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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-03
~ STICK TO THE FARM.

Unless our memory is at fault
the statistics of business failures
show that about one out of thirty
Of the merchantile class of the large
cities of THIS country makes a sue
cess, the other twenty-nine failing
at some time Mtheir career and be-
coming bankr1PM They may, per-
haps for years, make money, han
die large stocks, and NE regarded as
men OF wealth, but in the long run
adversely overtakes theAgreat body
of them and they go down even
more rapidly than they rose. Look
at the business directories of any
Of our large cities and note how few
of the names you find that We're
most prominent in business circles
ten or twenty years ago. New
ones have taken their places to
struggle along as they struggled,
attain a measure of success and
then 90 down as they went down,
to be followed in turn by others
who will go the same way. The
tickle goddess, Fortune, favors them
for a time, and then she seems to
take pleasure in destroying in a day
the life-work she encouraged and
the hopes she fostered, The ship
she sent with fair winds from
out the port and across the per
ilous sea, she drives upon the rocks
in sight of the haven almost reached.
And yet how industriously, how
hard, how tirelessly, early and
late, many, nearly all, Of those mer-
chants worked to succeed, to win
fortunes; how they studied and
mastered their calling, kept posted
on the drift of trade, not only in
their own, but in other countries;
how they studied and planned to
sell as cheaply if not more cheaply
than rival merchants Of the same
city, or rival merchants of other
cities, for they had to do this or
withdraw from trade.
The majority Of these merchants
perhaps, were born upon the farm
and left it when boys or young
men, lured by the attractions OF
city life, or to seek the fortunes
which they thought would not
come fast enough upon the farm.
If they had stuck to the farm and
used the same intelligence, with
one half the industry and hard
work of brain and limb that
the merchants calling required,
they would have earned money
enough to be comfortable and indie
pendent, and have it in such a
as not to be swept away in
a day beyond the hope of recovery.
They might not it is true have won
as many dollars, for there is no
field for speculation in the farm,
but every year would have added
something to their store, and the
added years would have given them
wealth to make them independent,
and homes with comforts and re-
homes not in mere tenure
but homes in fact, homes for them,
wife and children, not to be wrested
from them, as the merchants SO
is, through unfortunate ven
OF the unwillingness or in
of creditors to pay. No;
the farm may not be the speediest
way to competence, but it is the
happiest and the surest. Stick to
the farm, boys, and strive to be-
come good farmers, by study and
application as you would have to
study any other calling in which
you expected to succeed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-03
BAD POLICY.

I One of the first, if not the first
things that the farmer should aim
at is independence. By this We
mean that he should have granaries
and smoke houses of his own and
not be dependent upon others for
the bread and meat for his family
or the grain or hay for his stock.
1.-THE time was whenHgreat portions
of the South depeHdedtor their sup
plies of meat, flour, &c, and feed for
stock on the farms of theWest, while
Southern plantations, Within the
cotton belt, were given exclusively
to the culture of cotton. As a reason
for this it was alleged that under
the old order of things before the
war, it was cheaper to buy those
things than it was to raise them.
There are some people who enter
tain this idea yet, or at least they
act upon it, for they stick to cotton,
and buy meat and bread, buy grain
and grass to feed the stock that
work in the cotton fields. W. will
venture the assertion that there is
not one in fifty of this kind of plan
ters who il not as bad off at the end
of the year as he "a at the begin
ming. if not worse. As a matter of
prudence no planter or farmer should
put his sole reliance in any one crop
as a speciality, but should so regu-
late the planting of his acres that if
one should fail from natural causes,
or be unremunerative in price, he
would have another to fall back up
on but above all he should be sure
to raise all his home supplies, and
thus avoid the necessity of having
to buy what he needs at a high price
from the proceeds of his pet special
crop sold at a low price, sometimes
at a figure less than the actual cost
of production, al has been the case
with cotton within the past year.
The farmer who relies upon one spe-
cial crop, be it cotton, tobacco or
anything else, speculates, takes his
chances just as the man who goes
on the exchange and puts his money
into any of the speculative commod-
tiles with a view to selling again It
an advanced price. He may hit and
profit, largely, or miss and become
bankrupt, or he may fail in one and
succeed in another, and thus keep
on his feet. But the farmer cannot
afford to speculate, for loss to him
Is loss without means of recovery, it
is the loss a crop, the labor of a
year, and perhaps necessitates debt
and privation. With full granaries,
plenty of bread and meat at home
Of his own raising, with plenty of
feed for his stock raised upon his
own acres if his special crop should
disappoint him he has at least
enough to meet his home require
ments without going into debt, and
if it be a success he is just that much
the richer. At all events he is freed
from the harrassing cares and fears
that beset the mar whose bins and
smoke houses r empty, and who
depends upon the profits of his'spe-
to replenish them. o
Raise all the cotton you can, all
the tobacco you can, but be sure to
raise also all the supplies you need
man or beast, and thus be indie
pendent of trades caprice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-03

