The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20
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amined a number OF teachers last Satur-
day who applied for certificates to teach.
The mountain wagons are coming
along with apples of good quality, which
sell readily at from seventy five cents to
a dollar a bushel.
October has been a decidedly dry
month, streets dusty in town, and the
fields too dry and hard to pillow, but it is
beautiful weather for all that.
The political canvass in this county
was somewhat animated last week, not
w~ithstanding the fact that the thermom-
eter did not range at summer figures.
"A. C. Snipe, who shot and killed
Jesse Smith on the night of the 18th
inst, was acquitted at Coroner's inquest
on ground of excusable homicide, in self
defense.
Second street will be Strengthened
running through Judge Wilson's lot
close to his residence. He will erect two
dwellings on the South side of the
street for rent.
The two Cinnamon who went into
the laundry business in Winston a short
while ago, have found it improbable,
have pulled up stakes and sought other
fields for occupation.
Contributions are beginning to come
in for the fair to be held by the Forsyth
Rifemen. The contributions Monday
amounted to about forty dollars in
money and merchandise.
Our friend, Major J. G. Young, is
such a skillful taxidermist that people
who walk by his office mistake it some
times for a bird menagerie, and go in
and ask if them things is alive"
One of our boys who went to Wash
ington on the excursion, in his enthusi-
astic description of the "sights,'' says,
at takes one man and two boys to see
t. the top of the Washington monu-
ment."
While improving in other respects
you should not forget to plant shade
and fruit trees. If you can't plant many
plant a few. They will pay you we'll and
add much to the appearance and attrac-
t~iveness of your home.
There will be a meeting of the
magistrates of the county next Saturday
to consider the question of building a
house for the insane at the poor house,
and other special matters. The IN
nouncement that they were to meet last
Saturday was a mistake.
M. l.. H. Wilson, travelling agent
for the Carolina Fair, was in Winston
this week advertising the fair which
begins in Charlotte on the End of
November. He has posted it all over
our State and a large portion of South
Carolina, and reports the prospects very
t1attering for a successful fair.
The strike among the pork packers
in Chicago has caused a scarcity of meat
in the Winston market, and doubtless at
III oUiIC pOlIIUS III UI1O bcOuCh "IAlSL
upon Chicago for their meat
supplies. We wish the strike would
keep up for the next ten years, and by
time perhaps Southern farmers
would get to raising meat enough to
the demands of their own mar
kets, and their own demands as well.
Bill ARRIVE announced in our last
hat this distinguished gentleman
would lecture in Winston next Friday
evening, but owing to a change in the
on one of the railroads, he will
not be able to reach Winston i'm time.
He will be here, however, and most
probably the lecture will be given on
Monday night next. The committee of
arrangements will notify the public
promptly as soon as the time is definitely
liked. Look out for the. notice and do
not fail to hear him.
The Forsyth Rifemen are making
an effort to erect an Armory building in
Winston, and will hold a military fair
November 10th. They ex-
pect, as they should, in their effort the
cordial support of the citizens of Winston
and Salem as we'll as of the county, who
take a lively interest in this
company, which, since its organization
IN 1872, has always held a first rank in
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