The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-03

in default OF Ibond the Republican
Sheriff of Edgecombe failed to qualify,
and Sheriff Station, Democrat was chosen
in his stead.
THE trial of E. W. Ray, (the Dep
utv Marshal" who used to march around
Raleigh armed with a seven shot rifie
acting as guard" for Judge Bonds
Democratic ~prisoners) is in progress at
Lenoir. 1t will be remembered that he
with Anderson (both Ofthem ~son-ln-law
to Jake Bowman the rich Radical OF
Mitchell county,, killed two OIL three
men at a mica mine, nnder very atroclous
| circumstances. Ray last week came
near to making his escape. He a
sawed two bars OF his cage nearly
through.
As some of our readers will be Won
dering what Prof. Mangum refers to IN
his c~ritique on the pronunciation OF
Lyercy. we will o p an extract from the
Reidsvll e Times of some time last sum
mer Eve forget the date) viz
Teaching a NeU Pronunciation. We
we're 10 Greensboro last Friday and at
tended a session Of the Teachers lnstl-
tute in Benbow Hall. The subject was
pronunciation. Prof. Mcneil took the
Board and wrote the following sentence:
"My br, Their John and | passed across
the log and having procured a banquet OF
pretty blue flowers assembled the rise oil
the hill and after laughing often at your
aunt's pair o. brogans returned here by
another route
Professor Mcneil said he had written
the same sentence in Reidsville and the
largest number of mistakes in %pronounc-
ing it was 81 and smallest I. 1t was a
plain sentence of common words In every
day use and he only asked the pronuncl-
alton according to Worcester. A fine
prize had been offered at some of the
schools for reading it right. He called
on Professor Wharton, a dark-eyed ln-
teresting looking young man, to make
the attempt. The Professor fixed his
lips for saying prunes and prlsms and in
a soft and pleasant voice he read it beau
tifully. But he made two or three mis-
tahes. An angular looking lady dressed
in black with a poke bonnet on then vol
unteered to read it. She should have
said bookay for bokay. Professor Nc
Neill her read the sentence for the class.
Such words as blue he pronounced as
new. Your he pronounced yewre.
Laughing larfng. Passed parst. Aur,
arnt. Ryut root, Log like latin lager,
Owe mean the beer.) Brogap brogin, &C..
&c. The Holt Brothers, Professors al
Oak Ridge, rather took issue with the
new style pronunciation. They didn'
wish their pupils to appear affected. FoI
instance in the word Garden Judge
Gilmer himself had told HIM he preferred
the old style pronunciation. The Judg,
sat present and smiled on the Professor
Holt said too it was rather trespassing OIL
ones feelings. For instance W youn.
graduates were at an old lady's hous'
who had apples and pears on the table
T The old lady called 'em Pars. One o
the graduates wanted a pear the wors
kind but he hated to call them Pars SO h
thanked the old lady for the apples. Tn
other said broad out. Madam | thanl
you for the Pars.' Here one of the spec
tators from the country who looked Xix,
he was Just off a big possum hunt, nudg
ed Judge Gilmer in the side and said:
ledge, durG this new fangle pronunn
j, citation; its jest yankeeizing the Soutl
, an gol'durn EN- they all ought to be rur
out with fence rails"