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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-07-09

IN A brick house, twelve rooms all modern
M improvements, situated on one of the most
pleasant streets in the city Ten minutes
walk from the postoffice. Price very low. and
terms reasonable.
my2S Pm HINMAN & MORSE.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-07-09

FOR RENT,
~ From August frst-$30 per month-nine
!iJ rooms, all modern couveniences, corner Elm
WI and Kensington streets
jy47t NJ. E. CHATFIELD. 800 State street.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-09-10

WITH pOQS Dy the laUUer pdFC OI eUfudTy,
and we got few messes before the freeze
put an end to them. had few seed
left, which planted. They came up, but
| as the hot weather came on they sue
| cumbed and left Inc without seed for this
| season.
In January opened burrows by run
ming twice in row with large pillow in
upper part of garden. In these [ put
| stable manure, cotton seed meal and
ashes, and put q little dirt on them, then
planted potatoes. They were about six
inches below the surface. They came up
| we'll and by the freeze they were as large
as goose eggs. [ pulled sand over the
| tops and saved most OF them, but the
second freeze caught them; then dug a
good crop Of potatoes. planted again
| every two or three weeks, but the crops
were not better than the first. The last
planting made larger tops, which bloomed
/ in June and then died without any pota-
toes at all. [ cannot say that I have
made much of a success in raising pota-
toes.
commenced planting beans in Febru-
airy. Saved q part OF them through the
freeze. These bore a good crop. plant
ed, every two weeks, small patches, fertil-
lied with stable manure, we'll spaded in,
and they bore abundantly until the May
rains, when they ceased to bear, although
thelatter paintings kept green and looked
well. The varieties planted were the Val
entine and Black Wax. / have the first
patch OF fall beans already up.
About the first of March [ dug holes
four feet apart, where [ had gathered
cabbage, and put in One-half gallon of
stable manure and filled up and planted
bush squash. These were thinned to two
in hill. With the stimulous OF plenty of
water and fertilizer, they we're com
ing into bearing and gave us the
greatest lot of the prettiest squashes that
ever saw; some weighing four pounds.
About the LIST of June they succumhed to
the worms. Cantaloupes, treated the
same way, grew finely, but they were at
tackled by worms and I only got one
mess. They should be planted very early
and protected from frost
neglected to plant cucumbers until
thought it was too late. have small
patch now up.
In April Iset out my egg plants. They
made a good start, but when they got
large enough to bear, one by one, they
began to wither and finally died without
any apparent cause, until over half were
| gone. The leaves of the rest were eaten
by a small bug, that so injured them that
they have given but little fruit. At pres
ent they show more vigor and are prom
Using to do much better this fall.
Ny little boy planted some pop corn
among the Irish potatoes. Some of the
stalks grew twelve feet high, with five
ears OF corn on, and he gathered fine
crop.
AS there are butfew vegetables that
will stand the hot summers sun and the
| showers, there is apt to be great scarci-
| ty during the summer months. In order
to meet this try to have piece of new
ground cleared up, and plant in March
| Hubbard squash, cashaw and pumpkin,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-09-10

