North Carolina Newspapers

4 tJT?K JJLJ4JI vty ; ril V ... t - ' - :: . - . i. -. - - . - - i A Wcekfy Journal for Eom9 and Farm; giving reliable infontaiira of this tew country. NO. 6. VOL.. I. HIGHLANDS, MACON COUNjTYrN. C, MARCH 1,1883. BLUE RIDGE ENTERPRISE, PUBLISHED XVERT THURSDAY MORNING AT - HIGHLANDS, MACON CO , N. C, THE- HIGHEST TOWS EAST OF " THE EOCSY .MOUNTAINS. .... E. E. E WING, Editor and Proprietor. Terms, Payable in Advance : One Copy 1 Tear, postpaid. 8 months " it 6 " u g . 4 Teh Enterprise tf lis all about tl.50 100 : 75 : 50 the BLUE RIDGSS COUNTRY - of north Carolina, The Switzerland of America ! Its pure mountain air. cold springs, prand scenery,; eonl tnmnurt, mild winters ; a paradise fur the health sxeksb otxJ tour ist ; a land jI rest for exhausted workers, and balm for invalids; a garden for the florist and botanist ; the delight of the vinkralooist, horticulturist, dairyman, and BXE-XXXPKB, - GEO. A. JONES. RALPH W. SILEH. JONES & SILER, Attorneys at Law, Fran Vs 1 j n , 3NT O. Special attention given to' the collec tion of claims, investigating titles to real state, conveyancing, etc. 5rf ANY PAPER In the United States, Canada or England, at club rates. - Begin your subscription as any time, ac the Poet Office. Itf J. JAY SMITH. FRANE U. HILL. Smith & Hill, MANUT ACT USERS OF Lumber, Laths and Shingles. MILLS AT HOQSE COVE. Our stock contains Dimension Stuffs, Fenc ioir, flooring, Siding, Ceiling, and Fin ishing Lumber. All kind-t of Oak, Maple, Birch, Ash, Hemlock, Poplar, Pin, and Linden or Bass Wood. Contractors for the erection of Residences, School Houses, Scores, and Churches, which wiil be executed in the o.ost modern and approved styles. We have lately built a new mill with the 1 Mtest improve! tuacoinery, and with our facility tor timber in quantity, quality, and vmetj, we a- e reaiy to guarantee our -Customers parfect satisfaction. nl tf C. A. BOYNTON, Mlllwrigflit & Machinist, " HIGHLANDS, N. C. Highlands School, Highlands, MiccaCo..,K.t Primary, Intermediate and Advanced Classes in all English Urdnclics. WINTER TERM OPENS JANUARY GXII, 1SS3. l"rrms $1, ?1.50 and 2.00 per month. 1 tf Orpha E. Rose, PrincipaL Highlands House, HIGHLANDS, " MACON COOTTTT, N. C. 2fowly repaired and fitted for tbe enter tainment of the traveling, health and pleasure set t inn public Good rooms and oWier accommodatioiis. Table supplied with tbe best that can be had in the mountains. Terms i Per Day : : i : : t $1.50 Per Wk i j : : s 7.00 ' Fpecittl rates to boarders and families, nl-tf JOS. FRins, Prop. - Boynton's -Mills, HIGHLANDS. N. C. fiawtrig, Planing, 'Matching, &c, done on reasonable terms. dumber furnished. OIVB US A CALL Cocdanut reve House, Lake Worth, Fla. Fifteen minates walk fc: tbe Sea I - Fine climate for Invalids. Beach. Pish and Game plentiful at all times. Moose Newly Furnished. B. N. DIMICK - - - Proprietor. J. P. MeClearie, H O tJ S E n P A IN TEK. AGENT FOB Ingersol's Celebrated Rubber Paint. The most durable Taint manufactured for a dmp climate. Itf P. O. Address Highlands, N. C. Highlands Mills. Cash paid for all kinds of Grain. Wheat, nye ana uucxwneat iour, uona aieei, Bran and Shorts for sale. ' All kiada of custom work (Jote promptly. 1 1-tf Wm. Partridge, Proprietor. Horse Cove Nursery. Five Miles S. E. of Highlands. -A A few hundred well grown Apple Trees, comprising an-.xuens assortment of leading varieties , suited to this region of country. These Trees . are of two years growth from the graft. V. G. HILL, Horse Cove, TX. C. Itf ; Builder & Contractor. Contracts taken for Buildings. . Specifica tions 1 urnishea on- application, or work done . i-tf , , . , , . ; Highlands, N C. o INSURE YOUR BUILDINGS nr iHf v";. Fire - Association -of - Philadelphia, C8R OVi THB OLDEST AND STAUNCHES! OF .s. - - x COMPANIE0 - , CAFITAL:500lOd0.0O Assets $4,000,000.00. v ' ! T. BAXTER WHIIE, Agent,' . W "Itf ; - : : JIGBXAItDS, N. C. - North Carolina Attractions. BY RANDOLPH A. SHOTWELL. ' In fraits, through the whole gamut from apple to apricot, peach to plu ai, pear to pomegranate, fig, orange and persimmon. Nature, with -no sort of assistance or care from man, annually give us Eden-like profusion. Our apples, weighing 33 ounce?, topk first premium at. the Phila delphia Centennial. Wagon Joads av eraging 20 to 25 ounces to the apple are fed to the hogs in the mountain counties every year. Much of the illicit distilling a few years back was due to the desire of ffttilizifig fruit for which there was no market.. The opening of three new rail roads