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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-06-27

1t Is very evident that change in the organic
law of our State is needed, and the principal
point now being discussed throughout the State
is " how shall we best effect the changer" MANY
are In favor OF Constitutional Convention and
others demand that il shall be called regardless
of the forms laid down by the present COnstitu-
tiOn- Others are of the opinion that the remedy
can be provided by amendments to be proposed
and adopted in regular order. To this latter
opinion We hold Such plan would serve the
same purpose as a Convention, and il is by far
the safer; for, in the event Convention is held,
Constitution, freighted, in all probability. with
evils of a different nature, but which will work
as great injury TO the State as the evils of the
present, may be presented to the people
The expense of the amendment plan would be
incOnsiderable compared with that of COnven-
ton. just look at the figures for a moment The
various counties would be allowed the same rep
reseniation in Convention as in the Legislature,
and that body now contains 108 members. AL
lowing the members of the Convention the same
salary per diem. 5000, the cost of the Conven-
tiOn will be $648 per day, besides the salary TO
be allowed the various attaches, the cost of
printing &c, which altogether will make the
total cost of Constitutional Convention to the
State each day not less than $500 Suppose
the Convention holds for thirty days, the
total cost will be $24, 600; should it continue in
session tortY-five days, and the work 10 be done
well cannot be accomplished in less time, the
amount will be fully $4,000 Compare with
this the cost of adopting amendments and the
contrast will be evident to the minds of the most
prejudiced.
As the existing evils can he corrected at so lit
tie expense To the tax payers by the amendment
plan that is certainly the one To be chosen.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-06-27

Fernandina Airror.l
Truck Farming In Middle Florida.
The people of Middle Florida have reason to
congratulate themselves upon the favorable re-
suits of their experiment of raising early vcge-
tables for the Northern markets The very su-
perior lands of Madison, Jefferson and Leon
and their easy culture and the abundance of
labor at command, give that section of the State
exceptional advantages in the production of Ger
tain kinds of vegetables. Cabbages, Irish pota-
toes. culi6owers, probably yield better in that
section than elsewhere, and they are less perish
able In their nature. The trade in early Irish
potatoes from Bermuda is very large one
Even now, in the middle Of June, early Ber-
mudas are seen on the hotel bills of fare as a
luxury.
There seems now absolutely nothing TO stand
in the way of making truck farming the leading
pursuit of Middle Florida. In the production of
short cotton she stands on less than an equal
footing with the great cotton growing regions on
the Mississippi and Gulf but in vegetable grow
ing she has an industry in which there is little
competition, and which, being confined to a
short period, requires bat little credit OF capital
With the railroad facilities now daily being i'm
proved and enlarged she has the two requisites
of success-good soil and rapid transportation.
The producers of Middle Florida can now share
in all the advantages o. those of East Florida,
and are as near in pont of time 10 the great
Northern markets. With increased production
will come increased facilities of transportation.
More and large steamships will he put on. and
when the works for deepening the entrance TO
Fernandna are carried out, steamships of the
largest class will be employed for the special
work of taking to market the increased products
of the State during the vegetable season and in
the other direction the Louisville lines of rail
way will give speedy access to the great cities of
the Northwest.
1t is a great pleasure to US to anticipate the re-
newal of prosperity in the middle section Of the
State, where nature has been so bountiful the
natural garden of our State, and in times past
the most prosperous.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-06-27

the prospective oil mill that Is 10 supply with
genuine olive oil made out Of cotton seed. Now,
if the festive freedman could he brought to recog-
nize the difference between nssum and tsIusn, we
might hope at no distant day TO have our smoke
houses and butteries considerably nearer home
than Cincinnati and New York But win he
ever do iti He has been free for nearly twenty
years, and to appearances the only idea conveyed
TO his mind by the change Is that he s free to
vote as often as he can and get away with every
loose article, stray COW or hog that he can get
his clutches on. Had they had better and purer
teachers in their early days of freedom the result
might have been different. Not much can or
ought to be expected of a people whose leaders
and teachers came from hostile section al The
close Of the war, and openly, publicly told them
to take anything they saw that they wanted /;
and while we lament to say that the advice was
faithfully followed, il is some pleasure to know
that some, at least of the advisers fell victims to
their own pernicious teachings and often made
the sad discovery that some of their sable pupils
" wanted their substance also. F. L. r
JACKSONVILLE, May 81, 1882.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-06-27

