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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24

met you before and I'm glad to vel
come you"
so you don't remember me, chg
said the Kentuckian, as he looked the
evangelist in the face. "Wall, lts
powful strange ye don't for / hauled
you three miles once acros the noun
tains and fed you"
When the audience had ceased laugh
ing DIR. Wharton slapped the Kentuck-
ian on the back and exclaimed:
"Lood here, brother, what part OF
the State are you from, the blue grass
region or the pennyroyal district,
And then they all laughed again.
COULDN'T STAND SOUND DOCTRINE.
Rev. DR.. W. L. Wright, pastor OF
Leigh Street Baptist church, told a
good story of an aged Baptist minister
from the Old Dominion who came to
Baltimore to preach at the church OF
the late Rev. DR.. Fuller. The latter
was the paster of the EutaW-Place
church and one of the foremost minis
JCG5 III LIS U4ACS . U4O O4~ P~4SS~
returned he was asked what he thought
of DR.. Fuller's church,
"WelI," he said, Its a fine church.
They have a good congregation and
the music is good, but I'll tell you I
hadn't preached to them more than an
hour and a half before I could see that
they wasn't used to sound doctrine"
COULD NOT SHADE HIS FAITH.
Illustrating the opposition his society
had encountered John Garland Pol
lard, a young attorney of Richmond,
Va, tod the story of an old colored
preacher who got down on his knees
at his door and prayed for bread.
While he was thus engaged a darkey
threw a loaf of bread, which struck the
suppliant on the head.
Il done knowed de good Lawd would
answer dat dar prayer" he exclaimed
as he picked up the bread.
go way Niger" said the other.
Dat dar bread didn't come from de
Lawd. I throwed it myself"
Don't car if you did," was the re
joinder, 1t done come from de Lawd
even if de debbil fetched it,"
Mr.. Pollard told the story in splen-
did negro dialect.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24
ALLEGED FUN.

You have brough new sunshine in
to my life, he said, rapturously.
DO you mean that2" she asked, tim
idly.
"Of course I mean it. Can you doubt
me?"
ooh, of course, I know you would
MT intentionly mi~srepresent. But you
know a young man so often thinks a
girl has brought sunshine into his life
when in reality it's only moonshine." -
Washington Star.
"They tell me, Uncle Nose, that you
are not the least afraid of a mule, no
matter how wicked he is"
Oats so, sab; OATS so. When I got
anything to say to a mule, sab, l says
it right to his face. Doan' ketch me
sneakin' arCun' benin i'm, sab.
He: I have heard of persons homely
enough to stop a train of cars.
She: Yes; and I think you would stop
anything by just locking at it.
Let me look at your tongue, mad.
am
"You, Nose, you black RACIAL"
Yes, pap!"
Quit wahin' your s'penders crossed
in front; half de time I dunno whed,
der yo's comm or gWine."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24
PATRIOT.
Spurns the Prostituted Democracy of the
Day--Reasons Therefor.

HLLsBORo, Texas, Aug 9-Hon. J
Spence Bounds, OF the most promi
nent attorneys of Hillsboro, has cut
loose from the Democratic mooripgs
and gone over to the Populists. The
News reporter hearing of his change It
faith called on him in his Office, where
he found him very busy with some
briefs.
YES" said Capt. Bounds in reply to
the reports RS questions, cit is 80. I've
quit the Democratic party cold"
what brought about your change
of heart" asked the reporter.
WELL" he said, looking out from
behind his paper, Tin short the Demo
Gratis have gone back on all their
promises to the people. They told US
if we would give them a Democratic
Congress and President and they did
not give the country relief they would
not ask the people to vote the ticket
any more. We did so and got no re
lief. The party is run by a few bosses
who hold the lines and drive the party
where they want it to go. she is under
the power of money and bose . !
have been voting the ticket straight
for nineteen years, and if I have done
any coed at it either for my country
or self, I don't know it. l am like the
boy during a CO clone who being heat
against the ground by the fury of the
wind, prayed for an earthquake just
for a change. The only wing of the
Democratic party I could go with stole
it's main plank from the Populists It
the car stables, and if I follow an idea
I like to follow the original. The only
hope for the country is a clean new
party, and when it gets old and corrupt
as the Democrats, I will favor another
new party. dallas News.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24
A DREADFUL

