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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-19
A GOLDEN BALLAD.

Molly, go a packin';
Jenny, lend a hRndl
It's nothin' we'll Oe lBckin'
In the KloDdlke IRndl
F.llers there Ia clover
Never m7nj the cOldl
Tit5 al ICE berg over
An grsbOle for the gcidl
Here the Weather's sunny-
summer has her sweets:
But what Is milk an honey
To walkin' golden streetsf
q re we'er IN a woe storm
Ga5tin' poor an old;
There's where every snow storm
Is siltin' do Wn the gold. =
Take yer hives o. honey
Oyerturn the milk
Ruther roll In money
An dress the gals In sllkl
So, Molly, go to packin';
Jenny, lend a handI
It's nothin' We'n be lackin'
In the Klondike lRndl
Atlanta Constitution.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-19

was concealed by the generous peas
ant. The village cures sister brought
him food, books, paper, pen and ink,
and as soon as the garrison was dimin-
ished and the vigilance Of the search
for him relaxed, he escaped province
from the disguised as fisherman -Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-19

The wife-"What a sweet smile there
is on the baby's face, John"
The husbaad-"Yes; he's probably
dreaming that he's keeping me awake"
Town Topics.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-19

WANTED-Trustworthy and active
gentlemen or ladies to travel for .
sponsible, established house in North
Carolina. Monthly $65 90 and expenses.
Position steady. Reference. Enclose
self addressed stamped envelope. The
Dominion Company, Dept. w. Chicago.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-19

IL WnaG ala the OLD man say
when you asked for his daughter9
JIll-Ordered me to leave the house.
"And what did you sayY"
Il ask him if he took me for a house
mover. "-Yonkers Statesman.
Mother-You should consent to let
her marry him. They have two hearts
that beat az one.
NFRther-Yes, and two minds without
a single thought. Ishall enter no OBJ
jection at all.-Detroit Free Press.
Fair customer-''Is this western
beetG"
Eastern butcher (proudly-'No,
ma'am; We don't deal in i'll hammered
steers from the rowdy West. This beef,
madam, is from a highly cultivated
and very refined COW, formerly Of
Boston. New York Weekly.
Once a powerful nobleman who had
suffered from the gibes of the kings
fool threatened to have him logged.
44ADS04OO oRRO64OO w vA0 A4nks
"Have no fear" said Francis. "If
any one were bold enough to kill you, I
should have him hanged in an hour
afterward."
20 sire" replied Triboulet, "would it
not please your majesty to have him
hanged an hour before9"-Ex.
"You wish to be relieved~from jury
duty, but you haven't a good reason"
said the judge.
Its public spirit" said the unwilling
talesmRn, ION the cor of economy. I
have dyspepsia judge, and I never
agree with anybody. If Igo on this
jury there will be a disagreement, and
the county will have to go to- the ex-
penseof a new triall'
Excused" said the judge.-Green
Bag.
A Western paper tells a story of q
mixed brood of children which reveals
the confusion liable to exist in certain
families.
A widower and widow, each having
children, married, and children were
subsequently born to them. The pa
rents agreed much better than the
children did. One day q neighbor,
going past their place, heard a CONNIE.
tion within, out Of which rose the voice
of the wife, screaming to the husband:
"Iiml Jiml Hurry out in the yardI
Your children and my children are
beating the lives out of our childrenI"
The date Of the label on this paper
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-19
WANTS.

WANTED.-Five hundred new sub
scribers to enter our list during this
week.
TIE PROGRESSIVE FARL1EBs
Raleigh, n. O.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-19

The date of the label on this paper
UUhen yOUT subscription OcGS OE&.
10 yours OMtP Then TeGeGU, pLeGSs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-19
ALLEGED FUN.

Bill-And what did the old man say
when you asked for his daughter9
Jll-Ordered me to leave the house.
"And what did you sayY"
81 ask him if he took me for a house
mover. "-YonkePs Statesman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-19

Mother-You should consent to let
her marry him. They have two hearts
that beat as one.
0Father-Yes, and two minds without
single thought. Ishall enter no OBJ
jection at all.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
Ne, N,ee pat q saseasn.

