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FOR PUBLcIGITY Advertise iti the Fisijevtnau & farmer For '1'Iic NEWS t ! Subscribe to the Tf Fisherman & Farmer 11 -It Has The- O Contains latest ami Lest news features up to date of issue. ONE DOLLAR per Year, in Advance. ELIZABETH CITY, N C, FRIDAY, MARCH 5 .897 ESTABLISHED 1886. jie ewspaper XDistrlct j. p. JJiUor & WHOLESALE COMMISSION FiSli Dealers, NO. 7 FULTON MARK KT. New York. Sicr.uel H. .u.Hor, CLuo:ioi-' (V. ." lill'-r S Soooial Attention 1. i ven to I ilKSAhl-: OF NOlt Nl CARO LINA ;ia;;. rft.-.u:!!.- .n.l -tutioneryFurnisheUoii A pplicutioii. S.LSTORERdCO Di-aliTa and Shipp-rs of i; 1 iils of -A-': Jf. t ; FUMON FISH MARKET We work harder for the inter est of the Southern fishermer th in any house in the business. If y ir S.i:il i not. iu good del let u? know, ;vrV'J U-nploy no A -.rents ami Pay no Commissions. Si I Soa- Wl.olesiiW Commission Merchants Tt Fresh. Fish. TERR I PIN AND GAME. No. I'll I. Kill Mivei 11.11 1, HALT I MORE Prompt Returns, Quick Sales- UKFHllKNCK Cui-fiis National Hunk. W. .1 I loi "(T Xc Co. Stencils Furnished Free. Established 1SG1. on. ML M. LAWDER & S3h WiioU-sitU- Commission IVakis in Fresli isti. Soft Crabs Terrapin, Etc. 12j Light St. Baltimore, Md. i.i-'n Sales '. Prompt Returns REFERENCES i... 1. ,kafl t'.anU. Puns M.M-.-iUitileAireno Wiii. I . I lo 11 er .V '(,, I'lv.cii- N.iCl. H:tnVi. .r. Pnkehiut A Co, The J. S. Johnson Co JavBiipori lorris & (jo., Wholesale Giocers and Com mission Me; chants Aen FISH, -m Richmond, Virginia. Consignments of North Caro lina Herring solicited, and pro ceeds remitted in cash. On account of our intimate acquaintance ,and frequent trans action with the Grocery trade of the West and South we are able to handle N. C. Fish to the best possible advantage, and we are known everywhere as the largest distributors in this marked. A. S. FOREMAN, Successor to J. R. Wyuii & Co. Wholesale Pish Commission Merchants, io. , Roanoke Dock. $ orfolk, Virginia. Iteferen.ce Baiik of Commerce; R. G. Dunn Mer cantile Agency; Adams and Southern Express Company, or any large busi ness firm in Norfolk. 4 GRANDFATIIERLIGKSH1NGLE SHOWS THAT HE IS SOME THING OF A F1SHESMAM HIMSELF. FLOWING WELL OF FISH. But "Went Dro'.te" Drilling for Hollandaise Sauce. "I see by my esteemed contem porary the Lallan News," said Grandfather Lickshmgle, "that a gentleman by the name of J R Fox lias drilled an artc.-iun well on the east bank of the Pecos river, near Roswell. N. M. The News is particular to designate which, bank it is on, in order, I suppose, that no data may be missing, for it 1 oesou to chron ical supposedly ..strange tiiin.es. At tlu debth of "300 feet the well began to spout a solid column of water six inches :n diameter and rising to a height of twenty feet or more. 'Almost immediately, ' continues the account, 'black bass, catfish, eels, s..nfish and suckers began to pour out of this well by the thousands, and up to this time continue to run off a solid stream of fish into a shallow lake near by, and it is conservatively estimated that at least s 1,000 pounds of fish per hour is tiie output of this well.'' "Considerable ado is made over this strike," observed Grand father, with a shade of contempt in his tone, ' and 1 suppose in Texas and New Mexico it really is regarded as an item of news - worth reporting. As a matter oil fact, it is nothing at all. When I was drilling petroleum wells in Pennsylvania I frequently achieved strikes more remark able than this. On on occasion my drill came up from a 2,000 foot level highly scented and in a few minutes it was followed by a flow of the finest quality of hair oil ever seei in those parts. This was a trifie scarcely worth, mentioning, but along with the hair oil was bay rum bottles, mustache wax, shaving cups, razors, combs, brushes and illus trated ne w spa pe is. I sli u t t h e ! well in at once, for wc had a! the barbers needed. in that country we "And when it comes to . striks ing a flowing well of fresh fish," continued Grandfather, "I hope my experience in that line is at least worth the tribute of a pas sing notice. I drilled in the first fish well of which science has any account. Izaak Walton was among the tens of thousands who came to witness the phenom enon, and he was free to say that in all his experience as a fisher men he never saw anything like it. A thousand pounds of fish a minute Why, if there was a pound there was surelv ten thousand pounds. And the; A finest fish von ever saw. Mighty 1 " few catfish and suckers and common fish like that. Mostly all bass, perch, pickerel, salmon, weakfish, sheepshead, pom pa no, blue fish, white fish, red fish, red fish., yellow fish and a large per centage of the finest speckled tripe ever seen anywhere." Speckled