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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27

round in the widest way. And if she
didn't stand On her horns or the tip of
her tail it wasn't her fault"
"Her inability. No COW could do
that, said the minister, conclusively.
well, she seemed to try hard
enough. And then she'd make the
queerest noises shalt way heller, but
not say anything any COW could a.
understood. Till finally she got ell
petered out, and sort o. dropped down,
limp like. They had to let her lie there
till she got ready to move, and after
that she went to the barn wethout
trouble"
Really remarkable" said the min
lister, pleasantly If 1T was no explana-
ton eve vouchsafed for this strange"
ooh, it come over Deac'n after a
while that she'd simply got drunk on
them cider apples, though it was a
long time before he'd own up to it, on
account of the reflection on him as a
cider maker and a temperance man.
He's a tetotaler, Daac'n is, and he'd
always held that leetle sweet cider
was good for a man and couldn't hurt
him. But after seeing that GOV per
form he had to change his mind"
Up the road came an old fashioned
chase, swinging from side to side with
the motion of it's springs. The Squire
noted it. "Here's the Deac'n's turnout
now. And he's in it. Mornin', Deac'n,"
he called" I was JUS telling the min
lister about that yeller COW of yours
that got at the apples. What did you
eve do with her9"
81 got rid of her at a loss" said the
Deacon, 'to a man over in Holland
county. I couldn't have such a crittur
bout my place. Think O. the example
t. tn rest of tn stock"
He drove on. "Deac'n has notions,
as I said, about the sense of right and
wrong in animals" said the Squire.
"What do you hold as to thatg"
''It is carrying the principle to ex-
tremes," said the minister ''but we
can at least perceive that Deacon Wal
lace is consistent in his theory and prac
tice. He sold the cow"
eyes, he sold her. She dried up
right after the circus she had it always
dries cowst to get drunk-and she wasn't
worth much in that shape. Some folks
thought maybe that was why he sold
her, but I dunno; jess like al not they
want very friendly to him. 1 was
glad, though, he saw it in its true light,
and laid the whole blame on the COW,
instead of charging Hiram with a trick.
Hiram is kinky enough for it, but that
time he got off, He's back to college
now"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27
ALLEGED FUN.

Does your new dress fit you well,
Clara9" 'Oh, s~plendidly 1 can hardly
move or breathe in it."-TTd Bits.
Don't fool with a wasp because you
think he looks weak and tired. You
will find out he's all right in the end"
-LouUeU Courier.
She: "And don't you consider mar
riage to be an important subjectG"
He: "Oh, more-it's a serious slip,
you KNOXVILLE.
Miss Primlips: "When you say
your prayers at night, do you pray for
all men9' Miss Leftover; mo, in
deed! Just one would be enough
Life.
"They's n good thing bout these
here congressman" said Farmer Corn.
tossel's wife. "Whut's thetG" "They
don't never seem ter get Discontinued
with their jobs and strike. "-CredH
Lost, =
Paul: 81 don't see anything so very
funny about your mustache." Nj.
Toots: What do you means" Paul
81 heard sister tell you last night that
it tickled her half to death. The
World.
The fool-kiIIer sat on the messy bank,
He did;
And watched q youthful summer crank,
Which did,
AS we have often made q note
Stand up and, laughing, rock the boat.
The fooI-killer, smiling, said: '"Te he,'
He did;
'That fellow is doing my work for me-"
And he did.
Detroit Free Press.
Mr.. Williams-"Wha' yo' doin' dat
TO-, Mr.. Jo'son-puttin' mosquito nets
up dis time in deyear2" Mr.. Johnson
"WaaI, yo' see de doctor tole me de
air war full of desc yer grip micro bees.
so rs takin' precautions ag'in gittin'
'em into de house."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27

THE DEAD BABE.

