The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-15
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.u4 Mr. bunting, then perhaps
.aE- Of age. was my foreman
..-a the paper was dated at KaI-
s. o., its place Of publication
t- was twelve miles south 81
1T nay fathers home. After
...i#g AKA interest in the Live
its name WAS changed To
Metropolitan" and. as a Demo
~r.hliCatlDn. took part in the
a.-u If 1854. supporting Hon.
...e bragg for Governor. At the
90 fuat campaign my partner. Mr..
..- Whitaker. retired from the
.. .e4.lng the concern very badly
..4 With but few assets, and no
.."fr for h future as a political
.nt.-~. / soon suspended publica-
and for awhile found employ
.- proof reader. in the office of
Weekly Post" published by w.
Nuk@. Esq, at the Deaf, Dumb.
i.IuI Institution. There / found
.~.urueyman printers Frank y.
..t.-r. known as "Judge'; John y.
...tag. who was called "CoIonel:"
w. White, who answered to the
af "Captain," ana another whose
.. anne recall, who gloried in
title of "Ad-Val-o-rem." John
.ul-. who was Il boy without u
. ram the card press. and was Mr..
..,.s pet. He got his titles and his
..4.r later Oh in life. and wear them
.uiIN. If 1 ann not mistaken he ana
writer are the only survivors of
office force at that time.
#ur John Nichols to whom | refer
none other than Hon. John Mich
uI this city, eN-memer Of Congress,
~" NOW United States Commissioner,
..~t duty il is to S~traighten the
.0Iled ways of those who violate I'm
$780, ..+.t,,t1. l.; =, T.. 1880 -.
new business to him, for he had
.-n a lad, some experience in law
alters. Every Saturday evening,
before the printing Office was
.a.d, Judge StrOther opened cOurt
. The trial Of such offences as had
.u committed during the week, such
FITTING on the floor, failing to pick
. lEpe, setting bad proof or cheat
. i'm measurement, and John Nichols
prosecuting attorney, nearly al
Ms securing conviction.
|r the way, some color printing he
If on that ard press, took Il pre-
Htul at the State Fair in 1884.
After a short stay there | decided to
-umc the publication Of the Give
Na1Ge,' and moved the type. press,
t fixtures into the country and oc-
.ijed as an office q house my father
.4 erected fer that purpose.
~ecured Mr.. Bunting, then an un-
..ried man, oas foreman, and for
o years the paper had great pros-
Ijtv and | made one for the
a-yu that my father furnished the
u.r free, and boarded the editor and
lrtuan and the "devil' without COM
u-ttion. 1t was during the two
out there that Mr.. Bunting
ute Moses Letters,' which | pub
heed i'll book form. BY the way, if
IS reader of this article has a copy
That book. he or she will confer a |
.or. which / will greatly appreciate, !
lending it to ne. Those letters |
r. written after major Jack Down |
e. style. and were very popular with |
=. readers of THE Giraffe."
During the time MI. Bunting was |
tn me in the country he stumped |
t. county as 4 candidate for Superior |
.urt Clerk. out was defeated. When !
g. election was over, and he returned |
his case. he wrote one of his best |
t.ls, congratulating himself upon
g. fact that he had not only had q |
oi time on the campaign, but had
.rl his opponent a mighty bad scare; |
% announced his determination to
eD on the track until he got the |
ON. Eight or ten years thereafter
MAS the clerk. and | heard it said !
. office paid between fifteen and (
entr thousand dollars a year, for at
,st Il part Of the term. In fact, he
ID aIl the money he wanted and
-ht have grown rich lac not some
it5c;I pirates sunk his ship. He
ir for l. residence the ~three-story
u~- on Fayetteville street. adjoin-
e The News and Observer office, and
i'm good style; but when his ship
uf down he lost the house II very
arIy all he had.
While out in the country with me he
lfTjotl Miss Lois CrOWder, who was
companion for nearly fifty years.
H survives him. In his letters he al
when abiding to his wife, called
= 'Lize.' She didn't like it at first,
It when his letters became popular
j people seemed to enjoy them so
t.N. she became reconciled to the
a--. Nose and Lizze," We're as
Il. known. fifty years ago. to the
tt"rS of The Giraffe" as was the
.ielt of the United States, and
silly more popular.
When / brought 1.-The Giraffe" back
I.H-ajgh in 1858, Mr.. Bunting came
I u- and remained with me for a
. ar two. during which time he
.IaHei to write his "MOse's Let
.tn the occasion of President
".''1+4 ) WISH TO 1LdleiSI "ooC
. n of his characteristic letters,
" il / copy from the Democratic !
rs a tribute to the !
days of long ago. and specially
memory of one with whom L
"1g and pleasantly associated, L
-E" the readers of 1906 a specl-
II the humor of 1859, before the
"i had darkened our skies, or
t-lt Of bloody strife had dlS-
'dr happiness. The a Will
~. mat M se" was, or PRETENDED
"A the best of terms with the
Lt. and did not hesitate TO
-HGgestiOns nor to give ADVICE
! copy the letter as it was
'.'I, ana as the President. DOUBT
~ 1t in the Press"
|ttIeigh. n. c.. May 26. 1859.
"@'@es Buchanan.
President of the United States:
@E Buck:-Your short note IN
me that you would be in this
..A. Tuesday on your way TO
tllII has just come to hand,
Hael~n without q moments de-
answer.
'. say YOU have determined to
lolta& Your brief stay in TINS
.t,f with Governor Ellis, Hon.
l'fanch. or Col. Nose l
trust that you will make up
.''"i 10 stop with me; not n a