Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-08
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| DIR. Geo. |. Nowltzsky Gale
yesterday.
The advertisement of the Nag
Hotel appears in this issue.
The days of the ice cream an
strawberry festivals are at hand
Mr.. W. H. Basnight, of Oar
county, called at our office Mon
day.
This week has been brigh
and beautiful and "altogethe
lovely"
All the fishermen from the big
beaches on Albemarle soune
have returned.
The work on Tiber creek cana
progress rather slowly for TIL:
time of the year.
Now that all danger OF frost is
past. a large fruit crop is prom
iscd i'll this section.
Ex-Solicitor J. H. Blount, OF
Greervllle, was in the city Tues,
day On his way to Dare court.
Mr.. Fred Shipp returned tc
Norfolk Tuesday after a brief
visit to his parents in this city.
The rebuilding Of the dry kilns
'Of Kramer Bros. & Cos Park
avenue mills are now we'll under
way.
The nightly music of the bull
frog has been somewhat interrupt
ed by the digging out of Tiber
creek.
Mrs. F. M. Cook, ST., is in
Norfolk visiting her daughter,
Mrs. G. B. Ferebee, on Lovett
avenue.
Capt. Jacob Wool, of Edenton
has his yacht Annie Cotton at
Smells shipyard for general over
hauling.
The large new Odd Fellows
building at the corner of Road
and Fearing streets is now we'll
under way.
The steamer Sophia Wood,
Capt. J, B. Cullifer in command,
is hauled out at Willey's railway
for repairs.
Mrs. M. A. Ship left Tuesday
last for Klnston, N. c., as a DEL
egate to the w. F. NJ. S. of the
N. c. Conference.
Mr.. A. F. Holt and Miss Ida
Ashbee, of Moyock, visited
friends on Ehringhaus street
last week.
The first strawberries of any
amount appeared in the market
this week and sold at retail for
IS cents per quart.
The red lemonade man is now
in active competition with the
soda water dispenses and the
"pop On ice" sellers.
DR.. w. J. Lumsden and wife
are off OIL a trip to Atlanta and
other points South. They will be
gone about ten days.
The local base ball team have
as yet arranged for no match
games, but are practicing every
afternoon with that end i'll view.
DR.. B. E. Byrd, the Optician,
will be III the city Tuesday, May
18th, at Selig's Jewelry store.
See announcement in this paper.
The first of what will be a
series of four social dances was
given by the young men at the
Albemarle House Tuesday night.
A wife has no business sew
ing for the heather when her
husband wears heavy long~
tailed coat in summer to avoid
ON ho rra cement
Mr.. c. w. Grice, one Of the
proprietors of the Mays Head
hotel, went down yesterday to
put the house in order for the
reception Of guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boetcher, who
have been spending some days
with the latter's parents in the
first ward, returned to their Mary
land home Tuesday.
Rev. DR.. F. H. Johnston is at
Hamden Sidney, Va, attending
a meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees Of the Union Theological
Seminary, of which he is a men,
Der.
Those who know say there
never was time when soft crabs
were so plentiful at Mays Head
and when the sport of catching
fish with hook and line was bet
ter.
Those who receive copy of
the FISHERMAN s. FARMER this
week, who are not already subs
scribers, are invited to subscribe
atOnce.