The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-23
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a MAO, Letter from the Rapidest
RIder In eerttc County.


AIur from this .-ioWA cast Se Ton
mas. perhaps, ne - Interest - ~'s.r e.
~ ,-hi-hlani.rs vino haze never l-ecf
IL mil though il seems that Nc Nabt
people don / want a MI. railroad. 81
actors. street ears. Gle iUc l-i S"t.
ton factory, siurtt Improvements ha'
ANYTHING else Which Will advance N'n'
interests ard make YOU an c%urr-stt.
-,-ahcsd. prosperous I~talae t"Ne
you arc build NJ a colin !or \ort4t u'-
lima every time you quash such laiu>'
tries. and when You killcd t.r ~ e
MAJ le and Raleigh r. X. you drove { ,
biggest, longest. strongest nail N -,
lId s.; that colin. Know Sc not I ~
that Il. X. would have PASSED right
through one Of the best cotton produ.
enc sections o. the state: That corn
/, made in abundance all alon. IL lue,
ana N the surrounding country At ~
lower termini enough ! annually mai,
to supply the whole state, and taa'
that corn j. now principally sold ~
Virginia markets. Sic i the ease,
Didu't ve know that along it> route !c~
the best long eat pune tlmiteT IN tie
State, and that the farmers tell the
trees. roll them IN heaps. and hars
than 70 burn To Get them out Of their
way
That Railroad would have brought
enough cypress shingles 90 kair Ell -
cover Wtke county under one root ana
keep IL IN repair Tor eternity. Ii would
have lad h>h 1T yuur doors tu teri ~
fresh from the water-tnat hug hap
pens in Raleigh about A. often a. Gle
cutur plaat blooms-wlat aCFcat pltN
all those enthusiastic patriu.1c voters
could not have bac a coed square bat
of the world removed Roanoke >lad Tor
breakfast on election day. Tie pho~-
ploruS IN them contained would nave
enlightened their muidlc headed brains
and the paths OF their understanding
enough IL see their bluudcr. WHY pee
pie the freight on h~ucklehcrries, barrel
slaves and coon skins would nave paid
tor two miles OF road a year. / II uold
up. | didn't mean To say all tins. but
being an old RalejglIte | can't help
feeling an interest III her welfare or
ANYTHING that has a tendency Ia pro-
mote her prosperity, and am sorrt that
Raleigh and Wake county Is pointed out
with the finger OF rjdiculc aud shame by
Eastern Carolina Tor Their tlrdinoss.
slothlulue>s and drag-aion--dun ~t-,arc-
sleepv-headiness. But OF course YOU
can give good reasons for not wanting
the k. X. q Perhaps you love T. see
your working men louugIn@ abuut tile
streets with the knees OF their lr,cchc,
al! out, unable TO lay their passage to
some other place where labor l. III de-
mand. Iheir wives aud children at
home. deprived of attending Sabbath
school and church for want Of decent
raimeut. You don't believe that Raj
cigh. ELI? Wei we can prove il. Does
the poor working mans bosom cot
Aeave Il sigh. and i lie not clicked with
humiliai on when he thinks OF it: When
pay daN comes he can't meet his aC-
counts, his ere iiGor shuts down, talks
large and loud words land something
like birthstone and sulphur intrudes on
his oliactorys. N ne than often he
seeks the bottle To dloWu his troubles,
then he is called ii worthless N~agabond.
drunken loaicr, Nc ~. and he ana
lis roken merchant. boil busted COR
on a bus } fall i'll the same ditch deaf
broke-deau drums. Ga! We blind de-
luded creatures how long will yt be
led by party and politics: How long
will We bear the yoke of oppression (!
Throw them all away (whlsky bottle
too,) to the place hat IS left out OF the
new revision OF the Bible. Stand up
Tor God, your rights, and your country.
Fill the country with Il. rs. as thick AS
hog paths, vote for appropriations for
tactorys. X. Rs.-anythlng that Will
make work! work! the prime mover
OF the world. Then We may be ted,
clothed, and 90 to school aud church
too, (and settle up with your m%erchant.)
Finis. Selah.
The fishermen have not had as good
luck as usual this spring. Shad and
herring were late and a little scarce,
compared to other seasons. DIR. Cape
heart caught 9 bbls. cells and 10000 cat
fish one day during the swell in the NV
ers, at one haul. and it was not a very
good day for cats either. lie catches
fish with steam. Shoots his seine (2500
yds. long) with a steamboat, hauls il in
with a stationary engine. If We anglers
of Penny's pond could go with Tommie
Webb, or uncle Neddy Pierce just once,
We could tell a fish story.