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The Republican journal., 1879-04-03

last Thursday trip hence, and did not arrive Al
Boston until ?. N. Friday She lett Boston at i,
p. N on saturday last, although the storm signal
was then dying bat on reaching the mouth OF the
harbor the sea WAS found to be running 80 high
and the fog 50 thick. that she put back and came
To an anchor about : p. III. She got under way at
: o'clock Sunday morning and though it was still
rough and tosgy proceeded on her way. and ar
| rived here at o'clock that night She had a
large freight and full passenger list Few of the
passengers Were fall. however, when they reached
their destination.
We were in last week in stating that Mr.
Beaman is the only survivor Of the active business
men of Belfast fifty years ago H H. johnson be
gan i'll the dry goods trade in SS near the present
location Of his son and successor William o Poor
| in the same year, having been given his time by
his father, commenced the apothecary business in
the ell OF the old Huse tavern, now Howes & Co 5
store. The ell covered the present location of the
| Woodcoek and Chase stores Mr.. Poor informs Us
that H. Il. Hay, OF whom he bought his first stock.
is still in the wholesale drug business in Portland
Such stability in business and business relations is
not often found
Mr.. A. f. Pote Of Bangor brother of Fred Pote
Of this city, has recently lost two children under
peculiarly distressing circumstances. The Wing
says
A short time since the little daughter of one of
our citizens was stricken down with that fell dis
ease, diphthera, from which she died after brief
| Illness Like good Samaritan Mrs Pote offered
her kind assistance and experience to her friend
the mother of the little one and did all that was
possible to do to avert the terrible fatal result but
to no purpose. Hardly had she returned to her
| own home ere her two children,-Leta darling
bright eyed girl of three, and Eddie, smart, active
| boy of twelve-were both attacked, and on Friday
last the little girl breathed her last 1t then
thought that Eddie was improving and if not out
of danger in fair way for recovery. Friday he
seemed quite smart, but on Saturday evening at
little past six he, too, passed away, leaving the
distressed and loving parents childless and heart
broken Truly sad case, and one which will en-
list the sympathies of all their many friends in
| this city and elsewhere
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done within three days from the time
the seed was sown. | use phosphates
quite extensively. Last year 1 set
$4,000 cabbage plants; this year l
shall exceed that number-double it.
AT the same time, experience teaches
me that small piece Of land, we'll
titled, is much better than larger
piece, poorly done. On a small
plantation one can make every head a
good one, or every vine fruitful, and
each hill give forth its maximum
crop 1t really makes me sad to see
a large, neglected crop Of anything,
while, on the other hand, it reioices
me to ride by fields of corn and other
crops that are doing finely and will
fill the granary of the husbandman.
| have wondered that the south did
not send more of her commodities
north. 1t seems to me that our
people should go south instead of
west. Two of my farmer friends go
next week to Virginia to live, having
purchased farms about forty miles
from Richmond. l have no doubt l
will fetch up in your state at some
future day.
| speak for myself and many others
when l say there is no hostile feeling
toward the Southerners, although, on
account of our leading politicians,
there is not as good a general feeling
as there should be.
J. II. SUMMERToN.
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Contents of this Number.

Page 335---Our Orange Groves and Settlements
No. From Pennsylvania Correspondent; Pine
Apples at Lake Worth; From Our Daytona Cor
respondent.
Page 336---Two Sunsets, poetry; The Gentleman
Who Had Nice Little Servant Girl ; Mrs eau
dies Lecture on Free Masonry; Romance OF
Pearls; Why the Rabbit has Short Tail; How
the Oyster Builds his Shell A Cheap Marriage
Recipes.
Page 337-Legal Notices Advertisements.
Page 33S---Be Cautious; The Citrus Show in Cal.
ifornia Answers to Correspondents; Locals
Floridiana.
Page Observation-Disclosures.
Page 340---The Milet or Small Seeded Food Grains
Raising Tobacco; Raising Early Chickens; Corn
and ISIS Cultivation.
Page Observation-Disclosures
Page 342--Telegraphic News; Advertisements.
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Our Orange Groves and Settlements.
NUMBER L.
SPRING GARDEN.

