The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-18
A BOYS VISIT To RALEIGH
And Some of the Things He Saw Here.
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=. peausort and which welshea 80
.~.,ds r. this room being nun
a-a.s ~ birds and animals IN "t"t,
roor,x there we're fruits, tooaSso -
sorts OF grains. ri u2 n gas -.
all the woods IA the state am -
them photographs h@wlhk ~"
,re..~ look in the forests al! me MI
er.Yx ar9 germ stones including inc
green diamond known as tbe haa-
den!te." all minerals, including "a.
and I told Frank most - the tA'@a
powder came fTrm this state. Hl"'@
ritc. Of which the Welsoach ouIn0'
used in gas lamps arc made, ana ."
OF which practically comes from three
counties IN North Carolina mica
used aboat stoves and in many way
and some OF IL Is nearly a trausp&f-
ent as glass, kaoIin. from when NhS
me china - made. there being mines
Of these four things In North Carolina
which are very important TO all the
world showed him meteors 'r
aeroli,es which had fallen from the
sky and which when cut opcn are
found TO be almost pure steel. with III
tie crystals like crosses throughout
them. very curious 10 see. In another
room We saw fish from the salt and
the fresh water and a great turtle
weighing 500 pounds. cruel sharks
and tarpon or king Ash which people
go all the way 10 Florida after. ain
gators which Mr. Brimley, the curn-
tor OF the Museum. killed in a lake
not far from New Bern last year. II
OF them having bitten HIM on the
hand. and we also saw many strange
kinds OF fish, which amazed the boy.
not TO speak OF rattlesnake skins, n
over feet long. the snake having been
over 4 feet in diameter; quite as big
as most OF those one sees in the snake
shows at the Fairs. In another room
we saw some thousands OF things
which are noted in the history OF the
State. all sorts OF things which peo-
pie two hundred years ago wore and
used. the relics OF all the wars in
which the United States or this State
have taken part, the Confederate flags
returned 10 the State by the War De
partment in 1905, which were
captured from the Spanish vessels at
Santiago and Manila, one of these guns
having been presented at Raleigh by
the cruiser Raleigh. which fired the
first gun In the battle OF Manila Bay.
Frank said the Museum was a "lit-
tie world and that was very well said
indeed. Down stairs In the big build
ing there are all sorts OF queer things
going on. and there the chemists test
soils and fertilizers and foods and wa
ters. We went over to the Supreme
Court and there saw a big room where
the five justices sit, on the walls being
paintings OF many noted justices or the
court, which was established in 1918.
then we went into the Supreme Court
Library, which Librarian Bradley told
US was one of the best in the South.
Next we went upstairs and saw The
state Library and its picture gallery
of noted North Carolinians. with over
100 portraits. and which Frank called
The Hall OF Fame" W. went TO the
Raney Library, the gift OF a very pub
lfc-spirited citizen. Mr.. r. b. Ranev. to
the people If lis city. and Frank took
a very great delight in looking
through the beautiful room. so attrac-
lively kept and quiet and so fit for
reading and study. and said the Raj
eigh boys certainly had a very great
advantage in two such iibraies 4s
these. We visited the Governors Man
sion. built by the corvfcts twenty wears
ago. The steps are Of North Carolina
marble. The shrubbery was planted in
the grounds by George Vanderbilt.
The building cost Sac. 900 and was first
by Governor Fowle. in 1889.
We next made a long trip
TO the Confederate Soldiers Home
where there are 139 OF the veterans
of the Great Civil War, and were told
that they were on an average 10 years
of age. The Home Is a very pretty
place and was first a Confederate Hos
pital, then a United States garrison ana
for many years a place Where the col
ored state fairs were held. Very close
to 1t is the National Cemetery and IN
front Of this the States Granite Quar-
~, very deep. in which we saw many
men at work. far down. with diamon1
drills, operated by steam, making
holes in which to put powder TO blast
out the rocks. While others were max
ing paVinE-bloclfs, curbing and crushed
stone for thc city, for the state has
always let the city use the quarry. Not
far from the Soldiers Home is the
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1900 are buried. This adjoins Oak
wood Cemetery and in the later Frank
was shown the graves o. several gov
errors and chief justices Of the Su-
preme court and many others Of noted
North Carolinians. We came back -
the city In a roundabout way, taking
a look at the state school for the ne
gro deaf-mutes and blind and at the
old or city cemetery. which was laid
out when the city was built and in
winch lie many great men, some mon
unents being very striking and the
place well kept. We had seen az we
went out to the Soldiers Home the
towers of St. Augustine's colored nor
NAL school, where there are MANY
buildings. and on our way in vent by
ohaw University, one of the greatest
negro schools in this country next
to the Centennial public
school. | told Frank there were many
other public schools and that two ~
these were named after men North
Caronna could never forget. Archibald
MurphF, VINO started the public school
idea, n Calvin II. Wiley. who estab-
iished the 100 Then 7 told Frank
we would have a look at the other
schools and he saw FIVE white and Ave
colored schools the higo
school. and also saw the three schoola
for young ONE 81. Mary's. Peace
institute, and the Baptist University
winch are so widely and well known
/ surprised the boy when | told him
mat IN all the schools, Lublic and nrj-
Vate, in Raleigh. there are sometime
over $500 students, and he said tbst
1hls was a lot more than all tho ,eo-
PIE IN his town. OF course sboryad
him the State School for the hit
oInd, a very imposing building ana
we went northward and TOOK =
peep at the cotton mills and railroad
IRON working districts. iacIuaing
Dig round-houses Of the Sea BOARD
AR Line, in sight Of the latter heinz
the great trestle on which the <orfoiL
ma southern trains come to Raleigh
art OF the way passing above tha
~ we saw cotton mills. where
- S'fts OF cloth are made; knitting
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