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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-05
CIT MUST BE

A writer in the Evangelist tells of a
convention of colored preachers on
Captain Tuthhill's plantation, at Wash
ington, N. G. One OF them who de
scribed himself as what is called an
extorter," defended the necessity for
the meeting against Captain Tuthill's
objections.
When are your preachers coming9
When shall I have to lock up my hen
roost2' said Captain Tdthill.
"'Not befoh Friday, sab. Der will
will be none o. dem preachahs heah
befoh Friday. Needn't lock it befoh
Friday, sah,' was the instant and
and natural reply.
1.-THE captain then began to scoid.
What on earth did you call the CON
vention for, anyway2 It will last a
week, and I wont have a niger in the
field. Why don't you waltz Don't
you know I want my ploughing doneg"
''Well, cap'n,' said Kit, dat am true.
It's a mighty bad time. I feel sorry
for you, but der am great questions we
hab to settle, and we are bound to do
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-05
ORGANIZERS.

Jas. H. Wright, Carlton, N. c., Or
ganizer for Sixth district, composed of
counties Of Johnston, Wake, Durham,
Granville and Vance. =
@. Meg. Dunn, Populi, N. O., Organ
izer for Seventh district, composed of
Cumberland, Robson, Bladen, Column
bus and Brunswick counties.
Elijah W. Flake, Rockingham, NJ.
O., Organizer of Eighth district, com
posed of Harnett, Moore, Richmond,
Arson, Union, Stanly and Montgom-
cry counties.
Geo. E Hunt, Michael, N. O., Organ
iZer for Tenth district, composed of
Guilford, Rockingham, Stokes, For
syth, Davidson, Davie, Yadkin and
Surry counties.
J. P. Sossaman, Huntersville, N. c.,
Organizer for Eleventh district com
posed of Rowan, Cabarrus, Mecklen.
burg, CASTOR, Lincoln and Iredell
counties.
First district, composed of the coun
ties of Currituck, Camden, PasQuo-
tank, Perquimans, Chowan, Gates,
Hartford, Rev. T. w. Babb, Hartford,
N. g.
Ninth district, composed of Ran
dolph, Chatham, Orange, Person, Cas-
well and Alamance, j. h. Means, Trim
ity College, N. @.
Fourth district, Don g. Sanders, Of
Burgaw, N. c., Organizer. Counties
in the district, Wayne, Duptin, Ons-
low, Fender, New Hanover and Samp-
son.
Twelfth District, composed of the
ghany, Ashe, Watauga, Mitchell and
GTTwwu wv NV ~ UnTd6uTTT M n
George ". Hahn, Tuscola, N. c.,
Organizer for Fifteenth district, COM
posed of the counties of Haywood,
jackson, Swain, Macon, Graham, Clay
and Cherokee.
A. W. Parker, Sylvia, N. O., organ
izer for the 14th district, composed of
the counties of Buncombe, Yancey,
Madison, Henderson, Transylvania and
Polk.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-05

the bill. I found him at home and
told him what I had done, and he
paralyzed me by paying the bill with
interest. Two hours later I stepped
into the boss's Office.
There" I said, before he had time
to gather his wits, lis the amount of
your bill and interest. He was out of
town for six weeks and I couldn't see
him before. You told me not to come
back till I did see him, and I was obey
ing your instructions. had a rattling
good time and the house owes me six
weeks salary
THE old man gasped, got blue in
the face and I thought he was going
to explode, but he didn't; he gulped it
all down and stuck out his hand.
Young man., he said, you ought
to have been a soldier; I'm going to
put you in charge of the collection de
partment and double your salary
And" concluded the merchant, "when
l was twenty, five I was a partner"
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down hard in the middle of the floor
and howled out:
"Confound your ugly picture, what
for9n
II hope you did not hurt yourselfg'
she replied, smiling kindly. 81 was
to blame for it. I am SO awkward. But
I'll try and not do it again If you viii
forgive me this time" And she helped
him to his feet, although she had moth
ing to do with his falling. He then sat
on the sofa, and sliding off on the floor
abused her like pickpocket for lifting
up the other end of the sofa. She said
she vas sorry and finally led him to
the supper table. He threw a plate
at her, but she lodged it and asked
him it he would take tea or coffee.
Then the brute seized the ~tRblecloth,
sat down on the floor and pulled the
dishes and everything over him in one
grand crash. Some women might have
lost their temper, but not so with Mrs.
Peterby. She did not blubber like a
child; h did not even sulk or pout.
With a pleasant smile, she said:
well, George, this is a new idea.
We have been married ten years and
never ate our eupper on the floor.
Won't 1T be funl Just like those pic
mics we used to go to before we were
married, F" and then the angelic woman
deliberately sat down on the floor along
side of the wretch, arranged the dishes
and fixed him up q nice supper. This
broke him up. He owned up he was
only fooling her and offered to give her
$50 to get herself q new dress with.
She took the money and bought him q
new suit of clothes and a box of cigars
with it. Heaven will have to be re-
paired and whitewashed before it Is 6t
for that kind Of a Woman.-Tdmm0na
Times
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no BE CONTINUED
oBEYED ORDERS STRICTLY.

