The Florida agriculturist., 1880-09-15
SEPTEMBER Is.
VARIETIES.


1t will take a very heavy frost to
kill the speech crop that is coming
on now.
The very Affections Of our earthly
pilgrimage are passages of our fu-
ture glory, as shadows indicate. the
sun.
Strive to impress on your children
that the only disgrace attached to
honest work is the disgrace of doing
it badly.
Think upon sin, and repent think
upon God, and return; think upon
grace and hope; think upon glory,
and press onward.
Get out of your heads the infinite
delusion that you can do as you like
and escape the operation of the di-
vine law. Deliver yourself from the
cruel delusioDs that you can sow
tares and reap wheat.
An Indiana girl who sued for
breach of promise found all her love
letters confronting her in the court,
and rather than have the jury know
that she spelled it marry" for mar.
ry, "harte" for heart and "hapi" for
happy, she withdrew the suit.
Young men, save your love letters.
Girls, when your mothers attempt
to give you tafy by coaxing you to
learn to cook, think of that Young
lady OF Chicago who took cooking
lessons and the night before she was
to be married tried soft shell crabs
for her Adolphus. The hot TAT spat-
tered i'll her face and she had to be
painted before she could be married.
A pedagogue told one of his schol-
ars, son OF the Emerald Isle, to
spell hostility. "H-o-r-s-e, horse"
commenced Pat. ''Not horse. .tility,"
said the teacher; "but boss tility."
Sure" replied Pat, IAN didn't ye
tell me, only the other day, not to
say hoss? Faith its wan thing wild
ye one day, and another the MKT
When the brooding hen leaves her
nest and sees how the beans, and
peas and tomatoes have grown dur
ing her absence she cries in dismav:
Mercy this will never do" and the
way she scratches about that garden
sass" until 1t looks like western
town just after tornado, is caution
to potato bugs. And how it mads
the honest husbandrnan when her
Asadss9 . bnakleEa css Ais eas..-
A young German was once press.
ing his suit, and in the midst Of his
ardor questioned the object OF his
choice as to her possible financial
future. Il have heard" he said, ''that
your good father owns two large es-
tates in Siesia." Eyes" was the
naive reply, ''and he owns two more in
Pommerania." The suitor hesitated
a moment as though to catch his
breath, and then falling on his knees
and looking the young lady implor>
ingly in the face cried out, "and can
you, darling, doubt my affections
under such circumstances ?"
A Cambridge boy after a weeks
absence in the country wrote to his
mother: I got here all right and I
forgot to write before; it is a very
nice place to have fun. A teller and
l went out in boat and the boat
tipped over and man got me out
and l was so full of water I didn't
know nothin' for good long while.
The other boy has got to be buried
after they find him. His mother
came from Chelsea and she cries all
the time. A hoss kicked me over
and I have got o[have some money
to pay a doctor for fixing my head.
We are going to set au old barn on
fire tonight and should smile if we
don't have bully fun. 1 lost my
watch and 1 am very sorry. shall
bring home some mud turkles and
shall bring home tame woodchuck
if l can git EN- in my trunk.
The other day about 1 o'clock
boy OF about twelve went up Market
street at such a rate of speed that
everybody who saw him was satls-
fed he was running tor the doctor
A man with kindly expression OF
caught the flying boy
by the arm and asked him: "Sopny,
is there anybody right sick at your
house ?" ''No, but there will be if
YOU don't turn me loose" "Who is
it hubby ?" "Will yer let me go if I
tell YOU ?" II will, my boy" "Well,
then, its my brother Bob. He will
be remains before night ii l don't