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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-11-21
HORSE SENSE.

1t is only another of Little Bob
Mitchells invitations to you to sit down
and have square talk with him about
business.
vOu AUETuINCCT To RTTV
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-11-21
SCALES AND PLANTS.

SCAIEO HVD TIRVIO.
ITEMS PURELY LOCAL CONDENSED FOR THE
BUSY READER.
High winds.
Rabbits plentiful,
Mosquitoes scarce.
Bad colds continue.
It's Mincemeat season.
The woods are beautiful.
The trees will soon be bare.
Celery will SOON be ON hand.
Partridges plump and plentiful.
The wettest October on record.
Give thanks ard help the poor.
Pay your subscription, we need it.
A sign Of winter-''Shut the Door"
Service at all the churches on Sunday
next.
Eggs are high and Christmas is SO
days off.
The family of Mr.. Fl. 81. Page return
cd home last week.
Mrs. John Wood is visiting her moth
er Mrs. Martin at E. City.
New lot stationery just received.
Bring along your job work.
Mr.. w. Ell. Brown has moved into his
new residence on Okum street.
Mr.. J. w. Privott is erecting q resi-
dence on East Church street.
The hotel registers are showing up
well. Travel on the increase,
Next Thursday is Thanksgiving day
It snould be universally observed.
Tho sweet petatoe crop is, perhaps,
the largest ever known in this section.
No service at the Methodist church
on Sunday last, the Pastor beingabsent
The brick work ON the large store of
Mr.. E. L. Brjnkley is about completed.
Our readers are specially requested
to pa5rouize those who advertise III this
paper.
Hunting is now all the go. Every
day our sportsman go out in large mum
bers. .. :" 80:
Less cotton going into market than
for several weeks. Low prices the
cause.
A negro named Charles jackson was
sent to Jail on AQnday for stealing q
pistol.
The young folks ere all delighted
with the beautiful weather we are now
having.
The family of Capt. Ell. Covert are at
Berkley. Va. visiting friends. They
left Tuesday.
Some subscribers might now bring
US little hard wood rs it is becoming
winter like
r. M. Lee says he proposes to contest
the election. Upon what grounds NO
one seems to know.
If you owe ua for subscription we
have 4 special me sage for you: We
need money. Pay up at once. !
This weather is good time to give
the town . thorough cleaning no W that
the leaves have about all fallen.
A Friend writes US: A good Physi.
Clan is very much needed in, South
Mills and surrounding country. -
Close your place of business Thurs
day next and attend service at your
place Of worship. 1t is your duty.
Florida oranges have made their ap-
Qearance in our market, and lovers of
chs delicious fruit can now find plen-
tiful supply.
The pretty and queenly Miss I. G..
Graham. of Hillsboro, ia visiting the
pleasant home circle of Capt. William
B. Shepard. :
We learn that Mr.. R, a. Norris will
erect, at an early date, large and
handsome dwelling on West end of
Church street.
Mr.. W.. IL. Bond has purchased the
residence now occupied by Mr.. J. M.
Skinner which he proposes to move on
the lot adjoining.
Some theft entered the store of Noah
Ryan, last Thursday night, by breaking
through the front window. Oniy q
few articles stolen.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-11-21

Just received loo pieces Dress ging
hams worth 10c, to be cold at &c yard
Worsted Dress goods all colors d:
ice. -
Double width Henrietta cloth mar
led down from tic 10 25e all shades
Hand made oil window shades. Will
patented -pring rollers: at So cents,
Over twenty patterns 10 select from.
- Floor oil cloth in al widths.
Large lot of carpets and rugs to b
sold cheap;
M1TcHEtL's BEE HIVE STORE
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-11-21

1t has been decided by oil the la dies
that l have the handsoneSt line OF
Walking Jackets ever brought to this
town. None but the very lates'
styles.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-06
Poultry N otes.

