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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-11-15
DeLand yousa County, Florida Wednesday, November h 1882
Sara Sofa, manatee Comfy, Ella.
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Sara Sofa, Manatee Comfy, Fla.
Editor Of The Florida AorSc'latpsz4
NV short article from Sara Sofa
brought host of enquiN to the
Altar to ask about tar Af county
in the great state of Flofipa. Those
who favor me with poslsge. ] take
great pleasure in answefli Mana-
tee county is a large one. containing
5000 square miles, emhra4sng almost
every variety of soil found in the
State. Information is asked by those
from the north, south, essfa and west
In addition to answers private
letters will send a naoi extended
letter to vour valuable p6ser Ii is
natural for all who gain a&liying By
agriculture to ask about We quality
of the soil and it's pfioH In lhls
county there are laIsd wned by
private parties, by tht 6ed States
and by Hamilton Diss1si Lands
owned by private pal1ils are the
choice. having been sA| eted cares
fully. ana ranging in nf from $40
TO 500 per acre ace ny to iin>
provements. United tAs lands
are scarce. What the' a lett are
OF an interior quality 6 bsst Iiav
Ing been culled out. Bx kpm? By
a c, rtain "CoDgressionai ynmittee'
and turned the land over b The DlsS-
t"n purchase at 70 eek per acre.
W hen get time | VIII II you The
effect this has upon this ctlVn. As
understand u there alSSnQ State
lands now Inc DlsSB purchase
comprise all varieties dElak according
to recent decisions bohgh
IN tracts from SO 70 sfepksStS s | rs
per acre. again tnefS good
pieces OF United StaS'Z (which
hay Seen '~a YpglS ~ tbs
-. - n
~, ~ ~ ,s9 :. : s,st & 81
these narl,es can haldksaaean dllv1 T
,b.sa iands unt;l ,ha;r 4 ~,
unless contested or tbeirk lghifit tbev
evar had anv which 4 dN H., 4 ~.
chased and ,hev On;t.c,I1 !, han,t -
,be Un;,.d S,atss ne ,hratsb % ~
all ,his mnddla i 4; i arl eo rIo. tbaso.
t,ra snch lands r,,n Hva to saver
wears hetore anvhLdo a,,ornn,s -
SSs,,la on ,ham aaa;n T5;s u had
+, atnre in the law And netds ramod,
al;na hv the oa,lAr,r ,,o., eynroon,
Az !, - seri9ps hind syea - The the
1a,,l;ng Of the S,a,e. hes,des tbons.
onJs Of dollars are annnallv Last bv
%o@ tho non.cnltivation otiha land ,rhar,
- w. soaroolY, onarter sec,,on III H.
nnr,;on IS - the conntv that does mo-,
= 'n,a;n Rav Haaa & twoto twenty
ooraS 'ms Tha:a Raw Heads ara easily
%in' a,a;roa and rban M, nnder cnhi.
,a,;l, ", - ,noLe , tba tSnbst Land n Florida
f"m 80 rn;a;n1t awarysb,na avcant rrn;t
a. a toan,as nood nat want for INV
90 "a a. - @ ,aea,abla M d,,;na snv non,b
ot 10 - 100 w;th ona et fbasa Raw
III n .nI o~l - 49, o,l,;.,e,a III,
80 Aeho9 p'op1l oon,.;,a, n.tl.e,,. t1o. VI at
n1a41 nont"od;o,;oa Az nat sneb lands ora tho
oonU' 'ol': tau'os,, s,.l1,.as 49, "a EIas;aa H., ~
ger'%e1e w -, ya'.I,;o 'sS;oh : ~ aJ.,n,sa M tha
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-11-15

