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Idaho semi-weekly world., 1878-09-13

The Postmaster of st, Louis, Chaun-
cey r. Filley, has been removed.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1878-09-13

The O. n. Co. is building another
steamer at Portland, Oregon, for their
famous line on the Columbia.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1878-09-13

correspondence from ali parts of the
country solicited.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1878-09-13

IT Is said tina, yellow fever has nev-
er been known to exist in attitudes of
over FIVE hundred feet above sea level,
except occasionally in large cities
that have bad sewers and filthy al
leys. As Idaho is of sufficient alti-
tude to warrant US in guaranteeing
that it will never have case of the
frightful disease, and as our people
are the most healthful in the world,
tie people Of the stricken cities would
do well to come and settle among US.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1878-09-13

Ex-GoyERNoR II. II. HAIcHT, who died
in San francisco on the goth inst,
was one Of the most honorable politi-
clans Of his day. Ho was man Of
integrity, incorruptible, his ability and
straight forward course admired by
his political enemies and loved by
Democrats. During his administration
as Governor, which commenced in
1866, he raised the credit Of the State
of California far above the standard
it occupied when he took the seat.
he went to the State in 1852, where
lie leaves large family.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

Ber-uda Grass in the Southwest.

Be- -uda Grass in the Southwest.
F. Co-NTRY GENTLEMAN-One
colr-sI o ldent commends this era FIR
its disposition and ability ITO have and
To hold as much territory a. il -et~
into ltS possession, and another sounds
a warning Tor precisely the same rel
son. Both are right. The old--tNlr
planter or farmer. whose one ideliS Of
broad ltlds. ">rootered an inch deep
or 50. and planted wear after vear IN
u~nVaryIng rotation. corn after corn.
or cotton after cotton. until the washed
and wasted soil viii yield nothing bur
red brlers and sassafras. naturally
looks with Ill favor upon this inter
loper, which. when it once gets posses
sion, bids defiance 70 his scratching.
Just across the Mississippi in Arkan-
sas IS a plantation. perhaps many ot
them, but | know OF this one, upon
which the Bermuda grass planted BY
the engineers twenty years ago. TO
bind last the loose earth Of which the
levees were made. has marched inland
from the river bank. taking and hold
ing the cotton fields and forcing the
owner each year TO give way with his
bull-tonSues, greatly to his anger and
yeXation.
All the long. hot no mat
ter how Int INST the heat or drouth.
hat grass keeps a fresh. velvet sward.
II the cattle seek those fields, tramp
ing heedlessly over the finest blue
grass to reach them. and the land
yields a better return per acre without
labor than the cotton fields do with it.
Yet the owner, true planter. always
breaks INTO wrath whenever he thinks
of the Bermuda grass.
Ny own cultivation of il. so far. is
limited to a handful of roots brought
IN my pocket on horseback last fall
from Chattanooga, and which seem
to be making themselves at home but
it may have all the land it can take
and hold. Anything that stock will
feed on, that can hold its ground
against sedgeC Andropogon) and briers,
will be welcomed as an ally, not treat
eel as an enemy. But it is "a near re
latiye of quack;" so is wheat. Friend
Sylvester need not fear for his own
locality. It does not seed north of
Memphis, and | doubt very much
whether the roots will stand the win
tiers north Of the Ohio and if he lived
here | think he would soon be cOnvin-
ced that the very qualities for which
he condemns it, are the precise traits
which make it invaluable. 1t will not
soon be condemned for holding the
dew until nOon in these burning hot
days. The charge that it is unwhole-
some is serious, but not proven, and
as to that We wait for the facts.
G. c.. SCHENCK.
Scott G,upty Tenn
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
Hog Cholera &c.
WAKE COUNTY, Aug. 1(

