davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-16
THE FARMER is, 1888.

w~ell-beaten eggs, a piece of bntter the
size of an egg, melted, a little salt, add
two teaspoons of baking powder with a
little of the flour; butter the gem pans
well, fill t%wo-thirds full, bake in a quick
oven about thirty minutes and serve hot.
M JELLY CAKE
One cup of sugar, piece of butter the
size of an egg, two eggs; put sugar, eggs
and butter together and beat them; add
one-half cup of water, two cups of flour,
n tablespoonful of baking powder; this
makes three layers and is to be put to-
gether with this jelly. The juice and
grated rlnd OF n lemon, n cup of
sugar, one egg, a piece of butter the size
OF a nutmeg;cook it owe hot water, as
custard, till it boils.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-16
NORTH CAROLINA
PHOSPHATE.
A Natural Compound of Bone Phos-
= plate, Lime, Magnesia, Soluble
Silica, Sulphates, Chorlides
and Potash.
To Mdke O. Fertilizer for all Crops.

To Make a Fertilizer for all Crops.
Of Kainit with 600 lbs, or say 80 bushels of stable
manure, muck, mould or some kind Of vegetable
matter.
ton 1t 815 cents q pound, and other products in pro-
portion, don't you think there is need OF . change
The way to make the change is to buy North
Carolina Lime Phosphate, which is all phosphate
and lime, ingredients necessary to plants, and is
not loaded with acid, which makes it high-priced,
and
Compost Your Fertilizers at Home. .
Lime Phosphate is delivered free on board cars
in bags at a very low price at the works. Suppos-
ing it cost you $12 at your farm and kainit $12 per
ton, the above ton of fertilizer will cost you, be-
sides labor, ($7. so, seven dollars and fifty cents.
This is an excellent manure for cotton, corn or
almost any crop. fe162m
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-16
LIVELY FOR THE SETTLER

We were driving past a Dakota SCI.
tiers house when he came out and
said:
"Surveyin' mother railroad ?"
Ono"
"Ain't? I sw'ar, I told the old
woman we got to move the house
again"
"Had trouble with the railroad sur
veyor?'
"Yes--been snakin' my house round
all summer. First some men come
along in a buggy, set up some long,
slim, barber-pole-lookin' sticks, stuck
up q three-legged dummy, bumped
down an squinted through it, an then
says they: "Old boss, you got to move
your house bout four rods, cause
we're goin' to run the track of the Da-
kota add Gum Weed Fork railroad
right through here !'
$50 you moved it z"
pulled her right out O the way. I
amt the man to hinder no public i'm
provements. Then some more come
along an squinted an peeked around,
an says they Mister Grange, we're
sorry; but we'll have to trouble you to
yank your house round bout six rods
to the south l made a bee an we
yanked her."
didn't that settle it Z"
"No. In bout a week I caught
some more ten men asquintin' an [
called the boys an we put jackscrews
under the house an then [ asked the
fellers where she should go. 'Jes'
haul her bout a quartes of a mile due
west old man, says they, an fore night
men the boys had her hauled. [ left
the wheels right under it that time an
told Ike not to unyoke the exen."
"You didn't have to nov again ?"
eyes, but I did. Next mornin'
fore we was up long come a commit
tee from town an condemned the
house an ordered me to move it inside
of ten minutes to make room for the
Great Dakota an North Pole route.
We hooked up an was snakin' it along
while my wife got breakfast, when
down come a big fat man with half a
dozen double-chains an bugum givin'
me Hail Columbia fer drivin' 'crost
the right O. way of the Great Dakota
and Oshkosh road, an while I was
poundin' the oxen the sheriff threat
ened to arrest me for obstruction the
depot grounds of the Great Dakota
Open-Air Blizzard line. | jes' man
aged to git my house off onto a piece
O. government land an then set an
watched the surveyors comm on the
run for the next week.
"Didn't any of the roads build 2"
"Oh, no, no; they tell me down
town that they all got their stocks sold
to eastern spectators, SO there amt no
need O. buildin'. Whew, but you
orter see the little pine stakes stuck in
my place; you can't walk o it in
the night 'thont fallin' down fastas you
al git up"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-16
WHEN THE TELEGRAPHY WAS
YOUNG.
First Results of Professor Morse's Dis
covery-A Weeks Earn
ings in 1885.

