The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-05-08
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
LOCAL LACONICS PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

LOCAL LACONICS PICKED UP HERE AND
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.
Don't be in hurry to cast Off your
fiannels.
The results of spring are in the
balmy air.
The blown-up shoulders are most be-
coming to high-necked girls.
This is tho kind Of weather that
makes spring poet of every person.
Every residence should have lad
der within easy access for use III case
of fire.
There is demand here for small dwell
ING houses, such as can be rented to
laboring people at reasonable price.
A merchant says women customers
prefer men shoe clerks and girls are
the most successful in the sale of lnen's
gloves.
1t is said hard boiled eggs, raw oat-
meal and mashed potatoes are good for
the little chicks in the first ten days of
their existence.
There is, alas too much truth In the
saving of an exchange that there are
some circles where it is only the man
with the income that can come i'll.
1t has been truly said by some body
that long obituaries are a waste OF
words a few good things should be
left to say for the quick we'll as the
dead.
The Governor has fixed June 9th as
the date of the execution OF Jordan
Pritchett the negro murderer,
committed in Granville court several
weeks ago.
Rev. r. VanDeventer, pastor OF the
Henderson Baptist church, left Mon
day to attend the Southern Baptist
Convention which meets in Fort
Worth, Tex, to-day.
Refreshing rains the first of the week
came in good time and will do lncalcu-
liable good. The formers have been
busy putting out tobacco plants and
the SOOQ WORK goes Oh.
Sam Jones said in one of his sermons
recently: "ShOw me a preacher that
reads his sermons, and I'll show you a
preacher with a dead church. | mean,
practically speaking
The average man seldom realizes
how insignificant he really is until he
sees his name spelled wrong i'll the To-
cal paper and finds that no one has
found it out but himself.
May there not be a fortune for you
in the timber on your land if properly
utilized: Let us know how much you
have and of what it consists. Possibly
we can be of service to you in bringing
it into public notice.
If you know of the existence of any
minerals, ores, &c, on your land, or
have reason to believe there is such.
communicate the fact to this office. We
will take pleasure in aiding you to dis
pose of or develop such property.
The gainesville Democrat gets off
this: This is the time of year when the
bullrushes out, the cowslips about. the
dandylion is on the war path and the
little twigs are shooting everywhere.
When YOU take a stroll in the country
be careful.
The Weldon Neus states that n
great deal of tobacco will be planted
in Halifax and Northampton counties
this year. Most of this product will
find sale on the Henderson market
this being the most convenient and the
best as TO prices.
Again we hear some talk about es-
tablishing canning factory in Hender-
son. The GOLD LEAF has had much
to say on this subject and has shown
how such an enterprise can be started
with a small outlay of money. and from
all information obtainable it ought to
pay handsomely.
Mr. Elias j. jenkins. of Granville
county. who died suddenly on the steet
in Oxford last week, as reported in our
State news column, was brother of
Mr.. Paul jenkins, one of our County
Commissions. He was a good citizen
and was highly esteemed by those who
knew him intimately.
Plant bed thieves are giving trouble
in some portions of the county. Mr..
: A. II. Hinton tells us that they have
been stealing his and he has been COM
PEELED to watch them at night. This is
pretty hard on the farmer who has to
watch his plants to save them and then
has to sit up at night curing his to-
bacco after it has been made.
The following item should be en-
couraging to persons who are contem-
plating engaging in the business of
canning fruits and vegetables for mar
ket. The Raleigh correspondent of
the Durham Globe says:
1t is pleasure to learn from grocers
here that there is a large and very rap
IDLY increasing demand for and sale of
North Carolina canned vegetables and
fruits. This is very encouraging.
Toilet soaps at Parker's new drug store
IRON cents up to 80 cents a cake.