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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-26
10 RONO pUBLICO.


In the day OF invention. the luxuries Of
life. its comforts. conveniences and even
its elegancies are getting moro and more
widely common in use. An important
element In cheapening cost cf production
is volume OF product Great quantities
can be made and sold for less than little
lots. As We grow familiar with the pro-
cesses OF production. new ways Of lessen
INK the time and labor and cost come to
Us out OF our experience and invention
For instance
once on time. not FAR back IN our past
ice was q luxury among the weil-to-do
Even then il was more often found by
the bedside and in the hospital ward than
in the dinins-roOm. Within my memory.
nvo cents pound was the retail price.
After a while, three pounds could be
bought for a dime. then four pounds. then
three pounds for five cents and 80 on.
Gradually the ice trade came 10 have q
feet OF It's own and an army OF workers.
who annually IN the North, dared the
rigors Of winter 10 supply Southern buy
ers with ice in the following summer. The
demand increased. the supply increased
with It. bu. tho methods Of obtaining that
supply were necessarily cumbersome anu
costly.
Competition was sharpening our wits.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
Disappointed Bridal Party

A prospective bride, groom,
attendants and clergyman re
Gently assembled in Southa1np-
ton county, Va, to celebrate a
nuptial occasion, but the end
was a disappointment owing to
the negligence of the groom.
That personage enclosed a II
amount of money to the clerk of
county courts for a license, and
in due time received package,
which he supposed was the de-
sired article. He disregarded
the advice of friends to examine
the supposed license, postponing
the matter till the final moment,
ard leaving the examination to
the preacher, who found a note
to the effect that the license
would be forwarded when the
proper amount of money was re-
ceivei
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
q Farmer Murdered.

III Richmond county, near the
South Carolina line, Scott Currie,
a white farmer, was assassinated
by four white Rob't Viii
son and Alex. Wilson, brothers,
and Peter l.. Pate and his son
VIM. Pate. Currie left home at
night to visit a neighbor and did
not return. His wife next morn
ing at daylight went to the house
of the man her husband had
said he would visit. She found
her husbands S body within seven-
ty-fve yards of the house. His
brains were beaten out and he
was shot through the head and
arm. The coroner held an in>
quest and evidence quickly de
veloped against the tour men
named above. Their arrest fol-
lowed and the Wilson. brothers
confessed that all four were
guilty of waylaying Currie and
that VIM. Pate did the shooting.
Ali are in Jail.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
ONE DOLIcAR per year in advance.
A Regiment of Relatives.

There is a movement III Horny
county, S. c., for the erection OF
a monument to the Confederate
dead of the Tenth regiment, So:
Volunteers. The regiment had
in it one company that became
somewhat famous for its COM
position, as we'll as its fighting
Qualities. The Athens ga. )Ban-
ner which has been studying up
the history of the regiment says
that it was made up almost en-
tirelv of men from a dozen or
more families, and they were
about all related to each other.
There are some ten Chestnuts'
fourteen Johnsons, SIX or seven
Affords and so on. The captain
of the company was the cousin
of nearly every man IN the ranks
who was not his brother. 1t was
his custom in drilling to address
his men in the most kindly man
ner, somewhat in this way:
"Cousin Jeems, dress to the right;
Buddy George, please swell your
chest; Cousin Arthur, you want
20 turn your toes out, not IN.
But when it came to fight there
were no more brave or daring
fellows in the service than the
Tenth Regiment "butternut
COlnDdnV.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
10 be Built at Newpor4
News, Va.

The Newport News Shin.
building and Dry Dock Co. have
been awarded the contract for
building the two new L. S BAT
leshlps (the kearsarge and her
unnamed mate) and will begin
work on them in about thirty
days. The force Of workmen in
the yard will be increased from
2'2oo to 1000. Each ship will
measure $40 feet, with y feet
inch beam, 1000 tons displace>
ment, II knots per hour, and H.
900 horsepower. They will
carry four thirtecninch and
tour cight-inch guns. besides
many other smaller ones. and
VIII cost the Government s..
100000 apiece.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
The Dunraven Charges.

