The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-06-16
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Mr.. Springs, of Vienna township.
purchased last week from R. Mosely a
handsome Jersey calf.
"A competent and reliable book-keep-
er or salesman advertises in another col
umn for a situation.
Mrs. Rose, wife of Mr.. NJ. Rose. died
at her residence in this city Monday
night, after a brief illness.
Some of the farmers in the neigh
borhood of Kernersville report the wheat
crop as not being as good as was expected.
Oats are reported to be fine.
There is a lady in Pfaff township. in
this county, whose hair measures five
feet in length, and she don't use any
hair invigorator either.
A large quantity of cherries were
shipped to Northern cities from Ker-
nersville this season. The crop was an
unusually large one.
An unusually large number of visi-
tors from a distance are in attendance
at the Salem Academy Commencement
exercises, which began last Sunday.
The Centenary Methodist E. Church
on Liberty street will be dedicated on
next Sunday week. Bishop Duncan, of
South Carolina, will deliver the dedica-
tory sermon.
A blind mar led by a dog was one
of the attractions on the streets of Win,
ston within the past week. The dog|of
the Spaniel breed, seemed to understand
his business.
A Coop YIELD.-Mr. J. P. CrewS!of
this county, has already cut and shocked
over 900 dozen sheaves Off wheat.
His farm is a small one, but/he knows
how to cultivate it.
Mrs. E. B. Rights closed her flour
isning school at KernerSville on Tuesday
of last week. On Wednesday night she
gave her scholars aparty in the Mora
Wan church yard, at which the little
ones enjoyed themselves finely.
The tobacco market has been lively
within the past week, fair breaks in all the
warehouses. Prices for good tobacco
ranged reasonably high, but there was
much poor, very poor stuff offered, which
of course brought unsatisfactory prices.
The Hanes brothers purchased and
put a reaper and twine-binder in their
wheat field, near town, last Saturday,
where it did excellent work, in the pres
ence of a number of people from town
and the neighborhood who were curious
to see it work. Ht.#. ..s II
The extension of the freight platform
at the depot is nearly completed, max
ing the capacity about double what it
was before. What is needed now is a
comfortable sitting room for passengers,
and fewer negroes lounging about the
platform on arrival and departure of
trains. .
The young people of P%fafftown gave
an interesting dramatic entertainment
last Saturday night, which was attended
by five hundred people of the neighbor-
hood. The performers were all the sons
and daughters of farmers, and did them
selves immense credit.
Mr.. /. T. Crumpler is one of the clo-
yer raisers of this county. He has forty
acres of clover now in one field On his
farm, in North Forsyth, which stands
on an average of three and a half feet.
Some people say clover will not do well
in this section. Mr.. Crumpler, however,
is not among that number. Such men,
Of course, raise their own bread and
meat, and generally have some to spare.
-Messrs. McGalliard & Huske, pro-
prietors of the granite works at Kerners-
vile, this county, shipped a car load OF
granite trimmings last week for the new
Jewish synagogue which is being erected
at Goldsboro. This firm, which is in its
infancy yet, bids fair t o be one of the
leading granite works in the State, as the
stone it uses is of a superior quality.
Several fine monuments have been
turned out there since the establishment
of the works. ..-
The ORpHANs.-Miss Marsh, one of the
teachers in Oxford Orphan Asylum, Wis
tied Winston last Friday with a class of
ten children, six girls and four boys, and
gave an entertainment in Browns Opera
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