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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Misunderstanding in ENGLAND.

Steam Ploughing in England.
Whatever nay b the Objections 'tc
the use Of thessteam. ploughs-Zandsthey
are fast being overcome-they impress
the unaceustomed visitor :. with great
force. had read of them and had seen
pictpres of thep+ and fnews Of tie
amounted wofk that theyaccO1hp llAted;
but to see them standing here, more
than a dozen of them in shed after shed,
showed how Inadequate had been my
preconceiyed idea concerning them.
John Fowler & Co., of, Leeds, show
several sets of apparatus with engines of
from six to twenty nominal horsepower;
with the gang ploughs, grubbefs,, f6llers,,
cultivators, and -harrows to be used with
them. It would be impossible to give a
correct notion of the system of steam
cultivation without quite full illustra.
tions. In Fowler's system two engines
are used-engines which are capable of
travelling nlthe road, moving about the
fields and carrying their apparatus with
them. Under the boiler horizontal
drum, carries q steel wire, rope, ,by.which
the plough is drawn:'lThe plough, which
turns from four, to eight burrows, &C.
cording to the power 81 its engine, is a
Franz f;sSy 3 5::S tt:SAs st. q 3se
ceeds in either direction the gang which
il. 70 make the reverse cut is cooked up
in the air. The ploughmsh sits over the
centre Of the gang, and has il, font of
him q steering windlass, by which the
direction OF. the plough is regulated.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
The Ameer's Situation.

The ameer of.Afghanistan has fourteen Or
seventeen regiments at Herat, and if he can
retain his hold over them and maintain his
supremacy in Afghan-Turkistan, he may
still offer formidable opposition to Yakoob
Kahn or whatever ruler England sets up in
Southern Afghanistan. The ameer released
Yakoob under pressure from the Ghizai
chiefs who would not allow him to leave
Cabul without appointing his successor.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Scarlet Fever.

Scarlet fever is decim ating the min ers on
Silver Islet, mere rock in Lake Superior
with rich silver mines. OF 100 there 16
died in month. ;.
One hundred and eighty deaths from
scarlet fever. occurreH~in New York city
during the past week, ending Dec. 2Sth, an
increase of eighty over the previous week.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
The reason that Edison DIVE

The reason that Edison gives for
abandoning his proposed experimental
test of his electric light at Menlo park is
that it would require the use of twenty
or thirty Wallace machines. They
would cost me, says he, from $4,000 to
$4,000. They would be useless after
wards, for I know that can make a
generator Of double their power. So I
shall postpone the experiment until /
And the machine that will give the
greatest amount Of, electricity per horse
power"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
A Prayer Meeting.

At prayer meeting at Stone Lodge VII
lage, Michigan, on the night of the 2Sth ult.,
a DESPERATE atiray todk pgt!azses between VIM.
Myers and four other -ro ughs, who attempt
ed to break up the meeting, and Jacob Crow
and Charles Wade, who attempted tosppt
them out, were both stabbed with long
hunting knives. The blades entering their
lungs and abdomens.- Neither Of them can
possibly live. Myers party are under ar.
rest '.-, r,4~raF ~ 9 "a eg4 Il: ~ T.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

The Children's Aid Society, of New
York, has provided homes among the
farmers of southern Virginia for more
than 200 boys between the ages of II
and IS years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Rurneti tolDeath.

The wife of BENZ. Neal persisted in the
Walpols, Mass, on the 4th inst.
James L. Armour, pensioner. and wife
burned to death at Brockton, western
suburb of Toronto, Ont, on the End inst,
while intoxicated. ~!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

A tornado struck the city of Santa Bar.
bara, CAL, on the I'd inst, and, occupying
a narrow path, tore through several blocks,
unroofng, blowing down houses and out
buildings and uprooting trees. VIM. Goss
was killed by falling chimney. About
ninety feet of steamer wharf was carried
aWAV.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Terrific Boiler Explosion.

On the afternoon. Of, the s1st~ instant, a
battery of three boilers in the Human e.
Fafrbanks distneffjy' " Ty{fg Hsute, md,
exploded with terrible force. "A colored
fireman, William Day, aged. %, married,
and franklin Hughes, White aged 10, 9
slop tender, were killed. Herman Myers, /
fireman, and a ,teamster named Brooder,
were also badly injured IA Aorse VA also
killed, and one Of the cattle sheds caught
fire and was destroyed. Total loss about
SIC, 600; insured. - E; efxg>
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
AfxhAmiSfAm.