The special committee of the
New York Yacht Club, sitting as
a court of inquiry into the
charges made by Lord Dunraven
against the people in charge Of
the Defender, concluded its labor
of taking testimony i'll the case
Tuesday. The long array of
witnesses who took the stand on
behalf of the Defender syndicate
and gave evidence entirely re-
futing the charges of foul play,
brought by the Irish Earl, had
all been examined by Monday
night with the exception of some
Of the riggers from New York
and Boston, who added their
quota Tuesday morning to the
already overwhelming mass of
rebuttal testimony.
George r. Asquith, Lord Dun
ravens counsel, came alone for
the first time since the session
opened. J. \. G. Hamilton,
Dunraven's private secretary,
who was one of the stcnogra-
pliers of the hearing, has left for
London on board the North
German Lloyd steamer Harve.
Nothing could be gotten out
of any member of the committee
beyond this from Mr.. Whitney:
1T will be some days before
the report will be ready. The
evidence has all been taken and
were through except for making
the report. | cannot say what
day the decision Of the committee
may be expected.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
Fort Monroe Very Week.

1t Is said that the main pur-
pose OF General Miles visit 10
the cities of the South Atlantic
coast was to ascertain by person
al inspection the actual condition
o. the coast defense in that sec
ton and to call the attention of
the Southern people to the ex>
posed position they would occu-
py Ill the event OF hostilitics. He
was particularly impressed with
the antiquated character of the
detenSes at Fort Monroe. which
are relied upon not only to guard
the national capital and Ralti-
more and Norfolk and Richmond
from attack by water. but even
more to form an impregnablc
base of naval operations and 4
safe refuge for our warships in
the event that they were forced
to retire before an overwhelming
hostile naval force. Although
the War Department has very
little money available, it will
probably take immediate steps to
improve the defenses there, rely-
ing upon sufficient appropria-
tons from the present Congress
to restore the works TO the stand
ing they had at the brcakingiout
OF the civil war, namely, one of
the strongest systems of defcnses
III the world.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
A MICHIGAN FARMER MUTILAT-
EDBYA OLD SHE'LL.

A terrible explosion with ia
tai results occurred early last Fri
day morning on the Main farm
about seven miles from Will
liamsburg, Va. Mr.. Lawrence,
of Michigan. is the owner, who
purchased the place last year,
was making preparation to kill
hogs. In looking around for
something upon which to rest
the large iron boiler in which to
heat water, he found a Ioo-pound
shell that has been on the farm
every since the war Taking
the shell, he placed it in the
fire, but was cautioned against
it by a colored boy Lying on the
place
He still persisted, however,
and put it in the fire. Robert,
the colored boy, Seeing this, took
a rake and pulled it out Of the
fire. For doing this, he was
jeered at by young Lawrence, a
man about IS years of age, and
married, and who lives with his
father, who took the rake from
the boy and placed the shell
back in the fire. Seeing this
the boy took to his heels, and
soon a terrific explosion was
heard. Going to the spot,young
Lawrence was found, terribly
mutilated.
A portion of the old shell had
torn his left arm into fragments,
cut off one ear, and otherwise
badly cut him. The fences and
buildings near were blown into
fragments, and a truly dismal
scene was presented A doctor
was sent for who amputated one
arm, but says he has little hopes
OF his recovery.
The old shell was, no doubt,
shot over by one of the Federal
gunboats, i'll passing up James
river during the war. This is
nota very uncommon accident
and should put the new comers,
as we'll as home folks on their
guard against "fooling with the
old war dogs however harms
less they may seem.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
In The Beqinninq

OF a new year, when the winter season
of close confinement is only half gone,
many find that their health begins to
break down, that the least exposure
threatens sickness. 1t is then as well
as at all other times, and with people
even in good health. that the following
facts should be remembered, namely:
that Hoods Sarsaparilla leads every
thing in the way of medicines; that it
accomplishes the greatest cure in the
world; has the largest sale in the world,
and requires the largest building in the
world devoted exclusively to the prep
aration Of the proprietary medicine.
Does not this exclusively prove, if you
are sick, that Hoods Sarsaparilla is
the medicine for you to take,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure N all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
A New Tar-Heel Poet.
Atlanta Constitution.

