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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-25


OUR METHoDlsM.- -Methodism can be
operated successfully only on high religi-
Gus principles. On tine level of carnal
motives the strain becomes too grent; it
breaks down. The bond of cohesion
among Methodsts is a true spiritual life
Let this life depart, and it falls to pieces.
This has been known and often said before.
but it is well to repeat it now. The times
are stringent. and therefore favorable to
selt>hness and narrowness. Competition
is sharp, and easily runs into rivalry and
antagonism, even among brethren. Now.
it is happily true that the demand for per-
pciual surrender of personal preference
and aims ruins through our whole system
of Episcopal Methodism; so that we are
providentially shut up TO the necessity of
living right. We die if we do not. This
law of Methodistic organic life can not be
evaded Individuals who come under it
are eliminated from the ranks. Brilliant
and strong men have left our ministry be.
cause the system was too exacting for
them. The true men who remain and
work have renewal of their credentials
us consecrated men ut every annual con-
ference. They are men who patiently.
joyfuly subordinate self to sacred princi-
pie and holy cause. The test for the in
telligent, active, and liberal layman is
scarcely less exacting. He, too, is com.
PEELED to waive personal preference, and
to look beyong merely local interests. II
carnal motives enter into his religious as.
sociations and activities, if he prizes his
church and his worship merely as means
of promoting his own intellectual or soeia
enjoyment and aesthetic qualification, he
will be likely to seek and find what he
wants elsewhere. 1t is only the large
hearted, the spiritually y-mintled,t the public
spirited, in the high religious sense OF the
world. that can feel Mt home and worl
with ease and comfort in Methodist har
ness. No one, we trust, will think tina
we are invdious in making these remarks
We are not saying that all the self-sacri
fee and Christian public spirit are to b,
found in the Methodist church. God for
bid that we should exhibit such bigotr,
and folly! Our object is simply to remini
all concerned, to repeat the opening sen
tence of this article, that our Methodisn
can be operated successfully, only on hig
religious principles. If our ecclesiastca
machinery creaks and grinds little jus
now, may it not be more owing to tn,
lack of Iubricating oil than to misadinst
,nent OF it's several partsP-Norther
Christian AdUocdte.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-25

ANECDOTE OF DANIEL WEBsTER.-In
the somewhat famous case of Bogden's
will. which was tried in the Supreme
Court some years ago. Mr.. Webster ap-
pelred as council for the appellant. Mrs.
Greenough, widow of the Rev. VIM.
Grepnough-late of Weston-a tall, straight
queenlv woman. with keen. black eye
u woman of great self-possession and
keenness of character, was called 10 the
stand as a witness on the opposite side.
Mr.. Webster, at a glance, had the sagaci-
ty to furesee that her testimony. if it con-
tained anything of Importance, would have
great weight with the jury. He therefore
resolved, if possible. to break her up, and
when she answered to the first question
put to her " believe" Mr.. Webster roared
out:
" We don't want to know what you be-
lieve. We want to hear what you know"
Mrs. Greenough replied That's just
what WAS about to say sir" and went on
with her testimony.
And Notwithstanding his repeated efforts
to diSconcert her. she pursued the even
tenor of her way, till Webster, quite fear
fu for the result, arose apparently in great
agitation. and drawing out his large snuff
box, thrust his fingers to the very bottom
and carrying The deep pinch to both nos
lris, drew it up with guNto; and then,
extracting from his pocket very large
handkerchief, he blew his nose with re-
port that rang through the hall, and
asked:
Mrs. Greenough, was Mrs. Bogden a
neat wonian?"
Mrs G. u cannot give you full infor-
nation as to that, sir; she had one very
dirty trick"
What was that ma amp"
d" She took snuff"
The roar in the court house was such
that the defender of the constitution subsid-
ed, and neither rose nor spoke again till
Mrs. Greenough had vacated her chair for
another witness. having ample time 10 re-
fleet on the inglorious fate of the man who
had stone thrown on his head by a
woman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-25