"A writer in the Asheville Gk2sra
protests against the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Ity of butter sold upon that marlef,
and it ID not oleomarxarinle eithr.
He says that. parties who mase
special arrangements psocnaie excl
lent butter, bat most bf thaht with
is put upon the market il 4infitir
mortalst to eat. ~A
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-03

The dwelling house of Mr..
Newton Sheriff., in Mt. Creek town
ship, with a quantity of wheat and
other property was burned last Sat
urdaysMost of the furniture was
saved, but the loss is over $4,000
with no insurancc--Hichory Carroll
mad. a tsat 81 I9~aa.E,ag
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-03
Mai. w. .H. Baoler. CIerkof I

Maj. w III Bagley, cIerko t The
Supreme Court of our State, died st
his home in Raleigho on the 21st ut.
He was Major Of abattalion Of f
fantry during the war-was twice
State Senator fronHthe First DxSy,.
and was one of tb f.nlost prom
Odd Fellows III dk STATE. Hd Twas
Private Secretary III Gov. V1Srth|
and married his ! lest daughtAs
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-03
An.u

Mr.. a. a. McKetIan, Of Fayett
vile, died on the 22h uIt., aged 50
years. He wa san Upright, puhls
spirited, big heartediman, who Was
always amongsthe foremost in ever5
good work for the advancement al
his town, his section and State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-03
Winston, N. G., March 8, 1896.
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Post Office in Winston, N. CT

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Post Ooce in Winston, N. Cl
Make written contracts with your
hired hands. Better have two good
hands at good wages than three
poor ones at half price.
Look out for the fellows who
want to sell yol some new and
wonderful seed or plant. Load
your shotgun extra heavy, and keep
the dog hungry. 1"
I All seed should be of the best.
Seed of doubtful quality is dear at
any price. A full, vigorous germ
makes a strong plant and a shrunk-
en- or damaged n a weak plant,
if it makes one at all. ~.
. ATHE PROGRESSIVE FARMER be-
lieves that every county seat in the
State should be in communication
or connected with some one of our
great trunk lines of travel %orftrans-
portation by rail. 1t believes that
as soon as the lines, now in process
of construction, Ire completed, it
should become the fixed policy of
our authorities to give the prefer
erence to the labor of convicts to
such counties as would employ it.
in constructing such branch or con-
Meeting roads. Apart from this, it
believes that our convicts should be
hired to county authorities under
proper restrictions and regulations
to be matured by the Legislature,
and made to Improve our public roads.
THE FARMER will have more to say
on this important subject at All
early day. \
The Society of the American and\
Dairy Association under date, New
York, February 23rd, to The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER:-"The Conven-
ton was attended by representative
men from over twenty States, and
great enthusiasm and earnestness
were manifestedin strong resolutions
favoring National legislation. 1t
was resolved to ask Congress to
pass a law putting the manufacture
and sale of all limitations of butter
under the control. of the United
States international Revenue Depart
ment, and that a tax of not less than
ten cents per pound be imposed. AS
soon as we can formulate the de-
mand of the Convention, they will
be presented to Congress-"
The remains of John B. Cough,
the celebrated temperance orator,
were inferred at his old home in
Boylston, Mass, last Wednesday.
His was an eventful career. An
unsuccessful mechanic, he became
a strolling actor of little note, fell
into drinking habits until he got
down into the gutter; reformed
and became n of the worlds most
eloquent and effective temperance
advocates. -
North Carolina has now three
natives in the u. s. Senate-Ran-
som, Vance and Hawley. Before
the war she had seven in the Sen
ate at one time. She has also Civ
sen birth to three Presidents of the
United States1Jackson, Polk and
Johnson, to two Vice Presidents
Wiley p. Mangum and William r.
King; four Secretaries of the Ma
vy-Iohn Branch. George f. Bad
ger, William, A. Graham and James
e Dobbin; and one Secretary of the
Interior, Jacob Thompson.-WH
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-03

Make written contracts with your
hired hands. Better have two good
hands at good wages than three
poor ones at half price.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-03

Look out for the fellows who
want to sell yoI some new and
wonderful seed or plant. Load
your shotgun extra heavy, and keep
the dog hungry.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-08
+ A Dinner Table Ornament.

