The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-07-18

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or eight years. Capt. J E. Freeland
vas the first to greet his daughter and
it was q joyous meeting after all these
years Of separation, says the Durham
Sun.
The Wilmington, Newberne and Nor
folk Railroad people are rapidly push
ing work on the gap between PollOcks
Vile and New Berne. A large force is
working between those two points and
permanent track-laying has been be-
gun IN New Berne. Trains are ex-
pected to run through between Viii
mington and New Berne some time in
August.
North Carolina Presbyterian: Two
seminary students, w. o. Rankin in
the Red Springs group, are doing good
work. and giving much satisfaction to
the people whom they are serving this
summer. - Since the organization of
the Ida Mills church, the 25th of May,
seventeen additional members have
been received, six on examination and
eleven by letter.
Statesville Landmark: MI. H. A
BOst, of S~tatesvIlle, sends the Land
mark an glaid by his Plymouth Rock
hen. The egg measures eight inches
around lengthWise and six inches in
circumference. Last spring this hen
laid 10 eggs, the largest of which was
one fourth Of an inch larger than this
one. Her eggs average about seven
inches and look like goose eggs.
Suits have been entered entered
against the Aberdeen and West End
Railroad Company for damages sus-
tanned through the burning of timber
along the line of said road. The plain
A1EE1 n1nr0O chat Tho Gvo c4o-%OI f-A-o
the engine of defendants road. One-of
the cases was tried before Squire Frye
last Wednesday in which the railroad
came out the winner, says the Carthage
Blade.
Fayetteville Observer: Henry Macon,
a young white man, confined in the
awaiting trial at the July term of
Superior Court, escaped from that in
stitution last Wednesday night. We
understand that he broke into the
dwelling of the jailer with the purpose
of obtaining the keys and l~iberating
the safe robbers, but vas disturbed
and fled.
Webster's Weekly thinks that the
men have died recently in this State
rom diseases brought on by the aboml-
nable habit. The evidence of two young
men in a big murder case was dis
credited lately because they were
slaves of the habit. The tide is turn
ing. There are boys in Reidsville who
have seriously injured their health by
SIN king.
MI. J. 7. White, of Little River, had
an old hen with a brood of little chicks
that roasted in the stable with his
stock. One morning when he went out
to feed be was surprised to find the
little chickens all gone and the old hen
| sitting in the corner with her head off.
He supposed some of his horses had
Lea .en the chickens. The first time we
ever of horses eating chickens, says the
Lenoir Topic.
Asheville Citizen: A man named
| Nicholson while at his home in Cashie's
| Valley, with two sons a week ago Sun
| daY became involved in a row with one
of the boys, and in the fight that took
place the boy was hit with a rock and
terribly cut with knives. The other
brother became alarmed at the result
of the fight and called on the neigh
bors for assistance, when further
trouble was prevented.
Mrs. S. E. Creole the clever keeper
of the boarding house in the Howard
building on South Front street has a
curiosity-a lock of hair that has grown
to several times the length it was when
severed from the head. 1t was sent to
her by a friend two years ago and was
then only about II inches long. Since
then it has grown constantly and is
now over a foot long. 1t is now in
vigorous growth and has a live look,
says the New Berne Journal.
Louisburg Times: While some of
the counties of the State are boasting
of large trees, it will probably not be
out of place for the Times to mention
one in Franklin. It is an oak and
stands on the Eaton place a few miles
from Louisburg, and it's dimensions
are as follows: It is 291 feet around
about 8 feet from the ground; at the
ground it is $50 feet around. At noon
it's shade is 122 feet across, and its
shade measures 1876 feet around.
Jibe Trice is a very scrawny look
ing little negro, apparently about IS
years old, yet Jibe is very much OF a
father for the number of years he has
been married. A little over seven
years ago Jibe wooed and won a very
decided brunette of his OWL race.
thirteen children. His wife has pre-
scented him with twins on three &C
casions, but this does not discomfort
him in the least, says the Durham
Sun.
DOn Mr.. James NJ. Loves farm, in
Paw Creek township yesterday, a col
ored boy was ploughing in a cotton
field. A flash of lightning knocked
him ~insensible. He does not. know for
what length Of time he lay on the
ground unconscious, but when he re
gained consciousness, he found that
the horse was dead. Evidently the
animal had been instantly killed by
the stroke. The boy was very sore