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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18
For the Farmer and MechAui
Attention Louis burgers.

Just before | left New Orleans | had
visitor ln the person OF Hagar Jones,
a middle aged, very genteel looking ne
gro woman, who hearing that | was
from North Carolina, with the broad
faith of ignorance, came hoping 10 hear
something of her white folks
This is Hagar's story:
Il hopes you will excuse me, missy
but Matilda tole me you came from my
ole home. And | came round 10 ak you
if you knowed any of my white folks
You see | come from Louis burg, fore
you was born, missy Its twenly-niue
years since | come to Orltan. | be
long to a family in Louisburg name
Thomas, my mother die and leave me
little, and my ole mis- u oss raise me IL
the house just like one of the white
children. | was twenty-three years ole
when | come out here. Miss Judson s
husban' bought me, and lives with heI
ever since. | aint never left her. just
the same as fo' de war | stays there
with her.
MY young mist down home in
Louisburg, married Mr.. Joe Allston
from Halifax, and | don't know what
has become Of nary a one of dem.
Long as my old mistress live she used
to write to me, but now | never does
hear from them. | didn't expect to hear
about any OF my own family OF cOlored
people for dey done forgot me, and
don't care if am living or dead. It's my
white folks | wants to hear about, and
| thought maybe your pa might know
some of dem. Of course you too young
to know so far back. Twenty-nine
years missy, since left Cid North Car
olina. Oh yes, [ am satisfied here, IN,
mistress is very kind and good to me,
but | do crave TO hear of my white folks
what raised me and it 'peared to me
that you coming from home might have
hear of dem. Dey was mighty fine fam
lily, and rich. Miss Louisa married
Mr.. Joe Allston, and done gone way
fo' quit de State.
That was the substance of Hagar's
converse ton and she seemed so genuine
ly fond of her white people" so anx-
lous to hear of them, and so disappont-
ed that knew nothing at all about them
that it occurred to me to put her story
i'll print hoping that il might reach the
eye of some one who knew the family,
and would kindly tell Hagar about them.
She lives with Mrs. Judson, No q,
Prytania street, corner of Clio, and a
letter directed to Hagar Jones at that
address would surely reach her. Can
not somebody send her tidngs Of the
white folks" SO lovingly remembered :
| hope SO, / am sure.
REBECCA CAMERON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18
For the Farmer and Mechanic
To the Women Of Worth Carolina.

To day mail brings me letter which
| desire to lay before you ALL my sisters.
in whose hearts still beat the pulses of
lS6l-65. Sure that you need only know
of it to respond at once to the appeal.
The letter is written by North Carroll
nian, who says:
/ write to obtain your aid and inhu-
ence with others in behalf Of Bazaar to
be held in Baltimore the first week in
April, to raise funds 70 assist Confederate
soldiers and sailors, or their families,
from any of the Southern States, who are
now residing In Maryland.
Each Southern State will be represent
ed by table. Mrs. Thomas Boykin is
in charge of the North Carolina table.
No eatables will be sold at this table.
but any articles of fancy work, children s
clothing, or money will prove most ac-
ceptable.
You knowing how proud we all are of
our dear State, can understand how earn
estly we desire that this table shall COM
pete with, f.not surpass. the others And
will feel sure aid Us to the best OF your
ability"
Surely to this appeal no words of mine
need be added The soldiers of the
South need no advocate to plead for them
with Southern women. What We can
do, will, feel assured, be done joyfully.
We count it not less privilege than a
most sacred duty to minister to their
wants, and help to tighten the burthens
that valor aud patriotic devotion to our
bonny South land have entailed upon
them.
They are going fast, these manned
and war-worn soldiers. 1t will not be
long before the tide Of years has borne
them away from the land that they sac
rificed themselves in vain to defend.
Oh, while they still bivouac among
us, let US strive to make them suffer
less of actual privation.
Let us prove that it is not only in
words that we love and honor the men
who wore the Grey.
The soft hands that were so deft in
knitting socks, scrapipg lint, rolling ban
dages, and in harder and heavier work
as well, can now show the same patri-
otic zeal and devotion by work that is
as dainty and graceful as the most beau
ty-lovng soul could desire. Or those
whose handicraft is practical can fash
ion the little garments that all women
know almost by instinct how to make.
Send what you can, ye mothers, wives.
sisters and daughters Of Confederate
soldiers, and thank God that you can
still ''dress the wounds of the South.
ern volunteers.
All letters and parcels prepaid can be
addressed to Mrs. S. j. Person, No. 253
Carrollton Avenue, Baltimore, Mary.
land And 1 earnestly hope that many
will be sent.
REBECCA CAMERON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

