The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-04

ONE HOUR, be hind time you might
count ''1he EteUeah Hour" but there's
where lou would mistake. Our young
friends of the Raleigh Literary and De
batting Society may not be experts lex
cept 10 the counting s%cenes) but here Is
what the Sporting Neus published SIM
ultaneously at New York and Chicago
says about the boys =;
con the 10th inst, a melodrama,
written BY Mr.. Geo. Andrews, OF Raleigh,
was presented 10 a crowded house by the
amateurs of the Raleigh Literary Society,
for whom the play was written. The au
dience showed their appreciation b. fire.
ouent applause. Miss Hattie Kreth, the
leading lady. displayed much talent and
was much admired for her fine stage pres
ence and histrionic ability. MIR. A. NJ.
McPheeters, Jr., as the hero, Vas APP
plauded to the echo. Charles Jordan
| sustained the character OF heavy villain
SO well that many in the audience thought
him a professional engaged for the occa-
sion, Henry H. Litchford and John 1.
Davis deserve favorable notice. Mr.. An
drews, the author of the drama, appeared
in the club room scene as an lmpecunlous
Chinese laundryman and SAM an original
| song in pigeon English. The play was
called the Eleventh Hour the scenes
| being lain Phi 'adelphia and New York.
During the third act a gal!ows scene true
to lite in all its horrible reality, is shown
A Ten THOUSAND MILE TRIP TIC
SEE HIS OLD HoME.-Itis a peculiarly
of the Tar-Heels hat like the Chinese
no matter how far they may roam, they
always expect to '.some day. come
home. Mr.. j. E. Brown, an old FRIEND
of Judge Merrimon, Gov. Vance, anG
others, is now at the Tucker House. He
has been &c years in the ''South Seas
The Observer says:
His home is in the city of Christ.
church, a place of 10000 population.
Mr.. Brown left on his s'sheet runs nc
Of his son. The %vastness of the sheep
industry there cannot be realized by
people here. The rabbits in New Zea-
land are a plague. They take the place
OF locusts and grasshoppers, and are in
finitely worse. They are not counted
by thousands, but by millions. They
eat every living thing in reach and have
totally ruined some of the finest sheer
runs and pasture lands in the colony.
To secure immunity from these rabbit
pests farmers build thousands of miles
of wire fences. Rewards are paid fol
the slaughter of rabbits and there is a
constant and unremitting war of eXter-
mination waged against them all the
time "A Iian f~~-.io5-Io auu uUgS.J
Christchurch is the capital Of New
Zealand. The magnificent capitol bull
ding is almost six times as large as that
of this State, and the entire structure, as
and its spacious grounds, is lighted by
electricity. The salary of the Governor
of the colony is $4,000. New Zealand,
says Mr.. Brown, is just about a century
ahead Of North Carolina. There is a
special tax on land for the purpose o.
keeping the roads in order. This in
sures fine turnpike roads in all parts o.
the colony. Mr.. Brown mas for sixteen
years been a member of the New Zea'
land parliament. He is 0 taking q
tour of three years. He has placed two
daughters at school at St. Mary's. In
a week or so with his wife he will 90 tc
New Orleans and then to Washington
tt see the Inauguration. Then he will
probably spend the summer in thi:
State.'