The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-11-11

eighteen will make a bushel and a half,
bu he kept those for his own pudding,
say the Concord Standard.
Lumberton R~obesonian: Mr.. J.. A. B.
Stephens died suddenly near Ashp le
church last Friday evening. A suitable
obituary will appear next week. THE
Maxton Fair was a grand success The
exhibit was fire and the crowd. especially
OIL the last day was immense, 4 900 tickets,
we learn, having been sold at the gate.
Red Springs Furmer and Scottish Chief:
Ashley Thompson. colored, was arrested
in ST. Paul township on Monday morning
last, by Constable A. j. Parham, on a
warrant issued by Squire D. McGeachy,
charging Thompson with stealing a double
barrel shot gun from Mr. FRI nix Jessup,
Of our town, on the DIST day of Septem-
der last,
Greensboro Patriot: Mr.. j. Php3ix
has just received the analysis of the second
sample Of the oil from his oil we'll sent to
Raleigh son e days since to be Analysed
by DR.. Fl. B. Battle, and the report is per-
fectly favorable to the we'll here. --
The Greensboro cooperative cotton mills
have begun laying brick, and will soon be
ready for the wood work.
Mr.. Vanderbilt's manager came down
from Asheville last Monday in a Wagner
private car and remained in Hickory dur
ing the day for the purpose Of making
purchases from manufacturing establish
ments in Hickory for his mansion at Balti-
more. Vanderbilt is a sensib e boy. He
proposes to buy from North Carolina fac
tories and thus encourage home industry.
The StatesvilIe Landmark has the fol
lowing wei this remarkable story: Mr..
w. P. Coone has a setter dog which, a
few da. s ago, came into the house with
a purse in his mouth ard laid it at the
feet Of a member Of the family. The
purse contained 25 cents in money. A
dog has a good deal Of sense. This one
is not in the habit of bringing articles into
the house at random.
The A & n. G. Railroad has n 0 gone
up on cotton yet, the price remaining at
90 cents. The O. D. steamer line charges
81 80, anG the Coast Line 81 so. There
are various rumors aHoat concerning the
combine, manipulated by the Coast Like.
We shall have more to say on this subject
wh'n we have more space-after the
election-and when we get at some of
the bottom facts, says the Huston Free
Press.
CorreIl Bros. showed US this morning a
remarkable clock, which is the work OF
Oscar Tines, son Of Capt. Thies. 1t is
composed Of 300 or more different pieces
Of WOO and is a fine piece Of workman
ship. The clock plays a tune by a music
oox attached when it strikes the hour,
Mr.. Thies made this cl rck in a little over
two weeks, with no tools but a scroll saw,
pocket knife and tack hammer, say the
Concord Times,
Tarboro Banner: Charles Humphrey,
of Wilmington, and his force, were here
this week, They have been making a
survey Of Tar river from Washington to
Rocky Mount, with a view to locating
shoals and other impediments to naviga
ticn that the dredging force may do more
effective work. From Washington here
is fo~rty-nine miles, and from here to
Rocky Mount bridge, forty and seven
eighths of a mile.
An amusing incident occurred in court
at Carthage on Monday. Rev. Mr.. Fuquay,
a Baptist minister, was on the witness
stand and his manner of testimony was
50 animated and denonstrative that Judge
Graves thought he was drunk. The
Judge asked the sheriff if the witness was
drunk, whereupon Mr.. NJ. S. R bbins in
formed the Judge that the witness was a
minister Of the gospel, and his STYLE on
the witness stand was his usual style.
Capt. VIM. S. McFarIin, of the 18th
Massachusetts regiment at the battle Of
Hanover Court House, Va, June, 1862,
captured a wool bed blanket left on the
battle field. On the corner of the blanket
was marked "To J. NJ. Toms, sent by
his mother; care of Capt. Fulton" Capt.
McFarIin now located at South Carver,
Plymouth county, Massachusetts,, adver-
tises for the owner, James NJ. Ton s, of
Rutherfordton, N. c., to claim his prop
erty.
Winston Daily: We learn, just before
going to press, that one of the county
convicts a "a colored NAM was fatally
injured about noon to-day near the pro-
posed new hotel site in west Winston.
The injured man complained of being sick
and was lying down near a little fire
when a large tree which the other hands
were g~rubbing under fell across his body.
Medical aid was at once summoned and