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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

AN OLD SOLDIER CUTS A STICK FOR
TUE NEXT GOVERNOR. Capt. Blank,
we won t give his name Ii "old soldier. y
and a working man, In Alamance county.
said to a Chronicle reporter last Friday
that he had cut a nice clean kickor,
out of the woods aud was polishing it up
t. present il to the nlau who received
the Democratic nomination for Governor
next year. Sa d he, II want 1t long
enough for the tal'est Of them and can
make it short enough to fit julie Carr
whJ between you and me ID a. soon see
Governor a. any man in North Carolina.
One thing certain. This old dead set
nave got TO go We want a new deal.
The people must be masters or nothing.
They are tired of a few lead old water
feet politicians running and controlling
the State. And if we nave IA military
man WHY let him be one indeed, but
not 4 dead beat or 4 home guard. or Il
fellow who spit and splutterad "A heap
during the war. but stayed at home and
drank the good liquors and eat all the
good things and can't show a scar on
his body unless he got it there accident
allv." The speaker was a solid good
citizen of Alamance and IA man who has
been hard at work for a living for him.
self and family ever since he came out
of the war. The thing Is working. The
people are n earnest. Rings bossism
must go down. And the old nest OF
birds who seem ID have had a hereditary
title to Office in North Carolina for the
last twenty years will be smoked out.
the people are talking it on the trains. :
Milton Chronicle.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

II. j. Webb. ESQ. Bertie CO.. mer.
chant. Jan /, 81. and a club Of Trial
Trips. kindly forwarded bv .'L.ink"-oi
whom you've heard recently.
E. +. Gill, Esq. Raleigh. June ~.
81 And n pleasant call from Mr..
Gill, who i one of the best known men
about the city, and always keeps open
doors opposite the market.
1t was pleasant to have a chat with
Capt. J. +. Digger. last week. j. H.
pissed through the city en- route tor the
State Normal school at Chapel Hill. in
which he Is an instructor. We use the
title Captain rather than Professor.
because where acjualy won. the title i.
and ever should be in the South. a badge
OF Honor. showing that a man may
night a. well as pray OF teach.
r. r. Gill. Esq, Franklin co. June
20. -. farmer. and .oue who j. flirl1
entitled To the title. During "a dozen
years he has not failed in crops. nor
bought supplies on credit. and. not be-
Ing obliged to sell. hc keeps "A supply
(of cotton always OH hand
Capt. +. II. Outlaw. High Sheriff Of
Bcrtle. Jan l.. 81. and many thanks
for renewed kindness by DR.. Pugh who
forwarded the subscription.
+. \ Whitaker, Esq, Wake coun-
ty. NOV 3. SO.
). f. Finley. Eaq, Watauga co, re-
news TO June, 81. with customary
pronptness. And it il an excellent
time Of the year for such reminders, n
all Southern newspaper offices.
=. Z. knight. Esq, Edgecombe.
Oct. 10, SO, and much oil ged. Sir.
Or. +. O. Elliott. Sparkling Cataw-
ba Springs, June 20, 81. \ clever
gentleman, with 20 years experience III
catering for the health and merry
making OF summer refugees.
An agreeable call from Frank ID.
Winston Esq, Attorney at Law. Wind
sor, BERTHE Co., (Junc 9th, lSSl.) who
came to escort his esteemed mother to
Chapel Hill. where she viii reside for a
time.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27
For the Farmer and Mechanic
Western North Carolina.

