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The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-19

the land level; still there are no palmet-
toes, nc fatwoods or oak scrub land. 1t
is heavily timbered with oak and hickory,
interspersed with pines The fields are
SO much more extensive than have been
accustomed to seeing and the season was
sufficiently advanced for the crops to put
in an appearance of green ribbands,
stretched across, made all look to me like
a country of magnificent distances. After
passing Greenwood few miles we came
to more pine land and wire grass, and |
felt almost like McGregor was on his ma
tive heath. One thing seemed strange and
incOnvenient, and that was the absence
of water on top OF the earth. Not a
stream, nor do | remember pond be-
tween Chipola and Chattahoochee, though
| am told that there are several not far
from the roadside The banks OF the
Chattahoochee are high and steep and be-
came more SO as we ascended the river,
but l will not trouble you with that trip,
as it was out of Florida. There are some
things | want to say about the people
have met and do not wish to give Of
Tense to any one. Living, as do, among
a mixed population-frOm the North,
South, East and West-IcOuld knowvery
little of the pronounced Southern charac-
ter until [ came here, except by my pa
rents and very few others. am glad
came. found the old time friends of my
parents, and many who have grown up in
late years-educated, refined, intelligent
and hight toned gentlemen and ladies'
The people are not many of them wealthy,
but the necessity of laboring for living
has not detracted anything from the in
herent dignity and refinement of charac-
ter which seems to be their birthright. |
can now have some conception of what
Southern society was and is yet. L had
free access to the homes of some who are
wealthy now, and others who have been
in the past, and who retain the polish and
pOliteness and generous hospitality OF the
truly we'll bred | ain proud of being a
SOutherner.
The tide of immigration hasno set this
way yet, and | am inclined to think a
great number do not care to have it. Ii
they could choose their own immigrants,
and have only good class, they would
like it; at least they would not object,
but otherwise they would prefer not to
mix too much.
And now it is time to bring my long let
ter to a close. My visit here, too, is
ended, and delightful asst has been, many
wonderful things as | have seen and en-
joyed, | still love an orange grove.
f. B. n.
Mariana, Fla, May 20, 1889.
For THE FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-19
What 1 Saw in West Florida.


Editor Florida AgricuIturist;
On the 14th OF March, in company with
a friend, | took passage on steamer
near Crescent City and enjoyed delight
ful day on the bosom of the beautiful st.
Johns. Arriving at Jacksonville we were
at once transfered to the west bound
train on the f. r. & n Railroad. At 5
O'Clock next morning we found ourselves
at Chaires station, two miles east OF our
capital city, we stopped over two days,
but as we confined our visit to onefamily
we saw very little OF the surrounding
country. The forests impressed me. They
are so different from ours. There are so
many varieties of oaks, and all the trees
are so large, so tall, and the shade so dense
that | realized | was a long way from
home. The appearance OF the soil was
strange to me- No sand exceptin old road
beds, red clay, black and gray soil every
where; no palmetto flats nor oak scrubs,nO
fiat woods did not know what to make
of it for Florida. When our visit was
ended in Leon we took the train for Mari
anna.
AS we drew nearto Tallahassee the great
red hills began to appear, and the beau
tiful trees. / was charmed. Jackson is
my native county, but my parents took
me to Putnam when so young that have
no remembrance of it. Passing through
Gadsden we did not see much that at
tracted our attention. 1t is conceded
that along the line of railroads is not the
place to Judge country, as they usually
pass through the poorestpart. Arriving
at ChattahoOchee we crossed the Apa-
lachicola on what seemed to my unedu-
Gated eyes, a stupendOus bridge, and like
the old lady who crossed Niagara on the
suspension bridge, Il know did d'nt weigh
pound" while passing over Here ween
tered jackson county. For several miles
the road is through dense swamp, which
is often overfowed, rendering the culti-
walton of crops in the low land a very
precarious business. The trestle is so
high the train seems to be running in mid
air. Emerging from this swamp we came
to high rolling pine lands and here we
saw wire grass, it looked quite homelike.
Sneads is small village twenty miles east
of Marianne, and the woods around
showed the near vicinity of saw mills.
There is also large turpentine orchard
and distillery near by. Ten miles farther
west is Cypress, another station. A large
saw mill is here also in successful opera
tion, and shipping via Pensacola large
quantities of lumber In the near future
the owners of this mill, who own 10000
acres of land intend settling a colony Of
Norwegians direct from Norway The
country is very sparsely settled along the
line of the road. From Chattahoochee on
we began to see cattle feeding in the
woods. / had never seen so many in one
day in all my life. / know that | am ex-
posing my ignorance OF great many
things that are familiar to many others,
but have the comfort of knowing that
hundreds, if not thousands, of people in
our section are just as ignorant about
this part of the State as | was, and are
still of great deal of it. Having left
Cypress, we are nearing beautiful, delight
full Mariana, the end of our journey.
First we came to Spring Creek, flowing
The Florida agriculturist., 1889-06-19


