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The Gastonia
Deroted to the Protection of Home and the Inter eats of the
VOL. XXII. GASTONIA, N. C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1901.
PILGRIMAGE TO TOMB
OF NATHANIEL MACON.
Grave of North Carolina's Great
est Statesman Now Marked
Only by a Pile of Rough Stones
and His Home the Property of
a Negro.
kjiiI Ohowvcr. 1*K.
Recently It ml tbe privilege an.I
pleaaure of this writer to »p*-uJ a faw
daya In tbebeaullful little town nf Ma
con, la tba food old cnnnty of W <rr«m.
Tbe town data* back to 1880. when ilia
H to. Railroad thru In llie court*
of oooatruotlon rate hod that pl«c* and
located o dopH tbtra. It waa named
In booor of Nat Macon. wbo lived In
that vlciolly, and wlm represented
North Carulloa many jrart In llm
Con (TOM or tba United Slate*. Macuu
ha* a population of about til re* lion
drad. It lie* oo bolb (Idea of lb* rail
road, all It* atmeta running parallel
with it. Tba people era intelligent,
rcioed, ealeniriilng nod tbrlfly, and
they certainly know how to dlgpanaa a
ganeroua huapltallly, a* thia wilur-had
ample opportoulty to know.
Tb* Warrvolou lRatricl Coolerenea
ora* In Motion and for Ur* daya all tba
delegate* and vlaitor*. number I up sev
eral hundred, dined at a politic labia
apread In Ibe grov* near tba church,
nud of a truth It may be an'd : “l'bvy
did eat and war* dlled, and lliey louk
up of . the fragment* that remained
many baakat* fall.”
ill tba day* of my boyliotal Macon
(Warren ooanly) wa* my old tramping
ground. I know every parent in tba
town and Ha vicinity, and 1 knew every
father to tb* neighborhood wbo looked
aour in the morulng after Ida dough
lart had bean kept up till ibe wee
email hour* the ulgtit hefoie. Rut
Ofty-one yeait have pared away atnoe
my last elalt to Macon. Whataehang*
licit c century hath wrought 1 There
la rot a tingle Individual In tbe place
who waa living that* In 1840. «ud bat
non bourn that waa ataudlng at that
lime. Oo tba day of my arrival 1
looked over tba large audleoca for lha
face* of tb* frlaada whom I bad known
fifty yean before, but fonod only uor.
tba widow of tba late John D. Powell,
ol preclout memory. Later in tbe day
I mat another, William Brown. wbo
haa lived oa-tr Macon tine* 1815. Tuny
were all; only two tail.
But I am digraialng. 1 did not lo
food to write about Maonn and Ha good
people, but to give on account of toy
pilgrimage to tb* tomb or Nathaniel
Macon. All that remain* of tbli dis
linrnlahed atataammn and patriot Ilea
hurfaal at Buck Spring wber* ha lived
•od died. Thu place la mvi-ral mile*
nnrthMit fmm Iks HiMunks rlvur f
■pant a night with Lite vary lolarsatlog
family of Thomaa R. Fleming, whoa*
elegant home la near Bock Spring, and
tha next morning that gentlemeu waa
kind enough lo take me over to what
waa oooe the natdaoM of Net Maooo.
Oar objective point waa the grave of this
great man, which wo found In Ibaedge
1 ofaaklrtof woodaeboutlwn hundred and
' llfty yard* from Ilia dwelling. A more
desolate uninviting auot It la hard for
ooa to Imagine, lloeka I rook* 1 reeks!
