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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-12-14
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Kes West UemOczakl
! q How Florida was Dtelem.s, ;
The above is the caption Of n article
in the New York zsnss Of the 18th inst,
The Times mast have been enjoying
1" Rip Van Wrinkle" sleep for the Lass
four years, not 70 know BY the result of
the Investigations of the Potter committee
how Florida was stolen" It may be,
however, that the Times memory is
faulty, and it does not recall that Florida
was stolen by the testimony Of perjured
witnesses, and by two corrupt members
Of the Returning Board. We admire the
integrity of the Times in trying even ct
this late date to ferret out this theft, but
we would inform the Times that the peo-
pie of this country, and especially of this
State, know full well " how Florida was
stolen" Just at present it is of more in
terest to the people of this country to
know show New York was stolen"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-12-14

Some Republican papers, says the
Co'wser-Jomndl, are strongly opposing
the reported movement of Southern ne
grces to the West. They are wrong.
The negro is an American citizen and free
to go where he wants to, and he has been
told SO often that the North is the only
place where he can be comfortable, that
it would be we'll for him to test the
veracity Of the information.
The London Economist says that the
fact of consols getting above par raises
the question whether it is possible to
lower the rate of interest. Three per
cent. is not much to be sure; still, if the
public can borrow at two and three-quar-
ters, its agent, the Chancellor of the tx
chequer, should place it's loans at that
rate. Mr.. Gladstone's attempts TO place
two and one-half per cent. stock in 1858
failed, l4loH 8id s,l8ts
The Cedar Key Journal Of the eth
ult. gives the following lively account Of
the conduct of Mr.. Geo. p. Fowler, the
Deputy United States Marshal who made
the recent political arrests at that place:
"On Friday night, previous to leaving
for Jacksonville. he got ingloriouslyI
drunk While walking on the lower
piazza Of the Island House, he stumbled off
and was found prostrats on the ground
with bis face down. A soon 90 discov-
cred he was taken up and carried to- the
train, arriving, just' inns time, & ell those
arrested having been On board some time
We are told that after getting On the
train he went ON in distresaing way
raving .snd calling ON tn name of aDsiGy
in thesnaost frantic manhsr, % mach Co
that the conductor aosld have put him
%, bat for chose who wers inths capac-
ity Of pfisoners.n Colnment aeemssnpsr
Auo9s. s-sss 5,as9 Ell a.'-s S;
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-12-14
Secretary State Park Association.
JAcKsoNvnlE, December q 1850.

A. J. RusssR. Secretary Stats Park AsoeAheM
SIR: Yours of November 26,h at hsn6 and
its contents and accompanying premium list To-
gether with the guarantee Of the full and COM
plete payment OF the same Having examined
into the matter and having satisfied nyself Of
the readiness with which your association stands
10 meet these obligations, under the resolutions
of the Florida Fruit Growers Association and
the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical Associ-
alton, accept your proposition and aaih0rize
the holding of the Sixth Annual State Eair. IN.
der the direction Of the State Park Association,
and heartily recommend your association to the
confidence and support of all the people
Yours truly. s 4 IA
D.. a. ELLIOTT. I
Sec'y Fla. Fruit Growers Assn.
and Sec'y Fla. Ayr. and Mech. Assn.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-12-14

agents. Il should Be abandoned o. oshsrvb, nm
vided for The agent should Be a entirely ~.
In bis movements when 10 the feld ss 8 oorn.
mercial traveller. He should not be hauspsred
with the care Of troublesome side-show 10
cumbersome for convenience or too elaborate Il,
rapid movement and despatch OF the bushes. h
hand A chest or two - baggage, hlled with
specimens and printed matter Is all he wants 70
% bothered with. He can not afford to stay too
long in one place. however pleasant bis seiourn
might be. or however much he might like n.
own ease He must be up and doing; hare %.
day, there tomorrow, working, talking, srrane.
Ing for the gathering Of his several convers :. !.
common centre for start altogether towards tbe
Promised Land" And when he has rot than
together and arranged for transportation AT ihe
best rates, he must either accompany them or BE-
sure that another agent will meet them On he
border and conduct them to their destination.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-12-14

