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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23

''That accounts for It'll Abner Jones,
you've been wasting your time and stock
making Christmas l1mcracks for some
body's young 'uns! No wonder you hain't
got my rent ready, and I've got to go sup
PEERLESS to bed for the want of it! But I'll
sue you-yes, Pll begin suit this very after
noon!'
The wagon-maker laid down his brush,
wiped the spots of red paint off his fingers
with handful of shavings, and then took
six dollars from his vest pocket and laid
the money down on the bench under old
Scarvin's nose.
"What! You going to pay! Had it all
ready for me! Haven't tried to work in a
lad bill on me, Ell? Say, Abner, mebbe I
was little hasty.'
Mr.. Jones paid no attention to him.
6 Making cart, see! AS yur haven't
got any young 'uns of your own it's for
some one else.n
cts for that widow Browns little girl,
Sarah.''
ssThen you are a bigger fool than I
thought for! The wilder Brown has had
two new dresses since her husband died,
and I've heard she was talking of new
bonnet. You shouldn't encourage such
folks, Abner Jones-shouldn't do it.n
6 It's the child, you know.n
cob! fudge! This making great hula
baloo about Christmas and presents and all
that thing is all bosh! Children don't ap-
preciate it, and it makes 'em vain and ex-
travagant. Well, I must be going. This
weather is terrible on the wood I believe
I burned all of five sticks to-day I think
I'll come down after basket of blocks and
shavings."
" You are welcome to themn
O. Rnt tho ra,,+ no +I,o Loco
mind that, and I shall want it the very day
it's due. You mustn't try to work off any
excuses on me, Abner Jones, for won't
hear to 'em. I said six dollars month for
year, and the SIX dollars is due the 18th of
every month at exactly midnight. Don't
try to cheat me, Abner Jones.''
"Peggetty, peg-leggetty, leg,' he
stumped down the street toward home.
When he had covered half the distance a
man opened a store door and called after
him, but at once excused himself by saying:
"Oh, it's you, is it,"
ayes, it's me! Thomas Green; did you
want to pay me that interest money?'
sNo; it ISM due until January 1st''
"And if you don't have it then you need
expect no mercy from me. I ought to have
made out the papers so as it would come
due sooner, but I'll be around on time. It's
forget that! If don't come at midnight
it's because am tender-hearted and don't
want to drive poor man to the wall.
What did you call me for?''
q took you for Larkins.''
ooh, you did! What did you want of
him?'
1--WE are making up shake-purse to buy
Christmas presents for the children at the
orphan asylum, and l wanted him to chip
in. Of course / wouldn't think of asking
you.''
g 1t wouldn't do you any good if you did
ask. don't go throwing my money away
on jimcracks, and l warn you again to have
that interest ready. It's SAD, and don't
throw off a cent. It's due at midnight on
the 31st-remember thati'
'sPeggetty peg he continued on his way,
and as he walked he soliloquized:
what an internal pack of fools people
has got to be, and how the country is being
ruined by this extravaganza. They amt
got nothing out of me, however, and don't
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23
"PEGGETTY."
A Mysterious Visitor and a Won
derful Transformation.

~ EGGETTY = leggetty
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23

q How I'd like to git one O. them bows
within reach of my caner' growled Scar
wins, as he continued his way. ''They call
me names, and trip me down, and laugh at
my gait, and I'd like to kill 'em! What
now?''
The gruff inquiry was addressed to a lit
tie girl who had stepped off the walk into a
snowdrift to let him pass.
Please, STRIP
Please what! I suppose you want to
beg for money?n
No, sir; but I'm afraid of you.n
sob! you are Well, Pm glad on it
glad on it! wish every body was afraid
of me.n
He stumped along up the street as fast as
he could go and entered tumble-down
building which was occupied by wagon
maker The man was standing al his bench
painting little toy cart, which he had
been making at odd times for the last fort
night
Jones, my rent was due at midnight last
night" squeaked old Scarvins, as he hoy
cred over the warm stove. cts being due
now all of sixteen hours, and, Of course,
you've got it for me?n
Jones continued his work as if the pres
ence Of visitor was unknown and unsus-
pected and after a minute his landlord
pitched his voice to a higher key and ex-
claimed:
"Abner Jones, don't you try to put me
off with any story of a sick wife, for
won't stand it, Men who are fools enough
to marry must expect to have sick wives
Mebbe you think you can send me away by
pleading hard times, but 1 won't go
There's six dollars rent due me, and want
itr'
Jones painted away at one of the little
wheels, whistling softly to himself, and
Scarvins, who was now actually trembling
with excitement for fear he would not get
his money, went over to the bench, took
notice of the toy, and almost screamed out
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23

