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Charlotte messenger. Charlnte, N. C., .'November 6, 1886. OUR CHURCHES. St. Michael's (P. E.) church, Mint Bt. Ser A M.. «>'d 8 PM. Sunday School nt 4 P. M. Rev. p. p. Alston, Pastor h “ rch - South Grahttn St; Services, mA V ’ anil * p - M. Sunday Srhool 10 A. M R bv . s . M Haines, Pus tor ';J,i. r n l I ?? T A iS <, ch .V ob. South Church St; Ser- Siccs at 11A Si 3p. Si. and 8P M Sunday bool u. t P. M. Rev. A. A. Powsll, Pastor. Et>es l * Z er Baptist church, East 2nd St. Sor vice-i at !i A.ll :P. M., and BP. M. bun ' ol ut IP. M. Rev. Z. Hapgbton, Pfcshvtcriaii churh, corner 7th and Colleen toivicos at 3 P »., and 8 P. M. Sunday f«-hoolat !0 A. M. Rf.v. R- P. Wyche, Pastor ImMa hip ol (A. M. E. Z.) Mint Kt; Ser ."'csat. H A. M., AP. M., and BP. M. Sun .lav School nt 1 P. M. Rev. M. Slade, Paltor Littlo Rock (A. M. E. Z.) E St ■*s 1[ A M 3P„ and 8R M. Kun oasto i:n00 • Ev - VVm. Johnson; Local Mattei’K. Mr. Giles Boyden, ol Salisbury, was in the city this week. Mrs. G. W. Johnson, has been ap pointed to fill the vacancy caused lie the resignation of Miss Richardson. About 45 minules past twelve yester day, a distinct earthquake was felt nil over the city which lasted 6 or 8 sec onds. liev. S. \V. Hampton will exhibit his panorama at Ebenzer Baptist church on Monday night and at Little Rock on Tuesday night. The entire regular democrat ticket was elected in this county, except sheriff, T. S. -Cooper, tlxc independent, was elected over W. F- Griffith. That very pleasant entertainment given to Miss Victoria Richcrdsou just before her departure last week, was by the Winnona circle and not by Mr. & Mrs. Smith as we said last week. The Fair, circus and operas drew large crowds to the city this week. There have been two operas in the city ail week us well as a circus. The colored fair opens in Raleigh next Monday. The fare from this city and return will be .$5.20. It is hoped l hat many will go from this section. All who havb never been ought to go this year. The panorama at the First Baptist church Tuesday night by Mr. Smith was a decided success in exhibition and crowd. Mr. Smith has good sceneries, steady lights and he is a good talker and explains satisfactorily. He will be in the city next week. It seems that thus. R. Jones failed to »oil a decent vote outside of his wn county, iu which dozens of colored men ware hired and furnished horses and buggies to ride through the country and deceavc their own people and abuse every colored man who dared to think for himself. The Oriole Literary Soeiety met at Miss Laura Lomax, last Wednesday even ing and were very plcasauiy entertained by her. The follosng officers were elect ed. J. W. Brown, president; Miss E. J. Houser, vice; N. B. Houser, secre tary; Miss Mary Browner, Cor. Secy. Mrs. K. E. Smith, treasurer; J. F. chaplain.. Ihe W. C. T. U. will hold a public meeting next Monday evening at Zion church. This society of Christian ladi.s is doing much good. They sent a com mittee to visit the poor house recently and administered all in their power to the inmates. They stormed tho widow of the late Moses White last Tuesday night and presented her some of the ne cessaries of life. Colored men of Mecklenburg, remem ber one thing. The only genuine Re publican ticket in this late election was the Republican State Judicial ticket. J. W. Gordon, Prince Brown and J. T. Schenck threw that ticket under their feet and distribute it in the county and give it to unlettered colored men to vote, when these meu depended upon them to guide them in voting the proper way. t The election is over and we are glad of it. We have no tears to shed over the result, as thero were so iew Republicans to he voted for they were almost lost sight of. Some very useful lessons were taught iu this election and it remain* to be seen whether or not men will piofit by them. Hemagogues like Cbas. H. Jones, J. W. Gordon A Co., should be relegated to the rear to stay where they properly belong. We have never said or done anything intentionally to injure Zion Wesley Col lege or Zion connection. Our criticisms on Bishop Jones were personal. Mr