The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-06-18
rE- Office two Doors Below fuckers Hall.
MIR. L II. Nelson and daughter q

Mr.. II. b. Boone Of Durham has re-
moved to Yanceyville.
AT a concert of the Beethoven AS
ISOLATION in Danville, Miss Katie scales
won an encore.
VIM. Sexton, the noted New York
billiard-player was thrown from a buggy,
and nearly killed. His skull was irac-
turcd badly.
The Kindergarten School OF which
Miss Minnie Best is principal, III Wash
ton City had a successful Terminal kxhI-
bition on Monday.
The address Of Col. Bca>ley is fo!-
mally endorsed by our Senators, Repre-
sentatives, and State officers. Aud Col.
z. will at once enter upon his canvas.
Mr.. NJ. A. Parker has a ten acre
field in Tobacco, at his farm two miles
northwest Of the city, that will average
a foot high all over the field now.
Rev. DIR. Geo. W. Sanderlin, one Of
the most successful farmers of Eastern
Carolina, has been chosen Orator for next
years Terminal of Wake Forest.
Dock THOMPSON, who shot Mr..
Thos. ii. Proctor at Denver, Lincoln
county, managed to break out of Shelby
Jail.
The splendid stables of Moncure
Robinson near Paoli, Pa, have been
burned for the third time, together with
six valuable blooded horses.
-Wilmington's Second Presbyterian
shurch has extended a call to Rev. w.
5. Lacy, of Buffalo congregation, Moore
county, at a salary of 81 ,200a year, and
parsonage. .
The fall of Berber, in the Soudan,
with the massacre Of $500 souls by the
False Prophet, seems likely to sause
M. Gladstone to lose his leadership.
His is already a sad-tOne, and his looks
are in keeping.
"A batch Of carrier pigeons were let
loose at Charlotte last week, and
promptly returned to Keyport, n. J., q
distance of 500 miles. They are now
being carried to Atlanta to return 700
miles. 1t is truly a wonderful instinct
which guides them SO far.
More honored in the breach than in
the observance. Harvard University
has just refused to confer the title of
"D. d" upon Governor Robinson. 1t
has been the custom to give the Cover
nor the title but the trustees now say
that the mere fact that a man gets q
political office for a couple of years does
not entitle him to become a d. d. nor
l.. l.. ID.
Capt. ]. ID. Newsome, who was a
good soldier, in the first company from
the State to enter the war, showed US
the other day a splendid sample of raw
silk of his " raising. He had some
200 cocoon this year, and has 80 900
eggs ready for next year. The silk is a
glossy yellow, and unwinds from the
cocoon like yara from a ball. Mr..
NewsOme constructed a small reel to
wind the thread in hanks. 1t then sells
for 81 so per pound.
A little error of the types often
makes a big difference in the meaning.
La a letter from the editor of the Far
mer and Mechanic, in relation to the
Authorship printed in the State Chroni-
Gle last week, occurs the remark that
This is to show you and those you
represent where to stand" The types
should have read where 1 stand +" which
Is a different thing. OF course such errors
are liable t, happe1 in the best of fam
ilies.
The big hotel at Atlantic CITY, n.
j.. would seem to be the baldest folly,
yet is said to be already a success. 1t
Is shaped like an elephant. The legs
are hollow, and conceal the stairway
by which you ascend into the stomach
of the beast to get your dinner. The
interior is splendidly furnished. The
backis IS feet from the ground, and the
trunk or proboscis stands far above the
roof OF adjacent houses. On top is an
observatory giving a magnificent view.
Col. F. A. Olds has the largest pri~
sate collection of Postage stamps proba-
bly, to be found in the South. They ill.,
clude all the American stamps, and a
great variety of foreign. There are 5000
worth of the American series alone, and
some of them are a curiosity to Southern
eyes. There were, for instance, certain
stamps issued during the war that are
2 inches long and nearly as broad in colors
as various as the size. Few person. know
that the President uses his own special
stamp. The Departments each have a
different style.
Col. Olds has also an immense scrap-
book, filled with all manner of pictures.
He was offered $50 for it, but would not
sell for double that sum.
The Greensboro people purpose
having a Large time" tomorrow.
Mayor King has issued proclamation to
the jewellers in Guilford and regions
roundabout to repair to the grove of the
Caldwell Institute where there will he
music by several brass bands and chin
music galore! He says;-
BY special invitation we expect to
have present Senators Vance. Ransom
and Lamar, all our Representatives in
Congress, Gov. Jarvis and all the State
officials, including the Judiciary and the
members of the last General Assembly.
many Railroad officials, the State press.
gentlemen representing many leading
ISM men throughout the State