. Turner's North Carolina almanac : for the year of our Lord ... . f thismanure. Minister: ^Where will you finda minister? The boy studied a second, andthen replied: If I have enough manureleft Ill make a minister. Widow Smith—Yes, poor Johns goneafter living with me for 30 years, but hedied liappy and with a smile on his face! Deacon Jones—Ah, yes, of course, justBO. I feel assured he died in the confidenthope of a better life. Williams table manners were notoriouslybad—80 bad that he was facetiously accusedof spoiling the manners of a pet coonchained in the back yard. He gripped hisfork as t
. Turner's North Carolina almanac : for the year of our Lord ... . f thismanure. Minister: ^Where will you finda minister? The boy studied a second, andthen replied: If I have enough manureleft Ill make a minister. Widow Smith—Yes, poor Johns goneafter living with me for 30 years, but hedied liappy and with a smile on his face! Deacon Jones—Ah, yes, of course, justBO. I feel assured he died in the confidenthope of a better life. Williams table manners were notoriouslybad—80 bad that he was facetiously accusedof spoiling the manners of a pet coonchained in the back yard. He gripped hisfork as though afraid it was going to getaway from him, and he used it like a hay-fork. Reproaches and entreaties were inTain. His big sisters pleading, Please,William, dont eat like a pig,* made no im-pression upon him. One day William and his bosom friend, asmall neighbor, dined alone, and Williamwas heard to say in a tone of great satis-faction, as he planted both elbows on thetable, Say, Harry^ theys nobody here butus. Lets eat like hogs and enjoy our-? Garden Calendar for April. If not done last month, plant Cabbage, Peat, Pota-toes, Beats, Com, Spinach, Mustard, Turnips, Cu-cumbers, Squashes, Pumpkins, Radish, Tomato, Okra,Carrots, Parsnips, Celery, Salsify, Pepper, Lettuce,Egg Plant. Plants set out in February and Marchwill require culture. Sow Leeks for winter me. SowDrumhead, Flat Dutch and Drumhead Savoy Cabbageseed for plamts to be set out in June. Beans maynow be planted, drill Lettuce if intended to head;draw up earth to Potato vines. Turnips sowed lastmonth should be hoed aud thinned. Transplantspring-sowed Cabbage and manure well if you expectfine heads. Citrom and watermelon plant. SmaDOnions set out in autumn will now be fit for is now in season; hoe beds to exterminat«weeds. Additional root crop may now b« all kinds of peremnial herbs. Rememberto keep down the weeds. FARM NOTES. A mortgage on the farm is harder to digout tha
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