There is a poet i'll North Car
olina who hasnot yet made his
appearance in "the leading mag
azires,' but we predict that ne
will not be long absent from
their pages. Here is a verse
that he Just dashed off while
making stage journey among
the eternal hills of the Old North
State:
"Thc big stage coach uyon got;
The hosscs seemed to sorter trot,
And there / sot and sot and sot,
lust kinder OH the sclfsane spot.
The day was midblin' clear and hot;
The cushions padded had been not;
It want like scooting on yacht,
The driver did not give drot
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
The Best Only is Wanted.

We are living at present III an
age of keen competition and ex>
tremc activity. Every merchant
and business man i'll whatever
line isHstriving to out~ru his
competitor. Never has there
been time when the nlnutest
details of trade were 50 severely
scrutinizcd as the present time.
| Now in order to be successful the
employer takes as his motto
'.Thc Best Only is Wanted. 'The
following article from the Lake
City RtbndAcan illustrates the
present situation and should
prove an educational lesson for
young men who are just starting
out for themselves.
Lord Bacon said loug ago: I'VE
need fewer flddlcrs and more
men who could build a town. y
Emerson hit the truth squarely:
Owe do not need more farmers,
or bankers, or manufacturers but
more men who can farm, who
can manage banking houses,
more men who can manufacture.
So in every department OF ser>
vice, amid all vacant places there
is cry for men. In the course
of conversation with a manager
of a large dry goods establish
1nent he remarked about the
capacity of his corps of helpers:
If we could find in everyone of
these helpers what we have been
talking about-capacity for SER
vice, sterling character and 10y
atty of purposc-we could double
our trade in six months.
Not long since a young man
was greeted on one of the busy
streets in Boston with this ques-
ton: "What are you finding to
to do now?" Il am teller in a
bank" was the answer, ention-
ing the place of business. Eight
wears before he was an errand
boy in business firm, helping
with his three dollars a week a
widowed mother to keep the lit
tie family together. 1t was one
of his duties to go every day to
the bank. At the end of two
years bank officer called him
into his private office for a mo-
ment's conversation. This is
what he said to the boy: Il don t
know your name and | don't care
for any recommendation from
anybody. You recommend your
self. | have watched you for
two years and l want you If
the position I offer you is worth
your consideration l ss,hope you
will accept it, The boy con-
sidered it, accepted it, and now
for some time hasEbeen teller in
that bank.
Ifthat boy had been bleached
out with cigarettes and the dis
sipation of late hours he would
not have been wanted. If he
had been robust i'll physique. but
deficient in mental powers he
would not have been wanted.
If he had possessed an ideal ply
sical form and a mind as keen as
a lightning calculator, but had
revealed great moral weak
ness, lie would not have been
wanted. He was wanted because
he had a good character illu-
mined and served by trained
mind, dwelling in a healthful
and robust body.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
LOVES MILLIONAIRE.
FRANK L STANTON.

FRANK L. STANTON.
| say: The world is lonely;
The hearth at home is cold,
And sad IS life to child and wife
y hCH l;lc has little gold.
But soft .Icrar.rs steal round MY neck
Ny comforter so dear;
Ana "UIw much do you love ne :
And her sweet voice answers clear:
Il love you, / love you
\ hundred EIilliOn-thcrc.
And then I'rl poor 10 .Inorc-no more
For III loves millionaire
Then swcctCr seems the breaking
OF fpovcrty' ; sad bread,
And roses bloom from out the gloom
And crown her curly head.
And if sometime 4 thankful tear
Ny dreaming eyes viii I'LL,
Her soft arms steal around ne,
And she whispers swcctly still:
II love you, love you
4 hundred 1nillion-thcrC.
| weep no more: Goti help the poor
I'm loves own millionaire,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
Keep Your Husband
Happy.

