roL- in.
Jcx to New Advertisements.
I 1
Jiles Goodwin & Sox Oak Ciiy
tel
Vlitey & S.EEix The Planters
?nd.
Because a lady wears an Afghan
lat any sign she favors the Af
iistanese ?
The man who does not do all he
lor the poor these days hasn't any
Srfluity of Christianity under his
v h fob.
. .. e i. 1
- yOrroDoraiive oi um iitnuiui i
is to the healthf ulness of North
lina, observe that in our deaUi no
) of the past fortnight, the range
Dm 30 to 70, thence to SO and a
ber above that.
-rCIrs. David Tdley, of Chicopee,
" t has found protection like Gen.
T.TnnVKnn. of New Orleans, be-
I w J '
OOtton breast works. For vrhen
"an Wallace ave her a Christmas
rith his little pistol the ball, stop
lthe last half-a-foot of cotton
1
Ueb dishing, of Mass., died last
A :He was trong friend of the South
in anti-war period, and made a
l iin his native town, after South
aa seceded, on the 'wrongs
2the South at the hands of the
V But he went with the cur
yentually. I ij. Jas. W. Wilson, President of
l.z 7.N. C. R. R. gave us a pleasant
terday. He speaks hopefully
cf "progress of the road. Only 100
r " 3 as stated he a contemporary;
heading yet remains to cut in
jnel, and four miles ef track are
on the other side for the rail,
jimor is humor, and a little
' lly badmage between journalists
L 'f objectionable ; but there is such
t C Z as infringing upon the laws of
j isional courtesy, aad private
lety. It is not given to any
I H to play the censor over other
l, or criticise the quality oi meir
r want of it.
e New Year is a good time to
1 borrowed books. It is aston
j how careless most persons are
v. Jk a regard to a friends property if it
;t ppens to be in the shape of a book.
A'oii may greatly oblige a neighbor by
tl. zjuiiig mm a. uuuh, uui ue iuuo.eiy
o', Hge you by reluming it promptly,
probably because he feels ashamed
. for knocking it about till the back is
ell or the leaves torn out.
The extreme of cold repented in the
despatches of last week was sixty (GO)
i! screes below zero, at Manitoba, in
T 1 Z 1 . . 1 . I I . . -. . I . III I
, o ' I
-the Red River region of Western Can
ada. The highest in the United States
was 42, 30. and 83 degrees at various
towns in Dakota Points much far-,
'ter East and Southward reported 20.
Philadelphia. Pittsburg, Louisville and
Ct Louis the mercury gamboled from
. L zto down to 0, 8, and 10 degrees below
There was not an hour of last week
that one might not have thanked his
ctars he dwelt in a temperate climate.
s The death of Bayard Taylor, U
C, Minister to Germany, was a sur
:iseto those who knew him, as he
onlv 52 veara of ao-p unrl romart-
' i ' iy robust. The writer went to school
V: Pennsylvania near Taylor's home
: ennitt Square, and frequently met
r and heardhim talk of his travels
ie of his most amusing stories was
a man in Norway-, who boasted so
jch of his indillerence to cold, that
7lor offered him a sum o money to
iaked on a large chunk of ice, for
finite period an hour, if we re-
ber rightly. The fellow won the
Y, but his antics were frightful to
u Taylor at that date was a
iadsome man, of good stature,
; eye, and long flowing beard,
4Kim ! 1, 1 a 1
w lueui, or me iair sex.
Recid the article on silk culture.
and set your mulhorr' trptc ti.
m.' VVV kJt X UV.
fruit will fatten
leaves will pay you better than cotton.
Friend Law. who dwells amid a
stock of silver, china and glass ware,
rich and varied enough to turn the
head of any young housekeeper, with
only one cradle at- home, has opened a
branch house in Charlotte, and one in
Atlanta; both of which report a good
business.
More thau thirty persons were fro
zen to death in various parts of the
Union since our last paper. One wgs a
millionaire, and ex-Congressman;
Owen Jones, of Penn., who started to
visit a neighbor half a mile distant,
but fell by the wayside. Strange to
say several lives were lost this sida of
the Potomac. An old negro, the last
survivor of the "Lewis and Clark
expedition,' which surveyed Texas
and Louisiana and Arkansas bound
aries about the beginning of
the century, was one of thoio frozen
to death, in Virginia. An whole
family perished in North New York.
A fireman on a locomotive was frozen
in New Jersey. Hundreds of minor
casualities such as the amputation of
the toes, feet, hands, ears etc., are re
ported from all parts of the Nortn.
