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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-11-22
The worla or Ara.

Art has q large place and great influence In
the world, and II Ia an undeniable fact that pro-
gressiye civilization may be gagged by the de.
gree Of attention paid to objects Of refined beauty
and pure, elevating lovelfness. II h not many
years since, that good pictures could only be af-
f0rded by the very rich, but now all this Is
changed, and works Of art Of real merit are
within the ready means of all, and few homes
there are in which are not to be found evidences
Of culture 10 the right direction.
Pictures that but few years, since cost large
large sums of money may now be purchased for
the veriest trifie, and If the least judgment is
brought To bear in the selection, works OF real
merit may be had or IL the purchaser has no
taste In such matters all that IS necessary Is for
him 70 be sure that he purchases the goods Of a
reliable house. In this connection It may be
proper for rs 90 mention the great Art Publish
ing firm of Messrs. George 6tinson d Co., Port
land, Maine who during the last year, have s0ld
over ten millions Of pictures. 1t Il believed that
they pay more for postage stampe than any
other house, not only In this country, but In the
world At large. During the year 1879 they paid
for postage stamps over eighiy-seven thousand
dollars. During the year 1850 they paid over
one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars
for postage stamps, and this year their postage
bill will amount 10 about one hundred and flfiy
thousand dollars. Thus II win be seen that
Messrs. Stinson and Co. pay At least the three
hundredih part nj all the postage collected By
remembered that Ne have nearly iifty thousand
ptet afiices, and ten thousand newapalers
While such great sums are paid for postage, The
fact should not be lost sight Of that only Che
smaller packages are cent by mail, all large or
defs being sent by expn g or bright.
We have lately received four elegant slrel en-
gn.yings pnblshed BY MessFs. Siinson q Co.
and a dozen beautiful chrnmo hDweF panels al
are fine works Of an, and do credit TO the pub
lishtrs. The steel engFavings are very lange-
size Of each 30 BY 20 Inches The plates were
engraved IL London BY wellkuoMn English
MASTERS ofaFt, and cost. when they cams into
the owners hands Ia Portland, custom duties
paA, some thirty-two th0asand dollars. These
engAvings are 1t the class that sell in Europe
Tor THREE guineas PER copy. which Is over afleen
dollaF1 TO cngravea slngle plate Of this sixs
and description af workmanship, reQuifen The
lnbr q most skilliul artist from one year 70
two years, and oiien longer These elegant en-
grAvings are entitled Choosing the Wedding
G0wp,n The Prayer Tor Health, !" Tending
00ats,F and TIE Highland Hearth
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-11-22
Florida AirrOr. November 1871


The Ec0DODsSst, commenting on the report of
Disston's sale of 300 900 acres nj 81 per acre.
said: Not bad trade for DisstOn-a terribly
bad one for the State cf Florida, selling to him at
IS cents per acre 100000 acres of land.p
Whereupon the FLORIDIAN says: "Very soon
the whole pack. Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart,
will join In the cry, but we hope Governor Blox-
ham and Mr.. Dission will survive IT," And again !:
Z" We shall NOT besat all surprised, however, at
any assault these parties may make ON our pres
en State administration, as their purpose is set
lied and fixed TO fight Ii 10 the last man and the
last ditch, even If It takes all summer"
We respectfully suggest that the FLoRIDIAN is
not wise in making an approval of the DisstOn
sale test OF the support of Democratic State
administration. The policy, or impolicy of the
sale, the price obtained. &C., are legitimate sub.
jects Of criticism. The people at large irrespective
of politics, have entertained and expressed differ
ent opinions upon this subject. We must confess
to surprise rs 10 the tone taken by The FLORTDTAN
relative to such discussions.
We would ourselves be surprised if the
FLoRIDIAN should embark in the foolish
attempt to make approval of the Diss-
" ton sale test of the support of Demo-
"cratic State administration" The Flo
SRIDIAN believes that the sale was judi
cious one, but has no quarrel with those
who do not see it in the same light, and
if our esteemed contemporary imagines that
this avowal is inconsistent with the Ian
guage it quotes as coming from the Flo
RIDIAN, it will find, on brushing mp its
spectacles, that the utterances it ascribes
to this paper were from the Tampa Prog
ress, duly credited according to usage in
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-11-22


