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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-03

ton, where the homes Of birds and beasts
of past ages are Kept 1t has a fine floral
gardens about ii as you will find about the
palaces of king 1t raises thousands Of
flowers for congressman and the White
House, and in its greenhouses are pro.
duced every year the finest of winter
grapes, which one of the understrapperS
contidentially told me are sent of by the
box to congressman families.
The congressman have, in fact, many
things from this department that should
go to their constituents, and they ought
10 give each of the Z farmer friends a full
supply of seeds. They have an allowance
of both garden and flower seeds, samples
of different kinds of wheat aud potatoes,
and seeds are bought for this purpose by
the ton. If the people do not get them it
is the fault of the congressman. 1t is not
true that a large part of the seeds sent
out are boiled beforehand to prevent their
coming up. They are, in fact, the cost
lest that the market can furnish, and
Uncle Sam buys them for distribution.
Each congressman has 5000 packages
TO send out through his district every
year, and hope that every farmer who
reads this letter, whether he be Democrat
or Republican, will write to his congress
man and demand his quota The con-
gresham has the seeds and ought to fur
nish them. If his supply runs out hS can
easily get more from his city congress
sional friends, and beg of my readers not
to forget to ask for flower seeds, grass
seeds, as well as for potatoes and vegeta-
bes and grape cuttings. You pay in taxes
over 5000, 600 year to buy these seeds,
and there is no reason why you should not
get them.
There are large rooms at the depart
ment devoted to packing and sending
them away and give you a sketch Of a
corner Of room where the seed packers
and bag makers work. The bags in which
the seed are put up are nearly all made
here, and got good sitting of very
plain girl in paper cap who was FASTING
the bags together. All of the girls at the
agricultural department are not plain,
however, and there are scores Of pretty
maidens putting up these seeds and pota-
toes which you will soon receive from
your member Of congress.
The seed department was formerly kept
in the basement. H. rooms look like
those Of big Touring mill or warehouse,
and, in the busy time, they are piled tull
of two bushel bags filled with various
kinds of seeds Tie vegetable seeds are
put up in pint or quart packages, and
-four seeds in sIna< paper envelopes,
Millions of seed packages are sent out
every year and when Mr., Loriug left tho
department ko had at least u ton Of red
beet seed on Land.
The museum of the agricultural depart
ment is worth visit, and ! saw IA tai
young man In derby hat gazing visit
fully on the pointed fruit within its glass
cases today, This museum comprises {
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-03

Strawberries, watermelons, peaches and
pumpkins. together with all kinds of nuts,
grasses and woods The various kinds of
farm products are shown, and there are
bugs of every description, from the Kan
sas grasshopper to the flea.
walked through the department with
Doorkceper Arnot, and Arnot is one of
the rarest birds in the government avi-
airy. As straight as Lake Superior oak,
he looks like the old time gentleman of the
stage, and he struts about as though he
owned the earth, and might order the
water moved off Of it at any time.
Let me tell you how he looks
His coat is blue swallow tail, with big
brass buttons, almost as large around as
a SEQ gold piece He has black pumps
with large buckles over the instep. His
pantaloons are black and his well ironed
vest is of buff linen. Out of it shows a
fine rufIled shirt, and upon his nose rests
pair of gold spectacles. His hair is as
white as frosted silver, and he is dignity
personified He is very cordial, however,
as guide, and as you walk along with
him he will tell you his history 1t is an
interesting story, for he has been mill
ionaire, and now has nothing but his sal
airy. He has not lost, however, his self
respect with his money, and he is proba-
bly, as happy as he was in those days
when he rolled in gold.
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There are several different divisions in
the agricultural department, ana the en-
tomological division was organized about
ten years ago. The head OF this division
is Professor Riley, one Of the best men Of
his kind in the country, 1t is his bust
ness to study the character of all insects
injurious to crops and the remedies for
them. He also devotcs a part of his
bureau to the consideration of bee culture,
and it is also under him that the silk
worms unconsciously work on toward
their boiling and baking, This part of
the bureau had plenty of work during the
raid OF the Kansas grasshopper, and those
employed there study every new insect
that comes CD. HENRY STEPHENS.
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4 EeM Fresh Eartingtnnisms.

