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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-26

lied by the letter and to hopefully
consider that as we had lived here
for three years and half in perfect
security to person and property, it
was not impossible that we might
still continue to do so; and as we
wended our weary way back to the
long deferred breakfast, we sadly
mused upon the hard fate of poor
"Pussy Willow" who seemed $50
near and yet so far"
Now Mr.. Editor, I would casually
remark, that l am rather a weak per-
son in general. the very desirable
element OF combativeness having been
strangely omitted in my compost.
ton, but [ came here ill, three years
and half ago, have remained here
during all the intervening time, have
seen pleasant neighbors settling near
us-can now count some twenty
houses within halt mile of us-while
three years ago, we were alone upon
the ''kidge." l have regained my
health. 1 love my home; like the
people. Our orange trees are begin
ming to bear. ! think Florida
most glorious State. Therefore, in
view OF all these circumstances, and
i'll spite of my weak and quiet dispo-
sition, l cannot help feeling spark OF
Indignation rising within me, that
PUSSY Willow" who spends so very
small portion OF her time with us,
should thoughtlessly publish through
the columes Of SO widely circulating
medium as the AGRICULrURIsT,
that which would prejudice persons
not conversant with facts, against our
zpcality.
Women farmers" are, ofcourse, to
, F appreciated and we ought to feel
8 f:ateiul when they hold up to our
3 hiring gaze the gleanings OF their
wisdom and experience: but. it can
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-26

bananas, etc. around the house and
in the yard. Yet l think 1 have only
accomplished half of what by the
same efforts and exertions any one
may now accomplish from to-day
hence,-that is under the new idea
But to the point, we begin to prepare
the land in the most thorough man.
ner, stalking off tor trees and manur-
ing each hill with stable manure or
rich compost, we procure two little
trees-straight switches-tor each
hole, one OF them is sweet seeding
the other the old Florida, French, or
Rough lemon. This tree is very
hardy, very ravenous feeder, never
suffers from drought nor excessive
rains. 1t bears regular and full crops
each year, and under similar circum'
stances i'll half the time OF sweet
seedlings. We SET these trees only
three inches apart when they have
taken root we plat them together, in
one season they are one; the lemon
top may then be taken. off leaving a
sweet top with lis own roots and
the roots Of the lemon to pump up
the elements of fine sweet tree in
four to five years, giving AL advan-
tage tar ahead Of any other process
that know to have been practiced.
AS far as budding and grating is
concerned in these parts, and in my
knowledge, it has been tallure-l
mean it has averaged failure as per
the old programme but am o! the
opinion that garden culture OF sweet
oranges grated into lime or our
Nick lemon, below the surface OF the
ground will be the greatest means
and way OF fortune making ever in
augurated in this country. l mean
that by those who have capital this
must be done in the most thorough
manner-by the poor man he can
find the wherewith by growing early
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-26
DeLand Volusa County, Florida Wednesday, May &c. 1880

in the water. and sand boiling up
with it, you will he surprised to find
them soft as velvet; by placing one
end of strip of board with copper
strips on it at the point where the
water gushes forth, and the other at
our ear, and soft sound like distant
rumbling, then a gushing, roaring
sound comes by pulsations, as it were,
and is distinctly heard; grasping the
other end tightly, a slight electric
current is felt through the whole
body, modified by relaxing or tight
ening the grasp; by placing your
feet against the board, still holding
the end, the effect is still more won.
derfull, every neree>and every mus
Gle of the limbs feels the pleasant
vibration, sent up by the gushing
fountain.
With a suitable bathing with a
douche and plunge bath fixtures and
attractive walks aLdlpleasure grounds
the Magnetic Roaring Spring will
speedily become one of the popular
and fashionable watering places OF
the South, and as widely known and
celebrated as the waters OF Saratoga,
Lebanon, or the Ballston Spa.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-26

had not so many as we needed. lido
not know the exact proportion of
black to white in the county, but it
is not more than one in five, which
is smaller average, think, than in
many other parts OF the State. How
ever that may be, Judging from my
own experience, no settler need ever
fear suffering the least annoyance
from any one of them.
And now, taking everything into
consideration, the health and beauty
OF our location, our superior advan.
tages for transportation, the pleasant
people by whom we are surrounded
and last but not least our fine spring,
it is my firm conviction that there is
no better place to make home, in
the whole State OF Florida than
Green Cove Springs and it's environs.
Mrs. l.. f. BEMIS.
Oak Ridge Cottage. May 18th, 1880.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-26
Almost an Island.
NUMBER 1.
ifoy of the Florida Agricwtturist:

