Established 1899
Truant Kids In
The Sun's Family
Re?. J. G. Gtrt'i Tells Hov Come
Comets in the Sky -
A NEW COMET IS HERE
The Far Distant Planets Lasso
Comets with Gravitation
Ropes and Make Them
Come Back
Written for the Democrat.
The appearance of a comet in
the western heavens last week
was a beautiful sight and inspires
the writer to give vent to his
feeling in an article on comets,
as astronomy teaches us of them.
Comets are in a general way
the scatterbrain, sensational
members of the heaveitty bodies,
for they come in from some
where, dart arotfnd the sun, and
then shoot off into Some
of them are adopted into the
planetary family and remain
with us. skirmishing from the
sun to Uranus and Neptune, and
back again.
There have been about 700
comets listed by astronomers,
400 before the year 1600 A. D.
and of course visible to the naked
eye. as telescopes were then un
known At present it is a cqjn
mon thing for an astronomer to
find a new comet and there is
hardly a night ore is not visible,
by telescope.
In the sun's family there are
270 comets, and 26 of these have
come back within 100 years after
a visit, though some get lost and
escape from the sun, and go off
to Dlay truant.
The reason the comets come
back is because one of the large
planets, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn
or Neptune, see the rascals try
ing to get away and lasso them
by gravitation, and turn their
heads back toward the sun. The
6-year comets are bosfeed by Jup
iter, the 33-year comets by Uran
us and the 75-year comets by
Neptune. HaUey's comet is one
of the 75 year class. A comet
means 4i a hairy star" and con
sists of three parts, the nucleus,
or «tar, the cloud around it, and
the the tail, the cloud or "coma,",
which means hair, surrounding
the star, is from 40,000 to 100,000
miles in diameter and singularly
this cloud gets smaller as it ap
proaches the sun. - The star or
nucleus is 6,000 to 8,000 miles in
diameter and sometimes is re
duced to 100 miles. The cloud
and star undergo rapid changes,
It is estimated that the weight
of the average comet's head
would be as much as an iron ball
100 miles in diameter.
The tail is the most beautiful
feature, of course. Its length is
seldom less than ten to fifteen
million miles while the great
comet of 1882, which was visible
in daylight, had a tail one hun
dred million miles long and its
diameter was 200,000 miles at
the head and ten million at the
extremity.
You would think such an enor
mous affair would be heavy, but
the truth is the tail of the comet
weighs less, comparatively speak
ing, than the air left in the best
vacuum possible to science. That
is to say, a hogshead of comets
tail would weigh less than a gal
lon of vacuum air, and that is
rather light, as a feather falls in
a vacuum, like a rock;
The head of a comet is likely
composed of small heavy mete
oric stones very widely separated
and enveloped in gas. The tail i
is thought to be these rocks
powdered till they become a
mere gas, and thrown off by the
comet, and thus we infer the j
comets are growing smaller each j
time they visit the sun.
Halley's comet is one of the
largest. It was the first comet
whose return was predicted.
This prediction was made by
Halley, an English astronomer,
a friend, and co-corker with Sir
Isaac Newton, Newton's discov
ers of the law of gravitation led
Halley to believe comets were in
fluenced by the planets and he
fixed 1759 as the time this one
could be expected, and come it
did Nov. 13, 1759. Halley found
records of the comet had been
made in 1066, 1145, 1301, 1456,
1531, 1607, and so concluded it
was a regular visitor to the sun
everv 75 to 77 years. It last ap
peared in 1835 and was predic
ted to return about 1911. Hal
lev 's comet is the - most brilliant
of all the comets appearing peri
odically.
As we view this new sight
in the heavens we are con
strained td declare with David:
' 'The heavens declare the glory
of God, and the firmament show
eth his handiwork."
J. G. GARTH.
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
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Mr. Stine's Bible Class
Along with Charlotte, Concord,
Salisbury and Statesville, the city
of Hickory is enjoying the privi
lege of an interdenominational
Bible study class in which the
international Sunday sehcol les-
are used, so that it gives
teachers a splendid chance to
prepare for the lesson. This
class is taught by Mr. N. A.
Stine, of Altoona, Pa., a gentle
man of 17-years experience in
this kind of work. He is in the
South only for the winter, until
about the first of April.
