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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-03

other settlement between Palatka
and Jacksonville, this statement is
based upon information furnished by
the several steamboats, landing herel
Already 5000 quarts of strawberries
have been shipped from here in re.
trlgerators for the northern markets.
which have sold for prices that will
net the producer so cents per quart
or S1,75O. The orange crop has
been abundant and of fine quality,
selling for good prices. Soon snap
beans, Irish potatoes, cucumhers. to.
matoes and other truck will be ready
for market and when the season is
ended l will give you an acurate
statement of the quantity of all.
The orange groves are a success
and OF course are the staple produc.
tions; three other crops coming in
as auxiliary, until the time shall come
when the proprietors hopes to be
able to wear a stiff dickey, stove pipe
hat, and direct, the. operation OF his
employees by the aid of gold ,
headed walking stick The soil here
is productive, and not only here is
such the fact, but there is an immense
territory OF uncultivated land living
adjacent to- this place, bordering
upon Deep Creek that is Iof equal j
quality. Deep Greek is navigable
tor ten miles from its mouth for
small steamers afording cheap and
ready means for transportation, when,
ever the bordering lands shall be Gull
tiyated. This whole scope of country
has been overlooked by Immigrants
who have pushed on up the river to
more remote and less productive 10.
cation. They have gone in search of
the mythical ."trost line' not know
ing that the east bank of the St.
Johns. river Is. better protected from
frost by the broad river than two de.
grees Of latitude will give by going
south without it. .slya s
---.sscr-s4-i ,,.l..sssvsrzf-
+, the 0elief that a northern man is not
we'll received here. "a more errop-
eous idea could never exist. Possess.
ing strong Republican political opin-
inions myself l have never hesitated
to express these opinions on all
proper occasions and to all persons of
whatever birth place, yet an ungentle-
manly word has never been uttered
to me in consequence. l moved to
this section Immediately after the
close OF the war, at time when all
the worst passions of human nature
had been aroused, yet from that DAY
to this there has never been "high
crime" committed nor any greater
disturbance than simple assault.
am proud to be able to truthfully
say, that more peaceable commun-
ity cannot be found anywhere, or
people more glad to welcome respec-
tible immigrants. J. F. TENNEY,
Federal Point, Fza., Feb. 16, 1880.
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DeIand Vousia County Florida wednesday March g. 1880

a daily paper. Then the rare sight
of an approaching sail on the river
excited curiosity to know who were
to be the guests and what was to be
eaten. For every dwelling, however
humble, was madea free hotel. and
sometimes the food brought was
more than that carried away, or con.
sumed in the house. Our growth
has been perpetual though not steady
or without discouragement. Our
efforts often ending in failures have.
on the whole been grand success.
Our chief drawback has been and
still is the lack of that for which ma.
ture has most amply provided-good
transportation and communication.
Perhaps the certainty that these will
come in due time has too long con.
tented us to do without them. When
the two OF three hundred thousand
trees which we have under way shall
all come to bearing, direct and rel1a-
BILE transportation viii be a necessity
and come without effort. A-ii''~'h D''i
Yet our reliance is not upon oran..i
ges alone, Tor we have settled down
to solid agriculture and alA planting
the staple articlesisuch as sugar. cane,
corn, potatoes, pease, beans and veg
etables which, with our beef and
poultry, milk and honey, Strawberries
and other luscious fruits are begin;
ming to- supply our board and more.
1--WE have no glowing visions of
golden harvest without labor and
time but hopefully and in good health
we tread the solid earth in perfect
security and upright independence.
: Jephl 9n 4'litS j. II. FOWLER:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-03
Locust Tree.
N Chambers Encyclopaedia.