passed contentment and form of happi-
ness came to the exiles from New Madrid.
The new home became as an old home.
The hills, the streams, the trees, the
neighborhood, became dear to the little
heroine of this sketch. Her education went
forward rapidly, not only by help of the
local school-house but by the impulse of the
child's own taste and powers. Florence
was one of those rare minds whose culture
comes up, from within, rather than upon,
from without.
Four years before the earthquake and
upon Christmas morning her brother had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23

With the closing word the Gypsy led
Florence to the door of the tent and, push
ing her gently, told her to cherish no fear
of the coming world festival, but face her
good destiny.
laughing over the folly of the visit, but
each enjoying the mystery of the place and
language. Martin Robinson, having left
his horse in the care of neighboring
farmer, hunted for time and at last drew
near the sought-for cottage, and, with as
much Difference and humility as became a
hunter and a stranger, he offered the
mother abundant pay if she would bring
him some simple lunch and some food for
his dog. He was so little accustomed to
hunting that he had become exhausted far
beyond what he had expected. He was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23
Wanted to Grind Her Axe First

Rignold- Sister, I think I'll ask pa to-
night if he will buy me that five-hundred
dollar chronometer we saw at Benedict,s for
a Christmas present. I've been playing
goody-goody for over month now.
Sister Arabella-I wouldn't tonight, if I
were you, dear. Papa's had a toothache all
day, and you know he's cross as a bear
when any thing ais him.
Rignold-Umph! If he's got toothache
I'll put it off a week.
Sister Arabella (Il the library Nth pa ten,
minutes lata)-O you dear, darling pa; you
are so tired. You should Ia, e some recrea-
ton; you need it so much. Why don't YOU
drive out in the afternoons and if you will
buy me that seal-skin sacque could 20
with you.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23

"Ahmy dear sir, we children of the woods
have always been school-going children,
and are not our books like your books, full
of the souls of the great? Perhaps we have
in these hills more time than you city
youths enjoy for drinking in the spirit of
genius. We commit to memory what you
perhaps only rapidly read"
Martin had at last no good excuse for
remaining longer, and acted as though he
was about to resume his sport in the fields;
but the dog had lain down in the glorious
sun of an Indian summer noon, and after
a false motion or two his master sat down
on the steps not far from the girl and her
mother. The mother had resumed some
kind of needle-work, while the daughter
was standing as though wishing for more
exchange of thought with the genteel and
pleasing guest. His face was manly, his
bearing soldierly, and his conversation full
of courage, and yet modesty. Martins
heart could hold its peace no longer. He
slowly took from his pocket the letter
which this beautiful woman had written to
him when both were children. He arose
and, with much emotion, handed it to its
author, and asked her to read it and tell
him whether the sentiments were still her
own. The girl, amazed, opened the old
worn sheet and read. When she came to
the words:
"Our hearts so bound together
Will be thus bound forever
she turned to her mother and uttering the
words Martin Robinson she went into
the parlor and falling by the sofa, cried
out: "Oh, is this dream or reality?"
1t was many minutes before any one of
the three could utter any but little SEN
fences, and these were broken by signs and
tears. But this was the end of the mis-
fortunes of Florence Aver. On Christmas
morning she was married to the rich and
romantic hunter, and, having removed to
Cine matt, she passed to all the happiness
which love and education and wealth can
bring.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23

= < q
p g! Leggetty-
peggetty-leg !"
1t was the old man
Scarvins stumping up
the streeto on his wood
en- leg, his teeth chat
tering in the Decem-
Der blasts, and his i'll
clio tn e d body be-
numbed with cold,
I" H o! Peggetty !"
called a voice across
the street.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23
THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING.

