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The farming population in North Carolina makes a community ,srxj times ask large as anjr otherin the State ; and although their pro ductions feed the 'countrjv.hiake its commerce, and grease the wheels of all the industries and professions, an . encomium upon ' the. brawny, struggling thousands, is very, rare.; But I just want to drop a hint or two :ittiat 7 1 leathered, fro'nii ) expe rience in 'growing Irish potatoes: The ordinary habit of my neighbors, is, to use or sell the large and bet ter formed .'samples, and plant the small ones; By experimenting for more ! than one season ' I found by planting the largest and most health ful tubers,' there was a difference in their favor, jn the yieldy ofV30 to 45 per ceiit. in measure, and of 20 to 30 in quality. j .nother fault I notice to be very commpnj. is, thatof crowding the plants.,. If Ii hayonothing planted with them, I preforbne. plant to the hlllj 18TiticKei apart, and the rows 3 feet wide." " ' l- -- ; One more hint from my own hab it. Knowing how4 vulnerable the plant is to excessive sun shine, if I want potatoes unusually tender and healthful, I plant in rows and ridges, t fiye1 feetaparfiTand two ayes in-each Wf 36 6r 40 inched apart. w Iheh, late in the Snrincc, fI plant a hill of 1 . ' - -1.1 -1 I 'II " f A corn oerweerreacn iwo niiis oi pota toes ; I then cultivate, just as I would the corn alone,:and I make three-fourths, pfla jsrop of the nicest potatoes that I rais and five-eighths of a crop of corn: ;' . I1 ; "don't say; ,to any one do as I do; I drop the hints, and if no one , wants to experiment ; if his system is perfect, no harm!is done:;;; ;-; ';; 1 'I : could ; !not' see the propriety, (from the reasons the books gave), of "cutting. back" a grape vine ev ery year, so that it could not take a natural ; pull at growings like other thmgs,-i -So I tried one vine', and took note of anBther of the same age, to see the comparative yield of the two. The onehat I allowed to run,akingtrenrapcording jtpfits requirements, brpughtr quite ad nice fruity and about eight times as much as the stubb that Ihad cut back. I am in farming, like Inm in other things, glad Ho 'read a book, but when I.amA dope,rI gq and jdp I please. Buthereis a'grealr future for NorthrCarolinatf the yeomanry will try, 'just a' little.:'; ;. ' Truly, etc., - - 1 TO PRESERVE GREEN APPLES. Dr) John Ib.a Gaither, ofAlill Bridges, this .county, baned the r4f.'nM m 4'A-maCA. if ti JVtWt&4Trtr1 A 1 ml C3 said their, preservation was a very simple matter. The apples were perfectly sound apples saved. Each aPPje i? i carefully ;wrppe'd in com mon tirowl ori MiewSpiapeV and packed in a flour or sugar barrel and the head 4ut .in, br limply Cov ered with plank. This is all there is to it. He said that Mrs. Gaither had saved five barrels in. this way, and he; did . npt, thinly, fiherq j ws as many as five rotten I apples ' in,., the lot. They were gathered before a hard ,frost, wTrapped in paper, packed and wortfr'emehibering. - Try it this fall.? Aptvlesrr always? bring) a good., pice m ltiikt.Salisbury naipninan.yr annles of last vear s erowth. He L - '...!.:."."!. !........-!..-...-- iiiwimi i ii. ) I i mil in. in in ii i i i i ' ' " ' . " . ' m.i.-m n wmi w i mum wmmmmmmm ' i ... r i n a w-iw m i h '!!! tt i ; : i jri a i'-i'T" . HI - I ( i ; ( -...5 ' I ' i ! I ' 1 1 I V FARMER'S GARDEN. ! i 7- .Every family .should', have an 1 . M. , , . t apundant supply oi strawberries, currants raspberries and black berries : These four kinds will give loaded dishes , on th e table daily throughout the summer months. ' jThis.t will . , contribute r to health, comfort and economy, save bxitcher's and grocer's bills and ; make home pleasant,, , One-quarter . of ah! acre, as well eiiltivated . as "a good field of corn or , potatoes, will furnish all the mxunes, ana . tne same amount oi !suhstantial benefit cannot be had so cheaply ' in any other, way. ; Every one likes fruit. It has been eaten by youhg'and old for t six thousand years, and there is no reason whv it may' hot be six thousand more if the world continues. The appe tite for it is! natural - healthful and universal. Boys will steal hard, green ' apples rather than be de prived of fruit. Girls will take long walks through bushes; and briers to get a few small berries in their baskets,' when they might be had J incomparably 1 better, ' and far more abundant in a well culti vated garden ' at home.' The great difficulty is, the owners of gardens will not 1 take the pains to procure the plants, or, after they have 'pro cured them, they are badly neg lected. ' The farmer, tbo often leaves the care of the . garden as the last thing to engage nis atten tion. He should always take it in hand first of all, and then cultivate and hoe , his corn and potatoes af terward. ' The : garden, for the amount of labor pays much the best, 'and' is soon through with. Always put it first on the list," and the farm crops afterward. PLANTING POTATOES. ! ''It is' time for farmers , to begin 5 reparations, ior piaiiung puiaioes. 