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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-07-10
The Future of Florida.
;;7itor Florida Awicseltalrist.

Editor FIorid0 Agricetls2trtst.
do not pretend to possess the
faculty Of looking into the future and
predicting coming events yet it
seems quite natural for those who
have even partial acquaintance with
the already developed resources of
the State, to look forward to that
time when all the fruits and plants
that can be utilized and are adapted
to our peculiar climate have been
introduced and acclimated and all
portions of our country possess trans
portation facilities, to picture to
themselves the grand future of
Florida.
In perusing the past history OF the
State we cease to wonder why a land
so greatly blessed in climate, health
tulness and productive soil, should
have remained for such long period
undeveloped and sparsely populated.
Lrhe- cresi svcnde,l is HAT wdtA y
the. disadvantages the restrictive
Colonial policy of Spain imposed,
the retarding effect of the continued
Indian wars-that only ceased in 1886
and lastly the great civil strife that
Left her citizens almost prostrate
without means with which to recuper-
ate. that Florida should now be so
prosperous. This retrospect of the
past and looking forward to the
future has led me to iot down my
reveries upon the subject.
Taking my own county OF Orange
as basis of comparison for the rest
of the State, does the advancement
already made present ground work
upon which to build glorious
future | think so. Let Florida be
known as she should be, and but
few wears will have passed before she
will have become not only one of
the most densely populated, but
highly prosperous Of states
Twenty years ago and this section
was an almost unbroken wilderness.
Occasionally was seen the stock-man's
cabin with an acre or two of cleared
land around it. Churches and
schools were scarcely deemed neces-
sary, and the only education required
was the woodsman's craft and the
rearing of cattle. One steamboat
weekly from Jacksonville was sufh-
cient for all transportation purposes,
not only for this section, but for all
the counties south of Pslatka that
could use the st. Johns river: now
fifteen weekly visits of the steamers
are required Railroads are beiDg.pro-
iected and soon all portions will
possess transportation facilities, Nine
years ago, 90 persons comprised the
list of registered voters in Orange
county, now there are over 1900,
and some 400 more who have not
nlaced their names upon the list
Then two post-ofices furnished sufi-
cient mail facilities now fifteen off
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Letter From Davtona.
z0or Floriela 4micNhMrist