when I was a youngster of seven
teen," said a successful business man
to a Detroit Free Press reporter, 81
got a job as collector with a man who
was about as strict a martinez asI ever
saw. He insisted on everything being
done just as he said, and there were
times when life was verify a burden,
but I stuck to him for six months, then
we had a difference. It was this way
One morning he called me up and
handed me a bill on a man / knew and
said to me to take it around and col
lect it.
"'It's enc of our standbys, he said,
and every collector I ever sent to him
reported him absent or not indable or
something. Now you go and don't
come back here till you see him.
"'Do you mean that, I asked, as two
or three clerks looked up.
"'You know me- was all he said in
reply and I went out after my man.
He wasn't at home. the people said,
and wouldn't be for six weeks. So I
stuck the bill in my pocket and went
off up the country on a visit. The old
man sent after me half a dozen times,
but my folks could only tell I was out
of town, and I never paid any atten-
ton to a letter I got from the boss, but
went on enjoying myself, Then |
came back and had a visit with some
other friends and at the end of six
weeks 1 called on my man again with
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-05

it now. Desc tings can't wait. Now,
cap'n, you say you am not q man of
religion. and I spects you amt, but
you am q man of eddication, and /
reckon you'b read de Bible through,
and can throw q heap o. light on dis
subjick. Now, we hab staked out all
de lines OBJ de argument, for we bound
to hab dis matter settled
ST thought the captain was then
about to send him of, but fitting back
in his chair, where he sat putting away
at his cigar, he said:
"'Well, Kit, what is this great sub.
ject9 Let's hear it
Its just dis, cap'n. Some people,
dey say Gabriel, he blow his horn on
de last day, and some people, dey say
not. and we bound to hab dat question
settled. What do you say, cap'n9'
cts just this, Kit. Is Gabriel white
or blackg'
"'Oh, he's white, cap'nl He's one
oh de high and mighty angels sahI'
"'Well, if he is white, don't you
reckon he's going to call on one of his
niggers to blow the horn for him9'
"'Bress de Lord, cap'n, you hit de
tail OBJ de argument exactly you Ger
tainly hab, cap'n. I reckon you been
studying on it some time.'
"And Kit Williams, the preacher,
went off, perfectly satisfied with the
captains conclusions"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-05

By the Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union at Topeka, Kan, Feb. 6, 1894.

Union at Topeka, Kan, Feb. 8, 1894.
Finance-We demand q national
currency, safe, sound and flexible,
issued by the government only, q full
legal tender for all debts, public or
private, and that without the use of
banking corporations; q just, equitable
and efficient means Of distributing
direct to the people at a tax not to ex-
coed 2 per cent. as set forth by the
Sub-Treasury plan or some better sye-
tenn also, by payments in discharge OF
its obligations and for public improve
ments.
q. We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the legal
ratio of 16 to l..
b. We demand that the amount Of
the circulating medium be increased to
at least $50 per capita exclusive Of legal
reserves.
c. We demand a graduated income
tax.
d. That national legislation shall
be so framed in the future as not to
build up one industry at the expense Of
another.
e. We believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as
possible in the hands of the people and
hence we demand that all national and
State revenue shall be limited to the
necessary expenses of the government,
economically and honestly admins
tered.
f. We demand that postal savings
banks be established by the govern
mens for the safe deposit of the earn
ings of the people and to facilitate ex-
changes.
Land-The land, including all the
natural resources of wealth, is the
heritage of all the people and should
hot be monopolized for speculative ur-
poses and alien ownership of land
should be prohibited. ALI lands now
held by railroads and other corpora
tions in excess of their actual needs,
and lands now owned by aliens, should
now be reclaimedby the government
and sold for actual settlers only.
acknowledgements be
ing a means of exchange and a public
necessity, the government should own
and operate the railroads in the In
terest Of the people.
o.. The telegraph and telephone. Ike
the postohce system, being q necessity
for the transmission OF Intelligence,
should be owned and operated by the
government In the interest OF the peo-
pie.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-05
A GENEROUS A
He Was Willing to Sell Anything Up to
q Whole State.

