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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-02-09
State Interests.
tor Of TIE Florida Agricult,ulst..

@@'t''0' " "se 1tOTt0u AgfacUntH1St;
In your issue OF December 22nd
you invited suggestions on varions
subjects Of "State Interests as 70
the public schools-we want them
established as fast as the country
settles up sufficiently in each dis
trict, to form a nucleus aronnd
which others may settle, and take
advantage Of them and want the
title-not as now in the county
school board, but IN the trustees Of
the district who are not only the
most interested in its care, but who
also know the best location to ac-
comnodate all its patrons. We
know in such cases generally at the
North where the title is vested IN.
the local trustees, and they have
their own supervision OF the.property
by electing menI Iolook after it;more
IS voted towar Aits mainIainance
than if the title 20 vested ia some
nOS y tsfl u 3 s..ct
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| buy it and tr6nsferit 10 nv sweet
potato patch and try and make it live
and thrive. | shall put out banana
patch at the start, bananas are q
good thing TO have in family if YOU
never sell one. When l can get hold
of good large pineapple sucker
will plar-t 1t i'll suitable place with a
fair prospect of its truillng in the
orthodox eighteen months, that we
read about in the average Florida
Immigrant pamphlet. And when |
locate shall 60 as far south as Indian
river inlet or the Caloosahatchie
because am lover OF bananas and
pine-appIes and hav'nt an abidino
faith in the iglaiS .tttt,ls known as the
irost line; even in these low attitudes
L shall expect all occasional light
frost. When l go again l shall in.
dnce few OF my friends to accom-
pany me-"ln union there is strength
~ dozen families could start a school
at once, dozen heads of families
could own steam launch in which
to so to market, for | would not care
to locate anywhere except on salt
water front. would be willing to
sacrifice the best lands for health,
good fishing and fine oysters. A
dozen men could easily own q sein
200 feet long with which three men
could secure Il weeks supply of fish
TOR 3 large colony in a halt hour.
The settler who goes single handed
and alone, often finds that the water
is tull OF fish and they wont bite his
hook. a dozen men can make the
work of clearing land, building fences
and erecting log houses compare
lively easy work. l would like to
correspond with parties who are men
OF families, with a capital OF not less
than 81 900, who would like 10 settlein
the southern part Of the peninsula of
Florida. Men who are not afraid of
mosquitoes, who would be willing to
do, tor few years, without butter
and mllk except such as was obtained
from the North ana who could be
satisfied with cistern water to drink
and who would be willing 10 ION
with me Ill establishing a settlement
on the frontier OF the State.
HORACE p. PORTER, NJ. D..
C3arcmont, Dodge Co., JIinn.
--->S E
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The Fairbanks Settlement.
Editor Of The florida Ags7euyavist:

Ads0oT Or dhs florida Agg7cultaTiSt:
Not long ago you were good
enough to say to me, "Why does not
some one write up your locality ?"
Permit me to do so now.
On the Transit railroad six miles
east Of Gainesville, in an angle formed
by the junction OF the Big and Little
Hatchet creeks, there lies a tract Of
high pine land, where no undertaking
hard.pan or rotten limestone is found.
Furthermore cisterns are not needed:
the water is soft and pure, and being
on the summit OF the greatest eleva.
tion between the Cult and the Allan.
tic and about equidistant from both,
the air is dry, invigorating and free
from fogs; here is Fairbanks. Three
years ago it was a pine forest, to-day
1t has store, post.office, express Of
fee, freight depot, saw mill, district
school, Sunday school, and church
in process Of building.
there are seventeen families here.
. all OF whom came for the benefit of
the climate and to find resources in.
the cultivation of fruits and vece-
tables. Not one of them is dissatis.
fed with tine location. All of them
have entered upon the work of the
new year with great spirit. Several
nonresident land owners are also
continuing their improvements in full
belief that the soil of Florida, when
the true method of treating it is pur-
sued, wiz. become as compensating
as its clih%e.
The late Severe cold did not go
round, but dipped straight down on
the gardens and groves Of Fairbanks,
causing mauy leaves to fall and many
tender growths to perish. But then,
multitudes obnoxious insects gave up
their ghosts to Jack Frost, and every
body decides that Jack had done
muchs good and little harm in this
yiciniih 49,
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7 where it can be carried out as in the
thickly settled communities. but can
Iit be made to work where las in
some parts of this State) the settlers
live miles apart? Moral and intel
lectual education must be the base
and is the only surety Of the maintain.
ance Of our Republic. The emanc;.
pated slaves, and those whites Of the
country, who have had no opportu-
nifty for education unless we educate
them they will be drag on the in.
dustry and enterprise of the Nation /:
and would allow neither to vote.
ifor what they can not understandl
tlil they could read intelligently.
And while on this subject, l will say
our nation needs stirring up on the
subject Of allowing all foreigners TO
vote, (many OF whom can neither
read or write) before they know oar
language or customs. 1t is we'll
known that thousands OF criminals
and paupers are shipped to tits couh.
try annually with their passages paid
OH condition that they never come
back. We need first a restriction on
our Immigration Laws; not allow.
ing any to land unless they have a
certificate from our representative S
abroad, tiat ihsy are not under in,
dictment for crime, convicted crimi-
nails or habitaal paupers. And Sc
cond we should moi allow any one to
vote till they have been in this coun-
try five or ten years, and learned our
laws and customs, and not hold Office
until they have been here at least ten
years, Ii this is not attended to
soon by our law makers, we will
have the offices OF our nation filed
with foreigners who are not IN sym.
pathy with our free aud moral insti-
tutions What then will become of
the hopes Of the trainers of our gov
ernment? AS to issuing licences to
sell liquor, and fencing against cat.
tie, or to compel every man to fence
in his own, would leave to local
option, in each county. Hogs rum
ming at large, certainly damage more
than their heads are worth, and are
OF but little value to their owners.
Our road laws are an abominaLion ;
and should be erased from our stat
ute books. We compel single
man without property, who has been
i'll the State twenty days, to work as
many days, as the man who possesses
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State Fair Premiums.
FRUITS.