We erred last week in publishing as
one Of the members-elect of the Legisla-
ture, from St. Johns county, the name of
s Z Pellicer; it should have been r. B.
CznOva, who was the one elected.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-12-14

The following correspondents explains itself:
OFFICE STATE PARK AssocIATloH,
JACKSONVILLE, November Goth, 1880
OK D. r. Elliott, Sec: Fla. r. 9. Ass'n, &c.:
DEAR SIR: am instructed to lay before You
the Premium List which the State Park Associ-
alton have made for the next or Sixth Annual
State Fair, and say to you that every premium
offered will be paid, and to call your attention
to the amount it sums up, and to ask that il be
accepted under the resolutions adopted by the
Florida Fruit Growers and the Florieh Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Associations, and that
we be authorized to hold the Fair. commencing
on the 25th of January, 1881, and continuing
through the week. Respectfully.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-29
TIE HOUSEHOLD.
A Few Hint. and 0ucrle. from "s.slI,

A Few Hints and Queries from "steIIa."
Mrs. Granger: Your mince pies without
rule must be better than my rice pudding
with rule, when forget to put the sugar
in. Let me tell you now to use one-half cup
each Of uncooked rice, sugar and raisins, to
one quart of milk. Bake slowly, and do not
stir after putting it into the oven. Be sure to
try this, and you will pronounce it better than
when made with eggs. shall use your recipe
for mince. neat about Thanksgiving time II
l could only know who you are and where
you live, would ask you and your Sister
also ''Rella," to come and try piece of pie.
l cooked the turkey last Thanksgiving by the
recipe given in The PHOENIX, and considered
it extra indeed That recipe now occupies an
important place on my cooking card
heard some one say that you must have
left out part of the directions for making the
lace il SO, your lace would come out some
like my pudding. II you read the Household
there is nothing for me to tell you about spat-
ter work, for everything about it is made
very plain in that paper. l, too, have been
thinking of making dressing table out of q
dry goods box, and, wonderful to tell, had de-
cided to drape it with some kind of material
decorated with spatter-work. l shall use old
white cotton instead of new unbleached it
being less expensive. Autumn leaves and
ferns are the most convenient to arrange on
cotton, for they are large yet graceful. After
they are pressed and quite dry, arrange in
such designs as are pleasing to you. Use
sieve and old tooth brush with which to cast
the spray. A larger brush would do the work
faster. Take up but small quantity of ink
on the brush at once otherwise too large
drops may be the consequence. II could
see you, would be happy to lend you my
sieve and brush, and tell you all know about
the work.
Can you tell me whether canaries need any
special food or treatment during the moulting
season, and when does that season begin and
end Hoping to hear from you again, and
to hear about your Sisters" house plants,
and also to know that "Rella" is alive and
well, | remain, Yours truly,
STELLA.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-29
NIX AND RECORD AND FARMER. FRIDAY, 30 1880

to be re-potted is an established one, take II
out Of the pot in the way already directed,
and put II into one a size larger. With the
fingers or a blunt-pointod stick remove about
half an inch or moro Of the outside Of the
ball IL the roots are much matted, they may
be cut away on the outside with sharp knife
then, placing some soil in tho bottom Of the
pot, put the plant in it, and then fill in tho
soil between the ball and the pot, ramming II
down moderately with blunt stick, making
sure that no vacancies are left. The surface
Of the ball should be little below the level
Of the top OF the pot. Always be careful to
leave sufficient room at tho surface for water
ing, but never bury the neck or collar Of tho
plant in the soil TO do so is very injurious to
many plants, especially aznleas, camollias or
anges, lemons, and other hard. wooded plants.
After re-poIting your plants, place them in
a shady place, where they will not be exposed
to high, drying winds, and water them from
a watering.pot with fine rose, but do not
give them too much at once. Only give
enough TO settle tho soil II you give too
much, it makes the soil puddle, and makes
it hard when il dries out somewhat. liar
Der's Bdzdy
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-29