"Sir," said the woman suffragist as
she took a seat, adjusted her glasses
and carelessly threw one bloomer over
the other-"Sir, you remember that
piece of poetry I sent you"
IL believe So" replied the editor.
1T was entitled 'Woman's Plea to
Tyrant Man for Recognition"
Sir, the mutilation of that poetry in
this Office was shameful-absolutely
shameful, sir! 1t was also shameless. "
'I-I-"
"The strongest line in what would
otherwise have been a literary gem
was ruined-completely ruined, sir =
'It-it-I-"
Yes, sir, completely ruined! Look
at it! I wrote, addressing Tyrant Man:
Woman pants her troubled plea to thee.
Now look at itlLook at it, you heart
less brute, as it appeared in the paper:
Woman's pants are rufaed near the
knee.
I-I-you wretch-I demand an
apol-"
But the editor was gone. He went
through the window. taking, the screen
along as a memento of a bitter occas
ion.
Sad things of which the world knows
not happen in newspaper Offices
Fresno Republican.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24

can roll the wheel in and stand it up
in a corner and it will not go following
you around and insist on receiving at,
tentlOn at inconvenient moments.
When it gets shabby or broken down
you can take it into the work shop and
have it fixed, but not so with the hus-
band. Then it is that you have to get
to the work shop yourself.
The wheeline concludes her letter
with a column and a half paragraph
written in such a sentimental key that
would almost think it was penned
by a sweet ~sixteener just from q female
college. She says the usual excuse for
marriage is love, and yet no n will
guarantee the article to last six
months, while any respectable house
will warrant a bicycle for twelve
months.
She says the husband can'tstand the
inevitable jerks and jars, the headers
and wrenches of every day wear. She
adds that the only point that a hus-
band is superior to a wheel is for the
class who marry to get some one to
take care of them. She says she can
not recommend the wheel to this class,
for any self-respecting wheel will land
a woman in the gutter if she does not
show frmness, GOODNESS and strength.
You may fool a man but you can't
fool a wheel.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24
BICYCLES AND HUSBANDS.

A correspondent of the Richmond
star is having a racy discussion with a
young lady on the subject of bicycles
and husbar DIS. Both of them have a
vein of humor in Underwriting. The
male writer says:
'The young wheeline, after scoring
me a Highlander straight from the
shoulder for saying I was not in favor
of ladies riding bicycles, thanks me in
beautiful language for offering my as
sistance in tie advocacy of boomers
She said it made her breath come in
knickerbc ckers, which I guess means
short pants, when she thought of get
ting rid of the cumbersome skirt and
she felt like rising up and calling me
blessed. She also endorsed my remarks
about people riding around the street
with little children strapped to the
handle bar Of the machine, so I guess
that feature of wheeling is now nego
table and will shortly be discounted.
The young lady continues by saying
she had rather have a wheel than a hus-
band, and, besides drawing some hui
morous SMILES, gives a few very good
reasons for the faith that is in her.
She affirms that as an escort the wheel
is worth a dozen husbands, is always
ready to go with her, never complains
about the length of time she stays, and
returns home in a good humor and
without a word. Indeed, I had rather
be tied to a wheel than a man; and
what can a husband add to a woman's
life that a wheel can't7'
If you happen to get a fell the wheel
goes down with you and has nothing
to say. IT you are with your husband
and happen to fall on a banana peel,
why he is ready to chide you for alleged
~awkwardness. Il you fall off you
machine you can start again in a min
ute, but if you fall out with your hus-
band, it is not so easy to resume the
even tenor of your way. This, she
says, applies only to a wheel OF hus
band of your own, and that with a Dor
rowed article OF either kind you are
sure to have q smash up After an
allusion about bad temper that is not
seen in a wheel the lady continues by
saying that 1t is her candid opinion
that a wheel is just Al good company
as a two year old husband, and that
she had as soon talk to one inanimate
body as another. That she had rather
| talk to one that cannot answer than
one that will not, and to imagine a
sympathetic, loving response IN a
bright, shining handle bar than to
know it does not exist in a yawning,
frowning man.
-
The young lady will please pardon
me for emitting the pages of the essay
regarding health that follows the above
paragraph for I really do not believe
that wheel riding is conducive tolonge-
witty. | guess the young lady is a pref
" widow and I trust l will hear from
her again. Continuing she makes the
assertion that you can get rid of a
wheel much easier than q husband and
you are not necessarily compelled to
shock the community IN SO doing. You
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24
U COUNTY ALLIANCE

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Our next quarterly meeting will be
held at Concord, near Chadbourn, On
the second Thursday, October 10, 1895.
State Lecturer, Rev. J. T. B. Hoover,
and other distinguished orators will
address the general public. All per
sons friendly disposed are invited to
assist with full baskets and fruit for
the occasion. There will perhaps be a
night session at Chadbourn or White
vile. Respectfully,
J. T. HARRELL,
j. II. WILLIAMSON,
9. T. THOMPSON,
Sept. T.. Committee.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24
ODDS AND ENDS.

