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


proof crest ofrugged danger.
"Resigned for more congenial du-
ties" is the way an exchange puts it,
referring to young lady who has
given up school teaching to get mar.
ried. 1t is to be hoped her anticipa-
tions will be realized.
In the report of 'swell wedding
it was written, "Her dainty feet
were incased in shoes that might
have been taken for fairy boots" but
the compositor made it read, "shoes
that might have been taken for ferry
boats"
A Frenchman, writing a letter in
English to friend, and looking in
the dictionary for the word 'preserve.'
and finding it meant to pickle, wrote
as follows: "May you and your fam
lily be picked to all eternity"
The editor of the London Hort1.
cultauia asserts that among all the
fertilizers proposed for the grape
none embody more of the necessary
ingredients than bone meal. 1t
should be applied as early in the sea-
son as possible. About a ton to the
acre makes a dressing that will prove
valuable two or three years.
before 1 give you an answer"
said Aramantha to her lover, who
had Just proposed for her hand, II
have secret to impart." "What is
it, dearest ?" he asked, pressing his
arm around her yielding waist. She
blushed and stammered, my teeth
are false" "No matter" he cried,
heroically. "I'll marry you in spite
your teeth"
One OF the returned warriors from
Zululand was at Rorke's Drift and
was witness of the following incident
A clergyman in clerical attire was
hard at work handing out cartridges
TO the men, and he did it with will.
A private near was taking shots at
the Zulus and cursing the while in the
most ingenious manner. Don't
swear, man p shouted the clergyman.
! "Don't swear at them Shoot them
Saved.-"Sir," said sturdy beg
gar to benevolent old man, phase
give me a shilling | am hungry and
unable TO procure food" The shi-
rrrrSs-'-'"isS. given, .uhnn The, hDggar'.
said "You have done noble deed
you haye saved me from doing some
thing which feared | would have to
come TO-" "What is that ?" said the
benetactor, "Work," was the mourn
full answer.
Claiborne +. Jackson, a former
Governor Of Missouri, married, sue.
cessively, five daughters of one of
the wealthy families Of that State.
As fast as he got rid OF one, he
hitched Oh to another, which consti.
tuted the base of a standing Joke
against him. When he asked the
fathers consent to marry the last
one, the old gentleman is said to have
replied eyes, Claib. you can have
her. You have got them all. For
goodness sake, don't ask me ior the
old woman"
Farmers who spread on a thin coat
of twelve or fifteen loads OF manure
to the acre, and expect to raise
good crop, would be astonished to
see the quantities of the best kinds of
manure, which market gardeners of.
Ten apply to an acre of land near the
cities. What would they say TO the
application of six hundred dollars
worth OF horse manure to a single
acre ? Two or three hundred dollars
worth OF manure per acre is COM
mon thing among market gardeners,
and they fad their account in so
doing, too.
One day, says a six year old daugh-
teri went into the parlor and creeped
under a sofa, and there wasn't
nobody there. They don't let dogs
nor children go i'll the parior at hotels,
and l think it's real mean-and | had
to creep under the sofa, so nobody
could see me; and Mr.: Boyce came
i'll, and Miss Jackson she said one day
that children was worse nuisances
than dogs. And MIR. Boyce and
Miss jackson came i'll and sat down
on the sofa, and he said, ooh, Louisa,
l do love you SO much" and then he
ks sed her heard it smack. And
then she said, ooh, Thomas, l do
wish l could believe You; don't you
never kiss anybody else :" and he
said, mo, dearest" and yelled out,
"Oh, what big story, for saw him
kiss Bessie Nettle's nurse in the
hall one night, when the gas was
turned down. Didn't he jump up,