Resumed. We suppose it is proper
to mention the fact that on the 2ud
inst., the United States treasury re
sumed specie payments. But with
cotton averaging 8 cents, and bacon
the same, there is no occasion for get
ting up any enthusiam over it. Pad
dy's, horse would have been taught to
live without food if only he hadn't
wasted away and died of starvation
before he learned how to do it.
Raleigh. Married at the Baptist
church yesterday afternoon, Mr. Wm.
F. Craig, formerly Representative
from McDowell county in the Legis
lature. and Miss Sue Pescud, daughter
of P. F. Pescud, Esq. The fair bride
has troops of friends in both sections
of the State, who will j jin us in the
best of good wishes State Auditor
Samuel L. Love, just from his home
in Ilaywocd county, reports heavy
snows, and cold so intense that the
stages cross the rivers on the ice
without the least risk. The thermom
eter stood at 4 below zero at Waynes
ville U. S. Distiict Attorney Al-
bertson has taken a residence in Ral
eigh The Swepson caso was called
jesterday in the Superior Court, and
on motion, removed to irankim
county. So, after all, the develope
ments which were expected to add
interest to the Senatorial contest,
weren't dis-enveloped The Raleigh
Postoflice clerks don't drink, chew,
or say bad-words of a cussical nature,
but they can't help to sort of smile at
the girls when they're asked to lick a
postage stamp for 'em Mr. W. E.
Dupree, in business on Martin street,
has made au assignment to Mr. H. J.
Robard3, his clerk, to the amount of
$10,000, for the benefit of creditors.
Hubert Haywood, one of our Ral
eigh youths, has done credit to him
self and his people, by taking first
Honor at Bellevue hospital, being
elected Valedictorian of his c'ass,
which numbers 000. Well done !
Wake couuty increased her public
schools, in 1S78, fort" two more than
in 1877 (23 of them white), and in
creased the attendance of white chil
dren 037 Dr. Eugene Grissom do-
natedlOO to help pay off the indebt -edness
of Rutherford College, to
which he had previously contributed
a like sum. Maj. S. W. Cole, of Sal
isbury, contributed $900 for the same
purpose.... Mid T. Leach has takn
his brother Edgar into partnership
with him.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY
a he Fire Fiend. The destructive
fire by which two steamboats and
considerable pioperty were destroyed
at Wilmington, was followed by a $50,
000 fire in Wilson. Starting at the
store of A. C. Davis & Co., it ate up
the slore of L. H. Fulcher, J. Michal
& Co., E. Rosenthal, S. M. Warren,
and others ; aggregating the above
amount, with about $05,000 insurance.
The sufferers have general sympathy
for their not merry Chris mas.
Quite a number of dwellings, and
barns, have been burned in the country
during the past fortnight. Merrit
Dills, of Macon, lost his house and
kitchen. E. L. Barringer, Esq.,
of Montgomery county, lost his mill,
cctton gin, and cotton crop.
In Raleigh, the devouring element
has eaten up more than half a dozen
houses since the holidays began. A
fire broke out on the night of the 2Sth
ult., in the back room of Bradley's
confectionery store, adjoining the
building in which this office is situa
ted. The store and the frame build
ing next below, in which were the
ofiices of Messrs. Cray & Stamps, At
torneys at Law, Maj. S. Douglass
Waitt, Insurance Agent, O ey, the
barber, and some sleeping rooms, were
destroyed ; the occupants, however,
removing most of their furniture,
etc. The buildings belonged to the
B. F. Moore estate. The heaviest
losers were Messrs. Bradley, and Jones
& O'Neill, cigar makers. The latter
who occupied the upper door, lost
everything. The fire being in the
heart of the town threatened serious
disaster, but there was plenty of wa
ter, and the firemen soon conquered
the llames. Two new brick stores,
already begun, will replace the shabby
old buildings, and add much to the
appearance of the square.
About 3 a. m. on Tuesday, a fire
broke out in the store of Messrs. Lewis
fc Jones, Hillsboro street, near the
Railroad bridge. Mr. Willi;: m Lewis,
eldest son of Maj. A. M. Lewis, was
aroused by finding the flames bursting
through the floor. He sprang out of
the window, fell upon a shed, and
rolled to the earth, breaking an arm,
and injuring himself so that he was
found on the sidewalk unconscious,
and badly burned. He remained
speechless for half the day, but was
in more favorable condition v esterday,
we learn. The store, and the adjoin
ing dwellings of Col. R. W. Best, and
Mrs. Drake were burned to ashes as
was also the store of Mr. Rush Jolly.
