The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-04
MAITLAND MISCELLANY.
harvesting the Hay CrOp-Work ON
the Plant Systems Lines.


Maitland. Fla. Sept. S.-The sound OF
the moving machine is again abroad in
this thrifty section of Orange county, and
a large crop of hay will be gathered, The
restoration of the orange groves has not
abated the zeal of our farmers and fruit
growers in the matter of hay culture, and
this county will long continue to be a
good market for moving machines and
horse ralkes.
1t is gratifying to see how readily the
people dropped into grass culture who had
heretofore done everything possible to
eradicate ii from their farms and groves.
Now it has become valuable and much
desired crop.
1t Is very evident that the Plant system
officials are not talking through their
hats" about a pig travel In Florida this
winter. There has never been greater ac-
ITCHY on this line than that during the
present season. Construction aud tie
trains are constantly moving over this di-
vision and Supervisor MaulSbry has all
his gangs hard at work. The shops at
Sanford are almost daily sending down
the road a lot of handsome new freight
cars. and newly painted locomotives and
passenger coaches. And greater activity
is ahead for the shops are being enlarged,
The workmen employed more hours per
day and new machinery added. This
means additional new rolling stock as
well as the repair of the old, thus giving
this division an equipment first class IN all
respects and ample for all demands.
1t will be remembered that few years
ago ex-United States Minister Thomas l..
CHnsman of North Carolina. who was a
brgadier general in the confederate army
and is now an inmate of the Soldiers
Home of his state, made public some re-
markable cures in rheumatism and other
diseases by the use of tobacco remedies.
1t created quite an excitement at the
time and Gen. Clingman formed a COM
pany to prepare the Tobacco Cure" and
advertise it extensively. He failed, how
ever. and now in his old age, homeless and
without means, he is spending his last
days in a soldiers retreat. And yet his
remedy has performed wonderful cures.
Mrs. George H. Packwood of this city, a
lady of fine culture, was attracted by Gen.
Clneman's articles on the subject, and
tried the tobacco poultice for infiamma-
tory rheumatism. with great success
Within the past week her mother. Mrs
Caruthers of Tampa, visiting here, had
had a remarkable cure of the same dis
ease by a similar poultice.
The friends of Rev. DIR. S. V. McCorkle,
pastor of the Presbyterian churches of
this city and Oakland. will regret to learn
that he is not improving from the stroke
of paralysis which came on him weeks
ago. This is owing to a complication of
other ailments which prevents the use of
certain remedies for paralysis. His duties
as clerk of the st. Johns Presby-
terry, which meets at ST. Petersburg on
! Oct. s. have been transferred to Rev. w.
| w. Elwang, the pastor of the Presbyte-
rian church at Orlando, to whom all cor
| respondence should be addressed.
Pineapple consumers are being put on
notice that the peeling of the apple makes
a delicious wine-a most pleasant sum-
mer drink. Also, some expert housekeep-
ers are making a nice jelly from the same.
AS TO the wine, Capt. George w. Farm
| ham, who is just now giving special at
tention to pineapple culture, has given the
! Morning News correspondent a bottle to
sample, ana the verdict is quite favorable
| to this new product. This adds another
TO the many sources of profit in pineap-
| pie growing. 1.-The plain apple, ordinary,
will sell for 80 or 20 cents, the top, the
| slips and suckers, if any, readily sell fol
as much more, and the old plant is still
| left to bear again.