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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-05

Several months ago, says the Orlando
Reporter, we mentioned the theory and
practice of Mr.. John X. Conner, Of Alta-
monte. concerning the cultivation OF or
ange groves Mr.. @. uses no commercial
fertilizer, a. he considers il stimulant
rather than . manure He plows deep
instead Of shallow. In these two respects
he works contrary to the generally 90
cepted theories Of orange culture. In
place Of the commercial fertilizers he plants
COW peas, and then plows them under
with two-horse plow, running the fur
rows fully ten inches deep. He follows
this system OF deep culture from the start,
and the more he practices It the more he
is convinced Of ito advantages. At least
his trees are far ahead of those of his
neighbors of the same age who use CON-
mercial fertilizers and pillow shallow. He
He told Us on Tuesday last that he is will.
ing to compare groves with any man in
Orange county, no matter how cultivated,
STIMULATING, of course, that the trees shall
be of the same age as his own, and, like
his, grown on pine land. Mr.. Conner also
holds to another idea which 10 worth con.
sidering. He contends that while ham
mock land will produce q more rapid
growth of orange trees, the fruit will al
ways be of an inferior quality, and for thii
reason he would plant oranges only or
pine land. The Reporter would be pleased
to hear from orange growers upon these
questions. New and independent methods
backed up by substantial experience, ar,
better than old stereotyped theories. Lee
us hear from others.
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ct. 81
Card.
FERNANDINA, FLA, October %

FERNANDINA, FLA, October 20.
To the Editor Of the San and Press:
Having published in your paper of the
26th inst letter from this city signed
" An Honest Voter" which every candid
person will unhesitatingly pronounce a
SANDER of the vilest kind, / beg leave to
denounce, through the same channel, the
writer of said letter as cowardly liar
and scoundrel, who has added to falsehood
and defamation the infamy of forgery, as
Mr.. Howell, whose name accompanies
this article, disclaims any participation in
this nefarious business. Mr.. Howell de-
nounces the writer of the letter, over his
signature, accompanying can Honest
Voters " article, base forgery, and that
he has no knowledge, directly or indi-
rectly, of the name of the person who is
so cowardly as to be afraid to let his name
be known. Very respectfully,
w. MAYOR THOMPSON.
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-EeH . l4loF1iy ~
These returns embrace all the counties
IN which the Republicans have received
najo1fieA They show majorities for
C0DoFer Of 1853, while the counties Civ
ing BlO1hsm majorities reported above
EhOE msjOrities for him of 4,727, which
place him 90 ahead. The counties yet
70 be definitely heard from are Walton,
Washington, Holmes, Calhoun and Frank
I'm IN the West, Wakulla, Taylor and
Lafayette in the Middle, Manatee, Her
nHsdo, Dade, Breyard, Volusia and Or
angs In the South. These counties are all
DenOcrztie and viii, at the lowest esti-
mate, give Bloxham not less than 1000
m.jority. When the official figures are
al IN his majority in the State will in all
probability be fully $500, and the ma
Jority for Hancock from $500 to 1000.
General Finley's majority in the Second
District is reported to be 1920. David
son, IN the First, is reelected by some
1850 majority. Alachua gave Finley a
mnioritT Of q.
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Awriter in Scri5ner's Magaziae asserts
that the farmer, having the most sane and
natural occupation, ought to find life
pleasant. He alone, strictly speaking.
has home How can q man take root
and thrive without land? He writes his
history upon his field. How many ties.
resources he has his friendships with his
cattle, his team, his dog, bis trees, the
satisfaction in his growing crops, in his
improved fields his intimacy with nature.
with bird and beast, and with the quick.
ening elemental forces his corporations
with the cloud, the sun, the seasons, heat.
wind, rain, frost. Nothing will take the
various social distempers which the city
and artificial life breed out of man like
farming, like direct and loving contact
with the soil. It draws out the poison.
II humbles him. Teaches him patience
and reverence, and restores the proper
tone to his system. Cling to the farm,
make much of it, put yourself into it, be-.
stow your heart and your brain upon it,
SO that it shall SAVIOR of you and radiate
your virtue after your days work is done.
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Fancy Farmers.

