The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-04

Sore eyes are prevalent in Marion
county, and wh0oping cough III Jackson,
vile, among the children.
Severe bail-storms have visited some
parts Of the State; hail-st as large
as pigeon eggs are mentioned.
:. Tho Hon. N. A. Hull was acquitted
by the Jury of the United States Court,
of any connection with the Brevard
county fraud.
Captain c. E. johnson realized
eight dollars per bushel from potatoes
shipped by HIM to Baltimore. --1Ioati-
cello Constitutions.
One of the members of the last leg
islature from one of the counties in
South Florida, who boarded at the City
Hotel at Tallahassee, on seeing a nut
cracker near his plate, wanted to know
"what in thunder them bullet-mouIds
was dom on the table ?" Boys, own up
now (which one was it ?-zridune.
The Leesburg A0tvauco says: "Not
long since one of our farmers found
that his chickens we're disappearing very
rapidly, and he rightly connected that
some wild varmit was preying upon his
coop. He accordingly secreted himself
conveniently, one moonlight night, to
watch for the thief, and had not waited
long when he counted twelve 'opossoms
creeping up to the coop. After they
were all inside, he slipped up close til
opening through which they entered,
and shot the last one. What is left OF
his chickens now rest in peace"
Reckless shooting from the deck of
our river steamers, will be attended
some day with fatal consequences.
The Jacksonville San and Press says
AS the steamer Carrie was on her down.
ward trip on the recent moonlight excur-
sion to the bar, some one on board fred
a rifle from the deck of the steamer,
whilst she was passing New Berlin.
The ball struck the house of M. Will
liam Irwin, about three hundred yards
from the boat, passing through into the
parlor, and coming in contact with
a nail in the ceiling, fell to the floor.
But few minutes previous, young
lady had lett the room, having been sit
ting in position to have been struck
with the ball
Strawberries this season have been
most excellent, in good supply and
cheap. A few days ago we bought two
quarts, and in preparing them for the
table their average size, weight, color.
and flavor excited our curiosity. We
counted them and found that forty-eight
filed quart cup. Ten of the largest
weighed ten ounces-half an ounce each,
and measured from four to five inches
in circumference. They were grown by
Mons Pudigon, near the city, and were
not particularly selected Mr. Beausang
says he visited Mons. Pudigon's place
recently and picked some berries, twenty
five of which filled quart. Florida
strawberries, like Florida oranges, are
now becoming known as the best
Breeze.
In our last issue we referred to the
size and weight of Irish potatoes grown
by Mr.. t. j. Perkins, six of which
weighed IS ounces. Since then we have
been shown specimens grown by Colonel
Beard and Mr.. Hall. Six were taken
from a lot brought in by Colonel Beard
which weighed 80l ounces, and six of
Mr.. Halls weighed IS ounces. The in
defatigable Spiller says that he can beat
these weights, ana he proposes to do so.
Since the above has been in type, we
have received from DIR. W. l.. Moore, of
Miccasukie, six potatoes which W ere
dug on Thursday last, one of which
weighed 26l ounces, and the total weight
of the six, 113 ounces. In justice to Mr..
Spiller, we say that his boast had no
reference to DR.. Moore's crop.-F1oyid-
ian.
M. l.. Whitney. of Chicago, of whom
we spoke in our last issue, went out to
Pendryville last week and purchased
twenty acres of land of Col. G. H. Nor
ton, Of which he will have five acres
cleared Immediately and planted in
orange trees, and will have house built
and his family moved down during Sep
TENDER. He returned to Sanford on Sat
urday, but has gone out again this week
to take some stereoscopic views of the
high hills and beautiful scenery OF that
locality, to show his friends IN Chicago
that Florida is not all swamps and ever
glades, and that it can boast of as fine,
rolling, high land and beautiful clear
water lakes as Michigan. or any other
country in the north. We congratulate
the Lake Eustis community in having
secured the location of Mr.. Whitney