KILLED BY A FERoCIoUs Hoo -Ral-
eigh, N. G., March l0.-Mr. Britain
Parker is an old gentleman about eighty
years of age and residing in Bufold town
ship. Union county. He owns boar of
the Berkshire breed. This hog is three
years old. and will attack any unarmed
person. Mr.. Parker has been compelled
to carry large stick to prevent the brute
from attacking him. Last Saturday
evening Mr.. Parker met the hog in he
lane near his house. The hog observed
that Mr.. Parker was without his usually
heavy walking stick and attacked him.
The man was thrown down, and the hog
cut three pashes, each about five inches
long. in Parker's right side The boar
then quit the fight. Mr.. Parker has
since died of bis wounds.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

....Hon. 5. f Phillips, Solicitor
General Of the United States, has ten
dered his resignation to the President
to take effect upon the appointment and
qualification of his successor.
....Mrs. ID. Il. Everett. one of our
oldest citizens and lady highly es-
teemed, left here yesterday for Dakota.
where her son. George B. Everett. ESQ.
holds a Government position. On her
way there she will also visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Midyette. in Arkansas.
-. .Messrs. Moore & Proctor, the en-
ergetic proprletors of the Farmers Ware
house. have issued valuable circular,
containing "A few Words of Advice to
those Cultivating and Curing their first
crop of Tobacco" The pamphlet will
be widely circulated. Raleigh ware :
housemen and dealers in leaf have cer-
tainly shown commendable enterprise in
disseminating useful information con-
corning tobacco aud Its culture.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18
A TDR CTINE AND

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the owners of the celebrated Brown S
Iron Bitters, have just issued beauti-
full Hand Book and 4lmondc for ladies,
and complete and useful Memorandum
Book for men. These publications are
attractive, containing great many val
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furnished free of charge by druggists and
country store keepers, and should they
not have them the Brown Chemical Co.,
will send either book on receipt of two
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18
Words fail to express nv gratitude.

Words fail to express my gratitude, !"
says Mr. Shelby Garter, of Nashville,
Tenn, "for the benefits derived from
Ayers Sarsaparilla. Having been affict-
ed all my life with scrofula. my system
seemed saturated with it. 1t came out
in blotches, ulcers, aud mattery sores, all
over my body Mr. Carter stated that
he was entirely cured by Ayers Ssrsa-
parila. aid since discontinuing its use,
eight months ago, has had no return of
the scrofulous symptoms
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18
For the Farmer and Mechanic.
A FEW c 8
Excepted from a Letter Portfolio
of 'OId Hurrygraph,''
Of the Wmston Leader.

