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Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
FAIR HAVEN.
The New Church Spire Commenced Personal Notes-SsFawberry Festival -Genaral IkanaR of Inherent.

The New Cnurch Sp1F0 commences Personal Notes-ssFawberrY Festival
 General Ikenas of Interest.
 The strawberry festival given by the ladies
 of the Second Congregational church last
 evening was quite a successful affair, both from a social as we'll as a financial point of
 view. Mrs. Abbott and her daughter were
 present and their old friends were delighted to see them. The berries served were of un-
 usually excellent quality and large quantities of cream were disposed of. Luzerne Ludington has purchased the Ja- red Mallory place on North Quinnipiac street of Lester Mallory. It consists of a house, lot and valuable oyster ground. Work on the sp1re for the East Pearl street Methodist church was begun yesterday. The work will be pushed to completion as fast as possible.
 Dr. E. K Roberts has left on a two weeks vacation.
 MT. D. D. Mallory of Baltimore, who has an elegant residence on the Heights, will shortly sail for Europe where he will pass the summer. He usually spends the sum- mer months in Fair Haven. l Mrs. Dr. Stone is having a high stons wall built at the foot of the terraced lawn in front of her residence on South Quinnipiac street Mrs. sM E. Beecher of Southbridge, Mass, | is visiting at No. 43 Houston street. Antonio; ;Rovegro, aged 13, fell from rafi l yesterday afternoon into the Merrimac river near Haverhill, Mass, and was drowned. The bodv has been recovered.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
AIR LINE BONDS
 OF THE Town Of New Haven, Conn

CEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the D undersigned at his office in the town of New Haven until Tuesday the 18th day of June, 1882 at 730 m for the purchase of the whole of the above named bonds. amounting to five hundred thousand dollars
 rayments to be made and bonds delivered before the 29th day of June, 1889.
 Said bonds series of five hundred thousand dollars authorized by act of the General Assem- bly. session of 1Se9 and by the provisions thereof are made free from taxation.
 The Air Line bonds made due and payable at the office of the treasurer of the town of NewHaven S25 GOO being payable twenty years from date and $25 coo annually thereafter until the last payment shall have been made. Said bonds bear interest at 3l6 per cent per annum, payable semannually on the first days of January and July in each year. at the office of the town treasurer, upon the surrender of the interest coupons thereunto annexed
 The right is reserved by the selectmen to reject any all bids if the interest of the town requires it. Proposals less than par will not be considered. Proposals must be endorsed on the envelope, Pro- posals for Town of New Haven Bonds.''
 T. A. TODD, President Board of Selectmen, New Haven, Conn. | New Haven, Conn, June 18th, 1889. jig St
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
FOR SALE,

AasA House and Barn, centrally located; price 5sJ low and terms easy.
 Ksa Also several low priced houses and lots on installments,
 Prospect street and Highland Park and Winchester avenue and the adjoining streets. Beautiful, healthful and within easy walking distance of the iected and certain to be built at an early day, reaching to their immediate vicinity. Apply to
 J, SHELDON, F Exchange Building or
 z2Q house cor Mansfield and Divieion sf.oo+.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
ANOTHER DELUGE.
Destructive Washout in Holyoke- $1OO,OoO Damage to Property - NO Lives Lest.

A Destructive Wash0ut in Holy0ke- $10O,OoO Damage to Property - Flo Hives Lest.
 HoL YOKE, Mass Jnne 11.-A destructive washout occurred here between 8 and 9 o'clock tonight which swept out about 100 feet of the solid stone wall on the east side of the lower level canal, demolished about 25 to 30 feet of the west wing of the Water Power company's Cabot street mill and wrecked bridge owned by the Connecticut River railroad which spanned the canal. As near as can be estimated the loss will be from $75,000 to $100,000, and this does 1 not cover the Joss of time because of the ! shutting down of the mills until coffer dam ! can be put in. The Holyoke Water Power ! company has been putting wheel pits and ! tail races below the Cabot street mill and l was soon to erect a new electric light station. This necessitating putting | in considerable street piling. The water | worked into the big excavation from the ! canal and before the water could be drawn of it poured over the top of the canal wall l causing an excavation near the wing of the mill and the walls began to fall. This wing
 is occupied by Chadwick Se Chadwick, manu-
 lecturers ofinitation sealskin, and part of | their machinery went down with the ruins The water rushed through the. tail races and
 under the railroad bridge till the latter was l undermined dand fell in two parts. The | water was drawn from the canals as rapidly
 as was possible and the flood gradually sub sided.
 It is thought that coffeF-dam will be
 built near the Cabot street canal bridge. and this will enable the mills to start again in.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
Many of tha mills hau

