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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-05-01

but the public has no use for railroad
service of this sort. There is no law
against hauling cars with horses,
neither against farming upon a plan
that utterly ignores all improvement,
both as to tillage and live stock. Those
circumstances that force thrift upon
a mans purse though he may have no
thrift in his practices, come to the man
without brains as we'll as to him with
abundant wisdom.
But what would be the outcome to
the modern farmer, taking an advanced
position as he now does in matters of
education and all affairs of public in
terest. Should he, year after year,
plough around the wet places ON his
farm, make no o toward seeding
down a liberal portion of his land to
grass, and placing thereon cattle that
are wanted in the leading markets at
six cents a pound, instead of such as
60 slow at three cents. If gain is made
from year to year upon the farm it is
generally conceded that wheat growing
does not contribute to this gain, but
that we must look to s~elf-tending live
stock, to pastures that furnish the
grass ready for the grazing beast, and
to beasts that grow apace and mature
early, for modern practice is bringing
out the fact that rapid growth, early
maturity, and prompt f~attening, alone
pays any profit worth the Nance.
s., IN Farm, Field and &ockman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-05-01
WHAT KIND OF FARMING WILL
PAY?

AS has been proven times without
number, any kind of farming will pay
in the hands of some men. Brains, if
the brains be organized exactly right,
that each seasons operations will show
that the movements are in the hands
Of a master, will make any kind of
farming pay. Then again, if a man
makes up his mind to keep his family
on hog and hominy, paying nothing
out to the grocer except what the wife
pays for in the form of eggs from
hens that are lever fed, but CLEAN
their living in the fields and in scratch
ing for grubs, and expends the
merest pittance for anything that a
rank as luxuries; such a man, if he
grows anything to sell for cash ought
certainly, after paying his taxes and
hired help, be able to place something
in the savings bank. Scrub stock
will pay in the hands of such a man.
Why should it not It is the ex-
penses on a modern farm, requiring
such disposition Of grains and grasses
as will, without a shadow of doubt,
pay a profit; the modern buildings
may be erected and maintained; that
the family may be clothed and fed as
thrifty farmers in general clothe and
feed their family; that something
more than a lumber wagon and a pair
of hard worked horses or mules be at
hand to take the family to church or
to town, as occasion may require.
It has been said of some men that
they would make money if cast away
on a naked rock. Such tendency to
thrift, or on the other hand, the per-
sistent determination limited at above,
to pay out nothing for comforts and
improvements, and the most meagre
possible sums for the bare necessaries
of life, will enable a man to show to
his neighbor farmers that he can sup
port his family and pay his taxes,
though feeding no stock upon his
premises other than the merest scrubs.
Many a man managing in this manner
has been able to hold his land, (sucha
man seldom adds to his possessions by
buying the land that joins his. until
enterprising men come in about him,
raising the value of his acres, and with
scarce any merit on his part, he never
theless gets ahead in the world. A
man practicing such a system cannot
be said to have earned much, but
merely to have stayed by his land,
bought at an early day at a nominal
price, till through advancing enter
prise and the onward drift of circum-
stances, he may appear to have made
something, not by improving his farm
stock, not in fact by improving any
thing; not by ditching or by under
draining; for during the years his
children that have grown to manhood
and womanhood, are witnesses to the
fact that during all the years of their
growth, the teams have .ploughed
around all the wet places. OF the farm.
So farming in the hands of such a man
pays in the manner limited at, but on
a like plan a railroad would pay though
ironed with the old-fashioned fiat rail,
and the cars drawn by a pair OF horses,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-05-01
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
MOORE ALLIANCE IN SESSION.