What is sweeter than the innocent
love of child? So pure, SO confiding,
so simple. Who does not love them :
[ look up from my desk, and two pic
lures meet my gaze-pctures of two
child en- that were once the ''apple OF
my eye" How vividly does memory
recall their sweet voices their merry
prattle? ] almost feel their little hands
about my neck, and their warm. soft
faces close to mine, as they would come
at eve to greet my return home and ca
ress and fondle me. But they are angels
now. Their little lives, like spotless
scrolls, have been laid away. None but
those who have loved and lost know
the inward feeling of such things, and
the sad, yet sweet, music that trembles
upon the harp of memory when thus
| touched.
1t is so hard to do right. 1t is so diff.
ficult to keep in the straight and mar
row way" The ways of the world are
so alluring, and so tempting, that one
wauders out amid the Utld flowers of
pleasure almost imperceptibly. Con-
stant, persistent, eal nest prayer IS the
electric WIRE from earth to heaven, and
if we use it freely, surely there cometh
a blessing down.
Kind and loving words are as sweet
as the perfume of flowers when breezes
caress them; they are the glorious
lights of sunny nature which send out
their beams to cheer and fringe in lustre
the deepening shadows. Tears for ones
| No 1-1r ho
crystal fountain of friendship and loving
sympathy. Hearts thus tuned strike
higher melodies that make life sweeter
and more beautiful.
4 cheerful disposition Man recog-
uizes the magic OF a cheerful influence
in woman more quickly and more will
ingly than the potency OF dazzling ge-
MUS, of commanding worth, or even OF
enslaving beauty. In the sunlight of a
cheerful disposition nature smiles, the
air is more balmy, the heart is more
joyous, life is happier.
What is there in life, after all, we can
50 much enjoy, and that gives more
pleasure, than IN making others happy
| 1t is sweet nectar that in giving to
others we refresh ourselves.
1t is not the great acts that make our
lives sublime 1t is the little things
little kindness, little courtesies, little
deeds of love, and little words gently
spoken.
How like the pearly dew drops upon
the flowers lip are our joys: For a
moment they look beautiful and tasci-
nate US with their glistening charms
when we plu k the flower they are gone.
If there is place, and time, when
the heart can commune with nature
and natures Cod it is in Western
North Carolina, among the grand old
mountains and the eternal hills, when
the great Western cloud-gates of pearl,
and amethyst, and jasper stand apart,
through which the sun shoots lances OF
fire, like beams from some Titanic per-
nance, upon the mountain tops; then
fading away into the cleaning the love-
ly portal of night-when stars come out
to watch the daylight die.
Winston, n. {.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18
. c.. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 10 1855.

-. Mr. {. 3. Leibeter va, ace len
IA y 81 near Wad,sbor9 receut.s 3hile
out hurting, He i mot seriously hurt.
....W y Davis ha~ been elected 81
perinteudent o the Oxford Episcopa
Sunday School
.Tbou>auds of North CarohnIau.
will grieve "a learn of the death ai
Bishop Linus Parker, which occurred uu
The eth inst. in New Orleans
The total number Of bills aud res
olutous introduced in the senate was
loo. In the House were introduced
l.o43 bills and les resolutions. total
Of l,l5l Tie grand total n both
branches Of the assembly was therefore
200 bills and resolutions
-. Elmira. March s.-The Hon.
Alexander White OF Philadelphia, all
ex-member of the lower House Of the
Pennsylvania Legislature, from the 7th
district, attempted suicide in this city
this morning BY cutting his throat with
common pocket knife.
I've learn from a private source
that at conference Of the North Caro-
lima delegation in Congress Col sam /.
Med. Tate, of Morganton, was recon-
mended for Collector of Internal Revenue
for this district and Mr. David Settle for
Marshal. -Asheville A,lruncc
MIR. Ashley Horne, the Senator
from Johnston county, sold to Mr.. David
b. Avera, of this city, 500 bales ofcotton
delivered free on board at Clayton at
l02, basis middling, last week Mr.
HArna rnaaIvad .hpnna For
from Mr. Avera
THE Atlantic Cotton Mills, Law
renee Mass, will shut down one-thrd of
its machinery The Legislature Of
Illinois adopted resolution, unanimous
", expressing sympathy with the Wabash b
Railroad strikers Edmond Yates,
editor of the London World. undergoing
Imprisonment for libel, has been released
on the ground of i'll health.
&C oldsboro Uessenaer. There is a
report current that the W. & W Rail
road has purchased the road to Smith
field. --I saw Gen. James Madison
Leach holding both hands to his ears to
catch the inaugural. c. s.
Wooten, of LaGrange, who attended the
Inauguration had MS pocket picked and
some $50 stolen while listening to the
inaugural address.
1T turns out that Charles Egbert
Craddock, whose In the Tennessee
Mountains" aboun5s in such striking
character paintings, such exquisite de-
scriptiops Of nature and such a perfect
familiarity with the dialect Of a rude
people she portrays with such signal
power, is no other person than Miss
Mary Nailles Murfree, of Murfreesboro
Tenn. She IS pow in Boston and is beng
lionzed immensely by Dr. Holmes,
Howels the novelist, and Others Of the
iterati Of ''the Hub.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