night. as my dear babe lay dead,
4n ognny | knelt and said:
IL "eG0b. God, what have l done,
air WI at wise offended Thee,
VI ~ . = : +bou shouldst take away from me
My little SOM
,r-oon the thousand useless lives,
TTon66n the guilt that Wanting thriyes,
0P0 Thv wrath we're better spentl
yvbv sh0uld'st thou take my little son?
VIZ shOuld'st thou vent thy wrath upon
This innOcent?"'
7 ost night, as my dear babe lay dead,
B@f0re mine eyes the vision spread
OF things that might have been;
7 icentiOus riot, cruel strife.
EOrrOtten prayers, a wasted life
Dark red with stnI
Then. with soft music in the air,
I saw another vision there:
A Shepherd, in whose keep
A little lamb, my little child,
NJ worldly wisdom uudefled,
Lay fast asleep!
Last night, as my dear babelay dead,
In those two messages l read
A wisdom manifest;
And. though my arms be childless now,
T am content, to Him l bow,
Who knoWeth best.
Eugene Field, in Chicago Record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27
SHALL FARMERS EDUCATE
THEIR DAUGHTERSa

SSA &9AS0MO4S O4 S4S %4A
Is the Educated Daughter a Better
Daughter IN the Home Life
on the Farm1
This was one of the several questions
recently put to a thoughtful woman
of 35: n country born and bred
Her answers came promptly, the re-
ply to the question quoted above be-
ing: Yes; a selfish, unsympathetic
girl will be quite as undesirable a mem
Der Of the home circle uneducated as
educated. The discipline of being
away from home may help to open
her eyes to her unloveliness. Suppose
that after gaining a good education, a
girl does have to settle down to q
lonely, monotonous farm life; is she
not so much the better prepared to
make the most of that lifeG> 1 knew a
girl who was called from college by
the death of her mother. She took up
cheerfully the tasks necessity laid upon
her. She makes a pleasant home for
her father, and she has her books, her
knowledge of the natural sciences, and
the letters of her friends to fill out her
life and help her to be content. You
know that discomfort and unhappiness
are but natural instincts and yearn-
ings, not so much wrong in themselves,
as m~isdirected and misunderstood.
Cultivate the understanding, and you
set people on the road toward solving
their own problems and winning the
good out of their special set of diff
culties."
"What is usually the object of the
education, to prepare the daughter to
arm her own living, or simply to give
her a finish which will make her a
parlor ornament and add something to
the stock of family pride9"
Both. Nearly all country girls in
tend to make practical use of the
education after it is secured. If pa
rents are proud of a we'll educated
child, it is put down common piece of
folly. More than one mother is proud
of a numbskull simply because he is
her on."-RWrGl NeW Yorker.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27

into service in corn-plantin' time and
we went very Faithfully, at least, I
did" He tells frankly, too, that he
was no scholar, for, as he ~confesses,
"At 16 I could not repeat the simplest
school boy speech without breaking
down and rather than undertake it l
deliberately chose to take a whip
ping"
After leaving school he began to
write for local papers and his first ap-
pearance in print was made in the
Kokomo Tribune, where a number of
his dialect poems were published un-
der the name of John G. Walker. It
was not until the appearance of Leon
ainie, which he gave to the world as a
newly discovered poem ofEdgar Allan
Poe's, that Riley's work began to OBJ
tain recognition in literature circles.
Then came a little volume of dialect
poems, which were professedly by B.
+. Johnson of Boon, and following it
there appeared The Boss Girl, after
whites, Pipes o'Pan and a handful of
the sweetest poems under the taking
title Old fashioned Roses.
Mr.. Riley is a hard worker and pre-
fers the unreasonable hours of night
for his labor. He is a warm. hearted,
genial, companionable man and in his
versatility and mastery of the faulty
everyday language of his countrymen,
he never had an equal. His thoughts
are chaste and the human sympathy
and pure purpose that runs through
his song is the true index of the man
and will be his best and most lasting
eulogy. The potent charm of Mr..
Riley's poetry is found in a frank con
fession in one of his poems, where he
says:
Tell of the things just like they was:
They don't need no excuse.
Don't tech EN- up as the poets does
I'LL they'er all too fine for use.
The same thought he puts into prose,
when he ~confesses, 81 don't believe in
dressing up nature. Nature is good
enough for God and-it is good enough
for me. 1 see old man johnson, a
living figure. I know what the old
fellow has read, I'd like his picture
drawn because I love the old codger,
but I can't get artists to see that if a
man is out OF plumb in his language
he must be likewise in his morals"
No poet in the United States has the
same hold upon the minds of the PEG,
pie as James Whitcomb Riley, for
they bought $50, 900 worth of his verse
last year and is also one of the most
successful lecturers on the American
platform. He gives the lie, too, to an
old saying, for he is a prophet in his
own country, where his poems are
read by people who never read poetry
in their lives before, while he appeals
equally to the man who is heart sick
Of the hollowness of conventional
verse.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27
THE POET.

