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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-06-06
The Bank of Durham,

The undersigned has opened in thu
town Of Durham, n. c., a Banking
House, under the name and title o.
"The Bank of Durham" with ampl,
means for the transaction of 0
General Banking Business. The
rapid and unprecedented growth of
Durham justifies me in the hope, that
increased Banking facilities are de.
manded, and will greatly add to the
general prosperity of our people, and
to the success of new enterprises, vet
to spring up.
The business of the bank will be
conducted by p. A. Wiley, Esq,
for thirteen years cashier of the
Citizens National Bank of Raleigh,
n. c.,
1t is proposed to buy and sell
stocks and bonds; to make collections
at all accessible points, at the lowest
rates; to negotiate loans; discount
paper; buy and sell exchange; receive
deposits. payable on demanM or
otherwise as may be agreed upon, and
to such other legitimate business as
may be offered in the line of banking.
Your patronage is solicited.
w. L. BLACKWELL,
psouytsFar
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-06-06
Died.

At the residence of his mother in
Apex, last Friday, Mr.J. A. McMan-
men of consumption. Mr.. McMannen
was formerly a citizen of Durham,
and removed to Florida about IS
months ago to engage in mercantile
business. His remains were brought
to Durham and inferred in the city
cemetery.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-06-06
Durham Graded and High School.

June 4th, 1888.
10 The Board Of Education,
GENTLEMEN:-I hereby respectful.
IL submit 10 your Hon. Body the fol.
lowing report of the school for the
month ending Mag 18th, 1888.
Total number enrolled. zee. ia.
Number suspended. ....... O..
Number corporal punishments o.
Number. tardies ............ Q.
Per cent hardness. ......... q.
Per cent attendance ......g7, l776.
Per cent absence ............ 2,S22j.
ROLL or HONOR.
Misses Ida Christmas, Eva Cox,
Jessie Smith, Katie Coz, Della Reams
Josie Seeman, Ida Brown, Sudie Cain,
Lily Farmer, Lena Harden, Mamie
Sims, Ella Realms, Irena Cheek, Mat
tic Garden, Jennie Fatherly, Nellie
Fuller, Della Gunter, Dora Matthews
| Augusta Secman, Verlcsta Rhodes
Melissa Yickcrs, Blanch Briggs, In
dine Barham, Lizzie Burck, Annir
Cain, Ada Hanks, Mamie HoweFton
Bette Mu.tian, Lucy vickers, Ami,
! Morris, Phoebe Whitaker. Jenni,
Wood, Ora Yearly, Matte Strayhorn
Matte Whitaker. Irene Angela, Dais'
Adams, Annie Christian, Bette Fow
] Ter, Mary Hinton, Rosa Summerfeld
Pearl Alien, Birdie Lea. Lillian Bi
wins, Virginia Monk, Eva Dixon
Emma phipps, Mary Henderson
Lena Perry, Lula Horton, Eva Reami
Sallie Kivett, Sarah Siegel, Virgin
Warren.
Masters Charles Barham, Clarenc
Cheek, John n. Latta, Henry Chan
berlain, John Holloway Freddi
Green, Robert Cain, Tomfnie AlIel
Charlie Finch. George Lougec, job
Monk, Eddie Green, Bernice Um,tea,
Charlie Brown. Walton Gardner, JAG
. Kivett, Coley Matthews, Abe
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-06-06
p. \. WILEY,
Cash Ter.


The above notice needs scarcely
be commented upon by us. The
name of ". 4. Blackwell in this
community, carries with it weight,
deservedIy unequaled and his call
for patronage in the enterprise new.
~ embarked in, will be responded to
by our people in a measure, commen-
surate with the good, our town and
community have already realized at
the hand of him who may justly be
deemed to have been, a benefactor ia
thousands. Durham owes too large
q measure Of her prosperity to the
enterprise Oc W. I. Blackwell. to fail
to respond to his call for public pat
ronage. Mr.. p. A. Wiley who is
connected with this Bank a. Cashier
is a gentleman Of sterling worth and
superior business talent with long ex'
pericnce in the banking business
Courteous in manner and with energy
equal to the demand of his position
we bespeak for the Bank Of Durham
! the full measure Of success which i
richly deserves.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-06-06

arrived MRS GoRRELLs large variety of Hats Bonnets
Ribbons Edgngs Artificial Flowers and everything kept in Millinery
EstaDlghment on hand may2
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-06-06

but you may be sure You lessen yonr-
self in,,his estimation, Go and sub.
scribe for yourself
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
Wonderful Persistency of Hens.