Orange trees thrive by having a cas-
tor bean planted on the west side about
ten feet from the tree.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-11-15

tie SOIL was placed on the co'npOst
In six weeks they were up and looks
ing fine, but one row which had had
a double quantity OF fertilizer was
noted as far ahead ot the rest looking
splendid. The weather was general
" dry; what rains hell hardly ever
were sufficient in quantity 10 soak
through the compost. AS 500" as
the plants were all up, several inches
of soil was hoed TO them, aud they
were heavily mulched with pine
leaves. Toward the last Ut March
occasional stalks died without aly
apparent cause. They had matureu
few small potatoes. These cases
were not as plentiful in The double
dosed row. BY April 18th the tops
had died down, ordinary maturity,
but the double dosed row remained
green longer than the Others. We
then dag them and touBd (supposing
the rows TO have been placed three
feet aparL that we had on the main
planting $3.50 per acre OF fertilizer
plowed in and ABOUT SIT SO in the
trench) at the rate OF twenty seven
bushels per acre, and where the doub
lie dose had been applied, at the rate
of ninety bushels to the acLe. We
suppose it would cost $50 per acre
to plow the land, open the trenches
scatter fertilizer and work it in, aud
continue the work as above and dig
the crop. IF so the potatoes Oh one
part of the planting would cost us
1851 per bushel and on the other,
where we gave $3.50 additional tiers
tilizer,$I 2S. Even this latter is loo
high rate but Eerhaps had we ap>
piled heavier doses OF fertilizer We
might have reduced the cost very
much. The extra product OF fifty
three bushels, tor an expenditure OF
$3.50 in extra tertillzing, were cer>
tainly cheap potatoes We hope to
continue this experiment till we as
certain the quantity to apply tor the
greatest profit not product.
Note; Don't be afraid that your
sandy soil will lose the soluable tertl-
lizer BY being washed down SO deep
that plants can't it. Last Aug>
ust and September we were applying
Bowker's Orange Tree Fertilizer TO
some little experiments in gardening.
The past spring the same land was
planted to COW peas and every place
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-11-15
The Home Garden.
BY j. H. FOSTER, OF TANGERINE. FLA.
Continued from, page 201,)
IRISH POTATOES.

IRISH POTATOES.
December 23rd we procured our
seed and unfortunately it was of the
Neshannock variety. We had plant
ed our rows of cabbage in the gener-
al garden about fonr feet apart, on
part of the patch, thinking to get
row of potatoes between and have
them dug and out of the way by the
time the cabbage roots wanted all
the space. We treated them about
the same as we did the Early Rose,
except that they received no COM
mercial fertilizers. They amounted
TO nothing. On June 25'h we were
able to procure some Early Rose. 1t
was deemed to be rather late for
potato planting yet we thought we
would try few. We planted them
in rows about FIVE feet apart, planting
tomatoes in the space between them,
with the idea that the potatoes would
be harvested ere the t"mato plants
needed the space. The trenches
were opened with the spade being
about six to eight inches deep and
the same in width. Mapes' Garden
Manure, one quart to slxty>twO feet
OF row, was scattered in bottom OF
trench and thoroughly worked into
the soil to considerable depth.
Then the sets, cut Go one eye on very
small pieces of potato, were placed
ten incLes apart in the row, two III
ches Of soil used for covering and
then about six inches In depth OF our
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-05
Economy in Arrangement.
Germantown Telegraph

What economy is there in going some
distance from the kitchen to the well for
all the water used? Why not have the
well handy to the house? It seems to
us great waste of labor to go from one
to six rods for water when it can be
avoided without cent more expense.
Poverty may make it necessary to en-
dure for time the use of some primitive
and inexpensive method of drawing the
water, but having it convenient is some
thing that can be secured simply by
proper arrangement without expense.
IF wells and cisterns are already made
some distance from the kitchen, pipes
could be laid so that the water in many
cases could be pumped into the house.
Let neat sink be provided with a pro-
per drain, and nothing Objectionable can
arise from having pump in the house.
There are very few farm houses so
arranged to be as handy as they might.
Much improvement might often be made
in the arrangement of coal and wood
ashes. A plan that makes it necessary
to handle these articles several times be-
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-05
The Kind Of Wives Men Need.

