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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-12-15
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
Land Office at

Gainesville, Fla, Nov. 10, 1880. {
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
~ named settler has filed notice of his inten-
tion to make final proof i'll support of his
claim and secure final entry thereof at the ex-
plration of thirty days from the date of this
notice. viz:
>. Lewis Baldwin, Homestead Number 1,547
before Jno. w. DiclIins, Clerk Circuit Court at
enterprise, Florida, on Thursday, December
3d. 1880, for the southwest ! of Section 33,
the following as his witnesses, viz: F. d.
Wheeler, David NJ. Conney, John Camp, j. d.
Broome, all of DeLand, Fla.
I33 l36 J.. A. BARNES, Register
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-12-15
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
Land Office at

Gainesville, Fla, December 3, 1880. {
NOTICE is hereby given that the following.
~ named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make final proof in support of his claim,
Jameson, Deputy Clerk Circuit Court at Al
toona, Fla, on Saturday, january p, 1881, viz:
Eliza Eubanks, Homestead Number2107, for the
northwest4 of southeast T. and south4 of south
east of southwest section 80, Township II
south, ge37 east.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and cul-
tivation of said land, viz: L. j. Hinson, SEN, Il.
J. Hinson, Jr.. of Altoona, Fla, Jesse Timer of
Ponceannah Fla. and Nathan Norton of Fort
Mason, Fla. l.. a. BARNES,
1874 l3S Register.
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The Story of Jones e. Co.
From an Exchange.

From an Exchange.
l guess pa an d ma were pretty
rich one time, for when they came to
California 1t was on their wedding
tour,an cost lots-came by the way
of New York and Washington and
Panama city, in a steamboat; and
ma brought a maid to wait on her,
and pa had servant named Sim
and when we got to California;
say we, I'm only fourteen now, but l
was not born then, though that don't
matter, ! guess-pa had lots of
money. 1 was born at the Lick
House, and you onght to see nv
baby clothes. Jones 81 Co., haven't
the kind of goods them was, because
Maud has draggled them all to
pieces, Maud is the baby. Six wears
old, Maud is, and it won't be long
before she will be clerk for Jones
d Co. First babies always have the
incest things. Ma says first babies
are like second wives.
But am getting away from Jones
& Co.
Well, am Of the opinion that at. |
ter pa went into his house on Van
Ness Avenue he went into stock,
whatever that means. Going into
stock must be curious business. and
sometimes pa came home looking
splendid, and wanted to buy every
thing. and laughed at me for being
SO mean, and not getting better
clothes, and then he wanted to drive
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-12-15
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
Land Office at

Gainesville, Fla, December3, 1880. (
NOTICE is hereby given that the following
4 named settler has filed notice of his inten-
and that said proof will be made before L. A.
jameson, Deputy Clerk Circuit Court ut Altoo-
ma, Florida, on saturday, January %, 1881, viz:
Thomas j. Hinson, Jr, Homestead Number
2,llO for the west of southeast i, and north
east of southeast /, and southeast of north
east t, Section 80, Township II south, Range p
east.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz: j. w. Dewitt, w. A. Eu-
banks, solomon Holland. w, r. Holland, all of
Altoona, Florida.
1874 13S L. y. BARNES, Register
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new carriage and span of long
tailed horses, and coachman and
tootman. Then sometimes pa came
home and looked very blue, and
talked about stocks, and l began to
watch pa and noticed that sometimes
when he laughed the loudest he
looked as if he wanted to cry, and
then he sold the horses, aud then the
house, and the furniture was sent to
the auction, and ma felt very bad,
and pa wasn't like himself any more
and never told me stories nor kissed
me, and once when Maud was asleep
in his arms he kissed her and cried,
and when l told ma she said she
guessed pa did rot teel very well,
and then she cried.
After this we went to boarding
house-a nasty, musty boarding
house. Everything was we'll enough
only a clearinghouse amt like
home.
Then the baby came, and it died
and ma almost died; and I heard pa
say to the man that kept the board
ing.house that he was pretty tight
up, but it was all coming out right;
and the next day pa didn't have any
watch nor sleeve buttons. l didn't
seem to notice it, because that maybe
he had sold them to pay board; and
heard pa and ma talk away in the
night, and sometimes ma cried. and
pa would look in the morning Just
as if he hadn't slept a wink, and
don't believe he had. Once it was
dreadful. Pa came home tipsy, and
l never saw ma feel so bad, never,
and then they talked it over, and
finally ma went home to grandpa's
in New York, with Maud: and l
stayed with pa to go to school.
Then pa getting worse and worse,
and worse, and we went to live in
rooms and eat at restaurants and pa
stayed out late at nights, and l guess
he drank more than was good for
him, and thought something had to
be done. So l said to pa one day,
"Pa, let's go into business and open
store ?"
"And he laughed and said, "what
kind of store ?"
And 1 said, "Oh, a candy store, or
a stationary store, or thread and
needle store, just such as women
keep and little girls help in"
And pa laughed and said he would
think of it. and when he came home
that night l asked him if he had
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-12-15
HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
Land Office at
Gainesville, Fla, December 8, 1880.

