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ALL KINDS OF Book and Job Work N'satlt asi> PtosrTLT Einccrmo, —AT THB— FLORIDIAN OFFICE, Tallahassee, Fla. nail, toothTand hair brushes; SUPPLY of THE ABOVE ffDM PENBABLE ARTICLE#, Lesley A* female ulstituta, LAWTON, rrianwi * a ■1 i tffitflMtff I 1 %tf warll MPy jftMf 10 Jill waw wwUIII liUm/wmlillllwM'l<4 OK v. J* BtMcrtllc Platform. 1. We pledge ourselves anew to the constitu tions! doctrines bad traditions of the Democratic perty, ae illustrated by the teaching end example of a long line of Democratic eta team sad pstri ou, and embodied in the platform of the laat national convention of the party. 2. Opposition to centralisation and to that dangerous spirit of encroachment which tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism. No sumptuary lawn Separation of Church and State, tar the good of each. Common schools fostered and protected. 3. Home role, honest money, consisting of gold and.sliver and paper convertible into coin on de mand ; strict maintenance of the public fhith, State and national, and a tariff for revenue only. 4. Subordination of the military to the civil power, and a general and thorough reform of the civil service. 5. The right to a free ballot h the right preser vative of all rights, and must and shall be main tained in every part of the United States. •• The administration is the representative of a conspiracy only, and its claim at the right to surround ballot boxes with troops and deputy marshals to intimidate and obstruct elections, and the nnprecented nee of the veto to maintain its corrupt and despotic power, insults the peo ple and imperils their institutions. 7. The great fraud of 1876-77, by which, upon a false count of the electoral votes of two States, the candidate defeated at the polls was declared to be president, and for the first time in Ameri can history the will of the people was set aside under the threat of military violence—struck a deadly blow at our system of representative gov ernment. The Democratic party, to preserve the country from a civil war, submitted for the time, in a firm and patriotic faith, that the people would punish this crime in 1880. This issue precedes and dwarfs every other. It imposes a more sacred duty upon the people of the Union than ever addressed the conscience of a nation of freemen. 8. We execrate the course of this administra tion in making places in the civil service a re ward tor political crimes, and demands a reform by statute which shall make it forever impossible for a defeated candidate to bribe his way to the seat of a usurper by billeting villiuns upon the people. 9. The resolution of Samuel J. Tilden not again to be a candidate for the exalted place to which he was elected by a majority of his coun trymen, and from which he was excluded by the leaders of the Republican party, is received by the Democrats of the United States with sensi bility; and they declare their confidence in his wisdom, patriotism and integrity unshaken by the assaults of a common enemy. And they further assure him that be is followed into the retirement lie has chosen for himself by the sym pathy and respect of his fellow-citizens, who re gard him as one who, by raising the standard of public morality and adoring and purifying the public service, merits the lasting gratitude of bis csuntiy and his party. 10. Free ships and a living chance for Amer ican commerce on sea and on land. No discrim ination in favor of transportation lines, corpor ations or monopolies. 11. Amendment of the Burlingame treaty.— No more Chinese immigration, except for travel, education and foreign commerce, and therein carefully guarded. 12. Public money and public credit for public purposes solely, and public land fo r actual set tlers. 13. The Democratic party is the friend of labor and the laboring man, and pledges itself to pro tect him ilike against cormorants and commu nists. 14. We congratulate the country upon the honesty and thrift of the Democratic Congress, which has reduced public expenditures $40,000,- 000 a year; upon the continuation of prosperity at home and national honor abroad ; and, above all, upon the promise of such a change in the administration of the government as shall insure us a generous and lasting reform in every de partment of the public service. State Democratic Plat farm. Retained, That the Conservative Democratic party of Florida congratulate the people of the State on the favorable auspices under which they have assembled. For more than three years they have been blessed with a government which has faithfully fulfilled all the promises made to than in 1876. Tbe onerous tax under which the people suffered has given place to a moderate rate of assessment, absolutely neces sary to an economical administration of'govern ment ; tbe laws have been rigidly and energeti cally enforced; equal