In Sweden a man who if seen drunk
four times is deprived Of his electoral
vote.
Cultivate the habit of always seeing
the best in people, and, more than that,
of drawing fourth of whatever is the
best in them.-Cuyler.
Truth only smells sweet forever; and
Illusions, however innocent, are deadly
as the cankerworm.-Froude.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24

OKRA FRITTERS.

OhhA hSoS
Boil the okra, and cut in small pieces
make a batter as for batter cakes, put
be okra in and fry in plenty OF lard
BAKED CORN.
Three pints of scraped corn, one cup
4 cream, one tablespoonfuls of butter,
,opper and salt to taste. Bake one
hour; stir it occasionally.
FRIED CELERY.
Wash and cut in pieces several stalks
# celery. Put two ounces of butter in
irving pan, let heat, put in the celery
and frv brown; sprinkle with SALT
sMOTHERED CABBAGE.
lint two slices of bacon and fry. Cut
IN a head of cabbage fine and put it in
he dish where the meat was fried.
pour on a very little water and sea-
nm with pepper and salt. Cover it
t;obt and let it stand fifteen or twenty
minutes.
GREEN CORN.
Takes ears of corn, shave lightly
With sharp knife, and scrape from the
cob Have a spider ready with one
TABLESPOONFUL of butter or lard very
hot. nut in the corn and season to taste
II field corn is used, the addition of a
~tsasnoonful of sugar improves it. Put
On the back OF the stove, cover closely
let it cook slowly, add a little water,
and it will not stick or burn as it does
the old way of cooking.
RICE CUPS.
Wash one cup of rice, throw it into
tUquarts Of boiling water, ard boil
Bvidly thirty minutes; drain, put it
into a double boiler with one pint of
mix, and'cook for thirty minutes long
e. By this time it should be quite
ty. G2rnish the bottom of custard
cups with any small fruit, pack the
rice into the cups, turn it out quickly
and pour over a soft Custard.
PEACHES AND RICE.
Boil three tablespoontuls of cleaned
nee in one pint of milk, with sugar to
taste, and flavor with vinilla. Allow
ito cool. Meanwhile, prepare a Gus
ardby boiling together one gill of
milk and the yolks of four eggs, which
nix into the rice. Beat a gill of cream
natroth with a little sugar and just
aPinch Of gelatine dissolved in a spoon
full Of water. Stir this lightly into the
mixture, fill a mould and set it on ice.
Tut a few peaches in halves and sim
ner them in sugar and water syrup
tt half an hour, then drain and allow
ocool. Lastly, turn out the form of
nee on to a plate and arrange the
PEACHES around it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24

VESPERS.

the city behind me,
IleaYSS q its dust from nv feet;
ShsALLnss r. thunder and roa of trade,
L9GhEissfse to the cover sweet,
IhastfroT dusk of the elm bOugh's arching,
Niheif00 long cathedrals dim,
ID II hush of the lingering twilight
f6 TSs brushes sing a hymn.
town were hurry and hustle,
u thSS ssoTaIor and sin were there,
Any trail of the worship of mammon,
A1d ! Inc wearisOme burden of care.
Anu ffpeIds are silence and perfume,
l1lHG one might kneel and pray
an calm and clustered forest
u he tender fall Of the day.
Atbirds 20 flying hOmeward
I9s fhe nest in the tree tops dim,
~ he vespers die into stiffness;
A3T55es thrush has finished his hymn.
-, basutiful lanes, I love you
u Ton skirt the babbling brook,
A : seek the foot of the mountain,
ai!VTT0D find the hidden hooks,
uS As the ferns in fireat green masses
NTTbvss edge of the swamp land rim,
rbaTa inger till stars awOke above,
md the thrGshes sing their hymn.
AH1 -Harper's Bazaar.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24
Wants.

wANTED-Eyery man who has itnd for sale
IN edVaTti.e in The Progressive EaE o..
wANTED-Every man who raI-ee iOoded
borsea- cattle. hogs or chickens 70 advertise
them ia The Progressive Farmer.
WANrED-500 manufacturers dGtag business
In North Carolina TO advertise their ,arious In
dustries in The Progressive Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24
THE FIRST o M SHERIFF.
Mrs. Helen c. Stewart of Springfield,
Mo Now Has That Distinction.

