Fisherman & farmer. [volume], September 06, 1889, Image 1

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Published Every Friday. Located in the Finest Fish, Truck and Farming
A. H. Mitch Eiii.
Editor and Business Manager.
Established 1886.
OUR MAN ABOUT TOWN !
WHAT HE SEES AND HEARS DURING
THE WEEK.
Time is a rolling tide which waits
for no man, but rolls on and on to
the unknown ages of eternity.
Mr. L. F. Zeigler has just received
one of the handsomest hearses we
have ever seen in this section. In
his undertaking business, he seems
determined to be equal to every demand-
Business is reported to be on the
increase with most of our merchants.
Some of them have experienced a
decided improvement in their trade
within the past few weeks. We look
for general awaking in trade circles
this fall. Let those who would have
their share invite patronage through
our advertising columns.
Our freinds from the country make
a big mistake in waiting till Satur
day to bring their produce and other
things to market. Generally speaking
the market, on that day, is crowded
and, consequently, most things bring
smaller prices than expected. The
greater the suppty the more reduced
the price. This is an invarable
rule and it surprises us that our
farmers, who always have an eye to
interest, don't see it and, seing it,
don't select a day for market when
things are not so abundantly on sale.
People in town have to eat, all the
week, their three mals a day and as
a general thing they don't buy
enough on Saturday to last them
through the week. Therefore, an exis
ting demand throughout the entire
week makes any day in the week
even a better market day than Satur
day, upon which, everybody centers
as the only suitable and convenient
time to make sale of their products.
Remember the exhibition hall of
the Kdenton Fish and Agricultural
fair is large and amplv sufficient to
contain anything and everything usu
ally exhibited at a fair. Don't be
afraid about the quantity ot the
things exhibited. Send every article
of cookery, all the needle-work, every
thing of art and mechanical character
every improved agricultural produc
tion, old relics, old books, papers,
silverware, tableware and house furn
iture ! send fish put up in kegs or,
barrels ready for family use ! exhibit
models of fishing apparatus, send any
thing, send everything useful and
pleasant to look at. There will be
room for all and all will be looked at
and enjoyed by the thousands who are
expected to be present. A pleasant
feature, which we recommend to the
officers of the fair, would be a show
of the babies under three years. Let
a handsome doll be awarded to the
prettiest girl baby and a silver cup be
given to the handsomest boy, the
ladies being made to jndge as be
tween th6 boys, and the men as be
tween the girls on exhibit. Lets
have an abundant show and, with all,
as much diversity as possible. The
Goat race is settled upon, also the
foot and bag race. Let's have also a
lifting contest, a jumping match and,
not forgetting the inevitable greesy
pole, lets have a climbing exhibit.
Make opportunity for everything and
let everything right and consistent be
done to give pleasure, awaken inter
est and make the occasion one of
lasting and profitable benefit.
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The
EDENTON,
Score one for the Economist on
the opossum catch in Edenton.
The Advocate failed to measure the
effect of its statement otherwise, the
fear of the Jewish curse, that "Green
grass may grow in the streets of the
cities and foxes peep from their
holes," would not have been awaken
ed in the Economist. Edenton is a
quiet place, however, especially in
those sections where the private
homes of the people are situated.
When one retires from business,
he is blessed with all the quietude
common to a country home and can
refresh himself amid a silence which,
to the weary, is a delightful charm.
During the war, when Edenton was
almost deserted for a time, the opos
sum did find its way to town and
some of them, finding a quiet, safe and
most comfortable home under St.
Pauls church, remained there only
showing themselves occasionally and
then , at such times and in such places
as to preclude the possibility of being
i caught. Only one or, two have been
I captured and one, not until he had
j committed serious waste in the
I chicken coop of the present Rector of
the church. The church is a quiet
place where nothing is done even to
create consternation amid the wild
animals Its songs are in keeping
with the harmonies which tend to
beatifyjrather than alarm and the
gentle readnig and preaching of the
word of God and prayers of the peo
ple being in grave consonance with
the solemn subjects to which they all
relate, there is never, at St. Paul's,
an occasion for alarm even to the
unknowing animals that dwell be-
, tween the lower walls of its structure.