Gainesville, Fla, December 8, 1880. !
NOTICE is hereby given that the following.
N named settler has filed his intention to
make final proof i'll support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before L. A. jam.
eson Dupty Clerk Circuit Court, at Altoona,
Florida, on Saturday January y, 1881, viz:
for the east of southeast, and southeast / Of
northeast t, Section 81, and southwest of
northwest t. Section %, Township IT, south of
Range 27 east.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land viz: solomon Holland, S. II.
Pike, W. b. Holland, all of Altoona, Florida,
and james Drowdey of Umatilla.
134 l3S J.. A. BARNES, Register.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-12-15
THE THIRSTY STRANGER.

A1A II n I1kE&Sl1 S1GHA NUEEAi
From Hdrpers.
II was a weary traveller
Who came unto an inn;
From west to east his journey led
The man through thick and thin.
Sore spent with toilsome wintery ways,
He piled for drink and food
CerteS for such n fainting soul
The best was none too good.
"Ho damsell'' quothithe thirsty lips
Toone who seemed the maid,
go brew me hot, from boiling pot.
A mug of lemonade.
"And let the merry peel float there.
For that's the eftest way
To make the liquid comforting,
Pve heard old people say.
me awe-struck maid looked up afraid,
AS one who hears a sound
Tnat rends the whole astonished air
From caves of guilt profound.
Then low replied, with eyeballs wide,
10 him who would carouse
''The lemon is forbidden here
We keep Temperance housep,
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thought about it, and he said he had
not, and said be had better, and he
said he would; and that morning he
didn't go out, but he stayed at home
and wrote ma long letter.
So next day went into store on
Polk street kept by nice old lady
who had bad husband, where they
sold everything, and she said in
French they call it lingerie. l did
not know what she meant, becaus e
it was French, and 1 asked her if
she did not want to sell her store,
and she said:
'Do you want to buy a store, lit
tie girl ?" And I said "My pa
does" And she smiled and said she
guessed the sheriff would have a
store to sell in few days 1 said l
would tell pa, because he knew Mr..
Nunan, the sheriff. 1t was QUO of
Mr.. humans men that sold pas
house and furniture for him.
And the next day l told pa about
the store, and what nice one it was
and he had been dry goods man
once, and had large store, and sold
silk dress goods and velvets and
furs and laces worth more than a
$1,000 apiece.
l don't exactly know what pa did,
but / think something turned up"
few days afterwards, for 1 heard
him say he had made "raise," and
he showed me more than a $1,000 in
gold and notes and for a day or two
he carried them in side pocket and
mostly kept his hand over them, for
fear they would jump out and fly
away; and pa bought me some shoes
and a hat, and stuff for aprons, and
made them myself, and l never
saw pa look so happy since ma went
away and one day he said to me-
"Vevie, ! have bought the store |
Oh Polk street and you are to be my
saleswoman and partner"
And sure enough, in few days
we went into the store and over the
loor was great big sign OF Jones
Z Co.. and pa said | was the "Co." ,
And when l said, sand SO pa you t
re Jones p" he blushed, and |
,uess he didn't like his old friends to
now that he was selling needles and &
bread and tape and things.
We had two snug little rooms in {
he back of the store to sleep in, and
made pas bed and swept out the l
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-12-15