protection has been ex tended to all peraoos within the limits of tbe State, without regard to race or color; and this benefi cent, prudent and economical management has inured to the welfare and prosperity of the en tire people. Bathed, That we appeal to tbe sober judg ment of every honest and unbiased citizen of Florida, of whatever political affinities, in tbe contrast presented by tbe past three years of Democratic rule with the previous eight vears of Republican rule. We appeal with confidence to every mao in oar midst who values the blessings of a just, faithful and prudent government, to sustain us in this compaign, and with us, by the complete and overwhelming success of our can didates, to put an end forever to tbe dangers which menace from a restoration of tbe Repub licans to power. Reeolved, That the preservation of good order, honest expenditure ot public funds, reduction of taxation, and the continued progress of materia] prosperity, present issues paramount to all mere questions of party; therefore, discarding the dead issues and party dissensions of the past, we appeal to the intelligent and honest voters of all parties and races to join hands with us in support of seif-preservation. * Raeimed, That tbe greatly increased influx of intelligent sod industrious citizens under tbe present State Administration is a source of great gratification. To the thousands already hoe, and tbe thousands soon to follow, we extend a cor dial welcome regardless of party, and pledge the State Admin jam ion, if continued under Con servative control, to renewed efforts to increase tbe fide of immigration. Retained, That tbe OonserratiTS Democratic parly of Florida reaffirm their acceptance of the legitimate imues of tbe war. To all men in our midst, white and Mack, we pledge the fullest possible protection in tbe exercise of their civil sad political rights; recognizing folly and sus taining that fundamental law of the Bute which gives to any dtinea the right to vote as be pleases, sod to otter sad publish bis sentiments undis turbed by menace of violence and threats of dis franchisement, and so recognizing and sustaining this right, we deoooaee and arraign tbs Repub lican party for its systematic appeals to mob vio lence over tbe cofcwed people of (Us Stale, sad foe tbs syU—Stic terrorise over them which but bean a regular appMaac* of its political ma chinery. We pledge oui selves to prosed every citizen la the ezaroUs of his rights against all lawleswuss, to the fttUsst possible extent. Stashed, That tbs Conservative Democratic parte ef Florida coadaam sad denounce In aa* qualified laagaage tbe bands U elections, which have bean sa frequent of late yean. We arraign the RmHcuMm, cad charas them wfth school prevcMsa sf £ prtftelundkas for asAsayt* throagb 7 &outh t >is>e, sad As eomplettoa of tbs read hath I palsrhtrrila river to haanlb “jSSj'SSjWggFstf dMMjk TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, JULY 27, 1880. rm hk TiutEDio. Tvs tem thinking, ran fcesa thinking. Whet a (tortoee weeid waee thia, DM Mts mSmt Mr ami Mm were. And wind SMr MtgMmsr turn. For instance, yen and L, Mend. Am mdiy ptene to talk Of Betters that cooetn aa not. And others' follies stack. I've been thinking, if ws’d begin To wand onr awn shin, That poastM; ear neighbors might Contrive to menage theiia. We've tanks enongh at hems In stand— ** —r fti nhtn ; It woeld some Btnmct if it arm not. Bine* oil mnnkind an brothers. Oh, would that we hnd charity Forgiveneea is the mark of thaee Who know, " To err U hantsa." Then Ist ns banish Jeskmey— Let as lift onr fallen brother ; And aa we Jensnsp dawn life'* mod, “ Do good to one another.’' Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jaly K>.] Editors Plain Dealer: Since coming into Ohio from my Florida home, I have encountered a vast amount of intelligence concerning affairs at the South. Men have honored me with various questions which twelve years of observation have qualified me to answer with some accuracy, and, on receiving my replies, they have inform ed me that my views differ very widely from those of Judge Toume, the author of “ A Fool’s Errand.” This information has been communicated in such a way as to make me understand that difference from Judge Tourgee is assumed to be equivalent to distance from truth. I have thus been led to bestow a careful reading upon tLe book which has so quickly be come an authority of the first order. The result is that I have a few thoughts to which I am strongly inclined to give ex pression. “ A Fool’s Errand ” is a work of fiction, written in the interest of the political party to which its author is passionately attached. It probably owes its origin to a recollection of the success which attend ed the publication of “ Uncle Tom’s Cab in,” ana to a desire to create such a pop ular conception of Southern society as could