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va ~ 80 tknAe q d ~ aE1ng 80
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whose exSmnla va NOS slptTkky &c emu
lation. n III ~ ralaa;nna III lifs--ha
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INV 8 40 80 - 49, RsSsas-
lnent member q the Eplsc0PaA Gnqrcp
and Was noted OR hio humble devotion
TO the causa cl morality md religion. He
did a. re had l;v.a. - love and char;t1
80 a. - I. -, 1850. ..:.i
's9' W
1VN'
!, a former resident Of Apaaachac who
was Intimately acquainted with the de-
ceased ana whn loved him a 4 father.
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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-11-22
a new Beck q F,srIaa.
FLORIDA roR Tounlsrs, IxyAIIDs AND ser

II FLORIDA F0R TOURISTS, lNvALIDB AND Set
sE TLRMs:
Containing Practical Information regarding Gil
Il mate, Soil and Productions; Cities, Towns and
Il People; The culture Of the Orange and other
Il Tropical Fruits; Farming and Gardening !;
Il Scenery and Resorts; Spurts Routes 81 TTav-
4 Ell. ETC.. etc, by George II. Barbour, with
q Maps and Illustrations New York. D. Apple
Ton q Company: 1882.
The above Is the comprehensive title of the
new work on Florida which has been previously
announced a. the result Of the observations and
experiences Of iis author during his travel and
residence in the Stale since January 1880 It's
perusal has afforded Us great deal Of pleasure,
wonderment and satisfactfnn-the first resulting
from the original, easy, graceful and attractive
manner In which it Is written; the secnnd in
amaZement that Q perfect stranger 10 the 5 ate
should have been able to collect and utilize 30
great fund of Information concerning IL In 50
short time, and the third in the contemplation
Of what must be acknowledged, notwithstanding
some few defects which il would be hypercriii-
cal 10 particularize, the best, safest and most
practical thorough and impartial work of the
kind which has yet been published.
The work Is divided into twenty-three chap
ters, as follows: /. Questions and Answers;
II. Natural Divisions Of Florida; III. A Trip
through the State with Commissioner French;
Nv. A Trip through North Florida with Cap
IAN FAIRBANKS; Y; JacE $50 Eer9sno.-
no oAsu W aug oSesttSS - HC ~ Os'Asu
River; VII The Oklawaha River, Silver Spring
and Ocala; VIII. The Indian River region and
the inland Lakes; TX. The Gulf Coast and Key
West; x. The Sanford Grant and Orange
county; XII Random sketches-An Ocean Voy-
age 10 Winter The Atlantic Coast of Florida
The South West Coast; XII. Climate and
Health-Suggestion for Invalids; XIII. Retro
speCiive-An Historical Sketch; XIV. Florida
Folks and Families; XIV. Orange Culture; XVI
Other Tropical and Semi Tropical Fruits
XVII. Field and Farm PrOducls-Veget
Gardening; XVIII. Live Stock; XIX Fur,
Fin and Feather; Xxx. Insects and Reptiles;
XXI Opportunities for Labor and Capital
XXI. A word of Friendly Advice TO New-com-
ers; XIII. Routes 10 and through Florida.
There are thirty-nine illustrations, some oc-
cupying full page, and nearly all are entirely
new, and evidently from special sketches or au-
thentic sources, and not cheap, conventional and
imaginary cuts from the various railroad guide
books
The volume Is handsomely and neatly priai-
ed and bound and is not large enough TO DO
incOnvenient for the use Of travellers We
cannot now enter into details of criticism, but
expect from time 10 time to give the readers
OF the FLORDIAN q number OF interesting ex-
tracts from IT.
The price of the book is nowhere given, q vi
olaiiOn of good old custom which has unfor-
tunaiely grown out Of favor with modern pub
fishers; but 1t IL probably not over 81 80, and
the book can doubtless be obtained at all book.
stores.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-11-22

