The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-07-03

has a full barl but no pedigree make a
strong team? 1t seems, at least, to be a
happy blending of two essentials.
Read Yancy & stronachs' new adj
vertisement in this issue. They are offer
ing Road Carts, Buggies, Carriages and
Wagons cheap. If you need anything in
their line it will pay you to see them or
write for prices, &C., before buying.
The Rev. Carrie J. Bartlett, who used
to be a Minneapolis newspaper woman,
has been for nearly two years the pastor
of a Unitarian Church at Sioux. Falls,
Mimi, and under her ministration the
congregation has steadily increased.
Says an exchange: How Providence
does temper the wind to the shorn lamb!
Ten years ago it o $40 to telegraph ten
words to California. Now, during the
California land boom, the words "Send
me cash enough to get home. Am busted,
costs only 81.
Congressman Nichols son, Emmett,
having failed to pass the examination for
admission to West Point Military Acad-
envy, Master Lonny Merritt, of Chatham
county, whom Mr.. Nichols had appointed
as his sons alternate, goes to West Point
to try his luck.
The Economist learns hat through
the exertions of Senator Ransom in fur
therance of the petition Of the Board of
Agriculture of North Carolina, the q. S.
sloop Scorsby has been authorized to con-
tinue it's aid to oyster culture in the
waters of Eastern Carolina.
If n is to Judge from the flash head
lines of the seaside letters, which appear
in the daily papers, -"th delights of
Morehead, "a brilliant hop" "firting
and courting," "a moonlight SAIL" &c.,
&c, he is obliged to conclude that
"giddy frivolity" rules the hour at the
sea-shore.
The insane person at the Morganton
asylum, who struck the blow that ended
the life of the late Wiley J.. Palmer, is
from Davidson county and his name is
Washington Fine. The weapon
used was simply an ordinary broom
handle. The directors will investigate
the matter.
The Salisbury Herald says the "fast-
est run yet made on the Western N. G..
Railroad between Salisbury and Asheville,
vas made by Engineer P. D. Roueche on
Thursday last. The distance from Sails
bury to Asheyille is al miles, and the
was made by Capt. Roueche in three
hours and sixteen minutes"
The Mi-cardo CMikado) "detests
dancing and thinks its popularity in Japan
be a sure indication of the nations
1t is said that one may get some
conception Of the japanese monarchs' dis
gust by placing himself in a position
a floor of dancers are in full view,
but where the music cannot be heard.
Such a scene is described as most ludicrous.
Wild Goose Plums, a beautiful lus-
cious and popular fruit, is now being
by Capt. B. P. Williamson every
day to New York where he gets six dol
lars per bushel for them. The tree is Of
rapid healthful growth-is a prolific bearer
and the fruit can be shipped with less
risk of damage than almost anything else.
More money in this industry than cotton.
The main. height Of the land above
sea-level, according to John Murray, is
$3.50 feet, and the main depth of the
ocean is l2,4SO feet. Only two per cent.
of the sea is included inside a depth of
500 fathoms, while seventy-five per cent.
lies between 500 and 5000 fathoms. If
the land should be filled into the hellows,
the sea would roll owe the earth's crust
to a uniform depth of about two miles.
The National Republican Convention,
held at Chicago last week, placed in NOM
for the Presidency of the United
States, the Hon. Benjamin Harrison of
Indiana. Hon. Levi P. Morton, a million
air of New York State, was nominated
for the Vice-Presidency. So that the
sovereigns of the country will be called
upon in November next to decide be-
tween Cleveland and Thurman, Demo-
Gratis, and Harrison and Morton, Repub-
leans. %
A Nj. Parham of Lockville, has shown
he editor of the Chatham Record some
curious cotton leaves. The editor says