While the Sunday school lesson
is taught, the class is not intend
ed 8 lone for teachers but for ail
people who desire to study the
Book. It is not merely a normal
class lesson but fche aim is to get
at the lessons of the Lesson.
Mr. Stine's headquarters are in
Z\VA rlotte. He begins in Hickory
Monday afternoon, is in States
ville Monday night. Salisbury
Tuesday night, Concord Thurs
day night and Charlotte Friday
night. No collections are e /er
taken but free will offerings for
the support of the work may be
left in the plate at the door. All
the people of Hitkory or of the
county are invited to attend these
classes.
Edith Items
Correspondencejjf the Democrat
Edith, Jan. 26. —On December
23 last Mr. John Fry and Miss
Jane Sherrill were married at the
residence of S. Wilkinson, J. P.
There is visible improvement in
the Democrat which we are glad
to note.
Owing to the extreme cold
freezing weather the farmers are
not advancing their work as fast
as common. Wheat and oats are
not showing much. The general
report is that wheat hasn't a
good stand.
We are glad to see that the
price of cotton is tending down
ward. It will help to keep the
acreage for this crop in the
bounds of reason. We want our
manufacturers to have cotton to
keep them running all the time
and hope for them good prices
for cheir products, but we don't
j ever want to see them again
1 curtail to lower the price of the
raw material. We said when
many of them did that that they
had it in ther power but we also
said then they could not curtail
their stomachs and their exam
ple would be followed and many
innocent ones would suffer.
Hence the cry of the high cost of
living. ,
We hear there are several ap
plicants to enumerate the census.
The chairman of the Republican
executive committee of Mountain
Creek told me he had refused to
endorse for some of the appli
cants. I have been keeping
house nearly 45 years and have
never had a call from one of
these officers yet. I may get a
call this time. If I don't I'll feel
like sending my report to head
quarters myself, and will be
pretty apt to do it. SUBSOILER.
The C. A. Munroe Scholarship
Fund
To the Editor of The Democrat:
For several years we have felt
that the most fitting and most
fruitful work that the Churches
and Home Mission Societies of
Concord Presbytery* could do
would be to establish an endowed
Scholarship of $l,OOO or more in
the Lees-Mcßae Institute at Ban
ner Elk, and call it the "C. A.
Munroe Scholarship Fund" in re
cognition and appreciation of the
long, untiring and successful
work that this faithful servant of
God has done for the cause of
Home Missions within the bounds
of Concord Presbytery.
This matter is one that we be
lieve every church and Home
Mission Society, and many indi
viduals, both in the Presbyterian
Church and in other churches
within the bounds of Concord
Presbytery, will take a very great
pleasure in helping
It has already been fairly and
encouraginly launched by a most
liberal contribution from Lenoir
Church. And Mr. J. H. Beall,
cashier of the Bank of Lenoir,
has consented to act as treasurer
of the Fund, and to see that it is
wisely and safely invested.
• We should like to have the Fund
in hand as soon as possible, so
that the interest will begin to ac
crue before the next session be
£ins , " i .
Will everyone who feels an in
terest in the establishment of this
Fund, and the perpetual good
that it will do. measure their in
terest as far as possible in dol
lars and cents, and send them to
Mr * Beall. EDGAR TUFTS.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER S
CASTOR! A
HICKORY, N. C. § THUftS&AY, FEBRUARY 3, 1910.
Transplanted
Hickory Sprouts
One in Philadelphia Yields A
Hard NuMo Crack
THIS IS SPROUT NUMBER 1
A Dainty Darling from Down
Home Here Asked a Hard
Question the Storm
Played Havoc
Written for The Democrat.
Hickory, a name significant of
much that's good in wood, fits
nicely, too, when applied to high
grade humans. Indeed, it fits
them better. Almost any tree,
if healthv and young enough, can
be transplanted bodily to congen
ial soil and climate, there to
thrive as if upon its native heath.
But did you ever stop to think
before that even the Sprouts of
Hickory humans transplanted to
some distant environment very
different from their own. would
grow and tnrive there most at
tractively? Well, it is true.
One such little Hickory Sprout,
something more than four years
old now, is proving it as truly in
her own sweet, demure, ques
tioning way as are the other and
older Hickories in (he Philadel
phia grove where she grows.
