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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13
PANsY ON WORK.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE After a long
silence I once more drop in for a
friendly chat. Reconstruction has
not been the chief cause but nursing
an invalid mother. 1 hope, however,
to make up for it some time in the
future if the time ever comes when
1 have a little leisure. I'm not COM
planning, though ever since I have
been old enough to assume any re-
spOnsibilities I've had more work to
buckle to than one of twice my years
should have had. But it has all
served to keep me- out of much mis-
chief.
After all, work is the source of all
true pleasure. Good honest toll
brings the sweetest joy, the peace
full sleep, the clear conscience, and,
last and best, the plaudit, "Well
done" Even pleasure soon becomes
stale and tiresome if it is unaccom-
panied by some labor. Such is our
nature that to enjoy the good things
of life we first must work for them.
All honest toll is noble it crowns
the man or woman with a halo of
honor that demands respect from
even the drones of this world.
But what of dishonest toll? We
all are only too we'll acquainted with
that vel present class of people who
work just as hard at their dishonest
deeds. For instance, the whiskey
dealers I kept on the alert to evade
the revenue laws they cannot enjoy
the peaceful life of an honest toiler,
Yet they have their share of worry
and care. Now don't suppose for
one moment I am so very fond of
work for I am not-that is, hard
work or constant work. "A1l work
and no play"-is too old to need re
peating.
Twill have to admit that I am not
we'll up on the Social Chat at pres
ent-dO not even know what is the
main subject for discussion now [
have SO little time for reading hope
to turn owe a new leaf next year.
Good bye for 1900 as 1 don't D
1 will have an opportunity for an
other visit this year. PANsY.
Rowan Co., N. G..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13
OLD TIMES IN FORSYTH.

of Wachovia-meadOw land for rails
ing cattle. There were many visitors
to the town and often some of them
would have to sleep out doors, citi-
zens not having room to entertain
them in their houses. Out of 400
visitors the first year, 200 took meals.
Everybody vas peaceful and law
abiding, and there was never a
trouble with the Indians, but rather
more annoyance and damage to crops
by British soldiers. The first must
cal instrument mentioned was a
trumpet made out of a hollow tree
and which was blown for lOvefeast.
In 1855 there were flutes and trum-
pets. Death did not break the ranks
the first year. There was some sick
ness and two Notwithstanding of
a cabin and injury to a Mr.. Peterson
by a tree falling on him. Everything
was done by conference. The first
experience with soldiers was on Oc-
GOUGI IGGu, 1GOfs III 400 d
came to the settlement for protection
Himself and family had been sep
arated by the Indians, but were af-
forwards privileged to get together
again. Meetings were held regu-
larly, also Communion and L~ovefeast.
The first Christmas was spent with
wolves and other wild animals howl
ing in the forests around the little
cabin. Services of the tailor, doctor
and tanner were in constant demand
for miles around. At a later period
reference was made to domestic life
and how the women washed the first
days of the week and the men the
latter part. The paper in detail is
a valuable acquisition to the So
ciety. Much of the manuscript from
which it was CLEANED is nearly gone
by age.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13

fusing the riches that England and
his devoted South eagerly offered
him. 1 turned away sad at heart
and yet with a thrill of pride and ex
altation in the majesty Of the man
who had counted this, regal estate,
and the highest military honors of
the other side, as nothing when duty
was in the balance:
1T is imhOssible to speak of Gen
eral Lee without seeming to deal in
hyperbOle. Above the ordinary size.
his proportions were perfect. His
features are too we'll known to need
description but no representation of
General Lee which l have ever seen
properly conveys the light and soft
ness of his eye, the tenderness and
intellectually of his mouth, or the
indescribable refinement of the face.
l have seen all the great men of u
time, except Mr. Lincoln, and have
no hesitation in saying that Robert
+. Lee was incOmparably the great
est looking man l ever saw. \ X =
Every man in hat army believed
that Robert E. Lee was the great
est man alive, and their faith in him
alone kept that army together during
the last six months of it's existence.
Whatever greatness was accorded to
him was not of his w seeking.
He was less of an actor than any
man I ever saw. But the impression
made by his presence, and by his
leadership, upon all who came in con-
tactwith him, can be described by nc
other term than that of grandeur,
When l have stood at evening and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13

