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Maj. Owen is succeeding in growing q
6ne crop of Para grass on high pine land.
-Messrs. Harsha Moon d Hull are max
ing improvements on their homesteads.
east of Lake Leila.
We have been shown several orange
trees, around the premises of old settlers,
that bore fruit seven years from the seed.
The lumber furnished by c. Mekeel
&, Co, is of the best quality; as they ship
none out of the State. their best lumber is
10 be had at the mills.
Judge Prevatt's place is becoming
quite - show place" He has had an
abundance of figs and peaches this season,
and his orange trees are loaded with fruit
Mrs. Leet and Miss Dean spent very
pleasant day at Ruben MaTsh's. last Satur-
day. Mr.. Marsh kindly presented them
with very large and fine watermelon, Of
which We had large share.
Mr.. Nelson Hosford will shortly remove
10 DeI.and wharf. and look after the ship
ping business, and go into bee raising. He
viii keep horse and wagon for the ac-
commodation of visitors. at reasonable
rates.
DIR. Bracy, in his grove near the land
ing. has lemon tree, the fruit of which is
Of a very fine favor, is of a bright color,
aud medium size. The tree is large and.
yithstood the severe cold of the past two
winters.
Mr.. J. B. Thompson. Of Jacksonville,
has been visiting. us for the past two days
He had with him variety of tropical
fruits, many of which he sold. Mr.. Thomp-
son advertises in our paper. to ill all orders
left at Capt. Jordan's store. He left speci-
mems of the red Spanish and sugar loaf va
rieties Of pine apple plants. He iso native
Of the Bahamas. and has facilities for pro-
curing plants direct.
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Political Convention.

n meeting of the voters Of the
Democratic party, of Volusia county,
was held at Enterprise July Goth, for
the purpose Of sending delegates to
the convention to be held at alatka
on the 25 inst, for the purpose of
nominating a candidate for Congress
from the 2nd Congressional District
of Florida
+. J. LaPenotiere, Sec. of the
Democratic Executive Committee,
called The meeting to order.
c. Codrington. of DeLand, was
elected chairman, and f. J. LaPen-
otiere secretary.
The committee on credentials re-
ported nine Of the sixteen voting
precincts, into which the county is
divided, as being represented.
The following gentleman were
chosen as delegates, (Volusia county
being entitled to five, she having cast
474 votes for candidate for Congress
at the last electlon.) G. P. Healy,
Dis. No. c; W. S. Norwood, Dis.
No. II; Charles Dougherty, Dis.
No. 8; John Sauls, Dis. No. l;
A. J.. jerks, Dis. No. IA, with J. w.
Sans of New Smyrna as alternate.
A motion for holding the next con-
vention at New Smyrna was voted
down.
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ing, OF course, my first destination.
My inquiries there revealed the fact
that there were four or five VILLAGES
by the name of Belair within a short
distance from the gay city. 1 ac-
cPrdingly set out for some place to
the south from the fact that in that
direction the nearest Belair lay. but
no Countess de Lima was known.
Then went out in another direction.
to the west, and found miserable
place, but 30 fair Countess. Anoth-
er effort in another direction was al
80 1rultless. then began to enquire
at the market places among the fat
Old women who looked as if thew
should know all about fowls, but
could hear nothing of my fair quest,
Having left Mr.. Wright's book in the
country, I hunted up another, fortu-
-nately finding what / required at
Gayhanies', and there in foot note,
found the address of Gayot's publish
-ers, and calling on them obtained
the address of NJ. Gayot, who lived
somewhere in the environs of Paris,
and after travelling about in cab for
half a day or more, aud mounting
tour flights of stairs, mot in the cab,)
came on the den of the chicken biog-
rapher, Gayot, and after explaining to
him my Grand, and desire for the adj
dress Of his countess, I was with
much politeness informed that the
whole was a fancy sketch, a romance.
You can imagine how amiable 1 felt
toward the polite Frenchman.
am inclined to think that the
London Former is difiusing through
it's own, yours, and the pages of 9TH
er useful papers, romance on incu-
baton, as great as the Countess de
Lina's great poultry raising estab-
iishment.
intended to keep this big "sell"to
myself, but the sight of the name Ga
yot, so exasperates me that 1 can keep
the thing no longer, so publish it as
a warning to believers in chicken
books. Yours,
VICToR.
--,--EsntsrrEise,- Fla, July 18th, 1875.
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F1Oridiana.
Geographical Divisions of Florida.