Wishing to give history and de-
scription of noted groves and thriv-
ing settlements, as far as we can, by
observation and through reliable COR
respondents, not only in this county
but throughout the State, we lately
visited the young settlement of
Spring Garden near this place.
Seven years ago, Major George
H. Norris of Chicago, perceiving at
once the valuable advantages OF the
locality, purchased a tract of seven
thousand acres, goodly portion of
which is as fertile land, as was ever
turned by plow. A large part, too,
consisted Of dense hammock, so thick
with a luxuriant growth Of majestic
oaks, with cedar, cypress, hickory,
and shrubbery of all kinds, gracefully
testooned with the beautiful gray
Spanish moss, as to obscure the sun,
while walking underneath. Scat
tered through this hammock here and
there are acres Of sour orange trees
~ cout1siess ranftgrs, rom the lofty
y
tree, hoary with age, to the youthful
sapling, and down to the little tender
shoot, SO thickly growing under the
shade of the surrounding growth, as
TO form a carpet of verdure like a
field Of young grain
With the ready instinct and cour-
age of a thorough business man,
Major Norris cut, at once, into the
heart Of this hammock and opened
up these different patches Of wild
orange groves, and, selecting the
best trees for budding, thinned out
the rest, to give them room to grow.
The work was Titanic and the ex-
pense great, but the reward is
already being realized and, before
long, will be most ample. Seven
years ago he purchased trackless,
virgin hammock; now he has vigor-
GUS, thrifty orange groves, numbered
from one to eleven, with roads and
paths cut from one to the other. A
large number OF these trees, twenty
or more feet high, not one older than
a seven years bud, are as fine a
growth as we have ever seen, and
are yielding remarkably well. Three
years ago his four year old buds be-
gan TO bear and from these compare
lively recent beginnings he, last year,
shipped over 100000 oranges. His
lemon trees, too, are rapidly maturing,
and from the many he has already
shipped he mas received handsome
returns.
One OF his most successful expert
ments, was TO remove to better To-
cation, and in grove form, 1870 large
and Old trees, some just ready TO
bloom and bear. But very few
seemed even wllted, and he sboutlv
maintains that many will bear well
in Two years With incredible toll
and cost, he has had cleared and
fenced some 800 acres, and has had
hudded, with the choicest varieties of
oranges and lemons, thousands of
trees This is goino on annually /;
every year more acres cleared, more
thousands OF trees budded. Major
Norris is an enthusiastic and sturdy
advocate tor budding on sour stock,
and his remarkable success, seems to
warrant his belief Scattered all
through the hammock, are vast NUM-
bers OF old sour orange trees, twenty
FIVE to fifty feet high, still loaded, as
indeed they are, the year round, with
their acceptable fruit.
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From IL Pennsylvania Eorrespon-
dent,
UNION Cry, Erie ca. Pa.
February N 1879.