This is the season when hens run
mad and will not be comiorted unless
they can hide away somewhere, and sit
day and night on II wooden nest egg or
all old door knob.
Several men were discussing this
question in a grocery store one even
ing recently. A man who owns a
large flock of Dorkings remarked:
"Not even an act of Congress can break
up setting hem"
"Ever tried jammin' 'em under bar
rel an pourin'water on 'em 7" demand
ed the man on the sugar barrel.
eyes," said the Dorkingman, "'ve
poured water on 'em till they grew web
footed, like blamed duck, and after
wards found 'em in an old coal hod,
settin' away on Jumps o. coal"
"Tie a red rag around one wing"
said a man who was eating cheese and
crackers. "Thatll fix 'em."
"Might's well offer 'em chromo,"
said the Dorkingman. 81 tied whole
red woollen shirt on one last spring,
and dog my cats if she didn't make a
nest of it and set three weeks OH the
buttons"
Then the grocer said it was time to
close up, and each man girded up his
loins and slowly filed out.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27

Do your sheep shear as much wool
and as good wool as anybody else's
sheep? If not, why keep them? We
are surprising, of course, that your care
of the flock is all right. IL the care is
detective, it will not matter how poor
the sheep naturally are. But if you
are bcstowing good care upon sheep
that shear lightly, or shear inferior
wool, what is the explanation for so
doing? There need be no more care
ii the sheep were good ones; it would
require no more feed for good ones,
aud it would not cost very much more
to get good sheep than it does to get
a poor one. What is wanted is a sheep
of good size, heavy fleece and good
wool. How can it be had? If the
question were asked how TO produce
any other animal, with certain well
defined characteristics, we should reply
select al least the sire having these char
acteristics, and it would be better yet
if we could get dam having them.
But we certainly should use rams that
are just like what we would like to
have. There is no profit in using poor
rams. Sheep husbandry with inferior
rams is losing business every time.
Nobody ever yet made anything by the
use of such an animal and nobody ever
will. They are cheaper than good rams
and they ought to be, for they arc dear
at any price. There are plenty of good
rams that may be had at reasonable
price, aud no false ideas of economy
should prevent us from getting them.
We keep sheep for the profit of the
thing, aud why not get all the profit
that there is in the business, when prop
erly mauageJ?- Western RurdE. y
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
Care OF Sheep.

The care of even small flock of sheep
throughout the year, to have them al
ways profitable, is study that any man
who attempts to raise sheep at all should
give his attention.
1t Is not enough, as very many men
do, who have laudable desire to i'm.
prove their sheep as well as other stock,
to make purchases of something exceed.
iDgly good, at round prices, and then
bring the animals home to be treated
with neglect. Such farmer will find
in few years, perhaps it may take
only few months to convince him,
to his own satisfaction, at least,
that this fine stock is all a humbug,
and that in making the purchase
he was badly swindled. If that man,
however, gets any offspring from these
improved rams, or other stock, and it
is eventually sold in marketable con-
dition, the convincing proof to the end
will be that the good blood has had its
effect.
Que of the best influences that the in
PRODUCTION of fine stock on the farm
has, is that it brings with it usually bet
ter care and improved methods of hand.
ling. This is particularly so of sheep,
because there is no other kind of stock
that responds so quickly to the best OF
care, OF in which there are heavier loss
es, prOpOrtionately, where the flock
is neglected ~. Il. S. Journal
Shipment OF American MerinOs TO Aus.
tralia.
Large shipments of American MerinC
sheep to Australia are now being made
The steamer City of New York OH hel
last outward trip carried l72 American
MerinOs, that were insured for S25 900
The shipping of American sheep tc
Australia has ceased to be an expert
ment. 1t has been discovered that b,
crossing the American and Australian
breeds fleece is obtained which is free
from the faults of both. The fleece O.
the Australian Merino is noted for i'll
fineness, but is lacking in density anC
weight, while the American Merin(
possesses the reverse characteristics
1t is claimed that the fleeces of tn,
cross-breed animals have the American
density and weight combined with tn,
Australian fineness of texture. Tn,
sheep which have thus far been SHIPPED
have been of the Eastern breed, for Cal
ifornia MerinOs have labored under
serious drawback, owing to the care
lessness on the part of the Californi
breeders. The registers of the pedi
gree of California flocks are in sa,
state of obscurity, and consequently tn
flocks will not fetch so high price a
Eastern focks, whose pedigree is KEEP
with scrupulous precision. However
the shipment that will be made by tn
Zealandia is on California account, an
ii California breeders would only pa
some attention to registering the ped
gree, an industry of vast Importance {
this coast might be inaugurated. Sa
Francisco E.camiRer.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
The Monster Fleece.

