The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-07-28
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next week.
Mr.. Lamon will soon have his house
completed.
Mr.. H. A. DeLand will pay us a
visit this winter.
Pine.apples, bananas and watermelons
are plentiful in town.
Mr.. J. A. Huffman returned to Port
Royal, S. c., last week.
Massachusetts will send good many
settlers to this State shortly.
Messrs. Stillman and Swing will run
the saw mill here on their own account.
The Messrs. Sturdevants, of Orange
City, have shipped over 1000 pine-ap-
pies.
Wilcox has been getting up ice the
last two weeks; blessing in the hot
weather.
MIR. Pete Bennett has rented Rossit-
ter's wharf ard placed Mr.. Chenery in
charge of it.
Mr.. B. F. Colcord is improving his
forty acre tract near Captain Kinks, on
New York Avenue.
\ lady writes us from Dekalb, ILL.,,
that 100 families from that locality will
remove to Florida this fall.
A good deal of property has changed
hands lately, the particulars we are not
at liberty to mention yet.
Mr.. David Cooney has purchased
twenty acres of land from Mr.. John
Camp, to put out an orange grove.
The question of the Brass Band is
still being agitated, it is contemplated
to have music in town every Saturday
afternoon.
We have received letters from several
parts Of Pennsylvania informing us that
numbers of people will be here in the
fall to settle.
DIR. G. W. Lancaster has purchased
from Mr.. David Cooney a valuable
tract of 100 acres, one and half
miles of DeLand.
Mrs. Fudger and family, Of Louisville.
Kentucky, are still residing in Mr..
Hufman's cottage, until she can get
place to suit her to purchase.
Mr.. @. P. Wilcox has taken Mr..
David Cooney into partnership in his
grocery business, which is increasing
so as to necessitate an assistant.
Mr.. G. A. Deano, and family, of
Spring Garden, passed through DeLand
last week on their way to the Halifax
for change and 10 breathe the invigora.
ting sea air.
DR.. Mowers, of Shorters Station, Ala
bama is still with us and seems pleased
with the climate and people. He paid
a visit to Maitland in Orange county.
last week and was delighted with that
place.
There are good many complaints in
this section of the census taker not
having completed his, work in an eff
cent manner. Several families have
brought to our notice who were not
visited.
There is a great deal of business done
in this little place and plenty of money
in circulation. We have good farm
ing back country, and the old farmers
are nearly all we'll to do. On Saturdays
and other times, twenty or more carts
and wagons can be seen in the town at
one time.
We return thanks to Mr.. Frank Ruck-
nor for head of rice corn grown from
seed distributed by us. We would like
good samples of the different varieties
of millet grown in the State to exhibit,
that the difference may be seen. Cat
tail, Guinea corn, Barbary or red millet,
Dhurrs, Sorghum etc. Send the
whole head with part of the stalk to
show how it grows.
On the evening of July Goth, there
was very pleasant surprise party
given to Miss Mollie and Lille Terry
by the young folks of this place, al
though the threatening weather pre-
vented a few from attending there was
a large number present. At IL O'clock
a grQnG supper was spread which was
partaken 10 true ''leap year, style. 1t
had departed for home, having had
most enjoyable time.
We have been reliably informed that
B. G. Prevatt Esq, has perfected ar
rangements to start a six column county
paper at Orange City called the South
.EYorida Times. Mr.. P"evatt has
gained such favor among the people of
Orange City and in view of their warm
and earnest solicitations for him to start
such paper, we do not doubt but he
starts upon basis that will insure sue
cess. He has our best wishes for
prosperous career.
We have received from J. Fitzgerald
& Co., 143 4th.. Avenue, New York, the
eighth number of the Humboldt Library
of Popular Science, containing Marcel's
excellent work. The Study of Lam
guages brought back to its True Prn-
ciples. 1t sets forth natural method
for the acquisition of languages, by the
aid OF which the student is inducted
into knowledge of the facts and laws
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