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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-12
Winter. This fea:ure Of onr cold

"A u
Winter. This fea.ul,e Of our col,
spells can be used 70 advantage i,
the operations ofIv;tand vegetable
growing. This pc jod II is D ecess9, :,
to protect tender plapts in each Win
termontb. We have projected or!
guava plants by bearing them down
to the ground and covering chem ov.
er with earth. They bend Ike will
low and caa be brought out a.ter tbe
cold as fresh and green as ever.
We had ripe tomatoes for Christ.
mas and neighborh had English peas.
How will the inhabitants of the win
try north like the bound of that >
But the cold of last Monday night put
an end TO tomato and Irish potato
plants. We had ice Lhree.eights of
an inch thick in ba,|kes out in The
air. But little damage was done to
anythiug-Castor bean leaves were
killed.
Onr groves are looking moderately
we'll aud are fast decreasing in size
and stature and developing into the
bearing state Notlla few patient
workers will rejoice this Spring over
their fruit blossoms I'm me immedi-
ate ncighborhood 0f Lake Brantlev
we are preparing tp manure our
groves with excellent muck. We
nave at last succeeeed in cutting a
ditch that will lover the lake two
feet, leaving the saw Grass dry around
its margin, in which the muck is
from one 70 three ffet deep. We
consider this decSmpbsed saw grass.
Ibso,2?nek Is stalks andleaSos tiae fertil-
swamp. .pugh noa Mood as that
land chemists agree 10 cohuoll4i' ri
muck as a fertilizer? Is theirs the
same material as ours ? No doubt
many haul muck he.e that has so
much sand in that it does not pay to
haul. l have seen a spadeful OF
mixed sand and muck exposed 10
the sun get as hard as clay and would
not pulverize. To handle such as
that is labor lost. I would not trou-
BILE muck that had fifteen per cent. OF
sand in it.
Our worthy merchant. M. J.Doyle,
imported quite quantity OF Ber-
muda onion seeds the past Sumner
and distributed them all over the
country, ana l hear good report OF
them SO far. 1 have. a nice plant beo
of them on muck land, which will be
ready to transplant in two weeks. !
hope to be more successful than
was last Spring TOR the eAtraordina
rily wet weather in the Spring about
ruined my whole garden. On vel
manured pine land at the same time
they grew very large. If we car
| make a success OF gtowing tn's onlor
and I have not the least doubt o
it from what / have seen--it vii
prove one of our most profitable
sources of income. An old frien(
puts in every Fall two or three acre
Of well drained muck land and, eve1
during the past wet season, has hal
vested iull crops Of splendid onions
We have the soil and the climate an
all else that is required now is som
capital, experience and energy, t
make South Florida the early MAJ
ke. garden OF the United States, 9
well as the cante~ OF semi-tropic'
productions. Very Truly, 1t
S. p. S.
7 Altamopse. a.. Jan. 8, 1879.
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No. 80

