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

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Mr.. S. c. Smith will seek the 70
rensic field, at Smith field, a good start
After weeks hiding. Hyde county,
vote came to hand and swelled the off
cial skin to 142.905 for Cleveland 125,
06S for Blaine. The s'Old North State
and the 'Old Dominion" were the only
Southern States which swelled then
| Democratic vote.
We had supposed Taompson's Bank
N.ts Reporter to be reputable publica.
tais but we notice " York Times
the charge that it is disreputa5le con-
cern whose editor has been indicted fol
attempting to 'Black-mail" the Banks
A letter is given from Cashier r. p.
Howell OF Goldsboro National Bank,
showing up the impudence of the Repor.
ter in relation to that Bank. n B. :
The Reporter has sued the Times for
libel.
A tiger escaped from John Robin
sons circus near Suffolk, Va. and at last
accounts was keeping the colored fami-
lies in better trim (no gadding about at
nights than ever before. An old dar-
! key met the varmint on a narrow foot
| bridge, and thinking it dog, struck it
a swipe with his cane. The next minute
the old negro was in the water. and ac-
cording to his account the ode bil'' rar'd
niue feet, and stood on his tail, and spit
| fire Ia more ''narvOus' sight than even
the Vance county winged snake!
The political campaign has evoluted
Wonderful number and variety Of roos-
ters, but citizen of Raleigh considers
that this thing has been carried too far.
He discovered one morning last week
that his Thanksgiving turkey had turn
ed into rooster! Any way the gobbler
was gone, and in its coop was dilapi-
dated cock, whose tail feathers bespoke
a recent ''set-to" with Cleveland 1t is
supposed that one of Mr.. Blalne's dis
franchised fellow citizens" had been
robbing somebody's chicken coop; and
concluded to swap the thin rooster for
the fat turkey.
-AshbOro Courier reports two cases
is not much doubt that an organized
band of horse-thieves has operated in
Central Carolina for years; taking an
animal in Moore, in Montgomery, in
| Randolph, in Chatham, and ii other
counties by turns; thus allowing suffi-
cient interval between each theft to allay
planned by parties acting in concert, is
shown by the fact, that the animals mys-
teriously disappear without leaving any
trace. The thief no doubt travels en-
trely in the night, and steers clear OF
towns He knows where to stop, and
sleep during the day time.
The evil effect of Woman-Poltics
was illustrated at Vassar College,-the
stronghold Of "Woman's Rights
For several days prior to the election
| there was great excitement among the
| girls, and scarcely any studying was
done. The Blaine and Logan girls were
in the majority ct is not ''fashionable''
at the North to be a Democrat), and
they got up procession. with fireworks,
horns, ETC., and made it SO hot for the
the Cleveland girls that they threw
water over the procession. The Pro-
fessors and tutors, being Republicans
refused to allow the Cleveland girls tc
''parade - and also gave big enter.
tainment to the Blaine girls in honor o.
Blaine! All this sounds Incredible but
it was given, with full details, in the New
y ork papers, and has not been denied
Connected with every coal mine il
source ofgreat waste, the culm, or coal
powder, too fine for use as fuel We
have seen, in Pennsylvania, immense
stacks of this stuff, piled mountain high
Connected with every turpentine still
is great waste, the drippngs and dross
of the rosin tanks. Millions of barrels
of such ''scrapiags'' could be gotten fo
a song in this state.
Now if the fine coal dust were mixet
with the rosin-dust. what a superb fue
! it would make! The compound, whel
\ soft could be run into cakes the size o
brick, and thus be packed away neatl.
on steamers, and locomotives. Th
cakes would make fierce fire, and ye
all the best qualities of larger Jumps
except the air-spaces created by tn
Jumps.
n The Grammarians are poking thei
, noses into everything. One of hen
, complains that it was atrocious to prin
on the postal card the familiar sentence
ssNothing but the address can be place
. on this sde.' And here is Professo
Henry f. Shepherd writing to the Chron
! icle-''There is not college in n. c
! in which distinctly organized depart
ment of English is maintained, in wh;c
the results Of English philol5gy are con
cisely presented. IN mhich purity Q
idiom and chasteness of style are dal
gently inculcated. Were the case re
; versed, the traveller upon our leadin
North Carolina railway, would not b
rendered Lay Over Ticket" the al
,, thorities of the road being presumabl
for the gross disregard ofidiomatic pre-
priety. Perhaps however, they are &C
herents of that school to which homes
Dogberry belonged. and cherished th
dalusinn that English. like reading an