tripe, grandfather?" "Ah, excuse me, I mean speck led trout." "And what did you do with these immense quantities of fish? "That was a problem which gave me serious thought for quite awhile. Of course the strike precipitated a panic in the fish market in Oil City and Petrol eum Centre, and the bulls were knoc! d fiat as a flounder, if I mav be allowed to ring one of hiv own fish by way of compar ison. It is almost needless to say that my strike simply para Ivzed those persons who were making their living by catching fish with hook and line. I think I can say that these persons, without exception, took to drink. Occasioulyjny well would flow boiled fish." Ts it possible ?" "Oh, I'mgnot stringing you,a I used to say to my fish. Yes, sir. Boiled boiled finer than Del monico or Mr. Waldorf ever boiled 'em. You see the drill I opened up an artery of hot water. Occasionally tins would get the' better of the cold stream, and, forcing it teethe top, would boil the fish en route. When this happened we would drop a few barrells of salt into the vvell,and those fish would flow out there by the ton all cookedjand season ed to the queen's taste. I got to manipulating the well so that I could always turn on the hot water on Friday, and your grandfather didn't do a thing lo the Hotels and restaurants." "This was, no doubt, a gold mine ? "Well, it was a fish mine.any how. Yet I went broke." "Indeed?" Yes, you see, like a durn por er, I wasn't satisfied with having a well that would flow cooked fish, but I spent at ' least a dozen fortunes prospecting and drilling around tor Holland aise. As Plato says, I don't like to cry stinking fish, but the very day I refused a million dollars for my well it got clogged up with a sperm whale, and my whole magnificent enterprise went to pot, and it wasn't hot water day either. These new Mexicans on the Pacos river," concluded grand father with a weary smile, 'must not put on any airs touching the fish business. They don't know enough about it to cut bait." N. V. Advertiser. Do You Want Good Times? The following good advice is given by the Wilmington, (Del.) Star, which we reprint for the benefit of the Elizabeth City merchants: I),) you want good times? Then advertise them. Many a "ood cause has been won through the enthusiasm of its a lnerents, and many a good tiling has been brought to pass, simply through believers in it resolutely and incessant'y "boom- ine-" it. The merchant who goes about with a long and sor rowful face, and who sighs like a lover when the subject of busi ness is broached, scares away from his store many an intend ing purchaser. The business man who, when asked to adver tise, wiings his hands, and, al most with tears in his voice re plies: "My d:ar sir, times are so hard, and business is so slow that I cannot afford to put one cent in advertising," hides him- selt from tin seeker he has after the for sale; very articles nracticallv draws his curtains and closes his doors to the pub lic. The man who stands at a door without knocking, simply trusts to luck to have it opened to him. The man who s.ocks his shelves with the best in the market and then does not adver tise, simply trusts to the chance ot customers stumbling on to the bargains he can give them. The merchant princes of this country know the value of print ers' ink, and the huge fortune they have made are founded on the rock of persistent, liberal and i iudicious advertising. Ask air -,,,3 advertising. Asl- one of them and lie will tell you that every dollar spent in advers tisiug has borne him compound interest. Do you want good times? Then advertise for them. And keep on advertising. Do not overdo it, but do it steadily and within our means, and put brains in the work. Change your adver tisements frequently, and say something new to the public each time, and the result cannot fail to be satisfactory to you. 3, is The Gun Goes Off instantly when you pall the 2 trigger. So sickness may come on suddenly. But it takes time to load the gun, and it takes time to get ready for those ex plosions called diseases. Coughs, colds, any attack," whatever the subject he, often means pre ceding weakness and poor blood. Are you getting thin? Is your appetite poor ? Are you losing that snap, energy and vigor that make "clear-headedness?" Do one thing: build up your whole system with SCOTT'S EMULSION of Cod-liver Oil. It is the essence of nourishment. It does not nauseate, does not trouble thz stomach. And it replaces all that disease robs you of. A book telling more about it sent free. Ask tor it. ii SCOTT & BOWNE, New York. i j skirt M A RIOT Occurs Monday in ville, Tenn. Knox- ONE MAN KILLED. A DOZEX OR MORE OTHERS HURT. EXCITEMENT RUN'S HIGH . A small-sized riot occurred on the streets of Knoxville, Tenn., earlv Mondav