Now get the stockings
ready, for Christmas is
athand, and Santa Claus
already has left the
Fairy land. His rein
deers now are prancing
on snow clouds in the sky,
and he, in furs advancing, is
urging them to fly. His sleigh
is overlooking with sugar
plums and toys, all in the
stockings going for little
girls and boys, who now
are nightly dreaming of
Christmas plea sures
gay, and with glad
faces beaming can
scarce await the
day. Wee tots,
whose bright
eyes g1isten,
close to the
chimney draw,
and to its noises
listen in Won
der sweet and awe.
So get the stockings
ready, for Christ t.
mas now is near,
and S a nta
Claus has
said he
will sure
~ come
this
yea
I2Q. -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23
FLORENCE AVER.
Her Sad Experiences and Their
Happy Termination.

HERE is often seen
in human experience
an equity SO pleasing
t b a t it form S a
charming picture in
the great moral col
lection. That justice
which is seen in Mac
beth or Shylock is
not now in mind; but
rather that in Gin
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-11

A laying hen should not be fed
so high that she will get fat. Bet
ter to be a little too lean than too fat.
Little chickens must be kept
dry and warm or they will be short
lived. The sun is their lest friend
and the rain their worst enemy.
Separated early and raised up by
themselves, pullets ire worth at least
a quarter more for use than if al
lowed to run with a lot of cockerels.
In the large, late-maturing breeds
the evil is less, though even with
them the practice Of keeping them
separate is most profitable.
The dust bath is to the fowl what
the washbowl is to the individual.
With the dust bath the hen cleans
her body. She uses it also for exer-
else. When a hen is incubating she
comes off as regularly to dust her
self as she goes to feed, instinct teach
ing her that it is the best of meth
DDS for Kidding herself Of lice.
The remedy for chicken cholera
recommended by the Department of
Agriculture is as follows: Add three
pounds of sulphuric acid to 40 gal
Ions of water, and mix evenly by
agitating and stirring. Apply to
poultry houses with a large watering
pot until every spot is saturated.
ReEeat application until the infec-
ton is completely destroyed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-11
THE TWO LIGHTS.

"When I'm a man! p is the poetry of
youth.
when l was young!' is the poetry of
old age.
"When I'm a man, the STRIPPING cries,
And strives the coming years to scan,
"Ah, then | shall be strong and wise, "
When Pm a man."
"When l was young" the old man signs,
Bravely the lark and linet sung
Their carroll under sunny skies,
When [ was young"
when I'm a man / shall be free
To guard the right, the truth uphold"
when l was young 1 bent no knee
To power or gold"
"Then shall l satisfy my soul
With yonder prize, when I'm a man"
"Too late I found how vain the goal
To which / ran"
"When I'm man those idle toys
Aside forever shall be flung"
"There was no poison in my joys
When | was young"
The boys bright dream is all before,
The mans romance lies far behind.
Had we the present and no more
Fate were unkind.
But, brother, toiling in the night,
Still count yourself not all unblest
If in the East there CLEANS a light,
Or in the West.
-BIackwood's Magazine.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-11
CARE OF YOUNG CHICKENS.

For the first month, the chicks
should be fed about five times aday.
After that three times will be found
sufficient. The coop and its sur
rounding should be keptscrupulously
clean. Without it, no system can
secure the best results.
The greatest success is generally
secured by combining the hen but
allowing the chicks to u out and
pick the green grass after the dew
Is off. They should never be allowed
to run in the wet grass. If one
cannot permit the chicks to get at
the grass, substitute should be sup
piled. Finely chopped lettuce, cab
bage, ETC., with an occasional onion,
will be beneficial.
Mistakes are made with the nests
OF sitting hens. Too many are made
that are so small the hen is unable
to perform her duties OF sitting down
upon and stirring the eggs with
out smashing one or two. A
roomy nest should be supplied-not
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-11
The gunltry Nard.
POULTRY FOR THE ORDINARY
FAMILY.