A. L. Eichelberger, Sumter county.
Fla, best peck of oranges, diploma
and SIS.
Arthur Lee, Sumter county, best
dozen oranges, diploma and $40.
j. Fl. Campbell, Orange county
Fla, best seeding oranges, diploma
and $40.
g. A. Davis, Duval county, Fla,
best navel oranges, So.
Greenleaf & Salinger, Orange
county, Fla, best bunch oranges. S..
George E. Sawyer, Orange county,
tia;, best peck lemons, diploma and
George L. Sawyer, Orange county.
Fla, second best peck lemons, $40.
j. N. Moore, Sumter county, Fla,
best citrons. So.
). Il. Cunningham, Sumter county,
Fla, best grape fruit, So. -
}. r. Cunningham, Sumter county,
Fla, best lines, $40.
George 4. Sawyer, Orange county,
Fla, best plne-apples, $40.
). IL. Cunningham, Sumter county,
Fla.' best boxes OF oranges for shir.
ment. SIS.
Mrs. e. Higgins, Sumter county,
Fla. best box of oranges, (Ambler's
prizel $50.
w. w. Dunnick, Brevard county,
Fla, best bunch OF cocoa nuts, So.
FLORAL.
A. |. Bidweil, Duval county, Fla,
best collection OF decorative and
Towering plants, diploma and $40. y
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acknowledged healthfulness attracts
attention. Applications for board
are constantly made without success.
This fact has induced Mr.. G. D.
Furman, who has extensive improve.
mems in the neighborhood, to offer
as git, one acre of land convenient
to the depot to any person who will
build a house for the accommodation
Of visitors. Land for a garden and
orange grove can be purchased at a
reasonable price, and unfinished lum.
Der will be delivered at $40 per thou.
sand. Should any one be inclined 10
look into this matter OF a hotel and
an orange grove combined on the
aboveterms-certainly they are good
terms-they may address for further
information Rev. DR.. Duncan, Rev.
Mr.. Smith, or Mr.. G. D. Furman. all
of Fairbanks.
Many, many thanks to Mr.. Z. II.
Hart, OF Federal Point; Mr.. A. H.
Manvllle, Of Lake George; J. A.
Pine, Of Archer; A Mixer, OF Dray.
ton Island, and many other who have
taken the trouble to write out for the
benefit Of novices the results of their
experience. Especial thanks to you,
Mr. Editor, ior all the kind and com
mon sense things You say and do,
also to j. II. f., OF Port Orange. for
Non.Partisan Politics" The all Of
lite in Florida is not in the Truck
art" nor in "oranges."
Schools, roads, bridges, fences,
bitches, etc, are imperative. With
these well supplied there would be
no need OF an immigration Bureau.
Take the 100000 per annum which
the Dispatch asks the legislature to
set apart for Bureau advertising and
appropriate 1t to public schools"
Give public lands to build bridges.
roads and canals and these of them
selves will bring all the settlers we
want" "GiVe forty acres OF land
tree of all membranes to an actual
settler and improver Of the same as a
homestead, and the tace Of Florida
will change like magic" Paving
railroads will multiply, transporta.
tlon. will become rapid, prompt and
reasonable as in other States which
is vast consideration. =. The dissat.
isfed women Of Florida, like your
subscriber J.s.H. F., will become rec>
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Gent SEED with me TO plant on nv
, homestead In the wilds of Florida
to give it a thorough test. AS to
its producing several rattoon crops
| feel quite confident from having
seen the way in which the common
Dhurra rattoons here. One ladv
told me of extra 6uccess with hens
and attributed it to their access to a
small patch of Dhurra corn to the
constantly ripening grain of which
they helped themselves. III fact I
find a great many people In Florida
who don't believe what Hon. Seth
French says in the State Pamphlet.
"Florida as it IS" in regard to hens
not needing grain and have failed to
find one who believes that ex- Goy>
ernor Drew raised 1870 bushels OF
corn ON one acre in one crop. Speak
ing of corn reminds me what | heard
recently OF the experience of Har
rison Jones formerly Of Volusia
county, with COW peas and corn. 1t
was given to Dudley w. Adams,
Past Master of National Grange p,
Of H. some years ago when he was
travelling through Volusia county
looking at lands. 1t was as follows:
Mr.. Jones Yves then raising his fourth
crop OF corn good for fifteen bushels
per acre on land where The first crop
Was about six. Each time he had
"lald by" his crop he had sowed or
drilled in peas among the crop and
several months after the crop was re-
moved he had plowed under the
mass OF green vines. Thus with
three such efforts the land had been
improved in its productiveness $50
per cent. Mr.. Adams at his delight.
tul home on the bank Of lake Beau.
clair, has demonstrated what weeds
and peas will do for land when
plowed under. His first grove was
planted on an "old field" to save
clearing new land, the growth was
very diScouraging, the land being SO
poor 1t would hardly produce
growth Of weeds sufficient to pay for
the labor Of turning them under. Now,
the fourth crop which he is successful.
ly burying was from two to five feet
high and hereafter he hopes to turn
under two crops annually of weeds
and Conch peas.
The severe freeze late in Decem.
Der, did not DO any material damage
here. Guavas were generally killed
to the ground, but Gin the woods" at
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a company has been formed TO
drain Lake Okeechobee. IL WIN De =
grand speculation and one thai we
have been advocating for years past
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-07-20
WIT AND RUMOR OF LORD
BEACONSFIELD.