Un0m WITH alr-SIaCKeu lime edfly-Wnlle
the dew was on-for several mornings,
which kept the insects off.
A bed CT brown mustard 5x1O feet, fer
tilted with hen manure, gave us more
greens than we could use during the
whole season.
A lettuce bed was prepared in October
by spading in stable manure. Then it
was top dressed with cotton seed
meal, raked and left for some days before
sowing. By repeated sowings it gave us
lettuce all the season. Some heads
weighed over one and one-half pound.
The platfor cabbage was in heavy crab
grass, which was moved off, then covered
broadcast with stable manure and turned
under with the pillow. After few days l
marked it off, three feet each way, and
opened holes a foot deep in which was
placed about one half a gallon of
manure, which was thoroughly mixed
with the soil as the hole was filled up. to
within three inches of the surface. | did
no raking or pulling of the old crab grass
sod, but let it rot. [ raised my plants
in boxes elevated above the ground in
partial shade. They were Of the Dwarf
Flat Dutch and Winningstadt varieties.
AS | wanted cabbage in succession, [
would only plant about fifty at q time in
the holes prepared for them. They were
set about three inches below the surface,
which was leveledu up as they were worked.
kept them freely watered and added cot
ton seed meal from time to time as [
worked them. They grew wonderfully
fast. There were but few worms on them
and during the winter months there were
little grey sparrOws that visited them
daily. catching the worms Those cab
bages grew and waxed great day by day,
until they were ready to burst open. The
frosts of March touched the leaves OF the
smaller ones. Our cabbage supplied the
table from December until the latter part
OF May. They are very tender and lack
the strong taste OF Northern grown cab
bage. Mrs. S. has two ways Of prepar-
ing them that make them nearly as good
as caulifower:
LIST. Boil in clear water until done,
drain, chop fine, add cream Or sweet
milk, butter, salt and pepper to taste,
then simmer ten or fifteen minutes. Serve
hot.
2nd Take one and half pints Of cab
bage after tits boiled in clear water, drain,
chop fine. Add one tablespoonful of but
ter, three eggs, we'll beaten, three biscuits,
crumbled fine, salt and pepper to taste;
mix we'll and bake twenty minutes.
These are pleasant changes from the
old way OF boiled cabbage and bacon.
The secret Of making cabbage successful
is plenty of manure on we'll drained land,
water freely and give shallow cultivation.
The patch for onions was prepared by
covering with hen manure and ashes and
spading it up. Then it was raked,
tramped, raked again smoothly and rows
opened sixteen inches, and seed of the
white and red Bermuda was drilled in
about the first of November, and
the ground was then we'll frmed
with the back of the shovel and well wa
tered. They came up quickly and grew
right off. They were freely watered
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-09-10

pay no attention to the natural fertility,
but when you manure for any crop al
ways put on enough, or more, to meet
the wants Of that crop.
The lower third of my garden has clay
SO close to the surface that in some places
the pillow will bring it up, and water can
be found about thirty inches from the
top in dry spells. This being the most
productive part of my garden and realiz-
ing that most of my failures could be at
tributed to planting too much space, | de-
termined, last summer, to do most of my
gardening on the lower third, so leaving
allmy previous failures and successes out,
| will cOnfine my attention to the oper-
atiOns of the past year. This one-third
of the garden is about 60x100 feet. In
November, when the ground got so dry
that the plants suffered, dug well in
the centre and put in a Fields force
pump with three feet of hose and bought
Boss nozzle. When planted beyond
the reach Of the water thrown direct from
the pump, got fifty feet OF hose, which
reached all the plat. So you can see am
q believer in water for the garden, and,
although there was permanent water at
thirty inches, [ applied water freely to
the plants all the season, when they need
ed it, with great advantage.
In September [ planted small patch
of tomatoes, we'll fortified with stable
7 fe, t0Y
or set more fruit. 1t was quite a treat
to haveripe tomatoes in November; when
the frosts of the latter part of November
came the vines were injured, although
they were covered. / then pulled them
up and hung them up in the packing
house, where they ripened up all the crop
that was over half grown. From them
we had tomatoes on New Years day.
Plants were set out in February. Som
were saved through the cold of March,,
but most of them had to be planted over,
which made them so late that there was
little fruit before the rains set in in May,
which made nearly all rot on the vines
before ripening. began to set out my
fall patch two weeks ago.
In October prepared plat for car
rots by trenching ten inches deep and
eighteen inches wide; then three inches Of
stable manure was put in and the trench
filled up. On beds prepared this way |
planted two rows and firmed them we'll
by pushing the back OF the shovel over
them. They were kept moist until seed
were up, and then watered only occasion
ally. They made q fine crop, which last
ed we'll into the spring.
Radishes were planted from September
to March in beds, prepared as for carrots,
and we had them in the greatest album
dance all the season. Planted only the
long red and China rose.
Beets we're planted in same way. They
came up well, but insects are very fond of
them, and they ate up quantities Of the
young plants. What they left grew Off
finely and made good crop. They
should be planted quite thick, in drills
eighteen inches apart during the fall and
winter. They delight in a deep, rich soil.
Parsnips and satisfy were tried in the
same way several times, but without sue
cess. Could not even get the parsnips
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-09-10

