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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11
The Two Heifers.

Up in the northern part of New Hamp-
shire, ''long time ago." lived two old fellows
whom I shall call Nate and Jim. Neither
of them had any conscientious scruples, y
and did not mind stealing sheep or COW,
which they always shared equally. They
followed this business of appropriating other
peoples property to their own use for some
time, until at last they were caught in the
act of butchering sheep. They were
arrested, imprisoned, and fined; but this
did not serve to cure them of it. One day
Nate 'kinder hankered' after some fresh
beef how to get it he did not know, as
there had not been any chickering's in the
village, and to steal an animal would only
send him to prison, as when anything was
missed its disappearance was attributed to
him.
He fell into thinking mood, and at last
grand idea struck him. His old friend
Jim, he remembered, had white-faced
heifer, and he determined to make her his.
He determined, besides, to make Jim assist
to do the butchering, and receive half of the
prize So he walked over and held confab
with the aforementioned gentleman, who
was nightly pleased at the prospect Of some
fresh beef They named place of rendez-
yous to meet that night after dark. Nate
then went into the pasture where Jim kept
his cattle, caught the heifer, fastened her to
tree by rope, and painted, her face red.
At the appointed time he was on hand with
the "critter." As soon as jim. saw her, he
exclaimed eff that critter only had white
face. would swear that it was my heifer,
for she is built just like her,
They butchered the animal in silence, and
divided her equally between them.
A short time afterwards Jim complained
that he could not find his heifer. She was
missing for long time, and he finally had
given her up for lost, when one day he
happened to come across his share of the
hide, which he examined very closely, and
discovered that his face was daubed over
with red paint, and knew that he had
butchered his own heifer! He raved and
swore at first, but his better judgment told
him not to say much about it, and he kept
still waiting his chance of retaliation, and in
short time afterwards made himself even
with Nate, by making him steal his own
horse and get a thrashing besides for laying
it off on to neighbor, before he found out
his mistake.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11
Mystery of the Rose.

All the discoveries of science fall short of
revealing the secrets of natural perfume.
The microscope compels the very monads Of
life to show their organic character under
its lens-gases can be analysed and weighed !;
but the odor of musk or of the rose-what is
it? Could this question be answered, and
the cause of the fragrance of the rose, etc.,
be defined, like that of sulphurous, sulphur
etc, hydrogenic, or ammonial odors, an
enormous stride in hygiene and in chemistry
might be recorded.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11
low to Keep a Situation.

Be ready to throw in an odd halfhour or
On hours time when it will be an accommo-
dalton, and don't seem to make a merit of
it. Do it heartily. Though not word be
said, your employer will make note of it.
Make yourself indispensable to him, and he
will lose many of the opposite kind before
he will part with you.
Those young men who watch the clock the
very second their hour is up-who leave, no
matter what state the work may be in, at
precisely the instant-who calculate the
extra amount they can slight their work,
and yet not get reproved-who are lavish of
their employers goods-wiIll always be first
to receive notice, when times are dull, that
their services are no longer required
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11

Black Agatha is dead and gone,
Toll the bell in the old church-towerl
Never again will she grieve or groan,
Bending and bowling DER rUt and stone,
Aching in every nerve and bone,
AT early morn or the twilight hour,
With her broad fiat basket of raiment clean
From her little laundry upon the green
Her work is done, her race is run,
Toll the bell in the old church-tower!
Black was her face, and wrinkled and rent,
Toll the bell, toll the bell!
And her hair was white, her form was bent;
And what if she sometimes grumblinS went'
Her lot was not one to breed content,
Her feeble frame was shriveled shell,
And she was so old that her groans and tears
Could not number her many years.
And now it is best that she should rest,
Toll the bell, toll the bell!
She was slave in Tennessee,
Toll the bell in the belfry high!
From South to North she drifted-free,
Though little but slavery still found she,
Toiling as long as her eyes could see
In her little laundry the church-yard nigh.
But the good All-Father had her in mind
In His sleepless watch over human kind;
And at last hath He set the old slave free,
Toll the bell in the belfry high!
Black Agatha is gone to rest,
Toll the bell in the Old church-toweri
She often said, 81 is sore oppressed,
Pse tired to def, an 1 want to res"
Fold shrunken hands on shrunken breast,
And place in the fingers the fairest flower.
If doing ones duty wins the way,
Her place is among the blest to-day.
Her work is done, her race is run,
Toll the bell in the old church-tower!
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11
MANAGEMENT OF MANUnE.-The bar,