never be evolved from a plain state ment of facts. It is the fruit of an imagi nation heated bv partisan rancor and sec tional hatred. No one can deny that its author possesses literary abilities of a high order. It is evident, too, that nature has endowed him with many fine social qualities. It is probable that his malevo lent feelings are directed against masses rather than against individuals, and I should not be surprised to find him sus taining most friendly relations with a member of a class which, as a class, he hates with all the strength of his nature. Among other qualifications for the work he has taken in hand, be knows how to obtain credit for candor by ascribing some good characteristics to those against whom he aims to excite animosity. So far all is clear, bat when we attempt to locate Judge Tourgee in the moral scale, our task becomes difficult. He says in his preface: “ The one merit which the story claims is that of honest, uncompromising truthfulness of portraiture. Its pictures are from life.” What does he mean by this? Does he simply claim that he has personal knowledge of incidents similar to those which he describes ? If that is all he means, it is easy enough to believe him. The telegrams in any morn ing paper afford material for almost as many pictares of criminal conduct as are contained in his whole book. Bnt a man of his intelligence ought to know that the great body of his readers understand him to mean that he haa given an impartial account of the social and political forces at work in the South, and that a true con ception of Southern society can be gath ered from the circumstances which he narrates. Does he “ palter with us in a double sense ?” Has he a conscience that can be satisfied with the fact that his words are susceptible of an interpretation, according to which they would be true, while be knows they wifi receive, almost universally, an interpretation according to which they are thoroughly false ? ft is possible, however, that his burning de sire, which be nowhere disguises, to see a complete transformation of Southern soci ety effected by the Republican party, through the agency of the Federal gov ernment, has blinded his understanding and made his imagination the source of all bis convictions m regard to Southern affairs. Another hypothesis is that party spirit has brought him to the adoption, in all sincerity, of the doctrine that “the end justifies the means.” However these things may be, it is certain that con sciously or unconsciously, Judge Tourgee is utterly dishonest from the beginning to the end of his book. Before prooeeding to consider the specific misrepresentations contained in “A Fool’s Errand,” it is well for ns to get at the standpoint of the author. We find that, in his view, the Sooth haa been treated altogether too gently by the national gov ernment. The measures for reconstruc tion savored too much of what he calls “ sentimentalism ” to obtain his approba tion. Ia fast, be woold have bad no re construction at all. Of the plan which his hero—his idealised self—approved he says, “It proposed that the States which had been in the infected region should be qoietly Ml to mokUr in tbs grave of re bellion—the bed they bad themselves pre pared: that the region they once em braced should be divided np into territo ries without regard to former statal lines, and so remain for n boots of yean under national control, bnt withont power to mold or fsshien the notional legislation.” Thus we eee that onr brtlfiant author went to thsSontb desiring to see the peo ple among wheal ha took ap bis abode, stripped of overy vsntige of poiitwal lib erty and kept in abject subjugation for twenty roan. This wan to be aa oduoa* tiooal pweem. The mea of the Soath were to be fitted for self-government by twenty yean of enslavement; and tire moaof tao North wore to coomteafaUer aamftaaos of the lattrian that “all men ■morwrtfd trm aad o*ml hj wm expe rience of twnaty roan tyrannizing over their hllownea The Union was to be half the H. boomae of the govern able that ia the firtfc day* of their hamU iatkm many Wnulhttfriws of both saxaa manifested aa aarfoenniMu prejudice against all who weal among them from the North. Whether sufferings, resulting from n prolonged aad terrible conflict, are deserved or naimirved, they are sare to produce exasperation ia the breasts of human beings, and the manifestations of bitterness are son to be, for a period, very indiseriminativa. Bat the lapeft of time works great changes, and it is dishon est to for a writer amhehis readen behave that the popular leafing ia aay Southern community is the same now that it was soon after the close of the war. It is un derstood that Judge Tourgee'* Southern home was in North OhroGna; aad lam able to adduee a foet which will put the treatment now received by Northern mea in that State in a true light. Two