A dispatch from Calcutta says: News from
Cabul is to the effect that YaEeob Khan re.
quired his officers and soldiers to swear on
the Koran to stand by him, but finally
withheld their pay as their general declines
to become security for their fidelity.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

RHrphNE 81 Cutting Vile, t, i saw.
what IS to6k q Us q bureiaI & Els i room son
at night, and jumping out of bed throt-
tied with On iron grasp the big bass viol
which stood in the corner, =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Drowned.

A team crossing on the ice between Rich.
mond, Va, aud Melbourne, broke through
and were carried under by the rapid cur.
rent. The occupants, Messrs. Rowe and
Kemp, Of Kingsbury, and Mr.. Sadler, Of
Melbourne. were drowned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Liberty or Death,

On the morning Of the I'd inst. ten conyicts
in Anomosa, Iowa, penitentiary broke out
of the stone cutters shed and made des-
perate effort for liberty, the yard being
closed OILY by a board stockade. Oae Of
the convicts was sho dead by the guard,
another shot through the bowels and will
die, and two dropped with e broken
legs. The five others were ssonTeeaptured.
John Donahue, q three year man, being the
only one now at liberty. ;.age~~ u. - ~. taa
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

A MARVELLOUS change came over the
feelings Of q sneak, who quietly accepted
five quarters for q dollar, and when ct
q, safe distance from the store discovered
to his disgust that they were oil twenty
cant pieces.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Fatal Explosion.

! DR.. S. T. Brooks, on the morning of the
Sd inst, was found in his room in Green.
Vile, Ill.,, with one hand roasted and a large
hole burned in the floor, indicating the ex.
plosion of the lamp; but the fire had eyi.
IDENTIFY gone out for want of air.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
1OOND ~ "AVsU A1h 1SsoA"s
lA.- A. ~n-.>l ~,S,,>>~~,~~ A. a

A sudden thaw caused numerous floods in
England and Scotland. The country
around Darlington and Wrexham was sub
merged for miles, and at Nottingham the
flood was the greatest for fourteen years.
Much damage is reported at Berwick and
Aherdeen
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

A cold wave swept over the southern
states on the s4th and 5th inst, At, Xiyks,
burg, Mss, on the 4th, the mercury ranged
at about 30 above with about six inches Of
snow on the ground. At Shreveport, La,
thu thermometer registered, 1so above With
snow the entire day. At Jacksonville, Fla,
the mercury went down to 900, the lowest
point reached fer.svss.thisty~ Jaass-ss!1aA8
fell in considsrabies quantities at Du.
pont, Ga. -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

sohE curious. rulings were made By.
Judge Bears Of Brideport, Conn, til,
other day, in the trial Of the Sunday
law violaters. The first cigar dealer e.
capped because the information detective
~ charged him with committing an Of.
Tense on "the Sabbath or Lords day. !"
instead Of on Sunday, and the second
was found guilty by the judge, who re-
marked, however; that. while in scan s
dalous violations of the law, lie would
help enforce it, in the case before him he
should suspend Judgment. DR.. Landers
was then tried fol. buying cigars on Sun.
day, bnt the Judge discharged him, q, sav !,
ing that tit was the. right and duty 81
citizens ID SEQ that tho slsvsss were =, en-
forced and that person Who I 1, violated
the Sunday law tor.sthe sol4 pnrpo,ee Of
getting evidence against breakers Of the
Law was not himself guilty IN 4 criminal
sense. .s..1.s 80
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Ten Thousand Dollars Stolen.

Zen Tn0uS1nd D0lk1fS StOIen.
A thief entered the government printing
Office, and watching his opportunity took
from the safe of the disbursing clerk a
package of currency containing SIC, 1000 in
tended for paying of employees and for the
purchase Of material, and made his escape
without observation.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

sHAKsPEARE's curse against any who
shall remove % lis bones is not likely to
take effect: The London GAZETTE pub.
fishes a notification that the Priv
Council: will in January consider the
proposition towholly discontinue burials
in the church and churchyard of Strait
tord-upon-Avon, sexcepting in now ex.:
isting vaults and walled graves. every
coffin bafied In Which shdlf bet enera+ely
'nclosed by stonework or 'brickwork
properly cemented, and except ia now
existing family graves: which can can be
opened without the exposure of cofins
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
burst.