AhE Aug. ~.
have seen in the FARMER \ ME-
,uANIC. a great many receipts for hog
holera, none of them comparing with
II that | have been using for four
lelrs, asa remedy or a preventive. We
have not had one sick nor seen any
symptoms of disease of any kind, 1T
Keeps lice OFF and also ticks, clenSe the
liver of bOilS and the loinS in the back
Of all the worms, and makes the hog
healthy, aud robust, makes him shed
hiS winter coat in due time: always
ready for his meals.
Now brother farmers of the United
states, what | state L can vouch for,
every word. | saw some few weeks
hack that the United States caused to
he published in the FARMER n Me
'HANIC that they would pay ten thou
sand dollars for Il remedy for hog
cIoIery. For one tenth of that mount
will give full particulars of treatment
and quantity to the number of hogs.
Somebody may say that this is fraud
"n the part OF the United States, for
The purpose OF money, but | can give
testimony of my neighbors, while
some OF them lost some of theirs. |
would tell them my remedies then
they would use them with success. One
ina said to me that he had one he
saved by anointing on the head. L
Nrnly believe the disease is epidemic.
W. \. Is. RICHARDSON. Nj. d..
Easic Rock, Wake county, \. &.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
Coin Back to Old Ways.

Some Of the New England clergy
men are much displeased at the Rev.
AcCosn Tor what he saidin Edinburgh
ABOUT New England preaching, which
was III this wise
There is New England style of
preaching, which consists in beginning
On Monday morning meditating two
y. three days, then writing a beautiful
thlng, and when Saturday comes look
ny Tor a text and, having got a Oxt,
preaching it, to be admired by a great
many ladies and gentlemen as rich
a 'ught, beautifully expressed. That
Tile of preaching prevailed for time;
pI now people have become thor
"u6hly sick of it. This is the true
I 0tSe why there is a desire to have
, T'd Eountry preachers, who preach
G Jie Word IN simplicity and power,
lung their sermons into heads, and
nnttroducng some of the old phrases,
WW'nSHnS thought with Scripture. In
S,VMT FORK and all over America, that
an me style of preaching that is taking;
Ia Their American brethren are
timing to preach IL III 1t way, so that
10y VIII soon beat the Scotch prtac1-
N@"ht turn them O 1T.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

A writer in Vanity Fair ills this ::
"a gentleman was sitting at a dinner
party next t a beautiful lady, whose
dress was what the French call decol-
lete, which means l believe, very
beautiful. A footman was handing
round the ice, the lady was leaning
forward, but as the footman passed,
suddenly leant back and struck his
hand holding the dish. The spoon,
containing a lump of ice, fell down
her back inside the beautiful or decOl-
lete dress, What was the gentleman
to do? | ask for no answer, and am
trying to forget the case
In a Washington street car the other
dav, on which Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines
that the next passenger must stand,
that next passenger happened to be a
woman of about fifty, with gray hair.
Mrs. Gaines, who is eighty at least,
though her blonde curls, soft eyes and
energetic movements suggest only
about forty years, Immediately rose,
and waving her hand to the younger
woman, with an air of reverence for
age said PRAY have my seat, mad
anne" The lady thanked her and &C
cepted, while Mrs. Gaines quietly
stood the rest of her ride. \ lady OF
thirty was sitting near, and, though
she knew Mrs. Gaines, considered that
it would be a want Of tact on her part
should she have offered the sprightly
old lady her seat on the ground OF dis
parity of age.
A solution of whale-oil soap and
hellebo:e rids plants of most insects,
including scale, mealy-5ug and slug,
but to he effective against the gre n
fly a dash Of Persian insect powder
mus. be ad led.
The old Longworth's Prolific straw
berry, for which the Cincinnati Hortl-
cultural Society gave a hundred collar
gold medal. is still in cultivation. and
f%avorably thought of by the PomCl pSl-
cal Socie;y of Att; nta, Gl.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
RATTLESNAKE.

Coming up into the yard where her
brother stood she uncoiled the reptile
from its embrace, and throwing it up
on the ground, remarked, ''Here's a
damned snake you can kill it if you
want to-" The snake made several
attempts to regain its position, run
ming to her as a child would run to its
mother, but showing 40 signs of anger.
1t was soon killed.
4 few days after the girl came home
with another reptile fully as large,
which was likewise atfectionately
coiled about her neck. Both these
snakes We're unhurt and had full Dos
session of their fangs and enom. To
those acquainted with these terrible
denizens of the mountains, aud who
know how deadly and sore is their
bite, this story is almost blood curd-
ling.
Mr.. Corpening, the gentleman to
whom we are indebted for this infor-
nation is well known to the people
of Burke. There can be no doubt of
the truth of the story.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
The Champion Fish Story of the
Season.