side of week. Many of the mills have steam plants, which will be of great assist ance. About 12 ,000 or 15, ,000 will be tenn porarilY idle. There was no panic and no lives were endangered, and the water did it's work SO quietly that few realized what was hap naming
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
tn Orauee Tonight,

An ice cream festival and entertainment will be given in Orange, at the Town Hall, this evening, by the Hillside Workers, so- ciety of young people, for the benefit of the church. This society some time since gave entertainments, by which they raised money for the purchase of an organ for the church.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
Rav. Ira Peffihone.

HARTFORD, June 11.-Rev. Ira Pettibone of Manchester died today, aged sS years. He was one of the oldest Congregational clergymen in the State and one of the leaders of the anti slavery movement.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
LIGHTNINa's WORK,

John Miners house in New Britain was twice struck by lightning Monday night; damage small. The Herald building and the Y. N. c. A. building were also struck, the latter being considerably damaged.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
New Hpuaes for SaIe.

x6eAA All my houses in New Haven located on
 :5 nice resident streets; all neW with all conye-
 liH niences. As I built them and own them can sell at 0 much lower price than you duplicate the same property Sold @ number: some of the best left Look at photographs of some of them iii window of E. B. Smiths shoe store, 789 Chapel st. GEORGE L. AUSTIN, Owner, mal6 24 Admiral street.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
Warrington Notes.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The President to- day appointed twenty three postmasters, in- cluding James F. Whitcomb at Athol Gen. ter, Mass, the office becoming presidential.
 In accordance with the findings of the court martial the Secretary of War has pre- scribed the limits within which Capt. Armes is to be confined for five years as within a radius of fifty miles of the District of Co., lumbia.
 Secretary Windom to-day appointed Chas. H. Litchman of Massachusetts to be special agent of the treasury with headquarters at Boston,
 The examination into the condition of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal which was badly damaged by the recent flood has been prac:i- eally completed. President Gambril says the canal can be repaired for $300,O00. The damage between Georgetown and the Great Falls is placed at S130,000, and between Great Falls and Cumberland at $120, 900.
 To-morrow or Thursday Mrs. Harrison and the children will leave for Cape May, N. J., where they have taken cottage. They will remain there until the end of the month The President may run down to Cape May for single day once or twice while they are there, but he will keep pretty close to the White House until he lays for Deer Park, Me-, the last of the month. He will then be joined by Mrs. Harrison and the children and they will spend the summer at Deer Park,
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12

Three hundrsd and ffty-four thousand persons visited the Paris exposition Sunday. Of this number 36, 900 made the ascent of the Eiffel tower.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
GEORGE TsBELL,
FOR SALE,

FOR SALE, ..A House and lot 205 Congress avenue. Al '' ' {" 12S Cedar street. 2ss& " 24l Davenport avenue. House and lot 23 Greene street.
 s' s ss 59 Carlisle street Two large tenement houses on Carlisle street; good investments.
 All of the above properties will be sold low and on easy terms. J. H. KEEF'E, m15 Exchange Building.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
BONDS
 OF THE Town of New Haven, Conn

