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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-08

IN mNr" than a gel di.,.-
good company. He w0ui3 Ell, 49,. NtA
est at the table of any M - l"7e~
he was at his best around ~ sent;
board. -rstya
II was particularly active
1lnS the dinner ana extarHt--- E.t9~
tons to 1t. The afternoon If = IA
day 1 sent a message tn ~ EFe4t
hotel to tell him that I w.
him there at a certain hour the+ -'"et
ing n escort him to the feaer a7
ty soon the messenger WAS hsr-. 's.~
the startling information ~. nsa
Thackeray was no longer st.rn- VT
she hotel F'-7 az
u ~perturbed, / hastily mad.
way th1ther. and upon tnqul-v ~ .rIy
desk. I learned to my great 9e+o-s ms
!nent that Thackeray that Very no.
ing had suddenly sicnifed hfs t---'
ton Of terminating his STAY fhara ~ III
his luggage packed, paid his mi 40
departed in a carriage. Gone ,vhar.oa
/ aSked. And the proprietor c.r.f
his opinion hat the d-:sttr-vteL-,
novelist had sailed for Euraaa r,.
few hours since.
A quickly as could. T went -o ~,
office Of the steamship line that had ,
sailing that day. Yes, Mr. ~r...-
had arranged for accommodates t.,.
an hour or SO before SajIino f,ma aa3
had barely caught the steamar n,
he had not left any messaee. <.r has
he left at the hotel or anvuh.ra .r-a
any message for me or any on else t-
terested in ~honoring him at the cfnra-
He had departed for Europ- saaars
moniously, and. apparently. IN o.a
discourteous manne
Q course the dinner. INNS +ha
guest of honor, was q fiat failure A.
It, and for some time after. Curtis and
/ were asked to explain Thaetarav.s
curious conduct. We didn't even tv
to offer any eXplanation-to rs his
conduct was inexn1icabte. Hut weeks
later I made some INQUIRIES and was
TOLD that ThackeraT, the morufrg NJ
the festive day. was overwhelmed N.
Of a sudden with q FEELING Of no~a-
sickness, and learning that z s,rr~-
ship was to sail hat day decided IN
the Instant to take passage nv Il to
England. Perhaps that was the tra4
cause Of his departure. Hur # r. vas
II showed him to be a man Of Whf9q
n moods, and that may e>uItil
much that so many persons regarded
as mysterious or eccentric ab0u5 him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-08
rHr FARMER AND MECHANIC

stores, made their escape from Inc
town In the direction OF G~reehspoio
and CharlOtte: but a passenger Train
on the Western rOa was not SO LOT
mate Having proceeded a mile or
two from town, the track was louHu
Instructed and as soon as the iran
.topped a yolley was poured into II
a demand for surrender.
Several passengers were
several aides were in the tram Due
fortunately, none were injured. MIS-.
Gen. Polk was among the passeh-
gers.
At S~tatesvi1le.
MI. Frank Bell was severely beaten
and tortured to make him disclose
the hiding place Of his gold put as ne
had none, they, Of course, got none.
When the intention Of burning the
Iredell Express office was known, the
ladies and citizens plead that 1t might
be spared for the sake Of n town
but the officer who had its destruction
in charge, was i~nexorab1e. Mr.. An
drews. a most worthy old gentleman
and father OF Mr.. Dean whose resi-
dence adjoins the printing office. went
to him and proposed. for the sake Of
preserving the surrounding building
from fire, that the citizens be allowed
to tear the office down and move 1t
into a vacant square opposite, be-
fore firing. It was a small building
and could easily have been moved,
and the people were anxious to do IT.
but the officer refused, and the office
and DIR. Deans house were both con-
sumed-Ihus leaving a worthy gentle
mar with a family of children, home
less and utterly nrOstrated. as Sher-
mar had burned all his cotton q few
weeks before.
(To Be Continued.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-08

tneF3Hs KsnN4AsN
HOW TFACKERAY LEFT AMERICA
THE SECOND TIME.
(Py z. J. Edwards.)