so we are there, greeting friends who are
at the depot to meet us. We step into a
carriage, drawn by two fine horses, and
begin the ascent of the long steep hill. 1t
was wonder to me that the horses could
pull eight persons up to the level ground.
The new Chipola Hotel is the first house
we pass. 1t is not yet occupied. have
too much to say of other things to dwell
long on the town; it is lovely, and the
splendid shade trees are asight to behold.
Among the pleasures afforded me was a
drive to Long Moss Spring, distance of
six miles. The road is through some of
the finest farming lands that could be de-
sired. Here, again, | noticed the absence
of sand. had been so accustomed to
our sandy roads you may imagine with
hind fine trotter, with pleasant COM
panion beside me, and drove rapidly over
that firm road-sometimes up sharp,
red hill, then down again, and then a
sand bed of few yards, and off again on
the hard level ground. The Spring has
been so often written in song and story"
and it's beauties SO well described, l will
only say that it's name is not taken alone
from the long gray moss which drapes the
sturdy oaks of hundred years that sur
round it as giant sentinels, but in con-
nection with the long, graceful, green
chenille that floats in the midst of it's
limpid waters.
We noticed theplantations as we passed
them. We did not see a single white man
following a plow, but plenty of colored
men and mules, the latter being used al
most exclusively for that work. | have
noticed a good many OK teams also. 1t
was too early in the season for the crops
to show. They were only being planted,
except oats, and they looked like great
seas Of green velvet. That reminds me of
the unusual appearance of the streets
here. They are wide, with shade trees
usually on each side and almost as level
as floor, except the beaten tracks of We
hicles. These, of course. show only the
bare earth, but everywhere else, save the
sidewalks, is green, giving one the idea of
lawn with paths cut through the short
green grass in all sorts OF odd shapes.
Many of these green spots are no larger
than an ordinary flower bed in good
sized door yard. Theeffectis quite pretty.
! said | would not say much about the
town, but | cannot pass by the roses
without notice. The roses, what shall |
say of them? Such quantities of them,
and so fragrant, and such varieties! And
then the lilies, consider them! They are
truly superb in their red, white, pink and
striped array. Geraniums, violets, pan
sizes, hyacinths, tulips-the first | ever
saw-petunias, phlox, and don't know
what else. A half hour in Mr.. Frank
Philips yard would make Mr.. W. N. Pike
happy for month, just to know that so
much beauty and fragrance is produced
in Florida, with so little trouble.
There are pear orchards in town and
out of town. Everybody is wanting a
pear orchard and pecan grove, just as
every one wants an orange groveat home.
Deciding to make a short visit to friends
in Eufaula, we took carriage to Neals
Landing, OH the Chattahoochee River, a
1;c+onoo of tXuontv Tniloc noccinU Groo1
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05
Sunday Newspapers.

