The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-09-12
ROB RoYs

The sand Dagger and the burglar o.,
still with US, but in '~'respectebIen ri,
cles they are rapidly becoming bsob
numbers. Why run the risk of H.
''pen" when n can rob his victir'
with grace and ease, with smiling fsos
and even understanding manner, tbora
by placing the robbed under seemin.
obligation to the rCbber9
We have it on the word of a res,,D
sible Chicago business man thai bo
overheard an employer, the owner NJ
a certain electric street railway and
lighting plant in a city not a Thousand
miles from the Mississippi river
heard this rich man order his chic,
clerk to overcharge his customers A
sufficient sum to pay for a bill of good,
soon to fall due.
"What is the amount of the monthly
light bills" asked the employer of biz
clerk, The amount was given nearly
S., 900.
"And when" Inquired the employer,
docs that 81. 500 bill from the P. Q D.
Oar company fall due"
Next week." replied the dutiful
man of the books.
"WelI, just cut up the bills to make
up that 81, 5OO," ordered the modern
RIB Roy, who is one OF the most
representative" citizsns of the town
and would hold up his hands in holy
horror if the clerk he had trained in
such high toned methods Of hold up
were found to have embt zzled to the
extent Of a nickel. And the patronst
this leading citizens electric Light
plant we're charged up anywhere from
Is cents to 81 each in order to pay tt
the new cars ne had added to hissNeet
railway !
That is one way of doing it. Here's
another in which the farmer, the
gardener and the orchardist is par
ticularly interested. A note received
from G. W. Wood worth, entomologist
of the California Experiment station
contains the folio wing:
This station has given considerable
attention to the matter of RduiGaratOl
Of Paris green, and we gre convinced
that at the present time th9ro Is
scarcely any strictly pure Paris green
on the market, whether here or in Ibs
Eastern states. Il appears to me tha'
it will be necessary for experiment
stations and agricultural newspapers
to cease to recommend Paris green o.
an insecticide the coming season, anu
substitute home made aresenlfes.
Now your old time highwayman "
not &C great a menace to society a. 'D'
man who adulterates an inseCtic"
and makes it useless. Your sand'V%
ger may deliver a pretty stitt oIo" =
his zeal to get his victims cash. DIV
that is like to end the proceeding DIV
the man who destroys the power Oh o.
insecticide, not only robs his Vic1n
the present, bu5 leading him to p's"
confidence in the eff yctiveneSs Oh W.
insecticide, by pretending THAI "
Paris green of today is the SAM =
quality it was when it was usea Wv.
such good results years ego, soccSoI
in running forever his victims oFcHais
assists in spreading broadcast
blighting, all destroying insec'S' 81
deprives the peoplt of Their ne0"'
measure of health preserving Ifu'"
A foe in the open can, meet Gnu
vuish, but a ecoundrel who COME
dress suit to your wedding ano =
ia all the social functioDs o.
to wu-perhaps steals the ve:y n,,r
Of heaven to serve his ceV''i5u %
DISCS in-give us good old RIO -" ne
preference If we you'd pres7T. M 10
community la safety and uPh'
honor as we'll. oreeB
Meantime, look out for PARIS SignI
and learn TO count rour elecVEA0 -
TN--~-8 U-Sao