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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-04
Correspondents.
SOUND TALK.
Level-Headed Talk from a Level Head
ed Farmer.


VIENNA, N. c., Aug. 2, 1886.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER:-I see in
your paper communications from va
rious points but none from my town.
ship / think some one from every
direction should say something in
your columns in regard to matters
and things coming under their OBJ
servation, even if it is in a rough,
homemade style, for [ like that and
so does everybody else.
Well, we have one Farmers Club
in our township, and we all enjoy it.
Every member seems to be inter-
ested. We haven't done much yet,
but are deeply impressed with the
fact that by cooperating with other
clubs over the county and over the
State that much good can and will
be accomplished. But like all other
matters it has to be started, then
cultivated, and afterwards maturity.
Some are inclined to the belief that
it is a political trick, others fear it is
an attempt to injure some branch of
trade. Well, now, amt that funny?
| tell them they r only guessing ;
but having been so often humbugged
by tricksters, in many shapes and
under various DISCUSSES, it is not
much wonder that some do shy at
this matter. Our object as a Farm
ers' Club is to try to bring about a
better state of things for everybody
the farmer, the mechanic, the mer-
chant, the doctor; in short, every
%avOcatiOn in life. We know that
farming is the principal engine that
drives all other machinery, and why
not do all we can to be an independ-
ent, self-supporting community and
country? We will never do this as
long as we have our smoke houses
and manur pens in Chicago and
Baltimore, and 90 to other states for
hay, when we can raise it all and to
spare, right here. Now, how will
we do this? Why carry out the OBJ
jects and intentions of the Farmers
Clubs, and we've got it. Just a lit
tie more attention, just a little more
energy in the right direction, just a
little more skill applied to every farm
i'll the State, to raising I'll own sup
plies, and if by this means we add
only a little more production by
every farmer, only look what a pile
when thrown together! l need not
try to tell how to proceed to make
our lands better, and how to cult
vate them better; we all know hoW
to do, but we have a sorter of a WOnt-
do disposition, and that is just what's
the matter; and that is what we
hope the Farmers Clubs are going
to see after and remedy. Now, |
don't see anything political i'll that.
/ have been reading THE Pro
GREssIvE FARMER (and that is our
standard b~earer) from it's first issue
until the present time, and | see
nothing of a political shade about it.
j think it just the paper we ought
to have, and | wish every farmer in
North Carolina would read it, and
take it's advice. Yours,
II. u. u.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-04

A few small boughs~ef cedar placed in
the nests of sitting hens will rid the
fowls of vermin.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-04

Oregon pays. a bounty OF two
cents for every squirrel killed. anu
one man was recently paid loi
125, 900 squirrel tails which he hao
collected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-04
EFFECT OF IMPROVED BREEDS,

An Illinois drover and butcher
says that twenty-five years ago it
was very difficult to find yearling
steers that would weigh six hundred
pounds live weight. They were not
considered fully ripe until four years
old and then fifteen hundred was
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-04
farm aons.
KEEPING MACHINERY COVERED.

KEEPING MACHINERY COVERED. i
Harvestingmachinery lis unwieldly
for getting into barns on stormy
days or owe night, but it is far too
valuable and expensive to be left
unprotected. Iron parts rust and
wood work swells when exposed to
rains and dews. A canvas cover
ing to protect it at all times when
not in use will pay good interest on
it's cost.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-30

At the time Of the destruction of Mr..
Eugene Barrow's residence by fire,
there were in the building three bomb
shells that we're thrown into the town
of St. Fraucisville, IN 1863, by the gun
boat Lafayette, commanded by the in
famous Foster. One of these shells
still 0 tanned its load which exploded,
during the CONGREGATION, with terrific
force, % years after it was projected
from q hostile gun, throwing an i'm
mense fragment a;distance OF 300 yards
and burying it out of sight in the earth.
tits to be hoped that at last the ques
ton "who fred the last shot of tie
war" has been definitely settled.-Fe
liciana Ledger.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-30
The progress OF the silk industry in

the South is Of particular interest to the
people of this section. The long sea
son and free supply of natural food rem
der the business one that is available
to all women. The imperative need ut
present is a cash system which shall
make the finished COCOON worth Just so
much money TO the woman who has
raised it. Ladies' Interested in this
work all over tbs country recognize
this, and are working together to bring
it about. The new silk underwood
which is made of native grown silk is
very fashionable, and ladies ale enconr
aging the industry which utilizes the
silk cocoon and gives il a cash value
1t is Southern woman's work, and vaiu
Bile to the observation-disclosures
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-30
The Columbia Bicycle Calender for 1885.

