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Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-08-05

You may never have another opportunity
to visit Niagara Falls for the trifling sum now
asked for q ticket to take you there and back
on Tuesday next. The train will remain at
the falls hours, which gives ample time to
visit all places of interest and see all that is
to be seen.
The Falls will be splendidly illuminated by
Electric Light before the time for returning.
Tickets to all places of interest may be pro-
cured of the Managers on the train at greatly
reduced rates.
Baggage car attached to the train for the
accommodations of lnnch baskets, &c.
Parties visiting Prospect Park have full
view of Falls during the day, and evening by
the electric light, and includes use of pavilion,
lunch room, hot and cold water, at an expense
of only 35 cents. Tickets admitting to above
and to Goat Island, Luna Island, Three Sis
ters, Biddle Stairs, Inclined Railway-good
for one trip down and up-Art Gallery, also
for one passage over Suspension Bridge and
return, for the low price of ST. %. This in
cludc>S all that can possibly be seen.
Tickets at This low price can onlr be had of
the Managers on the train.
Special arrangements have been made with
first class hotels for reduced rates.
NENNOR predicts pleasant day.
MI BABCOCK the ticket agent Of the p. &
n. Y. Il. r. has the tickets for sale ard in
formed us that he would carry some with
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-08-05
ORWELL, Aug. 4, 'S1.

Haying done.
Everything drying up.
OAt harvest well advanced.
Genial, Jolly, Prof. III. III. Pendleton, Of
Philadelphia, Is spending few days with his
parents.
Mr.. j. w. Knapp, of Waverly, with wife
aud child are visiting friends here.
The candidate is abroad shaking hands
with his friends.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-08-05

Say you pay 81 95 for a ticket to Niagara
Falls, good Aug. 8, and 80 cents for your din
ner at the Spencer House, then add 81 % for
u ticket to all places of interest. The insig-
nigcant sum of Sc 70 will cover the expense
of the entire trip.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-08-05

People cross the ocean and pay thousands
of dollars 10 see Niagara Falls. An opportu-
nifty is now afforded any of our readers to
see the great wonher for less than five dol
lars.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-08-05
FOR RENT.

Two dwelling houses in the First Ward
for rent. 0. ID. KINNEY.
For RENT.-The office lately occupied by
VIM. NJ. Mallory AS coal office. Apply to
d. w. Scott.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-08-05

him, so that they can be obtained of him
without going specially to the railroad sta
ton.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-08-05

Mails arrive and depart at the Towanda PostofIice
as follows:
ARRIVE DEPART
90 A.M Phila n. Y. and East States Pm. 45
l 30 ...Dushore, Bernice, Laporte, &c.,. As
10 Is .........L. V. way mail North ........ As
l 90 New Era &c. Tues, Thurs and Sat. l 90
1 90 Asylum, sc. Mon, Wed. and Fri. l 90
l 90 ............ .Sheshequin, &c.........M. II 90
l 90 Pm. Troy, Burlington, &c.. M. 10 90
2 40 CLOSED mail from Erie s. n .CR.Rs... 40
90 ........ Canton, Monroeton, &c....... 90
80 ........L. V. way mail South. so
l 90 .....LeRaysville, Rome, &c...P.M. l 90
80 ................ Barclay. l 90
10 40 800. Erie west of Elmra. ......... 80
Office open from 7 :: 90 A. NJ. to 7 AS p. NJ.
Money order office open from 100 to 100 p. NJ.
Office open Sunday from 9: 90 to 10 90 A. NJ.
p. POWELL, z. M.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-08-05
w. MILLER
a As keeps several
PUBLIC HACKS

and is ready to attend all calls in his line promptly.
He runs to ALL TRAINS. Charges for night and
early morning trains (Nos. II, s and 3,) reduction
for these trains, IS cents per p0sseMger. Regu-
lar customers supplied with tickets at reduced rates.
Charges for attending parties one couple 81. so; two
couples in one load, 81 90 per couple for attending
funerals from $500 to $500. Hack by the hour 81.
Horses and carriages to let
Orders left at his office below council rooms will
receive careful attention. ii. w. MILLER.
Nov. 27, 1880.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-08-05

Mails arrive and depart at the Towanda Post-ofice
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-04-20

Punta Rassa twice week. From
Punta Rassa the little steamer Spit.
fire, Capt, Peter Nelson, carries the
mail twice week up TO Fort Myers,
and goes up the river twentY-seven
miles further once a week. She also
makes weekly trips to Fort Ogden,
on Peace Creek.
In the immediate vicinity of Fort
Myers there is considerable deposit
OF iron ore, much of which is in the
shape OF ochre which has been used
in few instances as a c0loring pig.
ment In painting some of the houses
i'll the place.
AS yet no great attention has been
paid TO orange growing, the cattle
business being as yet the largest in.
terest.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-04-20
FibrOuS Plants.

