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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-12
THE EDE1"TO.N
GRADED SCHOOL.
The next Fall Session Will begin
Monday, Sept. 18th, 1888.
PROF. L. A. WILLIAMS, Principal.
Mrs. r. F. CHESHIRE, / Assistant
Miss MYRA L. DARDEN, Teachers.
Other teachers Of high standing and
experience will be employed IN
due time.

The well known ability and worth of
the teachers employed to conduct the
School. and its record during past Ses
siOns. are a warranty that its pupils will
receive the best and highest education
to be had in this locality.
The Trustees invite the cooperation
and patronage OF all citizens.
Pupils from ether districts are invited
to enter the School.
Those who desire to pursue the higher
classics, or to prepare for college, will
find special arrangements for their
benefit.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-12
w. d ERUDEN. c. VANN.
PRUDEh & VANN.
Attorneys = at Law,
EDENTON, n. {.

Practice in Pasquotank, Perquimans,
Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Washington
and Tyrrell counties, and in Supreme
Court of the State.
References Chief Justice Smith,
Raleigh. n. c.: G. w. Grardy & Sons,
Exchange National Bank, Norfolk, Va;
Whedbee & Dickinson, Elliott Bros,
Baltimore, Md, and VIM. Stowe, Bos
ton. Mass.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24

time. Other farms soon run out when
seeded to grass, but are good for crop
ping. On such farms large area should
be ploughed yearly, cropped and fertil-
lied, and seeded down. For few years
good crops of grass can be obtained, and
then the land needs reseeding. The aim
on such farms should be to have from
third to one-haif Of the tiilage under
the plough ali the time, so that the
grass land will all be newly-seeded, and
the farmer will be able to re-plough as
soon as the grass begins to run out
Then there are farms that are rocky and
rough. The soil is stony and fertile, but
IS not adapted to cultivation Apple
trees, perhaps, will thrive with remark
able vigor on such land, and the farmer
should accept the indication, and plant
1t to apple trees until he has all he can
take care of. A man in East Winthrop,
Me-, had a farm of that character. 1t
was of little value for tillage, but he
found that the Roxbury russell throve
remarkably well, and produced excellent
fruit. He took the hint and set his
farm largely to Roxbury russell trees
until nearly thirty acres were covered.
Now, In some years, he sells So, 900
worth of fruit. He has made a rocky
and almost worthless farm one of the most
valuable in town, simply because he
used it for the purpose to which it was
best adapted. This is what the farmer
should try to dO-study the capabilities
OF his farm, and then try SO to manage
it that he will draw out of it the best
that it is capable of affording. 1t will
not do to manage farms all in one wav,
ON account Of the great diversity in soils
and physical conditions.-Dr. II. Hey-
n0ldS, IN Examiner.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24
ScaIy Legs in Fowls.

Examine your fowls and see if they are
not afflicted with this so-calIed disease
1t may be detected by rough, scaly ex-
cIescence which generally appears on the
shank, just above the foot, and spreads if
allowed to run till it reaches to the hook
icint and down into the toes. At first
the shank will have a mealy appearance,
and as the substance collects it gradually
hardens till it becomes of bOny nature
and greatly affects the health, though
disea may not be suspected by those
unused to its rava9es. The disease is
caused by an insect which is identical
with the insect causing itch in the human
family, and if filth is not its prime cause
it is greatly aggravated thereby, and
cure may be effected by rubbing the
parts with an ointment made by mixing
equal parts of sulphur, lard and kerosene
An application about once a week for
two or three weeks will be sufficient,
when the substance will begin to peel
of, Farmers Home J0urnaL.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24
Wearing Out Cows.

