. Turner's North Carolina almanac : for the year of our Lord ... . aving heard that hismen did not start to work at the propertime, thought that he would drop downabout some morning to see. Goingup to the yard he caught sight of a jointerstanding smoking, with his kit asking his name, which he foundto be Malcom Campbell, he called himinto his ofl&ce and, handing him fourdays pay, told him to leave at once. Af-ter having seen the man clear out of theyard he went up to the foreman and toldhim he had made an example of MalcomCampbell by paying him off for not start-ing at the
. Turner's North Carolina almanac : for the year of our Lord ... . aving heard that hismen did not start to work at the propertime, thought that he would drop downabout some morning to see. Goingup to the yard he caught sight of a jointerstanding smoking, with his kit asking his name, which he foundto be Malcom Campbell, he called himinto his ofl&ce and, handing him fourdays pay, told him to leave at once. Af-ter having seen the man clear out of theyard he went up to the foreman and toldhim he had made an example of MalcomCampbell by paying him off for not start-ing at the proper time. Great Scott! exclaimed the foreman,that chap was only looking for a job. CHRISTMAS WEATHER PROVERBS. A warm Christmas, a cold A light Christmas, a heavy sheaf. A green Christmas, a white Easter. A green Christmas makes a fat grave-yard. A wind on Christmas day, trees willbring much fruit. IfChristmas finds a bridge, heh breakit; if he finds none, hell make one. If ice will bear a man before Christ-mas, it will not bear a man Garden Calendar for December. Everything that needs protection should nowbe attended t«>. if the weather be open the groundmay be ploughed or trenched to receive the bene-fits of the winter frost. Compost prepare; dungprepare for hotbeds. Hotbeds attend to. Radishand 8alad sow in frames, also Lettuce. Trans-planting treffe nay still be done. Prune fruittrws, vines, etber will be fit to putout. Sow large York to head in January and Feb-ruary. Small Onions may still be planted. Earthup Celery in d y weather. Thin Spinach as youcollect for dally use. FARM NOTES. Never break off a limb on a valuabletree; always make a smooth cut. It is found by trial that horses wateredbefore being fed grain gained faster thanthose watered afterward. It is a correct observation that nine-tenths of our orchards are planted tooclose, and their usefulness is greatly im-paired thereby. Give each permanent treeplenty of room. Attend now to cl
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