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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07
A VERY CANDID APPLICANT.

Why Life Insurance Policy Did Not
Fall His WAY.
A Detroit life insurance agent recently
received letter from a man in the in
terror of the State who said he was
thinking of taking out policy, and he
asked that blank be forwarded him.
It was returned, and the following is a
specimen of the mans honesty:
"What did your father die Off"
Consumption.
"Yom mother?"
"The anne.
Ever have heart trouble?"
Yes very bad.
Lost any brothers or sisters by death.
and if so what did they die OFF,"
Lost five Of them and all died of
consumption and heart disease.
do you ever spit blood?"
Heaps of times.
Ever had any serious acct lent?"
Yes. Had nearly all my bones
broken two or three times
Memory good?"
mo"
sleep well?"
*No."
slows your appetizer"
-Very poor.
Several other important questions
we're answered after the sanre candid
fashion and the agent will have to write
him that there is no life insurance for So
truthful man.-tDetroit Free Press
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07

A count of noses in the Maryland
Democratic Convention last Thurs
day, as to the choice of their own
ers for the Presidency, developed
these figures: For Cleveland, IS;
German, 60; party's nomination, 8;
declined to answer, S; Hill, 2;
Whitney, /; Cleveland or German,
/; Cleveland or Campbell, 1; unde-
cided, l
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07
a C0rner in Gums.

Clerk in Kansas Hardware Store
see that the authorities have ordered q
county seat election.
Propretor-Is that so? When does it
come Off
1.-TWO weeks from to-day"
"Great Scott! So soon as that? Look
here Go right down and telegraph for
a large order of guns and ammunition.
Tell them to hustle them through double
quick. County seat elections don't
come every day, and we must stir our
stumps to clear 81, 600 on this one. -
brakes Magazine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07

What 10 it that m axes trse gen
tleman? That is what ssme one has
said. GA gentleman is just a gen
tleman-no more, ne less diamond
in the rough. A gentleman is gen
tie A modest gentleman is courte-
Gus. A gentleman is slow to sur
mise evil, as being one who never
gives it. A gentleman refnes his
tastes. A gentleman controls his
speech.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07
THE NORTH CAROLINA
College Of agriculture
Mechanic Arts

will begin it's third session on Sep
temher 3rd, 1891. with increased
facilities and equipments in every
department. The past successful
year has given further evidence of its
practical value, and its young men
are already in demand for responsible
positions. Total cost $4,000 per
year. Each County Superintendent
of Education will examine applicants
for admission. Fol catalogues. ad-
dress
ALEX. Q. HOLIDAY, Pres.
RALEIGH, n. G.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07

jacob Skinner says his cream Is
just as good as one may wish. Try
it!
Willis Holley split his foot with an
axe at DRAWINGS mill on Wednesday
while ct work there.
Tom Holley will be tried before
Squire RogersoD this morning at ~
o'clock for striking little girl over
the head with a club, INJECTING q Sc
rious wound.
lobe Skinner who was shot last
week bv Richard Wynne. died Tues
day from the injuries received
Wynne claimed it was purely an &C
cident, but was arrested Tuesday an d
gave bond for his appearance at the
next term of court.
Calvin Hollomon was broaght to
Edenten by Constable A. Q. Elliott
yesterday and placed in Jail for steal
ing pair Of pants and shoes from one
of his comrades in the Third Town
ship. Mr.. M. w. Elliott. J. P p, oem'
mitted him.
Maria Powell is a very profane
| woman. She got ''cussing mad this
| week and '.cussed" a sister OF VIM
H. Rrickhouse, also threatened to
beat this same girl. Brickhouse had
her arrested and Maria got "cussing"
mad with Squire Rogerson when he
figured up the fine and cost to be &C.:
80. Now "cuss % Maria Powell
thought she would have revenge from
somebody AMI swore out a warren'
fer John Davenport, who, she claim
ed, had 'scussed' her. Maria failed
to prove her case, whereupon she was
ordered to pay the cost, John laugh
| ed and Maria "cussed.'
Frank Townsend created quite q
disturbance last Sunday NOR ming il
the upper part of the town by unmer-
chilly beating his wife. He dealt with
her severely and in manner only be-
ceming brute The woman screamed
to the top of her voice aud not until
assistance was endered did she succeed
in escaping from this william. She was
traced by the angry husband into the
house Of neighbour and there created
another row. The blows could be
heard fer some distance and a large
crowd assembled to learn what the roH
could be. Frank has not been arrested
but should be Immediately. 1t is she
duty of our Policemen to inquire into
this matter at once and bring such
brutes to justice. Wife beating is toe
great crime to 60 unnetlced. lie
deserves severe punishment.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07