Dancy lias made n personal tight on ua All we ask of him now is to keep the church and school out of it and let it re main personal between us. Our fight is persona! on Mr. Dancy, but unless he ex plains ‘‘with regard to Zion Wcsly (Al lege” we will explain, from 1882 to June, 1886 We are informed by friend* that J. W. Gordon bad much to say about us in his speech in the mint yard last Saturday. Gordon knew that we were not preeent, and that the lies he told were only in tended to injure us with persons the e who did not know us and might believe him. He will not dare attempt to verify a single one of the malicious lies he is daily telling on us. He has always op- I posed the Messknuuu, Hu is unworthy further mention. Once in the history of our life we have seen intelligent colored men go up to the polls and vote the regular Democratic ticket from choice. Not because these colored men were Democrats, but be cause it was left for them to select be tween two Democratic tickets. The character of the men on tickets have the proper weight with many of our think ing men, and they voted for those they thought best. While we did not vote with those men we havtpnot a word of condemnation. Cooper and His Deputies. They Bay now that Mr. Cooper will make J. W. Gordon, one of hia deputies as a reward for services rendered in the lato campaign. That would show that Cooper meant to favor the colored voters. Gordon was very active in the late cam paign, especially in telling lies on the editor of this paper and other gentlemen who refused to bo hired to throw away the Republican State ticket. Mr. Cooper is referred to Ward 2as an evi dence of Gordon*? work. The Ward is Republican by 165, and Gordon said the influence of his opposition would amount to nothing, and to prove it he speut the day at the polls in Ward 2 with his friend Schenck, and the count showed that night that Griffith had beaten Cooper in this Ward twenty vote.-, where Cooper ought to have had 200 ahead of Griffith. In Gordon’s own ward, which ought to have given Cooper 130 majori ty, gave him only 05 majority. Such work deserves reward, and it is hoped Mr. Cooper will not forget the colored men who worked and voted for his elec tion. ELECTION RETURNS By Wards and I'rccintM. Charlotte—Ward I—Rowland 001), Jones 170; Alexander 005, Hinson 150; Kell 320. Moore 314; Osborne 017; Deal 174; Sloan 155, Bruner 154, Mc- Clintock 457; Morrow 352, Roesslcr 149 Cobb 340, Johnson 152, Orr 342 Selby 141; Cathey 343; Cooper 152, Griffith 330. Ward 2—Rowland 101, Jones 176, Alexander 175, Hinson 180: Kell 171, Moore 164, Osborne 160; Deal 179, Sloan 170, Bruner 170, McClintock 107; Morrow 148, Roesslcr 169, Cobb 201, Johnson 162; Orr 180, Selby 166; Cathey 181; Cooper 154, Griffith 184. Ward 3—Rowland 235, Jones 281, Alexander 202, Hinson 204, Kell 248, Moore 242, Osborne 254; Deal 284, Sloan 270, Bruner 263; McClintock 487; Mor row 266, Itoessler 266, Cobb, 287, John son 246. Orr 208, Selby 235, Cathey 271, Cooper 27!t Griffith 254; constable— Irwin 257, Fisher 225, Means 149, Mc- Eachen 218, Thomas 87, King 8, Wilson 17, C. R. Jones 1, Austin 9, McGinnis 5, McCarver 1. Ward 4—Rowland 244, Jones 182, Alexander 178, Hinson 155; Kell 263, Moore 256, Osborne 206; Deal 189, Sloan 157, Bruner 157; McClintock 370, Mor row 294, Roessler 148; Cobb 300. John son 132; Orr 219, Selby 145; Cathey 299; Cooper 154, Griffith 280; constable— Irwin 235, Fisher 214, McGinnis 31, King 11, Wilson 18, Austin 2s, Mc- Eachen 185, Means 116, Thomas 37. Sharon—Rowland 20, Jones 109, Alexander 202, Hinson 111, Kell 202, Moore 201, Osborne 198, Deal 112, Sloan 111, Bruner 111, McClintock 270; Morrow 209, Roessler 60; Cobb 270, Johnson 60, Orr 109, Selby 60, Cathey 268; Cooper 14, Griffith 283. Steel Creek—Rowland 174, Jones 177, Alexander 174, Kell 174, Moore 173, Osborne 171, McClintock 181, Morrow 176, Roessler 184, Cobb 181, Johnson 186, Orr 188, Selby 170, Cathey 176, Cooper 256, Griffith 94„ Piueville—Rowland 150, Jones 58, Alexander 120, Hinson 7, Kell 120, Moore 120, Osbern 120 McClintock 120, Morrow 120, Cobb 120 Orr 120, Cooper 5, Oriffiitli 125. Berryhill—Jones 37, 'Alexander 