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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06
Don't Barn the Woods. >

Various papers in the State are sdenouncing the
practice of burning the woods" and very prop
erly 1t is objected to for various reasons, among
them being the endangering of property, the in
juriDg of timber, and compelling those %ho do
not want fire on their lands TO go 10 the expense
and trouble Of protecting them. There is an
other reason which does not seem 10 be consid-
cred, and that is the impoverishment of the land.
The fire destroys the fallen leaves and grasses
which would otherwise decay. form humus, and
return TO the soil the ferilizing properties taken
from it in their production II is lamentably short
sighted In stock owners TO burn off the ranges
in order TO hasten the growth of little new
grass in the spring, for with each year The grass
crop will be lessened and finally the land becomes
scarcely better than an arid waste. parched be-
cause of exposure through lack Of protecting veg
citation We are inclined to think that the law
should make it a misdemeanor for anyone to fire
the grass even on his own land nuless he shall
prevent ii from spreading to the land Of others
or to public land, and that carelessness causing
such FIRE shall be deemed culpable TO the extent
of constituting a misdemeanor, punishable as
may be prescribed
Since the above was in type We have received
the Putnam County Journal, which urges the
impoverishinent of the soil as principal objec-
ton TO burning off the grass.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06

The New York San has this criticism on Col
orado's newly-elected Senator:
The Teller wing OF the Republican party in
Colorado has triumphed over the Hill wing In
in the election of Thomas H. Bowen 10 the
Senate, but this victory is likely to be the
forerunner Of defeat next year.
Bowen was formerly carpet. Dagger In Arkan-
sas, where he was notorious during the period of
reconstruction. He was q candidate for the
Senate against Dorsey in 1878. There were only
a few Democrats then In the Legislature, bat the
friends of MIR. Garland, the present Senator from
Arkansas, did not hesitate to vote for Dorsey A.
a man vastly to be preferred to Bowen. That
fact is. perhaps, the strongest commentary that
could be made on the standing of the new Sena-
tor.
Alter his defeat In Arkansas, Bowen migrated
70 Colorado. where. as Judge, he main
tanned the reputation which he had carried with
him. bis decisions 10 certain important mining
cases are familiar to the people Of that State.
kellogg goes ont Of the Senate on March 1.
out Bowen, another carpetbsgger OF the old
stripe. comes in to nm his place.
The Republicans hitherto have counted largely
upon the blunden Of the Dsmocrata INT de
Democsats seem to b turning the tableson thslr
opponenta In putting Gecor Robson 1brvard
= their leader IN The House At nspea psnfativss
y making Keller Speaker b opsrupt haReiln.
y pseking The commltises n Npnol - 49,
y = : 'esilng the sxtnsvsg ~ 81
assnsl.n "a 4 ssslyjlo 4 ID! 4 =
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06
& Thomasvfile and Carrabelle
r; Railroad.

III bill Introduced in the Senate early in the
sx<iehs by Senator Swearingen, Of the eth Dis
vies a Nakulla aud Liberty granting aid for the
eocs|t9ctidn Of the Carrabele and Townsville
Raslibfd. pas PASSED both houses of the Legisla-
ptrrs - Sd now only awaits the signature of the
Gtsye Eor to become alaw. The aid granted is linn
lied tolls, coo acres of land per mile. We con-
graiattie ,ae counties directly interested on the
sicctst OF the measure. Their representatives in
the Legislature took the warmes, interest in the
passsa of the bin. 1t is. perhaps, the most i'm
pos4 mi pihoe of legislation that has been en-
aces.S So many years for the section through
wk5sa The roai will run; but it would be a mis-
,agestA, consider the enterprise as altogether
locsA In ar important sense it is Of a State
chs fiNer At the starting place on The Gulf is
enc d.Ethc fi,sest barbors on the west coast, be-
tw@ss.~hich and New Orleans is only short
semaEt. A railroad from Tallahassee to Cara
bctjsi4ill pu' the balance Of the State in easy
ana: fSeau communication with the mouth OF
the Nss'sis;irpi; and should the barge canal /"
scssGaEs be carried through-and this is only a
aussG, OF iine-it is not difficult to see the i'm
ro-lFf,e Of a railroad terminating at good har-
bo: tghere an immense amount of shipping,
sxk siter Of barges or what not, must of neces-
sivT 4fugregae and pass before entering the canal
en size I'd tie Atlantic. Such road will con-
stlnts 50 to peak great link in the enterprise.
TIT aartor at Carrabelle has already become
qu;;1 i point for lumber ships. The projected
sos Il eassing through a good country, will de-
yri4a< its resources Of timber and farming
ladshf cages, encourage the fishing industry, and
ia itlthe people and State an amount of good
neyi" experienced before.
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tlanta Constitution, Jan. 81
A Car Load Of Bees.