Quay and Dudley have rendered
their designations IS chairman and
treasurer respectively of the Nation
al Republican Executive Committee.
Eek Assistant Postmaster General
Ciarkson has been chosen to take
Quay's place.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07

1t is statated that about one thou
sand clerks in the census bureau at
Washington City have been dis
charged. and about thirteen hundred
others are also to be dismissed.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07

$50 away, you horrid little beast.
said Ethel. pushing Fido from her lap
"What's the matter2 Did he bite
you?" asked Maude.
mo, He's gone out of fashion.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07

A horrible railroad accident &C.
Cured at St. Mande, France, on July
9th. An excursion train collided
with . freight train, causing the
death of two hundred people.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07

Ocracoke will close this week. It's
dead on the ocean. bat no way to get
to it, like other resorts, hence all go
to Morehead City.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07

Some of the herbs in Halls Hair
Remover, that wonderful preparation
for restoring the color and thickening
the growth ofthe hair. grow plenti-
fully in New England.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07
EDENTON, August 7, 1891.

The census office reports that there
are over 2.400, 900 homes and farms
in this country covered by mortgage
Too bad.i
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-08-07

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The Editor disclaims8ll responsibility for the
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serves the right mt all times TO revise or reject
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Best Advertising Medium In the District.
Rates very moderate--Special Rates on Long
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Blank Books, &c. &e.

Call .. the FISHERMAN g. Farmer
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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-29

For laying hens, bones that have been
coarsely ground are excellent, as they
are digested and used as food. They
provide the necessary phosphates and
also lime for the shells to a certain ex-
tent; they also contain a proportion of
nitrogen Bones, when sharp, also serve
as grit, for masticating the food in the
gizzard, thus rendering a service as we'll
as providing the materials for the pro-
duction of eggs. For very small chicks,
bone meal is better, and the finer the
bone meal the easier it is digested by the
chicks. Some persons buy the ground
bone, sift it, use the coarse part for hens
and the finer parts for chicks. Fresh
bones are much better than bones that
are dry, as they contain a certain amount
of meat and gelatine. Bones are very
cheap, considering their value, as the
hens will not eat very large quantity at
one time, but if fresh bones are broken
or pounded to sizes that can easily be
swallowed, the hens will consider them
quite treat and consume a large
quantity. They can be broken much
more readily when heated in an oven.-
Farm and FjreSide.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-29

