The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-05-14

way % go The New York Week
~ NJ nm pub. tshed BY Margt Har-
rison 40. 8, peck slip. New YORK. II
motto is-"Wlth 5 "celeSt ~
riched. from varfo US GaFoehS 80.
@ II IL a fouT-page sheet
about the size OF Ha rpcrS week. ~
1rst mage runs a co nGnued stois' ~
second is devoted - 2oeIry dnd a.
y4,t,sements, the third 70 clpplhSS' Z
few short editorials nald.as nnra
oea.n. "a ,ov, ana thGn an anecdote
wbtcb the IrishnNan generally ng-
II il ouite a curiosity, in many ways
it's lack Of news for oite thlne. though
IL generally has an lte4 r. 80 ,h
Tn. nl,s have betor : me were pun
usbed In the years 18O.'-8-s. Az they
NAV interest the old Pc opIe l cop "
few OF the news items 1oo- T
In the issue Of March. ttn, loV., l
ind that a few days efore' q MIS-
Jeduthan Spooner who lIad been sui
Ssrine some time with mental de-
rangernent. entered sIeaLtnlly neE
mother room, and creeping solly pc
hind her, KILLED her by stirling her Oh
the head with an axe
Near bv | find this anccdote: "A
country curate being asked by the
narish squire. the meaning or the
phrase de mortuis nd nlsl ponufn'
answered: there rem ans nolalhB "a
the dead but their bonts.'
one hardly feels Ike smiling at d
pke that cores 80 close 70 tne ilu1
der committed by Mrs. Spooner.
This issue contains three marriages,
ei1bt deaths and SIX advertisements
In the jss,be of March 14th, a DR..
Harris il reported TO have happened
TO a serious accident, II New YORK
While ~descauting upon SIErlls OF IuI-
pentine. by placing a cardie TOO near
if He was not only seriously burned
hut lost his al Jthecary snop, besides.
find this startling item Of news
in the issue of a prll 4th which doubt
less, the world read with interest:
ILLNESS Of Bonaparte-Ihe London
sunday Review of January 25th, says:
Through an authentic channel we nave
received advice that B~onaparteS heaIth
has been 80 much impaired by the IA
tigue and anxiety 20 when ne mas OF
late been exposed, as to i'm press MS
Medical Attendants With the most Sc
rious apprehensions for his safety. He
has for some time labOred under a
dropslcal complaint; and, contrary 10
the advice of his physicians, PERSISTS IN
a profuse use of opium. He also drinks
excessive quantities Of coffee, without
sugar or crea IN, a pr2cuCe Nhlch Is
supposed to have contributed to 4 a
languor and debility which
ally Cypress him in such a degree, as
to render him incapable Of any ordi-
nary exertion." That WIS jGst oae am
dTed years ago.
nounced, on Ru4s@n attEori y. that,
the 1st ~ q 9Th Of February,
important victories ~ + Jh Ire lch
had been ottaincd by Ihe Rus ians uI}-
der Gen. B~cnninGson that, in one bat
tie, alone, Napoleon lost upward OF
10000 men, a large portion OF his ar
illery and twelve sandard and shat
there was great rejoicinss at St. Pc
tersburg, etc" How much OF that was
true is not stated in any Subsequent
issue of The Museum. tina | see.
Now and then l ind a North Caro-
ma item. enc of which is taken from
re al Ugh Regi ter Of Sept mber 3rd,
?. IS follows: AS one of the New
re Post boys (named Wise) was
ing the mail to this city, he was
and fatally by two ne
bout five miles below Snow Hill
n county. No mail has passed
80 eiace, and if the Williams be
~. we doubt whether any
i2 found willing to carry
.. .ntrcr item copied from
.-r, which occurred nine
go:
=. last q fatal accident
LuuistGrs, Y. c. Ole Of
t. os The Academy, named
I'D. ,yr'-il. = FllJth ABOUT IA
of age. fTbtl I~tCAlCGDuTS, Va,
n .~.tLG.rely drowned in the Tar
" Fl. batting. A negro finally
del IL recovering the body from
esq lo.s III which the youth was
'eetser North Carolina item tells
TIA murder of Mr.. Elijah Fisher,
un#erlard county. lie was found
Ny.cMte & f4W feet of his spring
~ a large load of buok-shot in the
8 Of lis lead. This suspicious of
= neiEhboIorod fell upon his son, a
~ of Gon1t "A years of age. as he
al hceU heard, a few days before, to
= re&rgH hat he would kill his father.
TIC was a~prrahended and committed to
latI. Scarcely any doubts are enter
,4intd II mis- guilt"
Does any one in Cumberland re-
mcUIHgr hearing of that sad affair?
september II, the Museum tells of
th- arrest Of the two negroes who hot
tba Ea.jL boy, W;'iam Wise. near
Sn1" Hill. Their names were Bill
Smith and Sam Jarman, runaways.
They were both killed by the party
which made the effort to arrest them.
In the issue of March 25, 1909, !
find this North Carolina item:
"On Tuesday night the 21st u1t. at a
tavern in Halifax, a dispute arose be-
tween a Mr.. Aston and a Mr.. Tarlton
Johnson. in consequence of which, Mr..
Aston took up a large butcher knife
" Sldo WI JolIiISou, Dul IdlleO III the
attempt. They were separated, but
Mr.. Aston soon returned and insulted
Mr.. again, which reused him
to give Aston a violent push; when he
left the room to procure pistols, which
he did, and publicly declared tina he
intended to put Johnson to death. Mr..
Johnson, in order to guard against
the threats Of Aston, purchased a
musket, with which to defend himself,
as he was then going out of town. Mr..
Aston followed him with a determi-
nation to take his life. and Mr.. John
son repeatedly turned round desiring
him to desist; but Mr.. Aston began tc
snap his pistol at him, when Mr.. John
son turned round, fired and killed him
on the spot. Mr.. Johnson returned tC
town and gave himself up to the
court That occurred SO years ago.
Here's an article that is doubly sad
as 1t not only records the destruction
OF a home, but incidentally shows tina
the andlord and his wife didn't have
any confidence in each other. The ar
t!cle is as follows:
Lately in North Carolina, wa.
burnt the noted tavern at Johnston Ole
Court-House. Everything was de.
stroyed, says the Raleigh Star, a:
neither the man nor his wife would
go IN the house to save anything, les
the other should shu the door to burr
the one that entered. Otherwise nearl,
all might have hapn Souo6