No class of men have been ri1iculed SO
much and none have done so much good
as those who are denominated fancy farm
ers. They have been in all times and in
all countries the benefactors of the men
who have treated them with derision.
They have been to farmers what inventors
have been to manufacturers. They have
experimental for the good of the world,
while others have simply worked for
their own good. They tested theories
while others have raised crops for market
They have given dignity and glory to
the occupation of farming it never before
possessed.
Fancy farmers have changed the wild
boar into the Suffolk and Berkshire; the
wild bull of Britain into the short-horn !;
the mountain sheep with its lean body
and hair fleece, into the Southdown and
Merino. They brought up the milk of
cows from pints to gallons. They have
heightened the sirloin of the bullock,
deepened the udder of the COW, enlarged
the ham of the hog, given strength to
the shoulder of the OK, rendered finer the
wool Of the sheep, added heetness to the
speed of the horse and made beautiful
every animal that is kept in the service of
man. They have improved and FASTENED
the development of all domestic ANIMALS
till they hardly resemble the creatures
from which they sprang. 'i
Fancy farmers introduced irrigation
and understanding, grinding and cooking
food for stock. They brought guano from
Peru and nitrate Of soda from Chill.
They introduced and domesticated all the
plants we have of foreign origin. They
brought ont the theory OF rotation in
crops as q natural means of keeping up
and increasing the fertility Of the soil.
They frat analysed soils as means of
determining what was wanted to increase
their fertility. They introduced the
most improved methods of raising and
distributing water. Fancy farmers or fancy
horticulturists have given us all our vari-
cities of fruits, vegetables and flowers. A
fancy farmer in Vermont few years ago
originated the Early Rose potato, which
added millions of dollars to the wealth of
our country and proved to BIO most inn
portant accession in every part of the
:
world where il was introduced. II was a
fancy farmer who brought the Usage
from Texas TO the Northern States.
feAmong the men in this, country who
were classed as fancy farmers at an early
day were Washington, Jefferson, Frank
lin and Livingston. The frat introduced
mules, the areoud the cultivation IF i'm
/ proved rice, the third the use Of land
plaster and ths isulrth The raising 81 IL,
oerne. More than any men Of their time
did they add to the wealth Of the country.
70 ahstalA n aAAM ssssS ~ ans1ssx 4 taAt
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Many hearts were made sad In Geor-
pia. saws the Macon Georgia Telegraph,
bv the announcement of the death of this
eminent divine. He presided twice over
the South Georgia Conference of the
Southern Church, once at Americas and
last year at Perry. Few men SO endeared
themselves. in 80 short a time, to the
hearts of our people as did Bishop Dog
eett. Refined, polished, educated, and
with all the noble traits that go to make
up grand character, he stood forth as
the peer of the most gifted divines of any
country.
We clip the following from the Atlanta
Consultation
Bishop David s. DogRett, whose death at his
residence in Richmond on Wednesday night has
-i-.aAv been reported, was one of the most pop
ulAt we'll ~ tp---SIast hivin1a IN fhs
Methodist church. he was born in Lancaster
county, Virginia, In 1910. His father was
worthy member Of the bar OF that county, and
practiced in the courts of that and neighborng
counties. The son had all the advantages of the
schools In the county Ia which he lived and
ayailed himself Of them. At an early age he
read law under his father, with the intention Of
entering that profession. This design, however
he abandoned, and before he was seventeen
began to study for the ministry. Before he was
eighteen eentered the pulpit Soon after arriving
at the age Of manhood, DR. Doggett entered the
Randolph Macon College. an institution con-
Quoted BY the Methodist church, a. chaplain.
Here he was diligent stndent. and during the
years he occupied this position applied himself
TO his duties with an eafnestness which won the
admiration and respect pf bis professors Aftel
leaving the Randolph Macon the deceased was
assigned charge, and from that time till about
1855 he preached In almost all of the principal
churches Of his denomination Ia the State. In
1855 he was made bishop. just before his last
Illness be was to have presided over the CalifoF.
MIA Conferences, but was prevented by the attack
which resulted In his death.
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A Qafef Election.