Therese had two distinguishing gifts. One
vas sarcasm and the other was water col,
ors. She and Quatorze had been engaged
once and they quarr.led for some reason
Neither Of them seemed TO know exactly
why, and I suppose that neither Of them
care Just now, for Quatorze was married the
other day and the girl sent present to the
wedding.
The present was . water color done BY
her own delft fingers. The girl could paint
well. The picture was beauti;ul thing: 1s
represented great rock, which looked TOT
ali the world like platform with steps lead
ing up to the top Of it. o. erhead was
cloudiess sky, full Of sunshiae, and with z
blue in it that made you wish that the world
were all sky and that you were floating
among the fleecy clouds on pinions OF air.
There were trees bending over that encbant-
ed rock, and beyond were the shimmering
waters of q lake.
= "How beautiful" exclaimed the bride.
"How kind of Theresa. She's such dear,
good girl We will hang it in the parlor,
won't we, DEAR"
"Pm afraid the light won't be quite right,
said Quatorze aloud.
To himself he said
The water color was q picture OF rock at
Lake George, where he and Therese had sat
two summers ago when he proposed to her.
IN. Y. Telegram.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
HERE AND THERE.

-Over-feeding may develop diseases
A great calf or colt, If very fat, is like
~ to take . premium, but under that
load of fat but few are capable of point
ing out the defects of the animal.
"A perfectly healthy apple Tee
should be so managed that, by the aid
of the pruning knife. every branch
should have q chance to have its leaves
fairly well exposed to the light
1t is not so much the amount Of
manure applied that benefits the fruit
crop, but the per cent, which is in an
available condition. If well rotted il
Is soluble, and, therefore. easily appro-
priated.
When land is too poor to make good
corn it will grow q good crop Of sor.
ghum. The sorgh1ms goes further
down for food and !hsisgsrit up from
the subsoil when it is beyond the reach
Of corn roots. ,IIlW
The demand for muttpa il increas.
ing. and the tariff viii probably add .
cent or two to the price Of WOOL. Taken
all in all the sheep faisets ought to be
pretty well contented. But there ought
to be more small doclrs of hRe sheep
kept and fed on farms
Butter and eggs seem really made
to 60 together. and nothing its better
on . dairy farm than Q moderate lot Of
chickens. Not only do the latter con-
sumo the waste milk products with
profit, but those who pay the best
prices for golden butter will hs tho
quickest to buy ~ fselh eco. snq the
to- Pesl.sN
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
SOnethln9 Cheap.

As she stood upon the top stoop and
kissed him good-by before he went out to
battle with the cold, cold world he thought
that she had never looked % winsome, even
in their old counting days.
"And now my bad boy must have - many
slaps as years he has lived, for to-day IL his
birthday" she went on, beginning the
Christening situations.
why, 80 it il" he said, with that mo
mcntary sensation Of years passing helpless
~ away which middle-aged men experience
upon these occasions
And what lovely thing shall his darling
wife get him for a birthday present this
year," she went en-. "You already have q
smoking cabinet and q card table, and nv
dining-room lamp, you know, was one of
my birthday presents to you. And then"
I'D 60 kind of light, my dear" he an
swered, somewhat modify. Get me some
little cheap thing. haven't been able to
pay for my last years birthday present
yet."-N. Y. Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
Would Arm the worlA.

