THE KALEIGH POST, JANT7ABY 25, 1899.
SOME OLD
Written for The Post by
CURRITUCK. Formed in 1672. i
"Jailed Carteret until 1684. Precinct
Of Albemarle until 1738.
I Incorporated schools -were Ourrituck
Seiminary- of Learning, chartered In
,1789, and Pleasant Grove Academy,
1835.
It is of Interest that the chanter of
the Currituck 'Seminary, alone of all
those granted iby the "General Assem
Wyr calls the principal '"Provost." -
The most Important school of this
county was Indian Town Academy,
buUtjby William Ferebee, Sr., in 1761,
, and 'burned during the "negro raid" of
:1S62. It -was on land reserved "by the
' Lords' proprietors in. 1704 to Yeopim
(pronounced Yawkim) Indians, tine
W'ountry around being called Goretuek
' Currituck) in imitation of the note of
a wild goose. Their chief ftpwn was
by the Indians called Culong, and by
"the whites Indian Town. In 1740, by
permission of the General Assembly,
the Indians sold their lands, and, with
their King, John Durant, left the
Imitate.
The lands were bought by -a very in
telligent class of people, such as
Thomas McKnight, the famous Tory,
-Colonel Gideon Lamb, Colonel Perkins,
John Humphries, Thomas Pool Wdl
aiiams, Major Taylor Jones, General
Peter' Daugei General Isaac Gregory,
Williaim Ferebee, Sr., all of them mili
tary officers, or members of the legis
3a five 'bodies before and after, the
Revolution. The Indian Town Acad
emy was on the plantation of William
lYrebee, Sr., known as Oulong, which
descended to Thomas Cooper Ferebee,
Sr., and from him to Thomas Cooper
Ferebee, Jr., and was, sold by the lat
ter since the civil war.
The teacher worthy of mention is'
Ezelriel Gilman, of 'Massachusetts,, a
! graduate of Harvard, who came to
Currituck in 1840 and , stall resides
there ait the ripe age of 83. He taught
., for fifty consecutive years, In soine in
stances having under his charge
father, son and grandson. He is a
niah" of learning and well preserved,
mentally and-physically.
Indian Town Academy was the
. early educator of many very useful
men. One family, that of Wm. Fere
bee, furnished six members of the
Legislature, of whom two Joseph
and -William were officers in the Rev
. olutdonary army; one, Samuel, was a
(member of the convention of 1789, and
the last survivor; another, George, was
a member 6f the convention of 1835,
and sitill another, Dennis D., was a
colonel in tbe Confederate army and
a member of the convention of 1S61.
Authorities: Acts of Assembly, Hon
T. J. Jarivs, C. M. Ferebee, Esq.
'PERQUIMANS. Formed in 1(572
Called Berkeley until 1684. A precinct
ol Albemarle until lc58.
Incornorated SchoolsUnion Hall
School, chartered 1806; Pleasant
Grove Academy, J816 and again 1838;
INew Prospect Academy, 1817; Concord
Academy, 1820; Wood vilie Academy
1830; Harvey's Neck Academy, 1831;
Perquimans Academy, 1849; : Perqui
mans CMale and Female Academy,
1861 and again in 1867;
Union Hall School is described as
near "Old "Nicks," a corruption from
'Old Neck." It was in existence for
some time prior to its incorporation,
.j New Prospect Academy was de
scribed as. near Oak Grove, on Little
River.
The Belvidere Academy, a classical
school," has been doing excellent work
I tsinee 1835. It is under the control of
.the 'Society of Friends, but not sec
tarian in its teachings or patronage.
It has had the following .teachers
among dthers: Ed. 'S. Gifford, of Mas
sachusetts. 183.V37: Dr. John Wins-
5ow. 1838-'41 ; Dr. Caleb Winslow, 1843-
i '44: Joseph It. Parker, 1865-'67; Tim
othv Nicholson, 1848-'55; John W. Al-
bettson, 184G; W A. iSymmes, 1870
'73. Messrs. E. W. Nicholson and M
J White have been (masters since 1882.
Among the pupils were Judges Geo
W Brooks and John W. Albert son,
the latter 'being also a teacher; Thos.