Editor Flortaa ATtcuhurist
In the Garden of Eden were
neither thistlesS pusley," nor crab
grass previous to being raided by
that Father of Lies and tramps
whose sole business is to wander
to and fro in the earth seeking
whom he might "blte somebody"
Having no BUSINESS Of his own, he
had nothing to prevent him from
attending to that Of other people,
and that is how he came to stray
into our venerable ancestors clear
ing, whereby such ridiculous mess
generally was made of human affairs.
Our respected progenitor had a soft
thing of it in that garden, but this
he didn't understand then as we'll as
afterward, when sweating over his
potato patch and vainly trying to
get even with the Canada thistles
and crab grass. His homestead
entry was cleared, fenced and
planted with all manner of fruits by
the government and a span of mules
thrown in, putting him in a top
shelf condition for enjoying life and
making his wife the envy Of all the
neighbors. His hammock was rich and
bran new-no weeds, no cut worms,
no mosquitoes, red bugs and flies or
fleas, and life, even as a farmer, must
have been worth living. He found
the conditions changed when he
came to clear hissown hammock, (the
immense advantage Of "piney
woods land NOT having then been
discovered) contend with the newly
ss,sss;s; 5; sgss es-sssssv
crop Of weeds, etc, at the same time
fight the battle of life surrounded by
a swarm of pestiferous insects. Of
the latter conditions / have had
sufficient experience to enable me to
speak with authority, and give me a
strong desire to escape it during the
rest of my natural life. My pity I
give to Father Adam for he needed
it. He had seen better times, and
could not but suffer from the con-
trast Besides, he couldn't Get
away
He must also have felt always that
the weeds and the insects were the
result of his own disobedience,
whereas Florida was blessed with all
these things before ever / came near
it, so that to my discomfort, bad as
it may be, are not added the pangs
of remorse. IF l had had chance
to talk the matter over with him a
little, | think l should have set his
heart at rest as to has special respon-
sibility for these nuisances-for they
unquestionably existed outside of the
garden long before he made their
though if he had staid
there he would have been none the
worse for them
We are told that whatever is, is
right" and there are people who pre-
tend to believe that all these discom-
forting ngaccompaniments of our earthly
are necessary parts of
the "Divine Economy whatever
that may be supposed to be. AS far
as the weeds are concerned, l think
get occasional glinpses of the
economy, but my faith in a benefi-
cent over-ruling Providence is too
strong to permit me to accept the
insects. There was once a pious,
conscientious New England woman
who in her strong desire to reconcile
the command to keep holy the Sab
bath day, with certain necessary
household duties, effected a compro-
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mise by making up her bed without
turning back the sheet at the head,
as she always did on week days.
She said she felt that she must draw
the line somewhere. l draw it at
pestiferous insects that devour me
and my crops, and no one need
attempt to convince me that they
ever had a place in the Divine or any
other economy or Were ever created
(if they ever aoere created) for any
purpose other than as an annoyance
and vexation of spirit. My private
opinion is that they were never dig
nifed by any act Of creation, but
that like Topsy they just growed." i"
For weeds, on the contrary, l have
come to having great respect since
living in Florida. When Nature
finds spot Of bare ground, she pro-
ceeds at once to cover it from the
burning rays of the tropical sun,
which otherwise would decarbonize
and destroy it for supporting vegeta-
ton. The folly of man has made
many r" CALLED places upon the sur
face of this our Mother Earth, in
spite of the counteracting efforts of
nature What, then, would become
of it if he were not opposed by all
the forces that nature can bring to
defeat his devices for destruction?
The foundation principal in Florida
horticulture should be shade the
ground" I announce no new doc
trine when l state that ground well
and properly mulched will grow
richer all the time, even though
bearing crop at the same time
! s.sszl , - 49, s s N sssgsls;
part of our soil, which means nearly
all the arrable land in the State, by
Decentralization, is incalculable.
Take notice, too, how the vegetable
matter in the soil will blow away
where it is bare and dry. The color
of the surface fades out like the
cloth on a bleaching ground. It is
unnecessary, however, to use argu-
ment or illustration to prove the
advantage of this practice, for no
one doubts it. The trouble is that
people forget it. The most satisfac-
tory material that | have found for
the purpose, is bullrush grass. That
least so is moss. Leaves from the
hammock come next TO the grass.
Pine leaves are next to moss, for OPP
posite reasons. Moss is too com
pact, preventing the rain and air
from reaching the roots, besides, har-
boring injurious insects while pine
leaves are too light and too loose.
Good mulching keeps the soil as
porous and light as a plow, and at
no cost of labor The lighter and
poorer the soil the more necessity
for covering it. Good mulching is
equivalent to q dressing of manure.
Fires in the woods are decarbonizing
and destroying the fertility of our
soil too fast to need any help from
iniudicious farming. Between the
cattle owners and hunters and the
carelessness and "pure cussedness
of many others, we are in danger--of
becoming another Arabia Or Sahara,
which. there is no doubt, reached
their present condition by pursuing
| precisely the same course that we
have started upon. The time may
come when something can be done
to check this wholesale destruction
but in the present condition OF affairs
if is useless to try. The most that
can be done is for those who see the
danger, to do what they can, individ-
ually, to guard against it. At least
let each man sec that in his fields,
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Contents Of this Number.

