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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-17
Mrs. BIake'S Servants Dinner.

From the Cook Constitution.
The following was heard at last
session in New Ross and was dis
missed: Thomas Supple, or being
sworn, said :; II was born in the Irish
town on"
"Court-We do not want your BIZ
ography.
Witness-Very we'll, let us come
to business. On 1st May last I hired
wud Mrs. Blake for $40 year, over
and above. diet.-and lndoin':- for tAe.l
lodgin' / don't complain of it, but as
for the victuals, niver tasted bit
of mate from the day entered the
house till left it. think they must
have taken the PLACE agen mate in
that house; twas fish every day for
dinner, ayther hake or a herrin',
and they war very grand, too. They
used to call US hame every day to
our dinner wud bell; and whin the
: naybors wud hear the bell ringin'
they'd say, "Therc's the herrin' bell"
Then at night, when I'd come in ex-
pectin' to warm myself, I'd have to
lie down on the floor before l could
see the fire under the pot.
A Court-Let us hear YOUR claim for
t wages.
t Witness-Well, this day, above all
| the days in the year, l was atein' my
dinner, trying to make the best hand
e OF the fish, as usual, when Mrs. Blake
= KEN into the kitchen. ooh, Tom"
r siz she to me, "'tis awfully vulgar to
S ate fish wild knife" "Is it, ma'am ?"
| siz I. "Oh, It's shocking entirely"
: siz she. "lm not atein' it wud a
3 knife, ma'am," siz /. Don't 1 see
you," siz she, "wud my two eyes ?"
"'Tis wud my mouth Pm atein it,
= ma'am," siz l. you're an impident
vagabone," siz she, "an' tits not the
; first time you insulted me, so quit the
t house at wanst." "Give me my
5 wages" siz /, can l won't stop
5 another mint" "I'll give you no
wages" siz she, so 1 whit away and
r she OWN me thirty shillings.
> Mrs. Blake-I owe him no wages,
for ne managed to be In my debt
, from the time he KEN to me till he
Z left me. On the very first day he
worked in my place he KEN to me
, "You wouldn't have tuppence about
t you?" siz he; 81 want to buy bit OF
: tobacco"
, Mr. Supple-There's wan thing I
forgot; she was jealous of me, too.
Mrs. Blake-ls it me
Mr.. Supple-Yes, you; did you
ever speak civil word to me from
the night you got me speakin' to the
servant girl down in the bog till
left?
Mrs. Blake was now sworn, when
she replied to Mr.. Supplies indict-
ment. She said EVAN day l whit
irto the kitchen as he was atein mate.
oh Tom,' siz /, you can't ate mate
to day. i think l can,' SEE he, I'm
getting OH purity well It's a little
tuff but we can't have everything to
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-17
A Disguised ParsOn.

Those who have been to ''nigger
meeting" in the southern states have
heard the minister cline out" the
hymn or psalm in meter. But it does
not need that experience to appreci-
ate the following story contributed
to the columns of the World:
When John Randolph, OF Roam
oke, died he freed all his slaves, but
sought, while living, to prepare them
for the change. He fixed up house
of worship and employed minister
to preach for them. lie often attend
ed, and sometimes, it is said, took
part in the services, by correcting
any inappropriate illustrations made
or erroneous views advanced by the
preacher. 1t was customary, in those
old fashioned times. for the country
pastors to give out two lines of a
hymn at time. which was taken up
by the negroes and sung with loud
and joyous voices. On one occasion,
when the singing was going on, it is
said, the honest. old preacher OBJ
served an old man with his foot upon
the heated stove, and before reading
the next two lines he pointed his fin.
ger at the man and said:
Beware old sinner, you
Will burn your cowhide SHOE"
This was promptly taken up by the
vast throng, presuming it was part
of the hymn, and sung. The old
pastor then said
my friends. you all are wrong;
That was not in the song"
This was readily caught up and
sung with great power. The old pas
tor, then, with much gesticulation,
said:
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-17
''a1 KPP PstEtsR tS ST fNTc aR5'r