" A1.fE|szlF
Editor florida A grid9I
" Thinking that a Ielskf tom this
section would De read II Ii interest,
| was prompted, upd| ea2ing your
spicy little sheet, to NN1 9fyou d few
lines, although if / wore better ac-
quainted with your lhper | could
5ssza sess aa9s vs. dJu5es : Isl, 81
would like some Of oA&, Pennsylvania
iclcles to cool your butter with.
What a blessed country this is All
can suit themselves, as 10 climate, to
their hearts content. / like the
northern climate in the Summer, be-
cause 1t is not too warm, but our
Winters are so severe We have
had the thermometer. away down
below nothing Tor zero), from twenty
to thirty degrees, and to-day at zero
all day. This has been one of the
most severe Winters we have had for
a great many years. Nearly all eel
lars have frozen this Winter, and they
are all under our houses. too. | am
in the market garden business, and
do not think of making a move
toward starting my hot.beds until
the first Of April. | cannot put cab
bage into the ground usually until
about the beginning of May, and
tomato plants are usually put out
from May % to June 10. We can
not raise sweet potatoes here, but
we used to raise some very large
ones while on our famous March to
the sea through Georgia. Squash.
melon and cucumber seed are not
sown till June 1st, while Indian corn
can be put in by the 10th OF Nav
In looking over Farming in
Florida, No. 3, ! see that the cost at
raising cabbages corresponds very
we'll with my experience, but the
price per head with me is three times
as great. / have been the most sue.
cessial with cabbages when J. have
put the seed where che plants were
10 remain Sowing last year on the
3lsL of MAJ, the cabbages were
ready Tor market by the 10Th of
October They were the premium
fiat Dutch, which succeed the best
with me. My plants were thinned
out, and the Trimmings I sold to other
gardeners. 10 prevent the ravages
of the little black flea / dust The
plants with ashes This must not be
done III careless manner. [ take it
early in the. morning, while the dew
is yet on, and go over the piece with
the ashes in bag, the same as sow
ing oats, throwing as large a handful
as [ can, and covering about as much
ground as the same quantity Of oats
would cover. 1t is the dust settling
from the ashes, and in shis way one
does not get too much on, as plants
are easily destroyed while young
The first sowing of ashes Should be
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of vegetables, in several large patches
he has planted, which, with those
planted by Hart Norris, will cover
several acres. They consisted of
snap beans, onions, cabbages, turnips,
lettuce, radishes, etc, etc, ripening
rapidly, and will soon be ready for
market. Certainly they would com
pare tavorably with those grown
months later at the north by pro-
fessional gardeners. We should
judge that both Mr. Lyman and Mr..
Hart Norris had the prospect of
comfortable income from vegetables
alone, long before their orange groves
can bear. We regret that. we had
not the time to visit Mr.. Hymans
fourishing lemon grove.
All over the state are Just such
prosperous settlements and beautiful
orange and lemon groves, as we'll as
profitable fields OF smaller fruits. We
trust that reliable residents of such
will send us concise description of
them, which we will publish. that
people all over the Dountry and
Europe, where our ejaculation ex-
tends, may be made thoroughly ac-
quainted with our 1Bsources, and
where they can speedily build up for
themselves cheap and happy homes.
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Pine-appIes at lake Worth.

Editor Florida Agricultmist:.
We are able to Gull much valuable
information from your paper about
matters pertaining to the farm and
household, but we are particularly
interested in fruit growing. We
came here to raise fruit, and mainly
A.,ah ssrieiisS f;suit4 IS caBnot he
ou4p9ated with safety ID regions OF
severe frosts. Our climate and soil
are especially suited to the pine
apple. 1t is about three years since
the first "pines were planted on
the Lake. They were planted by
three parties malnly-three thousand
plants il. all. One cultivated his
patch with hoes, and kept the soil
we'll stirred Every puff of wind
would blow sand i'll the plants. He
attempted to keep them washed out,
but gave it up. From one thousand
plants he harvested two dozen apples.
Number two aimed at cultivation,
but the weeds took possession of the
patch. He harvested about one hun
dred apples from fifteen hundred
plants.
Number three had but five hun
dred plants He planted on the west
shore, on pine scrub land, mulched
them well with grass, and got about
four hundred fruits, and others still
coming out.
The others planted ON rich red
hammock laud, since proved 20
be superior pineapple soil We give
this to show the advantage OF mulch
ing, and that it is not advisable to
plant wide apart and cultivate with II
mule, as advised some time ago by a
man on the west coast.
We plant about Two feet apart, and
are experimenting 10 see If it viii pay
to give them more room. Loose cul,
tivated soil alongside Of u patch will
blow over and ruin the plants unless
there are several rows of corn or
other wind-breal; TO protect. They
will not thrive il the roots OF the
leaves are choked with sand, even if
the bud or crown is kept clear.
We have iruited no sugar-oais yet,
aud have very few planted, but we
are going to get more. Cultivate
mainly the red bird's-eye, so called
by Ben Baker, aud we can testify to
the lusciousness Of the fruit, as we
have eaten it on his plantation. It's
good shipping variety.
fhe Bahamas let their slips or
suckers wilt in the shade (say week)
before they are planted, and claim
that they do better They never
set out rooted plants. The expert
ence Of several here goes to show
that they are not so good. We
moved eighty thrifty rooted plants,
and nearly all are dead. The balance
do not fruit. AT Key Largo they do
not mulch. There is very little soil
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among the rocks. The heavy growth
of timber and brush burned on the
ground kills all stumps and roots.
No grubbing and no loose soil to
blow about. Here we are obliged to
grub and mulch, but after the plant
ing there is very little work in weed
ing, and we do think we can throw
Key Largo in the shade, in size of
fruit. There is not the slightest
danger of our being washed out by
salt or fresh water i'll hurricane time.
We have no fears of cold to iniure
plants-none for the past three Win
tiers. We have on the Lake hun.
dreds Of acres Of good pineapple
lands, much of it rich red hammock,
similar to that Of Eleuthera Zone Of
the Bahamas), said to be the best.
Of course the choicest of our lands
are taken, but there is always some
discontinued soul, born with "chron-
ic tiredness," who can see no money
in any new thing, who will never lose
an opportunity to berate Florida and
the world generally. Such men will
sell. A word to the wise is sufficient.
We can raise pine-apples at five
cents each, and clear more money
than at farming in the north or rails
ing cotton in the south. But we
have every reason to expect it will
pay better Will probably start
canning factory as soon as there is
fruit enough to support it. Our
means (money) are limited, and we
are compelled to : make haste slow
ly," aud learn to wait. Oranges,
lemons, lines, and dozen of other
kinds of fruits do well, but plne-
apples are our hobby"
f. L. DlMIoK.
Lake Worth. Datle Comfy. Fla.
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Lake Worth, Dade County. Fla,
From our Daytona Correspondent.

