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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-06-19
TRUCK FARMING.
Read Before the Florida Fruit Grow.
ers' Association.
BUFFALO BLUFF. Fla. Jan. 10, rs

BUFFALO BLUFF. Fla Jan II, rs.
.W-. PreS1fesH Below we give
YOU III accordance with yoor request
Il condensed statement OF the legeta-
blcs grown by us for market, on
method Of preparing the land, icrtil-
izing, md times OF planting.
We make specially OF cabbage:
green peas, snap beans. aud early or
mutton corn All of which are matnrc,l,
picked and shipped between tic mid.
die Of February and last OF June,
when the ground occupied by them
is re- Deded and set ia sweet potatoes
which crop comes off i'll lime TO nave
thNsamc land again for our winter
garden. The potato vines shade the
latld from the hot sun during the
summer, and g;ge Us n good coat OF
nistsJhe III ;sFisisgicss, si1as is:ys-estis.a
tie land and giving us two good pay
ing crops within the twelve months,
and keeping down all noxious weeds
CABBAGE.-We plant The drum
head variety SOW the seed in well
manfred beds, in August; water
down well with sprinkler and fire
rose shade with brush or weeds from
the sun until the plants put on the
full leaf keeping the ground cool and
moist, aud sitting, early in the morn
ing, lime and fresh ashes over the
plants to keep off insects
In September we flush up the
ground for the cabbage patch with
good turning plow. cutting the slices
Of land narrow and turning all grass
and weeds well under to rot In DC.
tot,er, we flush the land second
time, blowing across the old lands,
top dress it with one bushei OF salt to
the acre, rake or harrow off clean OF all
grass and weeds, leaving the land clean
and level. The ground is then laid
oft three and n half feet each way with
Il scooter plow or straight shovel; in
the checks thus formed W. drop a
good double and- full Of compost,
made during the preceding spring
aud summer OF muck scattered on the
floor OF the hen house To each cart
load (body we'll filled) OF this We add
rs we haul ;t out for use seventy i've
pounds Of cottonseed, or cotton seed
meal, forkug it over and mixing we'll
together, A hand follows those drop
ping the compost, digging il iii and
incorporating it we'll with the soil
using tined or pronged hoe, and
pressing The back Of the spot thus
prepared. To mark it for the setting
of the plant, which is done as soon as
the ground is well prepared.
Set the plants well down in The
ground, fully up to the leaf stein wa
ter slightly, then draw little fresh
earth around The stem and over the
damp ground toprevcnt evaporation.
In about ten days give them a light
hoeing and draw little dirt to the
plant, and reset all missing places
Cultivate clean and shallow with the
sweep and hoe every two or three
weeks alter, drawing little earth to
the plant with the hoe. When they
begin to show signs Of heading, drop
Il teaspoonful OF salt Immediately in
or over the bed, which helps to make
them form good, firm heads cut and
market as soon as the heads are we'll
formed and hard We plant our cab
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wrsstan for the Florida AcsrouLrunsr.
Florida in Summer.

