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$3;me men’s Aneoclmlo e ly. for Ontdo Faputn, ' 'und was appointed to read s paper at One- *Does it. pay to cut feed?\ - Richard Wilson of Bcligneyus, was culled ‘4Mr White\offidlliu’fll‘inks it pays, | - onto, on that it subject, M 2 oP fflvgv‘fio'mwmeflmfifl’mW‘m Mmmw—Qnestionefir-HMH : - We arrived safe in St: Aughitine and |~- fhe forts . Notes of Travel 4n Florida,\ ® Paper No: 45. <- Written expressly for Tax OreRao FAnuEB. immediately applied for. a\ yoom .: n r exommndion: . The seventh nnnunhession of .the Otsego ~upon to answer; -Baid he. bad never hat any experience, but from the authority of fice of-the-HotcFSt- nub In;- full, not i an unoccupied room in thehouse,\ 'In the city Umit \ Fariners' md Dairymen's Associa- tlon \was- held at : Wednesday, Dé th- and 8th, 1886. 5 A large number-of farmers were in attend- 'ance and the session was a pleasant nnd 1he‘hestwrlters on the; subject-wusnatisfled- ndlllu, Tuesday and. Moos ~ Os Lyon thinks it does not but gave no good reason why it did not. \Question: - ''What is the best. food for rwnsathehrepiyaomuHenucmnmuicrkrfntmme-(Hheufort 1s but he added, \possibly wnhin an Hour or two I én accommodate 'you.\ We bad place, so we: entered our name upon the; been advised to make thatour stopping erly, or city sidgesa [+\ 'profitable one. duh-y cows?\ , L. register and delivered our vulise_to 'the cal: ® k Is u\ --- Arpennoon-The mooting was |___ Mr.. Gillofte of Bidncy., says grase, consiq-| ored baggage many at- the same time giving haan Rite could be enjoy > [: called to order by the President, Maj. C. P. ering cost; but feeds brown middlings and him our return ticket to- Jacksonville;tell-}- u‘nmi: 'old Spanish Cathedral \seaboard placé « Root. . The Secretary then read the min- buckwheat middlings with. good results, fing him to try his luck at speculating upon, : 2 'utes of the last meeting which were adopt: Thinks them hs good as nny where grain it. ''Ise good fors dollar on 'dat,\ was v ~ Cl ed. 9 Is fed. his grinning reply. Hotel Bt. Augustine masonry mnking them. bomb nnd he] fo On motion of Harvey Baker the clair| Question: \Does it pay to raise corn in is located on the corner of Charigtte stréet proof, 'There is 27 of these-rooms, © . mostly the lnitexflgn :~: appointed the following committees: this section?\ and a narrow street passing between the Some of these rooms were evidently used;] :| unknown reason the T- © Programmg-H. Baker, H. 8. Matteron, Dr. W. Mr. Lyon thinks it does. He can make hotel and the plazza to St, George street in for religious service, and. one for' holding ives ;| Deland, and. Gehnav cs E - it pay by using phosphat ite rear - --Leourt-mantidle.-: Under—mwnofih—ensmr-ly— 4 : ired a Bflgsnw‘w' It. Edeon, Harris Gillette, J8M°8| Question; \How shall we obtain better Itthnd the?\ Til igOOd fortune iii! Tar in corner of the fort we found. a- dark dan- thtle‘r d’gon to .the mnin body of the | the l rices for our farm products?\ our travels, to fall in company with some geon somc twenty feet long and 'sbout #ix seats and floor of the édifice | ty S ESE: g’afififfifififi'flzdéfil' cAssLnfifmbm' P Mr.: King of priudilln. was called to |resident who was well posted in all the fet. wide, which-werentered throughalow ureofv c t I1 \Resolutions -W. 8.-Tohks, Harvey Baker, answer the question. He shid 'this was not matters in the- vicinity, Sll'cil was, agat |nrch in & stooping: posture. This 10W : d 'The President, C. P. Root, gave the con- just the question he wished to speak upon, OUT luck. Our seat companion front JA¢k- entrance we were told when discover s r i333 vention his address, touching heavy on the but that when he said: anything it would scuvfllc had for years restdedinSt; Augus: | was , closed up 'with. strongly ' comente firstclnss hotels. The St. Au LoL * matter of farm Inbor. apply equally well to.Columbus' discovery tine, but was now in business in Jackson-] masonry, which on being. removed, reveal |on tlils soll September 18th 1505 'at the |Florida House, and 'the Magnolis. 