The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-24
FAIRS in Nor h Caroline

# President j. J.. Battle, Of ir'ocl,
Mum, Fair. and this reminds US that w
er,.pcou-ly spoke al him last week a:
Press en-, Of the well known Rock
Mount yilfs He sa farmer, but als'
RIM. a tore. etc, and is doing well
The per>istency with which the Ma.
sachusett- papers have denounced South.
ern ku klux. or the shotgun policy,
has long been a puzzle, but since the
discovery that dead negroes are tanned
in that section, the secret liz explained.
Shot guns naturally spoil the skin for
tanning purposes.
Young men wishing to start in bus'
ness in a town which seems destined 10
grow when the Railroad cornes) will no
tice the opportunity offered by Col. Var
boroughs and Cape. r. p. ClIftons card:
Offering good business stands for reLt Il
lease. aud ca Ing for a partner to work
up the fine timber in that region.
We notice in Charlotte OdserreI
that Col. A. NJ. Waddell proposes tc
give somebody a lively tussle for tie
Congressional nomination in the Car
DINA entral ID strict" The nllusion.
We suppose. il To the fact that tie Caro-
lima Central traverses the District from
Lincoln TO Wilmington where Maj,
Steadnan resides. and is very popular
Mad dugs are reported in Sam "u,
Cumberland aud Moore counties. Gin
ton CtUcrs"na tells of Que man w. . gr, "
very sad, becal-e seven Of his dogs wen
mad But he wasn't quite hankyupted
for though he ST ~ ven. he owned elcv-
en- and ''-evInr out of glowing leaves
four, enough Tor seed,-in hard tiues
like these.
The colored people instead Of feel
iny alarm at the repeal of the Civil
Right. Bill. nu-ht to rejoice. Tie Bill
never protected them in any way while
it did irriratc the whites against them.
The South wOull long ago Lave given
III pAat a AAah NV h'N'
possessed. but for the course of our per-
secutor.. and their continual threats.
Several State papers call for the
removal OF the Fair to ON point which
will afford sufficient hotel accommodate
tons. This is one key to the prevalent
dissatisfaction. Raleigh has good no.
tells. but there is 40 denying tha' OH
great occasions many hundreds OF pco-
pie who come at morn prefer to return
at eve. (packed like sardines in the
noisy and dusty cars) rather than sit NJ
all night, or pay city prices tor a blanket
on the floor. and meals to match.
To be a successful farmer on the
poor lands OF North Carolina, requires all
qualities of a first class business man =
one who knows how to watch the marke',
and what to plant. and when and how to
sell, as well as how to raj .e.-his crop
More armers fail In the market than in
the field, well, but then, if he be first
class business man can he make money
much more easily in some other avOca.
ton ?" This conumdrum furnishes the
key to the fact hat more people migrate
than immigrate-
Elsewhere we refer to the common
occurrence of marriages in Virginia al
the close of the war. 1t was a trick
easily learned by the young C~onfederates,
or at any rate the Cavalrymen, who as a
matter of course, (in course of time, saw
all the pretty girls land buttermilk) in
the Old Dominion, from Harrers Ferry
to Weldon. Not to marry under such
temptations Was "agin natur, so near.
ly ever, trooper became an infantrymau
in due season.
The Foot cavalry" rarely married.
They we're too tired, too ragged, always
hungry, often barefooted. and carried toe
plain an advertisement that among the
brides first duties would be the patching
of a pair Of breeches. Such circum-
stances slaughtered Sentiment before a
man could get within gunshot of his sweet
heart; and if she finally shut her eyes
and took him. it was only because the
poor devil needed somebody to look after
him, and the world was turned up side
down any how.
The papers from Maine to Mexico.
Including many Republican journals, are
praising the United States Supreme
Court for it's recent act declaring the
Civil Rights Bill unconstitutional. We
have few words of compliment. The
Court knew its mind twelve years age
as well as it does to-day and it has
knowingly permitted a dozen year. o.
wrong and outrage 10 drag their slow
lengths along,-raller tlan that the
Judges should render themselves I'm.
popular. and risk displacement by pub.
licly facing their duty. This writer.
while spending two Years Of daily tor.
ture and i"rominy under that unlawful
Act OF lawless aitlzanTy,-had con
slant assurances ii at the Court had de-
cided the Bill Illegally, but so long "a
the decision remained unprecedented
the GRANTEES were free to continue the
persecution. Acknowledgement of the
United States Stansberry. and Reverdy
johnson. told Senator Vance and 9TH
ers that the Courts decision was well
ascertained ~prirateiy, but that no public
action (such as would be of practical
service) would be taken until the Dem
ocrats seemed likely to come into pow
er. So the court has given a tardy
sign!