An HEIREss TO FORTY MILLIONS. =
Buffalo, n. Y, March l0.-The wife OF
Deacon Sidney S. Brown, of Bagdad,
near Gowanda, n Y. has been cknowl
edged by the court Of Queen Bench as
an heiress to the Lawrence Towny estate
in England valued at 800, 900, 600,
about $40, 900 900 Of which is believed to
be her due.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

The Lord Major of London was only
a porter in warehouse, but he persever-
ed 10 the face of all opposition and lose
rapidly. 1t is only persistency and merit
that has made DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
the greatest family remedy for coughs
and colds now offered to the suffering
public.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

A minister, in Lowell, Mass, has
been obliged to give up preaching on ac-
count of trouble in his throat. If this
reverend gentleman had taken DR.. Bulls 5
Cough Syrup he would still have been a
useful member of his profession.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

Ayers Hair Nigor stimulates the
hair cell. to healthy action ond pro-
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that can be supplied to make the hair
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free from dandruff, prevents the hair
from becoming dry and harsh and makes
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

SAD Havoc AMONG FUTURE LEGIs-
LAToRs - Four droves OF geese number
ing one hundred and fifty were driven
into Raleigh to be sold on account Of the
stock law passed for Wake -Reidsville
Wfpb-IU
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18
Raleigh as a Tobacco
MARK Ell.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE TOBACCO
GROVE

From the way IN which the planters,
having gray soils, IN the region trading
at Raleigh, are getting tobacco seed
from Major Ragland there is every rea-
son to believe that Raleigh. before
many years, will rank with the frs,
tobacco markets ia tins country.
But it is every way desirable that they
should start out right for they can
never make any head way # they content
themselves With the production of to-
bacco Of low grade. The world l. too
full of cw-grade tobacco now. FINE
QUALITY is what buyers will have. To
assure You getting this fine quality, we
have arranged to handle the famous
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

-. 1t was the Durham Bull Fertil-
izer, that grew the tobacco that took
the State prize at the Raleigh Exposition.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

On Tuesday, January @. w begin ouf
series Of Regular Breaks ON
TUESDAYS. WEDNESDAYS
THURSDAY = and FRIDAYS of each
week
Ez5 Remember these are our Regular
Nol.~# Day.
We sell ALLGRhDE~ oi tobacco.
aud aim 90 make them bring the top OF
the market. Cou-lgumcut- solicited,
and VIII Doe carefully handled.
SFFn FRFF ..ahi,' .',s have -, a Isrs" Y,'
-Raglands choice
tobacco seed for free distribution to our
friends.
Empty hogshcads loaned free Of charge
30 our customers who wish TO mako
shipments To us, by rail, they paying
freight
Make Trial shipment We will do
the best we can for YOU
MOORE & PROCTOR.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18
THE DURHAM BULL
r Err TILIZER :.
Cotton : : Tobacco

Centre
BEST AIEitlAi known q
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

How like the pearly dew drops upon
the flowers lip are our joys: For a
moment they look beautiful and fasci-
nate US with their glistening charms;
when we plu k the flower they are gone.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18
WARREN LELAND,
whom eyerybody knows as the successful
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

1t is not the great acts that make our
lives sublime 1t is the little things
little kindness, little courtesies, little
deeds of love, and little words gently
spoken.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

What is there in life, after all, we can
SO much enjoy, and that gives more
pleasure, than IN making others happy
1t is a sweet nectar that in giving to
others we refresh ourselves
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-18

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

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

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

....M Mr.. Ashley Horne, the Senator
from Johnston county, sold to Mr. David
b. Avera, of this city, 500 bales Of cotton
delivered free on board at Clayton. at
lo}, basis middling, last week Mr.
Horne received a cheque for So, 344. "a
from Mr.. Ayera.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-22
HE FELL IN THE STREETS.

