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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-30

a GREAT BARGAIN in 5000 fine Ia diff buds.
IA to 6 feet on rOguh lemon stock. These trees
staked and absolutely free from all insects,
Budwood from G. s. Burgess. viii close these
out at remarkably low prices. do not wish
to remain in the nursery business. ELOISE
FRUIT & VEGETABLE COMPANY, Wi ter
Haven, Fla. At
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IF YOU want the genuine Carney ParsOn Brown
Il buds, now is the time to order them. lso
0.UOJ dormant buds OF G. %. Brown, Fl arts Ear
diff. Dancy Tangeriue, Walter & M srsh Seed
less Pomelo and Carney Sicily Lemon ADDRESS
NJ. J. TURNKEY, Excelsior Nursery. Lake
Weir Fla.
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THIRTY THOUSAND TREES for SALE Seed
u lings and Budded Grape Fruit. Valencia
and Harris Late Eureka Lemons. Dancy Tan
gerine and Pineapple buds. All buds ON crane
fruit stock four and One-half years old Write
us before buying. BOWER & STEF HENS.
Lakeland Fla. S-27-06
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I AIDES and gents to become members of class
IA now forming for the purpose Of teaching
landscape and portrait painting under Ital-
ian method. The course is completed in a series
of nine lessons by mail. Success guaranteed and
work FINISHED our graduates which eventually
gives you a steady incOme.-UNITED ART
STUDIOS, BOX 437 Lima, o.
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Editor Florida Agriculturist:

Is it good farming in Florida to plowin q large
crop OF beggar weed, in the fall. after it is ripe
and fully matured, on land il tended for corn, or
is it better farming for the fertility of the land
and increase of the CROP to let it die and remain
on the land until planting time.
large crop of beggar weed can be covered up
nicely with good two-horse pillow by putting a
heavy drag chain on the whfietree and plow
beam. Please answer d. MEAD.
Let the beggar weed remain until
about TWO months before planting time
then turn it under. This will give the
ground plenty of time to thorouhly settle.
Some of the beggar weed corn fs rmers
pillow in Decem Der or January.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-30