The Moore County Farmers ALI
ance met at White Hill, N. c., on the
9Th of April, in their regular quarterly
meeting, all the officers present except
Vice-President, Door Keeper and AS
sistant Door Keeper, which were filed
by proxies.
Brethren Newly Coviness, Rev. w.
G.. King and Allen Jones, Jr., we're
appointed a committee on credentials,
and while waiting on the committee
for a report, Lecturer G. P. Wilcox
entertained the Alliance in a very in.
teresting manner
Committee on Credentials reported
nearly all the Subordinate Alliances
represented-about twenty-five in
number.
G.. P. Wilcox rendered his resigna-
ton as Committee on Good of the
Order, and. DR.. G.. Mcleod was ap-
pointed. to fill the vacancy.
Executive Committees report re-
ceived and adopted. They report
that after much correspondence with
manufacturing companies of fertilizers
and consulting with local merchants,
they concluded to accept the best
terms offered by the merchants for
this season, and think, too, we have
saved the farmers of the county sew
eral thousand dollars in this item.
They recommend that an effort be
made to raise a joint stock co-opera-
tive company in the county to cooper
ate with the State cooperation, and
through the State cooperation with
the National Cooperative Southern
Exchange and Trade Union.
The financial, executive and trade
committees suggest that the Financial
Agent, President and Secretaries of
each local Alliance be instructed to
ascertain what their different Alliances
will do towards raising a joint stock
company, and report at next quarterly
meeting.
On motion to appoint a committee
to frame Constitution and Bylaws
and report at next meeting, the fol-
lowing brethren were appointed, viz:
Capt. D. 0. Bryan, DR.. V. n. Seawell,
Allen Jones, Jr., Dr.. A. J. Monroe, E.
McGilvary, Capt. G. R. Wilcox, DR..
G.. Mcleod, B. G. Thompson, Geo.
Cole, NJ. Mel. Kelley, Henry G. Dowd,
W. P. Wilcox, Pinckney Pope, w. P.
Cameron, J. J. Edwards, W. P. Smith,
A. H. Gross and J. w. Lawrence.
On motion, it was ordered that the
Secretary be paid fifty dollars per
annum.
On motion, Carthage vas chosen as
the place for the next meeting.
There being no other business, the
Alliance was closed IN form.
J. O. A. KELLEY, Pres't.
J. B. WATSON, Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-05-01
MEETINGS.

Col. G. B. Pickett, National Lecturer
and State Organizer of the Farmers
National Alliance and COOPERATIVE
Union Of America, will speak at the fol-
lowing times and places:
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09

'sThat's my wife's voice, he shout
ed, and his strong shoulders carried
the door from its hinges. The sight
that met the startled group of people
crowding into the room was so ludl-
crous and absurd that in spite of SYM
pathy for the terror-stricken lady,
they gave way to uncomfortable
laughter. The frightened bachelor
had wedged himself between the wall
and the sofa until he looked as fiat as
a pancake. Occasionally he glanced
furtively over the back of it, and then
sunk with groan. The lady was
too busy screaming to think of any
thing else until her husbands indig-
nant inquiry, ''What the mischief
are you doing here?" brought her in
some degree to her senses.
"Oh, Charley, there's burglar in
the room J"
I'm not a BURGLAR cried smoth-
cred voice from behind the sofa.
'sThis is my room, and | came home
and found a woman in 1T.
These hysterical explanations tend
ed in no degree to allay the amuse'
ment of the boarders. But finally al
understanding was reached. The
lady was sleep walker, and in this
condition had wandered into the room
and cone to bed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09

ence of the district school for good or
bad is felt all their lives.
Ghosts on the Mountain Tops.
"The Spectre of the BrocSen' is
well known to all readers Of travel
Visitors to that mountain, which i-
situated in the Hartz, sometimes see
their own shadows east IN gigantic
proportions on the rolling mists which
gather around the summit from the
deep valleys on the western side. The
peasantry of old believed these appa-
ritions were of the witches and spirits
who made the mountain their abode.
But il is known now that they are
simply the shadows Of persons OBJ
serving them thrown at a distance
upon "A screen of vapor on the side
opposite the sun at It's rising. Nimi-
lar phenomena have recently been
discovered on mountain IN Nevada
hv an officer on the Coast Survey, who
describes his experience as follows
"Suddenly, as.I stood looking over
the vast expanse beneath me, saw
myself confronted by "A monster fig
ure of man standing in mid-air be-
fore me on the top Of chiefly de-
fined mountain peak, which had bat
/ the thin air Of the valley below for a
resting place. The figure was only
short distance from me. Around IL
were two circles of rainbow light and
color, the outer one family defined az
/ compared with the inner one, which
was bright and clear and distinctly
/ irridescent. Around the head of the
figure was a beautiful halo Of light,
and from the figure itself shot rays of
colors normal TO the body. The sight
startled me more than ! can tell. !
threw up my hands la astonishment,
and perhaps some little fear, and at
this moment the spectre seemed TO
move toward me. In "A few moments
| got over my fright, and then, after
the figure had faded away, ! recog-
nized the fact that had enjoyed one
of the most wonderful phenomena Of
nature. Since then we have seen IL
once or twice from Jeff Davis Peak
but it never created such an impress
sion upon me as it did that evening
when ! was doing service as hell
otroper all alone on top Of Are
Dome"
Ghosts of this sort are merely
forms of the mirage which are often
observed on the plains and OCEAN
DenUer T~ibUHe.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09
Tact or Good Moral Tuato tho. .HtnIot
of Pleasing MnnnorH