W. y. {. X. r.. June %. SO.
The summer season in Western North
Carol IA l.a> now fairly begun. The
tide - travel q, steadily set ii and will
probably reach is hood about the mid
die OF july. II may not be il vain IL
anticipate tor them a iew land
marks on I e way. We will BEGIN al
Raleigh on the N"rtl, Carolina Railroad
at $40 p. IN. aud take a Pullman
Sleeper 81 If YOU ike. a fir>t-clas-
Palace Car modern in all Il appoint
meuts AMI elaborate to a degree. The
regular fare to Warm Springs will be
$lj.G'. but you viii pay - more il YOU
occupy the sleeper which will arrive
there at 7:36 the next morning. At
Greensboro the train lays over from : p.
IN. to l0 p. m, and during the time a
very good supper may be had at either
of the hotels.
AT Salisbury close connection i made
ii midnight and then you are Oh the W.
y. g. X. IL. Ii YOU are not on the sleep
er you wi. observe with surprise that
the coach i brand new. and much
haudsomer than the one YOU nave ju.t
left. If YOU aie ticketed for Wurm
Springs. YOU have the option Of laying
over at each station on the road. and
( availinL yourself of this. YOU viii stop
II >~tatesville, the first important point.
You viii not be prepossesscd with
Ntatesville If YOU stop ut either OF the
hotels. they are only second class thing
about the place; and even they are first
class III their charges. The people Of
Statewide are live. energetic and pro-
sressive. The business OF the place is
growing rapidly and in some Instances
la> already reached great magnitude.
one firm carry on the largest traffic in
roots and herbs in the world. They
handle about 1900 crude substances OF
which 2.l00 are indigenous to the soil
Of North Carolina and find il demand
Tor these goods in nearly every country
oi the world. In addition to this. the
same firm transact a wholesale general
stock business Of over 100000
The cotton and tobacco interests are
now commanding attention. and a mar
Net OF considerable Importance has al
ready been established.
Commanding as it does. the varied
OF Il general crop in n pro-
nounced degree. Statesville is destined
To become one of the most important
cities OF the State.
The climate is salubrious and never
resorts to he extremes OF heat or cold.
The people are intelligent and tospita-
bic. and Very healthy-a most delight
full state OF affairs undoubtedly.-tor-
tune seems To have showered its richest
blessings On this community. There
isn't Il mortgage in Statesville and pro-
badly not IA whole dozen in Iredell
county.
This people are special favored in the
the owner and conductor of the Land-
mark a model weekly journal and one
that any city might well be proud of.
Joe Caldwell is known all over the State
rs a newspaper man. in all that the
term implies. 1t is refreshing to know
that he is making money, az well as
print a first-ciass newspaper. A money
making Editor in North Carolina is
simply "pro-di-gi-ous."
Much more could be said of States
vile and iredell county, but our time
and your space forbid.
We will continue our remarks in YOU
next &. {. j.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE
WoRLD.-This claim j, made for stern
Carpenter. who lives in the village OF
Granville Corners, Washington county.
y. 1. He Is now a man over eighty.
and a member OF t4c Society Of Friends.
He is still able to out-iistance all COM
petitors in teats OF physical strength.
He once lifted Il box flied with iron
weighing 1900 pounds. This was done
by hosting the loX with his hands. and
Vas a feat equal to raising $500 pounds
i'll harness. At another time he lifted
a cannon which weighed LOO pounds.
and shouldered it.. He has frequently
raised Il barrel Of white lead with ease.
To guess the weight Of a huge hoe he
would lift it by the bristles with the
fingers of his one hand. and manva por-
ker has he raised in this way weighing
over 500 pounds. Being a man of
peace he rarely got into trouble with
other men, but one day he was mis-
~chievously tripped-up by one Of his
workmeu. He caught the mar bv the
shoulder and by the seat of his panta-
looms and hurled him in the air over a
seven-foot fence. The man came down
in a marsh a rod or more from the
fence. 1t is believed there is no equal
to Mr.. Carpenter now living. He is
not Il large man. though very massive
III his build. He would not be picked
u in a crowd a. Of more than average
strength. Great power If muscle run.
in families. and 50 does weight. There
i a family named Hickey. III Mason
county. H., who average 80 poul! d.
The father weighs $50 pounds. the
mother $50. and the eldest daughter
BOZ. Were marriages not contracted by
people themselves, but entered uto 10y
the advice of scientific physicians, ii
would be possible to perpetuate families
that would be noted Tor weight, muecu-
lar development, size and personal beau
~. according as the physician might Sc
Iect. But love is blind, and pays no
heed to heredity .-from DemoreSt',
UOHthtq for thrill.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

OLD FoRr ITEMS. Charlie Young. II
year old sou of J. NJ. Young, had both
bones Of his wrist broken while PLAYING
baseball asst week, but is getting well
without much suffering. -Mr. A. G.
CurtIs's oldest son is very low from con
gestion of brain aud stroke Of paralysis
III one side. --Capt. Fry and b q.
Freeman have just taken a contract to
furnish 80 car loads of telegraph poles to
be used on a line in Nmgiuie.-The
hotel to be erected at Round Knob. 4
niles above Oid flrt, is under contract
10 j. +. Fry, VITO says lie will have it
up b. iaii. Round Knob i a beautiful
location aad Will undoubtedly prove AL
attractive Suipmer resort. We lcara
Sl3s.9sU nave |, en subscribed t. build .
marrow rua4e railroad irom Round kuub
to ne suHsnIJ OF MItchc 5 peak. The
,~list.Hce : miles. No road would be
..tore Picturesque, and when complete
the tlav,i viii be immense. -L1mp Post.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