CITRUS NURSERY TREES AMI BUDWOOD.
~ -Satsuma. Parson Brown, Stark's Seedless,
Homosassa, Jaffa. Tangerines, King. Tardih
Grape Fruit Villa Franco Lemon and other va
rieties such as Maiorca. ST. Micheal, Maltese
Blood, Centennial and Nonparie Address A.
L. DUNCAN, Mgr, Milwaukee Grove and Nur-
series, Dunedin. Fla.
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MICA CRYSTAL GRIT. Best substitute for
AVA Hens teeth. only one dollar per sack of 100
pounds. E. W. AMSDEN, Ormond. Fla. TT
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Editor Florida Agriculturist:
Which is more durable for the sill to a house ia
Florida, (under the same conditions). pine or
cypress? s. B.
Boston, Mass
All heart pine.
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nor SALE Our home place at DeLand, Fla.
l. House has 10 rooms, pantry, bath roOm
closets. etc. Plenty of water and large lot near
the Univ rsity grounds. Also one-half interest in
the Volusia County Abstract and Investment Co.
Address me at Lamar, Mo or call on A. How
ard. DeLand, Fa.-M. w. Sargent.
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nor SALE -Comfortable Florida lake front
IL home plenty fruit. Alabama, California
lands: sell or exchange. W. SHAW 241 Sixteenth
ST., Brooklyn, N. Y. st
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Il and curing in the house. Facilities Finished
buyer to handle it, Address POS MASTER,
Glen Ethel, Fla,
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RUDWOOD-Hart's tardiff Jatfa. Malta blood,
I'D Dancy tangerines and Leonardy pomelo
Bearing trees. No white fly. Satisfaction Guar
anteed. Cyrus W. Butler, st Petersburg, Fla
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Neutrality-suspicious. In orange grove work
w or garden. Have a family and prefer to
work on place. References given. Address F. A.
LYNCH Jaffrey, Fla.
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FOR sALE-3OO pounds vuelta Abaio tobacco
n ready to box. Also 1000 Seeding grape fruit
trees one inch and less in diameter. JIG Tilson,
Raymond. Fla. 8
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SMOOTH CAYENNE Abbaka, Enville City,
~ Golden Queen, Porto Rico, Egyptian Queen
and Sugar Loaf suckers and slips for sale; all
grown at my Indian River Pinery. Address.
CHAS. III. ROWLAND, 1882 Chapel st., New
haven, Conn. 81
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DOWKERS ANIMAL MEAL, To make Fl ems
I'D Ia, and chicks grow. Our little book the Egg
tells all about it. E. W. AMSDEN, OrmODd, Fla.
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WANTED Cash paid for the mussel shells of
w West .FlOrida--from the Suwa1nee river
westward. Parties who can ollect these mussel
shells will receive full inform alton to price.
etc, by addressing card to, BERLIN 81.
WRIGH +. Penn Yam. N. Y.
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A T THE MANATEE NURSERIES 80 varieties
"A Citrus trees. Rough lemon and sour seed ing
budwOod, King $40. best strain Tangeriue SO,
most varieties SIS per 1000. Safe arrival gusran-
teed. A. j. PETTIGREW, Manatee. Fla. St
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WANTED five to fifty pounds fresh well ma
w tured camphOr seeds, also ten pounds citru 9
trifoliata seeds. Address g. w. FOX ,Fruitland
Park, Lake county, Fla.
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VVVHE MORGAN SPADING HARROW.-Prices
Il redcued. BENZ N. BRADT. General Agt.,
Huntington. Fla. st
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GHELLS WAN TIE y; river CLAIMS or river mus
~ sci shells from South Florida and Georgia
lakes and streams. Write for prices paid and
particulars, BERLIN 81. WRIGHT, Penn va" D.,
N. Y.
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DUDWOOD.-Dr D. o. Davies of FernandiDa
I'D offers budwood from his Lake county grove.
Fine oranges (Majorca). Good shippers. $5 90
per 1000 at grove or by express $3.50 per 1000
by mail or ex ress prepaid. Supply inexhausti-
ble Address j. SILVA, Lisbon, Fla
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RUDwOOD-Carney. Parson Brown, Boone,
- King, Ruby, Pineapple. Marsh's Seedless and
Triumph Grapefruit Write for prices. stating
quantity wanted.-GEO f.. SNOW, Eastlake, Fla.
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NOR SALE.-Tangerine Budwood at $40 per
IL 1000. Address. q. BIELBY, DeLand, Fla.
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ANSWERS no CORRESPONDENTS

This department is devoted to answering such
questions as may be asked by our sub cribers
which may be Of general interest Inquiries OF g
personal character that require answer by mail
should always have g. amp enclosed.
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CHEAP COLUMN.

RATES-Twenty words, name and address one
week, 25 cts: three weeks. 30 cts.
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MCNEIL PEA BY mail so cents per pint, IS
AVA cents per quart; by express go cents per
quart, ten quarts and over so cents. II you
want them order early RS the supply is limited.
W. H. MANN, Meanwhile, Fla. 35.tf
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Editor Florida Agriculturist:

Conceding winter the best time to trim for |
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-30

HOUSES TO RENT at Lake Helen, Fla. Also
IL cottages on Coronado Beach. SAMUEL
CURRIER.
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T TME TREES WANTED. Tahiti and Persian;
~ state price, age Of bud and wat stock they
are budded on. N. p. Richardson. Ocoee, Fla. 1
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11

never have teen any the wiser had you
not told me. You are the only father
1 have ever known, and you have been
all that a father could be-kind, low,
ing and indulgent to a fault"
THANK you, dear; I have tried to
do my duty and fulfill the promise
made to your father - the dearest
friend 1 ever had-on his death bed,
eighteen years ago. Have l succeeded,
my daughter?'
'Only too we'll, my noble father ;
how can 1 thank you?
"By granting this my last request:
Before l die l want to see you my
daughter indeed-;he wife of my boy
my Hugh. Speak, my daughter, tell
me that you will marry my boy, and
my last days will be the happiest spent
on earth, and I can then die in peace"
Did he feel the tremor that shook
the slight form, that knelt at his side;
did he see that DEATH like palor that
overepread that fair fair face, turning
it a shade less white than the sheet
upon which it rested.
Speak, daughter"
In a voice strangely altered and
unnatural, she asked
Does Hugh wish this, father?'
He does, my daughter"
Does he love me?"
"No one could know you without
loving you, my daughter"
why then has he never spoken to
me regarding this matter"
''It was his intention to have done go
the evening he left, but owing to your
unexpected absence, he deferred the
matter until his return"
And areyou sure, dear father, quite
sure, he loves me and wishes me to
marry him3'
Quite sure, my daughter; believe
me, he has never thought of olher than
you in this respect"
"And will it make you happy-very
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11

