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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-10

The small amount of cash in the hands
of the State Business Agent, and the in
creasing business of his Office, render it
necess try that the above orde RS should be
made. County Agents should always
send in cash for full amount of bills not
later than twenty days after receiving
them. Promptness in these matters is
very necessary and will greatly obige,
Fraternally,
W. II. WORTH,
S. B. A. N. G.. F. s. A.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-02-10

Fhs Currituck County Farmers
Alliance met at the court house Thurs
day, January lst, 1891, A. R Pitts,
President, Ia the chair. The commit
tee on credentials reported the follow
ing Alliances duly represented: Snow
den, No. l247; Mayock, No. 1913;
CciDjock, No 1919; Poplar Branch,
No. 1850; Shawboro, No. 1852; Craw-
ford, No. 1858; Central, No. 1890,
Gibbs, No. l7I6. Those not repre-
sented: J~arvisOurgh, No. 1851; Knott's
Island, No. 1913.
J. J. TALERN,
T. H. FULFoRD,
w. II. KINsEY,
Committee.
Following is the report of special
committee: We, the committee ap-
pointed oy your last meeting to inves.
igate the eligibility of TuIl's Greek
Alliance, beg leave to offer the follow
ing: In our investigation we find
that there was one charter member
who had been rejected in less than six
months before the organization of the
above Alliance, though six months
elapsed before the Alliance received
the charter, notwithstanding we Q
ommend that this Alliance receive
said Tull's Greek Allionce into fellow
ship. Report adopted.
By motion to appoint a committee
Of three 20 ask the county commission.
srs to appoint al inspector of weighs
and measures, the chair named G. ".
Williams, J. R. Hslstesd and E. R.
Johnston as such committee.
Moved and carried that this County
Alliance endorse Geo R. Whitehurst,
shoe dealer, in Norfolk, Va, and let
aim know the same by aproper Motif
cation.
Moved and carried that W. s. Mer.
Ger, Esq, be recommended as District
Lecturer of this, this First Congress
sioRal District.
By motion, J. J. Ferebee, J. R. Bell
and 5. D. Burnham were appointed a
committee on resolutions, and reported
the following: We beg leave to re
port the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, The next Legislature of
North Carolina will have to elect a
United Senator, etc. Be it therefore
RESOLVED, That we, the Currituck
county Farmers Alliance, do earnest
y request that our Senators and Rep,
feseRtatives vote for no man unless he
WI pledge himself to support the Al
lance demands.
He'otSed, That we demand of our
representatives TO support the resolu
IONS Nos. 2 3 and 4 as set forth in
me demands of the N. G. F. s. A. as
ssunea by a majority of the Sub ALI
'nceS in the State.
Hs'otved, That the u. 8. Senator
aSO pledge himself to vote for the
.Ooltlon of national banks, the free
gOlnsge Of silver, the issue of fraction
currency, the prohibition of alien
"Aersnlp OF land and reclamation by
SOne proper methods of all lands now
.olu BY aliens, railroads or other cor
O5a9lons, and held for actual settlers
10y, the govern ment ownership and
Son'foI OF the e of communica.
~Tn n transportation. Respectfully
submitted,
J. R. BELL,
j j. FEREBEE,
S. d. BURNHAM,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-03-28

pair OF horses you can find;" you will
be prouder Of that letter than nomi-
nation to Congress. Now my vener,
able friend, when your son has got
his colt or team, don't you dare to
sell them and appropriate themonev.
lfyou must steal, rob AN express
company, a bank, or even your
neighbours hen roosts, rather than
rob the boy. Whenever | use the
word farmer in this paper,I mean the
genuine article-not the land robber
who happens to live on a farm and
spends a portion of his time in seeing
how much he can cheat his land out
of and pay nothing back, and the
other portion in growing that farm
ing don't pay. A horse with legs the
size and shape of a stove pipe is good
enough for such a counterfeit farmer;
but for the genuine article the best is
none too good.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-03-28
Answer This Question.

Why do so many people we see
around us seem to prefer to suffer and
be made miserable by Indigestion,
Constipation, Dizziness, Loss of Ap>
detite, Coming Up of the Food, Vel
low Skin, when for 70 cents we will
sell them Shiloh's System Vitalizer,
guaranteed to cure them. Sold by
w. II. Fleming.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
FARM NOTES.