Why cannot our government do
something like the following, and
bring out information that would be
valuable to the Sta.e, and tend to it's
development:
"The governors of the Jamaica In
stitute being anxious to promote the
utilization OF the most valuable and
abundant of the Fibre producing
plants in the Island have decided to
offer for general competition the tol~
lowing prizes.
lst A prize of 920 for the best
essay in English, giving summary
OF information and practical sugges-
tions for the utilization on a Com
mercial scale, of the fibre produced
by either the Penguin, Banana,
Rhea or China Grass, ALOe -Four
cr0ya, brother plants atpresent in the
island, or susceptible OF cultivation
in sufficient quantities to form the
basis OF sustained industry.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-04-20
PRICE ) CENTS.
} So. 90 PER- ANNURH

The essay should be accompanied
by specimens of fiber mot necessa-
rily produced by the wrlter) by
brokers' report and other informa.
zion of practical character to sup
port the opinions and statements ex-
pressed in the essay.
I'd. A prize of e15 for the best
samples, containing not less than 112
pounds, (avoir,) of clean marketable
fibre produced in the island from
either of the plants mentioned above.
Preference will be given TO samples
of fibre produced without chemical
maceration, and proved by brokers'
report to be suitable for expectation
to either the English or American
market.
The essay, and samples should be
deposited with the secretary of the
Jamaica Institute not later than the
3lst of August 1881.
Further particulars with fuller
conditions of the competitions may
be obtained on application at the
Library of the Institute
II. PRIEST.
Sec'ty.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-04-20
Sale Of State Lands.

To enable parties sof moderate
means to purchase State lands, the
following act was passed at the re-
cent session of the Legislature:
The people of the State of Florida
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows: Section l. That
from and after the passage of this act
actual settlers on any OF the public
lands belonging to the State subject to
entry may and hereby permitted to
enter the lands on which they reside
or have in cultivation, not to exceed
100, acres, to be taken in a compact
form according to legal subdivisio ms,
at the prices now or hereafter estab-
lished for such lands, by paying one
third of the purchase money at the
time of making entry, one third of
the same within two years thereafter,
and the remaining one third in three
years after the date of entry.
SEC. 2. The person applying lor
the benefit OF the proceeding section
shall make affidavit before some
officer authorized to administer oaths
! l-ssss-Ys sGssc apP lssat;cn l5 madctfor iii:
or her exclusive benefit, and that his
or her entry is made for the purpose
OF actual settlement or cultivation,
and not either directly for the benefit
of any other person, and that the
lands applied tor do not embrace the
residence, cultivated lands or i'm
provements OF any other person, and
shall prove by the afidavits of two
credible witnesses that he or she is re.
siding upon the land applied for or
has part Of the same in actual cult.
vation.
SEC. 3. No person shall be EMIT
led to make more than one entry un.
der the provision of this act.
SEC. 4. In case of failure to pay anv
OF the instalments upon any entry
made under the provision at this act
tor ninety days after the same shall
become due, the entry shall become
null and void, and that portion OF
the purchase money already paid
snail be toreieited.
SEC 5. All persons entering lands
under the provision OF this act shall
be assessed for and pay taxes on the
land SO entered, from and after the
date OF entry and first payment there
on, and failure to pay the taxes as
sessed thereon shall cause forfeit.
ure of ali the benfts of this act and
the part OF the purchase money paid
in
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-04-20
A Severe Blow to the Fruit
Trade.
FrSm the NeD York Tri6una.