No one with delicate touch n.II
try 60 polish piece oft wood hI u0.
bing IL against thc grain NN.UW
will any body conaidonto ofHoaU.
feelings stroke pusay'a fur lhe nm.
way. Men and women ua vi mHn
value than mahogany or mH mH
should be- treated with m0H I.'..
cate touch or hei forf tart be- muHI
touch--eyen when wc d0 ihfW ...I
on confer on them Ga favor
4 person of tact is one uho IlHI..
~ appreciates and gracefully Iu..
what II required hy Circumstance.
no more and no lcss. M hp BuU. I
neighborly act be- takes care tHal n.
does NOT burden che noighhur W.IN.H
feeling of obligation. Should ho H0
made the conddant of nu angry IuuI
he listens. but guards ha I.p. fO0 N.
remembers Che principle of Jht HH..I.
ly wise author, who aHid HNu..r
Join with your friend when hc aNu.."
HE horse or his wife, uuIoaa Ih. .H.
is about 90 bo sold or the othrT 0n .a
buried"
A robust old gentleman FHt0 Dol.
seat 10 lady who entered o lHuI.
ed tram ear. "Iukc my .eat .I
please 1 never likc to sco aH u.I
person stand" said a young m...
jumping op and offering her an. .u
the old gentleman.
Her motive was kind, but ner mnu.
ner was patronizing. trchub.I .H.
the lady for taking Che old a.uII..
mans seat and it emphasized hu. owH
youth aud thc gcntIcman.a ogg IIad
she been a gid of tact sbo would mNu
risen with the old MAN and aold. 'A-
low, me, Pig, % offer tnr adN mE
seat"
An elderly lady wa- standing uu e
tram ear when sho vos offered .0at
| bN "a young lhdN' Wl1t u''ha. II"s
~ am Younger than you HI
| stand"
"Suit yourself" replied tbo IndE
with emphatic hrusquenoaa fHr INH
drawing Of the line between hor ouu
age and the youth of tbo other tnU.N
ed her pride
She remained standing Hu0 ..e
young lady wondered, bccau.. .HU
was not sufficiently sensitive I1 De-
conscious of her own want Ol .aU.
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PERIODICALS.

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first Numbers for January OF each year " men
no time j. specified, subscriptions Will Degn VIII
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- Isck in neat cloth binding. will be sent Dy
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Tnrnyided the freight does not exceed one qoliaf
nfr volume), for 81 90 per volume,
Clorl Gases for each volume, suitable foroind,ng
he sent by mail, post paid on receipt OF ~ W
each. -
panittances should be made by Post-Ohlce Mon
- order ar Draft, 10 avoid chtuce OF loss
>-.,y-,,,,,,srS are not copy this advertisement
,vithoar tle express order OF Harper \ Brothers
A.hIres, HARPER K BROTHERS, York
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09
..nNSIraIpaIalN GunED.

An old physician, retired from practice, having
had pla,ed in his hands By Fast India missionary
the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent of consumption, bron-
chitis catarfh, asthma and ali throat and lung at
fectons also positive and radical cure for nervous
complaints after having tested its wonderful cura-
tive powers in thoqsanas OF cases, has fef II ms
duty TO make i kpoYn 70 hls suffering fellows.
Actuated by this mouve aud desire 20 fftlev,9 ",
who desire it, this recipe, in German, French or
English. with full directions for preparing ana
using SEM by mail by addressing with stamp,
naming this paper, w a. Noyes, lag Powers
Block Rochester, n.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09
The Old Wife.