On Saturday car containing curious freight
was switched on the East Tennessee & Virginia
Railroad and moved south.
II was filed with bee-hives One hundred
and forty of the latest styles of bee-hive, piled
SUBSTANTIALLY on top Of each other. and to the
foreground a philosopher with his bed aud board.
Where are you going to take your beesi"
ITO Florida for the winter. MY name Is
Thomas Mcfarland Jackson, and live in North
ern Missouri l have large apiaries that aye
fO,ced to lie idle in the winter. am goiRg to
take this CARLOAD NJ hives to Florida, where
they can make honey every DAY in the year. As
soon as the clover is out again in Northern Mis-
souri, will take them back there"
win il pay you to move themy''
Il think So. 1t casts me less than dollar
hive for transportation, and each hive will have
from 50 10 81 worth of honey in ii when bring
them back. That is what italian bees, l sent to
Florida last year. did last winter. Only italian
bees viii thrive in Florida, as the moths cat up
the common bees
"Will you live in the open air there?"
II am going to camp around with my bees
believe win bring back about 81 900 worth Of
honey In hives that would otherwise lie idle all
the winter and be empty In the spring"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06

|, ~ nlora: remains of Rev. Hugh Bowen Nc
Cslfn, late editor Of The Florida Union, were on
Wednesday last consigned to dust in The new
ce r:.;tery a, Jacksonville The attendance at
lie -Sleral WAS very large-a gathering Of prom
iRe.f: memters of the community, whose pres
enctkn the mournful occasion testified to their
rocck tion Of the worth of this deceased journal
isf NO actei we'll his part as leader of men"
OUT DIVIDED columns preclude lengthy tribute
% a., memory of one whose professional work
So f2g and brightly illustrated patriotism and
putt;t spirit, his elevated moral and religious
chi&S,er
SSf MfCallum was born in Knox county, Ten
messy, in 1897, was a graduate of East Tennes-
see alivetsity. and theological SUDDEN, at Union
Uaitxrs;ty Murfreesburo, where his health failed
in <yJ6, and he came TO Florida to spend the
wirsS, as he did for several years AFTER In 1859
he fs1tlfd in Camden, South Carolina, resuming
the zYldS Of theology. When the war began he
veht3eared as private in the 18th regiment
Stsls9 Carolina volunteers, was ordained to the
mif9sy IN 1861 and appointed chaplain of the
fegtIsent After The war he settled in Sumter
S. II where he married Miss Elizabeth H.
HaIisesworth. In 1867 he removed to Lake
Citt Florida, became pastor of Baptist church
aa& Established Baptist journal which he con-
daci4d with ability for number of years. In
th,abpressed condition of his country under re-
CONSTRUCTION administration he saw in politics a
hfh! cafl 10 duty, and following its dictates he
reFSeq his press to Jacksonville, and soon ac-
qajtai bin influential position as a Democratic
jeusEalist, and this he maintained, and exalted,
By Sustained and indomitable effort and energy
| uatil;tis paper became a power in the control
/ apd direction of public affairs.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06
Reeseayfng : nischaer.

