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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-07-09

JAMES BUMGARDNER, Jn..
GEORGE NJ. COCHRAN. JR.
HENRY B. NICHE,
JOHN PAUL,
CHARLES S. YANCEY
apr50-tdS Commissioners
POSTPONEMEN T.-The above sale is post
poned until Monday, august 26th 1878,
JAS. BUMGARDNER JR
GEO. NJ. COCHRAN, JR..
HENRY B. NICHE
JNO PAUL,
CHAS. S. YANCEY.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-07-09

Echols. Bell Il Catlett a. a. jy2-It
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-11-13

enough to partly fill the hole, or so,
that the roots will be covered, and on
this, draw earth quickly. The roots
will float around, and the earth being
thrown in, they settle down, we'll
spread out. Then, all that is necessa-
nv, if the weather be hot and dry. is
to shade for two or three days with
paper orlleaves. If set in this way
and shaded, they, should not, be wa
tered. More newly set plants are
ruined by too much water and shade
than in any other way. The cover
ing retains the moisture at the sur
face, and that is all that is needed.
If watered when shaded, they damp
off," Plants received by mail or ex.
press, should be unpacked at once,
and spread ont in cool cellar, If not
ready to set out.
Of course pot plants that have
lump of dirt adhering, can be set
out at once, by merely soaking the
earth with water.
Stirring the soil around newly set
plants is often very advantageous.
After shading two or three days
they may be uncovered, and then, il
the surface gets dry, water with wash
water, or night slops, after reducing
so as to have three parts rain water.
Fruit Recorder. <~
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Setting strawberries.

Where one has plants of their own
to set, it matters ot whether done in
dry or wet weat4r, providing it is
rightly done. F. heavy, stiff soil
however, we pref to set them out
when the surface dry, for if worked
when wet, the soiIaround the plants
becomes hard, nd checks plant
growth.
One of the NAL requisites of set
ting strawberries b dry weather, is to
spread the roots Tut we'll when set,
and water the One; and the best
way to spread tho roots is to have
them rinsed free pm soil, and with
a trowel dig out hole, and in this,
place the root, andheu pour in water
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muda grass into this country the
fearful malady Of murrain, dry MUIR
rain, bloody murrain, staggers, etc..
prevailed among cattle, but now
such a disease is not known to cattle
raisers. The disappearance Of these
cattle diseases is imputed to the fact
that Bermuda grass grows luxurl-
emily during the entire Summer and
Fall seasons, and so there is compar-
atively no dry or decayed grass for
them to eat to produce these dis
eases. l am OF the opinion that it
will act as a preventive, in sections
where cattle are afflicted with these
maladies. This conclusion is based
upon the fact that when other grasses
are perishing from excessive drouth
this grass will be found to retain its
green color and a close investigation
will show the earth moist where 1t
grows. This grass grows so dense
as to protect the roots from the heat,
and the roots are so compact as to
retain the moisture in the earth.
Upon this hypothesis and in view OF
its willingness to grow. spread, and
crowd out weeds, etc., and flourish
when under ordinary pasturing | am
prompted to recommend it to others
who need such a grass in their enter
prises. 1t can not be made COM
modify, because it grows so sponta-
neously, and covers an unknown
of acres of land.
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IN CIRCUIT COURT of the Sew

L enthJ Judicial Circuit of Florida, Volusia
County. In Chancery.
Nathaniel Hasty aud Elizabeth P. Hasty his
wife VS.. W. Howell! Robinson.
appearing from affidavit made before
beyond the limits of this State, to-wit. in
the State of Illinois, so that ordinary nrn-
cess cannot be served upon him. On morton
OF c.. B: BucknOr solicitor for complain
ant: It is ordered that the defendant do
of complaint filed in this cause, on or before
the first Monday in December next, other
wise the same will be taken pro confesso
Provided that a copy of this order be mn.
lished weekly for four consecutive months
IN an official newspaper published in this
Circuit. - '"''
Witness my hand and SEAL this gath dav
OF July, A. d. 1878. JOHN W. DICKINS'
IL 30 Clerk Volusia Circult Cont
g. b. BUCKNOR. Comp'lts ollctor :.
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NOTICE-In the County Court and

I, OF Probate. Volusia County, Florida.
Notice is hereby given that after six
months mont pu thd OF this notice, shall
County, for discharge from nv adminis'
tration as administrator of the estate of the
late James N. Elwood, deceased.
Notice is also hereby given that all ac-
counts against said estate, not exhibited
to me within two years after the date of
to wit, the 3rd day of July A, d. IsT7 vii. viii
be ,forver barred. OF which all creditors
and persons entitled to distribution viii
axe notice. A. r. ELWOOD.
administrator &c.
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NOTICE.
United States Land Office. }
Gainesville. Florida,
lime o. 1878.