The election on Tuesday last was as
guief - . Nay morning. There was not
% much ~ 3 street fight to vary the ex-
element The friends of the various can
didasss lAbored jealousy but without con-
hict, and the day passed off pleasantly
TIE only demonstratiVe people were a
number Of colored women who hung
nrDund the polls and were apparently
very anxious that their acquaintance
ahould vote only the Republican ticket.
They would sometimes jerk ticket out
e voters hands, tear it up and hand
him smother. With this exception all
-. IL H. ----~
cane pouring in showing that the Demo
cEs had made clean sweep in Florida,
she nan and brother" took it quite
Phil0s0phicalIy, simply because he did not
believe that With eighteen hundred ma
jorty IN Leon II was possible for Conover
tobs defeated, and there are many Of them
Who do not believe it yet. The defeat Of
HaDeock wa evident before IL at night,
sod The eject Was apparent in the long
fne@ Of the Democrats. It was unpleas-
an information 70 them, but Democrats
have become % accustomedto Presidential
dsfs1ts that they soon reconciled them
sSEss 20 the inevitable. The result in
this 6tass Vas . great salve to their feel
isez, and they wisely concluded that il
@fhs Republicans could stsad Garfield
hey oonld"
And 90 ended the day.
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Mirror,l
WeeviIs I'm Corn.

Before the war planter on the St.
Johns river annually raised from 10 900
to 5000 bushels of corn. He had a corn
house built of heavy timber, sided with
twoinch plank jointed close, two doors on
either side large enough to drive wagon
in. This house was thoroughly cleaned
and swept. The corn was harvested and
taken to the house in August and Septem-
Der. Before the first load was deposited
lime was sprinkled on the floor; inside
partitions divided space into bins. The
corn as brought was put in and leveled,
say four feet high. then leaves of the Pride
of India tree scattered on the surface, and
another tier of corn spread and leaves
added, continuing until the whole crop
was housed. The doors were then closed
and only opened to take out corn as needed
No aoeeca appeared. The main reason
alleged was that the house was perfectly
tight and dark, no cracks, windows or
doors to let the light in. The lime and
leaves, perhaps, were not pleasant for rats
or weevil.
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Sorghum Cane.

Mr.. LeDuc, the Commissioner of Agri-
culture at Washington, has shown q very
commendable desire to make his depart
ment of some practical benefit to the
country. Notwithstanding the fact that
his experiments in the agricultural line
have, at times, been made the source of
considerable amusement by the press, he
has succeeded in producing some results
which promise to be of value. His ex,
periments with the tea plant are said to
have demonstrated that tea can be sue
cessfully and proftably cultivated in
Georgia and other States, and it now
seems that he has satisfactorily proven
that the best quality Of sugar can be made
in paying quantities from sorghum cane
The Cincinnati Commercial, which now
and then finds place for an article which
treats of something else than politics,
gives some of the results obtained by the
Commissioner from his experiments with
this cane. In the grounds attached to the
Agricultural Department four kinds of
sorghum cane were planted, viz 6 Early
Amber Chinese" white Siberian !"
and Honduras" A month or 30 before
the cane was ripe few stalks were cut
and experiments made with the jaice which
they yielded. This process was continued
until the cane was fully ripe and had been
subjected to severe irosts. The conclu-
sion reached was that the greatest amount
of sugar could be obtained from the cane
when it is thoroughly ripel Last spring a
number of farmers in Ohio and Illinois
were induced to cultivate small quantities
of the sbove-named varieties of sorghum,
and to send specimens Of their ripened
crops to the Agricultural Department. In
every instance sugar was obtained in such
quantities as to leave no doubt Of the
proftableness Of cultivating sorghum cane.
1t was also affirmed by Mr.. LeDuc that
the juice 10 richer in sugar than the juice
of the Louisiana cane. Last year Mr.. A.
J. Russell, of Crystal Lake, Illinois, made
$4,000 pounds Of sugar from sorghum
cane, which brought 10 the market ten
cents pound. This year, however, his
enterprise proved failure for the reason
that his mill was not ready tosbandle the
crop when it was ripe. The success Of
LeDuc's experiment seems TO indicate that
the production Of sugar from sorghum
cane will steadily increase. II has long
been an aspiration Of the snowy zone to
raise sugar cane and bananas. The aspi-
ration, % to cane, may be realized IA i
modified form. Sorghum molassesr and
sorghum sugar are not deadly poisons,
whatever impressions one may have re.
ceiyed from the first sample manufactured
in this country. The moiasses may be
somewhat thin, but Wisconsin has no
moral right 70 expect "a raise the, best
sugar cane side by side with polar bears.
There q i limit b everything, md sor.
ghum draws the line there where ths polar
bear roans in July. eaa-o q 49, "a sssa
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10 DIR SUBSCRIBERS.

