The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-06-13

the patient, pale as death itself, gasped,
"Please don't take off my shoes doctor
my stockings r full of holes"
The effort seemed to bring back the
life to the sufferer, and in half an hour
she was as well as ever, with a new
pair of stockings on, fully ready for
the next ''epell. "-LOUGsUille Courier
Journal
A PRETTY NOVELTY.
An attractive -four display may be
made at small cost by one who has an
old stove pot lying around. Take
three poles about six feet long and
fasten them together at the top with
wire and spread the lower ends out to
form the three feet of a tripod similar
to the ones used by gypsies hanging a
pot I'VE the fire. Hang your old pot
in this tripod having the bottom n
foot from the ground. Fill the pot
with rich earth and plant candy tuft
or any other white flowers in it. Then
around the potin the ground set scarlet
or crimson flowers such as geraniums,
phlox or verbenas. When in bloom it
does not require any great stretch of
the imagination to transform the
flowers below into fame and those
above into the foam of a boiling pot.
DIsCONsOLATE WIFE,
Il don't believe in these secret So
cieties," said one Austin lady to
another.
THAT'S very singular" replied the
other; your husband is a Forester,
an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Honor,
and you will have at least $40, 900 when
he dies
But what good does all that do me-"
was the fearful response, " when he
never dies9" and the poor creature burst
into tears.-TeHas SJfting8.
ONE KISS MORE
Robby (at the breakfast-table)-
MAUD, did Mr.. Jones take any of the
umbrellas or hats from the hall last
night?"
Maud-"Why of course not; why
should he, Robby?"
Robby-"That's just what I'd like to
know. I thought he did, because 1
heard him say, when he was going out,
I'm going to steal just me-, and
Why, what's the matter, Maud9"-
HUrpeT'S BazGr.
FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS.
Newly imported domestic-'"Th'
Teddy tould me to be sure to put tn
parley lamp out for tn noight. Olive
heerd tell of putin tn dog out and
putin tn cat out, but by tn saints
above US, Oh can't see tn sinse av put,
tin a lamp out"
SHE WENT HOME-DID NOT BELIEVE A
HUSBAND WHO TALKED IN
HIS SLEEP.
"And who, pray, is Doris9'' was the
kquestion that startled Mr.. Brown (who
is addicted to that i'll conceived habit
of talking in his Sleep, as he woke
the other morning and found his de-
voted better-half sitting up in bed
with an interrogation point in one eye
and a note of exclamation in the
! other.
Doris, Doris-Doris who?'
That's precisely what I want to
know; you've been repeating the name
over and over again during the night"
"Oh-ah-yes, yes, of course. It's
Charlie Jones new collie dog. Oh,
she's a perfect beauty-I'd give any
thing for her"
"Indeed?"
Rather she's the sort of a dog"
You ought to own9 Certainly
you appear excessively fond of her.
You asked, you will be pleased to hear,
this collie dog to put her arms around
your neck and kiss you; then you told
Mr.. Jones dog that you loved her with
all your heart and that when you
came to die, if you could only lay
your head on Jones dogs bosom, you
could breathe your life out sweetly
there Then you asked Jones dog to
have another ice cream, and if the
watch you had given her kept good
time. Under these circumstances,
Jethro Brown, I think, perhaps, you
had better go to Jones collie dog, as
I'm going home to my mother"
WHERE GIRLS ARE OF LITTLE USE.
In some parts of Sicily the advent of
a baby girl is looked upon as such a
misfortune that a small black flag is
hung out of the window to proclaim
the sad event. The reason is not far
to seek. Having to be maintained by
the householders as long as they are
unmarried, and having to dover their
bridegrooms with a dot" girls are
improbable. Boys, on the other hand,