"A dispatch from 1smid says thirty eight
tun gun burst during practice on the British
man.of.war Thanderer. The vessels turret
was destroyed, seven mon killed and 40
wounded.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

George Einsig murdered his wife at York,
Pa, ionsthe Sd inst, becsuse 7she would mol
live with him, owinglto his dissolute hA6its.
On New Years day at a party in the vii.
alage of Middle Creek, Floyd county, KY, a
dispute arose between Noah Watkins and
Greene Wade Hamilton, when the former
plunged knife into Hamilton's neck,
causing death shortly afterward.
At South Byfeld, Mass, on the night of
the 30th ult., John Fl. Caldwell, aged IS,
while kneeling in family prayer, was in.
lstantly killed by his insane wife, who split
his head open with an axe. H'j@:+ ~
At San Francisco, CAL, on the 3lst ult.,
Thomas Crossley, shoemaker, shot and
fatally wounded his wife, and then cut his
own throat with shoe knife, causing in.
slant death. Mrs. Crossley refused to state
the cause of the tragedy.
Edward Jobbins, aged 81, a ms Ter stone
cutter of st. Roehs, was murdered at New.
buryport, Mass, on the night of the s0th
ult., by two brothers named Clavet and a
man named Chamberlain, for refusing to
roStgnemS - =, :.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
4 Fight with Thieves,

Two men, Noah Williams and Modoc
Gainey, living in Green county, Ind, made
arrangements to burglarise thes-stere of
Walls Bond, at Oaktown, 40 miles south 81
Terre Haute, on the night OF the I'd inst.
The citizens previously obtained informa-
ton of their intended visit, and large
party waited in assaloon near Bonds store,
having put out the lights. The burglatsap--
peared soon after midnight, but went first
to the saloon to get liquor. The citizens
opened fire and in three minutes over
thirty shots were exchanged. Williams
was shot through the neck and killed.
Gainey was dangerously wounded in the
breast and arm, and will probably die.
Henry Norton, one Of the citizens, was shot
in the face by the thieves and slightly hurt.
With the robbers was captured complete
set ofhneburglafy t1olj. its5.j iE:}r.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Gu. DAVIDSON, Proprietor.
VARIOUS TOPICS,

The last census taken in Austria re-
vealed the fact that there were 1873 men
and 226 women above the age of 100
years in that country. -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
New York's Failures.

During thepast year el7 failures were Ne
ported in New York city, with liabilities of
1885, 4O3, and assets at $lS,695, 53l. This
exceeds the record Of any former year, but
large number is mainly due to the repeal of
the bankrupt act.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Destructive Fires.

A fire at Quebec on the 9Th inst. DESTROYED
a saw mill and factory. A Waterman was
suffocated.
A large building With foft@nts Fas de.
stroyed at Lancaster, Pa, Oh the night Of
the 4th inst. Three fremen were frozen,
one, it is thought, fatally. oslo @EnI.
The extensive establishment of the st.
Louis beef canning, company at st. Louis,
MOI vas deitfpyed I'd hSl5M list Loss
on stock estimated at 100000.
. The Rankin house, Columbus, Ga, with
the skating rink and thirteen stores under.
meath, burned on the 4th inst. Loss $40.
600. Another blaze close by at the same
time burned two stores and the Wheeler &
Wilson machine factory, and caused loss
III Academy OF tbs Holy x 1aiit {c.tbo!!
lic) at Buffalo, N. Y, was consumed on the
4th inst. Loss $4,000.
The public library and postoffice with
contsas we're destroy I'd ny t8fs st Hing.
ham, Mass, on the 4th inst.
The Honore block, at Chicago, occupied
in part by the postofice was partially de.
stroyed on the 4th inst. The only loss sus.
tanned by the postoffice department was
$l5, 1000 stamped envelopes. Loss On build.
ing estimated at from 100000 to $4,000.
Individual losses estimated at SIC, 900. Sew.
eral men and lady were rescued with diff.
Guilty from the upper stories of the burning
structure.
The 2eeeld Baptist churcAsst st. Louis.
No.. 5tqh sdest 1ed oil $G9t1
Loss 100000. The Structure was ono Of
the finest and most imposing in the city.
A fire at schoolcraft. Mich, on the night
Of the End inst, destroyed five stores on
Main street. Total loss $4,000.
3 A FIRE at Elgin, ILL.,, on the I'd inst. swept
the entire south side of Chicago street,
causing loss of 100000.
The new Presbyterian church 1t Quincy,
Illinois, was burned on the I'd instant Loss
100000.
Dempster hall, At Evanston, Illinois, the
home Of large number Of
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Tho Hard Tanaes

The London Times, il its financial summary
OF 1878, says: Industries have been disor.
ganized, credit shaken and failures multi.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

Failures I'm England and Scotland.
The business failures of Great Britain and
Scotland during 1878 were l5,059, of which
2,643 were in financial and wholesale manu-.
branches of trade. The increase
is 4,oS7 fsiluses last year over the proceed
ing year.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

