The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-01-16
CuTiosiIies of Current Occur
Fences.


Statesvliie Landmark tells of a maj
who went TO sleep with his feet agains
a barrel 81 whiskey. lie now walks Of
crutches, one foot frost bitten. Tia.
spirit must have been as '.watery'
"a the oil in the lamps at Wadesboro,
which froze stiff one night last week.
or like the steam IN one Of the Column
bia locomotives. as reported by Char
lotte Obserrer.) which frozc so stiff that
the engineer had to stop and build a fire
under the engine, Railway men down
this way seem skeptical about the tale :
but We Suppose some latitude must be
allowed .orreports the week after Christ
mas.
The Landmark also tells Of two
churcl.-members whose zeal waxed 30
wroth, they resorted TO sticks. stools.
and such ike carnal weapons TO settle
the status Of their respective services in
behalf the church.
Meantime the city council Of States
vile passed a sweeping stock Law Of
this style :-"Ordered that it shall be
unlawful for any person TO let his chick
ems, turkeys, geese or other poultry run
at large. under a penalty Of 81 for each
offence. and they shall be deemed by
this ordinance to be At large when of
their owners premises"
We could name some people who
would risk more than they are worth
viz s. by going 10 Statesyille and wan
deriny around the streets.
HOGS on the scale iareiY weigh up to
their record on the hoof. DR.. Lash.
biz porker in Stokes county has been
widely advertised as weighing 800 Ibis.
There was a biz crowd to see him slain.
and Winston .Sentiuei SAYS 2jG person.
paid 10 cents zach for the privilege OF
guessing his a~voirdupois. j. W. Neal
pocketed the pile by guessing 100 lbs.
which was one pound more than the hog
weighed.
Tile Lua3nturk. "A gentleman call
ed on Rev. Mr.. Lequeux, Monday, with
au immense coffin lid, bearing a request
from the man who expected to lie beneath
it to mark upon it. Once to live, Once
10 die; Come now aud lay me away
Mr.. Nelson Sheriff., aud old gentleman
Of this vicinity, had for several years de-
sired Mr.. VI. /. Bynum aud Mr.. II.
Gillilani to make his coffin ard use
neither mai screw, hinge nor paint.
They made it as desired and it i. a good
job"
Moore Guzeue says "Dr. j. c.
Blue had a tooth pulled and came very
near bleeding to death he bled five
wash pans full and it was with difficulty
that the flow of blood was stopped
Charlotte Obseyrer says: Mayor
Damron, Of Shelby. met with a singular
and terrific mishap on the Air Line road
a few nights ago, from the effects of
which he has probably not yet recovered.
He vas on the Charlotte bound train,
which was moving along at 80 miles an
hour, near Kings Mountain, when he
arose from his seat, walked down the
aisle, opened tie door and stepped off
the platform. lie did all this ia his
sleep. The Somnambuli>t may Oh tore
through a briar thicket on hi. back and
ploughed up the earth in a vigorous
manner, but walked with no boueS BRO
ken. though in a bruised and dem raj
Il . condition.
Winston Sentinel says: OF the three
negroes confined in Jail under sentence of
death, for the murder Of Anderson Nc
Collum. it is said, that one has made a
profession of religion, the other exhibits
symptoms Of insanity and the third is
apparently Indifferent as to the fate that
awaits him.
Near Amity Hill, Wright and Sloan,
tried their craftsmanship on each others
hands. Wright stood off and hel up
one band and Sloan shot at it three
times. Then Sloan stood off and held
up his hand. Wright fired twice but af-
ter the third shot Mr.. Sloan drew in his
hook and counted his fingers there weren't
but four.
Charlotte OJserrer: Mr.. Morton in
Wade>boro got into a fight with Deputy
Sheriff j. \. Atkinson, while gambling
on Sunday, and had one finger bitten off
besides having one of his legs broken.
One of the funniest incidents of
the late cod snap occurred at Beaver Dam.
Wien the train stopped a passenger
went into the store to get a schooner of
beer. The beer stood on the shelf, but
no signs of a bottle could be seen, and
the cause soon dawned upon the astonish-
ed storekeeper. His beer had frozen
solid SCATTERING the glass bottles that fell
to the floor leaving the frozen beer stand
ing on the shelf in the shape moulded by
the bottles. The stranger paid ten cents
for ono of the cakes and carrying tito
he train th2wed it in a tin cup and had
a good drink. This is a fact.