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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
EARLY VEGETABLES.
Their Shipment, Prices, Etc.

JACKSON, Miss JAN lSSO'
Col. :. II. Stackhouse;
DEAR SIR-As the time is ut hand Tor the
planting of peas, potatoes. ctc., VII !o vow
please tell us all about the shipment OF thelh
what kind of boxes are best, ior peas,
what are the charges on Il box, ana the net
price per box last season.. \ great iHlSle:u
In the growing of fruit and vegetables Is
springing up in this vicinity. A great
many Strawberries and other frlilts are no-
inc planted now. Your articles IN the
Co,,ET are waking up the farmers about
the Railroad. ,,..
A SUBSCRIBER TO COMET.
I am always willing to answer any
questions, either as to the cultivation
or shipment of vegetables, and Will
be glad to have communications from
Others on the same subject.
We think bushel boxes are best for
shipping either peas or beans, although
we have shipped in one-third busheI
boxes. The bushel box makes il neater
nackage, and costs about the same us
the one-third bushel box.
1t is of great importance before pack
ing either peas or beans, to have them
perfectly dry, as the least dampness
causes them to heat and spoil. On
this account, | think it best not to
commence picking before Cor lOoclock
in the morning. If they are damp,
dry in the shade, and not in the sun;
the sun soon soon destroys all color
and makes them unsuitable. In
packing, the boxes should be well I'LL
ed and packed close, as in going a dis
lance of several hundred miles, they
are apt to settle down three OF toul
inches.
Transportation charges last year tt
Chicago were two dollars per hundred
1t generally takes three bushel boxes
to the hundred-a little over G6 cents
for transportation. We pay 10 cents
per bushel for picking; bushel box 1t
cents: manure. cultivation and COM
mission for selling, about % cents pei
bushel, making the total expenses OF
bushel of peas not less than 81 %.
Prices last year ranged from 81 10 t'
So 50 per bushel box in Chicago eN
penses, of course to be deducted out
| cleared something oyer dollar pei
bushel on all sold last year. AS prices
fuctuate like everything else, we
can't tell anything about prices for this
year.
Freight, of course, is some cheaper
but we think nothing is made by ship
ping that way, as by express they arr
apt to get into market in better con
dition, and, consequently, sell for bet
ter prices.
1t is always best to ship Irish pota
toes in barrels, and they can go b.
freight without injury. Potatoe
should be we'll packed, and be careful
not to bruise them in gathering.
Peerless and Early Rose are IL
doubt the best varieties for market.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
Ono of the Results Of Personal Jour-
naIism.


n, Y. World.
Mr.. Parke Goodwin, as we suppose,
having playfully alluded IN the Eve
ming Post to the fact that the editor OF
A rural stalwart contemporary hau
rapDeared in town with clean shirt
on, the personal paragraph has pro
yoked the following truly shocking
reioinder: You are the gawklest,
uSliest, most ludicrous looking cuss
HE world ever saw, land your allusion
TO the personal appearance OF any one
is quite as ridiculous as your recent
mention of a clean shirt-two things
which YOU above all others should
carefully avoid. 1t is said man is
made in the image Of God, but If the
Creator bears any resemblance to you
or YOU to him it must make the angels
weep. TO understand what the Lord
was figuring at, anyhow, when ne
modelled you, is matter inviting the
attention of scientist. lie mlghl
have intended to construct scare
crow to keep Old Nick out of his
favored land, but this is hardly prob
able when we come to think of it, fol
the old boy would scarcely take
fright at anything so closely resent
hing his own shadow and then, Il
he had intended you for such purpose
he would have given you a mean
heart. But ugly! A mud fence woulo
hang its head in modification were
YOU to lean against it, and your un
sodly phiz, if it could be one contrast
ed with a clean shirt, would frightei
the commissioners out of graveyard.
This is, indeed, a melancholy illustra
ton of she results of personal journal
| ism.n
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
EdisOn's Light.