J. J. BERK, Ex-Supervisor
 **x None genuine without bunch of green Hops cn the white label Shun all tho vie poisonous stuff with ''Hop'' or Hops in their name. 117eod&w1m
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-22
Notable and Interesting Occasion At
 St. James,, Fair Haven.

St. James Episcopal church, Fair Haven Heights, presented gala appearance yester- nay The occasion was the celebration of Rev. Dr. William E Vibberts' fortieth ami versaty as pastor of the church. The in- terior of the edifce was handsomely deco
 rated by the ladies of the parish. The chan eel was surrounded by beautiful potted plants and wreaths and bouquets were distributed over the church in profusion. St. James church was dedicated June g, 1885, and Rev. William E. Vibberts appointed it's first pas
 tor. The seven original member of the church are all dead. Their names fol lows: James Barnes, senior warden; Cap tain Isaac Brown, the donor of the lot on which the church stands; Jeremiah Brown, his wife, Elmira Brown, and their daughter (the daughter was afterwards married to E. K. Bradley; Stephen Futile and his wife, Lncy Futile, and Henry P. Thomas. Rev. Mir. Vibberts took for his text at the morn ing service the 35th Psalm, 18th verse, and 71st Psalm, 14th verse. The sermon was chiefly of historical interest to the members Ct the church In the even ing he also preached very instructive ser mon, thanking God fer his goodness to the members of the church. A large audience attended both morning and evening services
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-22
Ei1Ia11Eia1.
The Market Active and Prices Ad-
 vance Throughout.

NEW YORK, June 20. The snap of the bull whip was heard almost with out intermi sion the day through, and in response thereto the bears showed increased hveliness in their endeavors to skip out of the awkward hole into which their short contracts had placed them. Not only the bears because of trepidation were buyers of stocks but the bulls because they had got mouthful of confidence were purchasers also When these antagonistic parties get pulling the same way rise is as certain death or taxes. Speculation this morning was very general, but, Of course, the prime favorites get the cream of 1t. Central and Hudson, Lake Shore, Jersey Central and St. Paul led the advance, but close alongside of sailed Erie seconds and the West Shore bonds It was fotilla that pleased the bulls amazingly, and they look confidently ahead to the harbor where they would be"-the harbor of materially higher prices. Whether in the end they are to be gratifed or disappointed-taking in consideration the uncertainties of stock speculationone thing is certain, that the powerful combination which is now managing the bull movement means to leave no stone unturned to make it success. The mar ket closed with much strength, and nearly at the best points of the day. Sales at the Board amount ed to 203 s23 shares against 176 1T yesterday and IFS, ,375 on Thursday.
 Money loaned at 1a115 per cent.
 Foreign exchange quiet, but fairly steady. The nominal asking quotations for sterling today are 4.s6 for sixty days and 4s7 for demand. Actual business was done at the close at 4s514QD4s514 fer sixty day bills, 4.s6A04s615 for demand, 4.se1x04ss3z for cables and 4ss1z04. .8Ssz for commercial.
 [Closing prices reported the private wires of BUNNELL < SCRANTON. Bankers and Brokers ]
 SSfd Asked
Morning journal and courier., 1885-06-22
Will stand By 1t.

it for all it is worth over my signature and I will stand by it." his confidence in the article under consideration is unbounded. That is what Charles J. Bright, of Middletown, Conn.,, says of "Kallocrine," and we'll he may, for it gave him new head of hair. If you doubt it write to him. Fifty cents at druggists; nothing else will do as well.
 American Cough Drops Qiquid) is the s'old reli able" family remedy for all affections of the head, throat and lungs. Keep it in the house, aucfi eod&w2w