From Chambers Encyclopaedia
The Canob or Locust tree, not the
Locust tree of America, is native
OF the countries around the Mediter-
ranean sea. In size and manner of
growth it much resembles the Tama-
rind, having, likewise, pinate dark
evergreen leaves. The fruit, the part
in demand, is brown, leathery pod
4 to 6 inches long, containing feshy
and at last spongy and mealy pulp of
an agreeably sweet taste, in which
lie number of shining brown seeds,
somewhat resembling small, fattened
beans. The seeds are bitter and OF
no use, but the sweet pulp renders
the pod an important article of food
to the poorer classes of people in the
countries in which the tree grows.
They are much used by the Moors
and Arabs. They are also valuable
as food for horses, for which they are
much employed in the south OF Eu-
rope, and have of late years begun to
be extensively imported into Britain
under the name of locust beans, which
name and that of st. Johns bread they
have received in consequence of an an
cient opinion or tradition that they
are the locusts which formed the food
of John the Baptist in the wilderness.
The produce is extremely abundant
some trees yielding as much as 800
to Q00 oounds of 1,odc
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Some Things that / do not Know,
And Some Things that lido. ,a

q - -ffE = .
Editor of The Florida Agriculturist: ia,
don't know whether Mr.. Arthur
FL. Manville and Others who advo,
cate salt as a fertilizer for orange.
trees eyer tried it on their own or.
prescribing for others what they are
unwilling to try themselves.
do not know that an empty salt
sack was accidentally thrown by an
orange tree and it died. The gentle.
man, to satisfy himself whether the,
salt was the cause of the trees death
or not, put the same sack by another
young healthy tree after few
rains that died also. A lady on this
lake had an orange tree in her
flower yard that she tried to persuade
her husband to move out, be prefer
ring orange blossoms to all others,
kept putting her off with promises.
She, hearing Of the effects the
salt sack had on orange trees, took
the hint and applied one tablespoon.
tul Of salt about its roots. A few
weeks after the application when the
tree was dead and thrown over the
fence she told, for the amusement of
a crowd, how to move an orange
tree from a flower yard. DR.. Mont
gomery, of MicanopY, threw some
salt pickle that had been used on
meat around two large and appar-
emily healthy orange trees, and both
of them. died.
I don't know whether nurserymen,
in recommending only the budded
tree and condemning all seedlings,
are advocating their interests or ours.
/ do know that the nurseryman
can make more money out OF the
budded than he can out OF the seed
ling tree.
don't know what causes the
long list of diseases which not only
the peach trees but their fruit also is
rfflicted with, in states where only
the budded trees are used.
1 do know that in this portion of
the State where peaches have been
grown from the seed for many gen.
erations, that the fruit is as fine in
every respect as any ever saw or
eat, with no sign OF disease about
them-not even worm can be found
in them. ls4 .Ay
/ do not know why in budding
away the seed, ethorns and other OBJ
jectionable features about the orange
we may not at the same time and in
the same way, lose some of list most
desireable qualities. y.ne.s.l y. Z.
! do know that both the seeding
and budded orange trees are good,
that each has its respective advan-
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-16

The man who tills his land with M ap-
probation of the possibilities of his calling,
who is never satisfied with what has been
done in his line but is ever looking forward
to what may be accomplished upon his fields
by work, hard work and earnest endeavOr, is
sure to WINS sure in the end to realize the
golden promise which his hopes have cherish
ed. While he cannot absolutely control his
fortune as u producer, he can so far control
it as to secure for himself vastly greater pro-
fits and more satisfactory cults than he
would realize by merely following the habi.
tual thoughtless routine Of the indifferent
farmer No calling of the present day holds
out more tlattering inducements to our enter
prising young men than agriculture. 1t con
duces not only to length of life, but as wellto
that happiness and cOntentmcnt with free
dom from speculative schemes, the chances of
trade and the more uncertain results ofmOst
other caiings, will not permit those who follow
them to enjoy. True, it is rare that the farmer
becomes suddenly rich, yet it is as rare that
he becomes suddenly poor. The terrible
vicissitudes of oil speculative pursuits he
escapes. The failure of one crop, if he farms
inteligcntly and cultivates assiduously, will
hurt his prospects but little His wheat may
be destroyed while his corn will be left: his
oats may fail but his rye is all right, his bar
ley may blight, but his sorghum will take
him through, and when his crops are from
any cause or series of causes, a failure, he
can still look to his orchard for a support,
though it may for one season be scanty.-
Nor is this the end of the hopes he be 4
true Nebraska farmer, he will be sure TO have
one resort still left-his flocks and his herds.
His pastures are there, and with them there
is no such word as fail in this climatr.-Ad-
dress By Major Ch0Se, Of Omaho.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-16