MANAGEMENT OF MANURE.-The barn
yard is the field for winter work. Much
may be done here by skillful manage
ment. Manure, SO long as it is frozen,
remains unchanged, and the prepare
ton of the manure, in the best manner
for use in the spring, makes no prog
ress. Make central heap in the yard,
and, by means of a few planks and q
wheelbarrow, move the manurefrom the
stable each day to this heap. II the
heap is built up square, and made four
feet high, it will keep warm in the cold
est of weather, and while warm it will
ferment and rot.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11

One Sunday, not long since, one of our
most stylish young ladies waltzed into church
with that inimitable grace that is at once the
popularity and the charm of the female de-
nomination. As she took her seat, by lite
behindhand movement she arranged her
overskirt and then settled herself to mediate
upon how she looked, and to observe what
the other girls had on. The services conclu-
ded, she arose to go out. Alas for human
hopes That last touch on the oyerskirt
was too much; she threw it too high, and
there it rested on an old muff, which was
serving as hustle. So the wretched girl
wiggled away, unconscious of the joy that
filled the hearts of the other girls who saw it.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11

there is always palsy of the front part of
the left side of the brain. An exposition of
these remarkable facts was given at a
meeting by Professor Rutherford, who stated
that many of the discoveries had been made
by professor Terrier, of Kings College. He
having examined the experiments of foreign
Psychologists, has confirmed and extended
them by an improved mode of investigation;
and now his researches open field of in
quiry so IMPORTANT that therefrom we may
expect new impulse for the science of
physiology.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11

In Sicily, woman who seemed dying
from consumption, but was without many
of the common symptoms of that disease,
was found, by the use of the laryngoscope,
to have leech firmly adhering by both ex-
tremities to the wall of the air passage of
the lungs at their upper portion, and 80 the
difficulty of breathing, speaking, coughing,
&c., were easily explained. he was got out
by surgical operation
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11
A Gentle Hint.

A youth and maiden were walking beneath
the blue canopy of the armament g fretted
with golden fires" and the maiden moved
by the sublimity of the scene, pointed a
taper fnger-the one on which the engage
ment ring is worn-toward the zenith, and
exclaimed: "Oh, Adolphus, isn't jewelry
beautifuli'
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11

| envy her of whom you speak! But my
loss is her gain. Tell her not Of met is
enough that one should bear 1.-THE other
should be happy"
And still another writes in derision
"You were easily caught; | never loved
you but [ thought the man who played the
shallow part Of male firt deserved lesson.
shall be married in week to true man
will you come to the wedding?"
These letters are but samples of one style.
There is another and a brighter side. Many
and many q little letter is carried (like a
ieweD next to the heart, and valued a thous-
and times more than jewel to its owner.
All! if we could read the hidden history
of all the unmarried women in the land
there would be sisters who had yielded their
places to younger sisters; there would be
one that sacrificed life and hope for the love
Of another dearer than both-a mother she
could never leave. Can we say that to such
lives love letters have no meaning? No.
never!
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11

A GENTLEMAN of mechanical turn of
mind took off the gas meter to repair it him
self, and put it up again upside down. AT
the end of the quarter it was proved with
mathematical correctness that the gas COM
pany owed him So so.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11
Mans love is of his life a part,
IT'S woman's whole existence. :"

Cherish, then, the little missives of love
and affection, for they keep the heart open
and hopeful; and remember that in the little
space OF your acquaintance may be living
those who have had purer thoughts, and
more of them, in a few brief weeks, and
more real enjoyment from their WORKOUT
love letters, that give out sweet memories OF
the past, than is enjoyed by many in life
time. To such:
"'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.''
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-11
BLACK AGATHA.

Sent by Mail, Postpaid, for $3.50 per Year.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-01-28
LATEST GENERAL NEWS.

