The Florida agriculturist., 1884-10-22
FLoRIDIANA.


Mr.. L. s Swain, an old citizen Of Jack
sonylle died last sunday.
The Ocola Banner says that q farmer
sold his only COW so that ne might get
money to go to the circus
Mr. Buckner, was a contributor to
this paper and his writings were much
liked. We regret his untimely end,
The Orlando Ice Factory was compelled
to "shut down" for several days, owing
to the breakage of their gas pumps.
New duplicate pieces ofthose broken ar
rived on Monday last, and the machine
will soon be under full headway again.
fortunately the company had sur
ficient supply on hand to meet the home
acknowledgement.
We are sorry to see that some of our
fruit growers are packing and sending
green oranges TO market. This is
suicidal policy on their part, being well
calculated to bring Florida Oranges into
disrepute and thus tend to bring down
the character and prices OF ripe fruit.
This occurs every year, and should by
all means be discouraged.-1po
CGiten.
This community contains one of the
closest men on record. lie recently
stopped his subscription to the Nelcs,
SAVING that he did not care for the paper,
but in reality because he was too miserly
to pay the subscription price, as he makes
it practice to borrow the paper weekly
from his friends. Such man would
sell body and soul for few coppers.-
LeesbTq NeUs.
Your place is not singular. You viii
find the same breed in every community.
Fla. AGRrCULTURlsr.
The Tallahassee Lcpd Of F7acers Says.
\ few weeks ago, the potato, pea and
sugar cane crop of this county was very
promising, and it was hoped that these
crops would be sufficient to make up for
the short corn and cotton crop, but the
present drouth has blighted that hope.
Some say, however, that the early !
potatoes had made before the drough set |
in and that sugar cane is not much af- |
fected by it, that while the stalks will |
not produce near so much juice, the !
sugar and syrup yield will be about the
same.
Cedar Keys, Oct l0-The body of j.
A. Buckner, editor OF the Galf Coast
Herald, printed at Tarpon Springs, was
found i'll the bayou, between Anclote and
Tarpon Springs, on Tuesday morning.
The deceased had difficulty with a
woman who passes for his wife, and
whipped her. Oh Sunday she fled with
a negro in a boat, and Buckner followed |
in pursuit. They pass out OF sight |
around the polnt, and the next seen OF
is suspected, and the Coroner Is making
an investigation.
Low water in the Ocklockonee river
is bringing the big alligators to the sur
face. One killed on the river about Is
tnfh |
as flour barrel and measured Is feet
and one inch in length. It's stomach,
when opened, contained about three
pounds of lead, a railroad spike, a buggy
wrench, a / square iron tap with tail to
it, an OK bow key, a clevis pin, an iron
bar - inches long, a buggy stirrup, q
peck OF hog hair and an old shoe. We
did not see the gator opened, but the
following gentlemen are given rs as eye
witnesses: ID. Richard, Chris. Grey, w.
7. fireman and +. G. Grisset. -Er.
An interesting encounter between
rottlesnake and two hogs was witnessed |
q few days ago, near where the Jackson |
Vile, Tampa and Key West railroad |
crosses Black creek in this county. |
There were two sows in the same locality, |
each with a litter of pigs. \ large rat |
tlesnake attacked and killed one OF the |
pigs, when the mother OF the pic attacked |
the snake but tbeing bitten by the serpent |
fell by her off spring and died immedl-
ately. The other SOW then rushed upon
his snakeship, when she also received
the fangs OF the rattler The SOW, how
ever, got in her work on the snake and
killed him, when she also laid down and
died.-Greea Gore Sprng.
4 new Steamer for the line between
Charleston and Palatka arrived last
week. Sheis called the City OF Norfolk,
and is thus described by the Times- Ciao'3
While the steamer is not new, she is
in splendid condition, her hull being of
the heaviest iron. She was built at
Wilmington, Del, and is OF So2 tons
burden She is 224 feet long, - feet
beam, and 8 feet draft, and, is supplied
with powerful engine andcomparative-
new boiler. She has forty-two large state
rooms, one hundred and forty-two berthss
most of them double, the beds being sup
piled with the best wire springs andhalr
mattresses, and is allowed to carry one
hundred first and twenD-one second
class passengers. Her saloon is long
and wide, beautifully gildei and
decorated. The floor is covered with
handsome new Brussels carpet, and the
most comfortable and richly upholstered
chalrs are TO be foundin proluslon-
Her dining saloon is on the main after
deck, is large and airy, while the kitchen
is immediately in the rear OF ofthis--some-
thing entirely new ON steamboats,, and is
regarded for many reasons q great inn
prOVement.
Her carrying capacity is almost unlimI-
ted and she is especially adapted for the
fruit trade, her main deck being large,
open and thoroughly ventilated. Another
feature of the steamer is her arrange
men1s for the cnmfnr OF deck nassengers.