The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-25
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Capf. Jas H. IHlgptH duQ CtuaNJA -
G.. Connor, of Wilson, one Of the bright
est minds in the Upper House jacob
(. Allen, Esq, Of Darlington, :. C.. lie
has built, or Is building. four or i've pub
lie edi6ces 10 the Old South State that
win high compliment from sources not
p~reiudiced: as we know -Rey. Dr.
SanderIin Is now at his Oklsko faTm'
Pa|sauotank county, where he made a
SPLENDID rice crop last yeaT Nv T.
Gary, ESQ, an old friend and subscriber
was with US yesterday. lie stands "A
No. L. among the tobacco men OF Hen
derson, and that is a good sign. Sorry
TO learn that Senator Mcmillan is suffer
ing from rheumatic and heart trouble.
He dropped 10 yesterday with Represen
tive Mcneil, To tell us DR.. Kemp Bat
ties compliments to the Presbyterian
. Scotch Macs VINO are standing By the
University, notwithstanding the college,
yclcpt Davidson, y up yonder among
the Scotch Irish--Col W. T. Beasley
is also with US, and to be sure you have
read the paragraph 10 another column
relating to his Confederate Soldiers
Home" Mr.. J. G. Buxton has a bill
before the Legislature giving State aid
to the work which has taken so much OF
! Col. Beaslev's time the past year or lon
ger. When the project to establish a
/ Rebel Home" in North Carolina was
being advocated 50 eloquently by Col.
Beaslev and others, we could tive It lit
lie encouragement for two reasons First,
we doubted if the money could be got
ten by priUate Je0QinQ. Second,-we
held that even if it COULD be collected
by begging, and lottery schemes, and
fairs and fim-ham nethods 1t ought
not to be devoted to any such purpose;
because if the great State of North Car
DINA cannot provide for the few short
years yet allotted the men who rlsked
their lives, and lost their limbs, lE her
defence, and in response to her solemn
call for aid,-then it were better to
cover the nakedness of the land by
allowing these-her war worn servants
to die in ~obscurity They became dis
abled 10 the cause of the State: ard OF
course, an old horse, or a crippled dog,
. Is "OfiIlICSC- nee nv 81 it'F
or and grdt,tude reigns IN tie breast o
those for uhem each gare his hte-Serrices.
Well, gentle reader, there were many
who differed with US: therefore the beg
gjng experiment was tried. The State
press printed impessioned appeals. Sen
ator Vance presided at a big meeting, al
the Congressman endorsed Col. Beasley,
and he vent forth 10 search Of cash. u
to yesterday he had received exactly
fifty cents 1t came-not from NORTH
Carolina, but from 1cild Western Ark0n.
squ! This may look like a slur but it il
not. Our people feel that the State
pron1ise} to protect those who became
helpless in her service: and the State ha:
thus far ''repudiated' her pledge =
VIM. NJ. Morgan, Esq of Durham. wa
in town last week, representing tb,
DURHAM BULL FERTILIZER, which
is advertised in another column. He i
Secretary of the company: Mr.. S. t
Morgan i. President: and Eugene More
head, Esq of Morehead's Bank, is Vice
President. We have looked over TIL
pamphlet recently issued by the company
and find scores of the leading and larges
farmers In this region have used tn
Bull Brand with greatest satisfaction
Messrs. PARKER & SNELIINGs have
plentiful supply on hand. Send for
pamphlet in which addition to certificate
from men you know, treaders of the +
& M you will find instructions for plant
E ing and curing the weed-'The wee
that cheers your pocket( but not inebri
ates. - From f. W. Timberlake
ESQ, A. W Wilson, Esq. Gle come
ofthe old DIR. Aleck Wilson stock, c
A~lamance.) Mr.. Henry Winston, an
others of our Franklin county friends
who do not forget the F. 4 NJ, whe
they visit Raleigh. We learn that tn
county is ripe for the Stock Law. And
:, by the same token, here is Frank j. Til
ley, Esq, who has made a fortune i
r bright yellow weeds says the same thin
for Vance or Granvill county, an
says It strong!
r is the use of specifcating? 1t is one c
, those things bound to be DIR. S. S
Satchwell spent a day or two with us, an
t has many friends up this way.