Give the cows salt, regardless of the dec
laration of some people that cows do not
need salt
A thorough fitting of the land and plenty
of seed are two essentials of success in
seeding in grass.
On farm good facilities, good man
agement and good markets are more valu-
able than the breed of fowls. We must
cater to the wants and accommodations of
the business.
Rotate the crops in the garden as well
as in the fields. Do not grow peas or
cabbage on the ground occupied by such
crops last year, but change all crops to
new plots, or to plots occupied by some
other crop the previous season. Rotation
is very important matter in agriculture.
Tie rid a poultry house of red lice, fumi-
gate it with burning sulphur, in which
has been placed pound of old tobacco
leaves, or piece of common rosin twice as
big as an egg, the house meantime being
closed perfectly tight. Insects cannot live
in this kind of atmosphere.
Corn is benefited by all kinds of man ure.
The roots extend quite distance. and
feed over the whole of the surface. 1t is a
crop that assists in cleaning the soil Of
weeds, owing to the frequent cultivation
required, and it thrives best when the
young plants are given go ID start.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
Modern Methods.

No other occupation requires more con
iinuous active thought than that OF
modern methods of farming. There are a
wide diversity of methods, and no one
best for all places, soils or other circum-
stances. Hence each farmer must in the
main decide for himself. In olden times
farmers in each neighborhood fell into
certain ruts which might be followed
through life without much thinking. To
this fact is due the popular belief among
city people that the farmers life is, or
may be, an unthinking one. The few
farmers that practice on this theory can
not keep up with the great procession of
those who don't. Many kinds of city
business requires less mental effort than is
needed on the farm to NAL 9 success.
Sometimes business once veil started
will seem to run itself in the well-deined
grooves made for it. Farmers cannot do
this. The rules of one season scarcely
ever apply to the next. and so the faculty
for thinking have ever to be on the
alert
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
4 be1yv burden

Il heaUy burden
all the ills and ailments that only
female flesh is heir to. 1t rests with
you whether you carry it or lay it
down. You can cure the disorders
and arrangements that prey upon
your sex, with DIR. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription. It's legitimate
medicine, carefully compounded by
an experienced physician, and
adapted TO woman's delicate organ-I
Izat'OiI
For all organic displacements and
weaknesses, accompanied by weak
back, bearing-down sensations, and
for all uterine diseases, its a posi-
tive specific. It's guaranteed to
give satisfaction, in every case.
II it doesn't, you've only TO ask
for your money and it's cheerfully
refunded. If it does, you'll want
to ask for nothing more. It's
the cheapest medicine you can use,
because you only pay for the good
you get. It improves digestion,
euriches the blood, invigorates
the system, and produces refresh
ing sleep.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
The Destructive Torpedo.

The civil war in Chilli Is interesting TO
several experts because y - throwing
light upon number of important ques-
lions connected with naval warfare. The
success of the torpedo thus far has at
tracted much attention. A few weeks ago
news of the sinking of large ironclad
with all on board by torpedo was re-
ceived and more recently the iron -armored
ship, Blaneo Encalads- with two others,
we're destroyed in like manner by the
government torpedo cruiser, Almirante
Lynch. The extent OF this latest disaster
appears to have been fearful. The lesson
is that the torpedo service of the American
navy is worthy of high development
The complete success of torpedo warfare,
Furthermore, would probably be the death
blow of ponderous offensive ornaments
such As those of England, France and
Germany. These incidents IN the Gillian
war should teach our government not 10 be
in haste to initiate European methods In
the building of navy. There is great
deal that can be learned only in actual
battle, as the Europeans are likely to dis
cover sooner OF later 10 their cost.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
FARM AND GARDEN.
PROTEST.
7. 8. COLLIER