Mrs. Darlington has IA rival in Maine
VINO can give her points. He is an active
men in town affairs a"d did his best to pre-
vent the acceptance o. a city charter by his
t,UnSmem. But BEING defeated, he accepted
the result, with the remark that he supposed
w, must "accopt the irdeiatigabe," Speak
Ing of two institutions nat were united, he
sand that they were submerged together
He opposed the idea OF ltting furnace into
ms house, because he int want the domes-
tics sitting on the reg uent,' He once vol
untecred to explain the object of chevrons
by stating that they ''iustigatc6' the mill
tary rank ol the individual. Referring 10 n
suicide he said that jury held a conquest"
over the body. He amused himself occa-
sionally with soldering, and informed a
party Of raw recruits that he wanted them
TO ''stand as still as piece of stationery IL
Boston Transcript
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-03

HE question has
been agitated dur
ing the past ses-
sion Of congress
as to whether the
head of the agri-
cultural depart
ment should have
a place in the cab
met, and quite a
deal of lobbying
has been done on
the subject. The
agricultural de-
partment is tho
latest bureau Of
the government.
The farmers Of
tho Tuitpd States
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-03

were first recognized by division of the
patent office being devoted to agriculture
In 1S47. The department proper was or
ganized in 1862, and it now las building
of its own and has become one of the
great government establishments. 1t
publishes a million of agricultural re-
ports every year, and it sends ont as
many seeds as there are sands on the sea
shore.
These agricultural reports form very
important part of the congressional cam
paign. Statesmen try to buy farmers
votes with them and there are more of
them used for propping up the ends Of
broken legged lounges than for reading
purposes. Many of them are used III other
ways, and not long ago the department
received n letter from IA farmer IN central
New York asking for an agricultural re-
port He specified no year nor date: he
merely wanted n report and he wanted it
bad Commissioner Coleman wrote back
asking him as to the date of the report he
wished He replied 10y return mail He
didn't care darn about the date-Le
wanted it for a scrap book
Still the department is doing great
good, and its statistics are valuable
There are sixty persons employed in the
statistical division alone, and it takes
from 5000 to 10000 persons IN different
parts of the country to collect the data
used.
The agricultural department building
is located in the great mall between the
treasury and the Capitol. 1t is sand
wiched between the bureau Of engrav-
ing and printing, where the Erccnbacks
are made, and the Smithsonian institu-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-03
THE LATE E. P. ROE.
Death of the Most Popular Contemporaries
Gus American Novelist.

On plateau, directly under the shade
of the Storm King mountain on the Ilud-
son river, are the spacious grounds and
the rambling, old fashioned house which
was occupied by the late +. p. Roe, 1.-THE
novelist of the masses"
The scenery roundabout-especially in
the direction of the Iudson--is wonder
fully varied and picturesque. Mr.. Roe's
father and grandfather resided at Corn
wall, and a fourth generation of the
family has been identified with this lovely
bit of country. The novelist did not &C.
cupy the house built by his ancestors. 1t
has a broad, breezy hall running from end
to end, thus dividing the lower part of
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the house into two
comfortable com
partments. On the
top floor Mr.. Roe
had his workshop
in litterateurs'
parlance, his den
a long, narrow,
uncarpeted room,
under a slanting
roof, under viii h
Mr.. Roe was fond
of sitting during
a storm and list
ening to the pat.
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Happy Man ITO fair widowl-And shall we
have rousing wedding, darling, u fine sup
per, dancing, music and all that sort of thingl
Fair Widow-N-no, | think not, John, dear
We must remember there was funeral in
the house Only short time ago.-The Epoch.
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Roe was one of the author, " lu made
money" L4s income fru.u b l',s was
ani4tr t liam he income O. .a.v other man
OF letters. oo;aiucl from the sane source,
IN Americas 1t is cstin ,,. ....- ICE had
something: like 100000 n.. ...- in the
UAitcd State, alone and H.. ,u..s were
translated INFO many lYns.:.-...
The novel; "Eall.ic., l.. way"
WAS his first attlmm H. ... ..l of
authorship On the Gsy II ,l.r break
ing ont of the great Chicago fire H.. was
in New York city, where he las. 'r.u in
vitcd - preach to a clur"l tcr,-,rarily
without Il pastor. Hr.sl,.4., a. -.,.4en
trip to C...curo he say:
Il cannot account for it 1t g., i'm
pulse to go to the strickca co., a., once
seemed to ove!powcr mc. . ed my
vuli,a and s.artcd westward had no
cleu. purpose. no defrit, ll.a. ,n .und
that Of seeing humanity Al IA ln., chen
it appealed So powerfulr 10 o..rs s,m-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-03