G. Skinner, M. C, and many of the
best men of the Albemarle section
The first principal of Perquimans
Academy dn 1848 was Jobn Kiimberly,
' afterwards a professor in 'the Univer-
sitv. Then came Rev. Benjamin b.
- Bronson. : Bennett, W. H
Weatherly, James M. Mullen, now a
iudse in Virginia, and George 5. uor
don. In 1870 Wm. G. Gaither took
charge of the male department, while
'Mrs. AVE. Barrow was principal of
the female department. Then the two
were united and the prineipalship de
volved on Mr. Gaither for twelve con
secutive years, with Messrs. Winslow,
IMoior S. M. Gattis (now in itihe Gen
eral Assemblv from Orange), 'Ham-
, imond. J. C. Kittrell, as assistants
' fmm time to time. The old building
-was burned in 1835 and was rebuilt
rHh.0 Rflime vear. In 1897 Mr. Gaither
fi jraiin took charge of the school which
is taueht according to the most) im
proved metbods.
In 1856 there was an academy for
anales at Newby Bridge.
According to tradition Scoimurder
ani: Rev. Hezekial G. Leigh had
schols at Durant's Neck. ,
'Authorities: Acts, of Assembly, Mr.
Jo?iah Nicholson, Prof. W. G. Gaither.
TYRRELL. Formed in 1729. Pre
cinct of Albermale until 1738v
Chartered .Schools Pike Academy,
Sn Little Alligator, 1819; Swain's Acad
emy, 1842.
Joseph Phelps bad a school of local
fame in tihis county in 1797.
Pike Academy ws in existence
prior to its charter.
There were two schools In Scupper
nong townsbip; called SCTippernong an'
'Albemarle. , ; " -
As a rule, when one was to opera
tion, the other was vacant.
In 1843 the teachers was J. B. Mc
Gowen, of New York. His successor
in 1847 was Heber C. Murphy, of
'Maryland, educated at Hobart College.
fter about four years' service he be
came a minister in ' the Episcopal
church. .The next master was Brough
ton W Foster, of Vermont, son of a
distinguished Congregationa.l preacher,
graduate of uariinoum jouege,
SCHOOLS
DR. KEMP P. JIJLTTliE
young' man of very high, standing and
literary attainments, an excellent
teacher. He Ihad a elect schol of 35.
The next principal was Edward C.
Brabble, a former pupil of Foster,
who graduated at Dartmouth and had
experience in teaching inv Massachu
setts. He was a gallant Confederate
soldier, won promotion to the colo
nelcy of the Thirty-tfliird North
Carolina Regiment, and died in ser
vice. After the war Mr. Webb, of the
State University, (taught until about
1870.
Isaac .(Newton TOlett, of the same in
stitution, had the school until, about
1873, and was succeeded by
Walthall for one year, and then it
went down.
Columbia High School In 1844 Miss
Mary 'Mann, a lady of intelligence, be
gan the -laSaool. Her successor was
Samuel Terry, 31. D., of New York,
once in the United iStates navy. In
1847 George W. .Adamson, of New
York, well educated, had charge, and
(then Lemuel Rice, a scholarly man,
who was principal until 18o6. Then
came Mrs. Caroline Alexander and her
daughter 'Martha- Jb ., the .latter a
graduate of Salem Female Academy,
subsequently the wife of Dennis Sim
mens, of Wdlliamstonl In 1S59,
Broughton W. Foster became princi
pal, until 1865. Then, successively,
Rev Manmaduke Rhodes, a Bapitist
preacher of this State; P. H. Wilkins,
of Virginia; J. A. Cohoon, an alumnus
of Trinnity College; Ab. Alexander, M.
U.; in 1874; llarner Alexander, an
alumnus of Randolph-Macon College;
Edmund Alexander, of Randolph
Macon; M. D. L. Newberry; Starke
Hassell, a graduate of Wake Forest
College; then W. S. Dunston, a gradu
ate of the State University, conducted
j.1'L "I 1 J In ill T.A.
is sitill in operation, J. J. Cohoon be
ing principal. -
The average atltendance was about
30, but larger under the management
of Messrs. Dunston and Cohoon.
