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The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-24

One of the most thriving businesses
n the United States today and which
seemingly carries on its work regard
less of the fluctuations of stocks on
the great exchanges, is the growing
and selling of seeds. From small be-
business has grown SO that now its
value in measured by the tens of mil
lions. The first beginning of the seed
business commenced in small shops
where a few boxes of seed shared a
corner with Goldfish or a shelf with
calicoes or books. To-day it has come
to claim for itself immense ware
houses and business establishments,
having interests which extend TO
every portion of the globe.
The Pilgrims probably were the first
introducers of seeds into this country,
for they brought with them seeds of
the plants cultivated by them in their
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-24
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Seed In
NEBRASKA.
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E0 Seed

ting the War for Independence the ad-
yertising of this commodity appar-
entity ceased, although it is hardly be
Iieycd that there was not time but
what one could purchase seeds in any
OF the large cities or that period.
a Pioneer Scotsman.
In 1854. David Landreth commenced
operations in Philadelphia; Bernard
MMahon, in that same city in $500,
while in 1905, Grant Thorburn began
to sell seeds in New York. BY 1890
the population had increased from
about three million in 1890, to ten
and n half millions. To meet The
growing demand for vegetables and
flowers, these ten and half millions
required more than three and half
times as many seeds as were used IN
1880. Dealers established themselves
in the principal cities and crossed the
mountains.
Along with the reaching out for
trade came the increasing size and
prominence of the catalogue. The ear
liest seed catalogues were mere lists
not intended for general distribution.
Thorburn probably issued the first
seed catalogue as early as 1923.
shortly after the civil war the cata-
logue became more prominent. Its
size was increased and few illustra-
tons appeared Novelties We're not as
numerous twenty years ago as they
are today: they were not given so
much attention either. Today there is
not an important catalogue but gives
considerable space to novelties.
Seedsmen are on the alert for novel
ties: they are the money makers The
modern catalogue. with its profusely
illustrated pages while in sense the
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-24

water and a warm place in the
Kitchen. A stitch in time often saves
nine, and a little trouble month be
fore planting time may make the
farmer or the gardener considerable
money and conduce greatly to his hap
piness and good temper. Nothing Is
certainly more aggravating than to
nlow. fine the ground we'll, plant. and
then. as the golden moments of spring
Slip by, wait in vain for the young
plants TO appear, or secure only a half
stand.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-24

this country largely depended upon
foreign markets for seeds, but between
1850 and 1870 as many seed farms
were established as had been during
the thirty years before the conflict.
Growers also became expert and the
market gardener found lie could get
from the seedmen just as good seed
ms he could save himself and Mt less
cost. The business of scedrIising in
creased rapidly after the war, farms
being established in various parts of
the eastern United States. In 1879
seed growing commenced in Callfor-
mia, when r. w. Wilson planted 80
acres TO beets, onions. lettuce and car
rots for seed purposes.
Two Thousand Acre Seed Farm.
From this beginning the business has
grown to enormous proportions. Now
Il single firm of growers devoteS annu-
ally some 1000 acres TO seed crops.
Onion and lettuce are staple seed
crops, while carrot. celery, lcek, en-
dive, kale, kohl-rabi, arsnips and
parsley are all grown by California
seed growers.
While the census of 1890 showed
that there We're in the United States
500 seed farms, containing 1G9,5S0
acres, the census of 1900. with incom-
plete returns, showed more than $500
seed farms. The Census Office made
an effort to collect statistics of seed
growing farms, but owing to the re-
fusal of number of the large firms
handling seed to furnish the names of
the farmers growing seed for them.
the Information secured was very in
complete.
Not n small part of eed-Crowing is
devoted to the raising of flower seed.
Flower seeds have been regularly
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-24
Seeds terminate Quickly.

Most seeds will terminate in from
three to ten days. The apparatus re-
quired is very simple-a pan, some
cotton flannel or cotton batting, little
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-24
A CALIFORNIA ONION PATCH.

fact, the Department will send any
body a pamphlet describing simple
methods of testing seeds.
Firms with any reputation behind
them can not afford 10 work off poor
seeds. and if lot of seed is tested
and found TO be defective in cermina-
tive qualities the sccdSmen will prob
ably stand ready TO supply good arti-
Gle in its place. The fault in fact, may
not be the seedman's. Although the
seed dealers attempt to convey the
idea that they raise their own seeds
on their own farms, such practice is
manifestly impossible where vast sup
piles of seeds are furnished. They
raise some of the seeds, but large
quantities are contracted for by them
with other growers and farmers, and
there Is always n chance of the seeds
men themselves being imposed upon.
So that it is well for the individual
grower to test each batch of farm or
garden seeds which te expects to
plant. The test which he can make
will show him nothing regarding vari-
cites: he may be getting common
cabbage instead of some high-priced
novelty, that can only be determined
at the end of the year: but the gov
ernment experiments along this line
are effectually holding the more ire
sponsihle seedsmen in line, and the
farmer himself can check up with his
seedsmen on the question of germi-
nation.
-
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-24
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:EeAT1hSTSIS Good Seeds Are Half the Battle
f1)GSsSS,Sa2 ELLIOTT MITCHELL
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL

seedman's agent, is textbook Of hor.
ticulture Millions of these books find
their way into rural homes and become
the basis by which the amateur gard
ener derives n knowledge of varieties
and even methods of growing plants
under varied conditions.
Seed Growing a Big Industry.
The seed trade has changed quite ms
much as has the catalogue, first with
its woodcut engra wings, to excellent
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-24

both with regard TO their germinative
quality and their trueness TO name.
There Is great opportunity for adulter-
alton, and many farmers are apt to
consider they are saving money If they
can get seeds at n reduced rate, find
ing out when it is too late that they
have been swindled with false varie-
ties or that perhaps 80 per cent. of
their seeds fail utterly of termination.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-24
Samples arc
of vnrietIes arc made.

OF WITCHES arc nHut. SulnpIeS HrU
also planted Of the vast quantities Of
seed sent out for Congressional dis
tribution. The Department has in fact
done much to purge the country of
dishonest seed dealers, and large
force is constantly employed securing
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-24
Importance of Seed Te.tIno.

Since the days of tradition a great
deal Of attention has been paid to
seed testing for quality of germina-
ton. Seeds have been fioated or have
been heated until they popped; they
have been broken and the fracture
noted: they have been cut and judged
by the appearance of the inside
Various experiment stations of the
United States have, for a long time.
paid much attention to practical seed
testing. The Department of Agricul-
ture for nearly eight years has con
Quoted a trial ground in connection
with its seed laboratory where studies
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-24

grown in this country for at least fifty
years. The amount raised, even at
the present time, is not sufficient 10
meet the trade and the greater part Of
the fower-seed sold is Imported from
Europe.
The La Jara chronicle., 1905-11-24
Mulberry Fences.

There are but few fences in ia
pan. The mulberry tree is planted in
stead, the leaves of which furnish food
for silk worms. Nearly 100000 acres
are thus utilized.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02
Grip Quickly Knocked Out.

"SOme weeks ago during the severe
winter weather both my wife and my
self contracted severe colds which speed
lily developed into the worst kind Of Ia
grippe with all its miserable symptoms
says Mr.. J. S. Egleston OF Maple Land
ing. Iowa. "Kuees and joints aching,
muscles sore. head stopped, eyes aud nose
running. with alternate spells Of chills
and fever. We began using Chamber
1ain's Cough Remedy, aiding the same
with a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets, and by Its liberal use
soon completely knocked oui the grip
1t Is go@i plan I" take dose OF the
Tablets when you baye a cold. They
promote healthy action of the bowels,
liver and kidneys which is always bene-
fetal when the system is congested by a
cold or attack Of the grip. For sale by
TT Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02
CleVeland's Warning.
The People.


The Picayune of last Monday
reproduces extracts from a letter.
from exPresident Cleveland, head
ed "The Integrity Of American
Character" which will appear in
the December Harper's. The ex-
President warns the people of the
dangers to their institutions aris-
ing from the present conditions.
He views the actual pursuit of
wealth without regard for the
means employed, as indicative of
the deterioration of American
character.
he sees another danger in the
Indifference of the people to par
ticipate in political affairs and
points to the ballot box as the re-
medy.
Like other men of vast intellect
and force of character, Mr.. Cleve-
land has not been exempt from
the foibles which cause men of
lesser attributes to err, but it
must be accorded to him that he
believed his course the best for
the country's good ID all the deci-
sive emergencies that be encoan-
tered, He was the first and only
president since 1860, who read
mitted the South to full partici-
patton and fellowship in the gov
eminent. For this alone he de-
serves the gratitude and respect of
the American people and of the
world.
He is undoubtedly right in sign
alling the untrammeled exercise
of the ballot as the pillar of cloud
by day and the column of fire by
night, to which the American peo-
pie must look for their deliverance
from the conditions that are mena-
cling their free institutions aud
welfare. 1t is comforting at this
time, to be able to point to the re-
cent elections as sure evidences of
the awakening of the people to the
existing dangers aud to the effica-
cy of the ballot to dispel them.
The forces of righteousness are
still abiding with the masses and
the ballot whose publication must
be sternly demanded aud acbiev-
ed will bring them forth.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02

Hunting and Trespassing
on the Plantations known as the Lady
Plantation also the Cul-de-Sac planta-
tation is strictly prohibited and any one
caught OIL same will bs positively prose-
cuted to the fullest extent of the law.
j; B. DELALOIRE,
7. j. Liable,
o. BADON,
CD BROUSSARD,
CASTOR DELASsUs,
WILLIE pELALOIRE,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02

TIE ladies of the town will give
"a euchre party at the College Hall
tomorrow night at seven o'clock,
for the benefit of the Convent, and
they expect to have the assistance
of all our people. They make a
special request of the people that
they all be on hand for the time
'tixed TO commence the game,
seven o'clock sharp. The ladies
have made ample preparations for
this occasion, aud they are expect
ing a cordial support from all our
people.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02
Memories of Happy Days; They
.Swceten Life's Darkest Pathway.