United States Land Office.
Gainesville. Florida,
June %. 1878.
COMPLAINT having been entered
" at this office by Charles C. Fuller
gust IS, 1s75-upon the sc / of the n of
section SO, township IS, range 30 east
and lot No. 4, section 81, township 18. s.
with a view to the cancellation of said
entry. The parties are hereby summoned
to appear on the S0th day of July 1878 at
10 o'clock A M, to respond and furnish tes-
timony concerning said alleged abandon
ment before Charles B. Bucknor, U. S. Com
missioner at Enterprise, Florida.
j. A. LEE, Register.
JOHN VARNUNf, Receiver.
The hearing of the above is adjourned to
October II, 1878, at ten, A. NJ.
C. B. BUCKNOR, U. s. Commissioner.
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Wits vulpina, Southern Fox, or
the Class of the Scupper-
I55~ nOng Grapes. l]0

The uses, for which this class Of
grapes may be utilized in hybridizing
and mixing with our other classes of
northern grapes, have not been APP
preciated. They are called the lazy
mans grapes, allowed to run at will
over rude post and pole trellises
few feet above the ground, are gener-
ally untrimmed and otherwise almost
uncared for; yet they yield heavy an
nual crops. The clusters are small,
but the berries are large. They
flourish only upon the low, flat lands
of the South Atlantic sea.board,
from Virginia to Texas. They pos
ess a rich, juicy, vinous flavor: ARE
without pulp, and have a coarse, thick
skin. They are a good table grape !;
and probably, for CERTAIN wine pur-
iocnei nst6rve f0fefSn grape, ana,
what is of vital Importance, they
seem to be more nearly exempt from
all sporadic diseases than any other
known sort. tt
When we add to these merits the
other important characteristic, that
Wits vulpina is the only grape COM
paratively exempt from the insidious
depredations of Phylloxera vastatrix,
it would seem that it should be made
to come in and supplement some OF
the leading deficiencies of our other
classes Of foreign and native grapes !;
for none of these fourishes in such
low malarial districts, and all are
more or less affected by PhYlloxera
vestatrix. If, by careful and judo.
ious mixing and hybridizing, we can
avoid to cure these defects, great
good will result to our agriculture.
Should we attempt this by grating
the Eumelan-an estivalis grape, and
one of the very best for this purpose,
upon Scuppernong roots, using pollen
for hybridizing from Concord and
others of our popular Labrusca
grapes, the root power of the V. vul-
pima, acting upon the sexual functions
of the pistillate and staminate organs
of the other classes, should give us
the highest attainable immediate re-
suits. Then these improvements
should be followed up by again build
ing other combinations, using for the
purpose Wits cordifolia vines in
some of the experiments, as a new
element, and varying the old combin.
alton, so as to obtain root-powder
from one class, staminate, pollen, OF
male principal from another, and PTS.
tillate,, or female force from third
doing all with the greatest care and
utmost possible precision.
There would seem to be no appar.
ent or sufficient reason against carry.
ing out these important suggestions
They should by all means be attempt
ed for if the best elements of the
Southern can be united with the
! good that is in our Northern classes
one would supplement the others de-
f ficiencies, and wonderful practical re-
suits would doubtless fifty reward
| and crown the skillful operator.
f But herein lie the difficulties; hor.
ticulturists who understand the sub
iect, and who have spent the neces.
e sary time in studying out its sur.
t roundings and bearings, and in &C,
curing the skill needed for such del.
: icate snanipulations and operations,
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The need of a personal pronoun of the
singular number and common gender is
so desperate urgent, imperative, that
according to the established theories it
should long since have grown on our
speech, as the tails grew off the monkeys.
When I was a child, and spake as
child, reckless Of grammar and rhetoric,
there was no trouble; but. growing mind
full of the proprieties Of speech, / became
conscious Of need, dimly felt at first,
and hardly recognized, but ever growing
moro imperative, until now it calls loud
ly every time open my mouth to speak,
or take pen to write. For instance,
am writing a story, and come to the fol-
lowing sentence: "Then they had
delightful time reviewing the whole
transaction, each stoutly defending the
course of the other, and severely blam-
ing u pause. Himself" will not do,
because one of them is woman. "Her-
self is out Of the question, for the other
themselves" bnt now I know better.
That sentence can never be finished. I
must write it over again, using ''both"
instead of "each, - and failing to express
my exact meaning.
Again, I am writing business letter.
I say, eff there are any further prelimi-
naries to be arranged let Mr.. or Mrs.
Smith come out on the ten o'clock train,
and we will meet"-Here I stop. Not
"him," for Mrs. Smith might come; not
''her" for it might be her husband.
will not reconstruct my sentence, and
say .'them," when particularly wish
they should not both be present.
And so am tormented at every turn,
my only comfort being the fact that
am not alone in my misery. How often
do I see fellow mortal pause in the
middle of a sentence, cropping blindly
for the missing word, and then begin
over again. or founder niserably and
ungrammatically through to the bitter
endi M ,,....
Why should we not have a new word? |
What is the use of such men as Profess
sor Whitney, or Professor Max Muller,
or Mr.. Richard Grant White, if they |
cannot help us in real trouble like this?
They are like the entomologists who
spend years of patient research in find
ing out the scientific name of the potato
bug, and cannot tell us how to get rid
Of him. Let the eminent linguists leave
the spelling reform and such trifes long
enough to coin us word which shall
spare preacher from saying, as I heard
one once, "Let every brother or sister
examine himself or herself, and looking
INTO his or her heart find out his or her
sin, and resolutely cast it from
him or her."
do not believe there is a writer in
he country that is not hampered every
ime he-no, she There! I've run
gainst the old snag.-Atlantic Monthly
or Novenaber.
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A Denver clergyman, on receipt of the
usual half-fare pass, wrote to the Super
intendent: "Can not you embrace my
wife also ?" To which the railroad man
said he did not know, but he would like
to see the clergyman's wife first, as he
was rather fastidious."
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
~ to all persons indebted to the estate of
the late J. J. Jones, late of Volusia county,
their debts to us, and all persons having
claims and demands against SAID estate are
notified to present the same duly autbeno
ticated,. within two years from this date.
Otherwise the same will be barred. 'N'
Dated 8th Oct. A. D, 1878.
Address, ROBERT JONES)
or WILLIAM JONES} Executors.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT It'll
Judicial Circuit, Volusia County,
State of Florida.
George Sauls Attachment.
u.nr vs. p.+.r. Sum sworn to s14l'1s'
The defendant, Henry Peters, and
all other persons interested are hereby
notified of the commencement of this suit
by attachment and are required to appear
and plead to the declaration filed in this
cause on or before the first Monday of
----t. = 1870 L. X FOSTER
Enterprise, Oct. is. 1878. "a "a y
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TT APPEARING TO THE SAT.