The only English prime minister
who has been professed wit, he
felt its efficacy as weapon, used 1t,
and we may add, never abused 1t.
Squib, repartee, epigram and lam
pOon, all applied to him, have never
yet been misapplied to gloze i'm
morality or prOfane religion. His
very Sneer is good humor, and II he
was in any sense Diogenes, he was
certainly Diogenes who lived out
Of the tub.
Wit, to classify roughly, is two
fold. There is the lightning wit
that flashes off a short sentence or
an apt reply, and there is the lam
bent wit that sparkleS either by
description or dialogue. We shall
begin with instances of the first.
And here there is scarcely need to
quote. Every one knows his
aphorisms. The hanson cab,
"the gondola Of London" and the
critics, ''the men who have
failed" Tad-pole's "Tory :men and
Wing measures, and Rigby's
Little words in great capitals; >
Don Juan, the style of the House
of Commons, Paradise Lost, that OF
the House of Lords" "All the great
things have been done by the little
nations" and "Our young Queen
and our old constitution" 1.-The
Wings bathing" and, we may add,
London, the key Of India" are
household words.
1t is in "Coningsby" and "Lo-
THAR" that perhaps the best of his
apOthegms are found. Thence
spring "The government of great
measures. or little men of humbug
OF humdrum," and youth, the
trustees of posterity;;' 1.-The Aus
trians, the Chinese of Europe" and
"Diplomatists, the Hebrews of pol
itics;" ''Paris, the university Of the
world" and St. James Square, the
Faubourg st. German of Lon
tdon;" The gentleman who played
with billiard balls games that were
not billiards. and 1.-The lady who
sacrificed even her lovers TO her
friends" "MOst women are vain,
some men are not" and the lawyer
who was not an intellectual
Cr9sus, but had his pockets full of
sixpences;" 'Pantheism, Atheism in
Domino" and Books, the curse of
the human race" pearls are like
Girls" and MALT tax is madness y
of Austria, "two things made her a
nation-She was German and she
was Catholic, and now she is
neither" and Of the reform bill, 1T
gave to Manchester bishop and to
Birmingham a dandy" But, in
deed, words fully as good as these
are to be found throughout. There
has been scarcely time to forget the
advice in Lothian" to go into the
country for the first note Of the
nightingale and return to town for
the first note of the muffin bell;" or
perhaps to remember ZenObia in
''Endymion, "Who liked handsome
people, even handsome women,
and Mr.. Ferrars, who committed
suicide from want of magma
ton. "-NacnliUa7l'S Magazine.
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countless snakes of America or In
dia cause more trouble, when the
host Of minor miseries is added up,
than mosquitoes do. If they really
have settled in London, we may eX-
pect them to keep pretty near the
river, and generally in the damper
and less desirable parts of the town.
Our winters must kill them, or
most of them, or so at least we
might expect if the experience of
Norway with its far harder winters
did not look the other way. If they
do effect a settlement, there is no
help but to encourage trade by in
vesting in mosquito curtains. The
American humOrist'S plan is to get
into bed, wait till all the mosquitoes
have entered the curtains, and then
rapidly bolt out, shutting up the
mosquitoes behind. Sleep may then
be obtained in an armchair or on a
sofa. Perhaps we may all soon have
occasion to try both ways Of eYading
mOsquitOes.-LondOn Post.
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The Mosquito in England.