Rev. James E. Mann, afterwards
presiding elder in the Methodist Epis
copal Church, was 'in charge of a pri
vate school at Gum Neck about 1850.
He was succeeded by Samuel Terry,
ratoove mentioned, for a number of
years.
The school was suspended- by . the
war. It was resumed in 1868, under
the masltership of J. A. Cohoon, who
kept, it open for four years.
Authorities: Mark Majette, Esq.,
Acts of Assembly.
Note. Several of the schools men
tioned above may not come in the
catagory'of "olid 'scbools." As informa
tion about them was furnished me, I
concluded not to omit them.
JUDGE MERRIMON
ON THE AMENDMENT
(Continued from 2nd page.)
norant and credulous into voting
against the amendment believes that
they are any better as politicians, so
far as their sincerity is concerned,
tlian Judas was as a disciple. It has
been shown that if the proposed
amendment, .taken by its four comers
and construed or interpreted as a
wrhole, is in conflict with the constitu
tion of the United 'States, it is so be
cause it makes an unjust discrimina
tion against the negro !by denying or
abridging bis right to vote on account
of his race, color or previous condi
tion of servitude, and that a discrim
anation on any other account would
not .be obnoxious to the Constitution
of the, United iS tales; and it (has also
been shown that there ds nothing upon
the face of the proposed amendment
which would exclude the negro from
the right to vote on account of bis
race, etc., and that neither Congress
nor the courts will be at liberty to
look beyond tihe words of t(he aimend
maent an putting, a construction upon
it. .
No court, without ignoring the set
tied rules, of interpretation, wOuld be
at liberty to pas's upon the validity of
section Ave as a separate and iirde-
nendent subject. This section is so
intimately 'connected with the other
provisions ot the amendment tnat ir
it were declared void the amendment
w-ould not be the amendment propos
ed by the Legislature" and ratified by
the roeoPle. but one made by the
court, and this .is' never permitted.
The iSupreme Court, of tlhe United
.States in the case of Sprague ' vs.
Thomson, 118 U. S., 91, said: "If a
clause in a statute, wh idh violates the
constitution cannot be rejected with
out causing the act to provide what
the Legisdatfure never intended, the
Whole statute must fall." Of course
no court will bold that the Legislature
of North Carolina would have pro
posed tbi's amendment to the people
lor tneir ratincation m ;uiey maa sup
posed 'that the fifth section would be
declared void, and the rest or the
amendment valid.' .
Is it not manifest that such a de
cision would have the effect to de
prive thousands of (men of their votes
contrary to the piaindy expressed in
tention of the Legislature? And
must be kept in imind that this amend
ment deals only with the elective
franchise and the right to hold office
and no one is entitled to hold an office
unless he possesses the right to vote
But, if it be conceded that the eficee
of this section will be to give Co white
men a privilege that the negro, on .ac
count of bis race, etc., cannot enjoy.
ik will follow that bis right to vote
is denied or abridged on this account
because if 'he has the qualification
prescribed dn the preceding sections
be will Shave the right to vote, and
will not be affected in any way by
section five,
(Let it be admitted that be was not
aj entitled to yote on January; lt 187A!to3a m the offices they, now fcoldA and
becaiu'se , of 'his race, etc., there la
nothioxg in section five to ghow thait
such was the fact, nor is there any
thing tlhere to show that white men
were given the benefit of its .provis
ions ibecause they were white.
What Cnrts Won't Do.
Let it not be supposed that at this
very time it is a notorious fact tnat
the number of negro men 21 years old
and Tipward in this 'State who cannot
write is as great as tflie number who
were entitled to vote on January 1,
1G7, and the descendants of suen,
would any court be justified in mold
ing that the educational qualifications
in the proposed amendment , were
placed there on account of race, color
or previous condition of servitude?
Would the court go outside of the
plain meaning of the words and make
an investigation or act upon notorious
tacts and declare that the Legislature
and the people had practiced a fraud
upon the negro? Would not this be to
overthrow the settled rules of law of
every court of every enlightened coun
try in the world?
