The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-06-15

eggs in her bosom. The old woman
placed the eggs in her bosom and
watched them tenderIy until the bid
dies began to chirp. Now she is rails
ing the little chicks.
This bit Of news is rather stale. but
it is never too late to impress upon
foreigners the advantages of our own
loved North Carolina. Says the Car
thage Blede: Ripe peaches were picked
from a tree in Southern Pines May %.
They were of the SReed variety, the
earliest peach known. Luscious red
peaches ripe in MayI
Esq, z e. Miller, of Heilig, had four
acres of the finest wheat cut last week
that he has aver raised. One of his
who is five and a half feet
high, was in the field and could bring
She heads OF the ripening grain together
in a bunch above his head. His neigh
bors say the wheat stood fully six feet
high and that the four acres will yield
100 bushels at least.
Policeman Poindexter ID a hustler.
Saturday afternoon he scooped in Syl
via Glenn, a female blockader, near
Belo's Pond, and found in her posses
sion four jugs Of Whiskey and a crate
of beer or ice. The same night he was
passing down Liberty Street, and saw
a colored man with a turn" of chick
ems. He hailed him, when the thief
took to his heels. Three of the fowls
were dropped and proved to be the
property of Mr.. McClamrock, living
near, says the Winston Republican.
The Asheville Citizen says G. Beaure-
gard Poland of Raleigh is in the city
watching the proceedings of the
famous Injunction case of the South,
ern railway We. the Governor of North
Carolina. MI. Poland was connected
with the Raleigh Tribune, the Republi-
can newspaper that failed May "a. Nh.
Poland says that the Tribune will re
sumo publication about June 90 and
all subscriptions will be filed out. The
paper will run on strictly business
principles as an independent Republi
can daily. Col. w. W. Hayward will
edit the paper.
A Chapel Hill dispatch says: Old
Aunt Charity 'Atwater, 50 years
of age, and mother in law of Wilson
Caldwell, Of this place, left here last
Tuesday to again unite with her hus.
band, nov Robert Warren, of O3ka-
loosa, Iowa, "a years of age, after a
separation Of 50 years. He was Robs.
Kirby when he left, being taken to
Tennessee a slave. At the close Of the
war, he went with a federal general to
Iowa, where he has since accumulated
a fine estate, and after some CORES
pondence, sent the money for his long
ago parted wife, who by this time is
once more united with him.
Some time since a 13,year old boy,
giving his name as Ed. Williams and
claiming to be an orphan, applied to
81. Fl. Davis, of Unity township, for a
home. He would work for his board
and clothes, he said. He was taken in.
Last Sunday while Mr.. Davis and
family were away from home young
Williams mounted a mule and struck
out tow ards the wild and woclly
west" But he was caught in S~tatesville
and was taken back to Woodleaf. A
preliminary trial was held before
Esquire w. A. Thomson, and the boy
was bound over to court. Not being
able to give bond he was brought here
and placed in jail, says the Salisbury
Sun.
Harkless Billiard, colored, and his
son had an exciting experience Monday
morning. They were driving a blind
mule and stopped at the artesian well
to water the animal. The running
water frightened the mule, which
started on a runaway. It ran against
the railing of the wooden bridge broke
it down and tumbled eff. The buggy
remained on. the bridge and tie har,
ness was sufficiently strong to hold the
weight of the mule, which was sus,
pended in mid air until some one cut it
loose. It then fell into the river and
swan to land about 200 yards below
the bridge. The buggy was somewhat
damaged, one wheel being broken, but
the mule wasn't hurt, says the Lum
berton Robesonian.
Wadesboro Messenger: Perhaps the
most destructive hail storm in the his.
tory of this part of the State passed
over portions of Arson, Stanly, Mont
gomery and Richmond counties last
Saturday afternoon at about 4 o'clock.
-o,u hiob -;u6 ou6 O dalI10o 0f rain