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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-11-16

but mere, as with Ine Oorers, pre-
ventives are better than remedies.
The yellows is hereditary among
peach trees, Just as surely as insanity
and consumption are among men,
therefore be careful that your peach
trees come from healthy stock, and
are budded with healthy buds; one
tree affected with the yellows will, if
not cut down and burned as soon as
the trouble is detected, communicate
the disease to the whole orchard, so
it behooves the peach. grower to be
watchful.
BY observing the few simple direc-
tions for the care and tertilizing OF
peach trees, given in this series on
"Peach Lore;" the most veritable
novice may have fine, thrifty and
paying orchard. and we trust that,
few years hence, Florida will be as
celebrated for her early peaches, as
she is now for her delicious oranges
Here is sample of what has been,
and can be done again, in this line of
industry.
In Chambers county, Alabama,
near the Georgia line, is the largest
peach orchard in the world, embra-
cling two hundred and fifty acres OF
this luscious fruit, of which over
$4,000 worth have already been sold.
1t is owned and cultivated by Mr..
John Parnell, brother of the leader
of the Irish Land League; some
twelve years. ago he bought an old
worn out cotton plantation, aud cons
verted it into one immense peach
orchard; his fruit is always the first
in the market, bringing almost fabu-
lous prices
| Mr.. Parnell is coming an immense
4 fortune out of his peach orchard, and
ther5 is no re@Son wig Florida can
not do as well as Alabama in the
cultivation of this fruit.
AS to the budding of the peach
tree, which is the only certain way
of obtaining sure results, it should be
done in the same manner as has al
ready been described by the writer OF
this series in an article on "rhe Mys-
teries of Budding" in the issue of
June 18th. Therefore it is not neces'
sary 70 repeat them here-suffice it
to say, that when peach buds are in
serted in peach stocks, the latter
should be yearlings only, although
those two years old, will often do
well; our native varieties of wild,
rapid growing plum trees, however,
are much to be preferred for stock
for peach budding; in Bryan county,
t Georgia, is an orchard containing
two hundred trees. thus budded, as
an experiment, and the results have
been extremely gratifying, fine crops
of superior fruit being gathered year
ly from the trees.
The Horticultural Agency, recent.
ly established by the writer at Lees
burg, Sumter county, Florida
stands ready to furnish all would-be
fruit growers with information, ana
trees of the most desirable sort for
this State, and in conclusion, we
would add word OF caution to all
intending to set out peach trees in
particular, not to delay beyond the
early part of February, at the latest,
as the trees take but short period
of rest-growing late and starting
early. 80 that there is but brief time
during which it is quite safe to trans
plant them; we have, however, seen
trees set out in March, do well, but
it is a greater risk
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-11-16

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the nozzle inserted in the borer's hole;
the fluid flows slowly down, and fol-
lowing the wipdings Of the tunnel, no
matter how long or tortuous, ultl~
mately meets the enemy, ,and destroys
it. This result may be known by the
fluid ceasing to flow from the reser-
voir, showing that the tunnel is com
pletely occupied by the rescuing
liquid.
The fluid does no harm to the tree,
and a budding slip wrapped over the
hole, will enable nature to repair
damages very quickly.
And right here, we will speak a
word in favor OF the much maligned
woodpeckers; it the fruit grower
only knew how much solid, substan>
tial aid these poor birds give him, in
his war on the insects that attack his
trees, he woald never allow one TO
be shot on his premises
In the matter of this self,same bo
rer, tor instance, they always seem to
know just whereito find it, and il
above ground, rarely tail to rout it
out, and end its career Of mis- chief
forever.
For one fruit he destroys, the
woodpecker saves fifty. The borer
deposits its ..eggs on the base OF the
I. trunk where the bark is soft; here
1 they are hatched, and from this
tpoint usually bore their way inte
the tree. Consequently, wherevel
traces of borers are found, after
routing out such as have already
effected a lodgment, il is good plar
to remove the earth from around the
collar, hunt for any coccoons that
NAV be hidden there, then fill in with
fresh earth, shoveltul of ashes, and
little salt or lime.
Another way to extermlnate this
pest, is, alter dislodging those inside
the tree, 20 swab the trunk, from
the lower limbs to the upper
roots. with a wash OF lime and
sulphur; then re cover the roots witt
fresh earth, and pour over buck
etfui OF water with teaspoontul oi
carbolc acid dissolved in it.
So much for remedies; now fol
what is of much more value-pre
ventives, one ounce OF which, as
the proverb truly tells us, is worth a
pound of the former. 1t has beer
observed that the peach trees in iron
regions, are very seldom attacked by
borers; they don't like iron, evident>
ly not being in need of tonic
and so, when there is iron present
in the soil, there the peach tree -four,
lshes in the highest perfection.
All stone fruits, let US mention
here, are improved by iron, either by
a few nails driven in near the root,o
by blacksmith's cinders; and as for
the borers, if cinders cannot be had
all one has to do, to keep these pests
at distance, is to dissolve one pound
of copperas in eight gallons of water
ana let the earth be we'll soaked with
it. close around the stem of the tree;
it is life 10 the tree, and death to the
borer,
Another preventive, is ashes and
salt; another, and a very effective
one, is to scrape away the earth, and
wrap stiff bro@n paper around and
below the collar, then replace the
soil, and the wandering borer, search
ing for 'place whereon to lay its"-
eggs, will pass on in disgust.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-11-16
Written for the Florida Agriculturist.
Peach Lore.
BY HELEN HARCoURT.
(Concluded.)