Some magnificent caverns have
recently been discovered in Virginia.
General Grant is now in Cuba and
meeting good reception.
The exodus to Indiana and Kansas
of southern negroes still continues.
The New York papers are full of
most atrocious murders and other
crimes.
Mr.. J. J. Astor, of New York, has
sent one hundred homeless children
to the west where they are taken by
the farmers. Z.
Squatters are threatening a raid on
the Indian Territory, and provoking
another Indian war.
Settlers are rushing into Manatoba
in immense numbers. 1t is the finest
wheat country in the world.
Congress has passed the bill to re-
store Gen. Fitz John Porter to the
service and given him $4,000 back
pay.
Parnell has been speaking in sew
eral Of the northern cities, his object
is evidently more political than char
table. a
The double Legislature still holds
out in Maine but the Fusionists are
evidently giving in without much
fight.
/ The jury in the case OF Hayden
for the murder of Mary Stannard.
could not agree and were discharged
they stood eleven for acquital and
one for conviction
Famines and wars and rumors of
war are reported from all parts of
the old and new world. Now there
is serious famine in Upper Silesia
in Germany and contributions are
wanted for the sufferers. The famine
in Ireland is very serious but money
is being subscribed literally to give
food.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-01-28
Guinea Corn.

Editor of The Florida gricr Nturist:
1 enclose a sample of "Guinea
Corn" raised here. Can you tell me
if it is known generally through the
State, if sold at the seed stores, and
if this is its proper name? 5's'
The seed first planted here is
thought to have been sent from South
America. We find it the most valu-
able fodder crop we can raise, grow
ing we'll on dry or wet lands.
Gif45f JOHN ANDERSON.
-Neao Britain, RJa, Jan. Is, 1880.
The grain sent us by Mr.. Ander-
son, is the true Guinea corn of the
tropics, and largely cultivated in the
West Indies as food, for man and
beast. 1t will grow on any of the
pine lands of Florida, and give large
returns. 1t is preferred in the West
Indies as horse food to the Indian
corn the ear should be stripped off
the large center stem and little wa
ter sprinkled over it and fed to the
horse. 1t will clear them of bots,
and is very fattening and strengthen
ing, there is no necessity to beat out
the grains. 1t is the very best food
for chickens. Made into meal it is
equal to buckwheat -four. The diff
ference between Guinea corn and
Dhurra or Egyptian corn, is this,
that the heads of the former are bent
down when it is bearing and the
grain is darker. The Dhurra grows
its heads erect and the grains are
larger and winter than the Guinea.
The leaves of both are excellent for
fodder.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-01-28
The Value Of Moss.

We clip the following interesting
article on moss from the Country
Tssitor, OF New Orleans. The Flor
ida moss is the same species as that of
Louisiana, and grows on the trees of
hammock lands all over the State. 1t
is being utilized, to some extent, but
not near what it might be, with
profit. Large capital is wanted to
take up the business. The extract
reads:
Louisiana moss is to be found in
different parts of the state it thrives
best in the swamps, as it requires a
very moist locality; it grows upon
different trees, which causes the pro.
duction of various grades, distin.
guished from each other by length,
fineness of fiber, etc. That which
grows upon cypress trees is consid-
cred the finest of all, on account of
it's long, glossy fiber, resembling,
when perfectly cured, the hair of an
Indian woman But for strength and
elasticity it will not compare with
the shorter and thicker moss obtained
from oak and ash trees. For uphnl.
stery, preference was given to the
latter kind, as the cypress was not
considered so suitable, but, of late
years, the difference between :he two
kinds has been disregarded.
1t is generally believed that, when
the tree is stripped of its moss, 1t
will produce no more for seven years !;
but this is erroneous. While the
tree stands, it is impracticable to
completely remove the moss from its
branches, and the growth of the
litchen is invigorated, instead of re-
tarded, or destroyed, by the opera
ton. Gathering moss from tree
one year, will increase its yield for
the following. fet5Qs 9t8 Il
The moss is gathered mainly by
negroes, as white laborers, working
in the swamps, are liable to chills
and fever. Collecting it from the
ground is very tedious and unremun-
erative, as a large space has to be
traversed to obtain small quantity;
and although cured will not pay SO
well as to pluck it green from the
trees.
The fall Of the year is the proper
tune to gather the crop, as it is then
III the best condition. During the
spring and summer, its growth causes
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-01-28
To Correspondents.