Mo Now Has That Distinction.
Springfield, Mo. Aug. 9,-Mrs. Hell
en- G. Stewart, widow of the late sher
if Dao P Stewart, was to day appoint
ed sheriff in her husbands stead to
hold Office until September 8, when a
special election will be held.
Mrs. Stewart is 46 years old and has
been married twenty-three years. she
has resided in Springfield for twenty
years. Judges Denby and Houston
voted for Mrs. Stwart ard Judge Ap-
pleby refused to vote. Mrs. Stwart IL
the only woman sheriff in history.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24

AH5amcen1an, If yOu receiUe a sample
copy of this paper, 1T as to remind go"
that you should send us one dollar and
get 1T one gear.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24
OUR LADY AGENTS.

SEidgewav, Warren County.
CanJ0, BulCOmbe Co.
Eiay, Granville Co.
Lnzabeth City, PasQuOtank Co.
burlington, Harnett Co.
gaCksoL Hill, Davidson Co
University Station, O. ange Co
6-at Rock, Henderson Co.
bahama, Durham Co.
4lDeosa, Beaufort Co.
IIeldsvIlle. Rockingham Co.
1arbOrO, EdgeCOmbe Co.
henderson, Vance Co.
durham. Durham Co.
Loulsburg. Franklin Co.
L~r.arktOn, Baden Co.
NNndW God. CaTteret Co.
E'0etLel. Cleveland Co,
1grtSJ Cit5, Rutherford Co.
"llNamshOrO, Vance Co.
beg EFT, EdgeCOmbe Co.
ReSaCa, DupIIn Co.
AtOTYvn. AnsOD Co
" lhhle, & aden Co.
S-AapaEaW, AlamanCe Co
IrOJJO, Moore Co.
thurman Craven Co.
Slapp, Cation Co.
oregon, Rockingham Co.
D-bney, Vance Co.
T2l,2son Station, Richmond Co,
A~CLeansvi le. GuiIfOrd Co.
TiantviIle, BuncOmbe Co.
BBt.c-92 vile, Harnet Co.
~RfaIchviIle Il bosom Co.
Fan t-fy, Wilson GO.
Aey, Harnett Co.
Aiggs5ee, Chatham 90
1lt.cch. Robson Co.
SLspel Hill. Orange Co.
WN-sfou cleveland Co.
W-o@Lt, AIamance Co.
rahtEsVItie, Union Co.
FFsfe, tA-es Co.
finch. Nash Co
nfle Halifax Co.
Ia MpCklrQburg Co
[--4e, tTreene Co
t,'tF4l, HarUett 20
p1!>nurg, northampton Co.
SSsgm- al. BERTHE Co.
"a rorr. NJ DOwelI Co.
-tssw, Fender O.
% u~eville, Cumberland Co.
ZEN llurch Randolph Co.
p-'-l nuville, Rockingham Co.
Gs7 I'LL. DuDiin Co
ne Eemee, Montgomery Co.
Htl-a"- ridge. DUplin Co.
.-'ot Halifax Co.
,. r.. Ill. on Co.
~sH u-0n Co,
:. Johnston Co.
n 'sE'ln Cleveland Co.
Hasuett Co.
H.. Na1Ieu.O
C~@-a Cumberland p
G.-[ IJsq. Otauk co,
~ renee co.
E --l-ry Parish Ia
b Jarrett 60.
e.. tO1s. tnt {.
i-, Leg0.r Co.
Eyer amp son CO.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24

ARMSTRONG 4 MsKxLu
Pittsburgh
ANCHOR,
Cincinnati.
New York.
BEYEE8-BAUMAN.
Pittsburgh.
BRADLEY,
New York.
New York.
St. Louis.
CORNELL,
Buffalo.
DAVIS CHAMBERS,
Pittsburgh.
ECKsTEIN,
Cincinnati.
FAHNEsToCK,
Pittsburgh.
JEWETT,
New York.
KENTUCKY,
Louisville.
JOHN T.LEWIS d BROS. co
Philadelphia.
8IoRLEY,
Cleveland.
Missouri,
St. Louis.
RED SEAL,
St. Louis.
SALEM,
Salem, Mass.
SEIPMAN,
Chicago.
SOUTHERN,
St. Louis and Chicago.
ULSTER,
New York
UNION,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-09-24
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Gene;a al Insurance Brokers,
607 18th Street Washington D. c.
Washington D. {.
No. 6O7 18th Street

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-16
An Interesting Relic.