168, Hinson 150, Kell 153. Moore 144, Os borne 113, Deal 170, Sloan 201, Bruner 159, McClintock 318, Morrow 148, Roessler* 168, CobbJlOl, Johnson 153, Selby 154, Cathey 102 Cooper 151, Grif fith 09- Deweesc box I— Rowland 132, Jones 78, Alexander 150, Hinson 80, Kell 151, Moore lot, Osborne 151, Deal 80, Sloan 80, Bruner 80, McClintock 231, Morrow 152, Roessler 78, Cobb 152, Johnson 70, Orr 152. Selby 79, Cathey 152, Cooper 5, Griffith 135, box 2—Cooper 140, Griffith 35. Morning Star box I—Rowland 89, Jones 47, Alexander 105, Hinson 32 Kell 74, Moore 04, Osborne 81, Deal 57, Blonn 56, Bruner, 74 McClintock 150, Morrow 121 Roessler 30; Cobb 101, Johnson 54, Orr 136, Selby 23 Cathey, 110, Cooper 40 Griffith 37, box 2—Row land 82'Alexander 69, Hinson 8 Os borne 74, Deal 6, Cooper 17, Griffith 19. Providence—Rowland 129, Jones 137, Alixander 150, Hinson 124, Kell 151, Moore 153, Osbsrn 151, Deal 124, Sloan 120, Bruner 126, McClintock 172 Mor row 172, Roessler 111, Cobb 170, John son 10°, Orr 160. Crab Orchard—McClintock 193, Mor row 96, Roessler 99, Cobb 92, Johnson 100, Orr 92, Selby 99, Cathey, 93, Coop er 107, Griffith 83. Paw Creek—Rowland 141, Jones 105, Alexander 142, Hinson 95, Osborne 173, Kell 138, Moore 189, Deal 103, Sloan 102, Bruner 102 Griffith 97, Cooper 160, Morrow 145, Roessler 111, Cobb 194, Johnson 105, Orr 188, Selby 116, Mc- Clintoclc 154, Cathey 243. A Gigantic Harvester. The largest harvesting machine evel made has been used successfully in Calfi fornia during the recent harvest. It is t combined harvester and thrasher, reaping and binding the corn according to choice, and thrashing, dressing, and delivering it into sacks as it travels over the field. This machine, which is worked by steam, is the invention of Mr. Berry, a farmer of Tulare county. California, who has been working at its construction during the last six years. It is thirty-eight feet wide, and about the same in length, and it cuts a swath of twenty-two feet. Two engines are used iu working the maohine, the larger of which, of twenty-five horse power, moves the harvester along and works the header-knife if required, while the smaller one of six horse-power, drives the thrashing machinery. As the sacks are filled they are sewn up and dropped in the field. The straw is pas ed on to the furnace, to be used as fuel, and the chaff is blown out on to the ground, with any surplus straw not required for fuel. There is, of course, great economy in using the straw for fuel in a country where it is of no value. The only horses used are those in one team hauling water for the engine and another following the harvester to pick up the sacks of wheat. The men engaged in the work are the en gineer, fireman, steersman, header-ten der, sack-sewer, water hauler and a sack hauler. With these seven men, it is said, fifty acres can be headed and threshed in a day, at an outlay, apart from wear and tear, of about forty cents per acre. Os coarse the gigantic machine can be used only on large level plains. Pay of Metropalitan Dentists. An observer of New York happening! remarks that good dentists appear to make about ns much money in these days as any other professional men, and the high prices they are paid show that they are not subjected to the competition that doctors, lawyers and others work under. For the simple operation of cleaning one’s teeth n charge of $5 to $lO is made, and this is performed in a couple ol hours. Filling a tooth with gold is $5, and if it is a “compound’’ filling it is sls, and miscellaneous work on the teeth costs $5 per hour. A tooth can usually be filled with gold in a little over an hour. The popular dentist, has usually his book filled with appointments, and it you want some work done you may have to wait half a week before bo can find s spare hour for you. Thus it will be seen that the dentist makes regularly at least S2O a day, or $l2O a week, and frequent ly much more thau that. Young men not twenty-six ytars of age are full-blown professors of the art, and charge as i»;.eh and are kept as busy as older men. The more fashionable a dentist becomes the higher his prices go. Women seem tc be his main patrons. There