The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-04-22

Judge Clar6c's first circuit be completed
lit begins June 10Th. We hear he viii
be esteemed one Of the best judges on
the bench.
N. Y. Sun. has a curious tale from
Gibson's Store, near Hamlet. alleging
that large gangs Of negroe, are carried
from North Carolina to the Georeia Tur-
pentine forests ia handouts.
From Messrs f. }. Hale i Son, 66
Reaae st. (Removed from l. Murray ST.
We have q peat pamphlet called the
'RolIer Skaters Instruction Book
giving much instruction IN the art ofhiuk
Around Rosy ing; straight shooting aud
a pose,ying; Keeling Gu your heel-tap, and
then upon your toe; he holding up his
Hug girl she bowling to her beau, as
round and round Will Stronaeh' house
cIick-clacketty they 90: Figure cutting
(ln aud out of huel or else a cutting
figures with the tail end Of your spiue)
and most ~Irregutar!y. lnoonsequeutIaly
and uDproviSionally cutting up a shine,
while the clock strikes nine, nineteen or
twenty-nine, what a Dell o atime
The unveiling Of the handsome Me-
mortal Monument to Edgar 4 Poe, has
been followed BY the printing Of a pam
phlet describing the last hours Of the
gifted but bilious aud badly balanced
young poet by DR.. Moran, OF Baltimore,
who watched with him at the Hospital
DR.. Moran story is very interesting. He
denies euphatica,ly that Poe was drunk
when brought in from the street; he Vas
in a stupor, there was no smell Of liquor
upon him
Poe, Notwithstanding his moony mel
alcoholics over his first wife, was about to
marry d second time: and the wedding
was only ten days distant. lie started to
Philadelphia, but on reaching Havrc De
Grassc, where the cars then crossed the
Susquehanna on a ferry boat, he feared to
venture over IN the storm, and took the
return train t. Baltimore. He was well
dressed, and had several hundred dollars.
Next dag he was found lying on the
wharves nait-naked and drenche1 With
rain. He had .ideutiy been enticed into
a low place, drugged, robbed, stripped of
his garments, aud carried to the waters
edge IL the hope that he might tumble
in. A friend vino happened to see him
early in the morning, had him taken to
the hospital. He became conscious after
treatment; but between his mental an
gui,h, and his physical prostration, sank
rapidly, utterIng many melancholy moan
ings, and cries Of rcm0rse for his lost
years.
We did not have much hopes Of liy-
ing to see it; but at length there are some
small, slim, slantindicuIar, smoky signs
/ of a Railroad to Ituthertordton. Ruther-
ford county forty years ago voted money
to help the Wilmington, Charlotte x
Rutherford r, R., Now the Carolina
CENTRAL to enter its gates. Judge Geo.
W. Logan got control Of the county
railroad fund, and for twenty years the
road has not crawled a foot beyond Shell
by.
Then came strangers from Cape Cod,
seeking to start a line, and print Bonds!
And so it has gone, year upon year.
Young men whose parents feared the
coming locomotive would Scare the
Baby" now have their arm around their
~neighbors pretty daughter, and are afraid
the locomotive will scare their baby
Alas. the Iron Horse isn't yet nigh
enough to scare anybody with his neigh.
Nevertheless we note with pleasure that
at Forest City" formerly Burnt Chin
ney'') six miles from Rutherfordton, last
week, a force of workmen broke dirt
on the Gatfrey City Route. Forest City
and Gatfuey City are small villages with
big names: but they hold the important
points on the line Of Ridges which shape
the route from CheSter-westerly. The
organized line is to run from Georgetown
=. ", (Which has a fine Larb0r) to Ches
ter, theuce to Gatfreys (which is a station
on the Charlotte Atlanta Air Line thence
to RutheriordtOn, thence to Marion Con
the Western \. {. r. r. thence to
Cranberry, Wheuce there Is a road to
Johnston City on the East Tennessee Va.
Il. Il.
The present headquarters of the
Raleigh Savings Bank is at the office of
Gustave Roseuthal Esq.--The pro-
posal to establish the State Industrial
Academy in the old Exposition build
ings has progressed to somethiug def
mite. That is to say. the exposition
stockholders have voted to douate the
buildings to the Department Of Agri-
culture for the locating OF such a school
here Mai Tucker, Mr.. w. G. Upchurch.
Mr.. W. c. Stronach, and Mr.. VIM.
Woollcott have been appointed to act
as Trustees. and do all in their power
TO advance the project. We hope they
may succeed. The only difference be-
tween the old South and the new South
IS compressed to a single ris-a-ris. In
the old days. we had slave labor. and
did not need either machinery or econo-
mic methods. The new South needs
both. Time IS money unless YOU have
plenty Of time, and cheap muscles. To-
day these things belong to the past.
To-day anything which saves time and
saves labor. is worth piles Of cash. That
is why we need better farming. better
mechanics. more machinery. improved
industries. And that i why we need
Industrial schools. Twenty years .
the southern shoemaker with a biz cob
ble-stone on his knees. spent q lrsek in
making a fine pair Of shoes. In Albany
Penitentiary a few years ago. We made
three pairs Of shoes per day, by the use
Of machinery. That is, a gang of &c
men made 40 shoes each IS hours
AVERAGING 3 pairs per day. So much
for science.