81 am, personally, not without hope that the
meaning and beauty and value Of common
prayers will commend themselves TO our com
munity, and that all our citizens may learn to
feel their pathos and their grandeur, and to
use them with comfort and profit, though
they may not be members of the National
Church of England, or of the Episcopal
Church of this country. But as there will
undoubtedly be also desire for other forms
of worship, in which more direct expression
can be given Gin tho opinion of the worship
ers, to the fleeing as well as the permanent
hopes and fears of erring and rejoicing and
penitont men and women, we shall rejoice II
they will use tho same building with us, as n
pledge of Christian brotherhood and acknowl-
odgement that, however far apart our courses
may seem to lie, we steer by one compass
and sock ono port"
We have faith in tho success and future Of
tho colony. II commences right. The land
is to be occupied by productive laborers.
Willing hearts, aspiring minds and strong
arms can accomplish all things 1t is only two
hundred and ninety three years since the first
offspring of English parents was born on the
soil of the United States, then q wilderness,
inhabited by only savage tribes, now occupied
by fifty millions of free people, the most
wealthy, powerful, intellectual, industrious
prosperous and happy people on the face of
the earth.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-29
How TO Have Vice Coffee.

Roast the coffee carefully (half dozen
burned berries will spoil the whole, and If not
enough it will taste raw, each kind by itself,
for the berries being of different size will re-
quire different length Of time for cooking.
Java gives strength Mocha has the richest
flavor; they are best mixed in equal proper
tons or two-thirds of the former to one of
the latter. When done mix together, and
stir few minutes to prevent sweating
When partly cool stir in one or two eggs until
every berry looks shiny this coating will
help to preserve the strength. Put it away,
when cold i'll a tightly covered can or jar,
and grind just before using. Previous to
grinding, put the berries at the mouth of the
oven or on the back of the stove until they
are well heated through. Mix a cupful Of
ground coffee with half Of an egg, yolk,
white and shell, and when well Incorporated
add n tablespoonful Of cold water. Scald the
cofIee-pot, put in the prepared coffee, and
pour in a quart Of boiling water. Set the cof-
fee-pot on the stove where it will be full ten
minutes in reaching the boiling point stir
down the grounds in the meantime and the
instant it begins to boil move it to the back,
and let stand for ten minutes longer, when it
will be clear aromatic and delightful. Serve
with good thick cream. Milk even boiled
milk, will spoil it at least comparatively.
Many persons prefer filtered coffee like
this best, but it is a mistaken idea that leads
people to boil all the flavor and aroma into
space and leave only bitterness and dregs be-
low in the coGTee-pot. Hot berries, hot coffee
pot, boiling water and moderate heat will ex-
tract the strength without actual boiling.
That process brings out the fannie acid and
ruins the delicacy of flavor.
Allow a heaping tablespoonful of ground
coffee for half pint of boiling water. The
addition of egg makes the liquid richer and
more sparkling. Too much impairs the
strength. One egg to a cup of ground coffee
may be used when none has been stirred with
the berries. Always mix the egg, coffee and
water together in bowl aud not in the cof-
fee-pot for in order to have good coffee"
you must have an immaculate cofTee-pot as
bright as a new dollar on the inside, whatever
it may be on the out i Prairie Farmer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-29

The Irish correspondent of the London
Times says the potato crop of ireland is sim
ply magnificent
The wool clip of the world has increased
five times since 1880, when it was 800, OOO,-
600 pounds in weight.
Mr.. Daniel Manning of San Diego county,
CAL, sold in ten months l 700 dozen eggs
from POO hens, for which he obtained $3.50,
Cellars are not good places in which to
store squashes. An upper room is best whore
they will not freeze, but still keep very cool
The experiment is to be tried of shipping
apples from Worcester to Florida. They are
to be wrapped separately in paper and care
fully packed,
California; is pressing and preserving po-
tatoes by process which dries and leaves
them so that it is claimed they can be kept
for years in any climate Many tons OF these
dried potatoes have been shipped to England
where they are in brisk demand.
DIR. Greasy of Hartford recently removed a
urinary calculus, or stone in the bladder,
from an lS-years-old mare owned by j. H..
Harvey of Windsor, which weighed three
ounces and measured p inches in length
and } through. The operation was perform
ed without cutting while the animal was un-
der the influence of chloroform.
Land III Texas Is very cheap. Inc last
legislature set apart 3,000,0 900 acres of land
in the Panhandle, ordered survey and put it
upon the market at a minimum price of 80
cents per acre. The survey of this 5000, 900
acres has just been completed, and the land
is now in market.
Experience teaches that stock entering into
winter quarters in good condition can be
kept without difficulty, while an animal be-
ginning the winter in poor condition, not
withstanding an abundance of food, careful
full housing and the best attention, will inva-
riably be in poor order the following spring.
Particularly is this the case with common
stock. Fat stock consumes less amount OF
food than lean stock.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-29
Agricultural,