The following paragraph is from a
paper on 1.-THE American Sabbath"
read at the Ocean Grove Convention.
August 8, by DR.. Robert &. Doherty,
formerly assistant editor of the New
York Christian Advocate. He said:-
"The Sunday newspaper, as published in
our chief ctties,..is peculiarly Americanlin-
stitution. 1t could not be supported by its
foreign patronage, nor, for that matter,
without Christian patronage. 1t is directly
hostile to the Sabbath. Now the most
serious aspect of this Sunday paper business
is not SO much the fact that few journey
men printers are engaged after midnight on
Saturday, or that the fast train carries the
edition with great speed, and with more or
less disturbance, out into the remote parts
of the country. The chief mischief is done
in the reading of the paper. For this there
is no excuse. For the harm which comes
from it, the reader is himself responsible"
In this short paragraph we have
again revealed to Us the real object of
Sunday laws.-they are not somuch
for the purpose of prohibiting all labor
on the first day of the week, for the
purpose ofinducing men to 60 to churh
by cutting off all other means of spend
ing the day. From this and similar
utterances, we are warranted in the
conclusion that if all the people would
faithfully attend church every Sunday
there would not be so much objection
raised to the work which is done out
side of church hours.
This is not an isolated utterance.
Everyone who fights the Sunday news
paper makes the same statement.
When told that more work is done on
Sunday In preparing the Monday paper
than in preparing the Sunday morn
ing edition, they say that the Sunday
work that is done by the newspaper
employees is not the evil against which
they strike; but that what they are
concerned about is the fact that the
newspapers keep people away from
the church and destroy the effect of
the sermon on those who do go. Thus
they show that they are working not
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05
The Sauce for Democrats Only.

II have no charge to make against
your military record or your moral
chacter. deem it to the best interests
of the service that men who have been
rerated in the bureau should not con-
tinue there to exercise their influence
in that direction, either by their pres
ence or by their counsel" So wrote
Secretary Noble to Col. James E.
Smith. Democrat in the Pension Of
flee who had been rerated, obtaining
an addition of SO month to his PEN
sion without back pay. Col. James E.
Smith therefore resigned. But the
Second Deputy Commissioner. Gen.
Bartlett. being Democrat, was also
induced to resign, although he was
not one of the rerated, while the First
Deputy Commissioner, Hiram Smith,
being Republican. is still retained in
spite of the fact that he rerated himself
and took 6.035 of back pay. There
are twenty or thirty more Republican
reraters i'm the bureau mot one of whom
has received such h notice as was
served on Col. James E. Smith. For
tunately it is not in the power of the
administration to deprive Democra t ic
veterans of pensions as we'll as Of offic-
ial positions.-Post-D Dispatch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05
Sunday rest
adj OF the pulpit. We


4size this point until our
- . see that this Sunday move
xpe&t is nothing more nor less than an
effort on the part of th churches to
have the State legislate in their behalf.
But this is not all that is shown; the
paragraph just quoted shows the SEEM
ingly utter inability of the advocates
of Sunday laws to comprehend the fact
that the State does not possess the
came power that the Spirit of God does.
They want the State to pass laws to
suppress thing the evil of which, they
themselves confess, rests solely with
the individual. 1t is not u public nui-
sance-not something which, like the
saloon, tends only to destroy the we'll
being of society; for whatever mischief
is done. the individual reader is him.
self alone responsible. Yet they ex-
pee. that the State is going to remedy
this evil; they expect that the State,
by taking away the newspaper, will
make the individual who now reads it
spiritually-minded. They do not seem
to understand that the lack of spirit
uality is what leads professed Christ
ians to read these papers when they
should be engaged in worship; and
that if the newspapers were taken
away, their carDal minds would finh
some other worldly means of gratifica-
ton. If they would think of the mat
ter seriously, they could but confess
that the suppression of the Sunday
newspaper would not in the slightest
degree increase the spirituality of the
people; and that admission would at
the same time be confessian that they
are more interested in having people
possess form of godliness than in la
boring through the divinely-appointed
agencies to really convert them; in
other words, that they have lost sight
OF the gospel. And SO it is no doubt
true that while National Reformers
have so much to say about atheism
on the part of those who oppose Sun
day laws, they themselves are most
zeaIously working to undermine true
Christianity. E. J. w.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05


that the President issued his proclama-
ton before he had received the evidence
that Montana had complied with the
enabling act, in consequence of q dis
patch from his son warning him that
If he did not act quickly the Democrat
ic Supreme Court of the Territory
would dispose of the Silver Bow case.
It Is little suspicious that on Monday
it was reported in Helena that Russell
Harrison had heard that the procla-
nation would be issued on Tuesday or
Wednesday, the local Republicans be-
ing extremely anxious to have it issued
before the Territorial court could dis.
pose OF the election case, and the proc
lanation was issued early Friday Morn
ing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05