nothing lint flint roeka Rooka oo U>*
ground, ruck* lu tha gtound, roeka
everywhere Tbot* roeka lieve bean
heaped up oo the grave, forming a
mound about Ilf teen fort long, three
feet high and eight feat wide at I be
base. That* era two other aaistlar
mouuda nearby, which we learned war*
tha gram* of tvrn of tbe groudchlklreu
Of Uia late Frank Thornton. From
tbe heap of rooka on Mr. Macon’s grave
I selected aa a aormnir one abont tbe
shea and shape of a brick, tbongb not
quite So long, which has been placed Id
a collection or mineral* at the Tduls
burg Female College. It la thus la
beled : "Taken from tha Deflected
gray* of the flon. Nathaniel Maeon,
Who for 87 ooneeeotive year* repre
sented North Carotins In I be United
States Congress. ' ‘Tb* aoblaat Roman
of them all.’ July », Wtt. Tb the
•Inme of tb* psopla of North Carolina,
but mors especially to thoa* of Warren
oounty, belt said, the grmv* of Na
thaniel karoo Is now lb* properly of
Hilliard Howard, a negro. Wt found
Nil Hard Is hla Odd near by graaalng
eotton sod learning tha purpose of our
visit, ba left hie work and kindly vol
unteered to eandnet u* over the en
tire premia*a, whloh he did, carefully
pointing oat *vrry object likely to In
araat his vialtm*. wt found llie old
bout* ta which Mr, lfacon lived and
reared bis family and lu whloh ba waa
accustomed ta ratertalo the aeunntrte
John Randolph of Boaooka. who usual
ly flailed him ones a year, tela* vary
IwalgalOeant aad unpretentious affair.
Tb* body of Ilia boa** la a tingle room
sixteen feat aqaar* with aUle above, a
llttie'abed room lu tb* roar sod win.
o*||*r baaaatli. It I* now owned asd
oeenpled by IHIllard Ilo«»rd, who. aa
Tar aa I. could Judga I* a vary clever
colored mao. H* area oartalnlf yery
tollt* cud attautlvs to tb* VMU of
il* vletter* on that oeesalon and 1 Mi ill
always remember bfe klndnam with
I found tb* houaa la a very dilapi
dated condition, th* wmthwr boarding
ksd ahlnglea badly dasayad aad falling
oft. Tb* a*me I* equally true uf tha
«Umr flr* building* oa th* prats Use.
that to grnaary. ortb, kltabea, smoke
/xias aad dairy. If • nail baa bean
drive* or • ptae* *f saw timber aard
m tb* ptaa* m Illy y**re Umr* i* M
rlaibta evldase* of tha fact. Hows**,
trass, leads, «v*»ytbi#t bear* on it*
face tha mark* of aegiact. daaay.ru I a.
death. I did oat go Into tb* hanaa
not wVablag to disturb (ba aalored fam
ily nooupylog It. but aaefag the door of
ti* WtoVmfkr d«f** •*•». I *•»
lured U paap l»«o Uw iark abyM ba
low 1 waa politely Invited to euler.
but Umi place remind'd uno murk of
Vlrgll’a ••Fadlla dmrrneuy Avernt”
that I lieeltelrd to make tbe Trnlure.
My guide Howard taking to the tilu
tlloo, teamed me there waa do danger,
and to oooTlace mt of the faot, he »n
tared Brat ted bade me follow. I did so
with many totaelvingi. eliding to Hot
bottom of tho Incline aa beat 1 c»uhl,
for there were no alepe. Tlte fleet etep
landed me In mod nearly oyer my
shoes. at Uie eroond I touched aolld
enrlh nod there ttuod. positively re
foalog to proceed further In tko dork,
thongh urged to do eo by my guide. Id
a few mlnuUotke puplla u[ my eyea
artjorled themselves to tha limited
■mount of light In the room and 1 could
we that the wall* wtto of excellent
marocry. ' he tame nlilte Olul rock br
ing uaed In their rnuatrucilon that I
found at tbe grave, at I lie apilng, and
everywhere alee on the pmutoee. Tho
dwelling cnor Mood lo a magolOeetit
grove of while oaka, eootalnlog Ova oi
tlx aerea. hat the woodman’* axe Nad
hrcit laid at the rout of many of Ilia
trwa and the grove, oow much diuiln
lined lu area, prvevnta it very ragged
appearance. ( waa told that the lilila
dairy about fourteen feet square, which
•land* Dear tbe kite ben, wae tometltnee
ueed aa a bad room for the accomoda
tion of vUltora and ou two 'teoaaiooe
at Iruut It waa uaed ae tbe bridal
chamber. About eevtuly-Bve yaxda
from lim houae. at tbe fcot of a gentle
iodine ta Buck spring. How did Uta
•prlog get the name ? I eiked. and
tbia wax the anawer : In early tlmoa.
before there waa auy aalUaiaent Iwro.
deer frequently reeorted to Uila apriug
to drink. Tbia fact waa noticed by
hut.ura who would oonoaot tbemaeteo
nearby and thue often get a ahot at a
buck.” Ifenea tho rnmo Buck Rpilug.
