The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-01-27
Local and other News,


Now is the time for the
farmers to read The REcoRDEB
and to plan for the spring and
summer.
"A friend writes to us as fol.
lows: "Halt! stop, go slow,
wait till / can get in a word side,
ways about the public roads"
-"Blood will tell" but il
must be carefully watched or il
will tell stories Of disappoint-
ment, encouragement, loss and
ruin.
One queer thing about law
is t'iat il requires a man 70 keep
all animals under restraint, ex-
cept dogs OF course the sheep
are not protected.
Many towns are now paying
more money for poor roads than
good ones would cost, simply
because they don't understand
how to build right and don't
realize what 4 tax poor roads
are.
Its none too early to pre-
pare for tip spring work. Does
your plough need a new handle,
your hay rake a new tooth:
May be you need q plank or
scantling drag, or some gates.
I'm time Of peace prepare for
war y
We are informed that a
great many are suffering in Or
ange from q very severe attack
Of the grip. Many families are
Frustrated, by it, in some cases
as many as three and five per-
sons in a single family being all
i'll at the same time.
1T is a cnrieus fact that a
man is never a closer reader Of
q newspaper than after he has
stopped il for cause His
neighbors viii testify to this
truth, and more than one indi-
vidual will blush as he reads
this paragraph and plead guilty
to hiInself.
at always seems 10 me that
cheek
Succeeds in beating worth and
skill;
Why, cen in church one small
red cent
Makes more noise than a dol
lar bill. Zone whe knows.
Rev. Hawkins-Ah, Deacon
Dives, you are deep in mono
poles and syndicates and all
that sort of thing. But remem
Der, dear brother, what the Bible
says, "Pnt not your trust in
riches" Deacon Dives-I don't;
Iput my riches in trusts. Xxx
If the Agricultural Depart
ment at Raleigh could make
correct predictions as regards
this years crop, the public de
sire would in a measure abate,
4 se Durham Fertilizer Co., Is
making some big shipments,
and the farmers who used this
fertilizer LAST year made very
large crops, thank you.
Many complimentary re-
marks are heard about the
splendid sermons preached at the
First Baptist church last Sunday
by Rev. j. l.. White. He Is an
able man and gives good salts
faction to his congregation
We regret To- part with him.
Durham's loss will be Asheville's
gain.
Judge Whitaker was con.
fined 10 bis room last Friday and
Saturday with sickness. He
has already won good opinions
OF the people OF Durham. He
is always ready 10 hand down
justice to those tending % vi
olate the law. But tho position
Of a judge is an exceedingly
trying one, especially II the grip
Is around.
The editor Of the Durham
Sun parted with his whiskers
about ten days ago, but he
doesn't seem to care o cent IN
fact he feels happy, because the
Sun has been shining around
the capitol OF tho nation; and
with its light turned on, our
Congressman went 70 work 10
look after a public building for
Durham with industry aud
acuteness.
DIR. N. NJ. johnson a Co.,
have something 10 say IN this
issue that is worth the attention
Of every farmer In this State,
They tell you where 10 get the
best, an itch ointment that new.
er fails, q letter from w. II,
Pierce, telling about their won.
derful Stock Powders etc. This
firm Ii an old and reliable one
their business has steadily, rap
idly and safely grown. and 4