Editor Of the Florida AgricWtturist:
A letter of mine, recently pub.
lished in your excellent and widely
circulated paper has attracted the at
lention Of so many of your readers,
who have written to me for further
information, that ] feel it a duty to
write again. Most of those wishing
tor information not contained in the
published letter have been answered
briefly. AS it is quite a task on a
poor man and workiDgman to de-
vote the time and stationery and
often stamps, to answer letters from
parties who may have only half a
notion of making home in Florida.
Parties desiring further information
hereafter, by remitting paltrY fee
may be informed in detail of all the
''it's and and's' pro and con OF life and
fortune making on the Gulf coast
The purpose of this letter is not so
much to answer certain parties as to
give publicity to some ideas and
facts and figures, and perhaps plausi-
ble speculations for the benefit Of
those who already have homes in
Florida. Riches may be curse to
the world, or at least to certain indi.
viduals, but that inborn desire OH the
part OF many to acquire, to possess
and enjoy the good things Of this
world, or the thousand appliances
and notions of civilized life, impel us
to the onward and upward march,
never satisfied with the present prog.
ress. | do not write these next few
lines as a personal boast, but as ''the
proof Of the pudding is in chewing
the bag l do it to show to the
world abroad, and thousands at home
that. as the great Emerson wrote,
''fne dice of the Almighty God are
always loaded. The world LOOKS
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-05-26
Fine Hogs in Florida.
le Florida Agric~ltwysst :

Editor Of the Florida AgriculuyIst:
Am indebted to you for kindness
in your prompt reply in regard to
Mr.. Harris grove. Since your paper
is devoted to the development of all
our State resources, and furthermore
OF her best interests, L venture to
call attention of yourself and many
readers to what should be one of her
most profitable industries, viz, the
raising OF fine Berkshire hogs. L
have never seen anything on this
subject Tie general impression
seems to be yet, what it was when
came here, !. e., that the fiud breeds
will not do here. There was never a
greater mistake. | have demon.
strated the fact that pure imported
Tennessee Berkshire does Aas.well
or better than on his "natlA -
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ssPnSSy Willow Clutches it
tor of the Florida AgriG llYruist,

Editor Of the Florida Agria ,truiSt:
l have been tor a long time, anx-
lously looking forf communications
from our part OF Clay county, and in
your issue ut May 10Th, my waiting
received most ampl;, fruition. If the
quality was not ex;l,tly saeAs Y I,
might have desire1 < 2 20 {,
from friend and ~a X 9 9S q
dear adopted STAY 711rAp poIy>2o@ 3 :
look with great
upon the lament csYARMAN, PropTf- z
when we conside <
fortunate choice " = Z
a failure in t..r - -
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27
Decentralization In Congress.

A bill has been introduced in Con-
gress by the Committee on Manufact-
ures which should receive the immedi-
ate, cordial and unanimous support of
all members who are opposed to fraud,
and who have any regard for the sani-
tary condition of the American people.
Its purpose is to prevent the sale of
adulterated food in the District of Co.
lumbia and the Territories, the impor-
tation thereof from foreign countries,
and its transportation from one State
to another. These terms seem to cover
the jurisdiction of the General Govern
ment, and, if strictly enforced, they
would go far toward suppressing gen
eral traffic in impure and poisonous ar
ticles. At all events, the successful
operation of a general law of this kind
would reduce the manufacture and sale
of adulterated food in every case to a
contracted territory, and thus enable
the State and local Government to sup
press it.
The report made by the Committee
which proposed the bill contained
startling evidence of the utter indiffer-
enoe to life and health which is shown
by the manufacturers and dealers. Out
of six packages of coffee bought up
haphazard in Baltimore, it was discov-
cred that more than half of the beans
were artificially colored with poisonous
dye. A large proportion of Prussian
blue found in a microscopic exam
nation tea, and in some of it but a
faint suspicion of tea-dust to give it the
requisite odor Chloride of tin is COM
mon poison used in the adulteration Of
sugars and sirups. 1t is estimated that
90,OO0,000 pounds of oleomargarine
were made in this country in 1873,
which almost invariably contained liv-
ing organisms and the germs of disease.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27
A DrOll Dilemma.