BY feeding him we'll.
BY serving meals on time.
BY not boring him with do
mestic history.
BY taking an intelligent inter
est in his affairs.
Byjudicious flattery and equal
ly judicious blame.
BY being an ornament to his
household and a credit to his
taste
BY not locking up the ways Of
a sweetheart in the chest with
your bridal veil.-New York
WoylG.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03

The woman who breads get
ting thin should eat plenty of
eggs and drink milk. She should
not be afraid of pure candies pre-
fering those known as creams.
Candy should never be eaten be-
tween meal by any one whether
they are dieting or not. Its
place is at the end of meal and
then it should be properly masti-
Gated, says an exchange.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
Will Erect a Sanitarium.

Capitalists are negotiating for
the erection of a..large sanitarium,
to be built on the water front
between Hampton and Newport
News, Va. The building, if
constructed according to present
plans, will be an imposing edi-
fee ofgranite of no small pro,
portions.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
LAND FOR SALE.

That valuable tract of land at
the head of Main street, known
as Holmes" containing about
IIS acres. Also the "Quarter
tract" recently owned by Mr.. 7.
D. Warren, containing about 255
acres, which / will sell in sections
of IS and 50 acres. Terms easy.
RICHARD DILLARD.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03

Dunraven has offered the VAL
kyrie for sale. Somebody ought
to buy it just to get so good a
boat out of such bad hands, thinks
the Augusta Chronicle.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03

A January tbaw is always more pro-
ductive of colds and coughs than a
January freeze. This is the time
Ayers Cherry Pectoral is needed and
proves so extremely efficacious. Ask
your druggist for it, and also for Ayers
Almanac, which is free to all.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03

The Atchinson Globes advice
is: Don't wish you had thou
sand dollars; you are making a
big enough fool of yourself al
ready on the dollar you have.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
-AuctiOneer.

Having been appointed County
Auctioneer and given bond
therefor, all persons are forbid
den to exercise the virtues of
that office under penalty of law.
A. J. BATEMAN,
Broad Street, Edenton, N. Z.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
EDENTON, N. c. FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 1896.

J
say kind and polite things and
20 act the part of gentleman,
even when the heart is full of
bitterness, hatred and murder
What we desire to see is a life of
purity. The impure thoughts
may be kept out of sight for a
long time, they may shoulder
away for months, but if allowed
to shoulder they will surely
burst into a fame and the world
see the conhagration The bank
cashier was tempted a long time
before lie yielded, he watched
his opportunity, but at last it
came and the world knew Of his
sin. Therefore be pure in
thought
he pure in word, "for out of
the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh." Thoughts
affect us directly and others in
directly, while words affect 9TH
ers directly Confer short time
with a young man and you will
be able to tell much of his mind,
for he will be sure to speak of
the things that interest him
most. How the first impure
word that we uttered or heard
others utter shocked us, but after
awhile those same impurities
become a delight, showing that
"the heart is deceitful above all
things If the pure minded are
shocked and panied when obliged
to listen to what is impure, how
must it be to pure and holy
God. The power Of words upon
men and the lives of men are be-
ing tested daily, by one person
persuading another either to do
EVIL or to do good. By words
men are led to give up evil hab-
its, to reform, or a throng of
peaceful citizens may be melted
until they become bowling
mob, taking vengeance upon in
nocent mortals. Some homes
are very impure, things that
ought never to be mentioned are
spoken of as if there We're no
lines to be drawn. The other
day young married lady said to
me, 81 would not want my little
girl to live in such a home and
be obliged to listen to the langu-
age that is spoken there" What
sort of children are such homes
turning out into the world? "We
must give an account Of every
idle word;' although we may
think idle words that amount to
nothing they are recorded against
us, and "by thine words thou
shalt be condemned and by thy
words thou shalt be justified" 1t
matters not what we say and
how we say it. James says che
that stumbleth not i'll word is a
perfect man." and eff he does
not bride his tongue his religion
is vain"
Be pure in deed not because
you expect to be applauded, but
because it is right One young
man said of another che is a
clean young man." he was in a
position to say SO, although he
himself made no pretentions of
being good, from the tone of
voice we perceived that he had
great respect for the clean life of
that young man. 1t is the pure
lives that leave effect upon the
world, and such lives are not
lived in vain. There are those
who may laugh aud sneer, but at
the same time they cannot help
but admire the life that can re-
main pure and good in the midst
of SO many temptations, in the
midst of so much that is impure
and stained and polluted by COM
ing in contact with the world.
So again, l say be clean, be pure
in thought, word and deed. For
the pure in heart shall see God.
500 Reward 500.
The readers of this paper will be
r,Ioacad n learn that there &c ny least
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
Return of the Liberty Bell.