n
i isfaction of the court that the defend
ant in the above entitled case resides out
of the State, to wit. i'll the State OF Massa..
chusetts, so that the ordinary process OF
law cannot he served upon her. On motion
of st, CLAIR, Abrams g. Summerlin. solicit
Ors for complainant, it is ordered that
hearing on the facts chargedin said bill be
had at Enterprise, Volusia county. on the
first Monday in January, 1879. And that
said defendant do appear, plead. answer
or demure to said bill on or before the day
appointed for said hearing and that in de-
fault thereof the said bill will be taken
this order be published in some oficial.
newspaper, in this circuit for the space OF
three months, at least, before the day ap-
pointed for such hearing.
Witness my hand and seal Of office this
18th day of September, 1878.
John w. Dickins,
Clerk Circuit Court,
Volusia Co. Fla
st. Clair, Abrams & Summerlin.
Compliments Solicitors.
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Legal N Offices.
DIVORCE.
IN CHANCERY.

Henderson w. Long, } In the Circuit Court
VS.. Tor the seventh
Fannie A. Long. judicial Circuit of
Fla, Volusia Co.
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Aeansbft Journal.
Pdolished at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street
ioot OF Court by SPRAGUE, OWEN 4 NASH.


issued every morning. except Sundays. IL con.
aims the latest news by telegraph anu mail, givet
reports OF the Markets, and has carefully prepared
political and local articles, and generous amount
OF farming, home and lnisce laneous reading with
full compilation OF State news.
Terms, o. per annum ia advance, sS If payment
. noI made within The year. Single copies cents
90 be RAD at the BOOKSTORES ana az this oihce.
Advertisements inserted on reason pable terms
Rates mnY be had on Appllcatiun al This nfice
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A new insect pest has appeared, which
promises to make housekeeping as discourage
ing business as the long uffering granger
finds the raising of potatoes IN the face Of
the Colorado beetle. This latest terror OF the
patient housewife is an emigrant from Eu-
rope, with the distinguished title "Anthrenus
scrophntdr1d.n Upon its native heath the
stranger contents itself mainly with an ami
NAL diet, but on its arrival this side the wa
ter 1t develops voracious appetite for every
thing wooden. Hence it has b. en- familiarly
dubbed "the car thug" and in its special
ty it seems to far outrival that old time enc
my of domestic peace the moth. The insects
multiply rapidly, and so destructive are they
that some people who have had particularly
sorrowful experiences are of the opinion that
carpets will have to be given up entirely when
his bugship has pO 'c3sed the land. The bugs
are black, hairy fellows about quarter Of an
inch long. Of oval shape and very quick Of
motion. These in turn produce sluggish bee
ties an eighth Of an inch long. spotted with
white and red. Wherever there is crevice,
that is the home of the carpet-bug, which,
however, does not confine his diet to carpets
alone. but attacks clothing and furs hanging
in closets or packed in drawers. One check
to the ravages of this new pest is liberal
application of benzine, which shall be applied
in every crack and Granny where the bug is
likely to find a lodging pace. Still another
remedy is the "llemiptera powders, invent.
ed and successfully used in England to exter-
inmate the bug, and also in use in Mas
sachusetts. The carpet-bug is comparatively
recent importation. 1t made itself known at
Cambridge in this State in 1873, and almost
simultaneously in portions of New York and
New Jersey. 1t has been detected up in
Franklin county and down in Connecticut,
and will probably ere long be disturbing the
peace of our Springfield housekeepers, and
there is little doubt that the cry of feminine
lamentation will one of these days be heard