It is sometimes said that the cow is a
machine for the NJ lnufa cture of milk and
butter. This is true, with some import
ant limitations. The COW is a living
mechanism, and therefore requires more
careful management than an insensate ma
chine could need. There is such thing
as wearing out cows by injudicious feed
ing. Good cows have enormous appe-
titles, and demand abundant and nutri-
tious food. But they should not be forced
or tempted to eat more than they natur-
ally will. While the coarser and less
palatable ration should be given freely,
yet grains and meal must be limited.
Some Of the great milk and butter records
foI short periods have been made by
stimulation w tn food, whi CHI for animals
is almost as destructive 0 health as ST m
uation by drink is to y en-. The only
correct test of cows is their yearly pro-
duct. Another way in which good co WIS
are spoiled is by deficient nutrition du r
ing those times when they are not giving
milk. The owner thinks that less and
poorer feed will do them, and so the COW
while bearing her calf is fed largely on
straw and becomes poor. -Amacrican CuL-
tlU1tOT
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24
Farm and Garden Notes.

Sheep need little grain in winter.
Warmth saves food in keeping live
stock.
The fodder-cutter is an economical
machine.
Roup in chickens is caused by expos
ure to dampness and draughts.
Watch for eggs of tent-caterpillar on
tree and cut off and burn them.
The farm tool room or repair shop
should be patronized at this season.
In feeding turnips do not give too
MANY. Skim milk for calves should be
fed warm and sweet.
Supply poultry with plenty of sharp
gravel when the ground is frozen hard.
They must have something to grind their
food
Good food, pure water, not too cold,
and warm stables, are the three great
agents in milk production, says H0ard'S
DdirynaGn.
P. II. Jacobs thinks that the ventila-
ton hole in the top of the poultry house
roof kills more fowls in winter than any
other cause.
Cold and lack of food may check the
growth of wool, and when it grows
AGAIN a bad place in the fibre often marks
the point of stopping and beginning
again.
Don't throw feed of any kind in the
mud or in the dust. Have an elevated
flooring to feed hogs on and keep it
clean. The dust in hog pens is said to
be prolific cause of sickness.
Peas have been found an exceedingly
effective food for producing milk. In
the feeding test Of a noted Jersey COW,
in which an average of seven pounds of
butter daily was given for week, six
teen pounds of pea meal was fed per
dav. with sixteen pounds Of oat meal,
and twenty -four pounds of corn meal.
If the end of fresh egg be applied to
the tongue, it feels cold; that of stale
egg feels warm. This is due to the white
of the fresh egg being in contact with
the shell, and abstracting the neat from
the tongue more rapidly than does the
air bubble in the stale one. Fresh eggs
are most transparent in the centre, stale
ones at the end.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24
Butter Making.

During the late session of the Dairy
mems Association of New York Mr. w
ii. Gilbert read a paper on "Butter
Making" He said, as reported in the
Orange CoUnty Farmer, that when he
went into butter making he made up his
mind that he wanted butter COW. From
information and reading he further made
up his mind that the Jersey was the
best. He began by buying a registered
Jersey bull and bred from the best COWS
on his place. During the past season he
made in June one pound of butter from
1857 pounds of milk; in August, from
II. ID pounds; in September, from 1871
pounds; in October, from 10. 43, and in
November, from 1913. He has about
100 COWS in milk, from two to ten years
of age, their average weight being about
$50 pounds. He likes his COWS to come in
during the fall and early winter. In sum-
mer they Craze in the day and are in
yard at night About July he begins to
feed green clover and continues until
August; then feeds green corn fodder,
two hills Of corn night and morning. He
uses twelve to fifteen tons of plaster in
winter in the stable, and feeds silage and
grain morning and evening. In summer
he milks the cows at 6 A. NJ. and P.
NJ, in winter at A. NJ. and ) 80 P. NJ.
The milk is set in submerged cans as
soon as p ssible after milking. After the
cream is SKINNED it is raised to a tenn
perature of sixty-two in summer and
81 lty-fve in winter to ri pen, which gen.
orally takes about twenty-four hours.
During this process it is frequently
stirred, the aim being to keep it at
uniform temperature. He churns it at a
temperature of sixty-two to sixty-four in
summer and in winter from sixty four
to sixty-seven. He uses a revolving box
churn, and churns on an average about
forty minutes. AS soon as the butter is
we'll granulated stop churning, draw off
the buttermilk and then wash the butter
with a weak brine. The butter is then
taken out, salted-one ounce salt to a
pound worked, put up in one pound
prints and sold.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24
Four Points in Farm Practice.