JACASpNVILLE, JuHS /, 10 o.
It il doubtful if many of the hoalt h
seekers, who come here to spend the
winter ln Florida, nave correct ideas
Ill regard 80 our summers, though
they sill all testify 20 the unequaled
wiuter climate.
There is, in face, No raOre hcaltiful
section in ste United States, either
winter or summer, than the pine lands
OF Florida This has been said again
and again. ard VII, continue 10
be said until Florida j. tilled as
ta. a, it esn hold with people from
all the Northern States seeking a
genial cline and PROSPEROUS homes.
Ar the present Time .tr weather is
decidedly warm, and Size ,Aorth "a
May mas been exceptionally SO this
year, the thermometer reaching 1902,
at times, in the shade. This is as
hot as it usually gets even in July
1 Y ", i i very ssSsiea.a sl,ss4 she ther
frTr-sfieier Shows -se- -<ss,szssy,
of temperature. Days as hot as this
are known in Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York, and even Boston, without
the cooling influences Of our sea
brcezes which blow across the State,
preventing the heat troul giving that
half dead feeling peoaIiar to other
sections Vi the cpap'ry, during the
dog days
Perhaps a ;nw iga'e~ taken from
the annnal report ri liz mortality Of
the cily Vi .JacAsonYili', will be use
fui mere tn prove I'm, Avs,lthsdinees Of
Florida ID ,ummef. 81 coarse the
mortality o; the ''ounlry + not 50
great Is that o, the city lle,e is
the number vt '!eatAs daring the
year 1877
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vines begin to run, aii grass should
he kept ont of the drill BY the hoe
and hand, and the zines viii soon
shade the ground enough TO protect
themselves.
Before digging or potatoes in
the fall We run deep inrsow with
the turning pillow down be' ecu each
bed, chop the potato VINES 9f of the
ridge and draw then, Av down in
the iurrow. Then run around tho
ridge with the pillow, th owing the
dir well over the vines IS the trench
to roi, and you have ~ the same
time your ridges ctlt way for dig
giug the patatoes. Tha potato vine
serves double purpose shades the
ground from the hot sun - the sum
mer, keeps down gFass bud weeds,
and makes good feftiiisers for The
next crop Of regetabifz We plant
two varieties of the k&est potato
the West lndia yam, $ bite potato,
slightly yellow inside, a6d tie Provi.
dence: the last, we think after plant
ing side by side for two ears, much
the best, both as TO QUANTITY OF Weld
and quality as an catife clato
SHIPPING AND PA6tbNo.-Peas
and snap beans should ~, carefully
picked and kept il th0 sgelc, or put
in pile ON the clean iIon Nj well.
ventilated ROOM for I'M hours.
and then packed IN Deg Sand we'll
made crates Shake tll1 ac two or
three times when fiIlin Blown The
vegetables up littIe N the top
edge Of the crate plp ,,ga with
the cover and nail ti0hr Mark on
one end OF the erasA witil 3 good
stencil aud brush yo1r vi address.
and ou the other tie M dress Of the
party to whom you s Gull out
all detective ysgetab before and
whilst packing, hurdle ~ rates with
care, cot good seed eaiiy. ma
aels' ans9 cultivate VI ship 70 8
/ ges good retmnS IW
( We have never shipped single
crate Of vegetables thai has gone TO
hand in bad order, nor ore that has
| not paid Our green peas, the past
season, averaged us s., per crate net,
snap beans s2.25, early corr, 20 cents
per dozen, and cabbage ST per hun
drc,i heads We made good aver
age crop OF vegetables, snd gathered
over two hundred bushels Of pota-
toes from the same plat d. ground.
besides what we had for family use.
Our land, excepting one ACRE OF she'll
land, is poor, gray hammock, bat,
under this cultivation, has improved
every year.
FERTILIzEK5.--Ou mack is dug
in the spring during low tides, and
thrown into square pens holding two
cords each little lime and salt
thrown over il as dug and rolled ont.
From these piles we haul our along
during the spring and summer and
scatter on the floor OF the hen house,
and stable, four or FIVE cart loads in
every month, forking or digging over
that already in the stable, and hen
house each time before the fresh
muck is put in. We keep from
twenty-five to thirty head OF fowls,
and from them the muck gets during
the year some thirty or more cart
loads Of this compost, which tor Our
sandy soil is far better than any
gnano
Hoping the above meets your re-
quest, and that it is Sufficiently clear
and explicit, We are
Respectfully yours.
ID. y. AND G.. r. WHlTE
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These desths were pretty evenly dis
tributed through the year but oc-
CURED mostly in the spring and fsaI
months II deaths were caused by
yellow fever and these occurred in
November and December, during the
epidemic. Is by congestive fever; 2
in July, 1 in September, 5 in Octo-
Der, 6 in November, and in Deem
Der The other deaths from fever
were
Intermittent = in Nov enber.
Remittent 4, in October Snd Novem-
ber Typho-malarial S; / in August,
in November. Neuralgia 10; / in
October, 9 st Ill other seasons of tho
year. Rheumatism 2, in May and
December Asthma l, in February.
These figures show that the heavi-
est mortality is from diseases pecul-
lar to r northern latitude aud it is
reasonable TO infer taat they wero
brought from there, the patients
being too TAR gone, alter their long
journey. to survive even under the
best OF circumstances.
We will assert, without te@r Of
contradiction from those who know,
that most every case Of nnslsriai fever
is brought on through careless ex-
posure, and no one, living on high
pjne lard need eyer he troubled with
Il.
And does any one wrnier now we
can live Comfortably, as ali Florida
people claim ~ do, 10 such heat?
( The woudar would cease ii ne would
spend short time among as, He
would ind cool nights and refreshing
sleep 10 be one oi OK great helps.
N rortJ, c,ly s;S,sls ss;s,:.
| shade of the yersnda or wide sDread.
;,o traa ~. > walk IN III. woods
IT. ..a,,..m. ,to,;o,h.a.3 w..
:, noaa -, +a,. .h@o.,,,. dora,
x.o,,.,h of hora ,.o,d ,roo. NON
salo;.l ,.;.h ,,no.,, ato,o,,, n;,,es 10
80 ,to.n ,7,no.;,<. g.. =, .,'.,an1
~, 49, ,.a,,o. ,,o. 49,,
,:.,. = ,..,.,a' ,,., h.,., Ar
fusc ;o branch and toI;aoe and Iopo
Sn,nish moss There are oaks--live
col water oak hickory and manv
others Red bay MAGNOLIA hav.
hl.cL and sweet gum These ru,ua
''""~ WIZ n
''A'''e "'''. >''''N' NV :" "'- - w"
''''" ".'''' ''"''''' avn
may ''o''"' '''V 49, w,
~ grows up '"'' '''''' ''' "'S'1'' Al"
the OAK ana the leaves are large ana
th'cN' a"d covered Oh tne upper sac,
VITA " hrm' V"rniSh,lke gaze ana
are DARK s'fee"' Inc o'inet sac ~
beautiful ''gnt brown IL ~ " Stflk-
ing tree aI any t'"'e' carrying NS lo"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-06-19