"When I went west from Wash
ington that spring." said Mr. John w.
Kirk, an old friend of Professor
Morse, 81 took along with me sam
pies of the indented strips of paper as
they came from the receiving instru-
ment. An enthusiast, I talked of to-
~legraphy to everybody 1 met. In Col
umbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and
other western centers I met college
professors, business men and other
people ranked high for intellect,
knowledge and common sense, and all,
or nearly all, wer pronounced skep-
tics as to the practicability of Morse's
idea. And l am putting it a little
mild, I think, in saying that the ina
preston wasn't long in getting abroad
that 1 was ga little Off" l meant
we'll, but I didn't know. The last l
remember of some of my friends out
there they were still plying me.
81 was in Indiana in the autumn
after congress had made a thirty thou
sand dollar appropriation to Morse for
his experimental line. The congress
mar of that district was up for re-elec-
ton. Poor, deluded man, he had I'M
fortunately voted for that a%pppropria-
ton. He had been for years the po-
litical pride of (the district. The peo-
pie out there would give him snything
he'd take if they hap the giving of it.
Of course ee didn't doubt that he
would be reelected as if by acclama-
ton; but before election day he saw
things differently. A young man
whom nobody had " had much Of
before got an opposition nomination
and went stumping all over the dis
trict, and before long the fight became
very warm. L have not n word to
say against my opponent so the
young man always began his speech.
He's a gentleman; his character can
not be i%mpeached; he is honest, rea-
sonable, well informed, a Sood neigh
Dor, and a real nice a But, gen.
tlemen, while he was in congress he
voted your money away upon claptrap
things like this and the nominee, pro-
ducing a congressional document, pro-
ceeded to read the text of the bill
which appropriated $4,000 for
Morse's experiments. Thirty thou
sand dollars = he would exclaim
Thirty thousand of your hard-earned
dollars, gentlemen. For what :? Why,
to settle-listen to the bill, gentlemen
to settle the practicability of sening
messages by electricity over wires
stretching long distances. What do
you think of it, gentlemen :? Yes, my
opponent is a good man; he means
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-16

well; but really, has his residence in
Washington helped him any? If he
had stayed here at home with us,
would he ever have voted our money
away for such a crazy purpose !? Still,
If you think it right to vote for a man
who can be fooled in this way, gentle
men, all right, but -
"The old man was defeated"
Mr.. Kirk told this further incident,
that from an irresponsible source
would sound much like a romance:
Just after the first telegraph Office was
opened in Washington, occupying a
little room over the city postof6ce, a
member of the cabinet entered one
dap in a berry, and handing in a
bulky document, directed the operator
to telegraph it over to Baltimors
right away" It was closed with a
great seal, which the operator pro-
ceeded to break, much to the astonish-
ment of the statesman, who, Directing,
declared that the paper contained a
State secret, and of course must not
be exposed to any unofficial eye.
"But I can't telegraph it without I
read it," insisted the operator.
well, then, you can't send it at
ALL" and the high official left, excited
end threatening. He believed he was
being trifed with. His idea was that
the telegraph was a sort of aerial ex-
press for the whisking of packages
through air-probably by hitching
them on to the wire.
Here is entertainment in a transcript
of the earnings of that original Wash
ington telegraph Office for the first
week-in Adril, l845-that it was
opened for regular business.
A,r;l I q Q ,,d q NJ
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-16

THE PERFECT CHEAP FERTILIZER
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-16
9nmsehnld.
JOHNNY CAKE.

JOHNNY CAKE.
One cup of corn meal, two cups Of
-four, n cup of milk, one-half cup each
of butter and sugar, three teaspoonfuls of
powder.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-06-17
CHDKCiEs.

Emmanuel Church (EpisoopaD Palmer St-ser-
vice Sundays at $3.50 a. m. and 7;3O p. III. Wm.
Horsfall, rector.
Baptist Church-wm. N. Weeks, acting astor.
Preaching services sunday az II a. NJ aud ? N.
Praie and Prayer Meeting, Wednesday Of i:io p.
In. cordial invitation 10 all.
Methodist Churoh-Seryices Sunday, II a. M,
5:3U p IN. :. L, sDider, pastor.
Presbyterian Chureb-services Sunday, II a. m.
$50 y. IN. I. c. Armstrong; pastor.
church Of Sacred Heart, Catholc-Sunday, IL
a. m. L. W. .LindesmIth, chaplain, L. ;. A.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19
Worth knowing.

Mr.. w. H. Morgsn, merchant,
Lake { ity, Fla, was taken with
severe Cold, attend with a distress
ing Cough and running into Con-
sumption in its first stage. lie
tried many socalled popular cought
remedies and steadily grew worse.
Was unable to sleep. Finally tried
DR. Kings New Discovery for Cone
sumption and found immediate re-
lief, aud after using about a half
dozen bottles found himself we'll
and has had no return OF TIE dis
ease. No other remedy can show
so grand record of cures, as DR..
Kings New discovery for Consump-
tion Guaranteed to do just what is
claimed for it-Trial bottle free at
Crouch Bros. Dru. Store.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19
Cotton Instead of JSts Basging.