J. B.-That depends on the word
ing of the Act under which you ad.
vertise, if the law does not say a
sceekly paper it may not effect your
advertisement, but it depends in a
great measure on the view the Judge
takes of it, and it may cost lawsuit
to ruin you. Where the law says dis
tinctly. weekly paper, it means a
paper that is published euery week,
and one omission during your adyer-
tisement will invalidate it and you
will have to commence over again.
This is particularly the case in home.
stead proofs others Of a like nat ure.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-01-28
ArriculturaI Societies.

Florida Fruit Growers Association.-Dr.
j. C. Kenworthy, pres, Jacksonville; d.
II. Elliot sec Live Oak; D. S, Place, cor.
sec., Waldo.
New Smyrna Agricultural and Fruit
Growers SOciety.--Dr. J. M. Hawks. pres;
NJ. B. Rolf and M. Lewis, vice-pres'ts.; w.
S. Hart. sec. and treas.
Orange Ridge Agricultural and Immi-
grafton Society.-Dr. B. B. Bennett. pres.;.
John Cannon Sec; j. Y: Parce, cor. sec.
DeLand. VOlusia Co. Weekly meetings
Lake George Fruit Growers Associa-
Island; Judge A. B. Bartlett, vice-pres.-
Georgetown; w. P. Wright, Esq, vice.
pres, Drayton Island; w, II. Lente, ESQ.,,
vice-pres., Seville; A. Fl. Manville, Esq,
sec., Lake George; Rev. t. Hind, cor. sec..
Georgetown; S. U. Hammond. ESQ.,, treas;
Fort Gates.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-01-28
LOCAL INTELLIGENC E.

Messrs. Ashmead Bros. are our agents
n Jacksonville, and authorized to re-
ceive subscriptions and advertisements
for this paper.
Sabbath School next Sunday morning
at $50 o'clock, Mr.. J. Y Parce, Super
intendent
warrantee deeds can be had at this
Office.
A good many people lost fences last
week from fire.
Do not forget the Agricultural Picnic
at Professor Stones on Thursday.
Collector Jordan is on his collecting
rounds.
The people at Port Orange must look
out for the whistle of the DeLand
train. aaa
Owing to the bad state of health of
the editor the Jacksonville Union is
offered for sale.
The Rat is biting the hands that feed
it. That is the nature of the beast.
We notice, in Wabash, Indiana pa
per that large party Of immigrants for
Florida passed through that city on the
18th inst.
The self constituted Herald reporter
was picking oranges at Stark's grove, by
last report.
There are lots of tramps and swind-
lers travelling about the State under false
pretenses, beating their way from place
to place and forgetting their board bills.
Mr.. A. Il. Manville has just received
twelve varieties of Japan Persimmons
which he offers for sale.
Reverend M. Chadouin, of Tallahas-
see, has written Mr.. Terry to say that
he will visit here on the first Sunday in
February, and preach to us.
Mr.. J. Y. Parce visited Jacksonville,
last week, in the interest of the Railroad
Company and made satisfactory arrange
ments. The Telephone will be erected
to the river very shortly the material
having been ordered. q gFsK
Any of our subscribers can club for
the Rural Neso Yorker, one of the best
agricultural papers in the United States,
and r,artaIxe Of their seed distribution
by sending $3.50, the club rates that We
have to remit. aes rfek
DR.. Trotter, of Virginia. gave lect-
ure in this place, last week, on Immi-
grafton to Florida, and Phrenology. The
attendance was small, sufficient notice
not having been given. The doctor il
rather visionary in his immigration
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-01-28
Homestead Final Proof.

To save time and expense to home
steaders, who wish to make final
proof, and who must first publish no.
tice of their intention thereof, we
would state, that we are authorized
by the proper officials of the United
States Land Office at Gainesville, to
receive on deposit, the amount re-
quired, four dollars, ($4) to cover the
expense OF such publication; and we
will be pleased to give all the aid
and information in our power, to ex-
pedit e the business. ,a.rt
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-01-28
A Valuable Catalogue.