The loss of Lewis & Jones was about
$5,5C0, insured for $2,000. Mr. Jolly,
loss $2,000. no insurance. Col. Best
saved his furniture, but his handsome
residence, worth $3,000, was not in
sured. He had quite a number of
boarders, members of the Legislature,
and others, and the loss is very heavy
upon h m. we regret to learn. Mrs.
Drake, an aged lady, also lost severe
ly. Every heart must sympathise with
those turned out of house and home,
and business, on &uch a night.
Personal. Senator Ransom, Presi
dent Battle, Jur ge Avery, Ex-Gov.
Armfield, Lieuteuat Gov. Jarvis, Maj.
J. W Wilson, and a very large number
of prominent citizens of the State are
in town. The hotels are crowded, the
main streets ditto, and as for can
didates did you evr see the like?
Alas ! too, what a number of onedeg
ged ex-confederates ! We saw four
who'accidently met near the head of
Fayetteville street! Rev. John M.
R sc, of Portsmouth, (formerly of
Charlotte) was in the city yesterday,
Stephen and Robert Douglas have
gained their suit against the Govern
ment for cotton Bummerized in Miss
issippi during the war Gen. R.
E Colston will have a public reception
by his former pupils on his return to
Wilmington Senator Ransom will
address the Wake Forest societies at
commencement Richard Bradly,
who was Gov. Vance's private Secre
tary in 1SG4-5, died in Savannah recently.
Wide Awake Farmers. The Sugar
Creek neighborhood, in Mecklenburg
county, is lull of historic associations
and traditions. It was there that
John McKnitt,and Adam, Alexander
first settled; it was there that Maj.
Joseph Graham was cut down by
Tarleton's cavalry, and there you may
find to-dpy the scions of the old stock
which made Cornwallis swear that
they were the d dest, double d
d est, Rebels he ever got among j
But the Sugar creekers of to day are
not content to sit, down and look back,
as if the forefathers knew everything,
and there was nothing left for the
sons to learn. No they are going
ahead and here is what the Observe?-
bajs: "H.viaence oi this growing
spirit of intelligence and progressives
ness among them is found in the fact
that those of the Sugar Creek neigh
borhood have just organized them
selves into a class for the study and
practice of agricultural chemistry.
Rev. Dr. Davis, the lecturer of the
State Grange, a man of learning and a
chemist of practical experience, has
been engaged to instruct the Sugar
Creek farmers in this branch of their
business, and arrangements are on
foot for the formation of similar class
es in Mallard Creek and Sharon town-
sln'os. Dr. Davis to lecture before
these also.
Capitoline. At the Democratic cau
cus yesterday, Hon John Moring, of
Chatham, was chosen to be Speaker of
the House of Representatives. . .
Col. Josiah Turner went into the Dem
ocratic caucus, and began to make it
lively very soon afterwards, we hear
W. C. Etheridge, of Bertie, is the
youngest of the "members" The
commoner, who last session came to
the Legislature with a haversack full
of fried chicken, a borrowed overcoat,
and two pairs of extra socks tied up
with his "Sunday shirt" in a brown
paper parcel, has been allowed a vaca
tion by his constituents, and will not
get the use of his railroad pass this
year. . . .Col John L. Brown and Gen.
Leach are always surrounded by
friends Piatt D. Cowan, of Wil
mington, was elected Reading Clerk of
the Senate Glad are we to learn of
the re-election of Bro's Cameron and
and Furman to their several post in
the House. Other ofiices are not yet
filled
Tall Shooting. The English sol
diers are'nt havincr any fun in the
Afghanistan war. The battle of Pei-
war Pass was fought among the
clouds, on a rocky cliff, where when a
man was shot ho rolled down the
steep descent and broke his leg or
neck at the bottom. One sergeant, an
Irishman, got caught between two
rocks, and was beaten to death with
clubs. At night, the victors "biv
oucked, without fire at aheight of nine
thousand feet, under a bitterly cold
sky." This was two thousand feet
nearer the stars than the top of Mount
Mitchell, in our own State, and we
know of no one who ever ventured on
a mid-winter night camp atop of that
little pile.
Once MonE ! We fear some of our
friends have not read the paper care-
full v. else thev would not write to us
9f
(R. A. S.) to make inquiries about
business matters. Once more we state
we have nothing to do with the mail
ing, the exchanges, the subscriptions,
or advertising of the Farmer and
Mechanic, our whole time being- de
voted to its editorial columns. The
business manager is fully competent
and experienced, and to him we turn
over all letters referring to the above
mentioned matters. He a'one has
control of the business,, and has had
from the start.