quart two tablespoonfuls Of bakiue
powder, and enough water to maI,l
thick batter; salt 10 taste; frv il
the frying pan large spoonful in 8
cake; cook slowly and when done
eat hot. The above is simple, mex.
penslve and so palatable, that if once
prepared, the dogs will not get the
cold hominy any more.
Cold hominy sliced one fourth %
an inch thick, and Toured and fried
slowly until brown, makes splendid
breakfast dish.
Cold mush treated similarly,is good
also.
Bread cakes are nice for breakfast
also. Take the scraps of stale light
bread, soak them in warm water
until all are perfectly soi5, then strain
OFT all the wa,er possible: stir in an
egg, salt and pepper, and pinch OF
baking powder; Drop in the frying
pan In large spoonfuls, ard fry brown.
Fried bread " is tavorite dish Of
ours. Take STALE loaf, cut in ordi-
nary slices; have an egg well beaten
and stirred into pint of water, salted
and peppered. Dip the bread in the
above NIL ature and place Immediately
in hot flying pan, where .herc has
been placed spoonful of lard; bal
butter and half lard is best, bdt as
butter IS na'd TO get, lard does very
nicely; lry 10 delic&te brow i )upon
both sides.
Many persons have dried beef here
who do lot know how TO use il. 1
can tell Of one way which we like
.very much. Slice The beef very bin
TIE meat seems soft str IN hsa
dozen 20 dozen eggs; let the eggs
cook thoroughly stirring all he time'
when the eggs are " seo take up,
aod Ell bot. "CllDped dried beef,
for the ,ea table is desirable dish
as wei! as as;ly digested.
One dish. famous AMONG the south
ern people. I shall Give this Tor the
northern ladies. 1t is called " hop
ping John Originally it was made
of COW peas and homiuy, but now is
generally made of rice and beans.
This Fall and Winter VIC have been
using California or concn peas, and
ind them very similar to, and quite
as good as, ordinary white beans.
Take equal quantities of cold
boiled rice and boiled peas or beans,
put in shallow pan, salt and pepper
well and place squares of bacon
over the top and put in the oven TO
bake until brown on top. Send 70
table in same pan. Some persons
want it sweetened but we do not use
suga-, preferring vinegar or pepper
sauce at the table. 1t is me re-
mains of breakfast and dinner unit
ed to make good substantial dish;
especially for those who have been
laboring.
Gravy forms an important part OF
the meal where butter is not to be
had. Therefore it is most essential
to know how to make a good gravy.
Milk gravy is the best, but as the
milk is so hard to procure, and neces-
sity being a good teacher l have
learned to make first rate gravy
without it. After your meat (beet,
venison or towD is fried take it up,
then pour in from one-half pint to
one pint OF water, boiling; salt and
pepper, lastly mix about a table
spoonful Of flour with enough water
to dissolve it; pour this thickenlng
into the pan and let it boil few
minutes before taking it up.
But enough for this time, AZ
another time I will say sometime
about cakes, pies, etc, TOR the Flor
ida kitchens where milk is scarce ano
butter an imposslbilitY. p
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From IA Lady Contributor.
Editor Florida Agriculturist:

-GCte.0T Ft0T100 gT(c1tltiniSt:
In one OF your late issues a lad
correspondent, desires some inforna
zion, about cooking "without milk
After three years experience, in Flor.
ld&, have learned many things which
think would be valuable 10 others
Also We cannot always cook as we
want to, but must cook as we can
therefore it is desirable, to know
now TO make the most of those re-
sources which are az hand. Being
possessed of a rather experimental
turn of mind, I have happened upon
some dishes which my husband pro-
nounced very good, some of which
| will place at the disposal Of my sis,
ters in this State. First is. bow can
good bread be made without milk ?
The following recipe 1 have found to
be never failing, unless 1t should be
thag the -four was Of the poorest
qualify:
Make>a batlar of -four and warm,
not scald'eg water, make it thin
enough to run, and add a half pint of
yeas', or one half gill dry yeast dis
solved in warm water; mix sponge
at night and early next morning, mix
up, adding salt, and two or three
pin's OF warm waCel; kaead we'll
and let rise: knead again and
place in pans to rise. This is
a simple recipe, but I have used it
three years, and can recommend it.
Some persons prefer "salt risiugn
sHsH sEsaa' ss5Ej ! jz;gIzs ny sl.s2a Esei9es
the same of sugas; the old custom is
to place it in piciher, place the
pitcher 10 an iro pot. covering the
p;ctule a1d rhe pot alsoi place as
much bot waer, (as hot as you can
bear vod. fingers in),in the pot, as
YOU can wjtboct vimming your
pitcher; keep it bot aud do not allow
a sudden draught 20 st'ike IL; 1t yorf
ba. Ter is too ,bio, in tour or live hou's
it will look watery,, all over the top
and if there are no signs OF bubbles
through the water, stir in a little
more flour; your sponge should be
up and about to run over, before the
bread is made, which it ought to 90
in about six o. seven hoars, from The
time it was set add little warm
water, and a little more salt, a1d <er
kneading thoroughly, put IN the pan
to rise, and keep it quite warn,
until ready TO bake; it eau be SET at
night, by keeping wa'm un II De"-
time, and adding a C'tle sod,' when
mixing: the first thing in the morn
mo renew the hot water, and you:
bread ought 10 be baked before dln'
ner. Some brands of flour will make
GOOD salt rising bread that will not
make yeast bread scarcely fit to eat'
Next comes biscuits:
Take, to each qua-t OF Hour two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and
heaping spoon of lard; salt and mix
/ with water into as thin a dough as
3 Won can handle and cut nicely; bake
. in quick oven. If we have not sour
: milk, to use with soda, have found
$ it to be most economical to bay bak,
! ing powder. 1t takes less flour and
!. none is wasted.
While on the subject OF bread
will give a recipe. which we all THINK
great deal Of:
Take cold hominy, or rice, add th'
same amount of -four, one egg 10
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-02-12
Fa"m'og IN Flcrida.-No III.