The contested election case from Sill
yer Bow County, Mont, was pending
In the Territorial Supreme Court when
the President unceremoniously wiped
the court out of existence by proclaim
ing the admission of Montana into the
Union. This transferred the case to
the State Supreme Court, which is
Republican. We are not disposed to
quarrel with the fortunes of war, and
we presume the President had full
warrant for what he did; bnt the fact
that he issued his proclamation when
the official papers bad hardly had time
to reach him from Helena. and an
hour before q regular meeting of the
Cabinet, has excited considerable COM
ment, and there is story going around
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05
BOatmon'S
SAVING BANK
ST. LOUIS.
CAPITAL S2,ooo,o0o!
R. LAKELAND, WM.H. THOMSON,
President. Cashier
HSM1NEN e PRJITT,
HOUSE,
SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTERS.
IRONTON, NO.
Granting, Paper-Hanging, DECORATING
Trustees sale.

IL AsIee>s SHles
Whereas, William Enders. and q. A. En-
ders, his wife, by their certain deed
of trust, dated the 22d day of August.
1881, duly recorded in the office of Recorder of
Deeds Tor the County OF Iron, and State of
Missouri. in Book :" 81" on page 2S6, did
convey to William r. Read, trustee, the fol-
lowing described real estate, situated in the
County Of Iron, In the State of Missouri.
to wit:
The southwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section three, and the southeast
four, and the northeast quarter of the north
east quarter OF section nine, all In township
number thirty -four. north, of range two east
of the 9Th principal meridian-containing 12O
acres, more or less;
Which conveyance was made In trust to
secure the payment of one certain promissory
note therein described; and whereas, default
and interest, now past due and unpaid; and,
whereas, 1t is provided In said deed OF trust
that in case said trustee shall fail to act, the
then acting sheriff OF Iron coudty, Mo-, shall
act In his stead as such trustee; and whereas
said William r. Read does refuse to act; now
therefore, at the request of the legal holder
OF said note, and in pursuance of the terms
OF said deed OF trust, /, the undersigned
sheriff and trustee, will, on
Saturday, December It'll, 1880,
between the hours of nine O'Clock A. M. and
FIVE o'clock P. M. of said day, at the east front
door of the Court House in the City of IRON
sell the above described real estate, at public
vendue, to the highest bidder. for cash, for
the purpose of satisfying said note and the
costs of executing this trust.
and costs. P. w. WENTWORTH.
oct3nl3 Sheriff and Trustee.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05

Pennington Times: 1.-THE Grand
Jury. after q session of nearly two
weeks, adjourned last Friday. They
returned about 230 indictments, the
largest number ever returned by any
Grand Jury in this county. Of this
number only about so were for viola
tions of the local option law, when a
thousand could probably have been
found. The balance of the indictments,
with few exceptions, were for shoot
lug craps aud minor offenses."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05

It was one of the arguments used in
favor of the adoption of the local option
law that at would settle the liquor
question for four years." and the COM
muuity would have q rest from agita.
ton, whatever else might result. A
plausible assertion, but our sister coun-
ties who voted for the law, are exper-
fencing its uDrruth. All of them, with
out exception. are being shaken from
centre to circumference with the strug-
gle between order and disorder, law
and law-breakiDg. Tine was when
laws were made to enforce religious
views and coerce piety. Their success
was not signal, but they tore up the
community until they were repealed;
and laws to create temperance III
amongst the people, will similarly
eventuate, so TO speak. In the mean
time, the law-oreakers and the law
officers are having picnic upon tarts,
jams, creams, cakes, ETC., furnished at
the expense of the untutored but ad-
miring taxpayer. That the lawless-
ness is not all on the side of the GIN
singers, the following, from the Farm.
ington Democrat, bears witness:
A. Parkhurst, A. Retornaz and G. NJ. viii.
son, property owners who rent to the "rest-
aurant" men, received anonymous commune
ications last week, warning them that unless
they put stop to the business conducted
by their renters their property would be
blown up, or otherwise destroyed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05

