The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-04-30
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.


special Correspondence oeaia Rarner
MIR. Como Baldwin; Of Mclntosll,
was here Monday in scar OF l,aia,oe
barrels.
Mr.. l.. 2. Thagard, the cracker
drummer of Florida was among our
merchants Monday.
Slr Denlzler, representing Edwin
Il. Baker & Co, of Chicago, was among
our "back.aching" truck growers
Monday, rushing cukes and offering
sl.l5 crate here for cahb re.
Mr.. Ives, representing hitney &
Co, of Cincinnati, YVES also here Nom
day hustling enkes for his firm.
Farmer leaves today Tuesday, for
Charleston, and having two hours be-
fore arrival of train, will reply 10
Content" and "Touchstone."
AS / sit awaiting arrival of train,
and all alone bus for the presence of
our popular night operator, surrounded
by more than GOO baskets of beans,
cukes, tomatoes, and such truck. with
only the continued ticking of the tele-
graph instrument to break the still
ness of the night, and with visions of
Cardinals fair daughters, with whom
expect to spend the coming evening,
cannot but long for Contents" US
ual remedy, a refreshing nap"
We have been informed that the
south-bound mail train of the Plant
system alone to-day brought more than
s3,275 TO our "back-achiug" truck
growers. Still "Content" sits with
propped eye-lids trying 10 write enter
tainingly on such topics as beans,
cukes, tomatoes, etc. Good Lord,
bless our depressed" condition!
Hearing a Comanche warwhOop in
Mr.. Mallory's truck farm today, your
correspondent hurried over to ascertain
the cause, and was shownFeturns just
received from l,l6S baskets of beans.
from which he realized S2,376.44.
Content" says one of the sportites
invaded Lowell with his South Caro-
lima blood stirred to the fighting point,
but upon inquiry we find that the only
sportite seen here lately was one who
called some days since, and who, by
by the way, was very meek and hum
BILE, as he called to make good a bet of
$40 as to who should make first ship
ment of tomatoes. However, if he
had seen the battered aud denied fea-
lures and severe punishment admins
tered to an anti-Call man recently by
one Of our ardent Call supporters, he
would be more careful how he exhip-
tied his Carolina blood in Lowell.
Farmer" received telegram from
Cincinnati this morning announcing
the sale of sixty-one baskets of cukes
at s. per basket; another twenty min
utes later from New York reporting
the sale Of eighty-seven barrels of po-
tatoes at s.. and still another few
minutes later from Philadelphia bear
ing the glad tidings of the sale of PA
crates OF cabbage at s.. Wonder if
our "back will not ache" from the
burden of SO much currency?
Thanks to Content" for her kind
prescription, ard to those not other
wise engaged, it's indeed refreshing.
Yes, we must admit that we were both
excited and nervous. How could we
be otherwise? Is not truck-growing
very exciting? Imagine the melodious
strains from more than hundred la
borers, engaged in gathering beans,
cukes, tomatoes, potatoes, etc, and
such truck, and the dozens of tel
egrams received during the day an
nOuncing high prices realized from
same. Is that not enough to create |
excitement and nervousness?
We were surprised that "Touch-'
stone," of Mcintosh, should speak so
cruelty of the fraternity, or a brother
in the cause of truck-growing. How
ever, you did not do US justice, as we
have three 'dry goods boxes" but
marry hitching post. And while we
long ago promised 500 towards the es-
Enlistment of a free silver daily in
jacksonville, if Mr.. Harris decides, as
you have, that Lowell is entitled to
same, no doubt our growers viii come
forward with many sums of like pro-
portion. FARMER.