BrOm the Ne,o York TribuRG.
The ravages of parasite insect
on orange and lemon trees are at
tracting much attention in Italy and
the West Indies, and have begun to
create alarm in Florida, Louisiana
and California. J. Ill. Bostwick,
Inspector OF Customs, who has
charge OF the fruit department.
the New York Custom House. is
taking great interest in the matter,
and has some specimens from car
goes OF oranges, the rinds OF which
are covered with incrustalions of
these parasites. The matter is
serious one, for vast numbers of trees
are ruined by these insects. Mr..
Bostwick says that the Italian Gov
ernment has offered prize OF 300,-
OOO francs for an effectual remedy
for the pest, and that wealthy
Italian has added 100000 francs to
the offer on his own account. He
says that thirty years ago he STOP
ped the ravages OF similar pest by
washing the trunks and large limbs
OF fruit trees with soap aud sharp
sand. If the trouble continues to in
crease as it is doing now, the impor-
tation of fruit from Italy and the
West Indies will be much reduced,
and there will be heavy losses in the
orange groves OF Florida, Louisiana
and California, The value OF the
fruit imports at this port in 1880 was
$4,198,737, the duty on which was
$746,031.
The above has been going the
rounds of almost every paper north
and west and has evidently deferred
many from coming to Florida. We
can say for the orange growers in
this State that the scale does not give
them the concern that it did a few
years back, for means of eradicatino
1t have been found and we do not
know OF single grove in this State
that has been destroyed by the scale.
Groves that were badly infested some
time ago have been. entirely freed,
and are now thriving and bearing
heavy crops OF fruit. The people en-
gagged in orange culture in Florida
are men of sense and energy and it
must be something worse than scale
insects that they cannot overcome.-
Ed
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-04-20
ED.

The appointment OF Mr.. D. S.
Place, as General Agent OF Bureau of
Immigration, we regard as a particu.
lsrIy tellcltous one. Mr.. Place is a
gentleman of talent, and i S Intimately
acquainted with the advantages of
soil and climate presented by Flor.
ida, and has much experience in in.
ducing immigration. A more an.
propriate appointment could not
have been made.-Fernandina E!c
press
Subscribe Tor the FLORIDA AGRI.
CULTURIST.
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DeLand Volusia County, Florida Wednesday, April 90 1881.

miles from its mnth. 1t is now
quite respectable village with $50
inhabitants. Ihe streets are regu-
larly laid off A. right angles. The
private residepces md grounds are
quite creditabh, and would be no
disgrace to Il lch more pretentious
place. The sokety is cultivated and
refined. Thereare nice Methodist
Episcopal chua uacb, with S120 bell
and nice w9story' building used
tor school hoi ise and Masonic hall
in the way public buildings.
There is also nice parsonage pro-
vlded for the ,astor OF the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, There are
three mercantik establishments-H.
A. Parker g ko., L. G. Thorpe &
Co., and d. OIL1icky, DR.. Anderson
has little drug Store, and the place
is iurthermo@ provided with a
blacksmith an \ tinker. Major
James Evans is the oldest settler,
and is withal ahlce, genial, thorough
bred Virginia gentleman OF the old
regime.
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PUATA RASsA