In discussing tbis matter before the
people we are justified then in telling
them we can rely, upon the courts to
observe settled principles of law. There
is "no reason whatever to fear that the
courts will become revolutionary in
order to defeat the will of the people
of this or any other State.
The negro, as a class, cannot claim
that their righl to vote ds denied or
abridiged on account of race, etc., for
it is an admitted fact that a very
large number of them possess all the
prescribed qualifications. Senators
Pritchard and Butler both claim that
if the amendment Is adopted 50,000
will be able to register and vote. This
demonstrates the fact that negroes are
not disfranchised on account of their
race, etc., nor as a race. Each indi
vidual negro who does not possess the
requisite qualificaifcions will be under
the necessity of making it appear that
section 5 was aimed at him; but this
he will be utterly unable to do so far
as his race, etc., is concerned, for 50,-
000 of his race will an-oear as wit
nesses against - Kim, ' and eboiw that
such a contention will be utterly false,
and the language of section 5 will tell
him that if he could vote on January
1,-1867, or if be is a descendant of any
one who could, it twill take him to Its
bosom' and cherish, and defend him.
But let us, for the sake of argument,
not because there ds any danger, take
it for granted that some judge will
discover that the 5th section makes an
unjust discrimination against the ne-
tional in its present- shape.
What will this judge do ? As the
section gives the wKite man the right
to vote whether he can read or write
or not, the negro will expect that un
der the XV amendment Ihe will be en
titled to the same right whether he
was entitled to vote on January 1,
1867, or is the descendant of any one
who was entitled or not? He looks
upon the XV amendment as his shield
and buckler, and his exceeding great
reward, but if he learns that there is
no help in it for him, w7dth wbat an
unspeakable disgust will he be filled
when the only assurance his professed
mends will be able to give him will
be that he will have the consolation
of knowing that the poor white man is1
in no better plight than 'he is. No
self-respectdng negro looks for or de
sires any tiling of this kind. j
The purpose of the XV amendment
is to secure to the negro in respect of
his right to vote equality with the
white man, to prohibit a State from
denying or abridging this right on ac
count of bis race, etc. It gives no
countenance to any procedure that
will deprive the white man of any
right conferred upon him, but it will
rather lift up the negro to the plane
upon which the white man stands than
degrade the white man to the level of
the negro. Therefore if section five
is construed by the court as effecting
an unjust discrimination against the
negro its benefits will be given to him
and he like the white man will be en
titled to vote Whether he can read and
write or not.
The Constitution of Delaware con
tained a section conferring the right
'to vote upon "every free white male
citizen," etc. Clearly this section was
in conflict with the XV amendment.
The 'Supreme Court of the United
States, however, did not declare it
void, but in tihe case of Neal vs. Dela
ware, 103 U. S., 383, said: "White as
well .as 'free' in section 1, article 4 of
the existing Constitution is a dead let
ter. As they (the negroes) have the
rigiht to vote they are liable Observe
as jurors." - r
iSo in this case the court would sim
ply hold, not that the White men
should be deprived of the benefit of
section five, but that the negro sbould
have the same benefit.
, It must be borne in mind that the
XV amendment was not passed to
take away anything that has been
conferred upon wbite men, but to give
to the negro the same privilege of the
white man in respect to the right to
vote. : :
But . feuppose 'this case could 'be de
cide'd as a political question! If the
courts, are going to make the amend
ment do the most good f or those who
expect to profit by the negro vote they
will cejrtainly never do anything to
add to 'the number of the disfranchised
negroes, and the Republicans claim a
large per cent, of the votes of the poor
white men Who cannot write, and they
profess to be extremely solicitous that
this class of citizens shall be protected
in their right to vote. The Demo
cratic, party 'has shown its faith bv its
works and bas provided for tneir pro
tection in .the fifth section. So if the
courts are in favor of their voting, and
all the political parties are in favor
of it, and the proposed amendment
provides for it, how will it be possible
that they sihall ever lose it? OBut it
is not at all probable that the - courts
will make any political decision. They
will find no reason to swerve from the
beaten track in interpreting tbe
amendment.