Here 1t must be observed that
mosquitoes are especially hard on
two sorts of people. Young ladies
and children, and many men, they
sting till the victims are all covered
with blIsterS and III danger of cry
sipelaS. This is pretty bad, but we
think the nervous persons, whom
mosquitoes sting little, but keep
awake with their buZZing, are even
more TO be pitied. They find the
mosquitoes bark worse than his
bite. The latter may not mark or
hurt them much; it is question of
constitution; and there are people
with whom the bite does not take -
as they say of vaccination. But
they suffer all night long from the
Shrln persistent noise of the mos
quitO's trumpet. at the first warn
ing they leap up, light a candle, take
it into bed, ana try TO catch the in
truder. No one can guess how diff
fcult this is. You soon find tn
mosquito on the curtain, where
ne lies apparently asleep. We're
cautiously you stalk him, youy
hand is just over him, and justice is
about TO be done, when the vicious
creature flies away and amuSeS him
self in mia air. Presently he settles
anu the chase begins again, till the
hunter sets fire TO the tiimsy cur
taInS, and has quite enough work to
do 10 eXtinguisn the fire. After that
mosquitoes come and 90 as they
please, without let or hindrance,a and
day dawnS on Il feYeriSh and frantic
man, who has only bagged two or
three OF his innumeraDle enemies.
Late III the morning mosquitoes
sleep, overcome with triumph and
the refreshment they have Snatched
from their enemy. They may now
be killed, and IL is curious to see
as any one who brushes them will
see-how much OF mans vital fluid
one mosquito can absorb. They
who are fortunately inexperienced
In the ways Of mosquitoes will now
understand that the insect is one Of
the greatest plaques that nature toll
crates. There are more dangerous
fiieS-though the mosquitoes Dite IS
sometimes poisonous and severe
but there is no more irritating crea-
ture in the world than the mosquito.
Hitherto the absence of flies that
bite has been one of England's
greatest charms. No other country
IN our latitude is so free from them.
Norway and Sweden suffer even
more than the south from mos
quitoes. The mild Bulgarian breads
them, and there is a CHASTITY story OF
a drunken Bulgarian who tied up
his wife in a mosquito trap. The
poor woman was bitten to death,
and her husband observed in the
morning that he had suffered almost
as much as if he had not thought OF
his savage eXpedIent. Greece IS
perhaps, more remarkable for the
insect, whence Is derived the verb
TO flee" than for mosquitoes; and
the same remark holds good Of the
Baden contingent. None of the
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OnAnd after

On and after
SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1881,
The Utah snd Nevada Railway Trains
will run daily Sundays excepted), as
follows;
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PASSENGER TARIFF.
tanca and Earea from O0iAn

4 frAight Train going Y orr leaves Ogden
taiis, AZ R.l's-n. Brigham, S.05 an: Srm
nit, 1915 M. Logan, II 81 , m FTarkli0,
on q ~; Oneida, ~ D,m. slackfooy. IL Is
am :Ess'e Rook 2 81 3 m; Beaver Canyon
S55an: ring Hill. ~ 81 II; Dillon 4 %
pm. SON South ain leaves Dillno 7Ic
D a; Spring Hnl. / y N; Beaver Canyon
$40 n; Eas,e <3s 40 a m. Blccs loot,
I0.l5 q u opsi1i ; 81 N: Franklin SIS
nm cxa- ~ n; Summit % . m
Brigham 3 - 80 srriE ing o Coda ~ ELS
GEO. u, THAICH ~.
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Unhealthy or inactive kidneys
cause gravel, Bright's disease, rheu-
matism, and horde of other serious
and fatal diseases, which can be
prevented with Hop Bitters, if taken
in time.
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T Il q A /.
BLAN s