One Of the most interesting divisions
Of he agricultural department is that de
voted to silk culture Here the whole
process of silk manufacture, from the
cocoons to the thread can be seen. On
shelves about the room the worms lie,
eating mulberry leaves. Here they turn
themselves into cocoons, and when the
cocoons are ready for use they are here
baked to kill the worms inside of them.
They are next boiled to loosen the thread
and there is a very pretty girl here who
keeps stirring up these boiled cocoons
and raising them out of the water and
pulling off the thread. The silk unwinds
as from a spool, and there are sometimes,
an told. a hundred yards in single
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Mr. Roe was fond of cutortni.iam hie
friends and he nearly always haI l".lpcd
around him Il coterie of men prominent
in the field Of letters. Not long before
his death he extended an invitation to
the Authors club of New York to visit
him at his country seat; and the meeting
was memorable one Nearly all those
who accepted the invitation travelled to
Cornwall by water, and they were by no
means Il bad lot, taking them together.
There was Edmund Clarence Stedman,
for example, the most popular writer of
writers, the youngest man, by all odds,
for his age--fuller of the eXhilaration of
youth than most of his juniors by twenty
years; Julian Hawthorne, in a flannel
shirt, with soft red tennis cap on his
handsome head, by far the most pictur
csquc figure of all; Richard Henry Stod
dard, the venerable poet, eXubcrant with
health and good nature; and "A score more
of writer's of all ages, whose names are
known the world over. Roe himself was
III the best of spirits.
+. p. Roe was II man of somewhat
striking presence. He was of medium
height, powerfully built with gravely
pleasant and intelligent face; his dark
hair was brushed carcles5lv back from a
high forehead. and his beard and mus
tachc were long and black; his eyes were
of "A kindly gray and hi, manner was
that of man who had spent the greater
part of his life III the atmosphere of
home. The author, We're entertained Law
isAly and had gioriou- time and they
all uni "a in singing the praises of the
Mni.h.~ n3vcli-t.
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Il was with this man that | visited the
room where the fruit painter works. |
doubt whether there is another such art
ist in the United States. He is a thin,
cadaverous looking man. with a big nose,
and he works away, day after day, paint
ing fruit from the original He does his
work in water colors and the apple or
peach he is painting lies before him as he
works He is an excellent artist, and his
pictures look almost good enough to eat,
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cocoon. Commissioner Coleman, in his
last report, SAYS that our American girls
can do this work better than foreigners,
and that they can turn out twice as much
work in given time as the same number
of girls employed in the south of France.
Speaking of Mr.. Coleman. the head of
the bureau, he is practical farmer, and
he makes very fair chief He is a
straight, tightly made, rosy faced, bright
eyed man, with iron gray hair standing
straight up from his forehead and combed
as though his scalp was one gigantic cow
lick. He is the editor and proprietor Of
an agricultural journal in Missouri. and
is scientific and practical farmer. When
he came into the department there was a
balance of just $35, and he has done re-
markedly well.
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The Chicago Anarch SITS.

The telegraph has kept the public well
Informed as TO tho developments in the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-03
UNCLE SANS FARMERS.
ALL ABOUT THE AGRICULTURAL b.
REAU At WASHINGTON.
Pretty Seed SeDders and Bag Makers-A
Millionaire ms Dourkeepcr-The Silk
Department-Mr. Coleman the Head Of
the Bureau.