'here are a irreat many thinirs nee- essary to consider before and at the time pt, planting., The soil oi JNorth Carolina is well, adanted . to the cul ture of Irish potatoes, and especial- .-'111. "-XT ii. ri i... t. iy ... w esieru. urm varummj uui i will be found that there J s a variety pi spus even on tne. same iarro, aim .the , farmer, should be careful that he plants his potatoes, as well as every other : , crop, in , . the. , soil . to which that crop is best suited. If you were troubled, with the rot in your, v last season's crop you ; have special cause for being careful ; in the management of the coming crop, or you may expect to be less suc cessful than you were , last, season. Do not plant, the same spot , you did last year, for the parasite the only , cause of the , disease often lives ; in the soil 'over winter. and is ready to begin its depredations in the .new, crop. , It is also better not to plant near such; spots if some re mote locality can be. found. . .The frowth of , the parasite is .favored y moisture and stopped by drought. It is .rapid, in rainy, weather, and jWhen there , are . heavy , deY9. and usually the rot is much worse upon clay land or s other soils . which , re tain moisture. Choose, , therefore, a , light , and dry ,sqil, . for I plan t jiig and you will have more satisfactory results , Plant no tubers unless they are thoroughly sound ' both' inside ano! outside 1 Many farmers dtf not liotice 'little black spots on the pota toes t ! at planting i ; time-thinking they 'will do no harm. 'These spots contain the; fungus or ; seed which does' the 'future damage. '- Some tubers may appear sound oh the surface and at the same timd severe ly diseased i within. Determine the soundness of th tubers by cutting theni all At planting time und plant none excfept ft those found iin: per fectly:. healthy condition; 'i To plant diseased potktOes: iwill insure a con tiritiation of the rot. m i- i ; .f iyjr&. ireliably'1 ihforhied that'a iri j thi& outtty,J Vasf fable to ; WINSTON,' N. 0., MARCH . 17, boast that he was born four months after his mother had been- dead and buried. !, Ilere ! is! the . explana tion: , His mother, who resi ded in Stewartsville , township, in , this county,' fell ill, and to al, appear ances died and was buried in Stewartsville cemetery. The night following her interment, gh ouls, for the. purpose -of securing some jewelj ry that was; buried with the body, unearthed -the remains j when con sciousness returned and she was enabled to return to: her - home. Arriving; at -herf late residence she rapped at the j door and I was an swered ; by her husband who de manded to know -who was there. To his great astonishment 'the re sponse came: u It is me your! wife." lie was not quick in opening the door, but finally did so and was overjoyed to meet again in life his beloved wife whom he had mourned as dead. Four months afterwards Rev. Mr. Lindsey ; was born;' and she survived several years. This is in deed a strange story, but we are assured that it is literally true. Spirit of the South. 1 .:.., ... .. i BE MORE SOCIABLE. ! ' The busy, ambitious farmer is constantly employed. He hardly sees how he can spare even half a day away , from; his farm work and business. ; And this is as true in Winter as in; Summer. Then there is ithe slow , farmercontent i to do his chores and slide through the Winter s with- the least possible ex ertion. ; The former thinks he can't spare the tim e to go. -to : farmers' in stitutes; the latter excuses himself from attending on the ground that they , ; don't . amount to anything. Now, this is all wroncr. We need to get i together more than we do. We need to exert ourselves to be sociable, pleasant and lively. It gives new zest and added interest J to life. - " !'