A pretty center piece is made: by
fasbioning frame somewhat in the
shape of a sawhorse out of knotty twigs;
this should be firm enough to support
a canoe made of tin and covered with
birch bark. The canoe should be large
enough to hold two or three little cups
in which myrtle, partridge vine or
wandering jew may be grown in earth
or water and on company occasions en-
livened by afew long stemmed flowers
2interspersed among the greenery.
Another table ornament is made by
cutting the top from q stiff straw sailor
hat and lifting into the crown q round
dish or pan filed with daises. pansies
or yiolets. The brim rests on the table
like q mat and blue or red band en-
circles the lower part OF the crown.
H flowers can not readily be procur-
ed the dish may be filled with compact
foliage and over the ribbon band arti--
dcial daisies may be placed, hut they
must be of very natural appearance
md should never besal lowed 10 appear
&c real flowers are in tho dish. Is more
ornate effect can be given by gliding
the hat and trimming it with 4 leather
band either silvered or bronzed. food
Cheer. sss wv.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-08
MINNESO a NEWS.
Jsdss Macdonald Noniaatsd for Coasress.


The democratic congressional conven-
ton for the Third district Was held at
Chaska on the 3Oth. E. c. Strin.er Of
Hastings, chairman Of tho congressional
committee, called the convention to order,
read the call and nominated Senator O.
NJ. Hall OF Red Wing for chairman and F.
E. Du Toit Of Chaska for secretary. These
nominations were ratified. 81. S, t.ss 2..@;
The usual committees were appointed
and in presenting the report OF the commit
tee on resolutions, the chairman said
that the committee had been waited upon
by Knights OF Labor with a res
olution, which had been incorporated
almost bodily in the platform. #.&.s 4.
Mr.. Stringer OF Dakota nominated Judge
J.. l.. Macdonald OF Scott county as candi-
date for Congress; Mr.. Kelley OF Rice coun-
showed Al for Macdonald and 13 for Bar.
ton. In accepting the nomination, Judge
Macdonald delivered himself OF a very long
speech, in which he discussed exhaustively
what he considered the several points at
issue, and was followed by Mr.. Barton
and other speakers. 1850
Judge John L. Macdonald is anative OF
Glasgow, Scotland. He was born in 1888.
While quite young his father, DR.. j. A.
Macdonald, emigrated to the United
States and located in Pitsburg, Penn
sylvania. In the spring Of 1855 he
removed with his fathers family to Min
nesota, settled in Belle Plaine, Scott conn
ty, and took q 'tciaim, :" and subsequently
re-empted the same. After two years
spent laboring upon his '.claim," he enter
ed the law office uf Judge Chatield and
studied law. and subsequently edited y
newspaper. He has benin public lie al
most continually since January, 1860, al
probate judge, county attorney, superin-
tendent Of schools, state senator, repre-
sentative, etc.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-08

Some of the results of the pension
legislation of recent years are appar-
entin the annual'report of the COM
missioner of Pensions for the last fs-
cal year. 1t appears that during that
year, Notwithstanding the number OF
names dropped from the rolls because
OF 'death and other reasons, there was
q net increase in THE number on the
rolls Of more than twenty thousand
names. The annual average value Of
each ,pension also increased, and the
aggregate annual value of hepensions
showed an augmentation OF between
six and seven million. ollars as com.
pared with the preceding fiscal year.
The tendency of recent pension legis,
lation, it will be seen, has been the
reverse. of niggardly. =
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-08
GEN YER 4 3 NEWS NOTES.


