VOLUME XV.
Reporter Post.
PCBL'WI -3 WEI. YA?
DANBURY. N. C.
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p.ur.s or ai>V*:l:l >*i \u:
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C.u*U -•«' i.ixyit *«»n
Con ■ ji'M - o iiiii.'i r i"' or nt;• space e*U be
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ftu*."-U.n4 tome e!• v at tli uo lUtty #eml
L»caf!f«'? crs 'U-f. '• -I" iticrren'.li er
than
Biihltic** Catl* w Mbr •-• '•! at Tci Dol'a"«
per a it tram.
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PROFEUSIOJYA L V/A' Its.
A. J. BOYD, J. W. TLEII)
p. it. JOIINSTON, ,n I.H S JOHNSTON
BO YD, ITEL DCS-JOITJYSO. \;
Attoi-neys - at - Law,
WENT WORTH, X C.
Messrs. It il anil J.ihhsnn will regu
larly attend t lie Superior Courts of
Stokes county.
R L. HAYMORE,
ATTORN EY-AT LAW
Mfc. Airvi N. C.
Special atlßiitioi; givcu to the collect ion O>
olaioia. I—l-m
" W7E. C.IJRREJ
SIRR(?MV;R~- TT-I^.NV*
MT. AIUY. SriiUY CO., X. C
PRACTICE*UI» M«'\V.-• JC aro\v:l ■•«!
P. DAY, ALHERT JON US
2Day & J o-ios^
inanufa lurei-s ol
BA.DOI.KKY.ft MJNI.SM.CiiI AI.S,TI«I*M\
ho. 3ot» W. |! i'.:'tu»ro nil. i- . Halt i i m*. V»l.
W. A. Tucker, 11. ('.Sill 111, I». . • .
Tucker. Smith & Co.
Manu.aeturhr-j «X." wlr "legale lWah»rs l«
EQOTS, sllOh'S, JIMS AM) CAPS\
Ko. 250 P.u'.l'.n; " Sti . Halt'mo . . 'AI.
jt. J. «(• it.
* \i ii
ll'envy Sonnrhorn A'- Co.,
WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS,
ffl Aano>cr St.. (b« *m» •• i. m l.omburU
BALTIMORE MP.
11. 80NNEBORV, B. liLI.Mt.IXK
Al> gltrn i'Utw //, J-- ft llhiii"
IV . 11. MILES,
WITH
ST EL'TI !:xrir.YEY6-co
U t ofus,tie ilmler* in
Moots, SHOES, AND Trunks,
121 IF Mam Street,
ffCpt. 8-BMW. l*l( iiytDSDy I .1
B10HA1U) WOOD BA \I I• • • OWIX.
HKMIV 111-.MO »:i ii'l» . . It A* •» \ .
WOOD, BACON &C 0
])R)' GOOJJS, .YOTJO.VS, I
] I 7/7 TJ'j VOOHS, ETC.
Xiw.:"*KIII MaiV St..
PHILALKM'III PA.
Parties ha\ ing
CUT MICA
for sale will find it to their interest to
"»* respond with *
A. O. SOHOONM AKKR,
158 William rit.. New \ orlt.
R.S. OGLESBY^
WITH
C. W. SCOTT.
WHOLESALE
NOTIONS AND WHITK GOODS,
012 Main Street
LYNCIIBUUO VA.
O. K 4.KITWICK.
Willi
HISGO, EI.I.KTT A CRIMP,
RICHMOND, VA.,
Wholeftftta Dc'le a in
BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, A'C.
Prompt Attention paid to orders, nud
ctiou ganmnlced.
jm*t- y, ryinia Slate Priton Goods a t t >rciu \'v
March, t.. ®
ROBKKT w. POWKBS. FD«*R I>. TAYI.O .
II w. I'OWKKS & CO.,
WHOLES AIE DRUGGISTS,
Dealer* in
PAINTS, OILtS, DYES, VARNISHES,
French and American
•WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY, fcC.
SMOKINO ANP CIIKWINO
■ CI • Alts, TOBACCO A BPECIALT>
1805 Main St., Hicbmood, Va.
Augusißro rii l —
H CikNS & ML,
WHOLESALE CUUC- "* *XO COM Ml:-
SiuN MKHCHANTS.
