Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-08-15
Scales and Plants.

The new resinence of Mr.. r. E. Oat-
man is going up.
a clever woman is one who always
makes the best of any Situation.
Is an elevator to be put in our Fair
bailding? One is badly needed.
There is no limit to the age at which
man may make fool of himself.
Some noticeable improvements have
been made in st. Paul's cemetery this
week.
The Democratic Senatorial Conven.
ton will be held at Hertfold on the 9th
inst.
Commerce preparing your stock at
once if you have not already done 90 for
the Fair.
Quite q number of our people attend
ed the Congressional Convention at E.
City on TuesdeU.
Col. r. G, Mitchell has greatly i'm
proved his store by painting it. Others
should follow the example.
Trotting going on at the Fair grounds
every evening. Owners of our fast
horses are training fos the coming fair.
FOR SALE CHEAP-One almost
new light running Buggy. Terms good
Apply to FISHERMAN & FARMER office.
Pay as you go, and if you can't pay
dont 60. We hope some of our delin-
quent subscribers will remember this.
What will our farmers complain OF
next. They have good crops and an
Alliance candidate to vote for for
Congress.
A large number of delegates passed
through here Monday and Tuesday en-
route for the Congressional Convention
at E. City.
It is q matter of PRIDE and gratifica-
ton to us to be able to state that the
circulation of the FISHERMAN & FAR
MER is growing every week.
One of the Black Catf" got "black
eve" Saturday night last, which
cost the man who dealt the blow about
$500. These ''cats" are dangerous.
A large colored excursion from Ro-
per, Pantego and other points, came to
Edenton on Monday on the steamer
Haven Belle. A Band of music came
also.
Oxford has ordered an election on
the question of voting fifty thousand
dollars worth of bonds for the purpose
of constructing full system of city
water works.
The Northern part of our city is on q
genuine boom. Some fine buildings
going up. streets are being improved,
repairs ON buildings and fences are be-
ing made, &c.
If people who have fallen into the
habit of gossiping about their neghbora
would vary the programme, and tell
what they know about themselves,
what stir up there would be.
There is no one SO sure that honesty
ia the best policy as the man who is in
Jail for stealing. And the man who has
lost his good money can readily see the
wrong of gambling.
Speak good word for your own
town at everv opportunity. and don t
70, get your town paper while you are
about it. It's interests are your interests
and you should help to sustain it
every way you can.
Our farmers tell us that they never
knew the cotton to be So heavily loaded
with bolls as this season. One who
knows what he is talking about, said
the other day, ut will take a good deal
more rainy weather to ruin this year 9
crop. "-Carolinian.
Many of our subscribers have respond
ed to the call made last week, but there
are some yet who have not done so.
We are very anxious to square up ev-
erything by Sept. LIST. We again urge
those who owe us anything for the pa
per to please come forward at once and
settle up, as we need the money.
We frequently see stock driven in
town and left standing nearly all day
without food or water. Then late in
the afternoon the horse or mule is driv-
en- home rapidly hungry and thirsty,
and perhaps in the rain. Friends this is
cruel, and besides very injurious to
your stock and is helping you on to q
well deserved failure.
The Branning Manufacturing Co., is
the industrial feature of our town.
Besides giving employment to large
number of citizens, they have brought
with them goodly number of indus
trious men who have become perma-
nent residents in our town and who
are destined to be classed among the
most valuable of our citizens. More
of such enterprises and such men con-
stitute the great need of our town, our
section and our state.
The following is the list of Jurors
drawn by the county Commissioners
1900 RI Sorvo ar Fol Torrn 1900