Colonel A. w. Toombs of Earling-
ton, KY, not long since came into pos
session of an interesting old pipe. He
purchased it from negro tramp for a
mere tride. 1t was handsomely carved,
long stemmed, and had a silver band
on which was inscribed, "Found on
the body of an officer in the Thomas
corps on the battlefield of Chickamauga,
Sunday, Sep. u, 1854, by Lieut.. Will
Frazer, Third Confederate infantry,
Folks brigade, Cleburne's division"
Colonel Toombs published an inquiry,
asking for information regarding the
relic, and received letter from Lieu
tenant Frazer of St. Louis, with an &C,
count of how the pipe came into his
possession, and the story is an interest
ing one. In his communication, Lieu
tenant Frazer says: SIN that terrible
struggle on Sunday, at Chickamauga,
my brigade (Polk's, Cleburne's divi-
sion), in making the final charge, about
sunset, carried the works in its front,
which were held, il 1 mistake not, by
Baird's division of regulars. As I
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-16
When General Grant Was Baptized.

Bishop J. p. Newman denies story
publisht d in 4 Baptist paper that he
baptized General Grant when the latter
was unconscious. He says the general
was in full possession of all his facul-
ties when the rite was administered e,
and he adds: "A few days after this
memorable event l spent two hours
with General Grant in religious CONVEX
sation, and asked him if he recalled
the scenes of his baptism, to which he
replied; Yes, perfectly; and as you
came into the room, l wondered why
they had called you at that hour OF the
night To my remark, All thought
you had not five minutes to live,' he
gave this characteristic answer: Il knew
l was very low, but l did not intend to
die; my work is not done; three times
have been raised from the valley and
shadow of death During four months
he lived and suffered; reviewed his
first volume, and wrote the second vol
ume of that great monumental work
which reflects bis fine lite airy taste and
nobility of his character" - Boston
Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-16
Why He Was Advanced.

A business firm once employed young
man whose energy and grasp OF affairs
soon led the management to promote him
over faithful and trusted employee. The
old clerk felt deeply hurt that the younger
man should be promoted over him and
complained to the manager.
Feeling that this was case that could
not be argued, the manager asked the old
clerk what was the occasion of all the
noise In front of their building.
The clerk went forward and returned
with the answer that 1t was q lot of wag-
ons going by.
Tho manager then asked what they were
loaded with, and again the clerk went out
and returned, reporting that they were
loaded with wheat.
The manager then sent him to ascertain
how many wagons there were, and he re-
turned with tho answer that there were
IS. Finally no was sent to see where they
were from, and he returned saying they
were from the city of Lucena.
The manager then asked the old clerk
to be seated and sent for the young man
and said to him:
"Will you sec what is the meaning of
that rumbling noise in frSntf'
The young man replied: sixteen wag-
ons loaded with wheat. Twenty moro will
pass tomorrow. They belong to Romero
g. Co. of Lucena and are on their way to
Marchesa, where wheat is bringing 81. 20
bushel for hauling"
The young man was dismissed, and the
manager, turning to the old clerk, said:
MY friend, you see now why the youn-
ger man was promoted over you. "-Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-16
LincOln's Joke on Seward.

On the 9th the First Corps, COM
manded by General Reynolds, was re-
viewed by the president on beautiful
plain at the north of Potomac Creek,
about eight miles from Hooker's head
quarters We rode thither in an am
bulance over rough corduroy road j;
and, as we passed over some of the
more difficult portions of the joting
way, the ambulance driver, who sat
well in front, occasionally let fly vol
ley of suppressed oaths at his wild team
of six mules. Finally Mr.. Lincoln,
leaning forward, touched the man on
the shoulder, and said: Excuse me,
my friend, are you an Episcopalian?"
The man, greatly startled, looked
around and replied: "No, Mr.. Presi-
dent; am Methodist" "Well, said
Lincoln, 81 thought you must be an
Episcopalian, because you swear just
like Governor Seward, who is a church.
warden" The driver -wore 10 more.
The Century.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-01-16

stepped over the breas, works. federal
officer, lying near battery, apparently
In the agonies Of death, mott ned to
me. kuelt beside him, raised his
head and gave him drink of water
from my canteen. He feebly pointed
to his breast pocket, from which 1 saw
the stem of a pipe protruding, and, TAX
ing it out, he pressed it into my hands,
and with his eyes expressed his desire
for me to keep it. He was speeches..
How l managed to keep the pipe
through the mutations of war that fol-
lowed that bloody Sunday | hardly
know, but at the close, when | settled
in New O.lesns, found the pipe had
stuck to me. In 1869 presented the
pipe to friend OF mine in New Or
leans, and he had it encirced with the
silver band and engraved. How it got
out of his possession into the hands of
the party from whom you obtained it
is, of course, matter of conjecture,
and | regret its career should have been
so inglorlous. "-Psoneer Press.