That there has been a considerable increase
in the value Of personal property owned in
this state during the last twenty years, no in
teligcnt person will question, but comparing
the assessed value Of personal property in
1850 with It's assessed value in 1879, it will
be secn that the personal property assessed
for taxes twenty years ago was nearly 81,
coo, 600 more than was assessed last year.
Ten years ago the assessment of personal
property wns So 600 600 above its last up
rraisal The diminution in tho last ten years
is equal to more than ono-third of the whole
amount Of personal property now appraised.
Giving round numbers, the personal property
of the state was assessed in 1860 at $40, 000,-
GOO against S15, 1000, 600 in 1879; and sol,
coo, 600 in 1870 against S15, 600, 600 last year.
While the aggregate amount of personal
property held by citizens of the state has ev-
identity increased during the last twenty
years, it has been materially reduced in the
assessments. Real estate, on the contrary,
especially real estate in farms, has depreciat-
cd in value. As far as our observationex-
tends, farms were never lower than they
have been for the past two years yet the
real estate OF Vermont is assessed Sc, 900, 600
higher than in 1860, being then about SG5,-
0OO 600 and now about $71 900, 900. In 1870
it was appraised at $50 OOO OOO-$o, 600, 600
more than the appraisal which it now stands !;
a reduction of less than half the per cent of
the reduction in the appraisal of personal
property.
Agriculture being the principal interest of
the people of this state, the farms comprise
the main part of the real estate perhaps
nine-tenths of it. As only a small fraction of
the personal property owned in this state
gets into the list for taxes, and at least half
of that small fraction is found as live stock
on the farms, it appears that the farms-or
rather their ownors-bear the principal bur
den of taxation. The amount of taxes paid
by individuals having great wealth in person
al estate is comparatively so small and trifing
as to be source of great irritation to them,
and some have claimed that real estate
only should be taxed. We are not aware
that this theory has any advocates in this
state. If there are any, the practical exemp-
ton from taxation of more than four.ffth of
their estate may be regarded as a sufficient
approximation to their claims.
We may be thankful that there are as yet
few millionnaires within the state though we
h-ar it reported that such an individual is
worth $50, 600, 00O another great number
of millions, and so on of half a score. Max
ing due allowance for exaggeration in the re-
ported wealth of these Individuals, the sum
of S15, 600, 900, the assessed value of all the
personal property in the state, appears rather
small. In previous article we have esti-
mated the true value of personal estate in
Vermont at 100000, 900. We believe this
sum is more likely to be below its real value
ihnn nbOYe Il
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-29

l would not advise fall blowing on clay
lands that were so fiat that the water would
stand on them during the winter, but on land
underdrained or with good natural drainage,
1 am convinced that fall blowing is of great
advantage. l also think that we get rid of
good deal of weed seed on weedy land by
turning it under deeply in the fall and then
loosening the surface in the spring without
turning it up from the bottom again, as the
seed is SO deep that it does not feel the in
huence of the sun in early spring and SO, if
it grows at all, it is not until after our corn
gets a start so as to bear the turning of the
soil to it, so as easily to smother them.
would advise those who have stubble or clo-
yer sod for corn next year to try breaking q
part this fall and then compare the results
with an adjoining land plowed in the spring.
1t is of enough advantage to pillow in the fall
so that every farmer ought to settle the mat
ter by careful experiment whether his land
will produce as good or better corn when
plowed in the fall. The weather is cool and
it is much easier on the team, and there is
less liability of hindrance by rains than in the
spring, and it eases the rush of spring work
greatly, if half of the corn land can be broke
up in autumn. Another advantage of fall
blowing is that it destroys myrads of insects
The chinch bug, cut worm, squash bug, grub,
and Il host of other noXious insects get into
winter quarters in the weeds and stubble, and
either fire or fall blowing is necessary to dis
lodge them, and those that have made the
matter study say that fall blowing is as eff
fectual as burning Cor. Ohio Farmer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-29
How 60 Pot Plants.