Ilia spring wu nicely welled with
while flint rock of large elfv and U,nr*
wee a wall or the sime kind of nick
Just above eod a fow fcul from It to
cateh the waeblnga from the hill. For
sentimental reasons 1 desired lo take a
drink of wut*r from Mat Miieon'a
eprltig, and this 1 tented to do, but
wwofiww WWW VHUW§U. * AAV WBVCI
»»» out pleasant to tha Uita not did It
burs that olesr sparkling appesrauo*
characteristic * guoi spring water.
Tills may not always bare been tba
ease. 1 hope it was out, but If so tli*o
Mr. Maoon and bit family must him
Head In blissful Ignoranea of tha Utwa
Inge of good water. Until a faw
weeks ago there atood within fifteen
feet of Ua* spring a gigantic poplar tree
which mutt hare been at least two
hundred and fifty years old. Tills Iras
has stood for ages as a lowering senti
nel to watch over the waleit of Book
Spring and protect them from tha
aoorehtng ray* nf the tan. Under Its
refreshing shade the two daughters of
Mr. Macon at.d their visitors no doubt
often played dolls nr paddled in tlw
branch near by. &l lit Immi In the
oool shad* of the evening Mr. Meoon
and hla friend, John Itaodolpb, often
aat atid discussed Iba various act* of
the laat Congress or ohatted about ilia
current events of the day. There
I hey aat upon the root* of tbt* giant
of tlie forest, some of which weraet|bt
ean Inches abova lb* grouod. and
quaffed tba waters of Book Spring,
made more palate bt* It may baby draw
npoti the contents of tba wine eellar.
There was uavar a day la hi* Ufa wbao
Mr. Macon would bar* taken a thou
sand dollars in gold far that tree. But
a'as I ala* t Tha vandal’s ex* baa been
laid at its root and It* mighty trunk
lay prostrate right across tha spring
tearing down id Ita fall a. part of tba
rook wall amend it. Tba trank of the
tree must have been forty fast long tu
tha first limb, mini to tba ape it ap
peared to b* of tba same alas all lbs
wap. Tha stump, I hr*e feet high, was
Are fret In diameter at the lop. Oo
ooa of Ita loots I walked a distance of
Silly fast withont touching tlw ground
At;tbnt point Urn rant dipped into the
earth but reappears! about twenty
feet further eff, “Why dW you cut
this Iras down." I asked Milliard II >w
erd, who stood l*y apparently much In
terested lu all that waa said and done.
Tba nnawer was : “Thera war* twee
In oao of tha limbs, and I out It du»n
lor tba bossy, and beside* l wanted
tha wood anyway.’’ This answer
allowed that ho was at completely dea
th u to of all aesthetic sentiment aa
tha mala that b* plowed ou HI* farm. I
felt vary strongly luetlned to give him
a toand abusing for hi* want of respect
»od veneration for tbla eld Ire*, bat
whet was lb* a a* } ;C«n the Ethiopian
ebang* hi* able ?"
Having visited every objeat of Inter
?•* bbon* tba place I turned my face
^•■^•«>-«1ad that I had at laat
5?**. gratify a long felt do
•*?.!?«TtaH *T"T* Mscoo
grlavad, yes. sorely (Moved that tlx
and* proud and palrlotle people *1
Warren aouaty had pevmUtod tbs
grave of tbt* graat and gaad man V
besom* tba property of a negro, u
shame, wbeta la tby blaah I
• „ **. 8. Davis.
Boo labor g. IT. O.
Chief of Polls* Jooat. who war
wardered at Shelby by Jim Lowry
was n mambas of tha Ulevalend eras
•y arecnlallosa sad bla widow awf
doughinr wtO rarely* 81000—Klap
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Hr Maa a Jr_|a... Umk alaa - MM
limn MMl IHUiM «r rial Maya Are
Praiara Oaly My TMaaa ASraarM la
Tsar*.
Dill Arp in AllMi* Camhiitoi.
II.1* i Morally onxnkiud nrtapt llom
trim Ui iImm of llirtr Mud. lh*-ir a**.
MX amt mental condition. Birds ol
Urn cams leather will It >ck together,
aud so tUeaa little graudchlldn-u Mill
roD away from one to frolic with oilier
little tots, and It makes ■*« Jealous.