Oh. words Of love that are unspoken,
You do US grieyous wrong,
For hearts grow weary, yea and broken,
If silence lasts too long.
Why should not eyes be dim with holding
watch tn al does not cease,
While Just beyond their grasp unfolding
Loves radiant blooms InereassS
Hearts that are wed no knife can sever
The ancient proverb says:
But what If waiting lasts forever,
Whose is the purse that pays:
o Love, yours Is the treasure, lying,
Red with the stains OF rust,
Where sweet, sad ghosts .re yainy signing
Above the bitter dust
There as the long day slowly fingers
Toward nights silent gloom,
They weave, with thin, unstesdy fingers,
Garlands of withered bloom.
Where are the lovers vigil keeping,
For whom these wreathes they Irvine:
Some in Crusader graves are sleeping,
In far-of Palestine.
Some lie amid the cayerns hollow,
Where lost ships softly rock;
Some In unknown graves that follow
Wars fierce victorious shock;
Some rest where mountain streams are LAYING
The sands that CLEAN with gold;
Some meet their death, the tempest Drawing
Where Arctic waves are cold.
They vainly looked for that to morrow
Earth never yet has known,
And death grew from the seeds of sorrow
Within their spirits sown;
All, would they, if theirs we're the choosing,
Reap haryests like to this:
Or all the wide world know the losing
Of even single kiss?.
When garden ways with blooms are freighted,
Who thinks of winters snow?
Only the souls that are belated
The loss of love can know;
When JOY within the heart is singing,
We do not heed the bell
Whose measured stroke is slowly ringing
Another's funeral knell.
o, Love, that ''sience may be golden
Was written in the years
That had no legends quaint and olden,'
Or fountain fed with tears;
No wedding chimes TO music walking
Are given words unsaid,
Nor can they, through the silence breaking,
Watt gladness TO the dead.
Speak Love! The oft-repeated story
Can never grow too old,
But wins to higher heights of glory
Each time that it il told;
And lips are ready for replying,
With words of tender cheer;
Speak, Love! for swift years are flying,
And, 10, the time is near.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
short Stop Suggestions.

This is the time to push farm work.
Prepare early for the great crop-Indian
corn. Early potatoes pay best. Small
thrifty trees are the best for planting.
The older the tree, the moro difficult to
transplant and the less certain to thrive
Don't set fruit trees too closely, especially
apple trees Use neither inferior seeds
nor sires. If in doubt, test seeds before
planting. Keep a record of all crops
planted and amount of seed used Fer
tilize the meadows and pastures. Heavy
manuring helps to lift mortgages. Save
all the ashes and use them on the farm
No shackIy or rusty tools now. More tire
on wagon wheels and less in the horses.
Straighten up the fences and the gate
posts. Provide good watering places for
stock. Protect all misunderstanding birds
Look after the bees-examine the colonies.
The early chick catches the most money.
Get ready to fight insects and weeds. See
that our wheat fields are well drained.
Help the feminines in the flower garden.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
Things Worth knowing.

Katherine B. Johnston wants to know
if housekeepers know:
That If teacupful of cold water is add
ed to a well beaten egg, and enough of
the mixture used to moisten the ground
coffee before it is made, it will be quite a
saving of eggs over the old method
That if little soft met melted) lard or
butter is rubbed over the top of bread
dough when in mass, and after being
nodded into loaves, hard crust will be
avoided.
That teaspoonful of pulverized sugar
sifted Through sieve) over the top crust
of a pie will add greatly to its appearance.
That when SCOT falls upon carpet OF
rug, if covered thoroughly with salt it Can
be swept up without leaving trace. IF
one trial is not sufficient give 1t another.
That little powdered borax added to
cold starch stiffens linen beautifully.
That clothes-pin are too cheap to st and
out of doors in cold weather pinning two
garme4- is together with one.
That in baking cake with granuIated
sugar you should use little less than the
receipt calls for.
That basin of cold water placed in an
oven will soon lower the temperature.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
John PIoughman's New Proverbs

Mr.. SpurgeOn's new penny almanac for
1891, issued under the name of John
Ploughman. seems fully equal to former
years as the following selection of daily
notices will show:
When you are eating, think of the hun
gry.
There is time to fish and time to
mend nets.
Fault finders need no apprenticeship.
Christ is our patron and our pattern.
Some are early qaddled, and yet start late.
W.o scalds his mouth once will blow
next time.
AT their worst, things must improve.
With God, over the sea; without him.
not over the threshold
Fit to die is fit to live: and fit to live is
fit to die.
If you hunt two hares you will catch
none.
Apostles would be apostates did not
grace prevent.
When debts are paid I'm not afraid.
When | owe and cannot pay I'd be glad
to run away.
Conceit puffs up, but does not prop up.
A women without religion is a flower
without perfume.
Every mite thinks itself the whole cheese.
DC sio" " pToHllSe, anu sure 10 per
form.
To those who are nothing, Christ is
everything.
A tale twice told is cabbage twice cold.
Many love the purse rather than the per
son.
As you wend, such your end.
Punctual pay makes willing trust
To gentle man every women is lady
Fear kills more than the physician.
To live by feelings Is to steer by the
winds.
He is not yet born who can pleas every
body.
Open your eyes before marriage, and
halfshut them afterwards
A man apt to promise is apt to forget
Where there is whispering there is
slandering.
To be valued make yourself scarce.
Trust in God; but keep your powder dry.
London Raptist
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
The Best Beans