Let's call her Madge, to avoid
betrayal of a modest, sensitive
personality, and learn our own
little object lessor, from her.
Recent y there came a howling, j
saturating storm, a deluge that!
fairly beat upon her beautiful;
new home till the penetrating
winds drove the million rain
drops through the new
and -unevenly capped metal
roof of the proudest bay window
on the*storm side of the
Drop by drop, till bucketfuls un
reckoned were merged, the rain
drops beat in and crept and
leakedT till they had loosened
nearly all the ceiling of the fine
sitting-room opposite the ill
capped bay, Down at last came
the plaster with a crash that
smashed things and sounded not
unlike the crack of doom in the
midst of that furious storm.
Just back of the sitting-room'
lay little Madge Hickory in her:
own Mother Tree's room, a suf- j
ferer with high fever from ton- 1
silitis. The crash of the ceiling;
brought on convulsions, and the
Parent Trees greatly feared that'
the work of the storm had men
aced the precious life of their lit
tle Hickory Sprout.
She recovered in a day or two,
however, as such sound Sprouts
will, and thii is what she set
about to learn:
"Daddy, do you reckon the
Lord sent the storm that dropped
our ceiling and scared us all
so?"
"Ye-es, child, I-I expect He
did."
"Then, daddy ;He ought to have
known better; He knew I was
sick."
It was the old, old puzzle; but
observers just outside the grove
could see, only a few days later,
that the fury and strain of the
storm probably had already
strengthened all # that Hickory
group including the transplanted,
tender Sprouts. Storms have that
habit with the best of woods; and
she is good Hickory.
Then, of course, there are oth
er trees beside Hickories that
need strengthening—giga nti c,
deep-rooted human Oaks, half
century Elms, and the like—and
the storm comes to toughen them
as well as the tender transplanted
Hickory Sprouts. N. B. H.
Philadelphia, Pa.
February "Everybody's"
"The Beast and the Jungle,"'
the exposure of the corruption
of the great corporations in Col
orado, by Judge Ben B. Lindsay,
continues in Everybody's Maga
zine thie year. Judge Lindsay is
a fighter, honest and courageous.
The world knows how successful
he has been in + he rescue of bad
boys in his juvenile court. He
hits out from the shoulder, and
every line of his writings counts.
He is following the trail now to
the very doors of the National
capitol.
February Everybody's has a
valuable article on "Nervous
ness, a National Menace," by
Samuel McComb, D.D. It is $1.50
a year, 15 cents a copy. The
Ridge way Co., Union Square,
New York city.
For rheumatism, rheumatic twinges,
pain in the back, weary back or urinary
troubles, take Pinules, the new kidney"
remedy. Pineuhs help the kidneys
to pa?s off uric asid poison from the
system* Sold by W, S. Martin.
THE RIG'ilT MAN »
Dr. W. H. Nicholson, New
President of the Chamber
of Commerce
Hickory has fortunate in
her choice of a president for her
new boosting, club. To this re
sponsible place Dr. W. H. Nichol
son has been heartily and unani
mously cfhosen, as l as already
been told in these columns. The
Democrat takes pleasure in pre
senting herewith a picture of Dr.
Nicholson. It is-true it shows
him a little bit ycmgei than he
is today,, although he is still a
voung man in spirit and energy.
Dr. Nicholson • has already
proven himself to be a man of
the best .it, combined
with fine tact. He knows how to
tackle a knotty problem. At t,he
same time he is a true booster.
His address before the Chamber
of Commerce after his election j
waS a gem. The Democrat tried
to get it to print but Dr. Nichol
son is a modest man, and would
not let his paper be printed.
Some may think that real en
ergy and modesty do not go;
together b it when one thinks the J
thing through he will realize that j
a man who is not really modest j
does not make- th,e best impres-\
sion on a newcomer and therefore ]
is not the man to lead the!
boosters of a town.
Tnis is what" Dr. Nicholson is,;
No citizen of Hickory could have j
'' '** IW i
been chosen who vould make a 1
finer impression stranger.!
Of fine physique, of fine presence, I
every fibre of his being consist-!
ing of the threads which make ■
up a true Southern Christian :
gentleman. Dr. Nicholson is the :
man to lead us in the elfort to j
make Hickory the metropolis of j
the beautiful Catawba valley in
which we have our fortunate
homes. If Hickory people do not j
rally to his aid and make things i
hum in the wav of town-building,
they will never do it under the
leadership of anybody else.