353: ~. James F. Clark read a paper on \Hop |of America orn fourth of July celebration, vHle. He was om his “zny‘l'owjee' his form ed this Tong narrow. dungeon. - Stories are landing of tlie Spflpinrdg under ream 'Me-| vate boatding housesby. the: doze~ : g; Culture,\ which gaven clear and plain ox-| He read -a paper which wus perhaps the er ome, and he had leisure and really onv| told of finding a Bumam skeleton, 'and that timenllwere filled to theif\ ui luly planation as to the best method of planting most eloquent of. any of the session and joyed-showing up the town, -We were human bones in this dark lonely place, but |. fle: and carrying on the culture of hops. closed his reading with a recitation from thus fortunate during our entire mp in the wa know not whether true. or filse, . Evi- feet long. Onthé' left of the church to- yan A collection was then taken: to pay the Wi. Sill, amid cheers. state. |, ._ dently it was made for a safe dungeon. for | wards the altfr is a statue of Mary with ie rgo fridebtedness of the association, which| 'The following resolution was offered Bt. Augustine .is located in. St, John's whoever might be forced to bocome its oc-! the child JeausAn -her arms, while that of otheginthe United States, mherng ns \ ‘t on nmotnited to $8.05. and adopted: county on the east or Atlantic .coust of eapant. f dgfiopposite onthe right hlso structed byH 'M Flagleran : has she Question: \What will be the effect on Resolved, That when thie mocting adjourns it Florida, nnd boasts of being the oldest city In the room orcasemutedirectiy-opposite fant: :Baviour in his arms... The employed wlarge'force of laborers to ain the dairy. interests of the country, by carry- adjourn to meet at Oneonta the third Tuesday and in the United States. Such is fully \the dungeon (that is upon . south-west the church is painted, but noth- a year. ~ “ii: ing into effect the law on olcomargarine?\ zflfflfijfiflfliffi‘fig Ltgléfiavglllg; verified by history. corner of the fort) high up in the wall near | Ing as artistic \ as due we faw in New Thepopulafionoi‘st. Augusfine‘we lean-n tre. i W. H. Edson' of Sidney, thinks that it boil“! comnitteo of arrangements, The Matanzas fiver ”palates the city its top, was a small opening jor Window orleflnfl- R ed only by- calm haying nomtailstics at: > g“: will bo a success. Resolutions to be presented to our U. S, from Anastasia Teland and the south beach two feet high and nine inches wide. . Du-] 'The organ discoursed good music, for our hand. Southern Gftiés are' not generally | Dr. Thayer spoke of an experience in Chicago in eating olcomargarine. . Harvey Baker gave his experience in the | =_ way oleomargarine was let alone when peo. ple knew what they were cating. . ' Senator and Congressman, in regard to oleomurgarine, were adopted, and the Sec- retary instructed to send the same to said gentlemen: Resolved, 'That in our jadgment the tax and gov- erament duties on olcomargatine sro just and prop- er and should be continued; ond thatit is thre duty not orly of the government but of its farmers and datrymen, to seo that the laws, both national and , state, bo rigidly enforced. Resolved, That as the interest of all business is Intimately associated with the dairy products of our great state and. nation, when It euffers ali business suffers thereby. Resolved, That In our opinion the effects of the law havo had a wholesome effect upor: the sale and. price of butter. and hnalnoas In general, nnd farm« of the Atlantic ocean still beyond. This city may justly be styled the Meces of the state. No tourist has done homage to the land of flowers, who leaves St, Augustine out of his trip. We find our notes so full of the city and its to us things of interest, we hardly know where: to begin, know where to stop. 