The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-08-21

comfortable residence A number of very
beautiful Canary and mocking birds add
to its attractions. Mr.. Pine has his wife,
daughter and son with him, and they
could not be more pleasantly situated. a
large number of specimens of their work
are on exhibition besides a collection Of
particularly fine specimens of Florida
scenery. a visit to the floating gallery
wilb repay one and those who can should
give Mr.. Pine call.
Madison Ne,c Era: On the Sth inst.
Anderson DeLaughter killed a female
rattlesnake more than FIVE feet in length.
She was 10 inches in circumference and
had 4 rattles. On being cut open dis
played - little rattlesnakes, each in a
separate membrane of its own. Each had
button; so you see rattlesnakes start
life with button. There has been for
the past two years growing disposition
among our farmers, white and colored, to
duction of hog and hominy" The fall
lacy that Madison county cannot produce
her bread and meat supply without detri-
mcnt To her financial interest is fast waning
and the people are emanciPating them
selves from the tyranical sway of King
Cotton" and in ayear "rtwo more will be
virtually ont Of debt and independent.
Monticello Constitution Mr. f. b.
Bailey will plant eighty or one hundred
imburse him for the damage sustained
by the caterpillar. Two bales of new
cotton were brought to this town on last
| Saturday, the first of the season. Mr..
Thomas NJ. Harp brought one in the
morning and sold it to Messrs }. G. Turner
& Co for 4 cents per pound, and Mr.
II. {. Groom sent one in during the even
ing, and Mr.. Simon shipped the same to
| Savannah. The LcConte pear orchards
in this vicinity are doing finely. The tree
J is rapid grower in tins climate and soil.
and few years hence we will have the
finest and most prolific orchards in the
South. In our opinion the general cult
walton of this fruit will accomplish for
Middle Florida what the orange has done
for South Florida Many thousand trees
will be set out next winter in Jefferson
county, and hundreds of thousands of
cuttings added to our nurseries.
-Palatka Jounul: \ distinguished
naturalist notes that a Florida turtle will
lay one hundred and fifty eggs in day
and not cackle once The report that
the colorcd girl had secreted herself in
the Falk building for the purpose of
stealing some of elder Cloves hammock
land cannot be true, because he had only
a few five pound sacks on hand and these
he keeps in the safe. We learned Just
after going to press last week that the
residence Of J. i. Swan, Esq, at Sanford,
|: was destroyed by fire on the 9th instant
Mr.. Swan resides during the summer at
Tecumseh, Michigan, and the Sanford
property was in charge Of NJ. l.. Squircs
The origin Of the fire is not known. The
loss is over 81, 900 in the residence and
several valuable bearing orange trees be-
/ sides. No insurance The early bird
IS usually the fellow that catches the
worm. Charles Corning is one Of our Old
citizens and well-known Miss Gertrude
Dalton is young lady with an extended
acquaintance. This couple woke up our
County Judge Yesterday morning at }
o'clock, and said they wanted to be mar
ried. Judge Harrison is one Of the most
accommodating gentlemen i'll the Union,
so he gratified their wish and sent them
on their way rejoicing. The couple left
on the seven o'clock boat for the North.