The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-11
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in the family, we suppose.
Peter Cooper built the first passen-
ger locomotive in this country. de
loaned a considerable sum to the Indus
trial School at Limestone Springs, near
Kings Mountain, which is conducted
on the Cooper Union system.
"A Washington paper says Senator
Vance will 20 South via DR.. C~apeheart's
fisheries, at Avoca, etc. reaching
Charlotte about the 10Th of April. The
remark can be heard almost daily that
his services are badly needed III Demo-
cratic circles.
1t is crchualle to North Carolina
an a~gricuitur 4 Srate-that $50 sets OF
the British Encyclopedia at $1,000 per
set OF % volumes rave been subscribed
for within the past month; including 80
sets in Raleigh. As Appleton's En-
cyclopedia had a large run four or five
years ago, we should have supposed the
Britannica would get very few.
An Extra from Pamtico Enter
PRISE, published at Stonewall, tells of
the murder of Henry Carter by Ben
Gillian, and Carter's wife. All were
negroes. Carter was waylaid in the
woods near his own home. His cries
were heard, and a search resulted in
finding his body which had been buried.
Gillian and Carter's wife are in Jail.
After making a rel utatlon by his
song about the delights of 'homel
Sweet Home, no place like Home. =
John Howard Payne trampe1 all over
the country to get the endorsements of
public men in favor of sending him as
consul to Algiers- the most God-for-
saken and un- Homelike spot on the globe,
A place where no such things as knives,
forks, chairs, tallow dips, chickens, tur-
nips or other concomitants OF Payne's
early home were ever knowE.
He is dead. He needs no eulogy.
His works live after him. His monu-
ment was begun SO years ago, when but
10 years old. Each year of the
Nineteenth Century has added its
golden brick to the pillar of his moral
greatness. AS the sun of life de-
clined the glory of his good deeds
grew brighter with the sheen of Even
ing's splendor. The New York papers
give many columns to the recital of his
long career. The people from all
parts of the land formed in columns to
look at his dead face in its coffin, and
for six hours this public testimonial
to his private popularity went forward.
The pupils of ''Cooper Institute" form
ed a Guard of Honor.
Tag Subscribers who prefer not to have
their payments named in the paper
should say-'Return Written Receipt"
Of course we prefer to pint them, as it
shows our advertisers that their cards
will be read by the best classes of our
people. all over the State. and beyond
the borders thereof. But it sometimes
happens that persons have private rea-
sons for not wishing their James printed
and in all such cases we c%heerfully COM
ply. l'ut all ,cr,tten receipts must be
signed BY the editor. himself. No one
is authorized to sign for him. We have
lest a good deal of money during the
past six years by false receipts, par
ties getting the money and departing
with it. The subscriber thought he was
all right; We thought he was all wrong
and not until we stopped his paper did
the true facts come out.
-Phinea> T. BArnum, the grea. show
man who wrote Il book thirty years ago
10 prove his claim as tie Prince of
Humbugs,' and then made his claim
goodby going to represent he "Wo den
Nutmeg State in Congress. the great
and only Barnum is now delighting the
Ne~ lurkers with a circus which is cf
course the double-concentrated extract
OF nine'ecn "Mammoh Mastodon" aud
other shows, the greatest on Earth"
and several Districts not yet heard from.
The great ''Torchlight Parade" through
the city stre'chin. for ten mi cs, and had
more than half a million people as spec
tator~! Jumbo headed the herd OF 80
elephants. aud ate apples from the top
of the telegraph poles, maybe |"
Que feature of the Parade was a Ia~.e
wagon load of large men, with loud voices,
who kept up a continuous and up roari-
Gus laughter; making the streets echo
with heir "hor-c laughs" and such is
tie i.fcsti II of daughter that the crowd
roared AMI gIysled wherever they came.
In the circus tent, Il lot of children.
aged , 3. and 4, years, dressed in fancy
costumes, rode bicycles around the ring.
The society for the Fermentation of crue'-
ty to children bad Mr.. Barnum arre.tel.
He gave bail, and then got all tn Doc
tors III the city to come and see the per-
formance. Of course there was much
talk, and the whole thing looks like a
Barnumian trick to get Tree advertising
After the bicycle performance a table
about ten feet in circumference was
placed upon the wooden platform and the
four older children got on top with their
BICYCLES and circled around it. James
Elliot then remained alone on top. The
table was wound up, and as Mr.. Elliott
turned a crank revolved 500 times a
minte. The boy rode his bicycle in an
opposite direction from the way the table
was turning, remaining in about the same
position until the table stopped revolving.
Mr.. Barnum says that this is the first
time this has ever been done In America.
The unicles and bicycles were more prais-