Bv the side of the old man, waiting, sat in vigil sad
and tender,
Where his aged wifi lay dying; and the twlilght
shadows brown,
Slowly from the wall and window chased the sun
sets golden splendor,
Going down.
it seemed to hover
Lost between the next worlds sunrise and the bed
time cares of this),
And the old man. weak and fearful trembling as
he bent above her,
Answered: sYes'
care, the children in?'' she asked him. Could he
tell her? All the treasures
Of their household lay. in silence many years be-
meath the snow;
But her heart was with them living back among
her tolis and pleasures,
Long ago.
And again she called at dew fall Ill the sweet old
Summer weather,
ssWhere is little Charley, father? Frank and Rob
ert-have they comet
ssThey are safe,' the old fatered, ''all the
children together,
Safe at hoIne.''
Then lie mur1nured gentle soothings but his grief
Till it choked and stiled him he held and kissed
her wrinkled hand,
For her SOUL far of hearing, could his fondest
words no longer
Understand.
Still the pale lips stammered, questions, lullables
| and broken verses,
Nursery prattle, all the language of mothers low
ing heeds,
While the midnight round the mourner, left to sor-
rows bitter merces,
Wrapped is weeds.
There was stiffness the pillow-and the old man
| listened lonely
Till they led him from. the chamber, with the bur-
den on his breast
For the wife of seventy years, his manhoods early
love and only,
Lay at rest.
"Fare-y u-well!'' he sobbed, ''my Mary, You will
meet the babes before me;
In little while, for neither the parting long
| abide,
Heaven will restore me
To your side"
1t was even so. The Springtime IN the steps OF
Winter treading,
Scarcely shed its orchard blossoms the old man
| closed his eyes,
Ana they buried him by Mary, and they had THEN
| diamond wedding
| In the skies.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09

OsTRcHEs.-A correspondent at
Cape Colony, South Africa writes
as follows: A curious habit OF these
birds was witnessed on the farm
Guilford, in the Queenstown district,
by the proprietor and some Of his
family and servants during the late
rains. The nest, which is merely "a
large, fiat saucer-lilSe hole Ia the
ground, became flooded; and when
the water did not drain of, the two
parent birds began 10 drink IL up ill
the nest was drained dry. The poor
hen bird was SO full that she seemed
quite sick the cock, however, drank
his full share as in duty bound being
the most asiduous in all matters
pertaining 10 the incubator always
sitting on the eggs himself by night
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09

\ lofty aim gives inspiration 10
the spirit, making the toll involved
in its pursuit seem light, and bring
mq every latent energy into action.
Therefore, said one Of the ancient
fathers, "No labor is hard, ne lime
IN long, wherein the Gaosy Of eternity
is the mark We level at
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09
WONDERFUL CURES.

W. ID. IIoyt & CO.. Wholesale aud hcinh Dfne'
usts of Rome, Ga, say We have been sflllnh ~
Kings New Discovery, Electric biiirlr hnh hnrh
lens Arptce sasc for two ycars. have newer hW
died remedies that sell a= well, give sucb unifrr.
sal satisfaction. There have been some woaderihi
cures eferte, by These medicines in thAs eit mfN'
cral ca-e~ Of pronounced co"sumptiou haNe been
entirely cured by use OF few BOTTLES of d. knHs
New Discovery, taken u eonurotien Hith Electric
Bitters. We guarantee lhe,n alwa3s, sold bf W y
Pierce.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09

a Memphis paper nN. ihHI 'n ~.
kansas planter has auccpeded. 0...'
thirty years experimenting 'n I'...
ing "a breed of dog. thnt WlIIN'ua.
Ter nsh and bring thgm ashore IN.1
should he treated with mUlN Ir.I0r.
than tbc human fishermen. ilf N".
don't go down to the rDlurI HIH.'II
after returning from e. day.a Hn.''u
and lie about thc size en- tnp 0.u .I..
caught.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09
Gems of Thought.

1t is never too late, and never im-
possible, for a human face 10 look
beautiful.
The acts Of a nation may be tri-
umphant by It's good fortune, and its
words mighty by the genius of few
of its children; but It's arts only by
the general gifts and common sympa-
thies of the race.
Good feeling helps society 20 make
liars Of most of us-not absolute IL
ars, but such careless handlers Of the
truth that its sharp corners get terri
bly, rounded.
Sometimes the very custom Of evil
makes the heart obdurate against
whatsoever instructions 10 the con-
trary.
It is idleness that creates impossi-
bilities and where men can not do q
thing, they shelter themselves under
a persuasion that it can not be done.
Charity taken in its largest extent
is nothing else hat the sincere love of
God and our neighbors.
The man who has not anything 90
boast of but his illustrious ancestors
is like a potato-the only good be-
longing to him is under ground.
A truly Christian man can look
down like an eternal sun upon the
Autumn of his existence; the more
sand has passed through the hour
glass Of life, the more clearly can he
see through the empty glass.
Absence destroys trihing ntimacics
but invigorates strong ones.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09
SSS.
Harper's Bazaar.
HIUS>ERATED. :,

