The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-05

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tation of being the banner Temperance
town of the United States, for within a
hundred years no liquor shop Us been
allowed in that town.
We are informed that Mr.. j. B.
Bradford, of Tulin, N. q, drew off his
carp pond last fall and fund that he had
700 carp which averaged four pounds
each. 1t is claimed by fish culturists'
that each one-fourth acre of surface wa
ter will produce FIVE hundred pounds of
this fish per nun .a.y.sH
Wheat and oats in Cabarrus, owing
to the severity of the winter, are rather
inferior. The farmers in that county, it is
thought, are not buying as largely of fer
t~ilizers this season. The low prices Of
cotton will increase the size of the corn
fields and create a deeper interest in the
cultivation of the grasses.
j. B. & S. Harris, of Poplar Tent,
are gradually seeding their large farm to
grass. They have a herd of thirty Jer-
of them imported-and some
fine blooded horses and sheep. The great
foundation-crop of agriculture, wealth
and prosperity in all countries, is grass.
We are indebted to Mr.. George AL
len, of New Berne, for a copy of his work
entitled, "Forty Lessons in Book Keep
ing" This is the second edition, the
first having been exhausted. Mr.. Allen
informs us that this book has been in
troduced in a number of the leading ed
vocational institutions from Maine to Tex
as, and is everywhere received with the
highest favor. The book is sent to teach
ers and schools, for ST 90 a copy, prepaid.
Luther Benson, the temperance lee
turer, is creating a sensation in Texas by
his captivating oratory. He is very elo-
quent, and paints like a master the hor-
rors of drunkenness. And yet the poor
fellow can no more resist a glass of whis-
key when put neal him than he could
the fire if thrown into it. He frequently
follows a temperance revival with a spree
that brings him to the CUTIE before it
ends.
The latest improvement in telegra-
ply is an instrument something like a
typewriter, which not only sends mess
ages, but sends them in printed charac-
tiers, taking at the same time as many
copies of the dispatch sent or received as
may be desired. The printed message
which is sent is also printed at the point
of receiving, and the work is all done in
less time than is now required by the
Morse system. A trial of the machine
was made at Philadelphia a few days ago
on a wire 120 miles long with success.
The corner stone of the Confederate
Monument at Montgomery, Ala, was laid
last Thursday. Thousands of people
were present, who came for the double
purpose of participating in the ceremo-
MES and hearing the address of Presi-
dent Jefferson Davis, who, through all
these years of trial and proscrip-
ton, has maintained that dignifed, *
allied manhood which has won the adj
miration of the world and commanded
the respect of his worst enemies.
The Committee on Labor in the
House of Representatives have reported
a substitute for the Blair educational
bill, which provides for the distribution
of $75,OOO,OOO among the States for efu-
cational purpose, not more than 81, $780,
600 to be expended any year, the money
t be derived from the sale of public
lands and to be distributed according to
the number of children of scholastic age
m the States, each State to have exclu-
sive control of the disbursement of it's
share. 1t is understood that this bill is
so shaped as to overcome the objections
made to the original Blair bill on the
ground of unconstitutionality.
POPLAR TENT FAIR.
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