The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-05-08

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feet In length and measured 81 feet
around the girth.
Mr.. Enoch Ramsey's barn was burned
last night wednesday, about nine
o'clock. The barn and forage and some
corn were destroyed, the mule, colt
and COW were scorched and slightly
burnt. The loss is about $125; fire
probably caused by children with
matches, says the Shelby Aurora.
Tarboro Southerner: DIR. J. D. HUFF
ham preached his farewell sermon in
the Baptist church last Sunday to q
large congregation. His sermon was
very touching, and when he concluded
Gnere was hardly a dry eye in the
church. He left Sunday afternoon for
Scotland Neck, where he preached that
night.
Jack Armstrong, a young white boy,
was painfully hurt yesterday after
moor while playing ball at the Ather-
ton Mill. He was struck in the mouth
by the ball, his jaw bone broken, and
four teeth knocked out. He was taken
to DIR. T.. ?. Keerans, who attended to
his wounds. says the Charlotte OBJ
server.
MOrganton Herald: After all, the
entire fruit crop has not been killed.
Mr.. Miles Edmonson tells us that he
has the largest crop of apples on his
Upper Creek farm he has seen for some
time. Some Of the Waldenses were in
town yesterday, and reported that the
later varieties of apple trees are full
of fruit.
.Wilkesboro News: The largest crop
of oats, probably for years, will be
raised in this section this season. A
larger a :reage has been sown and they
have a hearty, thrifty appearance.
There is no doubt but what our farmer
friends will have plenty of corn and
oats, if the crop is not damaged
later On.
Concord Standard: Surveyor Long
tells a mosquito story: He was sur
veying in Union county just beyond
the Cabarrus line last Friday. A cloud
come up and considerable wind pre-
coded. His attention was called to a
drove of mosquitoes. There were mil
lions and millions in this drove of wild
mosquitoes.
A Sentinel reporter was shown quite
an old side saddle at the harness and
repair shop of Sid Lawrence on West
Fourth street. It is more than one
hundred years old and is the property
of Mr.. W. B. Taylor. By means of
Mr.. Lawrence's skilled touch it vas
being made as good and neat as a new
saddle, says the Winston Sentinel,
The Supreme Court in Raleigh has
just decided what may truly be termed
a knotty case. A man in one of the
border counties shot at a man in Ten
nessee and killed the latter. Now the
point was, must the man who fired the
gun be tried in this State or in Ten
nessee2 The court says in Tennessee,
for it says there the felony was com
mitted.
Danbury Reporter: After talking
with a number of farmers in town this
week we are led to the conclusion that
while plants are short in some sec
tions, upon the whole there will be
about an average crop of tobacco put
out. Most of those with whom we
talked say that there will be a greater
effort to make something to live on
than has been for years.
The fire alarm was sent in yesterday
morning at 4o'clock for a fire altogether
out of the ordinary. A lamp in the
ellis premises exploded, and the blaze
was disastrous to Mr.. Howell's pros
poets as a chicken raiser. There were
200 newly Matched chickens in the
machine, and they were burned up,
says the Charlotte News.
Clinton Democrat: Mrs. Alonzo Lewis
died on Saturday at her home, a few
miles from Clinton. She had lately
given birth to twins, one of which died
soon after the mother. - Perhaps
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Mr.. Peyton Rackley, of Turkey town
years of g Mr.. Mackley is by pro-
fession a wheelwright and yet works
at his trade.
Mr.. J. M. Davis, of Mecklenburg
county, lost an eye Friday night under
rather peculiar circumstances. He
had submitted to an operation for re-
moval of a cataract from his left eye,
which had been performed success,
fully. While suffering considerable
pain Mr.. Davis rubbed his eye, dis
placed the bandage and the fluid sub
stance of the ball ran out, leaving a
hollow and sunken socket.
Newton Enterprise: A couple of
smooth talking peddlers are success
fully playing the stove game again III
this county. They are going about IN
a wagon selling a ''steel range" for 500
cash or $68 on time. They are having
no difficulty in finding customers, and
the funny part about it is, that the men
who have been most industrious IN
talking about hard times, and no money
in the country, are the first to buy.
The large three mast schooner Jennie
r. Tomlinson is now loading at Blades
mill with lumber for Philadelphia.
| When loaded to her highest capacity
she cannot go in at Ocracoke Inlet,
consequently a lighter has to take a