y man, hceled with. an army gun and a
butcher knife, went into n South Arkansas
newspaper Office the other day, and remarked
to man sitting at a table
Are you the editor?"
mo, sir; am the proprietor Can do
anything for you?"
II want to see the editor"
"On very particular business, sirl"
mo not very. l simply want to kill him
for publishing an article about me last
week ?"
as your other business so pressing that
you have to kill him this week =
"lt it is any accommodation | can wait a
few days"
II wish you would, for | sold him Il calf
some time ago, and he owes me five dollars
on it. II you kill him now I'll never get the
money"
But you could take the calf back and
make what has already been paid clear of all
expenses"
That's fact" said the proprietor, mus
ing, "Ill send boy after him. No, that
would be taking advantage of him, and he
may not like it. Call around next week and
I'll have him here"
The man left, and the newspaper man re-
marked to himself: SO much for dsobeying
my wife. She told me not to forget my pis,
toll If hadn't played proprietor that fellow
would have shot me with that old Yankee
gun. wouldn't be found dead shot with
gun. Next week, just about the time Pm
busy this fellow will come around again with
his stalwart tield-piece. If he'd only come
with an Arkansas pistol would not mind it /;
but it would be an eternal disgrace to be
killed with such gun. After this | shall
obey my wife. That woman's got horse
sense, and looks into the future like n mule"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-07-16
VOL. XXIV----NO. 20.
General Wade Hampton.
One of Gen. Hampton's friends relates the fol-
owing interesting incidents of him.

One of Gen. Humpton's friends relates the fol-
lowing interesting incidents ofhim:
The General, in the hope of picking up some
views about cut legs, has a way ofstopping peo
pie similarly afflicted As he was standing on
his crutches in the main hall, near the Senate Gu
trance a large man came along, his rightlrg lost
above the knee, and he had some patented ar
rangement that seemed like framework, light
and portable, to help him out of his scrape.-
Accosting him. Hampton spoke of their mutual
nfrmities, and asked how that arrangement
worked "Very well" replied the stranger
at is an invention of my own" and he went on
to explain. "May ask where you lost your leg
inquired the General. ayes, certainly; it was
shot off when Hampton charged our battery AT
Gettysburg" "lndeed; Pm grieved to hear"
said the general, very sincerely. "My name is
Hampton" They shook hands very warmly
over the bloody chasm, and the stranger turned
out to be Representative Caulk, of Wisconsin.
Later in the day the General was on his way
home in the street car when man entered
with only one arm, the other gone at the socket.
The General invited him to q seat, and managed
the payment of his fare.
"Where did you lose your w asked lIamp-
ton
swell, sir; it was at Gettysburg" answered
the man, "when Hampton made that terrific
charge with his cavalry"
Whereupon, those two shook hands and made
up and the man now says if Hampton is put ON
the Democratic ticket he will swallow IT hook
and line.
1t was on the same bloody field that Pleason-
ton and Hampton met as rival cavalry leaders,
and they met only on Wednesday last over
the pipe of peace. Plcasonton was enhanced
with his old enemy, and said that he was the
only soldier that he ever heard of who told The
whole truth in case ofdeieat. Let me tell anoth.
er instance of llampton's kindheartedncss, and
then the reader can possibly Judge why it is that
he is the idol of the colored race in the South
Recently, it will be remembered, he went to
Mississippi, on the death of his son. While
there he met three old slaves his. They called
to pay their respects, and in an apologize way
told "Nlassa Wade that they had TO fight for
their freedom, and hoped that he did not feel
bad about it. On inquiry he learned of them
that all three had been wounded ON board the
Monarch during the war They knew nothing
of how their account stood or might stand under
the law, with the United States Treasury, and
the Generals first act when he came back was
to obtain them pensions. That's the way the
'rebel brigaders" are depriying the Southern
negroes of their rights
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A Child's Pride.

A St. Louis paper tells touching story of
school life. 1t illustrates both the longing of
children to appear as well as their school
mates and thc'mental suffering incident to
poverty. In one of the st. Louis public
schools many of the children who came from
n distance were accustomed to bring lunch
and thus save long walk home to dinner
They generally ate it together and had a
merry time. Among those who stopped, one
of the teacher noticed little girl who never
brought any lunch, but who looked wistfully
at her paymates as they were eating the. noon
meal. But one day the girl brought her
bundle also, wrapped in paper. Atnoon she
did not go with the others, but remained at
her desk rs if preferring to eat alone. The
teachers, thinking her unsocial, advised her to
go to the lunch room with her playmates' and
walked to the deskto take her bundle. But
the little girl bursting into sobs said Don't
touch it, teacher and oh, teacher, don't tell,
please. It's only blocks" The poor girl had
no dinner to bring, but wished to keep up
appearances" so as not to seem unlike her
schoolmates. And she was one of the best
scholars in the school, She was very dear to
her teachers heart after that incident
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How to Use Hen Manure.

