The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-10-18
THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
Written for the Florida AgriculturiSt.
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"Glad to see you, l am sure" said
Major Lewis, heartily grasping his
friends hand as he descended from his
dog-cart at the door of Cuniiff Court.
Mice place you've got here, Lew
is" said Colonel Gordon. "Any
shooting?"
mo end; shooting, tennis, boat.
ing, billiards and ghosts, those at
fractions I do offer you"
"Ghosts Ell; where?"
The two friends stood over the hall
fire by this time, thawing little, for
it was bitter evening.
Never fear, you are not TO sleep
in the haunted room, old fellow"
However, Colonel Gordon inquisit.
lively demanded the whole story, and
soon learnt that the Court possessed
one chamber wherein whosoever
slept came out pale and limp the
next morning and did not easily re-
cover from the horror. Al unshrink.
ing soldier, a great lover OF adven~
t ire, nothing would content the Coli
onel but having his traps removed to
that same dreary apartment, where a
good fire was lighted, and everything
done that Major Lewis hospitality
could invent to render it less cheer
less. Just before prayers that even
ine Colonel Gordon asked leave to
address all the assembled servants.
He stood up before them with his
bold soldiery bearing and said:
"My friends, you are aware l am
going to sleep in what is called the
haunted room. l wish you all we'll
to understand that l sleep with a
double revolver under my pillow.
Whatever see shall speak to once,
and then fire. Good night"
The wiry Colonel LETT his friends
smoking room about half-past eleven
and sought his chosen chamber. The
fire burnt brightly, all was most un-
ghostlike, and he lay down fearlessly
and composed himself to sleep as U.S.
ual. A slight noise presently aroused
him, and looking up he perceived
skeleton at the foot of his bed,
mocking and grimacing at him; the
feshless arms were extended towards
him and the hollow eyes shone like
balls of fire. Nothing daunted, Col
onel Gordon sat up and took his res
volver fs@AAAaza1A1er his inflow.
'Tpend 539 POUNDS upon Z one e4S y "A
and not injure it in the slightest de-
gree. Bath tubs and pots are forms
ed by COMPRISING paper made out
of linen fibres and annealed-that is,
painted over with a composition
which becomes part thereof, and is
fireproof. The tubs last indefinitely
never leak, and, put in the fire, will
not burn up. You can beat on them
with hammer aud not iDiure them.
Plates crompressed and annealed are
very durable; you can not only wash
them, but drop them upon the floor
and stand upon them. The fork can
be used tor any practical purpose, and
the knife can always be kept sharp.
Paper can be substituted Tor wood,
converted into picture frames ana
colored like walnut, cherry aud the
like. Bedsteads are fashioned the
same as car wheels, only OF long strips
instead of rings. They are very beau
tlful and lasting. Cooking or heating
stoves are also annealed, and il is i'm
possible TO burn them out; they are
less costly than IRON. A house can
be literally Constructed OIL and lur-
nished with every convenience, in
paper. The printing press, type aud
all the fixtures OF the office could be
concocted OF this material, and more
cheaply than OF the ordinary kind. A
complete steam engiue can be- thus
manufactured aud do all required
duty. Clothes and shoes will come
iG the future Twenty, mine hours are
needed to transfer linen fibre into a
car>wheel. Solid card-like paper was
made as early As the fifth century,
but il is stated on the authority OF
the Ara6lan historians, aud largely
conceded, that linen paper did not
come into use until 1870, Or, at most,
but short time before. The cotton
card or paper known previously was
Of thick, coarse. woolly texture,
brittle and inferior.
"The Manners that VIM is the ii.
tie ola new work on etiquette. This
we presume, is intended to teach
man how to look unconcerned when he
holds four aces.
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