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Editor and Business Manager.
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Established 1886.
EDENTOIN. CFRIDAY March 23, 1888.
NO. 146.
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WOODARD HOUSE
ED EATON, M. C.
J. Li. Rogerson, Prop.
This old and established hotel still of
fers first-class accommodations to the
traveling public.
Terms Reasonable.
Sample room for traveling 6alesmen,and
conveyances furnished when desired.
VKV.K HACK ATALL TRAINS & STEAMEKS.
First-class bar attached. The best
Importedand Domestic Liquors always
on hand.
"TV 17 T?T) sea wonders exist in thou
j LjJLiX sands of forms, but are
surpassed by the marvels of invention.
Those who are in need of profitable work
that can be done while living at home
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Khoulu at once sena meir auuresB iu i
Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine, and re-1
ceive free, full informacion how either
kox. of all acres, can earn from $5 to $25
per day and upwards wherever they live.
You are startea iree. aprcai not re
quired. Some have made over 850 in a
single day at this- work. All succeed.
Back Again!
The undersigned having returned to
Edeuton and opened the same saloon on
Main street as occupied last season, gives
notica that they will keep a fresh sup
plv of
Norfolk: Oysters
on hand during the entire season, which
will be seryed in any style desired
Stewed, Fried, on Hall
Shell or by Measure,
in any quantity and at very low prices
Thanking for past favors and soliciting
further patronage, we ar lours, dec,
Caskie Sr Chamberlain.
E. W. Albaugh & Son,
Wholesale Commission Merchants
FRESH FISH,
Terrapin, Oysters, Game and
No. 224 Light SireetWharf,
Baltimore, Md.
Consignments Solicited. Prompt Re
turns, our motto.
Reference Citizens National Bank.
gfawitpjovt & Paras,9
Wholesale Grocers, Commissiok Merchants
And Dealers in FISH,
RieHiyiOMD, VA.
Consignments of North Carolina Her
ring solicited, and proceeds remitted in
cash.
On account of our intimate acquain
tance, and frequent transaction with the
Grocery trade of the west and south we
are abl e to handle N. . Fish to the very
best possible advantage, and we are
known exery where as the largest dis
tributors in this market.
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TAYLOR & MAYO,
wholesale Commission Dealers In
resh
iish
NO. 25 T. WHARF,
oston, Mass.
ole proprietors of the Celebrated
walguoit Oysters.
T We make a specialty of SHAD in
thejir season. Prompt returns and best
references given.
AN OLD TIME SONG.
Shall I, wasting in dispair.
Die because a woman's fair?
Or make pale my cheecks with care,
'Cause another's rosy are?
Be she fairer than the day,
Or the flowery meads of May,
If she be not fair for me,
What care I how fair she be?
Great, or good, or kind, or fair,
I will ne'er the more dispair,
If she love me, this believe,
I will die ere she shall grieve!
If she slight me when I woo,
I can scorn and let her go:
For if she be not for me,
What care I for whom she be?
Geo. WTither 1646.
AROUND THE WORLD.
SINGAPORE AND BATAVIA.
Written for Fisherman & Farmer.
On the morning of December ist,
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1883, we bid adieu to the land of the
"Jtieatnen vninee and started once
more on our tramp Around the
World. The second day out we
passed a broken mast with part of
the rigging hanging to it, a silent tale
of shipwreck and probable loss of
life. On the morning of the 7th, we
entered the Gulf of Siam, and as our
ship drew too much water we were
unab'e to enter Bankok, Siam. We
exceedingly regretted our un ability
to visit these aueer people as there
are a great many curious sights to be
seen in the land of the "White
Elephants." About sunrise on the
9th, we sighted land ahead and two
hours later we lay at anchor off the
city of Singapore. East India. The
site of the city is good, rising grad
ually from the sea and surrounded
by dense forests. The population of
S ngapore is about 75,000 inhabitants
A great many English reside here
There are a number of fine buildings
in the city, chiefly business houses
and residences of Europeans. As
soon as we were anchored th-j ship
was surrounded by Natives, Singa
lese and Malays, in their boats, all
with something to sell. Monkeys,
parrots, precoins, stones and Mai
acca canes being the principal articles;
ail ihese can be bought remarkable
cheap. An East lndianian came
on board with a long square basket
and as he carrted something resem
bling a flute we thought he was a
juggler; as be set his basket on deck
we gathered around to witness the
performance. Placeing the flute to
his lips he commenced to play, so
intend were we in watching the
Native and entranced with the music,
which was the most wierd we have
ever heard, that we did not notice
the basket until the cover staned to
rise slowly and there issued from it
one of the most hideous looking
snakes we have ever seen, the deady
cobra of the East, another andauotn-.