-xstctcUsr n tor Etgtt n 3s-sszssJsi
This community was recently
thrown into spasins of excitement
and elation beyond our power ofde-
scription by reading from New York
Tribune the following announcement,
(being au account of a recent meeting
Of the New Jersey Horticultural So
ciety), to-wit
The fruits exhibited comprised
forty varieties OF apples, one of pears,
and oranges, lemons, and citron in fine
condition, and dried citron and citron
preserves, guava gelly, guavas canned,
and guava and orange marmalade, all
grown, manufactu red and contributed
by IL. $. Williams of Rock Ledge,
Indian river, Fla, native Jersey
man."
The above is copied verbatim ct
literatim, ct punctuatim.
The thing was SO astoundingly un-
expected, that the shock Of that
earthquake was left nowhere The
first thing..we remember doing, after
getting our breath, was to throw up
our old hat and shout, " Bully for II.
5. Williams"
The animus OF the enthusiasm, we
felt, is to be found in the TACT that for
some time past, we have been cavor-
ting up and down this part OF the
county, riding this apple and peach
and pear and guava hobby, and try
ing both by precepc and example,
to encourage the trial of not only
these, but other varieties OF desira-
Bile fruits, which have never as il
seems TO us been given half o chance
here, though having proved quite
satisfactory in other parts OF the
State. Our success ia proselyting,
has been nothing 10 brag Of because
we could not show the trees in bear
ing, and furnish samples Of the fruit.
" Now we said we have got the
laithless and the unbelieYW, where
the hairs short. .tere is proof that
apples and pears do grow on the
coast, and Ill great variety. Here is
lortY-one horse power proof, not only
that they do grow here, but that they
were highly commended by the New
Jersey state horticultural Society.
When we began to get sober, we be-
gan to wonder why q man who so
frankly and fully spreads before the
reading public mis- doings and hay
ings, should have kept SO shady about
this forty one varieties Of apples and
pears. We wondered TOO, how he
Continued on page 342
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An incident occurred at Bow Park
Farm (of George Brown, of the Toronto
Globe), about four miles from this city,
few days since, which created quite an
excitement in the neighborhood, When
darkness settled down over the scene the
evening before there were no signs of
what occurred during the silent watches
Of the night. The river wound peace
fully along and the road leading to the
homestead was as firm rs a rock. In the
night one of the employees heard deep
rumbling sound. In the morning he
told what he had experienced, and de-
clared that he had heard the shock OF an
earthquake. 49,
The mystery was soon solved, for on
proceeding along the roadway sight
that struck amazement into every witness
was revealed. An acre or more of the
earth had sunk nearly forty feet, and the
tips of the trees were just visible on a
level with the surface The earth on the
side of the chasm is quite perpendicular,
and the query is where that acre of land
has gone 10. 1t is not landslide, but a
complete disappearance. Some think
that it is caused by quicksand bottom,
and others that the river has washed q
stratum out beneath. Whatever the
cause, the occurrence is startling one in
our staid and tranquil neighborhood.
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DAILY REVIEW OF THE CINCINNATI
MARKETS.
CINCINNATI, March 6-2 2. NJ,
ppEI nlETf'rla