The Florida Immigrant divides the State
into four divisions, for the purpose of con-
venienee in locating counties aud describ-
ing different sections. These divisions have
been generally adopted. and are as follows:
EASTERN FLoRIDA-Is composed of the
counties of Suwannee, Columbia Alachua,
Levy, Baker, Nassau, Duval, Bradford,
Clay, st. Johns, Putnam and Marion.
WEST FLORIpA--Is composed of the coun-
ties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Washington,
Walton, Holmes. Jackson and Calhoun.
MIDDLE FLORpA-Is composed of the
counties of Gadsden, Liberty, Franklin,
Leon, Wakulla. jefferson, Madison, Taylor,
Lafayette and Hamilton.
SOUTH FLoRmA-Is composed of the
counties of fernando, Sumter. Orange
VOlusia. Brevard, Polk, Hillsborough. Man
atee, Monroe and Dade
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NO change OF cars between Savannah aud
Jacksonville and Savannah and Albany.
Sleeping cars run through to and from
Savannah and Albany.
Passengers from Savannah for Fernan-
dina, Gainesville and Cedar Keys take this
train.
Passengers leaving Macon at Z 30 a nj.
daily except Sunday, connect at ,Jesup
with this train for Florida.
Passengers from Florida by this train
connect at JeSup with train arriving ir.
Macon at ~ p III, daily except Sunday.
Passengers from Savannah for Bruins
wick and Darien take this train, arriving
at Brunswick 6 Is IN.
Passengers from Brunswick arrive at.
Savannah s 40 m.
No change of cars between Montgomery
and Jacksonville.
Pullman Palace sleeping cars run
through to and from Savannah and jack
sonville; also through sleepers between
Montgomery, Ala, and Jackson vile, Fla.
Connect at Albany with passenger trains
both ways on Southwestern Railroad to
aud from Macon, Eufaula Montgomery.
Mobile New Orleans, etc.
Mail steamer leaves cambridge for Apa-
lachicOla every Monday at 90 III.
Close connection at Jacksonville daily.
Sundays excepted, for Green Cove Springs.
st. Augustine, Palatl1a, Enterprise, DeI4and
and all landings on the st. Johns River.
Trains on b. and A. X. II. Leave june
tiOD, going west, Monday, wednesday, and
Friday at II IA a IN, and for Brunswick
Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 4:40pm
ACCOMMODATION TRAINs-EASTERN
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Inquiry about GuavaS.

Editor Florida -4gric4zmist.,
Can you inform us whether the
Californian and Central American
guayas, mentioned in r. r. Ms. let
ter from Cal, are different from those
grownin Cuba ? In addition to these
varieties we have one called the
strawberry guava, imported by Bliss
S Goa small fruit of fine flavor
productive, with thick, smooth leaves
quite unlike ours and the Cuba.
Yours, J. ID. MITCHELL.
Daytona, July, 1878.
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Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.
General superintendent Office,
Atlantic 81 Gulf Railroad,
SAVANNAH, May 5th, 1873.

IN AND AFTER SUNDAY, May
~ 9Th, Passenger Train on this road will
run as follows:
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GOODS DEIIvRRRD free of charge, for all
sums of five dollars and upwards, hay and
grain excepted.
Friday is the day of delivery. Orders
must be handed in early in the week.
J. B. JORDAN,
DeLand, Fla.
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TRopUALFRuIIs.