The Minnesota hotel and eight smaller
buildings burned at Portland, Oregon, OF
the night of the 31st ult.
Nearly block of buildings in Tusoarora,
sNovad I, busned on the night of the 31st ult.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
r....,~1n1 nsssS9G

.s Oh the Sd instant two brakemen on freight
trains on the Central New Jersey and NORTH
Pennsylvania roads were frozen to death.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

Methodist ministers of the northwest was
aesti1yed on the I'd inst. Loss $25, 000s E
A Urge cotton warehouse was destreHA
at Cl1xleston, 8. c., on the LIST inst. ss
ON h10ding and presses, 100000; ins3 ed
for 100000. Loss ON cotton, SAFE, 600; inS6r:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Chicago.

CHICAGO, January Also P. N.-Wheat
-Goed demand and higher; No. q red at
$3.50; No. 2 spring at $3.50 for cash; 83%
@S3Ac for seller February; S42Sc for seller
March. Corn-Firm at 29Ac bid for cash !;
3OLc for seller February. Oats-Firm and
unchanged. Rye-At 42@42Ac. Barley
Firmer ut 96c. Pork-Easier at $7.42H for
cash; $685. for seller February; 81 62H
for seller March. Lard-Firm at $5.45 for
cash; $552K for seller February; S. 60 bid
for seller March. Whisky-At $l.06. Hogs
Receipts $4,000 head; quiet and steady ;
packing at $2,75; heavy at $2.60@2.95.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
THE NARKETs.
'4s 80 r. H.
New York.

NEW York. January 500 =. M.-cct-
ton-Dull at 7-1ec for middiing nplands.
5000 bbls; rye four duff. Wheat ;
spring steady; winter q shade frmer; re.
neipts II, 900 bus; No. 2 red seller February
lns1 2scsipss ~ bas se ssiss S SO
bus; prices unchanged. Barley-Dull.
sOats-Ilull; yecaipts 1000 bus; sales $1,000
bus sm1ed western S.pnahepged; 31@34c
for white. Pork-Steady at $3.50. Beef
Quiet. Lard-Quiet at $5.S7X. Butter,
Cheese, Whisky and Sugar-Unchanged.
'Eggs-At 10000. Petroleum Crude un'
changed; refined at $40. Coal-Quiet.
Leathsx-Firm: demand steady. Wool
QaieteSd Firm: AFE
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
milwaukee,.

MILWAUKEE January $500 P. M
Flour-Very quiet and unchanged; choice
spring at $4.25@4.5O; common to fair spring
extras at $3.25@4.0O. Wheat-Better; No.
caah Al. SIC; No. 2 at 83Hc; No: at zoe;
No, 4 at Gle; No. 2 seller February at 84ss@
s411c; seller March at S5A@85Hc. Corn
Dull at 29Hc; new 25Ac. Oats-Tsme at
1870. Barley-Quiet at SIC. Rye-Dull at
42c. Pork-Very quiet at $3.50. Lard
$3.50. ,Hogs-Strong at $2.65@2 $50; dressed
$312% = -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
A PlaRuA.',

..A.plague has appeared among the Cos
sacks Of Astrschan. The sppersrs ars iso'
lated. Many doctors have been Summoned
to their relief. OF 1875 persons attacked
since the first instant 143 died.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Frozen 10 Death.

James Macarthur, an old man, ives frozen
dead in snow bank at New York, on the
4th inst.
At Brooklyn, N.Y., on the night Of the
Sd, an infant child of Mrs. Kenney was
frozen to death beside its mother in bed.
Jacob Van Heusen, aged 81, went to dig
a grave in Greenbush cemetery, Albany,
n. Y, on the afternoon of the Sd inst, and
was found next morning frozen to death.
Four tramps were frozen to death at
Glasgow Junction, KY, on the night of the
Sd inst.
: Marie Schultz, an abandoned old lady, was
found in her squallid abode at Milwaukee,
Wis, on the 5th inst, frozen stiff.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Students Riots I'm Russia.