For THE FLORIDA AG RICULTURIsT.
Potatoes, Cabbages and Strawberries.
Your generous consent to devote an
issue entirely to
"THE KITCHEN GARDEN"
gave promise of so many things that I
would doubtless learn from that num-
Der, with reference to subject so in
portant to the health and comfort of
everybody, that I pulled down my old
field notes" marked thus: Failures
and Otherwise in my Florida Garden
1877" The last notes in the last book
bear date August, 1890. The following
article will be simply gleanings from the
records during these years that [ have
lived and labored in Florida summer
and winter. Outside of my individual
experience, I may occasionally quote the
advice of some old neighbor, but the
generous advice, so lavishly bestowed
upon us all, by each last newcomer,
shall as studiously omit here as have
carefully avoided when working in my
own "kitchen garden"
Page 2l0 ''Every gardener should di-
vide his work into three departments,
viz:
I. "The work and the manuring to
be done before planting.
II. "The work of preparing plants
and planting, and
III. 1.-THE work of cultivation and
fertilizing after planting"
please do not confound the word
"manuring" and ''fertilizing," even
though you should the writer)
AS to the size of the kitchen garden,
make only this suggestion: Let it cor
respond with the size of the family,
leaving room on the one side for the
yearly increase (ofthe garden, ofcourse.)
AS to the shape, let it be long, rather
than square. There is economy in long
rows. AS to the shape of the "beds,"
the one you usually sleep on is about the
correct pattern.
A good fence is indispensable. Five
feet is high enough, and the lower cracks
For the sake of brevity, shall take it
for granted that the garden has been
properly Fgrubbed," "plowed," char
rowed' and all the stumps dug out. If
so, then we come to our
Your first work then, is to spread evenly
the compost you have so carefully made
and kept under cover, away from sun
and rain; also whatever manure you
have saved by the daily cleaning out of
the stables, and slowing the manure
where the proper arrangements have
been made for its reception, guarding
against waste-not only of the soil, but
as well, or even more so, of the liquids.
Do not forget the chicken house. For
I know you have economical the drop
pings by covering the floor with about
four inches of dry muck, into which you
have previously worked liberal supply
of kainit. This I know you have taken
out weekly to give place to a fresh lot
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-09-10

it is moved, fortified and plowed, then
top dress and level with hoe and rake.
The secret of success in gardening is to
use plenty OF manure, plant properly and
use water when necessary. and stick to it.
Ii seed should fail to come up, or plants
be cut off by frost plant over again. The
seasons are long, and often admit of
three or four crops being grown on the
same piece of ground Stable manure on
high dry land, without means of water
ing, will make the soil too dry, and 1T
would be better to use cotton seed meal,
taking the precaution to prepare about
three weeks ahead of planting.
l hope that this account of my oper-
ations in gardening may assist some of
my fellow gardeners.
S. p. SHEPHERD.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31

day, Tobacco now being cut and crr s,.
Inc backward portion Is maturing nns,S'
hain needed on high lands. Corn pfo
misses a good yield. 80,
Aossipgford: Rainfall 0.53 IN iuleo
days. Corn and tobacco show marked iu-
provements since the time Of the exces-
slye rains. Fodder-pulling and Tobacco e.o
emitting commenced and the quality Is nne.
Nottoway Courthouse: Rainfall oSl IN
two days. Corn and tobacco crops are IA
better condition than for several years
past.
Richmond: Rainfall o.ss in two days
Conditions favorable to oil crops. =,
Petersburg: Rainfall obs in four days.
All crops in fourishing condition.
Spottsville: Rainfall LAD IN four dsys.
Rather too much rain for the best develop
mept OF corn, peanuts, and other crops
Fodder harvest retarded.
Smithheld; Rainfall 1.64 IN two DAYS
Crops in. Southeast Virginia from Peteis-
burg 70 the coast and from James river 70
North Carolina are reported rs good as ior
many years. j. N. RYKFR. Observer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31
He Came In.

She was stout old woman, with q red
face and two wisps of gray hair that were
draped back over each ear from the
sprouting place, like hawsers.
I'VE don't want any," she said as she
opened the door and saw thin young
man on the stoop.
But, madsm-"
Never mind"
II merely want to explain TO you,
madam" -,
"Don't want any. Get along wild ye."
Just let me tell you"
don't. | have a broom in my other
hand. and if you're working Annie Rooney
soap or books or subscriptions, I'll whack
~ understand you take boarders,
madam"
YES" go
Il am introducing lttle book entitled
Appetite Breakers; or. The Landlady's
Got one with you?" inquired the
guardian OF the doorway. anxiously.
Yes"
Come in"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31
No Uppers for Him.