into Western Carolina will tend to obviate the difficulty. Dried fruits bid fair to become a leading article of export. Along the Blue Ridge for hundreds of miles ia a "Thermal Belt," wherein no frost falls, and fruit never fails. "Cherry Mountain," in Rutherford, has borne con secutive crops of luscious fruit for 120 years. At the instigation of my father, the Rev. Dr. L. 11. McAboy, of Allegha ny City, Pa., bought in 1872 a large tract on Tryon Mountain ; and has tince con verted its elopes into a vast vineyard, producing thousands of gallons of wine ; and car loads of peaches. Oilier parties have about 0,000 peach trees in ihe vicin ity. A railroad is building. As for grapes, we have 160 varieties and "more on the road." The Citawba, and Lincoln, the Isabella, the Scupper nong, etc. , as you may be aware, are na tive North Carolinians ; though most of them long ago "carpet-bagged'' to other States, and "squeezed into the good gra ces" of the "hull Huiversul Yankee nation." Huinbolt in "Cosmo?,"' estimating the temperature iadispensable to wine mak ing, names Bordeaux, in Franco, ts nearest perfection j and we have sections identical iu thermometer wi h that town the year round. At Fayetteville, 50 miles south of Raltigh, Col. Wharton Greene's famous Tokay vineyard produces many thousand gallons annually. In the minor fruits and berrieB the State is overrun. Cranberries grow wild in large sections ; strawberries, whortlobor- rics, devfberries,uiulberries, black berries, etc. , everywhere. Also haws, pawpaws, wild plums, etc. Melons of all kinds ; watermelons, big as barrels. W. B. Coltburn, who came to Carteret, "with Burnside," bought a small tract and now shij s 50,000 superb melons to New York every scinme'. Grasses are luxuriant to the verge of nuisance. Clover, (breaet Liiih). timothy, ed top, lucr-rue, blue grass, hf-rds gTass, Bt-rmuda grass, etc., all flourish. Four tons of hay per aero hare been cut ia Bun combe; and Gen. Clingman mentions rid ing through a field of 1 ,000 acres, (bought for fifty cents an acn ), on Elk Mountain, near Asheville, where the Timothy heads could be lapped ovtr his horse's withers. In Guilford, last year, an acre of orchard grass sold for $35. I have seen many thousands of cattle ranging at will over the mountain Elopes grazing on the nat ural verdure. Hundreds of thousands of hogB are fattened every year in this man ner, being turned "wild to feed on the mast," or acorns, chestnuts, hickory nuts, walnuts, chinkapin b, etc. the droppings of the forests. ' A considerable traffic in herbs and roots was stimulated by the scarcity of medicines during the civil war. A single firm now sells above a million pounds of medical plants, of 500 kinds, annually. Carloads of ginseng are often shipped. Immense quantities of sumac might be gathered. A negro near Concord makes a thousand dollars a year in sassafras oil, often sold for 40 cents per gallon. Of minera1 springs we have 200 or more, and very valuable; chalybeate, liihii, sulphur, iron, arsenic, etc. bilk seems esreciauy suited for south central North Carolina. Mr. E. Fasnach, of Wake, t hips a bale or more of cocoons to Marseilles every year. A lady of Greensboro showed me a heavy silk shawl big as a bed blanket woven by her .own bands from tills, she had grown and spun. Fine specimens of juto come from Newbern. Sporting men flock to North Carolina from all parts of the North ; some in pri vate yachts, to shoot wild fowl on the coast ; others in private cars to shoot birds in the Piedmont section. Deer aro to be found in many localities ; and occasionally in Jthe mountains bear and catamount. Partridget,wild duck, wild turkeys, squir rels, opossum, coons, pigeons, rabbits, etc., are everywhere prevalent. I' have just read that two brothers from Hartford re cently shot 1500 wild ducks xtear Beau fort and sold them in New York for $800, Rabbit hunting by moonlight is now .a fashionable sport in varous parts of H linois. The first issue of the new five-cent pieces, designed by Superintendent Snow den, was made from the mint on the first of January. One hundred and two though and and four1 hundred pieces, valued at $6,120, were put into circulation. : The new nickels were eagerly sought, and for fire hours a constant stream of purchasers were at the distributing desk. The, sup- ply was exhausted long before the closing hour. The Home and its Surroundings. IKDIAKA FARMER. The Saxon and Scandinavian races, from which were largely derived our English ancestors, were celebrated for their attach ment to