h0lto" Florida Aw icaxztg0iet.
My attention has been called 20
an article in the Florida Neao York.
er, for December, beaded, GA Cbal.
lenge from DeLand, Fla, and signed
M' ). IL. which closes as follows:
Finally, we woald not give one
acre of Western prairie or New
York gravel, fo ten acres Of anv
land we have seen in Florida for
general farm and garden products,
and when indisposition makes a
change of climate necessary and
one will not go into /. r.uit culture we
would not advise any man TO come to
our State to farm"
Now in answer to that, l would
Ike to challenge aly man in New
York. 4slle WeAy, to take a pieae af
80 -. -
two years, aud p oduce as much clear
cash over and above tne cost, as |
can. do not ask ten &C es 10 ole,
but one acre 10 one.
First cost OF clearing ana
fencing, grabbing aud plow-
ing one acre, 94O.OO
10000 c-bbage plants and
planting ,'n0
Cultiyatioq the same 1900
Gathering aud marketing. jo.OO
800 pounds Of Stock
bridge Fertilizer @o.OO
Tot,d cost $4,000
This crop is put in during fbe
month OF November and h1'ves ed
iu February, with the following re-
suits:
10000 heads of cabbage at
9 cents a head SzOO.OO
Leaving profit after paying lib
erally for all expenditures, Of $500
This is 70 FOUR months; and now
we are ready for another crop and
will put in sweet potatoes.
Flowing Zone man and > =,
horse two days. > o'o'
800 pounds Of oLockbrldge =,
potato manure w W
Planting and cost of vices 100
Mulcbing and wedding . o'oI "
Harvesting Ao'o'
Total cost $500
There will be harvested IN NoVem
ber 800 bushels at 35 cents bushe
making the sum of $4,000; leavln'
a net profit of $4,000, on potatoes
to which add profit on the crop {
cabbages, leaves the sum of S144.O
clear profit, the first year. AS 500
as the potatoes are halvest ed, pat i
another crop Of cabbages. AS th
land is left light aiCer digging u
potatoes, it only needs narrowing.
Cost of narrowing an acre, S sc
800 pounds Of fertilizers. 20 9
Cost of plants and planting, l5.C
Gathering and marketing lo'C
Total cost. $3.50
..t
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-03
An Indian Father.

Little Big Man, formerly Northern
Sioux belonging to Crazy Horses band,
came rushing into the Agency yesterday.
his horse running with full speed, and he
singing warpath'' song, in a nude con-
dition the blood streaming down his legs
and very much excited. He jumped
from his pony and ran into the agents
Office and asked for a gun. On being in
formed that he could not have gun, he
stamped the floor cried and pulled his
hair, and, being covered all over with
blood, more CHASTITY and fierce looking
savage was probably never seen in the
country. He tried to scratch match
wrong end up, and smoke the bowl OF
his pipe instead Of the stem. The inter-
prefer having arrived, he stated in fran
tic manner hat his little girl-his only
child-had caught her dress on fire few
hours before and had burned to death.
The physician in company with Col.
o. Bierne, Mr. Mou and the interpreter,
proceeded at once to tine camp, seven
miles away, where they found the child
dressed in clean calico, amusing her.
self by playing with wax doll baby, and
eating stringed dried apples. The Doc
tor found quite an extensive burn on her
right leg and also on the right side OF her
body, but thinks her injuries are not Of
a serious character. 1t seems that before
the woman found out how bad the child
was burned they nforemd the Little Man
that she was burned up beyond ali hope
Of recovery, whereupon the Chief began
stabbing himself inhicting several deep
wounds and would undoubtedly have killed
himself had it not been for other Indians
taking the knife away from him.-Corr.
Sioux CITY Journal
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-03
Old Time Washington Duels.