SoSHo»»iit -»i.'i» •"■•■of Lombard
BALTIMORE.
Wf Vt.'ll CO' - 'HI' > 0' .!>■ I « It
WF'> * ''rit-S roOlf o Lo. #'l ' i'
Mo itlwriiWi' i ' Ht* o 1
•ijamtoi-o: I'lanoty Cud > .iii ■-> to>
tun; ir .t t •. I • - •• W. ,t;«. •
Kmo. i. ? . it'. Urn - ■ .i* -'3 lo:
ng i*u» tif.-rf'i* *• • u .-si! i
odinoirpl rtluiuo. A.I Ui jtil *in tiKVCOiI
«pt MttatlM. J
GO T O
W. i fcenipsait
V* V v
TISE IJIX)CIv,
A\"in^tOn. IV. (J.
FOR GOOD
T..!j.- -eo I'tUo', tJti.ii Iron aniJ Home
matio Tiuwaro at
Liyinj- Prices
Also Hoofing ami Guttering at slior
notice, at BOTTOM PRICES.
gept 10-ly
J. W. SHIPLEY,
Corner Main anil itrd Strcrl
WIHSTOS, N. C.
Under Jacobs Clothing Store.
MANUFACTURER OP
Harness, Untiles, Cnll-irs ami Saddles,
Also deilcr iu Whips, I lames,
i'ruslies, Lap lli bes, in f.i:t
everything in the Har
ness and saddler) ' ue
CHEAPEST HOI!8B IN WL .1 . : KOBTB
CABOBL SA.
Will sell my own niannfactufetl p.'nds as
clu-ap as vn eon buy tiro \\ estern
ami Northern > ily made goods.
PATRONIZE HOr.lE IN JUSTS Y.
Has 3 stork of the old army McClellan
Saddles en hand.
Come and M:O me Sept 'Jtl 1-y.
12rown Rogers $ Co
Wholesale and Itelail
HARDWARE
Largos", lino of STOKVS in TVington.
V
Agricultural Implements
MACIITNERY ofall kinds
IL 11!. \"ESS .'7.\ D SJID 1)1. ES be.
i'.ii.ws, o;LS, r.'iß.vistiES, &c'
Specialalhnl i "tviUd to their tUntes
Clipper l'/aivs.
. Igenh Di/pm'fs ohl nnl well known
IlfJ't't Puw !r.
Bept ae-ly
Doors , Sash, BLINDS-
Having rebuilt our Planing Mill, j
D'ior, Sa-h and Blind factory, mid fit
ted i" no wiiii all new maehintry of the :
latent and most approved patterns, we j
arc now prepared to" do nil k u.us of
work in cur line in tho very best style.
Wc ma:>ufacturo
DOOHS, SAStI, BLtNDSj
Dooi Frame*, Window Frames. Brack
ets, Moulding, lland-rail, Balusters,
Newel*, Miiuteis, Porch Columns, and
arc prepared to do alt kinds of Scroll
Sawing, Turning, Wo carry in
stock tt cat! et hoarding, Flooring, Ceil
ing, W ttinscoting and all kinds of Dress !
ed Lmnher; also Framing Lumber, j
Shingles, Laths, Lime. Cement, Plaster,
Plastering llair and nil kinds ul Build
er?' Mipplies. Call ana see us or write
for our prices before buying elsewhere.
MILLER BROS-, WINSTON, N. C.
GEO. STEWART.
Tin and Sheet Iron Manu
facturer.
Oj.oi I-. •' W i-house.
ROOFING-GUTTERING AND SPOUT
ING
riona ai ihoii notice.
Keeps rons' .oil' v on hand » tine lot of
Cooking and lloalin;: Stoves
1
i
SSm&Z No .1 ... i«ii r ...mixtion ol -04.1.
or dr*wlnr* At, V* M n u *r«notleod
lothi M : IK\Tf
1 cMU!• «b» world.
Tbf a ot fluch ft ootict •TWO
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uTihlusS WV KKLI »t *IOO « »o»r. Ml U
liffluidJ? I». l W-t d-.0-MO.
nw.hMita. I•!.ontlonf. en«ln»erln« mtlji. MM
to traj-siSiSf.'»