home, and the same feature is ap parent in their American progeny thoagh we must confess, ia a diminished, and wo fear, a diminishing degree. But we are not surprised that the attachment to home, on oar Western farm ia constantly weak ening. The carelessness and indifference that are so often apparent in the comfort, neatness and convenience of the houses out-houses, barn and surroundings, - bint at the reasons why the children of such homes should have but little attachment to them when they compare them with neat homesteads they see in the towns they visit on holidays or shopping occasions. Now there is no reason why a thrifty far mer should not have as much regard for the healthfulness, convenience and even the appearance of his home, as a trades man or mechanic in town. The excuse, that but few people see his country home, will not cover his neglect ; for his wife and children see it daily, and he should regard their approbation and good pleasure more than the admiration of strangers. And the apology of the busy farmer, that he has not time to fix up his home as he would like to Bee it, can hardly be accept ed at this day wloen the cultivation of the farm by modern implements requires less than half the manual labor that our fathers devoted to it forty years ago ; and yet the products of the farm are worth more and its expenses are less than then. FARM HOUSES. We do not mean that a farm house 6houkl be modeled after the baronial cas tles of the middle ages, with rooms enough in them to enslave a woman to keep them in order. Let the farm-house be a neat, substantial brick or frame cot tage with a spare parlor and bed-chamber and rooms enough for the daily occupan cy of the family ; and let the kitchen be arge and airy with a convenient pantry and closet f jr stove furniture and a sink so constructed lhat all the slops shall be carried to a safe distance fro.m the house. A back porch directly connected with the kiicheu should have in it the pumps of a rain-water cistern and a tube wtll, so constructed as to entirely exclude surface ' water, if the naturo of the ground h such as to admit of a foundation of this character. Convenient to this, should bo a wooc- honsa and a wash-house with a substan tial cellar under it for fruit and vegeta bles ; or if a basement or cellar under the dwelling house, or and part of it, bo pre ferred, let it be well drained and kept scrupulously clean to secure health. If water is obtained from an open well, let it be at least forty feet from any sink or privy vault. Four or five feet of the upper part of the wall should be laid iu cement to prevent insects and other vermin from getting into it, and a cemented drain' should be provided to carry away the waste water. Mch of the sickness in families may be traced to the impurity if the water supply. DRAINAGE. If the location ot the farm-house be a clay soil, it should be thoroughly dried by tiled ditches three feet deep and not to ex ceed thirty feet apart. An ample back yard with well constructed walks, and the garden for vegetables and small fruits should occupy the rear of the premise?, while the front should have a lawn, with gravel walks, interspersed with beds of flowers, clamps of shrubbery and here and there a detached sugar maple, elm or tu lip poplar for Bhade. The house shojld not be embowered in a mass of shade trees so as to exclude the sunshine and make it damp. Sunlight is an agent of health and an element of cheerfulness, and the farm home should secure an abundance of it. A native forest on the north and wcsf. when it can be conveniently obtained, acts as a screen to break the winter-storms, and as a reservoir of pure air in the sum mer heat. THE BARN AND FEEDING YARDS, with the stock stables, when practicable, should be located on the east or north of the house with its lawn and garden, so that the prevailing south and west winds of the summer will blow the exhalations from these away from the house. In con nection with the feeding yards, a poultry nursery, surrounded by a high picket fence, should be provided for brood fowls, while the laying hens may have the free range with only an inclosed house for roosting, secure from human depredators and minks. The feeding yards, barn and stables should be furnished with walks so that all can be visited, even in the mud diest season, without wading. These may be made of plank and laid down loosely, so that they can be taken up in the sum mer. But they should sot be merely loose boards laid down on the mud. They should be made in sections by nailing