II all the guns made by the Winchester
Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Ct, could
be collected, there would be more than
enough to equip the standing armies of the
world: There are over zoo goo Minehe..
rapidly increasing. The popularity Of Win
served for they always give entire satisfac-
ton and for strong and accurate shooting
they are unsurpassed. These guns are made
in all desirable calibers and styles. Every
gun has to pass the most severe tests before
t. leave: the work vS.s which insu.s II itS BE-
chester Is the make to take, for it can al
ways be relied upon. Send for large illus
trated catalogue free.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

wares upon the ehattel mortgage
plan. the renter 1t once began 70 use
more diligence In raising his meat
and other provisions at home, until he
is amazed at his own former waste.
fulness in his former dependence upon
the merchant for such supplies. Tho
land owner, partly under pressure and
in part owing to his inability to collect
. fixed price of money rent, has, ~ .
rule, abandoned it and adopted what
is in fact more Just to land owner and
tenant, the part-crop plan. Even un-
der favorable crop seasons with the
past low prices for farm product, 8
per acre il q full average price to pay
in north Texas black lands. Expert
ence has taught me that when all
things are considered. the part-crop
plan will rebound more to the benefit
of the parties interested. It brings
about . united effort of land owner
and tenant to take such steps IS will
increase the annual yield of the farm
titled. 1t is natural that the owner
will take greater interest in helping
to procure better seed. in having the
fences in better condition to prevent
damage from breacby cattle, and in
having comfortable houses and in en-
couraging his renter farmers in raising
their home supplies, when he finds
that such . course will increase his
rents. Money rent in my opinion will
soon be found to be improbable to
either party-the land owner or renter
farmer-principally because of that
care which is wanting to keep . farm
in q proper condition to make the weld
remunerative. It would become in q
few years. under imperfect cultivation,
so choked up with noxious weeds for
the want of proper interest on the
part of the tenant farmer rs soon to
prove unfruitful. or in other words, the
renter farmer loses interest whenever
he sees that the land owner only cares
If the farmer barely pays his rent. I'm.
der present existing circumstances,
even on our fertile black lands, tho
margin of profit is amall.-Old Cotton
Planter. in Farm and Ranch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
A PART OF THE SHOW.
nat the Young Fellow Couldn't See It
Without q DiaGraA.

Without q Diagfaa.
The curtain had been rung down on the
last act of that exciting melodrama, The
Power of Beer" and the audience was laav-
ing the theater. On the faces of the more
thoughtful was an expression of sadness
somewhat akin to the look wherewith man
regards the bright coin pasted on the under
side of the tobacco dealers cigar-case. And
one man out of the throng pushed his way
to the box ,ffics window.
''See here," said he, excitedly; 81 want
my money back"
"Hum," said the ticket-seller, carelessly.
Its an outrage" said the man.
eyes"
"It's swindle!" continued the man.
''Indeed."
''You advertise real robbery"
Eve do
81 failed to see i'll"
"You did,
"And want my money back"
"Now, see here" said the ticket-seller,
leaning out of the window; I've had about
enough, and you get no money back, see.
That's where the robbery comes in, and if
you haven't mind enough to grasp it i
can't see that there's any kick due from you
whatever.'-Boston Budget.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
THE COTTON PLANTATION.


The Prsssst etasus Of tAe Renter Farmer.
The present status of the renter
farmer in north Texas claims my At
tention in this article. Every clew
needed to ferret out such data as shall
Be OF value in giving fair synopsis Of
the aspect shall be used. During pc
Rod OF great depression, which has ex-
iseed with more Or less severity for the
past four yesFs. the renter farmer has
Been compelled to use greater econo-
NY and prudence than has been hith-
erto pursued. AZ the merchant felt
W y sseeseiF d siss1ss less q ~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
Feeding Pigs Regularly.

Much depends in feeding pigs on CIV
ing their food at regular intervals.
The pig will very soon become used to
this. and will not expect his food until
the next regular feeding time comes
The old saying that . squealing pig
loses a pound of fat every time it
squeals has this much of truth in it,
that the irregular times for feeding
which occasions most of the squealing
is the surest way to destroy digestion.
This in pigs is not so strong Is is often
supposed The pig is greedy by nature.
Others must see to it that it does not
eat more nor oftener than is good for
it-Farmers' Home Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
Her Suxxeation.