Special Correspondence
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-28
ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE 10 amend existing ordinances
touching the fees Of the Harbor Master Of the
city Of Savannah.
SECTION /. BE 1t ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen Of the city Of Savannah, In Council
assembled That in lieu OF the charges and fees
Of the Harbor Master Of the city of Savannah.
fixed by The ordinance approved March ~, 1873,
as amended by the ordinance approved Deem
Der ID, 1886. the following shall be the charges
and fees payable to the said Harbor Master for
all services by the said Harbor Master, TO yes
sells and their cargoes in the port Of Savannah,
namely: BY each transient brig or schooner, four
dollars; by each transient ship or bark, six
dollars; by each transient steamship, fifteen
dollars; by each coastwise steamer running reg
ularly to this port, six dollars per month; by
each bark, brig and schooner engaged in the
coastwise trade, four dollars, payable not more
than twice in twelve months; by each sailing
vessel or steamer, plying inland measuring
forty feet or more. two cents per foot over all
measurement, payable quarterly In advance.
SEC 2 BE il further ordained that the said
fees and charges herelnbefore provided for,
shall be payable and collected as now directed
by ordinance.
SEC B. BE it further ordained, That all ordi-
nances and parts Of ordinances In conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed IN Council April is, 1883.
RUFUS r. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: FRANK Il. REBARER, Clerk OF Council
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Diamonds and Jewelry.
Full many gem
The dark unfathomed caves Of ocean bea

Full many gem
The dark unfathomed caves Of ocean bear.
And full many a gem casts its dazzling
rays from our showcases, rejecting back
unabashed the binding rays of old Sol him
self. Indeed, Diamonds and Diamond jew
elry are among our pet fancies, aud we can
show line Of these goods whose beauty
can not be described. The latest designs in
shapes and settings and at prices that will
always guarantee solid value to the pur-
chaser. Our stock of Fine Jewelry, Solid
and Plated Wares, Decorative and Orna-
mental Bric-a-Brac, Gold Headed Canes
and Umbrellas hes been augmented by re-
cent arrivals, covering all the newest and
most attractive ideas in artistic goods, and
we ask a careful inspection. Wedding
birthday and presents for special occasions
a feature, and ia making appropriate selec-
tions our experience and judgment is always
at the purchasers command. The lasting
satisfaction afforded the public in the past
is our future recommendation to your
notice. nj. STERNBERG,
Fine Jeweler, ISL Broughton street.
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ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE to repeal an ordinance passed in
Council March 81, 1888, entitled an ordinance
to provide for the grading, paving and inn
proving Of River street from the east side Of
West Broad street to the west side of Water
street. in the city of Savannah.
SECTION l. Be il ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen Of the city Of Savannah in Council
assembled, and il Is hereby ordained by the
passed In Council on the 2ist day OF March,
1893. entitled an ordinance to provide for the
grading, paving and improving of River street,
from the east side of West Broad street to the
west side Of Water street. in the city OF Savan-
nah. be and the same Is hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed In Council April Z, 1898.
RUFUS r. LESTER, Mayor
Attest: FRANK r. REBARKR, Clerk OF Council
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Perfectlv Pure.

So much is said in these days about i'm
pure food that housekeepers are often per
picked. Fortunately absolute safety t.
health, as well as perfect parity in material
may be obtained by tho use Of that time
tried and meritorious article,
HTCKER'S SELF-RAISING FLOUR
Tor sale every where.
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AN ORDINANCE

To provide for the paving and improving Of
Bay street between the Ogeechee canal and
Wadley street and of Wadley street between
Bay street and the bridge south Of River
street. in the city of Savannah to make as
seSsment for the same, and TO collect said
assessment.
Aldermen OF the city of Savannah in Council
assembled under the terms and provisions Of
the act of the Legislature Of Georgia, approved
on the first day OF October 1887, That the Com
mittee on Streets and Lanes be and II is hereby
authorized and directed to have laid on each
side Of Bay street, between the west side Of the
Ogeechee canal and the west side of Wadley
street, in the city OF Savannah, and on each
side Of Wadley street, between the north side
of Bay street and the south side of the bridge
south Of River street, in said city, new curb,
so that said curbs on said Bay and Wadley
streets shall be forty feet apart. and TO have
said portions Of Bay and Wadley streets be-
tween the said curbs graded and paved with
stone paving blocks, and have proper side
drains, cross drains and crossings placed on
said portions Of Bay street and Wadley street
between the points named the said pavements
herein provided for to be placed in the center Of
said streets.
SEC 2 BE it further ordained That after the
total cost OF said work exclusive of the 'front.'
age Of interSecting streetsD shall have been
ascertained, one-third OF such cost shall be
paid out of the city treasury and the ether two
thirds from the persons owning real estate
fronting on said portions of Bay and Wadey
streets, that is TO say, one-third thereof from
the owners on each side OF the said portions or
said streets at the date Of the passage of this
ordinance, according TO frontage and the pro
rata amount of the cost Of said work is hereby
assessed against said real estate and its owners
as aforesaid. IL such assessment be not paid
within thirty days after the presentation OF a
bill for the same, the amount Of such bill shall
be furnished by the Committee on Streets and
Lanes to the City Treasurer, who shall imme-
diately issue an execution for the amount to-
gether with cost, against the persons and prop
erty as aforesaid, which execution shall be
made and levied out of the property described
therein. as are executions for city taxes.
SEC. g. BE il further ordained, That all ordi-
nances and parts Of ordinances In conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
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GTATE OF GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY
- ELIZABETH j. p. THOMPSON has applied
for Exemption of Personally, and will pass
upon the same at 10 o'clock A. M. on the
TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL, 1888, at
my office. Court House.
APRIL 6, 1888.
HAMPTON T. FERRILL,
Ordinary G.. c. Ga.
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VIOLA CREAM.
LEGAL NOTICES.

