The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23

a horse or hearing anything of him,
continuing on, got lost, and wandering
. miles out of the way. found him
and returned to the Co.'s same day
At a later date he writes: AT eleven
o'clock entered a river which proved
very deep, carried down a great dist
ance floating on the stream in great
danger of falling down on huge
rocks, upon, among, and between
which the waters were deep engu0ed,
dashing and roaring with great noise.
But haply / got hold of the verge OF
the bank, a little above the great fall:
and with great difficulty saved myself
and horse. l then blessed the Lord
for his signal deliverance, set forward
and arrived at destination the same
day"
And thus he came to North Caro-
lima under circumstances which
| seemed to afford small inducement TO
choose a place Of rest, ana niue
promise that during a period of more
than half a century, his exertions
would be crowned with usefulness,
distinction, and influence.
On February 5, 1859, he roo into
Edenton, and among others became
acquainted with Mr.. Johnson, the
Clerk Of the Court, and joseph
Hewes, subsequently a signer Of the
Declaration of Independence. From
Edenton he passed to the residence Of
Colonel Dawson, on Salmon Creek,
and enjoyed the splendid hospitality
and refined society afforded in those
days in that mansion. He arrived at
Salisbury on Thursday. March the
second, and passed a social evening
with Colonel Tanning and Colonel
FrOhOCk. He describes the house OF
Colonel Frohock as "the most elegant
within one undred miles" From
these gentlemen he probably received
the first minute information with ref
erence to the conditions of parties and
the political questions which then
agitated the State. 1t is not SurpriS-
ing that these artful men succeeded
in captivating and deluding the
stranger. On Thursday, the sixteenth,
in company with Mr.. Hooper and
Colonel Tanning, he set out for Hills
boro, where they arrived on the
Monday following. From HillsborC
he %journeyed to Wilmington. and
thence to Brunswick, where he OBJ
tanned from Governor Tryon license
to practice law. In the records OF
Rowan County we find his econ
mendation for license:
Whereas Waighstill Avery Esquire
a Practicing Attorney thrO' the whole
? Of his practice before US in our Ses
siOns, has given us convincing prOO
of his honesty and ability, orderet
by the Court that he be recommended
4 to his Excellency the Governor for
Superior our License that his probi
e ty and capacity may become more ex
tensively useful to the publick."
Takes Attorneys Oath.
+ From Brunswick Mr.. Avery passe
: by Cross Creek and thence to Anso
Court House, which was not then a
n Wadesboro, but at a place Gale
e Mount Pleasant, about a mile west G
e the Pee Dee River, and a short dist
n anc below h Grassy Islands. Her
& he took the Attorneys oath, April 1:
d 1859, and the next day began h.
work by opening a case against a he
thief. From Mount Pleasant he wer
n to M~ecklenburg, met Adlai Osborn
l. Esquire, and on Sunday, April 2
heard Rev. Joseph Alexander preac
% probably at Sugar Creek. Here
l. engaged board with Hezekiah Ale,
Z. ander. On the fourth Of May we fir
in him again in Salisbury, where he e,
10 gagged Il years board with Mr.. Troy
r twenty pounds a year, deducting f,
OF absences Thus in three months I
Id had travelled from the extreme nort]
eastern limits, by way of Edento
a Salisbury. and Hillsboro to Brun
wick, and thence back to the ives
ern frontier. He had visited eve
tit important place in the Province; al
udu Ildue the acquaintance of t.
most prominent persons at all Il
6 places he had been.
ny At the August term of Rowan Cou
nd he was employed in no less than thj
Nj. ty actions. Again in November
Ier was in Salisbury, and was chos
Kings Attorney, in the absence
Major Dunn. During this year n
u Avery practiced lay at Salisbury. A
son Court House, Charlotte, a
,ry Tryon Court House, and at once G
led tanned a large number Of clients.
on was elected a member from Meckle
burg to the Provincial Congress viii
IS, met at HillsbOro, August q, 1775. a
also a member Of the Halifax &C
no SreSS which formed the first ST:
/ Constitution. He was one Of the co
TX, mittee who drew and reported
provisions of our first organic law. ,
in der which u ancestors lived for s
err ty years.
1t vas about this time that
seeds on revolution were being so
rds in M~ecklenburg by the passage of
nto Act Concerning Vestries,' and
repeal Of the charter of Queens e
lege. ReSOlute, armed men. slch
lOv the world has 20 ro)yr COO, $3.50 e.,