is telegraph and signal station and
shipping point Ipntthe south side and
at the mouth oICaloosahatchie river.
This is the cattle Shipping point for
the Caloosahatchie region and we
are informed by Colonel j. Summer
lin who owns the cattle wharf and
adjacent pasture and measurably
controls the cattle. shipping business,
that $500,000 worth of cattle were
shipped from there last year. Be-
sides the little ware house there are
but two houses at the point, and they
are built on posts eight or ten feet
high to protect taem from the high
waters OF gales Colonel Summer
lin is building, however, a lofty
structure which he says is a taberna-
Gle, but Tor what exact purpose be
designs il NE d:gN k-3 learn
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tor the past two or three years. He
seems ambitious TO learn and is
quite studious. He has DOTTED the
indian costume and assumed that OF
the white man; and those intimate
with him, say that he is remarkably
clean and neat in his person and
takes great pains to avoid soiling his
clothing.
DR.. Clay McCauly, Ethnologist
OF the Smithsonian Institute, was at
Fort Myers in February last study
ing the language and customs of The
Semlnoles, and through the nssis.
tance OF Billy whom he paid $3.50 a
day to talk TO him, he made consid-
erable progress in getting up vo-
cabulary OF the Seminole language
and gaining information relative to
their customs. DIR. McCauly also
visited the Indians and made them
presents otjewelry, etc, but in few
days the indians sent the iewelry
back because they said it was not
gold. DR.. McCauly says that there
are only 203, Indians all told, and
ieels quite confident that this esti-
mate will be found correct, or at least
approximately so.
The Indians not unfrequently come
into Fort Myers, and, as we learned
from Captain Heudry, are very fond
of piano and organ music and will
bolt right into house where they
hear one OF these instrument being
played. Though the Indians appear
peaceable, they nevertheless commit
depredatlons on The cattle of the
stock men and the after are getting
pretty well tired OF that kind OF thing.
The Indians, it seems, are very
particular TO prevent inter-marrying,
though the genealogical relations
are traced exclusive through the te-
males.
To get to Punta Rassa the best
route is from Cedar Keys or Tampa,
ON the Tampa Steamship p Company's
steamers, carrying the United States
Mail to Key West, which touches at
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fruit these ingredients are found in
the proportion of phos acid Z and
potash ~.
In this proportion if ton contain-
ed 175 lbs phos acid it should have
300 lbs potash. But the Mapes cons
tains less potash than phos. acid, and
the Stockbridge only about one third
more.
While Mapes' fertilizer for young
trees has only about one.third as
much potash as phos. acid. So much
Tor the figures; but experience is bet
ter than figures, and this we shall
reach in due time.
am now using a fertilizer for the
first time, and the above are the con.
siderations that have determined my
choice. ! give them 10 the readers
of the A2riculturist Tor what they
are worth. Each reader can fix a
valuation that suits himself.
Another thought of good deal of
Importance l omitted in its proper
place 1t is the duty of every citi-
zen who desires the prosperity of his
State, to patronize its enterprises and
industries, so tar as he eau without
loss TO himself. BY our words we
invite capital and manufactures. We
should not by our actions drive them
away. The surest way to secure
Others is to patronize those we have.
He who builds up our industries
builds up the State, He who pulls
ldoWn our industries PalAs down the.
State. The industries of State are
it's lite, and their success is its pros
perity. JAS. ID. WHITE.
Island Home, Nov. /, 1881.
The Florida agriculturist., 1881-11-30
DaytOna Items.

Our long wished for Steamer is to
leave Jacksonville on the 18th for
the Halifax; after which we expect
her to run regularly. She will make
the run to Daytona by daylight,
which will make quick and pleasant
trip for those who like ocean sailing.
and for those who prefer the land
route, II. p. Bryan has just started a
coach line from Volusia, with relay
of horses at half way house, coming
through in good time; or if visitors,
prefer to come via Augustine, they
may come by the mail or stage from
there on the Kings road. Guests are
already arriving by the different
stage routes. Mr.. Mason, OF the
Mason & Coleman tract, has arrived,
and commenced building house on
the Heriot tract, overlooking the
river. Mr.. Clark's house is enclosed,
also the new P. o. Mr.. Peck's house
has been renovated, and he has also
built house to rent and has let it to
Mr.. Foster, of New York, who has
bought I acres of land on the Heriot
tract, which he will set in orange
grove. Mr., Hosmer, of Cincinnati,
has purchased a partly improved
place of so acres OF Mr.. Thompson,
and will continue to planting 1t with
orange trees, as he can secure them
to suit. There are so many wanting
orange trees to plant, it is difficult
to procure trees as wanted. A neigh
Dor wished to remove some from his
house lot, just beginning to bear, and
they brought SO apiece. There will
be thousands of orange trees planted
in this vicinity as soon as the ground
and trees are in condition. Our ho-
tel and number of private boarding
houses have been dressed with new
coat of paint, which adds much TO
the attractive features OF the place.
Henry Vendorn is fitting up large
and commodious sail boat, with a
view of taking excursion parties up
and down this river, or to the end OF
Indian River if desired; we predict
for him a good run of custom, as
Henry is a good sailor, and at home
on the water. w.
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expenses of our courts are occasloned
by the allowing of stock running at
large. will venture to state, with
out successful contradiction, that
there are not half dozenlegal fences
in the State; only four inches space
tor log or rail fences, and two for
paling or pickets; and asone of our
Justices once told me, if one space
could be found over that designated
by law, it could not be called legal
fence. Now l appeal tpall planters
and fruit growers, is ruch a law just?
Is it right?
During one of the late gales on this
coast, the picket fence around the en-.
closure, OF an acre or more, OF one of
our new settlers, was blown down,
or large portion OF it. The hogs,
ever on the alert, went Tor the pota.
toes, with which the field was plant
ed. But the settler had faithful
dog, and he went tor the intruders
and kept them from destroying a
large portion OF the crop but many
of the hogs were minus ears, etc. and
otherwise manned. The storm last.
/
ed three days. On the fourth the
settler commenced repairing his
fence. While doing SO the owner.
or pretended owner Of the stock rode
up. Seeing his hogs (still trying to
get at ths 9sl possfS5 steinsA ear, etc.
and the dog mutilating them every
time they came near the potatoes,
threatened to kill the dog and pros.
ecute the owner under the fence law,
because his hogs had been MANNED.
During that gale settlers on this
coast lost more potatoes in ualue than
all the hogs were worth, besides loss
of other crops. Several lost all they
had.
How long is such an unjust law to
stand upon our statute books? A
large proportion OF the owners Of
hogs here are willing to kill off all
they have and let none run at large
in the future; but one or two refuse
to, and so we must all be cursed un-
til the Legislature shall enact a law
which shall protect others property.
AS one northern tourist once stated,
at Enterprise, ''There was more pro-
lection by the Florida laws to hog
than there was to human being"
Let this subject have precedence
of all others in our Agricultural and
Fruit Growing Society, and the time
will not be far distant when we snail
have wiser and more effectual laws
for the protection of crops, etc., our
taxable property largely increased,
and the expenses Of the courts re-
duced. A.
The Florida agriculturist., 1881-11-30
Indian River Notes and Notions.
NUMBER II.
The Phosphorus of Figures.