Mr. F. Martin Smith. Delhi, n. Y,
has had forty years of successful hus-
bandry, from report of which in O. @.
Farmer we CLEAN the appended items of
practice tested by time: ale hauls out
the manure daily and spreads it on top
of the snow in winter which plan he
thinks gives best results. Places stress
on the advantage of running pigs in
orchards, producing strong, healthy
growth of pigs, and at the same time
bene+ting the trees. Has frequently saved
considerable sums by the practice of
keeping cash account in connection
with his diary, in the way of avoiding
the repayment of small accounts once
paid where credit had failed to be given.
Condemns the drawing off of small
stones so closely as is sometimes done.
Believes that on his land they are an adj
vantage in retaining heat and moisture
in the soil. Would not remove these
small stones from any land except such
as might be termed stony land Thinks
it might pay on sidehills when blowing
the last time preparatory to seeding
down, to follow after the pillow and
throw them in the furrow and thus leave
them below the surface. Has practised
this some during the past few years, and
is pleased with the result.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24
REMEDIAL HOME.
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24
Ample Culture,

We know that In the early settlement
Of the country to plant a fruit tree was
all there was to be sure of q certain crop
of perfect, smooth, beautiful fruit, re-
marks the Farm AMI Garden. Varieties
that we cannot grow now, were then
very fine and abundant. WOrmy fruit
was hardly known, and trees were long
lived, healthy and vigorous. Why is it
not so now? Why is it so difficult to
grow fine fruit? Our land is richer. We
can grow Letter crops of grain, why not
of fruit? There is a reason for this, as
there is for other things. 1t cannot be
climate, for that is about the same as it
always was The secret is insects.
They have multiplied and spread since
the early settlement of the country until
they infest every orchard and spread
ruin far and wide
Some are busy at the roots, sapping
vitality from them; some at the trunk,
boring it full of holes; some at the bark,
living to destroy. The branches are full
Of them. The leaves are infested and
eaten by multitudes of them. The tree
survives their attacks, but does not
prosper This is the cause of failure of
many orchards. We must combat them,
If We expect to grow fine fruit. We
have illustrated many of the most harm
full insects, and told our readers how to
subdue them They who fight insects
most will grow the best fruits of all
kinds
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24
FARM AND GARDEN.
The Capacity of Cisterns.

The american artisan has been doing
considerable figuring lately. and has
tabulated the following: A tank ten
inches deep will hold, according to di-
ameter, as follows:
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24
Copyright 1886,

MEXcAN WAR soLpdERs San and 18th their 6 Wi H VS.
w. dress Z. H Gei~i IL Co Washington D. G.
GOLD is worth $500 per Id. Pettit's Eye Salve Is
V worth 81, 0o0 but is sold at 25c box by dealers
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24

Study the Capacity of the Farm.
Every farmer should study the capaci-
of his farm, so as to be able to turn its
resources to the best account. Some
farms are naturally adapted to grass pro
duction, and can be made to produce
heavy crops of hay yearly for a long
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24
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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24
A WORD OF WARNING.

There white the ivory
they ARE NOT like all cte lack the peculiar remarkable qualities of
the genuine Ask for Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24

" ROUGH on PAIN" Plaster. PoroSed- ISc
ROUGH on COUGHS" Coughs, colds, &c
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24

Whene'er an anxious group is seen
Around some monthly magazine
Or paper that is daily whirled
To every quarter of the world,
And merry peals of laughter rise
AS this or that attracts the eyes,
The smiling crowd, you may depend,
Above some illustrations bend
That advertise the strength and scope
And purity of IVORY Soar.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24

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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24

But while they smile or praise bestow
And wonder whence ideas flow,
The fact should still be kept in mind
That people of the knowing kind
Will heed the hints or lessons laid
In rhymes and pictures thus displayed.
And let no precious moments fly
Until the IVORY SOAP they try,
And prove on garments coarse and fine,
The truth of every sketch and line.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-02-24
BLADDER
DISEASES.

