. Turner's North Carolina almanac : for the year of our Lord ... . between us. So you are looking for a position, saidthe merchant to the youth with the highcollar and noisy necktie. What can youdo? Oh, any old thing, replied the youngman. Of course I dont expect thejunior partnership at the start, but I wantto be sure of an early rise. Very well, replied the merchant, Illmake you assistant janitor. You will riseat 4 oclock every morning and sweep thefloors. A well-known divinity professor, agrave and learned man, had five daugh-ters, whom his students irreverentlynamed Genesis, Exodus, Number
. Turner's North Carolina almanac : for the year of our Lord ... . between us. So you are looking for a position, saidthe merchant to the youth with the highcollar and noisy necktie. What can youdo? Oh, any old thing, replied the youngman. Of course I dont expect thejunior partnership at the start, but I wantto be sure of an early rise. Very well, replied the merchant, Illmake you assistant janitor. You will riseat 4 oclock every morning and sweep thefloors. A well-known divinity professor, agrave and learned man, had five daugh-ters, whom his students irreverentlynamed Genesis, Exodus, Numbers,Leviticus and Deuteronomy. Begining his lecture one day the pro-fessor said: Gentlemen, I wish to speakto you about the age of Genesis. Roars of laughter came from the stu-dents. Genesis is not so old as you suppose,continued the professor. More roars—so long continued, indeed,that the worthy man had time to think be-fore he made the next remark. He saidtimidly—and he managed to hit the markthis time: I may not be thinking of the same Gen-esis as you are!. Garden Calendar for November. Cabbage may be taken up and laid in rowsagainst a ridge, so as to form a square, compact,close growing bed. the roots and stems buried upto the lower leaves of the cabbages, the beds maythen be covered with straw, or a temporary shederected over them. Beets dig and store. Carrotsdig and store. Celery earth up finally. Onions Instore examine. Turnips and Salsify dig for con-venient access. Now is a good time to transplantfruit and ornamental trees and shrubbery. Springis generally a better time for transplanting ever-greens. FARM NOTES. The Japan persimmon, grafted on ourwild persimmon, is said to be a grandsuccess. Trim your fruit trees so as to give afree, open top, no two limbs touching orcrossing each other. Charcoal is an aid to digestion, andshould be given occasionally to fowls andswine. Corn burned on the cob is thebest form in which to give it. For almost all farm crops it is better
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