magazine prin-
ted at Charlotte, called At Home and
AJr0dd, which we could furnish on same
terms. We make not a penny of profit,
in fact lose money when the subscriber
is II of u regular readers,-But we
wish to oblige our friends.
And speaking of friends, here is
note from J. l.. Clark, Esq. factory of
Il L. Lyon & Co., 'Prtde of Durham"
Smoking Tobacco, enclosing his own re
newal to March I, 81; Mr. Geo w.
Woodward's to Sept 10, SO; Mr. S +
Watts to Mar 7, "a; Mr. w Z Henry to
June Z, SO. Thanks, gentlemen. We
have never been in Durhum: but we
should like to go up, and have a shake
of the hand all around with our friends
there; as well as to see how you work
that wonderful weed which keeps all
mankind's jaws a~-waggin'.
But all of our Durham friends are
not in the tobacco business. Here is a
kind note from that popular young son Of
the Law, Git runs in the family, VIM.
W. Fuller, Esq, forwarding a new sub
scription, Problt tie Jude Christians to
Sept SO. And here Is another from
Q f Rawls' well known New York Cash
Store" enclosing MIR w A COUGHS
renewal to Apl !, 81, and the hope that
New Year, 1884 may find the F& M with !
two thousand more. That's clever. And
if it should SO happen, we will run a
paper 1000 per cent. better than this.
Now let us move farther West to
Mebanesville,-nay we'll skip that till
next week,--and 20 one mile further to
Bingham School, where we have a grow
inc list of readers. including a number
of the young Grey-coats aud here il
one from the ancient Scotch clan--"Tie
McLeod's OF Dare.'-nay Of Bladen,-
who paws to June 10th for himself. and
same to Mr.. NJ. ID. Mcleod at home
That is right. There are few students.
in tie advanced classes. who would not
be the better OF a condensed newspaper
Ike the +. & NJ. which, while not taking
much time,-would keep them posted
on the current affairs of the world SO
that it would not be said of anybody
HE is green as a school-5oy.'
And here Is another of the Teal
elan Tint keep alive the virtues OF "ould
| scotia" on Carolinian soil,-Capt. ID.
T.. McEachern renewal to May 1,'S3.
and kindly, adds, The people in this
section are with you, rest assured.
That is comforting.
Andrew Craig. Esq, Greenwood.
Miss. Feb II. 81, BY courtesy of a
friend, w Il III.
Miss Maggie Kicks. Wilson. March
|. 81, and Dcmorest.