Dr. Nicholson was born in
Franklin county and came to his
lifework with that strength which
results from having walked the
furrow between plowhandles and j
pulled the bell cord over the |
backs of Pete and Kit. He grad-1
uated from Trinity College in
188-3 and studied medicine at the
University of Virginia and the
University of Maryland. He
practiced his profession for 10
years at Louisburg, coming to
Hickory to make his home in
1901.
The first home of Dr. Nichol
son was Edgemont Farm, a beau
tiful property one mile out of the
citv which he still owns.
Dr. Nicholson married Miss
Genevieve Perry, of FrankWn i
count.v. The d6ctor is a steward
in the Methodist church of this
city. His home is now the for
mer home of Judge C. A. Cilley,
a fine two-story residence in the
heart of the city. He has retired
from active practice of his pro-,
fession.
"Let us all help Dr. Nicholson to
help Hickory hump herself."
Casey-Hammond
Miss Sarah Bessie Casey and
Mr. Edward HammoiTd, of this
city, were married at the resi
dence of Rev. J. D. Harte on last
Thursday evening by Mr. Harte.
Those who were priviliged to
witness the ceremony were Mrs.
Hutchison, Miss Fannie Wilfong
and Mr. Zeb Buchanan.
Mrs. Hammond took the evening
train for Asheville.
Miss Casey is anattractive and
cultured young woman, orginally
from South Carolina, and Mr.
Hammond is a member of the
prosperous firm of Hammond &
Johnson, of this city. Their
friends are wishing them a long
and happy married life.
An excellent cough syrup is Eees
Laxative Cough Syrup. It gently yet
freely moves the bowels, thereby driv
~lng oat the-cold, and at the same time
it heals irritation of the throat, andlhus
stop the cough. Children like it.
§QU by W, S. Martin.
A Good Old
* Timey Snow
Laj Sii laches-Deep and the
Kids Had Coasting
HALF A DAY FALLING
The First Big Snow in Hickory
- for Seven Years Past
Came Last Friday
Morning
A beautiful old-fashioned
Brushy Mountain snow came
dowa on Friday and covered the
ground to a depth of half a foot.
It had heen damp and drizzly
.hursday night, and a fine,
powdery rain was sifting down
on Friday morning about 8
o'clock. Everybody was wishing
for a gr od old-tuney snow but
they were shaking their heads
and saving it couldn't snow be
caus Q it was too warm.
But it wasn't. For about 9
o'clock little white flakes began
to fall, then they grew- larger
and larger, until they began to
come down as thickly as they
must have done over the head of
Commander Pe ry when he stood
at the North Pole. As the Little
Roy who has just moved to
Hickory from Charlotte, and who
had never seen a snow before —i
that is a decent snow —looked out 1
"of the window, he saw the white j
flakes falling'against the leaden !
horizon ii!i it looked like Nature j
was putting on a great, white-!
flecked bridal veil, as if she was
about to be married—about to be
the bride of Winter. They were
eoming down like they did in
that picture in the Little Boy's'
story book where the Finlander
was driving his hors-sso furious
ly through the fierce storm with
a pack of wolves on his trail.
Tie Little Boy donned his
brown overcca vvi h the big brass,
buttons, took his shovel and went i
out into the very teeth of the 1
snowfall to build a snow man. j
It was the first snow man he ever i
built. How he did pile on the!
snow, and roll snow balls all over
the yard, and fall down into the!
cold white eiderdown of the skies |
and rollick and roll !
And the big flakes fell steadily
without interruption till about 1
o'clock. They nut a white night
cap on the learned bald head of
Lenoir College's massive dome.
They spread a big white sheet
over the wheat fields tucking in
the little green baby shoots of
wheat under the covers to keep
them wai m and healthy. It made
sleigh bells ring in Hickory on
Saturday, and gave the boys and
girls the first coasting they had
had in about seven years.
g Catawba's Next |j
Door Neighbors |
• €-€-€-
Mrs. Sallie Hoyle Jones died
in upper Cleveland county and
was buried on the 24th, ult. Mrs.
Jones was the widow of the la
mented C. D. Jones who was
murdered some years ago by the
negro, Lawson Howard.