Dry muck, loan, or other earth, will rctard
or prevent the fermentation and hold the
ammonia that is formed, Water enough 10
keep quite wet will do the same in cool
weather Plaster with enough moisture will
also absorb the ammonia but dry plaster will
not. The custom of mixing lime and ashes
with hen dung is wrong They drive outthe
ammonia instead of holding it. Mouldincss
implies, and smell of ammonia (hartshOrn
proves, decomposition and loss of ammonia
But the smell of ammonia is extremely
pungcnt, and unless it is very strong, not
much loss need be feared Since the chief
lcrtilizing ingredient of hen dung is nitrogen
and ii has so little phosphoric acid and potash
tits rather stimulating than lasting manure
Many farmers use il for corn But nearly all
of our experiments (see 1me,drun 1g,G"ituist
for March, April, May imply that thia is poor
policy, since corn gets but little help from
nitrogen and responds best to phosphoric acid
and potash. A little in the hill, however,
well mixed with earth, may be very useful to
give the cropa start, Hen dung is useful for
potatoes, garden vegetables, or indeed almost
all crops, including Strawberries and other
small fruits.--1mcrtcaH Agriouhul{st
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For Ammonia taken raw by accident
give new milk, olive oil, ice in bits bind ice
on the throat.
Poulticcs are better for the addition of
little sweet or castor oil and a few drops of
laudanum.
Bathing the face in lemon juice mixed
with glyccrine will remove tan and freckles
in II few days, if the individual be not expos
ed to the sun.
A remedy for chilblans-take n piece of
lime the size of your double fist, put it in
warm water and soak the feet in il ms warm
as You can bear for half an hour.
1t is said two parts tallow and one of rosn ,
melted together and applied TO the solcs OF
new boots or shoes, as much as the leather
will absorb will double their Wear.
Fresh cow manure, diluted with water
until of pastelike consistency, and poured
on young melon vines is an etiectual remedy
for beetles and other insects that are frequent
" very destructive.
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valley Is about fifteen miles wide at this point
Its fertility, richness, cultivation, and beauty
rank 1t among the garden spots of the world.
The naked eye cannot master the whole scene
1T wearies of the grand display 1t can
identity the towns of MELVILLE, Carlisle,
Mechanicsburg and can recognize the location
OF harrisburg by the columns OF smoke rising
from It's IRON furnaces. Harrisburg is at least
Ihirty miles distant. " AS Tar as the eye can
reach the view stretches itself before 1t and
When the eye lalis, the view sun goes on into
the farther distance could not help think
ing now II must have panied Moses to look
out from Plsgal and view the goodly land of
raleSllhe, yet he not able TO enter it. Nor
could refrain from the thought OF the beauty
OF the fsaimlsls imagery in which he compares
we ciiurch OF Goa loa mountain beautiful for
SITUATION. III iact the whole scene, including
.lic ull'lcui. ascent whose success was only de-
: .vliliiheu ny endurance 10 the END, forclbly
Illustrated 10 my minu lhe great spiritual
IIgachlhgs Oh scripture ABOUT the klngdom OF
lleaveh, a very instructive ana interesting
SERMON iiignt ne maze OUT VI tlis mite smiles
put nint AZ IL VIII now sullice. Every one
vino m sl EIi Doupnhg shouid VISIT Fiat Rock
NJ iilsloIlc"l oocleIy OF Nulnnerland valley
iielu l's SESSIONS ~ .he springs ihlS year during
parts vi l,lst ana liiis week. Although not
iirge.y at'ehued' YET they were interesting and
proillaple' me Vaiiey Is ricl IN Indian lore
anu P,oiecr history. Az iiSt IL was chiefly
seltl9u ny ocotch ana Scotcll-lrlsll--a very
sturdy thrifty STOCK indccd. cumberland has
iurilIslco men Oh rank III every branch OF in
Justly. AS an agrlculturiSt she holds high
rum nt "llions tne gleai people OF the world,
y nc Nlsl'3 2 70 DoaplilS come mostly from
~, mo''''',''ie' washington anu l'niiadelphla.-
nc llhcc observes more cAlchSlVcpa patronage
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2nctieal.