Living at Clear Lake is a family who
have a little girl who takes daily rides
on the lake in a small skiff drawn by
two pickerel. They are regularly
harnessed and by means of lines she is
enabled to guide them III any direction
desired. The fish are about three feet
in length, weigh between seven and
eight pounds each and are very power
full. The rapidity with which they
skim through the water with the boat
and its precious cargo is said to exceed
in swiftness the fastest sail-boat that
has been placed on the lake, and it is
proposed to send for Hanlan and Ross,
the champion scullers, and match the
fish against them in a four-mile race.
When the girl has tired of riding she
drives the pickerel to boat-house,
where they are Embarrassed, taken
into a commodious glass aquarium,
made expressly for them, and fed.
When she visits the tank to harness
them for a ride, the pickerel jump al
most into her arms, 50 glad, apparent
ly, are they to see her. The young
Miss has been offered 81, 900 for her
strange team, but no money would in
duce her to part with them.
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Officers of North Carolina State
Grange. p. of H.

MtSter.-S. Il. Alexander, Charlotte,
L.-klcnhurg county.
.l..i sccr.-N. Il. Whitfield. La
,.tIu.r. Lcnoir county.
L.rfarer.-T. IL. Robinson, Concord,
t.l.urruS county.
+lcuurd.-D. Ii. Armstrong, Ashton,
FnIcr county.
.lSst. .Stetcard.-HiH f. King, Stump
sound Onslow county.
tAUpIdiH.-Rev. VIM. Grant, Jack
..s Southampton county.
.y~dSur.r.-D. w. G.. Benbow,
t..s usboro. Guilford county.
5,,retary.-Joseph +. Porter, Tar
l.ru-. ~Edgecombe county.
J;ate keeper.-W. ID. Wharton,
G.-rn,boro'. Guilford county.
Ccrex.-Mrs. 5. b. Alexander, Char
bite. Mecklenburg county
r=tugc, Lenoir county.
FIard.-Miss Eugenia Robinson,
tmrorI. Cabarrus county.
IfIg Asst. Sterdrd.-Mrs. III. +.
Nm. Stump Sound, Onslow county.
Nfdfs Business AgeHt.-Dr. ID. w. G..
Ermhow. Greensboro.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
). +. Alexander, Er-Obicio Chair
man.
ii. I. French, Wilmington.
l.. L.. Polk, Raleigh.
". ii. Cheek, Warrenton.
j.. F.. Porter. E.r-O1iciO Secretary.
LIST OF DEPUTIES.
lst Deputy District.-Wm. b. Shaw,
rtiam Town, Currituck county.
md deputy District.-John n. Davis,
Tlrboro'. Edgecombe county.
3ni Deputy District.-B. +. Hooks,
Cpllsboro'. Wayne county.
18th Deputy District.-Hill T.. King,
stump Sound, OnSlow county.
9TH Deputy District.-L. l.. Polk,
I.lIcigh. Wake county.
9Th Deputy District.-Frank NJ. Pitt,
Olkville, Warren county.
eth Deputy District.-Dr. ID. a.
Montgomery, Company Shops, Ala
NICE county.
Sth Deputy District. w. b. Clement,
Jerusalem. Davie county.
9Th Deputy District.-T. FL. Robin
SOL. Concord, Cabarrus county.
10th Deputy District.-W. 7. Rein
hardt. Hickory, Catawba county.
l1th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
18th Deputy District.-To be sup
piled.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