the boards to three cross ties, -one at each end ard one in the center. Of course, we suppose that all these yards are properly underdrained as they are on clay soil,' for we know of no use to which clay land can be profitably put without underdrainage. Jt is customary to have a . convenient arrangement to feed the garbage and wastes of the'kkchen to the pigs. To this we object only so far as location is con cerned. The pig sty should always be far enough from the house, that its' odor will never reach that sanctuary. This is alike the requirement of decency trod good health, and though it may impose addi tional labor in carrying the unsavory food to the sty, yet the end accomplished is a full compensation for the additional labor required. The wood work of the house, and the fence in front of the lawn, should be painted, not merely for the appearance, but as well to secure its durability. The out houses also should either be painted or whitewashed so that everything about the premises may have a cheerful and homo-dike appearance This is but an outline sketch of our ideal of a farm home the details may be filled in as each one's fancy shall dictate. We anticipate the objection that all this will cost money, time and labor. Yes, it will do all that, but what rational enjoyment is there in this ltfe tb at does not ? If the apology is a want of taste for such things, then our advice is, cultivate such a taste, that life may be enjoyed with a higher relish and your wife and children may look on their home with a contented self respect, that should make you happy. FACETIAE. A woman is like ivy the more you are ruined the cIosot she clings ,to you. A vile old batchelor adds : "Ivy is like wom an the closer it clings to you the more you are ruined." Poor rule that won't work both ways. A young man having asked a girl if he might go home with her from singing class, and been refused, said, "You're as full of airs as a musical box." "Perhaps so," she retorted ; "but if I am, I don't go with a crank." Fitznoodle is a Nimrod who goes out very often, and brings in a rabbit or so. Fifznoodle is an enormous eater, and no body gets much of the rabbit. "I wonder why nobody gets any of the shot except me," says Fitznoodle, taking a grain of shot out of hi3 mouth. "Because nobody gets any of the rabbit, I suppose," responded Mrs. Fitznoodle, with tclleng sarcasm. General Toombs refuses to become a citizen oiiha United States, and declares he lives only for his native Georgia and owes allt-giance only to her and her insti tutions. When afrked why he refused the pard n offered him by the government, his wrinkled face wore a look of scorn as he replied ; "Pardon me! Why, d n 'em, I haven't pardoned them yet." A man's wife in Hart county, Ga., has given birth to twenty-one children, and has been so unfortunate as to raise every one of them. Wo heard one of the neigh bors say he was at their house when a storm was coming up. The old ladj blew the horn for the children, and she stood and counted them as they ran in. Some how the made the number twenty-two. This mystified her, and she declared that she couldn't remember having but twenty one. In order to satisfy herself she turn ed tbrtn all out into the storm and lit them in one at a time. Sbe acted as tell er while the visitors kept the tally sheet. NEWS ITEMS. Wagner, the great German composer, is dead. The Senate of Maine has passed the con stitutional prohibitory amendment, only three voting against it. A fog bell, struck by machinery, has been established on the east side of the lighthouse at Wade's Point, Pasquotank river, Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. During thick and tggy weather this bell will be sounded, giving one blow at in tervals of twenty seconds. A comet is expected by Mr. Richard Proctor to take an excursion early in spring through the American atmosphere, and make it hot for us. It would seem as if this astronomer was more in the secrets of the comets than other astronomers are. Three railroads are soon to penetrate the pan-handle of Texas, which, though occupying an area of fifty-three thousand miles, has hitherto been almost entirely uninhabited. It is divided on paper into fifty-three counties, as yet unorganized, and is known as the "Staked Plains," un til now considered uninhabitable..' Late investigations show that two-thirds of this vast area are capable of being culti vated for wheat, and the other portions promise o become valuable grazing grounds for cattle. The new railroads will open-one of the most