There are very few families in the
country or suburban villages which
are situated SO that they cannot keep
a few fowls. In almost every village
contiguous to American cities, the
mechanic, clerk or salesman who re-
sides in the suburbs for economy's
sake, nowadays, has upon the rear
of his house or little garden patch
his hennery, small or large. Go
where you may in the country vii
lagos, around our Atlantic cities for
example, and you will find among
a majority of classes Of city business
men above mentioned, there are
kept a trio or two, Dr. as many dozen
good chickens, the care of which
serves to render their leisure hours
agreeable, and from which the good
housewife is furnished with many a
score of good fresh eggs in the curse
of the season.
The cost Of keeping a dozen or
two of good chickens is very trifiing.
The scraps from the table daily, a
quart or two of cracked corn and
oats, a little granulated bone and
pounded oyster shells, clean gravel
and fresh water, with cleanliness and
good air in the coops, will be about
all that is needed for a few fowls.
If they can have a dry u upon the
lawn or walks also, SO much the
better.
Thus fifteen or twenty hens may
be kept without a great deal of trou-
BILE to the household, from which may
be had in a twelve-month n hun
dred or more dozens of nice fresh
eggs, two or three scores of chickens
for broiling, at least twenty nice
pullets to carry over the winter for
next seasons use, and so on annually.
Why should not every mechanic,
clerk or city business man residing
in the suburbs avail himself of this
economical plan, and by this means
furnish himself with pleasant recrea-
ton for his leisure as well as profit
in the neutrality-suspicious. and
Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-11
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

A Wisconsin farmer, who began
experimenting with the silo on a
IN I'll scale four years ago, is 50 well
pleased with the tests that he has
planted twenty-five acres of corn for
ensilage this season. Silos are evil
dently gaining in popular favor.
Muddy barnyards will cause the
milk to fall off. When COWS ar,
compelled to stand knee-deep in
mud, with their bodies plastered
over with it, dirt will find it's way
into the pail, while additional food
will be necessary to supply that lost
from cold and exposure.
Sticky looking plants may be
taken out of their old pots, the roots
washed, the weaker branches trim
med and placed into small pots as
the roots can be placed into.
Let such. a plant remain there until
by good growth it shows it's healthy
roots; then it may be given more
earth in a little larger pot.
The camphor laurel, a native
of China, and the tree from which
most of the camphor of commerce is
obtained, seems to have been intro
duced successfully into California,
having obtained a height Of thirty
feet. The wood, every part of which
smells strongly of camphor, is light
and durable, not liable to injury from
insects, and much favored by cabi-
n~etmakers.
The japanese keep meat fresh in
hot weather by placing the raw flesh
in porcelain vessels and pouring on
it b bling water, whereby the albu-
men of the surface is quickly coagu-
lated and forms a protection against
the further action Of the water. Oil
is then poured on the surface of the
water SO as to prevent the access of
air and consequent putrifaction Of
the meat.
Science has found out something
very interesting, namely that the
fruit tree SAUNDERS in the daytime
and works at night. This modern
idea is that fruit trees acquire most
of their growth at night. The fruit
of the cherry laurel, for instance, has
been found by DIR. Krauss, Of Halle,
to increase at the rate of so per cent.
by day, while apples increase 80 per
cent at night and 20 per cent. in the
daytime.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-11
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER AUGUST Il, 1886.

too large-havinga bottom of rather
soft material resting ON dirt, with a
plenty of straw we'll packed about
the sides. Such a nest, especially
early in the season, is very desirable,
retaining as it does the heat for a
much longer time than a carelessly
made nest of loose hay in a box.
The best receptacle for a nest where
one has plenty of room is an ordi-
nary flour barrel. Cut in the side a
hole large enough for one hen to
pass through, and then hinge a small
door to open and shut at pleasure.
The advantage of such a nest is that
nothing can be mor secluded. There
r no draughts of cold air sucking
through the cracks into the nest.
They are easily inspected if not
made too deep, and there is ample
space for any hen within the barrel.
A door prevents the hen from look
ing out much better than a wire
A hen that cannot see all
that is going on outside is less rest
less.-Poultry World.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-11