1t is a well known fact that the acct
dental admission of air into veins dur
ing surgical operations, has IN many
cases caused the death of the patient.
The knowledge thus gained has been
utilized to destroy old and otherwise
worthless horses. The instruments
used are a tteam and a gutta percha
catheter. The manner of operating Is
to open the vein as in bleeding, then
Introduce the tube into the vein, pass
ing it downwardS toward the heart:
three full mutations of the lungs are
rapidly passed through the tube, when
it is advisable for the operator to stand
one side, for the animal falls instan-
taneously without warning. A few
struggles for breath and the animal Is
dead. To prevent the attempt to
breathe, an assistant, as soon as the
animal falls. draws the nose toward
the wind pipe, when a long narrow
blade of a knife IS passed between the
occiput and first bone of the neck per-
pendicularly. dividing the medulla
spinalis, causing instant death.
FOREIGN MATTERS.-The Marquis of
Lorne, Queen Victoria's son-in-Iaw, is
to succeed Lord Dutferin as Governor
General of Canada. Much discussion
is going on in English papers as to the
cost of the new oriental acquisition Of
territory. Sir Garnet Wolseley's sala-
~ as Governor of Cyprus is e5. 900 a
year. The garrison is to consist OF
1c, 900 men. 1000 of them natives of
India, and will cost 81, 900, 0O0 year.
This, with improvements" etc., Will
make the island cost Great Britain at
lie 4st g.. 900, 600 a year for ten years.
after which it may possibl., pay its
own eXI enSaS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

Not many days ago a student named
William Folwell. who accompanied
one of the eclipse parties to Denver,
me with a thrilling and most wonder
full adventure on the craggy side of
Pixies Peak. He had climbed swiftly
away from his companions and was
e~ndeavOrlng to mount an almost pre-
cipitOuS rock, so that he might the
more easily sweep the valley below
him, when he lost his footing and fell.
Turning three SOmerSaultS in the
stone-like downward dash the climber
found himself with a broken arm and
bruised body in the top Of a cedar
forty or fifty feet down the mountain
side. The branches of the tree We're so
ihickly dumped hat the fall had been
cut short. There in the top of the
cedar the student swayed to and fro,
Justify using his lungs When the
party got within ear-shOt they has
tened forward, and being unable to
approach the tree from below threw a
rope, which was caught by folwell
and successfully used to make his es-
cape.
In San Angel, a Mexican pueblo not
far from the capital, says the Panama
Star and Herald of July }, there was
the other day a most wonderful occur
rence. Six ladies and three gentlemen
We're together III a room when an eX-
press package, supposed to contain
rosaries and several bottles of the
blessed waters ofLourdes, was brought
In. In great delight the party began
to open the package. The first box
lev aled an inner zinc box, the second
a third, and at the first stroke upon
the latter there was a terrific explosion
ever person in the room being
killed except the servant. who stood
near the door. The fatal box con-
tanned dynamite.
4 preventive of gravels IN horses
now is the time to relieve them of the
troublesome worms, first put the ami
NAL in the stall and let him get hun
CRY, then go out in the corn field and
cut all the barren stalks chop fine with
cutting knife and give him nothing
e'se for two days and nights, the worm
v i'll leave the NAV and suck the sweet
talks and pas; from the amin y.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

This is a very sad bat a very true
yarn Laura Hartley was a sweet
faced. tender-hearted little miss OF
Sedalia, Mo, who loved Alfred Giltner
better than all the world. She was
nineteen and he was twenty-five, and
he had circled the whiteSt of her white
fingers with a bit Of plain gold. Al
fred and Richard Smith. both of we'll
TODD religious families, were a few
DAYS z detected IN counterfeIting sill
yer money. There was no doubt of
their guilt and they were lodged in
Jail. Laura was so shocked at the dis
grace that she died a few minutes after
it came to her ears.
A fruit scare occurred last week IN
Philadelphia. Some one set on foot "a
m that the %pineapples and bananas
which are imported into Philadelphia
come from regions which are affected
with the yellow fever, and hat the
deadly c%ontagion is likely to be propa-
gated through this medium. This no
ton has spread SO rapidly that the de
mand for this class of fruit has almost
entirely ceased, and the retail dealers
who have laid IN large stocks are Suf-
fering serious losses. The report was
grOundlesS.
Loss by fires in the United States for
the month of Jude, 1878: Total num-
Der of fires, 333 aggregate loss by said
fires, 81, 9f1. 400 loss to insurance
companies, s., 972, 100. These figures
show the average loss per day have
been over S1,6i7.
There has always been a leak on the
farm where hogs were raised that
weighed from 20J to $50 pounds at
from one to two years old, when it has
been demonstrate that it is as easy &c
raise pigs TO weigh from 300 to i0o
pounds at from eight to twelve months
old.
Stonrwa.l Jackson's cape OF Confede-
rate cloth. which has several bullet
holes through il, is 10Y among the
relics in the armory of New York.
Old Guards. Col. Williams, of Jack
sons staff, having preserved the gar
ment meanwhile.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