'We spent our first hour in taking a cut sory view of the plazza, the old Spanish cathedral, St. George street, the old slave market, and coming stround to the hotel, where we found set to our name the num- in this room or cell. son of Philip the Great, Seminole Chiéf, ground and tlius affect his escape. ring the first Seminole war a distinguished. | chieftain called \Wild Cat,\ was confined He was the youngest He so reduced his body by starvation or abstinence, that he actually managed to climb up and squeeze himself through that and fear we shall bo equally puzzled to {small hole, drop somd cighteen feet to the From the open court, or square of the' fort above described, there is a broad stair- way with stone steps which are two flights high, up which an entrance is made to the top of the fort, upon. the space- covering: ¥isit to this old 'cathedral was on. Sunday: 'The steeple of the church Is formed; by simply continuing the massive front wall to'the necessary Beight, through which are openings, or niches for the four hells and a clock,. below them, The bells are thres: abreast on 5 level,. one above: and 'the' [clock below, so mangedthntulleombined form argross. 'The top and middle, bells and the clock,. forming the body 6f the 'cross, the Tight and left of the three bells, the arms or cross piece of it. This old. 'eathedral should Jong.be_ preserved. - Near Aho altar hangs a. silver; Iamp which our | fl}? Dr. N. B. Gregory wants the authorities nst of the State to puss laws for the prisons of as: the country to furnish olcomargarine to the el inmates. ace R. NL Saltus warts the tax on oleomar \5: gnrifiiflcd and the Inw put into effect as l rega he coloring of it. , . A special committee on resolutions was ma then appointed, N. B. Gregory, J. C. Don- 4a ~ aldson and Dr. Joseph Sweet. - King brought up the question of farm labor, and thinks the question is wide of the mark. Mr. Mead thinks the supply and demand , should regulate the prices of Iabor, and fa- vors the Iden that farmers should combine ® to fix these prices, same #s Knights of Labor. Otis Lyon read a paper, subject: \Ant L mals as producers of food.\ Chas. Baker asks the question, ''What does it cost to produce one quart of milk . or one pound of butter?\ R Mr. Edsou has fount thit it cannot DG produced less than three cents per quart ha Rf for milli- ; Chs. Baker of Oneonta; has been sup. plying milk men.' Has estimated the cost on producing from fifteen cows. Feeds 2 quarts of torn, 4¢ of bran; meal Sc., bran F\ 'be., hay 25 tbs., hay at 1%¢. Cow to pro- g ~ duce 16 quarts per day. This question brought out a discussion. - Mr. Edson showed plainly that milk v could not be produced in winter for less Than 8 cents per quart. * WrepwEspay Monnino-Committce on Resolutions offered the following on the i death of Rensselaer Day: : ResourzD, Thot the Farmers' and Dalrymen's Association of Ofsego County desire to express to the family of Mr. Day, deceased, their sympathy for the loss thay have sustained, and also our ap» , predation of Mr. Day as a presiding officer, as & , :~ wmomber, as an earnest worker in the Interests of Eo W agriculture, as a citizen, a neighbor and friend. ResourzD, Thats copy of these resolutions be f; hee M; Harvey Baker, Hon. F. B. Arnold, cle: Prof. J. C. Donaldson and others spoke of Br. Doy's record as a citizen ant farmér ory. The follomng resolution was offered and adopted. , Rrsouyzn, That our Senator.and Representative in Congress be requested to usd their infinence to . effect the psserge of the BH known as the Hatch \bil how before 'Congress, to establish experiment ' stations Ju the different States: Tlst s copy of these vesofatlous be unicorn-Hank: of mmmwm Scum. fiG.commsdemmermarksas £01113 i onibleegmsnjf inzmsswem 8 % o E55 LJ : Themr \How M3031?“ restore: old pestore asd to grasses?