The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-03-12

DY ulreclOn or the general Assembly, he
has been preparing for publication, is emil
nently fitted and furnished to do justice
to this subject. A large edition of this adj
dress should be printed in pamphlet form,
In order that all who wish to do so, may
securd and preserve a copy.
Belle Starr, the female desperate re-
Gently shot in Indian Territory, was forty
four years old. She was a picturesque
figure, but she was by no means an at
t~ractive woman. She was below medium
height, rather 1eshy and dressed in a
nondeseript costume in which the mascu-
line and feminine features of dress were
strangely blended. She was a perfect
horsewoman, and celebrated for her
daring as a rider.
Mr.. James Derming one of our sub
scribers and a member of. Maple Grove
Alliance in Sampson county says that he
has secured and stored away three one
dollar bills-put them where they cannot
be spent, with which he intends to pay
for The PRoGREssIvE FARMER for the next
three years-that he new expects to be
without it. These are the kind of friends
we are working for and their generous
friendship makes our labors lighter. :: l
Mrs. Harrison's dress for the inaugu-
ration ball was purely American, the ma
terial being silk, woven at the Logan
mills, Auburn, NJ Y, and the pattern a
leaf and burr of the Indiana, burr oak.
Mrs. Mckee took the Indiana golden rod
for her pattern: The designs were. drawn
by Miss Williamson, of Lafayette, Ind.
Mrs. Morton chose the Scotch thistle, the
goods being the work of the same mills.
The dresses were made up in New York.
The negro exodus from Virginia,
North Carolina and South Carolina is as
Stunning huge proportions. A dispatch
dated Birmingham, March lst, says:
+" Within the past week fully LOCO colored
immigrants have passed through this city
alone, en- route West. Wednesday and
Thursday two excursion trains of one
hundred each passed here via the Kansas
City road. Last night another special
carrying over $50 went through. Their
objective points are Kansas, Alabama and
Texas.
I'm answer to inquiries received at this
office from persons outside the State, we
will say that Messrs. J. T. Patrick and
Peter NJ. Wilson are immigration Com
missioners for North Carolina, ~postofice,
Raleigh. Also DR.. FL. B. Battle is the
Chemist in charge of the North Carolina
Experiment Station, Raleigh. The State
of North Carolina has made an appropria-
ton for the establishment of an Agri-
cultural and Mechanical College, and the
necessary buildings are now in course of
erection, near the city of Raleigh.
The following is the Cabinet nomi-
mated by. President Harrison and con-
fFmed by the Senate on Tuesday last:
Secretary of State, James G. Blaine, of
Maine; Secretary of the Treasury, Will
liam Windon, of Minnesota; Postmaster
General, John Wanamaker, of Pennsyl-
vania; Secretary of the Interior, j. w.
Noble, of Missouri; Secretary Of War,
Redfeld Proctor, of Vermont; Secretary
of the Navy, B. F. Tracy, of New York;
Attorney General, W. H. Miller, of In
diana Secretary of Agriculture, Jeremiah
Rusk, of Michigan. r
"A deep shadow of sorrow will pass
over the hearts of thousands of our peo-
pie at the announcement of the death of
Professor W. G.. Simmons, of Wake
Forest College, which occurred at his
home on the Sd inst. His genial and
amiable disposition, his profound learning,
his indomitable industry and broad mind
eminently fitted him for the many and
responsible sdnties which devolyed upon
him in his long and honorable service,
and his works will surely follow him. The
College, the Church, the community, the
State and his lovable and ahectionate
have each and all lost a true and
noble friend. o o. ~. }!
"A splendid rule At an it~eighteenth
" party b a New Hampshire
lady every article Of the elaborate supper,
from bread and butter to cheese and cake,
was made with her own hands. In, an
swer to a question as to how she kept so
vigorous and healthy, this reply wa given,
according to the report in the Christian
Register "By I've allowing myself to
fret over things I cannot help; by taking
a nap and sometimes two, every day of
my life; by never taking my washing,
and baking to bed with me; and
by oiling all the various wheels of a busy