Messrs. Nanz & Neuner, the we'll
known florists and nurserymen, of
Louisville, KY, have sent out their
handsome annual catalogue of valu.
able plants, which they have for sale.
There is nothing to prevent every
lady in the State making her home
attractive by planting out variety
of Towering shrubs. Wherever YOU
see pretty flower garden you may
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-01-28

be sure that neatness and order rules
in the house. There are multitudes
of plants that bloom here all winter,
and nothing attracts northern people
like looking at the evidence of the
mildness of the temperature evinced
by the flower gardens. Send for a
catalogue and get something to
please yourself.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-01-28
Orange City Items.

Rev. T. D. Lewton is back from con-
ference. He does not return as presid-
ing elder but as pastor to the people
of this and adjoining towns. g gsf ~
Among the gracious gifts" Of the
past month, we would mention the cor
ange bud" left at the house of J. A.
Spaulding. 1t is girl, and no doubt
will be named Florida. g 9E@a
Hale Palmer has the contract TO build
a fine residence for Mrs. Bennett. late
of Owego, N. Y. Report says il will ex-
eel in beauty of structure anything
heretofore erected in our thriving little
town. lklstes9As s'ags gsliM 81
In the hurry and press Of business in
cident to fast growing town, I forgot to
mention the musical treat our people in
dulged in Christmas week. It was mo
less than a concert given by Prof, Gut
ter's class, under the auspices Of our
Library Association. The rendering
of many Of the pieces did credit to both
the Professor and scholars. as it was the
ending Of his first term. Mrs. Austin,
of your place, presided at the piano with
her usual grace and elegance. The in
strumeht was kindly furnished by Mrs.
Andrew Sloggy. Our citizens concur in
saying thanks toall concerned. AMI.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-01-28
JANUARY %.

scheme, but his lecture on Electricity
and Phrenology was we'll received, so
much SO that he was requested to repeat
it on future occasion. He will be here
therefore on the 30th. Friday. Admit
lance 25 cents.
While one of our young ladies was
out walking the other day. she espied
large fox squirrel run up tree and, not
willing to lose chance for good spot
pie,'' started for the house, and not hav-
ing any big brothers to help her, shoul-
dered the gun. started for the squirrel, I
and soon had him at her feet, struggling
for his last breath. We believe this is
the same young lady who went fishing
and was upset by large turtle but not
to be beat, succeeded in capturing him
and thirteen of the fnny tribe, and on
her way home chopped the head of a
snake off with her No. 1 gaiter.
Among her other exploits the killing of
young alligator. Let us hear from
'out west"
Regarding our railroad the Jackson
vile San and Press says: A stock
company, under the name of the Orange
Ridge, DeLand and Atlantic Railroad
Company has been organized at DeLand,
Fla, for the purpose of building and
operating horse railroad from DeLand
Landing, on the st. Johns river to De-
Land City. distance of 81 miles, and
ultimately to point on the Atlantic
coast, at or near Mosquito Inlet. aa.
J. 7. Parce, president of the compa-
ny, is now in town for the purpose of
ascertaining the cost of machinery for
cars and other material required for
building the, same, and reports favora-
BILE prospects for its early completion.
Messrs. Benedict & McConihe and
Frank Pond have subscribed for stock
in the road, and will probably furnish
material and the necessary machinery.
The Masquerade Ball, at Orange City,
on the night of Friday, the 23d, was
very enjoyable affair. 1t was got up at
considerable expense but we understand
that enough money was received to
cover all expenses. About seventy-fve
couples were present. Many of the
costumes were very pretty, but, as gen.
eral thing, oddly and the comical
seemed to be the styles aimed at. Many
of the gentleman appeared in knee
breaches but not always showing well
turned leg modulated to neat little feet.
Critic. ,
full attendance is requested Of the
members of the DeLand Lyceum.
or Thursday evening, at 7:3O sharp.
Election of officers and other important
matters. There will be a short pro-
gramme, consisting of music, declama-
tions, reading exercises, etc., besides
the debate. Elk. Com.
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr..
s. T. Proldman and Mr.. Perkins. son
of Mr.. ON. Perkins, both of Meriden,
Conn.,, subscribers to this paper. They
are now residing at Acron, in Orange
county. and were on their way to the
Halifax river on visit. Mr.. Proudman
speaks highly of the benefit he has re-
ceived from our climate. Iar -.sf
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