An freshman passing through a
field Of cattle the other day said to n
friend, Whenever you see he' I'd Of
cows all laying down, and one of them
only standing up, the one is sure to
be bull ~
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Religious News and Notes.

Rev. John FL. Hoffman, graduate of Ban
gor Seminary, 1877, was ordained pastor at
Henniker, n. H., 18th inst. Sermon by Rev.
c. A. Stone of HopkiDgton, N. H.. formerly
acting pastor in Brewer Village, 1912.
On Friday Of last week a council of minis
tiers met in Brdgton to examine Rev. Charles
w. Foster as to his eligibility for admission
into the Freewill Baptist denomination. The
examination was satisfactory and the occasion
was one of interest to the goodly number pres
ent.
Rev. G. Leon Walker preached the sermon
before the Vermont Convention of Congrega-
tional churches, June II, in Rutland. His
father, Rev. Charles Walker, was a former
pastor Rev. e. Y. Hincks is reported as
officiating in the observance of the Lords
Supper in the convention.
The Congregational meeting house in Albany
was dedicated the 14.h inst. Exercises: Invo
cation by Rev. Mr.. Mills of Bethel; reading
scriptures and hymn by the pastor, Rev. G. H.
Bird; prayer by Rev. N. Lincoln of No. Bridg.
ton; sermon by the pastor; dedicatory prayer
by Rev. Mr.. Mills of Bethel. A letter ad
dressed to the church by former pastor, Rev
e. P. Chittenden, was read by Rev. IL. 81
| Osgood of Waterville. Reading hymn anc
| benedcton by Rev. DIR. Garland of Bethel.
Rev. E. A. Rand, formerly principal of thu
| Biddeford High School, who was settled TO
several years as pastor Of the Congregations
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The Lady Lyons.