Phosphorus is sometimes lumin
Gus, and SO are figures. Most sub.
jects have their dark sides that need
illumination. Some subjects are
dark on all sides, and ne who throws
a ray OF light, however feeble, upon
one of them, is a public benefactor.
Commercial Fertilizer is such a SUBJ
.iect, and the present writing an at
tempt TO illuminate a single point.
1 don't expect to do anything re-
markable in that line, but possibly
little. This class of fertilizers has
been but little used in this region
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hence our experience Is Itiniteu 40 "
the results of their use.
But people are beginning TO think
about the subject and enquire (which
is the best?" am often asked this
question, and the answer is always
the same-"I don't know" Bat q
careful study OF the subject Is not al.
together barren OF results. Without
experience we may learn,
1st-That some of these fertilizers
are nearly worthless, while some are
highly valuable.
2d-That the planter who uses
them is entirely dependent upon the
veracity OF the manufacturer.
3d-That some manufacturers uni>
tormly produce good article.
4th-That hon orable dealers in
valuable goods do not all offer the
same trade value for q given amount
of money.
5th-That the trade value OF a
commercial fertilizer is measured by
the amount and condition of its in
gradients, viz: ammonia, phosphoric
acid and potash.
A fertilizer for the orange is most
inquired for, and the three brands
most extensively advertised in our
State are the Stockbridge, Mapes
and Stoves. | have selected these
three for the purpose of comparison
and taken the scale Of prices adopted
by the Commissioner of Agriculture
for the State OF Georgia for 1880 as
the standard by which to measure
their trade values. We are now rea.
dy to inquire how much of the three
valuable ingredients above named is
offered to the planter in an average
sample ton OF each. So far as l
know, the manufacturers OF all OF
them are alike honorable, and pros
ceed upon the supposition that the
ingredients of each compound are
Just as they are represented.
srooKBR1DGE's ORANGE FERTILIZER.
One ton of average sample con-
tains
so lbs. ammonia at Is cents, SO 90
95 lbs phos. acid at II 2 C. II 81
| 13O lbs. potash at &c. III 4O
i Trade value of one ton, S3l ~
Selling price at Jacksonville, 30 w
MAPE's FRUIT AND VINE MANURE,
FOR BEARING ORANGE TREES.
One ton contains
| so lbs. ammonia at Is cents, SO 90
| 100 lbs. phos. acid at II IL c., 70 w
130 lbs. potash at c.. III 4O
Trade value of one ton, S39 ~
Selling price in Jacksonville 80 W
STOVES ORANGE TREE FOOD.
A ton contains
| 80 lbs. ammonia at IS cents, S. 40
| 200 lbs. phos. acid at II 5'2 c., 70 90
26O lbs. potash at 8 Co. ~ 81
Trade value of one ton, sol ~
Selling price in Jacksonville, 80 %
Besides the superior richness OF
Stowe's fertilizer in the two ingredi-
ents of phos. acid and potash, the
proportions of these elements are
nearer that OF the ash Of the orange
tree than any other fertilizer OF which
/ have knowledge.
According to Nichols, the ash OF
the fruit contained phos. acid and
potash in the proportion Of Z to H.
And according to Rowny & How, in
an average of all parts OF the tree and