The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-09
$50 &c the locomotives that split this

Some of the locomotives that split this
city wide open in the Silly night have
voices like unto an artillery explosion mix
ed with thunder.-'Messenger.'
We wonder if he means the same loco>
motives that pass through Rocky Mount
sometimes.
Why did not the archers and singers
put to rout the crowd of believing cattle
in front of the drug store the other day ?
Bv the way, who can account tor so many
beasts congfegating just at that place and
just at that time and keeping up just such
believing?
We suspect that the Kinston Free
Press has need of an atlas. Every news
paper Office lii this State should have a
map of this State. The Free Press mas
lust discovered our city. Never heard Oh
the city of Scotland Neck! Why ocot-
| land Neck is the largest city of Its SIZE Iii
| the State.
Mr.. A. w. Early. Of Aulander, Berthe
county. gave us pleasant call last oatur-
dav. He says that the crop preparations
:, his section are favorable. Our friend,
Prof. J. b. Newton, has good school at
Aulander. More such men in more such
nlaces is what we need in every section of
the country.
And now Scotland Neck has free exhi>
hilton of fine riding. We saw colored
bow on 10th Street some days ago riding
at full gallop, and with the dexterlty OF
Robinson circus rider. he stood upright
and continued his gallop. After riding
some distance thus he resumed his seat on
the horses back.
The New Berne Daily Journal has EN-.
tered upon its fourth volume. MIR. H. 5.
Num- the able editor, gives his readers
one of the best dailies in the east. We
always welcome the journal and peruse
its columns with great pleasure. We wish
| It much success even more than Its pres
ent circ ulatlon and neatness bespeak.
| There was canvass painting IL Ed
mondson Hall last Friday night. Paints
incs of the East. such as Jerusalem, Beth
lehem. Sea of Galilee, the Dead Sea, &c.
were exhibited. The exhibition of thu
paintings was accompanied by appro-
pirate lecture giving explanations
of names, such as the River
Jordan. Some vocal music was given al
so. The entertainment was said to b.
quite interesting.
Our readers remember that we have 70
several weeks past given short state ment
of some of the crop yields around Scot
sure that there has been nothing publishe,
in the local columns of the DEMOCRAT
under its present management, OF more in
terest to the public than these locals OF
good farming AS proof of it severa
of our best exchanges have copied thes
locals and have given our county and com
munitv wor of commentator as goo
farming section. One gentleman sent al
/ the way IIOm 1AICnLuOuu County iOI d cup
of the DEMOCRAT to see what our farm
ers are doing. We shall be glad to hav
more such items for publication.
At certain place, at a certain time
which time and place have not yet fade
from our memory, we observed that
clever looking young man made himsel
apparently very agreeable near youn
lady in church. She occupied the seat il
front of him. and he seemed to be mucI
interested in talking to her. 1t seeme'
strange to us that gentleman should b
so talkative in church. 1t was all clear
however, when We saw HIM lean bac
against his own seat perfectly quiet a
: soon as the basket had passed him 4
collection was being taken up, and whel
the basket had passed he was not so mucl
interested in the young lady She sal
herself that the young man kept repeatin
all the time the basket was passing.