those that I knew were there. After
three o'clock everybody seemed to
be looking for somebody else and l
was amused at the expressions on
different faces. I saw SO many brides
and grooms-at least I took them so
to be, for they seemed SC happy and
hoped they might always be so.
The Fair was good and lido think
that the folks who had charge Of it
tried to please every body from the
most fastidious to the ~scoarsest. l
saw some things that I thought
ought to have been left out. But
they we're there and I was not to
blame, so I tried to Over look it. To
grieve over milk you split yourself
is all right, but if somebody else
split it, he is to blame, not you.
There are plenty of things in the
world that need righting, but if all
of us grab up a towel and run to
wipe up every drop Of milk split by
other folks I should like to know
what would become of us. I pro-
pose to look after my own bucket
myself.
Brother would not go this year
although his hair was cut all right
and his Sunday suit looked nice.
He pretended that he was too busy,
but 1 knew that his girls mother
went and although the schools were
out, there she was with her. It is
a pity that some boys never study
anything but girls.
I wish somebody would tell me
how to preserve autumn leaves SO
that I a trim my winter hat with
them. They are so pretty and it
seems a pity to let SO much beauty
go to waste. JENNIE ACTON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13
WINTER vIOLETs.
WASH

Early last summer a cold frame
was planted with young violets of
the single California variety. The
soil at the Experiment station is a
moderately rich loan, and the frame
is in a well-drained place, with
southern exposure, protected from
the north winds by a steep bank.
During the summer the plants were
watered and hoed, but were given no
special care. By autumn they had
made a vigorous growth, completely
hiding the soil with their leaves,
though planted ten inches apart.
When frosty weather came the bed
was protected with hotbed sash, and
all during the winter it has given an
abundance of large long stemmed
blossoms. During severe weather
the sash has remained on all day.
but on all but the coolest
days air has been admitted by raising
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13
WISE'S TRIBUTE TO LEE.

A correspondence of the Charlotte
Observer writes that paper as fol-
lows:
You will, I am sure, gladly repro
duce the following exquisite tribute
to General Lee from John S. Wise's
recent book, The End of An Era"
As our beloved Lee recedes into the
realm of history his wonderful char
aCteristics shine out with increasing
lustre. A very lord of battle he
yet showed the world that he could
also be humane, gentle, fOrgiving and
~reverent.
A few weeks ago l stood for the
first time upon the steps of his beau
tiful Arlington. The Potomac of
history and song rolled at my feet
and just across the river glittered a
world city in it's m~agnifcence. AS 1
gazed upon the panorama, with it's
cloud capped shaft in honor of
another, but not greater, patriot, in
the foreground, l saw not the enc
my's graves scattered thick around
me, [ thought only of him whose
matchless and immortal spirit so
dominated the scene as to eclipse all
else. Beyond the massive columns
of the portico 1 looked up at the win
dowS and wondered from which one
he had oftenest looked out upon this
fairest picture in all the land. Then
my thoughts travelled to that quiet
retreat, far away from his lordly
Arlington, where in supreme dignity
and with a resignation little less than
divine, he gave those last years to
training the youth of his State-re.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13