Now that Liverpool says that
cotton bag ing will be accepted, the
problem is solved, and the South
can whip the baeging trust. We
can not only successfully win the
fight, but add another immense in
dustry to the list of our factories
and enterprises in the South.
The difficulty in the way of using
the osnaburg for bagging is its cDst,
but a knowing and thoughtful
mine in this community suggests
that ordinary cotton cloth Of p to 3
pounds per yard. such as is turned
out by nearly all of our dozen mills,
be used, and that an extra number
of ties be put around the bales to
strengthen the cloth and hold the
cotton in position. Such a quality
Of cloth need not cost more than z
cents, and by making it of stained
&C tton, it can be reduced in price to
three or four cents per yard. But
even if 8 cents goods are employed,
it must be remembered that such
bagging will be saleable in Liver
pool and at the factory. and the re-
bate thus allowed will more than
make up for any increase in cost.
1t will certainly balance the in
creased cost of the increased num-
Der of ties, and, If necessary, the
ties may be doubled. This, how
ever, will not be necessary, and
one half as many more will make
the new bagging as strong and sub
stantial as the iute.
This is practical and sensible
solution of the whole question. The
size Of the bales will remain the
same and the method Of handling
will be identical. Tie insurance
companies, foreign buyers and the
factories certainly will accept sucf
bales. The bagging itself can b.
utilized as piece cloth, whereas tn,
old jute bagging is almost worth
less after once using around a cot
ton bale. The remedy is one tina
eau be Immediately applied, and i
Till induce an immense increase il
the product OF Southern cotton fac
tories.
This last is an immense advan1
age. The News advocated
coarse cotton bagging when tn
trust was first formed, but tn
practical suggestion of cloth no
manufactured fills the bill immed
ately and will set any idle mil
running on full time. There wi
be no more complaint of over pre-
duction for the bagging, tor tn
new cotton will take up all til
surplus of the crop and the surpIu
in the mills and the demand wi
be strong for cotton and cloth righ
here in the South. We will viii
the bagging trust right here q
home, and with a Southern subst
tutp - A1inltsfr Ne,ps
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19
INTERESTING FACTS.

How many miles of railway in
the United States? One hundred
aud fifty thousand six hundred
miles, about half the mileage of the
world.
How much have they cost? Nine
billion Dollars.
How many people are employed
by them? More than one million.
What is the fastest time made
BY a train ? Ninety-two miles in
nirety-three minutes, one milo be-
ing made in fcrtySsix seconds, on
the Reading and Philadelphia rail-
road.
What is the cost of highaclass
eight>wheel passenger locomotive
About eight thousand FIVE hundred
dollars.
What is the longest mileage OPP
Grated by single system? AtChi.
son, Topeka and Santa Fe system,
about 5000 miles.
" hat is the cost of a palace
sleeping car? About fifteen or sev-
enteen thousand dollars if vesti>
buled.
What is the longest railway
bridge span in tie United Ssates !?
Cantilever span in Poughkeep~ie
bridge, 548 feet.
What is the highest railroad
bridge in the United States? Kin
zua viaduct, on the Erie road, 305
feet high.
I" no built the first locomotive
in the United States? Peter
Cooper.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19

No more dramatic scene can be
imagined than that witnessed in
Newark, N. j., the other evening.
A mailman held his wife by the
heels from a third story window,
and the woman, head downward and
expe citing to be dropped to death
every instant chung desperately to
an infant in her arms and filled the
air with shrieks. Some men enter.
ed the house, and by instantaneous
understanding two OF them crept
goftly behind the lunatic and seized
the woman's feet, while others
struck down and secured the man.
The woman was then carefully
drawn back, still holding her in.
FAINT, and both lives were saved.
But it is feared that the shock has
unsettled the poor woman's rca>
son.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF
GEORGIA.
NOTICE TO TRAVELLING PUBLIC.