the land over because of these unwelcome in
truder
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NO. III.
REFORMING A BALKY HORSE.

1t was new to me, says a correspond
ent of the Live Stock Journal, and was
very effective in the one case in which 1
saw it tried, hence | send You a descrip-
ton of an apparatus designed to induce
a balky horse to reform his bad ways. A
light, but strong pole, has one end fast
ened to one end of whiffltree--a steady
horse being worked on the end The
other end of the pole extends to the head
of the troublesome horse, and is fastened
to strap passing around the nose and
through the bit rings. If the horse does
not start promptly and keep abreast with
his mate, he is pulled by the front and
upper part of his mouth. Whenever he
starts forward he is relieved. In the case
in which saw this tried. the horse hung
back for some three hours the first day,
perhaps an hour the next. and gradually
gave up after shorter trial, until after
about month he showed no signs of his
old habit.
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AUGUSTA POsT OFFICE.
OFFICE Hours.
For delivery Of letters, from 700 A. NJ. 20 9 90
PM
On Sundays. from s.l5 A. Nj. to 1915 A. NJ.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
MAILS ARRIVE.
Boston, Portland and West, 2l7 A. NJ 3.46 and
500 Z. NJ.
Lewiston and Auburn, 3.46. and SEQ N. .
Bath and Rockand, 3 .46 and $40 2. NJ
Rocklsrd stage, via Washington, 6 7. NJ.
Watoboro stage, via Jefferson, & p. NJ.
Belgrade West Waterville, Norridgewock and
n I'd son, IL NJ.
Winthrop and Monmouth, 8 P. NJ.
Harrington stage via Readfeld, LIS 2. NJ.
Belfast, 9.45 A. NJ and ll.O3 7. NJ.
tbelfast stage, $50 A.
}iSkowhegan,9 ,9i5 A NJ
Grand Trunk X. K and Canada, 3.46 and 2.l7
Soldiers Home 9.3) A. NJ. and 7.OOP NJ.
MAILS CLOSE.
Portland, Boston and West 5.i5 and 80 A. NJ
l0P.M
Lewiston and Auburn, 5.45, 100, 80 A. NJ.
b eth and Rockland, $40, and $50 A. NJ.
X .cxland stage, via Washington, 100 A. NJ.
W.ldoboro' stage, via Jefferson, 100 A. NJ.
Belgrade. West Waterville, Norrdgewock, snd
Madison, l.l5 p. NJ.
Winthrop and Monmouth, 700 A. NJ.
Pennington stage via keadheld, l.lj Z. NJ.
Belfast, $50 r. NJ. and 1000 Z. NJ.
Belfast stage, $50 p. NJ.
4 Skowhegan, $3.50 p. NJ, and 1000 P. NJ
Grand Trunk X. K. and Canada, 54j $50 "A NJ.
Soldiers Home, A. NJ. and $50 z. NJ.
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Books, transfer mt news papers, and Other transient
printed matter, except unsealed circulsrs) pack
ages not exceeding lbs. in weight per ounces,
l cent.
Unsealed circulars, merchandise, and samples
In packages not exceeding lbs. in weight pei
ounce, cent
All matter not prepaid at letter rates must be SC
wrapped that it can be examined, and must
tain no writing whatever, except as follows:
The sender of any article of third class mail
matter may write his her name or address
therein, or on the outside thereof, with the word
"from" above preceding the same, may
write briefly or print on any package the number
and names Of the articles inclosed
Liquids glass and explosive chemicals
cluded from the mails.
MONEY ORDER OFFICE.
1Especial attention is called to the Money Order
system al q safe and cheap method Of transmitting
small sums OF money through the mails. Orders
are issued for amounts not exceeding $50. Larger
smounts be sent to the same person at the
ssme time BY additional orders.
Rates.
Orders not exceeding Sl5 l0cents.
over Sl5and not exceeding $50, 10 "
F" 70" {" s50 5o' Is e"
Money orders are also drawn by this Office on
Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland and
Italy.
REGISTERED LETTERS.
Letters, and other valuable packages, may be
registered to any post-ofice in the United States,
on the payment of letter postage and a fee of ten
cents. HORACE II. HAMLEN, T. M.
July. 10. 1878.
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HaIiOwell Post Once.