Bean growers are not agreed as to the
best variety Certain kinds are undoubt-
eddy better Tor certain soils and methods
Of culture than others, and which kind
would be the best fer any particular field
cannot be told without full knowledge of
the circumstances. A comparatively new
sort, the Burlingame Medium, is very
early. hardy and prolific, having been
known to yield at the rate of forty-two
bushels to the acre. The Seofeld or early
marrow pea is the most popular sort in
western New York, and Is rapidly becom-
ing so in the bean growing districts of
Michigan and the west These are the
earliest sorts to ripsn and do not require
as much room as the others, twenty four to
twenty-eight inches being the common
distance. Medium and white marrows
are stronger, growing little later, and
require more room
The white kidney has the largest vine
and is the latest to mature. The prolific
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15

Something depends, of course, on skill
in making good butter to make better
dairying pay, but more depends on having
good cows, the farmer who has cows that
will make 300 pounds of butter year can
afford to apply the skill and labor neces-
sary to make first class article of butter
He who keeps cows that do not yield
more than $50 pounds year cannot make
as good butter, because he presumptively
has not much Intelligence and cannot af-
ford with such small product to hire IT.
The old maxim holds good, "Out of
nothing, nothing comes" Get good cows
for milk and butter That is always the
first and most i'm portant step toward good
dairying.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15

ing to find you ever since, but nobody that
| asked could tell me anything about
Miss Gardner.
Lady Loveday smiled. He did not
know of her marriage then2 The caprice
took her not to tell him just yet-she want
ed woman like to see if he had remained
faithful all these years.
"Oh, am such an insignificant person
in the midst of all these big wigs"
Dick smiled back at her-he had a
charming smile-and they wandered along
together, each with tallow dip flicker
ing and suffering and fully lighting up
their young faces. She had not altered
one bit, he said, and she declared he was
as brown as Hindoo and would have to be
scraped white. lime fiieswhen old friends
meet and nearly an hour had gone before
Dick had told her that ne had come down
to the association to read paper in the
geographical section. Would she CT NE
and hear it? OF course, of course she
would Poor old Dick! He was just as
hard hit, she firmly believed, as ever
When they at length went back to the
bottom of the shaft there was not a soul to
be seen. The awful truth began to dawn
upon them that they had been left behind.
How easily that might be with thu five or
six hundred people who had come with the
excursion they both saw at a glance.
What was to be done? Nothing-abso-
utely nothing. Lady Loveday TUNED
greenish white as she leaned Against
rock
"Sir James," she moaned-"Sir James
would never let me die like a dog in a
hole
'Sir James?'' said Dick, surprised.
You mean the president? Is be great
friend of yours?"
He SO, my poor Dick i-he is-my
husband" she faltered, not daring to look
at him now. Captain BramwelI gave a
little whistle and turned away. What a
farce, and how like Lena the whole thing
was! Lady Loveday did not see him
smile.
Forgive met she murmur ID, stepping
.arer to him and laying caressing hand
on his arm. She was very fond of the
drama, and that was always what they
said in plays, when the old lover came
back from India and found the heroine
faithless.
MY poor child" he answered, gravely,
| 'I'il forgive you anything-as long as we
ever get out of this internal pit"
h'hb Soui' hdiuil SohSCai uti uiSStp
pointment. Was it actually
possible-that he did not care, that he did
not remember? 1t couldn't be, he had
loved her too well! He must be pretend
| ing. just to look as if he were Indifferent
They waited long time, and it was
o'clock before the whirr of the bucket
was heard coming to their relief. An ex-
| PLANTATION of Captain Bramwells equa-
nimity with regard to her marriage was
afforded Lady Loveday on their arrival at
the top of the shaft. Hurrying toward
the pits mouth was seen Sir James, ac.
companied by pretty girl in blue, whose
naive delight at seeing Captain Bran vel
was obvious to all the bystanGers.
And w"o-who is the exunlberant
young woman in blue?" queried Lena
with not quite pretty smile.
That, dear Lady Loveday," sale
Dick, quietly, as he handed his com
panion out on to terra frma, "that-is my
| WifeI"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
TIL AT BOY.

