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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-02-18

the county, iR places, it is very rocky,
mostly Limestone rock.
Our county seems to be ON the
backbone Of The peninsula, and about
equi-distant from the Gulf and At.
lantic. The waters of Lake Harris
are now running into both the Gulf
and the Atlantic. If any don't be.
lieve this let hem come and see for
themselves. Then they can also see
our orange groves and various fruits
and the improvements that have
taken place inlthe last ten years. Ard
if they are not satisfied to cast in
their lot with as, the whole State is
open to them, and they can 90 else.
where to find home. Our State is
large and more than one million can
find homes within her borders. The
professional Office seeker, and those
who expect TO make a living without
work, we don't want, and hope they
will stay away Our State is healthy
and ranks third in point of health,
Notwithstanding so many consump.
tives come here TO die.
This county is much indebted to
Col. HI. L. Hart, of Palatka, for its
prosperity and development. He
ranIthe first steamer up the Ockla-
waha in November, 1867, and has
continued to navigate the river ever
since, whenever it afforded sufficient
water. to float a steamer.
1 have now written you hurridly
about our county-it you can deci-
pher it sufficiently for publication and
see proper TO publish it you can do
so. regret that / have not time to
give you a more Engthy description
OF our county.
My advice to all who wish to move
to a new country, is first TO 90 and
see. l would like 10 have said more
on the culture OF sugar-cane, not
only in this county but in the State
at large. We have enough land in
Florida, adapted to cane culture, to
make sugar and syrup sufficient to
supply tRs wscl lr-,;te-a Staias and
save The sf05f506,O0O now sent
abroad TO buy. Why not raise it at
home? THos. G. LANIER.
Lake Griffin, Fln., FEB. 5.
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at home we always used to think We
must have the regular grated fruit
apples, peaches, etc but it seems the
orange is likely to be an exception
to all known rules.
AS near as / can make it out, the
gist of all these remarks and learned
arguments is this: Seeding trees,
they ''mought and then again they
moughtn't."
Here | notice Mr. Manville saws
"Budded trees OF the best varieties
can be relied on" and Mr.. Fowler
doesn't say they can't. But, Mr.. Edi-
tor, what funny way that is of cut
ting the buds from seeding trees.
Why knew nurseryman once who
practiced that sort of thing "regular"
rs the demand for budded trees was
great, and so he had seedlings and
budded trees at the same time, and
all of the best varieties. You had
only to pay your money and take
your choice.
Oh! / had almost forgotten to
give my experience" which is that
some Of my trees have come into
bearing (budded), and the fruit is
good, first rate on most of the trees,
but few are poor enough to suit the
most ardent advocate of the Seeding
plan, from these I shall cut its limbs,
have them budded with the best va
rieties and then we shall go on again
splendidly.
| confess to being little preju-
diced against Seeding groves, that is
to having one for myself, and it all
comes too, from little circumstance,
something that happened among my
neighbors, but you know that is just
like woman. You see they, the
neighbors, had been in the habit of
selling their fruit to a party who
owned a seeding grove, in bearing.
"But Why said I, ''do they buy oran-
ges when they have thegs of their
own ?" "Oh," said my rs friend,
they sell .RsjE lfsdlia ! i i end ID
want some that is good" @Well,"
said l to myself, '"rhat tells the
whole story,
NIB. This isnot theory buta fact.
Mr.. Editor, | make my bow and
hope / have not been intrusive.
MARION.
Eruitland Peninsula, F2a, Feb. IL.
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formity of Barometrical pressure.
Towns are building up in various
parts OF the county and is an evidence
that new settlers are satisfied and
have determined to stay. Orange
groves varying from half acre to
one hundred and twenty-five in size
are numerous all over the country
whose deep green foliage and golden
fruit make pretty picture. These
all combine to make this the great
sanitarium for those affected with
bronchial, pulmonary and catarrhal
affections. The raising OF early veg
etables for market (they can in some
portions be grown all through the
winter) promises to become leading
industry. Our oranges are already
getting a reputation in market, and
in a few years the pineapple, which
proves to be more hardy than the
banana, will be largely exported.
Il. HI. MASON, M. D.
Ap0pkG, Eta.
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Halifax River News.
The FLORIDA Agriculturigt:

Editor of The Florida Agriculturist:
In recent issue you call for items
from the coast. The fact is, we are
all SO busy clearing and planting gar
dens and trees, and withall so con-
tented with our lot, we hardly think
itsworth while to noise abroad our
doings. But as a rainy day has
stopped our labor, we will take the
time to give you and your readers a
few items from this (the Halifax) river.
Mr.. Jones has started a passenger
and express route. between this place
and St. Augustine, to facilitate travel,
as our mail and boat accommodations
were inadequate. A lady stopping
in town, who has had large expe.
rience, as pupil and teacher, in semi.
naries and colleges, contemplates es-
tablish;ng a young ladies' seminary
the coming fall, in Daytona. She
wishes to accommodate the young
ladies of the county, who desire a
better education than they can secure
at the Public Schools; as well as
those at the North, whose health or
inclination, may induce them to seek
warmer cline.
Settlers are coming in and taking
up our surplus lands, but what is Of
more interest to us, the present in-
habitants are doing more in the way
Of clearing and planting than ever
before. | notice that the Tomoco
and Spruce Creek lands are settling
up rapidly with orange growers for
which the land is well adapted; and
on Bulow Greek Messrs. Knox and
Beed, of Iowa, have bought the
Bucknor wild grove, with one hun
dred acres of land for $4,000. They
intend setting out the whole in or
ange trees, within the next two y years.
ID. P. Bryan has bought one hun
dred acres opposite, the Bucknor
grove, containing a wild orange
grove which he intends to bud and
improve.
On a recent visit to Mr.. Kingston's
groves at Daytona, we fud he has
over 1000 budded trees in his he&ns.
mock grove, many of which bore last
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Homestead Final Proof.

1t will be required of claimants in all
cases hearafter to specify in their notice
of intention to make final proof, the dag
and date on which they will appear with
witnesses, for the purpose of making
proof and in homestead cases, they
must give the official name and resi-
dence of the officer before whom the
proof is to be made.
The claimant will also be required to
name four of bis neighbors, who may be
able to testify as to his compliance with
the law, any t,Oo of whom will be COM
petent witnesses when proof is made.
The post-office address of the wit
nesses should be given in all cases. 1t
is not sufficient to give the county only.
Blanks will be furnished parties on
application. Witnesses must not be rel
atives or intimately connected with
claimants family. L. A. BARNES,
By r. M. STADDEN, Register.
Clerk.
Gainesville, Fla,, Jan. 20, 1880.
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Seedlings VS.. Budded Trees.
A WOnlan,s View.

Editor of The Florida Agriculturist:
Will you kindly allow woman the
priviledge of speaking in meeting? p
1although not strictly apostolic), yet
1t is such comfort, once in while,
to have our "say." -.A.
What ''tempest in teapot" to
be sure, over Mr.. Manville's give
column article" on the "Nomencla-
ture of the Citrus" And now here
comes Mr.. Fowler and calls for an
"experience meeting," that of all
things is just what like, so inter-
esting and profitable, withal. 1t
might be quite one-sided affair
after all, for who in the world does
Mr.. Fowler suppose is going TO wit
ness against themselves, in case they
have a Seeding grove in bearing and
it is anterior fruit
l have been trying, in quiet way,
to cultivate the orange little on my
own account, but between all these
learned gentlemen with their SCALES
los" and their "treatises," my brain is
all in a muddle, and somehow have
a sort of guilty feeling that 1 have
eaten forbidden fruit the quarter
part OF my life.
Let me see; want yet few doz-
en- trees to finish out my grove and
while gentlemen may have the time
and money to waste in experiments,
| can't afford thai sort of thing. Be-
ing already of an uncertain age, sup
pose l 90 and set out seedlings and
wait tor them to bear, and then find
out at the eleventh hour they were
failures, how flat should feel. Now
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Mr.. J. A. Harris, of Ocala. six years