Barent GARDENER, who is described by
those who know him as a handsome
courageous man, was drawn into a duel
when he was here as representative from
the Ulster district of New York in 1902,
on account of some remarks which he
made about Mr.. Jeferson's peccadillos.
1t was thought that GARDENER was NOR
tally wounded, but he recovered, and the
Federalists of the Ulster district reelected
him. He subsequently, edited the Ex-
aminer, newspaper published in the
city of New York, and he died at King
ston in 1922. One Of his daughters mar
ried Theodore S. Fay, one Of them liter
airy fellows" who has creditablv repre-
sented this country at Berlin. His
antagonist in the duel, George Washing
ton Campbell OF Tennessee, was afterward
Minister to Russia, and his daughter,
Leczinska, born there, married Gen.
Ewell of the Confederate army. Essen
ator Clingman, who may now be seen at
the Capitol almost every day, displayed
great GOODNESS IN duel which he fought
with Representative Yancey OF Alabama.
CIingman had as his second Charles Lee
Jones of this city. who is the recognized
authority concerning the ''code of honor"
and Yancey had Mr.. Huger OF South
Carolina. Huger won the giving of the
word, and, after the principles had been
posted, he commenced, but no sooner
had he said, care you ready?" than YAM
cey raised his pistol. This elected per-
emptory "Haltp from Jones, and the
performance began second time. But
Hugar, as we'll as Yancey, was flustered,
and he did not say care you ready'" but
"Firev at which they popped away.
Nobody was hurt and "the difficulty was
honorably adjusted" Jones was after
ward the second Of Stanley Of North Caro-
lima, and Jeff Davis the second Of 1nge Of
Alabama in duel which was fought in
1851, and amicably settled after an ex-
change Of shots. The Yancey mentioned
above and the present Senator Hill Of
Georgia were members Of the Confeder-
ate Senate, and on one occasion they had
a personal contest in executive session, in
which an ink stand was thrown and blood
was shed. Yancey was then affected with
Bright's disease, of which he died not a
great while afterward, having suffered
great agony, during which he was at times
delirious and would make very eloquent
speeches.-Perley to Boston Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-03
What a Woman Can Remember

The Boston Transcript is responsible
for the following: A woman will 60 on
shopping tour in search of score of
dissimilar articles. The ribbon must be
ten and half fingers long and half a
finger wide; the carpet must be like
Mrs Spriggin's, only that she wants
hers brown where Mrs. SIS is green;
the first knot i'll the string she carries in
her pocket is the width of the window
curtain; the second knot the length of
Susie's skirt; the third of the picture
cord, and the whole string the distance
round the center table. Besides these
she has buttons to buy, cotton to select,
silk to match, etc., and she will come
home at night without having made
single blunder, with full satchel and an
empty pocketbook, and express packages
will be arriving for week to come.
But the strangest part of this strange,
eventful story is, that she can tell you
otfhand the costume of every lady she
saw during her tour, either on the street
or in any of the numerous shops visited
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-03
Never Find Fault With Your
Tools.

To do this is the infallible sign OF bad
workman. Real talent makes use OF
whatever lies nearest at hand. Faraday
mastered the secrets of electricity with
an old bottle. Sir Humphrey Davy threw
light on the laws Of chemistry by rude
instruments Of his own contrivance. Fer
guson calculated the distance Of the stars
with handful Of glass beads threaded on
a string. Watts first model Of the steam
engine was made out Of an old syringe.
Benjamin West took his first brushes
from cats tail. DR.. Black detected
latent heat with a pan Of water and a
couple Of thermometers, George Stephen
son mastered the rules Of arithmetic with
a BIT Of chalk on the grimy sides Of coal
wagon. The inferior mechanic 10 always
finding fault with his implements. His
jackplane and chisel have no edge, his
auser will not bore smooth, bis handsaw
sticks in the groove; but the trouble il in
the brain, not in the tool.-Davenport
Adams.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-03
Heading OFF a Lawyer.