SEALED PROPOSALS will bs received by the S undersigned, at his office, in the town of New Haven until Tuesday, the 18th day of June, 18S9 at 7:30 D. ra., for the purchase of the whole of the above named bonds, amounting to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars.
 Payments to be made and bonds delivered before the 29th day of June 1889. Said bonds series of S200 ,000 authorized by act of the General Assembly, session of 1889, and by the provisions thereof are taxable. Said bonds made due and payable at the office of the treasurer of the town twenty years from date, be paid the end of ten years if thought advisable by the selectmen. Said bonds bear inte- rest at 3I6 per cent per annum, payable semi anuu ally, on the first days of January and July in each year, at the office of the Town Treasurer, upon the surrender of the interest coupons thereunto an nexed.
 The right Is reserved by the seectlnen to reject any all bids if the interest of the town requires it. Proposals less than par will not be considered. Proposals must be endorsed on the envelope, "Pro- posals for Town of New Haven Bonds"
 T. A. TODD, President Board of Selectmen, New Haven Conn. NasY Haven Conn. June 12th. 1SS9. ie12 St
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A Few Hundred Dollars Will Sc.
 euro a Good Home. 4@ssM ONE-FAMILY HOUSE, 200 AtWater street. House and barn, 29 Auburn street. Two-fam- zzA Aiiy house, No. ii Clay street. Two-family heuse 66O Orchard street. All to be sold low If gold within ten days Also for rent, first floor 7s Wool sey street; first floor 10 Newhalstreet; 115 Portsee street; f2l Portsea street 310 Congress avenue and second floor 29 Auburn street.
 A. M. HOLMES. HOUSE ROVER, OFFICE 69 CHURCH STREET. aoi5
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
FOR SALE.

de!f Avery desirable farm located very near
 ls& the city; can be bought easy terms at g very low price.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
NEW HAVENTAXES.
geaI Estate
FOR RENT
FOR SALE

fk At @ bargain. two lots on Hallock street. s:I two lots on Grand avenue.
 THERON A. TODD, Inf
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12

FOR RENT, SSaA The store No. 1,o7s Chapel street. Enquire H#sJ of s. W. HURLBURT, E2aB a16 If 1,0?4 Chapel Street,
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12
FOR SALE

G@EA One Coupe Rockaway Hga9A One Phaton, good, One Business Wagon. Ore Side Bar Top Wagon. One Two Wheel Cart; all in good order. By
 CHARLES H. WEBB, $50 Chapel Street. Open Monday and Saturday evenings
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12

FOR RENT, The second and third floors (26x70 in the SH building of the late Joseph Parker, corner .M2sk. Elm and Orange streets having steam heat, power, elevator and all modern Improvements and now occupied by The H. P. Hubbard company. Possession can be had May 1st, 1889. Inquire of JOSEPH PARKER & SON, or James M. Townsend and Wilbur F. Day, Executors,
 nn23 tf 27 Elm street, Orange,
Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-12

eA Brick house, 13 rooms, all modern improve .sI ments, Mansfield street; great bargain Sev- 2sk eral houses on Dixwen avenue, very cheap. Frame house on View street,
 Several other houses in different parts of the city on reasonable terEes.
 and Collection of Rents And care of property particularly attended to.
 Enquire of LEWIS ASHER, je7 15a Church street.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-16
Multiplication of Varieties.

A great deal of money, time and labor
is squandered by beginners in the orange
business, and in fact in any kind of fruit
growing, by the striving after varieties.
The chief aim of the novice appears to be
to get as many varieties of foranges in his
grove as he has trees. This plan is ruin
Gus to his hopes of future profit. His aim
should be to get only those varieties that
are we'll known as good and profitable.
OF course some varieties are better than
others, and the planter only wants the
best; by planting few trees of each vari-
ETY. known he of course gets the best on
small scale, but at the same time he
gets the poorest in a much larger per
cent.
Mr.. Waldo F. Brown, writing to the
New York Tribune on the variety craze"
Illustrates the fallacy of the plan as fol
lows, and what is true of Strawberries is
true of every other kind of fruit: 81
have seen nearly as disastrous results
from planting great variety of straw
berries as of apples and pears; most new
beginners with this fruit pass through an
experience in which they buy nearly every
new and high-priced berry offered, but all
the strawberry growers of my acquaint-
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-16