Mr.. J. A. Harris, of Ocala. six years
ago set out an orange grove, (sour
stumps and budded them). He sold
his crop this year, on the trees, the
last of which were gathered this week
and it foots up 1000 boxes, averag-
ing $50 to the box-in all 1850, ,000.
Netting Mr.. Harris over $4,000.
They were packed at Waldo on the
Transit Road, and shipped North.
Buyer, from advices received, is salts
fed with his purchase. Now here is
a ''fact" with circumstance" and
mo- guessing or estimate, which shows
there is money in orange growing.
The above is one only of many where
the results are the same a good in.
vestment, and the men who had faith
have proven it by their works. If
such are the outcome of six years
from the budding, what figure will
there be at the end of a decade, for
this industry is but begun and can
be enjoyed indefinitely, through the
length and breadth Of the State
Union.
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year, and most of them will bear this
year. They are making an uncomon
vigorous growth one two-year-old
bud / noticed was nine inches in cir
cumference three inches above the
bud, and ten feet high from where it
was inserted in the stock, and ten
feet across the top. He has also
$500 budded trees growing on high,
pine land, which he thinks the most
promising grove OF the two. He has
in bearing all the varieties of the
scuppernong grape vines; also grow
ing finely peaches, Japan plums,
lines, lemons, citrons, figs, etc. Mr..
Berne has ten acre grove just com.
ing into bearing. Marcus Smith and
DIR. Perkins have eighteen or twenty
acres set to orange trees, some be.
ginning to bear; they have most OF
the choice varieties OF the citrus fam.
lily, Japan persimmons, guavas, figs,
ETC., and will continue to extend their
grove this season. DR.. Bell has a
fine start of orange trees and many
varieties OF foreign grapes in bearing
and doing finely. But to save time
of enumeration, there are over 10000
orange trees planted in the immedi-
ate vicinity OF Daytona. 1t has been
estimated by several persons, we'll
posted on the subject, that this year
there will be quarter OF million of
oranges shipped from the Halifax
river, not including anything below
Daytona, and, as is we'll known, there
are number of large bearing groves
south OF us, between here and the
lead OF Indian river, which will ag-
gregate half a million more.
In view OF the preceding facts, to-
gether with other crops to be shipped
and for the general travelling public,
and the growing towns OH the coast,
will it not pay the 'Lake Eustis and
st. Johns River Railrocd Company"
to consider the advisability Of extend
ing their line of railroad TO the inlet
at Smyrna, taking in the line OF
r., cz=.ss : y = ttielf
point of shipment at the inlet, thus
saving transfer on light steamer at
Volusia, and again at Jacksonville, to
larger steamer when they could
just as well float their cars over the
St.Johns on ferry boat, thus making
only one transfer necessary, viz; from
the cars at Smyrna to steamer for
New York, Philadelphia, or Balti-
more. A short railroad could be
built from Orange City, Enterprise to
DeLand, and join their loaded cars to
the through train for the coast and
point Of Shipment. E.N.WALDRoN.
Dayt0n0, Fla., Feb. 7, 1880:
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Then and Now.-sumter County.

LhO1A duU 4NOWs OuUkUCk OUuuby.
Editor of The Florida Agriculturist
You wish to know the improve.
ments which have been made in this
county in the last ten years. will
be as brief as possible:
In the last ten years our popula-
tion has quadrupled. Ten years ago
we did not ship fifty crates of oran.
ges. This year we will ship between
forty and fifty thousand crates. Ten
years ago we had but one steamer
plying in the lakes; now we have
four and will soon have the St. Johns
and Lake Eustis Railroad completed,
which enterprise belongs now to
Sumter county. Ten years ago we
had but one saw mill in the county !;
we now have about eight. Ten years
ago we had only one or two gins in
the county; now we have six or
more. Ten years ago we had but
few schools and churches; now we
have them in almost any neighbor.
hood.
Ten years ago my Post-otfice' was
in Palatka, titty-!our miles by land
and $50 by water from me it is now
within a mile and the mail arrives
three times per week. Ten years
ago our county site, Leesburg, was
in the woods, with scarcely a tree
cut down; tits now thriving town
with four stores and an apothecary
shop, shoe shop, blacksmith shop,
wood shop and billiard saloons, and
two man-traps and all seem to be do
ing a thriving business. We also
have several other thriving villages
in the county.
Our population is somewhat mixed
nearly every state in the Union being
represented, and also England, Ire.
land and Scotland. About one.
fourth OF our population are Ameri
can citizens, of African descent, but
they seem to have no Kansas lever
yet. If it would improve the rising
generation Of them I would wish
them to migrate as soon as possible
unless they improve they will be
nothing but ''cumberers of the
ground" here-not the population we
need to improve and develop the
country.
Our county contains about 1,C0G
square miles and lies mostly between
latitudes go and 29o, and it has
great diversity of soil. The western
portion OF the county is much better
for farming purposes than the east.
ern. The land is rich and produces
finely, corn cotton, rice, oats and also
sugar cane and sweet potatoes do
we'll ard can be made profitable
crops.
There are some very fine orange
groves in bearing in that section ol
the county; but, as general thing,
the people Of that section have not
turned their attention so much to the
fruits as the citizens OF the eastern
portion. The western portion OF our
county is distant from transportation
which has been great drawback
to its prosperity. Ihope and believe,
in few years, this difficulty will be
removed by the building Of the rail
road down the peninsula.
Our county, around the lakes, is
very broken in places, the hills almost
assuming the proportions of noun.
tains. In the southwestern part Of
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-15
Free aT Cost.

DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs ard Colds, Asthma. Bronchitis, etc. Is
given away in trial bottles free IF cost to the af
ficied. If you have a &C. ere o0ugR. cold, diff
Guilty of breathing, hoarseDess, or any affection
of the throat or lungs. by all means give ihls
wonderful remedy trial. As you vrlue your
existence, you rannos afford 20 let this oppor-
tunity pass. We could not afford, and would
not give this remedy away unless we knew it
would accomplish what we claim for It.
Thousands of hopeless cases have already been
completely outed By it. There is NO medicine
in the w0rd that will cure oDe-half the cases
that Dr. Kings n " D scnvery mill cure. For
sale hy Edward Fl. Biggs, So. Paul. MINI.
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What an old retired drugg.ssof St. Paul saws @

What an old retired druggAtof st. Paul says of
DR.. E. B. Halliday's Blood Purifier: II have
been in the drug business IF anG On for the
last forty years. never saw liner prepare
ton. 1t not only acts on the blood, bowels,
kidneys and urinary organs, but on the whole
nervous system, thus tonin2 uD every part. 1t
has done more good in ST. Panl and MinDeapo-
lis than all other patent medicines ombined.
and, after four yesrs' trial in Minnesota is
now redplng the reward it 70 richly merits
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-15
Confirmation Of Assessment for Grading
Lafayette Avenue.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUEBLO WORKS,
CRY OF ST.. PAUL. MIMI. August 18th, 1880.

The assessment of benefits, costs and ex-
penses arising from the grading of Lafayette
avenue, from Grove street to Collins street,
in the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, having been
completed and entered of record by the Board
of Public Works in and for said city, the
said Board will meet at their Office in said city
at P. M, on the 9th day of August, A. D.
1850, to hear objections (if any,, to said as.
sessment, at which time and place, unless
sufficient cause is shown to the contrary, said
assessment viii be confirmed.
The following is a list of the supposed own
ers' names. a description of the property. and
the amounts assessed against the same, to-wit
Gray and Cobb's Subdivision of Lot 6, Basf
Out Lots to 81. Paul.
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The best save in the world fog Cats Bruises
Borea U.oera SAis Rhtam Power Sores, letter
Ohapped Hands, Ohiihiana Uorns aud al
kinds of Skin Eruptiuns. This salve ia guar
snteed &c give perfect sstisfartloE IN every cast
o. nuney refunded Price Is cents per box
Fer sale by Edward q. Bigga. st. Panl. Mimi.
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1rvins's Second Addition 70 St. Paul.

ii A heillQer.
James NJ Phillips, beginning at point
on the side of Main street, at ne cor
of Irvine's addition of ont lots to Sc.
Paul, thence 8 chains, thence ~
CHAINS to,a point, thence W 8 chains
to post on line of Main st, afore-
said; thence on said line * chs to
the place of beginning. being 6 acres,
more or less, in neI of nw1, and
small portion thereof in nwA off eH,
sec 80, town 20, range %. W Is it
thereof reserved for street for pub
lie use, &C., and except Decatur street. 81
Stiueou's Subdivision of Block 10, stins,
Addition 70 81 Paul
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c. B Dorr. # hIedo, O., says he has used
Days KIDNEY PADS in his family with results
60 superior 10 all other treatments that he re-
CARDS them As the best Kidney doctor in the
world,
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Schurmeier, commencing at q
stake on Main Tor Bedford) street,
at sw corner of land sold by 3 II
vine to Fred de Freudenreioh and
adjoin'g Irvine's add'n of out iots to
St. Paul on the line thereof; thence
run'g l65 #, thence 165 #, thence
n % deg i77 it to stake at Sc cor
ner of land sold to said De Freu-
denreioh, thence W by the line of
land sold to said De Freudenreich
2421 # to beginning, being l23 $40
perches, more or less, except VI Is #
reserved to the public for street
and Decatur street. 49,. ........
James III Phillips, commencing at q
stake in the centre of Main street, ~
cha Ms of ne corner of Iryine's adj
dition of ont lots to st. Paul; thence
.eS chains, 81 links to a stake, thence
8 SO deg W 4.l6 chains to a stake;
thence " $40 chains to the middle
of Main street. aforesaid; thence by
line n 21a chains to place of begin
ming, being / acre and 80 perches,
more or less; being part of neZ of
n~. sec so, town 20, range q; said
Phillips agreeing to give One-half Of
the street aforesaid to the public as
highway. forever, and except De-
catur street. ...................
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CITY NOTICE.
City Treasurer's Sale.
OFFICE OF THE CRY TREASURER,
ST. PAUL, MIMI, August 18th. 1880.