The Boston combination played "The Lady
of Lyons to a small audience at the Museum
last evening, with Mr.. Charles Barron az
"Claude" and Mrs. Barry as "Pauline." The
presentation was disappointment. Mr.. Bar
ron was STACEY and affected throughout, and
there was not bit of genuine sentiment in his
acting. His mannersms have become confirm.
ed. Qliet and natural in the scenes where no
stormy display of emotion is called for. he utter
~ fails to convey the impetuous, passionate
young Frenchman whom Bulwer portrayed.
Iodeed his acting was slovenly. Mrs. Barry
was tender and passionate pauline" but
the lack of adequate support seriously interfered
with the representation and spoiled some Of her
best scsnes-as, for ex ample in the second act,
where she forbds "Claude" to touch her. AS
"Claude" did not show the slightest inclination
to come near her the defiance took on the ap-
pearance Of an invitation. The other parts,
with the exception of the "Widow Melnotte,"
" nfun Was wen InterpreJeu ny MIS-. remover,
were but ordinarily done.
Mr.. Grimmer led the orchestra, and conduct
ed it with the tack and skill we have learned
to expect from him. Hereafter he will have it
in charge.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
PORTLAND &WORCESTER LINl
Portland 6 Rochester II. II
JULY 4, 1878. d
JULY 4, 1878.

- Trains will run as follows
e assss Strand a. s.a Sunk u. u peg 2,
Leave Prebe st. Station at 7.4O a. m LIP and 6.15
1850 A. M. Accommodation for Worcester, wi
through car for Boston via Nashua and Lowe
Arrives at Rochester at $50 q. m., tconnet
ing with Eastern and Boston s. Maine Ra
rOade.) at Nashua 11.47 a. M, Lowe
IBIS p. NJ, Boston LIS p. M, Aver Jun
tiOss 1910 p. M, Eitchburg LIS p. M, al
Worcester at 2:10 p. m, connecting vii
trains south and West
Cd Il. We steamboat express with Drawn
Room Car attached, through TO New Lon
don without change and through Ca
for Lowell aud Boston. Connects 4
Rochester for Dover and Great Fall
at Eppinx for Manchester and Cor
cord at Nashua for Lowell an
Boston, at Aver .uunction for Fitch
burg and the West via aaeosRs Tunnt
Line, at Worcester with Boston 8 Alban
Railroad for New York, at Putnam wit
"Boston g Philadelphia Express Line" K
philadelphia, Baltimore and wash
Ingten, at New Lcn Sisn w With b N S
River New Work, at 800 a. m.
CHS ID. m.-From Preble Street. Mixed for ROeh
ester and Way Stations.
Trains leave Rochester at 100, HOO a. M. DRAWN
Room Car attached, and $50 p m arriving il
Portland at 9.35 a. m. LIS and 11.0O p. m.
Close connections made at Wesrbrook Jnncsicl
with through trains of Me. Central r. r., and 8
Grand Trunk Depot, Portland, with throug
trains of Grand Trunk r. r.
SUNDAY TRAINS-Leave Prebe Street Sta
ton at 200 r. Nh, arriving at Rochester
400 o. m. and at Worcester 7,25 p. M. connect
ing with Boston g. Albany R. r, for New Yor
and the West Leave Worcester at 90 a. m
Rochester 1890 and arriving at Preble Stree
1920 p. m.
je2adtf j. LUNT. supt.
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The graduating exercises of the Cape
Elijah til High school occurred at the High
school building yesterday at o'clock p. m.
Long before the hour announced for the OPEN
ing of the exercises the large school room was
filled to overhowing-father, mother, sister
and brother all seemed to be there. The
programme as published in the PRESS yester-
day was carried out successfully and to the
apparent satisfaction of the audience.
Excellent music was furnished by Chand-
ler's orchestra, and by Mrs. G. K. Halves.
The school room was tastefully trimmed and
decorated. Several Of the young ladies of the
graduating class received beautiful bouquets
after the reading of their essays.
At the conclusion of the literary exercises
the members of the class thirteen in number
received their diplomas at the hands of Rev.
Mr.. Harlow of the School committee, who
made interesting and appropriate remarks
The graduating class is evidently good one
and its appearance reflected credit on the
school and on the community.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-29