CITY MARsHAL's OFFICE,
SAVANNAH, April 18th, 1888.
EXECUTIONS against all persons in default
IL for Real Estate Taxes for the year 1887.
Stock in Trade, Stocks, Bonds, Machinery,
Furniture, Etc, 1887
Specific Taxes, 1893.
Shipping Taxes, 1887,
Paving Sidewalks, 1888
Repairing Sidewalks. 1888
Cleaning Prlvy Vaults, 1888.
Have been placed in my hands for levy and sale
of defendants property, if not paid promptly
at my office. ROBT J. WADE,
CITY Marshal
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AUCTION SALES FUTURE DAYS.
Three Beautiful Building Lots
AT AUCTION.
c. H. D0rSett, kuCtiOneer.

WILL offer for sale at the Court House ore
w Tuesday May /, 1858, during the legal
hours OF sale:
Three beautiful lots on New Houston street,
near HaberSham street, each one measuring
30Xl05 feet, more or less.
These lots are on the line OF the new street
railway and in the midst of the finest improve
ments in the Southeast section. Terms one half
cash, aud the balance in one and two years,
with interest at per cent. per annum.
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y EORGIA, CHATHAM CoUNTY-ALBERT 8.
" BACON, Guardian OF Harriet b. Bacon, a
minor, has In due form applied to the under
signed for leave TO sell tho real estate belonging
20 said minor, to wit: An one-eighth undivided
interest In about ninety-flye acres of land at
Isle of Hope, bounded north by lands of estate
of Bee and of Burroughs, east by Slkidaway
river south by lands of DeRenne and Skidaway
Ferry road and west by lands OF DeRenne.
Notice Is hereby given that / will hear said APP
plication on the FIRST MONDAY IN MAY, 1888.
Witness my hand this sixth day of April, 1888.
HAMPTON l.. FERRILL,
Ordinary c. c.. Ga.
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OFFICIAL.
~%A~.~--@-%
ORDINANCE.

CITY OF SAVANNAH, !
OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL,
April %, 1888. J
The following was placed on Its first reading
at meeting of Council April 10, 1888, and Is
hereby published for information.
FRANK e. REBARER.
Clerk of Council.
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DIVE MORNING NEWS carriers reach
III II every part Of the city early. Twenty
ll1L i've cents week pays for the Daily
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Mouths Of children, sweet and rosy,
SoZoDosT benign keeps pure,
Fragrant AZ fresh-plucked posy;
Strong, and likely 10 endure.
Will the second teeth be, ladies'.
If when young attention paid Is.
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The Scarf sold at 25c. at Appel g. Schaul's
is worth fully zoe.
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AUCTION SALES TODAY.
Receivers Sale.
ID. LaROChe &S0n, AuCtiOneers.

On SATURDAY, April 2sth, 1888, at store. cor
ner Congress-, st. Julian and Jefferson streets,
will sell at public cutlery
All the remaining stock Of GROCERIES, To-
BACCOS, CIGARS, WINES, and LIQUORS,
also all the STORE FIXTURES.
Also, at same time ana place, two (2) fine
MULES, one ID HORSE, two 90 DRAYS, two
~ Sets HARNESS. A. r. FAWCETT,
Temporary Receiver OF Pearson & Spann.