HARPER's RAzAR is home journal. 1t combines
choice literature and fine Illustrations with the
number has clever serial and short stories,
practical and timely essays, bright poems, hu-
n.nIate snpplcments viii alone help ladies
to save many times the cost of subscriptions
and papers on social etiquette, decorative art,
house- keepiao in ali its branches, cookery, ETC.,
make 1t useful in every household. and a true pro
moter of economy Its editorials are marked ' ov
good sen>e and not line is admitted TO MS col
1mns that could offend the most fastidious taste
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09

Thispowdel never varies. A mary el OF p pur1ty5
STRENGTH and wholesomeness. More economical
than the ordinary kinds and cannot be sold in
competition with the multitude of low test short
weight, alum or phosphate powders Sold Only IN
Cans Roval taking PowderCo LOG WallSt..N.Y.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09

-r1,e large windows taken from the brick church
l,r-Iv r. paired at BARON Each sash contains
&c. sxI6 hghf- The s<sh aud gil>> are good,
-otue Of the frames can ~sfA them grstis, If de-
sod They will he -od 81 80 "a sash,
@s 90 4 window for spot cash Als lnt OF hard
wood pews in good condition, will be sold 4lmOsi
at the cost of the lumber IA fiI'ni-
j. y. WEBSTER.
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bud invigorates strong ones.

Experience teaches, sometimes easily aud some.
times harshly. Sufferers with dyspepsia, hcau.
burn. liver diseases, etc have learned by easy anu
gentle experience that Laxador il a sure and agree
able remedy for these complaints.
Do not stupofy your baby with opium or landa
mum mixtures. but use Dr.. Bnll's Baby syrup which
is always safe and reliable and never disappoints.
Price 25 cents
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09
somo undorground WanaaI-

At Zirknitz, in Che Austrian AU
there Is an intermittent Take that HH
basin which at one season of th. EoHE
II Gncd with water at auHIHr.
dried up and cultivated by tHH mm.
crs Of the ncighborhood. IHe w..
rial forester has just examined .H0
construction OF that basin HHH found
la one part of tt on Immense wI.
called karloyca, which whom .HU
face of the water Boa tbo basin Hr#
reached "a certain height hcn.ua .u0..
ing up the water unt.l thp hU.W #
empty. This cayc lends l1H Iuu.
series Of underground Iahps uII uH.
nected with one another bN ou0u.
uous current The forester mua0.
ed the first ryc ot them imm0H
fields Of sand and gravel HcamHuI0Ia
and alternately stop thc wH.uI n.
are carried on By g. ThpuH0 Of. .He
caves In which this systom aI vHI.
il located at many places r1mn clown
very low, almost touching fHH WH0r
and ia such places tho homoyua uHI..
beds frequently close tho pu.saHr Hm
cause the waters to rIso Zoo iHe h.aNe
cave The forester with tmer .um.
paniOns, was u one or tht IH..
when the entrance wns suddenly ...
ed by mn-s of rubbish umH.u.
down from the roof fDr moro I.m
eight hours they worked aa HHm a#
they could until they auregeIDI H
opening 'ai passage by tho side u' IH.
main entrance, which vHH happily
still found dry,nnd they were auaN..f
to reach the surface unhumrd IW
their boat aud tools were Icft behind
and will bc recovered apoIu ai.H ..u
water shall have subsidized
We heard The other day ~ EaW.
minister who was very hand.am..
"taken down by bright IIuIr HI.
lie had been called upon quito W.H
pectedly TO address % Sunday aHH.'
and 90 give himsclH tmc Ja collect
his thoughts he asked question
''Chldron," said hc, "what .mI
speak abouty a Hulc a0d o0 .Hr
front seat who bad herself commit.
ted 70 memory several defamation.
held zap her hand nnd in % abII.I N....
asked "What do you know
A Kansas paper pubIIahe. Ihr 'HI.
lowing unique remindefto dsiuIumI
subscribers nTbcre $500 lluIo m.I.
ter that Some of our fuba.rn.
have Seemingly forgotten rHuw.N
Some 81 them have madc H mW#
promises, but have not hep lIW
To us il % O. very important mH...e
Its necessary Iu ou m.u
We are very modst. and doui ... ..
speak about it." Do might D.. H.'HI
matter of ss and sense.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-09
HOLIDAY Goods Ct
LEONARD'S!

have the largest and best assortment OF HoilGay @
Goods that I nave ever shown Dol :, BanKs. IN
Horns Tops, &c, for the little ones Wrluhg
Drsks Work Boxes, Hand Mirrors, Photograph n
Albums Ia good assOrtment. Hand Bags (iateSt
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bums Books of all descriptions from the Linen a
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