VHR FOLLOWING LINE OF
/ BLANKS has been compiled with
the greatest care and with the advice OF
ihe leading members of the legal frater-
atty ofSalt Lake City. They are made
10 conform strictly to the law in every
particular, and parties using these
Blanks will and them to be the best ever
ssed r this Territory:
OBLIGATIONS FOB PATENTS OF MERs
Notice of Location.
2-Apphcstion tor Patent,
3-Proof of Posting Notice, and
Diagram of Claim,
Proof that Plat and Notice Re-
NAMED Posted,
5-Register's Certificate Of Posting
Notice,
6-Proof of Publication,
affidavit of $500 Improvement,
6-Affdavit of Citizenship,
o1Certifcste that no Suit is PENDING
l0-PoWer Of Attorney,
line lice of Application,
12-Oertifcate of Identity OF Nairn.
l3-Statement and Charge OF Fees.
I4-Agreement of Publisher.
JUsrFoEs':
Subpoena, civil,
Warrant of Arrest,
Writ of Attachment,
Undertaking on Attachment
Affidavit for -
Commitments,
Summonses,
Executions,
Mittimus,
Afida7its,
Complaints,
Complaint In Replevtne
Bond in Replevin,
Notice OF Appeal,
Undertaking On Appeal
MORTGAGES:
Mortgage, general forms
Ohattel Mortgage.
DISTRICT ooURT:
Eotice of Motion,
Undertaking on Attachment,
Writ of
Affidavit for
Execution. ,
| Undertaking on Claim, and Delivery
of Personal property, :.
hdayit on Claim and Delivery u
Personal Property,
5ubposnss.
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Rn Ogl Nos g.
Freight Trains will Run
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-16

while his father held the document high
up and and read aloud.
Does that suit my SOM" he asked.
Exactly" answered both John and
Susan in tho same breath.
Mr.. Fisher leaned forward tribe, and
dropped the deed into the hottest of the
fame, saying, in a low voice:
THE mares mine now, John"
Susan spmng forward to rescue the pre-.
cious document, but she burned her hands
to no purpose, while John turned white
with rage. Mrs. Fisher was discreet woman
and she clicked her needles in silence.
Several minutes interviewed, during which
the tick of the old clock, the chirp of the
cricket, ind the cracking of the beech
wood sounded preternaturally loud. At
length Mr.. Fisher spoke, slowly and SOL
EMMY:
John, hope you are not as bad az you
would seem to be, but you love yourself
and money better than truth, kindness, or
justice, and you've got wife more than
your equal in evil doing. wanted to try
you both. I've done so, and you see how it
turned out. will give you better start
than had when began life. I'll give you
the deed Of the little farm below the ledge
where your mother and Ipassed many
happy day. You need not cry, Susan; you're
a smart girl, but you needn't call your
mother and me old any more.
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The Argument OF a Loaded Gun.

Senator Vest, Missouri.
Talking about those times right after
tho war, We certainly did have branch
establishment of hell down in Shreveport.
Such reign Of terrorism never saw, and
never expect to witness again. The town
was held by colored troops. There were
about one hundred thousand bales of cot
ton there at the time, and orders had been
issued against smoking on the streets.
Some of cur men through force of habit,
had forgotten the order, and some three or
four had been shot down in cold blood for
having cigar in their mouths. One day,
as New Orleans packet came up to the
wharf, Isaw Major Duf6e, of the lost cause
one Of the bravest devils thst ever breathed,
and he was evidently going to land. 1no-
ticed that he was smoking as he stepped
ashore, and I took the first chance to inform
him of the order. He laughed and said:
Oh, pshaw! Thatl do we'll enough to play
on boys and old woAnen; but it won't do on
me, Vest I cautioned him again. feeling
sure there would be trouble in the camp if
any of those darky sentinels should see
him. We walked MP into town, he smok-
ing all the time, and gotalong well enough.
till suddenly q big negro stepped out from
behind q corner, and leveling his musket
about five feetfrom Duties head, Observed:
Drop dat oigah.' Dufie, surveyed the