Lflpuont»• lioß *■£?£?
#»cti vr#*k. Iry ' '• ' iT i-r o»« dollar.
MttQA * j. ol Boioni.no Ajtt«xt«Mi
| iowt yatcut* ••IH4
k-:\> r riIIXCJJ SI CCI:I:I>S LIKI: J
DANDUUV, N. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 3, IS
HfiiS!
OITWIIU nor Kim.
IIKI.L.EN TIC NT.
The hour has mine. .Strong hands the an
chor raise;
FrlemU s'atul and weep alonj the fading
shore,
! It* (Vnr ■ " urn lit' n:i ,I v
i In sudden laney that he silir slays
Who s'ays behind ; thai some now danger
lays
New snare in oacli fresh path untro.l IH
fere.
All, foolish heart! in tale's mysterious
lore
Is writien no such oboiw of jilan and days .
Eaeh hour has liUown jH iil and esea[H!;
In most familiar things' familiar shajHt
New danger comes willnmt or sh, r hl or
sound ;
No sea more foreign rolls than breaks |
eaeh morn
Across our threshold when the day is
born;
We sail, at sunrise daily "outward bound."
AN AMUSING COURTSHIP.
THEOWINKIJE BROWN DESCBIBEB Ills
FIRST 6PAHKING.
CA I. 1.1 NO ON BIKE JIN KIN SON— - A SKIUKS
OF PIQUANT CONVERSATIONS—IIINTS
THAT WERE NOT TAKEN.
When I was young, says Theowinkle
Brown in the Detroit Frc- Press, I was
never very powerful in tue courting bus- j
ine»!, though afterwards I was gradually .
brought to, and convalesced. 1 wasu't
afraid of shot-guns, or balky mules, but !
a young lady I always allowed plenty ;
of room. My memory still keeps one :
foot on the first night 1 ever went *rscc
a girl, two off—Suke Jinkinson,prettier
than a barrel of peaches. I'd never
got uiero than in sparking distance of
her, but 1 had loved her at sixty yards
for a long time. 1 w."" the Duly heir
and incumbrance of my father's quartet
section of land ; fcnew her folks, and one
uight I brushed down air happened to
drop iu accidentally. Wo sat around
the fireplace, and i talked mostly with
tho old fulks they , they talked altogeth
er with uic. There is one thing I never
could understand, and that is, why the
old folk* always think ihat it is necessa
ry for them to sit up with a young rnau
tiil the last horn blows to entertain him
and waste their whole time m trying to
make it pleasant for hio, when they
don't do any such a thing ! They'll do
it every time, if they lose sleep by it.
| They think it is incumbent on them to
jdo so, when it is not at all necessary.
1 talked well enough to the oltl folks.
' but when 1 had talked thctu out I had j
also talked myself nut when 1 found .
titvsclf alone in the presence (tf Sukc. j
1 couldn't say much, and she knit a good j
deal. 1 was only nineteen, and waa
away from home. What could I say?
What could you have said ! Hut sho
knit on. Tho conversational gosaip rau
along in the folly style—the star;* rep
resent intervals , the reader can fill up j
these pauses, as 1 did, by twirling their
thumbs, looking at the ceiling, the floor,
and at thoir boots; occasionally I look
ed at Suke—when sho didn't see me.
It was 10 r. M.
"What time have you, Mr. Brown " I
"Indeed, my watch is in my other
vest."
"It gets late very oarly now nights."
"Ob yes, indoed it does."
"Do you have to get up very early
tomorrow, Mr. Brown t"
"Yes. We are going to oliop wood."
"Docs not loss of sleep interfere with
your working next
"No, not in the least. I can stand
it."
• ••••*
"Won't you be afraid to go home in
the dark V'
"Not a bit. lam noto.isily scared,
and I know every step of the way in the
dark."
• • • » • •
"Did jou ever sit up at a wake, Ml.
Brown !"
"I think four this winter."
"And you never got wearried out 1"
"No. 1 once sat up with two hand
running, and was already to go to work
the third day."
"The corpses they staid qmct ?"
"0 yes, they weru dead."
"I lif-ar some one knocking. Miss
J SuVn." *
••Y-*. it i« fa'her pounding the par
' tiiiirti. 1 guess he is diouming."