The tone of James Whitcomb Riley's
poetry tells for itself that he was once
d farmer boy, His fathers home was
IN the Old farming town of Greenfield,
md and there the lad grew up in the
MIDST OF sweet, healthy country life,
aitnough the poet is apt to confess
with a merry twinkled in his y that
ne was of little use in farming, yet, he
"uus' My father used to press us boys
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27
ITEMS OF

One-third of our Immigrant dentists
come from Germany.
England and Germany furnish half
of our American actors.
Most of our cigarmakers and tobac
conists come from Cuba.
Windsor castle has been used for a
royal residence 784 years.
There are estimated t. 10 1000 900
Germans in the United STATES.
Transportation of criminals was first
resorted to by Great Britain in 1890
in the reign of Elizabeth.
Camilla Urso, the violinist, always
closes her eyes when playing, so the
audience will not distract her.
The New Haven police commission
ers have decreed that a patrolman
must shave st least once a day.
The Queen of England wears No. s
gloves of the black suede kind. She
has a large hand, but a pretty shaped
one.
John Dennis, a laborer, was sent to
jail for seven days for the theft of a
farthing from the till of a bar in Lon
don
In Berlin women are to be found on
the police force. Trey "rY especially
useful in shutting up disorderly
houses.
The town of Girard, Kan, has three
ladies on it's Board of Education, and
one of them, Mrs. Alice Alderman, is
President.
Mary Elizabeth Kyel, a London
lady, who passed the century mark
four years ago, has slept 30, 900 nights
under roof.
Women have recently been ap
pointed to clerkships in the Bank of
England after passing preliminary
examinations.
Miss Lulu Pierce, a young lady only
just merging from girlhood, has been
appointed business manager of the At
lanta (Ga) Daily Press.
The wife of the Italian Prime Minis
ter, Crispi, is an ardent lover of
cigaretts and enjoys putting a cloud
whenever she is disengaged.
The Princess of Wales has a tea
service consisting of 60 pieces and
every piece has upon it a photograph
taken by the Princess in Scotland.
The results of the recent expedition
to the polar regions prove that north
of rs degrees the ice over the whole
surface average 6 600 feet in thick
ness.
AS a criterion of personal popularity
the Princess of Wales may well rest
upon the knowledge that 200, 900 of her
portraits were sold in England last
year.
The highest spot inhabited by hu-
man beings on this globe is the Bud
dhist cloister of Hanle, Thioet, where
81 monks live at an altitude of 16, 600
feet.
The Empress Eugene will leave
Marlborough Castle, England, shortly
for Mentone, France, and will remain
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27
oBEDIAH SKIES WRITES.
He is Elected to the Legislature Again,
and Wants to Keep in Touch
With the People.

