The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-09-21
FEDERAL POINT.

! Special Core >pondence The Daily News.
One of our good neIghbors has adver-
| tised on the bulletin board here the sale
of his horse, cart, pillow, harrow and har
ness. This has inspired our local poet,
who speaks to the community thusly.
IF ycw want few buy
Tcw beat the fellow down
Not 10y smile. but froMn,
Aud say tew him, Ross,
don't want Yer boss
Nor yer cart nor yer pillow
What ill yer take vow
The hoss i bust,
The cart Il all rus,
The harness Ill brake
What III yer take g''
Charles Merrifield met with a very
warm reception on his return home
from his trip to Maine last week. lie
keeps, for the amusement of himself and
family, an ugly, ill-shapen, vicious cur,
IN the shape of a dog, which was on
hand To greet him, with teeth and nails,
biting ms arm and hand, tearing his
hand quite badly. We are sorry that
MIR. NJ. should be injured, but feel much
better satisfied that he should get the
benefit of the brute's savage propensities
than some woman or child who might
have gone To his home on an GRAND
We are informed that the dog is still the
pet of the family.
\ question has been propountled to
your correspondent that lac respectfully
refers to the Board of County Commits
sioners-"If one member of that honora-
bic body orders lumber, to- be purchased
for the completion of a bridge, is the
county under any obligation to pay for
the labor of putting the lumber in POSI-
ton :" Their refusal to pay for such
labor would indicate high state of
economical administrations!
Mr.. T.. s. Hubbard and family re-
turned last week from their visit to
friends North. Mr.. III. brought back 10
swarns of bees, and intends To amuse
himself with their care for a time. 1
suppose bee culture in this State is net
properly understood 10y the avesage app
artist, or else they do not give their bees
what attention they know ought to be
gwen, fer have never heard of any one
meeting with any decided success with
the business here. The wild bees do bet
ter than the domestic, which would indI-
dictate Il lack of know ledge on the part
of those who attempt their culture. Bees
In Florida have numerous enemies; not
only the moths but our large red ants are
partial to honey, and when once they AT
tack "A hive IL Is ruined. Your CORES
pondent lis no authority on bee culture,
as bees seem To take special delight in
singing him. Even an old humble bee
will leave his dinner and fly forty rods
Just for the pleasure of giving him :,
stick, which naturally enough has crea-
ted distaste for anything but the honey
that some other fellow has produced and
brought in, minus the bees.
Next month our post office department
will commence the immediate delivery
system all over the country. just mag
inc little one horse post office, situated
at some remote cross roads, whose master
fishes out of the pouch an immediate de
livery stamp for "a patron one mile off,
anu it dark and rainy. No horse. no
overcoat. thin shoes, and Just up from a
tit OF chIlis, with no one about who Will
deliver it for less than twenty five cents
fear Uncle Sam will soon find himself
rich If PRAYER has any utility. Ii will
work like the fellows recommendation
OF starving To cure disease e., Twill
work better IN theory than practice
= unless the department will furnish all
these little offices with good horse and
covered carriage. 1t Will be nice for the
sen der, however. ()