NoN-PoIsoNoUs VEGETABLE Fly
PAPER Powdered black pepper is
mixed with syrup to a thin paste,
which is spread by ean Of a broad
brush upon coarse blottlng-paper.
Common brown syrup will answer,
but syrup made from sugar is prefera-
BILE, as it dries quicker. For use. a
piece of this paper is laid upon a plate
and damped with water. The paper
may also be made directly at the mill,
by adding to the pulp, and afterward
o~ne-fourth to one-third of powdered
black pepper, and rapidly working it
into a porous absorbent paper.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
The Safest Steam Engine
Against Fire in the World
IS the Goodwin Agricultural
tngine
THE VERTICAL STEAM ENGINE
AND BOILER.
rnE HORIZONTAL STEAM KNGINg AM


lo-Horse power on sAtd~, y On wheels.
Si,011.
To the pric OF these Engines. add g. for
spark Arrc>tcr.
In material aud workmanship. these En-
gtncs are equal tu any. The 1uIwtu Patent
spark Arre~tiug Attachment makes them
absolutely SALE against IRE from l. e smok.
stack. Ii is also ARRANGED for connecting 4
steam pipe with the itut room OF cotton
q rs. branches OF which can be extended
tn OughOut the whole Gin Hou>e. A valve
Is located near the msn who feeds the Gin,
SO in case ~ IRE IN The lint room, he can In
Stantly flllf and the whole house v 18th steam
and II OF T.. hen thus equipped,
there is No ENGINE IN THE WORLD So
SAFE against fire. Insurance com panic,
insure them al the same price they do GiuS
run by water or horse power.
! also olfer for sale Al Manufacturers
prices, the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
officers of the National Grange

officers of the National Grange
la,stt.-S. f. Adams, Monticello,
.r<se.-J. j. Woodman, Paw Paw,
t...ure-Mortimer Whitehead, Gin
.aI.ati.
.ftrard.-A. j.. Vaughan, Mem.
l.sistant Steuard.-Wm. Sims, of
Kansas.
r.easurer.-F. VI. Mcdowell, Wayne.
y. y.
s,rreiary.-O. II. Kelley, Louisville,
t..tteEeepe.-O. Dinwiddie, Orchard
g....c. Ind.
tlYeS.-Mrs. Adams.
iUat0Rd.-Mrs. Woodman.
Ftpa.-Mrs. Moore.
l. rfy ASST, Stelcdrd.-Miss G.. y. Hall,
louisville, Ky.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
II. WYATT Aiken, Cokesbury, ,. I.
Henley James. Marion, Ind.
-. IL. Ellis, Springsboro, Ohio.
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THE
pIanterA>D Farmer.
DEVOTED TO
AGRICULTURE, STOCK, HOR-
TICULTURE AND RI RAJ
AFFAIRS.