A truly artistic and elegant work in
chromo-hthograplly and the letter press
is the Columbia Bicycle Calender for
1856, just issued by the Pope Manufac
turing Company, of Boston. Each day
OF the year appears upon q separate
slip, with a quotation pertaining to CIV
cling from leading publications and
prominent personages, The notable cy
cling events are given and concise
opinions of the highest medical authori
ties ; words from practical wheelmen.
including clergymen, and other profes
sional gentlemen the rights of cyclers
upon the roads; general wheeling sta,
istics ; the benefits of tricycling for Ia
dies extracts from cycling poems !; and
much ether interesting information.
In fact, it is, in miniature, a virtual en-
cylop@dialupon this universally utilized
|'steed of steel" The calender proper
Is mounted upon a back of heavy board,
upon which is ezquisitely executed, in
w~ater-color effect. by G.. H. Buck, OF
New York, a charming combination OF
cycling genes. As q work of conve
nient art, it is worthy Of a place in of
flee, library or parlor.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-30

Now is the time to order one of the
famous Evans Corn and Pea Plant
ers from r. r. McBride, agent at
ThibOdaux.
They are undoubtedly the finest
planter ever brought into this sec
ton of Louisiana.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-30

Nor the working class. Send
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make this unparalleled offer to all who are
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the trouble of writing u.s.. Fun particn lars,
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made BY, those who give their whole time to
the work. Great success absolutely sure
Don't delay. Start now. Address SrISsoS g.
Portland, Maine.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-30

Creole Female Tonic, the great regula
tor n invigorator, is sold by Roth &
Fleetwood.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-01-30

From among the many testimonials re
celved we select the following writ ten BY
j.. II. Carter, a resident of Phelps Co. No,
who says,'I have used Sherman's PRICK
LIZ BITTERS to the best advantage,
and can honestly testify that it has done
myself and family an immense good. and
from my experience recommend it highly
to all sufferers"
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-16
NORTH.

Trains marked with a run daily
Leave Newark Centre statl0n) for Wilmington
and phila. 4. rs a m; 2,Ol and III pm week days
New York aud Washington Tx press leaves PM
adelphia every day, 65T p. m Chester lis; WI
mingtOn la Newark 800; perryyille $50 II. de-
G race $40 Baltimore 93I.
Peninsula express leaves Baltimore gao p ~
strives Newark 8.55 p IN, runs through Ia point
on Delaware Division.
Baltimore and Wilmington accommodation ON
sundays only, leaves Newark 81 a. ln arrive
Wilmington 10 20 a. m, stopping at all lmlnedl'
ate stations.
A New York and Washington Express
also leaves Philadelphia at 4:02 +. NJ,
arriving at Newark at 5:l5 p. NJ, which
stops to take or leave passengers on
giving notice to the conductor or agent.
]. II. Wood General Passenger Agent
j. G. Shivler Agent at Newark.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-16
Everything Goes Wrong

In the bodily mechanism when the
liver gets out of order. Constipation,
dyspepsia contamination of the blood,
imperfect assimillaions, are certain to
cnsue. But it is easy to prevent these
consequences, and remove their cause, by
II course of llostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which stimulates the hillary organ and
regulates it action The direct result is a
disappearance Of the pains beneath the
ribs and through the shoulder blade, the
nausea, headaches, yellowness of the
skin, fufred look Of the tongue, and sour
odor Of the breath, which characterize
liver complaint. Sound digestion and Il
regular habit of body are blessings also
secured 10y the use Of this celebrated re-
storative of health, which inparts de-
gree of vigor to the body which is its
best guarantee of safety from inalarial
endemic. Nerve weakness and overicn-
sion are relieved by it, and it improves
both appetite and sleep.
Miss Stanley lisa plucky and pretty
Dakota girl who spent the summer
entirely alone, without oven cat for
compnlIv. un her claim four miles
from Waterbury, She had ten acres
of grain, u fine garden and IL water
melon, patch, which shedid not have
to watch with shotgun.
senator Stanford, of California,
raised 10000 pounds Of grapes this
season.
Dick, did you ever see thechurch
bell that hangs in the tower?' mo,
James. but have often seen the
{. urch belle that sits in the right
hand front pew.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-16