The Tribune says Apalachicola is the
"future lumber port of the world"
The Postal Telegraph Company, with
a capital of $21 600, 900, has been organ
lied.
With four tickets in the field, the
Democrats will doubtless carry Maine
this year.
Senator Anthony, of Rhode Island.
was last Tuesday elected to succeed him.
self for a fifth term
The President has approved the
sentence of dismissal of Second Lieutenant
Henry o. FIipper, of the tenth cavalry.
Jimmy Coleman, the colored boy at
Richmond, Va, recently stricken dumb
for lying, has been cured by electricity.
During cyclone in Montgomery
county, Ark, recently, a child was blown
from its mothers arms, and has not yet
been found.
The American vessels of the Euro
pean squadron in the Mediterranean have
been ordered to proceed to Alexandria to
look after American interests
AT Toledo, Ohio, Abram Bell was
recently married to Miss Jennie Ring. If
Jennie don't ring her Bell she will come
far short of her duty as a good housewife.
The oldest postmaster in the United
States is Edward Stabler, postmaster of
Sandy Springs, Nd, who was appointed
by Andrew Jackson, and has held the
office ever since.
Treasurer Gilfllan states that, after
all the vigorous efforts to get subscriptions
to the Garfield Hospital Fund, the amount
does not exceed $4,000, while $3.50, 900
is wanted. 1t is likely that the scheme
will fail.
-Smalls couldn't get bed in Boston
hotel, but he seems to be able to get Till
mans seat in Washington. This is easily
explained. The bed belonged to Massa-
chusetts Radical, and the seat belongs to
South Carolina Democrat
The st. Louis Globe Democrat has q
new double Hoe perfecting press, which
inserts and pastes supplement of two or
four pages, and delivers complete papers
of either ten or twelve folios at the rate
of twenty-four thousand copies per hour
New York Herald: The candidate
for Governor of Pennsylvania on the in
dependent Republican ticket, in an inter-
view, states that there is no prospect of
a compromise with the stalwarts, and
that the disafection and breaking away
from the ranks of the latter are likely to
become general.
The Jacksonville correspondent of
the Savannah Ne,cs says: A few thousands
of dollars could be wisely and proftably
expended by the next Legislature in
making an accurate geological survey of
the State. Very little is known of our
resources in this line, and an expert in
this branch of science might bring about
some strange discoveries Metals are
scarce, although iron is abundant in some
localities. 1t is believed that petroleum
can be found in Middle Florida, and il so.
why not coal?
Secretary of War Lincoln, in report
ing Florida's Indian war claim to the
House, says: Taking all matters into
consideration the report finds that Florida
should be paid $224,64 for her aid in
suppressing the Indian outbreaks. This
amount is less by s54, ,ss5.5s than that of
the claims as submitted by the State. OF
the amount recommended s1l,sIe.sl is
for payment of troops for service in ls4s,
and so,27o.s7 for the payment of two
companies in cases where both muster
and pay-roIls are missing"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-06-27
NEW SERIES VOL. xviii NO. 10.

viii either have to remove the mnleh, or
find some way to destoy tie cricksts
THK only Improvements made TO . Rsh
hook in 5000 yeap Is tie barb. The
Egyptians had hooks exactly like those Of
to-day except in that respect Split ham
boo rods, reels and silver doctor tiies
are modern inventions, however.
THIS is how the French kill their ponl-
try: They open the beak Of the fOwl, and
with sharp-pOinted, narrOF-bladed knife,
make an incisiOn At the back Of the mouth,
which divides the vertebEe and causes
instant death, after whirh:the fowls sre
hung mp by the legs They win bleed
perfectly, with no Disagreement; picked
while warm, and if desired scAlded. In
this way the skin presents more natural
appearance than when sczlded.
THE American Dairynsass says that wild
peppermint, scattered around in corn
cribs, etc, will keep the rats away.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-06-27

Editors Of The Florida Dfspafch.
GKNTLEMES: Our little Florida. a
we sometimes call her, Is not a boastful
State, but she is entitled g al that n e
Ultimately her own In these davs Of
interest IN silk culture and silk manufse-
ture, she Is not willing that her claim and
right on that subject should be 0vershad-
owed by the wings Of States that can soar
higher and stronger / think / rad n
the DiPatck some time agd, many of the
facts relating 80 the silk inE astry IN Geor-
gia and Carolina IN pre-re Folufi0n tines.
Those facts showed what the mothers and
daughters Of our Southland did in fhose
days IN this refined industry. Bat wish
to note that in the preseA esnerztion \
Florida lady raised and W0Es the ak for
q dress for herself and vet for her has
band that these garments we're worn and
admired and - tins wna u TnIlnhnssee.
where the ladies knew wh 3 nics fnbrics
were, there must have besis someIhinx C
the excellent IN tins work This wzs be-
tween thirty and forty years ago. IA
lude TO the silk fabric made by Mrs. Fl
l. Blocker, Of Leon c0uEty The facs
can be more th0reughly xttsstsd whsn
necessary. So that the dress % Be presen-
ted by the Wo1sn's SIX Cslture Alsocia-
tion Of PhiIadslphiA, % fhs Distinguished
American lady with whom II hszrts syn-
p&thine, ID not the frst made n this csun-
try. With Der fun share u EAs plsnzurs e
bestowing the compliment little Fer
ida gives due notice that ose of bsr fzrwe
msn, unaided, made The &r< Amsie4n
silk gown D
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-06-27

