The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1883-12-08


Nsnrfdi Correspondence of TAr eg.vuaacie
Well trained blrd-doys sell for such fab
ulous prices in North Carolina, as Well a.
elsewhere. that the wonder In nobody
breeds and trains them for the market.
In these days when 1t ha, become fash.
iOnable for So many exiIe~ of thls l.rar.
Old deciivifv 10 return. WHY should not
Mr. Samuel r. Phillips come home aud
make an effort to be the great Republican
Governor who shall break the solid south
One OF the conductors on the X. & A..
road told me last Sunday that the most os
his passengers took so eager an interest i'm
the new management OF the Marlborough
House that they walled till IN o'clock to
get breakfast to see how excellent the
breakfast would be.
have this week been told that a careful
and industrious EngIishman. resident in
Wake county, who keeps his books accu-
rately, has said that his cotton crop cost
him S2G an acre before he had IL picked
from the field. The clear money, on this
tass, is hardly visible.
Many men OF many notions have
been told by a gentleman who saw n good
deal OF the last party OF gentlemen from
New England that came to the State, that
one of them was thinking favorably OF or
ganzing negro minstrel ltroupe-genuine,
no bui mt cork-for the New England trade
Noteworthy met this week young
man from a Massachusetts, town who had
come to see North Carolina, and he had
with him ponderous and solid volume
which he had taken from his town library
The time that he was allowed To keep II
had almost expired and he sent Ii home by
mail.
The little towns along the II. & A. rail
road where the turpentine negroes resort
Saf .{ay ss,f Ion.
them at least were not-,he qtiietest or
safest places to visit or to live when these
woods darkies became jovial. But every
body who travels the road now confirms
the report that a great change for the bet
ter has come about.
A member OF the Faculty OF the State
University told me the other day that as
rule the young men who are taking the.
lead, both in their classes and influence
among the students, bear names with
which the people Of the State are hardly
familiar. They are sons Of men who have
never been heard Of outside their counties
and who have spent their lives at the plow
handles.
| have been wondering all the week
whether the members OF the Young Mems
Christian Association at Chapel Hill. who
happened to be members Of the Literary
Societies also and who consequently I'm all
probability voted for Mr.. Henry Waiter
son to deliver the address at the next
Commencement, thoroughly considered
the fact that the peculiar branch Of knowl-
edge wherein Mr.. Watterson Is especially
learned and skillful is-poker.
The veneration in which the memory OF
the late Bishop Atkinson Is held in North
Carolina was illustrated by a conversation
that / overheard on the cars the other day
Each talker spoke of his breadth and bal
ance Of mind, and oneventuTed the asser-
ton that he was among the foremost OF
our men of this generation in the good he
accomplished in his silent ways. Another
fact that picked up was that he constant
ly found mental rest in novel-reading.
A manufacturer Of sash, doors and
blinds has informed me this week that five
years ago he could not make sash as cheap
as the white pine sash which are brought
from the North can be sold here; but now
lie thinks nothing OF underselling ther1.
: By the way" said he, explain this TO
me: Five years ago sold door of . Ger
tain make for e4.5O. The margin OF pro-
fit was small. Now pay about the same
price for lumber, and precisely the same
wages to wOrkmcn and sell the same 1oOr
for $3.50, and my margin Of profit Is as
great as It was five years ago 1t must be
that we are all learning now to make
things faster and consequently cheaper" ;"
On Tuesday OF last week the Rev. Ca
pers Norman was on the X. &c @. train
bound for Raleigh, on his way to the
Methodist Conference at Statesville. An
elderly gentleman /overhearing him speak
Of going to Statesville approached him,
began desultoHy conversation and finally
sat down beside Mr.. Norman. Mr.. Norman
recalling the fate of the Rev. DIR. Blacks
watch adjnsaed his coat SO as to cover his
pocket ,Yhe conversation continued till
he found (opportuni.y to ask the old man
his name. .Hargrove. said he. "What
Hargresve?" 8 Bishop Hargrove. OF the
NJ. E Church. my name is Norman,
sir 4 am very happy to meet you, Bish-
OBJ am preacher, sir, and am on my
way to Conference, sir-very happy TO
kmeet YOU" TALK.
On the Road, Dec. 6.