EXCURSION OF THE MAINE PREss.-The COM
mittee of the Maine Press Association have
completed their arrangements for pleasant
excursion to Quebec. The party will leave
Portland, Wednesday, July 10, at 2.45 P. NJ,
via Portland & Ogdensburg r. R., for the
White Mountains, spending the night at the
Sinclair House, Bethlehem, N. H.. one of the
lovelest spots in the mountains, and remaining
long enough for the party to visit and enjoy
some of the grand and beautiful scenery in the
vicinity. On Thursday, 18th, at noon. the par
ty will take the cars at Bethlehem station, over
the Boston, Concord & Montreal R. r., to
Groveton, VT, thence by the Grand Trunk, to
Quebec, reaching that city at o'clock A. M,
Friday, 18th, and embarking on the steamer,
leave Immediately for the trip down the ST.
Lawrence and up the Saguenay rivers. This
excursion to the Saguenay will occupy two
days, the party reaching Quebec on their re-
turn, Sunday morning, 14tb, and spending two
or three days in that quaint old city, visiting
the falls Of Montmorenci and other objects of
interest in the vicinity The return will be
made over the Grand Trunk, leaving Quebec
on Monday or Tuesday evening, and reaching
Portland on the following day in season for the
excursionists residing east to take the afternoon
trains for home.
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THROUGH TO CHIcAGo.-On Monday next
the regular passenger trains will be put on
between this city and Chicago via the Ogdens-
burg road. The regular passenger train for
Chicago will leave Portland at 8 35 p. M,
arriving at Fabyan's at 9.45 p m. Here
sleeping Car will be attached and passengers
will arrive at st. Adams, VT, in time for
breakfast Thence the route will continue via
the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain road,
Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg to SYRIA
cuse. dini0g at Watertown, and taking tea at
Syracuse at o. m. Thence the route will bs
continued via the New York Central and its
connections, via Buff alo. Suspension Bridge.
and Detroit to Chicago, arriving in the latter
city the afternoon Of the second day. A party
of railroad men and their guests will make
the first trip over the new line by Mondays
tr ain.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-29

RICHMOND, June %.
As result of cultivation we were shown a
strawberry yesterday, raised by Mr.. Geo. NJ
Hagar, that measured five inches in circum-
ference. Pretty fair size, we thought
VIM. B. Lewis of Perkins has winter rye
over seven feet high. Green peas, raised in
Dresden, have been in the market nearly q
week. 1t has always been considered pretty
smart thing to raise peas here fer Fourth of
July dinner.
Fish Warden w. c. Palmer Of Gardiner has
been overhauling the fishermen about here for
violating the fish laws.
Wednesday evening the following were
elected officers of Richmond Lodge, No. Sc,
/. 0. o. f.:
N. GIL. G. Reed.
Y. CT j. Bouker.
Secretary-S. r. Allen.
Treasurer-M. e. Spaulding. PEN.
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District Court of the United States for
the District of Maine.
I'm BANKRUPTCY.

I'm the matter of NJ. s. Gibson & Co., Bankrupt
L against whom Petition was filed in Cour
MAY 81, A. D. 1878.
DISTRICT OF MAINE, IS:
A Warrant in Bankruptcy has been issued by sal
Court, against the Estate Of Montgomery S. Gibsc
and George Waterhouse of Portland, of the Count
of Cumberland, and State of Maine, in said District
they have been duly adjudged Bankrupts, individl
ally and as members Of the firm Of M. S: Gibson (
Co., upon Petition of their creditors and the pa,
ment Of any Debts and the delivery Of any propert
belonging to said Bankrupts to them to their us
and the transfer of any property by them, are fo
Bankrupts to prove their debts, and choose one
more Assignees of their Estate, will be held at
Court of Bankruptcy, to be be holden at Portland.
A, D. 1873 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ at the office of JAM
D. Fessenden, one of the Registers in Bankruptcy
said District Is. D. MUkkAY,
ie20 d1aw2wS
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-29