His name is not Soloman There are
many things he does not know. Remember
he is only boy. You were one once Call
to mind what you thought and how you
felt Give that boy chance. Keep near
to him in sympathy. Be his chum. Do
not make too many east iron laws. Rule
with a velvet hand Help him have good
time. Answer his foolish questions Be
patieut with his pranks. Laugh at his
Jokes. Sweat over his c0nundrums Linn
Der up your dignity with game of ball
or {, halt days fishing. You can win his
heart utterly. And hold him steady
in the path that leads higher up.
That boy has soul, and destiny reach
ing high above the mountain peaks. He
is worth million times his weight in
gold.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15

tree bean. which has been extensively ad-
yertsed az so uncommonly prolific. is very
late, and have never known of a profit
able crop of that variety. OF the cclored
held beans, the China red eyes and the vel
low eyes are early, very hardy and easily
grown, The turtle-soup is larger vinea
and late a.-d both il and the still larger
and late red kidney sometimes give enor-
nous yields, but are very unreliable All
the eolored beans at times command
very high price and other years are quite
unsuitable, so that with these varieties we
are apt to lose one great advantage of the
bean CT np-tLat is a ready sale. Consid
erlng things the early marrow pea is
probably the safest variety for an expert
mental crop, says Michigan farmer in
the American Agricultural
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
Sitting Hens.

L,ok sharply after the sitting hens. If
possible get peep into the nests daily
while they are absent. A little neglect
here will ruin everything. Ii a single egg
is broken the whole should be Immediate
Iy washed, or there is danger of the mass
drying on the outside of the remaining
eggs and stopping the circulation. Take
ont the traw or chatf and put in fresh
supply. If the hens leave the nest, as
they sometimes will, don't neglect the
eggs even if entirely cold Place them in
a pan of warm water and gradually raise
to los degrees, leaving thsm there until
warmed through and then put under
fresh hen. In this way one will often
save clutch of eggs and be well repaid
for the labor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
THE HOUSEHOLD.
How to Be a Happy Woman.

To have so much to do that there is no
time for morbid thoughts.
To never think for moment that YOU
are not attractive, and to n.ake yourself
look as charming as possible.
To be considerable of the happiness of
others that it will be reflected back to you
as from looking gass.
To never permit yourself to grow old,
for by cultivating all the graces of heart,
brain and body, age will not come upc n
you.
To believe that life work has been map
ped out for you, that it is near you,
and to do that which your hands find for
you.
To remember that the happy old maid
is the one member of the family who, not
having any other claims on her, can be
Gods own sunshine to those in sorrow or
in JOY.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
Rice Wames.

Rub pint of boiled rice through fine
colauder, add a tablespoonful of flour, 2
teaspoonfuls baking powder, and small
teaspoonful salt. To the yoks of eggs
well beaten add I l X teacupfuis milk
and a tablespoonful of melted butter
Mix the above we'll with the -four and last
ly add the white of 8 eggs beaten stiff
Have the waffle irons hot, grease lightly,
but evenly. Fill two thirds full, cover,
d moment, then turn them over and brown
the other side.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-15
IMPATIENCE-


I never wanted time to pass as now,
For nv own love lie coming after me,
When leaves hang thiCk On esery waving Dough-
Whilst rolls beneath green and shlmiherhg
NV love who left me when the dying rays
OF summer suns in Autumn's leaves were
stored,
And hung DER all dim and purple haze,
For shadowIng far-of lands still unexplored-
And. the white winter long and dreary has beer,
TAI gaunt and ghostly stands the lesiless trees
While. nature dead, her shroud was wrapped
within
Earth's Joyous scenes and sweetest melodies.
But he will come and shall see his face,
And We Will stray dow the sweetest paths OF
June,
And fairest scence shall gather a new grace,
For with earth's Joy our hearts will be In tune