Whole State.
While the stage horses were being
changed aman who had been following
the vehicle for the last three miles on a
pony beckoned me aside and said:
Stranger, I want you to listen to
me for about two minutes. I want to
sell you a lot in Golden City"
"But where is Golden City9"I asked.
Fright around here. This tavern is
about the center of it. I haven't had
it surveyed or staked oue, bat it's here
just the same. I'll sell you a lot
cheap"
Chow large are the lots9"
"ThereIs no limit. You can stake
out an acre, five, ten, all you want.
I've never been called stingy in my
dealings. Pick out any city lot you
fancy and give 50 for it. If you are
an ambitious man, and I think you are,
why not take enough to make a town
ship9 I'm selling off townships for S.
apiece"
OOO4O Y yO0 SC4 L4O q SOAA4UH
Just as well as not. I own seven of
'em, and you can take your pick at
$25 each. If you yearn to govern, and
I think you do, buy a county and fill
the offices yourself. You can have the
naming of the county and all the towns
in it. I have been holding counties at
$50, but owing to hard times have cut
the price"
ST don't think I'd like to less than
a state" I replied, expecting to dis
courage him.
"All right; sell you a stateG" he
promptly answered. 81 own enough
land to make three states the size of
Rhode Island. If you sigh to be a gov
ernor, and | think you do, buy a state
for $75. I've been holding them at 800,
but competition has cut the price. In
state, county, township and municipal
government there are "a Offices to be
filled. You can fill 'em all. Best chance
ever offered a mar ambitious to get on
in the world"
/ told him that I had't come west to
speculate and was also pressed for time,
and he replied:
Say, I'll give you land enough for a
state for $50. That's taking SIS off my
lowest price. Remember, "a different
offices to flip
perhaps I'll see you again"
"Or I'll give you the whole three
states for $50 in CASH. Don't miss a
good thing. That makes 282 Offices for
one man to fill Can human ambition
expect to soar higher7"
l had to decline with thanks, but
even as I rolled away in the stage he
gave me one more opportunity.
Look here, stranger, he said, I'm
dickering with a chap for enough land
to make three more states. If you'll
come back in two weeks, I'll sell you
the whole six for $500 and help you to
raise an army to lick the United States
and annex it to your dominionsl'
M. QUAD
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-05
A MODEL WIFE
She Had a Good Deal to Try Her, but
She Wouldn't Get Angry.
QUAD

She Had a Good Deal to Try Her, but
She Wouldn't Get Angry.
The best natured woman in the world
resides in the city Of Austin. She has
been married a number of years to a
man named Peterby who is n of the
most disagreeable, q~uarrelsome men
outside of the Texas legislature. And
yet Mr.. and Mrs. Peterby have never
had a quarrel, for the reason that it Is
impossible to make her angry. He has
scowled at her aud occasionally waited
a chair at her, just TO see If she wouldn't
get angry. but he suffered disappoint
ment in each and every instance
Peterby bad been Dragging TO his
friends about what a good natured
wife he has, and GilhOoly offered to
bet $50 thatif Peterby we're to go home,
raise a fuss and pull the tablecloth full
of dishes off the table she would show
signs of temper. He had tried that
with his wife once, but never repeated
the experiment.
Peterby said he didn't want to rob a
friend of his money, but he knew he
could win. At last he made the bet.
The friend was to watch the proceed
ings througha window. Peterby came
home apparently fighting drunk. She
saw him coming, went out TO the gate,
opened it, kissed him and assisted his
lettering steps into the house. He sat
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Ignatius, from the Latin, signifies
the fiery man.
Philip, from the Greek means a lover
of horseaesh.
Manfred, the German name, signi,
hes a great peace.
Denis is Greek, meaning belonging
to the god of wine.
Horatio, an Italian name, means
worthy to be seen.
Walter is an old German name
meaning conqueror.
Toby, a Hebrew name means the
goodness of the Lord.
More than 1000 distinct and perfect
forms Of snow crystals have been enum
Grated.
Visiting cards of sheet iron, with in
scription in silver letters, are produced
in England.
In Carlsruhe, Germany, anyone who
plays on the piano with the window
open is fined.
A large Boulder of galena recently
mined at Centerville, Mo-, is said to
have weighed 3,45e pounds.
Cargoes of horse flesh are being
shipped from New York to Belgium as
food for the poorer classes.
Twenty two boy pupils at a school
at Milton, Oregon, were recently ex-
PEELED for smoking cigarettes.
For selling his vote a resident of
Wolfe county, Kentucky, was SEN
fenced to Acknowledgement for life.
The excavated temples near Bonn
bay, in India, would require the labor
of A $1,000 men for 40 years to complete.
The Vassar girls have recently been
engaged in dressing dolls for children
among the poorest classes in New York
City.
Shakespeare, it is well known, made
use of material that was readily at
hand in the construction Of his plays,
and so did other great dramatists.
Members of the English life guards
cannot be tried by courtmartial unless
the members of it belong either to their
own or one of the other household regi-
ments.
Under Harry V, an act of parliament
ordered all the geese in England to be
counted, and the sherifs of the coun-
ties yer required to furnish six arrow
feathers from each goose.
The pure white ulster of snow is due
to the fact that all the elementary
colors of light are blended together in
the radiance that is thrown off from
the surface of the various crystals.
At Sedalia, Mo, there is said to be
a telegraph operator who is deaf and
dumb. He receives messages by plac-
ing his head against the instrument at
which he working, SO as to feel its
motion.
In the grand duchy of Luxembourg
persons desiring work or help have
now only to send a postal card to the
director of the postal administration
in order to have their wants adver-
tised in every p~ostofice in the grand
duchy.
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written for THE Progressive FARMER.J
RANDOM
Jackson Now Gives a Few Thoughts
stolen at Stray Moments From
L.ifals Narr;nn Cnnnnn