Hanover College, Indiana, recently
admitted ladies to her halls, and the re-
sult has been several weddings among
the students. One occurred last week,
and the young groom and his best man
were suspended for their innocent diver
sion, and the bride ran off home to escape
the same fate. Co-education is success
at Hanover.
Mr.. Geo. L. Lorillard, the well known
turfman, has left New York for Florida,
where he proposes to spend the winter
for the benefit Of bis health. He has late
ly been suffering from rheumatism, and
hopes to find relief in the mild climate of
Florida. His residence will be the man
sion which he lately purchased on st.
George avenue, Jacksonville. IfMr. Lor-
lizard wants to find nice track on which
to exercise hisstaRle Of fine horses, he can
find at the Middle Florida Fair grounds
here. the fpest igthe State.
The last issue Of the Key West BLAND
City NesOs. November 10th, says that the
controversy between DR.. Plummer, Presi-
demo of the Board Of Health, and DIR. Les
ter, Health Officer of that city, as to the
disease Of which man named George AM
brose died recently, eliminated in street
fight between the two officials named, and
says: On Friday afternoon, DR.. Lester
having seen TIM article which was to APP
pear in the Key on the following day, at
tackled DIR. Plummer on the street with q
cowhide, and on Monday DR.. Lester was
fined $40 upon the complaint Of DR.. Plum
mer for assault and battery, to which
charge DR.. Lester plesd "gulty."
james L. Ridgely died at his resi-
dence in Baltimore on the 10th inst. in his
seventy-6fth year.. Since 1912 he had
been Grand Corresponding and Record
ing Secretary Of the Grand Lodge of !. o.
of o. F. ofthe United States. About two
years ago he was stricken with paralysis,
from which he only partially recovered.
His last important work was history
of American Oddfellowship." For twelve
years he was Register Of Wills for Balti-
more county, and he had been member
of the Legislature and two Constitutional
Conventions He was Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue under President Lincoln, and
at the time of his death was President of
The Mutual Fire Insurance Company of
Baltimore county.
Charleston NesOs and Courier: When
farmer can make, as Mi. Pipkin does in
Williamsburg county, thirty-fve hundred
bushels Of corn on iffy acres Of reclaimed
swamp Seventy Bushels ID the acre,)
what excuse Is there for4dependence on
the West for food in south Carolina, or
for being without eFisions st any time ?
Mr.. Pipkin, gathered this year from If
teen aeses of land |, do bushels of corn.
BE reclaimed md drained Ga Oh rice
Geld, and has been making snch crops Of
corn q this Cor several yssn His
brother and sope q biz neiehbors are
doing tie sane thing on similar lands.
When the farmers generally learn to do
Ike Mr.. Pipkin hes done, clear and cult
vste their riCh swamp landA thefs VIM.
b 20 scaEcity 81 corn ~ this country.
Firsg AaI.tapk PD.ti nasser. GsneralI
Hstspn be- decided thst tks pnblishers
81 matter adnitfe - ths niIo s. secopd /
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"A rood rain cen Saturday aIlerpooa