I Ours is a quiet town, we are happy to
j say, and no place is more chartnisgto
the eye of man or opossum than the
-mbre shades of St Pauls church
yard.
Bather Cheeky.
A new way to get rid of old delapi
dated and otherwise unsuitable build
ings; that is to build a reservoir and,
when sufficiently full of water, let the
dam break and flood the town to its
! utter demolition. Of course, bv this,
j a few lives will be lost, a few startliHg
i incidents will occur, anumber of most
miraculous escapes will be recorded,
tragic occurences will be writton up
and horrible pictures drawn of scenes
that will opeu the eyed and fill the
heart with every responsive emotion
of sympathy &c. Then conies appeal
after appeal, collection after collection
in every city town and country church
in the land, until the hands of the
''Committee on Distribution" &c. are
filled with millions, the dead are all
hurried, the sick restored and, attention
being directed to enterprise old mer
chants are reestablished in business,
homes are built for those who never
had one in their lives and, notwithstan
ding all this niav be done and our en
tire town becomes new and modern, we
we mav keep on with our demands or,
rather expectations and requests until
some editor writes of us something like
the following which we clip from an
exchange: "It does appear rather
"cheeky" for the people in the vicinity
of Johnstows, Pa., after millions of
I dollars have been contributed for the
sufferers by the flood wich visited that
neighborhood, to be calling on the public
for assistance for their schools. If the
schools there are actually in need of
money, why are they not supplied by
those who have charge of the funds
which a generous public contributed, 4
or by the State or local authorities."
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Smallest Hair Throws a Shadow."
N. C, FRIDAY. September 6, 1889.
THE STATE INSANE ASYLUM.
The Directors are to meef Septem
ber 11th to elect a Superintendent,
Second Assistant Physician, and proba
bly Matron (she will, it is stated,
resign). Already many applicants are
out trying for all positions. Among
those who are supposed to be
applicants for the Superintendency
are: Dr. Isaac Taylor, First Assistant
Physician of the Morgan ton Asylum:
Dr. Peter E. Hines. of Raleigh; Dr.
J. D. Roberts, of Durham; Dr. Haigh,
of Favetteville; Dr. McDuffie, of Fay
ette vilie; Dr. J. F. Miller, of GoluV
boro, and numerous others. There
are said to be several for the position
of Second Assistant Physician but we
can learn only of two: Dr- J. R. B.
Hathaway, Jr., of Edenton, and Dr.
Ferrebee. of Camden county. Tii3
Chronicle hopes the Directors will put
their fingers on the riht man. Any
of the above mentioned are excellent
gentlemen and would h'li the place with
honor to this great State. (Jhronicle-
Dr. B. W., iustead of J. R B.
Hathaway, Jr , Bro. Daniels. The
Dr. is worthy his father's full name
but, his good parents otherwise
named him in baptism and so he
mast be called. Dr. Hathaway was
born and reared in Edenton and, if
ought else be necessary to establish
his worthiness, we can say that he
is a Democrat, so born and raised,
and of unquestionable character.
Beside this, he is a man of pronoun
ced skill in his profession, of suita
ble age for yet more rapid strides
towards scientific perfections and of
trusty habits placing him even be
yond the fear of apprehension. That
he is professionally worthy of the
position, his brethren, who best know
him and who are best able to testify,
without exception, most willingly
declare that his election to the posi
tion of Second Assistant Physician,
would give to the Asylum the help
of one of the best qualified of all our
young men and produce unlimited
satisfaction throughout the entire
Albemarle section.
Ex-congressman J J. Martin of
Tarboro gets the postofHce at that
place and his sn Wheeler gets the
Collector's place at Williamston.
Truly it is a familv roost. Both are
lawyers and both republicans. The
people won't support them and the
G. O P-(?) must. Washington
Gazette.
Who blames the party for reward,
ing its disciples or, wno objects to
a poor fellows taking that for which
' he joined the party at first, sacrificing
j principle, position, friends, family
and pride? If everything a southern
white man gets from the Republican
! party isn.t dearly bough and amply
; paid for then, we know nothing of
j estimates and values, joe Martin is
honestly entitled to anything he
gets from a Republican adminiatra
tion and so are all of his white, party,
associates, that is, if there be any j
virtue in sacrifice, any compensation
for natural losses any remuniration
growing out of regression. .