Is PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY

"Why Art Thou Cast Down, q My Soul e''
HE has forsaken me and I am weary
Or Journeyng on path so dark and dreary"
And wherefore is it drear? The birds are singing
from bolghs that shadows ON the shine are fling
ing"
- hear no music when one Voice does fail me;
MY light Is quenched; can days high noon avail
me"
And wherefore did He leave thee in thy sorrow ?
lie VIII return and comfort thee Tomorrow.
- las, my sins me from His love did sever!
His chidings thought hard, repining ever"
"Rut He is gracious quiekis His relentinp,
From Tar He sees the signs of thy repentlng"
las, too late mourn! He'll let me wander
Cherries, alone, my lost estate to ponder"
For His forsaking, He more close will press thee
where the sword pierced, and surely there will
bless thee"
An. no! II is foes his footstool are kept under
iiy Him, whose hand had plucked their bars asun-
der"
He wipes the tears from off the childrcn's faces
And with the kiss of peace the bride embraces f"
20 sorrowing soul such grief might be thy token.
It's not the slaves will, but the childs heart
broken;
" 'Tis not the rebel by his wrath oertaken,
ii Is the bride one little hour fOrsakcn.
The rebel frets not that his lord s afar,
The slave holds revcl meath the morning star;
But spouse and children yeam for his returning,
Ana keep 10 welcome it the hcarth-fires burning -
G OOa Words
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JOSH Billings on MARRIAGE.-By awl
means, Joe, getmarried ifyou.have fair show.
Don't stand shivering on the bank, but pitch
rite in and stick your head under and shiver
il out Thar amt any more trick in getting
married than there is i'm eating peanuts
Many man has stood shivering ON the shore
until the river run out. Don't expect to
marry an angel-they have been all picked
up long ago. Remember, Joe, you hain't q
saint yourself Do not marry for beauty
exclusively: beauty is like iceawfully slippery
and thaws dreadful easy. Don't marry for
luv, neither uv is like cooking-stove good
for nothing when the fuel gives out But
let the mixture be some beauty becomingly
dressed with about $3.50 in her pocket gud
spcller, handy and neat in her house plenty
of good sence, tutf constitution and bylaws
small feet, a light step add to this sound teeth
and warm heart. The mixture will keep in
any climate and will not evaporate. Don't
marry for pedigree unless it's backed by bank
notes A family with nothing but pedigree
generally lacks sense.
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STONES IN THE MEADow,-As the knives
in the moving machine strike against the
loose stones in the meadow, or become
broken by the small ones that get between
the guards, they are not pleasant reminders
that these distractions should be removed
from the surface of the meadow. There is
no better time for doing this, than just after
the grass crop has been taken OFT, while the
surface is comparatively bare, and the stones
often loosened by the horse rake, and other
haying implements. A few hours now spent
in gathering up the loose surface stones will
be well spent, and may prevent n serious
break to the moving machine and that in
hurried time of work
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HIS FREE ADvICE.-Early in the present
century Mr.. Sampson Levy was prominent
member of the Philadelphia bar A client
called on him one day and stated his case with
considerable prolixity, concluding with the
question:
Now, Mr.. Levy, what do you think had
better doY"
"lf were you," was his reply, II would go
home and put q ten-dollar note in my pocket
book and go to some lawyer of my acquaint-
ance and ask his advice about the matter"
The clients pocket,book Immediately APP
peared,
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THE Doc FOR THE FARM.--If n farmer
stands in need ola dog, he should have Il
good one. The farm dog TO be aprotltable
adjunct Of the farm should have duties TO per-
form, and should possess certain valuable
qualities that will enable him to do lis duties
we'll He should be faithful watcher of
persons and property, and at the same time
of kind disposition. He should be gentle
to the livestock of the farm, and above all
obedient to his master. A good farm dog is
very knowing onc.---Amof4can Agy7cW.
tuifst