"A good rain fell Saturday sGlernOoa
The Fall term Of Leon Clscuit Court IN.
yesterday at GaIIie's Hail.
Fresh buckwheai and piRaead oat uns.la
E a. Affords. "a
-EufaIa and Gsnd Duchess -four st Ri
Affords. 81
Big assortment Of tobacco. cigars and suua.
al e II. Affords. "a
AT cost Go and get bartaiDs a n. nush
& Bros. 81
One hundred barrels OF b'st family aouE. &
%, atM NJ Davis & Bras 81
-FIfy boxes Of best family soap, Al s ceuis
pound, at H. Davis 4 Bro.'A 81
Fifteen hundred pounds Of tobacco, Il s
cents pound, ii n. Davis q BrO.a n
To prove what advertise Is a call iron ii
most fastidiOus at 1871 VA. LEvY'a
Just received fresh IOs Of dry Al.sd nss
by the box at 1871 VA. LKvxa
Just Received 200 all wool cashmere pam
at ss.5O. former prics es.76 al
81 YiALxSTs
Just received q large cohsignment AZ "a
wool Reversible Over Coats rpm O. ,pat
81 Y.ALWSh
Best grades Of calico, At sesats psyard. Il
n. Davis & Bros. !. a
"A full stock of arsi-claa canned gOods. ii
first cost, At n Davis . Bros 4Esi
Il have just received 90 el4zntall VOL sasl-
mere suits At $40. former pricsl Ga Al
81 IA. LsvT'k
"A train Of i've wagons fcm Worth counlys
GeOrgia, passed here SATURDAY.. a soSss iOssAs
coast dsheries
The last form Of The new Digest Of The lnWk
the printing Of which was begin n thls oncs@
the I'd day Of August last. win psObGhly Be sens
the binders this week
The market house Is scattered al overflow.
and everybody has Biz market Hhess he happen
10 be. The prOb4hlliIy 3 ihis tks old uissas
house viii be removed and tb0ld.
Since the heavy decline In closAine en- g
fering my entire stock. lately purcAased Is pr
cent. lower than .. any time during he seasu1al
81 VA LEyTs
Owing 10 the large rush e 7. 4. LAEyh Is
custom made Over Coats iFoua ndyiie ny
friends aBd patrons 10 call earll II aEies toselc
choice styles. 81
II am receiving daily large cOnsigpments q
children and boys clothing Which Asa offered
lower than any house In The Hnto q
81 Y.AEzsrA
My patrons and friends VIII please bar &
mind that my clothing Is maptIiactured by one
Of the largest aud besi ho1ses Il Nea Yslh. Ind
win guarantee theh equal sO:etn,ols ms6s q
81 VA EnvFk
The immense rush for the tsx Weekn Cos cns
clothing q Y. a. LNg't M been .
large a. 10 enable him 70 order 40 entire usW
stock, which can be bought IS PEI cent loea
than heretofore.
The beanlIIhl and sub1iablial fsncs in1
erected about The hotel park % McCAriy slIsei
win Be when finished and painted. with g.
park graded and improved. oasof the chlsf orr
ancnss Of the city. EsIcA h ~ unIssfsal opln-
ion. as 81
Work on the hoisl j gDlng sn nov q .
. dcnblequick pecs The psas,esen are e
work, and The main f1of vim 10 On this vesk
Il hss not yes bern lsased. nllhfmgb ihess hase
been soms dozen appllcnlioae Sir lE
-Dehilisy n adaln = olsen ssnsed By wpsn.
The change lfnm chIldhood soAmaahood 8 pos
sufncisnt 70 I'd he syzse.n q Nils Awful plAgss
6hFinefs Indian Vsrnl1hee wilf expel them end
re.iare heSltk and ! hfiSks .namnexioa. FG
sails hy u. Lively q
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sinsts tns By Statement On Postal Card Of the con-
dition Il thsE Subscription accounts Aissr sending
sseoa statsnsnt II We % mot hear nom thsn within
rsasOuahletlme. their subscrpOns win Be DCCErmUD
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The Postmaster-Ge General has issued
an order forbidding the redemption Of
defaced or sOiled postal cards.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-23
ENIx AND RECORD AND FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3d. 1881
The Cattle Of IEoIIand.

