Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-04-18

. Pleased to shake the hand OF Mr.. W.
B. Shaw, this week. Mr.. 8. looks as il
he is enjoying the best Of health.
Mr.. Jno. C. Bond, our popular Clerk
Of Superior Court, is confined TO his
matte troubles. Hope to see him out
soon.
The members of the Ladies Industrial
Society of this city will give, on the
Goth inst, at the Opera House, what is
known as ''C' Social. We bespeak
for them large attendance.
The sermon of Rev. r. T. Vann at
the Baptist church on Sunday night
last was full of practical soundness and
calculated to do much good among
those who will heed its teaching.
In no way can you bring an import
ant matter before community better
than through local paper. No enter
prise in the community is more worthy
of a liberal suport.-Greensboro indie
pendent.
Judge Gillian. an old Edentonian,
who has been in feeble health for some
proved. The Judge is gentleman of
the old school, and has large circle of
friends in this city.
, Moonlight excursions will soon be in
order. Capt. Fl. Covert owner of the
Yacht Hunt, is putting her in excellent
order for the Summer, and will charter
at low rates. See notice in this issue
! for his Mays Head run.
Rev. {. J. Woodson, of Plymouth,
will occupy the pulpit of the Baptist
church next Sunday morning and
night, in the absence of the pastor Rev.
r. r. Vann. The public is cordially
invited to attend both Services.
The ministers of the Chowan Asso-
citation met in Edenton this week for
the purpose of selecting a place of
meeting of the said Association which
&C nvenes in May. It was decided that
the meeting be held at Sandy Cross
church, in Gates county.
Sunday last was all that anyone
could have wished for. 1t was day of
genial sunshine. There was general
outpouring TO attend divine services
at al the churches, and no minister
could complain of the size of his con-
gregatiOn.
A FIRE broke out Saturday last in
one of the thickest settled portions
of our town, at the Bed Renovating
establishment, and had it not been
discovered SO soon much damage
would have been done. Complaints
were made tc our Mayor who had the
Renovators removed Immediately.
It is useless to CRY hard times and
plead poverty or preach temperance.
y hen woman wants a 40 cents sateen
she wants it and there is the end of it,
and when a man wants to spend his
hard earnings for whiskey he will have
it, and that is not always the end of it;
but he gets TIC whiskey all the same.
Our good friend, Mr.. J. II. Harris, a
capital and most excellent representative
of Messrs. Caleb Haley & Co., of New
York, and by the way one of the most
genial and charming gentlemen Of our
acquaintance, paid us a most agreeable
visit this week. He was looking we'll,
and reports business good and steadily
on the increase.
The Bazaar given on Friday last, for
the benefit of the poor, by the Edenton
Circle of the kings Daughters" was
indeed a very delightful affair and was
fellClGOuSlV crowned Win Cne sweetest
garlanIs Of rosiesr enjoyment. The net
proceeds, we learn, amounted to
about $40. Our thanks are rendered
the ladies for a waiter of sweets sent
us.
Many Lives, Histories. or Biogra
phies of the late Jefferson Davis, pur
porting to be written by Mrs Jefferson
Davis. are being advertised throughout
the country. The only genuine work
of the Find written by Mrs. Jefferson
Davis is that to be published by BEL
FORD COMPANY, 1922 East 18th Street,
New York, entitled Jefferson Davis
Ex-President of the Confederate States:
A Memoir, by His Wife," All other
works claiming the authorship of Mrs.
Jefferson Davis must necessarily be
injurious to her personally and pecu-
niarily. The book is sold by subscrip
ton, and territory is being rapidly
assigned. The work promises to be
one of the most popular ever published
and those desiring to canvass for it
should apply at once to the publishers
who will furnish circulars and iEfOr-
nation.