Il Senator Sherman visited the Cincinnati
exposition, and in5 the afternoon OF the
same day was raesived With enthusiasm at
the chamber 81 commerce. In q speech he
said: But tho grsA test question Of all, per-
haps, II the silver question-h how to maksit
equal to the gold dollar. for there should be
only one standard. Ihave gone through one
process 81 redeeming Uncle Sans money,
and ] do NOT want TO 70 throughit again.
You might hAys nut more silver in your
dollar and made il equal to the gold,
but then Il would be too big, as
il 10 now. But any way, it u would
b 4 rood thing. to 60 to market with.
A u dollar must be dollar, and
enough silver must be put in q dollar
to- make IL . dollar, though it be 100
pounds or 800 grains. That IL honesty
and prudence. IT l had my way / would
stop the coinage OF the silver dollar gather
il into Uncle Sans great vaults aud then
issue the certificates and let you
handle them. These certificates would
form the haais OF our national bank circu-
lation and preserve what believe to
bs the best systsm OF banks in the wolld.
The tariff and other great issues would in
q great measure regulate themselves. but
the silver question is the great one OF the
future. One dollar OF ono value ia what we
must have before We can have that stabili.
ty 80 necessary to the national security
and business success.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-08
EGA l TENDERS.


N Mag-no- rho said she was
"a too that never kicks nosqui TO
s Hazel eyes sometimes witch hazels
The young ladies' tree the gum '
tree. ..g5 q. ..s :.IS
A net warmer than shawl the
hornet. ri ;z.sz 5:Ss IS =5s
If you SOW bird seed will You raiss
The bravest Of birds is the ny 3ss
~. It's bound to get there OF die.
e,s The sun sP'nss-it cannot e an'' s
Should have been - girls nan.o--
Thee-a-dore. ~ 80 re 5 .5 s
The newspaper men are the nations
videttes. >-e@ss 81. a r. III ..$
It's the pill-age of war that suits The
doctors best f $3s. 81. zge @s5s.:
In George Washington's day the - =.
loon was q groggery. .%s, 3 I5 ii s... .s.
Honor is not bought, hat earned,
peace may. be bought. ..== y = 4.
Men are very loyal to the source OF
the r bread and butter. y II. fs=S
Never deserted by hopethe polit.5
clan ana the OLD maid. -. - j y 4
What is more dismal than the store
that doesn't advertise? 49, IL.
If you are rich enough at thousand,
don't try for more. %4
The rain falls this way because it cam
not fall any other way. 5.&%E
When the halter threatens, how
lamblike are anarchists.
Women that paint are born to blush
unseen''-if they blush.
The sailor pitches to float The base
ballist pitches to bat.
| If our work were in line of pleas
ure it would be better done. -,
Is John Bright, English orator, tho
inventor of Bright's disease?
Br;dge-jumping is a summer COM
plant; they don't have it in winter.
When the rain doesn't come needn'e
blame the rain-it will come when it
can. -
The eye is the organ OF sight, except
in the potato. where it's the organ Of
sprout.
The vidette who has forgotten the
countersign may get it right from the
first passer. .,
! Little boy Tin a-swimming) Say, mum,
look not this way; here is sea--you
don't wanter see.
Mrs. McLane must be lover of the
male race, as she has one hundred
mail routes in daily practice.
There is something very suggestive
about coffee beans Something ais the
coffee. Perhaps it knows beans.
MAKE hay when the sun Shines.
The hay grows when the sun shines
If it were not for sunshine there would
not be much hay
All London is agog over Mrs VIM
| K. Vanderbilt's 100000 necklace. A
barrel of crackers would beat it in
time of famine Chicago Ledger.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-08


Thenext term Of the United States
District Court for the Northern dis.
trict of New York, to ,Ibe held at Au i,
burn, will establish a precedent which
will fix the status Of the boycott as a
ligitimatesor criminal exercise of the
power of intimidation. "A Bingham
ton cigar manufactures has brought
an actian against the president and
other nnembers Of the Ggar-makers'
Union Of that city, on theground that
they have entered into q conspiracy
to ruin his business by means Of q boy
colt, and the boycotters have been ar
raigned and held for trial. Mr.. Hill,
the cigar manufacturer who brings the
action, claims that he is entitled to
the protection, otthe federal courts be-
cause he has paid the United States
tax on his business and is entitled to
the free exeraise: oEthe rights thereby
conferred. Sc 81
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-08
Decayed Teeth Cause blindness