The Dutch farmers have long been famous
as butter and cheese-makors, and the dairy
cattle OF Holland-espeoially Of North Hol-
land and Friesland-have been regarded on
the continent Of Europe as the best dairy cat
tie Of the world. They have been carefully
bred according TO practical rules-not accord
ing TO our English or Anglo American ideas
altogether-but so that we have a remarkable
result before us, in the best breed Of Dutch
cattle OF the present day. The cows are
black and white, Of the largest size, "big as
Shorthorns," and admirably well formed as
milk producers. The Dutch COW usually has
a capacious pauncb, large udder and teats,
great branching, tortuous milk-veins, an 'es-
outcheon" of the most favorable PROMISE and
a general preponderance Of the digestive and
lactiferous parts over the other portions of
the body. Their milk is moderately rich,
yielding excellent butter, but while this has
not so positive and delicious flavor, nor
such good color as that Of the Channel Island
COWS, yet il is firm, and has the reputation Of
keeping better than the butter Of any other
of the pure breeds. For cheese making, how
ever, the milk has no superior. This is sup
posed to be owing to the fact that the butter
globules are, though not large, of very uni
form size, and are easily mixed thoroughly
with the milk before and at the time Of CO.
agulation, or curd-forming. This gives the
cheese a uniformity ofrichness in all its parts,
which is inherent in the intimate texture of
the curd, and which does not depend upon
subsequent mixture. Like other large breeds,
these cows require abundant feed, gently roll
ing or level land, and do best on rich alluvial
meadows like those of their native "Hollow-
land" as Waring calls IT, In this respect
they are like the Shorthorns, with which
noted race one has a natural inclination to
compare american Agricuhurist for
JanudrU
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-23

This, from the Cleveland (O) Penny Press, carries
its own suggestion: Recently citing MIR. II. @.
Refer, treasurer OF the Cleveland Herald our rep
resenative inquired Of that gentleman after stat
ing his mission, IL he personally knew anything
about the Great German Remedy, st. Jacobs on. A
smile played across Mr.. Refers expressive face,
and his eyes twinkled merrly, as he replied In the
Affirmative. will not refuse to state my expert
ence with It, ana you may use II as you think best.
-Four years ago spralned one Of my ankles-an ac-
cldent which, as you are aware, entails muc suf-
fering, and sometimes leaves the limb In a condi-
ton to remind one frequently Of the old hurt. I'm
fortunately this result ensued Whenever the
weather became damp my system absorbed the
slightest cold, my ankle pIiued Inc. This went on
at intervals for over three years. and l could not
obtain relief Last winter applied the St. Jacobs
OIL, and 1t completely cured me. have not since
felt n return OF the pain.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-23
NOTES.

The Italian bee was first imported into
America in September, 1859, and ever since
importation and home breeding of queens
has been constantly gaining, until at present
the supply rather exceeds the demand, and
importers are opening new field by intro
ducing other races of bees
An old farmer says that hickory cut in July
or August will not become worm-eaten, and
that oak, chestnut, walnut or other timber
cut from the middle of July to the last of
August will last twice as long as when cut in
winter
A Wethersfield man, who has cultivated an
acre of onions this year, reckons that he has
crawled twenty miles on his hands and knees,
in wedding them. He calls II q kneesy way
of getting his living.
A lady in Kinds county, Miss, who has
managed her husbands farm during his alb
sence the past year, has not only paid all ex-
penses but lifted heavy mortgage on the
place.
The Massachusetts, Ploughman says
From repeated trials we are satisfied tina,
twenty-five is the largest number of laying
hens that it is best to keep in any one house ;
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-12-23

Winter dairying is something out of the
usual practice of the farmers of this state.
Except for milk farm, new milch COW in
the winter has been considered as out of sea-
son, but, of late years, a few have reversed
the old order of the dairying season, allow
ing the cows to go dry through a portion of
the summer and to come in so as TO DO in full
milk during the winter. The subject of win
ter dairying is very fully considered in the
following article by writer who is both sci
entifc and practical prof. L. b. Arnold and
one of the best authorities in all matters per-
tanning to the dairy. One objection to a
winter dairy, however, not noted by the wri-
ter, is the difficulty of rearing or disposing
of late fall or winter calves;
The practice of having cows come in in the
fall instead Of the spring has been developed
in the interest of fresh butter, and whenever
there is demand for such butter there is an
inducement for those who have COWS to fur
nish it. The public taste grows more fastid-
ious year by year about the quality of butter,
and the finer grades are steadily advancing
in price, while stale goods are more Stunned
and are drug in the market. The tendency
of this change is to diminish the practice of
making butter in summer and holding it for
winter use, and increasing the winter make,
thus giving customers fresh butter the year
round.
Cheese, as well as butter, is made in the
winter, but il is invariably made in connec-
tion with butter, the skim-milk being con-
verted into cheese. There is not the same