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Pamphlet on Cril
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raIysis, Palsy, LOcOmOtOr AIaIia,
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to sleep, and threatened insanity. Nervous
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-22
Notable Improvement in Switching.

The interlocking of switches and sig
nails the arrangement in frame of the
levers moving the switches and those
moving signals in such way that the
signal which tells the engineer to come
on cannot be given until the switch is
actually in proper position) is one of the
notable improvements of the last twenty
years and is a great boon to switchmen
aswell as to passengers and the owners
ofrailroads.
By the aid of this apparatus and its
distant signals connected by wire ropes,
the switchman's anXieties are reduced
immeasurably. By concentrating the
levers of a number of switches in sin
gle room one man can do the work of
several, and to the lookeron the perplexi-
ties of the position seem to have
been increased instead of dimin-
isfed. But the switchman's task now is
OF different sort. Under the old plan
hewas constantly on guard lest he make
a mistake and derail an engine or car.
UIder the new his calculations are
chiefly about saving time and facilitat-
ing the work of the trainmen. Ques-
lions of danger do not come up, being
provided against by the perfection Of
themachinery. By long familiarity with
the ground and the ways of handling the
trans, the switch tender in an "inter-
locking tower" is enabled to safely con-
duct a score of trains through laby-
rinth of switches in the time that the
novice would be occupied in making the
first move for single train.-B. B.
Adams, Jr., in Scribner's Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-22
PERU.

MIS-. J. B. Brown returned last
week from her visit in Pa.
Remember the entertainment Fri
day evening.
Mrs. NJ. j. Hapgood has taken a
trip to Troy, N. Y. for few days.
Walter West presented us with
some nice, wild strawberry blossoms
that he picked Nov. 10th. Who can
do better here on the top of the Green
Mountains.
From fifty to seventy-fre, mostly
young people, attend the social meet
ings every Sunday evening. A great
deal Of steady, quiet interest is being
shown. The regular sunday services
are well attended. There seems to
be a strong, healthy sentiment grow
ing up to build up and support society.
All seem much interested in the SER
mon of the Rev. Mr.. Dugan.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-22
ADVICE FOR THANKSGIVING.

Don't spoil the day by finding fault.
Anybody who is surly on holiday de-
serves to be sentenced to six months
penal servitude.
Don't growl because you don't get the
second joint. Don't be hog and take all
the white meat. The dark is considered
better by many good judges
Give the young ones all the gravy they
want, and let them daub themselves with
cranberry sauce to their stomachs con
tent. It's anti-bilious. Explain to them
that the anatomical structure of the
turkey makes it impossible for you to
supply them all with wish bones.'
If the youthful people of the family
howl in the silent midnight watches do
not paint the air blue. Remember that
you were boy once and used to over
feed. Remember, too, that Thanksgiving
only comes once year, although the
juvenile vote would undoubtedly be solid
for having it come twice week
BE copious of pie to your guests, spar
ing to yourself Pie is healthiest when
eaten by proxy.
Do not tell your wife about the plum
pudding your aunt Samanthy used to
make Ia Wayback when you were boy
Even on holidays women arc women
Praise it whether you eat it or not Give
her double share of the plums
And may you all live to eat Thanksgiv-
ing turkey Liany years in succession, and
may your feast be followed by no pangs
of indigestion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-22
LONDONDERRY.
Cold, colder, coolest.

