The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-09-27

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museum of the Neps to-day received a
wonderful acquisition in the shape ola
stalk of okra, grown on the farm of
Mr. S. w. Reid, In Steel Creek town
ship. The stalk is as thick around as
a dudes walking cane, and measures
exactly nine feet and three inches in
height.
Last week Mr.. Pendley, of Johns
River, found a couple of cartridges
leading about a two days old chicken
that they had Matched in a field. The
egg had been laid in the partridge nest
by a hen and the cartridges kept right
on and made a great to do when the
little fellow was taken from them, says
the Lenoir Topic.
Reports from all over the county
leave no doubt of the fact that the
Mecklenburg cotton crop is short,
nearly, if not quite one half. The
recent dry spell caused it. Up to the
time that the dry spell began, the out
look for a large cotton crop was as
good as could have been desired, says
the Charlotte NeUs.
Our indu strious truckman. Mr.. J.,
w. Hunter, has successfully gathered
three crops from the same land this
season. The first was a crop of straw
berries; second, a crop of early peas,
and last, but not least in bulk, a crop
of hay. AS it is not quite time for
frost yet, will patiently wait and see
what he will do next, says the Clinton
Caucasian.
Monroe Enquirer: A cyclone struck
the neighborhood of Meadow Branch
Church Tuesday afternoon between 4
and 5 o'clock. The entire roof of the
church building was blown off and
deposited In a heap upon the railroad
track nea by, and several of the trees
in the grove were blown down. We
have not heard OF any damage being
done elsewhere.
Wadesboro Messenger InteUigencer:
For the year ending August 31st 1852,
there were II, 038 bales of cotton sold
on this market. - The cotton crop
in this county for this year is estimated
to be about half of last years crop.
When it is remembered that last years
crop did not come up to the average,
the shortness of this years yield can
the better be appreciated.
Concord Standard: Concord will
be the first town in the State to have
cotton mill that employs colored opera
tives alone. That is, if Mr.. Chapman
succeeds in his present efforts. The
factory will do no spinning, but con-
tent itself, at the start, with looms
alone. 1t is proposed to raise one-half
the stock here and the rest will be
taken by Northern gentlemen.
Burlington Ne1Us: Mr.. George JEFF
freys, who lives near Lebanon church,
in the Mebane section, has covey of
of young cartridges that came to him
in this way: The house cat went into
the field where it caught a mother
partridge which had a lot of little ones
Rather than be left alone they fol
lowed the cat home as it carried the
mother bird in it's mouth. Mr.. Jefreys
caught them and has them in a coop.
Goldsboro Argus: The city is at
length to have a complete and uniform
system of sewerage, adequate to all
requirements. The contract for the
work has already been awarded to a
New York construction company, who
will send out a civil engineer to make
the survey and draw the plans during
the current month. The work of dig
cling up and laying the pipes will be
done after the malarial season is over.
Mr.. Edwin Caldwell, of Harrisburg,
brings us in a good turkey tale. Three
weeks ago a gobbler on his farm went
out to the potato patch, scratched up
eight potatoes, rolled them into a nest,
and has been sitting on them ever
since. Mr.. Caldwell has broken up
the old gobler's nest time and again,
but all to no effect. He has concluded
to let the old gobbler have it out, even
unto death, says the Charlotte NeoUs.
Lexington Dispatch: We learn that
the Silver Valley Mines are being
pushed to great success. There are
about Is hands employed, and they
are mining from ten to sixteen tons of
solid ore per day, and the prospects
are good for the future of its being
what has been claimed, for it is un-
doubleday one of the best mines in the
States. We were shown some silver
ore from this mine recently, and the
piece we have has an abundance of
silver In it.
The Wilkesboro Chronicle says:
1.-THE circus clown Monday paid Col.
Folk a very nice compliment. The
performances were going on. The
Col. arose to leave. The clown alb
ruptly called a halt, saying, 1--WE can
not proceed without Col. Folk" The
audience roared and the Col. took his
seat. The Col. now says that the show
was the finest on the face of the earth,
not because of any merit of the show
itself, but because they could dis
criminate and recognize gentlemen"
Elizabeth City Carolinian: Early
last week an elderly colored man, coli
ing himself John jackson, appeared
here, had circulars distributed among
the colored people, stating that the
/ Government would pay every slave
$3.50, that he was a U. s.. marshal
authorized to obtain the evidence, and
that In three weeks the money would
be paid. His charge in each case was
fifty cents, He was rrestand brought