- 49, 49, 49,
When william NaFepeaCe Thaack-
cray visi I the United States for the
second and last time. in 1855. to de-
liver his lecture entitled The Four
Georges" the two Americans who
were closest to him during his stav
were ParFe Goodwin, puhlicist and SON
in-law of William Cullen Bryant, and
George W'lliam Curtis.
THE intimacy which we enjoyed
With T~hacFeray was due to the fact
that he made his headquarters while
IN this country at the old Putnam's
MAGAZINE office. with which both Mr.
Curtis and myself were Connected :,
explained Mr.. Goodwin a few years be-
fore his death. "~Sometimes Curtis and
myself were enthusiastically agreed
nat Thackeray was the most DELIGHT
iul' iovab'e and companionah1a man
we mad ever met. Put. probably. lust
When we had arrived at this decision
~ThacFeray would be brnsoue and an.
ParentIy cold toward us, and there
would be decided traces of cvnio,sm
or contempt in his nature. Frankly.
opportunities to do so. Wa na1ao So
understood him. ] think, myse1f w.
re was q mon of moods. n > o1eo ~
eonetfmes suffered from in be.1+L
wnlcn ne bore uncomnlaininelv al
$3.50 ms reiations with his fellow
fering. MS physical suf-
IKE to the nersonal know,
60. S"rus and myself. do many
s.,anse things while he was IN ~
-. uo, h;r nut the most astonishing Of
- - ae1s was the ranner in rb;os
ne left America and his has+ wn.ch
ne = II was particularly embarrasss
ing 20 me; and it YVES an act thai has
nosas Sn."ard aspect of cold and NV
posed ~dfscourtesy. "hu pur-
Z, making a successful ,a
corrao the South, f rememHa.
1 yore ~Thacteray returned to Nv Nan
that h neo WIN his success, and. in
re- would he with us for twn "o or mat
lactnro eiore departing TO frlf1i eo,se
ton ar nf ansagements in another som. NE
ioiced over f h,o n We were so re-
: dtn IN the city that we srr,ns pres
a a h onnner IN his honor. and 'TT haged for
ueular 1s 'ssugfs :; oqS o,an. was as1 pas.
a'eo' Nothing pleased
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-08

WHY MORGAN DOES NO tNl4;-
CISFI.

(John Moody and George kiot~ |-"-
ner, in McClure's Magaz.ue-t
It was about this time that A"'-14
now d man of over fifty, began H..-
self to feel the strain. All his FIT" us
had taken no particular care "l '7
health-relying and. indeed, oit7' Vile
posing upon his natural fine ph5-"t4
Feeling badly. he began tahln@
fetal exercise. with dutnb-be|.H -A-
apparatus. And when he got h1 "-.
ter, he called to one OF the @.@4"'
physicians in New York. lie "E
stripped and given a thorough pAE7.e
al examination from head L ."..
The doctor left him, saying he "..-
give him his opinion in The NOR. -7
His opinion was this: stop o@
in every form. Never even Wa" ".--
you al take a cab. You hdFt
ed the habit Of living Withogt Fs
else, giving your energy TO your
IT is too late to change the nan.
lffe-time."
h unusual advice was foH'" ~
once, and with immediate
Since that time Morgan has 81
exercise. eaten heavily, smoke
and buried or shelved all his h+
generation. And since this has
the time of his really great ao"
H1ent; the achievement to Nhl
previous life had been a mere pr
mary. For 1t was the pane OF
which began the formation O.
financial world in America VIM
see today, and the creation ~
power which We know as hiors,"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-08

.-Egaa~L~TEIp
HOW TO GET INTO TIE HALL or
FAME.

It seems a little surprising that ths
electors of the Hall OF Fame should
have Disseminated so sharply between
the historians Francis Parkwan and
John Lothrop Motley. PaTkmau fal-
ed of election by six votes. while Mot
ley received just the necessary MAJOR
ity. The anne are about equal. f2-
miliar. but there is no doubt that
Motley has the wider in--oru.t.e2l
reputation. Or. William EIGatt G~.f-
fs. author of "Motley's Dut-h \a-ieo'
a condensation of Motleys Eollm uors
work carrying on the story flo TIE
reign Of Queen WiIhelmiua, e.Ee ~
the writer whose fame ne hel0z 20
perpetuate: 1T IS doubtful W...n.r
any modern historian since d p
had. before his time ami n.a8
gone so Thoroughly into or3g.."I r1-
search, so utilized the treasures ot
archives or made such lon@ a~t de-
tailed preparations. The so".r"t
form OF fattery has been shown ='h-
dainty in later years by n"".r'.s
writers and orators. who. fn5+r9 '"t-
ley's hooks q mine OF inf"r'9#T 'h
copy both his statements n s....
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-08

dangerous to our liberties and the
great cause we are engaged in
The results which flowed from the
issue Of paper money were democrat
azing. Counterfeiting was SO generally
and SO successfully practiced that it
YVES one of the leading causes which
brought about the rapid depreciation.
This lei to extravaganza, speculation
and engrossinS. All classes of society
in each Of the thirteen States were
directly affected. The soldiers. wheth-
er IN the state militia or in the Con-
tinental army, were cheated out Of a
decent subsistence; the poor were
made poore still; the public creditors
we're defrauded and thousands Of in
nocent people who were the unfOrtu-
nate victims of a pernicious monetary
~cxpedient were forced. through dis
couragement and sorrow, into untine-
ly graves. The effects in North Car
Dina were more keenly felt perhaps
than in most Of the other States. be,
cause Of the copious issues of the State
currency which would tend to aggra-
waite the resultant evils.
e. V. TURB,
University of illinois.
(To be C~ontinued.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-08