Victor Smith, one of Bill Apps sons.
is a reporter on the New York HeratF.
A movement is on foot To erect a mon
umeut to the memory of the late En-
Gov. ID l.. Swain, President of the
State University
There never was a blonde woman yet
was true and loved but one man was
the sweeping assertion written by Me
ran, who committed suicide at Brookly D
the other day, in a letter to his taithless
sweetheart.
r. Fl. Parks 4 Co.. Of the New York
sock Exchange. have suspended. -
John Dewey. editor of the Irish Nahou,
was sentenced to sixty days in the peni
Tertiary for libelIing August Belmont.
~ mining reservoir, at SmartsvillC,
burst the rush of water carried away
bridges and ~causei other damage seve,
raj lives were lost.
Married, near Roxboro Ju re 10, by
Rev. W. L Wright, Mr.. Finest ID.
cheek. of Hill>boro, to Miss VI. f.
Peasants. of Person. Attendants Mr.
Frank Woody an Miss Emma Flirtof
Mr.. Henry ID. Long and Miss Hattie
Faucette Mr.. John S. S~purgeon anC
Miss Jesse Howard.
Goldsboro Messenger: Our Mt. Olive
friends are determined on organizing
Graded School.-We regret to learI
that the Methodist parsonage at Snow
Hill was destroyed by fire on THURSDAY
night last. No insurance.-The Trus
tees of the Graded School met on Fri
day last. when Prof. Moses was re
elected superintendent OF the Goldsbor,
schools ut Il salary of $l,500 a year. Mr.
+. a. Alderman was reelected first as
sistant.
Stq'rsr1Hr Landmark: A student a
Davidson College, youth from Sumter
S. G., whose name we haven't learned
was playing base ball last Friday, whel
he fell with great force on his stomach
He suffered a great deal, as a matter q
course. but nothing serious was though
of the occu, rence at the time, and las
Saturday morning he died He is tn
second victim of baseball among tn
students of Davidson College. Som
years ago Mr.. Watson Rumple. a son o
Rev Jethro Rumple, of Salisbury, wa
struck over the ear bv a ball while en-
gagged in IA game at Davidson, and sus
tanned injuries which afterwards prove'
fatal.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

Cant r j p.dIi,un ia> kindly shown
rs a ctier aud circular II nm The o.cr..
tary OF a uus Mems Emigration 50
clety, Loui,n England. which ! ow>
that our II can get laborcrs If the
very est en- !-egel on the most favorable
terms. Young men Of character can be
procured who are wiling TO pay their
way out here aud 'abor a. farm hand, or
pupils Tor their board and lodging upon
a promise of wares II they are wor h any.
The idea IL 10 learn how To cultirule our
crops and lands. for which they are will
lng 10 pay ~ labor. When they hav,
been sufficiently instructed 10 merit
wages, and not till tleu, they expect
them and .hen only what rhoy 10 worth
They are a far better class than usually
emigrate. Clinton CaacIS,dn
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27
Address. al Reported by Lau-
rinburg "Exchange."

How many handsome houses do YOU
zee adding value Ia North Carolina
farms: Comparative few. 4 woman
rightly developed j. full Of taste. Every
body ought To have flowers. Woman
should have 4 thorough knowledge OF
Botany. theology. OF I~Iu,bandry. 81
the Constitution az her country. There
i no pleasure in conversing with an
unedurated woman
Newspapers are great educators.
Every one should TAX, i reliable news
paper. Note Judge II. takes the +.
* NJ. and pays for il. a good example
for al prominent public men.-ED.)
Demagogues are a curse to our land.
and when the masses become ed
ucated they Will vote mere iutelligentlv
and realize that the ballot box j. the
saiet, OF the nation. " orLl makes the
man. Years AGO a little ragged urcniu
walking along the streets 81 our owa
Proud Capital city, was then developing
principles that afterwards made him
President.
A man possessed Of nobility and
worth Of character. no matter how poor
he mav be. i the man tor me.
Let the people Of North Carolina be up
and doing. Let the ..Old North State,
be aroused aud shake of the shacklc.
that To- binds her IN bonds ignorance.
Let her free herself of the shame ,hat
IS per cent of her sons and dau,hrers
cannot read and i8 per cent. 81 her
poor children cannot write.
1t is in your hands, nv friends. 10
alleviate our glorious old State OF this
bondage Wipe out this disgrace BY
building schools. Ohio spends $4,000
600 for education. while North Carolina
spends less than one dollar per head
Tor the noble cause. Who is to do tn,
educating: Is not the Government.ou
common schools, our colleges. our Uni
yersity-are not all these Interested in
this matter:
We want an education for the masses:
we van To elevate them. Here VIC
have the finest climate in the world.
water powers sufficient To run all the
mills OF New England; natural re-
sources inexhaustible. aud country.
if developed, that would rival any on
the Globe. We must educate. We
must educate .
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