He is Elected to the Legislature Again,
and Wants to Keep in Touch
With the People.
FURNINsT MUNRO,
YUNYUN Co.,
N. @.
20 Nov. 1894.
MISTER EDTUR: The uther da' ez I
wuz settin' in ther CON krib a-shuckin'
con 1 hyerd the brats whisp'rin' bout
how th'er ma al'ys red mi letters whut
I writ her while I wuz ter Raleigh outer
Their FARMER.
I wuz 80 tarne mad ter kno' mi
ritin' he'd got inter a paper I riz rite up
en- went down ter the spring whur Sally
Ann wuz bilin' mete skraps ter make
Ii sope en- SEE tn 'er, SEE !, "Sally Ann,
wuz mi letters .whut I writ y'u frum
the Legislator two yeres ago goin' on
next January printed in Their FARMERG"
Sally Ann SEE, SEE she, ''gude erasmus
er Ii Obidiah, y'u nifty nj skeered the
life outer me. Y'u neenter git so riled
bout nuthin.' flowed when y'u went
up ter Raleigh y'u'd be sho' en- git yer
name in ther paper en- bless mi sole I
waited en- KEEP watin' en- never seed the
las scratch in ther paper erbout y'u so
l jess set down en- sent yer letters ter
the FARMER ter print so Their folks bout
hyer c'u'd see how y'u wuz workin'
fur Their in'trist." I turned round en-
went back ter the con krib en- when I
set down I SEE ter miseIf, SEE I, "Obi-
dab, b'gosh, thets er purity guide wa
ter make folks look up ter. y'u en- b.
sides thet eff y'u jess take 'em ter Their
FARMER y'urself it'll save me a site Nv
stamps"
Now Mister Edtur. whut I want ter
knO' il eff when I go ter Raleigh ter Their
Legislator this eumin' meetin' y'uu
prInU mi letters ter Sally Ann. I'm
Their unly Dymercrat whuts gut er-
lected frum this side en- 1 kno' en- rec
zun everybudy1l be wantin' ter kno'
whut I duz next Legislator wuss then
tina did luther time I wuz Iected.
Don't let on ter Sally Ann but whut
I'm goin' ter still kepe ritin' er letter
ever weke frum now till Their Legislator
metes.
La, won't she jess be beside 'erseIf
when che seze mi letter in Their paper
fore she gifts 'em 'erself.
Well I can't rite no more now ez I
gut ter quit EN- kiver up Their coles sol
kin start a fire quick in ther mornin'
en- git reddy ter kill hogs.
I'll tell yer s'bout our hog KILN in
mi next letter. Yores and so forth.
T. B. OBIDIAH SYKES M. l..
Post Skrip:-Them ere captul letters
befo' mi name tan'sf fur To Be en- them
ere after hit STAINS fur Membur Legis-
latur. T B. O. 8. M. L.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27

Miss Helen Gladstone has been made
one of the Governors of the F1teshlre
county school.
The evening world., 1894-04-09
/" SAML OF POSEN" BACK AGAIN,
Mr.. Curtis Is Not Only Here to Act, but
Has Money TO Keep the Liberty
Statue Light Burning,

NJ. u. Curtis. the actor OF SAINT OF
poscn" fame, whose trial on the charge
OF killing II policeman in San Francisco
has kept him away from the metropolis
for several years, was welcomed back
to New York yesterday by quite gath
ering of friends In the Lotos club.
Curtis has just come TO the city from
Austin. Tex.
at was reported that | was broke, I"
he said to II reporter but | was able
to buy the Driskill Hotel in Austin for
S23 900 Besides. | have a ranch near
! Dixon. Cal"
! Curtis does not show any trace of the
recent strain to which he was subjected
| in San Francisco. His hair is as black
as ever. and his smile as expansive as In
! the days of his early success.
IL want to deny through The World"
he said when the trial was referred to,
that there is any truth in the story
about an alleged confession to my at
torncy after my triumphant acquittal.
| That story was only Il part of the ter
riblc police conspiracy which aimed at
my life. | had to fight the entire police
and detective force of the city. | am
proud to say that among my best friends
are the good citizens of San Francisco,
who saw through the plot to sacrifice
mo to win II reputation for the police"
1t is nearly three years since Curtis
was here. He played last in the star
in the summer of 1891 in the "Shatchen.
He will make his reappcarauce in New
York at the Standard Theatre, April 10
in "Sam'l of rusen," or The Drummer
TIP to bate"
Tn-InU "a tht ~
of Liberty. lie was the first illumination
of the statue. After The World funG
had huilt its pedestal he gave SNol Il
light II till Congress made an apprOpria
tiOn. Referring to the proposition Il
abolish tn, light, MIR. Curtis said: I'll
that ever comes to II head | want Tn,
: World to put me down as one of ten I,
pay $1,000 towards the $4,000 yearly eX
. / -
The evening world., 1894-04-09
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD.
John Parker, Retired Contractor, Put n
Bullet in His Rrain.

