The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-11

N. L. Dukes lett IN Ms VIII f-,"oo
to Miss Mary Beeson, the young lady
who stood his friend mistaken amid
the storm of popular abuse.
The South Carolina Pres. deplores
the loss of Gen. James Conner, one OF
the old regime.
About a dozen letters and commuDi
cations came on Sunday and Monday,
just a little too late for this week. But
like everything good they will keep"
Mr.. Chas. f. Marlborough, of En-
field, enquiries whether any of our ad-
vertisers sell the Hercules giant powder,
for blasting stumps. We suppose 1t is
for sale here. Who will advertise it?
The Arlington Suit-to recover the
custody of the two children--was not
settled at Vance court. a colored juror
is said to have hanged" the others,
and a mis-trial resulted. New hearing
at next court.
A negro was peni-sent last week
for forging a check for 500 upon Hon.
W. T. Dortch. He came to Raleigh IN
foot, and foolishly tried to pass the check
at Auburn, and else where.
serve hear of an excellent Cotton
Factory, now running regularly. which
is not well located.-the expenses being
too heavy. The owners would put it as
stock in a new and larger factory. if the
situation gave assurances OF good busi-
ness. Here is a chance for manufacture
ers.
The gallant tire-iyhters of Rescue
Steam Engine Co. recently passed Res
o~lutions of acknowledgment for the
thoughtfulness of Mrs. Judge Fowle,
who on one or two OccasiOns-notably
the c~onflagration of Melvin Mobiles
establishment and adjacent property
sent out a liberal supply of kindling,
etc, for the engine which had arrived at
the tank unsupplied.
Knows how to hit the 'centre
shot,"-and just at the right place and
time-Charles Mcdonald does. This
is what we thought when u Ganny-
mede of color came into the hottest den
in Raleigh, our tin rooted office. at 3 p.
m, bearing a bottle of Tansill's Hub
Punch, a light. non-spirituous. sodarif-
feric poppet, which Pescud. Lee X Co.
keep neatly bottled to be ''well shaken"
and then-taken. Try it, and you'll
realize the beauty of the name. Its
Hub" ha, plenty of surrounding "'fel-
loes, but they never tire
-Wake'. capacious new court house
has been crowded all the past week
during the trial of the mendammuss
cases. 1t was hard to get a jury. Al
dermen Andrews, Avera, and Rand
were examined in detail. as to the events
of the Busbee coup-d-etat. Then anne
speeches by L. NJ. Argo, f H. Busbee.
L. {. Fuller. Judge Merrimon, Judge
Fowle, and perhaps others.
Meantime Messrs. Simpson and Heff-
lin nave declined to accept the seats in
the council rendered them; and the
whole matter is nightly mixed.
old Rip Van Winkle is no longer
taking his nap in North Carolina But
like the f. Van Wrinkle cotton gin of
Atlanta, Ga, he is wide awake and
making the fur fly" OF course the
sur" of prosperity in Dixie is AL
wooP'-that is to say cotton" And
the f. Van Wrinkle gin took the 500
gold medal at Atlanta Cotton Exposi>
ton. See card. The Raleigh agents
MEssRs. LArrA q MYATT-are SO well
known that we need only say of them
that for ten or fifteen years they have
stood among the leading business men of
the capital, and have gained in the con-
6dence of the public with each year.
They are farmers sons and know the
needs of farmers.
Prof. W. 5. Barnes, of kittrell
Springs Female Seminary, has the re-
commendation-with ex-"Dixie'-ites,
% having done his duty in the days
which tried Southern souls, in the treble
fire of Fear, Selfishness, and Affection !,
He enlisted, we hear. in the 4th n. c..
one of the earliest to volunteer. At
ter serving some time as Adjutant-a
very responsible position,-he became
an Aid to Gen. Bryan Grimes. and as
such, you know. was bound to face the
{minnie-ball) music.' After Apo
mattoX. he followed our great Leader.
Lee. into the humber, but little les.
important. field of the SCHOOL ROOM
teaching youthful ideas how to
shoot'-in accordance with those grand
and patriotic principles for which the
fathers shot! We trust he is making a
very successful success
Schools, or families. desiring the
services of lady teachers. of good family.
and proper qualifications. can get the
addresses of several young ladies who
desire to teach.-some in schools--oth-
ers in the tamily--by applying to us.
A stamp should be enclosed for reply.
We have of course no personal interest
IN the matter; but as a Southern editor
we can appreciate the motives of some
of our most estimable Southern ladies
who feel that duty calls them to earn
their own support. IL is more honor
able to work for wages than to marry
for money, or a support, as many do.
AS the Charleston Courier says 1.-THE
prejudice against ome earning their
Town bread and butter will be as extinct
lin the next hundred years as that