Nolu, coluef, contest,
Chas. Eames is improving very
slowly, Mrs. j. III. Hathorn is
slightly better,
Rev, Mr., Atwell preached at the
church last Sunday, Everyone
should have heard him,
The reading met last week with
Mrs. f. f, Arnold and took the name
of the Wantastiquette Reading Club,
This week it met with Mrs. f. Nj.
Dey,
Frank Sparrow has finished work
in Springfield and returned home,
School commenced in Dist. No. /,
last Monday with Holt Babbitt as
teacher.
The fall examination of teachers
will be held at the school house in this
place next Saturday the oath. The
public are invited,
AT the Lyceum last Wednesday
eve the question, resolved that parti-
san politics entering into local affairs
are detrimental to the prosperity of
the community, was decided iu the
negative.
Remember the Old Folks Concert
at the Union Hall, tomorrow, Fri
day, night. Admission free. Sup
per only 10 cents.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-22

The regular fortnightly dance at the
rink comes off tomorrow, Friday,
night.
The Shaffer Swiss Bell Ringers
played to good house, considering
the inclement weather, last Thursday
evening. They gave an excellent en-
tertalnment.
A. j. Wood of Brandon is visiting
with his daughter, Mrs. Converse, al
the hotel.
See Richardson & Leonard's adj
vertisement in another column. Isn't
tia good plan to patronize liberal
home dealers?
A. n. Gates advertises to sell his
Winhall Hollow place at auction next
Tuesday.
Mamie, daughter of DR.. Eddy of
Chester is visiting with Mrs. DR..
Warner.
Don't send us Anonymous commu-
nications. If you caa't send your
name save your postage.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-22
New yorh,s Art,nc,a, blondes.

Some of the beauty seen in Broadway
Is shockingly bleached There seemed to
DO a reform well started in the matter of
artificial blondes, and for awhile some of
the foolish users of bleaching acids
showed signs of repentance, II is diff
cult for fashionable sinner of this sort
to become good. II was necessary to
either let the natural color of the hair
assert itself at the roots, and slowly pro
gress outwardly, thus leaving for con
siderable time sharply defined border
between the two hues, or else cut all the
hair OIL closely, and wear q wig until a
new growth was secured Many repent
ant. fraudulent blondes put themselves
right. however, and it was hoped that
the yellow mania would entirely subside.
But there is a relapse, at least among the
women who conspicuously promenade
broadway. The majority of the offend
ers, however, are actresses, and our
genuine women of fashion are letting
their hair have its own way as TO color.
young woman went down Broadway
Just before me der hair was light
lemon coler. 1t had palpably been made
so by bleaching. That would not have
aroused special interest,
But i CHANGED to see that her eve
Drows and eyelashes, contrary to the GUS
tom of bogus blondes, had been also
blanched to match her hair. Usually
those hirsute adjuncts of the face are left
natural for women who indulge in hair
bleaching do not seem to mind easy de-
lection. This girls complexion was
richly rosy, and not at all like the
freckled pallor that characterizes true
blonde. Seeing that the bright pink and
white of her face was truthful, and that
she had taken the unusual pains of light
ening her brows and lashes, | was so
"nvions about her that l followed her
lime museum that has Just been
close to Broadway. There lost
If her mysteriously, but her disap-
nee was explained when, ten min
later, saw her take her place on
datform with the human curiosities
was bulletined as Circassian girl,
- the lecturer told how she had been
brought from Circassia. The fact was
that, since coming in from the street, she
Mad merely removed her hat, cloak and
long skirts, let down her fluffy hair, and
there she was typical Circassian girl,
or Albino, of the familiar show. That
is what we come to in the excess of
fashion. A bell of the promenade will
do for an exhibit in dime museum
New York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-22
WESTON.

c. f. and Orlando Drury of Bos-
ton are in town for a few days visit.
ing friends.
Mr.. & Mrs. Enoch Pease have
sold their homestead place to Edward
Wilder, who will take possession the
first day of April next. Considera-
ton, $l400.
In the case of town of Weston VS.
j. F. Austin, as bondsman for ex-
constable, c. j. Winship, the Su-
preme Court has decided that Austin
is not holden for Winship's default.
c. G. & H. II. Heselton, with
their families, who were called here
by the death of their father, Isaiah
Heselton, have returned to their
homes