Section in North Carolina. Circulation Large.
Good Sense in Chur.cks.
Dr. Webster Fox. in the journal of
the Franklin Institute, maintains that
the majority of blind people have
lost their siht from want of care dur
ing infancy, and that nurses or
mothers who heedlessly expose an
infant's eyes to the glare of the sun for
hours, may be laying the foundation
of the most serious evils. He protests
against permitting young chtldren to
use their eyes in study, and declares
that the eye is not strong enough for
school workuntil the age of seven to
nine. Children should not be allowed
to study much by artificial light be
fore the age often, and books printed
in sinail type should be absolutely
prohidited in the school room. New
York Sun.
The New Discovery.
You have heard your friends anl
neighbors talking about it. You may
yourself be one of the many who know
from personal experience just how good
a thing it is. If you ever tried it, you
are one of its staunch friends, because
the wonderful thing about it, is, that
when once given a trial, Dr. King's
New Discovery ever holes a1 lace in the
house If you have never used it and
afiiidted with a cough, cold or any
Throat, Lung or Chest trouble, sejure
a bottle at once and give it a fair trial.
It is guaranteed ev?rv time, or money
refunded. Trial Bottles Free at Dr.W .
J. Leary's Drugstore.
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The Republican party in North
Carolina is unhappy. The distribu
tion oi the pie there has been follow
ed by howle of pain and rage. It is
not necessary to explain that the
howls came from the army of the left.
The men who received slices of the
pie are serene and happy, but thev are
frightiullv in the minority. Louis
ville Caurier-Journal.
A Sound Legal Opinion
E Bninbridge Muuday, Esq , Coun
ty Ativ.. Clay Co., lex., says: 'Have
used Electric Bitters with most happv
results. My brother also wrs very low
with Malarial Fever anda Jnndscc, out
but was cured by timely use of this
medieine. Am satisfied Electric bitters
saved his life."
Mr. D. I. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave,
Ky-. adds a like testimony, saying: He
poritively believes he would died, had
it not been for Electric Biters.
This great remedy will ward off, as
well as cure all Malarial Diseases, and
for al Kidney, Liver and Stomach
Disorders stands unqualed. Price ooc
and $1.00 at Dr. W. J. Leary's Drug
Store.
It is learned that Charles E- Cross,
the bank boodler, who is now, and has
been for some months, in Gates county
is in very poor health. He will be in
Raleigh next month as two eases against
him, and ex cashier Sam White, are
on the docket at the criniial term of the
court. Virginian.
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DIRECTOR!
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COUNTY GOVERNMENT !
ShoritF Jos. H. Perry,
Superior Court Ch'rk Jno. C. Bond,
Register of Deeds T. M. Small,
Treasurer K. R. Pendleton,
Coroner A. J. Hatenian,
Jailer Joseph Spruill,
Commissioners W. B. Shepard, A. J.
Ward, W. J. Webb, W. P. Jom-.
W. Ii. Bonner,
Board of Education Rer. R. B. Draue.
W. B. Felton. Miles W. Elliott.
Public School Superintendent Samuel
J. Skinner.
Health Sup't. Dr. R H. Wiuborue.
city :
Mavor J. R. B. Hathaway,
Clerk A. T. Bush,
treasurer H. A. Bond. Sr.
Chief Police Charles Leary.
Councilnien J. L. Rogerson, W. J.
Leary, Jr.. M. H. Dixon, J. W. Bran
ning. Alfred King, Anderson Lew too.
churches :
Methodist Rev. Ernest Stevens, Pas
tor. Services morning and evening
of every Sabbath. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday night. Sunday
school every Sabbath at 4 p. m.
Baf'tist Rv. F. M. Satter white, Pas tor.
Preaching every Sabbath, morning at
11 o'clock, evening at S o'clock.
Prayer meeting every Thursday night.
Sunday school every Sabbath. 4 p. in.
St Paul's Rev. R. B. Drane. Rector.
Morning and evening services every
Sabbath. Evening Prayer every W ed
nesday. Morning prayer at every
Friday. Sunday school ever)- Kutxla
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