The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-30

....A band OF Indians attacked in
New Mexico by Capt. Perrins' cavalry,
repulsed the latter, with the loss of two
men killed.-A young lady who was
attacked by two negro men uear Par
kersville, Ky, cannot be found; the
negroes have been arrested.-TwO
houses of ill-fame at Sabina, Ohio, were
blown up with powder by citizens.
...Saratoga, July 23.-Miss Marion
Foster, an artist, boards at Healey Cot
tage. Early this morning two burglars
climbed into a window ia her room Miss
Foster fired twice at the intruders, wound
ing one of them. They then jumped
from the n1ow. Mss Foster is an in
valid aud is now critically i'll. She faint
ed after shooting, through fear that she
had killed the man.
THE famous point on Lookout
Mountain, in Georgia, has been pur-
chased for the site of a large hotel. A
force of engineers has commenced the
laying out of a railroad, after the man
ner Of the road up Mount Washington.
A quarter of a million is to be spent iD
improving the property.
1.-THE young wife of old Mr.. Star
key Askew. who lives in Hartford
county neal Harrellsville, got tired of
the old gentleman Though their welded
experience covered only a period of a
few months) and formed attachment for
n Henry Haughton. of Perquimans,
who lived with the family. Mr.. Askew
awoke one bright morning not long
since to find that his faithless spouse
and her lover had folded their tents and
silently stolen away. The old man
started out on the war-path. He caught
the abscOnding couple at C~hapanoke
station. on the Norfolk Southern Rail.
road. and broke up the fun by having
Haughton sent to the Perguimans Jail.
Then he acted like a sensible man and
went home. Divorce proceedings will
follow.
....Laurin5ury E~rchange: Laurin-
burg has been visited by a second edi.
ton of Peck's bad Boy'' in the per.
sol of little Henry Maynard. OF Dur.
ham. about 10 or III years old. During
his stay of a few days he had several
fights; was guilty of several mean tricks
and to cap the climax stole Mr.. Walter
Me Eachin's mule and buggy during ser.
vices at the Methodist church Sunday
iIIOi liz llo was uS-
covered in the evening, the stolen pro.
perty recovered and bodily punishment
inflicted upon him for his evil deed
Mr.. w. A. Slater, a commercial travel
teleoraphed Mr.. w. NJ. Maynard. il
Durham, thus last Thursday: "Youl
son Henry is here and wants to come
home. Shall l send him." The father
replied: NO; don't come this way"
1.-THE death OF Rev. DIR. Henry D,
Koven in Swift .erland recalls the %clerica
hero of George Williams Curtis society
story, The Potiphar Papers" The
deceased clergyman was always under
stood to be the original of REV. Cream
cheese" In 1915 6 Mr.. De Koven wa
assistant to Rev. DR.. Lyell, rector of OLE
Christ Church, then situated on Anthem,
street. The young minister was a socia
success, and though possessing but
moderate salary of 5000 a year he man
aged to secure the affections of a brillian
young h%eiress, who had a rich father il
Wall street and $4,000 a year in her owl
right-a large income for those days
After that event he preached very little
and for the last ten years he has resides
continuously abroad. His brother, tn,
late President of Racine College, was on
Of the most brilliant and active men i
the Episcopal ministry.
Mrs. Rev. DIR Lyell is well-known i
Raiei. h., from her long residence wit
her soE- n-lAw, OF ID; Smedes' family.
....Music, like religion, is absolutel
pure. Ia fact, Is the only pure art. Tn
Sou ptor with his ohisef may create
a figure that will bring a blush to tn
cheek, of modesty. The painter may re
produce the evil object upon his canva
aud the poet may describe it in verse
But | say boldly that an immoral ide
cannot be produced in sound. Every not
! and chord in the system is pure 70
: may talk of the lascivious waltz, but all
have to say to that is, Honi sOit gut mai
| pense. Unless welded to an Immors
ibretto or allied to some extraneous evi
; there can be nothing that is not good i
musIcN'
: ''Yes, tn ire is a Judas; in fact, the-
: are more than one. Take Ofenbaeh, fo
instance. and you will tad = perfect j uda:
). He is a traitor TO the divine art betrayin
heaven to hell with a kiss that unites Ell
S chanting melody and harmony to lterar
f and moral debauchery. He has jebase
f, the art and prostituted the genius whic
r God gave him. In fact, / have heard ST
2 pcrsitious men say that Ofenbach was j
partnership with Old Nick bimsel
e There is nothing In the music which
t wrong, but is the wretched and reekin
librettos that cause all the damage. Whe
I the graDu strains of Mozart. Beth Iver
: Handel or Hayden are heard they call u
I before the mind the interior or some Il
5 rious cathedral, the dying Christ, IN
martyrs of the ages, the anthems of vic
/. torious Christen6om and everything tina
is elevating and ~ennobling. But the mc
r ment that the bewitchiug measures ,
e Ofenbach commence, what sinful earn
walls arc coDjured up to the vision of til
e worldly man what wild and shamelf
dances at midnight in the slums-by a,
ISOLATION of ideas, not because of the mi
t sic ITSELF | play Offenbsch's music my
r self, but no true musician can conteu
$ plate this Judas from a moral aspet
without a feeling Of sorrow. The ang,