Rufus Choate, in an important marine
assault and battery at sea case, had Dick
Barton, chief mate of The clipper ship
Challenge, on the stand, and badgered
him for about an hour that at last Dick
got his salt water up and hauled by the
wind to bring the keen Boston lawyer UNI
der his batteries.
At the beginning OF his testimony Dick
had said that the night was clark as pitch,
and raining like seven BELLS
Suddenly Mr. Choate asked him:
"Was there any moon that night
"Yes, sir
"Ah, yes! a moon"
"Did you see it"
"Not mite
"Then how do you know there was a
moon?"
"Nauticle almanac said SO, and III be.
Geve that soonern any lawyer in the
world"
"Ah-you are growing sharp, Mr.. Bar
ton."
"What in blazes have you been grind
ing me this hour for-to make me dull. "
sBe civil, sir. And now tell me what
latitude and longitude you crossed the
equator in'"
"Sho, you're Joking
mo, sir am in earnest, and l desire
you to answer me-"
"Ah, you refuse to answer, do your
81 shan't."
"Indeed! You are chief mate of a clip
per ship and unable to answer so simple
a question"
Eyes It's the simplest question l ever
was asked in my life. Why, l thought
every fool Of lawyer knew there amt nc
latitude on the equator"
Thot shot foored Rufus Choate.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-03
A Mosquito Factory.

A physician corresponding with the
Scientific American says: For several
years past have noticed in warm
weather that my wooden cistern, which
is above ground, has been infested with
peculiar looking little red worms. l
have heard many others like myself
complain of these worms, and | have
taken it for granted that they were a
species Of earth worm However, last
Summer l procured II glass jar and
sprinkled the bottom of it with "a
very small quantity of sand and clay.
then half filled the jar with clear,
fresh water, and, after putting a
dozen of these worms in the jar, l tied a
piece of cloth over the mouth and placed
it in Il light, airy place. The worms
were from half to three-fourths Of an
inch in length, of bright red color, and
had rathe, a jointed appearance about
body. They would crawl on the bottom
Of the jar, swim through the water by a
rapid bending of the body backward or
forward, and occasionally come to the
surface of the water and float. Within
twenty four hours after placing them in
the jar I noticed that they had all gone
down to the bottom of that vessel and
had enveloped themselves separately in
kind of temporary shell made of earth
and sand. In few days after this l
saw one of these worms crawl out of his
temporary house at the bottom of the jar
and swim to the surface of the water
Here, after twisting about for few
second, he ruptured thin membrane
that enveloped his body, and out
came full-fedged mosquito ready for
business. l noticed many Of the other
worms going through the same perform
ance within short time afterwarl.
Some of the mosquitoes were much
larger than others, but as I have already
stated, some of the worms were also
larger than Others
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-03
The Difference.

If q man is on the cars and sees a
young lady he doesn't know from Eve
and never saw before, trying to let down
the window, he throws down his pa
per, takes off his hat, bows himself
double, smiles clear round to his after
collar button, says sweetly, "Allow me.'
and closes the window with graceful
skill and charming courtesy. II his
sister says, 'Tom, won't you please let
this window down for me I" he tucks his
paper savagely under his arm, and stalk.
ing across the aisle, stands on her feet
while he bangs the window down with
slam that fills her face and hair with
dust. And if mis- wife, holding the baby
in one arm and lunch basket on the
other, tries to let down the window, and
says timidly and suggestively, "Oh, dear.
l don't believe l can get it down." he,'
grunts, and says, "Ehl Ohr and
buries himself still deeper in his paper.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-07-03
Sounds Country Like.

Spring has really got along at last, +"
remarked Mr.. Smiley as he glanced over
the breakfast table in search of palata-
BILE morsel. Il always notice that about
this time it is between hay and grass
about getting anything TO eat Now buck
wheat slapjacks are just out of season and
green corn hasn't got along. Hannah,
why don't you stir around and get up a
relishable sort of breakfast 1t strikes
me that l have seen that same plate Of
rolls for three days" "lchabod Smiley,
them rolls is just not out Of the oven,
and if they're not good enough for such
a fault-6nding old hunk, you can get your
meals somewhere else; won't be tied
up to waiting on you for nothing but
abuse and one new dress year," and the
hood-gates of her eyes opened, and the
hot tears streamed down her face. Smi-
ley looked little sheepish. but managed
to get outside Of four Of the rolls and two
cups OF coffee, vowing thai he would send
up shad for dinner, something that
wouldn't allow time for the old gal to get
to sniveling."-[New Haven Register.