and eminent Christian. They scoffed at
him, and said: "You are o hypOcrite.
You are as bad as ever you were" Still
he kept his faith in Christ, and after
awhile finding that they could not turn
him aside by calling him hypocrite,
they said TO him, sob, you are nothing
but a fanatic" That did not disturb
him. He went on performing his
Christian duty until he had formed all
his troop into a Bible class, and the
whole encampment was shaken with the
presence Of God.
So Havelock went into the heather
temple in India while the English army
was there, and put a candle into the
hand of each of the heather gods that
stood around in the heather temple, and
by the light of those candles, held up by
the idols, General Havelock preached
Righteousness, temperance and judgment
to come And who will say, on earth or
in Heaven, that Havelock had not the
right to preach?
In the minister's house where l pre-
pared for college there was a man who
worked, by the name of Peter Croy. He
could neither read nor write, but he was
man of God. Often theOlogians would
stop in the house-graye theologians-
and at family prayers Peter would be
called upon to lead, and all those wise
men sat around, wonder-struck at his re-
ligious efficiency. When he prayed he
reached up and seemed to take hold of
the very throne of the Almighty, and he
talked with God until the very Heavens
were bowed down into the sitting-room.
Oh, if I were dying [ would rather
have plain Peter Croy kneel by my bed
side and commend my immortal spirit to
God than some heartless ecclesiastic ar
raVed in costly canonicalS. Go preach
this Gospel. You say you are
not licensed In the name OF the
Lord Almighty this morning [ license
you. Go preach the Gospel-preach it
in the Sabbath schools, in the prayer
meetings, in the highways, in the
hedges. Woe be unto you if you preach
it not.
preach this sermon because I want
to encourage all Christian workers in
every possible department. Hosts of the
living God, march on! march on! His
spirit will bless you. His shield will de-
fend you. His sword will strike for you.
March on! March on! The last des-
potism will fall, and paganism will burn
it's idols and Mohammedanism will give
up it's false prophet and the great walls
der and wreck at the long, loud blast of
the Gospel trumpet.
March on! March on! The besiege-
ment will soon be ended. Only few
more steps on the long way; only q few
more sturdy blows; only a few more bat
tie cries. Then God will put the laurel
upon your brow, and from the living
fountains of Heaven will battle off the
sweat, and the heat, and the dust of the
conflict. March on! March on! For you
the time for work will soon be
passed, and amid the out1ashings
of the Judgment throne, and the
trumpeting of resurrection angels, and
the upheaving of a world of graves, and
the hosanna of the saved, and the groan-
ing of the lost we shall be rewarded for
our faithfulness or punished for our
stupidity. Blessed be the Lord God of
Israel from everlasting to everlasting,
and let the whole earth be filled with
His glory. Amen and amen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-29
eve can COM

named by this authority: ''We can COM
bine good traits. The brown Leghorn
lays the smallest egg, the black Spanish
the largest. Where merely CONNER
cial egg trade is to be reached, this cross
has it's marked effects. We may not
equal the Spanish eggs as an average,
but we make up sort of middle size
just the size to sell we'll in market. We
can combine early maturity with plump
growth. The Asiatfc fowl grows slowly,
but it counts in weight. 1t would take
too long to get it to a broiler if left all
alone; but if we cross quick grower,
the Leghorn, for instance, on these
Asiatic hens, we get the quick growth
and the body, too This is indeed de-
cided advantage.
Farmers, as rule, have collection
of all kinds of fowls. Fanciers call
them dunghills. Showmen class them as
mongrels. But be they what they will,
If the males were killed off and pure-bred
fowls substituted, there would be more
eggs, more spring chickens, and better
health
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-29
Household Hints.

SALT water, borax, and carbolc acid
are aids in the battle with vermin.
TRY keeping cranberres fresh by pun
ting them in cold water containing {
piece of charcoal. Change the water
occasionally.
Pour vinegar over fresh fish, and the
scales will come off easily.
The luster of morocco leather is re-
stored by vanishing with white of an
egg.
CARROTS and turnips should boil for
forty-fve minutes when young; one hour,
in winter.
WHEN your sitter becomes clogged
with flour or meal, sift some hot ashes
through it; you will be surprised to see
how nicely it is cleaned.
To WASH flannel garments, souse them
in hot water, and put them repeatedly
through q wringer. The garments
should never be wrung with the hands,
or put in cold water
To REMOVE paint from silk goods,
saturate the part with equal parts of
turpentine and ammonia, then wash in
soap-suds and let it dry between blotting
paper, under heavy weight.
JEwELRY can be made to look like
new by washing with ammonia and
water, or alcohol, then rubbing dry and
polishing with prepared chalk, applied
with flannel or chamOiS skin
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-29
A Problem in Mathematics.