John Parker. retired contractor,
siXty-fivc years old. attempted to commit
suicide at o'clock yesterday afternoon
by shooting himself behind the right ear
with a revolver in the bathroom of his
home. No. 1865 Bushwick avenue. where
he lives with his two married sons. Dr.
sidney Gardner, of No. 1885 Gates ave-
nue.. who was called in. made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to remove the bullet.
which is supposed to be lodged In the
brain. The doctor said Parker would
die before morning.
Parker was severely injured by "A fall
about year ago, and since then he had
been confined to his home. He suffered
acutely at times, and was frequently "A
prey to dependency. Dr. Gardner had
been attending him When the doctor
Parker's sons that tn" old man could
not live more than a week longer. II Is
thought the latter overheard the physi-
clans remark. and. in despair, deter
mined to put an end to his life. His
sons watched him closely. They had nc
suspicion that there was revolver in
the house until they heard the repor,
lying on the floor unconscious, with
blood streaming from the hole in hh
! head.
| l.hIe laSt nlgnt f'nTktr fecDNprpl
| consciousness for the first time since tho
shooting. DR.. Gardner was again called
! Parker seemed to be quite rational. He
said he knew he had not long to live
and asked his sons to get him som,
clean Undertaking. so that he could
die deCently
In few minutes he became lelirious
ana soon rclapsed into unconSCiousness
The doctor said the end was near.
Parker is n widower, and is reported
to have been quite wealthy. He owns
the row of twO-stOry and basement
brick buildings on BushwiCk avenue. be.
tween Gates avenue and Palmetto
ISstr
The evening world., 1894-04-09
HOEY WANTS HIS BURIAL PLOT.
His Relatives Though: They Had Buried
Him, but He Is FUlly Alive.

John IIocy. OF No. g2S East Ninety
fourth street, is uneasy because a
strange corpse occupies his plot in CAL
vary Cemetery, as he doesn't know what
moment he may want the place himself.
\ hothcrsomr thing too. is the fact
that lot OF people think the corpse is
lis own substance, and he is kept busy
explaining that he is not lead and never
was buried,
\ body was found in the Harlem
River at Nincty-sovrnth street, April ..
which was Identified at ex-Alderman
puNys undertaking shop. by Mr. and
Mrs. Croukc. of No. l,75 Third avenue,
As that OF John Hoey, n brother of Mrs,
No, li7 West one Hundred and Sixth
street, of the Trow Directory Company,
son OF John Hoey. There wasn't the
shadow OF doubt about the matter,
and the relatives had Undertaken
Shrfts Of No los Second avenue, bury
the body in John Hory's plot, Calvary
Cemetery, April ..
Yesterday George Hoey ran across
his father in Second avenue rGstau-
rant and narrowly escaped stroke of
heart disease. lie finally found cour-
age to speak to the old man, and told
aim about the funeral. The father didn't
think the matter was very good joke
,ast resting place dispossessed at once.
lie mad been away on trip and hadn't
committed suicide as his sister sup
posed.
corpse disinterred and given over to the
city authorities.
y YOU delay selecting your bargains in FrRNI-
The evening world., 1894-04-09
iNorpsol.L AND HIS rAvoRI!E 0RANpcHlIp.