stolen at Stray Moments From
LIES Varying Scenes.
is, boys, it is time for US to quit
uag Our lives away, for we are grow
w. Soon our golden locks will be
IuSO to silver; soon the roses in our
Ss will fade, and an, how soon
~ oe! Some sad day by and by
Utlttle cord Of life will be severed,
be too late then to try to be
4 feeling Of solemnity broods
MI ny spirit to-day-broods like a
"Vss, awful dream of woe. lam
sa'y, so sad, so lonely, so forsaken.
-. slS as If both God and man have
a"'Vn me and Pm drifted by the
n, u destiny into wild, tempest
|6s. and this, too, without a light
|R., "ght house or a sailor at the
IN Vt even a captain on deck. O,
|Ao,' sI4l to fight alone with fate i!
NH SHks have a hard time in this
IsOs3 %aay world. These modern So
.s3 0aflStlan organizations are very
sS b4o doubt, but they do not near
'Gs 11 W. Eae heart of humanity needs.
IL Sr @Su dome, the succeed walls,
eoou ay' lively music, the beautiful
VI science, are all very good for
h r. perous and happy and rich, but
lie A. Soor, weeping heart, disconso-
II Sad' here is very little balm.
Try nice to drive up in a hand
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-05
HOUSEHOLD.
z COD FISH.

PAKED COD FISH,
.ho fish; shred it very fine.
s's a..os potatoes; while hot put in a
81 Sum Unmp of butter; mash them thor
pge uni mix potatoes and fish together,
egD, s..t to a cream with a wooden
% Pat the mixture into a pud-
00A ,;.b butter the top and bake
ipg uicoIv Drowned. Use one third
~ nOtatoes than fish.
HONEY COMB PUDDING.
ann of -four, one cup of sugar
~! ~ with the -four, one cup of milk,
.nns of molasses, eight eggs. Beat
~ '' sses pour them into the molasses.
y y .s sD1 one cup of butter, then melt
"a add it to the molasse4. A tea
a.nf,I of soda dissolved in a little of
n1k should be added the last thing,
y, three quarters of an hour. Serve
lib vine sauce.
DRIED BEEF DREAMED.
min the beef in small, thin slices,
thought already cut, pick it apart
small pieces, and carefully remove
\ tt and stringy pieces. Put table
~,oofrI of butter into a small sauce
n. when hot add the beef and frizzle
I, four or five minutes, stirring con-
4.ntv, Then add a cup of milk, into
rScb has been stirred a level table
nomful. of cornstarch; let it boil up
until it thickens sufficiently and serve.
FRIED BETS.
Rdl a few beets until tender, then
mt them in small, long pieces. Put
Ssn in q stew pan with a wineglass
4 wine or a teaspoonful of vinegar,
he Juice of one lemon, a pinch of
ugr. a very little grated nutmeg,
st and pepper and two tablespoon
hs Of soup stock or fresh butter. Put
ae sauce on the back of the range and
st it simmer half an hour, stirring
occasionally. Boiling the beets in soup
an improvement.
LoBST Err SOUP.
The meat of two small Holsters cut
Zoe, one pint of cream, one pint of
milk Simmer all together twenty
minutes. Add one tablespoonful of
-four wet in cold milk, salt and cayenne
btste. Just before serving add one
bali a cup of butter, cut into, small
pieces, and stir till it is entirely alb
mbad, Strain or not, as you please,
and serve very hot. A tablespoonful
d chopped parsley may be added, if
lied.
BREAST OF MUTTON GRILLED.
Half boil a breast of mutton, score
! and season it with pepper and salt,
Hb it over with the white of an egg,
nd sprinkle it with bread crumbs and
iFet herbs chopped fine. Put it over
I clear fire and broil it gently till is a
ne brown color. Chop a sprig of
Rfsey, an onion four picked cucum-
s' and a tablespoonful of capers; boil
asn i've minutes in a half a pint of
aTy' Put a tablespoonful of butter
aO a saucepan with a scant table
POltul of -four, cook till smooth and
ao8n, add the gravy, give it one boil,
NO pour over the mutton.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-06-05

