Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-01
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idly.
Strawberries will soon be ii
market.
The small boy can soon take
dip in the river.
E Miss Mamie Merriam spen
Monday at Norfolk.
: The flying dust has again be
gun to annoy merchants.
Most of the Seine fishermen
Will "cllt off -" Tomorrow.
Several marriages are all,
nounCed for an early date.
| Read the millinery notice OF
NJ. Hill & Co. in this paper.
The flower gardens are row
full Of blossoms and fragrance.
Restaurant keepers are serving
their customers with soft crabs.
The fishermen are now turn
ing their attention to ocean fish
ing.
| There was all unusual mum Der
OF small Lofts at the docks yes.
terday.
The girls and boys seem to
enjoy an early morning spin on
their wheels.
Rev. c. S. Blackwell spent a
day or two at Norfolk this week
on business.
Spring lamb and green peas
will be the delicacy offered by
completing dealers tomorrow.
Two DRINKS form the sum
total of the business done in the
police court this week.
Use lime in your back lot.
can ounce Of preventative is
worth q pound OF cure.
Miss Margaret HolloWell, who
has been visiting in Norfolk and
elsewhere, returned this week.
Rev J. II. Hall and wife are
at Washington City spending the
week with relatives and friends.
The ice factory was shut down
this week-a sufficient quantity
of the cooling element having
been stored.
Miss Ella Kramer has return
ed home after a most delightful
visit to her sister, Mrs. Banks, at
Norfolk, Va.
1t will probably be another
month before Jewell & Scott
extensive marine railway will be
ready for work.
A civil engineer, sent here by
an interested insurance compa-
ny, is engaged i'll making a map
of Elizabeth City.
Mr.. Theo White, of Hartford,
the Fish and Oyster Comlnis-
sioner, was in the city this week
on official business,
The delightful walk and the
cage of trained monkeys at the
Albemarle Park, attract large
crowds each Sunday afternoon.
A ride i'll the country just now
is delightful. Everything is
growing nicely the fields and wild
flowers shadow the roads.
During the month Of April
thirteen marriage licenses were
issued by Register Culpepper
OF these nine were white.
All the water is being pumped
out Of Poindextcr creek and the
canal will have to be dug deeper
to comply with the contract.
The regular monthly meeting
of the county commissioners will
be held on Monday. The city
council meets Monday night.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs.
WAL Harrison died at its parents
home, in the first ward, Wednes-
day morning; aged IS months.
DR.. Isiah Fearing, who has
Just graduated at the Baltimore
College of Physicians and Sur
eeons, returned on Wednesday.
Mrs. w. w. Fairbanks and
children, of Maryland, are visit
ing the family Of her father, Mr.
John NJ. Jewell, on Road street.
A boat1nan who reached here
Tuesdry from Whales Head tells
of a sea turtle caught at that
point last week thatWe1ghed zoo
pounds.
The season for oysters is ended,
if the R months have anything to
do with it. There will hardly be
any more for sale in cargoes at
the docks.
1t is an objectionable ofense
to allude to the size of the feet a
lady may happen to carry, I'M
less they are small, then remarks