WROUGHT AND CAST IRoN.-To dis
tinguish wrought and cast iron for steel,
produce bright surface by polishing or
illing, and apply a drop Of nitric acid,
which should be allowed to remain there
for one or two minutes; then wash off
with water, and the spot will look pale
gray on wrought iron, brownish black
on steel, a deep black on cast iron. 1t
is the carbon present in various proper
tions which produces the different ap-
pearance.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-25

Seth Green says that fish can't hear, and
are not alarmed by noises. This will ex-
plain why. when you see four millions Of
fish darting at musty loaf of bread some
boatman have thrown into the river, and
YOU heave stone in the water twenty feet
from them. each individual fish will give
its tail fiirt and disappear rs quick as s
wink.-NorTistoiC Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-25

The most unhappy of all men Is the
man who cannot tell what he is going to
do, that has got no work cut out for him
in the world. and does not go into any.
For work is the grand cure of all the
malades and miseries that ever beset man.
kind-honcst work which you intend get.
ting done.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-25

as the loftiest ideal standard in its sphere
The true advantage in counting one per-
son an audience is. that thereby the needs
of many persons are met specifically. and
the highest at,ainahle standard of taste and
power is striven after, If not actually
reached.-iS. s. Times.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-09-25

The HoME.-True society begins at
home. When two young people love each
other and marry. they restore the picture
of the apostolic church. They are of one
heart and one soul. Neither do they say
that anything they possess is their own,
but they have all things in common
Their mutual trust in each other, their en-.
tire confidence in each other, draws out all
lhat'is best in both. Love is the angel who
rolls away the stone from the grave in
which we bury our better nature and il
comes forth. Love makes all things new
n new Heaven and new earth; makes al
cares light, all pain easy. 1t is the one
enrhantment of human life which realizes
Fortunio's purse and Alladin's palace, and
turns the "Arabian Nights " into mere
prose in comparison.
Think how this old story of love is re.
peated forever in all the novels and 70.
mnnces and poems, and how we never
tire of reading about it; and how, if there
is 10 be a wedding in a church, all man
kind 60, just to have one look at two
persons who are supposed, at least, to be
in love. and so supremely happy. Bu
this, also. is not perfect society. 1t is toe
narrow, too conclusive. 1t shows the pow
Ell of devotion, trust, self-surrender, thai
there is in the human heart; and it is also
prophesy of something larger that is tC
come. But it is at least home, and be-
fore real society can come, true homt
must come. AS in a sheltered nook in thf
midst of great sea of ice which rolls
down from the summit of Mont Blanc. is
found little green spot full of tender
flowers, so, in the shelter of home, spl ing
up the pure affection Of parent and child
father, mother, son. daughter; of brother:
and sisters. Whatever makes this inse
cure, and divorce frequent, makes mar
riage not II union for life. but IN expert
ment which may he tried as often as We
choose, and abandoned when we like. Ant
this cuts up by the roots all the dear affec
tions of home; leaves children orphaned
destroys fatherly and m"therly love, ant
is IL virtual dissolution of society.
| know the great difficulty of this ques
tion, and how much wisdom is required tt
solve them. But whatever weakens the
permanency of marriage tends to dissolv,
society; for permanent homes are to th'
social state what the little cells are to tn,
body. They are the commencement O
organic lite, the centers from which al
organization proceeds.-Rev James Free
nun Clarke.
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residing here; and there is hardly a
subject which requires calculation,
but there win be found some one
able to dot. Weshall be glad to hear
from those who formerly contribut-
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"a incubRr can never nra
PinabMpnle CROWNS.