Travel never sharpens some people,
said the drummer, as he threw the stub of
his cigar out of the window.
I'm what respect!"
well, I've been on the road for eight
wears. travelling by day and by night, and
i've never had to take an upper berth
YETI
mo. it lsn't-it's management. j, Of
conrse' buv lower berth when i can.
When can't take an upper. Price IS the
same. you know, but there's heap of diff
ference in tho comfort. Then the manage
ment comes IN,
but howy'
"See this bottle of camphor: I've car
ried il ever since | first started out, but
have had it reflled about once month.
When get seated in the car am suddenly
taken faint. pull out my camphor-bottle.
You can smell camphor from end to end or
a car. IL isn't two minutes before some
one comes to ask:
a. Anything wrong, sir?
"' Pm feeling very badly
lean do anything for you?'
"No, thanks. That is
Don't be afraid of making me trouble.
What is it ?
az have an upper berth, and rm-pm
afraid can never get into It,. Been trou-
bled with palpitation for the last ten
wears. Reaching up increases 1t. don't
want to ask any one to exchange with me,
but
"Why. certainly, / have a lower, and
under the circumstances | shall be only
too Glad to exchange with YOU
"That's all there is TO it," said the drum
ner, as be opened his grip for novel, ITS
all in tho management. A. proper de-
meanor-a little oamphor-a few words Of
thanks, and l snug away into lower and
sleep the sleep of the Just. The other
man has got all he paid for any way, and If
he doesn't sleep well that's not my look
out
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31
s,tdbv Numerous Jokers.

"What do you mean?" said gentle
man, jumping aside az tramp drew back
his hand rs if to strike him. Nothing at
all, SIR" replied the tramp meekly.
wouldn't strike you for $50, sir. No, sir,
he continued hurriedly; no, sir, |
wouldn't: but if you will permit me I'd
like to strike you for quarter"
Jack Pott, with malice aforethought)
/ congratulate your partner on her figure,
old man. But why does she choose such
An unbecoming mask (? Emory Hugh I'm
nocently). She hasn't any mask on. JACK
Pott (raising his glass AGAIN. What! Is
that her face DRY Goods Chronicle.
In future Jerseymen will not have 20
study Greek and Latin ana mathematics to
discipline their minds They can simply
get appointments as election officers ana
read up on the ballot-reform law.-Netedri.
(N. J.) A0rs.
"Were any of your Enclosures to the
magazine accepted by the editor ?" SAID
one young writer 20 another. Nothing,
believe, but the stamps that enclosed
for return postage. - Washington FoSL.
The Emporia Republican says; I" Let's be
honest Well, that is right; but We
wouldn't have known you were dishonest
4 YOU hadn't acknowledged it.-LedUe'l-
bOrh Times.
Walker: Who's living over your club
rooms now. Weeks? Weeks: A dentist.
Walker: You don't say so. Amt You
afraid of having the place pulled !--Amer1-
can Grocer.
If Stanlev's trans-Saharian railroad goes
through the camels of the desert Will have
10 get an extra hump on themselves.-Ch,-
cdgO MAI.
In making a quorum the other day Mr..
Reed counted wig that some nervous
member had left in the cloak-room.-AG
ldntd Constitution.
Armed Outlaws in Our Midst" IS the
title of an Albany Union article. We fear
the editor has been eating cucumbers.-
Troy Press.
There would not be half az much wick
edness in the world if man were COM
PEELED to give his excuses Beforehand
AtchiSon GLOBE.
Between the legalized hunters and the
noachers the seals are having hard time
saving their skins Rochester Post-Erpress.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31
The Other Slipper.

"How did you sleep, dear?" inquired
the landady'of the young lady boarder, as
she dished out some oatmeal tor her.
Not very well. There seemed TO be
some sort of trouble with the cats in the
ward. never heard anything like it."
Did you hear it?" asked the landlady,
passing the sugar; :" it was my yellow cat
Toms fault. He sat down on the kitchen
window sill last evening and the, hy-paper
stuck to his tail. He jumped out be-
fore we could pull it off, and there
seemed 10 be trouble all night, but this
morning ne came in with the paper still on
him, and there were four different colors
OF fur, piece of soap, and a slipper stuck
on besides" 3,
the young lady boarder. with much in
terest.
Certainly net. I eummed the upper
side, and he's now outwaiting for the other
slipper"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31
THE COTTON CROP
Somewhat Damaged by Heavy Rains In
Eastern Carolina.
Especial telegram to tho Dispatch

