The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-18
FAINT Dolly Browning has resigDe'

.s conductor on the w. & w. Road
Farmers intending to raise Tooacco
can get a full Treatise on the suoJec'
from Plant-Bed on, BY calling upon
Messrs. W. e. g. A. B. Stronach, liai-
eigh. The pamphlet is free.
The card Of Mr.. II. Montague OF
Winston, win be useful to the large mum
Der of persons who are looking TOWARDS
the beautiful Piedmont region Win .
view to locating. There is perhaps no
section of the South more healthy or
~nrosperous. Mr.. Montague is OF the
we'll known Wake county family and VIII
be glad to give you any information de-
sired.
Til. bill TO allow trunk-line railroads
to build branch roads ID North Carolina
and to acquire stock in connecting roads'
nassed the Senate by vote OF % TO .. 1t
was amended, however, BY Senator l. d.
Twitty of Rutherford. to prohibit the
Carolina Central from taking advantage
Of the act until that road has been COM
Melted to Rutherfordton, and also amend
ed by Senator S. B. Alexander to make
all such branch roads or other acauIsl-
tions liable to taxation, even tho the
trunk line at present be exempt.
Capt. Sam. C. White, who is a zeal
Gus Knight of Pythias, says the Finn
| Flams'' have all gone out Of the Ritual OF
that order, and that the ceremonies are
If a very solemn nature. Well, 1t Is ten
wears since we peeped in the Lodge, aud
we reckon we struck the minute when
| the ROYAL Bumper was being led forth to
Bump. OIL,
But it is a good Order, and we hope will
| fou, ish. If parents; living at a distance
knew how often these P~hilanthropic So
cieties helped the fallen, watched by the
sick. and buried the dead, IN the large
cities, they would give all possible en-
couragement thereto.
Some men meet with curious accl-
dents. Waterman VIM. Pressiar at New
Brunswick, n. j. had one last week.
He was sitting in a large factory just
under the high railroad bridge. Sud-
denly there came an awful roar and clat-
ter, and he saw twenty horses Of all color
and sizes dropping down around the
doorsl Then a big freight car crashed
through the roof, and tore out the end
wall. Then a rain of fire zane down and
spread with lightning rapidityl Is it any
wonder Presslar thought the crack OF
doom had caught him with his mouth
full of mush
Report says he sprang through the
glass window, broke two ribs, aud raj
nearly a mile before he realized that he
wasn't kilt entirely.
Another curious thing that day wa:
that the blazing oil ran into an under
ground sewer, followed it half a mile
and then came out and burned a factor.
land a man in the factory costing $500.
900.
Thanks. Bro. Recorder, for the nea
notice of Miss Rebecca Cameron's art
cles in the Farmer and Mechanic. Du
ring several years past she has been
regular correspondent Of this paper, an
though we have not been able to requit
her talent and kinoness by substantla
rewards, such as prevail in larger an
and stronger journals, at the North, W
feel sure there is no lack of appreciate
GU the part of our readers.
The article in another column relativ
to the APPLETONS has the merit of be
ing patriotic gratitude because We kno'
: this gifted young lady has no pOssibl
interest, save that of feeling Gas til
7 Farmer and Mechanic teels) that til
noblest Southerner is the one who's
memory for kindnesses done to our pee
l pie in the hour of trial, is never weak.
> AS the march of the Fence La
= teaches our people the advantage
i keeping first class Stock, so the progress
of time, and market reports, tells tt
2 profit of the best bird of III ,-saving ii
u sweet presence of a certain Duck" whol
q every one of us knows is ''too pretty
> look at" in her Sunday clothes. Mess
/ Poe & Boylan last week got in a b
cradle. 1t is a sight. 1t beats that Mex
can Queen mentioned in another column
who answered to roll call with seve
IS babies. 1t is to hatch and cradle two
three hundred pretty chicks at a time.
Our young townsman will deserve
e vote of thanks from the next Univers
" Convocation of Conferences if they 5
y cure the disqualification of old and scra,
le gy fence corner chickens in favor of Il
d plump PARTRIDGE Cochins, Plymou1
Rocks, and such like birds whose bon
" don't break your teeth.
a A pamphlet, just issued by the natio
al Association Of Fanciers. says: Tn,
are the best and most careful of mother
. and tenderly Destle and scratch for the
:, broods until the chicks are quite advan
- ed in age. When cocks of this bre,
ie are crossed on ordinary common hen
b the product is almost entirely like tt
sire. This is due to the breed beil
ar old established one and the ia
h that the chicks are always uniform
E. color and shape, shows the value of tt
Partridge COchins as ID OF the best pu
:. breeds for improving common hocks.
why don't you all push Scales f
: a Cabinet Office ? Gov. Cleveland wou
rather give him a chair than n m;
"a yet named from the State. / know VIII
e. l am saying. You may not knowsth
he has had S. in his mind for thr
;. months: he wants a man from our Sc
=. ton. Maj. d, who l think is some K
:. to your old friend, will back me as to thu
IfNorth Carolina really wants q Depa
ment, she must put forward one of t
squarest men we have. From whai
r. hear. we are fooling away our time.
ee is a Democrat. but like yourself, he loo
with disgust on the tricks and intrigu
. of politics.