\ General opi- Toa was could be donevery mfl’nospcm ard appics, ffl i Fed, tos forel FZR ‘wefaiiy Cady? 5am? Experience in bie dnd mike, Folly by sowing on seed and roliee | c ere and datrymen are beginning to fee! thut there is a more prosperous time for them in thonear future, Resolved, That It Is the duty of ull to discounte» nance its manufactore, use or in finitation butter, and that wo will use our best efforts to that ond. Resolved, That we appreciate and fully approve the efforts made by our mombers of Congress oud of the eenntofé from. this state, In procuring the passage of sald oleomargarine law, and its endorse» ment by the president; nd that we wil oppose avery affort made tor its ropeal aud that we will oppose the election of any officer to our nationat leglelatnre not favorable to sustaining auch law. Resolved, That we henttily orftorse and desire the re-olection of Senator Warner Miller to the United States Senate, and this recommend hin clec- tlon to our state representatives, The following officers were then clected for the ensuing year; President, C. P. Root, of Gilbertsville; 1st Vice-President, D. W. Gallop of One- onta; 2d Vice-President, James F. Clark of Cooperstown; Secretary and Treasurer, H. B. Matteson of Morris; Director, A. A. Halburt of Gilbertsville. 'The.committee on finance reported the need of a collection to defray expenses. A collection was taken and $17.84 reccived. The question, \\Is it best to grind corn with cob?\ was-consigered the best method almost unanimously. Harris Gillette of Sidney, read a very choice article. \The products the farm,\ being the subject. He showed that besides other things, the farm has produced many men of honor in the land. Question: \\Is mixed or special farming best?\ Was tinanimously answered in favor mixed-farming.- - Mr. Wilson of Schefietus, gave a very plain and clear statement of his experience in silos and feeding eusilage. Knows it fa words of respect and honor to his mem- | pays; Harvey Baker read a paper, subject: ''The Present and Future of American Farmers.\ His paper was full of facts with statistics to substantiafe thend, ond it was ovident from the paper that Mr, Baker is not a free. trader. _[This paper was published in the Orszeo Elma last week.-ED.] | fally.. So he sald. W. H. Edson was sppointed toreadn -paper at the semiannual mofim 'The f production of milk.\ ~ f * A: vote of thanks was exuded to the ' ”geuflemenoffimlesiorihsgeqa-omm- port they gave tlis convention. -. Adjourned tomect af Oneunhihelhird Taesday in KeB, 1887. _ . K4; ber of- good-room-upon-the-second-floor: After dispatching an excellent dinner we were ngain ready for our tour of observa- tion. Our first vislt was to the old Spanish fort now called Fort Marion. the Spaniards christened San Juan Do Pin- os. Its construction was commenced in 1696 nod was completed in 1756. The work of its erection, was performed by In- din slaves and Mexican convicts. Itis built of coquina, a sorl of stone formed of i mixture of shells, clay, sand, etc. It is obtnined in abundance upon Anastasia Island, just across the bay or river, 'This is by far the oldest forfification in the Uni- ted States. It covers from four to five acres. Its walls are now about twenty feet high above the ground. Outside of the walls of the fort, on all the Jand sides, and some twenty five feet from it, is another wall some cight or nine feet high, filled on its outside to its top up level with earth. The space between this wall and the fort was formerly filled with water. Its bot- tom was doubtless originally several feet lower than now. About twenty-five feet outside of this last named wall was anoth- er of about the samo height, This too was filled with earth upon its outside, which extended with a gradual slope in every land direction. [body of the fort, it being protected by the earth filling outside the two lower walls |, the fort, through this outside embankment, No battery could anywhere be so placed | upon land as to command a. chance at the fw above described. Near the entrance offf the rooms or casetmates below, non, through at the middle. country in overy-direction; - -- duced no sensibly perce mum-mm th immense’nolidffitru and also an arrangement probably prepared for heating cannon balls, and covering and. protecting, guarding outside sentinels, || 'The entrance from this walled passage to extended over the moat or water-way. This bridge was oblique, or on an angle with the passageway. | This passage-way en sides of the structure, and the misma- eanal, most, or [erly from the fort slong the northside lhe‘dtya As the ‘enhmngfiw t was a crooked, walled, protected passage, | the crooked passage-way, so that the doors of entrance were not in cannon rangé of n name-imam» & reed“ t the main fort was by a drawbridge which | State ed the fortntar theses, on its southerly. {los «Prof. Donaldson endo'nie‘s? Iii-“BEE: [ side.