eyes," said Mr. Snicksnackle, II do not
the legislature or the district court will
change it for me. Which would you apply
to if you were in my predicament!"
well, said she, thoughtfully, "a minis
ter would do for me-"
And three hours later it struck him that
perhaps there was q mild hint in what she
had said.-CincinEati Commercial Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
TIL Less Land,

The farmer is engaging too much
capital in proportion to his labor. He
is, as rule, tilling after fashion over
too large an area. There has been toe
much of the skimming-over process
The farmer has got behind, and.
thinking to regain, has planted beyond
Ills ability to cultivate and care for
properly. Where he sought to gain
by large acreage he has lost in yield
per acre. To do this he has worked
harder than ever before in his life,
and the small achievement has dis.
couraged him, and too often he has
blamed the fate. when il was the lack
of management. A better plan is to
make two straws grow where one grew
before, not try to till two acres where
you formerly titled one. But what
you do till let it be thorough and in
season. If you have too many acres,
get them into grass and cover them
with some of the quick-maturing stock
that may be had now at low prices,
and sell meat, butter and eggs, and
not hay and grain. and with them the
fertility of your farm armers'
Guide.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24


There is no doubt but that it would
pay the ordinary ia.mer in the south
to begin sheep husbandry with q small
flock and gradually work up. The ad.
vantage of this course is that the
farmer will secure experience in tho
care and handling of the sheep, and
render him better qualified to care for
. large flock. The farmer need only
to start with flock of common ewes,
and by proper crossing can bring them
to high standard for wool or mutton.
Thus. at little outlay, the farmer can
obtain a flock of sheep worth more
than double the old stock of common
ones. And it must be remembered that
while more hardy than common sheen,
they will eat NO more. A very
strong point in favor Of sheep is that
they yield three crops-one Of wool,
one of lamb and one of manure. and
either one will pay the expense of
raising them. A great drawback to
sheep husbandry in the south is tho
dog. 1t the sheep are housed 1T night.
or put up in dog proof pen, the dogs
will rarely trouble them. as night is
their time for mischief, especially
after heavy rain. The better the
care taken of sheep, the better profit
they return. The farmer who turns
his flock of sheep out into the forest to
forage for and take care of themselves
in all sorts of weather. need not COM
plain of the depredations of the dog.
AS q rule the best care should be taken
of sheep.-Dixie Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
sene settlement News.

They had a Elder Newberry up before
. church meetin over at Bark Log on
Saturday before the last fourth Sunday.
Some of the members charged that the
elder had been drunk, against the peace
and dignity Of the church and state.
It was brung out in the trial Mat the
elder had raley looked upon tha early
runnin of the corn when it was white.
Eat the elder showed by his proofs that
he was not guilty Of noisy public
drunk. SIGH as mought make .he
church hide her face in the sack cloth
Of shame. From oil the facts brunC out
On the elders side It would seem like he
had been seriously and supcrbly and
comfortably drunk, but, as Aunt Nancy
Newton is wont to say. 1t was all at
home and in family way. And on them
general grounds the elder win the fight
and holds his place In the amen oorpes
over at Bark Log;
hurvc sANpEna
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
Good ~ New.

Jack Dashing-Why, there is not \ new
face here tonight.
Penelope-Oh, yes, there is, Miss Made
ups face has just been reenameled.-Up-to-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

THAT was sensational prayer DR.. Gumme
delivered the other Sunday. / wonder IL
he expected it to he answered" Certain
ly. And it was, too. Why, nearly every
paper in the country replied to it. Brook.
lvn sfe
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

"That affair on the end Of my tail, said
the rattlespake, may not seem handsome,
but-a He skiilfully threw . coil. Its
r.ftlinr cood thing Yes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

can boy s-h q v e
come to pass on the
soil of this great
country. The which
no doubts you have
heard one of them,
like / have, from the
cradle up to the
present period of
re c or d e d time.
Through many and
many q weary wear
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

''Me by talked win he wor two wakes
old" That's nothing. The Bible says job
cursed the day be was born"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
Ere the Farewell IL spoken