The process by whieb The wDol e.
sheeP-skins nay BE tr.nzfrmsd into -
vet promises - becoms - inportH8 n
dustry n Frzncs, whsrs. - i1Euns11s
chsmizt, aasr 1oag sd nnn1inlnw -
psrimsnts. has 6nally Enseesdea In -
compElhinR - rsnllL
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-01-20
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

TIME FIRM OF COFFIN Il KEN
/ NALY, by mutual consent, has been
this day dissolved, John Kennaly taking
the Idaho City branch of the business and
Frank r. Coffin Il Bro. the Boise City
branch. All liabilities contracted by the
firm of Coffin g. Kennaly at their Idaho
City store will be paid by John Kennaly
and Frank r. Coffin 81 Bro. those made by
the Boise City store, Parties having
claims arc requested to present them
promptly. Likewise, all accounts due, or
to become due, made at Idaho City, must
be paid to John Kennaly, and those made
at Boise CITY to f. r. Conffi Il Bro.
FRANK r. COFFIN,
JOHN KENNALY.
June 81, 1881.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-01-20

20 society. Dimness Of Vision SN,aalasica, M
and MANI mud passing unobssrvsd ss i !, y
death. DR. w1NT TI1ss s1 1aat lsat Y inss,s:
hMundred Dollars for . cass s y sh . ,iorsH
"a IAt RESTORATIVE under ~ ~. nnd u
ana treatment} will not cure - y, - peal
pure OF injurious found In 4 - soyll
treats AL Private Diseases .r !. * I'd
m mercury. Communication TreaS 'sTss aa'y 4
na.isn and advice. includins snslv a e
ri. trace Of Vital Resolutiye s. * .sS S. ats
.,mss the quantity, $1,000; ssnt I. oo!', II
On receipt Of price, or C. 8. b. :ss y! siis
va'ion' and in private name, L dss suss' \,
nm Il Kearny Street. ~ ps !sI1 7
GnEi1CuM, cures all kinds a Fidn..s ui
s Complaints, Gonsrrhaa, elect i Isn.a ~
sale by al druggists; sloo Do,is sa. 9,
Or. 3IETITs DANpELIor pu,.
pes. and cheapest DYSPfPSiis s 81 Y!
cure IN me market. For ssie ~ II ~ " "
Jan. 2, 18SO.--tf y ~ ssu ~
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-01-20
3 Inch to 4 IL Feet in
DIAMETEIR,
and will bore to any
REQUIRED DEPTH!

They will bore successfully and satisfac
torily in all kinds Of Earth, Soft Sand and
Limestone, Bituminous Stone Coal, Slate,
Hard Pan Gravel, Lava, Builders Serpe
tine and Conglomerate Rock, and guara
teeok to make the very best of wells in
Quick Sand. They are light-running,
simple in construction, easily operated,
durable, and acknowledged as the best and
most practical Machine extant They are
endorsed by some Of the highest State of
ficlals. We contract for prospecting for
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-01-20
MONEY ORDER BUSINESS,

The Money Order office will ID
opened at all on Sundays; and no a
Order business will be transacted a
urtlays after four O'Clock /. N, :,
S. {. SILSBl
Idaho City, Dec 3, 1915. p's'na
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-01-20

ar Tn M0nper day at nome Samples
NA u 0ZUworth SIS free. Addresses STIN'
SON Il Co., Portland Maine
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-01-20
DIR. SpINNEY Z CO,
M II Kaaruv gfrant gau R,sn
Postomcr Hours.

III ring week days. until further nd
the 'ostoftice will he sept open hnns
A. NJ. until nine P. N
Sundays from halfy'ast twelve bA
and from four until six 7. N.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30
OUR PRESIDENTS.

