The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

cents a WCFui taCu ~
Mr. ". II. Polk Of Warrenton has
none TO Nashville, Tenn, to reside.
The old Nicholas williams home
stead in Yadkin, with its 100 year old
pictures and piano (%Spinnet) was burned
last week.
Snow came down last night to the
d,pfh # ) inches and Raleigh wishes she
had some mere Of Henry II. PowelPs
good wood.
We pray your pardon, friends and
correspondents! just a few days longer
and esery letter on our file will have been
An sweled, Plenty of room for more
-Altloueh the COUNTY Stock Law
in Wake does not 90 into effect until
September lst, the local or township law
stands as it always did where previous
ly in favor.
-Mcssrs c Beckwith Of Raleigh,
and Strayhorn of Hillshoro, will open a
law office in Monroe. Rev Edwin n
Osborne has taken charge Of the Epis-
copal church in that town.
Please read our ad vertisements. And
If YOU wish to do a favor to a paper
which has labored ever since the war to
build up North Carolina and the South,
fail not to mention where you saw the
card. Business men are not slow to adj
yertise when they feel sure you read their
invitations.
"A writer in the Charlotte Observer
shows that Ham. c. Jones, the elder,
did not originate the "cousin Sally Dill
lard story-(which was not much credit
TO anvbodv( but first heard it from a
drunken member of the Virginia Legs
lature named Williams.
\ negro named Phil. Bum had a
quarrel with young Mills Brown Jr. at
the bar room of Nal Haynes, Monday
night. The negro got a gun and fired
into the room, destroying Mr.. Browns
right eye, and iniuring his face very seri-
ously.
Gordon did not die wholly in vain.
He won fame as a second General
Havelock, the christian soldier. He
also secured an income Of 500, 900 a
year for his family. The British Gov
ernment has voted them a pension OF
that amount
Mr.. John S. James, father Of Bro.
Josh. 7. James, of the Wilmington Re-
cieac, last week gave tribute to the merit
ofNew Hanover climate when Joined to
sound health and habits, by celebrating
his 10Th birthday near the scene of his
birth. May he score another score!
-cfgu-raInteIs who may wish to adj
vcrtise in a paper read by leading people
from one end Of the State to the other,
can exchange advertising for work in
their line if they see fit. We have need
for several pieces of plain lettering on
light pine board, or tin if cheaper. Our
cash price against your cash price.
DR. Geo Nowitzky's Thrilled Month";
~ again makes its bow to the public with
all the grace and chatty-tudinifericabili-
ty and other ability of the man who is
never at his wits end for a word vet has
travelled on his wordy wits from end to
end of the country. And the tip of his
pen is as bright as the tip of his tongue.
The eclipse, on Monday, proved to
be a small potato and few in the hill.
The Democratic sun shone too brightly
for any such ''half-and-half'' affair. The
term annular, as applied to the eclipse,
means that when the shadow appears
central the suns edge will be visible.
The moon looks like a black disk on
the suns surface, with a brilliant ring
round its edge.
Thanks to Gen. Cox, Hon. w. J.
Green and Senator Ransom for Public
Documents. We have read Col. Green's
speech, opposing the Grant Penson. with
much interest. We agree with the Star
that ne and Col. Tyler Bennett have
nothing to regret in their action. If
Grant were Impoverished and needy we
should say vote him a living. But when
Il has a costly house, and sl5,O 0 a
year, he ought not to play the beggar.
I will raise you a monument of
assi'-cried the Latin Poet, Horace,
some time ago,-in the days of your
grandfather. Horace thought he was
promising something smart: but he lived
in the buttermilk era. We had a visit
last week from a Yankee book peddler
who only needed to be stripped and set
upon a pedestal 70 arouse the Cupiditv
Cupid was The progeny of Venus) of
every junk dealer, or dog-iron manafac.
turer, from here to Duluth
On Monday evening next. a delight.
tul entertainment by talented amateurs
OF Raleigh will be given in Tucker Hall
to raise funds for a to tina
gallant and lo~Dg-sufferiug soul, Mai,
Mcleod Turner. When he so often
risked his life for his State he believed
that his State would never forget him.
Every monument to a dead Confederate
helps to prove that even though conquer
ed, we are not sufficiently spanniel-like
to deny our comrades and defenders.
Capt. Jas. 5. Battle, a gallant Con-
federate in whose arms Gen. Rodes
died at Winchester, is a candidate for
the revenue Collectorship, which has
Deer held for 16 years by Col. Ike
Young. Capt. Battle is a son of w. s.
Battle, Esq, of the Rocky Mount Cot
ton Mills, and brother-in-law of Gen.
VIZ. Cox. Trained to business, and
oorn a gentleman, he is well fitted for
the place. hit be the aim of Mr.. Cleye-