The following by Ex-Governor
Taylor, of Tennessee, is worthy of
careful reading:
"Whether it be the money king
in his mansion with the weight OF
his millions on his heart, or the
pauper in lis hut with the wolf at
his door. the recollections of a
happy childhood Tighten the bur-
dens of life and soothe it's suffer
Sngs. The green fields are swirl
any streams around the old home
stead where the light-hearted boy
once hunted the Mollie Cottontail
in the clover, and fished for suck
ers in the darkening eddies, or
shouted and sang and tumbled in
The air like a straw hat in eye
aone, are painted on his brain in
coIors that never fade; and the
shady lanes, melodies with red
birds and amorous with dtses,
where he held his first sweetheart's
girlIsh hand in his and pored out
his soul in silence, bloom on and
sing Oh in the sweet dusky bowers
of memory till death stills the
weary heart and bushes the signs
and storms of mortal life forever.
Nothing sweetens the sorrows
of our ripper years like the memory
of a happy childhood. The man
who wounds the hearts of his chill
dren with frowns aud cruel words,
or stayers into the door OF home
with curses and CLOVIS, is a MUIR
derer-a murderer of laughter and
love and happiness.
The woman who deserts her
home for the hollow pleasures of
the socia world, and neglects her
in1ocent and helpless children for
any reason, is robber and un-
worthy Of the name of mother.
1.-The man may wander To the
ends of the earth and meet new
faces and new friends on the way;
he way rise to wealth and glory or
fall into the very depths OF power
" aud degradation. yet the memo
ry of paternal love and watchtul-
ness which guarded the Thought
less boy and shielded him from
harm, never ceases tn beckon his
spirit back TO the happy fires'de
Of the blessed past, and in every
word of his mothers unforgotten
prayer he hears the rustic OF an
angels wing"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02
MIR. Aubane p. Thibodeaux died

Mr.. Aubane p. Thibodeaux died
at his home at Lafourche crossing
on November Dist. at the age of
60 years. Mr.. Thibodeaux was
the father of Mrs. j. Nj. Sales, Jr.,
and Mrs. Bernard Dessence of this
parish. Mr.. Thibodeaux was q
prominent citizen of his parish
and highly esteemed.-THE THIBo-
DAUx SENTINEL says:
"A fact worthy of notice is that
although a scion of a wealthy fam
ily and of a natural weak constitu-
ton, he failed not at the first ap-
peal, to espouse his country's
cause, aud enlisted as private in
the early sixties to the 26th Lou
isiana Regiment. Company H.,
Captain w. A. Bisland. His
alertness aud ready compliance to
duty soon caused him to be pro-
NOTED to the grade of Ordinance
Sergeant on the non-commission-
ed staff of his Regiment, Colonel
Alexandra DeClouet. He fought
with his command in various en-
gagements, stood the entire seige
of Vicksburg and returned home
on parole after the surrender Of
that city.
A good citizen, an honest and
upright man, be lived a retired
life, aud being a fond lover of mu
sic, of books and of flowers, he
found his happiness in the large
home circle with which he was
surrounded.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02

On Sunday Dec. Bird at z O'Clock
P. H., the Ladies will give Eu-
chre, in the School, for the benefit
Of the Convent.
On Sunday, Dec. 18th from ii
a. H., to 6 p. m, there will be a
Bazaar in the School Hall, for the
same benefit.
The young and old ale invited
to attend, there will be amuse-
ments for all. Gumbo and lunches
will be served.
We trust the good people of st.
Martinville will show their gener-
osity and help the Sisters as they
have always done.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02

Those Of our citizens who will
want to vote at the next municipal
election. which will be in May,
had better pay their poll tax at
once, they should not neglect this.
as they may forget it and lose their
right of suffrage by their own
fault.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02

The municipal election will take
place in May next, citizens who
take an interest in the affairs of
the town should pay their poll tax
at once and be qualified to vote
for the candidates of the r choice, it
is important that all good, intelli-
gent aud independent voters be
qualified.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02
A FEARFUL FATE.

1t is a fearful fate tn have to ell
tlure the terrible torture of Piles
IL can truthfully say" writes Har-
nv Colson, of Masonyille, Ia, "that
for Blind, Bleeding, Itching and
Protruding Piles, Bucklen,s Ami
ca Salve, is the best cure made.
Also best for cuts, burns aud in
iufies. 25c at L. j. Liable store.
-fimothy Hay at l.. Bienvenu.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02
NOTICE.