wonderful un known sections of the Union. " ' -j. Sample Copies of the Blue Ridge En terprsb will be sent free to any person. Any one intending to get up a club or canvass for subscriptions can have sam pie copies sent to the persons they desire to interview, by Bending the names tb this offiee. Any person sending us a club of 5 subscribers at a dollar and a half eaen will be entitled to a free copy of the paper for one year. Useful Books. Any of the following named locks sent by mail on receipt of price. Any person ordering eight dollars worth of books at one time will receive a copy oi the tL.s terpkise one year free. E. E. Ewing, Pub. B. R. Enterprise. "A B C of Bee-Culture," (a first rate book for h gmners in improv ed bee-keeping, ) paper, $1, cloth, "Bee-Keepers' Guide ; or, Man ual of the Apiary," by Prof. A. J. Cook. Enlarged, elegantly illus trated, aud fully up with the times on every conceivable subject that interests the bee-keeper. It is not only instructive, but intensely in teresting and thoroughly practical. Paper, 1.00; cloth, 1.25 1.25 "Bees and Honey ; or, Manage ment of an Apiary for Pleasure and Profit," by Thomas G. Newman. It contains 160 profusely illustrat ed pages, is "fully up with tho times" iu all the various improve ments and inventions in this rapidly developing pursuit, and presents the apiarist with everything that can aid in the successful manage ment of the honey bee, and at the same time produce the most honey in its best and most attractive con dition. In paper, 50 : in cloth. .75 "Bee-Keepers' Text Book," by A. J. Kiug, an experienced bee keeper of many years experience. No better book for tho masses who desire practical instruction in bee keeping. In paper, 75c; in cloth, J .UU "Allen's New American Farm Book," the very bett work on the subject ; comprising all that can be condensed into an available vol ume. Iu cloth, 12mo. 2.50 "Barrys Fruit Garden." A standard work on fruits and fruit trees : the author baviDg had over 30 years' practical experience at the head of one of the largest nur series in this country. Illustrated. In cloth, 12ino, 2.50 "Compton's Cultivation of the Potato." Oue hundred dollar prize essay. With an article, -How to cook tho potato, by Prof. BloL In paper, .25 "Curtis's Wheat Culture. How to double the yield and increase the profits. By D. S. Curtis. Illus trated. Iu paper, .50 "Fitz's Sweet Potato Culture." Giving full instructions from start ing the plants to harvesting the crop. With a chapter on the Chi nese Yam. in paper, 12mo., .40 "Gregory on Cabbages ; How to Grow Them." In paper, .30 "Gregory on Onion Raising." In paper, .30 "Lyman's Cotton Culture." It discusses climate, the farm, stock, implements, preparation of soil, and plantiug, cultivation, picking, ginning, baling and marketing, and gives a calendar of monthly operations. It contains also a chapter prepared by J. R. Sypher, Esq., upon cotton seed and its uses, giving the details of manufactur ing the oil. Iu cloth, 12mo., 1.50 "Onions ; How to Raise them Profitably." No more valuable work of its size was ever issued. In paper, 8vo., .20 "White's Gardening for the South." Though entitled "Gar dening for the South," the work is one the utility of which is not restricted to the South. To those living in the warmer portions of the Union, the work wul be espe cially valuable, as it gives the va rieties of vegetables and fruits adapted to the climate, and the modes of culture which it is neces- . sary to follow. By the late Wm. N. White, of Athens, Ga., with additions by Mr. J. Yan Buren and Dr. James Camak. Illustrat ed. In cloth, 12mo.. 2.00 "American Rose'Culturist." Be ing a practical treatise on tno propagation, cultivation and man agement of the rose, to which are added full descriptions for the treatment of the dahlia. In paper, .30 "Cole's American Fruit Book." Directions for raising, propagating and managing fruit trees, shrubs and plants, with descriptions of the best varieties of fruit, etc. Il lustrated. In cloth, J8mo., .75 "D owning's Fruits and Fiuit Trees of America." The culture, piopagation and management in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country. By A. J. Dowsing. Revised by Charles Downing. With nearly 400 outline illustra tions of fruit. 8vo., 5 00 "Elliott's Hand-Book for Fruit Growers." By F. R. Elliott. With 60 illustrations. In paper, .60; in cloth, 12mo., 1.00 "Every Woman her own Flower Gardener." A handy manual of flower gardening for ladies. By Mrs. S. O. Johnson ("Daisy Eve bright"). 