It is not to sweep the house and make
the bed, and darn the socks and cook
the meals, chiefly, that a man wants a
wife. Of course these accomplishments
are highly desirable and promotive Of
domestic comfort. If this is all, when q
young man calls to see lady, send him
to the pantry to taste the bread and
cakes she has made, send him to inspect
the needle-work and bed-making, or put
the broom into her hands and send him
to witness it's use. Such things are i'm
portant, and the wise young man will
quietly look after them. But what the
true man most wants of wife is her
companionship, sympathy and love.
The way of life has many dreary places
in it, and man needs companion to go
with him. A man is sometimes over
taken by misfortune. and meets with
failure and defeat; trials and temptations
beset him, and he reeds one to stand by
and sympathize. He has some stern
battles to fight with Poverty, with enc
mics and with sin, and he needs wo-
man that, while he puts his arms around
her and feels that he has something to
fight for, will help to fight; that will put
her lips to his ear and whisper words Of
counsel, and her hand to his heart and
impart new inspiration. All through
life-through storm and sunshine, con-
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-05
fore they can be used, or one that makes
it necessary to carry them some distance
should be improved upon.
The Largest Prison in Europe.

The House Of Detention in Berlin is
the largest prison in Europe. There are
six different buildings, the mems prison
being four stories high, with 1872 single
cells, severallarge rooms, holding in all 1875
prisoners, 40 rooms for the warders, and
sleeping accommodations for ll8 other
employees. Each of the cells has win
dow ten feet high, and an arched roof;
the furniture consists OF O bed and stool
fixed to the wall and washing appar-
atus. There are also an electric bell, a
cupboard, closet and gas-burner
placed over a small table. The prison
ers can if they please, read or write all
night long. On the ground floor are
twenty-six cells for prisoners accused OF
murder, or known to belong to the GRIM
inal class, and in these are plank beds.
There are half dozen cells underground
for prisoners who are guilty of breaches
of discipline, and in the infirmary ring
there are nine rooms for prisoners OF
good position in society, which are fur
nished with some approach to luxury.
There are also two or three suites OF
apartments reserved for person who are
awaiting trial for political offenses, and
who are to be allowed to furnish them
according to their own tastes. The
kitchens, baths and heating apparatus
are all on the area floor, and the interior
building, which is Of iron, is so con-
structed as to form large hall in the
centre, which reaches up to the roof.
There is telephone between the prison
and the Assize Court. so that prisoners
can be sent there without having to wait
The prison for women contains seventy
single cells and fifteen large dormitories,
there being accommodations for 900
women altogether. The dormitories are
partitioned off, SO that each occupant
can be placed under lock and key for
the night; and there are three or four
work-rooms, in which prisoners will be
employed in the daytime, under the
surveillance of female warders. AS in
the mems prison, there is spacious
exercise ground and a separate chapel.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-05
Henri IrYing on the Stage.

The stage is, intellectually and moral
ly, to all who have recourse to it, the
source of some of the finest and best in
fluences of which they are respectively
susceptible. To the thoughtful and
reading man it brings the life, the fire,
the color, the vivid instinct which are
beyond the reach of study. To the
common, Indifferent man, immersed as
Il rule in the business and socialities OF
daily Life, it brings visions of adventure
and glory, Of emotion and of broad
human interest. 1t gives him glimpses
of the heighth and depth of character
and experience, setting him thinking
AMI wondering even in the midst OF
amusement. 20 the most torpid and
unobservant it exhibits the humorous
in life, and the sparkle and fnesse Of
life, which in dull, ordinary existence is
stupidity shut out of knowledge or
omitted from particular notice. To all
it unourtains world, not that In which
they live, and yet no other than it-a
world In which interest is heightened
and yet the conditions of truth are OBJ
served, IN which the capabilities of men
and women are seen developed without
losing their consistency to nature, and
developed with curious and wholesome
fidelity to simple and universal instincts
of clear right and wrong.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-05
New Mormon Primer.
TSalt Lake Tribune.l