"lie must be, I thiuk."
"Was that 12 the clock struck j'ist
now, Mr. Brown V
"No, 1 only counted 11."
"Oh, I forgot; our clock always strikes
ono less. I wish it w luld strike oue
more than it dues."
"I'o you go to b«d enrly, Mr.
Brown 1"
"Oh, it doesn't matter when 1 go to
bed."
("Villi t.-1.1«...'*' *. 1"
"1 can get along without it very
well."
"1 wish I were like you."
*»•«»»
"Docs tli* kitten sleep theieall night.
Miss Suke 1"
"No, she has gone to sleep there,
waiting for mo to go to my room."
She gets sleepy early,"
"Well, the poor thing has been up all
day, like myself, aud wants to retire."'
*»«»*«
"Have you good fences, Mr. Brown'"
"I'relty good down our way."
"It's fuuuy. All our fences, and
everybody else, get the gaps up hero at
this hour of tho night."
"The place is not hauu'ed ?"
"Oh, no." - •
*»»»»*
"There, I have got that mitten done
| since you were here.''
"You don't say so? That's quick
woik. You're a good knitter."
"That fire is not like present company
Mr. Brown."
j "Why not, Miss ?ukc V'
"Bceau3e it is out."
j (Certainly it was out when there w»3
| no wood in it.)
#•**#*
"Are you not chilly, Mr. Brown
"No, thank you, I am quite warm.''
"Ah, I thought you were very cool."
"I'm very comfortable, Miss Suke."
*#*• , » »
"Did you ever sta-Ap in a house
alone .it nigb', Mr, Br^O"
"You bet I have." j
"Well, would it be n*ueti of nn in
convenience to you to sit up here whil •
I go to my room and sleep a little, and
in the rooming I will sue you .agair.
Just keep your seat. There is no
spooks here."
I thought I had better go, as it looked
like she had begun to hint in that di
rection, so 1 made some kind o''atl ex
cuse and loft, i never went back there,
because from that day to this it has al
ways seemed to lue that she someway
meant that she wanted me to go homo,
but for n>y life I'couldu't {rove it.
I didn't marry hei, foi spite.
NO lIKGKET FORSLAVKKY.
There am many northern papers al-
I ways on thu lini of nc« discoveries, or
what they 1:0 disposed to eousidcr such.
The New York Eihning Post thinks it
scos remarkable signs of a complete rev
olution in public sentiment in the South
respecting oM sectional issues. Senator
Vance's lcoture in ISoston, ami Jus
: I'hclan's Congressional canvass in Ten
neasco, have giveu rise to the Post's
views. Mr. t'helan made quits a ropu
tation as a forcible orator during the
; last Congressional campaign. In his
j speeches he was patticularly careful to
1 present himself as a representative of the
"New South" and declared that the
"New South" rejoices iu the Union and
its wide domain, and is proud of the
removal of slavery. .
Senator Vance was (ho war Governor
of North Carolina. In bis Boston loo
ture lie said : "Hitter to my taste as
were the results of tho civil war, .lay
after day had reooneilud me to tbeui,
and convinced me of the wisdom of
clioerful submission to the will of Hun
who brought them about. Tho union
of these Mates has boon preserved and
declared indissoluble. A great, and
j disturbing cons'itutional question has
been finally settled, aud slavery bus
been forever abolished; it no longer
tarnishes the lair faiuo of a great and
free republic. Because it was involved
ia the question «.f a constitutional right,
I fought four years in its defense. I
tell you now, upon the honor of my man
hood, that I would fight eight years,
though my hairs aro white, agtiust any
attempt to reinstate it in any portion of
! this continent.
j It is all well enough for tho Post to
comment ou the remarks of Senator
i Vance and Mr. I'helao respect in - tie
i disappearance of slavery, but it ought
not to quote them as something new. It
| would be difioult to find auywheici in
the 8. nth iny regret for slavery.—Cbar
■ lotto ('Armiiclf.
THE LARGKS P K VllM IN TUK
WOULD.
