The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-09-25

ing State Fair. saItsis one of the best
bands in the State and its engagement is
a guarantee that. the music, at least, will
be fine. sz
The Leuisbnrgr Times says: ".In
view of the fact that the wheat and corn
crops are short in this section, would it
not be q wise thing for our farmers to at
once sow corn and rye to make forage
for their stock?
One of the mysteries Of iniquity i"
is this: The man who wrongs you, and
then however clear the case, does not
make, restitution by eonfessing the wrong
'and begging forgiveness : beeomes your
implacable enemy. 81 o~s axs
-Chas. M.-Busbee,s Esq,&was elected
Deputy Grand Sire of theGdSoyereign
Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows at Los
Angeles, Gal, last week This is the
second highest honor in the gift Of the
Sovereign Grand Lodge. :
In the year 1853, a well was dug in
Brassfields, Granville county, fifty feet
deep. Until three months ago there was
never over two feet Of water III the well.
Now the water has risen to a point within
three feet of the ground level and is clear
and cold. !@+s 49, q ~ ! go
Ben Gratz, of st. Louis, the manager
of the bagging trust that. threatens to add
millions to the outlay Of Southern plant
ers in getting their cotton crop to the
market, is a g~reat-grand, nephew of Re-
becca Gratz, the original of the Rebecca
of SCOTS "Ivanhoe.."
Kentucky claims to have the largest
man in the world, one Hansen Craig, who
weighs 1872 pounds. He is an abnormal
expansion of avpdrdupois. His mother
weighed but l22'pounds and his father
but LIS. Strange: tx say, for a kentucky
man, he "never touches a drop" ge.
I'VE call your attention to Messrs.
Yancey and Stronach's advertisement in
our paper to-day of a Road Cart to. be.
given away. They. have in stock over
two hundred and. fifty vehicles. You
certainly can be suited by them in q Road
Cart, Buggy or farm Wagon at low
prices. ao 'o 20
Mr.. E. G. Smith, Of this city, is to de-
liver an address on beha1f Of North Caro-
lima, at the ufhrvIeifing Of the monument to
the Southern dead, on the 25th inst, at
Staunton, Va. Hon. John w. Daniel is
to deliver the. address, The monument
will be accepted by a speakersfromseach
of the Southern States. = =ns3.
Up to the 18th inst, among the jack
s~onville refugees at Hendersonville, N. C.,
there had been II new cases of yellow
fever and 2 deaths. The appearance Of
these cases created great alarm and ex-
element, but, after a day or two, when it
was noticed that the cases were confined
to the refugees alone, the alarm abated., d
mn. Ed Stage, Who for years halsbseien
with Col. A. B: Andrews, in the capacity
Of private Secretary, has retired to go into
business with MI. John III. Winder at,
Graystone, and is succeeded by Mr. Thos.
A. Montgomery. We regret to lose Mr..
Stage from III community, and wish for
him all manner of success inhis new home.
The Democracy of Richmond county,
in convention assembled, at Rockingham
on Wednesday the 18th inst, after max
ing their nominations, passed resolutions
favoring a Railroad Commission, forbid
ding State and county officials to accept
free passes on railroads, and forbidding
that convict labor be broughtinto compe-
tition with hired labor.
Read elsewhere in this issue of THE
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, a few Of the splen-
did premiums offered to the farmers. of
the State by the North Carolina Agricult-
ural Society. We trust the brethren will
come to this Fair in large numbers, and
by taking an active part, help to make it
a grand success. Some say that 1888
is to be regarded as peculiarly the Farm
er's Year." Let it be so. Il -
The New York &~anstarion in discuss
ing the yellow fever epidemic in Jackson
vile gives the opinion that "the only
safety of persons who have not had the
disease is flight from the infected place.
But the conduct of clearly inland COM
munities in prohibiting weHpersons from
Jacksonville Oh other infected places,
Invested of baggage, is practical ignorance