The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-31


Carlisle died at her home near Rose
meath Wednesday night of last week.
OUR CoMMESCEMEST.-R |
the commencement exercises at Vine |
Hill Academy tonight and tomorrow
night "wednesday and Thursday.
COUNT THEM UP.-Mr. W. r. House
| told THE DEMOCRAT a few days ago
! that he knows little boy who has five
living grandmOthers Count them
boys, and see how it is.
| REMARKABLE TURKEY.-Sherif Ais
brook tells of turkey gobbier that
continued to sit on a nest of eggs after
the hen died. He sat until The turkeys
were hatched but as fast as they were
Matched the gobbIer would kill them.
!; We have received a handsome invita-
burlington Institute at Smithfeld, n.
c.. June 9th. The literary address
will be delivered by Prof. J. B. Carlyle
Of Wake Forest.
| A TARANTULA-Mr. O. K. Taylor
found in bunch Of bananas few
days ego what is known as a tarantula.
1t is large spider. said to be very poi
sonous. The boys walked shyly around
that bunch Of bananas.
DR. HALLS LECTURE.-Dr. J. J. Hall,
of Norfolk, one of the finest pulpit ora
tors in the South will lecture on Odd
Fellowship Thursday night, June 18th
in Pittman hall. 1t is free. All are
invited to go and ''lOok on the other
side of the shield" Those who avail
themselves of the opportunity to hear
DR.. Hall may expect an hour Of real
literary entertainment.
SNAIL IN AN EGG.-A member OF Mr..
s. d. Gray's family presented at f. T..
Whitehead's drug store a hard boiled
EGG which. when cut in two, contained
: within The shell snail about as large
as the end of ones finger The snail,
she'll and all, was taken out Of the egg
and left its mould in the egg. Anum-
: of persons saw the egg but none could
account for the strange freak.
4 BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION.
The Scotland Neck branch OF the
Columbian Building and Loan Assocl-
IatiOn has been organized. The follow
2 ING are the officers: President, 5. f.
/ Dunn. vice-president, Edward Watson
secretary, l.. Nj. Pittman treasurer, Jos
Stern attorney, r. II. Smith. Direct
ors-S F. Dunn, G. w. CoughenOur
= il. +. Woolard Joseph Stern, Edward
!, Watson. /. NJ. Pittman is local agent
e 4 DUCK IN 4 WELL s MoMTHs.-Dr
i, Frank Whitehead says that a duck lei
|. INTO p we'll at his fathers farm, remain
cd in the we'll months, was taken GU
and is still living The well had caVet
- n tho bottom which made sort O
nasture for the duck. When the,
would make an effort to get the duel
$ ont il would dodge under the cave.
! was fed daily like the ducks outside
The haDnv duel, again hasks IN tn
ght Of day.
ONLY 10 CHICKENS n THE WELL.
Mr.. J. f. Woodland, who lives IN tn
S,nerintandent'- home at the Mllltar
Academy grounds, says that the "ale
3 ii he we'll cot bad and he decided t
e. clean tie we'll. The well was unde
: the SIDE Of the porch and there was
hole in the side of the we'll throug
which various things could get INT
\ # When it was cleaned they count
10 "A II crown chickens. ) small chicken
TWO rats and bull frog as the mortf
contents Of the well. After the waite
y had been drawn from the we'll two c
+l,ree time. some OF it was brought
TIN. DENoCRAT Office and put undt
,le microscope. bat we found no eel
IN II 20 we Judge il i all right now.
+. DOES IT RfGHT-THE DEMOCRAT sa
Mr.. Inos. Norfieet. Of Rozobei, MOI
=. day a. lie passed through town from
.,si4 10 Capt. W H. Smith. He al
10 has been following in lis farm1n
orara-,on~ for tie last four wears u
,i,e. suggested b. III i.aAocIi