The latest we have concerning Edi-
son, the inventor, is of effect that he
now considers his electric light sue
cess. He continues his experiments
with it, however, and it may he some
time before he will be able to make
good all his promises. Meantime the
following which is an extract from a
New York letter dated the Sth, looks
somewhat discouraging 70 those who
have confidence in his invention:
Confidence is last being lost in Edi-
sons light, and the stock which
GOULD not be bought week ago for
$500 per share is now freely offered
at S150O and even $1,000. Gas stocks
are stronger, and when the conviction
suttles down on the public, as it has
on the gas men, that the electric light
can never be made a commercial sue
cess, they wi have recovered to their
former figures, and Edison shares 90
down to o. 1t is beginning to look as
though the only hone Of a cheap light
lies in the competition Of gas COM
panits.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
Real value OF Land.

Corn is now selling in some portions
of Iowa at 10 and - cents per bushel
and the Indiana Farmer wisely re-
marks if you have % acres in corn,
and it yields 10 bushcl per acre, you
only get one hundred to two hundred
dollars for your summers work. The
same paper also says the railroads get
more for handling it than does the
farmer for raising it.
People are very often induced to
move to countries by the glowing de
scription given of the chcapness OF
provisions; but when it Is their only
staple article from which they can eX-
pect to draw any revenue, they are
really becoming Impoverished instead
of getting rich.
These Iowa lands are valued at big
price. while our lands from which we
can make $50 to 500 per acre, sell for
much less. All lands should be worth
lust in proportion to the amount of
money made from that land.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24

1t is very doubtful whether thepres-
ent high prices of cotton, compared
with what it was last year, will be OF
any lasting benefit to the country.
Stimulated by the present high
prices of cotton, farmers will be i'll
duced to plant largely Of cotton an
other year, and neglect to raise their
provisions at home. 1t has always
been the case in the past, and we
can't expect anything better in the flu
ture.
This is not only the case with cotton,
but it is so with all classes of produc-
lions. Western farmers, owing
to the high prices Of wheat, are
already making preparations tt
increase the acreage, and as another
year the supply may supercede the de-
mand, the. prices of wheat will de-
crease in proportion. AS has been re-
iterated, time and again, if less cot
ton was planted farmers would receive
better prices for what they do raise
and would pay more attention toward
diversifying our industries.
They can't expect to raise cotton as
cheaply the present year as they did
last year, because the prices OF provls'
ions have already advanced, and, nc
doubt, wi continue to advance; and
this will make difference Of ut least
one or two cents in the price of cotton
Farmers should look at it in this light
and not be carried off by the present
high prices, and plant all cotton and
no corn. The consequence Will be tho
country will be again in debt, and re-
trogradc instead of advance in pros
pority.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24

"Who constitute the Democracy of
Mississippi to day, and what is its
essence? Who have given shape to
it's policy, platforms and administra-
tons? Not the fire-eaters Of the past,
not the secessionists, not the Bourbons,
not the Bulldozers and wire-workers,
or their apologists, but the true, faith
full determined honest men of all for
mer shades of political belief, aggre--
gated together for the achievement OF
common good.-Jackson Comet.
The above exposition practically
expresses our views, and we are glad
to find it avowed in many influential
quarters. Should it come to be be-
Democrats have carried every South
ern State, and number of the
Northern States, within the last half
dozen years, and so long as its conva-
tism is retained, it can hold to its
standard a large majority of the
American people, and preserve the
country, the Constitution and the
laws from the hands of those who
would erect a grinding Empire or a
corrupt military despotism.-Hinds
County Gazette.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24

There seems to be greater interest
manifested this year than there ever
has been in the cultivation of early
fruits and vegetables for Northern
and Western markets.
We attended fruit growers meet
ing at Terry last Saturday, where
there has be been a Fruit Growers
Association organized with the follow
ing officers DR.. r. Thompson, Presi-
President; w. S. Gordon, Vice-Pres-
ident f. r. Carloss, Recording Sec
rotary; and DIR. J. f. Goodlett, Cor
responding Secretary. The meeting
was very well attended, and there will
be planted this spring around Terry,
twenty or twenty-five acres in
peas and beans alone. The people
seem infused with the spirit Of diver
styling their industries, and the signs
for the future are very hopeful in this
respect. Also, around HazIehust, the
people are making preparations to
plant largely Of early vegetables,
while around Crystal Springs, the
acreage in both vegetables and small
fruits will be larger than ever before.
As soon as we can, we expect to pub
lish accurate statements Of the amount
of vegetables and different kinds Of
fruit shipped from Crystal Springs
last season, which, we think, will be
very interesting to those embarking in
this comparatively new industry.
1t seems to me where so many per-
sons are becoming engaged in this
business that they should have some
organ where they can express their
views, gather information upon sub
jects in which we are all novices, and
learn from each other.
We can't expect that a paper can he
devoted exclusively to horticulture
and fruit-growing, but through the
columns Of THE COMET, which have
been set aside for this purpose, we cx-
pect t. make itas instructive and inter
esting as it Is in our power but We
would be glad t. have the views and
opinions Of the different fruit AMI
vegetable growers. Any informa
ton we can give we would b'
pleased 10 answer in the form o
questions, and would be glad to ge
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
The weather.