The best and cheapest passenger
route to New York and Boston is
via Savannah an1 elegant steamers
thence. Passengers, before pur>
chasing tickets via other routes,
would do we'll to inquire first of
the merits of the route via Savan.
nah. by which they will avoid dust
aud a tedious allrrail ride. Rate s
include meals and stateroom on
Steamer.
Roundtrip tickets will be placed
on sale June LIST, good to return
until October 31st. New York
Steam er sails tri-weekly. Bos.
ton Steamer, weekly from Savan.
nah,
For further information apply
to any agent OF this Company, or
to E t CHARLTON, G,P.A..
Savanr ali. Ga
c G ANDERSON, Ag't. Steamers,
Savannah, Ga, my30,tf.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19

4 i3eyear>old negro boy on Da-
vid Wooten's place, above Morgan,
Calhoun county, came to his death
in an unusual manner one day last
week. While pickicg cotton near
the gin house a shower came up
and he took refuge from it in the
gin house, where he dug a hole in
a pile Of seed cotton and crawled
into it After getting into the hole
be could not get out, and was found
by bis mother short time afters
p and smothered to death.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19
FdH Oats and Wheat.

The September Southern Guilt
vator says: The unusually good
oat crop Of the past season will
doubtless induce the sowing of a
larger area than usual in oats. The
vacillating policy that has marked
the history of oat-raising in the
south, ought to give way to set'
tied conviction, one way or the
other, that the oat crop should be
a staple crop of the south, the
chief reliance for rations for work
stock, or that il is too uncertain a
crop for such reliance. The corn
crop and the oat crop, the one
planted in tee spring, the other in
the fall, dovetaiI together in a re-
nrarkable manner when properly
considered and managed. Say we
commence system now: Sow in
September and October not less
than six acres of oats to the pillow,
on good or vel tertilized land. If
sowu early, the odds Of the chances
are in favor of their standing the
winter and making good yield,
enough to almost teed the mules a
year, estimating a yield of not less
than twenty-five bushels per acre.
AT all events, by complaining
time next March and April, we will
be able to estimate the yield of
the fall-sown oat crop pretty close
~. If the prospect is good for
heavy yield, We may reduce the
area in corn correspondingly; if the
prospect is bad, plant more corn.
So likewise in the fall, as now, we
know what the yie.d of the corn
will be, and may enlarge or de-
crease the area in oats accordingly.
In this way the two crops are cons
Elementary to each other. We
think as a rule, our farmers cut
too closely in their calculations,
and the result is generally, "too
tight a fit'>in the matter of supplies.
Every farmer ought to make it his
aim to produce surplus of every
one of the leading crops he grows.
Always have a little corn to sell, a
good many choice seed oats, po:a-
toes, beef, pork, butter, ate, to
spare. There is more money in
these crops than in making cotton
at present prices, aud this is why
the farmer who makes his own
corn, oats, bacon, hay, ETC., and
does not rely ON the west for sny'
thing thai he can grow on his OWL
farm, makes more money and lesr
debts than the farmer who buy,
a large portion of his supplies.
There is no better succession
than oats or wheat after cotton.
Oats may be sown before the cotton
lave been harvested, a.
we have often suggest
ed. The unappropriated remain
der Of the fertilizer applied to the
cotton crop will be eagerly cou'
sumed by the oats, with the addi
tional advantage to the land of the
protection against washing afforded
by growing winter crop of oats
According to the best experience
there is no crop on which fertilizer,
yield better results than crop O
fall>sown OATS.
Of course it is rather too earl,
for wheat, and nothing can be don,
III the way of preparation wher,
cotton land is to be sown. We d,
not urge upon the southern farmer
generally to SOW wheat. In tn,
absence ola variety that is reliabl,
rust,proof and at the same time
good Touring wheat, the crop is to,
uncertain as a rule. There ar
localities and sections, however
where wheat is about as certain
crop as anywhere in the country
and the sowings should be Unite,
To such localities,
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19

Itch, Prairie Mango, and
Scratches of every kind cured ingO
minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lo
lon. Use no other. This never
fails. Sold by w C Kendrck,
Druggist, Dawson. Ga.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19

Ny mill, known as the Parker
old Mill, is now in good running
order and | solicit the patronage
of the public. My rocks are kept
in good order and | guarantee sat-
isfaction. j. H. PEIrcHARp.
Jan. 18,tw,n.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19

. ATEGTS Procured. VIM. G
Henderson, 925 F St, Wash
ington, D. G. Formerly of Exam
lining Corps US. Patent Office.
IL years experience. Send sketch
model drotor reports as TO patent>
b'Iity. Correspondence solicited.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19
ODD FELLOWS.

DAWSON LODGE, No. 1856, G. U.
o of O. F., meet End, and 4th,
Monday nights in each month.
W. II. Holly, N. q. G.. NJ. Brooks,
Secretary. Wilson Turner, Treas
urer' r. L. Loyde, Chaplain.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19
Il. N. u. CHURCH.