A couple of weeks ago, the following
item appeared in the Scott County
Net0sboy:
We understand that Frank Davis, of
the late rains. He claims to have found his
hog scattered about in spots and intimates
that somebody stole 1t.
Since then, the editor of that paper
has been interviewed by Mr.. Davis.
who had be en- led to believe by his
neighbors that the NeWsboy had been
''slandering the whole community"
but on reading the item, he couldn't
see anything very bad in it, except that
it was true" Then a committee of
prominent citizens called on the editor,
and wanted to know who authorized
him to put it in?" The editor said,
Nobody; put it IN on my own respon-
sibility; isn't it true?" But the COM
mittee wasn't in the mood to answer
impertinent questions, and the men,
bers departed ,regretting that the editor
could find it in his heart to publish
such things reflected upon the neigh
borhood." Meantime, Mr.. Davis doesn't
kick; the editor doesn't give i-n;
the hog-meat hasn't been found; and
we have no doubt the thief is enjoying
the usufruct of bis exploitation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05

The idea that any other Democrat
than Geo. G.. Vest will succeed the
Junior Senator at the expiration Of his
present term of Office is fully as absurd
as the statement announced by the
Globe Democrat that his successor is
likely to be Republican. Geo. q.
Vest should be Missouri's Senator for
life, and when Ills otherwise we hope
to see Democracy in the minority in
this State.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05

There is no denying the fact that
President Harrison knew bis man
when he selected Green B. Raum as
the successor of Corporal Tanner.
Raum is granting just as many pen
sions as Tanner, but has discretio n
enough to keep bis mouth closed in re-
gard to the matter. The present adj
ministra ton is not too DESTROYS that its
acts be published to the criticising
world,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05

Bro. Cundiff, of the Pennington
Democrat, at the late term of the ST.
Francois circuit court, was indicted
for playing "craps," and paid fine and
costs aggregating Sl4. He plead gull
ty. But let not the laity lose faith in
in the piety of the country press: tits
the exception proves the rule you know.
There are two surprises, however, in
the above incident: not that Bro. G..
played "craps," but that be was go
negligent as to be caught; not that he
paid his fine-for. all that a man hath
will he give to keep out of jail-but
that he had the wherewithal for
Caesars tribute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05
Notice OF Letters.

Notice is hereby given, that letters of adj
administration, upon the estate of Tellepena
Sandman late Of Iron county, deceased, were
granted to the undersigned, by the Judge
bearing date the 9th day of November, 1889.
All persons having claims against said Estate,
are required to exhibit them for allowance to me
letters, or they may be precluded from any bene-
DIT of such estate; aud II such claims be not ex-
hibited within two years from the date OF this pub
location, they shall be forever barred
THEODORE GHERMAN,
nov14n19 Administrator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05
II. W. COLLINS
LIVERY And FEED STABLE
IRONTON. MO.

~ Office 70 PIcNicERs AND ExcuRsloNisTs
OLHacks, Spring Wagons, Single and
Double Buggies; Three-Seated Car
riages and Two-Seated Carriages, with COM
petent drivers; also, the best Of Saddle
Horses for Ladies and Gentlemen can be had
at REASONABLE RATES.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05
Both Houses Of Concresa convene,

Both Houses of Congress convened
last Monday morning, when Reed of
OF Maine, for speaker, as well as the
Republican caucus nominees for the
other positions, were duly elected. The
Presidents message was presented and
read Tuesday morning. 1t will be CIV
en- in full in next weeks REGISTER.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-12-05
MEMBER or CONGRESS:
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY IRON COUNTY.

COURTS:
CIRCUIT COURT Is held on the
Fourth Monday in April and October.
COUNTY COURT conv0nes on the
First Monday Of March, June, September
and December.
PROBATE COURT is held on the First
Monday in February, May, August and Mo-
vember.
OFFICERS:
A. w. HOLLOMAN, Presiding Judge Coun-
JOS. q. GARRISON, County Judge, South
ern District.
r. J. HILL, County Judge, Western Dis
trict.
j. s. JORDAN, Prosecuting Attorney.
S. e. BUFORD, Collector.
w. A. FLETCHER, County Clerk.
Jos. HUFF, Circuit Clerk.
FRANZ DINGER, Probate Judge.
JAS. III. CLARK, Treasurer.
p. w. WHITwORTH, Sheriff.
s. p. REYBURN, Assessor.
w. N. GREGORY, Coroner.
JAS. NJ. LOGAN, Public Admir-, Bellevue.
A. w. HOLLOMAN, Surveyor.
j. B. SCOTT, School Commissioner.