9, 1S79.
What Resumption is Doing Fo
Producers,
Tbe far.-nrsof South Carolina, auJ
the towuslolk too, do not always real
ize what resumption means. They see
that tho price of what they have to soil
goes steadily down "and that in wages
f.r daily work thur is a decline. But
they dn not always piiise 1 3 note the
relative difference, as it cau be en in
the following quotations for the .New
Year's days of 176 and 187i):
1S7U 1878
Cl'r rib sides, p-r lb 4i5J biiiU
Shoulder 3Vi4 Ulili
Ldid 0 u-4 17 1 2 "J.ilu
Coin per bushel sack
ed, 02;ii0
Sugar, yellow C, per lb 7u7 1-2
7 1 4ab
2u3u
45i5d
17a21
85a 1 00
5 .52
Molasses, fc 11, per gal -4.432
Molasses, O, per gal i3 14.3
Coffee, Rio, per lb J , 4 ilG
Salt per sack 5aU0
Rice per lo o.ibi
Flour, super, per bbl i50i75 SOUaofio
The decline heie shown isremaik-
able. It is more than the average- de
chne in the price of the Southern bta-
jks. And this view isconlirmed vheu
we look to other articles than mere
bre.id and meat. Brown sheetings, in
the year, have f .ilea from 12 J to 13 per
ceut., woouou g.joUs i.j per cent.,
ready-mide doming 20 per cent.,
bleached cotton 15 per cent., shoes 10
per cent , aiicuiturd implemouts25 ti
150 per cent. it&;des this, the decline
in the price of butter is liom ceuts a
pound to 2G cents a pound, poultry
(dressed) lroui 20 cents to 17 cents,
eirs Horn HO ceuts a dozen to 23 cents.
These are Charleston prices, not iNorth
ern prices, and if th y teach anything
in the world they teach that money can
be made on cuttuu at 10 cents a pound,
and that we can . live in the towns on
tbe prices now lulu g
There is one thing to remember. To
get the benefit of low prices we must
work iu the old fashioned ways. It
will not do to live in the expectation ol
selling cotton at liiteen cents when it
is prohabie that the selling price will
be nine. We must practice hard-listed
economy and keep the crib full. Bread
and meat iirst, and cotton last ! Do
this, and South Carolina will grow
rich, for the statistics before us show
that we can live as cheaply as before
the war. Prints that sold before the
war for ten cents a yard sell at rive to
six. In bleached cottons the purchas
in & power of a bale of raw cotton is
greater than before the war, and is
greater than ever Deiore. A pouuu oi
raw cton wiil now buy as much good
. 1 A
as two aud a half pounds of cotton
vould buv thirty years ao.
Charleston Ae:vs.
Clara Louise Kellogg, the American
TT-imn h.rn5 frlvtj frlio f-11 iv" i ri
storv of one of her bracelets : "Years
ago, when I was in England with 1113-
father and mother, the Duchess of
Somerset showed us a great deal of
attention, and among other guests we
were invited to meet were the Duke
and Duchess of Newcastle. They, of
course, entertained a great deal, and
during the races at Brighton filled
their house with guests. The first
day or two of the races the Duke, who
had bet heavily and lot immense
sums, aud being a little superstitious,
telegraphed an invitation to my par
ents and self to come down, believing,
he added, that 1 would bring him
luck. We went, and, funny enough,
the day after I arrival, ha won
$30,000, ami on the eve of my depar
ture for America, sent in'? tM souve
nir, with a graceful note." "Wars
ago
MARRIED.
At Davidson College, D o. -.Nth,
Rev. M. R- Kirkpatrick and Miss
Laura E. Holt In Greensboro, Dec.
19. Mr. Cicero P. Albright, of Graham.
and Miss Fannie E. Donnell In
Shelby, Jas. C. Miller, of Rutherford -
Ton, and Miss Julia C. Hoke In
Lincolnton. Dec. 10, Capt C. E.
Grier, of Charlotte, and Miss A. E.
Ram?eur In Gaon, D. P. Hoffman
and Miss Saliie Stowe In Charlotte,
W. W. Mullen and Miss Iantha
Grimes In Mecklenburg, W. P.