In tlio extreme southwest corner of
Louisann lies the lnrjff'-.nt producing faroi
in the world. It runs 100 miles north
and south mid twenty-five miles east .ind
w-i, and is owned And operated liy :i
syndicate oi Northern capitali'is. Thoir
general manager, Mr. J. I? Watkius, j
gives an interesting account of this gi
ganic plantation, which throws the great
Dalr-.mpie farm of I'akota into the'
a reporter at the S-. Jamas l|. ,1 and
asked to give tin- partii u! of hi' ri
ganio enterprise. "Th • million and a
half acres of land in our tract,"' Mr. '
Watkius said, "was pureW t i'l HS '
fioui this State of I i Ji.-i ina and ft in
the United States Govcrmi: nl. \
that tunc il was a vist cr-tzing 1.0. 1 f r '
the cattle of the xl -liei's f i l .o i.
berhood. Winn I took posses i-.ii I
found over 1(1,' I h .id f half wild
hor-es i , c My first work was
to divide tile r.:.nen tiai t into Co::v n
ient pastures, e" :' mg ,iii or
rancluß every ix un: .s. i»e
alone cost in the neighborho..u ut
000. The land I found to best udapi u
to rtos, sunnr, corn, and cotton.
"All our cultivating ditching, inc.,
is dune by steam power. \\ e take a
tract, say half a uiile wile (' r iu-datici.
and plare an engine at eaisole. Th"-.
engines ara poriablo, and operate a cable
attached to four plows, and uuder thi
arrangement we are abb 1 to plow thirty
acres a ilay with only the labor of three
men. Our harrowing, planting, and
cultivating is done in a like manner. Ir,
fact, there is nit a draught lior on
th J entire place. We have, of course,
horses for tho herders of cattlu of which
wo now have 10,000 head. Th ■ Nmth
orn Pacific Railroad run- fur thirty-six
miles through oar farm. \vo have hree
steamboats operaiing on the waters of
our own estute, upon which tl re are
300 miles ot ravtgablc waters. Wo
have an iee factory a bank, a shipyard
ajptl riee tn,.i ' in Rfpu'-'iji
II AS HOI' I . rm THE SU'TESS |
OP TOHAt'tJO CULTURE .N
GREAT IJIH FAIN.
,'iobac-o {London) S'v "The ex
perimental cultivuti >c of t bacco in
England during the current year lias '
excited a large amount "1 ] üblic inur->
est. The crop I i- I. on grown by 1
ardent agriculturists under nni'ivorubl.i
conditions. The result is ;.cd u..satis- i
factory. S •mo tobacco 1 .. b n- r ..lu
ccd (hat ! r , ijuilo f n sa'.de, one vai! !\
bcir.g valued as high is ltd j »i > ~un
by a London t"bnvo broker. There
seems fair promise that tobieuo of a
marketable value eati be grown in (iri.it
Hritum. Sueh tobacco would in the
course uf a few yeais obtain at. individ
uality of its own. and would no doubt
be found suitable for the manufacture
of certain classes of tmoking tobaeco.
It is, however, impossible for tobaeco
growing to be a commercial success
unless a concession is made by tho
i '
| government.
TO MAKE YOUR TOWN PROSPER
Don't fret. Talk about it Write
about it. H .uitify tiie streets. P.U
roniio (lot me nts. D-i f: -n Ily to
' everybody. Hie." g.od mm to all ofri
fes. Dou't gru ib:.« about hard times.
Keop your sidewalks in good repair.
Avoid gossip about your neighbors. I)o
your trading with home merchants. Sell
all you can and buy all you can at homo
If you are rich, invest something; em
ploy somebody; be a "rustler." Heme -
ber that every dollar invested in
permanent improvement is so much on
interest. He courteous to strangers that
couic among you, so that they maj go
away with good impressions. Always
cheer oti the men who no in for im
provements; your portion of the cost
will be nothing but what is ju-t Pou't
kind at any proposed impioveinent be
cause it is not at your own door, or fur
fear that your taxes will be raised fifty
cents. —Faycttevdie Observer.
Somebody has coo pared the world to
a beehive. The empty comb represents
the possibilities «t life, which may bo
filled with honey or stuffed with bee
bread, and as in gathering honey the
bee uses the sting as a spatula, and
mingles a portion of its sting poison
| with tho iweot for the sake of
preserving it, so the wealth which the
human bee accumulates lasts alt tiic
bettei when depoMtci little «t a time at
AII expense of much euro and labor.—
A LEADING HHITLSH PAPER ON
LEE.