(Concladed.)
Peach trees, in fact, all fruit trees,
are a great deal like children; they
need care and constant attention, to
conduct them safely "in the way they
should 60"
A good many persons, new to the
business, appear TO think that all one
has 10 do, to have fpe orchard, and
large yearly crops OF fruit, is to plant
the trees, and then let them alone, to
struggle along as they best may
But this is an erroneous, and fatal
idea: fruit trees have their enemies in
scores, and as their attacks produce
disease, and ultimately, death, If not
checked in time, it behooves the
fruit growers to be ever on the wars
path.
The most deadly of the insect en-
emies of the peach tree, is the white
worm, familiarly known as the "bo"
rer," which, entering the trunk, usu'
ally below, but sometimes above the
collar,where the bark is soft, burrows
into the very center of the wood, II
allowed, and destroys the tree py
literally seating its heart out"
There are several ways OF waging
war on these burrowers, and here
are some OF them:
when you observe reeioslng It's
usual thrifty appearance, its leaves
dropping or turning brown-you
may be pretty sure that borer IS at
the bottom of it," and if you look
closely on the ground at the root OF
the tree, you will notice little pile
of reddish sawduSl.
Seeing this, you may know at once
that you are on the right trail, and a
look at the stem will disclose the
tiny round hole through wDlcn the
would-be-destroyer has entered
Now, how 10 get at it? is the ques'
ton. If you have been watching
vour trees as closely as you should
have done, it will not have had time
to do more as yet than burrow be-
tween the bark and the wood, ana
then its course is easily traced under
the bark by the eye, like the rise IN
the ground made by a mole.
Press with your fnger-nail along
this turrow, until the bark peels from
beneath it; this will tell you that
the end of the burrow is reached;
then cut slit that Will lay open the
bark, and the borer will be at your
mercy.
When it has entered too deeply
into the wood for the knife to reach
it, a bit Of slender wire, thrust into
the hole, and pushed along the bur-
row until it will go no further, in
other words, has reached the end
will efectually dispose of the intru-
der.
Sometimes, however, the burrow
has gone so tar into the tree, that the
winding tunnel cannot be followed
by the wire, and then an ingenious
device, the invention Of a celebrated
horticulturist, comes into service, and
rescues the tree from death.
This is nothing more than little
funnel>shaped reservoir, with rub
Der tube, having a tiny nozzle de"
pending from it; the reservoirs filled
with a solution of tobacco or carbolN
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-11-16