Dixon and Miss Anna Caldwell : Ir
S. J. Abernathv and Mis Nora Potts :
J. F. Caldwell" and Miss Ella Sloan : J.
O. Garribaldi and Miss Sue Honeycut;
II. D. Duckworth and Mis Mary
Severs In Greensboro, New 'i ears
night, John M. Nicholson and Miss
Mary Mendenhall In Newbern,
Jan. 2nd, Lieut. S. S. WiHet and Miss
Minnie, daughter of John S. Long,
Ep
AO. 1-J.
DIED.
In Charl .tte, Pov. S. p, uriV, -..,
71 In New York, Otho, onlv rial 1
of Junius M. Stni'h, f Charh.ttv
In Liiu-olnt.ui. Mrs. Mary Hurton, a-l
b7 In Charlotte, M.try, diuhr -t
M. L lUrnnger. aged 11 I
an, Mrs. IMecca Luckev, h. ,1 77.
mother of Dr. F. N. Lackey In
Chatham, John li Drake, aged M
In Mecklenburg, Mrs. Kli.a Juhnv.on,
aged 40 In Guilford, Pinknev .n,
Hattie. children of Col. J II Hodman.
In Mecklenburg, Mrs. M.irv ;.tt
risou, aged tfS....ln sum. Tius A.
Sloan, aged 50 In C.ibarrus, Jan.
1st, Mr, liiuuie, ag d 7' In llu-
city yesterday morning, at o'clock.
Col. David M. Carter, after a linger-,
iug illness os two or more month.
He w;ts a man of mark, pogM'.vs.ng a
vigorous intellect, capacity for h.Ux
ing friends, and for ad uiatVerm j af
fairs. .. .The sudden diath of Mrs
John 13. Harwell, of Peace Institute,
at G o'clock on Sabbath tnorm'i;.
caused a general expression of n-gret
and sorrow among all who knew ii r.
The funeral service on Monday after
noon, conducted by Rev. l)r. Wa'.
kins, Atkinson, aud Pi itchatd, wi-re
attended by a larg roneoin-.. 'i
friends, notwithstanding the m b--mencv
of the weather She was a
daughter of Dr. John P Spragin. i
Charlotte county, Va In Ki!"U ,
Dec. J0, Jas. M. Towles, aged 7 0.
Paddy's Voraion of "Excelsior yn,v
The following Parody of the w I
known poem is by Edward T. (Ma-k,
of Halifax, and is well done
"Twa growing dark o terrible UmU
When through a town of the mountain
pafihed
A broth of a boy, to hu nck in tie
tdin vr. .
As he walked, his hilbd ih he swim
to and tro.
Saying, i'-'s up to the toj hut Iu
bound foi to po,
He j 1 hi !. !
Heloktd mortial a 1, and ln.-.-,
were ui bright.
Asa bit of turl' .n a r .wld wmt.-r
night.
And divil a word that b aid could -tell.
Vs he op. ii' d hi- mouth and l t ut a
veil,
It's up till tie- tp oT tiie mountain I II
g' N
Onless covered up with T 1 ; i - !.?:. r
s one shliow,
Jk-jabi r !
Through the windows h saw, as b-'
travelled along
The light of the can lies and tir.- so
warm ;
Put a big chuack of iee hung over Iim
head.
Wid a shiver aud groan, by .t. Pat
rick, he said,
It's up to the cy tiptop I'll rn-h.
And th-n if it fails a not tie .! I t !
erus
JJe jabers !
Whist a bit ! said an ow!d man, wjiov
head was as white
As the shnow that fell lown o 1 tii.it
miserable night, ;
Sh'irj ye'll fall iu the wather. ne- bit
of a lad,
For the niht is . -0 dark and the wa'k u
is bad.
Pedad I he'd not lisht tu a word ilia',
was said,
But he'd go till the top, if he wen! -n
his head,
lie jaberii !
A bright, buxom, young girl, u. b .n
like to be kisnd,
Axed him wadn't he shtop, how coul i
he resist?
So3 snapping his lingers, and winkiiu
his eye.
While Rhrniling upon her, he 211a
this reply
Faith, I meant to kape on till I g't
the tori
j Put as yer shwate self has ax - i m I
may as well a'-hop.
He jaber !
He st hopped all night, and ho chop
ped ad dav, .
And ye musn t be axing when he JM
go awav ;
P.ut wouldn't lie bj a b.uteiy go.m
To be lavin his .Urlint i" the
honevmoon ': .
Whin till- owld m m ha praties enough
and to spare, . . .
Shurehe rnoiht u-i well ,htay "
comfortable there.
Me juher-. !