The cultiystion Of Pine Apples IN
South Florida, promises to be one OF
our staple products and one that VIII
turn out highly remuneratlve. IL IS
therefore, our intention to CLEAN all
the information we can get on the
different varieties, when grown, and
the msthOsAof cultivating, and pub
blish them from time to time. we
fear that some very inferior varieties
have been Introduced here under ficti-
tious namG and that our agricultu-
rist will BE- much disappointed at the
results when they come to bearing.
In a'produtt of this kind it is 70 our
Interest to seek for and cultivate only
the best, as the expence of fertiliziDg
and protecting is the same in any
case, while the difference in the prices
is great. In our next number we
will have something more to say on
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/ Banana Hill.
IEEsRuRG. FLORIDl

,
EDITOR AGRICULTURIST:- Having
business to transact in Florida, / left
South Carolina about the last of Sept
AS my route lay through Ocala, in
Marion Co., / improved the oppor-
tunit;' Of calling upon my old friend
Mr.. Al u. Eichelberger, South Car
Gilman BY birth, but now thoroughly
devoted to the State of his adoption.
1 knew something of friend Eichel-
berger's energy and perseverance,
backed by sanguine temperament
that never allows him to be daunted
by difficulties; but was unprepared
to see the amount of labor which he
has accomplished, and to witness his
merited success.
The home place, Banana Hill, and
another place near town, are the only
ones that visited, although Mr.. E.
has seyetM fine orange groves on the
With copchee river, in Sumter Co.
Ra,asas y consist of forty.five acres
sr-z.---s'..,-s.s.as
is under thorough cultivation. Here
one cap see great variety of the
fruits and vegetables of two zones,
| growing with luxurience almost
rivaling that of their native climate
and soils. AS you approach the place,
your attentions arrested by the broad
banana leaves that gently sway and
nod in the breeze, as though beckon-
ing you to partake of the hospitality
which you are sure to receive from
the proprietor and his family. Then
your eyes are delighted with the rich
green Of the orange, until finally they
wander to the vineyard at the east of
the house.
found Mr.. Eichelberger in the
midst of wine making, but not too
busy to give me hearty welcome
and to conduct me over the place.
AS the present centre of interest lay
in the vineyard, we first visited that.
The grapes from which he was max
ing wine, are of the Flowers variety,
and this Mr.. Eichelberger prefers to
all others, for wine. The vines ex-
tend year by year, and their produce
is enormous. As we walked through
the arbor l thought that l had never
seen vines so loaded with fruit. On
this place there are fourteen acres of
the Flowers and Scuppernong varie-
ties Since my visit Mr. E. has writ
ten me that he had made last year,
from three acres of Flowers vines,
over $4,000 four-thousand gallons of
wine, which he values at 5000. AS
an experiment, he made before
eleven barrels With additional ex-
perience and facilities for making,
Mr.. E. believes that he will produce
superior article this year, and this
seems to be the belief of gentlemen
who have visited the most celebrated
vineyards Of Europe. He has, also,
one acre of bunch grapes, many va
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their subscription would have ex-
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includes those who were on the sub
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stoppage, Oct. 18th, 1877, as we
are ignorant Of subsequent tarns-
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paper a reliable organ for those seek
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with the intention of making it their
future home. Our correspondents
cannot, therefore, be too cautious in
setting forth only facts, for the State
has been seriously injured by over
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a good deal of dissatisfaction, and
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are numerous inducements calcula-
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should be made known and this can
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THE FIOPTR, AGRICTLTURfSf' Ina sa17 PEA 7I4