Just to Urn next set from 10 to 13 year*
elan logslbor. Tnsu com-a Urn blush
lug school guUfroio 13 to 19. wli ■ hava
lengthened out Uwlr dresses and ceased
to poll up their garters ssvry few min
otw as they walk about. It Is the
■a<ue with Urn boys, snd almo they get
to bo base ball expel ts with a college
attaelimanit they talk of their exploits
In a language that I* heathen ChloeM
to aver)body except llieatarWee. aud
claim to be the elect. And *o it goes
on and ou until wo h**a pasatd our
maturity, aud then we vateiana take
our comfort lu comaaualou with veter
ans and pay uur tribute to the good old
tiroes that will never return. W* are
ibe eleot.
tb« old mein aod totaen *W«*
pralae lo tlie old lime* and Uie
oiMlome ol tbalr rathors, and ao If every
generation of «kl people believe Hint |
Uie age of Uieir youth era* the beet,
then the time* osou twee degenerated
awfully linen Uie day* or Uie propheU.
Have they or have they not gotten bel
ter in (lead of worm T The answer U.
they are better In aomo reepeola and
worse la olbera. PnbUo morale were
eery loose a hundred yeaia ago. Aa
drew Jeeknoo was a gambler, twiaa
ram and duelket aoeanty-Oee years ago
dncli o man eonkl not bo ejected prest
dent oow. Foreign mUsiooa and Hah
iwlh action la ara almost unknown The
el are trade with , Africa wee In full
blast In New Kagiaad and New Bug
lead ram was lbe jurchins oionoy.
Imprlaoemeut for deba was the law
generally, aod ao waa touring Ui lb*
navy. Whisky res aafconwn, but
brar^y and ram wore kept i« atueoot
every reapeotable bone*hold. Illiteracy
prevailed almost all over the aouth ex
cept amove the arUtooraey. Thera
were l>at tew Imuks to read and fewer
newspapers. Tbeie were no ralirunda
nr telrgrepht or aowlog ussehUea. Hat
the people were generally bobcat aod
rvligloaa. Than were no uueu no
etrlaea, ira wlllloealrea, no aatcldoa. no
robber lea ned a murder waa a tare
event aod done lu the h*.t of pension
Me <ou bt but that (bare ara a linudred of
three orisoe* commuted now Vo oae thru
aejonliag to pupalatloo. Well, lieu,
why aimlgu the oM people for Uoieut
log that the good otd times hare gooeT
Not long ego 1 'ward a gifted and omI
tend minister of I bo olden ll mo preach
a moat eharmlng and lmpraaaleo aer
aren from tba text la JsremUb which
reads. "Htaod la tho way and aak for
the old paths, wtiteh to the good way
aad walk therein, and yr eliall Bad real
yeor for eouto." One of ibo bosk loots
of tin strength of a sermon to yaw rm
morubranoa of Ihe text. When a gifted
aad aeboUfly latalater la do o wltli It
aad with holy hand* save, ”Mt ni
pray,** whet a ootomotu iito the pteov;
aad tho taxi llagare with you foe years
to oome. It ilrea sot seam like tlw
same mrlptore "The oM pallia."
“walk yo In tba uM path" has been
ringing la my ears ever since.
I know tint Lard llsown waa grow
lug old wheo ha wrote, ••Old wood la
bare, old aloe to 9rial, old friends la
trust, old anther* to read." Aod
Guktmollh uM. "1 Invisrar/lhlD/ Uiat
nolo M Klog Jaime uvrd t» call f»r
Ilia old a bora when be aal tired.
Tnere !• mmim-Uuoc aim wl aacred
about tba uld auogi. rucli «• "Anld
Lang Syw.” "The Oil Uik« i Oackre.’