E. H. Lutz & Co. is a new mer
chandise firm at Fallston,
W. W. Dixon, of Belwood, up
per Cleveland county, died Tues
day, January 18.
• Supt. Hill, of the Mooresboro
Creamery spent Sunday here, the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. C.
Mcßrayer. He reports the
Creamery as doing a splendid
business both in receipts and
shipments. We are more than
ever convinced that Shelby' trap
ped her "lasses jug'" when we
failed to established a Creamery
here. Cleveland Star.
An Address on Sabbath Ob
servance
Rev. Dr. McMasters delivered
an able address on the necessity
of preserving the Christian Sab
bath at the Presbyterian church
Sunday evening. The church was
filled with people from the vari
ous churches, for it was a union
meeting. There is a branch of the
| national Lord's Day Alliance in
North Carolina, which is now
three years old. Dr. McMasters
welcomed the Sweep of the tem
perance sentiment in the state
but said that the observance of
the Sabbath was • not keeping
i pace with this other moral move
; ment, as it should do, for both
'goalong together. collection
for the work was taken at the
: ewd of the service.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR IA
Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
Must Disinfect Cattle
The following is section (13) of
the regulations for the control of
contagious and infectious diseases
of live stock in North Carolina:
SEC. 13. Notice is hereby giv
en that anv owner of cattle in
fested with Texas or fever ticks
(Margaropus annulatus) who does
not follow the instructions of the
Commissioner of Agriculture, the
State Veterinarian."the Assistant
State Veterinarian, or the inspec
tors of the Department of Agri
culture, and who does not disin
fect the cattle and eradicate the
ticks in a reasonable length of
time, the Commissioner of Agri
culture, the State Veterinarian,
the Assistant State Veterinarian,
or the inspectors of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, will have
the power to disinfect the cattle
and eradicate the ticks, and
charge the entailed expenses to
the owner of said csttle. In case
the owner of said cattle refuses
to pay the said costs of disinfec
tion and eradication, the Commis
sionerof Agriculture is authorised
to hold said cattle until costs
shall have been paid in full, and,
in default of such payment by
the owner, to sell under the form
of procedure ptescribed by the
Estray Law of the State, suffici
ent or all of said animals to liq
uidate the expense of said disin
fection and eradication.
When Roosevelt Is Speaker
(Extract from the Congressional Record
of future date.)
From tlie New York World.
The House was called to order; with
the Speaker in the chair;
The gentleman from Tennessee rose
promptly to declare
He espoused a point of order, and he
asked the Speaker that
To settle it he'd wrestle him two
rounds upon the mat.
That ceremony finished, with vhe Ten
nesseean downed,
The Speaker donned his coat again
and took a look around,
Till thi gentleman from Wyoming his
eye essayed to catch
And recalled that he had promised him
a four-round boxing match
fo decide a little question of appropri
tion for
An irrigation project that had hung a
year or more.
Then the menjber from Rhode Island
"asked the Speaker right to make
Debate upon a bill for his constituen
cy's sake.
"I'll run you round 'he Capitol," the
Speaker said, and then
If you succeed in winning you can
talk from 4 to 10."
The gentleman from Deleware refused
to yield the floor
To the gentleman from Maryland,
which quickly raised a roar.
The Speaker called them up to him
and made them fight it out
In strictly prize-ring manner, and he
refereed the bout.
"I'll now apoint committes," said the
Speaker with a grin.
"We'll have a battle royal and the
strongest ones shall win."
The House then stripped to fighting
logs, the desks were moved away,
And the ruction was a corker for the
balance of the day.
At 4 o'clock the Speaker looked upon
the panting pile.
"Will some one move we now adjourn?"
he murmured with a smile.
The motion made he donned his hat,
"And now come on," said he;
"We'll take a jaunt of ninety miles
and then all go to tea!"
PAUL WEST.
How To Select Seed Corn
Commissioner of Agriculture
W. A. Graham is sending out a
special bulletin, full of valuable
information, on "Winter and
Spring Work in Selecting Seed
Corn." It dosen't cost anything
but the 2 cent stamp needed to
make the application to the N. C.
Department of Agric ull ur e.
Every farmer ought to have it.