the land adjoining For this reason it
will pay you to sell your land at the very
lowest possible figures. You must tbearin
mind that there are yet thousands OF
acres of unimproved land in the State,
and hundreds of towns that possess all OF
the advantages of yours, and that cOnse-
quently competition is great, and that if
the prospector fails to get land from you
at what he considers a reasonable price
he will go elsewhere and make his invest
ment. Land is entirely too highin FlOri-
da, for the reason that there is yet such
large quantities of it unimproved. Fifty
years hence, perhaps, things will be differ
ent, and the land owner will be able to
set and obtain his own price. Until that
time it will pay to sell land to actual set
tiers at a very low figure.
Another thing; when you get pros
pector con the string" don't exaggerate! !
If you must err do so on the side of mod
Grafton. Show up the advantages of your
location in it's best light, of course but
don't draw the long bow. Tell of your
products and the profits derived from
them, but in no case go beyond the exact
truth. Impress upon the visitor the
healthfulness of your location (if it is
healthy but don't tell him that there is
never case of sickness in the county,
for if you do he will know you are
wrong, and will Judge the correctness of
your statements by that one.
Be courteous, hospitable and accom-.
modating to every one, for the character
of the people in a community has as
much to do with influencing the actions Of
wOuld-be-settler as the character of the
soil, the accessibility of the section, the
products Of the country and the health
fulness of the location.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-16
The Condition of Florida Crops.

Elsewhere in this issue we publish the
report of the Commissioner of Agriculture
on the condition of Florida crops. AS
will be seen there is promise of a full har-
vest, and with the exception of cotton and
field peas, the yield will be larger than
ever before.
The orange crop, too, promises to more
than meet expectations. Some time ago
it was feared that the crop would be ex-
ceedingly short, but it seems as if we will
have plenty of everything, and if we can
only obtain good prices for what we sell,
there seems no reason why our people
should not be in a better financial condi-
tiOn than ever before.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-16

ance who have made the crop profitable
have confined themselves to very few
varieties, and often to single one. A
near neighbor raises Strawberries by the
acre, and some years ago when he had
large assortment / have seen rows
eighteen rods long grown from a variety
that cost ten times the price of standard
kinds, and which never yielded one quart of
berries where the others produced a bushel
He now grows Crescent for profit, and
experiments sparingly with the new
and superior (?) kinds"
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-16

flied thereby Nothing damns a place
quicker than poorly-gotten up journal
Intelligent people generally Judge a COM
munity by the appearance ofits newspaper
or papers. A neatly appearing paper is
just as attractive as nicely attired man.
What stranger seeks the acquaintance of
a slouchy person? None-unless he be,
himself a slouch.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-16

WE rather like the tone of Mr.. Palmers
letter elsewhere in this issue. The honest
commission men are not and never have
been the enemies of the Florida orange
grower. 1t is the dishonest class that has
driven the growers under the protecting
wing Of the Fruit Exchange. We assure
Mr.. Palmer that the orange growers are
fully aware of the weakness, 'one-sided-
ness and general Inconsistencies" of the
so-called dealers and growers protective
association and will give it wide berth,
or in fact anything else but their pat
ronage.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-16
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1889.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CORRESPONDENCE Observations of a New
Conner; A Weak, One-Sided and Inconsistent
Organizations Winter Resort for Bees;
What Grass to Use for Prairie Land.......... 573
Sifted Ashes; Few Points the Florida
Orange Growers UniOn........... ............574
Southern Progress and It's Causes; Cold
Weather but Cheap Grain; Crop Report of
General Farm Product for September, 1889;
Citrus Crop Report............
Our Products and Our Profits; Informa-
tiOn Wanted Cassava
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Grape Juice; Mus
tard; Benefits of Mulching; Wine Making. ..574
Pampas Plumes.
FLORAL-A Fragment; Editorial Notes;
Plant Notes from Texas; A Floral Society
Needed.
EDITORIAI4-How to Obtain Settlers The
Condition of Florida Crops; Multiplication
of Varieties; Intensive Farming in Flori-
da; Florida and the South American
Irade
Answers Correspondents, Local Weather
bulleClH....
HOUSEH HOLD-H Homely Counsel; Sighting
our House Work; How Her Shawl May be
Cleaned Shadows; Selected Recipes. $50
POULTRY Single Comb White Leghorns:
Ducks; The Best Laying Varieties; Visit
to Hammonton, N J............................58l .58l
FLORIDIANA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5Sl
ry-"Dunraven Ranch, 5S2
The Puzzler 5S3
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-16
Florida and the South American Trade