Another preventive. and excellent
one too, is, twice each year, in the
spring and late summer to dash a
bucketful of scalding water on the
base OF the trunk. so that the collar
will get liberal bath; itwon't hurt
the tree ID the least, butt will kill
the borer and its eggs; the tree don't
mind getting into hot water" but
the worm does.
Trees treated in this way grow
with amazing hrift,and IT will pay the
peach-grower to procure alarge iron
kettle for the express pprpose of
heating water in the orchard, so that
every tree may be scalded thorough
ny.
In cases where the borer cannot
well be routed, or where ants are
ipjuring the tree,-a piece of tow
or similar material, dipped'in a mix.
ture Of hogs lard and chloride OF
lime, and tied low on the tree will
cause a speedy surrendeE OF the in.
vading forces. They viii evacuate
the premises without Stopping to
demand the honors of war;
The "yellow is another, and
much dreaded enemy Of The peach,
and in many sections Of the north, it
has spread like an epidemic, over
whole tracts of country, sweeping
out Of existence thousands Of trees
ina single season; tortunkely we see
but little Of this fatal disease in thc
Sonth,5 still it is4ewsSI7 be fore
armed.
The question What is the Vel
lows?" cannot yet be answered with
out shadow Of doubt, but the preva
lent belief is that it is a diseas
caused by minute fungus growth
and is analogous to the fatal "blight'
in pear trees, which is without ques
ton, caused by a fungus so minute a
to require high power microscope
to detect its presence.
Sulphur and lime are deadly foe
of all tungold growth, and wash o
these two combined will help tn
tree attacked by yellows.
A most excellent remedy also, i
to wash the trees with solution o
quassia;--one pound of chips costin!
about twelve cents.-are boiled an(
reboiled until eight gallons Of tn
solution are obtained. This poured
around the trunk, and sprayed wit
a hand pump over the foliage, vii
effect a wonderful change in tn
most torlorn looking trees. Thi
quassia solution will also Danish tn
green fly and other Troublesome in
sects, as will also Gould's Fertilize
and Insect Exterminator; the latte
having the additional recommenda
tion OF fertilizing the tree, at th,
same time it destroys it's enemies.-
The proper proportions OF drencl
tor this purpose we have found to b.
one pound to two gallons of water
this poured around the roots, and
handful of settings added, will
also Danish the borers.
Nearly eighty years ago DIR. Oar
win suggested that very solution o
copperas or sulphate OF iron, which
we have already mentioned, as
remedy for the yellows, and for tn
gummy secretions so common in trui
trees, and in the year 1910, scien
tifc farmer in France, was so highl,
successful in usiag this remedy, tina
the Academy awarded him a media
as public benetactor.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-17
Republicans 70, Democrats !.
Lucky DAYS.

1t is curious to note that. in India a
rainy day is considered unlucky for a
wedding. and that in Scandinavia Thurs
day, the day of Thor, or thunder, was
also.of bad omen. St. Eloy, in sermon,
warns his flock from keeping Thursday
as holy day; and Dean Swift in let
ter to Sheridan, rhymes Thursday to
"cursed day." The Esthonians consider
it unlucky, and in Devonshire it has but
one lucky hour. Mr.. Jones, who, by the
way, makes no mention of Thursday as
the fatal day of the Tuders, does not at
tempt to generalize from these curious
facts, which, indeed, we have picked out
from different parts of the book. I'm
lucky days in Cochin China-perhaps
among the Mohammedan Malays, but
we are not told-are the third day of the
new moon, being that on which Adam
was expelled from Paradise; the fifth,
when the whale swallowed Jonah; the
sixteenth, when Joseph was put into the
WELL. the twenty-fourth, when Zacha-
riah was murdered; and the twenty-fifth,
when Mohammed lost his front teeth.
! The ancient Egyptians were like the
Chinese in their careful observance of
lucky and unlucky days, and Mr.. Jones
may turn with profit to his next edition
to Mr.. Michell's amusing Calendar, in
which they are detailed at length. Mr..
Jones says that from ancient Egypt the
evil or unlucky days have received the
name of Egyptian days, given them in
"a Saxon MS (Cott MS Vitei, viii for
20)." They are the last Monday in
April. the first in August, and the first
Monday Of the going out of the month
of December" which leaves us somewhat
in doubt as to all the Mondays in that
! month London Saturday Review.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-17
New Series-Vol. 81. No. 43.