are many youngdentists in the town earning S7,QCC a year who would not make a third ol that sum as physicians or lawyers, and they have not nearly as much to learn. The number of women practicing medi cine is constantly increasing, but you very rarely bear of one becoming a den tist, though such work does not call foi much physical strength or mental ability or a long course of study, and would seem to be specially fitted for them in many wavs. The Papabotte. The papabotte is a bird which makes its appearance in Southern Louisians about May, and abounds until Septem bcr. It seems to belong to the plovei family, though the resemblance is not complete at all points. However, it is 8 bird about the size of a woodcock, with grayish plumage and a bill short and hard, which makes its appearance about the time the Cantharii vesicatoria < Span ish fly) begins to depredate upon the vegetable garden*. These flies destroy tb: foliage of the potato and the toma o, and other vegetables. They appear in countless myriads, coming no one know.' whence, but leaving behind them a ter riblo record of devastation. On tbes< insects the papabotte preys, with im measurable voracity, and grows so fat that when it falls liefrre the gun of the sportsman it hur ts like a ripe apricot. The papabotte is wonderfully shy ol sportsmen, but will allow a quadruped or a vehicle to come very near, and In who rides or drive-* may thus clioo.'c hii own time and opportunity. When a singer’s voice fails he canno* take un his notss. THE FORK. HISTORY OF THIS ARTICLES OF DOMESTIC UTILITY. Introduced In England from Italy In Shakespeare’s Time—Oppo sition to Its Use—Former Cnstoms at the Table. Knives are almost as old as fingers, re mains of them haring been found among the earliest relics of the race, but the use of the fork as a table implement ha* no been known quite three hundred years. About the time Shakespeare waa retiring from the Globe Theatre to enjoy the life of a country squire at Stratford a trav eled Englishman named Coryate intro duced the table fork into England from Italy. It is well known that our English ancestors did not take kindly to innova tions. Not more than a hundred years since, Jonas Hanway was hissed and stoned in the streets of London for carry ing an umbrella. Mr. Coryate was not stoned, but he was much abused for using a fork at table. He was called a Furcifer, which is Latin for fork bearer and also for gallows rogue. English society was pricked by the pronged in strument into quite a passionate indigna tion. The pulpit denounced and the stage derided it, while everybody for a time pushed the novelty aside with words of disdain. An indignant preacher declared to his hearers that to touch meat with a fork was to declare impiously that God’s comfortable creatures were not worthy of being touched by human hands. Beaumont and Fletcher seasoned one of their plays with a fling at the fork-carving traveler, and a pop ular writer urged all young meu return ing from their tours to lay aside the fork of Italy, as well as the affected gesture of France, and all strange apparel. But Coryate persevered, and finally succeed ed in thrusting the fork between the teeth of society. It at last became an es tablished institution of the table about the close of Charles IPs reign, in 1685, though still derided and scorned by the bumbler classes. The earliest forks were made of iron or steel, though some used by the very wealthiest people were made of silver. The possessor of a silver fork carried it about with him in a case, as he did his knife and spoon, and when invited out to dine was expected to use them. The silver fork in the form we know it was very rare until about the com mencement of the present century, and within the memory of people not old its introduction encountered no little oppo sition. Even now there are elderly peo ple who prefer the steel fork of their young days to the silver fork, or its imi tation, that fashion now decrees to be the one indispensable implement at ta ble. It is hard to estimate what this insig nificant Italian device has done for civil ization and good manners. Before it came into use