Change the straw or hay in the nest
boxes frequently.
In shipping fowls give them plenty of
room, but make the coops as light as
possible. Express companies have no
souls and rates are high, and all we can
do is to protest and pay.
1t is only necessary to examine chick
ems crop to ascertain that q good variety
of food as we'll as bones Or gravel is essen
tial, and ordinarily good supply of
variety of food will ba found much better
than any kind of medicine.
Bran is excellent for poultry, but the
hens care but little for it unless scalded.
TO make it 'stick," add handful OF lin
seed meal to every pint of bran. The two
substances are an excellent combination,
and will greatly aid the hens in producing
eggs.
Do not be tempted to keep q cock that
is not q thoroughbred, or that is related
to the hens, no matter how promising he
may seem. Change the cocks every year,
and the flock will gradually improve in
vigor, resulting in greater number of
healthy chicks, as well as an increase in
the supply of eggs. 49,. .. ...... 49,.
The coarse grain SO universally fed to
poultry is both expensive and unprofit-
able; being swalIowed hurriedly and often
in unwise quantities, it frequently pro-
duces indigestion or other serious disor-
ders. A mixture OF four parts of wheat
bran to one of meal is what l feed, with
signal success and satisfaction to both
laying hens and growing chicks.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-06

varieties. True, some of them matur a
little earlier than others, but all Of this
class of fowls maturever young, usually
beginning o lay at five to six months of
age, and sometimes even younger. They
are quite apt to be shy, which makes it
sometimes quite annoying when hand
ling them, yet if reared by incubators and
brooders they are usually tame enough,
and as they are all non-sitters, it is the
only way they can bereared, unless other
fowls are kept for sitters.
They are SO active that they are never
known to become too fat to lay, and
when they can have the whole range of a
place they require but little feeding. A
large flock of these sprightIy birds, with
their flowing red combs, is truly beau
tiful sight. Z. e. 7.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-06
Fattening in Coops.

Formerly it was recommended that to
properly fatten poultry for market the
birds be confined in cOops for ten days
and fed four times day; this practice
has been abandoned. 1t is now known
that if the fowls are kept in asmall yard,
so as to be allowed the benefit OF outdoor
life, though not permitted toforage, they
will gain more rapidly than if confined in
coops. When in coops they become rest
less and disconnected, lose appetite and
sometimes lose in weight instead OF gain
ing. At this season fowls will fatten
readily if fed in small yards and given
comfortable quarters at night, and will
be in better health and condition when
marketed. Two weeks is long enough to
make fowl fat, if highly fed.-Mirror
and Farmer.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-06
A New Method Of Treating Disease.
HOSPITAL REMEDIES.

What are they? There is new de-
parture in the treatment OF disease. 1t
consists in the collection of the specifics
used by noted specialists of Europe and
Anne RIGA, and bringing them within the
reach of all. For instance the treatment
pursued by special physicians who treat
indigestion, stomach and liver troubles
only, was obtained and prepared. The
treatment of other physicians, celebrated
for curing catarrh was procured, and so
on till these incompatible cures now in
clude disease of the lungs, kidneys female
weakness, rheumatism and nervous Gebil-
ity.
This new method of zone remedy for
one disease" must appeal to the common
sense of all sufferers, many of whom have
experienced the i'll effects, and thorough
ly realize the absurnity of the claims of
Patent Medicines which are guaranteed
to cure every i'll out of single bottle,
and the use of which, as staff Tics prove,
has ruined more stomachs than alcohol.
A circular describing these new remedies
is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay
postage by Hospital Remedy Company
Toronto, Canada, sole proprietors. Re-
liable agents wanted.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-06
For THE POULTRY DEPARTMENT.
The Best Laying Breeds.

There are many breeds of fowls which
are termed general purpose fowls" like
the PIym outh Rocks, Wyandottes, Java,
DOMINIC ue. ETC., but it is impossible to
combine both size ana the very best lay
ing qualities in any breed, although we
have a few breeds that come very near
being perfection in both these require
ments.
The Spanish class OF fowls have always
taken front rank as an egg machine"
This class includes all varieties OF Leg
horns, Minorcas, Andalusians and the
White Faced Black Spanish. Although
breeders may differ in regard to which are
the best layers of the above breeds, yet. |
think there is but little difference in re-
gard to their laying qualities There is
more difference perhaps in the different
strains of the same variety than in the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-06
The Best Roost.
4 cnrresnOndent writes:

A correspondent writes
''Please inform me which is the most
serviceable roost, the fat or round ones?
Also if the peaked or fat roosts are best
for pigeons"
The best roost for poultry is a 3x4
piece of scantling, with the sharp edges
rounded off, the broad side up: For
pigeons, the fiat perch is best.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-06
How Much Feed to Give.

