The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-06-18
State Gleanings.


atee. Monroe and Dode
State Gleanings
The fire companies of Jacksonville,
are fo have an excursion to Lake City
on the Fourth of July.
The smoke from the " Florida Volca'
no." located in this county, is increasing
in volume. --Monticetlo Constitution.
Judge Crane showed us Wednesday,
some very fine watercresses; we trlea
them. and they we're very good indeed.
Thev grow wild and abundantly IN the
runninc streams of this country.
pa Guardian.
Mr.. Chas. l.. Fildes, has severed his
connection as editor, with the Oc0:0
Banner His able pen will be missed IL! IN
the paper. Col. Frank d. Harris, Will
continue the paper as editor ard pro-
prietor.
There is to be a grand Fourth of July
celebration at Sanford, to which the in
habitants of Volusia county are cordial
" invited. Committees from the differ
ent localities in both counties. are ap-
pointed, to bring the affair to the notice
of the people.
Mr.. Dan. Pinkston, living on the With
lacooche in fernando county, has a tame
deer which acts as a decoy and brings
wild deer up to within shooting range
of his dwelling. This animal, which is
female. he has had several years. and
has raised several head from it.-Ida'-
pa Tribune.
A fine specimen of oats, grown by
Mr.. H. B, Stevens, of Orange Lake, is
on exhibition at the store of Messrs.
Robinson & Co. 1t is fully headed and
measures five feet ten inches from root
to stem. All the members of said firm,
and clerks in the store, say, it tops any
oats they ever saw grown IN the older
States.-Ocal0 Banner.
One of our fisherman informs us
that one day this week while sailing his
boat off Marques, a monster cub bore
direct on the rudder, opened his ca
pacious jaws and with single bite and
twirl of the tail, carried away the rud'
der from the gudgeon and went to the
bottom with it, leaving the tiller in his
hands. The monster came again to the
surface. of the water and followed in his
wake, until he arrived at Crawfish Key.
The shark he says, was fully the size OF
his boat, about twenty feet long.-hey
Vest Dispatch.
On Wednesday of last week at Davis
Mill, in this county. while Mr.. John
Aarons was bathing in the mill pond,
Mr. Henry Glover concluded to join him.
Aarons had dived into the water and was
Immediately followed by Glover, who
Jumped in, striking Aarons with his
head between the shoulders. Both par
ties for a few moments were uncon-
scious: Aarons receiving the blow soon
rallied, but his companion died within
an hour. Aarons is still living, but is
reported to be in critical condition
Mariana Courier.
CAPT. Fauria kindly shows us-mind,
shows us. and we are not bribed to raise
an ounce on the actual weight because
of materially accruing vegetable inter-
ests-shows cabbage raised in the sand
of Santa Rosa Island by Sergeant o.
Brien, U. S. artillery, who "garrisons y
Fort Pickens-in considerable force.
The cabbage weighed down fifteen and
a half pounds on Charboniers platform
scales. and looked big enough to do
worse, We thought it was twenty
four FOUNDER at first. We don't know
how many years it had been growing IN
it's semi-tropical home-nor whether Its
roots tunneled the channel to the main
land in search of nourishment-but it
was big cabbage, and grew on Santa
Rosa Is!and.-PenSacOlG Gazette.
Last week, through the agency of
Maior.M. r. Marks, Rev. b. A. M. Hen
derson. LII. D., d. d. and A. NJ, OF
Frankfort, Ky. purchased Mrs. Sweet
property, half mile southwest OF Or
Iando, and will make n Winter home, if
not permanent residence for himself
and family. This is an important accqul-
sition to Orange county, and the lndom,
liable Major Marks is entitled to the full
credit thereof, for he met Rev. Mr.. Hen.
derson at Jacksonville, and by urgent
persuasion induced him to come up and
look at our county. He came and was
charmed with it, and the result was as
above stated. Rev. Mr.. Henderson is
Supt. of Public Education for the State
of Kentucky, and Chairman of National
Board of Education, ana is DIVINE OF
much note. Thus is our country rapid
ly filing up with gentlemen OF wealth
refinement and intelligence.-Sd'lt0ro