The 62 1.2 pound fleece Of" Woolly,"
the Pellessier ram, mentioned in the
last issue of the Wool GrOWer as for
warded by Messrs. Hutton Bros, of
Los An geles, California, is now at the
Colorado City office of the Loving Pub
fishing company, and open TO inspec-
ton of any one desiring to examine it.
At this Office we have the affidavit of
Mr.. German Pellessier, acknowledged
and sworn to before a notary public,
that the fleece is fourteen months
growth and was shorn from the ram,
together with the statement that
"Woolly" is pure-blood French Merino
directly from the stock of the Rambouil-
let farm of France, imported in 1859,
by j. ID. Patterson.-IeraS Wool
GrOWer.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
Sheep Snferesf.
Sales of Registered Sheep.

GA Cutting to A Sym g. Tex, rams.
VII y 4 + Matthews, Middlcbury, to "A
III belong Il Son, to A Symes. Tex, rams
he Burwell, Bridport To A Symes, Tex, .
rams from his own flock and from that of IL L
Hall.
CP Crane, Bridport, to symes, Tcxas.
E. b. Jewett to Samuel Jewett, Mo-, rams
from his own flock and one from that of E. NJ
Wheeler to Cherbno & williamson 3rams. \
10 Caswell N Sons to Francis Caswcll u
Higginson. Texas, II rams.
CA Landirs, Bridport, TO Francis, Caswell
Higginson, Il Xas, rams.
ii q Burwcll, Bridport, to Francis, Caswell "
6 " Jones, Shoreham, to Francis, Caswell &
Higginson, IL rams. -
CL Parish Bridport, TO Francis, Caswell &
1iigginson. rams from his own flock and 10 from
that of A Myrck.
On Payne, Bridport to Francis, Caswell \
Higginson, 6 rams from flock of Russell, and
from flock of o Lee.
l. Burwell, Bridport TO Francis, Caswcll X
Higginson, rams. .
IS Gibbs, Bridport, to Francis, Caswcll Il
Higginson, rams.
e ii smith, Addison, to Francis Caswell Il
Higgnson, 2rdms.
WS Hurlburt Cornwall, to Cherbino & william
Ii Jones to Geo Dimmick, ram from flock
of Nj X Barbour.
A A Wood, Saline, Mich. to Howard Bland,
Texas, rams from flock of W Cook. ! iron,
flock Of q Cady, from IL White, from
Cook. from IL J Brown. from F q Wright
G Crane, Bridport, to Samuel Jewett,
Us willmarth 4 Son, Addison, to Cherbno &
Williamson, Middlebury, rams.
Robert Stewart, Hadley, Mich, to Wriggle les
worth, Texas, rams to "A B Travis, Brandon
Mich | ram to Il Il Hummer, Brandon Mich. e.,
/ ram; TO Hudson, Cams, Mich, ! ram; TO w
Perry, Dason, Mich, ram; to NJ Hemenway,
Hadcy, Mich, ram.
q Payne, Brdrort, to Jno. Miller ram from
flock of y L Lee.
n Brookins, Richvile, to f Copeland, Kans.,
l eve from the flock of w Wright
4 Irookins' Est, Richvillc, to Fox n Askcw,
Kansas, rams.
. A Briggs, Leicester Junction, to Edward
Copeland, Ka., ram from flock of q ID Bryant.
Frank Jakway, West Haven, to III j Adams,
West uaven. 4rams.
H. j Adams, West Haven, to II. b. WRIGHT,
Niddlebury, rams from flock of + Jakway and
from that of u ID Bush
G NJ Fellows, Manchester. Mich, to Wood,
Kennedy Il Son, Butler, Ind, rams.
I'M Buttum SALISBURY, to n Dunlap, Shafts
bury, ewes from his own flock and from that
of Z Benedict
A II Taylor, Cornwall, to Geo Dmmck, Corn
ii h Taylor to Fox & Askew, ram from flock
of VIM Hanks II Son,
S &E IL Stewart, Weybridgc, to Cherbino &
Williamson rams.
Tyler Bros, Alexandria, Ohio, to NJ Stadden
4 Sons, Newark Ohio. IA rams from their own
flock anu from that of c p Morrison 4 Sen.
iowsend, Pavilion Center, N. Y, to w u.
Markham, Avon, n. Y, 10 rams.
II T McCulley 4 Bro, Lees Summit, Mo-, to ii
G Reeder, Burton, Kans.. rams from flock OF
Ii a. A James.
NBissel East Shoreham, to Copeland
Son, Kans., ram.
GrandstafT, o., to VIM Derolph, Green, Ohio,
! eve from flock OF Mills h Green, ram from
flock ofC f Green, from flock of L Cashier
and from his own flock.
j j Crane, Bridport, to A Symes, Texas,
rams
d Doty, Bridport, to A symes, Texas. rams
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-31

