The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-10-08


tongued politician grasps you by the
hand, and inquiries after the health of
yourself n family. He is a bigger boor
than a feminine book agent = Central
City Cal.
The committees at fayetteville are
hard at work preparing fc~ the centen
NAL celebration on the 2lst and 22d of
November, and the indications all point
one of the greatest celebrations ever held
in the State.
The Centenary M E. Church, of Win
ston, has received its new $4,000 pipe
organ. The Republican says it will be a
great addition to the service Of song in
this beautiful aud largely attended place
of worship.
Millions of CT ildren are now re-assem-
bled in the school rooms of the country.
What they are taught there and how
cared for has greatly to do with the future
prosperity of the nation.-Du ham San,
October 1st.
In explaining a charge of bigamy,
George Bowermaster, of Cumberland
county, Pa, said he did not think his
marriage to his first wife was legal be-
cause they accidentally parted hands dur
ing the ceremony.
Mrs. Moses Fowler, of Lafayette, Ind,
brings suits for her legal share of her de-
ceased husbands personal property,
valued at 100000. Mrs. Charles Duhme,
of Cincinnati, daughter of plaintiff, is one
of the defendants.
Several mail bags were stolen at the
Salem, O., depot. recently as they were
thrown off the Fort Wayne express. No
clue at present. They contained a num-
Der Uf registered letters. United States
inspectors are investigating.
A Wheeling, W. Va, special says:
" The test we'll on the Wilson farm is
down to a depth of 1000 feet and the
tools are fast. There has been a showing
of oil, and the prospects are that the
Brooke county field will prove a good
one"
For a long time after the Conemaugh
Valley disaster it was claimed that not
less than ten thousand lives had been
lost; now it is authoritatively stated that
%thirty-fve hund1 ed will cover the entire
loss of life How the world is given to
exaggeration.
The August crop of cotton in this Sec
ton is said by the farmers to be the most
prolific yer known-and thus far into
September the growth has been abund-
ant. 1t is now a certainty that with a
late fall the cotton crop will be the largest
ever harvested.
News comes from Minerva, the old
home of Marion Foster, the artist, de-
formed all her life, that DR.. Sayre has
given her treatment whereby Miss Eos
ter's spine has been Strengthened and
heightened by five inches. The effect is
regarded as almost miraculous.
Forty agents and bill posters have been
sent to London to advertise the coming
of Barnum's show. Two hundred tons
of printing have been shipped to Eng
land, and the dead walls and fences will
soon be ornamented with big Islands "
and Autographs.
The hero of the Paris Exposition is
said to be Charles Adolphe Alphand, the
directors of the public works of Paris and
a white-haired gentleman of seVenty-two
years. M. Alphand is closing a noble
career. 1t was he who beautiied Paris
under Napoleon III.
w. B. Smith, who was taken to War
~renton, Va, a few days ago, to be tried
on the charge of stealing two colts from
Geo. E. Whittum, returned to Charlotte
Thursday. Nobody appeared in Warren
ton to prosecute him. Smith claims that
| his arrest was malicious.
The Kansas man who made 1000 bar
rels of vinegar from twenty acres of
watermels, and sold the vinegar for $40
a barrel, has founded a new industry.
He has also shown that the best way to
avoid cramps from watermelons is to
convert the melons into vinegar.
R. P. Halliday, the defaulting Cashier
of the First National Bank at Mount
Gilead, O., who fed to Canada about a
month ago, returned home on Tuesday
night, visited his family and departed on
Wednesday morning, but the police were
not sharp enough to capture him.
The Durham Globe mentions the fact
that several young men of Durham have
combined and will rent a house and keep
a genuine "bachelor's hall" This re-