WAS impossible; nothing but sudden loss
of speech and incapacity for writing
could have locked the story in Mrs. Bob
binet-Tompkins's breast, and in few
days Rawleigh rang with it. DIR. Athole
considered himself a lost man. On the
second day his gate was blocked by the
carriages of those patients who had in
sisted upon being physicked by Sir Mar
maduke, and who naturally wished to
know the extent to which their cOnsti-
tutions were liable to suffer from the un-
lawful tinkering they had received at
this pretender's hands.
DR.. Athlete, standing exactly in the
center of his drawing-rOom, explained to
the ring of patients, with an air of dig
nified resignation, that Sir Marmaduke
was genius with an Unborn passion for
the healing art; that, although not tech
nically qualified to repair the bodies of
Her Majesty's subjects, he had studied
medicine at Cambridge, and that, final
ly, not pulse-beat of his patients had
been unknown to himself.
This frankness had its reward. The
patients felt their constitutions intact,
their imaginatiOns stimulated. and their
Importance not leSsened by the minis
trations of Sir Marmaduke, whose per-
s0nality they vowed they had always
suspected. DR.. Ath0le was acknowl-
edged to have certain aristocratic air
about himself and became the idol of
Rawleigh. so that he was soon obliged to
have real assistant, started carriage
and pair. and took an interest in stocks
and shares. Mrs. Bobbinet-Tompkins
consented to wait for the perfect con-
valescence of the real Miss BOrrOwdale,
who still insisted upon fulfilling her en-
gagement in spite of Lady Ermengarde's
unpromisiDg description of the Bobbi-
net-Tompkins Dleadge; indeed, the good
lady of the Grove felt that months in
struetion by a peers daughter was an
education in itself, and that the children
might very well have q months holiday
to reflect upon this advantage
The wedding festivities at BeaumOnde
Castle at the following Christmas were
described by the local reporter as prince
ly. The circulation of his paper for that
week was nearly doubled in consequence
of the demand for it in an about Raw
leigh. The BObbinet-T -Tompkinses wit
messed the august ceremony by invita-
ton. The presents they gave were su-
perb.
As for the real doctor and the real
governess, so strong is the power of ex-
ample, that they did exactly the same
as the mock ones, fell in love at sight
and married happily after brief WOO
ing. which was, however, neither begun,
continued nor ended Under False
Colors.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-17
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

The following proclamation was is
sued from the Department of State to-
day by the President of the United States
Of America:
A PRoCLAMATIoN.-It has long been
the pious custom of our people with the
closing of the year to look back upon the
blessings brought to them in the chang
ing course of seasons, and to return sol
emn thanksgiving to the ,All-GiVing
source from whom they flow; and al
though at this period when the falling
leaf admoHishes US that the tine OF our
sacred duty is at hand, our Nation still
lies in the shadow of a great bereave-
ment, and the mourning which has fill-
cd our hearts still finds sorrowfuI ex-
preston toward the God before whom
we but lately bowed in grief and suppl
cation, yet the countless benefits which
have sbowered upon us during the last
twelve months call for our fervent graf
itnde,aHd makes it fitting that we should
rejoice with thankfulness that the Lord
in his infinite mercy has most signally
favored our country and our people.
Peace without and prosperity within
have been vouchsafed to us. No pesti-
lence has visited our shores The abun-
dant privileges and freedom which our
fathers left US in their wisdom are still
our increasing heritage, and if in parts
of our vast domain some affliction has
visited our brethren in their ferest
homes, yet even this calamity has been
tempered and in manner sanetiied by
the generous compassion for the suffer
ers which has been called forth through
out ouE land. For all these things, it is
meet that the voice of the nation should
go up to God in devsut homage.
Wherefore. l, Chester a. Arthur, Pres
ident of the United States, do recon-
mend that all the people observe Thurs
day, the oath day of November. instant,
as a day of national thanksgiving and
prayer, by ceasing. so far as may be, from
their secular labors, and meeting in
their several places of worship, there to
join in ascribing honor and praise to
Almighty God, whose goodness has been
so manifest in our history ard in cur
lives, and Offering earnest prayers that
His bounties may continue TO us and to
our children.
In witness whereof. | have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington. this
fourth day of November, in the yea--Ss
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one. and Of the independence
of the United States the one hundred
and SIXTH CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
BY the President:
JAS. G. BLAINE, Secretary of State.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-17

The party Of foreign guests who came
across the water to attend the Yorktown
Centennial was broken up last week.
The Marquis and Marquise de Rocham-
beau sailed for France Wednesday, and
the Won Steuben's left America for
home Thursday. Col. Lichtenstein, of
the French party returned to Europe
some days ago, his departure being has,
tened by a threatening illness. OF the
other French guests, some go to Cali
fornia. others to Canada and the South,
and one. Lieutenant Colonel Blondel, re-
mains to write report of our arsenals
and arms factories, Certainly, an effort
..;as been made to entertain these de-
s's,alants of Washington's foreign coun-
sellOrs.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-17
whiteIaw Reid's Bad Boys
From the Leavenworth (Kas.) Times
~, e..aa -.