The Union Republican of Novem-
Der 1st has a report of the fourth
annual meeting of the Wachovia His
torical Society recently held in Wins
ton Salem, this State. We quote:
The first paper of the evening was
read by DIR. J. H. Clewell. 1t was
entitled 1.-THE First Year in Wacho-
via, " from November 1853 to Novem-
Der 1854 and related to the first set
Element of the Moravians at Betha-
bara, or Old Town, this county. The
facts were CLEANED from German di-
aries by Mrs. J. J. Wurreschke and
DIR. Clewell. A few notes will prove
of interest. There were twelve in
the party, which came from
Bethelehlam, Pa, three of them be-
ing leaders. One was a baker,
another Il tailor, another a Carpen-
ter, another a tanner.
Tobacco was first planted in this
section in 1854. A ~fOurishing mill
was bdD11SIIGu GWO years d4GGI GuG
party arrived. A man had to cut
down 100 trees for one pair of shoes.
Butter sold high, one man refused
SO a pound for what he had, and he
took it to Fayetteville and sold it
for $16-driving through the coun-
try. In January, 1854, the site was
laid off for the Strangers house.
Here d woman's name is mentioned
for the first time in the diary. This
one was an invalid, and she was
brought so miles to be treated by a
doctor. The Brethren had to go 60
miles for salt. No stranger was
ever turned away. Mush, green
beans and pumpkins were favorite
dishes. Hunting was greatly enjoyed.
Beaver and wolf traps were set.
Bears were either caught or bought.
Bishop Boehler suggested the name
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13
WATER LILY WRITES.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE My absence
has been a long one, but the interest
has been the same. I've read so
many good letters from various
gifted persons that it was impossible
to lose interest even if I had been so
inclined. Ny time has not been
much my own this summer ; so many
demands have claimed me it seemed
impossible to find time to write even
a few lines to Aunt Jennie altho'
she called me and kindly reminded
me of my duty and the promise to
write soon.
Eva Plamondon, the summer sped
by too swiftly for me, but it made its
impression this time which is not
easy to erase, as a dear auntie was
called away, leaving in our hearts
that "aching void the world a
never fill" The loss of dear ones is
in indeed hard to bear and time alone
can heal such wounds. "GOd is too
good to be unkind, and too wise
to err"
Now lonely autumn has come
bringing Indian summer days which,
like all other beauties of earth, r
too lovely to last. It is one of the
most inspiring lessons to stroll
through the woodland and meadow
and gather the last blossoms of the
season and the beautiful autumn
tinged leaves which excel any beau
ties of art. Nature is sublime and
the changing seasons with the beau
tiful flowers which come and go
should help to inspire US to live
higher lives and realize more fully
each day that man enjoys the great
est blessings of living beings and
should appreciate and love his Crea-
tor more and more.
I wonder how many of the mum
erous cousins are interested in the
chrysanthemum. 1t is one of my
favorite flowers. I have a few of the
old time variety, and would be glad
to exchange with any one also have
sweet violets which 1 would ex-
change. I think we cousins might
make exchanges sometime and thus
be more benefit to each other than
by simply reading letters.
With many good wishes for all,
and trusting to hear that each mem
Der will or has had a happy Thanks
giving. WATER LILY.
Washington Co., N. G.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13

the sash at one side durino-n
Of the day. Little waterina ueat
been necessary, because Of To- has
quent rains. 10 Ire,
Anyone may have violets tbro,.,
out the winter at a very little tror SG'
or expense except the first oos @Ole
frame and paints. The Single q
ties succeed better in cold frs~ ~
than the double kinds, and the n.'.
fornia seems the best variety haa1
ing large flowers and leaves. ''
CHARLES A. KEFFpD
University of Tennessee.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13
Our Social Chat.
EDITED BY AUNT JENNIE, RALEIGH, n. c. =

AS CONTRIBUTORS to this department of
The Progressive Farmer, we have some of the
most Wide-aWake and progressive young ladies
and young men and some of the most entertain
ing writers among the older people of this and
other States, the ages of the members ranging
from sixteen to more thOn sixty.
YOU ARE REQUESTED to join by sending
us a letter on some subject of general interest,
and writing thereafter as often as possible.
WHEN WRITING, give full name and post
office address for Aunt Jennie's information.
If you do not wish your real name to appear
in print, give name by which you wish to be
known as q Chatterer.
TWO WEEKS OR MORE must, as a rule,
elapse between the time a letter is written and
the date of its publication.
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt Jennie, care of
The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh, NJ c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13
The Home Circle.
Ri LAND OF THE SKY.
D, 1901

written by F. L. Stanton, at Battery Park, Ashevlle, \. G, September 1900
Mountains that climb to the blue bend on high
Lakes where the stars see themselves in the sky;
Violet valleys of beauty and love,
Where earth seems so close to the heaven above
You can hear the faint echoes of seraphim-feet
And the musical beat
OF the hearts of the angeS-the songs they repeat
In their evidences sweet!
A wild world of mountains that drift into dreams;
The ripple of rins and the dashing of streams
That sing to the sea! And the beams and the CLEANS
That lure you to gardens of beautiful dreams!
OF beautiful dreams that have lifted you soul
To the thunder's high roll!
When you sep from lfes care, and its curse and control
With the joy in your soul.
God crowned with old glory these mountains; He planted
The sky-reaching hills in these valleys enchanted;
These streams in the hollow by mystery haunted
These oaks that still wave their green banners undaunted,
And dare the storms thunder! and paeans of praise
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., still raise
To the heaven above them, while rosescented ways
Wreathe the beautiful days!
".
o, land of all beauty-loved Land of the Sky,
A picture of grandeur by the Artist on high,
Where song on each wild wind in melody rOves
And times the bright steps of the gods of the groves!
The rose of the morning is white on thy breast;
Thou art crowned-thOu art blest
From the seas to the east and the seas to the west
With the rosewreath of rest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13
JENNIE ACTON SEES THE FAIR.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE Il went to
Raleigh last week and saw the Fair.
There were so many folks there that
1 could hardly e any thing else.
Of course I went out to the grounds
on Thursday, as everybody else
does, and l met several old school
mates and friends but failed to find
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13
FARMERS FRONT DOOR YARN