ceiled bya great blue "PaId" stamped
across the face, right over where L
wrote Jones & Co." Then | told
Mr.. Flood that when we felt able
to send tor ma | should come over
and borrow some more money, be-
cause 1 wanted to buy house Tor
ma and Maud, so that they wouldn't
have to go into any more nasty
boarding houses, and Mr.. Flood said
| should have all the money wanted.
When we sent for ma and Maud,
grandpa gave ma the money to come,
and so we didn't have to borrow any
more; and we took a nice cottage,
not very near the store, tor pa didn't
want ma to know about Jones % Co.,
though was crazy to tell her.
For several days we fooled her.
She thought pa had store down
town and was going TO school,
l told lots of fibs about being de-
tanned at chool, going down town,
and all sorts of stories to account
for being home late.
One day who should I see coming
into the store but ma.
"Have you any pearl shirt buttons,
little girl ?" said ma.
eyes, ma'am," said /, looking her
right square in the face.
Goodness gracious !" said ma. "Is
that you Vevie ?"
said: BEG pardon, ma'am, what
did you want" And then ma looked
at me again.
had store apron on, and small
cap like French girl; and because
l wasn't very high pa bought me a
pair of wooden brogans, with felt
bottoms, into which IsIipped my feet,
and they made me four or five inches
taller; and ma stared at me, and then
laughed and said:
ooh, | beg your pardon, little girl;
you look 50 much like my daughter
Genevieve that l thought you was
her."
Then heard pa smoker down" be-
hind the counter. He had seen ma
come in, and he hid. Just as soon
as ma Went out, pa jumped up and
laughed, and said: Snatch off your
apron and cap, Vevie, and run round
the block and get home before your
mother"
did 50, and when ma got home
she was the most surprised person
you ever saw. We knew this thing
couldn't last, and so that night we
told ma all about the house OF Jones
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Mr.. McLane all about pa and "Jones
6 Co.," and what we wanted with
the money, and that 1 would pay ii
back to him; and he looked kinder
puzzled, and asked me what pas name
was, and all about Maud, and how
the baby died.
| guess that was not very much
like business, and I don't know what
Mr.. McLane wanted to know all that
for. Then he looked at me again,
and guess he wasn't going to let me
have the money, when a gentleman
at the other desk came up to where l
was sitting on char, and Mr.. Nc.
Lane said:
"Well, Flood, what do you think
of this young merchant ?"
And then l knew it was the rich
Mr.. Flood; and / looked into his
eyes, and he said:
'Let her have the money; will
endorse her note"
Then jumped up and kissed him,
and he kissed me; and Mr.. McLane
made note for ninety days, and
signed "Jones g Co." and Mr.. Flood
wrote bis name on the back of it. |
took the money away in canvas
bag, that Mr.. McLane said l must
bring back, and l took the money to
pa and didn't he look surprised |
when l poured out the great big
twenty dollar gold pieces on the
counter
Then | told him what had hap.
pened at the bank; and whenI asked
him if he didnt think was pretty
good business woman after all, |
guess he felt ashamed.
After this, Itnever saw anything
ike it--such lots ofcarriages and such
lice ladies kept coming every day,
md most all ofthem traded with me,
md pa was justsas happy as he could
,e. Jones % Co, was making lots
II money. WhenI took MIR. Floods
money back, i just marched right
trough the bank, past the big count
RS, into Mr.. McLane's room, and
ook very good care to let The clerk
hat laughed at me before see the
'ag, Mr.. Flood was in there, and
aughed, and Mr.. McLane laughed,
nd I heard Mr.. Flood tell Mr.. Nc
4ane they would have the lunch TO-
ay. And then Mr.. Flood told me
wanted to borrow money again,
OF to so to any other banks, but
ONE to his, andk thanked him, and
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while l tended 1t, and when there
were two customers in the store l
waited on one, and it wasn't long be-
tore could make change and sell
things almost as good as pa could !;
and by and by when he went down
town / tended store, and we had
splendid times. We went out to a
nice place across the street for our
meals / tended store when pa went
and pa tended store when l went.
One day pa came in and looked
dreadfully troubled, and then I said :
PA, amt partner, and don't part
ners have right to know everything,
and amt you hiding something about
Jones & Co"
and then l found out that pa had
bought too many things for the store,
and that note for 81, 900 had to be
paid, and that's what made me feel
bad. And then l thought and won
dered how l could get $1,000; and
l kept on thinking over everybody
that I guessed had $1,000, and every
one l guessed had it 1 guessed would
not lend it to pa. And then 1
thought about the rich Mr.. Flood.
and said: "I'll go down to his bank
and get it, for he's got more than a
thousand millions; and down to the
Bank OF Nevada the cellar is full of
gold, and of course he don't use it
all the time, and before Mr.. Flood
wants it I'll take it back and pay the
interest" And then l jumped up
and hurrahed for Jones 81 Co., took
my best bonnet and put on my
gloves, took off my store apron and
combed my hair, and got into car,
went to Nevada Bank, told the clerk
l wanted to borrow $1,000; and
he laughed and said he guessed | had
better see Mr.. McLane. Iasked who
Mr.. McL.ane was, aud the clerk said
Mr.. McLane was the the president
and was in the back room and l
went into the the back room and Mr.
McLane said:
swell little girl, what can do for
you?"
And l said 81 want to borrow a
thousand dollars"
Mr.. McLane opened his eyes and
turned his chair around and looked
at me, and said: ga thousand dol
lars" with as much surprise as.though
thousand dollars was all the money
he had in bank. Then l began to get
scared aud cried and then told
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-28