-Tho sides of the fort-or fheeastefly w OC and southorly side were The sek \or water AEGrognt f this space the outside or main walls of 'the fort extend up some six fect, thus forming a bastion, with openings from. which can It was by [bofired small arms or the heaviest of car- 'The ficoor of this battlemont was made of firmly cemented, bard burned brick, which show every evidenceof much wear, Sotoo do the itone steps of the stairway, most of thom'being worn pearly This open top of the fort commanded the range ot the en- tire land and water view of the surrounding Upon the' north-westerly corner 'of the fort is a round tower, some twelve or fifteen feet high, with an opening in the-top and upon the sides, which no doubt sefved the double purpose of a lookout and for a flag- staff., A wooden timber of considerable; size with a inortlco in its center, was built into the masonty near the top, whith - wed conclude answered the purpose of securing the foot of the flag-staff in position. This fort has seen some naval warfare, as is evidenced by the cunnomhnll oarks upon its seamost sides, Thoiballs however pro- Thesess WWMEié-‘hgk fie at. rage, wmfim : s n'flWant—sald—hnd—not—been—exfinguished so far ns known in a hundred - -years, the ['burning of the sacred finme being conimii— ous, - The building now used as a posteoilicc, 'custom house, and. a public library, used to be the \Governor's Palace.\ It stands on th8 “eaten: side of the plazza, corner of St. George and King street, One of. the old columns of the coguina wall still stands and some of the wall itself still re- mains which used to enclose the structurel| , ond yard; 'The old style: beauty of the changes, but it still is a thing of interest. old Spanish houses. 'These 'old stone res: idences, liko many other things fa this old city, carry us back toa pist.age.© While walking. wit our new Ancquninumce, scenes, wo could not but. lielp; thinklh little their former owners,. composed : those old and distinguished Bpanish fam 16s, thought or expected, that a nation ther to ruin. a C. 2.l .- An: old wall itands o |__St. Francis street contains\ some- of- {he through those to him, familiar effects h & himospherefix de'out door. life inert unknown was to rise up. and possess thom: N long before they Awere ready to crumble very populous, Florida: has had «' '. Anken the past year, so that.correctestimates : of, the Increase of its inhabitsnts ca Be obtained.. «Our wily of ascertaining 'as nearly. as. practicable the population of a «place, was by. enquiry. of-such we - met, as would be likely to know, and be.. governed: by the estimate ofthe majority. They gave.this one 2, ;500 permanent resi- , dents.. It has been the custom of:our Govern ment to confine captured Indians. whose, ow :> coflnem‘ennfcmnr‘éasmy at Fort Mar fon,. A number. had , recently left We , behefc those recently cap Thiscxiy can never\ fall of \being!. for winter resort,. urticularly for\in from the North. ; No place, :cim wall superiorhdynnmgw. «Xf\ the-clima Florida was, faitly: represented.. while: d were in the State, no possible human' in- gsnuity could - in -any o saw n little frost one mac Tallahassee, just erjough-to be visible ort fences and boards, but. not enough to freeze water standing out In: 'open alt, It rained several times -while we were there, but.for our especial benefit;flie rain. always fell in the 'pight. 'While at St. Augustine we one night had ahard thunder\ shower, but it only tended to maketh E: more pleasant in the mommgr—Elori winter rains make no mud. 'They ~ pack the sandy' soil, and make it more oland de: uring our 0: mldnoriou sible to conceive of more beauti lightful weather thin we'had entire mp; {It was: ncilh ' enon‘g’h foyiem delicious: firm -under foot. It.would be: bardly-pos- :>