From the New York Hail We
copy the following rhymiug table
"f our Presidents:
The American Presidential lire
Began in sevente IN eighty-nine.
BY Washington was the list begun,
Who ruled two terms, then Adams one;
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe,
sat tor two terms ench: and SO
john Quincy Adams came for one.
While Jackson through two terms did
run:
Van Buren. Sage of Kinderhook,
Next lease OF the White House took;
Harrison died and left four years
tor Tyler; enc term Polk appears;
When Tay lor died. and left three years
For fillmore: one term next for Pierce
And Buchanan; Lincoln then
Was shot as his second term began.
And johnson sat until came Grant
r'or two terms; Hayes Cor ene; and seant
Four months for Garfield, who was
killed,
And Arthur the vacant office filed.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30
Take care of ynnr Iif,pr. A yra,

Take care of your Licer. A grent
number of the diseases tC whlcL
mankind are iIubIe arise from dis
ordered condition of this organ.
Keep it i'll II eonnd and healthy con
iition, and you can defy disease.
PEIcKlY ASH BITTERs are especially
adapted for this purpose, helnG
composed pi drugs which act on til,
Liver. giving il tone and strength
~ withstand malaria.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30
COTTEN-PICkETT.

A good many years ago Mr..
Gotten, of Amite county. was riding
along the road, and finally fell il
company with stranger, going in
:he same direction. After the usual
salutatiOns on such occasions, the
stranger asked:
"What might be your name?"
My name is Gotten, sir, was
the response.
"What might be your namef"
asked Mr.. Gotten.
My name is Pickett" said the
stranger.
Mr.. Gotten regarded the response
as IN affornt, and III an excited
manner said:
IF you think you can pick it,
~ir, just light, and I'll convince
you of your mistake"
Without further ado the gentle
men dismounted, fastened their
horses, and with no one to witness
the contest, they took off tLeir coats
and at it they went.
They fought and knocked and
knocked and fought for some time,
and finally il resulted in a draw
tight. Explanations followed.
which developed the fact that the
strangers name Was Pickett, aud
that Cotten's name was Gotten, and
shen they laughed at themselves
aud laugh I'd at euch other, shook
hands, and were afterwards geCd
friends. Mr.. Pickett was from
franklin county.-Uagnuiia Gazette.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30

Kalamazoo, according to Eli Per-
kins, appears to have peculiar cler-
gymen, to say the least. One is
sud 20 have anntnnced that ser
vices will be Eeld in this .chuych
next Sabbath. Providence permit
ting. and it isn't good fishing in the
river" while aLother gave out no.
tice aS follows: The Lord willing,
and there being no minstrel troupe
in town, there viii he q prayer
meeting in this church next Thurs
day evening"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30

Many young girls are unfit for
active life. and thousands of moth
ers drag out miserable existence.
on account of a peculiar female
weakness which they absolutely re-
fuse to cure. They are full of aches
and pains, are poor, weak, frail
creatures, irregular each mouth
With pale faces, glaring eyes. shat
tered nerves, and almost Mornout
constitutions. 4 powerful .combi-
nation has beer prepared Ly the
medical profession for the cure of
these serious female complaints, and
ITS action Is pronounced wonderful.
1t is known as DIR. Dromgooles
ENGLISH FEMALE BITTERs.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30
PATENTS.

We continue to act as Solicitors tor Pat
enta. Caveats. Trade Marks, Copyrights,
etc, sor the United States, Canada, Cui =,
England, France, Germany, etc, We
have had thirty-flve years expvri-
enOe.
Patents Obtained through rs are no.
t;csd in the ScIssrIEIc AIENc.N, TEis
large and splendid illustrated weekly
paper, So 81 :. year, shows the Psogresr
OF Scisnoe. is very interesting, and has
An enormous circulation. Address
MUM Il CO., Patent Solicitors. pub
l,shsrs of SoIEs1IIIc ANES>cAs. 2ol
Broadway, cor. Warren St. New York.
Hand book about Patents sent free.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30
NICDDEMUS DODGE.
TBy Maik Twain.1