rieties of which he thinks viii do well
here. In three years his whole vine
yard will be in full bearing Should
his expectations be realized, what a
princely income will be enjoyed from
this soucre alonel Besides'the vine
yard he has twenty acres planted dur
ing the year, one and half miles
from Ocala, which he christens MS
Johnishberger vineyard, and which
he will increase to fifty acres this fall
These are on high, rich, rolling ham
mock lands The soil consists of veg
etable mold mixed with..lime and red
sandstone rock, underlayed with mari
rich in phosphates. Mr. r. believes
itsis the soil that makes the rich and
generous wine
At Banana Hill the ounce does
well. A large orchard Of peach trees
bore a heavy crop. Pears and apples
grated upon the hawthorn have done
remarkably well, especially the early
apple. An acre of strawberries pro-
duce large crop Of delicious fruit.
Mr. E. prefers the Nunan to all 9th
ers. The large banana grove which
give this place name, are, perhaps,
as interesting to stranger from more
northern states, as any thing he would
see With their huge leaves, their
great punches of delicious fruit, their
luxurient, tropical, and withall grace
full appearance, they are vision to
delight lover of Che beautiful
These groves are producing many
hundred punches of fruit.
The orange trees do not appear to
have been materially damaged by the
frost of last winter; and especially is
this true of his forest grove Of 1900
trees which suffered no injure what
ever. Mr.. Eichelberger thinks that
he will have 1900 orange trees in
bearing next year, which win yield
100000 oranges. He has a nursery
of over 100000 trees,-sweet seed
lings, and sour seedlings budded.-
He prefers the sweet seedlings select
ed from choice young seedlings trees.
Sour seedlings two or three years old,
he buds near the ground, with the
top bent down and pinned to the
ground His theory is this All
/ plants receive their carbon through
Che leaves ana stems rom enc amos
phere. If the top is cut off when
the bud takes, the bud is deprived Of
the carbon that is necessary to the
growth of the plant. BY topping the
tree after the bud takes, you also de-
stroy the numerous little fibrous
roots that supply the plant food to
every part of the plant, when, if the
top were bent down the ferrous roots
remain to perform their proper funct-
ions, and furnish food to the sweet
bud when it commences growth. He
believes that tree thus treated will
bear two years earlier than if cut off.
Mr.. E. thinks that the first step to
success in frui. culture, is in securing
rich land that will support a man and
his family while the trees are growing
At Banana Hill / met Mr.. John
Eliasson, an industrious Sweed who
has been with the proprietor for six
years. He has bought twenty acres
of land adjoining Mr.. Eichelberger's
new vineyard, which he has planted
in fruits. Two other Sweeds have
lately joined him, and Mr.. E. hopes
that this will be the nucleus of a large
Swedish colony.
SOUTH CARoLINIAN.
|
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less is Acture the starch, we could
ipSR Es17 l,e vast quantities Of an article
|NalwSNA saleable. tits much superior
to VI. Know used in cloth manufac-
turtles stifening purposes. We
were info med that manufacturer in
Massach1 setts had offered to buy
thousands of pounds of it, at a good
price, he\was so pleased with sam
pie sent him from this State. Even
as a pig fattener we cannot plant
anything SO easily cultivated, and
gathered when ripe, as the cassava.
1t possesses in high degree the
qualities for making pork, and much
more so than chufas, peanuts or corn.
The culture need not be confined to
Florida alone, the cassava will grow
in most Of the Southern States.
DIR. Mason will give a more ex
tensive treaties on the Starches of
Florida, for the next meeting of the
"Fruit Growers Association, it be-
ing subject to which he has paid
much attention, we will be glad to
get all the information possible about
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Salutatory.

We make our appearance before
the public in our old form, but under
new management. Since the stop
page OF the old "Florida Agricultu-
yist." the want Of paper devoted to
the agricultural interests of the State
has been much felt, not only by the
old, but by the new settlers, who re-
quire an organ in which they can
seek instruction and exchange ideas.
To meet this want the present paper
has been started. We have used
the old name as it more fully signi-
fies the object of our enterprise, and
as there was no prospect of the old
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-
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THE SEM1-TRop1cAL MAGAZINE

THE SEMI-TRoPICAL MAGAZINE.
The April number of this excellent
publication is now out. The maya
ziue is credit to the State and should
receive solid support from those in
terested in our developments Stran-
gers judge favorably of our i'm
provement when they see works like
this emanting here.
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The value of CasSaVa.

DIR. Mason's article on Cassava we
s sllGags will open the eyes Of our agri-
leavieii wy, he value of that pro-
s are pluck .eantrol Factories.
grow again s. ~ .s.ss;ls.s. :, 4. =
.ess is dctura tho starch NO o4,,fd