st am stumped," said little Willie
Bulltriger the other day, as he MOURN
fully laid his slate and arithmetic on
his teachers lap, and he rubbed hist
throbbing brow with the knuckle joints
of all his fingers.
Whats the matter, Willie?" said the
mistress in her kindest tones. (Which
one is it"
ooh its that'n about the eggs and
the old hen and bad boy"
''Oh I see. If q hen lays two eggs
day for seven days, and bad boy
breaks one each alternate day for two
weeks, how many eggs will be left in
the nextp Why, that is not difficult to
understand, Willie. That is easyp'
"Yes. Part of it's easy enough; but
I can't get the rest of it through my
head. The boy can break the eggs
easy enough; but can't understand
the rest"
"Now, Willie if the hen lays two eggs
each day for seven days, how many will
there be in the nest, if nobody bothers
them?"
"Why, fourteen, of course"
eyes. Well, now, how many days
are there in one week."
Seven"
"That's easy. Now, if there are seven
days in one week, how many are there
in two weeks?"
Fourteen"
"There. You are getting ON nicely.
Now if bad boy breaks an egg on each
alternate day, he viii break just half
as many eggs, as there are days, in two
weeks, will he not ?"
ayes UNI"
Therefore, he viii break how many
eggs?"
"Seven."
"That is right. Now, if there are
fourteen eggs in the nest, and seven are
broken, how many will remain p,
"Why, seven"
"That is right, Willie. You see tits
a very easy problem.
Nav faint That amt where was
stumped. got it that way before. I
understand that part; but the part
about the hens what bcthers me-"
about the hen?"
eyes Ma says no hen in American
can lay two eggs day" Through
Mail
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-29

The grounds about most farm-houses
are poorly supplied with walks. Some
times there is no way to approach the
house from the street Or to go from the
house to the well or farm buildings, ex-
cept to travel over ground that is not
covered with turf During a large por-
ftion of the year. and especially in the
winter, it is necessary to pass through
mud or Snow. As a consequence damp
feet are among the penalties attached to
passing out of the house during unpleas-
ant weather. Of course, it is very diff
5. cult to keep the floors of dwelling clean
when the occupants are obliged to walk
through mud every time they go out.
There should be good walks leading
from the street to the entrances to the
thNuse, and to the we'll and the various
out-buildings They not only promote
comfort but save large amount of work
an taking care of the house. Very good
and serviceable walks may be made by
mailing plank to scantlings placed on
edge The walks may be from two to
three feet wide, according to the width
of the planks Walks constructed in this
manner are easily kept free from snow,
as they may be swept off as often as is
necessary The only objection to them
is the difficulty in driving across them.
This difficulty may be obviated by rails
ing the driveway fcr teams or by plac-
ing inclined planks or timbers against
4he sides of the walks. Good walks may
also he made of fat stone or gravel con-
fined between pieces of timber. To pre-
went the timbers from spreading they
should be fastened together at suitable
distances by means of cross-pieces. The
gravel should be clean and the surface
of the walk should be slightly rounded
so as to carry off water.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-29

under cultivation in the United States
have more than doubled since the war,
and now comprise about one-third OF all
the land in the entire Republic. When,
q few months ago. prices of farm pro-
ducts were low, and there was tempo
rary depression of agricultural interests,
these facts were not considered. The
population of the United States has not
doubled since the war, but the number
of acres under cultivation have, and one
acre will produce much more food than
Us requisite for one person. The food
supply was far greater than the home
demand, and, very foolishly, we were adj
uniting foreign food products to the
value of S25, 100000 yearly to compete
with the over production of our own farm
GrS.
The demand for sugar is steadily in
creasing, aud, by the statisticians csti-
mate, it will be but short time until the
sugar bill of the Nation will reach the
enormous sum of $500, 900, 900 yearly.
This should be spent with American pro-
ducers; not a penny of it should go
abroad The eminent success of the
Grand Island Nebraska, beet sugar
works will encourage new enterprises
and within the next five years $50, 600,
Vb0 Cdis DIT If~sSt. dAC lAAciy W Do Edtu
FOR beet sugar, grown and made in the
Western States.
As to Cotton, we are producing about
One-half of all e fiber used in the world
and we are likely to sustain our suprem-
acy. And as to tobacco we are likely to
become independent OF Cuba or Sumatra
FOR the finest growths; of good and me-
dunn kinds we already grow enough for
home use.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-29
THE PIGGERY.
How Not to Have "ChoIera, ~

