Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-06-14


Growing weather.
List your taxes. county and State.
Crop prospect ia fair in Chowan
No listing of taxes after this month.
The whortleberry crop 10 short this
year.
But little sickness anywhere in the
County.
Important matter crowded out of
this issue.
Mr.. j. D. Bateman is at Morehead
this week.
Master Thomas Warren of Horner's
School. Oxford, is at home for the
vacation.
Clifton Mitchell's milk shakes are
good. Our yonng man says 40, and he
has tried them.
Big time with our Methodist friends
this week. Account of the feast will
be in our next.
Miss Vetie Bunch and Miss Kate
Cofield are at home, from Hagers-
town College spending vacation.
"Mr. VIM Badham has gone to
Suffolk on q BUSINESS trip" We
have been expecting such an an
nouncement.
Mr.. W. Nj. Bond will take 8 list
of your taxables. during the present
month, at his office Attend to this
at once and avoid future troubles.
Persons, who intend leaving home
for the summer and who desire the
FISHERMAN AND FARMER sent them,
should furnish US with orders to that
affect.
The strawberry crop is about over,
but whortleberriss are coming in, and
from now until the fall we WILL have
plenty Of berries and fruits of all
kinds.
Our proprietor 10 in Plymouth, this
week, on business connected with the
new paper soon to be published in
in that town and to be called The
Roanoke Beacon.
The local option elections held on
the 10th at Raleigh and Durham gave
the prohibitionists black eye. At
Raleigh the wet ticket was 1913 ahead,
at Durham Is. Goldsboro gave the
auti-prohibitionists 179 majority.
Soon work will be commenced on
the Fair grounds and buildings.
When every thing is complete, accor
ding to plans and specifications al
ready exhibited, the place will be as
inviting as any of our pleasant sur
roundings.
Rev. r. T. Vann, of Wake Forest,
left for Colorado Springs, Colorado,
on May 18th. where he will supply
the pulpit of the Baptist church for
six weeks. Bro. Vann has been call
ed to the pastorate of the church in
Edenton, n. c., and will probably
accept the call.-Biblical Recorder.
The Concert Recital at the Court
House, Friday evening last by Mr..
J. F. Rueckert and Mrs. Lila Price,
the talented artistic solo pianist, Of
E. City, was q most enjoyable and
refined entertainment. We rarely
witness such an exhibition of talent
even among those whose life-calling
is the stage.
Rumor says, the Albemarle Enquir-
er will be revived under new name
and new men shortly. We shall wei
come our old friend and trust that
her coming will have some Of the
stay in it. We love company and
none better than the old Enquirer,
matters not who runs her.
E. City is going to have an ice fac
tory. We have been talking ice fac
tory to Edenton for two years or more
and we have failed to convince the
people that it was at all proftable.
Now that E. City is about to set
the example, it may be, some one in
our town will take the cue. We wait
to see.
The death of Mr.. E. J. Burke, one
of Chowan's most prominent citizens; is
sad loss not only to the county but,
to the section of which the county forms
a part. He was. in all respects. true
man. and all true men exert an infu-