MAY be so; but get me a cup of tea,
dear, and then we will write him again.
I am afraid something has happened
to him, or we would have seen or heard
from him ere this"
mo, I guess not, father; he's only
back in the mountains somewhere,
out of reach of the mails, perhaps.
He'll turn up right enough, bye-and-
bye, have no fear.
bye and-bye may be too late, my
daughter. God grant that I may see
my dear boy once more before I die.
l must see him!-I must! l cannot die
without seeing him once again and
performing a duty that has been left
undone so long l cannot leave my
boy a pauper. o., Hugh-my boy
why did I let you go from me, with this
matter unsettled, when I felt that the
end was drawingnear-Oa, why did II"
"Father!-dear father what do you
meap?'
THAT my days are numbered, my
daughter. Forgive me, my child, but
it is best that you should know the truth
once for all: DR.. Olney informed me
only this morning that 1 could live but
q short time-a week, ten days, per
h8ps, but not longer, and advised me
to send for q lawyer and straighten up
my worldly affairs as oOn as possible.
This I cannot do until Hugh returns.
On, that he were hereI'
The tea cup and saucer that the young
girl held fell to the floor with a crash.
Turning, che cried:
my father!-Oh, my dear, dear
father! what shall l do!-what shall I
dor
with tears running from her eyes,
she dropped upon her knees at the bed
side of the sick man and sobOed as
though her heart would break.
With a tender, loving touch, the
sick man stroked the bowed head OF
the grief stricken maiden.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11
A Busy Boy.
EFFIE F. VEAZR
NEW HILL, N. @.

NEW HILL, N. u.
Mr.. Editor:-I have been thinking
of writing to the cousins for d good
while, but it being such a busy season
of year, [ could scarcely get the time.
l am a little boy II years old, and my
father is a farmer. Crops are looking
fine in this section. Oar crop is CON.
posed chiefly of corn and tobacco. I
can pIow very we'll for a little fellow,
but Papa will not let me pillow very
much he says | am too young, I chop
most of the time and work in tobacco.
lean also milk for mamma and do ever
50 much to help her, which l enjoy
very much, and yet l like to play and
frolic as we'll as any boy. but mamma
has taught me duty first and then
pleasure. | have no bro. hers, but three
little sisters younger than myself,
which l love a great deal. We have a
very good Sunday school at Olives
Chapel, which is kept up the year
through We live q good little dis
lance from it, but attend as regular as
we we'll can. l will close by asking
some of our little frienos to tell me
where Joseph, the son Of JACOB was
buried? Where were the children of
Lsreal when Moses received Gods law?
CYRUS JOHNSON
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11
CHAPTER III.
A RFQUEsT-A FAREWELL

A REQUEST-A FAREWELL.
Daughter"
YES. father"
III wv long has Hugh been gomez"
Just a month to morrow"
"And he said he would be back long
before now?"
Yes; he said he would probably re-
main in the mountains a couple of
weeks, and then return home and set
tie down for good"
Yes, he has been away from us a
great deal of late-three years at col
lege, a summer spent in Europe, a win
ter in Florida-in fact, we havescRrcely
seen him during the past five years,
and now he's off for the mountains,
for how long no INT a tell.
He'll be back soon, perhaps"
81 hope so; but why doesn' he write7
We've heard from him but one since
he left.
Twice, father"
"Twice?"
Les OOh y w 4SL4Oo4OO4 . LIZ "4OSO
to US from Forest City, three days after
he left, and about a week after he again
wrote us from Brevard, telling us that
when we wrote, to address him at
South Fork. Pennsylvania county"
Eyes, yes; I remember now. And
you wrote to him there?'
Yes, sir"
How long ago?"
Very nearly two weeks"
And have received no answer yet3'
None"
did you tell him 1 was sick?'
Yes, sir"
Strange"
perhaps he has moved deeper into
the mountains, father, and failed to get
my letter"
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Questions and Answers.
HOUsTONYILLE. N. G.

