The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-10
No. 8.

drunk -Hurrah for Rutherford.
The old county feels deep and sin
cere pride in Mrs. Collins, 1O3 years
of age, who spins all the day long
on an old-fashioned wheel and walks
all about, without needing any as
sistance. Miss Liddie f. Forbis
is the only surviving grand child of
the memorable Capt. Forbis, of Gull
ford She is now i'm the 10th year
of her age: without father or moth
er, sister or brother, and says she
can 60 out in the field and hoe corn
row for row with any of the present
generation.-German b. Guthrie,
who lives near Gulf, Chatham coun-
ty, is remarkable man. He is now
about 80 years old, never drank
drop of whisky or coffee, never
swore, never loaded or shot gun,
never went fishing or hunting. and
has never used tobacco in any form,
and has been a member of the church
for sixty years. He is a hearty,
healthy-looking old gentleman, and
is apparently good for many years
yet.-GreensbOro Patriot
There are nine Government
distilleries within radius of two
miles in Dayie connty.-We re-
gret to learn that the residence Of
Mr.. J. NJ Johnson, at Pennington,
Davie county, with all it's contents,
was burned one day last week.
Mr. Frank Holder, of Vienna town
ship, this county, is the possessor Of
common house cat that caught
and brought to the house during
last summer and fall 35 rabbits, 2
weasels, together with quite num-
Der Of flying and ground squirrels,
besides many rats, mice, birds, etc.
HAWKS are playing havoc with
chickens in some sections and the
crop of spring fowls will fall consid-
erably short if the ravages contin-
ne. A good way to rid the country
of these pests is for each neighbor
or township to take up a subscrip-
tion and offer a small bounty per
head.-A little daughter Of Mr.
W. Carroll, Of Stokes county, made
narrow and rather remarkable
escape with her life few days
since. She was coming out of the
house with a pegging awl in her
hand, and falling from the thres-
hold ran the entire length of awl
into her forehead, causing consid-
cradle pain at the time, but fortu-
nately with no serious result
Winston Union Republican,
In 1S49, the best crop of to-
bacco raised in Granville county
fetched Sc per hundred average in
the Clarksville, Va, market 1t
was much talked Of We remem-
Der we'll the sale, and B. F. Crews
was the farmer who made the sale.
Now, if the best farmer in that coun-
ty cannot average $50 per hundred
pounds for his entire crop he will be
dissatisfied. In fact, crop year
would enable the best half-dozen or
dozen farmers to average probably
$50 per hundred In the Oxford
market in 1885, all grades Of tobacco
nearly averaged $40 per hundred.
Some of this i'm 1849 or 1850, would
not have fetched more than $1.5O
per hundred, if so much Whining
ton Star
Allen w. Tomlinson, the first
settler of Bush Hill, Randolph county,
while out at his work some fifty
years ago, cut a walking stick from
young growth sycamore and on
returning to his house stuck the
stick in the ground until he could
get drink of water from his spring.
He forgot to take up the stick at
the time and noticed shortly after
that the buds were growing, and to-
day it is large tree some three
feet through, seventy-five feet high
and branches corresponding
| Greensboro Patriot.
Col. J. Y. Bryce has made
arrangements to Introduce the
breakfast tea plant" in this city,
and yesterday received a number
of the plants from Washington.
This plant is grown from imported
seed, and is said to thrive well.
Col. Bryce has two plants growing
| in his ward and fourishing finely