Not unfrequently, says Texas let
ter, young ladies', whose fathers
and brother or their laborers happen
to be hard pressed with work, go in
to the fields and lend a helping hand.
Among the latter class is young
lady-the fifteen year old daughter
of one of the Oldest and most respect
ed families on the Brazos-whom
the correspondent met at the man
sion OF her father near Pattison. The
conversation naturally turned to cot
ton picking. The young Texas girl,
blooming with youth, her dark hair
floating over her fair forehead, match
ing her large dark eyes, that flashed
at intervals, proceeded in her girlish
way to give him all the information
about cotton picking desired.
"The most of my fathers hands
pick one hundred and fifty to two
hundred pounds day. she said.
THAT seems excellent work, re-
piled the correspondent.
"Oh, not very"
81 really think so.'
She laughed and her eyes flashed
again. Why l can do almost that
well myself, and l am not used to it"
"Your'
"Yes."
~ must doubt
Il have gone into pas field and
picked one hundred and fifty pounds
In day."
didn't the sun burn your face to
a crackling:"
why, no; you are crazy"
GLOW, then, did you manage, my
lit lie southern girl 2"
"Oh, l just put on this long sun
bonnet and pair of gloves with my
fingers out at the top"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-17

This was also sung and the old
pastor, completely disguised, retired
from the pulpit, and did not know
that he had been making poetry him.
self until informed by one of his
hearers. This incident shows the
initiative character of the negro race
and even to this day, any song, nc
matter how nonsensical the words, il
it is high-sounded, and has some
what of a mournful tone, is as accept
able to them as any other.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-17
MARCH II
VARIETIES.

To tell falsehood is like the cut
of sabre; for, though the wound
may heal; the scar Of it will remain.
iS0n(Z.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-17

CARE OF THE TEETH. in.
deed, do we find a person OF 30 years
of age with sound set of teeth.
Far more often do we find young
lads and girls Of 10 to l6 years of
age whose teeth are mere shells OF
decaying tissue, rotting away with
almost visible rapidity, repositories
Of decaying particles of food, and the
source OF communicating elements
which deteriorate digestion, and OF.
fensive odors which contaminate the
breath. In connection with this. 1t
is said that there are II, 900 dentists in
the United States, who annually ex-
tract 2O,000,000 teeth, manufacture
and insert 100000 artificial teeth,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-22
Life Thoughts.

There is one single fact which one
may oppose to all the wit and ar.
gument of infdelity-namely that
no man ever repented being a Chris
tian, on his death-bed.
The Preside is q sch DOL of infinite
importance; it is important because
it is universal, and because the ed.
ucation it bestows, being woven in
with the wool of childhood, gives
form and color to the whole texture
of life.
No trait of character is more val.
liable than the possession of good
temper. Home can never be made
happy without it. 1t is like flowers
springing up in our pathway,reviv-
ing and cheering US. Kind words
and looks are the outward demon
stration; patience and forbearance
are the sentinels within.
Vicious habits are so great q stain
to human nature, and so odious in
themselves, that every person, actu.
ated by right reason, would avoid
them, though he was sure they
would be always concealed from
both God and man, and had no fu-
ture punishment entailed upon them.
A certain amount of opposition is
q great help to man. Kites rise
against the wind; even q head wind
is better than none. No man ever
worked his passage any where in q
calm. Let no man wax pale, there
fore, because of opposition !; oppo.
sition is what he wants and must
have, 30 be good for any thing.
Hardship is the nat We soil of man.
hood and self.reliapce.
a room with pictures in it, and o
room without pictures, differ by
nearly as much as room with win
dows and q room uitnont windows.
Nothing, we think, lie more melan.
choIy, particularly to q person who
has to pass much time in his room,
than blank walls an6 nothing on
them !; fo- pictures are loop-hoies Of
escape to tns soul, lee ding it to 9TH
er scenes and Other spheres.
Building Character.-There il q
structure which every body is build
ing. young and old, each one for
himself. Il 10 called character, and
in every act of life is q stone. II
day by day We be careful to build
our lives with pure. noble, upright
deeds, az the end will stand o fair
temple, hoHored by God and man.
But, as one leak will sink q ship, and
one flaw break q chain, 80 one mean,
dishonorable, untruthful act or word
will forever leave its impress and
work its influence on our characters.
Then, let the several deeds unite to
form day, and one by one the days
grow into noble years, aud the ears,
as they slowly pass, will raise at last
q beautiful edlfiee, enduring for ev-
or to cur praise.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-22

