The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-17

Fair Phyllis made a pretty cake
To please her papas palate,
Her parents put 1t on a stake
And used it for a mallet.
But when she called her pa to eat
Some lust constructed biscuit.
The old man said his lite was sweet
He didn't dare to risk it,
...Mr. Peter NJ. Wilson ard wife
returned to the city from New Orleans.
Mr.. Wilson had charge Of the North
Carolina exhibit.
...Bufort Telephone: Arrangements
are now being perfected to erect another
scrap and oil factory near the one known
as the n. C.. Oil and Guano Cos. works
at L~enOXville.
doctors say that the people who
left off blinking beer and took to tea,
have in many instances abused the lat
ter, and are troubled with what is known
as ''tea dyspepsia
....Ifit be true that Chapel Hill fail
ed this year to make any ID. DIS and
IL. DIS we must offer u hearty con-
g%ratulations. 1t does exceedingly well
10 setting so good an example.-Wil
Star.
George V. Strong and y. NJ. Lewis
Esq's.. attorneys for those who ppose
the n~o-fence law. sued out a summons
before Charles ID. Upchurch, Clerk Su-
| perIor Court Of Wake county,, returnable
TO August term next, against the Board
Of Commissioners Of Wake county. We
understand that counsel for plaintiffs
will at once seek to obtain an i%njunc-
ton restraining the defendants from
building the fence around the county
until the constitutionality Of the act can
be passed upon by the courts. The
title of the action is: w. 7. Busbee, G..
l.. ToDnoffski. James Enniss, Benjamin
Gardner and James Stewart, on behalf
of themselves. and all other persons
similarly situated with them.
1.-The papers, OF course, are full Of
anecdotes Of Victor Hugo. The Figaro
really devotes a column to the poets
relations with the fair sex, and says that
though he was always eXquisitely polite
to women he occasionally bored them
by his set speeches. One day a Jealous
wife of a famous painter had been tax
{! ing him with lnfidelity. Victor Hugo
went to the mantelpiecc and took a rose
and a pink out of a vase, and, turning
to the lady, said My. dear l ad
mire the beauty of this splendid rose.
but may | not also take pleasure in a
pink:' Had he stopped here it would
not have mattered. but instead Of that
he glided into a regular dissertation on
the comparative charms of the floral cre-
alton. The lady. it seems, never show
ed her jealousy again. fearing that she
would have to listen to another lecture.
Mr., Ephraim j. Brevard died at
the residence of his nephew, DR.. r. j.
Brevard. in this city yesterday morning
at s O'Clock. He had been in falling
health for sometime, but it was only re-
Gently that his symptoms became alarm
ing. He took sick at Iron Station, in
Lincoln county, and was brought here a
week go, where he could receive the
best Of treatment He failed to rally
after reaching Charlotte. however, and
continued to sink until his death occurr-
ed. He was 81 years old. His remains
were conveyed to Machpelah church. in
Lincoln county, and inferred in the fam
lily burial ground at that place. Mai.
Brevard served in the late war on the
staff of Gen. d. II Hill, and was dis
tinguished for his daring and gallantry.
He was often entrusted by Stouewall
Jackson to lead expeditions into the
enemy's lines. and upon more than one
occasion he was complimented by Gen.
r. E. Lee for his gallant services.