Sunday School at. ........9a. m.
Morning Services at. :. 10:30a. IN.
Evening Services at e. 1902. M.
: lass meeting every Tuesday night.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
night.
REV. R. r, Downs, Pastor.
Cotored Free VIII Church. Preach.
ing every 2, 3 and 18th Sunday.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
night.
ELDER D. j. FIELDS, Pastor.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19
GENERAL :: DIRECTORY.
CHI URCHES.

Preaching at Baptist church first and
third Sabbath in each month.
Morning Services at .. 10:45 a. m.
Evening Services at. .8p. m.
Sabbath School at. ........9a, m.
Prayer meeting every Weanes lay
night.
Rev. B, W. DAVIS, Pastor.
Preaching at Methodist church first,
second and fourth Sabbath in each
month.
Sabbath School at -. ....9a. NJ.
Morning Services at......11a. m.
Evening Services at ......8p. m.
Prayer Meeting every Thursday
night.
Rev. F. A. BRANCH, Pastor.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19
THE MGC0N TELEGRGpE.
-oSe=S@Go. o.
NOW - EE8gG TRTsE1 To
SUBSCRIBE E1OEgHT.

= The Macon Telegraph is,
IN all respects, a Democratic Jour-
nal, and faithful to the principles
Of the
nE III lERHTIE = FHRTY
As set forth at st. Louis when that
party endorsed ard reuoninated
GTuuEF EIEUEI8dd and HE-
EgEtEd his Tariff EKiErm
@EaaEHR Is its FIafnrm.
Ita9ppoFts }ryelar 4 and lmurmau
Wi'bailjts power, believing that tte
election OF these patriots aHd states
men is necessary t" the conlin~ed
prosperity O! the colutry. Tie Tel.
cgrarh IS located ut tie hest news
centre in the s,,utI ard has uni
vailed a yantlgcs ttr-athcring aid
distributing the | test news ia an
req OF territory greater than any
OF its contemporaries, and while it,
as all leading iourna : rh0Uid keeps
lis readers advised on ,he political
issGes OF the dry, it maintains its
veil earned reputation asa careful
peNs-gatherer, and furnishes the
THE LATEi News FROM
htLPAET O. TIE WORLD,
At the same time preserving pure
and wholesome tone, so that it is a
welcome visitor to the family Giro e
and farm, as well as the business
house and workshop.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
Is delivered by carrier or sent by
mail postage tree) every day in
the gear for $500; for six months
for 81. so; for three months for
81, %, and Tor one month for 70
cents.
Lac W GGALG JEGEGhAP6
This popular Weekly contains
the cream of the news carefully SCI
lected from the Daily, and is just
the paper tor the farmer, mechanic
or business man who is too much
occupied to read the Daily. II is
sent at the low price OF 81, 25 a
year.
Sample copies of either edition
sent on application,
ADDRESS,
TIE TELEGRAPH,
Macon, Ga.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19
SARDLS BAPTIST CHURCH

Preaching at Sar,liS Baptist Church
every Sunday.
Sabbath School at ...,.9a m.
Morning services at .......1t a. m.
Evening services at. .2:30 and
1880 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Friday night.
Preaching every Wednesday night.
Rev. E. w. WALKER, Pastor.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19
CITY GOVERNMENT

MAYoR-William Kaigler,
CoUNClLMEN-W. G.. Kendrick, w
B. Cheatham, j, A. Fulton, Frank
Nasworthy, F. M. Bethune.
CLERK j. L. James.
TREAsURER-F. W. Clark.
MARSHALL. A. Hatcher
DEPUTY MARSHALL. B. Roberts.
STREET OvERsEER-Nick Kinney.
Council meets first Monday night
in each month.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19
TERRELL COUNCIL.
MASONIC.
KNIGHTS Of HONOR.

DAWSON LODGE, No. 1858, A j
Baldwin, Dictator, II S Bell. Re-
porter, + w lark, Financial Re,
porter: j W + Lowrey, Treasurer;
meets 2nd and 4th Friday nights in
each month.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19

Photograph station. Connects
at Fort ValIy for Perry; at Smith
vile for Albany and Blakely; at
Cuthbert for Fort Gaines; at Eu.
faula for Clayton.
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19

W f SHELLMAN, VIM. E
Traffic Managers, Gen'l SUPP
Savannah, Ga. Savannah .Gs
G A WHITEHEAD,
Genl pass'ger Agent
q = SHAW, Savannah, Ga
Gen1 Travelling Agent.
+ Savannah, Ga
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-19

Rev. B, W. DAVIS, Pastor.