Give the masses nothing to do
tney Will topple down thrones ana
.nroats; give them the govern
mere and they will make puIpI.s
.ess and colleges an impertine"
Wendell Phillips.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-08
STONEMAN'S RAID
WAS RIOT OF RUIN
One Of Most Interesting Episodes
of the Civil War Which Oc-
ccurred in Western North
Carolina
INCIDENTS OF THE RAID. AT
BOONE.

raiders seemed to
have had a special
spite at Boone and the
citizens of Watauga
generally.
The people were at
tached to the COnfeder-
ate cause and had re-
sisted East Tennessee
raiders and marauders
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-18

No. S7-S1OOO.OO-16O acres of un-
improved land located in southern
part of Tillamook county, clos to
school, cheese factory and town of
Cloverdale. House of 5 rooms and
small barn. Terms $500 cash;
balance on long time at per cent.
No. SS-$15OO.O block of ~
lots located In Miller's Addition TO
Tillamook City; lots 25x105 IT.
Terms one-half cash; balance on
one years time.
No. -S9-$2OO0. .OO-Good lot and D.
room house recently built in Park
Addition to Tillamook. This is n
good buy for some one that wants
a Tillamook home cheap. Terms
$500 cash; balance on suitable
terms, like reot or monthly pay
ments to suit purchaser.
No. 90 -. $3OOO.OO- Corner lot
large 12-room house-in Park Ad-
dition to Tillamook. Terms $1,000
cash; balance on extended time to
suit purchaser.
No. $1O5O.OO-House and two
lots centrally located can be
bought on terms to suit purchaser.
No. 92-$25OO. .OO-16O acres located
three miles from Beaver on the
Big Nestucca River; 80 acres in
holo
rolling hill land. House 16x1S, 4
rooms; arm 36x4S. 100 fruit
trees in bearing. This place will
run at tho present time 10 cows;
terms $4,000 cash; $500 on first
mortgage note ct per cent in
terest.
No. 03-$32OO. .OOs-320 acres on The
Big Nestucca River 1 mile from
Beaver; two small houses-one of
8 rooms, 20x42; one of s rooms,
2Ox42; 2S acres in meadow; S2
acres slashed ready for burning;
cows go with the place; the
place will run 40 head Of cows.
FTlCo poGOO uuIli INC lSI udy Va
July, and after that the price will
be raised by the owner. Terms
$2700 cash; balance on time at
per cent interest. This place con-
tains thousands of acres of out
range and would make an ideal
stock ranch for raising stock.
SALMON RIVER.
No. 04-S35OO. O.OO-1OO acres, 25
acres of level bottom land; 76
acres rolling land; good rich oil;
" mile Of fence; about acres
under cultivation. 100000 IT.
of heavy fir timber, and 100000
piling. The postoffice to this
place is Kernville, Lincoln county.
This place is accessible by fairly
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-18
TmLAMooN INVESTMENTS.

No. 1Ot-SSOOO.O .O0-4O acres miles
from Tillamook City on the sur
veyed line of the United Electric
Railway. which is now building in
TO Tillamook. This 40 acres can
be bought for $500 per acre and
will double in value in the next
years. Land all level and under
fence. An ideal location for cut
ting into acreage. Terms half
cash and the balance on extended
time to suit the purchaser.
No. 1O2-S450O.O0 .O0--t0O acres locat-
ed on Three Rivers; small house
and barn; Z COWS. Terms $1,000
cash and balance on extended
time to suit the purchaser. This
ID the making OF q good dairy or
stock ranch, with thousands Of
acres of outrange on Mt. Hebo. On
main county road.
No. 1O3-S1O, ,OOO.OO--12O acres of
which 80 acres is bottom land;
balance sloping hill land; all un-
der Improvement and fenced. 80
head of stock; all tools, imple-
ments, etc., team, wagon, harness
and everything on the place ex-
cept personal household effects.
Terms half cash; balance on long
time to suit purchaser at 9 per
cent interest. Good buy for a
first class dairy ranch.
No. 1O4-S9OO. .OO--h block central
ly located, Tillamook City; terms
$3.50 cash; balance on extended
time at 8 per cent. This is a good
Investment for some one who
wants to invest in city property.
No. 1O5-$tOOO.O0-M block; house
with 4 rooms; sidewalk. improved,
city water; wood-shed. chicken
house. Terms $400 cash; balancs
on extended time to suit the pur-
chaser at per cent; or can pay
for the place monthly like rent.
No. iO7-S8OO0.O 90 i4c acres To-
Gated Z miles from Tillamook City
on main graveled county road.
Terms. $500 cash; balance on 10
years time at Z per cent. A good
buy.
No. 1Os-S15OO. .OO-i41k acres ad-
Joining Cloverdale; house with :
rooms; place is all fenced; small
orchard; lots of small berries and
good garden. This place is a snap
at the price. Terms cash.
No. Io0-s1soO. 90 Timber claim
located in the south part OF Tilla-
nook County; cruises about 4,000,-
900 IT. Terms, $500 cash.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-18

