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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Never allow the fowls to 90 thirsty.


Above all things keep the hen house
clean and we'll ventilated.
Sloppy food, only tit for hogs, and the
flock suffering with diarrh9a.
When YOU hear the hooting owl con
sider-are the fowls all in the coop
The fattening stock will lay on flesh
twice as fast in mild weather as they will
after it becomes cold.
Supply the proper conditions of warmth
and variety Of food, and fowls will lay in
winter as we'll as summer.
It matters not whether certain weeds
are ten or ninety per cent. bad; they all
succumb to good culture; all perish by
the same process.
The first thing to be done to secure
large flow of winter milk is to make the
COWS comfortable: the next to feed Judi
ciously and literally.
There is a never failing market fol-
poultry and eggs on the farmers own
table, and no farmer can do better than
to keep this we'll supplied.
Cracked corn is good food when newly
Slou1Nt. IL Will bOSOLLlO hl10IS "oOhACI
than the whole kernel. 1t is best when
the meal is left in and when scalded tc
swell the mass.
We are glad to notice that there are
dairywomen who are not afraid to ex.
hibit their butter at dairy shows. Good
home made butter will never be crowded
out of the market by factory butter. The
poor will.
A practical test will convince the dairy
man that his cows are capable Of cOnsum-
ing and digesting much larger amount
of food than the usual allowance. Elk.
periments of this kind will soon denote
which of the COWS pay the best by noting
whether the excess of food is converted
into increased quantity of milk or flesh
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22

SWIFT'S SPECIFIC IS simple vege-
table compound prepared from roots fresh
" gathered from the forests. The formula
was obtained from the Creek Indians by
the whites who had witnessed the won
derful cures of blood diseases made by
that tribe. It has been used since 1929,
and has been the greatest blessing to man
kind in curing diseases of the blood, in
many instances after all other remedies
had failed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22
HOW TREES GROW.

There is rarely sufficient room near any
tree for all the seeds it produces to
terminate or for the seedlings to develop
into fully grown individuals. Nature is
lavish in sowing seeds that the succession
of the plant may be insured. Most trees
are grcgariOuS, therefore. in extreme
youth, from habit transmitted through
many generations. Ther love company,
and really thrive only when closely sur
rounded. Close planting is essential,
therefore, to insure the best results. As
the trees grow, the weaker are pushed
aside and finally destroyed by the more
vigorous, and the plantation is gradually
thinncd. This is the operation which is
always going on in the forest when man
does not intervene. 1t is slow and ex-
Is attained by a vast expenditure of
energy and of good material. The
strongest trees come out victorious in the
end, but they bear the scars of the con-
test through life.
The long, bare trunk and the small
and misshappen head-the only form of
mature tree found in the virgin forest
tell of years or of centuries of struggle,
IN which hundreds of weaker individuals
may have persisted that one giant may
survive, But man can intervene, and by
Judcious and systematic thinning help
the strong to destroy the weak more
quickly and with less expenditure of vital
force. Thick planting is but following
the rule OF nature, and thinning is only
helping nature do what she does herself
too slowly, and therefore too extensively.
Tins is why trees in plantation intended
Tor ornament, like those in a park or
pleasure ground, should be planted thickly
at first, and why they should then be sys-
tematically thinned from time to time !;
and it is because this systematic thinning
Is altogether neglected, or put off until
the trees are ruined fof any purpose of
ornament, that it is so rare to find a
really fine tree in any public place or
private grounds. Of the implements re
quired to produce fine tree the AK is
certainly the first and most important.--
Garden and Forest.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
THE COLOR OF sowED CORN.

In passing any piece of sowed corn late
in the growing season, it is easy to see
What will and what will not make good
feed That which has been thickly
sown, especially on poor soil, is light
ve,low color. tasteless, and nearly void of
n,,tritivc value. That sown in drills and
cultivated once or twice, is large, thick
stommcd and dark green in color. Taste
it and you find the sweetness that with a
1:.+Io more room and time would be
+ransformcd into the starch of the per
fectcd grain.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22
CELERY.

