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

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nettle is now spun so fine that sixty miles
of it weighs only two and a half pounds.
The same fibre has for some time been
used in Europe in the manufacture of
ropes"
Judith Gordon, a colored woman
who lived about five miles south Of Mon
roe. was burned in her house on the night
of February 18th. Judith was brought
to this county from Africa, when a child,
by slave traders, and lived to the good
old age of 100 years. .
1t is said that the wool product of
Montana this year will be at least 1O,OOO,-
900 pounds, which at 20. cents per pound,
the present price, will yield $2,0O0,0 900.
The 1ocks are valued at So, 600, 0O0, max
ing 100000 the value of the sheep IN
dustry in the Territory.
Miss Mary Anderson, the beautiful
Southern actress, paid a visit of several
hours to the p~enitentiary at Joliet, ILL.,,
the other day. She tasted the soup pre-
pared for the conVicts, bit into a big chunk
of bread, and showed herself deeply in
terested in what she saw during her brief
stay behind the bars. Z
Cow Beaver in his recent message to
the. Pennsylvania Legislature, said, under
the head of agriculture; s+HFarmers are
urged to investigate the culture of the
sorghum plant, in order thatit may be .as-
certained whether or not the three hum
dred million pounds of sugar used in the
State each year may not be produced at
home"
The Goldsboro Headlight says the
Wilson Advance is certainly in error when
he says hat "foot washing " is not prac-
ticed by the Primitive Baptists. "True,
we were not present at the observance of
this their annual custom, but received our
information of a consistent member of
that church who happened to attend
services"
Under a ruling of the Supreme Court
of the United States no patent can be OBJ
tanned in this country on an article which
has been previously patented in another
country by another person. The barbed
wire fence, it is claimed, was patented in
France by Louis Janin, in 1865. Hence
the patents claimed in this country are
not valid.
-Trotting horses. Boston Blue in 1878
was the first on record to trot a mile in
3 minutes, in 1910 a mile was made in
2:4O, in 1914 in 2::263, in 1859 Flora Tenn
pie beat 2:2O. Three trotting sires now
stand at $500. Nutwood, Dictator and
Bell Boy. One at $3.50. Eight at $500,
and their owners value them at from 40
900 to 1OO, 1000.
in an article on Secretary Blaine, the
Raleigh Signal says: eve look tosee the
p Dlicy of protection to the American citi-
zen so we'll defined and understood by the
administration of Mr.. Blaine that the
simple declaration, 81 am an American
citizen" will be as potent and powerful
as when Paul stood up and said, az am a
Roman citizen
How is this, farmers ? The valuation
of vegetables imported into this country
last year was put down at $6,4OO,O0O,
nearly double the amount of the previous
year. Is it because they are better? Be-
cause they are cheaper? Because they are
fresher Or is it because freight rates
favor the foreign production that our own
gardens do not supply this demand2
The old soldiers of the State, we
fondly hope, may yet have a home for
their declining days. For this noble
object we see that the following liberal
donations have been. made: Mr.. J. s..
Carr, $500; Nj. Henry Waters, $500;
Col. W. F. Beasley, 800; Mr.. Elias Carr,
500; ex-Gov. An, Scales, 800; Gen.
w. P.1Roberts, $50; Mr.. w. FL. Day, $50.
In the football game. in this city on
Friday last, between the University and
Trinity College teams, Mr.. Stephen Bra
gaw, of-the Universities, in a severe
" tds sle," was thrown violently to the
ground and had his ankle dislocated. The
injjary is very painful, though not serious.
The Trinities were victorious, In conse-
quence, the Universities say, Of Bragaw's
absence from the field.
We have received from Bro. j. J.
Lee, of Catherine Lake, Onslow county,
a most touching narrative of the sad death
of the two little boys, Wesley and Charles
Cottle, who were caught out in the snow
storm IN the 21st ult., and losing their
way, persisted together. We would gladly
publish his letter, but the material facts
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