often times better to prepare the bed
in the fall.
A rich sandy loan forms the bed in
which asparagus thrives most success
fully. The growth Of this vegetable
depends largely on the depth and rich
ness of the soil, therefore the neces-
sity of deep culture and plenty of we'll
decomposed manure.
When time is an object the most
expeditions mode is to set out two-year-
Old plants, though plants that are one
year old serve well. One of the errors
IN asparagus culture is crowding the
plants in the bed. Cultivators differ
in practice concerning the distance
apart the plants are set. For culture
on a large scale, where horse hoe and
cultlvator are employed, three and a
half feet by two and q half feet will
prove convenient distance. In the
garden where space is a consideration
the plants may be placed closer still,
their planting with clean culture will
give far larger and earlier asparagus
shoots than will plants set closely to-
gether. After planting a top-dressing
of old manure is beneficial.
Old asparagus beds that have made
vigorous growth the | revious summer
call for liberal manuring in the fall
The rule is to apply manure in autumn
and salt some time during the spring.
-Ne1O York World.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-31
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

He who lives to no purpose lives to a
bad purpose. =
A mans ruling passion is the key
to his character
To rule ones anger is well; to pre-
vent it is better.
Make your enemies transient, and
your friendships immortal.
Practice flows from principle, for as
a man thinks, so he will act.
There is certain dignity to be kept
up in pleasure as in business.
Lose not thy own for lack of asking
for it. 1t will bring thee no thanks.
The best education in the world,
is that got by struggling to get a
living.
Have the courage to wear your old
clothes until you can pay for your new
ones.
Let us have faith that right makes
might, and in that faith let us to the
end dare to do our duty as we under
stand it,
1t is not until we have passed
through the furnace that we are made
to know how much dross there is in
our composition.
A man never knows what weak,
tickle and uncertain master he has in
himself until he is at liberty to govern
his own life as hepleases,
Some people carry their hearts in
their heads; very many carry their
heads in their hearts The difficulty is
to keep them apart, yet both actively
working together,
The truly great and good in afllic-
ton bear Il countenance more princely
than their wont; for it is the temper of
the highest heart to strive most upward
when it is most burdened.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-31
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
Boes Fortilizing Glover.

a very interesting experiment is
given by Prof. w. j. Beal, in his re-
port of the Michigan state farm. Two
line punches of clover, apparently alike
in thrift and size, were covered with
mosquito netting. When the plants
were in blossom humble bees were in
troduced under the netting and set to
work, the other being left unvisited.
July 81 ripe heads were selected from
each plant and the seeds carefully
counted. The fifty heads Of the plant
from which the bees were excluded
yielded twenty-five seeds, forty yield
ing none at all. The fifty heads Wis
tied by bees, on which they were seen
to work, yielded ninety-four seeds,
twenty-five yielding none at all.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-31

Asparagus is not so generally cult
waited as it ought to be. This state of
affairs is due to the fact that an opin-
ion exists among many that asparagus
is a difficult and expensive growth to
manage, whereas the truth is, bed
once started will keep in good condi-
ton for many years with triiling la
Dor, provided always it be fed well.
1t has long been an open question
whether fall or spring is the better
time for starting asparagus beds. This
question may be answered in each
particular case only after considering
the climate an dsOil. Generally speak
ing, more depends upon the condition
of the sol than on the time of setting
out the plants. If the soil Is heavy
and moist and the winters long and
severe, spring is the propitious season,
but in sandy or clay loan and in mod
crate temperature it is as well and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-31
Value of Hen Manure.

We saw on the premises of a first
class farmer, some time ago, a we'll
constructed henhouse, though not at
all complying with the conditions
which hen lanciers would impose. 1t
was designed only for laying and
roosting in; and it at first seemed
strange to find, at midday, with cool
atmosphere, turkeys and chickens &C.
cupying it. They had free egress and
ingress ana were not fed or watered
in it; yet the chickens always went
there to lay. The secret was revealed
however, when the proprietor informed
lis that he had it cleaned out every
week. All III" droppings of the fowls
were scraped from the floor, which
was an inclined plane into a trough or
receiver, from which they were shoy-
elcd and 'hcapcd up, and the place
whitewashed frequently. This required
but little over half an hour, and the
manure from last season was estimated
at $l2O, and quite sufficient in guam
tity as an application to his entire
crop OF corn. AS arule we do not think
farmers pay as much attention to their
henhouses and the manurial product
as their Importance demands. Here
was most valuable amount of fertil-
ling material, obtained with little la
Dor, upon the premises, ready for use
when needed which would have cost
heavy sum to provide; beside, from
the excellent arrangement of the
house, which was by no means expen-
sive, an increase of eggs was obtained
which more than covered all the adj
ditional expense in labor..-German-
torn VeleWaph.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-31