HallOwell Post Once.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Western Mail arrives daily, Sundays excepted,
81 3.39 and 500 p. M; closes at $40 A. M, and
for the night Pullman train at p. M.
Eastern Mail arrives daily, Sundays excepted,
at sos ana 9.57 A. M; closes at 800 and s
p. NJ
Litchfeld Mail arrives on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Saturdays, at 10 A. M; closes Sundays,
Tuesdays and THURSDAYS at P. NJ.
Office Hours from 7.30 A. NJ. to $50 p. NJ. As
NO mail arrives on Sunday, the office will remain
closed on that day. Mails made up on Sunday
evening for the Monday morning trains.
Z. ROWELL, P. NJ.
HAllowell, July l, 1873.
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The Lives Insured by the So nety are careful
selected IN different parts of North America an
surope, furnishing, by this broad field OF opera
ions, an additional and exec )tional safety te ia,
Policy-bolders. The Insuran ies are made only or
he Mutual Premiums Principle. Tb Surplus are
returned annually to the Iasu ed.
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Premiums are received and Losses are paid In
cash only. Policies are Issued payable at the death
of the Insured also PAYABLE At the end OF certain
umber OF years. Policies are also Issued on the
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. NEVER RETuRN

1t is said that one out Of every four real irvalids
who 90 to Denver, Col, to recover health never
return to the East or South except as q corpse.
The undcrtakers, next TO the hotel keepers, have
the most profitable business. This excessive NOR
tally may be prevented and patients saved and
cured uuder the care OF friends and loved ones at
home, if they will but use Hop Bitters in time.
This we know. See other column.
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TONTiNE PLAN.

Dr. upon the principle OF aceumulating profits TO,
e6nite periods, which was nrst introduced by this
society. and has been recomme n ded and endorsed
)y eminent experts in Life Insurance, and by lead
ing business men. Forty-four per cent has beer
armed and accumulated oil the premiums paid on
1T tIontne Life Polic:es, and forty per cent on ite
rohtine owneDt Policies issued within the last
years. 1855
The Directors oil the Equitable Life Assurance
society represent exculively the inter ests of tho
Fohcy-noiders ;; andi presenting the Society to no
ice, they feei that 1t has strong claims upon public
onhdence, because OF the strict and conseryatlve
Tlneiples by which its various departments ar
governed. In the assets ana in the administration
)f the Society perfect security il given for the u
ure, wnlcn ls OIL great Importance to those depend
ng Upon their policies for the ultim ate
upport of their families. wv
No Life Insurance Company has such args an.
ualtransactions as the Equif able none is more
oromptand Just in its dealings, ''e