some ASTOUNDING FIGUREs.-Ba
%zaine's publication has brought his name
before the European public again, and
the Prussian official statement of his
capitulation shows that he surrendered
lS3 900 men he could not have lost
fewer than %, 0u0 or - 900 men. His
command must, therefore, originally
numbered rearlv 20O,o men. Mac
Mahon had upward of 40, 600 at Worth.
and the Fifth Corps were not engaged
there,
Think of Gen. Lees doing a thing Of
this sortl Picture Stunewall Jackso
knocking under 10 man or devil with a
great amy under lis command Nor
folk Landmark
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

TARBoRo GUIDE POSTAL NOTES :
Miss Lucy Hargrovc, daughter Of Gray
lIargrose, living near Tarboro, was acci-
den;al,y shot in the back by . compar
ion, with IA pistol while out ii hing yes
terday. The wound is said Il b s%erious.
Gen. W. u. Lewis, engineer of the \.
Il X. r. r., lett on Monday for Williams
ton to make a r~econnaisaDt survey from
that point to GAINESVILLE. Plymouth
should be the Eastern terminus. -
Miles Lindsey, coiored, who ravished the
eight year old daughter of Jerry Rut-
ledge, a respectable colored man, near
Tarboro, has fed the county. The girl
was horribly mutilated.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

Thirty men took refuge in a barn dur,
ing a thunder storm near Ravena, Mo;
the barn was struck by lightning and
three of the men were killed and Others
injured.
DR.. Henry Russell, of Quebec, per
formed a surgical operation upon a well
known Sherbrooke ci zen, extracting
from the calf of his leg a cuff button
which the latter supposed he had lost
some time ago. How the button got into
such a singular position appears to be
an inscrutable mystery.-Montreal (Cdn-
ada) Witness.
One of the saddles. deaths We have
ever recorded is that of Airs. w. A.
Horton, of Newton Factory, who was
killed by lightning one day last week.
Mrs. Horton was standing 10 the howe
yard at her home when she was stricken
down and instantly illed.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. June I6.-An-
drew Wormsley. a Pittsfield negro, was
arrested to night for feloniOus assault on
the 10 year-old daughter OF Dosity Cog
uac, white a neighbor of the family.
where he was visiting. He stole into
her bedroom AMI was 70 lud there ly
the family.
! The Havtian government made an at
tack on Miragoane, but were repulsed
with the loss of two vessels and many
men the rebels have captured Jaclnct
| and nearly all the western coast. -
! The number Of deaths by the recent cat
astrophe at Sunderland, Eng, has
reached 202.
The examination into frauds in the
Office of the Supervising Architect of the
Treasury began the prosecution allege
scores of frauds and systematic plumber
ing of the government In the erection OF
public buildings that $50, 900 were rails
ed and used in Washington to Tx certain
certain contracts in the interests OF con
tractors.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

ToIsNoT sunny HONE ITEMS. Mr..
Dempsey BAIT, of Elgecombe county,
has lost forty r fifty sheep recently by
The dogs. are dying in large
numbers IN this section with cholera.
Several farmers have lost nearly all they
had.-Mr. NJ. L. Move, of Wilson,
sent us "a We l-deve'oped ear of corn,
new crop. "a saturday last. He said OIL
a postal that he had hal roasting ears or
his ;aole several days during the week.
tie Is a moCel rardener, we hCull say.
5, nator w ley w. Farmer Of tn:
! county. mas the finest fell of lotion W,
have seen tn ) year. 1t Will average
eighteen on twenty inches hi. h and il
squariug Il cely.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27
aAlEICH ADVERTISERS.
~ here TO Buy When you Come to
To~n-Scc CARDS IN Another
CoIumn--Wc Nope to Add to
the List Next " eek.