Flour: Market quiet and firm; ample offerings.
Family Is selling at 81 4G@4 70 for ordinary, and
$ia5 40 for fancy, brands per bfl. Spring wheat
flour al sla4i0 per bll, outside figure for choice
Minnesota Extra will bring SiGi 20 per brl.
Superfne held at 1903 So, and low grades at s2 40
a. - per brl, Rye -four firm and quiet at s3 05t9
20. held at more for somebrands OF choice North
western
Barley quiet and moderate demand, and offer
ings not large Fail quoted 9Oc@sl for prime to
choice but held at more, and 7004SDc for fair to
prime and 5Od60c for inferior per bu. spring
duh at 40t970c, us to quality.
Rye has moderate demand, but il is steady
and receipts light. No is held al 55956c in ele-
vator, with buyers at Nc rcr bu. Prime to choice
sample lois Saiable al 55Gh5c, and more asked
and good lots at JlI52c Inferior dull and nomi-
nal AT iSd49C per bu.
Oats Quiet and moderate supply, but only fair
feeding demand for the local trade. and held firm.
Mixed quoted at 25g2Sc for fair to prime, and
white at 29,0Spc for prime TO choice, per bu.
Common lots are hardly salable.
Corn is firm and the demand fair, with liberal
but not large receipts Mixed ear on track sold
to-day at $50 per bu No. 2 slIelled is quoted at
3515@365c per bu. Prime white corn sold at 361s
Wheat has fair demand and the market firm.
Choice white scarce and held at 81 059I 06, and
prime at 81 0291 0S per bu. Red or amber at 81 on
al 05 for choice, and $l@l OF for good TO prime
lots. inferior down to soc, and dull.
PROVISIONS
Bulk meats have a quiet market and steady.
We quote shoulders at IS s8 Csc, clear rib at 4Sl
aaJIc and clear sides nominal at SIC per lb all
loose and held about Acmore packed IN boxes
Lard is quiet and steady with liberal offerings,
and generally fair jobbing demand for prime
steam, at B16(965bc per ID. City kettle DUH and
held nomihally at 7l4@71zo per Id.
Mess pork; Market quiet and weak and moderate
demand and bid at SiO per brl for prime city auc
held 1b TO 2bc highef cash.
Bacon continues quiet, and liberal offerings
| shoulders quoted at 4is9414c, clear rib at 5ls@
| 51zc, and clear sides at 5s6g5s4c per lb, al
packed,
!, sugaf-cllred meats jobbing fairly and steady Q
8l499lac for bans, as to brand and average, 51a(
| sac for shoulders per ID, canyased and packed
| COTTON
continues steady and quiet, and at yesterday
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A visage Rivaling i'm YellOwness

That of heathen Chinee" if belonging
to one of our race, can scarcely be described
as attractive. But worse than this, it is the
index of disordcred liver Of liver that
needs arousing and regulating. The RENE
dy is at hand, prompt etficacious. A course
of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will expel
the misdirected bile from the blood and di-
rect it into the proper channel, open the
bowels, remove the dyspeptc symptoms
which invariably accompany biliousness
and counteracts the rapidly developing
tendency to dangerous congestion of The
liver, which must always exist when the
skin and whites of the eyes assume this
yellow hue. The pains through the right
lower ribs, side and shoulder blade, the
nausea. furred state OF the tongue, and un-
pleasant breath which indicate liver COM
plant in short all its disagreeable concom-
itants are soon remedied by this sovereign
corrective, which in addition to its regu-
lating properties is 4 superb invigorant,
and pure and agreeable medicinal Stimu-
liant, appetizer and nervine.
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SERIOUS CHARGE.
Alleged Attempt at Rape.

Last evening John KeatinG' the wen
known local prize-fghter. was out on the
streets with a Miss Minnie Crawford,
young girl of nineteen years After taking
her TO several saloons and giving her Va,
rious kinds of drinks, he tried, US the Eri
alleges, to seduce her from the path o.
virtue. ,-.
The girl. who lives on George street, says
that he wanted her to go with him to ~
assignation house, but on her refusal he
pushed her into a private entrance and
choked her in order to obtain his ends.
He was arrested and taken to Bremen
at rect Station, and after being bailed out
ordered to appear before the Police Court.
This Keating forgot or missed to do, and
shortly before noon to-day he was re
arrested on capias and locked up at the
Third District Station.