good roads, and by water; by boat
to Siletz via Salmon River Bay;
this is fine timber claim situated
on Drift River, miles from
Siletz River; 2 miles from saw
mill; plenty of water power on the
place to develop fair sized saw mill
property, and lots of timber ad-
joining which can be purchased
reasonably. This is a fine mill
site. Terms S1750 cash; balance
on three years time at per cent.
No. 05-S16, OO.OO-13O acres of
level bottom land, nearly all wire
fenced. so acres under cultiva-
tion; about 100000 IT. of hem
lock timber and about 100000
#. of fir. Watered by running
creeks. All kinds of small fruits.
1 acre of orchard in bearing, z
years old. House 1924, 9 rooms.
Barn 1Sx42. 215 miles to school;
"a miles to postoffice, and store.
cows; wagon; plow; rake; har-
row; moving machine and cream
separator; all implements and tools
go with the place. Contains 1870
acres OF first class bottom land; 60
acres of this is cleared, and will
run at the present time 40 cows;
fine running stream of water on
the place. The party that gets
this place gets the finest dairy
farm in Lincoln county. Terms
half cash and balance on extended
time to suit the purchaser.
No. 06-S1O, ,OOO. acres. so
acres level land and 60 acres roll
ing hill land; half under fence; 20
acres under cultivation; 40 acres
heavy timber; watered by creeks.
Here is a cheap place for any one
hat has small capital. 35 acres
first class cranberry marsh whicn
has wild cranberries on at the
present time. other cranberry
marsh adjoining the place. Is "a
mile from beach and country road
running through the place. Lies
on Devils Lake, which is fine
body of water, and this place will
be very valuable in the near fu-
ture. At the present time the
place will carry 10 cows. Small
saw mill on the place run by water
power. with capacity Of about
1900 IT. of -uber per day. Is
close to school; also postoffice and
near the town OF Taft. At present
time there are two cows and two
calves; one team; head of hogs;
plow; harrow; wagon and all i'm
plements and tools and all produce
go with the place. Terms. $4,000
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-18

cash; balance in years time ot
per cent interest.
No. 97-Saf5O. 90 100 acres. 60
acres level land; 100 acres rolling
hill land; 10 acres under clltiva-
tion. 100000 It. heavy timber
and 100000 It. light timber.
Watered by running stree ms.
Small fruits. This is dairy farm
and timber claim combined situ-
ated on Beaver Creek Is mile
from saw mill. 3h miles from
cheese factory. Neat house Tx
"a with rooms; wood-shed. barn
and other outbuildings. This is a
bargain sor any one wanting
cheap place. Terms $3.50 cash.
No. 9s--s32OO.OO - 80 acres, OF
which so acres is level land; 80
acres rolling hill land; rich soil. 8
acres of rich bottom land under
. cultivation. 2,O00,000 IT. OF heavy
timber. Here is fine home cheap
for any one with small amount Of
capital.
80 acres situated on Salmon
River u mile from cheese factory;
county road running through the
place; 90 acres is first class bot
tom land. 100000 It. Of fir
timber. Plenty OF small timber
suitable for firewood. Is we'll
watered by running stream. Is a
good buy for the money. Terms
cash.
No. 09-$63OO.O0-14S acres. ~
miles from cheese factory. This Is
an ideal dairy farm ready for 80
cows or more. 25 acres Is first
class meadow which cuts so tons
OF hay per year. 40 acres under
cultivation; go acres level land
and balance In grass and small
timber suitable for fire-wood; all
under fence and cross fenced.
Small house 24x24; barn 40x40;
chicken-house and other out
buildings. Cheap place for the
money. Well watered by creeks
and river. Terms cash.
No. 1OO-S18OO.O .OO--121 acres lying
on the Salmon River; 2 miles to
school; 2 "a miles TO postoffice;
Sh miles to cheese factory. Nat
ural lake on the place Of 2 acres.
80 acres of tide land and the bal
ance good sloping tillable land.
Good place for one who has not
used his homestead right; 40 acres
vacant government land Joining
the place; plenty OF small timber
suitable for firewood; the land can
be diked with 200 yard like
Terms $1,000 cash. Balance in 6
months at s per cent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-18

