The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-31
FLORIDIANA.

narrow escape w oQneSOdy SVeulIS Ioali
a frightful death. She drove a young
cow and calf into the yard, when the cow
turned on the child threw it down and
was fast stamping the life out of it when
it's piercing cries brought the mother to
the rescue, but not until the animal had
turned on the mother and had thrown her
to the ground. She succeeded in getting
on her feet, beating off the COW with a
heavy stick and rescued the little one.
The animal was almost beside herself
with rage.
Mr.. r. Neff has i'm his yard an orange
tree in full bearing. 1t survived the snow
storm and freeze and is in quite a thrifty
condition. Mr.. George Dewey, who lives
just west of Magnolia, also has nearly
100 trees that are growing nicely, and
some of them will probably bear next
year. Mr.. Dewey believes that orange
growing in Clay county can be made a
great success by having a few trees and
properly protecting them from cold and
caring for them in other respects, and we
see no reasons why his idea isn't cor
rect one-The Green Cove Spring.
The Leesburg Moss Company is now
ready for business. The mill or factory
is near the Plant System depot and ad-
joining the ice factory. Moss in any
quantity will be bought and prompt cash
payments will be made after weighing
and grading. A steam gin will clean the
moss of sticks and dust, when it will be
shipped to market to be made into mat
tresses and cushions and pillons. DR.. M
M. Hampton is manager. The business
will liUa VINO mt 10
hands in this section, and will help to
lubricate the wheels of commerce.-Lees-
burg Commercial.
Godfrey Clemans, who is undoubtedly
the oldest citizen of Washington county,
was in town Saturday. The liberal heart
ed citizens of Chipley united and present
ed the old man with quite nice supply
of the necessaries of life Mr.. Clemans
says he will live on bread and water be-
fore he will go to the poor house. He
says he was a participant in the war of
1872, at that time being nearly % years
old, and that if he lives to see the first
day of October, A. D. 1899, he will be los
years old. May he see this birthday and
many returns is the wish of the Record
and his friends.-Chipley Record.
Unless 1T mas become an absolute ne
vessity to remove the county site, we
would advise the people of Volusia coun-
ty to cease the agitation of the removal
question, says the Gainesville Sun. There
lis always something in connection with
the removal of county sites which is hor-
r1ble to contemplate 1t is question
that is rarely ever satisfactorily settled
and not infrequently leads to bitterness
and strife which is interminable. If the
county site of Volusia is removed there
will be hundreds of people in that coun-
ty should they live for centuries, who will
always take delight in hating each
other.
On Saturday night of last week several
negroes were arrested at Dunnellon for
stealing goods from merchants. This was
accomplished by means of pass-keys
Three of them were locked up and the
fourth, Robert Alexander, shot Marshal
Payne through the shoulder and escaped
The citizens organized, got bloodhounds
put them on his track and were in fail
way to capture their man when a fire
was discovered, which the men thought
WAS in the business part of town. The
chase was abandoned and every one went
ito the fire, which turned out to be the
pest house, occupied by the small pos
victims when that disease was prevalent
in Dunnellon The house was a fine one
and burned to the ground. 1t had beer
set on fire by negroes to divert attention
from the escaping thief. It was feared
that more trouble would result, and Sun
day night was "a very uneasy one for the