IAsesn Which passed the Assembly LIST week
fq N xleliei OF the counties which cnnirac4ed
dsss sstaidin building the roads contemplated by
iha fc9nal act Of 1855 has in II the principle Of
e1ksu kmpiy- The counties interested involved
ti<snsslte In debt upon the faith Of the provis-
ista fhas set. and the present legislation is an
ats4uTA To- undo the mischiefs caused thereby
n h3ial possible, which the counties themselves
weys ssf,werless 10 arrest The bin is now
eessr&sse Seneie- Its passage By that body will
wefkshp itja'y to any portion of the State,
vtsssi will tend to give relief where the ex-
;sss1.s sof The debt acts as a serious drawback
v g,HfeEiiy The proceeds Of the lands set
apsss ssr tais purpose only are to be used, the
lkrtT ,ssmaining under the control Of the Trus-
tses spi sold only to actual settlers at the usual
s<ks.f,$e prices
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06

Throughout all Florida and the Southern At
lantic and Gulf States. this is most important
month for the "truckraiser and gardener.
All vegetables intended for shipment 10 the
North and West; such as peasc, snap-beans, to-
matoes melons, cucumbers, ETC., must be planted
as soon as the season will permit. EdrIness in
market is one of the most important elements
of success; a week or ten days time often
making all the difference in profit" or loss. v
Snap-beans planted now are liable to be in
jured in March by cold or strong blighting
winds a covering of moss is a protection, TO
be removed when the sun comes out warm.
Tomato, melon and cucumber seed should be
planted on the south side Of a bank thrown up
on purpose to protect the young plants from
the north. If you want onions to form bulbs,
break off the seed-stalk as fast as it appears.
Sow beets, carrots, radishes, spinach and
satisfy.
Transplant lettuce. cabbage and caulifiower
if cut-worms are troublesome, wrap the cabbage
plant with strip of thick paper, leaving half
an inch above the ground in setting out as
the worms work just at the surface, the paper
keeps them off
Plant Irish potatoes, using a compost rich in
potash Cover the sets deep, and do not hill
up very high in cultivating. Before planting
see that the ground is broken up very deep
and pulverized finely.
Bed out sweet potatoes for draws" No
danger of making the ground too rich.
RANT corn Inc last OF tnS mOntn or early IN
March. Prepare for cotton planting.
Sugar-cane and cassava can be planted in
South Florida this month. Sow guinea grass
seed, but do not set out plants of this grass
before April
Set out fig cuttings as soon as they show
signs of starting to grow; also cuttings Of
grapes, pomegranates and guavas. Orange trees
should be worked and fcrtiized: remove all
decayed and dead limbs from young trees, but
do not use the pruning shears too freely. Great
and irreparable injury is often wrought by the
reckless and injudicious cutting and slashing
of trees. SO, to be on the safe side, make il
rule to prune rather less :" than more" and
give old dame Nature a chance to shape the
tree.
Young orange trees may still be transplanted.
Also all deciduous trees which are in dormant
condition. If the weather should be warm,
plant late in the evening, water and mulch.
The gathering, packing, sorting. grading,
marking and shipping of vegetables and fruits.
are all matters of the greatest importance A
handsome, attractive and tastefully put up pack
age of common fruit will often ont sell far su-
periOr sort carelessly gathered anu uan,..ed- Do
not mix the different grades Let each package
be as nearly uniform as possible. Be very care
full in selecting your consignee, and always no
tify him by mail or telegraph in advance Of ev-
cry shipment " Raising" market truck and
fine fruit is only half the battle the profit
able and successful sale +" tells the story"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06
MeaIthfulness and Fertility Of the
Everglade Country.

The New Orleans Times Democrat has COM
menced the publication Of the articles so long
deferred by the sickness OF the correspondent
sent by that enterprising journal into the Ever
glade country. The writer, it is well TO men,
lion, did not contract his sickness in that sec
ton. as to the heathfulness of which he cites in
instance that, noticing how healthy and well
looking the men working with the dredge OF the
Florida Canal anu Improvement; Company
looked, he asked the Captain how often he had
been compelled to change his crew, how many
had died, the number of cases of malarial fever,
etc, feeling certain that working as they did
from sunrise to dark, In rain and sun, water and
mud, drinking the water and sleeping every
night beside bank of freshly turned up earth,
that necessarily there must be q large amount of
to the books of the boat, which showed but one
case of sickness reported in eight months, and
this was confirmed in conversation with the
men, who were from both Northern and South
ern States
Eight months ago the land reclaimed by the
canal was one to two feet under wafer, and ID
now high and dry, two feet above the surface Of
the lake Of body Of land Of about six thou
sand acres examined BY the correspondent he
says its richness b unsurpassed 10 Florida and be
doubts II iis equal can be found In any State.
The soil consists of . nothing more nor less than
decayed. vegetable maitsr" to depth of from
six TO eight feet, the cut OF the canal showing
how deep It is Though exposed TO The sun for
months The soil has NOT baked over or become
hard. and II TIE same that the correspondent had
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06