Celery should be banked soon. Some
Gardeners are following the practice Of
tyino the tops Of each root together be-
fore banking 1t may take little more
time to tie it first and bank it later, than
to have one man handle while two others
do the banking, but it has the advantage
of keeping the earth out of the centre
Of the bunch more thoroughly, and there
are less stalks broken off in the digging
and putting in the pit. 1t also will pack
much closer in the pit. More of the
earth can be put up against it with a
pillow, leaving less to be moved with the
shovel 1t should not be handled when
wet, as this causes rust.
Before there is any chance of the
temperature falling below twenty de-
grees it should be packed as closely as
possible standing upright, and with
boards across once III eight or ten rows
to prevent any danger of falling over, as
If it does not stand upright, it will heat
aud rot.
The pit should be so covered as to eff
fectualIy keep out the rain, and have a
drainage which will take off any water
winch may SOAK IN. 1t SnOulu also De
ventilated by openings under the peak of
the roof, which should be kept open
whenever it can be done without danger
of freezing, unless it is desired to blanch
it out for an early market. Heat and
dampness hasten the blanching, but also
cause cOtting. a
As the weather grows colder the pit
should be banked up until the sides and
ends have a wall nearly four feet thick,
and the roof should have not less than
one foot Of salt hay, or two feet Of
straw, to protect it from freezing. AS
the demand for celery is greatest, and
the prices better, after the middle of De
cember, those who can keep their celery
until That time without danger of freez-
ing or rotting viii do we'll not to hurry
the blanching process. 1t seems that the
demand for celery has increased with the
increased supply, until the amount sold
i'll Our large markets is ten-fold that
handled few years. The better the
quality the larger the demand.-Ameri-
can Cultirut0r.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22
rr-KHIPs AND POTATOES FOR POULTRY.

According to P. H. Jacobs, poultry
authority, young chicks are partial to po-
taroes. and adult fowls also eat them
readily. Save all the small and unmar-
kctabic potatoes and boil them for the
hens. It is not necessary to mash them,
As the hens know how to eat them with
out assistance. Turnips also make cheap
food for poultry, especially ducks, and
will pay as crop for feeding in that
manner. The most successful breeders
Of ducks use turnips, cooked and thick
encd with bran, for dIcklings, and serve
as very satisfactory diet for geese in
winter. But little grain is necessary if
poultry are we'll supplied with cooked
oats.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22
LIVER, STOMACH OR BOWELS

Taken according to directions they will
restore health and renew vitality.
Price 25 cts. Box. Sold by all Druggists.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22

To experiment with uncertain remedies, when
afflicted with any of the ailments for which
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is rec
commended. a. il is so positively certain in its
curative effects as to warrant its manufactur-
ers in guaranteeing it to benefit or cure, or
money paid for ii is returned II IS warranted
TO cure all blood. skin and scalp diseases. salt
swellings, as well as consumption (which is
scrofula of tie lungs IL taken in time and
given a fair trial.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22

One bottle of S. S. S. cured my son of boils and
rsings, which resulted from malarial poison, and
affected him all the summer. He had treatment
from five doctors, who failed to benefit him.
Cavanal, Indian Ter. j. b. WISE.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22
FROM SAVAGE TO CIVILIZATION.

Swift's Specific cured me of terrible letter, from
which l had suffered for twenty long years. have
now been entirely well for five years, and no sign Of
any return o. the disease.
Rogers, Ark, May l, 1889. w. H. WIGHT.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22

1 have taken Swift's Specific for secondary bloc
poison, and derived great benefit. 1t acts m UGH BET
ter than potash or any other remedy that have ever
used B. F. WINGFIELD. NJ. d. Richmond Va.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22

Don't hawk. hawk. blow, spit and disgust
everybody with your offensive breath, but use
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and end it
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22

