Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1893-02-03

Inc county SOuiAiSoiOH~A"
Monday and the City Councilmen on
Tuesday next
The store. recently occupied by M.
Hooper, on Bread street, has been
q eatly improved by the lowering Of
its floors, &C.
If Edenton il ever TO be what she
should be-a wide-awake, go-ahead.
progressive city. and q manufacturing
ceutre-hustle is the word.
Just received new supply OF new
type and other printing material. Send
all orders for job printing to Jas. K.
Elliott. First class work guaranteed
The fisherman are preparing for the
seasons fishing. They are tarlng their
nets, driving their stakes, and putting
their boats in order. Success to them.
Last week DR.. Richard billiard was
sleigh-riding On Edenton Bay with his
two ponies. This is, perhaps, the first
time horses have ever been seen trosting
upon the bay.
"A well-informed gentleman who
has been to Raleigh and watched the
workings Of the Legislature, says that
one can tell every dead county in the
State by the Representatives i'll the
| General Assembly,"
GIr. \. Huckabee, barber of E. City
has removed his family to Edenton,
where he will open first class shaving
/ saloon. Shop On Magnolia ST. eet.
| The FISHERMAN & FARMER wishes hIm
much success, and be5peaks for him
d good patronage.
| 1t takes two, or more, to have race,
! ,.n1 IN UrUeI 30 make the contest IN :
| teresting MIR. 81. Bond has annOunc-
| ed his canidatecy for the Edepton Post
Office. Thus the fight will be between
ing, capable and universally Liked :.
| Now, who'll be the winning man?
| Time will tell.
Capt Geo. II, Whitney ia Mr.. Cole
| gate Darden, of the Steamer L0ta. WEI (
in Edenton Wednesday. They care
down the liver on the Str Keystone to
open the way far the Lota, which they
did with little trouble. The Lota will
resume her route to-day, and
run on schedule time.
A Georgia editor of country paper
has proper understanding of the situa~
ton in the newspaper office. He
writes: "The-e is more Joy in a
printing Office over ono sinner who
lays il advance AID abuses the editor
an every occasion than over ninety and
| nine righteous men who borrow the
paper and sing it's praises without
contributing q cent to keep it out of
thu poor house.
Our typos have been laboring this
week under difficulties. Several Gimp,
SOS as the passing young damsels filled
our hearts with such throbing emotions
we were frequently forced to lay aside
| our Composing stick" and feast our
eyes upon unsurpassing beauty. Stop
it, yc angels Of earth, or we shall be
compel to curtain cur windows, or
suspend business.
The Steamer Plymouth did some
good work Saturday 'aJt- perhaps the
| best ever done by boat Of her build.
| She left Plymouth at about ten o'clock
| and. after cutting hAr way through ice
from four to eight inches thick, dis
lance of twenty miles, arrived in Eden
ton at about S p, M, as sound as dol
lar. General Manager King is hus
tier, man of nerve and push plenGy.
Hereafter, we are sold, tke Steamer
Lota will connect regularly with the
fast ''ShOo Fly" train of the Norfolk
& Carolina Railroad at Tunis in order
that passengers'Erom this city and along
the river may reach Norfolk at an
earlier hour than via Franklin. This
will enable our people taking the Lsta
In Edenton at $50 a. M to arrive at
Norfolk at 1915 p. m. The fare will
be So. 90.
The farmer pays his tax on roads IN
| the winter by being compelled to haul
his loads at far greater cost than if
J the reads were ia good condition. The