AS3CSSIllSIIUc l. oIC ~ ~ FolISCss.P oOcsoo
Due Assessment Accounts........ 6,785.73
This Company was organized as re-
Gently as September 3, 1878, but the
management and character of the Com
pany has been such as to secure and
enjoy the support of such of our leading
business men S Col. A. B. Andrews,
Maj. Robt. Bingham, Mr.. R. 7. Gray,
Hon. A. C. Avery, Circuit Court Judge;
Rev. DR.. c. T. Bailey, and other repre-
sentative men throughout the State.
Rates for Insurance lower than in n
first-class reliable Company.
j. F. HYATT,
Wadesboro, n. c.,
General Traveling agent for the State.
C. w. VOGLER,
Local 4gent,
Salem, N. C.
RFTerms and assessments mayz@be
found at the Office of the PROGRESSIVE
FARMER, in Winston.
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S~LEEPING-CAR V

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Pullman Sleeper between Goldsboro and
Warm Springs.
On trains 50 and SO, Pullman Buffet
Sleeper between Washington and Mont
gomery, Washington and Augusta. Pull
man Sleeper between Richmond and
Greensboro. Pullman Sleeper between
Greensboro and Raleigh.
Through tickets on sale at principal
stations to all points.
For rates and information apply to any
tgent of the company, or to
G.. w. CLEARS,
Asst. Genl. Pass. Agent.
E. B. THOMAS,
Genl. Manager.
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RICHMOND And DANVILLE RAILROAD CO.

PIEDMONT AIRLINE ROUTE.
Condensed Schedule IN effect July 4, SO.
Trains Run by 80 Meridian Time.
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A CARD.

Mr. F H HYATT, Special agent for the Valley
Mutual Life Association, Of Virginid-
SIR:-Permit me to express my appreciation
of the promptness and business-like manner
with which you paid the Life Policy of s., 900 on
the life of John p Secrest, of Monroe, Union
county. The action of your Company in thus
promptly adjusting this claim must m
it to the favor of all honest people.
III G.
Guardian.
Winston, N C, April q, 1885.
National Republican., 1886-10-04
Ribbons! Ribbons!

Our stock ofRibbons Of our importation comprises
the largest and choicest selections offered here
and they will be sold at prices that will insure
rapid SALE
National Republican., 1886-10-04
Silk Gr@ Grain Velveb,
Plush and Fancy Ribbons,
Together with every other style the market produces
Save Your Money BY Buying At
Kings Palace
Silk Velvets and Plush.

Kings Palace is the great headquarters for Trim
ming Velvets, and Pushes; also Velveteens. We do
not desire to quote prices, but respectfully ask
you to inspect elegant stock and post yourself
garding prices Comment is unnecessary; we are
sure to please you as to both quality and price.
National Republican., 1886-10-04
Our Trimmed Hat
Department.

Choice selection of Paris, London and Berlin Hats
and Bonnets for Ladies. Misses and Children. The
display is too numerous to mention. treat for all
to inspect. Styles and fashions especially
National Republican., 1886-10-04

Our reputation for Low Prices, Styles
Stock and as Leaders in the Millinery Trade,
All are cordially invited to attend our
the generous support and patronage
in the past, strive to be worthy Of it.
National Republican., 1886-10-04

and Fashion, as we'll as for extensiveness of
will again be more than justified.
Grand Opening. We tender our thanks for
extended to us. We shall in the flu ture, a
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Misses and ChldreiS Hat Department, Trimmed
and Unhnnmed

Our stock of Misses and Children's Hats is i'm
mense, representing the manifold styles in straw,
felt velvet silk plush and astragan. If you want
nobby stylish Hat or Bonnet for your child
New-York tribune., 1886-07-20

Aurtiou Sales
EXECUTORS PUBLIC SALE at Philadel-
L. phia Penn Estate Of LOhO Phi LIPS deceased
VERY VALUABLE CHEM lCAL WORKS
AND MACHINERY,
GOODWILL AND FIXTURES.
CoOPEW- CREEK ~ Acres.
Between llth 18th and Linden sts. CAMDEN, Nj
$40 foot wharf ir0nL
TUESDAY. JULY 20. 1896.
Atl2 o'clock noon will Do sold az Pubic sale
Al tAe PHILADELPHIA EACHANGE+
corner Of 1hird .tnd Market sts-
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New-York tribune., 1886-07-20
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