THE Texas cotton crop is estimated to be
worth SS4, coo 600 this yea~.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-11-22

Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.
Mild, eQuable climate, cert ain and abundant
crops Best fruit, grain. grass and stock coun-
try in the world. Full Information free. Ad-
iress Oregon Imigrat'n Board, Portland. Ore.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31

spread their bunting to the breezes
and gally hung their banners on the
outer wall. Everybody enjoyed the
reunions and never before was the
City Of Roses dressed more beauti
fully and beeomlngly. Never be-
fore were the beautiful girls OF the
city so completely surrounded with
dashing gallants. Everything was
on an elaborate scale aud it was 8
great event. There were speeches
by the governor, the mayor, the
president of the association. the
"big guns" generally, ball, q ban
quet, S trades procession with floats
representing all lines of business, 8
fireworks display, and thorough
reunion. Merchants and profession.
al men were here from all parts OF
the state. They enjoyed themselves,
and they go home with better and
more enlarged ideas of the growth Of
Little Rock and the magnitude OF
Its markets and the volume of its
business generally.-LIttle Rock
Press.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31
The Democratic Idea.

The difference between the
Democratic and Republican parties
on the question of taxation is not a
difference between AZ and 40 per
cent, which is mere matter OF de-
tail, nor a question between pro-
hibltory tariff on one side and free
trade on the other, which is a mere
academic discussion, of no interest
to practical men. But it is a differ
ence that lies at the very root OF all
government, a question upon which 1t
depends whether our government shall
be of the people, for the people, and
by the people, or government OF all
the people by very few OF the peo-
pie for an extremely limited class Of
the people. The Republican party
says that taxes are blessings, and
that the more the people of a nation
are taxed individually, the more pros
porous the nation is as q whole.
The Democratic party declares that
taxes are burdens, and the less we
have OF them the better, and that the
idea Of enriching the whole community
by taking property in minute quaint
tiles from 8 great many people and
giving it IN large quantities 70 a few
people is simply rubbish. Sixty
million dollars in one mans pocket
is a very imposing evidence OF his
property but the nation would be
better off if each one Of 10000, 900
people had a dollar in his pocket,
although ii is true that $50, 000, 900
would not make much show when
divided up. Undoubtedly it makes
money circulate TO take 1t out OF one
pocket and put il IN the other, but
that doesn't make the whole amount
any greater. And so il makes 1t
circulate to take II from one man and
give 1t TO another, but the process
does not bless the man it was taken
from.--National Democrat.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31
'HE Paris fTexasl N

THE Paris (Texas) News tells
some wholesome truths in the fol-
lowing, which is as applicable to
Arkansas as TO Texas:
"We send abroad for too many
things; with good school our girls
have to seek the supposed finish of
some distant school Of whose merits
we only know what is told by peri
patetic agent; our boys do the same
thing although we have here an ex-
cellent preparatory boys school, and
the state colleges and universities
furnish free as fine an education as
the world affords. Ladies will send
abroad for dress materials and makes,
though orr stores and modestes can
give them equally as good at less
price, and the men folks who are in
business and who should oppose this
foreign supply move, occasionally
lapse and let the oily persuasion of
al itinerant sample vendor beguile
them into buying their pants and
getaways, when home people could
meet style, material and finish and
beat the price. Our farmers buy
northern bacon, -four and lard In
stead of raising it; we annually
drain from cash a large amount
which could as easily be kept here
at home"
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31

ALL of the United States area is
now divided into states or territories
except the District of Columbus,
Alaska, and the Indian territory.
When the four new states, the
Dakota, Montana and Washington
come in, there will remain besides
the District of Columbia and Alaska,
only the following territories out Of
which TO make future states, which
severallY contain together in square
miles as follows: New Mexico, 1872
$50; Utah, 81, 970; Arizona, 113, 020;
Idaho, $4,000; Wyoming, 1880;
Indian territory, $3.50. None of
these territories, except Utah, has q
population sufficient 10 entitle it to
elect q member to the House of Rep
resentatIves. All of these territories
are much larger in area than are the
older states ;but the later tendency is
toward larger commonwealth, and
whenever they are granted state
hood il will probably be with the
present area and boundaries.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31
Convincing Proof.