WHITLAw REID, editor of the N
Y. Tribune, delivered an address be-
fore the Ohio Editorial Association
last summer in which he dwelt at
some length on the cost of newspa-
pers. He showed that q good daily,
or weekly newspaper, if conducted
according to the modern standard,
costs considerably more now than
before the war, and that therefore
the subscription price of such papers
could not be reduced md leave any
profit. A weekly paper which is
printed all at home, which gives
mainly home news, which pays ont
large amounts for correspondence,
market reports, &C., cannot be furn-
ished as chesply ss one which con.
sists one-half OF three .four,hs Of
ready printed matter, which 10 put
together in some distant city and
furnished alike 20 two or three hun.
dred papers. A town which is large
enough to support the whole of a
newspaper should be glad of the fact
and willing to pay more than for q
paper which is only one-half or one
quarter of home production. Mr..
Reid further said that papers were
generally worth about what was
asked for them. Some were cheap
at high price, others dear at any
price. There are weekly papers ia
this State which can be had for dol
lar a year, and others that have sab,
scription price of three times thai
sum. The smallest in price are often
the smallest in circulation and some
of the most widely circulated week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-22
The Most Important Question for
Congr ess.s

The present Congress has yet to
demonstrate it's craftsmanship, if it
has any. Thus far, neither ct it's
extra session nor at its present ses-
sion, has il given any proof in eth
or house that the ability of its aver
age membership rises much above
that of an ordinary city Board of
Aldermen or County Board of
Supervisors.
There is one great, vital subject
of legislation imperstively demand
ing the action Of Congress which
affords most excellent opportunity
for the exhibition of great states
manship-a subject which appears
thus far since the organization of
the present Congress to have been
studiously avoided or deferred, ap.
parently because of q conscious in.
ability to handle it properly or to
master il effectively. We refer to
the subject of a new and much.
needed law regulating the manner
of electing Presideot and Vice
President of the United States, and
OF canvassing the returns from and
finally deciding such election.
The future peace and security of
the nation and the successful per.
petuation of our system of Govern
ment may depend upon the action
or non-action of the present Com
gress upon this subject. No other
question of q national character so
imperatively calls for intelligent,
judicious and immediate disposition.
1t invites the sober consideration of
the wisest and most patriotic states.
manship of the nation. Partisanship
should be lost sight of in its con-
temptation, and the one object of
devising law that would be fully
adequate to the case be aimed at by
the thoughtful and patriotic repre-
sentatives ofall parties and all inter.
est. 1t is too grave a question to
become matter of partisan division
and too vital in its possible bearings
upon the immediate future to be
neglected by the representatives of
either party. We had realizing
sence of the gravity of this subject
in 1867, and so apparent is the
peril of trusting to the present law
to meet a like emergency hereafter
that Congress would be guilty. of
an almost criminal omission if it
should fail during it's present session
to suspersede the existing statute for
the election of a President and the
final decision of close or disputed
electoral votes by one which would
remove all danger and cbviaic all
difficulty
If there is such q thing as genuine
craftsmanship in the present Con-
gross - or, at least, if a majority
Of the Senate and the House are
worthy of the name of Statesmen
such q measure will be devised and
successfully consummated. And we
would remind the gentlemen 10
Washington that if they mean to act
upon this subject at all-if they do
not intend to give it the go-by and
thus acknowledge their legislative
imbecility-it is about time for
them to take it up and give it the
earnest attention whichits transcen-
dant Importance Demands Chicago
Journal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-22
The Toulouse.

With due respect to the painted
and papered contrivances of s'Fancy
farmers" it may be said that ice can
be kept for one or more years In a
cheap board shed, strong and tight
enough to keep out the rain and keep
in the sawdust. A large body of ice
keeps better than q small body. If
you put IN less than twenty tons, ex.
pect to fall short before the summer
is over. This amount of ice will
measure 500 cubic feet. In calculat.
ing the size of the house, allow about
forty cubic feet for each ton. The
sawdust about the ice should be at
least eighteen inches thick. Unless
some local cause raises the tempera-
ture about the ioe-house, double walls
are not necessary. 1t is great ad-
vantage to have it well shaded. In
packing, DO sure that the cakes are
sawed square. First, throw in bro.
ken stone on the bottom to the
depth of eight or more inches, and
then cover we'll with sawdust. Build
up'the ice compactly, leaving a space
of eighteen inches to be filled with
sawdust. In the Spring examine the
ice carefully to see that there are no
air holes. This is done by tramping
the sawdust and putting in r,ore. II
straw is used, fully two feet should
be left about the ice.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-22
MY BEAUTIFUL CLIENT.