/. Fl. Vincent, State Treasurer Of Alabama,
absconded last week, leaving Montgomery on
Monday, and thus avoiding personal explanation
TO the legislative committee appointed TO exam
inc the books and accounts Of his Office on We'd
nesday. The States cash was found to he short
$217, 6S7.02, mostly lost by Vincent in cotton
speculation, ii is supposed, as he was a large op-
orator in futures. The defaulter left letter for
his chief clerk saying he had gone to New York
:" to straighten the whole matter" He was seen
in Nashville Tuesday morning. The amount of
deficit is secured by good bondsmen, who are
much TO be pitied for their misplaced confidence
in man they befrended, and which he might
not have betrayed if he had no; yielded to the
gambling mania which has ruined so many.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06

Tie New England Manufacturers and Me
cbas:cs' institute has sent out from its head
quarters in Boston an invitation TO each Of the
Southern States TO make an exhibit Of its agri-
CT ltsAal products and resources at the Third An
rsaai :Ex hihition OF the Institute, which will be
ote!9d the first week of September, 1853. Al
d.ns1.. Delesdernier, Esq, Chief of the Press
Bnr,::su Of The Institute, who has waited on the
GYv<tnors of the four Atlantic Southern States,
srri!:sh in Tallahassee last week as the bearer
CT tfs invitation to Florida, and Governor Blox-
HAMS IN: in message to the Legislature stating
the l1cts and suggesting that action be taken.
tbe Message was referred TO Committee. We
ts1sf such attention will be given 10 the subject
&stxHneral interest will be induced, leading to
NaorS4a achieving success 10 Boston even more
laarssd than at Atlanta. We extract from the
ldrsss To the Commonwealth Of the South:
To attention Of the world has recently been
QreAfd 10 the matter OF the development OF the
ysast rtsources of the southern part of this con-
tfaeat What the Atlanta Exposition did, it is
b.,stNS follow up. And to the intentions oil the
New; >Engand Manufacturer and Mechanics
k,stG1te in this regard, the attention OF every
.se'*isher of this country is respectfully called:
AS ueunlLe move IN TINS uITectlOb, Official
asyifsSions have been extended to the thirteen
4sutt,fFh States TO make, at the next Annual
NxbtKtion of the Institute, TO open the first
"Wednesday in September next, State exhibitions
q tliySr mineral and agricultural wealth aud the
fressiy OF the region. It Is believed that the
'sivss4ages which will accrue TO all sections Of
tse G4lntry from such an exhibition are mani
8. :. /.
1. TIA business aspects of the proposition can be
ktiefE stated. In the centre of an ample and
tktersiye building, the Institute has reserved
fpace for the Southern States to exhibit her re-
spnrS-s without charge. 1t promises, In addi-
1on, Sle benefits which have accrued from
lpng and expensive course Of advertising, and
,hosG shat are derivable from q location which,
in tiisSiAst year, had attraction enough about II
20 ca together 100000 spectators. The matter
I, 4 h.iy the South shall raise the money 10 col
sect Fer specimens must be left to her people.
Ehe iSity, so FAR az the Institute 10 concerned,
srouII be iuvidiouA
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06
Re,ay % .ensaex.o