“Ttia Old Arm Chair," and i rrn "Old
Grlmr* ladred. that u.iod >dd mail.11
ily Irleud Turn StarJet, u( Fbirldi,
wnu-a that l>« atilt diuga Ur Ida i ld
clnltire; that la baa aim tila pent a for
year* and yeara and had thorn half
sold In llie aret and reinforced at Lire
knees and ralieunued at the Imitmn;
Uiat he buugbl a lunar made |>tlr of
arcka twenty seven J'^ra ago and U
wearing tlMnu still thuuuli ha has had
near Iret kuit to llreia tbiru llanw and
near t»pa twice. Ileaayi tl ai Gnrri
nor Bluxum dually loeeu lhe old ihlnga
—old beirlooma. etc and bocja'.g that lie
hua au old btriel that lit* bean hi the
family ever alnou Onlumbua discovered
Amerioa—fur tin nr.-ught it over with
hits lull of brand v, and H haa li«d
goud liquor of some sort in It i-vrr anroe
uimI tiMt bta are t arret urat ilr*M»-r
pul near slave* It It. a:r«l hla great
graraJfather pul near hunpa n.i ll, hue
Ibe a nue uld bung-hula rriwiiu a»ri
wlren the fluld.la drawn lha wtrua uld
s >uud gore goodie goodie goodie. Tots
■ays lm Is gulue to taka lire bung hub
and tlur goodie 10 the Atlanta exposi
tion and exhibit them as tin-only relics
of Ctirietujiher Columbus
llul snout old frlatxlt. Every veter
an has (beta wad ll gives pleasure In
ace them honored. Tba very pnwpeci
of eewiog llenry G. Turner iu Vhe gov
ernor’s ohatr glee* ms pleasure, for I
kuow him well and I ova him Maybe
I would live Colonel Ku.ltI or l’.qre
las’ at wvll ir I know tbaai us well. I |
bars great respect for them and eta
proud of tlrelr records 1 believe that
either would dignify the gubernatorial
chair, but at Judge Uodrrwuod said tu
me In the long ago, "Major, let me
tall you wby 1 would like to ba (Inver
nor o< Georgia. Vue will admit that
ka. Wledga la a HUM better than faltli
There are many good meu whom 1 be
lter# would make a good governor, hut
1 don’t kuow It. Slow t know that I
would; and tlrara la t difference be
tween faith and kouwbdgn. I) n’t
you pa revive f Jett so 1 bellavu that
ilutonwl KHIII or 1’opa Brown would
utaka a good governor but l know that
llaary G. Tamer woaldaad knowledge
la better than feltb. ‘’Don’t you per
eeivu T" If ha is a A an leour lUptlbre.
uueelflth. brainy atstuaman, wu have
son# Lm hie name hr presmiwl
aad l la-itsvu lire vrrdtet will bn aa ihu
king sunt of Slot'l-eat; "Thug atlall IV
ba do.** U'ltu tire man who* tin paoptn
delight to iMiiior."
A W**4 *• (be
j u.b*»> rwA.
According to lb* proaont oalt>ok,
, all canned rogelabta* old bo high, or
at leant command pnAUbU price* *vzl
•Inirr Mid aprlng. Mot o»l> ahoutd
canning tLablleb«*«U boar thla in
■tod, trot »rwj family alioold adopt
method* for pulUog op rigolabto* and
I tuoli frail* go ooa bo bad. Tbo con
i rnmptlon of cogoUWoa, rrooti, canned
or praoarrwl, U rapidly Kronlng, gad
iliat of rnoata la o (Moooto dooroadbf.
, Thla U mall, for Urn boaKb of Uto ooo
NMir. Therefore, aueb fruit* aod
I Trgotatita a* nor [armor* and l ruck
gardoera nay not bit lib Ur toll freali
abould bo oannad or praaorrod at far aa
■ay bo. U will oar# aa wall u bl*
laoiwy to Uaa family aod odd to lha
•moral hnalUi.
liaMMUe* ika tab*.
I Tha tamo of Boohtooto Arabia dal**,
la Lb* beat Hr lha «mr«d. esiaoda
I round Urn earth. Uto tbo oih« porfroi
lmalar nf Cola, Ooroo. iloroa. Itruiaaa,
durao. Bo*Ida, Boil*, Ultra, folooa
Aebao, Palo* aod ad nth*JCcttHtona.
Oolt UifoUlWo Plto Oor*. Mo a boar m
J. K. Oorry * Co*.'
rurreti ran i«m.
A> •atlUol hr naunr Unwtf Teal m€
■Iwwrt.
m Loulr >U.-j»ulil|c.