From the Leavenworth (Kas.) Times.
The fact that some Of the boys sent
West by whitelaw Reid undertook to
wreck a railroad train near Mount Au-
burn, Iowa,giyes critic with more spleen
that calmness of Judgment an opportu-
nifty to deprecate that gentleman's be-
nevolent enterprise. Mr.. Reid had no
idea of shipping sin TO Iowa by the car
load" or making that State ~the dump
| ing ground for juvenile depravity.n His
object was to provide homes for desti-
tute boys in New York, who. if they had
remained there, were certain to swell
the criminal population of the country,
but who, if they were sent West and
given an opportunity to earn henest liv-
ing, might grow up honorsd and respect
ed citizens. Because soma of them turn
ed out badly, there is no reason for say
/ Eing,ss the Chicago Inter-0 Ocean says.that
the charity was not based upon sound
Judgment It was not to be expected
that every one Of them would become
ministers Of the Gospel. Until It is
learned that the experiment is failure
in every respect, Mr.. Reid should be
encouraged to send from the great city
Of New York the boys who. If they re-
mained there. could not fail to become
burdens, il not worse than burdens, 10
society.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-17
Love in All.

Name the leaves on all the trees:
Name the waves Oh all the seas,
All the tiow'rs by rill that blow,
All the myriad tints that glow,
Winds that wander through the grow,
And you name the name of Love;
Love there is in summer sky,
As in light of maiden's eye.
Listen to the countless sounds
In the wind that gayly bounds
Ger the meads, where. on the wing,
Bright bees hum and linnets sing;
Pat of raindrop, chat of stream,
OF their song, sweet loves the theme,
Love there is where zephyr skips,
AS in breath of maiden lips.
In the west, mild evening glows;
Angel fingers fold the rose;
Silyery dews begin to fall;
Crimson shades to shadow all;
Holy Nature wells her face;
Earth is lost in Heavens embrace
Love is in an hour like this
As in guileless maiden's kiss.
Go where, through the voiceless night
Trips fair Luna's silver light:
Hear of Natures pulse the beat,
Like the tread Of unseen feet;
See from out the lambent north
Shimmering arrows shooting forth:
Love is ina meteor's start,
AS in thr0b of maiden's heart.
Loves the essence of all things;
'Tis from love that beauty springs;
Twas by love creation first
into glorious being burst:
Yelled in maiden's form so fair,
I do worship thee in her.
Spirit sweet-all else above
Love is God, since God is Lowell
Chambers Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-17

THE spectators in Confederate bonds
know very well that nobody in the Uni
ted States will recognize the Confederate
loan, or any part of it, but they seem to
calculate that the bulk of the English
public may not be so well informed and
that the simple ones can be led ike
lambs to the slaughter. Mr.. Jennings
writes from London to the New York
World that this anticipation may be re-
allied. especially as no one over there is
disposed to take the trouble to warn the
dupes against the trap which has been
set for them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-17
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Masonic prrectory.

belmont LODGE, No. 16, 2. s. A. M.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
JAMES MELLOR, w. M.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'Y.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
- Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
G. w. CARROLL, FL. P.
JESSE B. MRyER, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. "a, R. & s. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
81. r. BUMGARNER, T. l. NJ.
F. D. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 28, z. T.
Ii Stated conclayes, first Tuesday of each
month. II. r. BUMGARNER, E. G.
L. L. 5EDwIcK, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-17

TIE friends of Judge Settle. of North
Carolina. are very positive that he will
be called to Gil Secretary Hunts place in
President Arthur's Cabinet. Prominent
Southerners urge him as the representa-
tive of the South, ill preference to Long
street OF Governor Davis, both of whom
have been mentioned 10y political gos-
sips in that connection.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-17

GENERAL SHERMAN, in his annual re-
port to the Secretary of War, strongly
recommends an increase in the army, by
recruiting every company up to 80 men,
and by adding $500 troops for separate
and distinct purposes. This would raise
the total strength Of the army from
q, 500 to 3O.449.