The bulletin lays stress on the
fact that the seed should be se
lected from an ear that carries
the same number of rows on all
parts of the cob, and that has the
rows of grain running straight
and not broken.
The grain should be sound.
The best ear is the one that will
give in weight the largest pro
portion of sound corn when it is
shelled. The bulletin goes on to
analyze a grain of com in a very
interesting way. It is illustrated
with pi tures.
Bright boys in the corn olub
contests ought by all means to
send for this bulletin.
What greater gift or blessing oould
one give than health and happiness.
To your unhealthy friends gi/e Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea, nature's
greatest tonic remedy. Drives out dis
ease, -brings back health and happiness;
( You 11 be surpriaed the good t'will do,
Moser & Lutz,
E. D. 8. Shuford
Of Quitman, Tex.
k Brave Southern Soldier, A
SOD of Catawba
'
BRAVERY IN BATTLE
His Horse Killed Under Him
At Corinth—Mr. J. H.
Shuford's Valuable
Sketch
Correspondence of the Democrat
E. D. B. Shuford was a son of
Eli R. Shuford who was a broth
er of my father Jacob Shuford.
Ele was born in Catawba county.
When a young man he was a
student of Catawba College.
About 1857, his father moved to
Quitman .Texas, and his son fol
lowed him to that place. He was
called Dudley Shuford. He taught
school in Catawba county before
he went to Texas. I went to
school to him a few days. Such
is my recollection. Dudley Shu
ford is well remembered by my
brothers A. A. Shuford, W. P.
Shuford, and John Shuford.
When the war between the
States commenced he was teach
ing school in Prairie county, Ar
kansas. He went to Little Rock
and joined Col. Solen Boland's
Regiment of Cavalry. This was
the Third Regiment./ He served
under General Price in Missouri
in the early part of the war. He
was then transfered east of the
Mississippi river. He was elected
orderly sergeant of his company.
At the battle of Corinth his horse
was killed while he he was riding
him in battle. He said he had four
horses killed while he was riding
them in battle. At the battle of
Corinth about eighty of his'com
pany went in to the battle and
about twenty-two came out alive.
His regiment was then united
with some other one. When the
war closed he was Second Lieu
tenant of his company.
He served under General Jo
seph Wheeler, General Hood,
and General Van Dorn. He sur
rendered under General Joseph
Johnston.
When the war was over he re
turned to Quitman, Texas. He
and his brother Alberto Poindex
ter began to publish a newspaper
at that place. His constitution
was broken. The war had been
too much for him. He died at
Quitman, Texas, in 1866, and is
buried at that place. His end
was a happy one. His brother
Pink Shuford lives at Oklahoma
City, Okla.
If any of our peple visit there
they oughut to call and see Cous
in Pink Shuford. He was a Con
federate soldier and is the only
living~son of Uncle Eli Shuford.
Mr. Pink Shuford has a sister
living at that place. She is the
only living daughter of Uncle
Eli Shuford. She will be glad to
see any of our people if they
come to the city.
I am now in correspondence
with Mr. Pink Shuford. I am
writing up the historical sketch
of the family of Uncle Eh Shu
ford. J. H. SHUFORD.
King's Creek, N. C.
Craig Will Have Opposition
Red Buck's Washington Letter to Char
lotte Observer
"You may say that Governor
Kitchin will be in the race for the
Senate." said a North Carolinian
to me. J'l got it straight from a
kinsman of his." This state
ment was made without any so
licitation on my part, and, know
ing the source of its origin, I be
lieve it to be authentic.
"Locke Craig," declared a pied
mont man, "will have to defeat
two other candidates for the De
mocratic nomination for Gover
nor. lam told that W. D. Tur
ner of Iredell, is going to enter
the race, and Lieutenant Gover
nor Newland, of Caldwell, will
run."
What a Cleveland County Girl
_ Accomplished in Illinois
From the Cleveland Star.
The Star is in receipt of a letter
from one of its good friends, Miss
Bessie Grigg, of Mulberry Grove,
Illinois, giving in detail what she
accomplished last year by reason
of her thrifty housewifery. Miss
Grigg is a Cleveland county girl,
a daughter of Mr. S. R. Grigg.
This is her record for last year
and a most excellent one it-is: —
Butter and milk sold $286.17
Chickens and eggs sold 106.80
Guineas sold 3.32
Sundries 4.21
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