er came forth until there were five of
the deadly reptiles stretched on the
deck with their heads in the air
swaying from side to side keeping
time with the music. We now knew
that this man was one of the ' famed
snake charmers of India. The snakes
aft r remaining still for a few moments
started towards the plaver who
picked them up one by one and
coiled them around his neck, aims
and body where they remained some
time keeping up the swaying motion
with the head; suddenly the music
ceased, when instantly every cobra
dropped to the deck and crawled
back to the basket which had been
opened by the snake charmer. We
forgot to meution that when we saw
the snakes crawling from the basket
at first we gave them a wide berth.
1 And we kept our eves on his basket
1 i
until he was safely away from the 1
ship, for fear he should leave one of
these unwelcomed visitors on the ship.
Our stay here was very short as we
heard that an English ship had gone
ashore on the coast of Sumatra and
her crew had been captured by the
Natives, and by request of the Eng
lish C!nn;nl vcf infnH4 to vlcif-
Sumatra and try to effect their release.
At 4 a. m., the 13th, we started to
heave uo anchor when we found that
something was wrong as we could not
start the anchor .from the bottom,,
afu-r vainless effo ts 10 heave it. up
with the capstan we started the
j engines at full speed backwards and
succeeded in breakin it from the
bottom. The capstan was manned
and the anchor hove up, when we
found that an old ancbor and about
60 fa horns of chain was afoul of our
I anchor. It had b en burr ed in the
mud of the bottom for a great many
years as it was very rutty. While
getting underway we s-tw a boat
coming from the shore one cf the
occupants signaling us to stop, on
coming alongside we learned that the
English Consul had beea i. fornud
that an English Man of War had
gone to Sumatra to release the crew
ot the English ship. As we were all
ready for sea we decided to proceed
on our way and stood out to sea.
The next day outiwe passed through
Banka Straits, these straits are not
very wide, land can be plainly seen
on both sides. The laud is low and
thickly wooded. At the entraoce of
the straits we passed an English bark
at anchor where she was waiting for
a wind to carry Jier - through We
passed a number" of small island
during the passage, on all of which
tropical fruits s-'eiped to grow in the
greatest abund ;nce. After a pleas
ant passage of two days we c ime to
inchor off Batavia, Javu, where we
found a Spanish and two Holland:
Man of Wars laying. This:island is
i Dutch possession and is their head
quarters in this part of the world.
They have a very :. fine Navy Yard
here which is situated on a small
island in the barr The town is
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somewhat after the style of those in
their own country, it is about 3 miles
from the coastf and is reached by a
canal running from the bay to and
through the . town, r The principal
export of this island is. coffee; it is
from here that we obtain our best
coffees, but it is almost a matter of
impossibility to get pure Java coffee j
.n the United States. We found the
Dutch very , hospitable and curteous
to strangers. The inhabitants of
Java are mostly Malays .and Java
nese who are employed on the coffee
plantations. While sitting under a
tree one afternoon- we .noticed a leaf
which had fallen from a tree, moving
towards a tree,' we were so Surprised
at this curious phenomenon that we
could only sit still "and watch it;
after reaching the foot of the tree it
started up the trunk of the tree and
disappeared among the foliage. On
making a closer inspection of the
ground around the trees we saw other
leaves crawling towards the tree trom
which it had fallen, picking one of
these up we found it was indeed
possed with life and motion. They
resemble three leaves joined together.
one large leaf between two small
ones. They live on the leaves of a
certain kind of tree. We tried to
bring several of these leaves to the
United States but we could not keep
them alive, and we were unable to
preserve them after they died.
mm m S
The East is fall 01 wonaermi
sights, and it would take too much
space to relate all that we have seen,
and it is a matter of impossibility to
relate them as. we saw them. One
must see wonderful sights to abtain
any idea of them.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Don Aktueo.