Swnel Spring*, Mu.. Aug. 0.—Sena
tor Gvnrgti l>. Vwi lu n» Interview lu
<lh)' ealtl that the principal planka uf
the Democratic platform uf 1U04 ehuukl
lw:
Flrel—A declaration for a graduated
iiioome tax.
dreoud —All unirlctiting u]qp«iUmi
lu mm*.
Tlur 1 - \ declaration agalnat iia
pr-iialillu and ike C'-lunlal Hyatvin.
“it would be) auleidai,” aaul llm
SriiKior “in thmal tile allevr laaue
forward again,”
Ho aald furtlwr :
“If I could write llm plalfpim wlilr.
out llm luttfTflill'ia uf Huy new iluia 1
would declare.
“Flral — For a graduated income lax.
which I* (be falrvet aad mat equal
vyaivm of taxation vvrr lueenled. Our
prtaewl lyileu uf n-nlohml taxation in
lla aitai* of tiilviua) rwvuuv and larllT
•lutiea makva the poor man pi> iln-ix
pvnav# uf II* Oovvn.UM-Mt, alillv it*
niulll-talllltmalre, who rueaume*
nvnlivr bnr nor ntilaky, end nt>p-rl*
nothing (Him Bur'pr except clothing,
pa)a mulling.
“Bat lu Hx want of ear tbe poor
man SgMt fur tlte loillloualre del lari
belonging to the plutocrat, wlai la new
exempt finm taxation.
••Sec-u-H -I would inakn tbe priori
pd iaatn- of the campaigu of 1001 aiern
and unyielding opi«<eltlon to (be liueie
and ayadicilea which are miworuatilng
out Individual vnterpriae of t'ie roan
try.
• Tvn )v«ia ago n r»ung man with
>18,000 Or >>3,000 capital could atari
in mhbc legitimate nualuea* with fair
dunce of aucceea. but now ba baa an
mure cUaner agalnat the Iruala than
aa Infant agaiail tbe champion pria»
dghler of lire world.
•‘I wat told recaoi ly by a prominent
broker of New York City, a very turn
■ •t Republican. that nine men m New
York, four of ahum, J. IVipout Mor
gan, Ururgn Gould, John D. Uookefet
ler and Jian J. HIM. control tbe
Sea urea of lha United Sialre, and. aa
ha vxpniaaeil it, no uae could go Into a
aew vaterprlaa or remain la an old one
Without the eonor.it uf tlwaa Ulao
mw
“Ttilid — I would d.dare agalnat l»
pvrl«ii-ttt And Iheoidenlal ejalem Fur
a alill* lhi* wim «*i before the euan
trv tn 1000 ”
The Senator repeal* llm amvilloM uf
hl« belief Unit William J. Hr van h rv
*0 meibla fur lire lutlJfcutum of II*
Pana treaty ahic'i rvtullvd In the
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The Gastonia I
Poor and Sash Factory.
J. E. PAGE * COilPANY Proprietors,
Gastonia, North Carolina.
DEALERS IN LUMBER.
Manufacturers of Doors,
Sash, Blinds, and all kinds
of Interior Finish.
PRICES RIGHT.
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“The Medicine of My Household/’
Proa the President of the North Carotins Railroad Cat:
ELKIN, 21. C., May 15th, 1901.
Vat Mecum Snora Commkv,
GcuUemen.—You will pleaac ahip another barrel of Vade
Mecum water at once and ahip alao a band to ay brother at
Charlotte. We have oil derived ao much benefit from drinking
ibe water that wa do dot Kke to be without it. It ia the BUST
medicine ever used in my family.
* Youra truly.
H. G. CHATHAM. ,
_
Revolution
No more expensive fodder pulling
No more expensive corn pulling
No more expensive corn shucklngs
The new labor-saving way is to do all this with
our McCORMICK corn harvester and corn shred
der.
THE McCORMICK CORN HARVESTER
J[oes Into your field and cuts your corn and binds
t Into sheaves, stalks, ear, fodder and all.
The McCormick Shredder
■tripe off fodder and oar; shred* fodder and stalk
and shucks; delivers the clean ear In your wagon
If you want It there; saves the shattered grains
and delivers your shredded feed on second floor of
barn. Many say this la superior to tfcaothy hay aa
a feed.
Buy these omchlnea sod save labor. We asake
our usual favorable terms.
CRAIG a WILSON.
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