Edisr Flsriaiaa wish 10 enter my protest,
as citizen Of Orange county, against the spite
fol utterances that are occasionally INDUCED In
between Middle and South Florida. There d
nothing to Be gained by Il; bat on the Other
hand ii is inimical to those ffaternal feelings
that should pervade every part of our State
The occasion Of these remarks ID the article in
your last issue signed Reflex" And right
here ffankness compels me to say that depre
cate and do not approve Of such expressions -
those indalged in by the Reporter, even though
they may have been said jokingly, for they tend
to stir up strife and are calculated to lead inn
table people to indulge in such Trades a. that Of
Reflex" made with . total disregard Of facts.
would consider this matter ~ unworthy Of
my notice, only that he has allowed feeling and
prejudice to control and lead him into the mire
of Misrepresentation, and some Of your readers
perhaps, might be mislead If they are not cor
rected.
Before giving the figures, will say this in re-
gard to the tax advertisements: this has never
been done before until In the month Of February
or March, and it took the people by surprise, a.
they did not expect it to be otherwise this year.
As an evidence of this viii cite you to the list
of tax sales for last year, the number being in
significant as compared to this. But, notwiih-
standing this misunderstanding, the citizens o
Orange had paid into the State Treasury on the
1st of January of the taxes of 1882, one thousand
seren hundred and forty mine dollars and twenty
two cents more of taxes than had the citizens o.
Leon. The amount paid by Orange county be-
ing g, 1862 and that paid by Leon $301-30
and the county that Reflex" sneeringly al
ludes to as the sand hills and fats" will pay
into the Treasury for 1882, of State tax, $l6988
while Leon is paying 4,0O3, on what is claimed
to be the best lands in the State"
As to the insinustion that " Disston is about
the only man who is able to pay taxes in Or
ange," l will say that, Notwithstanding the
above mentioned fact of the misapprehension as
to time of advertising, out of less than 800 tax
payers over 700 Of them had paid their taxes
on the LIST Of January, 1883.
will not reply to what he says about prices
of land in Orange and the remarks about our
Governor, etc. the bad taste of which is appar
emf, and only goes 10 show how a mans temper
and prejudice will lead him into error and mis-
representation, which are the legitimate fruits o
elimination and recrimination, and for this rea
son l enter my protest. Very respectfully,
I G SPERR
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06
Referring to Alexander Stephens !,

Referring to Alexander Stephens remark
the other day, when resolution providing for q
portrait of Ben Hill was offered - Without re-
ference to the preamble the resolution Is adopted
the Chicago Times observes; Mr. Stephens
may or may not hate nonsense, but II Is fact
that he hated Ben Hill. and the closing of the
grave over the latter seems not to have caused
the present Governor of Georgia to forget his
old animosity. Years ago, in the course Of :
contest for Office between the two men, Hin gave
such offence 70 Stephens that the latter chal-
Ienged Hin 70 duel. Hin had the courage TO
decline, his response, aler stating that be was
principle opposed 10 duelins, closing in some
Thing Ike these words: | cannot light you
inoreoyor. because the conditions ara unequal. /
havea soul 70 save, and family TO care or /;
y0u have neither Governor Hiepheps isnot the
man Y brgst ! cut IKE ihat and ~ has nos lbr-
gotten IT, s
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06

Jactyonsslle Times, fsbrusya
Mxylsss were 4seld in this city yesterday o.
the yfeiida Land and Improvement Company
andfaIe9 Of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast and
OktecHDbee Land Company. Important bust
nessfwHs transacted aud the following Boards o.
DiF1a1fs we're chosen
EH Re Fcrida Land and Improvement Com
parry: 4. Henry Asbury, Hamilton Disston, w
b. 1ske G. H. Gross. Henry Lewis, w. 3.
WskiitsJ. f. Bennett, J. ]. Dunno, w. g.
HusS, E 81. Klahr, A. r. X. Stafford.
Eof aae Atlantic and Gulf Coast and Okeecho-
bee EaKd Ccmpany T. Henry Asbury, J. ].
DUad4sE a. Hendfy, Ham'l b. Grey, Henry
Has9 avo.s s4. 4 a- Rss p''ison K Is ss
6ofsi.s
Tbs whole party with several invited gue.is
leave tbAight Tor Kissimmec, where they nke
steanssE 10r the Gulf Of Mexico yia Kisgimmee
RiSeE MkeeGhobee and CAlocsahatchie River.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-02-06

Editor Florididn: Our State has been blessed
with some of the brightest intelects of the South
one of whom was the gallant Ward, of Leon-a
man of letters, a statesman and patriot; wise in
his counsel, just to his fellow-man aud soldier
in every sense of the term, and who sacrificed
his life in defence of his home and his rights.
Shall the name Of such a man be forgotten.
Will not the friends who are left to mourn for
so great and so good man endeavor to perp etu-
ate his name by erecting monument suitable to
his memory? I do trust that an effort will be
made to offer this last tribute to one who 90 just
ly merits it, A FRIEND