- '??' - '' We must brace up and be active or pass the Winter in demoralizing social laziness.' And it doesn't pay to be lazy socially any better than it does to be lazy in other business. City -and Country.1 .11 j The Poplar . Tent, Cabarrus county, fair will be held August 11th and 12th. ' " Raleigh and Durham will vote on the question of prohibition on the first Monday in June. ! - ' . ; There are 181 cases on the crim inal docket of Burke i county, of which two are murder casesl ;'; ---!padd ! McCurry, deputy ' 'tax collector, of Rutherford county, has decamped with $1,875 taxes collected by'him.V '-''. ' . ' . Jordan . Shutt planted ' eight bushels of onion sets. Last i year he sold more than 150 bushels (ripe onions. ;- j:.' iiMv - : .i-The , annual convention of the Yoimg Men Christian Associations of North Carolina 1 will be held !at Chapel Hill, March 11th to 14th. i The Albemarle arid Pamlico Colo nization 5 Company h as purchased 200,000 f : acres ' of land i 1 in Hare county having paid $10U,0UU lor the same.;;- ; '"-f y-"r ;; 'M H; : ! -Wilson , shipped up to 1st j of jMafch 20,000 bales of cotton jGolds bbro shipped hp , to ; t he same dalte 16,146, which s puts' ; Wilson j ahead 3,854 TTson 'of.: , , lu-The Stanly wagons are in town this iweek after fertilizers.: iThey say that they are' going 1 to use a ? " good lot" of it i on? turnips andi beets, to raise s to feed to ; . cMXqA-Concotd Register. I v) -n ".h t ovt. iliiiJ VUIO J Cut) JUUgtug ii niiy uyuuv of seedfnow beinputchased here.' J I ( . I t m . '. . f . ' . iff! 7' -i - , : it-. The s " prison ' doors ' of ' Person county are ' wide 'open hot a single prisoner therein; '' Our jail has been uiear ui prisouen since last coun, there ' being 1 but one then'. -Person County Courier. n 1 !--'" Uy- 5 71 'N.'ti ",: in! v j!iU' , t "s 'j.' ; iu. 7 ) !;; ; -It! is reported that ih Buncombe county a trapper found a " bee tree." It contained aeoluihh of honey four feet in diameter and ninety-five feet high ; Charlotte Democrat. "f We learn from the Greenville Reflector, that some of the - farmers of Pitt county discouraged with the low, price of) cotton are going to try tobacco this year. ;If they suc ceed others who are watching them willfolloWi ; . mM ? The Commissioners of Ruther ford county have signed' the $200, 000 of jbdnds voted to the railroads arid, placed ,f them in the hands of Col. jFrahk Coke, trustee.ZVeirftw Enterprise. ' ' " .'',' .!.! - ' A new cotton factory : is to be erected on the r Catawba River, about ten miles from Charlotte, on the! site of ! the old Rock Island Woolen Mills. The proprietors are Capt . John R. Erwin and S. H. Hil to n , Esq: Charlotte Democrat, "i ' ; , The Monroe Enquirer, , says that Mr. James Belkr, whose remarkable longevity , we . spoke : about a few days since, he having died at ; the age of j 111 years,!, was a native of Union county, and .that the. fact of his age is well authenticated, (Vf ' ' - From ' the beginning of ' th e year up to this time, the record of the Register's ' office shows that a greater number of mortages have een regristered than in any sim ilar period in the history Of. the tebunty!.sto 'Advance. V -The ? North Carolina j Coach Material Company . is a new corpo ration x recently organized under the - laws: of North Carolina i with ; a capital stock of $50,000.1 It has purchased1 the business and plant of the " Cireensboro4 Handle - Works. Greensboro North Statel - 1 . The Winston National Banks represent an, aggregate, capital of $1,664,439.08, and- otherwise make showings highly. Vcreditable to the mahagement of . the .'institutions and the business interests : of ; Wihstonf Salem which they ( represent. Union Republican t . : : i; b--Mr. Calvin Pitt, of Edgecombe county, killed a hog the .other day that weighed 823 j pounds we are informed. Mr: George P. Sugg and Mr; Martin Gardner; who live ? in the same neighborhood, killed- two some time since, that weighed re spectively, 701 - and 722.- Wilson Advance. r'- 'u::--r t- i,'.Ui - . ' -The 'price of meat ' is', keeping even pace wnnai oi vinwu m us fluctuations ; one day it is up drid the next tit f is down. So long as ; our farmers' look to fthe West for ; their meat supply', instead; of raising their own '" Hog and hbminy,' so.longjwill they s be exercised ' Over the ! market quotations." Goldsboro ,Argus: J f-Thei firie ! stallion belonging to Mr. JohnsQiuof. New Hope town ship, feU and .broke jhis neck a ; few days days ago hile playing about the, lot. t Rev.. A Hv.Pefry . .tells usithat the dogSigot ,amqng shis beautiful j little .flock, of sheep afew nights ago and i.Mlied, all hi lambs but- one , and wounded. that. .They also! killed five out of 4 nine imprpxed ewesf ; ., ; 4-iiis 8 was , an t uone m ,oue nightQhathqm (Home.., M ji; .