On the deck of the steamer, or on board the
train that is to bear you away from those
dear to you, you will, if you are wise, have
safely slowed away in your luggage suffi-
Gent supply of that safeguard against ILL
ness-Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Com
mereial travellers, tourists and pioneer emf
grants concur in testifying to the fortifying
and saving properties of the great tonic.
Use for constipation, biliousness, malarial
and kidney complaints and nervousness.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

A sergeant in a volunteer corps, being
doubtful whether he had distributed rihes to
all the men, called out: All you that are
without arms hold up your hands,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

His Banker.-'That boy of mine has an
inordinate craving for money" Takes
after his father: Eyes, he always does
when the craving comes on.'3Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
"StQP Tobacco


As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. 1t is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

We have not been without Piso.s Cure for
Camp ST., Harrisburg, Pa, May 4, -.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

Little Clarence latter three minutes Of
silence)-Pa!
Mr.. Callipers (wearily)-Uh?
Pa, when you eat q doughnut do you eat
the hole, too, or do you eat all around it and
leave the EN-. Y. Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

She-"Did you run across any of your
friends in town to day." He NO; I
wasn't in town on my wheel. '-Yonkers
Statesman
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

Everlastingly at It.-"Stark il bicycll
crank, isn't he?" Il should say he was
When it rains he stays home and runs hi
cyclometer Cleveland Plain Dealer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

When a fellow carries Q corkscreW, Il n
evidence that he doesn't use it
brushing his teeth.-Washington Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

For chills and malaria Malacura Choclata
never fail. Sold by druggists everywhere.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
a Gentle Hint.

Elderly Maiden-May ! ask you whatyon
name is?
Huber"
Il. ".Eliegende Blaetter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

To be able to say "Yes" and ''No" at tn
right time il by far the greatest and mos
valuable command of language. - N. Y
Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

III there's one thing above another that
some people like TO answer an unans"ef-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

People who say they cannot write {
plain hand because they are 20 nervous, talk
as if they expected to be believed.-Wash
inRton Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
ON ROCKY CREEK.
Stretches from Life Among the
Great Unwashed."
Two S0ap Stories and Two American
DOys-J0hn Andrew Ai1ligaA ana
the Able-B0Aied TfanDs
-OtheP News.

Two soap steries-both of them tan
1led up with the records of two Ameri-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

Some girls wouldn't look nearly % inter
esting if they didn't wear glasses.-Wash-
ngton Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

What 4 woman should demand Of . man
in courtship, or after it, is first. respect for
her, a. she il woman; and next to that to
be respected by him above Ill other women.
Charles Lamb,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

There is one thing about the fellow VII,
spending it.-Washington Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

It is mistake for man who wishes for
happiness and to help Others to think that
he must wait until he has made fortune
before giving away money to deserving OBJ
jects.-ohn d. Rockefeller.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

Young Sperdthrift - didn't get you
any birthday present, dad-thought you'd
rather keep the money."-Tit-B Bits. :s-.5@r
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

After q mans daughter becomes an Oh
eoman, he calls her his little girl.-Atchison
Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

We prefer our cherries boiled; We have
. notion that boiled worm wouldn't Be q
apt to cause trouble ~ live one-Atchisou
Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

Mr. Watts-'T don't re Why weather was
invented anyway" Mrs. Wattst'1f it
many men who would never turn their eyes
heavenward at all."-Indianapolis Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
Sumner Vacations.

Interesting illustrated booklets pertain
ing to Massachusetts Seashore, Ocean, Island
and Inland Resorts, are issued by the pas
sepger department of the Fall River Line.
the famous route between New York and
yard, Nantucket, Bar Harbor, the White
Mountains, etc. etc, etc. List Of the book
lets will be mailed upon receipt Of one
cent stamp. Address o. H. Taylor, Genl
Pass'r Agent, Fall River Line, New York.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

We often wonder if . liar really thinks
folks believe all he tells.-.Washington Dem
ncraf
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

The cheapest thing in the world u con-
9iment.-Atchisop Cloba.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

Untold wealth = thing well known h
the tax assessor.