All persons having claims against the
estate of the deceased must present the
same duly attested to the Executors, on
or before August 25th, 1887, or abide the
Act of Assembly in such case made and
provided ELIZA PENBERToN,
GEORGE ]. pEMBERTON,
Address, Newark, Del. Executors.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-16

The growing of German carp is
one of the most profitable indus
tries in Colorado. The lot oflakes
near Denver are becoming well
stocked, and many farmer finds
his fish crop worth double his grain.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-16

Teach selfdenial, and make its
practice pleasurable, and you create
for the world Il destiny more sub
lime than ever issued from the brain
Of the widest deamer.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-16
Old and Young Great Men.


Says the London Standard: 1t
would seem ms if the work Of the
world were sometimes destined TO
be done by band of young men
and sometimes by a group Of old
ones. AT the beginning of the pres
ent century, for instance, more of the
heroes of peace and war were young.
Napoleon was not much over 30 in
the days of Austerlitz and Marengo
few Of his Marshals were older
Wellington passed his fortieth year
in the Peninsula campaign. Pitt,
after 20 years in the Premiership,
died at Al. Nelson was Just the
same age at Trafalgar Our poets
Byron, Shelley, Keats, and Coleridge
were young; Sir Walter Scott was
looked upon as quite a patriarch of
letters at 80. At present we are in
the cycle of the seniors. We have
Mr.. Gladstone and M. Grevy, Prince
Bismark, and the German Emperor,
all of whom, if they belong very ac-
lively and wildly to the present,
would have left good record of
notable work behind them if they
had joined the majority before NJ.
Benepitti altered the map of Europe
by forgetting his manners ON the
promenade at Ems on a certain crit
ical day. And the strange thing is
that when these veterans disappear
from the stage they seem likely to
leave no successors. No doubt Prov
idence has not forgotten posterity,
and the next generation will be duly
provided with its proper proportion
of great men. But it must be add
mitted that they are slow in making
their appearance. Who is to sue
coed Prince Bismarck in Germany /?
VINO has taken up the mantle OF
Victor Hugo in France? Who are
to be the successors of Lord Tenny-
son and Mr.. Browning? AS for pol
itics, we do not forget Lord Ran
dolph Churchill and Mr.. Chamber
lain in England, or Count Kalnoky,
M. TIA, and M. de Freycinet abroad,
when we say that the nineteenth
century-the century of statesmen
shows at present but faint prospects
of closing with such a galaxy Of
great men as that which shed lustre
over its infancy and its middle age
, Let us hope that destiny, in one Of
its freaks, is only waiting till the old
heroes are cleared off the board tc
startle us with constellation o
young geniuses in peace and war
in letters and in arts. In the mean
while we have old men, and may bt
thankful for them.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-16
The CETURY

for 1886.
The remarkable interest In the War Papers and
in the many timely articles and strong serial feat
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Among the features for the coming volume, which
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THE WAR PAPERS
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oenerhl Grants papers include descriptions OF the
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The "RecOlleciions of a Private" and special
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The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-16
New York's Palatial Structure.

Go away up town, in the vicinity
ofCentral Park, and look over some
of the enormous structures there,
writes a New York correspondent
of the Boston Herald. Vast piles of
apartment buildings upon which
millions and millions of dollars have
been expended meet the eye almost
everywhere. Moreover, the fact of
their costliness does not go unseen.
From caves to cellar; from capstone
to gutter, it sticks out everywhere,
so that he who runs may read.
There is not a corner or pillar, or n
doorway that does not tell of vast ex-
penditure. What is the result?
Why, iP those great buildings single
suites department command rentals
that run up into the air as high as
the buildings themselves. 1t is not
at all uncommon to pay $4,000 a
year for flat in one of these great
buildings. And that is where the
return comes in. There are plenty
of people, too, who are willing to pay
for the privilege of occupying any
one of these great tiers of palaces
for they are alike palatial inside anC
out. And further investigation
shows that the old apartment houses
upon which the money was spen
inside the walls exclusively, ar,
petering out in proportion to tn,
growth of the demand for hominl
places in these bigger and NOR
gorgeous structures.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-16
"Aunt RACIAL"