table customs were not pleasant. As is well known the ancients ate at table in a reclining position. Neither knives nor forks were used. Persons of rank kept a carverfor cutting meat, who performed his duty according to certain rules, using the only knife at table and cutting the food into small pieces. Having no fork he would steady the piece to be cut with his hand. In eating solid food the fingers were used to convey it to the mouth. Epicures were in the habit of making the ends of their fingers callous that they might handle the hottest food. For liquids, spoons were used, but often a hollow piece of bread served as a substitute. Bread was not cut, but broken. Much wiping of the hands was, of course, in dispensable, and for this purpose each guest at a feast carried his own napkin. Plebeians were content to lick their fin gers as well as their platters, but the moderate class, who could not afford napkins, used the crumbs of bread kneaded into a dough. Sometimes a kind of dough was specially prepared for the purpose. Upon the whole, those an cient epicures, of whom we have read so much, Apicius, Lucullus, and the rest, must have generally had an un cleanly and slobbering time of it at their feasts, and their long beards and togas must have received much that waa in tended for the mouth. The medieval people had the advantage over the an' cients in their posture at table, sitting upright, thus leaving both hands free for action. Bat dining in that olden time must have resembled feasting at a trough more than anything else. The food was placed on the table in great platters and each rude feaster grabbed such portions as he wished, or could get from dishes brimming with thick gravy, and carried the dripping morsel over the table to his mouth. During the prevalence of such customs, tho dame or demoiselle who dipped only the tips of her fingers into the sauce bowl, and continued to eat her dinner without letting fragments of food drop from her lips to the table, was com mended for exemplary breeding. Queen Elizabeth fingered her victuals with some nicety, but she did Soger them, and dipped into the same dishes with her courtiers. At the conclusion of a meal the dishes and cloth were removed, a laver of water was passed, and the satisfied fe&sters washed tbeir lips and bands and wiped them on a napkin. In those times of no forks and much washing after meals, the nspkin was a thing of ust, and was indispensable for decency and cleanliness. The introduction of the fork made napkins no longer a necessity, and they began to disappear from the table* of economical housekeepers. Napkins retired before the victorious forks, and soon became mere ornaments of the table, when used at all. The greatest ingenuity was exerted to fold them in fantastic and curious ways, and instructions for folding dinner napkins in twenty-six different fashions were in vogue in Charles ll.’a time. They were folded to resemble birds, or fishes, or animals, and to undo one was to destro a work of art and a tad offense against propriety and good manners. Many a fine hostess would as soon have had a geest break a Sevres plate as to unfold the linen curiosity before him. Down to the close of the eighteenth century napkins were generally discarded from fashionable tables, a small doyley with the dessert being all that was ever used. Chicago Herald. Fex Hunting in England. Notices of the hunt are always pub lished in the newsprpers, and if one i. staying at a country house, information is given more definitely. When way! and manners in any place are novel, ul| sorts of trifles become interesting, and 1 can recall a feeling of intense interest on discovering in my room at Manor s little card on which was printed tlie time and place of the next meet. Sucb cords of notification are sent about tc every one of consequence, or any one who is likely to wish to ride. Every one who intends to ride must appear early at tho breakfast tabic, and the scene is a most interesting one; the pink coats are a charming variety, and make many ordinary-looking people picturesque for the time being. Only those whose station warrants them can wear pink; occasionally