or three yean ago a convention of Northern men residing in that part of tire South was held at Kaksgk, M. C. Men from all quartern of North Ofoima and from seme of the upper oouaties of South Carolina attended the meeting. Only persons of Northern birth participated in the pro ceedings. A long statement was drown up, embodying the declaration that the subscribers to it had been treated with the utmost kindness by the native popu lation around them, and this statement was signed by the members of the con vention, who annexed to their signatures the names of the Northern localities from which they had removed, aa well as of the Southern localities ia which they had settled. Many other Northern men, unable to be present personally, addressed letters to the convention, conveying the assurance that no Northern man, whatever his political convictions, need be deterred from settling in North Carolina through fear of social ostracism. Several of the writers stated that they were well known as ardent Republicans. Twenty thousand copies of the proceedings of that conven tion, with the statement and letters, were published at the expense of the State. The truth is, that the influential men sf North Carolina, as well as of nearly every other Southern State, are ardently desir ous of immigration from the North ; and public opinion demands that immigrants shall be cordially welcomed. My own ex perience and observation, in several of the Southern States, have brought me to the conclusion that, if a Northern man goes to the South and fails to be treated as a gentleman there, the simple explanation of the fact is that he does not happen to be a gentleman. The readers of “ A Fool’s Errand ” are permitted to infer that the course of the author’s political associates afforded no ground of just complaint Let us see how much honesty there is in this. A year ago, during a sojourn among the moun tains of North Carolina, I made a special study of the recent political history of that State, and I will give a few of the facts which then came to my knowledge. At the election of 1868 over 30,000 of the best citizens were disqualified to vote. The campaign work of tire Republicans was nearly all done in the secret meetings of the Union League. The organization had become already the mightiest politi cal secret society the wond ever saw. The negroes throughout the South had been gathered into it and bound by sol emn oaths to obey the orders of its offi cers, who were, for the most part, unscru pulous advtnturero from the North. The election took place, and, the ballot-boxes were sealed up and sent, to the headquar ters of the military department at Charles ton, South Carolina, from which place the citizens of North Carolina were first in formed of the results. The Legislature chosen at that election consisted of a crowd of black men, who had precisely the qualifications that slavery was adapt ed to give, and a few very shrewd white men wholly intent on pushing their own fortunes. The session proved to be a rich harvest for the thrifty legis lators. A few villains organised a nog and proposed to build railroads from every quarter to every other quarter of the State, and called for the issuance of State bonds in aid of their enterprises. The first batch authorized amounted to some $5,000,000. These were sold in New York at seventy cents on the dollar. This put the ring in funds, with which to pay the statesmen for voting another batch. Thus the work went bravely on till evidences of indebtedness were piled up against the State to the amount of #23,000,000. No one knows how much tire ring realized from the sale of the bonds; but it is known that they never built five miles of railroad with the proceeds. All other acts of that Legislature were marked by aa equally enlightened regard for the public interest. The part of his work on which our au thor bestows his greatest strength is that which relates to the Ko-Klux proceedings. If be actually lived In North Carolina at the time of thoee disorders, he is willfully dishonest in escribing them to political motives. Remembering the accounts which 1 have seen in the newspapers of the day, I availed myself of every oppor tunity to learn the history of that organi zation in North Carolina; aad I know that I got at the truth. As authority for what I am about to state, I do not hesi tate to refer to ex-Governor Vance, now United States Senator, who was one of the persons with whom I conversed on the subject. It is necessary to go bade to the elec tion of 1888. Under the new constitution the judiciary was elective. The old con stitution made it aeoeroary for every offi cial, however iasigafiaaat his office, to take aa oath to support the Canatitutioa of the United Staten Nearly every edu cated person ia the Static ia one way or another, had given “ aid and comfort* to persons engaged id rebellion; and