The Pall Mall Git tic, in revicw
i: g the Memoirs of General Robert
E. Li e, h Military an ' Personal His
tory," winch Inn jut app .ire l in Lou
do, i, refers ':> Lee's character in a tone
of lofty adultation. "No biographei,"
it says, "ever had a nobler subject.
Rob srl had a character all but flaw
less : ho was a real king of men, spot
less in his high-souled integrity, born
V ••••• -•* ~*v * ' * V' J ' T -
spoiled by go id f. rtuue, as grandly
ealui in a lversity , tho shining figure,
in a v. : 1, of a stupendous struggle that
evoked toe full development of his spe
cial gi ~ius." In closing the notice it
■ld ls . "lie fought out file good fight,
and tl. n, with a noble dignity of ro
- gnu' ' . went out into a retirement
vl.i'h! e•> 'v uld break. His death
v.as i :u'li'd a. It rl been his life,
and his nayie will euduio wliilo grand
-ir of >.»il, puii'.i 't clmraci r, devoted
putri,.! i in a' I eliivairy of the finest type
a. \ ir'.i.• - v .lued by inai.kiu—New
\ ork /' im ■.
RKGISTII xi'loN oi'' DEEDS.
lu the proceedings of e) General
A--. oi6h -,e lurtee t!ia Mr. Shaw of
the II -me : ..i> iutrodjeed a bill to ex-i
tend the time for tho registration of
deeds.
One of the best acts of the General
A.--0U1! ly of l«-.5 was that requiring
the r.giM ration of a deed in order to
perfect the title, and alto requiring all
former doe Js to be registered within a
specified tine. The gieatest publicity
possible was given to tins act and par
ties were given ample time tu co:p!y
with it. It is to be hoped that the pros
es : General Assembly will not do so
foolish a thing as to extend the time
prescribed in that aet. Up to the tunc
it went into op. ration no purchaser of
re.il estate could tell with certainty when
be was getting a good title. A man
tuight sell of land a half dozen
times, and 10 record bcu.g made ot it,
;:ii old deed might Im brought lorward
v an;, time which would take precedence
over all others. Why any tuau should
want a 1 :.r to cover up sucli rascality
lire una l le to nee.—Now Herri';
Jnirnal,
OHIPS OF INTKKKBT.
f ;oiu l'i •:: -i*. Fanner.
('off c to the value of $17,000,000 is
! r uglit into tho United States annual
i ly.
Tl re are 1,800 lawyers iu Boston,
or •o lawyi r to ev ry :>■ '0 souls, men
women and children.
Within the limits of tho Roman Etu
pire under Augustus th •re wore at least
100,000 fl .1 of human beings.
New York consumes (1,000,000 bur
ials of lag-M' beer a year, which is at
ihe rate of five barrels for each man,
woman and child.
Some farmers in tho Connecticut
River Valley are turning their attention
from b icco culture to the raising of
tine li 'rses.
In 1318 a f arful plague, called "the
black death," swept over all Europe,
killing :uorc than one-half tho inhabi
tants of EagUnd.
Mrs. Eben Drown, of Chesterfield
Factory, N. 11., has iu her possession a
woven coverlet that has been in use
over 200 years and is still in food eiui
dition.
\\ hen the President of tho United
1 Slates proclaimed war against Great
Hritain 11 duly 10. 1812, tho navy of
tho United Slates consisted of only
twenty vessels, exclusive of gunboats.
Grady comes of good stock. His
fuller was a highly cultivated and weal
thy planter, his mother a Southern
lady, wi'h too mingled soc.al graces and
religi 'us devotion which reached so high
a type in the South. The boy was born
about thirty-six years ago in what is
called 'Chorok. o Georgia-" During the
rebellion his father was killtd fighting
gallantly on the Southern side, after
having risen to tlio rank of Major.—
Philadelphia .Yews.
Ono half of the Republican party
feel in honor botind to nominate Mr.
