The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-25
THE FARMER UGUST %. 1886
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The work on the new Jail is progress
ing. 1t is now under roof.
"A force of street hands is employed
in cleaning up and dwelling up the
streets in Salem.
The Salem Agricultural Works re.
ceived an order last week by telegram
from Siam for a saw mill to be shipped
to that country.
DIED.-On the 22d inst, at her home
near Lewisville, Mrs. D. H. Jenkins, aged
% years, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
Conrad.
Our market is abundantly supplied
with apples, peaches, grapes, &C., of good
quality at low prices. Very fine grapes
are sold as low as two cents a pounds, a
cheap luxury.
Civil Engineer Ludlow has been en-
gagged for some days in running a survey
of the streets of Winston with a view to
making an estimate of cost of a system
of sewerage for the city.
The man-bear, a m~onstrosity, is now
passing through North Carolina, being
exhibited in the towns along the rail
ways. He held forth in Winston for a
couple of days. There should be a State
statute against the exhibition of such
monstrosities.
MARRIED.-At the residence of Mr.. J.
w. Fries, in Salem, on Thursday evening,
August 10Th, Miss ANNA DE SCHwEINITz,
youngest daughter of the late Bishop E.
A. de Schweinitz, to Col. FRANK III. FRIES.
The ceremony was performed by the un-
Gle of the bride, Bishop Edmund de
S~chweinitz, of Bethlehem, Pa, assisted
by Rev. Edward Rondthaler, D. D., pas
tor of the Moravian church in Salem.
The wedding Vas quiet, invitations to
the house being extended only to the
family and a few intimate friends. The
newly married couple started Friday
morning on a bridal tour North.
ORDINATION OF DEAcoN.-A very large
congregation assembled in the church at
Salem Sunday evening, the occasion be-
ing the ordination of John McCuiston as
a deacon of the Church of the United
Brethren md assistant minister of the
Salem congregation. The ceremony,
which is an impressive one, was per-
formed by Bishop Edmund de Schweinitz,
preceding it with an eloquent and in
structive sermon. 1t being also chill
dren's day the services were closed by
singing of hymns by the children in front
of the church, which was beautifully dec
grated for the occasion with lighted
Chinese lanterns.
desirable vacant building lots in Winston
and it's suburbs which have everything
they need to make pleasant locations for
homes but shade trees. Some of these
are held for sale, while the owners of
others intend to build upon them in the
near future. 1t would add very much
to the looks and value of these lots,
whether intended for sale or not, to
plant shade and fruit trees, both for orna-
ment and use. The cost of the trees and
planting would be insignificant, and in a
few years, by the time the owners were
ready to build, the trees would be sufH-
GENTLY grown to give grateful shade, and
to supply fruit for the family. A few
pear trees of the best varieties, such as
the Seckel and Laconte, choice peaches
and apples, and cherries, would not only
give shade but also an ample supply of
fruit, while a few grapevines, and in the
fence corners raspberry, currant and
gooseberry bushes would be greatly appre-
ciated by the house-keeper. We throw
these suggestions out as a hint to prop
erty-owners that they may take advan-
tage of it when the proper time for
planting comes.
The land for Oscar Wilde is Pied
mont Carolina. Mr.. j. A. Ashburne
says he saw a sun flower stalk which
measured y inches in circumference
and bore II flowers. 1t was in the gar