F john Taylor is talking of getting up
some Mormon textbooks for the use of
the children of the Saints. A nice
primer might be gotten rp in this style:
This is the Big Temple that the people
are building. 1t costs four bits a week
to help. It goes up very slow. The
Apostles like the Temple fund. When
$40 come In they take 50 and give the
other one to God.
This is a picture of man named
Cannon. He goes to Congress and talks
in big hall See how smooth he is.
He was tried in court one day for not
having his citizen papers, and they
turned out to be bogus. He viii be
turned out of Congress. Some day try
and be like Cannon. IL you are pious
and smooth you will get rich; hut see
that your papers are all right before you
start in. You can't be too careful.
This is tishe-payer. See his ragged
clothes. He pays tithes each month,
and his children are starving. He pays
in carrots and sGuashes, and butter and
money, # he has any. He has payed
tithes right along now for twenty years.
and when he gets alone he grits his teeth
and sweaTs at Zion.
This is a hthe-eater. He is fat al
over and wears broadcloth made In
New York. He don't work at all. He'd
be fool If he did. The tithe-payer
with ragged clothes does the work.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-05
A Dose OF Medicine.

Probably you've had your little wrestle
with medicine We have. Usually
when we are sick we feel III duty bound
to take the advice of a physician, in JUS
tice to oIlr insurance company, and to
do nothing that he advises in Difference
to our own taste. However, we have
to pay him all the same, and so at last
we resolved we'd get our moneys worth
by doing what he ordered. He gave us
a piece of paper on which was the dia-
gram of the travels of fly suffering from
horrible attack of delirium tremens-
at least that is what it looked Gke-ard
we took it to the druggist. He looked
at the thing from all four directions, and
with an expression Of dense ignorance
that convinced us he didn't know what
in blazes the thing meant. This was
very reassuring. However, it occurred
to us that the man was no enemy of
ours, and would take pains to see that
whatever he gave us was harmless. SO
we resolved to see the thing through.
He evidently made up his mind what to
give us, when he started to go, and the
thought occurred to us to say, "Make it
something that doesn't taste bad" He
looked at us with profound contempt,
and said: eff you want this prescription
put up as written. you'll have to take
the taste that goes with it." He was
evidently bound to keep up the pretense
of knowing what that diagram meant.
We feared we had offended him. and said
no more. He began to mix. The first
ingredient he put in the bottle was a
particularly disagreeable looking yellow.
The next was colorless, but had per-
fume as OF soap factory. Then came
stuff of scum on-a-mud-puddle green,
and various other things that looked as
though they might make a man wish he
was sea-sick so he'd feel comparatively
well. Having got the compound togeth-
er, he gave it to us. Our courage began
to fail, but we had resolved to see things
through. We paid him and took the
stuff home. Then having drawn the
curtains and shut the door SO nobody
could see us, we proceeded to swallow
dose. The druggist had charged us
S2.75 for the compound, and we had
thought the price exorbitant. But we
now acquit him of the eXtortion. We
had got our moneys worth. Such a
taste as that could not be furnished for
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-05
The Post Of Honor.

A high class, without duties to do, is
like tree planted on precipices, from
the roots of which all the earth has been
crumbling. Nature owes no man who is
not martyr withal. Is there man
who pretends to live luxuriously housed
up, screened from all work, from want,
danger, hardships, the victory over
which is what we name work; he himself
to sit serene, amid down holsters and
appliances and have all his work and
battling done by other men, and such a
man cali himself noble man? His father
worked for him, he says; or successfully
gambled for him; here he sits, processes,
not in sorrow, but in pride, that he and
his have done no work, time out Of
mind. 1t is the law of the land that he,
alone of recorded men, shall have no
task laid on him, except that Of eating
his cooked victrlals, and not Hinging
himself out OF the window. His victuals
he does eat, but as for keeping inside OF
the window-have not his friends, like
me, enough to do? What is the mean
ing of nobleness. If this be noble? In a
valiant suffering for others, not IN a
slothful making others suffer for us, did
nobleness ever lie. The chief of men is
he who stands in the van of men, 'front.'
ing the peril which frightens back ali
others. Every noble crown is, and on
earth viii forever be, crown of thorns.
The Pagan Hercules, why was he ac-
counted hero? Because he had slain
Nemean lions and undergone twelve
labors only not too heavy for god. In
modern, as in ancient and all societies,
the aristocracy, they that have assumed
the functions of an aristocracy, doing
them or not, having taken the post OF
honor; which is the post OF difficulty,
the post of danger. Why was one life
given us, if not that we should manfully
give it? Descend, O, Do-nothing Pomp;
quit thy down cushions, expose thyself
to learn what wretches feel, and how to
cure it. Descend thou, undertake this
horrid Giving chaos OF ignorance and
hunger" weltering around thy feet; say
81 will heal it, or behold will die fore
most in it." Such is verify the law.
Everywhere man has to pay with his
life; to do his work, as soldier does, ct
the expense of life.
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STtLLW ATkR.