morning, March 1 in which one man was killed and a dozen or more hurt. The trouble grew out of the pending street railway litigation. Two rival street car companies want to occupy the same street. The Knoxville Street Railway has occupied the street for several years. The Citizens' Railway, a new corporation, wants to parallel these tracks, but the City Council refuses to give them the right of way. Early Monday morning the latter company put two hundred men to work laying tracks. The city authorities stopped the work under the ordinance that the streets shall not be dug up dur ing the winter mouths. The Citizen's Railway people claim that they have an injunction from the United States Court re . ! straining the city from interfere lng. The police were ordered to arrest the laborers, and as fast as the men were arrested they gave bond and went back to work. The police became powerless, and the Fire Department was called out to disperse the crowd with water. v When this was attempted a negro tried to cut the hose, but was prevented by Chief Mcintosh whereupon another uegto struck the chief with a club. Lieuten ant of Police Hood shot the ne gro and this enraged the crowd. The entire police iorce was ar rested by the sheriff and depu ties, and laborers were put back to work. Later an injunction was issued by Circuit Judge Sneed restraining the company from tearing up the streets. This stopped the matter temporarily. Mayor Heiskell appealed to the mob to disperse, but he was iiooted down. The excitement runs ,thigh. The "latest move made is to arrest all the Citizens Railway officials for inciting a riot. All the city officials, from the Chairman of the Board of Public Works, down to the fore man, is in arrest. The hiue-bint is hailed as a harbin ger of Spring. It is also a reminder that a blood-purifier is needed to pre pare the system for the bcbilitating weather to come. Listen and you will hear the birds singing : "Take Ayer's Sarsaparilla in March, April, May. A Prosperous Georgia Farmer. Wr. T. M. Brown, of Dewy Rose, Ga., is one of the most pro sperous farmers in the State. He has fifty acres of land, which four years ago yielded one-fourth ot a bale of cotton to the acre. This year he raised on the same land forty one bales of cotton, which he sold for $1,148 and the seed for $246; 500 bushies corn for $346; 100 bushies of oats for $50, and 100 bushies of sweet potatoes for S25. Besides this he sells weekly four dozen eggs at 10 cents, and thirty gallons of buttermilk at cents a gallon, making for the year $410.80. This, added to the pro duce of his landmakes an ag gregate sum of $2,129 So. Mr. Brown employs three men at an expense of $36 a month. He spent $210 for guano, inciden tals $20 and $115 for the keep ing of three mules, making the general expenses $777, thus showing a profit of $1,352 So for the year. Thieves prowling around a house after night never run into the clothes line, but a good man who ventures out after dark to get a drink of cold water for his dear wife inyariably does. ABE WAS CONVICTED. But he Had Lft a'.l to Lord and Came oat All Right, th? They were going to try a colored man for stealing a quan tity of raw cotton, and when the hour arrived, I went up to the court house to hear the case The prisoner was a man about 40 years of age, and had elected to plead his own case. The pros- , ectu.-on proved that tne bag Oj cotton was found in his cabin, and the piopert was fully ident- ifiedas belonging to the owner of the compress. The prisoner asked no questions, but said he wanted to make a statement and rest his case "wid de Lawd." After a while he was given an j opportunity to speak, and said: "I war' gwine by dat compress at 'leven o'clock at night, when a voice caked out to me: 'Hold on, dar, Aberhain Jones! Yo' was a pore man, an' you jes' take long dis bag o' cotton to buy yo' sum shoes fur cole wedder." Den de bag fell at my feet an' I dun tok it home." "Did you recognize the voice?" asked the Judge. "No, sah: but I reckon it was er enjnl dat spoke." "Then why did you hide the bag when you got home?" "Well, sah, jest' as I got frew de gate anodder voice tole me dat I'd better hide de cotton fur a few days." "No, sah; but I reckon it was a voice from Heaben." "And that's your defence, isit?" "Yes, sah. I'se willin' tores' dis case in de Lawd's hands. De Lawd knows I never stole dat cotton." "Hadn't you better have a lawyer" suggested the judge. "No, sah. I'ze been gwine ter chinch fur de las' fo'ty y'ars an' I'm restin' dis case right in de hals of de Lawd." "I shall have to give you four months in jail, Abraham." "Huh! What fur?" "Stealing that cotton.' The prisoner received his sen fence without a word, seeming to have expected it, and was taken awray. Two weeks later I met him 011 