The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
n Only County Called After a
woman

ln slanc.us over the WAKf Cou>-
~ PAMPHLET, issued during the EN-
position -(By some Oversight. or enmi-
". not due 70 the Committee. We feel
sure,-no copy was sent to Us until last
week)-w" notice a paragraph a. iol-
lows
Wake county @as established IN
Loo. L Was named IN honor 81 the
Wake family, OF which toe Archbishop
OF Canterbury. DR. Wake. was the
head, and INTO which family the then
Governor OF North Carolina. William
Tryon, had married
Il has an area Of $50 sQuare miles.
ana contains a population OF uear So
coo.
Is not this a mistake Is il not well
known that WAKE county in North
Carolina was named for or named after,
a lady
Let Gs see,
Those who suppose that the use OF
the adroi; advantages OF the Executive
Office began when Vance went out OF our
State House, must either have forgotten
much. are else failed to remember hat
History repeats .~tseIt." Man. the son of
Old Adam Eve c~onseutingl is the same
To-day, Yesterday, and Day after-to-
morrow, if-Weu if he lives to get there,
hen the question Of increasing the
; salary by way Of a slant'0
up last week we sand 10 those who
US our opinion Yes, give il by
all means The Governor of a great
State like North Carolina, ought to have
least the pay of a Congressman. Ii is
true that Chief Justice Smith, who stands
50 near the altitude Of the Governor. has
only 50 600 a year without an home, or
other emoluments. But it is true that
he Every Day work a day. and unes-
expenses Of his high office are
pot at all SO heavy as those OF His Excel
Chief Magistrate Of the State.
50 we fully believe the Governor Of
Carolina ought to have, and four
ears hence ,rtH hrre, at least +. 900 a
lear.
BY the action OF the Assembly the
House, the lights, the fuel, OF the pres
mt Governor are to be paid for by the
State, provided the Mansion" be fin
shed u time tor his occupancy. This Is
considerable item.
Now coming back to Jarvis-we shonld
ay, to Gov. Tryon we read in 10. SEA {
YELL JONES a paragraph Of some sugges-
lVeness IN this Parallel, and parable 49, t
'Trvon had fallen in love with the idea f;
erecting a splendid palace. to accom-
ilsh which, he woCed the members. with
II the submission Of a devoted lover.
lie lost his dignity in the efforts which
c thus frequently made to ACCOMPLISH
Is darling scheme, and may have Tor
often his honor In the madness of his
eal and enthusiasm.
1t was IN the various political man
'uvres, necessary to procure an approp-
alton OF funds for the erection Of tbs
alace, that the genius of Lady Tryon.
~ her lovely sister, rose superior to the
hclal consequence otthe Governor. The a
OF i've thousand pounds was readily /
'ted by the Assembly oi 1866; but when q
subsequently appeared, that this sum ..
as only SUFFICIENT tor the mere beginning =.
the edltlce, and that ten thousand y
ore were necessary to complete il. the
1'fAilty OF the Legislature wax exhausted
Ter a great deal Of management, how,
'er' the second appropriation bill was
used, and Its success has been Justly
trltuted more to the brtiituat S0ci,hy oE
e t0o tddbeS than 60 the policy of the u
overnor. 10 have taxed a State *.
listed by the scOurgc OF war and auar-
with a burthen Of forty five thousand
liars exhibits a greater degree of in
Terence to the dlstreSses of the people, w
an can be rcconclled with patriotism or on
manly. The dinners Of his kxccl,nc oil
lst have been l%rlncely indeed, and the "p
'lety OF the ladies, the only sovereign =
ology, extremely delightful, to have X
ung from the parslmony otthe Ass M -
so heaVy an Appropriation. The As
CT lp0 created a new county in
center OF the state, aud adorned il
n the name OF Wake, In compliment
he beauty of Miss Esther. At a lat n
period, when the Royal government stu,
been annlhilated, the Assembly care MOI
y and justly substituted the names Of cc99ee
.tlngu!shed Americans for those of pert
on, Dobbs, and others, which had two
lgnated several of the counties Of the
te. while the motion to change the
81 iRloN county was under con
ration, a proposition was made by -
e over jealous patriot, to expunee =.
name OF WAKE. The title of TryoD {
expunged. bat the uDgallant propose e
to obdterate the recollection ofa s.
ltltnl woman was rejected by acc,ama- e
The city of Raleigh, the capital of s
State as fl to crown the majesty Of
n.y., wa = a still latter period, loca -
u the county vi Wake, an approx Ia
name OF a cIIy, buiIt on d terrlroiv
ecrated to the genius of beauty aud E I
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