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

the town were established 20
mo those luxurious cobblestones
planted by CORVALLIS when "eie
at once the pride and despair OF us
citizens-granolithic sidewalks, street
,ights and other concomitants OF Ell
fete civilization. progress, or retro
erosion, according to he point -
view of the beholder. Thereby, II mas
lost another distinctive feature. anu
we're Lord CornwelHs to return
Halifax alone of all the owns III
America would be recognized by him
Tn 1860, the county was given the
right to send two representatives 20
the assembly. In 1858, HlllSooTo oe-
came one Of the six court owns o.
he province. The two first represent
atives Of the county were william
Churton, a surveyor, who was the
founder of Salisbury and for whom
q street in Hillsboro is named, ana
Thomas Lloyd, the most promlnnet
man in the county before the ReVo1u-
tionary period and the progenltof or
the large family of that name now
living in the county.
Orange county was one OF n most
beautiful portions OF the province. and
was most attractive to the pioneer.
Watered abundantly by the HaW. Eno.
Fiat, and Little rivers and New
Creek with their tributaries 1t Turn
ished a most attractive prospect to the
newcomer, whether he proposed to
raise cattle or devote himself entirely
to agriculture. Superbly forested, IT
was also a paradise for the hunter and
ira . and this fact first attracted
settlers.
The county was settled by English
from Virginia and the eastern cour-
ties of North Carolina; and Scotch
Irish, Germans, Welsh, and English
Quakers from Pennsylvania. The
English were the most numerous. but
the character Of the population bore
the unmistakable impress OF the
Scotch-Irish.
In religion, Orange was the nome
Of Disorders. The Established
Church was there by 1860, II not ear
l;er, but only a small part of the peo-
pie were of that persuasion. The
S~cotch-Irish We're, Of course, Presby-
t~erians, the Germans were Lutherans
or members of one Of the Reformed
churches, and a large proportion of
the English were members Of the So
PaptistS.
Largely, as a result Of the activity
Of the Scotch-Irish and the Quakers,
schools were established and educa-
ton in the county had its beginning.
The Anglican ministers We're also
school teachers. but they were not
numerous.
The life Of the people was one OF
rude plenty, resulting from hard
work. They were almost entirely
from the sturdy yeornanry with the
habits and manners OF their class.
It was a frontier life with all the
roughness and crudeness, but also.
with all Of the yigor, strength, and
manly virtues Of the frontier. Hard
drinking and fighting were common.
but the insidious vices of more thick
~ settled communities had not aD-
peared. Mr.. Nash's description Of
the social and religious divisions of
the people is excellent with the grave
fault of being too short.
The chief characteristic Of the peo-
pie Of Orange was independence
which displayed itself in vigorous op-
position to all real or fancied oppres-
! sion. The movement known as the
Regulation was a manifestation OF
this spirit, which went too far. Mr..
Nash deVotes considerable space to
the subject, probably a little too much
IN proportion to the length of his
sketch. His views on the subject are
Well known from his previous writ
lngs upon the subject. Agreeing with
MN IN the main that the Raorla+or.