Notice Is hereby given, that under and by
virtue Of judgment entered on the 18th day Of
August, 1880, in the District Court, second
judicial district, Ramsey county, State of Min
nesota, against the hereinafter described real
estate, situate, lying and being in said city and
grading of Como avenue, from Rice street 80
southeast corner of lot s, emo villas. in said
city of st. Paul, the undersigned will, On
Tuesday, the Oath day of August, 1880, at 10
O'Clock in the forenoon, at the front door Of
the City Treasurer's Office, in the city of 81.
Paul, county of Ramsey, offer for sale at
public auction, as provided by law, to the best
bidder for cash, the following described real
estate, to-wit:
Supposed owner and Amount O;
description. Judgment.
Catherine Pearo, commencing at Sc cor
of M of mel of sec SO, town 80,
range %, thence Sc 1T, thence
$50 #, thence fl, thence f.,
thence 81 #, thence 1856 # to
place of beginning. except Como
avenue .....................s "a 80
Unknown, WI of ne1, sec IS, town
20, range .................. 1ss Is
VIM 8 Davidson, the WIZ of sell of
swL, sec rs, town 20, range 3d.. 207 10
- Coffin, nwI of swI, sec 26, town
49, range %, IN of r r, IS acres).... 12I Sc
Mspoff;p & Rreckeny;doa,a Addition
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All in the city of st. Paul, county of Ramsey
and State of Minnesota
1850 FA. REM, City Treasurer.
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Bass Addition Of Out Lots TO ST. Paul.
VIM Dawson, My 100 fl of S $500 OK
Cynthia A Bohrer, l63
S5-l00 # or balance Of. 30l OF
JW Bass Subdivision of Lots 8 and 9 and
part of Lots Z, 10, 70 and Is, Bass Out Lott
to st. Paul
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-13

when a legal vacancy does not exist
as in this case-the new Board urges the
point that some of the members of the
old Board have ssacquiesced" in the
appointment of the new Board, and
that thus its right to act is undoubted,
Notwithstanding the objection to the
Governors right to appoint in the
premises.
We regard this as poor law. First,
There was no legal vacancy, and ac-
quiescence could not possibly make
one. We acquiescence in what is, and
not in what is to be.
Second, The acquiescence of an off,
cial in an illegal act does not legalize
that act nor can his mere silence de-
prive his principal, the people, of their
rights as recognized in the law. A res
ignation, itself, in this case, subse-
quent to the appointment of his sue
cessor would be valueless, as confirm
ing the latter's title to Office. In such
a case, only second appointment
could have force and effect.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-08-13
GOVERNORS PROCLAMATION.

The acting Governor issued his proc
lamation on the 31st, for holding an
election on Tuesday, November 2, for
the election of eight presidential elect
ors and six members of congress from
this State. The proclamation con-
cludes-
And I do hereby direct and order
the several sheriffs throughout the
State, the Supervisor of Registration
for the parish of Orleans, the assessors
of the several parishes of the State,
outside of the parish of Orleans, e.c
o0icio registrar of voters for their re-
spective parishes, the commissioners of
elections, and all other officers therein
concerned, to hold said election on the
day aforesaid, within the time pre-
scribed by law, and Mt the places des-
ignated by the legal local authorities,
within their respective parishes, and
to cause said election to be held and
conducted, and the returns thereof to
be made, in all respects in the manner
and form provided for by law.