The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-24

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kansas.
The burning Of Preston Belvins fac
tory at Richmond destroyed . set OF tnF-
uiture worth 81, 600.
Pleasant calls from Mr.. Walter r.
Henri. Mr. S. &. Webb. Prot. Chas. d.
McI.er. aud numerous other friends.
The richest communication IN the
newspapers this year is ''Pious Petes
letter in the daily Tisitor Of Monday
evening.
e=The most interesting feature OF
the Farwer !ad Neakanic Is Its adver-
tisements. Ii shopping, or writing, DO
Us the kindness to aeation The card you
saw.
The latest figures show an increase
il value of property in the South since
June /, 1880 Of go, 600, 900! Remember
this when sou begin to brag about North
Carolina.
The hder Appeil describes the late
Rev. I. ;. Gregory a. the best lyric poet,
and the most eloquent Journalist Of Iir-
GINA.
We happened 10 notice the other
day that the grocer bill Of s.. Mays
school d above $4,000 a year: and the
stationery bill nearly $1,000. That
shows a big school.
The .windlers seem to be making
tat picklngs in Moth Carolina. After
Getting 80 in Raleigh, aud $50 in Con-
eord, they journeyed to Goldsboro, and
other points. At Wilmington they got
up a biz revolving Directory; got the
merchants to invest; collected the cash,
and skipped!
SEThree or fyus members Of the
legislature can secure comfortable
rooms and good board for the session
at No. 81, Hillsboro street. in a short
distance OF the capitol. by applying early.
Aldres, Mrs. Mary G. Hill, Lock Box
III, Raleigh, \. c.
Mr.. John 4. Kitchener, of Selma,
who last week returned from Florida,
speaks in high terms of the locality he
visited. We suspect he saw it In Its
brightest season and aspect. But if he
sees f, to sell his fine place in Johnston
there is a chance for the buyer. See
card. We think it a chance for specula-
tor.
1t Is 4 sight to see,-the $50 acres
Of the RALEIGH NURSERIES. Unlike
some families we know of, their babies
are nursei 10 suit North Carolina soil
and climate. That j. a big advantage. L
i cheaper 70 buy Of them, than to send
out u the State after stock which re
quires three years to learn which way
tie wind blows See card.
Did you ever hear of 50 many cases
of Horse stealing and girl stealing +:
Also, chickens. The other night some
body stole four fat Plymouth Rock hens
from Squire l. W. Green, and when
he heard that John Harris, colored, had
been captured with four Plymouth Rocks
in a bag. be thought he had rebagged
his game. But the hens when brought
to the light proved to be roosters; so bis
pullets had been pulled off the tree BY
some other son Of a gun. a few nights
! later Mr.. Bryan W. Green's horse was
stolen. ridden TO Raleigh. and turned
loose in the streets. by some midnight
prowler. Two negro boys were jailed
last week for stealing Mr.. James Boy.
lan's poultry.
One Of Wake county's popular mag
i%=trates was notified to sit up late, one
night last week, as the bride although
not an E~piscopalian objected to a we'd
ding, performed in a gown; and it was
to be Az e!opement. He sat By the fire
dreaming over his own experience in
"Lovc's Young Dream" until 3 O'Clock
a. III, when the di>cousolate lover ap-
peared, and after kicking the dog to re-
Iieve his feelings, explained that a night
gown comprised the difficulty. why |
am dressed exclaimed the Magistrate.
But the Bride is at l'-cried the lover.
And it turned out that the CID folks, who
had smeit a mice, had taken away her
clothes. even to shoes and stockings.
And though the Poets say--Beauty
unadorHed Is adorned the most, "-peo~
pie Of less poetic mould fee the need Of
flannel, or window curtains, or something
when they set out to ride a barebacked
mule on a chilly night. So the wedding
stood adjourned. But a. the bride, and
groom, are respectable and well doing,
and as the weather has moderated, just
watch our wedding list!
Custom. which is akin t. Law, en-
joins that the Public shall be relieved Of
the infliction OF newspapers at least one
week in the year. AS a matter Of course
the world goes wrong, and everything
gets in a tangle that reek. The Bad Boy
comes out of his hole, and gOeth up and
down scattering torpedoes and poppin'-
crackers in the path of the unwary. The
song Of the tin-horn is heard in the land;
and the voice of the pretty girl is gone
to the same place where she got that
red-nosed Bad Cold, namely the
Christmas Party. And the poor 'Pa-
RENT VANDERBILT in his night-gown
seeking the ~paregoric wherewith to allay
the four pounds Of Christmas turkey,
and cakes, and oysters, and candy, and
pickles and other things too numerous
to mention which his Hopeful (too full
for utterance y hath fetched home from
his ~Grandpap's pantry!
And then, too,-such a lot of fights
and fuses, and fires. and fall-outs: and
everybody in a huff because he wasn't.
asked to come and stuff, by his neigh
Dor and the Grocer mad because no
matter who ate the dinner. he wasn't