a well-to-do farmer may be seen thus arrayed, but in every esse there is s tax of several pounds a year for wearing it; besides this there are fees to keepers and the like, and, if any man’s country is too well ridden over, that it to say, if a farmer’s crops suffer, it is al ways oustomary to make up a purse for him. Now and then some one rebels against his ground being used, and as the iaws of the hunting field are entirely un written ones, it is difficult to decide in such a matter; but the voice of the peo ple is always loud against anything which interferes with the fox. I knew of one case where the animal was hunted across a lawn and garden beds, and killed al most at the door of a rectory. The rector waa not a hunting man himself, but it never occurred to him to object to this intrusion. Not only does the intereat taken in the sport affect the results, biT the country itself makes a great differ ence.—Harper't Magannc. Curious Effect of the Earthquake. Dr. B. F. Wyman, of Aiken County, South Carolina, makes the following statement concerning the peculiar effects of the last great earthquake upon tho Rev. W. H. Mosely, a Methodist minis ter of that county: Between 12 and 1 o’clock on the night of August 31 I was called to visit Mr. Mosely, who had been taken suddenly sick during the first shock. I found him in bed, talking clieerfully. He told me at once that he was not sick; that he never felt better in his life; that just preceding each shock of the earthquake he would be seized with a peculiar ting ling sensation, beginning in his toes and feet and gradually extending to his limbs and whole body. While speaking he suddenly screamed out t ‘ ‘Another shock is coming.” At the same time be grew red in the face, and all the muscles of his body became convulsed and drawn, and he appeared as one under a great strain, or receiving an overcharge of electricity from an electrical battery. A singular fact connected with all of these attacks was that he became aware of the approach of a shock a considerable pe riod of time before other members of the family. Another singular fact that I observed was that while the shock was at its height, and the house and furni ture were rocking and rattling, his mus cles became relaxed, the attack passed off and he declared himself as feeling all right, and was calm and cheerful. He was certainly suffering from an over charge of electrical fluid upon an excited and overstrained nervous system. Not long ago the cities of Rostow and Tagonrog, Russia, were annexed to s military district iu which Jews are for bidden to dwell unless they are mer chants of the first guild, or own real es tate. The result is that 4,000 Jews ir these cities will be allowed to remain, and 16,000 will be driven out. The American lldrew says of this decree “In the long and terrible annals of po litical persecutions and racial oppres lions, there is not soother instance of so eold-blooded and wilfully atrocious an outrage as this. We appeal to the min Were of America, who preach with word md act the gospel of peace and brotherly love and universal charity, to lift up their voices in eloquent and pereuasivt protest against this threatened dc-e ra tion of all that religion teacliss. Press, pulpit and platform should speak th< heart of America in reprobation of this heartless, godless deed." FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS. At Rending. Penn., a stalk of corn, bearing thirteen well developed ears, was recently exhibited. Music has been found to exert a very perceptible effect upon the respiration and circulation of animals as well as of human subjects. A Fresno (Cal. (horticulturist recently picked 1,149 pounds of apricots from a single tree, grown on land that five years ago was a desert. In California, snakes destroy gophers and ground squirrels, and the local pa pers express the opinion that some varie ties of snakes ought to be protected by law. It was once customary in England for a person going abroad “to put out” a certain sum of money on condition of re ceiving good interest for it on hia return home; if he never returned the deposit was forfeited. The Shasta