If q mans actual existence shouldnot
be accepted as evidence of his having
been born, it would be very difficult for
him to prove it otherwise. But in Ger
many, if al American could not estab-
lish his birth in some other way than
by his existence, he would be in q very
absurd or even in very pitiful condl-
ton. The American infant usually
announces his own birth in an unmis-
taxable manner. But still Austria is
not satisfied without an official certifi-
cate of the self-evidentfact. An Amer
lean gentleman and his wife, living in
Vienna with their young family, were
compelled to send home for certificates
of the birth of their children, that they
might be admitted to school.
An American mother in Leipsic,
whose daughter was about to be mar
ried in that city, learned to her amaze
ment that the Government would not
permit the marriage to take place until
the mother could prove by properly
attested certificate that her daughter
had been born. Nor was this all. Her
only son and support, youth of twen-
ty, was ordered into the army, and he
pleaded in vain that he was an Ameri-
can citizen, born in New York. The
authorities demanded the birth record,
and the despairing mother wrote to New
York and certificate was sent to her.
But another American mother in an
Austrian village could not procure doc
umentary evidence that her daughter
had been legally born, and the girl was
refused admittance to the school.
1t is estimated that there are hun
dred such cases every year. They oc-
cur chiefly, of course, among families
of German descent, and they make the
Bureau of Vital Statistics very i'm
portant office for that class of American
citizens. The German laws upon the
subject are very stringent, and they are
essential to a perfect census. Our own
system has been less exact, but we see
with pleasure that Mr.. Fiske, of Rich
mond County, has introduced bill in
the New York Legislature, which has
been favorably reported, which pro-
vides that a registry of marriages,
births and deaths shall be made at the
clerks Office in every town and village,
the expense to be county charge.
Under such law, it will be every
Americans fault, wherever he may be,
if he cannot prove by the most salts
factory evidence that he was BORN
HdTper'S WeekIQ.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27
The Secret OF a Wall.

The old Nicholson mansion in West
Baltimore street is in process of demoli-
ton, to make room for the new Ger
man Savings Bank. The workmen
were yesterday tearing down thick
wall between an old fireplace and a
stairway leading from the first to the
second story. This brickwork had the
appearance of being a portion of the
main wall, but the workmen discovered
that it was entirely unconnected with
the wall of the building. 1t was six
feet high and nearly square. The men
began at the top, loosening the bricks
with pickaxes. Suddenly one of the
plckaxes penetrated vault in the
brickwork, the bricks fell in, and a
rush of foul air filed the room. The
vault was in form like the section of a
sewer, two feet high, four and half
feet long, and closed at both ends. In
the vault were several human bones.
The work of tearing down the brick
work was continued, and another vault
was opened-a counterpart of the first
in which were other bones. The wall
above the vaults was built in the most
substantial manner. Flint cement in
stead of mortar was used, and appar-
emily every precaution was taken to
prevent the presence of the vaults be-
ing betrayed by any hollow sound.
The bones were examined by ply
sician, and he pronounced them the
skeletons of woman and babe. They
were in position that indicated that
they were lying where they fell when
the flesh dropped off from them. The
air coming to them caused them to soon
crumble to dust.
The mansion was built in 1902, bv q
man named Phillips, and expert build
ers are of the opinion that the vaults
were constructed shortly afterward. 1t
was in possession of family named
Mccoy for several years prior to 1S4l,
when it was sold to the late J. J. Mich
olson, the well-known banker. He
lived in it many years, several of his
children having been born there. 1t
was subsequently occupied by slave
dealer named Grimes, and the room in
which the vaults were built was used as
slave prison. Several of the negroes
died of sutfocation and exhaustion, and
the remonstrances of neighbors caused
Grimes to move away. The vaults
were in the house before the slave deal
er occupied it, for a son of Mr.. Nichol-
son says that the heavy wall was there
when his father took possession of the
mansion. 1t is believed that some early
tenent caused the vaults to be built for
the purpose of burying evidences of D
double murder. -BGLtinlOTe Letter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27
Where the Witness Was.