All orders for Tropical Fruit Plants. left
at Capt. Jordan's store. DeLand, viii be
promptly flled by the Undersigned, at very
reasonable prices.
j. BENZ. THOMPSON,
II 81 10 Jacksonville, Fla.
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STATE UNITY.

We do not know that the pages
Of this paper, read in all parts of
the State, and free from all local
influence and partlZan bias, can be
better employed than in the great
object of u~nifying its feelings and
concentrating its purposes a work
hat is to be done by showing the
impollcy rs we'll as the shallowness
of those sectional hostilities which
divide North Carolina into as many
opposing communities as there are
points of the compass.
The political unity Of the State is
defined, and is Interchangeable and in
dlssoluble. Its relation to her sister
States are fixed by metes and bounds
which admit of no change. AS
one Of the great confederation which
90 to make up the American Union,
she must stand until the final dissO-
luton OF hat union in the full in
tegrlty OF her present territory,
without increase or diminution.
The West has been cemented to the
East by ties so strong as to make
the erection of another Frankland
an improbability !; whilst the East,
the original seat of settlement, has
that pride in the name of North
Carolina which will forbid any
severance of any portion of tina,
section and the State must stand
unchanged in its territorial extern.
sion with the duty imposed upor
her of fulfilling her destiny to til.
extent of the grand capacities Will
which a munifcent Providence ha.
endowed hel.
Yet, with the full knowledge tina
no part of the world is so rich il
the conjunction of all the element
which make up the wealth, tn
prosperity and the happiness of
people, there is nowhere to b
found a people who affect to fee
themselves so unhappily mated, un
equally joked, and bound togethe
by a political chain which gals lik
. the letters of slavery. Every sec
! ton seems to be impelled by a kin
OF centrifugal force to fly off to it
e most attractive neighbor, or to al
tach itself by social and commercis
ties to those adjacent sections t
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terest to our order. Masters and
Secrctarv's Of subordinate oranges
will have thi, announcement read
before their respective oranges.
Trusting that each of You will and
in extending the circulation Of our
organ and III building 1t up.
| am, fraternally.
5. 3. ALEXANDER,
Mister Y. G. State Grange.
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Va,ion If the great minds of the

vation Of the great minds OF the
State that the divergence OF ann
and interest became still wider.
one section If the state grew W
into dependence upon \ rfolk.
Another MAS tributary To Peters
bnru and Richmond. Another
leaned upon Charleston and yet ano-
Their looked 10 Augusta III Georgia
as lis most convenient market.
O liz limitcd areas ght 4 trade
With Ihrir own towns. aud while
the cities Of Virginia and South
Carolina exhibited all the atfiuence
and proportions OF prosperous
towns. North Carolina had nothing
beyond hamlets expanded but little
beyond the proportions Of respecta-
bic villages. And the great west,
isolated and neglected offered itself
again to the ambition OF leaders
who might plot for another separa-
ton from the parent State.
In our next We propose TO note
the steps which have effected the
changes that are now IN progress.
j. -. {.
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2. r.. HINES, Littleton, n. {.