AS we have stated many times before,
no two breeds are alike and no two fowls
in the same flock. The quantity must be
regulated by the one who feeds. Ii you
have the proper quantity of coarse feed
with the grain it is safe to feed all the
fowls will eat. When fed in trough, as
all soft food should be, by q little careful
watching you can soon regulate thequan-
tity so as to give them just what they
will eat clean, and no more. Return to
the pen in fifteen minutes after feeding
and remove the surplus, if any, and feed
less next time. Whole grain should be
scattered far and wide, SO that the fowls
must exercise to get it.
A liberal quantity of oats is q good
summer feed for Florida. 1t is not as fat
tening as corn or wheat, but you must
figure on the loss of 20 per cent. in husk
and see which is the cheapest-oats or
wheat We do not advise corn as feed
from May to October, and but sparingly
at any time in this State.
[ have my chop ground grain) ground
to order for summer use and leave out
the corn altogether. 1t is composed of
oats, 40 per cent, and equal parts OF rye
and barley or barley and buckwheat.
Wheat bran and shorts is an excellent
food for growing fowls; they are rich in
phosphates. Keep bone meal where your
chicks can get at it when wanted, and
they will eat all that is required. Do not
stint your growing fowls, for it is poor
economy. They require more feed than
fowls year old, and unless fed we'll will
be stunted..
Keep the young roosters by themselves
and feed literally. They will eat and
drink more than pullets and must be we'll
fed if you expect to make large, well
formed birds of them.
If your laying hens have range one
feed of whole grain will be sufficient, pro-
viding the range furnishes food. BY
handling your fowls you can tell if they
are in good condition. Don'tneglect the
carbon lied sulphur for busting your fowls
and the kerosene emulsion to spray the
coops; lice and mites are numerous and
must be kept in subjection, or your egg
record will not show up well. II you keep
ducks provide shade for them if you
have not natural one. They are much
more heavily feathered than barn-yard
fowls, and will suffer with the heat unless
given shade and plenty of cool water
Keep the young ducks growing by giving
plenty of food, but let it be of a coarse
nature. E. W. A.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-06

State II process of growth. Asto wheth-
er ur legislature will put up ISL 100000
| can't say. Nobody can tell what legIs-
latures will do; but you may be sure that
if million is needed for O worthy exhibit
it will be forthcoming, The challenge
will put Florida on her mettle and have
no fear that California will carry off the
prize.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-06
FLORIDIANA.