In many instances il has been PROV
en- that B. B. B, (Bota mic Blood Balm)
made by Blood Balm Co Atlanta, Ga,
will cure blood poison in its worse
phases, even wheh all other treatment
fails.
A.P. Brunson, Atlanta, Ga, writes
II had "a running ulcers on one leg
and on the other, and felt greatly
prostrated. believe / actually swallow.
ed barrel of medicine, In vain efforts
to cure the disease. With little hope
/ finally acted on the urgent advice
of a friend, and got bottle of B. B. B.
/ experienced change, and my des.
pondency was somewhat dispelled.
l kept using it until / had taken
sixteen bottles, and all the ulcers,
rheumatism and all other horrors OF
blood poison have disappeared, and
at last / am sound and well again
after an experience of twenty years
of torture"
Robt. Ward, Maxey, Ca, writes
"My disease was pronounced tertiary
form of blood poison. Ny face, head
and shoulders were a mass Of eorrup.
ton, and finally the disease began
eating my skullbones. Ny bones ached !.
my kidneys were deranged, | lost flesh
and strength, and life became
burden. All said / must surely die,
but nevertheless, when | had used
ten bottles of BIB. / was prououced
well. Hundreds Of scars can now be
seen on me. have now been well
ovsr twelve months" oct
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31


Democrats are very confident OF
winning the election in Iowa. The
campaign so far, has been very
earnest and exciting. and according
to late reports victory is more than
probable in one OF the strongest re-
publican states in the nation.
Iowa democrats are confident that
If they do not win this fail they will
come nearer to it than they have
since 1860, and are wiling to give
the reasons for the faith that is in
them. Even the most conservative
are doing considerable Dragging,
while the enthusiastic ones have Boles
elected already and are somewhat
discontinued because they do not
know exactly whom they shall select
as United States senator to succeed
Allison. There certainly never was
campaign in Iowa where the dem
ocrats showed as much confidence,
ana it is they who are making the
aggressive fight. The issues are
three: Prohibition or anti-prohibi-
ton. high tariff or low tariff, and
monopoly or anti.moDopoly. The
democrats are also urging the Aus
tralian system of voting as side is
sue, but Just now it is decidedly a
side dish and has not arrived at the
dignity of an entree, let alone part
of the main course.-Republic.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31
Keep Up with the Times.

The world is getting wise. gerry day :.
Mankind Is constantly advancing from
the old TO the new. AS il is with relig-
ion, art and science, so il is with medi-
cine. Each day adds to our knowledge
of the human body, and therefore, to
our ability to cure its many ills. The
day of gripping, purging. facilitating
pills, for instance, is rapidly passing
away, and their place being taken by a
Bowel Regulator, whose action is natu-
raj and easy. yet effective. Such a
medicine is Man-a-lin, a gentle laxative
that acts directly upon the Liver and
Kidneys, and leaves no bad effects. 1t
neither gripes nor purges. 1t not only
cures Constipation, but, all the disord-
ers and diseases arising from Ii, and,
when taken from time TO time in small
doses, prevents Constipation altogether.
II you need Tonic, take Pe-ru-na. II
your blood is diseased, you viii find
nothing better than La-cu-pi-a.
j. w. WELLS, Druggist.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31
scrofuIa In Children.

