The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-12

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See the all. ofJcsse A. Perry il anoth |
crcoluln.
We do know that it takes very little
to scare horse sometimes. |
There was a hop IN Hickory Hall at |
Killquici< last Friday night.
The Kernerssille News says 'o:.
for stree: ia,ps.' So say we.
Last summer Scotland Neck nal many
lsdy visitors and ;nsy come in tie winter
too.
Gen. Grant is suffering much wit. can
cerous affection. and i IS thought the en-
with him IS rear.
. boz ofl.; in Winston, named Waiter
Grouse. goes away from home to organic |
and teac!. Il band OF music.
The sNe1ys-Observer' says that Eastern |
North Carolina is destined TO become Tia |
oyster garden o. America.
Tae Franklin Times says that III,
iouisburg High School under the manage
II ,nent OF cur friend 3. W. Ray, is quite
s. fleurishing.
81 Chattanooga had in 1889, $4,000 inhab>
u itants and now has GOO. An eXcha.g'
1 says: Manufacturing did it with It's lit
tie hatcaet.'
Spring days haEe given the farmers
chance to begin to push work, and thi>
accounts for SO few people in town during
she week past.
Three car loads OF horses were brought
60 town last week. Capt. y. White re
ceiye,: one car load Wednesday. Eiya
exchange please note.
Al The I'D fence law IS being ,iiscussc
throughout the country with much more
enthusiasm. we suppose. than ii was BY
si.c LEGISLATURE before Il beca me a law.
DIR. Savage tells Us that the Gnaugara>
ton was a magnificent a:fAir. lie say
that there vii! never be alo Their occasion.
in the United States to surpass it.
Hey, San,bo, VIVA dye leave yo' last
boars;n'- place fur: o, dey charge soo
much .ar dis yer darkey.' VIVA dey
charger 'Dey Cargo me vii stealth d,
spoons, and SO lef.'
An exchange gives the following uolel
copy f,r writing teachers TO sive tacr
4 pupils. becausc it contains all the Letters
If the olp.abet: = qric,l brown fo>
II jumps over the lazy dog
n Why does The Scotland E33'1 train re-
m MAJ o:1,. Of a Dant note: Dacause you
81 allow three days fer the pay.Aent of the
81 note, and three hours for tho arrival OF
sssss abe train, after each Is due
g First Geat. srnis iceis like spring.
8 SEC oai G., Yes All I an glad Of it,
T. C, .Why:'
:. q, because the streets are adorned
4 with SO many more beauties.
We notice in an exchange that there i
q California plank at the Exposition 6 fl.
wide. We think that must be a small,
plank for California, but we suppose they
didn't have saw big enough to cut fail
sample.
iIr. James +. Hancock, Of this place
has received his diploma from the Bati>
more College of Dental Surgery. We IN
lerstand that lie will locate in Baltimore
Tor few months. May success crown
his efforts,
\. 3. Josey q Co., and ". H. KltclliD
will make more and larger sales than any
other two equal firms III town. Do you
ask way we think so? Because they have
the hest advertisements. See their ads.
in other columns,
Many say that the severe winter pres
diets good crop year. We suppose our
merchants who do the time business hear
more OF this than any others-the man
who wishes to run a mortgage can SEE
things in'a very hopeful light.
There is probable enterprise in vogue
to be established in Raleigh. for driving
sweet potatoes. The proposing party has
extensive knowledge Of drying fruit, and
proposes to establish the enterprise if b,
San secure $4,000 or 100000 bushels OF
potatoes.
Who has super-abundance Of stow,
pipe? An old darkey that had not beef
TO town since the show, started in a store
the other day, but could net be persuad-
ed to enter, having seen as he thought ;
gigantic snake one hundred feet long sus-
pended Within.
Once upon time we heard some iadie.
and gentleman or two discussing til,
subject Of pretty men, 1t was gener
any agreed that SUCH specimens of man
S'nd are very few and farther between
one OF tiae ladies, however, dlssented from
the others, saying that she knew OIL.
pretty man. and that he was IN Scotland
Neck. Then the discussion grew warm
eT-but We beg pardon, young ge ntlemen
we did no; mean to cause you any wake
iai hours III guessing who it is. TIL,
DEMOCRAT no longer has any anxiety.