The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-01-08


All apt quotation is as good as an original
remark. In many eases it is better.-M
0. Hsns.
-tallow youth (before looking-glass
:strOk king his chin): "Sis, must get me
"A raj kor." "Do, Bob, a beard-raiser."
=" Papa" said Harlem boy, "do
goats give milk ?" eyes, Tommy"
l~ Ard goat is butter, isn't itf eyes,
my fon." Well, then, isn't goats milk
butte1milk?"
Mr.. Cassius M. Clay writes that coal
tar and tobacco leaves put about the
stems and roots of squash vines kept
away The squash bug.
Elm down TO bedrock said the
benpeeked husband, as he swayed the
s'radle; containing his bowling son and
heir v. D. Item.
The American hen never showed
symptoms of disloyalty until her spring
chicken was slandered, and she was
fooled with porcelain nest-eggs.
f Five hundred million dollars was
represented at Vanderbilt's ball, yet you
could get twice as much pure fun at a
good cld-fashioned "shindig," whore the
/. only expense is quarter all reund to
: pay the fiddlers.
1t is not strange that pretty widows
have 81, many more suitors than equally
pretty maidens. Men know that widow
i+ not looking for beautiful prince on .
. nlilk-waite steed, and consequently will
not le quite so hard to suit.
A hoosier at dinner on a Mississippi
Steamer was about to reach out for some
thing ln'fore him, but the waiter, check
ing him, exclaimed: "That, sir, is des-
:ert." 90" said the hoosier, / don't
care if it's a wilderness. Pm going to
EAT it all the same"
+: "A lady in Toronto got to laughing
over some amusing incident and could
.iot stop. Finally doctor was called in
aud he could not quiet her, and she might
have died laughing if telegram had not
just then arrived saying that her hus-
bands !notheT was coming on a short
visit.
. =" How are you and your wife comm
on 2" asked West Point man of a col
ored man She has run me of, boss.
il to blame, boss. l gave her splendid
white silk dress, and den she got so proud
she had no use for me. She lowed was
too dark 10 match de ss."-Neeo York
Grephic-
An exchange tells of Chicago
fonng nan, who in rash moment told
bis girl il she would hang up her stock
ing on lIallow Fen he would fill it to the
rim With something nice. When he saw
her stocking he was undecided whether
to get into it himself or buy her sewing
machine.
A shabbily-dressed woman called
upon one of our citizens for aid, claiming
that she was in a starving condition. The
citizen looked upon her plethoric form,
estimated the avoirdupois of the superfu-
Gus fat, and answered: /" You don't look
bxe starving woman" "I know it."
she whiningly answered, "I'm bloated
with grief"
The horticultural editor of the C0ssa-
try Gentleman relates an experience in
plum culture. He says his trees have
been unusually subject to early dropping
OF leaves, some of the late sorts not
having foliage to finish the growth and
maturity Of the fruit. A part of bis or
chard WAS top dressed last winter with
stable manure, which was subsequently,
worked. into the soil. On this portion Of
the orchard the trees retained their leaves;
90 the hnmanured part most of them lost
their foliage.
"A mixer should learn to milk quickly.
Slow milking will ruin any COW, and there
islittle doubt that many COWS are made
unpro6tahle by bad milking. As soon as
the flow Of milk begins it should be drawn
as rapidly as possible. Stripping with
the finger and thumb is q bad practice
and should be unlearned at once, and the
whole hand used to milk with. By per-
scvering one will soon be able to milk
ve;y short teats if the hand is moderately
small. The best mixers have small hands:
strength OF wrist will come in time