All this ad oaptandum talk about the
poor wbite man -ds but the trick of the
demagogue, and of the lowest order
of the demagogue. ' It is not that they
care for the poor. Their main desire
is to save the negro vote, that it may
save them, and enable them to con
supply their (friends with tMnsrs they
do not (hold. ' .
Warmly Congratulated.
Judge Jklerrimon was the recipient
of many coagraitulations at the con
clusion, and a number of persons who
had been Tmdecided about the matter,
took occasion to express their convic
tion of the legality and equity of the
amendment and promised their cordial
support.
Resolutions of thanks to Judge Mer
riimon were offered by , J. D. Murphy,
lisq., and unanimously adopted.
New Form of ITIarrlasre Ceremony
(Wilkesboro Ohronide-)
During the holidays an inexperi
enced magistrate performed the mar
riage ceremony for a young couple
up in eGod's country" in - a rather
unique fashion. When it came time
to pronounce the ceremony the magis
trate's memory failed him on the mar
riage ceremony, but : he remembered
something about th e oa th , arfd no t
wishing to delay matters, he proceed
ing somewhat as follows:
"Young man, you swear before God
you'll marry this woman your only
wedded wife while you are alive, so
help you God. Kiss the book.
"Young woman, you swear you'll
marry this young an an and keep him
to 'himself till he dies. Kiss the txrok.
The laws of North Carolina pronounce
you man and wife."
While this is rather a novel cere
mony we are assured by experienced
hands that, it will hold good in. lawj
and tlhe couple are living bapily to
gether.
Fat and Lean.
To cover your scrawny neck with,
a soft pink cushion of flesh, eat cere
als and sweets, exercise tbe neck mus-,
cles by slowly moving the head in
each direction, and rub all tihe lano
line into the pores you can.
To reduce your double chin take
away your pillow at night, skip your
mid-day luncheon, and massage the
throat with firm upward strokes fif
teen minutes each day. It will take
montbs.
As aids to flesh building potatoes
taken at each meal, especially when
milk and butter are added, cannot be
rivaled. Liquids are excellent flesh
formers. '
.Stout persons should substitute toast
for fresh breads, and even of that
eat as little as will suffice. iNever
drink at meal time if you would grow
thinner.
The girl with ugly bellows and
deep shadows around her coliar-foone
should take the arm gymnastics. Out
ward and upward, four times, then
'to either side. 'Singing lessons have
often worked magic upon a seemingly
impossible throat.
" The ungraceful carriage of nine-
tenths Of the stout women adds a-bou't
ten pounds to their avoirdupoise in
appearance. It seems very singular
in these days that any self-respecting
woman should throw out her abdo
men, when by a slight forward poise
she might keep it in line. i
Cocoa butter is only a degree less
fattening than German lanoline, and
many persons prefer it. For increas
ing the bust or arms the best physi-
Ipians eoniimend it hlsnhlv. Olive oil
ha- ,riW! .niso - Knt . ln n al in is thp
quickest known flesh forming appli
cation. Before using see that the
pores are open; else how could it
benefit? .
Let the lean girl who sits in judg
ment upon her own physique take
courage, rane can Jiave an tne canay,
creams, sweets and good things she
wants, and, if she will, acquire a
rounded figure by "reading up" the
list of flesh-building edibles.
- To London and Parts.
. The nineteenth International Chris
tian Endeavor Convention will be held
in July in London. Hundreds of En
deavoi'ers and their friends have
already engaged steamship passage.
This cannot be done too early, as at
the last prices advance and accommo
dations are not so desirable. All
Christian Endeavorers and all others
furnishing testimonials of good stand
ing are cordially invited to join the
Christian Endeavor party. The prices
are very reasonable and the tours de
lightfully arranged. Those Jn North
Carolina desiring full particulars can
secure the same by writing (and en
closing stamp) to
MUSS MAMIE BAYS,
Trans. Mgr. C. E. State Union,
Charlotte, N. C.
