The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-15

! NE occasion unusually pleasant and ENJOYABLE
: VIM X. Beard, Jr., this spring made his first
t enot' as tllier OF the soil, and planted vegeta-
:. "'e crop, which he has cultivated single-handed
Z ana stone As sample of his Early Rose po-
i 'atoes he last Thursday brought in tuber that
T "elgaed pound and one ounce 1t was eight
'hchfs long and measured eight and half in
i circumference
: In 7eras .SJbngs, OF May 9Th, there appears
rd'cnlous illustration pnrporting to represent
thr'e Tallahassee ladies watching President
Arth'r go down stairs" That distinguished
American citizen has never visited the Capitol
If Florida. and il he should none oi the Talla-
! hassce ladies would bc i'm the lndicrous at
.lIu's assigned them 10y our Texas contempt
., rary
Judge WcstcOtt takes great pride in the cu-
lure ol fine fruits and he has number OF choice
varieties growing finely some OF which arc bear
ing and trutlng heavily. Yesterday We saw a
/ limb from of his Bartlett pear trees contain.
ing eleven pears, which was actually broken
will: the weight Of It's fine fruit not vet half
/ grown
Tallahassee needs an are>an well. If the
CITY cannot afford 10 sink The well, the necessary
inn"S might be raised by private subscriptions
or l. the city authorities appropriate certain
sum with the understanding that the remainder
be contributed bv the citzri What enter
pri>jng gentleman will head subscription list
anil canvass the city for contributions? Don't
he Backward
pnc day la>i week We happened To be pass
ine h" store Of Nrs-r- Byrd & Coles while Mr.
! a.,
bic. lrrle. carrots cnhhagr g. There were
tw.' vali.tirs 81 cabbage. Drlnhr:ri AMI F"tl,r's
brunswick 4 head OF The former weighed 12I
am one "i the latter b. pounds both Invested
Of al outside leaves, the two netting 81 pounds
Of .ond solid edible cabbage
Thr Wallrke gave then last ana best per-
tor:Aanor on "Wednesday evening" Their acting
Wa superb. each one wing with th, others in
th,:r efforts /" please ana amu>r an apprccaiivc
audience, and never saw an audience more
delighted with an evenings entertainment al
Gaelic Hall. Should the Wall,ck TrpoIoguc
eve visit Tallahassee again They max rest rs.
>rr'r that they Will have large audiences
Genera! Merritt Il coorcd tenant on the
ID :irl-"n place Lake Jackson last week
kil!",l an alligator that measured more than
cl' zen fee" in length. The juvenile ~aurian had
waadcrcd away from The palcrnal fold, and was
crossing corn field. when The General armed
wish a pole, attacked him on the 'front.' rear and
both TANKS, and after short hul spirited en-
gAsrmcni, the gator capitulaied uucnndi,ionallv.
Fernandina W,,o,. Nav l2ih: There are
d"ihtlcSs many people who will hr surprised to
l",Im that bnrtrr i one of The regular articles of
Production in Florida and that one mercantile
firm in Tallahassee Distributes over 200 pounds
oi fine yellow butter per week 10 regular Gus.
to:acr- We using tine choice Middle Florida.
wsicl We prefer To Northern butter 1t is the
pi"duct OF Jersey COWS, and is firm close grained
WI favored and well coorcl
The city authorities have leased the kindon
building, opposite the store Of r. X j Munro.
h;I the first story converted into one ro, m and
fused up for market house. The monthly
r,atalS from butchers now amount 10 about $40
ar with The lin >ImnteS removed the citv's rev.
rnnr from This source Will probably be increased
\, al present arranged this building under mrl-
nNiral surveillance, with proper regulations
H. IDLY enforced, viii make a very respectable |
city market
The surveyors OF the ThOmasville Talla- |
hs~sre and Gnlt Railroad returned 10 this city |
lat Thursday evening. They run IA line to the |
coast between Turkey Point and st. Teresa |
Ticy then rctracrd their steps few miles and
run another line To point on the coast near |
Carral"lle. The line runs less than miles west |
o' Wakua Spring and little east of Crawford |
v'lIr One OF the party, who ought to he well /
posted, says he believes dirt will be- shovelcd on
t!'r line between Tallahassee and ThomaSviIc |
t!,i> week.
Mr. II. Y. r. Schrader has his American
FrniI Evap"rator in position and ready for bust /,
E">e Its capacity is fifty bushels of apples per
Gay, but it will dry larger quantity of berries
;rnl other smaller fruits Mr. Schrader will be- !
c}n with blackberrics and extend his expert |
r'rnt~ 10 different small fruits pears figs and
nlake specially of evaporatcd sweet potatoes !
canning and putting them on The market This |
i'dusiry pays well in other States, and properly |
conducted it will certainly be very remlncralivc
in Florida where there is an abundance OF fruit !
tlrni can he utilized 10y evaporation.
Last Saturday, some small boys were
bathing in the old cascade pond one of them
iSho could not swim, got over his depth. and !
would have been drowned had il not been for !
Wilson, who saw the little fellow go down twice /
snd rs he sinking the third time made for !
lin and brought him ont After walOwing him |
s>n The ground for some time he recovered got |
:ip, and walked off This should be warning |
10 small boys " ho go bathing in This place every |
,!av Had This boy lost his life ii would not |
lave been the FIRST as several have been drowned |
"a this lcah-trap
The scholars OF the Presbyterian Sunday |
school, accompanied by their teachers and |
riendS, last Tuesday went ont 10 Lake Hall, !
shout six miles from Tallahassee to indulge in I
heir annual spring picnic. The day was all that |
could he desired. The spot selected Tor the occa-
sion was charming one there was an abundance |
of good things on hand. and The day passed off +
very pleasantly. After the return home, how
ever, number of ladies and children became
suddenly i'll, and in some families physicians
were called Nj OF the sick were similarly af-
Eectcd. but they were restored to health in day
Dr two. Opinions differ to the cause of their
illness, but the prevailing belief is that il was
probably Tin or lead poisoning, caused by eating
some of the various ices served during the day.
Mrs. : S. Williams after paying all the
penses of the May day Festival, generously ex-
oended The remainder for the pleasure and amilse