A committee of the Phlladel-
nhia CITY council will leave on
January 10Th, for Atlanta, to es-
cort the Liberty Bell back to
Philadelphia.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03

WHOLESOME SUGGESTIONS TO YOUNG
PEOPLE AND OLD ONES AS WELL-''BY
DEMNED AND BY THY WORDS THOU
SHALT BE JUSTIFIED.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03

Whatever goods your store supplies,
You'll sell them if you advertise.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
SCRIPTURE CAKE.

One cup of fbutter-Judgcs v, IS.
Three and half cups of flour-I
Kings iv, ~.
Three cups Of sugar-Jeremiah vi, 20.
Two cups of raisins-I Samuel xxx, II
Two cups of fgs-I Samuel Xxx, IL.
One cup of Watcr-Genesis xiv, II.
One cup of almonds Genesis xiii, II
Six cggs-Isaiah K, IA.
One tablespoonful of honey-Exodus
xvi, 2I.
A pinch of salt-Lcviticus ii, Is.
Spice to taste-I Kings Y, 10.
Follow Soloman's s advice for making
good boys and you will have good
cake---Provcrbs xiii, ii.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
Scripture Cake.

A formula for Scripture cake
is sent to the Household News
by a woman who adds the infor-
nation that she realized $40 for
the sale of slices of this cake,
with its receipt, for two days at
a church fair:
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03

New subscribers to the FISH
ERMAN & FARMER are coming
in.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-01-03
eR Yes Friends,
go you Want Shoes

Buy here and get the worth Of
your hard earned cash.
NV line
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-15
GARDINER is HAPPY.
The Republicans Make Grea. Gains and Ccie-
brate in the Evening.

Gardiner. Sept. 4.-(SpeciaD.-E,lec
ton day passed off very quietly in this
city. The Republicans worked hard
and feel very proud of the result
Ward 6. South Gardiner did nobly
and the result shows how the leading
men. of which this place is mostly
composed take to the idea of another
term of Democratic rule. Ward 3, thu
old Democratic ward, this year gives
a Republican l06 plurality. four years
ago. it gave the Democrats one plu-
rality While not a full vote, it shows
the political feeling of the ward. The
full vote will be found elsewhere in the
county table.
Election evening was much different,
the crowd was very quiet at first. but
as the returns began to come in SO
much in the Republicans favor, they
lost themselves entirely and resorted
to all means to make manifest their
appreciation of the result.
The bells began to ring, horns We're
brought forth, fire crackers exploded.
and the drum corps came out in full
force. County Attorney Heseltine was
called out and was obliged to address,
the crowd. Next Hon. a. NJ. Spear fell
into their hands and he too had to
give in to them and make a speech.
Mayor Clason was next looked for.
He was at the telephone exchange and
addressed them from the window. re
ceiving applause after applause from
the crowd assembled below. Taken in
all. The day was one that Will long be
remembered by all in the city.