Mr.. EditOr:-WiIl you allow a little
girl twelve years of age to join the
young folks column7 / am a farmers
daughter. Ny papa has been taking
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER for several
years. I want to ask and answer a
few questions. I will answer Kiter
Deals question. Howe was the inv ent.
or of the first sewing machine. l will
answer Miss E. M. Barringer's question.
Virginia Dare was the first child born
in America. l will answer Carrie
Shelton's question. ''Jeeus wept," is
the shortest verse in the Bible and is
found in the 18th chapter and the 35th
verse Of St. John. l will close by ask
ing a few questions. What is the old.
est city in the world9 What is the
oldest town in the United States9 How
many counties in North Carolina?
Yours truly,
MARY KENNEDY.
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HOUSEHOLD
wHORTLEBERRY PUDDING.

Nun ODDlNGa
One qlart of berries, one pint of mo-
lasses, one cup Of milk, n teaspoon
full Of soda, one pound and two ounces
Of flour, 4 teaspoonful of cloves, one
Of clnnamon and one of nutmeg. Boil
two and a half hours.
PURGE OF PEAS
Cook together one tablespoonful of
butter and two tablespoonfuls of flour,
add two cupfuIs of peas cooked very
tender in just enough water to cover
them, and rubbed through a sieve, al
so the water in which the peas were
cooked and two cupfuls of veal or
thicken broth. Let simmer ten min
utes, season and serve.
APPLE CHARLOTTE.
Soak one third of a package of gela,
tine in one third of a cup of cold water
an hour. Peel and quarter tart apples
enough to make one pint when they
are steamed. While hot rub them
through a sieve; pour half a cup of
boiling water over the soaked gelatine
snd stir until it is Dissolved; add the
gelatine to the apples with one cup Of
sugar and the juice Of one lemon.
Stand the bowel containing the mixture
in a pan of ice water, and beat until it
Is very light and begins to thicken;
then stir in a generous quart of whip
ped cream, taking car always to stir
from the bottom of the bowl. When
II Will just pour turn it into a lined
mould and put in a cold place.
LEMON OR ORANGE JELLY.
4 lemon or orange jelly made with
gelatine may be made into a choice
desert if hardened in Individual moulds,
with a preserved or canned peach in
the centre of each one. Cut the peaches
in halves and fill the cavity that CON
tanned the pit with chopped almonds,
almond paste, a chocolate cream, CT
any candied fruit. Drain the fruit
from its syrup before using. Pour a
layer of the jelly before it has hardened
IN the mould, put in the fruit and then
fill the mould up with the liquid jelly.
Fresh peaches may be used in the same
way. and a large mould filed, instead
of Using small moulds. Ga serving
such a jelly, a spray of green leaves or
pink blossoms may be laid on each
plate.
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ASs1o ANS.

Teotfer One Hundred Dollars revrard FOR any
a8e - Catarrh that cannot BE- cured By Haii's
lstSrID Cure.
F. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0
We the undersigned, have known F. J
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,O
WALDING, KINNAN g. MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price
z6c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11

Il would have spared you this pain
full knowledge, my daughter, but know
ing that the blow could be deferred only
a few days at longest, I thought it best
to tell you now, SO that you may be
prepared to meet it; and, too, be
cause
He hesitated for a moment and then
abruptly asked:
Daughter, do you love me9"
Raising her tear-stained face, in a
reproachful tone, she eaid:
Father, dear father, how can you
doubt it2"
Il do not doubt it, my darling girl,
but do you love me sufficiently we'll
to make a sacrifice for me if need be2'
Never once guessing the import of
his words, she answered:
ITO do your bidding, my father,
could be no sacrifice, but a pleasure.
To make your last days On earth more
happy and peaceful, there is nothing
that l would not do for you. 1 would
die for you, my father, rather than
bring pain to your heart or a shadow
to your brow"
The stricken man put his arm about
her form and drew her closer to his
side.
mobile girl" he said; "but that
which I am about to ask of you will, l
hope, prove a pleasure rather than a
sacrifice"
No request of yours could prove
otherwise, my father"
II hope so, my daughter. Now dry
your tears, and listen to me and I will
tell you what has been the desire Of
my heart for these many years past,
as you know, dear, you are not
my child that is, my own flesh and
blood"
Yes, I know this; but I would
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11
From Rockingham County.
MARY KENNEDY,
LAMsv1LLE. N. G..