New EXPRESS ARRANGEMENT 1t will be
seen by the notice 10 another
column that under an arrangement just per-
fected with the Adams Express all packages
forwarded by the Eastern Express after the
first of July from Portland to New York as
late as H. Is p. 10. will be delivered in New
York the following morning, and ell packages
forwarded by Adams Express from New York
as late as p. N. will be delivered in Portland
at l 30 D. N. the following day.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-29

CONCERT BY THE PERHAM JUVENILE Tenn
PLE.-This popular organization, numbering
over 600 children, will give another one of
their pleasing temperance concerts at Congress
Hall tomorrow Sunday evening at "a o'clock
The programme for this occasion is varied and
and attractive, and will consist Of singing.
dialogues, declarations and exercises by the
children, interspersed with brief addresses
from Hon Thomas Tasb, superintendent of
public schools, James e. Haseltine, Horatio
Staples and others. To assist the organiza-
ton in its work, the usual admittance OF ten
cents for adults and five cents for children
will be taken at the door.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-29

APoTHECARIEs' MEETING. - The monthly
meeting of the County Pharmaceutical Society
was held last evening. There was large at
tendance and much interest manifested in the
society 1.-THE report of the Elixir Committee was
read and discussed. 1t was voted to present the
formulas and samples before the Cumber-
land County Medical Society. A very interest,"
ing discussion took place. The convention of
Maine druggists was discussed and prepara-
lions m ,de to make it big success.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-29

STEALING A YAcHT.-Sometime Thursday
Eight some one stole the yacht Twilight from
its moorings. Seth Sterling and Mr.. Charlton,
the owner, took the steam water-boat yesterday
morning and went in pursuit. They discovered
the yacht just in time to save her from strik-
ON Ram Island ledge. She had been abandon
ed with all sails set, and the robber probably
fading the wind too light to make Roadway,
had taken to his boat, gained the Cape and
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-29

ELECTION OF OFFIcERs.-At meeting of
Ligonia Lodge of Odd Fellows, held last even
ing, the following officers were elected:
Noble Grand-W. d. Hatch.
Vice Grand-L. S. Sanborn.
Secretary-Charles Paine.
Treasurer-Charles 81. Fessendeu.
At a meeting of Pine Tree Lodge, Knights of
PSthias, held last evening, the following Off
GERS were elected:
G. c., Freeman T. Merrill.
V. G, Joshua Davis.
Prelate, Chas. al. Kimball.
NJ A., James A. Conley
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-29
SIXTY FIRST ANNIvERsARY.-The sixty-frst
oE fho Calh i

SIXTY FIRST ANNIvERsARY.-The sixty first
anniversary of the First Baptist Sabbath
School will be observed tomorrow evening.
The pastor will preach sermon to the children
in the afternoon. The following is the pro-
gramme for the services in the evening:
Invocation Hymn-Quartette
Prayer.
Chorus of Praise.
Scripture Reading.
Solo-W. S. Beckett.
Scripture Selections, Responsive.
Hymn.
Reports of officers.
QuaTtette
Collection.
Children's Exercise:
/. Solo,. Little Builders,-3. Chorus.
Superintendent Report.
Anthem-O Praise the Mighty God.
Address.
Solo.
Address.
Closing Hymn-One by One.
Benediction.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-29

QUERIEs.-As there has been more or less
talk for some time past in regard to mad dogs,
why are the dogs of this city allowed to go at
large unmuzzled? 1t seems to me that an
ordinance should be at once made and enforced
to that effect
Who is she? What credentials has she?
We would all like to know. We mean that
rather fine looking woman, who is going to
every house and asking for one dime to build
an asylum for the insane.