A perpleXing answer was given by
witness during the trial of the case OF
the State against Barrett, in the Superior
Court. Colonel Lester, of counsel for
defendant, asked the witness if he was
present at the shooting (Which, as is
known, occurred on the pavement in
front of the Screven House, the day
after the Jasper CentenniaD, who re-
piled that he was. Colonel Lester, pro-
ceeding with his questions, asked if he
was in the hotel at the time, and again
the witness answered, "No, he was
not" Then came the question, "Were
you outside of the hotel at the timer"
and again the witness answered, "No,
he was not" At this stage of the pro-
ceedings the venerable Judge Fleming,
adjusting his spectacles, addressed the
witness thus: !" How is it possible that
you were neither inside nor outside of
the hotel, and yet you say that you were
present at the shootingP You surely
must have been either inside or outside
of it-that is certain" The witness,
with twinkle in his eye and knowing
smile about the corners of his mouth,
quietly replied: 'You see, Judge, L
was seated on four-legged stool, two
legs of which were inside the door and
two legs were resting on the pavement,
so that / was neither inside of the house
nor outside of it, The Judge, with q
sigh of relief, settling himself back in
his chair, said: II see how it was
possible now, but was greatly puzzled
until you explained. Proceed with your
questions, Colonel Lester. "-Sa0anmah
(GG. Meas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27

Nearly all liquors are +" doctored' with
strong and poisonous acids. In almost
all articles of commerce the practice of
adulteration has become general and
public. Manufacturers and dealers who
would prefer to be honest are either de-
ceived or claim that they are forced to
make and sell adulterated articles for
the same reason that the distillers
claimed they were compelled to defraud
the Government of its tax during the
existence of the Whisky Ring-viz: In
order to compete with the trade
1t is lamentable that people should
have become so habituated and hard
ened to the practice of adulteration. 1t
is now considered no more vicious or
reprehensible than it is to cheat the
Government. Yet it is an individual
menace to life and health every time
the sale of poisonous article is made,
as well as gross fraud upon the pur-
chaser. Every man guilty of deliber-
ately svindling in weight, measure, or
quality-selling as genuine an article
which he knows to be spurious-ought
to be made to suffer in pocket and in
person for the offense. A heavy fine
and imprisonment, gagged by the pos
sible damage of the poison distributed,
should be attached to the manufacture
and sale of adulterated food for man or
beast. The General Government can
undoubtedly control the traffic to a
considerable extent by some such meas
ure as is now proposed, and it is re-
sponsible to the people to the extent of
its powers. The very essence of Gov
eminent is to protect the masses from
imposition, frauds and outrages against
person andproperty.- Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27

NM NM hundred and ten millions of
p,o1Ss OF mail matter are handled an
di Ialiy' while the postal-car clerks han
N ~, =; nearly three billions of pieces of
l Nar matter in the course of year. In
Low low York dork City, in q single week.
hh,nSS'zSO pieces passed through the
c canos OF the post-office people, and the
= T;osernment in 1879 paid for the ear
, ,asge OF more than thirty millions of
TSrS ~ OF mail matter by railroad.
: nnese figures give some idea, but by
NJ means a full one, of the results
s Inch have flowed from the revolution
o1gun when postage stamps came into
G Issence in this country.-0SeveIG'ad
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27
PERSEVERE.