differ The boy has more hair on the
top of h.s head than his grandfather.
but then he lacks the flow Of Language
that has made his Erandsire famous
He has not yet expressed his views on
religious subjects but he has his grand
fathers habit of bitterly denouncinE
what displeascs him His method is
somewhat different. and usually more
effective.
The boy was born at his fathers coun-
: try house. "Walston." near Dobbs Fer
ry, on the Hudson. He has Light hair
| bright looking chap His grandmother
remarks with pride that he weighed
when born eleven pounds.
The evening world., 1894-04-09

This picture SHOWS Col. i,obert G. In
gersoll and his eight-months-old grand
son. Robert q. lngcrsoll Brown. Young
Robert. who was born Aug. I, 1893, Is his
grandfather's pride and prospective heir.
he is the second child of Walston II.
Brown, a banker. who married Col. In
gersolrs eldest daughter. Eva. and bears
=. striking resemblance to his grand
lather as the picture shows. Even II
the picture does not show 1t. Col lnger-
soil and Mrs. Ingersoll and the chill's
father and mother say so, and they
should know.
There are some points upon which they
The evening world., 1894-04-09
IN MEMORY OF KOsSUTH.
A Parade and Memorial Addresses in Church
and Elsewhere in Newark.

A parade and exercises in memory of
Kos3uth were held in Newark ycster-
day. The procession early in the after
noon contained veterans of the Franco
Prussian war and members Of the Hun
Earian and Italian societies. 1t was
headed by a mounted squad, the speak
ers of the day following in carriages,
then several hundred society members
and veterans in uniform. and ending in
a long line of carriages occupied by
guests
The start was made from the society
headquarters, No. 81 Rloome street, and
the parade ended at the German Luth-
eran Church, Mulberry and Walnut
streets, where Pastor Schambach
preached Afterwards addresses were
made at Haberle's Hall. in Springfield
uvpnup
The evening world., 1894-04-09
Competition Abolished and Prices Sent
Up Higher than They Have Been
in Sixteen Years.
HOW LONG WILL THE PEOPLE SUBMIT I?
Buffalo More Remote from Mines than
New York, Yet New York Pays More FOR
Coal, and, Oh Shame Stands 1t, Too.

The consumer in this city must now
pay s5.25 a ton for white-ash coal. For
red-ash coal, SO highly valued by those
who want a quick and hot fire, he
must pay S5.75 a ton. The World showed
yesterday how much higher these figures
are than they ought to be.
The retail dealers charge the response
bility for the nigh prices upon the coal
companies. They say that the wholesale
sales agents representing these com
panies fix the prices of coal, ana the
weak retailers are compelled to submit.
Wherever there is meeting OF the
Retail Coal Exchange and the price OF
coal is advanced some member explains
It by saving that the wholesale dealers
have raised the price, and the retailers
must make /. corresponding advance to
protect themselves.
The wholesale sales agents cast the
blame back on the retail dealers. When
n committee from the New York state
Senate was in this city investigating
the coal combine, Richard II. Williams,
selling agent for the Erie Railroad, tes-
tilted that the retail price of coal was
fixed by the retail dealers. and that
they had raised the price often when
there had been no advance in the whole
sale market. He said that ten men In
this city could control the coal market
as they pleased.
WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE?
But it is plain to an impartial observer
that both the wholesale sales agents and
the retail dealers are responsible. 1t Is
quite certain that between the two the
price of coal has been maintained for
many years in a manner that Is entirely
out of proportion with the general ten
dency of everything towards lower
scale of prices and the greatly decreased
cost of mining. Here are some compara-
tive figures on the price of coal at the
tide-water ports at intervals for the last
siytppp yparS