Blaine in 1888, though they would bo
glad to escape from tho dilemma, and
the oth( r half are certain that if ho is so
n 'initiated the party, tis Tony Weller
aid, will l;o •'precipitated down and
da.-;, d into a million o' hntoiug."—N.
i V- Herald, Ind.
NO. 30
I'AKM AND OAKDICN NOT KM.
An average corn crop is worth a mil
lion dollar* more than tlie combined
value of other grains.
Seven-tenths of the dry portion of
corn is pure starch, and starch forms
about four fifths of all human food.
The Now Kngland Eurmer says het>B
will rarely eat sunflower seed unless
starved to it. Try boiling them and
rubbing off the hulls.
\f u l- - e • J. mi
will enjoy your sociability us well as
you will. Sensible horses like to b«
talked lo by sensible uieu.
A mixture of several kinds of grain
for feeding stock i.; always better than
one kind alon \ Variety in grain is as
important an variety in bulky food.
A l'ricnd of .Mr. A. C. Harlow, of
| Maine, is confident ho desuroys the eod-
Ilmg moth, as well as other insects,
by bonfires iu (ho orchard the last of
i June or July.
I T
IV f.issor J. N. Sanborn, Columbia
j (Mo.) t liege, says in long-continued
I p' liods of drouth vegetations is sus
tains' by moisture rising from tlio sub
j soil rather than from dews.
A milkman in Lowell, Mass., says
j ipples decrease the flow of his milch
' COBS. He fed them too freely. Oive
a small quantity at first, and increase
to one and two pecks per day.
The American .Igricuflarisl sug
gests that cats can be improved, as
other animals, by keeping only the kit
tens of supdrior promise, and the value
of a ;;ood cat on the farm is generally
underestimated.
The New York Tribune suggests as
a good shovel for all use a coal shovel,
fourteen iuchen wide iu tho blade—use
ful for stable cleaning, shoveling pota
toes and many other operation*—a
time and labor savor.
It is always i-» order, says |the New
England Farmer, to batten all the loose
cracks in the .boarding of ihe stables
I and shedj. A few cents' worth xt eom
> man laths will save dollars worth of foe!
[ in the shape of hay and grain during the
MX months of a New England winter.
A. 15. Alien advocates using a mod'
erate quantity of pumpkins iu feeding
swiuc, saying tliat they assist digestion
and euablc them to more perfectly and
economically turn the feed into flesh.
A few roots may be used instead of
pumpkins, beets and carrots being pie
ferred.
The silo has directed attention in a
j special manner to the value of corn fod
der, which is frequently allowed to go
to waste. Kut the fodder can be util
ized to great advautage without putting
it iu the silo. If cut before it is dead
ripe and properly eured and fed wiM«
. concentrated foods, it is a capitul
t food.
1 Give winter fowls a chance to "roost"
on the manure pile; keep tham warm;
t provide dusting boxes; if possible light,
i close, wcll-vcntilatcd quarters aud sun
f shine: runs under sunny sheds, a variety
of food; warm feed, like boiled potatoes
, mashed warm, with meal mixed with it,
at coon daily, gravel crushed bone and
and oyster shells, or other form of nine,
and pure wate renewed daily, aud eggs
will be abundant, even iu zero weath-
cr.
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No animal duos as well as it should
that is not comfortable in winter.
Study the comfort of all kiuds of live
stock, Kegular feeding, wholesome
food, pure water aud comfortable laiars
are essential Horses need fiesh air,
within draughts, and light. These
arc less important for meat stock,
.-heep require puro air but light is leas
important, and darkness is favorable
tor the quiet and rapid fattening of au
mit.ating animal*. Warmth is especial
ly important for all kinds of stock wbicb
hive been fed fot slaughter, and which
are being held for better market pros
pects.
The farmer who caunot raise fifty
bushels per acre on fiar corn land is not
a good corn-grower, and will hardly
make this or any other cereal crop, uo.
der IIKC cultivation, a sucoess. I have
for man; years past regarded fifty bush
els per aero as but a fair average yield
o( corn on my farm, and the past two
crops have avenged souio. sixty .five and
seventy bushels per acre. To grow
corn as many fanners do, and get a
yield of thitty or forty bushels per acre,
affoid" little profit, but just as there i«
in half tillage of other crops.- -Covn*
try Gentleman.