The people of Orlando are talking OF
organizing Driving Park Association.
1t is claimed that cotton picking has
already commenced at Madison; rather
early.
Money to loan in small sums, on good
security. Apply at this office.-Fernandi-
ma Mirror. At last one editor has got to
where he can loan small sums. Wonder if
he ever cashes the boys "striDgs?'
An excellent mating is made from our
salt marsh grass. The grass is very
tough, very durable and, no doubt, the
manufacturing of this mating will be-
come an important industry
The people OF Clear Water Harbor
have a bright news sheet in the West
Hillsboro Times, and it should not only
receive the warm support but also the
moneyed support ofClear Water Harbor
The bustliDg superint of the j.,
S. A. & H. Ry., S. Crawford, with road
masters Neshitt and Shears, were in town
Thursday by special train, looking after
the widening Of the track in town, and
taking in the attractions of the beach
and the comforts Of Hotel Coquina.-
Gazette.
A train consisting OF eleven cars of
seventy pound steel rails from Philadel-
phia, via schooner to Brunswick, Ga,
went south on the South Florida Rail-
road yesterday afternoon, and are to be
distributed along the line OF the road for
use in re-laying the track, the work of
which will soon Recommended Another
schooner cargo of rails and fixtures is
now being unloaded at Port Tampa
Orlando Record.
The Palatka Herald says: The tobac-
co industry in Palatka is one OF the most
discouraging chapters in the history of
failures. TO our knowledge during the
past ten years, at least a dozen stores
have beeen established for the manufac-
ture of cigars, and with one or two ex-
ceptions, they all have failed. This was
owing to the fact that our business men
did not patrOnize them.
New machinery has been placed in the
fibre factory, by the use of which the low
scrub palmetto, roots, stems and leaves,
can be utilized in the different manufac-
lures of that establishment. This will
be good news, not only to the people Of
Nassau county, but throughout the
whole State, for there are but few places
in Florida where the hitherto despised
scrub palmetto does not thriveluxuriant-
Veterinarians Mirror
We learn, says the Fort Myers Press,
that some time since one of the Seminole
squaws left her 6-year- old pickaninny with
another woman, while she went on some
GRAND. The little chap lit outfOr himself
and has not yet been found, although
about all the tribe looked for six days to
find him: They have given up the search,
and what has become of the poor little
fellow is only conjecture.
The following we clip from the Chicago
Evening Post The words of Commits
siOner Hirst have the right ring, and will
receive a heartily amen from thousands
of Floridians: Joseph Hirst, world fair
commissioner from Florida, says that
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-06
Q H O g T.
POULTRY
AND DOGS.
Leading Varieties Of Land 5 Water Fowls.

Including WyandOttes, Plymouth Rocks, Leg
horns, Hamburgs, Games, Bantams, Geese and
Ducks. Being acquainted with nearly all the best
breeders in the North can usually fill orders for
most any breed of fowls at few weeks notice.
ORDERS SOLICITED FOR FALL AND WIN
TER DELIVERY. First-class stock and reason
able prices Address,
q. &. PAsNE. Federal Point, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-08-06

To whom all correspondence in regard to this
department should be addressed.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-11-28
MFR. coore,s Smart Terrier.

Among the valuable dogs owned by
j. f. Coope of Ben Lomond vineyard
is family of thoroughbred wire-haired
terriers. These little creatures are
very bright, and among other achieve
ments are quite expert at snake-kill-
ing. That they have an intuitive
knowledge not only of how to kill
snakes but how to heal themselves if
a snake gets the better of an encounter
was proved not long since by an incl
dent noticed by some of the employees.
The mother terrier having discovered
n rattlesnake ready coiled for spring
placed herself at a safe distance and
began barking loudly for an assistant.
One of her family of terriers responded
to the call when the two dogs placed
themselves one on either side of the
rattler. barking at it and slowly APP
preaching it from opposite directions
until within about striking distance
for the serpent. The exasperated rat
tier at last sprang at the younger dog
when the mother in great fury pounced
upon the snake. The terriers seize
the serpent about midway of the body
and shake them without mercy until
life is extinct.
In this case the mother terrier at
tempted the usual mode of procedure.
and was fairly successful, but the fangs
of the snake in some way struck her,
inliicting wound. 1t was evident to
those watching her that her sufferings
began at once. but she did not lose her
head with fear. She made for a bunch
of snake weed not far off and ate free
" of it Her next move was to pool
of water that made a small muddy
spot. Into this she plunged, rolling
herself about in every direction and
covering herself with mud. The on
lockers gave her up for lost, but the
canine physician had healed herself.
and the next morning was entirely all
right, as if she had never met his rat
tlesnakesnip in deadly combat.-Santa
Cruz SUrf.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-11-28
How tho Car Gets the News.