The Michigan State fair will be
held at Detroit, September 16 to
20. Premiums will be offered for
sheep in amount as follows: Thor
oughbred Merinoes, S144; American
MerinOs, s144; fine wool grades
S5O-total fine wool, 1888; South
downs, SIP. other Downs, sl12;
fat sheep, s5S. Total fol sheep all
kinds, ssh. Besides several pre-
miums for wool are to be given,
which amount IN the aggregate to
S24.
A black bull, of Pembrokeshire,
now being prepared for the British
shows, broke the staff attached to
his nose ring and attacked three
farmers, one of whom he killed and
the others vel so injured hat they
can hardly recover. Cinema with
his leg fractured in two places and
several ribs broken had to crawl
away from the furious animal.
When Bennett plays polo, at
Newport, his head is covered In
dlan-fashion, a silk handkerchief
flowing over his neck from under a
red cap. He IS the observed Of all
observers, behaves with becoming
modesty, and there is no thought
IN his mind that his paper is daily
grinding out the worst editorials in
America.
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been largely planned and continues 70
grow in favor.
CHrFAs.-tre heing extensively tes
ted and it i, hoped our farmers will
give us the benefit of their experiments
with this new crop.
APPLES AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY
are very poor III quality.
Wool The only thing necessary
for this to become a very valuable in
t.rest to our people is legislation for
It's protection. and for which there Is
an almost universal demand.
II AGRICULTURAL MUSEUM.
We must continue to urge upon own
public spirited citizens, the importance
Of having their respective counties
properly represented. Only ten coun-
ties have as yet responded to the call
of our Board. made twelve months ago,
for county maps. Will not the reader
use a little effort to secure specimens
and a map for his county:
AGRICULTURAL CLUBS, SOCIETIES AND
ORANGES.
1t is important that this Department
be placed in communication with all
organizations in the State. whose OBJ
ject is to promote OUR agricultural.
manufacturing and mining interests,
and | again ask special correspondents,
or officers of such organizations. to for
ward their proper address.
HOG DISEASE.
1t is gratifying to note that the hogs
have thus far generally, escaped from
the fatal ravages of Cholera. A cor
respondent for Mecklenburg states
that in a portion that county the hogs
''are dying rapidly from a stitfening or
partial paralysis of the hinder parts
sickness of short duration" This is
doubtless owing to the kidney worm,
which always produces weakness in
the loins and hind legs, and generally
entire prOstratiOn.
An almost sure preventive is spirits
of t%urpentine, given in small quaint
ties once a week in their Stops or othe1
food. When the symptoms are first
discovered an application of turpentine
| OF tar to the loins, with a dose of hall
teaspoonful of coperas daily for
week. or small lose of calomel admin.
istered carefully may arrest the dis
ease, but if the attack be yer re
coyery is doubtful.
TO SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS.
1t is very desirable that the Monthly
Reports should be issued not later thar
the 1st Of the month succeeding The
one for which they are made, and cor
respondents will greatly, oblige me b.
making their returns by the 22rd Q
each month. 1t is with unfeigneo
pleasure that l acknowledge thei
prompt attention and efficient service
hitherto SO generously rendered.
l.. l.. POLK, Commissioner.
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y. u STATE GRANGE,
CHARLOTTE, Aug. 81, 1873
To tie Patrons IF HuSbdndry Of ". e.
At the last meeting of the State
Grange. the Committee on the
Organ submitted the following
report
"Ihe Committee on the State
Grange Organ have anNiously con-
sidered this most important sub
lect. They believe it is of vital
Importance to IL organization to
have an organ. The severe lessons
of the past in this connection die
tate that great care and thought
should he exercised in settling upon
the final plan of a newspaper.
Your Committee would recommend
the proposals for publication of a
Grange Organ on the best terms be
submitted on the following t rms,
to-wit
LIST. The paper to allow at least
one page for Grange matter.
2d. This paper shall be subject
to the supervision of the Executive
Committee of State Grange.
4th. The Executive Committee
shall require satisfactory guaran-
tees that the organ will fulfill its
obligations until next meeting of
the Grange, and that the contrac-
tor or employees shall not work
anything detrimental to the good
of the Or.an.
9TH. The subscription price of
the paper shall not be over two
dollars per annum.
9th. Should tie organ be pub
lished under our own auspices, we
recommend that an Associate Edi-
tor be appointed from each county,
who shall see to its interest IN his
county, and shall receive such com
%pensation as may be settled between
himself and those having charge OF
the organ"
Said report was adopted. The
following resolution submitted by
Bro. J.. X. Winston was als(
adopted
ResOlred lSf. That a committe,
of three be appointed to carry int
effect the report Of the Committe,
on the Organ PrOrided, they shall
in no event involve this Grange il
any expense in connection witt
the Organ.
ID. That when the provisions O
the report of said Committee o
Organ and this shall have bee
complied with, then the said Orga
shall receive the official sanction c
this Grange, and the members c
this Grange pledge to said Orga
their support and influence.
Bros j. r. Winston W. L. Cob
and J. A. Harris were appointed
Committee on the Organ under I'll
above resolution. Said commit,
have reported that they ha,
made satisfactory arrangement
with the FARMER AND MECHASI
an Agricultural Journal, publish,
in the city of Raleigh, and do /
commend the FARMER AND NJ
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Patrons,-It is with pleasure
announce to you that the FARM
AND MECHANIC is the organ of Q
order. In it will be published
reports and communications fr'
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the Executive Committee, Il
can be made public. Each patl
should not only subscribe for
hut should send to the manager
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PRACTICAL PROPOSITION ON
THE SHEEP QUESTION.