A New York woman wants to es
tablish a school "for the training of
women in the management of hus
bands." Why not? We have schools
for the training of men in the man
agement of -locomotives and other
machinery, and it may also be neces
sary to teach women how - to run the
machinery of bread-winning 'always
provided she does not know too much
already. This school may be the last
little thing necessary to the perfec
tion of the coming woman, and the
world may recognize that fact as soon
as set before it. Maiaens, of course,
will receive private lessons, because
at present men are so ridiculously
prejudiced .that they anight 'not be
willing to accept management,"
even for their own good, and the
"preparation" might disturb the
chances of the graduate inher deter
mined effort to reduce such theories
to practice. A call is made for pupils,
and sf professors are needed, the
whole faculty mi ght Toe's applied from
Florida, or our experts might be dn-J
duced to give lectures or set up -a
valuable branch to the iNew York es
tablishment. Here wo take our med
icine quietly, and wouUd willingly
contribute of our abundant mission
ary material for the benefit of less
enlightened quarters of the world.
Girl graduates are increasing in
number in Germany. Three years ago
the ten great sebools had on their
books 177 women students. At the
end of 1897 tbe number bad" risen to
347, every university except Munster
contributing to the roll of girl gradu
ates. At the beginning of tbe present
year the number had increased to 400.
Physiology and phiilology are the fa
vorite studies.
Two-thirds of the world's eujrar is
produced from beets
POULTRY DEPARTMENT
Conducted by
Being, called upon several times dur
ing the past week for information as
4o what steps a prospective breeder
should take in order to begin a new
season along the proper lines, I have
concluded to let this article predomi
nate in suggestions, both for young
tanciers and (farmers.
Note. This article is not intended
for those who know a great deal more
than I, but for others, whose knowl
edge along tlhese lines is limited.
A "stitcih in time saves nine,
and
in no business will the old adage ap
ply more forcibly than this for the
"little things, are THE uFIngs that
count in this particular line of live
stock raising.
Mating their breeding yards during
the imontih is the subject of much
thought by fanoiers, who expect to
reap dollars from the young stock
raised tbls year, and I (hope they may
find a line or so in this article that if
applied (to their case, will be beneficial.
It must be remembered that the male
bird is HALF ffche flock, and -when a
man wishes to be repaid for his trouble
in raising young stock, it as foolish
ness, or falsw economy to ;breed from
an inferior male, when at an outlay
cf five or even ten dollars, a high
class bird fit to head a yard; for any
breeder could be purchased.
Do race borse men breed from a
sire tfaat cannot trot a mile in fiye
minutes? No; still he is a horse. Do
poultry fa,nciers real fanciers breed
from a 'male that scores only 80 points?
No; still he is a "rooster." If you, as
a breeder, kape to get 'in among the
army of real fanciers, Whose birds
bring from $5 to $50 each, you must
imipixve your flock every year, and not
be content to travel in the same old
rut. Tae improvements "YOU" can
make are many, and food for thought
may be found in Ithe following five
suggestions:
list. Select your most typical females
and do not use an inferior one, simply
to complete a desired number, but let
those you do breed from, be fine ones
2. If you haven't an extra good
male, BUY ONE, for, as I said before,
the male is balf 'rbe flock. - '
3rd. Do not place more 'than ten fe
males to one male in the lighter
weight breeds, and for an Asiatic
male, or even, the American class,
eight hens are enough.
4th. Give; your breeders your best
attention, both as to f eed and cleanli
ness. 5th. Silt only good shaped eggs, and
feed the little chicks well, giving them
all 'the range possible, and then you
will be climbing the ladder of success.
When the average man sends to a
breeder for eggs, be expected to hatch
every one of them, when he should
really be perfectly satisfied to get
eight chicks, and tben be should re
member that for itihe small sum tbe
eggs cost, he has transferred to his
yards, birds 'that would cost in all
probability ten ibimes the worth of the
eggs. Now a word as to when to
hatch egsgs: :
Brahmas, Codhins and Langshans
should be ba.tdhed as early after Jan
uary as possible, and not-later than
April 15th. Plymouth Rocks, Wyan
dottes, and in fact breeds of like
weight, should come off not later than
the middle of April, though March is
the best month. Mlmocas and Leg
horns will do all right batched as late
as May' 1st. : ' .-J
Above mentioned dates as to when
'to hatch eggs are for beginners. Many
fanciers who understand how to feed,
frequently hatch a, month or more
later, but in order to be on the safe
side, I always am better pleased with
early hatched birds.