all ■ooh were, ay act of Congress, rendered ineligible to office. The oonaequenoe was that ia several judicial districts no citizen ooald be fonad who was at tha snare tune eligible and finniii of qudjfliwUßiw even suggestive of fitness for the bench, aad that several ignorant and has# ffHMU’ became judges. Oaa of tlttMl xae called “Greasy Sam.” Before tha warhehad kept a pack of blood bounds, with which he has raade the pantsuit of ran away coovktad of courts. ad thamaelvas together aad took tire ad ariaistratioa of what they called iaatiee into their own hands. These bands, which ah aa other time would have been named “Regulators,” or “Vigi lance Committees,” come to be known as “ The Ku-Klux.” Of coarse they did many things which were wholly indefen nbls The wildest proceedings, however, were caused by the retaliatory measures which they ascribed to the Union League. Them took the oowardly forms of incendi arism. I was told that for a period aunreroos bmldinge could be seen ou fire every night. Unquestionably tire state of thugs in some localities became veritably infernal. At length Gonernor Holden proclaimed martial law. A regiment, organized by his orders, made several arrests and tire persons arrested were discharged from custody by order of a Federal judge. This deciaton discouraged the league. Incendiary fires ceased to be kindled, and the Ku-Klux organization vanished from existence. One feet adduced to prove that tire objects wf tire band were not po litical is ooaneoted with tire subsequent movement of the Legislature to impeach Governor Holden. Ib justification of his proclamation of martial law, he brought forward testimony concerning over 80 outrages, and I was informed upon the highest authority that, ia every one of thorn oaaee except two punishment was con clusively proved to have been indicted for crimes having no connection with politics. I will hero throw in tha remark that Jadge Tourgee evinces no sincerity when he sneers al the inclusion of the Union League in tire act of amnesty subsequently passed by the Legislature. Hundreds of his political associates stood in need of such relief from the danger of pnnishment for arson. This communication is already too long, bnt I deem it important to call attention to what so influential a Republican as onr author proposes for the South in future. He says: “ Let the nation educate the colored man and the poor white man, be cause the nation held them in bondage and is responsible for their education.” this no doubt is a plan wbich Judge Tourgee has very much at heart. The other day at the alumni dinner of Roches ter University, he said, “Just six per cent, of intelligence put with the igno rance of the South will overmatch it and turn the scale of the sixteen States in favor of tire right.” Assuming that the Repub lican party is to ooßtrol the national gov ernment for an indefinite period, he would have it fill the South with political emis saries under the guise of teachers and thus “ tarn the seme of sixteen States in favor ” of the political organization against which tboee States have had to contend every inch of ground in their steady march toward prosperity. Will be favor this educational plan after the election of Hancock to the Presidency ? We shall see. P. P. Bwnor. Ml. JAV UOULD MITES OP TBE MABrtELD SHIP. [special dispatch to the world.] Kingston-on-the-Hcdson, July 20. — Mr. Jay Gould last week visited his form er home in Delaware county in this State and honored Kingston with his presence en route. While here he spoke his mind freely on the subject of politics, prophe sying the certain election of Hancock and English. In conversation with Major Thomas Cornell, the wealthy forwarder here—a Republican, by the way—Mr. Gould unhesitatingly said that be antici pated the success of the Democratic Pres idential ticket this fell “ How is that ? ” queried Mr. Cornell. “ Well,” said Mr. Gould, “ the feet is, General Arthur loads down the Republi can ticket, and aside from that the Demo crats are thoroughly united on Hancock and English. 1 have no hope of carrying New York, and I believe that as goes New York so will also go New Jersey at least, and Connecticut probably.” Mr. Gould also ventured the remark that the Republican “ machine ” had al ready practically abandoned the Presiden tial fight and would henceforth concen trate its efforts upon carrying the various State Legislature*, with the obvions pur pose of controlling the United States Senate. Mr. Gould’s revelations are important only as exhibiting the feet that what is called the money power does not seem to be as much afraid of tire Democracy as some people make oat, and that the 7W bune's lot in this contest is not a happy one. Prosi the World, July H.J —A special dispatch from Kingston, published in to-day’s World, pats onr readers in possession of some interesting and