Mr.. EDIToR:-lt is useless we
think to recommend sheep-hus-
bundry in North Carolina without
a law protecting sheep against dogs.
1t would be as unwlse as to recon-
mend TO Il farmer the planting of
cotton or tobacco without the use
of the pillow and hoe to keep the
weeds and grass away. Dogs cannot
be taxed, but the owners of dogs
must see the necessity Of keeping
them confined on their premises.
Let Il fine of five or ten dollars, IN
money or work, be imposed for
every sheep killed or damaged, on
the n The Legislature is
bound bv the Constitution to pro-
tcct sheep-husbandry, and we be
lieve they will not shirk the respon-
sibility. Looking to the next Leg
islature fol a dog-law, we propose
to join any man of experience IN
the business, that can come we'll
recommended and find good pas
ture for 800 or 1000 sheep, IN a
healthy section of Halifax County,
n. G. Address,
=. Il. Hines. LlttletOn. n. c.
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30

~ This paper is printed at 10 T. ".
every Wednesday. Price -. III ad-
vance. 1t Is the Official Mouth-piece
Of the Department of Agriculture. I'm
migration and Statistics Gov. Z. b.
Vance, Chairman Col. l.. l.. Polk.
Commissioners. Monthly reports are
furnished by two or more correspond
ents from every county in North Caro-
lima, giving all items of interest.
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CROP REPORT FOR JULY.

Col. Polk Report ii the con II
ton Of crops for July is outln good
time, and will be found below. 1t
is not so favorable Us could be
wished; but it is probable the re-
cent general rains will bring things
up again.
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Owing to unfavorabie weather a bad
stand was obtained in many %ountie
which was made worse by the ravages
of lice and cut worms. But under re-
cent favorable weather it is found to
be improving and is fruiting especially
well.
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Ed. f.. ~.
DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE,

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTIRt
RALEIGH, Aug. 1st 1873.
During the past month, various crops
in different sections of the State have
suffered greatly from effects OF
drought. But with the recent timely
rains, there is considerable improve
farmers have good reaso To hope for
fair crops.
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Vs~ E~l.I.ASi.GI.

A New 'urniD for the Som,
am prepared 10 furnish we
quantities olny n.w
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CORN.

Early corn, as a rule has been great
" damaged by dry weather, but the
prospect in many counties was rarely
ever better. 1t has been well cultiva-
ted and should the rains be favorable
pie supply vii! be made for Il peo-
pie.
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Brown Cotton Gin,
and GOnceH>tF

These Cotton Gi"s 50 .o"- - @.-
known, are SIN IN .itt
care and attention Viii. NJ -~
their well rtrnel IeP1--.- $50
best Cotton Gin III lhs in",f.re ..'".
s slifrf fhs at a P%jvs' name nam. os5e.@ r ID +
S vii d%eliTeT | eng 5rt an fss -5'...
VIII also sell and A@' T0+-y-
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IMPORTANT
BY THE A MASTER
OF NORTH CAROLINA
GRANGE.

MASTERS OFFICE,
y. G.. STATE GRANGE,
CHARLOTTE, Aug. 81, 1873
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