The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1883-06-06
GoIdsloro Beuetia !: Fruit trees are

nights asslgneu as u reason,
Much complaint from the farmers
that the dry weather and cold nights
are damaging the crop prospects.
Raleigh ps-OIserper: We wer
recently shown specimen Of sugar
made BY friend ii Dnplin county,
N. G., that was goad as any sugar need
be. ii was made from the ribbon
cane and was simply beautiful. Dup
lin has in this a crop that will pay
better than cotton.
The Chinese of British Columbia
have received rougher treatment
than any Of their race ever experiences
in the United States, Which shows
that nowhere on this continent are
they welcome. King Kalakaua has
also announced that no more Chinese
immigrants are wanted in the Sand
witch Islands.
A hoy of eight years was asked by
his teacher where his teacher was.
He replied: "rhe spot in the heav'
ems directly over ones head" To
test his knowledge further the teach.
.er asked "Can two persons have the
same zenith at the same time?'
They can I" Howl II you
should stand on the Others head"
Which is the deepest, the longest,
the broadcast ard the smallest grave
| in this church-yarl?" asked pedes,
TRAN of his companions, while medi-
tating among the tombs in cemete-
ny. why" was the answer, sit is
that in which Miles Button is buried,
for it is Miles below the sod, Miles in
length, Miles in breadth, and yet af-
ter all it is but a Button-hole. -
Clayton Bud On the Generals
return home the young ladies Of this
Congressional District will have to
hold convention, or else Hon. w. r.
Cox will have some travelling to do in
lis district, in order to pass a iudg.
ment, for in his letter of the 4th inst
describing his visit to Capri, he says
However, ! purchased string oil
coral Deeds from the handsome Conta'
dina, and we have concluded to pre-
sent it as a souvenir to the handsomesi
girl in my Congressional District upon
! our retur..."
/ Newton Enterprise The work o.
extending the Narrow Guage to New
ton has begun in reality. Maj. Wad
dell put a force of hands at wori
Monday morning, and says Newtor
l will certainly be reached by July LIST
= He will be engaged about ten days o.
two weeks in leveling up the road bed
! and putting down crossties; then lay
ing iron will he rapid job.
Every week We hear of increase in
d terest in blooded stock. Two week
: ago we stated that a farmer of thi
!, township had clipped an average o
\ 81 pounds each. from flock of hal
. blood Cotswold sheep. We hear tina
3. Mr.. Nelson Sheriff of Mountain creel
township clipped from one half bloot
CotswOld spounds.
Philadelphia Record: Proftabl,
: employment for some of our Repub
4 lican statesmen ought to be found il
: Russia. In that country expendi
lures for the last fiscal year wer'
eleven million roubles in excess o
. the revenues. In this country, Oh
; the other hand. the system Of direc
}. taxation has been brought to sucl
perfection that we take one million
dollars per year out of the pockets o
/ the people more than We can spend
u although the ability Of the Fedora
y Government in the line of expendi
, J, ture is fully up to the European
. Standard. Evidently the Russian
Q tariff should be reconstructed b,
{ American experts like Mr.. Kelle,
I aud Mr.. Morrill,.
Oxford 7orchiight: Our crop pros
> pect j. indeed gloomy for wheat, corn
oats aud tobacco. We rarely eve
\ heard Farmer, talk 50 glvomily as the
: do now. The question Of tObacc'
plants. an | the money crop is rathe
! fading from consideration before th,
J more important question Of fpnh sup
! plies. In speaking Of tile wheat las
. week. Squire William Blackwell tolC
: ~, that where ten bushels of whea
; were made last seasUn, he did not tllinI
fur would be harvested the presen
r one. We do not believe that Their,
. will he much over half crop tobacc,
,, planted in Granville. aud that mus
, nccc +arily BE- Il late one.
The Norfolk Landmark says: Eyel
. since tue death of General Mycr the
weather department has been going
FROM bad TO worse. Cyclones hav,
TAXI to waltzing around in the South
, west hail sturrs break out where
least looked for. as if they expected
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