instructing observations by Mr. Jay Gould, which otherwise might not have been made pnblic before the middle of November, and then in the form of edito rial explanations of the Republican de feat Mr. Gould, it appears, is convinced that the Regublican ticket is to be beaten beceaae it is “ loaded down ” with Gen eral Arthur. The great majority of Mr. GofakPs fellow-citizens agree with him about the probability of defeat, but to than it appears that the ticket will be beaten because it is loaded down with General Garfield. Still, if the “money power ” oppoees the ticket on account of General Arthur and the mase of voters oppose it oa aooount of General Garfield, it will be generally admitted that the ticket ia in a bad way. —A Quaker shop-keeper once met a Qatar customer going home with her banffiea. He huff been absent from bis plow, and had a notion in his wise head that sho had been trading with a rival whom be did net much love. “ How much did thro give a yard for this, Mary T* “ Oue dollar.” “ Why, lam surprised at thee! I could let thee have h for eev enty-ffoe cents.” “And how much for th WT "Two dollars P "Why, that wao aaroaioaihloi. I coaid hero let thee have h 'fip Hit Wiry will than g* away ■■■ ••■'W who ffifwfffil ffiffiQ Wont 9 pOtr pi* Mfoyt* "f doo*t know what then diffia>|*ttadif ffiha]iffi ■ ffiih iinowhi nuffif NEW SERIES.—VOL. XV—NO. 56. wAMMineron usrnsi. Vtfmvra, Jdjy to, 1800. Borne ooc has kindly mat to your oorimponriant a Maine newspaper containing an account of certain “ bull-dosing " operations of a Democratic mofc in Hyuttsville, Maryland, a Tillage Ora miles from this city. If It were not that w beß-deefng ” atariee will form a gnat feature of the Radfaal campaign this tail, I would not mention this one. The truth , that the atory of violence la made out of whole cloth, and that Hyattsville and all Ha people were aa calm aa the day itself, when the “ bali-doring ” is reported to have taken place. Your correspondent speaks from personal knowledge, his residence being there, and ha be ing there all tbs day named in the Maine papar. It wQI be well to take all inch starlet with great allowance, especially if told daring a political campaign. All may not be wholly false like this one, bat I doubt not more are pare inventions than have any foundation, and that all real scenes of violence are magnified for political effect. Some days since, stories were afloat here that there was a growing coolness betweesa Mr. Hayes and his Secretary of the Treasury. They wfll be revived now, probably, as Mr. Hayes yester day sent a peremptory order for the issue of a commission to the new Savannah Collector, against aa equally peremptory order ef Secretary Sherman, before going away on bis please re trip, that it should not be issued until bis return. General Arthur gets more credit for frankness than General Garfield did in the matter of their letters of acceptance. The greatest merit of Arthur’s letter is the manner in which the share reform system of the administration is alluded to. Arthur, whether guilty as indicted by Hayes and Sherman, has felt the halter draw, and does not hesitate to express bis opinion freely. His own ideas on the subject are sound. We shall probably never know from experience whether or not those of Hayes and Schorz would work well, for tbuae Southern men here never put them in practice, and their successors will no doubt know better than to attempt it Only one member of the Cabinet is here. Two are speaking for Garfield in the West, and the others are on summer excursions to various points. Mr. Hayes will go to Ohio early in Au gust, and thence to the Pacific coast. It is said since he occupied the White House, Mr. Hayes has contributed liberally—of Mr. Tildea’s money, of course—to the Republican campaign fund in his own State. He is the only office holder in the Union who bn not been asked to contribute two per cent, of bis salary to the cause. William E. Chandler, who bossed the collec tions one year, was of too tender a conscience to ask Mr. Hayes to give away what did not belong to him, and the example of Chandler bas been followed. The “ National Board of Health ” yesterday received dispatches to the effect that no cases of yellow fever had occurred this season st Mem phis. Strong hopes are felt that the Southwest will escape the plague this season. Hiltoh. Ceaaiy Pain. Vick's Monthly Msgazine for Jobr.l Already we are In receipt of the premiem lists of a few county, district and State agrienltaral societies, and these remind ns of some things that we designed to say before the time far our autumn fairs. Long years since, when we first took an active part in conducting agrienHaral and horticultural shows, they were the farmers’ only summer holidays. On the 4th of July, hay ing was in progress, thunder showers were aboot and feared, and harvest a boat commenced, so