In driving over the country ono
struck with the number of nnt;s
door yards, and the few farm duoT
ings around which any effort is mol.
30 make the grounds attractive M
wood pile with it's litter of cbira
sticks and brush, is but a few stan,
from the kitchen door, "to h.
handy" The chickens are allowed
to run and scratch about at will tbo
slop buckets and swill barrel is Iaft
setting a few feet from the door
dilapidated boxes, a w~heelbarrow
but why go over the list. We al
have seen it so often that we scarcnIv
notice it. There is really little az
cuse for this untidy way of lettin,
things go. A neat and we'll painted
wood shed and coal house should bo
at a convenient distance from every
farm house. The wood ChODDino
and saving should be done where
the litter will not add to the insight.
illness of the door yard. Slop buck.
cts and swill barrels are breeders of
flies and an abomination. Just wbv
old boxes, and other trash is brought
to the door and thrown down is hard
to say. It would not require any
work to at least keep from l~ittering
up the yard. Neatness is an mex.
pensive luxury.
The grounds about a farm dwell.
ing need not be extensive or preten.
tious. An hour or so at spare times
will keep down the weeds, and a lit
tie grass seed scattered, will start a
sod which will soon eradicate
them. The actual cash value added
to a farm by a neatly kept door yard
and grounds surrounding the house
would be hard to estimate, but it
would certainly be much more than
the cost in labor or money. There
is no aso why a farmer should
not enjoy flowers, shrubs and a lawn
as we'll as the city man whose bust
ness and home is in the city. It is
worth the farmers while to make
his home attractive and to enjoy the
best his opportunities and means
will allow. L. Irwin, in Journal
of Agriculture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13

The happiest people in the world
are those who keep out of debt, out
II politics, out of office, shun noto-
rlety' make an honest living by hon
est means, follow the golden rule,
humbly serve the living God, quietly
pursue the ''even tenor of their
way and neglect no opportunity of
doing good.-E. w. Pfaffenberoar
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13
A B EXAMPLE.

In this day when so many stories
of dishonesty in commercial life are
in the air it is refreshing to read of
the noble and successful endeavOrs
of Mark Twain to pay off his debts,
dollar for dollar. His debts were
security money and enormous.
When the crash came to him, with
d stout heart and firm purpose, he
resolved to go abroad and lecture
until he made the money and paid
every cent he owed. He did it. Re
Gently he landed in New York freed
from the incubus of debt to be an
example of honesty for all the peo-
pie of his native land the world.
We write these lines with peculiar
pleasure, and invite those who read
them to walk in his footsteps and to
hold up this noble act of honesty for
the imitation of the young. Nh.
Clemens books will now be more
attractive to US. When he sailed
from Vancouver to make the money
to pay his debts he wrote, THE law
recognizes no mortgage on a mans
brain, and a merchant who has given
up all he has, may take advantage
of the laws of insolvency, and start
free again for himself. But I am not
a business man, and honor is a har,
der matter than the law. It cannot
compromise for less than one hun
dred cents I'm the dollar andits debts
never outlaw Rev. P. R. Law, in
Lumberton R~obesonian.
A recent canvass of our large
eastern cities showed that 94%
of its leading citizens were brought
up on the farm.
An examination Of 100 leading COM
mercial and professional men of Chi
cago shows that $50 were reared
in the country and rural villages.
Seventeen of our twenty three pres
idents came from the farm. The
census of the students of four col
leges and seminaries showed that
the rural districts and villages are
furnishing IS per cent. of our col
lege students.
A generation in the city is short.
Life forces burn out rapidly. The
leaders are quickly succeeded by
men from the country they always
have been they always will be.-Dr.
Newell Dwight Hills.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13
ASHAMED OF TIE COMPANY HE KEPT