Never have we had such remarka-
BILE weather and so little cold. In
stead of Winter, we have had nothing
but the most genial Spring.
But while we have had such mild
weather, portions of Europe have been
covered with ice and snow; and Paris
is said to look more like st. Peters
burg, the Seine being frozen over, and
the houses covered with ice and snow.
1t is generally the case that when it is
cold in Europe it is mild here, and
vice versa.
But the approximation of the con-
junction of four large bodies, and the
appearance and disappearance of spots
on the sun, and other meteorological
phenomena, no doubt produce certain
electrical changes which have re-
markable bearing on the phases OF the
weather; and these certain electrical
changes have much to do i'll the pro-
duction of diseases and epidemics.
Weather prophets predict that there
is something remarkable to occur dur
ing the next two or three years be-
sides, during 1880 there are to be six
eclipses, four of the sun and two of the
moon. A total eclipse Of the sun JAN
18th, invisible in the Eastern portion
of the United States, but visible in
portions of California; a total eclipse
of the moon Jan. %; annular eclipse
of the sun July 18th; a partial eclipse
of the sun Dec. 1st; total eclipse OF
the moon Dec. 10th, and a partial
eclipse of the sun Dec. 81.
But we can't expect the winter is
vet over, and there is a probability we
will have a very late, cold Spring.
]. J. Barrall distinguished French
agricultural writer, says she has OBJ
served from time immemorial, if win
ter does not make its rigors felt after
the middle of December, that is to say,
on or before Christmas, they must ex-
pect severe cold wether in spring time,
or about Easter"
And in another place, in regard to
weather proverbs, says: "These popu-
lar sayings are, for the most part, the
experience of many generations OF
farmers; observations just, on the
whole, though must not be generally
accepted as law, and, while it is not
safe to follow their dictates blindly, it
is not the part of wisdom to wholly
disregard their teachings.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24


Don Cameron's election to the chair
manship of the national Republican
committee, it appears, was not a Grant
game Blaine scheme or sherman
trick las has been repeatedly stated, but
a plain, mat ter-of-iact "boom" for }.
Donald himself. The senator had not
held the office of secretary of war long
enough when Mr.. Giants term expired
to.make his retirement satisfactory, and
when he and his father found Mr.. Hay
es obdnrate i'll his refusal to reappoint
him, a mighty oath was sworn that the
next occupant of the White House
would be compelled to do Don full JUS
tee. 1t is now said, on good authority,
that Johns Sherman's niece's husband
will support for the presidential nom
nation the man most likely to be cleo
tod who will guarantee him a cabinet
position: Whether it will be Blaine, or,
Grant, or Sherman, or some other man,
the future will determine; but prima-
rily Don is for himself
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
CONDUCTED By S. Il, ST4CKHoUsE.
Notes ON Gardening.

january is the month for the South
ern gardener to commence operations
Now is most excellent time for max
ing preparations for sowing early peas.
The manure should be placed on two
or three weeks before your seed are
put in the ground and the ground
should be thoroughly plowed and well
pulverized-thorough preparation OF
the soil has much to do with the Gull
tivation of your crop in the future.
The Little Gem is the best pea for
market, but they should be planted
very thick, notices. than one and three
fourths bushels to the acre; and well
manured-rotted stable manure, cot
ton seed or the meal, are all excellent
fertilizers.
Besides the Little Gem, the "Alpha"
and Buist's Extra Early, are recog-
nized as being excellent early varie-
ties.
You can also make preparations toi
your hot-bed, if you expect to plant
early tomatoes for market. The ole
manure should be taken out and re
placed by new stable manure to the
depth of six to eight inches, and this
covered to the depth of two or three
inches with some light right earth.
At some future time we shall giv'
our mode of managing hot-beds an'
cold-frames, and raising early toma
toes.
You can also prepare to plant rad
ishes and lettuce, but we think it il
best not to be in too big a hurry.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24