12mo. In paper, ,50; in cloth, 1.00 "Fuller's Small Fruit Culturist." Rewritten, enlarged and brought fully up. to the present time. This book covers the whole ground of propagating small fruits, their cul ture, varieties, packing for market, etc While very full on the other fruits, the currants and raspberries have been more carefully elaborat ed than ever before, and in this important part of his book the au thor has had the invaluable counsel of Charles Downing. Illustrated. 1.50 ."Fuller'sGrape Cnlturist.,'"- This is one of the very best of works on the culture of the hardy grapes, with full directions for alt depart -" mentsof propagation, culture, etc., with 105 excellent .engravings, il lustrating planting, training, graft ing etc. Bv A. S. Fuller. In cloth. 12ino.. .20 GOOD COFFEE.. Everybody wants it, but very few get It because most people do not know how to select coffee, or it is spoiled in the roasting or making. To obviate these diffloulties has been our study. Thurbers package Coffees are selected by an expert who un derstands the art of blending various fla vors. They are roasted in the most perfect manner (It is impossible to roast well in small quantities), then put in pound pack ages (in the bean, not ground,) bearing our signature as a guarantee of genuineness, and each package contains the Thurber recipe for making good Coffee. Wo pack two kinds, Thurber's " No. M," strong and pungent, Thurbera "No. 41 aalld and rich. One or the other will suit every taste. They have the three groat points, good quality, honest quan tity, retainable price. As your Grocer for Thurber's roasted Coffee i pound pack ages, "No. 34" or "No. Po not bo put off with any othsr kind your own palate will tell you what is best Where persons desire It we also, furnish the "IdeaV Coffee-pot, the simplest, best and cheapest coffee-pot la oxistenoo. Grocers who sell our Coffee keep thorn. Ask for descriptive circular. Ecspectfully, &o., H. K. & F. B. THURBER A CO, Importers, Wholesale Grocers and Coffee Roasters, New York. P. S. As the largest dealers In food pro ducts hi the world, we consider it our in terest to manufacture only pure and whole s jme goods and pock them in a tidy and satisfactory manner. All goods bearing our name are guaranteed to be of superior quality, pure and wholesome, and dealers are authorized to refund the purchase price in any case where customers have cause for dissatisfaction. It Is therefore to tho interest of both dealers and con sumers to use Thwrhcr's brands. FOR SALE BY MRS. A. G. DIMICK. House and Sign Painting, The undersigned, having bad considerable, experience in uouse ana sirn rainting in Chicago, Charlotte, N. C, and other cities, ij prepared to exe cute work ia the best style. Woik done by contract or the day. "ESTIMATES GIVEN ON JOB8iJ Ready mixed Paints furnished at lowest cash prices, or Oil ar d Lead when preferred. Itf C. B. Edwards, Highlands, N. C. Highlands Nursery. The subscribers offers for sale for the Soring of 1883 a quantity of well growa Apple trees ot the best varieties for this section. Selected Trees 15c. Each, Per 100 $10. No agents employed. Come to the Nursery and get your trees fresh from the grcuod. 1-tf S. T. KELSEY, Highlands, N. a Important to Bee Keepers, I supply Italian Bees. Eclipse. New Amer ican, Largs troth and Simplicity Bee Hives, uoney extractors. Beet ion Money coxes. Bre Veils, Honey Knives. &c. Please send for my descriptive circular and price HsC Sent free. Address F. A. Shell, Milled ge villf", Carroll Co., 111. vl-nl-4m. -Florida- Florida Land and Im provement Co. "DIS3TON PURCHASE" 4,000,000 AORE8. C. L MITCHELL, Fort Ueade, Florida, AGENT FOB FOLK AND MANATEE CO UNTIES, The Floiida Land and Iirmrovement Company, owning nearly 300,000 acres la this Agency, have announced that their lands will be thrown open for sale at Gov ernment prices ($1.25 per acre) from Oct. 1, 1882, Until May 1, 1883 This rare opportunity of securinir desira ble locations for Orange Groves, and other semi-tropical fruits, at nominal prices, will never occur again. Take Advantage-of It While Yea Can ! As owner of the Sunnyside Nubshbt, I will euddIv all varieties of Trees. Plants. and Seeds. I plant Orange Groves, enter lands, pay taxes, and attend to all other busiuess for no a-residents. Correspondence solicited. nl-ly E. White, Sons Hi, Baltimore, MdM M ANUFACTUBBBS of STRAW CUTTERS, CORN BHEIXERS, ' PLOWS, HARROWS, WHEAT PANS, IRON FRAME CULTIVATORS, IRON BEAM D. a PLOWS, And aUKinds of Agricultural Implements SEND FOB CATALOGUE. Itf J 1 i V "" ' . .... , ...