When l WAS II boy III printing
off &c III Missouri, II loose jointe,i,
long legged. ,ow-headed, jeans-clud
ccunirIiied cub of about sixteen
.ounged in one day. and without
removing his hands from the depths
of his trowsers pockets or taking of
iis faded rum cf slonch hat,
whose broken brim hung limp and
ragged about his ears like bns-
eaten cabbage leaf, stared indiffer-
emily around. then leaned his lnp
against the editors table, crossed
his mighty bro2ans. aimed at II dis
tant fly from IL crevice i'll his upper
teeth, laid him low, and said, with
cumposure:
Who's the boss?'
Il am the boss" said the editor,
following .his curious bit of arcll-
lecture woLderinsly along NJ to lts
clock face with his eye.
Don't want any ybody to learn the
business-'tain't likel,?'
"Well, l don't know. Would
you like to learn it,"
"P'rhaps 50; pa, he can't run me
no mo, and 50 want to get show
somers if can, faint no ditfrunce
what. I'm strong and hearty, and
l won't turn my back on no kind of
work, lard or soft.
do you think YOU would like to
learn the printing business?"
well, / don't really care darn
what / do learn, SOS | ge, II chance
fur to make my way. Id just as
soon learn piintin S Anything"
Can You read?"
Yes -middlln
"Write?"
"Well, I've seed people as could
lay over me thar.
Cipher"
"Not good enough to keep store.
I don't reckon; but as far AK Il
times II / Amino slouch. TotLei
side of that is what gifts me"
Where's yuur hnme?"
Tin from old Shelby"
whats yonr fathers religious
| denomination"
Hin? Oh, he's o blacksmith.
mo, no-l don't mean his trade.
What's Lis religious denominations?
"Oh, didn't understand you be-
10. He's a Freemasol."
No, no You ont get my mean-
ing vel. Wn4t ] mean is, does he
| ., lou. to any chulcL?"
Now you are talking! Couldn''
make out what you WAS tryin t.
get through your head no wa,
Belong to a church? Why, boss
he been the pizeulst kind ol fre'
viii Baptist for forty years. Ther,
amt say p'zener ones II what he Is.
Ii they SAID diff unt, they wouldn /
say 1t whar l wur-lot much they
wouldn't"
What is your religion?"
"WelI, boss, yoa'vs klAd o gol
he thur.
"Wnat is your name?"
"Nlcodemus Dodge"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30

Nv yivtus Of an order of sale
from the honorable the aforesaid court
b,aring date September l. 4. ID. lssa'
snd b, me directed. in the matter of she
suoasssion of John Rhodes. deoeaset. !.
numbered on the docket of the sail
court I4T. I will proceed to sell at
public auction, at the door of she
cour,house. in the town OF CovinSson,
p.rish ana STATE aforesaid. on sAFuR-
BAY. the !sh day of October. 1882. be-
swsen legal sale hours, the following de-
scribsd property, so-wit: :.
A cerssip pisos If ground situated 10
Aha town of Vaudeville, parish OF 81;
Tammsnr, La, in the square coiapri ed
he1-ean jackson, Claiborne. Lake and
Clausel streets. and designated as she
noYth east quarter of square number sev.
snsy-nve. as per plan of snid town OF
Msndeville.
W. b. Cook, Sheriff.
CorNoros, La. Sept. l. 1882.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30

A gentleman, when making his
will, wickedly added cIunse that
his wife should remarry, which, he
explained, was 10 insure 'that be
would have one person ut least to
daily deplore his DEATH"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30
All lawyers. doctors, bankers

All INV ytES' uUctUfs, K5anKtIss
merchants. clerks, school teachers.
students, seamstresses and others
Who lead closely eonhned life
should always keep on hand = bot
tie OF Baileyx Same Aperiens. 1t
Is a never Mlling remedy for sick
tieadaehsf habitual constipet;op.
torpid liver, sonr stomach. etc ok
couiing the stomach IN fsy<rf
us u burgatlvs IN EidaeJ nfs
als1asss, II acts ike = c3z
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30
CENTENARY COLLEGE.
JLCnSON, LA.

A full corps of teachers. Two naY
professors. Necessary expspsss% for
boari Ani tuition not more than s145 in
she Preparatory. aud sls5 in the College
Department. NeIt session bsgtEs the
first Monday in September, 1859. Semi
for catalogue.
D N. RUSH, President.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30

"Shuuld u man shave up or
DOWN." asked Augustus. THAT
depends" replied the barber.
When shave you l always shave
dowa."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30

To hatter persons adroitly, one
must know three things-what they
are, what they think they are, and
what they want otLer people to
think they are.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30

During thunder storm ont
West, book cuuvasser fcok shelter
under tree aud was struck OH the
cheek by lightning. The doctor
says the lightning can't live.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30
SCHOOL NOTICE.

Covinsson. La, Sept. Is, 1882.
Miss Mary Kel!er will Isopan her
school on MONDAY. October 2, los2,
and respectfully solicits the f.,ors of
her former patrons an friends. Terms
moderate.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30

A cynical old bachelor says that
lovers are like armies; they get
along well enough till the engage
ment begins"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-09-30

SeS y week in your "wh town.
Terms and s5 outfit free. Address, h.
HAILrTT d Co., Portland, Ne.