The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-22

comfortably accommodate three hun
dred children, and will be in readiness
by September first.
Farmers Institute.
A farmers institute for Guilford
county, conducted under the supervis-
ion of the State Agricultural Depart
ment, will begin in Greensboro tomor-
row. Besides addresses from skilled
experts of the department, several
practical and successful farmers of the
county Will ma Ike addresses or tell their
experiences. Sam Trodgen, clerk OF
the Federal court, who is a fine far
mer, will tell his experience with
lucerne or alfalfa, and how he used
with great success the method of in
noculating the soil to grow it. A fea-
ture of the session will be a trip to Mr..
ture of the session will be a trip to Mr..
show the crop now growing, which is
immense. He has already moved it
twice and has deferred the third NOW
ing. So that the farmers attending the
institute and the experts may see it
in all its magnificent luxuriousness.
n Cold Water Inning and Outing.
About four hundred of the pupils,
teachers and officers of the Sunday
school of the First Presbyterian
church rode out to Boone's pond yes
terday and had a fine picnic. The
most exciting and interesting feature
of the merry day was the object lesson
given his forces. He had better have let
we'll enough alone and not aspired to
honors as naval hero. Securing a
large canoe or batteau from the mill
owner he had had it rowed around to
the getting Oh bank, and had fearless
ly stepped in. The admiring children
stood, shivering or trembling on the
brink, apparently afraid to launch
away under the self-advsed captain
Captain Scales was astonished. He
stood in the stern, and with his sweet
est smile and honiedest words was be-
ginning to assure the children that
boating was safe, and boating was
fine" He had just begun to sing that
noble old song, as only he can sing,
"a life on the ocean wave, a home on
the rolling deep" and the children
were moving towards the boat to get
in, actually charmed. But alas while
he was filling the children with conf
dence, the dipped end of his batteau
was filling with water and TO the hor-
ror of all beholders, without mo-
ment's farming. the boat shot over and
Captain Scales shot under untII he
came up ten fet away from his launch.
greeted by the cries of the affrighted
children Being an expert swimmer,
the report that Captain Scales was res
cued from a watery grave by the
youngest lady teacher of his Sunday
school is not believed. 1t is said that
he swan beautifully to shore, coming
out a wet" being dry" no longer.
Senator Scales numerous friends in
the city, of the classes known as the
vets and the "dryS," agree one time
with alacrity and unanimity, that
they hope he got enough col water
one time in his life to do him some
genuine and lasting good
Fishing Club Wants Milk and Home.
Yesterday the Tammany Fishing
Stewards pond, with rod and guns and
cards and others things in hacks and
carriages and buggieS and had an ideal
day. outing. The club is now cOnSid-
ering the forming of a stock company
for the purchase of a tract of land
about sixteen miles distant near Bur-
lington, and the erection of a club
house and stocking the farm with fine
COWS, so that the keeper can always
have an abundance of fresh milk on
hand for the members when they go
out individually or in groups for an
cutting. 1t has been estimated that
the property can be secured and the
necessary fishing building erected for
$4,000 and eighteen shares of stock at
500 each were taken yesterday before
the project was two hours old.