The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-12-01

Thea give them all the lie.
Sir Walter Raleigh.
Tel schools ,Aey aant proioundness
Ar9 stand to- much on sem *
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streams.
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II snar,e;h nos, Mo b.4e. n. smart.
Nnd s1es ~ 10 oon1ass.n
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order q royalty.
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siorc.
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7he vor,- ale ,,sra. .ar ss,,a Nv
tam h. s~pelias H. nme j. ssea.e
not spencer
whose ~el,a va, vau, vbe-e s'eaty
Who had enough. &c; wished ever more
Sr,nsyT
sleep after ;oylc, port af's- s,o-m'e cen.
Ease srcr v-c death after life soc,
greatly please
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shew
Like roses ID ! bed q lille, she'd.
The Which ambro.~4all o4olr, from them
In he f,Ire eyrs two .a>.ax l,np- al,
flame,
kinalcd above a; IL Heavenly M,,,,r.
lght.
-spenscr
Retwixt them both WIS nut 2 ifrle ~tuic
That did n" house a. Elehe.-c from ben
month divide.
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spcn-er was Born in 1862 and lI,i ia 1898
He was born but fourteen ycar~ bcis
Shakespeare. / have retained ht, spell us.
which shows tie condition OF the ltuguakr
IN his tmc II YOU would read more 81
tins Very great poet ana learn ol his
splendor and riches. then read as follows
III his chief poem. the Immortal The
Facrlc Quecuc." Book I. Cauto 4. whgro
The Chariot OF Pride drawn Lv thc Pa
sions is described The description of
Bel ho,be In Book Ii, Canto 3 The Bow.
er OF Bliss. Book II. Canto II The
Combat Of Bllnlamour and Ptridcll. Book
". Canto . Then read hs magnificent
"E.Nthalamion.'
have received a copy Of Tho History
Of Mccklenburg County from 1850 10
1900 ty J. Il. Alexander, NJ. p, OF char
.otte. 1t bears the imprint OF Charlo, 9
, Observer Printing House. II Is an octave
Of 49, pages. and s. well bound. and nam
crUusly illustrated. Ii l. nllcd with h q
tUrical and biographical matter of value
and interest. While the style OF the book
Is common place, the material gaihcrci
i Of permanent Importance. There IS "A
mar Of AlcchlcubuIe comfy and several
] adjoining counties. CT all counties in our
, state, MccklcnDurR - the most Interest
ing, with The EaGst striking events ana the
, most imposing record: ! can not under
, take Il discussion 81 the historic county
ana it inspiring record IN this place. The
thing 10 do Is to read the work named and
sec all about the people OF the county
that was the first t. declare FOR iudepcud-
, cncc. fought the British, and sent INTO thu
greatest moacrI war 70 fight the in-Jlent
I invaders more men probably than went
, oui from any other county Let Virginia.
- jealous Of North Carolina, furnish from
/, genuine, unmistakablc records. a county Of
I'll g,.., ,,-,,1, II t,a, On NE.,fl.t1,sFv that
gave to tie noble southern cause 50 many
brave mon. In 1860. for Governor, the
vote OF Mecklcuburg was 2.o3l. and il
probably embraced every white man in the
county over twcuty-ouc, with the possible
? exception OF a half-dozcn sick voters who
were at home. How many men went 10
!. the war to fight for liberty and iudcpeul
/, cncc, and the right? The Roster that Or
!, Alcxander publishes. contain -Tl3 mon.
+. He says, Were not the people Terribly IN
earnest? The number Killed. wounded aaI
died in the service, has no parallel
, The patriotism our people are noted for
: has been hanue1 down from sire - SON.
5 rom i775 to 1861" The Roster j. 80 great
4 II fills % pages OF the large octave
I, volume. II is indeed a magnificent record
I Of the war spirit, the resolution. the con-
/ secration to liberty. the united, undy.pg
9 hatred Of dcapotic power and oppression
I whether it exists under an entrcuchct
5 rovalfv or j. The outcome 81 dccadcucs
| and bigotry and selfishuess gone to seed
+ The Mccklenburg people were patriots and
h freemen. and they fought to remain so. 1t
a is a great glory that surrounds that poo
II pie.
: THEODORE BRYANT kTEGSBURY.
. Wilmington, \. c., Nov. p. 1908.