The Lewiston Journal, a Maine
paper, tells an instructive story OF
the times of the great Temperance
agitation in 1914. In those days
practically every retail merchant IN
the county kept liquor for sale, or to
away. In a Kennebec village an old
grocer, otherwise a reputable man.
derived a considerable part of his IN
come from the sale of rum.
The temperance revival had come
come to this village, and a question
Of action, friendly or unfriendly to
the liquor traffic had arisen in the
tOwn-meeting. A division was de-
manded, and those in favor Of the
traffic went to one side Of the tow
hall and those opposed to it to the
other.
The respectable grocer referred 10
watched this process, and saw, evil
IDENTIFY to his surprise, that the PEG,
pie to whom he had been dealing OUT
liquor for years were not as good
looking as the people on the otneL
side of the hall. Finally he 5 anu
joined the opponents of the trat1o'
what are you over here for
some one asked him. "Are you oP-
posed to the sale of intoxicating Il
quors?"
"N-nO-"
Then that S your side over there
The old grocer looked around III.
grily at the men on the other Siu0
and replied:
"You don t suppose I'm going o'0l
there with that crowd of red-noSV''
do you?" =,
His view of his own customers a.
in a bunch, had made a temperan'O
man of Emancipation.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-13

The first use of education IS 10 q
able us to consult with the WiS7's
and the greatest men in all polnV9 -
earnest difficulty. To 5 books
rightly is to go to them for help "
appeal to them when our kno"l0T ri
and power of thought fail to 70
by them into wider sight, purer w.
captions than u own, and &c
from them the united sentence -
judges and councils of all @
against solitary and uns'"Ol'
opinions.-Ruskin.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-02-15
QUESTION ANSWERED.

Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale Of any medicine in the civil
lizsd world. Your mothers and grand
mothers never thought Of using any
thing else for Indigestion or Billion :
ness. Doctors were scarce, and they
seldom heard of Appendicitis, Nervous
Prostra;ion or Her; failure, etc. They
used August Flower to clean out the
system and stop fermentation of undi-
gested food, regulate the action of the
liver, stimulate the nervous and organic
action of the system, and that is all
they took when feeling dull and bad
with headaches and other aches. You
only need a few doses OF Green's
August Flower, in liquid form, to make
you satisfied there is nothing seriou;
the matter with you. For sale by
Ernest L. Allen, Claud M. Lennon
WarGeld & Hall, Charles G. Lennon
w. F. Creighton & Co., and Richsrd
| Gibson.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-02-15
ONE PRICE ONLY.
COURTEOUS TREATMENT.
STRICTLY RELIABLE QUALITIES.
MONEY REFUNDED Cheerfully.
We offer some very good bargains for the
next few days as follows:

Alexandria. These ale genuine bargains and
every one should have couple or more, as
the price is unusual for such good quality
towels. Our special price, SC each.
REMNANTS IN RLEACHED COTTON.
Our astute buyer ia constantly securing very
valuable remnsnts at cost that will save
you from 20 per cent 60 per cent on
the regular stock goods. This one is one bale
of Wamsutta and New York Mills blesched
cotton, in short Lengths. This same quality
cotton regular price is 1 Q lac yard everywhere.
Our price as long as they last will be SC yard.
WINDOW SHADES.
We have purchased a large stock of cotton
and linen window shades, and the prices
We ask for these AIDES are little below the
usual cost of same quality material.
The Cotton Shades, special price, Sc each
Linen {" 23c "
APRONETTE.
Just received several pieces Of pretty
apronette, the price is inviting.
4C-inch wide. 12lac yard.
PLAID MUSLIN.
Our line of plaid and check muslins are
now being displayed. They are very pretty
and cheap ut 8. 6. T. 8, 10 ard 121ac yard.
COVERT CLOTHS.
Covert Cloth for skirts make very durable,
economical and well-ftting skirts. We have
received Q lot of these to sci. at 12ic yard.
LADIES' BELTS.
Black Beaded Belts are very stylish and
pretty Just now. We have pretty assort.
mont at 26c and SOC.
Also lot of Dog Collar Belts at 26c and
Soc.