:Ss.55;4i765s &; * 55;''H:'sss'V
dare ask the reas on
could you faTmers never rise,
esssPIh ssyleSrytRing he trieS'
" suit the trade
cnr crops no what we grow
Vyo mstteE N inferior grade
8 S; :553 2;:5fp 7'8 20" know"
,,.sa to call It g Bt6Ss4sRand
fBut Of dISSeeTTpluss feelin',"
p s E e 1 for ii You can
dear old friend,
1NrOte toscience, by name,
NJ. onSf Inn to mark the end
E4 IS latest game
.if it's about the law
sgs be nothing to say, low
I6 not allowed to use my ia"
Yer election u@'' w. P. SHARP.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-04-16
A Child Drowned.

A very sad case Of drowning took
place at Palama yesterday morning.
James Edward Kidder, aged three
years and five months, fell in the
stream near the Palama rice fields
and was found by the mother wing
at the bottom dead. Mrs. Kidder
had taken her three children down
to the stream to battle. The elder
boys went into the water and the
mot her left the youngest one on the
bank. She returned 10 the house to
get something a,d coming back
missed the baby. Mrs. Kiddpr did
not think " looking in the water at
the time, but searched in the vicin.
ity. On looking into the stream at
length sh" was horror stricken TO
see the child lying at the bottom.
She plunged in aud picking up tn"
unconscious form hurried to the
house. DR.. Peterson was summon
ed, but il was too late. The funeral
took place at 10 o'clock { is morn
ing.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-04-16
Shipping Notes.
The disengaged tonnage Of vessels lying
III San Francisco at present Is ii,iS3.
San FRANCISCO MOTIFS.

The disengaged tonnage Of vessels lying
III san Francisco at present Is ii,lS3.
SAN FRANCISCO NOTE.
Arrivals-April q, Am bktne John Wors-
ter, 20 days from kahului; +, Am Tx Annie
Johnson. ~ days from hilo; bk { ID Bry-
ant, bktn- lrmgard, 10 and isLI days re-
spectively from Honolulu.
Projected Depnrtures-April II, Mary
Wine Gilman, S q Allen, \ \ lastle; u, = :
AvstIalia; May 8, ) = Monowai, L ID Bry-
ant, and irmgard, all for Honolulu.
KAHULuI NOTES.
The barkentine John Bailey. sch ,oner
oceania ance and schooner Maid OF Or
leans are all going 10 load sugar for the II
G.. X S. Go.
The schooner Maid OF Orleans, Mcleod
master, arrived from san Francisco on
Friday, 18th inst, with cargo Of general
merchandise for II. Z. n 5. Co,
The brigantine Consuelo, Capt. jacobsen,
arrived NJ kahului last SUNDAY, Srh inst.
and departed again The following Wcdnes,
day, 18th inst, with cargo ot sugar for
Messrs J. ID. Spreckels n Bros, Co., valued
~ S22,85i.0S.
The schooner lizzie Vance, T.. i. Hard
wick Muster, sailed last saturday, 18th
Inst, with cargo of l0,2ll bags sugar
from spreckel vile, valued at S33,Ili 30
consigned to Hawaiian Commercial and
sugar Company, san Francisco.