The chief Agricultural Journal Of
the South. with a circulation ranging
from Maryland To Texas.
DR.. l.. X. DICKINSON, Editor AMI
Proprietor, Richmond, Va At 500
a year.
DR. NJ. II. ELzEY, G~Black7burg Az.
College, Editor Of Live Stock Depart
ment.
DR.. THos. POLLARD. Commissioner
Of Agriculture Of Va Editor Garden
and Fruits.
From Gov. VANCE. y. c.: Il read
the Planter and Farmer from cover to
over. and found it Astounding IN the
most interesting matter. l
desire greatly to see 50 conservative Il
journal as the PL1nter and FarEtrr
widely taken in North Carolina, and
wish you a hearty G~odspeed.
il 21-tf.
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~>~

To CLEAN ORNAMENTS.-To clean
gold ornaments. dissolve a little sal
amnloniac in spirits of wine and wash
the gold in it or, try the following
method mix some jewellers rouge
with a little salad oil, and with a tooth
brush rub the ornament till perfectly
clean. Then wash it in warm soap
and water with a clean brush, and dry
it with wash leather.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
A Strange Friendship-A Tru
Story.

Exchange.
Mr.. A.. G. Corpening, of Linville,
was in our office last Wednesday and
vouches for the truth of the following
statement On Johns River in the
Globe settlement, lives a woman of the
name Of Margaret Coffey, who has a
daughter that for sometime past has
been insane. Some days ago the girl
was rambling in the woods alone and
returned carrying eel her shoulder
and round her neck "a large live un-
hurt
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
State News

Warren and Johnston suffered from
q -ev're hail torn on last saturday.
Flaun Walker. E~l- of Charlotte
vii return - Buckingham. L t-hm MI
.matN u practice law.
Nsrt ! august - Sir u <
i;tNla~ - Ms l1lhc Jones. I.t', 80
itt.k"ry y. &.
AIry,dH up~a3d~ e nifty pnp are
enrolled IN "ur school, and tie les Il
patronage j. not generally sent lu set.
Rutherford College Educator.
We learn tina, II. II. Helper. x
Salisbury i 10 run against
Col Armdeld for Congress. lie
proclaime himself a National.
Capt. W. II. Crawford II the same
county also ~prouounc-s himself a
\ IonA and II i SAID also a can
dldate for Congress.
The Wilmington Rerleir SAYS: We
un ier>tand that Gen. Robt. Ransom.
% Well known in our city, has recent
liz received an appointment In the en-
giueer department, supervised 10y Capt
&. i. Phillips He IS now engae Il in
survey of Scuppernon- river, in the
north eastern part OF the State.
Salisbury Uatclmdu Milas Cham
bers, colored, about sixty Of are,
Was assisting IN raising a tobacco barn
on the old Bob Ellis plantation. ten
miles east Of this place. when i log
slipped off the corner and fell OH and
killed him instantly.-Nr. j. y. II.
Summerell, of this place. and William
Gemmell, sailed from New York on
the steamer Auchoria for Glasgow.
Scotland. on Saturday, the 10th inst
Mr.. ). goes To Scotland 10 spend a year
or two III the Theological Seminary at
Elinburg.
The Flat River Association. com
posed of some twentv-four churches,
numbering 300 COMMITMENTS, situa
ted in Granville and Person counties.
met at Island Greek Church. on Tues
day, the 9th instant. and organized bv
the election of Mr.. w. ID. HornGr as
Moderator. Mr.. Rufus AIMS, Clerk,
and Mr.. \. &. Parham as Treasurer.
The opening sermon Was preached by
DR.. w. Nj. Wingate, President of Wake
Forest College.
Captain Wayne Reid. who used to
write SO many exciting stories for
boys, is raising sheep IN England.
r. LYMAN Potter, who is wheeling a
wheel-barrow from Albany to Califor-
MIA, was at Laramie City. Wyoming
Territory, or the 3lst Of July.
The celebration Of the completion of
the t~wenty-fifth year of Mr.. Surgeons
pastorate is approaching. The church
has resolved to raise fifteen thousand
dollars as a testimonial of their love
and esteem. Mr.. Sturgeon objects tc
a personal testimonial and wishes the
money applied as an endowment OF
the almshouses, now supported from
the poor fund of the church.
We are reliably informed that chole
IA is PLAYING sad havoc with hogs
turkeys aud fowls on Hewletts Creek
MaSonbOrO Sound. One farmer alOn,
has lost over o.e hundred hogs, tur-
keys and chickens. while others hayt
suffered considerable loss hut not t
such an extent RerteH.