the boys coo Id not be spared, at most only an hour or two earlier than usual, just for a run to the village or a call an the young ladies that lived a few miles away over the hill, where they were anxious to see anew horse the old gentle man bad purchased, or an improved plow, both of which were forgotten until mother inquired rather roguishly next day the color of the new horse. To the county fair all looked forward with a good deal of pleasure, for it waa to be a jolly time; not for an hour or two,or half a day, but for two whole days, at least. The heavy work for the year was then over; the wheat lead was ready for the grain, if not already sown, but the time was usually so arranged as to bring the annual holiday after wheat sowing, so that the farmer and his family and hired help could enjoy a few days of leisure without feeling that any thing was neglected nr suffering, but rather with that complacent, comfortable assurance that by a season of successful toil they had earned a hol iday and rest. To these fairs the men carried the best stock in the town, or county, or State, and the choicest fruits and vegetables, while the ladies made a gay display nt quilts and rag carpets and needle work, and bread and butter and cheese, which made no small part of the exhibition. In addi tion to these, the manufacturers of plows and threshing machines, and corn-shellen and straw cutters, displayed their wares in motion in one corner of the field, snd kept up a continual clat ter, much to the amusement of the boys. This was the old-fashioned fair to which the farmers and their wivre and the small boys and girls hastened in the farm wagon or the Sunday democrat, the larger boys choosing their own company, if they had a fair chance. The day was spent pleasantly in visiting friends and neighbors, seeing and dimwwmg the wonderful things on exhibition, eating water melons and drinking sweet cider, the two fatter not being included in the ticket of admission, but sold at a moderate price by some embryo merchant of the neighborhood, and poor or pemnfoos moot have been the one who refused to invest a fcw pen nies for such luxuries at fair time. Occaskxi ally, however, the MU of fare was varied by a more luxurious entertainment, and p—rrtf and colored lemonade, which always claimed the special attention and captured the puna of the young people. Things, however, have been chamfafa for the fast quarter of a century, aod these changes have seriously affected the character of our annual fain. The hardest of our farm work ia now done by machinery. The sickle was drtvsn bum the harvest field by the cradle, aad thfa held its tri amph but n littfa while, and retreated ingleci oowj before the reaper. Scythes was tuned Into pruning-hooks Th. before tbTnronH transformation for wbteh good men have been looking and fa vain. The young ladles of the farm no longer boast ot the number of pieces contained in the quilts they fast pteeed, but *° their admirers evidence ef art he painted crockery; it fa no longer bine dogs and yellow Hone worked hi worsted and aft that hang in the beat room, but a tifilnsua frere thn aotfcmy or Mghadh 00 *. The boys no long* ttoa, and trade and roadsters. "Inilrsaifa have opened op the country so that a hat gfe* or Wa !2sifL? r “■*? °** er of mwm; la mffibs la therefore deserted by the young, and tbeoid venarehkg sumo, the AmTsHow^SK *c*rd theaaana snd the poorest kindof ofmeny of the heal friends sffihe areoainUou, vslzahh r* jss. torfaus displays nr anneal fake assy yet have a mere sneeredfalttod honorable career tana ever. nvsrcoma. and the maaresm rat are only fpon MMe for thorn which tby encourage, even If theydo not howeve^ under varioos specious forma and deceptive ■amet, they are hapnafabfa for the evils which imarfably flew from them cm area. If prises are offered for fast trottia* or inanmg, the society h responsible for (hi ever attendant betting, even though they may baptise (Mr race a “Trial ef Speed,” or give it eay other fancy or dseeptivo name. It is well Ho improve ear fowls and shssp end horses, and plows aad harrows and wagons, but there fa so improvement so mock seeded, none so important- to the welfare aad glory ef our country, as the improvement ef boys end girls aad urea aad wdmen. And, no nutter what a redety ®y do for (he Improvement of animals aad implements and grain, if H depraves (be peo ple k Is a corse and not a blessing. Weevil fa Crea. The Florida Dirpatck some weeks ago invited its renders to give the remits of any experiments which bad been nude for the purpose of discov ering a mode of preventing the ravages of the weevil in corn, and received from Colonel F. L. Dancy, of Federal-Point, Ffa., the following: Some thirty jrtn ago I usually raised an abundance of corn far home coosomptaou aad some for market, and found the weevil the great enemy against keeping it over