DAY GouIs~-AlrN tre,ch.
CLoIHINp -p. Nstt
IiARpw NEK. WAen>S. liriIS ETC.
CUTLERY. lIAKuw ~. ErC.-T.
IL. BrJEss y >on-.
CORN Mai AND FuRAaE-Ioucs
\ Powell.
RALIGH CoTTo> GT> Co.-Geo. l..
T~ounohsSi.
doom, SASH, BLI>I>-The y. 4.
Tar Company.
DKUGGISTs.-Pc>cui. Lee X 20.
SCHooLS,->t. Mary's.
BnoK~roRE--A. Williams X Go.
PHoruGENrH~.-J ". Watson.
Clay CHIM>FY~-Iob Osborn.
III AROUND rHE ~TArE.
Ton>ccn-Thr Blackwell Co-. ID :
ham.
LEAF ToEAeco-Pari,h X Baa-
well. Durham.
saw NILrS-The TaNlo M'fs Co..
Charlotte.
ENGl>E,- 4. Witty. NeNh1n.
ROAD ENGINE. :. Joyner. Frank
linton.
GRAPE WI>E~-Hon. ". j. Green.
FAYETTEVILLE.
IIoIEIS-The Atlantic. Morehead
City. Buu.tz House. GoId>boro.
BANk>-Mc~>ls. Bur-wyn X Co.
Henderson.
CORN AND toTToN CULTIVATION
HARRISON, Gully \ Co.. Cary.
PLASTER y GYP~CM-Blo>>om x
Evans. Wilmington.
A1ToRNEYs-AT-LAw-Coo X Royd.
At %arrenton Col. Burgwyn. at Hem
dersou Thomas IL. Battle al Tarboro.
SCHOOLS FOR BoYs--Bingham> AT
Binghamville lIorner's al Oxford. Hor-
ner', n Henderson, Bells at King
Mountain.
SCHOOLS FOR GlKl~-Mr, Dr. Chat
mad al GoId~horo Misses NASH Ms,
kollock at il.ll~boro; Prot Barnes at
klttrell.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

ROCKINGHAM ITEMS. DR.. Broadnax,
in spite of the fact that our legislators
are afraid to pass "a dog law. will stock
his farm with sheep.-rh The Madison
people, despairing of "a railroad up the
valley of the Dan, are thinking seriously
of tapping the Cape Fear and Yadkin
Valley at Linville's, should it ever reach
that place. -Heldsville Weehiy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

Mr.. Richard A. Prccor, the astronc-
mer, writes: The ladies of my family
tried without at first telling mel the
bold experiment of discarding corsets al
together. But they found as others have
found before them that, with the usual
mount Of understanding, corsets Guild
not be conveniently discarded. | have
very little doubt that they would have
return to their outside bones but for
the happy thought that perhaps the
divided skirt might remove the various
Inconvenience which lad followed the
disuse of corsetS. The experiment wa,
perfectly successful. With the changed
attire have come several important advan-
tages. J.. The weight Of the undercloth-
ing is reduced three fourths. , Increase
of warmth. 3. Walking Is much easier
and tricycling, lawn tennis, &C., are made
easy. 4. Dancing is much pleaSanter
). Health is improved. & The voice is
increased in volume. They now say
that nothing would induce them to re
: turn to the old attire
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

Continued anxiety 1T Richmond. Va,
to hear from the duellists: Beirne is
reported to be in West Virginia; Elam.
whereabouts unknown.-L. +. Ma
son stabbed w. T. Crutchfield in an at
frav at Richmond, Va; both are of
highly respectable families Crutchfield
was mortally wounded.
On the night OF the 18th inst. Never
son Hunt. Peter Smith and Hilliard
Johnson. the latter from Vance county,
made their escape from Jail through the
| lower wall.
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What's Saved is Gained.

Workingman will economic by employ
ing Dr.. Picrcc's Medicines. His PLEAS
IN Purgative Pellets > and Golden
Medical Discovery cleanse the blood
and system thus preventing ievers am
other serious diseases, and curing all
scrotulous and other humots. Sold BY
druggists.
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accidents from moving machines,
t%hreshers and other farming ,mplemrnts.
'c'H happen to the careless and unwary.
No matter how severe The injury. Phenol
Sodldue is the dressing. nb0re al others
for affording relief from ain and a rapid
healing of the wounds
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

New York markets, Money 2!o3 per
cent cotton gnlct at lO!ta l0{c. south
ern flour UNCHANGED A. s. 20.of - =.
wheat, ungrsdcd a,l 81 90. "a l.I1@. corn.
ungraded 4S!(" 5l3c rosin steady At 81
hoC" l.6l3 spirits turpentine easier aud
more active at 31Ic.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

l.. w. Floyd. the G~reenvillc merchant
who soGuee ed Mss Kay. and who was
shot one day last week nv the ruined
girls father. has fled to pats unknown.
-A tennessee Judge has been IN
di.ie,i tor perjury. --Morton's block
in san Francisco was burned YESTERDAY:
loss 5000, 600. Ten buildings We're burn
ed at Fresno, Cal, loss 10000.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-27

iH If you are bilious, with headache
and bad taste in your mouth, take two of
''EvERYBoDY's' PILLS at night, for two
or three nights. They act on the liver
and bowels and give certain relief.