A correspondent calls our attention
to the following from The Gor1en, and
inquiries whether there is anything in
it: "The Florist asks, Has any one
tried hot water as a restorative for
slckly plants? and then proceeds to
say that NJ. Willermoz some time since
related that plants in pots may be re-
stored to health by means of hot water.
1ll-health, he maintains, ensues from
acid substances in the soil, which, be-
ing absorbed by the roots, act as
poison. The small roots wither and
cease to act, and the upper and young
er shoots turn yellow and become
spotted, Indicative of their morbid
state. In such cases the usual remedy
is to transplant into fresh soil, in clean
pots, with good drainage, and often
with the best results. But his expert
ence of several years has proved the
unfailing efficacy of the simpler treat
ment, which consists in Watering
abundantly with hot water at tenn
perature of about 125 Fahrenheit,
having previously stirred the soil of
the pots so far as may be done with
out injury to the roots. Water is then
given until it runs freely from the
pots. In his experiments the water at
first came out clear afterward it was
senSihly tinged with brown, and gave
an appreciable acid reaction. After
this thorough washing, the pots were
kept warm, and the plants very soon
made new roots, Immediately followed
by vigorous growth
To our mind there is great deal in
it. We know to certainty that sick.
ly peach trees are often restored to
vigorous health by the old-fashioned
German farmers of Pennsylvania, by
pouring boiling water on the ground
about the peach trees. 1t cools, of
course, somewhat, before reaching
many of the roots. Here, however, it
is believed to be beneficial by destroy
ing parasitic insects and parasitic fun
81, rather than chemically, as suggest
ed by the extract. But let the reason
ing be what it may, we are will to
indorse it as good practice.-Garden-
er$' Monthly
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-31
The CurcuiIo.

A hOrticulturist writes the Massa-
chusetts PlOughman that air Stacked
lime will destroy the curculio. lie
says: attach to a long pole that will
reach the top of the tree fine sieve,
or a large sized cornpopper will an
swer, fill with the lime, and commence
using when the blossoms fall, and con-
tinue using at intervals of ten days ;
about six applications will be enough.
"A half dozen plum trees have been
served with this remedy for the past
five years, and the result has been full
crops and no stings, Apply the lime
when the dew is on the trees"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-31
A Partially Dead Man,

The Morning Herald, Baltimore, Nd,
states Major b. s. White, of this city, de-
scribes his miraculous cure as follows; 81
have been a partially dead man for ten years.
Doctors attributed my suilerings to the en-
largement of certain glands. The quantity Of
medicine took without relief would be sufIl-
cient to set up ilrst-class apothccary shop.
Finally st, Jacobs Oil was recommended.
had my spinal column thoroughly rubbed
with 1t. All those knots, kinks and stiffness
have passed away, and am myself again"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-10-31

FRIED PARsNrPs. Boil until ten
der in sailed water; cut into slices,
dredge with flour and fry brown.
CINNAMON RoLLs.--Take pie
crust, roll it out and cut in narrow
strips; sprinkle cinnamon over it and
roll up tight; put in a tin which has
been well oiled with butter; bake I'M
til brown.
POTATO EGGS.-Mash five or six
well boiled potatoes, add salt, one
tablespoonful of melted butter one
cup of cream; work well, and when
quite free from humps add two well
beaten eggs anda cup of finely minced
ham. Make the mixture into egg
shaped balls, roll in flour and fry in
good dripping, turning them carefully
50 as not to spoil the shape. Pour
over parsley sauce and serve.
Corn MEAL FRUIT PUDDING
Scald one pint Of milk. Pour it on
one large cup of white Indian meal.
Stir it up well and let it get almost
cold. While cooling, beat in one cup
Of flour and one tea-spoonful of baking
powder. Wet with cold milk. Beat
up well together. Make a custard of
ore quart of milk, four eggs and one
cup of sugar. Beat gradually into the
cooled paste. When mixed into a
light batter add two table-spoonfuls of
melted butter, one-half pound of rails
ms, seeded and cut in two, and one
tea-spoonful of mixed cinnamon and
mace. Put into a buttered dish and
bake in quick oven.