Hunting and trespassing on the Live
Oak plantation is positively prohibited.
all violators will be prosecuted.
Nov. II. l.. G. GAUTHIER.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02
The Key That UnIOcks The Door tt
Long Living.

The men Of eighty-hve and ninety
years Of age are not the rOtund well fed;
but thin, spare men who live on sIen-
der diet. Be as careful as he will, how
ever, a man past middle age. will coca
sionalIy eat too much or of some article
Of food net suited to his constitution,
and will need dose OF Chamberiain's
Stomach aud Liver Tablets to cleanse
and invigorate his stomach and regulate
his liver and bowels. When this is done
there is no reason why the average man
should not live to old age. For sale by
I. J. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02

$50 REWAKD $50.
A reward Of Fifty Dollars will be- paid
to any one securing the conviction Of
any person or persons for either killing
or stealing any hogs in the Park of St.
John Plantation, West Of Teche.
Oct. IS. A. o. LEvFRT,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1905-12-02

Mr.. Ernest Olivier of Lafayette,
died on Friday November oath,
at the age of 80 years. Mr.. Oil
vier was a brother of Mr.. Charles
Gneriniere of this town and Mrs.
Adolpbe JUDGE of this parish.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-11-11
General.

Judge Worthington Of Peoria has
overruled the motion Of the attorneys
for n. G. Dougherty to reduce his bail
to $4,000.
The National w. G. T. IT,, in annual
convention in Los Angeles reelected
all the officers of the organization now
serving as executive heads.
Oscar Lindinger, aged IL, is dead at
Mason City, Iowa, from milk sickness,
the fourth member of the family to die
from the same cause within a few
weeks of each other.
The convention of the supreme lodge
and the encampment of the Uniform
Rank, Knights Of Pythias, will be held
at New Orleans, La, the third Tuesday
in October next.
The ssBill'' club held It's annual meet
ing at Excelsior Springs, Mo. The
date Of the "Bill'' banquet was set for
Dec. ID. The meeting was enthusiast
tic and it bids fair for large attend
ance "Bill'' Warner, "Bill'' Stone and
"Bill' Wallace are expected to make
speeches. The initiation fee was fixed
at a dollar bill Excelsior Springs is
the home of the only "Bill' club in the
world.
Alleging that his character had been
damaged to the extent of $4,000,
Thomas W. Lawson of frenzied finance
fame has brought suit for that amount
against Horace J. Stevens, well
known copper mine specialist of
Houghton, Mich. He charges libel.
Mr.. Stevens is an extensive writer on
copper mining topics, and it is pre-
sumed he hit the Bostonian hard in
some Of his articles.
The population of Greater New
York, as counted by the state enumer-
alton bureau on June l., is 4,014,304,
as compared with 3,437, 202 in 1900 and
2,5O7, Ala in 1890. The population of
the state is S,066,672.
Frank A. Vanderlip, vice president
of the City National bank OF New York,
was the chief speaker at the Chicago
Commercial clubs first banquet of the
season. His subject was "Old Age
Pensions for Workmen" He declared
that the present industrial system was
severe on the older workers and adj
vised the annuity plan now adopted by
many large corporations
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-11-11
OHIO is DOUBTFUL.
Democrats Claim Election of State |
Ticket.

Democrats Claim Election of State
Ticket.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. s. - The re-
suit of the election in Ohio is still con-
sidered doubtful, although the Demo
cratic leaders claim the election of
Pattison and the entire Democratic
ticket by good majorities, while the
Republicans failed to concede such a
claim, stating the returns were insult
ficient to show anything except that
the vote had been very heavy and the
amount of scratching had made the
counting very slow. In the cities the
Republican loss exceeded 100 to the
precinct, but as the loss per precinct
outside the large cities was, SO far as
reported only about thirty there was
no certainty that the loss would run
high enough to wipe out the 100000
Republican plurality with which COM
parsons were made.
The State Journal has estimated
pluralities from 63 out of the so coun-
ties in the state showing a net plural
ity of 800 for Herrick for governor.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-11-11

the supreme court, sheriff, city clerk
and surveyor. The issue which en-
crossed popular attention was a pro-
posed constitutional amendmen, the
avowed purpose Of which was to dis
franchise negro voters. Owing to the
extreme length of the ballot the count
has been slow, and at a late hour the
votes in some Of the city precincts
and remote county districts have not
been counted The returns so far re-
ceived, however, make certain the de-
feat of the proposed constitutional
amendment by decisive majority,
and very probable the election of Nc
cullough, Rep, state controller. The
political complexion of the next legis-
lature is uncertain, and will not be
known until the official count has been
completed.