the street of Selma, 50 miles away, and said to him: "Why, I thought you were in jail for four months over in Flor ence!" "Yaas, I was," he replied. "I rember that you put your lease in the hands ot the Lord." "Yaas, sah; an' I come out all right." "But you got four months." "So I did, sah, but arter sars vin' fur nine days, de Lawd show ed me how, to dig outer dat jai1, an' ycre I am, an dey won't git me aofaiu!" Trust Fund for Which There No Use. Is " A dispatch from Madison, Ga., says: "The treasurer of Morgan county does not know what dis position to make of $50,000 now in his possession. In 1818 Ben jamin Brassell lett $3,000 in trust, the interest on which has to go toward educating orphans. Out of the income a large num ber of orphans were educated and a fine building erected, which was destroyed during the war. A remnant of the money was left, however, which was kept well invested, and now it reaches $50,000 and is steadily growing The establishment of a first class public school system has remov ed the use for which the money was intended, and as the money can be used for no other purpose it has become an elephant on the hands of the county officers. Many years ago alleged heirs of Brassell made an attempt to se cure the money, but they were defeated. The money is now in vested in Georgia railroad stock, upon which there is a guaranteed 7 per cent, interest." Xowis the Time To purify your bio Jd with Hood's Sar saparilla. March, April, May are the trying months of the year. At this season your blood is loaded with im purities which have accumulated dur ing the winter, and these impurities must be immediately expelled. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the One True Blood Purifier. It is the medicine which has accompolished many thousands of re markable cures of all blood diseases. It is what the millions take in the spring to build up health and ward off sickness. CDEHCED B? A FBHM TELLFR A LADY 0? GOOD FAMILY WEDDED TO A PAUPER. CANNOT BE ANNULLED. Ths State Bees Not Grand Nor Recognize Divorces of Other States. An extraordinary case is re ported from Orangeburg county South Carolina. A young man named James Courtney, who had for some time past been an in mate ot the county poor house aid was at the time living on charity of the citizens of Orange burg City, appeared before Mag istrate Burnsou with a girl lean ing on his arm, and asked to be manied. The Magistrate knew Courtney, but not the girl, and beinsr informed that she was a factory operative from the Aug usta cotton mills, he tied the knot which is forever binding in this State. A few hours after the. com munity was shocked by receiv ing the information that the bride was Fva Easterlin, a mem ber of one the best known fam ilies in the city. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Iasterliu, the girl's par ents, sought for their daughter all over the town and finding her made her return to their home, where she now is. But they are confronted with the knowledge that the marriage is legal, that it cannot be annulled in this State, and that South Carolina laws do not recognize the annulment provided for in other States. But now the most singular part of the story comes. As soon as the facts of the marriage be came known friends of the Easts erlin fanrly maintained that the girl's mind must have suddenly become seriously affected, other wise she would not have con sented to such an alliance, but the storv has gotten out that Mrs. Courtney explained her conduct to her parents by telling them that Courtney ,s mother, who has the reputation in the community of being a fortune teller, repeatedly warned her that if she did not marry young Courtney she would die This fear so worke 1 upon her mind and her nerves became so shaken that she had no longer power to resist the young man's im portunities. In the meantime Courtney, probably fearing violence, has fled from the town. Altogether it is a case without a parallel in that State. The Girly Girl. The girly girl is the truest girl. She is what she seems, and not a sham and a pretense. The slangy girl has a hard job" of it not to forget her character. The boy girl and the rapid girl are likewise wearers of masks. The girly girl never bothers about woman rights and woman wrongs. She is a girl, and glad of it. She would not be a boy and grow up into a man and vote and go to war and puzzle her brain about stocks for a king- idom. She knows nothing: about business, and does not want to know anything about it. Her aim is to marry some good fel low and make him a good wife, and she generally succeeds in doing both. She delights in dress and everything that is pretty, and is not ashamed to own up that she does. She is pleased when she is admired, and Ijts you see that she is. .She is