Don't leave a well hog in place where
sick one is or has been moment longer
than can be helped.
Don't fail to examine such separated
we'll hogs twice day, and to remove any
that may become i'll.
Don't allow the same person to take
care of the affected and we'll hogs
Don't allow any intercourse of men,
dogs or hens between the pens of either
lot of hogs.
Don't put new lot of healthy hogs in
O. pen, or upon land, where swine plague
has been for less than three years, un-
less the same has been thoroughly
cleansed Of all refuse, plowed or dug up
several times, and exposed to the air for
an entire summer season.
Don't forget that closed pens, sheds,
straw stacks and accumulated litter are
more dangerous than open country,
when swine plague has prevailed in such
places.
Don't water hogs from running
streams.
Don't place your hog pens, or runs
so that they can drain into running
streams.
Don't forget that all such places
should be we'll drained and kept as dry
as possible.
Don't bury dead hogs when you can
burn them up
Don't sell or buy sic k hogs.
Don't visit your neighbors hogs when
sick or allow him to visit yours if WELL
Don't forget that watchfulness, care
fulness and diligence will do more
to prevent swine plague than all medi-
cines.
Don't forget that without these things
being adhered to, the most practical
vaccine will ever prove next to useless.
-Hdn1 and EO0s
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-29
THE POULTRY YARD.
Poultry I'm France.

In France the fattening of geese for
market is the business of men, who do
nothing else. They contract with the
dealers to get their stock in marketable
condition at certain time for price
agreed upon. France is considered the
largest poultry market in the world, the
keeping of poultry being done in man
ner that makes it pay. 1t is not uncom.
mon to see the French peasant driving
into market flock of several hundred
geese, selling them as we would so many
sheep or hogs. There are also many
who go among the farmers, pluck the
geese feathers, and market them on per
centage; this gives employment and &
Giving to many poor people. -Amertcaf
A0TiclLJtatrist.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-29
THE DAIRY.

Perhaps the most valuable lessons
learned in the dairy world during 1890,
were taught by the failure of the ice
crop. Creame-ies and many large
diaries had become so accustomed to d
plentiful supply of ice that they had come
to think they could not get along without
it. But experiment and experience have
discovered that by diluting fresh milk 25
per cent. with either warm or cold water
the time Of cream raising may be so much
reduced as practically to do away with
the necessity of using ice for Dreaming
milk. The lesson is of great value and
has already been the means of saving
many dollars; and, rightly used, may be
the means of saving more. We do not
know of any carefully conducted expert
ments bearing upon the point, but from
the few observations made ourselves, we
are inclined to think shat those who have
made really good butter without the use
of ice will find that it keeps sweet longer
and stands up better when exposed to the
air, than butter made with ice. When
ice is abundant it is apt to be used too
freely, and the milk, cream and butter be
made too cold. Whether or not diluting
the milk has any influence on the churna
biity Of the cream, remains to be tested,
SO far as we know.-The Jersey Bulletin.
Dairy Notes.
A COMFORTABLE cow stable need not be
costly, but a stable will be costly if not
comfortable
A STACK of straw will make more
warmth for more cows if used as bedding
in warm barn instead of out OF doors.
ONE in position to know says that s'no
product of equal value is handled so
carelessly as is butter, by the butter
makers of Iowa" This wrong ought
to be righted at once.
IF COW is we'll treated she will do
| better than if roughly treated. and if you
| buy cow that is not used to kind treat
ment you have got to overcome her dis
| trust before you can get her to do her
| best.
WHEN you go to buy cow note how
! the owner goes up to her and how she
accepts the approach. If she receives a
pat or stroke as though she was &C
customed to it well and good, but il she
looks afraid or surprised, look out for
| her to be some time in getting &C
quainted.
/ A GOOD creamery man remarked the
other day that he would give 5000 to have
his patrons together for two hours, SO he
| could talk to them. He knew it would
be money in his pockets to do so, as ii
would be money in their pockets, and
| what puts money in their pockets is
money in his No creamery man, nc
farmer can afford to miss attending every
dairymen's meeting that comes any.
where near him. In fact, he cannot at
ford to miss them, even if he has to &C
out of his way to attend them.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-07-29

ing thrust entirely through the others
and held in place by little wooden bolts.
These braces should be put through the
supports at unequal heights, so as to al
low of each one passing entirely through;
and the knife should be exceedingly
sharp to avoid splitting. The fans, with
their handles cut off, are laid on little
wooden supports to which they are firmly
screwed in the center. The material for
this stand costs but a trifie and it is a.
light and graceful bit of furniture for d
summer room.-Fdq'nl and Home.