till fate in the summer. On one occasion, during the corn gathering season, I bad seme two hundred bar rels stripped and thrown on the ground ready u> haul to the crib; it rained incessantly for mtnl days. I had one and a half miiea to heal kto the crib; the water dripped from the wagon body the whole distance. The corn was what ia calfad sHp-shacked (hnp!y the outer shock slipped off). In tbit condition it was thrown in bulk into the crib. And for the first time in years, I was not troubled with the weevil. Neither did I find my corn in the least injured by damp nere, which I apprehended would be the In boosing corn in this climate in dry weather, if each load aa thrown Into the crib is well watered with a whteriag pot, or other contriv ance, I am satisfied there would be fare com pfatal of this pest fcy farmers, ff H were not en tirely eradicated, it fa undoubtedly owing to the degree ot heat generated in the bulk of corn, which fa sufficient to destroy the egg of the weevil without injury to the grain, sou at the same time beneficial to the shuck for loog for age. Let someone of your numerous readers of the Dupatek try it, and not be afraid of wetting it too much. lam sore they will not neglect it in the future. * . The Pdputek in a recent issue says : The remedy published in the Florida Dmpmtek bas been endorsed 'by sech good authority that we feel warranted fa calling attention to it again, snd earnestly request that it be thoroughly tested this season It fa simply to wet the cam when stored in the crib fa the shock. This oooki be accomplished by gathering it when damp from rain. If not so, dampen it as it is stored in the crib. The theory is, that this moisture generates sufficient beat to destroy the egg of tire weevil, but does not injere the core. Anything that will accomplish such a good result fa ot special interest to this section of country. Brfflcietif corn can be made for home use, but the trouble has been that it could net be preserved from one jteaaoa to another, on account of the damage by faeevtL If such a simple and inexpensive remedy should prove effectual, your oorn crib fa no longer West, but at home. Mr. A. H. Crowder, of this county, gives to the Patriot the following remedy against the weevil: Before bousing your corn heat water as hot as possible and scald your barn thoroughly, so as to kill out all the bvjgs hidden m the ctacka, and and then to each thirty busbefa ot corn thrown in, sprinkle over it one ordinary water-beckeUnl of water, into which one quart of ermmoo salt has been dissolved.. The salt water has no Into nous effects on the corn, and stock will eat the shucks very readily Mr. Crowder says be baa tried this remedy for five years in snrrrmitni with perfect success; and then failed to apply it one year and had hit corn completely destroyed by weevils. The remedy fa a simple one, ana to give it a trial would cost but little. The Country Gentleman of July 8 contains the following: Mtmrt. Editori: Say to W. EL H., of Tails bassee, Fla., that one of the oldest friends of the Country Gentleman has known of musy experi ments being made to destroy the own weevil, and none availed, except patting up after a rain, or if in dry weather sprinkling eaeb lead aa hauled into the corn-house. It fa amply to moisten the shocks, so aa to cause a hem and thus destroy the eggs. We all have seen corn badly injured jo the field by the weevil,bat never Map to inquire or to investigate. The pea weevil deposits her eggs in the young and tender pea; there it remains until hatched the ensuing spring. • I have taken so ear of film core, wrapped it op fight, leaving one end men, and then sifted sulphur in snd shook H down until it was certainly all over the gram; then potting on another and another close wrapper I tied all tight and put it in my desk. At plant ing time the weevil %had destroyed every grain. This proved that the weevil bad deposited the egg in the grain when soft. In my experience the weevil fa wone on Hat corn than aa gounfeeed, because the achock fa softer aad there fa km of iL About forty yean ago I wan telling a neighbor of mhw shorn my trials, and about wotting corn la dry weather. He said bis corn in One bouse waa free of neUelL the other waa badj injured. Ia refarrtagto fafa note book be found the first WMbSred when toe wat to pick cotton te seat to the country, being a sickly boy. I remember the eU formas had their corn cnbe fault of poles, sey Mill feet square and covered faith 4 foot boards (split out end was kept so when fail until after n good rain ; than it we eorrarad. This firm sfistii to me to wet my con aa hauled ia. lam cer }**? h *Ol always succeed. I have given this beforeand am not "immortaliaed.” p Oxfuno, Mas. . A subscriber toyliras tf there biwwwii which coco, mr Mtrg)a,cu be itrainmil w* answer yes. 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