The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-06

- Ill., J-cI'
See notice Of Mortgage sale: Blalock
land Judge Fowle, attorney.
Don't turn out on the 10th Of May
TO pay respect to the memory OF our sol
der Dead unless you feel disposed.
BY courtesy Of Senator Ransom, We
have the L. s. census report on cotton
culture. Prof. W. G. Kerr prepared the
special report on North Carolina cotton
and it is very exhaustive. We shall make
extracts.
Men of means, with an eye to busl,
ness. the State over, would d. well to
scan the card OF Commissioners Clark and
Battle announcing the public auction OF
the Geo. T. Cooke estate June 1st prox.
The list Of property Is long and valuable
aud hkcly to afford profitable invest
mcnts.
To show how the physiology and
Hygiene" movement moves, we quote
from Philadelphia Record as follows
1--WE will have to carry out the recent
" enacted law which provides Tor teach
ing physiology and hygiene IN the puDllc
schools. but we will not begin until after
the matter is passed upon by the Board
of Education at its next meeting, Said
Superintendent McAlister. THE bill
practically provides that the teachers
Shall instruct the pupils Of every grade
against the use Of alcoholicd drinks, stmu-
Ianrs and narcotics, continued the Super
/ ~intendent. The word 'stimulants GER
/ tainlv includes tea and coffee, and would
ike to know if it was designed that we
should warn the children against the use
of these beverages. The penalty Tor DIS
obeying the law will be the withholding
Of the States Appropriation, which III
our case amounts to S240,OUO
The law also requires that teachers shall
pass an examination in these W subjects,
but that portion of the bill will not be-
come operative until the beginning OF the
school year OF 1856
You that are counting your chlnk
and chicks with intent to marry this fall,
will be glad to learn that you can ollow
the old Southern fashion of spending
your Honeymoon at Niagara Falls, where
the noise Of the elements Knocks the play
full s~queals ofthe Bride. The reason this
famous resort fell into disrepute was be-
cause the Hotel -Robber, Hack
Robber, Guide" Robber, and various
other varieties Of Robbers, planted them
selves, aud levied tribute upon the guile
less Bridegroom, until it passed into
proverb that at Niagara they charged
you % cents for turning around, and =
cents more if you did not turn around
Last week, Gov. Hill signed the long
pending bill to convert rs acres Cnclud-
ing all the desirable views of the Falls.
into a public Park, open to all the woric
free of charge! SO the old place vii
again become popular; and counting
couples can find a thousand shady nook,
where even the question can be popped
without publicity, and the loudest 0
kisses exploded without disconcertlng thu
Falls, or alarming the Police.
, The special report Of DR.. Eugen'
Grissom, Supt. of the n. G. Insane Asy
lum, last week printed, is deemed th'
best ever issued from his pen; and al
though in the main a review ofthe tinan
} cial administration of the institution
based upon the criticisms of certain mem
bers of the late Legislature, it is a cleare
and stronger treatise upon the prope
conduct of hospitals for the insane thai
= we nave read IN many years. DIR. Girls
: som yields an i~ncisive pen in any cause
but in this instance the fullness of tn
heart maketh the mouth to ring: and n
matter how much soever a person ma,
be disposed to look for flaws in the argu
mcnt, the general correctness of the Doe
7 tors view of our obligations to our I'm
fortunate demented brings every gener
Gus soul to approve and applaud.
The strong language IN some section
will likely arouse response from the par
! ties concerned: but this can hardly b
regretted if it result in the diffusion of
more general knowledge of the subject
: seeing that the daily increase of ~insanit,
in the State and the nation is a matter o
serious import to all who have the gooC
, of humanity at heart.
/ 1t may be we hal find room for ex
tracts from the Special Report" though
a copy would no doubt be sent to any on
making application to DR.. Grissom for it