county (Cal.) Indians have a superstition that catfish were put into' the river by white men for the special purpose of killing off the Indians. They east most other kinds, but throw back into the river all the catfish they catch. The Arabs were in high condition of civilization when Europe was in barbar ism. The Spanish Arabs of the tenth and eleventh centuries, drawing their inspiration, perhaps, from an older civ. ilization, were as much superior intel lectually to the French, Germans and English of that age as are these people now to the Afghans and Turks. A correspondent in Mexico explain: why the Mexican calls the American t “Gringo.” She says that when the American army invaded Mexico a favor ite song in the camps was Burns's ‘ ‘Greer grow the rushes, O.” The Mexicans heard it repeated over and over, and finally began to call the Americans by the first two words, which they pro nounced “grin go.” Hence “Gringo.” Tho Irish greyhounds are of a very ancient race, and still exist (though their number is small) in their original cli mate; they are called by the ancients, dogs of Epirus and Albunian dogs. Hoi- Unshed in his description of “Ireland and the Irish, ” written in 1588, says “They are not without wolves and grey hounds to hunt them, bigger of bone and limb than a colt." in Anglo-Saxon time! a nobleman never went out uraccompa nied by some of these dogs and his^iawk. Florida Cracker Names. A “sand scrub” in Florida is a sane bank or hill, where, on account of thi poverty of the soil, the trees and shrubs grow very low and “scrubby.” Thest spots are sometimes of but a few acres in extent, and again they cover several hundred acres. The immigrant is gen ally puzzled to know what a “sand scrub" is. An lowa man showed his knowledge of the Florida terms in the following manner: Landing at Lakeland, several years ago, when that place was tho term'nus of the South Florida Rail road, he attempted to reach Bartow, fifteen miles distant, in the good old-fashioned, though very popular, way—on foot. ne had just come from a place of firm footing, and ere he reached hi 9 destination he fully realized that Florida sand was a “hard road to travel." 'Weary, and no doubt somewhat disgusted, be approached a cabin by the roadside and meekly asked the inmate, a woman, to direct him on his way. The lady kindly told him to proceed in the direction he was going abont a mile, when be would come to a “sand scrub” and there he should take the left-hand road and follow that till it passed a “bay head” on the one side and a big “permet?r patch” on the other, and go on till he came to a “gall berry flat,” where he wonld strike the mam road leading out through a big “grass pond” into the “fist woods,” where he would find a boy “boarding off ” corn, and he could tell him better than she could. The Hawkeye bowed gracefully, and with a far-away look in his eye, ambled on his most mysteri ous way, revolving in bis perplexed cra nium the meaning of all this. Having gone, as he thought, about a mile, be began to look for something, he knew not what. Presently he met a small boy. whom he accosted; “Say, bub, are you a sand scrub!” “No,” answered the youth. “I’m a cracker." The boy soon enlightened the traveler’s bewildered un derstanding by directing his attention to a “sand-scrub” just ahead. Our friend found his way to Ilartow, and is now. wc believe, a resident of Polk county, and familiar with the terms that so per plexed him on his first Florida journey. —Meade (Fla.) Pioneer. Wheat on Sage Brush Lana. In the spring of 1883 the land depart ment of the Central Pacific Railroad de cided to make a faithful experiment of wheat growing on the sage brush land of Nevada without irrigation. At first the experiment was a partial failure, but this year has proved a most gratifying success, the land yielding fifteen bushels to the acre, and the quality of wheat be ing good. The result of this experiment would seem to indicate that the sagt brush land of Nevada is worth soinu thing after all, in which case the Stall may become something more than i pocket borough. —New York Tribune.
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