With this issue We end the publica-
ton Of our semi-weekly edition, which
Ena only promised during the campaign,
coufinaing the FLoRIDIAS weekly as here
tofors- The subscriptions of those who
nubser7bed to the Semi-Weekly for the
eaup1ign," viii, Of course, cease with the
present issue, but we hope that many
who have been readers of the FLoRIDIAN
during the few months of the campaign
VII have become so attached to it as to
renew their subscriptions for the ensuing
year, By renting the regular subscrip
fion price. 81
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The Count Omcers.

The official canvass of the Leon county
returns will not be completed in time for
this issue of the FLoRIDIAN. AS near as
can be ascertained the following will be
the result: For Co unity Judge. w. P.
Byrd; Tax Assessor, George A. Groom
Collector of Revenue, c. c. Pearce; Su-
perintendent of Public Instruction, IL. n
Felkel; County Clerk k, Council A. Bryan.
The "Gallie's Hall Ticket" for the Leg
islature, viz: Julius Ball, Wallace B.
Carr. Isaac Jenkins a nd Philip Carroll, the
last three colored, was probably elected
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Election Figures.

The comparison Of the vote on the End
inst. VIII be with the vote in 1876. The
vote In 1873 for Congressman will not be
= good test and We shall not consider it.
The aggregate vote in 1876 for President
Was ze,774, Of which 1ilden received
- .sss and Hayes 24,34O. One precinct
Was excluded in Clay county which gave
TIldsn majority of %, and one in Ham
niOn which gave him a majority of 25,
Which, however, we do not include in the
table below. The vote for Governor was
For Drew 24,6I3, for Stearns 24,116-
total as 2s. ~
The vote this year will aggregate fully
$ 900 and may 60 higher.
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Union. November Al

Union November A.
At the called meeting of the Hancock
and Bloxham club on Monday evening
last, before the election, resolution was
offered byCol. l. Coryen and passed with
hearty unanimity, to the effect that the
large and handsome solar picture of Gcv-
w. d. Bloxham which hangs with its COM
panion picture of Hancock, just above the
speakers stand, be presented to the ds-
teemed wife Gifts original, at Tallahassee,
and that the president appoint commit
tee of three to notify Mrs. Bloxham of the
action of the club.
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The Georgia Legislature convened
on the Sd. Col James Boynton, of Spauld-
ing county, was elected President of the
Senate, and Hon. A. O. Bacon, Of Bibb
county, Speaker of the House.
Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, has
some original and very effective ways Of
doing things. Wishing 70 test railroad
brake of which he had heard great deal,
be had the appliance adjusted TO his loco
motive and cars, and the engineer in
structed how to use It. Then he embark
ed aboard his train and started upon an
excursion. At dangerous point in the
road the engineer, whose train was run
ming at thirty-two miles an hour, saw
what was apparently al immense rock
that had fallen upon the track, few hun
dred yards ahead. He put the brake
down with ! vigor which may be con-
ceiyed, and succseded in arresting the
train before Il came IN collision with the
obstacle. This. however, when more
closely examined, proved TO be paste
board rock sof Dom Pedro's own contriv.
ance Klswanted . prkctical test or the
new brake, md this Ms bic Wy of -
curing It.
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Y. Evening Pest, Nov. IL