No. 72-$175O.OO-One half acre
more or less half a mile north of
Tillamook City. House and barn.
All household effects too numer-
Gus to mention. 1 cow; 1 2-seate1
surry: garden tools, etc.
No. 73-ST5O.OO House and two lots
in Sunnymead addition to Tilla-
nook. Terms, $3.50 cash; balance
in monthly payments like rent.
No. 74-$105O.O .OO-Two large lots
and house of four rooms-Sunny-
mead addition to Tillamook; terms
500 cash, balance on one or two
years time.
No. 75-$375 .OO-Choice city lot
centrally located, sidewalk i'm
provement; terms, cash.
No. 70-$75O. .OO-Two large lots
and building two stories high,
located at Nehalem City; 7-room
house; close to Nehalem High
School, Has small bearing or
chard, berries, and other improve
ments. Terms cash.
No. 77-SsOOO. .OO-15 acres located
at the town of Beaver, Oregon;
good hotel and livery stable busi-
ness-14 rooms in hotel; all fur-
nishings and improvements on the
place; running water piped to the
house and barn. Has be ring or
chard In first class condition.
This property is an AL investment.
and can be had on the following
attractive terms; $4,000 cash;
balance on five years time with
per cent inter st.
No. 7s-S3OOO. .OO-5 acres located
in the city limits of Tillcmook;
new 4-room house. Terms $500
cash and $500 on time at Z per
cent.
No. 1871 !, ,OOO. .OO-16O acres To-
Gated in the town of Beaver, Ore
gon. All under improvements;
has fine large house; cheese fac
tory on the place; also two large
barns; 25 head of cows; two
teams of horses; wagon; all imple-
ments and FOOLS; everything goes
with the place except personal
household effects. Small orchard
of mixed trees. Terms, $1,000
cash and balance payable in 10
years time at per cent interest.
No. s1-S32OO. .OO-32O acres of first
class land. 100 acres of which is
creek bottom and level; balance
3loping side hill land suitable for
fruit. This land is in the rough,
and covered with a light growth
of timber which can be easily re-
moved at no great expense. At
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-18

$40 per acre this is one of the
best buys for investment in Tilla-
nook county. Running water
through the place. Located on
survey of electric railroad, and
enough timber on the place to more
than amply repay one for purchas-
ing. Terms cash at $40 per acre.
No. S2-$17, ,cOO.OO-8O acres locat-
ed one mile from Tillamook City
of first class bottom land; fine g.
room house with solid concrete
foundation; barn, chicken-house
and hog-house; 10 head OF cows;
one graded bull; one horse. All
improvements and tools on the
place. This is first class invest
ment for water frontage, as
Hoquarton Slough, the main
waterway to Tillamook City,
borders this property for almost
mile, giving the purchaser a mile
Of water frontage which will be
very valuable IN the near future.
First class boomage for logs, and
Al manufacturing site. One look
ing for investment would do we'll
to look into this. Terms $4,000
cash and balance on extended time
at per cent interest.
No. S3-S375O--12 acres of first
class bottom land all under fence
and cleared; no other improve
ments; located on main county
road. Terms $4,000 cash; balance
on years. time. This is ideal
for a small country home.
No. S4-S95OO. O.O0--16O acres located
miles from Tillamook City; large
Groom house; good barn; 20
head of cows; all agricultural i'm
plements and tools; place has run
ming wato small orchard In bear
ing; mixed trees; lots of small
fruit-strawberries, loganberries,
etc.; terms $2500 cash; balance
$500 per ann m at per cent.
This is a good dairy ranch.
No. s5-S55O.OO--Lot 5Ox1O0, locat-
ed at Ocean View Beach; house of
rooms. At the price this place
is a bargain for one who wants
seaside home on beach property.
No. SO-S2OOO. .OO-2 acres first
class bottom land adjoining the
limits of Tillamook City; sidewalk
improvements; located on main
county road; terms on each acre,
1-3 cash and balance on years
time; monthly, quarterly or annual
payments to suit purchaser These
acre tracts have been selling
we'll. If person desires this kind
of property he would do Tell to
look into these acre tracts.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-11-18
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