The following is taken frn:a =
letter written under date OF July 1,
1889, by Mrs. Ruth Berkeley, most
charitable and Christian lady, Of
Salina Kan. I'm the early part of
1887 scrofula appeared on the head
of my little grandchild. then only
eighteen months old. Shortly after
breaking out it spread rapidly all
over the body. The scabs on the
sores would peal of on the slightest
touch, and the odor that would arise
would make the atmosphere of the
room sickening and unbearable. The
disease next attacked the eyes and
we fesred she would lose her sight.
Eminent physicians from the sur
rounding country were consulted,
but could do nothing 10 relieve the
little innocent, and gave it as their
opinion, shat the case was hopeless
and impossible to save tie chiids
eyesight" 1t was then that we de-
cided to try Swift's Specific IS. S. 81
That medicine at once made speedy
and complete cure. For more than
year past she has been as healthy
as any child in the land"
Cured His Little Boy.
Ny little boy had impurities OF
the blood tina. were of q scrofulous
nature, which resulted in the break
ing out of an abscess on the hip. /
gave him Sxift's specific Is. 5. S. J
1t purified his blood and restored
his health. As a blood purifier 1t
certainly has no equal.
FELIX SINK, Salem n. c.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease
mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer
8 Atlanta, Ga.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31

THOSE Of our farmer friends who
look forward to the time when their
cotton will be picked by machinery
will be interested in the following
associated press dispatch sent out
from Aurora, H.;
st. H. Ball has just returned from
Mississippi, where he went a few
days ago 20 test new cotton picker,
an invention in which be is interest
ed. A company was formed in
Chicago some months ago TO expert
ment with and manufacture the pick
er. The capital stock was placed at
100000. The report Of Mr.. Ball
concerning the test of the machine
in the cotton fields is such as TO make
visions of wealth float before the gaze
Of the now enthusiastic stockholders.
The machine, while some defects
easily remedied were revealed, dem
onstrated the possibility Of what has
heretofore been considered impos-
sible, namely picking cotton success
fully by machinery. The machinery
was driven up aud down the rows
rapidly and took up the cotton so
clean that not double handful was
left, doing the work Of 100 negroes.
A stronger machine Is now being
made which will be finished in about
two weeks and again taken 10 Mis-
sissippl for another test npon the
present crop of cotton"
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31
TEE wheat growers Of the \


TIE wheat growers OF the Mis-
sissippi valley metin st. Louis last
week to organize FOR future action.
w. n. Allen, president of the
Farmers association called the meet
ing to order aud made a lengthy
speech on the needs of planters.
Among other things he said: "if the
farmer would organize like manufac
urers to control production and regu-
ulate the output in the public
markets, they could In common with
all producers, set the price on their
own products irrespective of over
production or the power of the Liver
pool market. The unavoidable ten
dency of the present system is TO
bring the price down to the lowest
limits at which the food supply can
be produced. In order to avert the
impending ruin this order of things
must be reversed. The power to es-
tabhsh the value of one bushel of
American wheat and one barrel of
mess pork can control the markets
OF the world. This power is to be
found in a centralized agency Of the
federated farmers of the Mississippi
Valley"
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31

BRo. UsDERHILL, Of the Conway
Log Cabin, whose opinions always
weightY are entitled to respectful
consideration, favors the adoption OF
the Australian system Of voting and
urges Governor Eagle TO immediate
~ assemble the legislature so that
such law can at once be placed
among the statutes OF the State. We
are decidedly OF the opinion that our
esteemed cotemporary's zeal has out
stripped his judgement in this in
stance. Aside from the fact that 8
meeting of the legislature is an ex
pensiye luxury, what assurance is
given that the bill would be passed
il the solons were assembled. No,
the present legislature should be left
alone to enjoy its retirement, and If
the question be sufficiently agitated
the next one can be elected pledged
to secure the enactment of this and
other measures of needed legislation.
The Russellville Democrat., 1889-10-31

A WAsmSGToS special says that
a republican revolt against the ad
ministration is one OF the probabil-
tiles likely to follow the assembling
of Congress in December. The Sen
ators from Illinois, Kan sas, Pennsyl-
vania, and others OF high standing
in the republican party are dissatis-
fed with Harrison and his policy
and are anxious for an opportunity to
give emphasis to the fact. Evidently
the pathway Of His AccideDcy hence
forth will not be strewn with roses.