1t had been an unusually sultry
summer day, and ! was fretfully
anatheEizing the press of business
that confined me to the city during
the heated term, while all my friends
and associates were enjoying them
selves in fashionable watering PAGES,
or rusticating in some pictu. ssque
nook.
| was only poor young barrister,
although rapidly rising in the profess
sion, and there was . ease on my
hands that promised a golden harvest.
1t is true the courts were not then
in session, but the case of Smith vs..
Jones required deal Of study and
working up and l was kept rather
busy all the time.
'Confound the luck = i calculated,
as tossed aside brief over which l
had been bordering on the particu-
lar summer afternoon of which /
have made mention. sConfound the
luck! / have a great mind to pack
up my traps and take run out of
the city, despite the claims of hun
dred Smiths and Joneses.'
While / had been giving way to
this unusually vehement outburst,
there had been tinid rapping at
the outer door, and my Office boy
Henry threw aside the paper which
he had been intently perusing for the
last two hours and admitted young
woman. pretty and pleasant-faced,
and with an agreeable smile
please, sir, are you lawyer Rea-
vey?' she asked, timidly, and with
the slightest possible brogue, betray-
ing her Celtic origin.
That is my name madam / as
sured her, as / placed chair for her
near the desk from which l had
arisen at her entrance.
She handed me a note written in a
delicate female hand, and insisted on
remaining standing where she was
until / read it.
| confess to feeling of curiosity.
and without much ceremony open.
ed the dainty, pink-tinted note aad
read its contents, which were brief
and to the point.
Mr.. Hugh Reavey:
Sniff you are al leisure to wait upon me
should like to see you on matter Of busi-
ness, the nature of which Will explain when
We meet.
If possible, should ike to have you re-
turn with my maid, the bearer,
Respectfully Yours,
ELESQRE HERBERT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-22
Power Of Mere Velocity.

Jacob Reese of Pittsburg, Penn,
alleges that he ia able to melt hsg
of cast steel instantly, without fire.,
simply by exposing it to u column
of air having q velocity of "a, 099
feet o minnie. The instant the air
touches the metal, he asserts, fusion
takes place. The same operation,
using the highest attainable furnace
heat, could not be performed in lees
than five minutes. lie also declares
that by a recent discovery which
be has made, be can anneal bars ol
iron or steel at the rate of one TO-
per second. thus increasing the due.
ility of the metal 100 per cent,
without the use of other fuel thaa
that contained in the metal itself.
To use his own words, be simply
unlocks the latent heat, which ''Os.
comes sensible and enlsrges the
metal and by the method Of do.ng
this, the enlargement is made per
manent-that is, it does not cor
tract to it's original limit" Admit
ting the apparent absurdity of an-
healing and fusing iron and steel -
second of time, he nevertheltsa
asserts il TO be fact, and that the
operation has been reduced to prae.
tical utility in the arts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-22

A Beautiful Sentiment.-Dr. Chal-
mers beautifully says: aThe little
that l have seen in the world, and
know of the history of MANKIND,
teaches me to look upon their errors
in sorrow, not in anger: When /
take the history of one poor heart
that has sinned and suffered, and
represent to myself ths stru ggIes
and temptations it passed through
tho brief pulsa,ion of joy; the
tears of regret; the feshlenesg of
purpose the scorn of tho world,
that has little charity the desola.
ton of the souls sanctuary, and
threatening voices within health
gone happiness gone-I would fam
leave the erring soul of my fellow
man with Him from whose hands
it came"
One pound of gold may be drawn
out into beautiful wire, that would
extend around the world. So one
good deed may be felt through 81!
time, and even extend its oonse-
quences into eternity. Though dono
in the flush of youth, IL may gid
the last hours of long life, aad
form the only bright spot in it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-22