LAMSVILLE, N. @.
Mr.. EdjtOr:-Here comes another
country girl IA years old, begging ad-
mittance into your charming circle. I
have read many interesting letters
from the boys and girls, and I have Of
ten thought that l would write, but
just now obtained courage enough to
do 30. I have been a silent, but con.
slant admirer of THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER. My papa has been a subscri-
Der to your paper for several years,
and likes to read it's contents very
much. I will answer J.. A. Miller's
question. President arfield died the
18th of September, 1881. I will ask
two questions. What President lived
tt see his son elected President9 Who
was the Oldest President of the United
I will close with best wishes
to THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER and the
little cousins. Yours truly,
Hat. IE STANFIELD.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11
THE MAJOR BEAT THE COLONEL

Isat on the hotel veranda with Major
Claxton and he was giving me his ex
periance at the battle of FAIR OAKS,
when a negro boy assembled the steps
from the street and said:
''Majah Clax5on, Kurnel Johnson
presents his compliments an SEE he
dun hopes yo' want to talk bout de
wan"
He does, eh!' growled the Me Or.
Boy, my compliments to Colonel
Johnso0. and tell him to mind his own
business. 50
The boy crossed the street to a gro
Gerry, but was back again before the
Major had picked up the broken thread
and this time he said:
"Majah Claxton, Kurnel Johnson
presents his compliments an seq yo'
wasn't in de battle O. Fair Oaks 'tRllr
Wasn't II Wasn't l? Boy, my com
pliments to Colonel Johnson, and tell
him he's no gentleman!'
Away went the boy, and not two
minutes had passed before he stood be
fore US again.
"Mojah Claxton, de compliments of
Aurnel Johnson, and he SEE yo' neber
heard a gun fed DOOM de war, but a.
right yere at home all de timer
Say, boy" huskily exclaimed the
Old veteran as he res up, my com
Quments to KurneI Johnson, and you
-aLI him I'll send my second to him
carly tomorrow morning"
Iae boy darted across the street and
was gone about a minute, and then re.
-urnod to say:
'Masth Claxto0, Kurnel Johnson
presents his compliments and sez yo'
was q powerful liar"
"What. Calls me a liar!' howled the
Major.
Yes, sab"
Sure he called me a liarY"
Yes, sab"
Then by the great horn spoon, I'll
. No, I won't. I'll hurt him worse
than that! Boy, my compliments to
Aurnel Johnson-my courteous, kindly
compliments and add that the
stranger is about to ask me to drink,
and l won't ring him in on it-hanged
if dol"
That must have been a settler for
Colonel ~Jonson, for the boy did not re
appear and we heard nothing further
from him.-Philadelphia Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-11
From Gates County.
Hat. IE STANFIELD
WILLOW, N. G.

WILLOW N. ".
Mr.. Editorials my first missive ca
capped the waste basket, I will write
again. School is up and l am not
quite so busy, though 1 have lots to do
now helping mamma to take care Of
baby, feed the chickens and little
gooses and help to cook and I can do
all kinds of homework. Ihave pieced
one quilt and commenced another. o!
I forgot to tell you what a nice time
we had when our school closed. Miss
Carrie, our teacher gave us a candy
party. We had some music and
passed the evening very pleasantly.
l will answer Kerney Gaddie's ques-
ton, "Who was the first native born
white child in America" 1t was Vir.
ginia Dare. Also, Roger Hasty's ques-
tion-"What man vas it that promised
God if he would let him gain the vic
tory he would kill the first one that
came to meet him3" 1t was Jeptha;
having won the victory he returned to
his city Mizpah and was met by his
beautiful daughter. I will ask a few
questions: % When and where was
the Salvation Army founded? ~ What
prophet made iron to swim and where
in the Bible will you find an account
of it? Success to THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER. MAMIE L BROWN.
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YOUNG
From Moore County.
BENsALEM. N. G..

BENsALEM, N. @.
Nh. Editorials you have not had
a letter from this section in a long
time we will write to let the dear little
sisters and brothers know that we have
not forgotten you nor them. Our papa
takes your paper and though he doesn't
say whether he likes it or not, we
think he likes it almost as dearly as he
loves mamma. for he is reading it every
idle moment. We will close by giving
a syllable puzzle for the young readers
to answer. Ny first is company, my
second shuns company, my whole
amuses company. What is it,
Yours truly,
MENNIE and MAGGIE SEAwELL