The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-02

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caught in the creek and brought up
to town. 1t was one of the species
known as q D and the small boy
viewed him from a safe dis. ance. The
weight was reported to be twenty eight
pounds, says the Wilson Advance:
John Davis and Viii Flowers, both
colored, were teasing and running on
with each other when Davis u Flow
ers in the arm with his pocket knife,
inhicting a wound about four inches
long and. an inch deep. DR.. Russell
sewed up and dressed the wound. lt
is claimed that the cutting was done
accidentally, says the Rockingham
Rocket.
During the thunder storm Monday
evening lightning struck and set fire to
a barn on one of Dr.. A, J. Ellis farms
in Northampton. The barn contained
some fodder and hay and was entirely
destroyed with its contents. The fire
was seen quite plainly here and at first
many people thought it was in town.
The loss Is not very heavy, says the
Roanoke News.
Peaches are ripening. Mr.. w. T.
Battley shipped some to Baltimore a
few day S ago, says the Carthage Blade.
Mr.. John Pepper, a young man, was
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unknown party at the Salem Square
Saturday night. A long cash was cut
IN his coat sleeve, but fortunately the
knife only left a scar on the arm, says
the Winston Salem Sentinel.
A gentleman from Rich Square a few
days ago was telling of a nelghbor who
transplanted his sweet potatoes on such
rich land that when he went to work
them he found so much grass that he
became discouraged and decided that
1t would be Chaper to move his potato
patch than to kill the grass, so pulled
them up and set them out at another
place, says the Alamance Cleaner.
Mrs. J. M. London wandered away
from her home last week and was with
out food or drink from Monday until
Friday. When found she was in an
ematiated condition. Mr.. L ndon is &
progressive farmer and lives near Fall
ston in Cleveland county. Mrs Lon
don's mind has been unbalanced for
some time and she has been closely
watched, says the Lincolnton Courier.
The hardest rain of the season fell
last evening. 1t appeared like the
clouds had turned loose all their water
at once The streams were turned into
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were washed away in and near town.
Land was badly was ed in places and
the heavy wind that accompanied the
rain blew down some small grain that
had been cut and shocked, says the
Sanford Express
Last Friday evening, while Mr.. J
W. Robbins, assistant yard master at
South Rocky Mount, was coupling some
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fortune to get his arm caught between
the cars. The bones of his elbow were
mangled and the soft part badly con
fused. DR.. Whitehead was summoned
and rendered all necessary aid. He
hopes to save Mr.. Robbins arm, says
the Rocky Mount Argonaut.
a reliable gentleman of II told US
yesterday of a marvellous but no doubt
true incident. He said that while
fishing the other day he saw a black
snake, about four feet long, poke it's
head into the hollow of a tree, then pull
it out, turn deliberately around, back
it's tail into the hole, and after a little
sklrmishiDg, bring out three young
rabbits in the coils. The gentleman
killed the snake and two of the rabbits
scRmpered eff, the other one having
been crushed to death, says the Fay
ettevine Observer.
OGe morning last week, while max
ing up the bed in which she and the
children had slept the night before,
Mrs. G +. Morrison found a snake I'm
Ger the bolster. She placed her hand
upon it 20 pick it up, thinking it was a
stick or something. but when it began
moving, you can imagine her fright
MI. Morrison was called and he killed
the reptile. It was g black snake meas
uripg about four feet in length. It is
a mystery how it came there, but it
was as peaceable and quiet as it could
be. But snakes are not YER desirable
bed fellows, says the WIlkesboro
| Chronicle.
There is a curiC sjty at the Erwin Cot
ton Mills, a weaver, by the name of J.
A. McMillen who eats glass as he
would a stick of candy-chews it up
and swallows it with a hearty relish.
He gave an exhibition of his powers
a few days ago when he CheWed UP a
lamp chimney, showed the particles in
his mouth, then took a big draught
of water and down went the masticat-
ed chimney as if it had been a dainty
mOrsel. This is a fact. He once trav-
| eled with a show. He says he can
dance baretOOted on red hot iron, and
split the back of any chair in Durham
with his teeth. He is indeed a curiosi-
ty, says the Durham Sun.
The barn of Mr.. A @. Robinson, who
lives near Amity, in Chambersburg
township, was burned Friday night.
Mr.. Knox Moore. who lives with Nj.
Robinson and bis brother in-law, had a
sick mule. About 9 o'clock that night
he was at the barn working with the
mule. Everything was all right when
Mr.. Moore left the barn. An hour later
it was found to be on fire, All the stock