was your folks" he went on, "I'd get n
stronger string 10 hold them sinners, for
fear they'd be gone for good and all
next time"
"What Is your name Pr the gentleman
inquired, as the Dad with his cap in his
hand, stood modestly before him.
"John Resney," the boy replied.
"Have you Il father and mOtherp"
was the next question.
" Nobody, yer honor, but myself"
(which would you prefer 10 do,
Johnny" the gentleman next inquired (;
ego into business or 90 TO schoolP"
"Why, / would ruther 20 10 school,
ten 10 one" said Johnny, "but there
amt no show for that"
1--WE will see" said the gentleman.
" Will you come into my Office, Johnny,
until / see what is best 10 be dOneP'
Yes, sir, Johnny replied, the tears
starting TO his eyes.
81 shall want you TO 90 home with
me in an hour or two, and give my wife
her diamonds, and see what she thinks
Of you.n
GAN right" said Johnny, brushing
away the tears. "Any thing to do
now, yer honorP"
The following Sunday Johnny went
TO the Mission School for the last time,
and in such good clothes that Miss Lee
hardly knew him. The grateful boy
told his teacher all that had happened,
and concluded as follows:
"I am going away to school to-mor-
row, and If I've got the learning stuff
in me ! can 60 to college; but, Miss
Lee, if it hadn't been for you and God !
should have been a offscouring all the
days of my life. .'-Eieanor KIRK, in
Christian linton.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-28
cO-0perative Life Insurance InvestI.
cation.

The last Ohio State Legislature ap-
pointed a committee to investigate the
gystem and the frauds committed, and
TO recommend such additional legisla-
tiOn as may be necessary to protect our
citizens from loss and fraud. 1t also
adopted the following resolution almost
unanimously:
WHEREAS. A large number Of Mutual Aid
Associations have been organized for the pur-
pose of mutual protection and relief of their
members, and for the payment of stipulated
sums Of money to the families or heirs Of the
deceased members of such companies or ssso-
Citations, and furnish no security TO their
patrons for the faithful performance Of their
obligation TO the insured, and
WHEREAS, There are complaints upon the
part Of the friends Of those insured that such
associations fail to provide for the payment Of
claims, "a agreed with the insured, and
WHEREAS, Charges have been made that in
many instances such companies or associations
have continued to collect assessments upon
the policies Of persons long after the death Of
WHEREAS, II is claimed that assessments
have been made and collected upon the poll
cies OF persons who died prior TO the persons
in whose interest such assessments and col
lectiOns we're claimed TO be made; and
WHEREAS, The manner of conducting busi-
ness of such companies and associations has
created distress aud alarm in the minds of
many Of the insured In such companies or as
sOciatiOns, as well as q belief generally that
such companies or associations should be so
regulated by law as to furnish greater security
and protection to its members and TO the pub
lie; therefore
RESOLVED, That select committee of five be
appointed, which committee may sit during
vacation, and shall have power to send for
| persons and papers, and whose duty IL shall be
! TO make thorough examination into the re-
sponsibility aud manner of doing business
/ practiced by such companies or associations,
which are responsible and safe organizations
with which TO do business, and what legisa-
tion, If any, is necessary, to protect the oiti-
Eens of the State against loss or fraud by such
| companies or associations organized within
| this State, or by similar companies or associa-
| tions organized under the laws of other States
| doing business in this State.
! The following named gentlemen were ap-
pointed as the select committee: Hon. L. O..
Sawyer, ST. Mary's, o.; Hon. George T. Chap
man, Cleveland, o.; DIR. j. NJ. Greene, FAIR
! field, o.; Hon. Charles c. Davis Cincinnati,
| o., and Hon. William H. Reed, Chillicothe, o.
| Any one who has complaint 10 make against
any Mutual Aid Association may address any
one of the above named gentlemen and have
their claims and rights thoroughly Investigated
] free of charge.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-28
Spelling Butter IN the MIX.

