Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-04-19
Barton, Tuesday, April 10, 1870.
Our Agricultural Editor"


agricultural editor" His ZANE was
DR.. Il. III. Hoskins. While he was
editing that department of The paper,
Br. Camp could not say enough in his
praise. He sounded the "tomjon"
and beat the "hugag" without stint to
apprise people of his merits, and thus
increase the circulation of the Express
even to the borders of the "last thou
sand" Yea, verify. After a while
the "twain" (which were not of one
hesh) disagreed somewhat, when
separation took place between our
agricultural editor" of miraculous
powers aud the general editor with
numerous bristles. It's a fact that
Camps love waxed cold. How very
queer We never knew the exact
reason why the two quarreled. but
are told that it was mainly because
Thomas wouldn't help David root
Then the latter called the former
mean toad; he now calls him swind-
Ter: he calls him bad names every two
weeks, and stahs him under various
ribs. Why is this thus? He ain to
work for the Express now; he writes
for the Standard. This makes our
neighbor pout. Is this pretty? Now
is it, David? Say no-you sly little
rogue; don't be naughty any more.
Let the seed man alone. You made
him a good reputation and ought not
now to ruin it just because you can
Giants should be careful how they use
their strength. Supposing some fine
morning after all the Express is is
sned you should wake up and find the
doctor dead, how you would fell
Below We give Hoskins' reply to the
charge of swindling in the last Ex,
press:
NEWPORT, W., April IA, 1870
4. 4. Earle, Esq,
Dear Sir:-Allow me to thank
you for your very kind notice of the Mem
phremagOg Seed Farm" As YOU say,
Camp keeps firing off that sweet mouth of
his at my humble establishment, but as
think it has a fertilizing effect | don't OBJ
ject to it. The odor, | must confess, is
rather strong at times, though like some
kinds of phosphate" the actual strength
is not in proportion to its stencil
His last belching is to the effect that |
do not raise the seeds | sell. The follow
ing extract from the first page of my cata-
logue tells the story on that point:
''Do not let it be inferred from the above
that all the seeds in this catalogue are of
my own raising. Some sorts it is of no
consequence TO have early, while those who
buy seeds to plant usually desire to have
them all of one dealer. | have therefore
purchased, to make an assortment, of the
most reliable growers, such as, after trial
and experience have always been salts
fed with myself, and this l have done re-
CARELESS of cost, making little or no profit
on them, rather than to send out ANYTHING
less than the very best that could be had. "
will add, with your permission for the
information of your readers, that | do raise
full seven-eghths of all the seeds | sell,
including all he leading kinds, as beans,
beets, cabbage, carrot, sweet corn, potatoes,
pop corn, Cucumbers, lettuce, melon, pars-
nips, peas squash, turnip and tomato
Those that | do not raise are selected with
great care, and purchased of such emf
! nent growers and importers as J. j. II.
Gregory of Marblehead, Mass, B. X. Bliss
and Son, formerly of Springfield, Mass
and now of New York Fleming & Hen
derson of Bergen City, n. J., and Others
t and 1oarrant all / sell, whether grown BY
me or not, and will return the money il
: every case where perfect satisfaction is moi
given. So far | have had no complaint
and the two following extracts from letter;
, such as | am receiving every day will show
that my efforts to please are not unsuccess
full:
EAST GREENSBORO, VT, March 81
} I'll bought my seeds of you las
| spring and found them of excellent quail
, ty. A. p. FOLSOM"
! CAMBRIDGE, VT, April t.
Please send me several of your cat
alogues; | wish to send them to my friends
Y | liked those | bought of you last year a
}. well as any | ever got. A. BUTTs."
I. ! could fill a column of your paper witt
such extracts, but will trespass on you
;, space only to add that | have already re
: ceived orders from nearly every custome
G to whom | sold last spring, and that with
J.. out advertising in the Express my busi
!, ness is more than treble what it was las
II year at this date. So you see | have n
j. occasion to complain.
/. Yours truly, T, H. HosKINs.
re We give the following from tn
D, Stanstead Journal, from which it wi
u be seen that the editor understand
=, the merits of the case as well as W
n do:
il The Newport Express accuses DIR. Ho
n. kins, its late agricultural editor, of purchi
sing seeds elsewhere and palming them q
~ on the public as the product of his Men
10 phremagog seed farm. If tn e Expire
If knew this last year, was its editor not pa
: ticeps criminis in not exposing the frau
u then, instead of waiting until he had qua
relied with the DR.?
A pertinent inquiry, we think.