-L-The'' State " Superintendent v of jfc. tllVA V W w m.M.y --- W -- mm.--- ger," reports that' In the" fixty-five counties1' of the' States frbrii'-which hb has'infbrmationf there lare' thirty thousand pupils on the rolls bf the private ? chbqls; academies arid ol- 1 1 tarda VO www w ' as' forty-five? or flft thousand,' which IS no Daa snowing.-1 jmuccyn. j. ewo unu, i4 ifurr ur 1886. Thef report bf Mr. J. L: Tom linson, Superintenderit bf the Graded School for 'the six mohthsj ending February; 26th, j! shows, number? of pupils enrolled, 520; average num ber belonging," 403- percentage bf attendance,' 93.1 ; average daily at tendance,; 375. Union RepublicanJ . "AU ( of (thbj . peaches .we'e ipt killed ,iii the bud. '. ' !Mr. '.' j. A'.' Har bin was exhibiting around town, a few days ago, a twig which showed more live . buds' than dead bnesl ' ; ' The temperance ! movement Ts ' en joying quite a boom in Statesville at present. The Woman s Chris tian Temperance Union has about fifty members and is holding , week ly meetings. Statesville Landmark. , P. ' I. , Nifong's ' hog ,'pensVvere not ' ch jcken-tight , lafjt fall . and , this w;inte,r, so the chickens, wer allowed to eat some corn with the hogs. As a consequence, ' they- have laid rdii'r ing the! , winter over 60 dozen eggs. These, eggs at 20! cents a. ' dozen wereSvbrth $12, and the hens did not eat "half this value iri corn. ! It pays well'tofeed hens in the winter. in . i i . 7 -The Wilmington and Weldon RaHTOarrf)bmp3nyaT(rtnakiiig prep- place of the wooden structure which has been there ieV4rsihfcethe war. It is evident-that the Carolina Central Railroad r is Working with1 a view tb'a WesteTrt titleIt has already been determined, we under stand, to build to' ' Rutherfordton, and !" at'' once, ' and , then 1 ' ' either Asheville or Cranberry1, will -'probably be the : 6bjective ; pdiriti tVil mington Review. , . , ;i Mr. Samuel Yaughn and family, his. son, x. N. H Vaughn, and i family, , and his son-in4aw, - Michael Kunkle, and family, of Westmoreland county, Pa:, ; moved! to Hickory .this ,yeek. They purchased of Mr Joseph, 31ake Sunny Side," t his nice .little. home in; the? suburbs of the town.i 8eve eral , families intend. i coming , i here soon from the f Keystone - State." We. i learn , that the , mad i dog that bit Prof., Geo. W Ha.Wrils little girl last .week had .bitten,- about a dozen .dogs before it, twa8, illed. Piedmont J?re88. -d , j '' i An large number of 5 unloaded Wagdns are 1 coming' to ' town' now, but they, return home loaded' with phosphates. The : farmers '.' ; hdve gone to work ' pitching5 their crops with; a! "vigor arid, foresight 'that augurs, well for the coming harvest. a.'-' gooa aeai oi couon suit re- mairis in the countryr It has been held for hiizher prices, but' riVost of' those' who' hold it will soon1" be1 6'dmpelled to sell. Monro(l,Enquirerl , ' (u .1'. !.;: f'f r-' L-'i: i--fM h. li-u n-Mrs. . jElmma MM..f , Warrmgton died at the siencetbilry -Stephen Gr. Mctean last Friday, at r 2 "u b.clQjqk pfm., aged 55 vyeaarerjiig greatly for six mqptha. A sniad dog, a few! days f ago, , jri the north ern part !of the county,,, pit several dogs, j sheep and other animals, ,Jhj longingto differeritpartie It bitto dogs . at r, Jlr. Adolphus ' VGarjisoji's .and j several , sheep.--77--M. ! Jas !.,p. Keep has a sow,. , a, crdss bejtween the .Bershire , and the Jersey i.tyftd breeds, , that y gave, birjth f f bf , fifteen pigs a feV days ago, and a'pwpld ewe that gave birth to f three .Jiardy, Kealthy. &m)9.Ancet ; Gteaner. lt.Ori a ' little less; than -a acre, Mr. A.' P. Craver, of Arcadia, i made tobacco that sold' for $132.80net. Ho used tone: sack of fertilizer, Jan d thb small boys did moat of the work Itwas hig 'first crop. J His brdthdr,, Mr. Lindsay braver, i imidfr $106 on oho acre--Mr. ill S.' Brittaih, of Friendship; t Guilford Tco'untvy jwas here, f this reek f exhibiting two ' cortistalks t oh ' which- were' i eleven .ears whibhaveraged' nine inches in length. Two years ago he presented the editor with fa sample bag, which he- tested withT such satisfactory to--siilts' that i he planted ihe ' same kind ''nf;hte. gatdettj last'yearii-: Ddvidson JMspatcH: -io- mi i-o