Page 65-Future of Florida; Letter from
DaytOna: Remedy for Scale Insects.
Page 66-The Ten Little Grasshoppers :;
Hunting Tiger with Cows A Poor Town
for business; John Smith japanese Brides:
A Yankee Trick; Recipes.
eI67-Source of Infectious Diseases :
Advertisements.
Page 6S-Orange Fertilizer Analysis :
Independence Day Meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners TO kill Pocket
Gcphers; Answer to Correspondents.
Page G9-Locals Floridlana Adv'mts.
Page 70-The Mystery OF Making Loaf
Bread: Liquid Manure; Notes on incuba-
ton; Time for Budding Fruit Trees.
Page Photographic Advertisements.
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ces are required. II a new country
has, in such short period of time,
developed so rapidly, what must be
the changes that have taken place in
the older portions of the State ?
They are certainly an earnest of what
the future must be, when our re
courses are fully developed and sus-
tanning population commensurate
with that development
a comparison of the present with
the past is not sufficient to convey
an adequate idea Of what the status
OF the State must be after the lapse
Of few years. For a better under
standing of this subject, it may be
well to direct attention to some of
the elements of our States future
greatness. Who that have carefully
read Capt. Eadd's report upon deep
ening the channel upon the bar of
the St. Johns river, and the evident
feasibility Of opening and keeping
open a channel with a depth of 90 to
"a feet, but have been impressed
with the magnitude of the benefits
that must accrue to East and South
Florida in particular, and through
their prosperity, to the whole State ?
Large steamers, plying to Northern
cities, will be able to come to Jack
sonville and make it the great COM
mercial metropolis of the State.
That this Improvement will become
necessity, will be readily seen when
we make calculation of the amount
of transportation facilities needed to
move even one OF our products, the
orange We require rapid and cheap
transportation for our vegetables,
stlss.sossA, &c. Z .4:o lfi.sdetfy Is lU0m-
ing up largely as a great business of
the future, and when the enterprises
for developing our vast amount of
sugar lands, shall have been put into
successful operation, this great and
remunerative crop will add largely
to the freight list as we'll as monied
interest of the State. This impor-
tant crop plant finds a congenial
home in large portion of the
peninsular, and in this county often
tassels. 1t is not mcomon to obtain
fair crop from the sixth years
rattoons
The starch producing plants, es-
pecially the cassaya and arrow root
are well adapted to our soils and
yield heavy crops. When starch
manufacturers introduce their i'm
proved modes of extracting the
tarina these plants and others of the
same class will prove highly relnu-
nerative. The experiments already
made in iute cnlture have proved
very satisfactory, and when our citi-
zens realize how great is the demand
for the FIBER they will turn their
attention to its culture. There is a
section of the State, especially in
the southern portion. that cannot be
utilized except for the purpose of
grazing cattle. This industry will
continue to be fostered and add to
our wealth. The lumber business
already amounts to the annual sum
of $4,000, 900 and must continue to
increase for many years, as facilities
are provided to transport the timber
to water. The timber lands are ex.
tensive and produce great variety
of trees, many of them well suited to
the cabinet makers use, Many other
products as cotton, tobacco, ETC.,
might be mentioned, but attention
has been directed to enough to show
that the future Of the State is bright
with promise Y. II. MASON, M. D.
Apopka, Orange County, Fla.
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"A French gentleman, learning
English SO some purpose, replied
to salutation thus "How do you do
monsieur ?" 'Do vat" 'How do you
find yourself?n II never loses myself"
"How do you feel ?" Smooth You
lust feel me"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-07-10
An old darkey who was asked if

An old darkey who was asked if
in his experience prayer was ever
answered, replied: :" Well, sab,
some pra'rs is ansud and some isn't
'pends upon wat you axes TO
Just arter the wah, wen it was
mighty hard scratchln' TO de cullud
breddren, 1 bsarved dat w'enebber
| pway de Lord to SEN one of Marse
Peyton's fat turkeys fo' ole man,
dere was no notice took of de parti-
ton; but when 1 pway dat he would
sem de ole man 70 de turkey, de mat.
ter was tended to befo' sun.up uex'
mornin' dead sartin! y
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the scorching sun and thieving wind
are not permitted to become the
allies Of the devastating fire sctters
J. d. MITCHELL.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-27
THE BOOM BOOMING.
The Plan for Building Boom at st. Paul
Assuming Shape-A Meeting to be Held
Next Tuesday.