The report Of the Hampshire, Frank
I'm and Hampden Agricultural SOCiety's
committee on butler and cheese, has
this pertinent re-statement Of facts that
can mover be left unsaid while we have
80 much spoiled milk and bad butter.
Between the COW and the butter
maker there Is point which cannot be
TOO carefully guarded-the way In which
the milk is drawn from the COW and
handled before itreaches the milkroom.
A very large part Of the poor butter
made results from the milk being gspoiled
before IL is even strained. One lot Of
butter examined at the Fair showed this
at once; IL was not lit for any use as food.
Some, on tasting IL, would have said
animal Odor.' Perhaps so, but not
from the COW. II the COW is healthy
and has good food and pure water
| there can be no OdOr or taste 70 the
milk in the udder at all Objectionable.
Nor will there be If the milk IL then
drawn from a well-cleaned udder by a
clean mixer, in pure air, and kept from
all sources Of taint. Others would have
said this butter was 'cowy.' Don't Law
such charge 10 the poor COW; she did
] upi pdlN AdiLihullJs Inc DulLeI we COM
plain Of is not eowy; it is horsey. or pig
gy, or, worse yet, filthy. The COW
keeper and mixer are the persons TO
blame.
Let every butter-maker who has
any regard for the reputation Of his or
her product, insist upon every possible
precaution being taken by the mixer
to keep the milk pure and clean. No
really good butter can be expected II
the milk is taken from an unclean bag
or by milker with dirty hands or cloth
ing, or If the milking is done in a filthy
or iD-ventilated stable, or the milk al
lowed TO stand, even a short time, sur
rounded by impure air. 1t is the great
est mistake TO suppose that If dirty or
foreign matter gets into the milk care
full straining will remedy the evil; the
object may be removed, but the taint
remains. II must also be remembered
that there are invisible things as sure to
/ spoil milk as those we can see. There
are now improved implements which
| greatly protect the milk, guarding
against carelessness and accidents, but
nothing will take the place of careful,
cleanly milking"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-28

EMACIATIoN, dropsy, mental and physical
weakness arrested by Malt Bitters.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-28
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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-28

The Rochester Democrat narrates
that a countryman went to Troy hotel
the other night to remain all night. The
clerk offered him a check for his over
coat, but was rather astonished when
the countryman, cycling him sternly for
a moment, broke forth with "No, I'll be
goll darned if you git my coat for that
piece of brass. You cant fool me. paid
Toby Stark, of Bennington, four dollars
for that er coat, and it's worth six dol
lars of any man smoney--no you don't. "
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-28
/. F,

IL
Ths following communication from highly esteemed
sitiEsn Of Boston comes to unIouclted the writer
for obvious requests usot publish his name,
the time he desires make known the fact Of
bis discovery the benefit " othors similarly Acted
Boston, MASS.
Ge1tlsfnen-TOu may AOt be aware Of the fact that
sCmplalnt called IfeASHg Pies. ! made the discovery
some weeks ago, dBTlng night Of intense discomfort
Snd sunsrng 6y hrlpy aPpy!ng kal!,s52n bottle o.
seemed to me magical; the itching ceased almost In
SANITY, and have had no recurrence.
feel it tp os my duty TO make this statement 70 you,
Very truly, your obliged and obedisnt SsryGnL
Since receiving the above the propretors Of Kasbn
Eave endeavored fairly ia value specific for
itching Piles, having caused It be used In many az
Eavaed eaSeS and in every instance 1t has given instant
relief.
The following letter viii prove interesting to those
who Gufier from This dlsagrceable disease;
IosEFH BUESErr Co., Boston:
var Sometimes have suffered agony. and tell you
pobody knows what pain and misery ih, unless they
have had the Itching Piles. -
ne. got bottle, and the sry ffst time gssd II the
pain and itching was On e5ne In few minutes and
tlnk an cyITa q have not had any uou6is from Il
Aneef Thing about the Kaston IT is nice and clean.
JOS Z. FOSTER, !.
Il uLOWsll stres. :
Send TO JOSEPH BURNETT q CO., Boston
Tor descriptive circular free, For sale by ali DTugstL