While the entire Union is apparently
using every effort to establish upon
more certain and amicable foundation
it's trade with the South American coun-
tries, Florida looks on with self-satisfied
smile, for in whatever way the country at
large will be benefited she is sure to re-
ceive the lions share of the benefits, both
directly and Indirectly.
The Florida ports are by many days
the nearest to Aspinwall, the entrepot
OF South America, and with little gov
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-16

A CHICAGO correspondent writing to
the Pine Bluff (Ark.) Press-Argus, says:
The FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT, of DeIand,
Florida, is one of the handsome papers
that reach me. 1t is very attractive in
every feature, and should be in the hands
of every person interested in that fowery
State. Such journals should be well pat
ronized. Every man should stand sol
idly by his paper. The more sup
port he gives it the more he will be bene-
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-16
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Articles relating to any topic within the scope
of this paper are solicited.
We cannot promise to return rejected manu-
script unless stamps are enclosed.
All communications intended for publication
must be accompanied with real name as a guar
antee of good faith Names will not be published
if objection is made. No anonymous contribu-
tions will be regarded.
M4Money should be sent by Draft, Postoffice
Money Order on DeLand, or Registered Letter,
otherwise the publisher will not be responsible in
case of loss When personal checks are used ex-
change must be added. Only l. and 2-cent stamps
taken where change cannot be had.
HYTTo insure Insertion, all advertisements for
this paper must be received by 10 O'Clock Monday
morning of each week.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-16
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

When subscribers write US to change their pa
per to another postOffce, it will save consid-
cradle trouble if they will give the old address as
well as the new one. Please do not forget this.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-10-16

sion OF those who have given the mdttor
any conside ration and are in a position
to know whereof they speak, that Flori-
da will have a large number of visitors
the coming winter. In fact there seems
no reason why this should not be true.
During the past year our State has en-
joyed unexcept ptionable good health, our
crops have been large and we have had
no recent severe frost. In the past these
things have all, to a great extent, him
dered and retarded our development, but
the good health, good crops and freedom
from excessive cold during the past year
has re-established confidence among the
people of the Union.
OF coarse a large number of those who
will visit us the coming winter will come
for the purpose of escaping the inclemen-
cies of Northern winter, and will return
to their various homes i'll thespring. But
there will also be large number who will
come for the purpose of making their
permanent home with us, if the condi-
tions appear favorable to them. To this
latter class our people should direct their
attention, for upon them, to a very great
extent depends the future of the State.
First and foremost, in order to secure
settlers, it is necessary that the country
should appear attractive to them. They
naturally seek the enterprising, growing
towns of the State, and if the towns are
clean, neat, attractive and the country
adjacent to them is fertile and desirable,
the chances are that the prOspectors will
cast their lot in the community On the 9TH
er hand, no matter what may be the char
acter of the outlying land, if the town be
dirty, ramshackle, the streets grass grown
and weedy, the fences dilapidated and the
yards turned into pig-sties, the visitor,
nine cases out of ten, will become disgust
ed and leave in quest of more congenial
surroundings. Consequently the towns
of the State at this time should array
themselves in their neatest garments.
Weeds and grass, if they have been al
lowed to grow in the streets, should be
cut down and burned; fences should be
repaired and white-washed, yards should
be raked and lawns moved, buildings
painted, streets sawdusted and in fact
everything done that will give the town
an air of thrift, refinement and prosperi-
ty. A little money spent in this manner
will be more fruitful of results than if
spent in any other.
When this matter is done and the visi-
tors have arrived, don't be in too big a
hurry to sell them your groves, lands and
houses; you are apt to raise a suspicion
in their minds. Give them chance to see
and appreciate your clean streets, we'll
kept yards and thrifty groves. You may
keep them supplied with advertising matter
in the form of pamphlets, circulars or a
few copies of the AGRICULTURIsT, etc., but
above all things do not let them get the
idea that your chief aim in life is to sell
your place and leave the State. This one
item has perhaps done more to drive off
prospectors than any thing else.
There is another very important point
to considerable price of land. Don't
make it too high. If you have forty acres
of land and locate two settlers upon
half of it, the remaining twenty left you
xxys1J ho I,,o ~,