An account of the riots of the students
of the University of Kieff, Russia, says the
students, in a meeting outside of the town,
decided to protest against the closing of
the university. Arnumbers Of sthem,
we'll armed, proceeded to- the. university,
forcing their way in after disarming the
police, and fixed on the blsckboerd an en-.
ergetic protest against the arbitrary pro-
ceedings of the authorities. The companies
of local militia tried to dispense the stu
dents. A collision ensued, and eighty per-
sons were killed and wounded. A cavalry
force finally cleared the square in front of
the university. Many students were ar.
rested. Similar RIOTS on smaller scale
broke out ia 9th f aniyersity towns. It is
believed there is an intention Of proclaim:
ing state of siege in Kieff and Kharkoff.
The police are instructed to stop the SNUG.
Cling of revolutionary pamphlets and pre-.
vent the entrance of revolutionary emissa-
ries from Germany.
49,. .z(1
James S. Rockwell, one of the best known
and wealthiest citizens of Brooklyn, N. Y,
died on tho sd INT, OF scarlet fever AID
diphtheria. He wss si4tysyesfsbf SO
Caleb Cushing died Newbury Port, Conn.,,
on the night of the End inst. .: y,g,..ys .. Z
Judge Charles T.. Sherman. a brother OF
secretary and General Sherman died at
Cleveland on the LIST inst.
Robert w. Mackey, ex-treasurer of the
state of Pennsylvania, died at Philadelphia
on the list inst.
Rev. Samuel c. Aiken. D. D, for thirty
years pastor of the first P esbSIsflsn Charc6
at Cleveland, O., died onsthes1sfznst., aged
So years.
Judge Henry Smith dropped dead on the
night Of the 31st ult. at his residence in
Memphis, Tenn. He was at one time Judge
of the Supreme Court Of the state
! Mrs. Harriet Grote widow Of Geo. 0rote
the historian of Greece, is dead. The lady
was well known as the authoress of life
of AIRY Schefer."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
Forei9n.

LONDON, January ALSO P. M.-Liv.
erpool wheat market very quiet; floating
cargoes steady on passage inactive. Wealth
er in England frosty.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09
NEWS ~ u. BR1Eh !,

So 0u10eR nd u 101do. s#
Gardner Tiusley, of East 1Attleboro, Mass,
killed himself and wife or the 18th inst.
ssxssssasass,
MOn6Nsl Executed.
Juan Aoncasi, Who attempted to assassin.
ate the king Of Spain on the 25th OF October
last, was executed on the 18th INIT. ~~ -'~"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

Piled on evesxyhand. Rhe failuzap viii be
.Rselay Ave A6usand q1re than bring h't
5ea. ksSnly havsksges bee4redped
sndmas Thousands artisans rows put
Of employment, bde ma>s thSasand& of
those above artisans wages are either in &C.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-09

thousandAf artisans trow1put
Of employment, baN ma>s thSdsandS of
those above artisans wages are either in &C.
lsvaUf siite~a gluUin.
oreasing numbers driven to grant bills of
sale on their effects is one significant proof
Of what il going on in the lower middle
classes"
gA4a
Mainc's Democratic Governor. ----
TsAlonzo Garcslon, Democratic, was elected
BY the Maine lsgislstioa son the
Sd inst, receiving twenty.one votes to ten
for Joseph L. Smith. Every, Republican
senator voted for Garcelon. The vote in The
house stood as follows: Alonze Garcelon
IS; Joseph L. Smith s.; Seldom Conner 81 ;
Fredk Robbie 81: one absent on each side.
At the convepasn d ySetk krahshes oflhe
legislation for the election OF the states
officers. the nominees Of the Democratic.
Greepbsek scaucus vsrs sleete&ras follows
Secretary Of state, Edward II. Cove; state
treasurer, Chas. A. White; attorney general,
VIM. A. Mcclellan; adjutant genera, Sam
ue) D, Leavitt,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-11-05
Fruits in Middle Florida.
John A. Craig, in Floridian.

JOnn a. OrhBS LII I1OHIu1au
The growing of fruit as a source of
profit in Middle Florida, may be said
to be yet in it's infancy, Although
most persons have cultivated with
success, around their houses, several
varieties of fruit for their own use for
years, there are but few that have
entered into the business, or have
given it any particular attention as a
means of increasing the income of the
farm. We would venture to assert
that not more than one farmer in
twenty-five and we believe we would
be within bonds if we said one in fifty,
raise enough fruit to give bountiful
supply to their families. Why is it :?
We have in our section every variety
of soil and a climate unsurpassed.
The pear of some varieties gives US
two crops a year, and the fig from
two to three. We can grow all the
fruits OF the North, with few excep-
tions, together with the semi-tropical
fruits. The fact is our people have
been a community of planters, not
farmers. Anything that occupies but
e few acres was considered hardly
worth while giving time or attention
to. The broad acres OF cotton and
corn were their subject of converse.
tion and held all their attention, and
to a large extent the majority still
follow in the same track. A few
have made departure; others are
watching them, rmaking a beginning,