The world thou seek'st to know ...
Is often dark and drear;
Shadows around NAV fall.
But persevere!
The hin thou climb'st is high,
The prize is great and near;
Write duty" on thy heart,
And persevere!
The road Is smooth to all
Who have u conscience clear;
Walk wisely on thy path
And persevere!
Be firm! re fortune fails
Life burdens do not fear;
Go forth with manly pride,
And persevereI
Few fart who seek to win,
None stray who rightly steer.
Thine IS the prize if thou
Wiltperseverel
Around the darkest storm
The suns bright beams appear,
With light and hope for all
Who persevere!
The worlds temptations scorn;
Let Others wealth revere,
Be strong in right, detest the wrong,
And persevere!
Then. when life's twilight fades,
The thought will give the cheer
That thou ia trials passed
Did'st perseverel
--.-S2eniyyy 4 0st
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27

The enormous consumption of tim
Der for railway ties gives to any method
for preventing decay special interest.
1t was stated, in a paper lately read
before the Engineers Club of PhiE
adelphia, that ties permeated with
creosote which had been in use
in England for twenty-five year4
were still in as good condition al
when first laid down. Creosoted pileA
driven at Portsmouth, England, forty
two years ago, were now as good above
as below the waterline, and have out
lasted sixteen sets of unprepared wood
cut from the same timber and used ia
the same work. These facts would
seem to establish the economy of creot
soting railway ties beyond all question:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27
. Omen answer for both," said Lucy

"Une' II answer TOT DOIH, saRIu A"0J
arch1y. -
And then the Squire gave his arm 10
the woman he had meant to marry hVe-
and-twenty years before, and led her
out to tea, perfectly satisfied with the
way things had turned out. And SO
were all the others. And, being IN
happy frame of mind, the strawberry
preserves and shortcake were properly
appreciated, am condemnation III.
Rerf0rd '. s.'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27
TtA Observation-Disclosures

all Communications for thus paper should DC accom-
tnied oy the name OF the author not necessarily Tor
publication, hut an evidence Of good faith an the
par. OF the writer Write only one side of the Da
Der BE particularly careful in giving names and dates
40 haVr the letters ard figures plain and distinct PIp
ernaines are often dihct TO decpher because OF Tie
careless 1u-iiner IN which they written
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-05

e~red-perhaps, but for our part we feel con-
fdent this nice little arrangement will fall
through. Two years ago when the attempt
was made to effect a political organization
among the workingmen in the formation of a
third party, it was eminently proper fer
w~orkingmen who had formerly been r publ
cans or democrats to desert their old afilia-
tlons and follow the fortunes of their new
leader. But that attempt Jailed through be-
trayal on the part of the republicans, who
refused cooperation where it was promised
(four votes at Deer Lodge for the working
mans candidate for sherif), aud it has not
been renewed. The issue is now a distinctly
political issue between the two old parties
the democratic and the republican. The
~workingmen who are also republicans will of
course support their ticket, as is in every way
proper for them to do, but the democratic
workingmen in Butte are too intelligent to
allow themselves to be hoodwinked and made
tools of by Mr.. Warren, smart as he imagines
himself to be. On election day it will be
found that those men vote from conviction,
not according to orders received from head
quarters, and our local fusion will come to
an ignominious end.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-05

New York's response to the news from
Maine, or the occasion of the state election,
was the organization of an immense addition
al number of Hancock n English clubs
throughout the state. Strange that news of
this nature is altogether ignored by the asso-
ciated press, while every little republican ad
hamlet, is trumpeted abroad over the land.
In consequence of this judicious discrimina-
ton on the part of the partisan wire, the re-
publicsns will soon have occasion to thank it
for the losses they are bound to incur In bets
based on the imperfect and one-sioed infor.
nation. Wonder what the politics of the
wire will be six months subsequent to Han.
cocks Inauguration?
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-05
At a fair held at Elizabeth, N. j.. a.

At a fair held at Elizabeth, N. j., a couple
of weeks ago, polls were opened and a mas
sIve and valuable gold pen was exhibited as a
prize, with the understanding that it should
be presented to the presidential candidate re-
ceiving the greatest number of votes. The
voting began and was conducted with great
spirit until everyone on the fair grounds had
cast a ballot, when it was found that the pen
was awarded to Hancock by 375 votes, to $50
for Garfield and 20 for Weaver. In accord
ance with this verdict the pen was duly pre-
scented to Gen. Hancock, at Governors Island,
by a committee appointed for the purpose.
In his speech of presentation the spokesman
of the committee expressed the hope that
Hancock would employ the pen in writing
his inaugural address. To this Hancock re-
piled that ga good many pens, but all quill
pens," had already been sent him for that
purpose.