At present the car eschews all Rus
sian newspapers; their p@ans and their
lamentatiOn never reach his ears. says
the London Telegraph. Among the
many departments of the ministry of
the interior there is one called the
department of His Majesty's Jour-
nal, which is charged with preparing
day by day n carefully worded resume
of some mild articles and items of in
telligence meant for the emperor's
eye. A tschinovnik of the censure
rises from his bed in the gray of the
early morning aud hurries off to the
department. where advance sheets of
the journals come in damp from the
press. These he reads over. marking
with red pencil all the passages the in
terest of which is not marred bv in
righteousness. There arc certain
events as well rs numerous words and
phrases which a Russian emperor, like
a certain French king, must never be
allowed to hear.
Ecu lie Roi d'EspagnePn (the late
king of Spain). What does feu
meanp" asked French king once in
dignantly. "Oh, it is a title. your
majesty, taken by the king of Spain
after the lapse of certain timen The
marked passages are then cut out,
pasted together on sheets and handed
over to the director of the department,
who, after carefully considering and if
needs be curtailing them. signifies his
approval. The extracts are then
copied caligraphically on the finest de-
scription of paper, forty or fifty words
to the page. and the Journal in this
state is given to the minister of the
interior or his adjunct. If this dignity
is satisfied it is passed on to the gen.
eral-in-waiting. who deposits it on his
majesty's table about o'clock the fol-
lowing day. The news that slowly
dribbles through this official filter is
seldom of a nature to discompose the
feelings of the czar or disturb his
sleep.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-11-28
Hints for Amateur Actresses.

To the ladies. only word or so.
Avoid powder on your arms, especial
" in love scenes. Ii is bound to come
of on the lovers coat-it is pity TO
spoil the coat and il is worse pity To
detraet the audiences attention from
the scene to his misfortune.
If you wear train, be sure 10 make
wide turns. A woman may manage
her train charmingly in the ballroom
aud yet find herself awkward about it
on the stage.
Don't carry flowers. or fans. or
handkerchiefs. or hats or dogs unless
the piece requires II, and unless you
know just what you are to do with
such articles when You get on the
stage-just when you are to get rid of
them-or you win find yourself with
both hands full at the very moment
when the VILLAIN has to seize you by
both wrists, etc., etc, or. when you
ought to throw your arms about your
fathers neck. you will find one hand
engaged with an open parasol, or
something of the sort.
To all of yuu-Don't try too hard TO
"aet." You will act all the better if
you keep cool. and so don't get mixed
about your lines and situations.
One big rule for always-Play what
ever part yon are cast for, earnestly
and conscieutiously. 1t isn't the part;
1t is the actor that makes IA perform
Rnce a good one or not.-LadieS' Home
JOurJlOl
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-11-28
The History of Pepper.

The value of pepper in cooking
seems to have been known long ago.
Its use as a medicine was common in
the days of Hippocrates. who applied
it, moistened with alcohol, to the skin
of his patients. Just as sugar and tea
have been in past times SO dear as only
to be within the reach of the wealthy,
so pepper was in the Middle Ages a
very costly condiment. So much was
it valued that a small packet was at
that time deemed suitable present to
offer a great person. Common or
black pepper is now grown in many
tropical countries. 1t is a climbing
plant some twelve feet high. bearing
fruit of bright red color the size of a
pea, which. when dried. turns black.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-11-28
Going to See "sfaw's Folks.

A few weeks ago bridal couple
came in from near Pine Valley, in
Reynolds County. bound to "maw's
folks" over in Shannon County, writes
n correspondent of the Denver NetcS.
The young pair got out of the wagon
that was pulled up by two sleepy oxen.
The man took n box from the vehicle
and set it on the platform. The box
was the only trunk they had. and in it
was the clothing of the bride and
groom. The happy pair sat on the
box, making sleeps eyes at each other
and looking down the track for the
train by turns. The groom was very
proud of his new wife, surveying her
with look of complete satisfaction.
The train drew up at last, and the
agent took the box and put it in the
baggage car. The bridal couple stood
around for a minute. when the con-
ductor shouted "All aboard Come
on, Mary" called the groom, catching
his wife by the hand 1--WE must get
on" The pair climbed the steps at
the rear end of the baggage car, and
going into the end door, surprised the
baggage man by seating themselves on
the box. Before that official had re-
covered himself SO as to explain mat
ters the proud groom turned to his
pleased bride and smilingly observed:
at do beat all. Mary. how fine they's
gettin' things. Eff ther folks ct home
c'ud on'y see us now, how'd they feel,
dive reckonp3