The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-06-19

and Virginia. The area of Maryland ex-
tends to about 5000, 600 acres, and that
of Virginia to about u, 200 900 acres.
Farmers in those States cultivate wheat,
maize, oats, barley, hay, cotton, tobacco,
and in some districts breeding of stock
and dailryying are also taken up.
For the benefit of som poor soul
who may have lost sleep over the matter,
we will state hat "bandana" or ban
danna-either spelling will dds a large
red pocket handkerchief marked with
white or blue spots and may be made of
silk or cotton-more frequently of the
latter. The name originated, in the East
Indies, where the handkerchiefs were
first made. IL .s;g =. I !
Our correspondent, ~. M. c." writ
ing from Whitakers, in our issue of last
week, in a note to the editor says, " I am
sorry your types made me say hat the
Whitakers Alliance only represented 7 or
8 per cent of the cotton grown contigu-
Gus to Whitakers, when I said seven or
eight temths. 1t gives us a weakly show
ing, when we are ten times stronger than
that. Please make the. correction"
The largest umbrella in the world has
been made in Glasgow for a king of East
Africa. It can be opened and shut in the
usual way, and when open Is t~wenty-one
feet in diameter; the staff is also twenty
one feet long. It is lined with cardinal
red and white, has a lot Of straw t~assels,
and a border Of crimson satin, The can
opy itself is made of italian straw, and
the top terminates in a gilded cone.
The Pittsboro Home says: Quite a
pleasant marriage took place in the Meth
odist church at Haywood, N. c., on
Thursday last the 9TH inst. at $50 p. m.
Capt. S. s. Coley, of Raleigh was married
to Miss Sallie F. Brady of Haywood, Rev.
R. T. N. STEVENSON officiating. The
church was tastefully: decorated with
flowers and evergreens, and the occasion
was indeed a very %enjoyoble and pleasant
one to the large crowd in attendance.
Mr.. J. N. Hubbard has leased the
restaurant three doors north of the
Marlboro House, and says he intends to
keep his table supplied with the very best
the market can afford, and that his fare,
his servants, his style, and his prices shall
suit his customers. Youlcan get a lunch,
a sandwich, or a full square meal at any
and all hours at prices ranging from a
nickel to fifty cents. We bespeak for Mr..
H. a trial by our friends when they come
to Raleigh. >a
The Shelby Auroro is responsible for
the statement that a married lady in that
town, in exchanging her shoes for another
pair which she had worn town hours be-
fore, met with a startling surprise. As
she lifted one shoe, she found it too heavy
and her hand came in contact with a huge
snake coiled in the shoe. She screamed
and yelled for her husband, who came to
her rescue and killed the reptile, which
measured IOur locG anu d HILL. Lie culIOI
does not give the size of the shoe.
The Wilmington Star says that "Bob
Ingersoll's reply to Gladstone has caused
nearly 100000 copies of the North
american RevieU for June to be sold.
What a ludicrous sale! Bob is a destruc-
tive, pure and simple. He tries to destroy
the only hope of a ruined race while
shoveling the shekels into his own Golfers.
If there was no pay how Bob's ardor
would cool. Here are $3.50, 900 spent to
read an eloquent assault upon God and
Christianity. What madness and folly!"
Commencing with Volume XVII.
(July, 1889 the name of The Farmer and
Manufacturer, published at Cleveland,
Ohio, will be changed to that of The Old
Homestead, and new features and i'm
provements will be added to make it
more than ever valuable and interesting
to the home circle. The past record of
The sFarnaer. and Manufacturer is a guar
antee of the future prosperity of The Old
Homestead, and now is the time to for
ward your subscription and assist in build
ing up a journal devoted to the family
CIRCLE.
At the local option election in the
town of Kinston, a few days ago, a GER
tain whisky dealer, who was drunk, made
so much noise and disturbance at the polls
that the editor of the Free Press de-
nounced him through the columns of his
paper as a nuisance Shortly after the
appearance of the paper the whisky man