The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-04-01

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Allison x Addison. Of Riclnond,
offer You two excellent brands Of Fer
t~illzers.
DIR. W. 4 lodge, after his visit to
Newbern, went through = New Orleans.
Alfred A. Thompson, Esq, oecre-
tary Of the Cotton Exchange, i erecting
an handsome residence on Newbern Ave
nue..
Miss Maria Manly, Mr. Fred Bryan,
and other Newbernians went to New Or
! leans last week.
From the latest kilograms It appears
probable that both ex President Jefferson
Davis, and Gen. [. 5. Grant viii have
passed away ere another week.
good horse: suitable for t wn
or country work Also a GOOD Wagon. the
well known Njssen make Terms rea-
sonabIe. Credit given, il well seelfod.
For further particulars cali upon Prot.
/ Hodges, at Raleigh City Academy.
These nice spring days must make
YOU .hiuk about raising steam under the
Did hens boiler Well, when you set
them thar aig.' you better get good
ores; and our advertiser, R9mulus II.
WeatEcrs Esq, viii guarantee II 10 the
dozeu,-not counting laps and slams by
your yeilew legged dorg. See card.
Maj. John Calling, We hear, has
sold his interest in the firm OF U'zze3l &
Gatling to Nj. f.. VI. Uzleli. AGete for
| -. 700. which passed il he transaction,
was lost OF misiaid, and i. advertised for
by Mr.. Geo. b. Moore. Scnator Calling
has sold his interest in the holehe-d
Gig hotel to a Norfolk man named Ken
uedy. His connection with the ! aIbOr-
ough, we do not know.
We have given many "a kind note to
| all these enterprises, free, gratis, and for
nothing; and we still wish them well.
When they want the patronage Of the
leading families all over the South who
read the +. 4 VI. they will invite it.
Another fuss! The little republic
Of Colombia is a kind of Rhamkatte Of
its kind. The people do pretty much as
they please; and they do not always
please to DO pretty. They get up a new
Revolution every few months and the
bottom rail wriggles on top. \ revoiu-
ton is now revolving down there and the
Rebels at Aspiuwall, the end Of the
American Railway across the Isthmus,
seized an American vessel, and arrested
numerous citizens, aud even jailed an
officer Of the L. 5. Man OF war GaieHr.
So our government has sent word to bonn
bard the town, and blow the rebels sky
high ii they don't behave themselves.
Although the Cocaine anesthetic
has been in general use in Germany and
France for some time, it IS not so well
known in this country except among
the city practitioners.
Last week while suffering the keenest
extremity OF human pain. (The eye is
the most delicate Of all Natures crea-
tions), we felt obliged (aiter two or three
days Of tcst) to call in DR.. r. II. Lewis.
our skilliul tOwusman. He at once sent
tor cocaine and within ten minutes was
handling our EVE as Il only a frozen po-
tato. The relief was marvellous; seem
ingIy incredible True, the effect lasts
only a brief period but long enough
for ordinary operations.
We desire to bear witness to the value
OF this new anesthetic. Mcssrs. Pescud,
Lee x Co., and VIM. simpson 4 Co.,
have it. Price about = cents per grain.
The poor Arabs in the Hashcen
Hills were astounded last week by an
apparition more mysterious than even
the mystic powers of FL Mahdi. 1t was
however only Il big balloon brought out
by the British and sent up to the height
Of 500 feet to spy among the ~ravines,
and thickets for lurking foes. such as
crept upon Gen. McNeill's zereba, and
killed COO men. and a thousand camels,
before they could be driven of.
The employment Of captive balloons
Cor war purposes is an American idea.
They were first used at Munson's Hill
III front Of Washington, shortly after
the battle OF Bull Run, i'll 1861. A year
later, Gen. Mcclellan Kept his spies
posted in balloons which arose above
the tree tops il the C~hickahominy
swamps and gave him the only glimpse
he got OF Richmond. nine miles away.
When the Seven Days battles began,
our troops captured one of Little
Macs" balloons; and Gen. Lee at once
sent it to Richmond where it was iniia-
ted at the gas works, put on a fiat ear,
and sent down to Seven Pines to spy
upon its old owners. The spectacle of
a railroad engine towing an immense
bag Of gas by a long rope tthe balloon
was allowed to ascend 500 feet to avoid
branches of trees) was a novelty to our
Southern boys. But it soon paid for
itself by showing that the Yankees were
in full retreat.