If you purchase eggs from a good
breeder and 'tiliey do hot batch well, do
not "CUSS HIM OUT," for. nine times
out of ten, it is. tbe fault of the old
hen. In reporting a poor hatch, give
the facts in the case, in a gentlemanly
manner, and you will receive the same
treatment in return.
Do not expect a world beater to de
velop from every chick hatched, for
you will be sure to be disappointed.
For .the farmer, who, as yet con
siders Mongrel hens perfectly satisfac
tory, and can see nothing to interest
him in the 'new f angled chickens," a
few suggestions may be beneficial
also. -I
have heard dozens of our farmer
friends say tbat 'tlheir fowls are not as
large as they were a "A FEW YEARS
BACK." Have you had the same
thought relative to your flock? Have
you thought that your hens were not
so healthy as in years past?
Have you wondered why they do
not lay as they once did, or that itihe
eggs were smaller? .'
Many of you will think, yes, my
fowls are just now in that plight.
I will tell you why you a re so 4 'suc
cessful"(?) About ten years ago John
Jones' mother-in-law swapped a speckled-ben
to Byi Smith for an old
Shanghai rooiter, with spurs long
enough for ffnee rails, and because
she did not fmey him for some reason-
sbe presented him to you, and
being a bit sentimental this old anti
quated chan'ti'cleer (graced your yard,
until he was 'too old to crovv then his
grandson was cock of the walk for a
few years, and so on. There you
have been "IN BREEDING" year in
and year out, until your fowls have
degenerated into weak, sickly, ban
tams, with constitutions so feebler that
if a neighbor comes along and says
his fowls are dying with the "CHOL
ERY," yours immediately become af
fected and die like flies.
How will you remedy thisf It is
easy if you will tolnk, and act. If
your fowls are in tbe condition-tramed,
!get out your pipe, fill it, set down by
tbe fire and think, first, how often
-these poor, sickly bens nave placed a
dollar in your pocket, how many
chicken pies you have -nad in the past
year, and how gloriously good those
"egg nogs" were. - -
Then think of a single department
of your otberwise well-regulated farm
that gives you any thini like the re
turn for tbe money or time invested
i think then how much superior to
' 44 RAZOR BACKS" are the improved
i breeds of bogs in your gens; think,
F. IS. HEGE.
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the wonderful improvement your fine
cat ti arc over the poor "ofcd-fieid"
cows that your, - grandfather salfied; ,
then, and not urctdl tlhen, Avill you bo
willing to give your (fowls the atten
tion deserved."
Your firat move reaHy should bo to
sell every fowl on tbe farm, and begin
anew, with pure breeds, tout taking it
for granted that as yet, a imdxwcl lot,
every coneeiTabl size, sliape and
color, suit you best, you should kill
every male fowl, and if you do uot
feel Sible or incllnod too graJde up tiho
iioek, purchse a few maiie;$ that aro .
not 'in aaiy wa.y relaited to ywrrs, pnd
be sure they 'have not been unbred.
FOllcw above miggestions, and yon
will see a decided Improvement,
We must not forged that MoTecniIl
ness as next to goodilines," ' and sot
you should 'thoroughly clean andr dis
infect .their roosting quaftsi -aaka
comfortable laying Quarters for theun,
and feed on sound food. s. ;
Use insect powder on your sitting
hens, and, in tbe nests, 0 tbat the
food you give your chicks will go to
wards making meat and feathers, and
uot for tbe support of thousands of
"chicken lice."
I suppose it will not be best for ma
to write too lengthy a lecturo thi3
time, or -it might become . drescme,
iiherefore I will close by saying bis:
If you- intend ordering eggs for
hatching, REMEMBER that there, are .
jus-t as good fowls in our State as in'
any otiher State, o.ud I feel 'rbat it is
the duty of our citizens to patronize;
bri'eeders in the South and in North,
Carolina especially when it is possible
to do so.