The Plan for Building Boom at st, Paul
Assuming Shape-A Meeting to be Held
Next Tuesday.
Some two months since on motion of Mr..
j. w. McClung, the chamber of commerce
appointed committee of six to inquire into
tae feasibility of forming boom company
in this city. The committee consisted of
the following gentlemen: j. w. McClung,
chairman, j. S. Prince, G. s. Uline, Geo
81. Warren, Daniel McCaine and j. Smith,
Jr. Since that time the committee have not
been idle; on the contrary, they have made
dlligent inquiry among lumbermen, manu-
facturers and dealers, log men and others
whose opinion is worth having upon the
subject, and, as announced in these columns
few days since, the result arrived at was
that lumber could as easily be manufactured
here as at Minneapolis or any other point.
Lumber manufacturers were of opinion that
the cost of manufacture by steam power
would b no more expense than water power,
and all that was necessary was to find a
point III the river where boom would be
practicable at small cost. Since that time
the committee have examined several loca-
lions and find that an excellent position ex-
lists at the ferry below Fort Smelling. The
cost of putting in boom at this point
would be w 900. Another point is at Pickerel
lake where the cost would not exceed
$4,000. The committee pronounce this as
good site as any in the State for the pur-
pose. And again the committee report that
smaller boom sufficient for all local pur-
poses could be put in at little expense south
OF the islands opposite the city and contigu-
GUS to West st. Paul fats. A gentleman
connected with the boom company
of Eau Claire stated to the committee
that he would come at any time and assist
them in locating their boom and superin-
tend its construction. He stated that Ponds
patent Sheer boom would not cost ANYTHING
like the prices given above.
The committee have also spoken with log
owners and have found them all favorable
to the movement so that they feel now that
everything is prepared to go ahead with the
movement, and accordingly a meeting will
be called for Tuesday next at
the chamber of commerce for the purpose of
organizing a company. The meeting will
be called to order at 10 o'clock. All persons
interested either in logs or the manufacture
of lumber, or are favorable to the scheme.
are invited to attend the meeting.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-27
SUITS AGAINST THE CITY.
Four Cases to be Tried at the Present Ter,

Four Cases to be Tried at the Present Term
of curt.
During the present term of the district
court four cases will be tried, in each of
which the city of St. Paul is defendant.
The first is suit of Micl ael La Borge for
$1,000 damages. His complaint sets forth
that on the night of Nov. I'd, 1877, he was
driving along University avenue, when he,
his buggy and horse were precipitated into
an excavation, exposed on the street. He
AYERS that no safety signal was exposed nor
other means of safeguard were used, that
the said excavation was made by the
city in the course of grad
ing that thoroughfare. From such
negligence he claims the above sum for
injuries received. In answer the city neg
atives the whole array of allegations.
The second case is that of Joseph Gelina
VS.. the city. In all respects it is the same as
the above, as he was in the buggy at the
time the accident occurred.
James G. Donnelly brings suits aginst the
city to recover certain tools, derricks, etc..
valued at $3.50. They were in use by Pat.
rick Nash, contractor, on the Rice street
sewer. The city in answer sets forth that
the contractor, Nash, failed to fulfil his con-
tract, aud that by authority of the law the
work was assumed by the city; that the
tools, derricks, ETC., were found in use On
the sewer, and were taken to fill the measure
of the contractor work.
John D. O'Brien and P. r. Galusha. re-
ceivers of Flynn Sc Mullen, bring claim
for $500 due on their contract for building
the Broadway sewer. They claim this
amount unpaid on the contract of $49, $50.
and state that the sewer was finished in ali
respects on the 18th day of December, 1875.
since when the money has been withheld.
On the other hand the city holds that the
work has never been completed, and that it
will cost $500 to finish it, and that under the
stipulations of the contract, the above
amount is justly and legally withheld.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-27
TIE INSANE asylum.
A Days Delay Awaiting the Appearance Of
%hnn

