The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-30
I;.ooln Pres, advocates Judge Gil

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NOR for Governor. The latter is a towns
man orGen. Scales, aud pledged to MS
support, we hear.
Prof Chas. d. McIver was with US
last week en- route to Durham 10 piu
.dieu to-he knows who. Says he.great-
" dislikes to leave Durham, but VIM
| atom i one of the same sort. Yes the
scent of tobacco hangs Ger EN- botn.
PROT. McIyer, howevcr, like ourself,
neither tastes nor handles the Wced.
DR.. Geo. f. Mathews, of Ringwood,
and Mr.. !. H. Harrison, of Brlnkley-
vile, went to Baltimore to attend Medi-
cal Lectures for a week or SC. 1t Is
| Getting to he fashionable for u young
NJ. DPS TO 20 to Bait. instead OF Phlla.'
as formerly. The colleges are too pc
INJURIOUS in respect to advertising.
-Nr. J.. NJ. Pool C''Fobc'D Joined the
L. s. Army at Charlotte, aud has gone
Westward. Masham, of lredeil, also
c listed, but after getting his skin full OF
'Rel-Eyt," began to dream of scalp
| fling Redskins, therefore like the poets
Arab, he silently fold his tent. and
took - the buShcs. Henceforth he will
have t. >kulA AZ 4 'Deserter."
David Wells. OF Orange county,
with > Hands and his own arms, rails
ell a plentiful supply Of corn, wheat,
potatoes. etc. Tor his iamily,-and r.
600 pounds of tobacco, which lie sold at
| an average Of 90 cents. or-s3,G COO for the
crop. 30 ne learn from Mr.. Augustus
W. Graham. a ca, Iul man. Now let us
l)ok around for a cotton farmer, who
with " negroes,-made a support,
aud $4,000 in cash.
Cotton travels cheaply. a bale
weighing 800 lbs can be shipped to New
York for s1,--whereas we paid yester'
day 1926 on n so Id keg of ink the eX.
pressage being fully half the cahue. Ii
came from |. S. Johnson & Co, Boston
who ought to have a leather medal, witt
Beast Buffers profile; for none bu
Observation-Disclosures would shll
such a thing by express,-particularl,
after getting their pay for it. If TIN
Puff" suits them they are welcom'
thereto.
Pred. Douglass, the aged half breed
who has served Yankeedom as an 'elo
quent illustration for half a century
last week married a white wom1n, Mis-
Helen Pitts, aged 50, who has been act
ing as his ~copyist. He is twice her age
but has three times as much money
I La Durham county last week, as we lear
from the Plant, John Arnold of tn
Dutchville section, elopcd with a negres
named Hawkins Johnston, and they hay
{ migrated to Sherman Texas. No tears
:, They don't need any introducing
{ ALLISON & ADDISON do not for the
d are neal neighbors to the Old Mort
/ State, and have done business anon
our people for years. They have,
fact. almost acquired an Freehold e'
J. tatc' in some sections, because b
l. means of their STAR brand FERTILl
It Ter they have laid a rich carpet OF so
upon many an old field which previousi
Welded no crop save rocks below, an
broom sedge above, and ''ole hy'ars
l. for dwellcrs thereupon. But your ey
d can't miss it-their card IN anoth'
:, column.
Coy. Crittenden. of Missouri. VII
: owes much of his prominence to the r.
oi putation of his father, bids fair to leaN
no such chance to his son Man
Re chars IS have been made against hin
d but here is a sample =
d. 1T is proposed to impeach Go
/ Crittendon. of Missouri. for riding on
% railroad on his w!fe's free pass. Il
Constitution Of that State JorbidS a.
;" officer 0ccepting a free pass, a vlolatl,
4 OF which law forces a forfeiture OF u
Or office. The Governor lodges this
l. riding on his wife's pass"
The idea of Governor lodging a Ia
to save a dollar or two.
e The article of "R. ID. G.'preSent
" to-day will repay a careful perusal, L
~ field, as he says, is almost entirely ne
Others had suggested that the dlif'
= ence between q. 5. and y. ). mig
disprove the evidence of the el
- witnesses. or demonstrate the i;
oe lacv of their memories as to t
:, day. but he is the first TO establl
the facts. and they appear TO CT
:, roborate 1.-THE Signers" in every partlC
lar. Such Of our readers as do not p'
sess a complete iibrary will be glad
= have the very words of Mr. Bancroft
= To his opinion of the ''Resolves" as
absolute declaration Of d~dpenden
IS He has been as often misguided on t
IN point. as on that of the true date. L
y compliments paid to those We'll kno'
ey citizens of Mecklenburg, Mr.. WilsC
ITS and Dr.. Miller. a host OF readers v
y testify are well deserved.
Marion Lamp-Post tells of a you
man who deserted his wife within tn
months after marriage. But thea h,
= is an item to the credit Of human natu
"a Concord Register tells how two lit
girls were crossing a ioot-log. and c
Of them. a uine-reas old daughter OF
an Tom Schenk. fell into the stlean. VIII
oN was swollen by Il recent storm. |
ply companion, a daughter OF Mr. j.
p. Fisher. aged 10. ran down the stream
,o;r few wards. aad seized an overriding
limb. and plunged into the water
WI vond her depth. aGd rs the curr'
en- brought the drowning eiii3 within
x reach she caught her and succc,ic,
the Getting safety ashore. II ""s ','