DR.. Widmark, a Swedish surgeon.
having as a patient a young girl il
whom he was unable to detect the
slightest pathological changes u id the
right eye, but who was completelv
blind on that side, observing consider.
able defects in the teeth, sent I,er, S.,
M Skogsborg. q dental surg con. who
found that al the upper md lover
smolars were sconlple tell tlecayed,5 md
that in many Of them t1 roots = ere
infIamed. He extracted ne remain. nf
the molars on the Il lh ii li,le, and IL
four days time the sigh of. rirhf
eye began to return, and on the eleyonta
day after the extraction 81 the teeth n
become quite normal. The diseased had
fangs on the other side were subsequent
" removed lest they should cax,se 8
return Of the ophthalmic aiIection. s.
Scientific America,s.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-08

The recent discovery in Welsh caves
of certain flint anstruneents, whiul .ars
considered BY the British Association
as proofs that iatelligent beings il,hGb.
tied this planet aaore than $40 Goo
years ago, has Get many people think
ing about the slo@ .dsvelo pmsnt G
civilization. Mr.. DaCwin, ~ his great
book. Descent 81 speaies,' and "Ori-
gin Of Man, /" has treat this subject
50 extensively that, tAking them 81
CONGESTION with Sir Henry Names
book on AAncient Law z our sssprise
should be aroused not - much ~ the
slownesa, q ~ the rapids 81 hu1nan
progress. The LIST sentences az the
Origin Of Man exprress NJ. Darwin,s
qualification q finding himse On il
diyidual ot ths e. which oriil ting
with protopla "a, !, worked slowly mp
ward through thouaands sof cent 3
developing ply sical entai
and moral facultie efndnally
reaching rs some Z Is, 4 IN ion of the
lundsyi ltnsal -, ,.hich u.
"a 81 81
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-08
sNoB-sNUBBlNa.

- IL
Worth is said to have made this re-
mark to lady who was. dowdily
dressed: Madame, I cannot risk my
reputation on you..''
An anxious inquirer asks: Where
would you advise me to go to learc how
10 play the cornetp'' ITO the woods,
dear sir; to the deep, dark, damp, dam
gerous woods. Ss.s s:., 5.:,s fs5.
why are old maids so devoted to
their cats?'' asked young coxcomb
OF an elderly lady. because, having
no husbands. they take to the most
treacherous animals was the reply.
Il DECLARE exclaimed Brown, II
believe I have forgotten all I ever
knew ''Sorry to hear it, remarked
Fogg. However, you can take an
hour some day and learn it all over
again.
''Yaas," said young Smythe, II sup
pose everything created has some use;
but pom me honah, it is deuced hard
to believe sometimes. don't cher
know" YES she replied, looking
him over critically, lit is, indeed!''
..Friend: .'What on earth are you
photographing the umbrellas for, dear
boy?" Amateur photographer: on
said you wanted to borrow it to 20
home with, and FIN getting something
to remember it by, that's ALL :
{ An American millionaire. who was
looking at level tract of land which
he had just bought at an extravagant
price, said to the agent who had sold it
to him, 81 do admire q rich green fiat. "
$50 do T. significantly replied the
agent. =.
He slipped quietly in at the door, but
catching sight Of an inquing face over
the stair-rail, said: ''Sorry so late, my
dear; couldn't get a car before" So
the cars were full too" said the wife;
and further remarks were unnecessary.
At dinner she had a doctor on: either
hand, one of them remarked that they
were we'll served, since they had duck
between them. Yes" she broke in
her wit is of the sort that comes in
| flashes-''and l am between two
quacks.' Then silence fell.
Young wife: II am determined to
learn at just what hour my husband
~onASo AoAAAo az A'5AC, y0Os Nv VAoG L
will I cannot keep awake, and he is
always careful not to make a particle
of noise. Is there any drug which pro-
duces wakefulness?" Old wife: mo
need to buy drugs. Sprinkle the floor
with tacks.''
An old gentleman finding couple
of his neices fencing with broonsticks,
said: Come, come, my dears. that
kind of an accomplishment will not
help you in getting husbands" 81
know it, uncle" responded one of the
girls, as she gave lunge, "but it will
help to keep our husbands in order
when we have got 'em.'
! She wanted to break her husband OF
the habit of drinking brandy, and be-
gan to cook his food in Il little of it,
having heard that it would prove effect.
ual. He did not say anything on the
first day; he showed no sign of motto.
ing the change on the second day. but
after supper on the third day he said to
her, "Marja, you don't know how
you've improved in your cooking dur.
ing the last three days!'' Chicago
Ledger.