NEwBERNE, n. c., August SOL am IN
formed Inv experienced farmers that the
heavy rains OF yesterday and last night
have seriously damaged the cotton crop,
and the loss will be at least one third, and
should the rains continue it will exceed
that estimate. The reports before the rams
were the best for years.
our merchants hope and believe if there
is no further trouble from this source there
will be fair CROP and so far think the
farmer has no cause for complaint. No
rain to-day. but the weather will remain
unsettled until after the equinoctlal storms.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31
George Sands Granddaughter.
MI

Mile. Gabrielle Dudevant Sand, who was
married on Monday to Signor Romeo Po-
iazzi OF Rome, refused, our Paris CORE
spondent SAYS. either to adjure her Pro-
testantism or to make promises in order
10 obtain the benediction of the Catholic
Church at her nuptials. Her husbands
family did not wish either q purely civil
marriage or civil marriage followed by u
Protestant ceremony, The matter was laid
before the Pope, who granted a dispense
bv her illustrious grandmothers friends.
M. Paul Meurice and NJ. Plsuchut, of the
Temps. who were he witnesses, and by two
bridesmaids. The witnesses for the bride
groom were Count Montalban, attache TO
the Italian Embassy, and signor Feza. The
bride is dark and has rather striking ply
siognomy. She is an accomplished musi-
clan
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31
MARRIED LIFE.
Argument Between bachelor ana
Benedict nc to It's Success.
uetrtft free Presa

Benedict ne to It's Success.
Detroit Free Press
as marriage failurep
THAT depends"
Quite likely bat there we're many ia
nous men who gave the strength OF their
opinion and example TO the view that mar
riagc was something not to be desired.
This conversation took place yesterday
between two disputants ut the Eussell
House. The bachelor continued;
Shall / FIRE OF my list Of famous men
who abhorred marriage, or who, married,
were wofully unhappyy"
The, married man replied: Fire your
head on If you choose. But | warn You
before you begin that that your argument
is of no avail"
How SOP"
because every man ia entitled TO his
opinion, and the opinion of bachelor on
marriage must Mt least be mere matter OF
hearsay or the fancies of inexperience ana
prejudice"
" defy you !"
Then 90 ahead"
Here they are. the famous bachelors OF
the world, list OF men eminent mall lines
of human endcavor. collected by me al
great sacrifice of time and"
BAH"
"You do not want 10 be convinced
your will. Let as see bow the worlds most
famous men have viewed the subject or
ma,rimony. Are you ready for this in
tellectual and scientific bomb-shellF"
"For Heavens sake, 90 on!p
Il will. then. az follows: Behold these
distinguished bacbelors-Newton, Locke.
Gibbon. Hume, Adam Smith, Harvey.
Leibnitz. Boyle, Hobbs, Hampden. Sir
Francis Drake, Earl Of Essex. Haydn,
Handel, Pitt, Michael Angelo, the three
Carracci. Sir Joshua REYNOLDS, Wolsey.
Pascal. FeneIon. Pope. Whittier, Akensldee.
Goldsmith, Gray. Collins, Thompson, j..
Bentham, Plato, Pythagoras, Epicurus,
Bion. Anaxagoras, Heraclitus, Democritus,
and Diogenes.
NOW, then" went on the bachelor,
"bere are other famous men who. although
married, were supremelv miserable Ans
totle, Socrates. Pittaccus, Perlander, Eurl-
pides. Aristophanes. Boccacclo, Barlyle,
Dante. Milton, Steele, Addison, Dryden,
Moliere Racine, Sterne, Garrick, and Ba-
con. Are YOU satisfied with this, the testi-
mony of agesY" -
And the married man sat dead in his
char.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-31
She AlternateS

~ think you may send me quart of
huckleberries. said the landlady to the
marketman, as she looked about for bar
gains in wilted eggplants:
Have YOU many boarders this summer,
ma'am % he asked, mildly.
Nine"
Isn't quart of berries ratber-rather
light. for nine 20 he yentured.
F'Not with me-" she snapped. -Four of
nv boarders don't eat huckleberries for
breakfast and five don't eat bananas, 80
alternate and ketch half either way"