The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-11-24
a FLORIDA "tTsgSgF.r

IN letter from Florida TO the !. 70 Z
Can.rr-alI -ti,.y-'s,-, Fiu Hugh ludlow
thus describes rer-onage Indigenous -
he section
And ses-~bat porteni is taa; co:Giu.,!
florida alone coUi: produce tl.- creation.
IL = s landed proprietor from the interi0-,
but people 10 the manor born DO rot
call him by thi- respectful name. Thy
style him 'piny woods Cracker He =
riding his owu l.or-e-a small native pony,
whose only cUTrN CONT i the most ecuy.4-
i.nt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. -ay- o.! tho :7..-
Top yarIetv-head <hsscG-Gnu taii--buJ
10. II i 40; fair 10 spcaN sLgALu.!E "t
the absent IL If t. he hoped .LaJ al
equal regard 10 fairness ingvc~ the landed
proprietor 10 take tu:n- With the pony -
carving their united weight, tor the ~aah
i deep. and whether the horse OF man De
the heavier Is not obvious. The man IS
srTayed for fancy dress ball An M.
Inense sombrero of braided palmetto
shades his ratty little black ewes, tong,
rueiul cheeks and brouzsd Lea>-iikc nose.
Beneath the palmetto long grizzly locks
strsgcie down upon the torn and part 90
!cred shoulders q! what NAV ages GgO
have been a blue sack coat. but Is now
.hruni..n or outgloTn that IL pockets
come close under bis arms. and its tails
tiutter about the small Of hiS back. H.
trousers are OF hluc and white Gelt:ci.
4 calico shirt, whose pattern l. black Spots
on a red ground, cost originally siN cents
per yard beside the trouble OF making zap
by the landed propii-;reSs and lady Cr~c>
eress OF the t~ckwooGs cabin whence II
enanstei-snd is thus too valuable 10 be
On. i.g J. II
the heltick p.utaloons was not generous,
bat u 81 ars, ani permit us 10 see 10 much
Of an original pair OF Florida legs a. IS
comprised between the neigh borhood Of
the knee ard that Of the aucle. Al this
latter point the members disappear from
human view III par OF mGyeliouslv
roonly shoes, home manufactured o1 tho
rllisator's curio,lsiy checkered hide.
lhese last receptacics rest on the thills
Of cart attached 70 the detected pony hy
cotton ropes niirsculousiy krotted-Ih-
said cart apparently knocked together out
"f yellow pine boards 10y a violent thuL-
Geistorm, which occurred il the cariy
youth OF the landed proprietor. The on
" objection 10 thi- view OF the case i that
TIE cart has Leeia-but, ,f io!lda ls c"un-
try Gf rare products, and these rotary
pLenonena may he accounted for on he
suppo.Itlon t!at tHtN Originally grew ana
wsrs added on the boards as All after
thought. Certainly no wheelright of our
acquaintance could ever saw out these an
gular pieces Of timber and stick them To-
gsther under the impression that they
were wheels The landed proprietor ,i's
on l.is horse in hesp-lke humal Gag
of lneal-has short r.pe IL his mouth
8 rope attached al the lower epI q" his
animals neck in one hand-e long Sit's
whip of builskin in the other, with which
at every step hs eNprsssea his dissent 10
the sentiment OF the o!d poet;
IfIhaS = donkey wat 90 r'in't -,
Do Yen thiak Id vo;lOp INN? 80! No! No
As he io:s past a Ia pos.illion We
look into that fortuitous concour-r OF
bosr6s-,he cart 1t ID about the size yDf
candle box. but it carries treigh one
small bundle of cornsta.ks to serve for
the ponvs fodder And with this, Lc las
come thirty miles through the stu'ii-s.
roads of the piny woods Fancy fsn-
kee going to see the tsown - even wa
such = vehicle-snd not carrying ever eco
three cents worth of garden Sass 10 t'a,.S
for pair Of knitting needles.
Yes! The production is original. We
are in Florida