feminine from the top of her head to the end of her toes, and if you try to drawr her into the discussion of dry themes she tells you squarely that the conversa tion does not suit her. She is the personification of frankness. There is not a particle of hum bug in her composition. Here is health to the girly girl. May her number never grow less. Ex. This paper for $1.00 a year. A SON'S HEROIC SAC RIFICE. Paul. L. Le Fcvre of Galves ton, Texas; made a heroicc and successful effort to save thel'fe of his father at that place Satur day morning, but lost his own. Eugene Lc Fevre & Son were house raisers, movers and car-, penters. When the accident occurred they were engaged in moving an old building sheathed with iron, but their progress was obstructed by wires. Eugene Le Fevre, who was standing on top of the building, gras'.ed one of the wires with both hands in an effort to raise it to the top of tne House. Instantly he was paralyzed, blue flashes of elect ricity flew from his body, and his hands were smoking. Paul, who was on the roof with his father, saw his danger and sprang to him and tore him loose. The effort was his last. As the father fell 0:1 the roof, his life saved, the son fell upon the wires and his life was sacrificed. The young man was 23 years old. The elder Le Fevre's hands were badly burned. His escape fron death was miraculous, and was entirely due to the bravery of his son. An exchange says that a lcllow in a near by town, wdio couldn't spare $1 a year for a newspaper, n r. . seiu nuyy 2-cent stamps to a down-east Yankee to lean how to stop a horse from slobbering. He-got his recipe and he'll never forget it: "To stop a horse from slobbering, teach him to spit." Dr. Eugene Grissom, formerly superintendent of the North Carolina Insane Asylum, is now assistant physician of th . Color ado Asylum. His health is re stored. Liver DMs Like biliousness, dyspepsia, headache, consti pation, sour stomach, indigestion are promptly cured by Hood's Tills. They do their work easily and thoroughly. Best after dinner pills. 25 cents. All arumrists. Pills Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. The only rill to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. ESTABLISHED 188G. The Most Reliable House 111 Norfolk. FEUERSTEIN & CO., WHOLESALES FISH COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOOT OF ROANOKE DOCK. Norfolk, Va. Quick Sales, Prompt Returns. References by Permission: City National Bank; R. G. Dunu Mercantile Agency; Southern and Adams Ivxprcss Co. We respectfully solicit a share ot your patronage. Stencils furnished on application. E.M.WSLKER&CO., Currituck C. H., N. C. Shippers and Packers of all kind of jfxESH yATER JISH. BASS aid PERGH A Specialty- Ull Kind of GAME. All orders promptly attended to when accompanied with a part cash and balance C. O. D. These goods are all fresh and ship ped daily to all parts of the country. Giv e us Your Orders . ESTABLISHED 1887- (tPdeMIBw os Fish Commission Merchants. Consignments (Solicited. Relcrence:- Bradstreet's or Dunn's Agency, City National Bank Citizens National Bank, Nor folk, Va., or any shipper in the South. Norfolk, Va. After.... Taking a cortsc of yer's Tills the system is set in good working order and a man begins to feel that life is worth living. He who has become the gradual prey of constipation, does not realize the friction under which he labors, until the burden is lifted from him. Then hisi mountains sink into mole hills, his morosencss gives place to jollity, he is a happy man again. If life docs not seem worth living to you, you may take a very different view of it after taking Ayer's Cathartic Pills, Several Houses and Lots in Edenton. One residence on Church St. Six on (Jucen street. One 011 Court street. Two stores on Broad street. Will sell either or all on easy terms. Apply to J. V. SPRUILL, FMentou, N C. Miles Jennings, o o""ooo o 'o'o o"o o o c 6 ,1l(fCl;siIlillK Sanders Building, Poindexter St. Mill and Ma ine Forgings A Specialty. IrlTTMill line of Wheels and Wagons kept in stock. All work done promptly and in the most workmanlike manner. GiVe Me a vinl Jan- 1st TO- March ist ! All broken lots of SIIOKS will be closed out at fi PSifiss As we do not intend to carry over any Winter weight Shoes. DOYLE & SMALL, 302 Main St. NORFOLK, VA. Mention Fisherman & Farmer. S H Murrel, The Old Reliable Sail Maker, ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, ' can be found at his old stand at the Short bridge, over James Spires store, Zimmerman Hall. 1 Canvas Furnished at Factory Prices. if 11 ft 21 r 1 MM A Awnings, Tents and Flags a Specialty, All orders by mail promptly attend ed to. Old Canvass bought and sold. P. O. Box 132, Elisabeth Gty, N. C. - - ,
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