N Y. Evening Pest Nov. IL -
The Southern people will not incur
tomorrow by the defeat of Gen. Hancock
any risk of interference with their local
affairs. The very mischievous notion that
by keeping their States politically sola
they can get control of the Federal Gov
eminent without regard to the merit Of
the policy which they would pursue in
that case, will, however, receive an effect
ual blow. The Southern people will show
good sense by making their political
methods hereafter accord more closely
with those employed in the rest of the
country. The Southern States cannot get
along without disadvantage to themselves
so long as there is not room enough in
them for two parties.
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MIR. Scion Robinson died at his resi-
dence in Jacksonville on Wednesday, the
Sd inst, at 3 o'clock, aged n years.
The Episcopal Church, says the New
York San, viii wait TO see how the new
revision Of the Bible i received before it
expresses any opinion regarding it. Three
years will intervene before the body again
assemblies, and the convention on Tues
day not only postponed the consideration
Of the subject 70 1883. but il also unani-
meusly resolved that IN no even should
the committee appointsd tolook after the
revision make any report before the con-
venticn cf Canterbury ahall have had )
reasonable time to taks action.
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"A lion tanner in menagerie at San
Francisco gives Chronicle reporter some
cruel facts about the tanning Of beasts.
He said there was real danger IN the
business. He had seen two men killed,
and was badly bitten. once himself; hut
he charged these smishaps to carelessness
and too much mercy. "You learn to tel"
he explained, "what kind of . temper
the beasts are in, and conduct yourself
accordingly. 1t amt hard to dodge them.
If they spring straight at you, all you've
got to do is to jump little to one side,
and if they jump high for your threat
you dive under 'em. There's never more
than one goes for you at time, and that
don't occur often. The wild ones are bet
ter and safer. This is because q lion
used 10 a cage and being poked and
leased is less afraid of you. I'd sooner
handle ten lions just from the jungles than
one that's used to the public. WheEi !
first go into . cage of nntaned onep !
have a fire near by, with three or four
iron rods in it, red hot. II the beasts go
for me, the men stand ready TO jab the
irons III their mouths and make 'em Jet
CO." He secuted the idea that liens
could be gossrned exsept By iear. excited
by inhuman treatment He tried 70 meter
err on the side Of gentleness. and kad
recently killed 8 lion BY stnkihg i dt'
tie too bard pr the bead ds
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Editor Mirror Under the caption of
Democratic Falsehoods," the San and
Press of the 26th inst. contains an arti-
Gle reviewing the utterances of the Dem
ocratic speakers at meeting held in the
city on the 22d inst, in which " Honest
Voter states that the principals of the
public schools in Fernandina get more
(meanlng salary because they are the
political chums of the superintendent! I
desire to state to Honest T0ter" and
the public that the young man, principal
of the colored school in this city, receives
the same pay, $50 per month, as was paid
myself when in charge of the school.
That he is gentleman, Christian, and
decided Republican and would not yield
up one iota of his conviction as to duty
as such, for the position he holds, and
uncertain pay in cash. It is alleged that
/ wrote that article. Now, let me tell
Honest Voter" and the unkind friends
choosing to make this charge against me,
that whatever may have occasion to say
against the present school system and its
officers, I will state fearlessly and over
my own signatu-a nisstefA~Ae~% nf
facts does nobody any good.
Will Honest Voter I" read and ponder
these utterances from the great Saint
Paul and profit thereby? "Put away ly-
ing, speak every man the truth with his
neighbors, for we are members one of
another" J. r.. BALLARD.
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5 "A large and increasing emigration il
taking place from Ottawa and other points
in Csnada TO the United States. Il
County officers elected in Duyal
county ars - follows County Judge, w.
A. Mclean; Clerk Gircuit Court, T. e.
Buchanan; superintendent Public Instruc'
ton. a. 7. Russell SheriG, q. Bowden
Tax Assessor. , !. PFsyatt; Collector d
Rsyenue = =. L'Ehgle Tsasirer, d.
A. Dzislynski.
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MIR. Mr.. r. ]. Pittman, sheriff Of
Jackson county, died at Mariana on
Thursday, October 23d, of pneumonia.
He was very popular and highly respected
by every one who knew him, and per-
formed the duties of his Office faithfully
and satisfactorily. His age was SO years.
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The following is the latest news by tel
egraph from the Nor tn:
New York, Nov. A, 100 Pm.
Returns show following results: House of Rep
resentatives stands 146 Republicans, 14l Demo
Gratis and Greenbackers Senate stands ~ he
publicans, 80 Democrats. Republican Govern
ors are elected in Colorado. Connecticut, Illinois
Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska and New Hamp'
shire: Democratic Governors in Florida, Mis-
souri,, New Jersey, North Corolina, South Car
DINA and Georgia, with Tennessee still IN doubt