While I have no eggs to sell, I will t
take pleasure in telling our readsrs
Wiiere they can be supplied, if they;
will encloso stamp for replly.
Next article will be devoted to lot
tersi and just there 1 wisb to add that
I will be greatly pleased hear from
ay of our farmer friends who ihavja
bad any poultry experience along the
lines menbioned in this aiiticle. Jusc
address the letter to me Ivaloigh.
N. C. :
A VISIT TO THE VANCE
HOMESTEAD.
(Bilford in Wadesboro aiessenger nnd
InteUigencer.)
Dear M. & I. "I have not beard from
you for a long time; neither 'have yon.
heard from me, so I thought I Would
tell you about my -visit to 'the old;
Vance bonm A friend and myseJf left .
Weaverville a few days ago for
Beach, a distance of six miles, and on?
Our way passed the Tance homo. It. 33
an old-fasihioned house, situmted on.
Reems creek, in tbe heart ot the .
mountains. A short dlstanoe from fthe
rear of the Chouse raises a oiousvtiaiiii
peak, and .I th ought of how tb feet
of Bob and Zeb Vance used .to toil up
that mountainside, hunting squirrels
and chestnuts. I heard tb peacefui
murmur of Reem creek. Jtset-' as it
used to sing to than i in their child
hood. We saw frozen artists upon the
mountain top as if the ioddess of Ice
had breathed her frosty breath upon
the rugged crest. The mourning
wind, as it blew over the bills, sang
'of something deeper in life than mora "
existence; The old spring bouse is
there, just as it was when two bare
foot boys used to carry water up tlhe
h'ill and stumped their toes on the
rocks. How often had that murmur
ing spring cooled ithe lips of two sun
burnt boys one to, be Governor anoV
the other General. Summer after
summer the violets 'have bloomed and
faded around that spring, the birda
ha ve sa ng in the tree-tops as the
creek has murmured on, but the music
is not complete since the laugbing
voice of Zeb and the pathetic songa
of Bob have died -forever. -
We were kindly received by the
hostess in tbe room where Zeb and
Bob were born. The bouse has under
gone some changes -since the boylhood
of these great men. The logs bavo
"been torn away and replaced by
weatherboardlng, but tbe interior is
unchanged. We were gazing with won
der at the big fireplace, about five feet
wide, when the lady of the bouse said:
"There is one in the other room that's
a baby beside tbis one," and we start
ed into the other room to see it. The
chimney is double, furnishing a fire
place for both rooms. It seemed like
walking around a pyramiid . to got
around that ch'iimney, it ;was so large.
Then we saw something that looked
more like mho mammoth cave than a ,
fireplace. It Is eisfrt feet wido and
large enough to bold a load of wood.
We walked into the -fireplace and look
ed up at the bright blue sky. There
was the old pot book, and croviees Su
the side of the chimney where
Mother Vance used to place her jeas-t
so it would rise. We ftbougbt Of how
Zeb and Bob used to roast potatoes
and pop corn during the long winter
nights.
Ten miles away, amid the busy bum
of Asheville stands Zeb Vance's mon
ument.:' In tho 'Riverside Cemetery
General; Bob was recently laTI to rest,
but this old cbimney is the monmnent
of their childhood, and the epitaph
of . those boyhood hoiv H the mark-s
theiT dirty fingers left upon it, often
stained by the handling of backbono
and sparerribs. In this humble homo
two of North Carolina's greatest fiona
were born and reared. Oh tbat boys
would realize that such homes are
the palaces in which the kings of the
world are born. Working on tbe farm
for an occupa tion. wi tb the mou n -:
tains and the biTds for their com
panions, they grew up with rkturo
for thejr teacher. There in no grander
recommendation treat a boy can s'-art , .
out into the world with than that" ha
came from a mountain farm. Tho
mountain breezes seem to insrplTa
them to higber thi-as. and tbe grand
est educational instlttrtione ever or
ganized is far away (from tho noise
and din of a town upon a country
(farm, and the best coars of sidy
any boy erer received 3 fojlowiog a
treacherous amile betrvveen the blades
of the waving corn.
BILFORD.