The first consideration in potting plants is
to have the soil in a suitable condition-neith-
err too wet nor too dry, just in friablo con-
dition. If too wet, it will bake hard together,
and prevent the roots of the plant penetrat-
ing it readily il very dry, the ball will not
be of the proper tirmness throughout, and
some difficulty will be found in getting the
water for the first two or three wateriugs to
go through it. The pot should be perfectly
clean, inside and out, and if it has been used
before it should be well washed and dried
before using it again.
In shifting plant from a smaller into a
larger pot, take the neck Of the plant between
the fore and middle fingers of the left hand,
placing the bottom of the pot in the right
hand, turn it upside down, and give the rim
of the pot two or three raps on the edge of
table or your potting bench this will loosen
the ball, and then you can readily lift the pot
from it. As a general rule, in shifting the
plant from q smaller to a larger pot, select a
pot in which the pot you are shifting from
can stand readily. Rooted cuttings should at
first have a two or three inch pot, and be shift
ed from these as the pots become full Of roots.
Potters generally advance the size of their
pots by an inch thus there are two, three,
four, five, six, seven, and eight inch pots
above the last size they advance by two
inches, the measurements being the internal
plants, an eight-inch pot is as large as can be
conveniently managed. When geraniums,
fuchsias and similar plants outgrow an eight
inch pot, they should be taken out Of il and
have the roots and top pruned back, and again
potted in the same-sized pot.
1t used to be the custom TO place an oyster
shell or potsherd over the hole in the bot
tom of the pot in the idea that it prevented
the drainage from being stopped up. 1t is
now discarded by the best cultivators as il
really produces the difficulty it was intended
to obviate, by greatly reducing the size of the
hole. If the hole gets stopped up, it can
readily be cleaned out with a knife or a sharp
stick. When potting a cutting, put little
soil in the bottom of the pot, then take the
plant in your left hand, and, letting tho roots
hing loosely in the pot and keeping the neck
of the plant in the centre, with your right
hand or a small trowel fill the soil into the
pot bump the pot down on the table or bench
few times to settle tho earth evenly, and
then firmly press it down with the thumbs,
not filling the pot full, but leaving a sufficient
space at the top for watering. II the plant
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-29

Now is the time to speak for early lambs
1t is quite probable that the price of early
lambs next summer will be higher than it was
the past summer. Many who raised them the
past season did not realize as high prices as
they expected, and part of them will not take
the trouble to raise them the coming year, so
that there will be all the better chance for
those who do Let the lambs come early,
feed the sheep literally with roots and grain,
and give the lambs all they can eat, and good
prices will be obtained for them. Raising
lambs for ten cents per pound will pay, but
when twenty or twenty-five cents can be OBJ
tanned, as is sometimes the case, the profits are
such as are highly pleasing to the farmer who
has plenty of good fat lambs to SELL
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-10-29

For fever and ague, and renittcnts are the debAt-
ed, bilious and To such persons Hostetters
stomach Bitters Afford adequate protection from the
mAlAral pest by increasing vital stamina and the re-
sstant power OF the constitution, and by checking
irregularities Of the liver stomach and bowels, which
increase the danger to be apprehended from miasma
Moreover, II eradicateH mAarial complaints OF an OBJ
stlnAte type The hed in which this leading family
medicine has achieved some Of lite most astonishing
and amply proven effects is a very wide one. In the
maarous regions Of our own couRtry, in South Am
erica Mexico and across the seas, II has given unmis
taxable evidence Of its curative value. At home and
abroad has always sustained ts high reputation, nor
has Il been Eected by competition Of so-caled
tones represented to possess Kindred or equal ecAcy
It stands alone, unequAlled among national rene
dies.