The Senate committee Of investigation
met yesterday at 10 O'Clock at the Metro
politan hotel. The chairman had intimated
to Mr.. Pussy that it was the desire of the
committee to consult Governor Pillsbury,
and that gentleman had teiegraphed the
Governor to that effect. The Governor,
however, did not visit the city all day and
the committee continued in secret session
dering and inexplicably intricate accounts
of Mr.. Kerr's. The decision that the COM
mittee have come to in connection with
these accounts is that which has been init
mated in the GLOBE. Two experts-the
present secretary of the committee and
another whom the committee will ask the
Governor to appoint-will be instructed to
prepare balance sheets from the State
auditors vouchers and also from Mr.. Kerr's
books, and these will be compared in the
same way as Mr. Smith has already done for
two years. Upon the result of this the
committee will base their report upon the
financial management of the institution.
The committee have already commenced
their report, beginning at the initiatory visit
TO the asylum and their reception there by
DR.. Bartlett. It deals with the cruelty
charges and the complaints of insuf6ciency
and poorness Of the food supply strictly in
accord with the sworn evidence given on the
subject,
G. T. Browns letter, or rather the letter
concocted by the united brain power of the
ring and their council, which appeared IN the
asylum organ and Bill Kings Minneapolis
paper, the committee laid on one side with
out comment, the twinkle in the eye OF
the chairman and the derisive smile upon
his face being as strong comment as
language could frame; for the letter con
tanned the most tortuous twisting of the
| truth that man v7hc, knew nothing abou
the circumstances only from hearsay coule
perpetrate. The letter, Of course
will influence nothing of the
| report, nor can it explain away
some ugly facts and wide-staring, unyieldine
| figures which will not lie and which canno
be covered by all the sophistry of Strait
the charity of Coer or the ingenious expla
nauions of Kerr. IF those curious voucher
and still more curious books cannot be NOR,
closely reconciled to each other by the ex
perts the committees report is likely t,
make rich reading. The committee will
have an interview with the Governor thi
morning.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-27
We are in receipt of a very handsome It'll

We are in receipt of a very handsome little
pamphlet issued by the well known and de-
servedly popular Boston One Price Clothing
House." The pamphlet gives concise and plain
instructions for self-measurement, and a full
descriptive catalogue of every kind of male
attire. from four year old child's knicker-
booker suit to the most elaborate outfit for
gentleman, with prices ranging from the mar
velously low figure of $3.50 for an entire suit to
$50. With this price list one may suit them
selves to nicely, and suit their pockets too,
and with the self-measurementd directions they
may be certain of perfect fit Every family
in the Northwest should send for one of these
handy little pamphlets, sent post-free by the
Boston One Price Clothing House, 43 East
Third Street, st. Paul.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-27
"Spear, the Halter"

Number ninty-eight East Third street, the ia
nous remodeller and refnisher of soft, silk and
stiff hats, is the busiest man in town. Under
his manipulation old hats become new, soiled.
dingy "stove pipes' are restored to their origi-
nal shape and lustre. Soft and stiff hats are
cleansed and put into fashionable style, retrim-
ed, turned out as good as new, in the most ex-
peditious maj nner, and at small cost His
patrons increase daily and the universal salts
faction expressed by them, is proof that it is
real economy to patronize Spear, the halter y
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-27
Smash the Wnshburn Robber.

Farmers of the Third district: The prin-
cipal men of that wheat ring, organized for
the purpose of preventing free competition,
and thus robbing you, are the Washburns,
one of whom asks you to send him to Con-
gress. On the contrary, Mr.. Donnelly has
for years been trying to get protection to
settlers through the legislature, but has failed
through Republican opposition. Vote for
Donnelly, the farmers friend.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-27
Indian Agents.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26-The President has
appointed Thos. B. Ellis, Of Brooklyn. Indian
agent at Fort Berthold agency D. T.; L. NJ.
Kelly, of Elgin, ILL.,, at Los Penos agency, Col
orado; Jos: A. Stephan, af LaPorte, Ind, at
Standing Rock agency.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-27

The Varieties Theatre, which the present
management has endeavored to keep free from
all Questionable features, is spoken Of by the
police as being conducted in an orderly manner
no disorders drunks or disturbances Of
any kind, have been reported during the new
management. A new company will appear this
evening, with some of the old favorltes. in an
entirely new programme.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-27
A Dull Day.
Hard as flint.

IldTU DIS uI1ICs !.
There's soft side to board, and even a
stove may be cushioned by the moss of age.
Mary Johnson, drunk, staggered against a
soft corner of his honor's heart yester-
day. A woman, she got off with repri-
mand.
Simon Jacobs, living on Seventh street,
stopped over in violation of the city nuisance
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-27
Viii support POehler.
Chatfeld Democrat.1

The Greenbackers in the Second district
met at Mortified on the 18th inst, and
nominated Mr.. Chamberlain for Congress,
who declined the honor. This leaves only
two candidates in the field, Poehler and
Strait, and the Greenbackers will support
Poehler, notwithstanding he is Democrat.