A correspondent Of the Western
Honey Bee gives the following result
of an experiment made to ascertain
the duration of life in bees.
I thought | would satisfy, myse1 III
regard to the life of the bee III the
height of the working season. l hao
a stand of the little black bees OF the
Genuine stingers, and on the morning
of Nav 30 [ killed the queen. ana by
carefully looking through their hive |
fonnd one black drone, and destroyed
that in the evening of the same day.
mt in a cell for yellow queen on
the 2d of June. She was Matched out
and there were Il few vel low bees III
the hive on the 30th, in just Il days
from the time her first eggs were
denosited. On July 18th Il few yellow,
bees were to be seen playing around
the hive, and on the 18th day of July,
lust fourteen days from the time she
yellow bees were hatched OUT, lcw
were seen at work with the plack
bees. Now any one can see tiat IL
the yellow bees Matched out Ill u Gays,
the last black bees were all out by the
2Oih of June, and if the yellow pees
went to work on the 18th of July, the
last of the black bees must have gone
to work on the 4th of July, making
IA days from the time they were
Matched, unless some wi | 90 to WORK
sooner than the others. This stand
contained nothing but black bees
when the black queen was destroyed,
and ON the 18th of July, just ~ days
from the time the back queen was
destroyed, there was not black bee pee
to be seen about the hive. opened
it. Not one was to be seen inside
Now | know that the bees VIII i've
Longer at any other season Of the year,
and thought this would be a good
chance to test the height of the WORK,
ing season. The hive was examined
every day during the whole time SC
that no mistake might be made
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
short communications on any subject

short communication on any subject
connected with this department..
There is hardly day but we are
asked whit variety of vegetables are
best to plant for market, the mode of
cultivation, etc. 1t is our business to
keep posted, and by subscribing for
THE COMET you not only get Informal
ton on these subjects, but you get the
Supreme Court decisions, Legislative
proceedings, and other valuable infor-
nation, and help to build up paper
which is doing all it can to foster our
industries, stimulate the people to di-
versify their resources and build up
the waste places of the impoverished
South.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
Native Wines.

Capt. c. NJ. Bisbee the fish and
oyster kingOf Pass Christian, has been
Keeping open house in jackson for a
few days, exhibiting native Mis9is--
sippi champagne from the vineyard
of Col. Alfred V. Davis, Of Pass Chris
tian, and formerly of Concordia parish,
La, He has one hundred and twenty
acres of the scuppernong in one CON
tinuOnous arbor, has expended seven
ty five thousand dollars on his vim
yard, and is now making this wine in
large quantities. His object in send
ing Capt. BiSbcc to Jackson is to give
the members of the Legislature free
treat and at the same time let the
people of the State see that it was no
longer necessary for them TO send to
France or California for their cham
payne. Capt. Bisbee established an
agency for this wine at Jackson, max
fng Mr.. J. NJ. Guerringer his agent.
We wish this enterprise success, and
hope that Col. Davis, as the pioneer
wine grower of Mississippi, will have
many MISUNDERSTANDING CONNER
ciol
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
A Novelty i'm Roses.

Buds of the new striped tea rose,
American Banner" were worn for
the first time in New York by the
ladies waiting on the tables at the
great fair of the Seventh regiment, on
the evening OF Wednesday, December
ID. This rarity among flowers, from
its move ty and scarcity, is likely TO
be in great demand this winter; but
as it can only be supplied in small
quantities il will cost more than it,
weight in gold.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
Jackson Enterprise.