SEND THEM TO A FAIR.
There is no each thing as dull days
frith the clerk at Fowler & Co.I
store. It was too cold Wednesday
for much business, but the clerks '
in the Shoe department chalemred :
ltnose n the Dry Goods side for an
irange eating match and among the
sevcn clerks twelve dozen oranges
were devoured in about an hour.
i
George Green is a little fellow, but
he managed to get away with thirty- ;
ssven oranges and come ont best man !
in the race. Frank Spence w.is sec-
ond bet; having eaten but one less
than Green. Elizabeth City News.
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS MAR
RIED Feb. 14th, savs : This county lays
claim to having the oldest married
couple in the country. Mr. and Mm.
M. 15. Merrill. They were married
on the Uth of February, 1813, and at
the 7."th anniversary of their wedding
last Saturday, 15 children, 94 grand
children and 35 great-grandchildren
were present, there never having been
h death in the family. Mr. Merrill
is 97 anc Uia wife 90 years old,, and
both are remarkably well preserved,
both physically and mentally.
NEW BERNE FAIR.
Well, New Berne has had a game,
fish and oyster fair. It was the first
exhibit of the kind ever held here,
and although gotten up in short
notice and in the face of many dis
couragements and difficulties, it was
a complete success in every particu- j
lar, financially and otherwise. New
Heme Journal. '
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY !
' Save vour fruit I Save your flow
ers ! Save everything that makes
home pleasant and profitable by pur
chasing a
Patent Force Sp rinkler and Novelty
PUMP. '
The most perfect and effective hand
appa atus ever invented for throwing
water. Priv.e $1.50. For sa e by
S. P. Wixon,
Sharp's Store, Eden' on.
lTon,t forget-the Singer.
INVENTION has revolutionized the
world durir the last half century. Not
least ainonir the wonders of iuTeutive
progress is a method aiid system of work
that can be performed ail over the coun-
try without seperatiug the workers from
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the work: cither sex. young or old; no '
special ability required; capital not'
needed; you are started tree. Cut this
out and return to us and we will Fend
you free, something of great value and
importance to you, that will 6tarl you iu
business, which will bring you in more
money right away, than anything else
in the world. Grand outfit free. Address
True & Co., Augusta, Maine.
Clothing.
The undersigned returas thanks for
the liberal share of patronage received
and now has
A FINE LINE OF GOODS
for the Springand Summer of 1888. The
best in the market; call and examine
them and give your orders.
W. T.
Merchant Tailor, Edenton.
M. E. Elliott,
PRODUCE
Commercial Agent,
EDENTON, K.C,
Parties wishing an agent in this section
will do well to write hiin.
Fish fc Terrapin Trap
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Adapted to River and Lons
Fishing in 4 to 10 feet
e
water.
A Great Catcher!
Send for descriptive price list to
i J. S. JOHNSON & CO..
MANUFACTURERS OK
; mxY Tn . rn trnmrnyYTp
l?l South Street,
Baltimore, Md.
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Com m ission Merch a ?i Is
IX ALL KINDS OF
Fresh. Fisli
11 Fulton Fish Mkt, and 207 Front 8ct
' NEW YORK.
Special attention paid to the SHAD
trade. Stencils furnished.
S. B. MIXLER & CO.
Wholesale Commission
Jgish.
ealersy
No. 7 Fulton Market,
TsJattt "Vnvlr
SamaeI B. Clarence a. Miliar.
Sam'l. T. Skidmore,
Wholesale Commission
Fish. Dealer,
142 and 144 Beekman St..
Opposite Fulton Market,
NEW YORK.
CURREY & TRESTER,
"Wholesale dealers iu
Fr6Sll aUCi SallS IFiTl
-Hy
Pier 19 JV. Delaware Ave.
Philadelphia
J. H. Edwards
Dealer in
Fresh and Salt Fish,
Sturgeon, etc.
FBAMKUM, - VA.
ALSO WHOLESALE M ANL'FACTUREK Of
Mat trasses, Bedding, etc.
Goods and prices guaranteed satisfac
tory. For reference apply to Vaughau
St Co., bankers, Franklin, Va.
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