Before leaving his rural home in
Tennessee, writes correspondent oil
tAe New York Commercial Advertiser,
Gen. jackson has been afflicted by
the sudden death of his wife. Aunt
Rachal," as Mrs. Jackson was called
by her husbands personal friends
had accompanied him to Washing
ton when he was there as senator
from Tennessee. She was a short,
stout, unattractive and uneducated
woman, though greatly endeared to
Gen. Jackson. While he had been
in the army she had carefully man
aged his plantation, his slaves and
his money matters, and her devo-
ton to him knew no bounds. Her
happiness was conferred in his, and
it was her chief desire to smoke her
corncob pipe in peace at his side.
When told that he had been elected
president of the United States she
replied: "Well, for Mr.. Jackson's
sake am glad of it, but for myself
l am not" A few weeks later she
was auayed for the grave in a white
satin costume which she had pro-
vided herself with to wear at the
white house. After her funeral her
sorrow-stricken husband came to
Washington with a strong determi-
nation to punish those who had ma
ligntl her during the preceding
cam align. Having been told that
President Adams had sanctioned
| the publication of the ISLANDERS, he
didnot call at the white house i'll
accordance with usage, but paid
daily visits to his old friends in the
war department. Mr.. Adams, stung
by this neglect, determined not tc
play the part of the conquered lead
or at the Inauguration, and quietly
removed to the house of Commodore
Porter, in the surburbs, on the
morning of the third of March.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-16
Locked Up His Aged Mother as
a Witch.

George Day, residing near Mount
Pleasant Mills Snyder county, lost
two horses and a COW last spring,
and one of his children took sick.
Adam Chupp, of Oriental, told him
that the stock was betwitched and
that unless he would secure the
witch and nail herup all his cattle
and horses and children would die.
The witch, he said, was Dry's own
mother, who is past 80 and so feeble
that she has to crawl on her hands
and knees up and down stairs.
They nailed this old woman secure
ly in a dark room, where, it is said,
she has been confined for eighteen
weeks. The terrible condition of
the old lady was discovered on Sun
day, when she called to some chill
dren who were passing the house
that they should tell Constable
Woomer to come, for Gods sake,
and take her out of this hell. Dry
said that his wife had to whip the
old lady every now and then to
keep her under submission, and
every time they fed her the sick
child would get noticeably worse.
1t is said that Judge Butcher has is
sued a writ of habeas corpus to
have the old lady taken away and
cared for at once.-Sdn francisco
Chronicle.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-16

Arrive Newark Centre StatlOn) from phlla. 4
Wilmington 500 a III and LII and Gi3 I'm week
days.
Peninsula express leaves Newark 9. " a M NJ
rives at Baltimore lilo N.
Passengers leaving Newark at sOi a. m. on New
ark and PerFyyille Accommodation may take the
Fast Mail at Perryville for Baltimore at Sis, AZ
irving at Union Station at $40 a. m.
Wilmington and Baltimore accommodation on
Sundays only, leaves Wilmington 40p. m leaves
Newark O3 p. m. stopping at all intermediate
stations arriving at Baltimore 90 p. N.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-10-16
D EGISTER'S ORDER.
III Registers Office,


d EGISTER'S ORDER.
III Registers Office,
New Castle County, Del, Aug. 25, 1886.
Upon the application of Eliza Penber-
ton and George ]. Pemberton, executors
of John Pemberton late of White Clay
Creek hundred, in said county, deceased,
it is ordered and directed by the Regis
ter that the executors aforesaid give no.
tice of granting of Letters Testamentary
upon the estate of the deceased, with the
date of granting thereof, by causing adj
vertisements to be posted within forty
DAYS from the date of such Letters in six
of the most public places Of the county
of New Castle, requiring all persons hav-
ing demands against the estate to present
the same, or abide by an Act of Assem-
bly, in such case made and provided and
also cause the same to be inserted within
the same period in the DELAWARE LED
GER, newspaper published in Newark
Del, and to be continued therein two
months.
Given under the hand and
| l.. S. Seal of Office of the Register
49, aforesaid, at Wilmington, in New
Castle County aforesaid, the day anC
year above written.
JOIN X. BRADFoRD, Register.