1t is vastly more injurious to a
horse to breathe over and over again
the foul and warm air of . close
stable, than to inhale very cold air
when the mercury indicates zero.
Foul air win always rise into the sto-
ry above the stable, provided there
are openings or fiues through which
it may escape into the atmosphere.
A great many owners of beautiful
horses damage the health of their an
imals for the want of pepper ventila-
ton. When the coat and skin of q
horse are dry, there is no danger
that the animal viii take cold by in.
haling very cold air. But when he
is warm and sweaty, the groom can
not be too careful of horses until the
hair and skin are quite dry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-22

SAYS Joseph Cook: Give America
the Partisan Sunday from sea %
sea, ana in two hundred years,
featherheads and ronghs wouig DO
in the ascendancy. Many men still
alive have slept in houses With IN
bolted doors il tae country side Of
Esw England fifty years ago. II
we wish to restore to public and
private life that security, and to in-
dustrial life that peace, which filed
New England when she had Sab
bath worthy of the name, we must
initiate the hallowed Sundays ofour
fathers. look back to the moon
light dropping through the opeo
door of New England country
houses in the midnight of fifty or
eighty years ago. | fad in that
unsuspicious radiance and in the re-
ligious culture, the united citizen
ship, the taeoeratic brotherhood,
which lay beneath, the pillar OF fiFo
that can lead us out Of communism
and socialism and the political aans
gers of universal suffrage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-22
Purity Of Character /.

Henry Ward Beecher, draws the
following beautiful parallels
"Over the beauty of the plum emu
the apricot there grows q bloom, 3
beauty more exquisite than the fruit
itself--a soft, delicate flush that ov.
erspreads it's blushing cheek. Now,
If You strike your hand over that,
and it is once gone, it is gone for
ever for 1t never grows but once.
The flower that hangs in the morn.
ing, impaired with dew-arrayed
with jewels--once shake it, SO that
the beads roll off, and you may
sprinkle water over it as you please,
yet II can never BIO made again
what it was when the dew fell
lightly upon it from heaven On a
frosty morning you may see tho
panes OF glass covered with land.
scapes, mountains, lakes and treea,
blended in a beautiful fantastic pic
ture. Now, lay your hand upon
the glass,and by the scratch of your
finger, or by the warmth OF your
palm, all the delicate tracery will
be obliterated. So there is In youth
a beauty aud purity of character,
which, when once touched and de-
filed, can never be restored; fringe
more delicate than frostwofk, and
which, when torn and broken, viii
never be re.embroidered 4 mss
who has spotted and soiled his gar.
ments in youth, though he may
seek to make them white again, can
never wholly do it, even if he we
to wash them with his tears. Whom
young man leaves his fathers
house, with the blessing of his moth.
er's tears still wet upon his fore
head, If he once loses that purity of
character, it is q loss that he can
never mako whole again. Such il
the consequence of crime. It's e.
fects cannot be eradicated it ca
only be forgiven"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-01-22
FamousIy Taken In.
From Wa ;e's Life of wellington.

FROM wa % isiic OF " ellington.
81 got famously taken in on that
occasion" said the Duke. "The
troops had taken to pllndering
good deal. 1t was necessary to stop
it, and | issued an order announcing
that any man taken in tho act
should be hanged upon the spot
One day; just as we were sitting
down to dinnar, three men weye
brought to the door of the tent by
the Provost. The case against them
was clear, and bad nothing for 81
but to desire that they should bo
taken away and hanged ia sen
place where they might be seen by
the whole column in its march next
day. had good many guests Oh
that occasion, and among the rest.
think, Lord Nugent. They seemed
dreadfully shocked, and could net
eat their dinner. l didn't like i
much myself, but as | told them [
had no time to indulge my foeliues;
| must DO my duty. Well, the din
ner went off rather gravely aud
next morning, sure enough, three
men in uniform were seen hang,
ing from the branches of tree
close TO the high road. il
was a terrible example and pro-
duced the desired effect there was
no more plundering whom, some
months aiterward, | learned that
one of my staff took counsel with
DR.. Hume, and as three men has
just died in the hospital they hurg
them mp and let the .hree eulprits
return to their regiments" Weren't
you very angry, Duke ? "Well, l
suppose | was at first, but as | bad
no wish to take the poor tellows
lives and only wanted the example,
and as the example had the desired
effect, my anger soon died out, and
l confess to you that | am very
glad now that the three lives were
spared"