The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-17
Market rtienin-.


son leased a plot of ground OF f.. w.
Barnhi!l and commenced market gar
dening. We visited the garden last
week and were surprised at the urogress
he had made, ami Will try 10 give a lie
scrIptIOu of his garden, winch We think
- the finest we have vet seen in Florida.
The list j. as follows: Cabhages, teets.
carrots, rutta bagas. peas, lettuce, kale.
turnips. rariishes, onions and snap beans.
Four months ago this was raw land, but
when he broke il up it was given "A good
Coating of lime which thoroughly sweet
erred il. He has water pipes laid under
ground, and "a tank built at such an ele-
vati as To- force the water through h
them To- any part of the garden. it is
watrred Dy means of revolving spriuk-
leTs which are attachable 10 any OF the
hydrant7 ~ hIch thus save "A great deal of
labor, when watering Is necessary.
Our declaration that vegetables can
be prUii,abiy raised on high pine land by
using little fertilizer and plenty of wa
ter IL emphaticaly substantiated by Mr..
jackson.
The cabbage. OF which he has several
irIesies, will be ready for shipment in
:; pout week. The rUt bagas, and
tuTnips are as fine a. any one would
wish To see. Strawberry plants are IN
bloom, and pea vines are iuXuriant as
any We have ever seen North or any-
wneTe els. They are laden with bloom.
snap beans are nearly gone. and carrot
almost r. ady for market. His radishes
are of large size ami exceedingly pa.ata-
bile. He uses Peter HenderSon's seeds
mainly, and gives his personal attention
TO the garden. ANY one who having
tried gardening here, and having failed
would do we'll To visit Air. Jackson, who
| am sure would be pleased 10 give them
some advice as well a| encouragement.
What he : doing. can readily be done 10y
ether, and his garden certainly contra
diets the statement made by some per
srus That you cannot raise vegetables on
high pune land.-icLdud IgricHitUFji.
Y Singular Farce .nr Texas.
IL would scarcely IL. fair to consider
the question of the compa ratIVe value of
negroes as soldiers. definitely settled by
the absurd train-rohberv near Bellevue.
Texas. The tiv" negroes wearing the
uniform of the L nitrd States army. who
surrendered their national arms without
- struggle u the two or three masked
robbers who were allowed to bully a
whole train full Of able bodied men.
many Of whom must have been provided
with weapons. claim To have only ubeyed
riders in 81 doing; and in the army or
~ the field, obedience - characteristic 10
I
"a social Necessity. to "a degree bordering
upon the absolute. Sill we doubt
whether five white American soldiers
would have been equally obedienj under
similar circumstances. The plea Of the
passengers re- arding the danger To the
women and children which would re-
suit from anv attempt at self defense
seems rather thin. especially If the
statement that the passengers under
stood the situation before the rohber,
entered rhe car IT all i 70 - accepted "a
the truth And It Is even queStiunabl,
whether under any circumstances the
CNntsmptibie submission cf forty mer
and five soldiers To three highway
could To- Justified by the mere fact tha
somebody might get hart by living ball
in case Of resistance.
Ar all events the representations of tn,
passengers and the soldiers about tn,
awful danger to women and children Il,
not seem borne ont by stern facts. Tn,
women wanted the men TO fight 20
them, Mrs. Ni!dick justly taunte,
them with their cowardice. Forty uu
armed men ought in such n case u hav,
been able To defeat and disarm thrs,
robbers hy mere physical force alone
bur IL Is too ridiculous to think that fi~t
of the men cowed were United State
suldiery
Perhaps there were no Texans aboar,
except women): and perhaps in th
masked robbres the passengers fancie
they beheld three of those terrible anC
invincible cowboys imagined in ten-ceu
romance. But no ''perhapS" can plac
the uc'dent in a light ere iitahle 70 tn,
male passengers on the train.-N. q
TiaeSD Democrat