The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-10
Concerning our Correspondents.

ton to its correspondence. or other CON
tents; because besides needing the space
for news matter. it assumes hat the
majority of its readers read its columns
regularly from first to last Not TO 90
50 would be to miss many items, odgi-
nal and coutributcd,-which, owing TO
| the exigencies Of small force OF prin-
tiers, aud an imperfectly equipped Office
-are often crowded into any place ara
soace that can be obtained TOR thefn-
| This lack Of classification and orderly
arrangement, may seem IN poor forni'
iournalistically speaking,-yet Is a" dd-
~rapt1qe 10 our adrertisers, as 1t causes
the entire paper to be read I; consequent
II their cards are not o~verlooked 10 Cd
scure hooks and corners OF Outside
Pages as sometimes happens.
The present week, the editor being a
sufferer from that annual torture. (datlnS
from The damp cells at Albany,) which
the first storm of winter invariably
bripgs.-a Carte Bianche was given TO
| correspondents, and right royalty have
they taken possession Of u columns.
First comes sweet Rose Gcranlum
with a little ballad, whose easJ rythm
and grace betoken more To follow.
Then. appears fair Helen MacGregor.'
"a noble nobly planned ut
sister of The douglass" who was
Tender and True.''-and she tells u
of a picnic on the grassy banks oi the
beautiful Green Rivera second swain
anoa. : high up amor the
| dells where Tryon's grave-vlned sides
excl ange 40-mile signals with Old Crag-
gy. Roam. and Black! And then.
3.Anita."-eve welcome,-despite the
lncoueruitv of IA sOur-yea, actually
! Pickle.-recipe from her haLd! And
then "A -GlimI SC uf Ranch Life IN the
/ Far In liam Territory. by ayoung daush-
ter of Carolina. whose thoughts have
spanned the Thousand Leagues OF
Land. to offer to old friends eyes, heart.
and hand!
Then a column, none too long, from
our esteemed friend, VIM .. Gregory,
ESQ.,. OF Granville. telling about Patrick
Henry's lightning flashes OF ~eloquence
and power. Esqu re Gregory is the
largest land-holder il his county, and
as a Thought-holder he is also second to
none. He has written several articles,
which we note with pleasure hav been
borrowed by our exchanges. and other
interesting articles will follow from
week to week. The day is fast coming
when these "reminiscences will have an
historical value, in addition to their in
trinsic interest.
Capt. Geo. I. Stronach gives us NO.
So of his Wake County Notes"
They are very gracefully expressed and
show that he keeps his eyes open when
visiting his numerous friends. Wake is
not only the largest county in the State,
but has an unusual number Of village
settlements. We send bundles of Far
mer and Mechanics to subscribers at
eighteen or twenty postOffices in the
county, some of which are young towns,
like Cary. Apex, Auburn. Holly Springs,
Wake Forest. Rolesville, Morris Vile,
and others. All are growing, we trust,
and. in any case. it will be an advantage
to them to have these Notes given to
the world through a widely-read news
paper.
Next we have 4 letter from Mr.. Ven
able, enclosing a copy of that Prig OF
Priydom. John Quincy Adams,-the
last New England President,-If we ex-
cept Frank Pierce. who was a Demo
crat, accidentally dropped among the
Green Mountains" The t%op-lottical
Of Adams reply to a respect
full letter ttom a respectable Virginian is
only equaled BY the insolence OF anoth-
CT Abolitionist who recently wrote to a
m ,ittal SAttharp moot thaf hn ba6 ra-
ccived his book that agreat many peo-
pie chose to send him books, but OF
course he couldn't be expected to read
them"
Next. is a brief article sent us by Rev.
DR.. Chas. +. Deems; to illustrate his
idea of the s~ectless Church of the
strangers" we suppose. 1t argues
that many worlds, big and little. re-
volve around the sun. and sing the
praises of their Creator, without quar-
relling about the right of way. or the
style o, their gait. The best speech
in support of the Southern Cause | ever
heard. was made by i)r. Deems.'-
said one of our friends at authorization
1T was delivered from Mrs. DIR. Nc
Entyre'. piazza, and the grassy yard in
front was black with people. 1t was in
the darkest hour of our fortunes. and al
the windows within hearing distance
We're crowded with wOmen.-most o.
them in deep mourning. Gov. Vance
was making that supreme effort of the
last year of the war, when North Caro-
lima rallied SO nobly and Deems was
sent into the mountains to combat the
spread Of .'Red Stringism, "'.Ieaguery,'
and open disloyalty with which Aud,
Johnson, ''Parson' Brownlow. George
, w. Logan, and the STANDARD, had in.
tected the Blue Ridge Region. OI
r course, the well-to-do and intelligent
classes, comprising nearly all the towns.
people, and landowners, were Confed.
! crates but the bulk of the back-woods
( cabin-dwellers were "Red-Strings."
r and rather inundated the smaller ele.
, ment. Hence the Doctor spoke as the
champion of the Confederates aud the
combined Influences OF the time, the
place, the theme, brought out his les
powers. All, me,-and SO he lives ii
New York! Ana was given $10,0 600 b,
Vanderbilt: And has built up Il \ /,
, tional reputation Well ! well!-wha,
a lot OF history the past twenty year.
have made"
: IN the same page (4th) appears tn,
first halt Of an interesting article b,
Rev DIR. Neil Mckay. pronounce,
"Mckoy,") of the sturdy Scotian strain
1t "rectiiies the record in relation t.
7 prominent ancestor of a ~well-knowi
family. by The by, in looking over ipr
: Mckay's manuscript we notice that h,
. uses e, instead OF a, in spelling MI
: Campbell's christened name, thus :
!. F~erquhard. Our printers followed In,
! usual spelling, but the Doctor is apt L
= be correct.
Next, we rave half column of prai~,
: of Mr.. John III. Bonner's book.-writtrl
for tie Messenger bv Mr.. c. w. Hairs