The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-18
For tho Farmer ana Mechanic
The Amende Honorable, and
Other Matters.

ton and an apology for the disappOlnt T.
ment EXPRESSED in my last letter which,
like a great deal of adverse criticism on
things down South, was the result OF
| ignorance or rather Of partial and llmI-
ted observation.
To be sure left myself lOOphole OF
escape. out of which | have gotten; for
nv next visit to the Exposition was
made by the river steamer. Genera, and
once bevond the Canal street levee, as
we swang out into the stream | figura-
lively lifted my hat Gt was bonnst
aud said. Il retract absolutely. you fill
the BILL
am no longer disappointed Il the
size OF the Mississippi, The father oi
Waters For the ''tawny lion, about
which Joaquin Miller wrote such aston
shingly bad grammar i'll his What OF
they?' stanza, is as noble and malest TIC
4 beast as one win ever see ; and as |
looked across the apparently boundless
stretch Of water until where TAR beyond,
it seemed to meet the torest-trjnged hor-
izon-iae, and up and down, to find that
the only limit OF the flowing tide lay IN
the limit OF my own range OF VISION /
realized it's length, breadth. and majesty,
and was ready heartily to endorse the
universal verdict, and declare that III
vastness is positive. an absolute quan
and not only comparatively 80.
ca that memorable water route we
had the pleasure of the company of
that prince of good fcllows,' Major
Joseph Van Holt Nash late Adiutaut-
| General of William II. L Lee cavalry
|
| in the past. the general agent tor APP
pleton's Educational series i'll the South
srn States He is very genial aud
charming gentleman q use the term adj
vi.edlv) and our first halt for Inspection
was made in Arpleton's space where he
| had been experimenting the arrange
ment of the books put on exhibition,
and where in all their tempting delicious
ness. the best publications of the firm OF
ID. Appleton & Go. are displayed.
1t is truly very ingenious; the taste
and skill that is shown in decorating
these spaces. with the wares to be eX-
hbited There for example is Apple
| ton s;-on either flank rises majestic col
umus of what seem to be partl-cOlOred
| tiles, but, what in reality are 10000
! Webster's spelling books tied with con-
trasting colored cord. into blocks anC
placed in different positions to show the
the different celors OF side, or back, OF
end.
! The effect is beautiful. Then boo.
the standard editions and one vishe'
for the purse of Fsrtunatus to make him
self the pos.essor of those delightful
books.
One superb work must mention, ,
.umptuou. six hundred dollar copy o
Picturesque America" bound in illum
mated morocco, all afiash with design
in crimson, blue and gold, the fiy-leavei
lined with rich watercd silk, the pape
beautiful iii quality. thickness aud tn,
engraving ravishing i'll ali the exquisite
deicacy Of line. and delicious shades 0
black and white. ., most Lowell,
book! Maybe fell so wholly in low,
with it because my own, native land,
dear old North Carolina, is so beautiful
ly illustrated in its pages.
The firm certainly gets up its work i
perfection And then apart from ther
as publishers, we have a hearty regard fo
them as men, because, fact, rerhap
ilOG hIO"l tliiIcti-> wa PIOPi
they have always been stanch Demo
Gratis, and good true friends OF the Sout
at time, too, when to be our friend wa
a costly investment.
The Appletons had made great de.
of their large fortune through their SOuti
, ern trade in ante 6ellum days, when tt
best patrons of books in America wei
found on thi. side of Mason's 5 and Di1
on's line.
! And, unlike others, who made the
fortunes out of US. and then, stabbed |
thro' and thro' whenever they coul
when tie struggle was over they we
ready to help repair the rayage and cru
) waste of war
Our leading PosT-6cllam authors hay
found their publisher. in them. II
histories aud biographies of our leadil
Southern men and Generals bear tt
3 imprint OF this house.
jefferson Davis. Alex. Ii. Stephen
Gen J. Z. Johnston, Dick Taylor al
others whom | do not now recall. q,
= the: biographers of Lee, Sidney job
, .ton and Stone~sll Jackson have Ia
their version Of the history of their tim
before the tribunal Of public opinic
through the medium of this firm.
81 One other incident is notewortl
while am speaking of those people W
T. are friends In 1868, William II. a
pleton, the head of the house. offered
p, build a church in Macon, Geogia. for |
ID beloved friend, Bishop Beckwith. who
ct will be remembered is a North Caro-
" nan. The Bishop SAID he would ratf
III have an Orphan. Home. Mr. App
y" ton gave him for that purpose IN
Sc s25, 900, and at his special desire t
re children admitted there should we
1t greg III honor Of the Lost Cause, aud
- all cases OF admission the preterau
~ should given to the orphans OF Comic
!. crate Soldiers. They should wear IL
IN grey. mark YOU, which North CaroliI
shame upon them. have laid aside
Yankee blue. Oh. mUtator mHtoHdjS.
Wei. these are the reason. like l
\ Appletuns so well. Aud here IS ano
q er very curions matter.
These people have been our trier
Y through good report and evil report, a
4 yet in all our Southern States | do |
Nv know one single State Board of Edu
I'd ton that has "iven the preference.
II. even equal tavo" to the Appleto
.. school book series or the book. Il
they officially license. and it seem,
r. me queer thing! | looked over 4
O. of book. licensed by theLoui.iana st
e, Board, and the Appletons. the o
,e. Democl attic publishing firm that | kn
az Of. had one book on the list. while
Harpers, those men who could not a b
nd Nd the South enough to satisfy their O
malice, had seven. and tie rest W
- divided out among other notoriOu
4 Republican and parlizan publish
houses.
To be sure, they were licensed sc
years ago by the vile carpet-bag Rep
- ! licans whose outrages in this State
= not known anywhere outside of her