While in Jackson last week, in
company with Haynie, OF the Macon
Sun, we visited Col. Jones Hamilton 3
new boat, the "Oliver Clifton" and
were kindly shown through by Mr..
Cameron. The boat is "home
made" craft, the hull, deck and cabin
being built of timber grown in this
State, and the engine and running
gear were constructed by the Excel
sior Foundry at Jackson. Her regu-
lar run will be from Jackson to
Carthage The Clifton is neat little
steamer, and has our best wishes for
success.
From there we went to the New
Oil Mills of Mr.. Green, where we met
the proprietor Cup to his ears" in
business getting the machinery up,
preparatory to manufacturing oil cake
and cotton seed meal. He expects to
have everything in running order in
u few days, when his mill will run
night and day.-BrOokhaven Ledger.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
PhyIlOxera in France.

a correspondent of London jour
nal saws that in the vast territory
bordering on the bend of the Glronde,
desolation is at its height, and IN other
places father south, the evil Is almost
irreparable. -Four hundred thousand
hectares "A million acres or over l,oOo
square miles, of vines have almost
disappeard, and half ms many more
are threatened. A third part OF the
VINEYARDS of France haVebeen attacked
and the remainder have an uncertain
future. An annual revenue of thirty
million dollars is already lost. A
prize of $50, 900 was offered fora means
of arresting the progress of the phyl-
loXcra, which has given rise TO
projects enough. Three remedies have
promised some relief, namely SUMNER
sion, sulphuret of carbon, and Amerl-
can vines as stocks. Submersion is
rarely practicable, and gives uncertain
results sulphuret of carbon is to cost
ly; and replanting with American
stocks requires several years for new
crops, and planters fear from it the
loss of the reputation Of their wines.
This writersays "nothing iSmOre mel
ancholy than the aspect of the hills
all along Floirac, Louissac and st.
CroiX, you see large barren fields, life
less houses, props without vines, I'M
freduented roads, peasants in hopeless
labor. This spectacle makes you I'M
derstand the adjective e0StatrIr as
applied to this yellow active parasite"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24
Guernseys and Jerseys.
The Farm.

The JERSEYS require kind and gen
tla handling. The impression Is
common that the Jersey is a lady's
COW, mild and.tractable,. but TINS &C.
ponds upon the manipulation she
receives. Jersey bulls are particular
w nervous and can easily be maze
FESTIVE and ugly. They are quick as
deer to perceive any motion, ana are
auick in their own motions. Inc
most ugly and persistent-lookmg COW
we ever saw was II Jersey. They
can be trained as pets or pests, JUST
according to the treatment they re-
ceive. ,,,,a
The Guernseys are similar in build
TO the Jerseys, though larger and IN
clined to flesh, and not so stylish
Their color is usually rich tawn,
with much white; the muzzles and
eyelids are bluff, in fact, all the
Npoints" are light, offering u strong
contrast to the black points OF fash-
ionable marked Jersey. me Guerh-
sew is deep mixer, producing the
yellowest of butter of superior 9uallty'
Some good Judges, familiar with 6otl
breeds, place the Guernseys ahead Oh
the JERSEYS as butter-makers while
their size and capability of taking on
fat when they cease to be useful for
the dairy, render them "A desirable
breed. One farmer of our acquallnt-
ance, who has an excellent herd OF
both of these breeds, says that admiX-
ture of the cream from Guernsey MIX
with that from Jerseys gives the put
ter deeper, richer color, and makes
it bring Il higher price than from the
Jerseys alone. The Guernseys oelne
as rule, larger milkers consequently ,it !:
that made exclusively from their milf
is not quite equal, as it lacks some,
thing of the delicate flavor, to the hes
Jersey butter. This experience lndl
Gates that one or two good Guernsey
cows in any herd kept for butter woui'
probably improve its products as
marketable article.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24

Our frind. b. +. Jones, Of the Vino
ma Advance, was elected Sergent-at-
arms of the Senate, on the first ballot,
over four competitors, and then had
four votes to spare.-We have heard
of a gentleman having the nerve TO
tackle a "saw-mill" before, always
however, with unpleasant results, to
the assailants, and no damage to the
"saw-mill',-and this case does not
afford the future historian anOppOrtu-
nifty to record an exception 10 the rule.
Chickasaw Messenger.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24

Col. Sam. Meek, leading lawyer of
East Mississippi, who has been men
toned as a clark horse" in the
senatorial race, is in the city, attending
the circuit court.-Vicksburg Com
mercial.
Not "a dark horse" in the senatorial
race, Mr.. Commercial, but the favorite
horse of the democracy of the lst
district for Congress. Election this
year.-Columbus Independent.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-01-24

The National Democratic Commit
tee will meet at Washington on Mon
day the 22d of FEBRUARY, to agree upon
the time and place of holding the next
National Convention.