Seymour. Sabln s. Co. turned out
during the past week thirty-four new
cars.
George Richards left for Hastings yes
terday to oversee the building of the rail.
road bridge at that place.
MIR. Charles Esterbrook and wife left
yesterday for Eau Claire to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Esterbrook's brother.
James Rice. drunk, S. and costs fol
using abusive language to an officer: con
tinued to February 6. One drunk and
disorderly, $40 and costs.
John B. Cough will lecture in the
Grand Opera House Friday, February 10.
Holman English opera company Satur-
day. February IL, and Monday, Ii.
J.F. Noll has removed his cigar factory
to the rooms over the Philadelphia In
his new quarters he expects to make
from seven to eight thousand cigars per
week.
Al Herrick and Parker Gray. the crack
statesmen in Mr.. Pitchers clothing store,
gave little card party to few of their
friends in their room in the rear of the
store, which proved very enjoyable
affair
James Connors gave party on Friday
| evening at his residence on North Fourth
street, Prof. Jones and Wright furnish.
| ing the music Refreshments were served
at Il o'clock, and the dancing was kept
up until the wee small hours.
Another Masquerade took place at the
residence of j. Robertson, on the South
hill, for the children. About twenty ap-
peared in masks and tripped the light
fantastic until II O'Clock and then went
home we'll pleased with the expert
ment.
Shipments on the c., st. P, NJ. 81 M
railway: Townshend s. Co., cars flour
Saltwater mills, cars flour: St. Croiz
Lumber company, 2 cars lumber; Isaac
| Staples, 2 cars lumber; Hersey, Bean &
Brown, l car lumber; station cars mer-
chandlse and two cars lumberman's
supplies.
About $50 couples were at the dance on
Friday evening, given by the Germania
lodge, No. 8, of this city. Prof. Haner's
orchestra furnished the music. Nothing
occurred to mar the pleasure of the even
ing. Dancing was kept up until about 4
O'Clock, when all went home well satisfied
with the nights entertainment.
A surprise masquerade was given in
honor of Miss Oretha Seymour at the
residence Of her parents On North Third
street. About fifty couples were present
A good many handsome costumes were to
be seen, and a number of fancy dresses.
Supper was served at IL O'Clock. The
dancing was kept up until 1;20, Prof
Haner supplying the music.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-05
The Merry Swiss Boy.

Swiss cooking is simply intolerable,
inartistic and unwholesome. had cut
let for breakfast the other Gay that would
have made cannibal shudder. 1t
looked like the raw thumb of an Anak,
and was as hard and tough as the heart
of mother-in-law. On the other hand
I had couple of fried trout the length
of the middle finger, which were excel
lent! And the merry Swiss boy had me,
for he charged two francs for the luxury.
I, however, refused to pay for the cut
let, so altogether it was q morning Of
surprises for both sides. What they
have got good are butter, eggs. milk,
fish from the lakes, cheese, honey and
wine But you cannot keep on eating
''butter and eggs and pound of cheese"
forever. They seem to think that gaping
at mountain or glacier ought to salts
fy the appetite. That is all very well in
early youth, but in middle age one is apt
to prefer the piquant to the picturesque;
and this same mountain gazing is apt to
produce an appetite which clamors to be
appeased.