Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1871-02-03
Communications,
WRITTEN FOR THE vERMoNT PHGSu
LETTER From FEORED.E.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Jan. 20, 1871.
Dea, JL,pnir - D,,riuo tbo ,yholo ,,irtor
of 1sG0-7o tbo aovvers and coliooo boro ro-
tainod tl,eir rrosbnos. and hoo,,t,. h,t t,o
unusuol cold oxroriorood roor ,I,o. cl,so Of
1870 has so vitberod tbo oronco 1oovos and
flowers tbe mil1 sunny weather ca choroc-
toristic of this oli,,oto IN ,,in,o. os ,,,li -,
ot otbor sooso,. hos not vot ronoirod ,I,o
1.,.. rr...,'..- -
orr rrio,d Col IIorloo horo mia oo11 .r
aiction no voll os to coo tbo oonli,io,, Of
his n,antotiop ,yocollod or him aud ro,,d
Iis 1,roor and ri,,o stro,,,Iorrios, ,.a.o, Ian,
bo no;rtod 70 a largo hod ~ stra,,lorr,,
,,iro. NOT In hoori,,,, ,,,;,t, ,bo ,on,a,l'.
are ,,o, ,,,i11 all 90, l., Eai,r,,,,,.,. ,,,
can bovo eorro ,,ioo ri,,o f,rit from, ,.iros ;,
IIo,,i,,r, ,,odo ,,,,,o ,l;,,,,,.o,,i,,. ,.o,,...
Il; roc,arI 20 ,,,, o,,l.,,.o 80 "a,
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.""S Do ny uic" 'S iioS' 'iiee Vi ioui Year
- 'o", 'i" II Is i'o ii'"''ci' Try IL "s"i"' ou'
II suoli all event occurs mere tnree OF lour
'i'iies III hulureu years. II no use 10 40
Vvhio r,,Il;rc. e., ,,,,, .,.oo,, ,,,,, r....,
"hlle puIlihg from the trees some frozen
troos 70 boor Soid bo s,I ,o,,o,. I.,o,,. %
o,,o ,,,.o ,,oor, o,a A.. ,,,1 49,. ,.a
one TWO years ola that would not bear
irult.' we reminded him OF very an
cieht record Oh barren hg tree. "Well,
over heard Of and we're il not for scr;rtnrol
authority sbopld NOT be1;ovo ,ho sto,o-
moptu
From bis 1orc,o .ssor,,,o,,. % os,,,o,.;.,o-
,ruit trees $40 bo oeorod nc froa,,, on,'
thing yo MIGHT so,oo. nc IL, ,,o,,o,1;...
we fool, On ,nroh odro,,tooo os 4, -,
home three scunpernorg cronovi,os This
prolific variety is ncrfectly at homo in tbis
State II is an oxcellent tob,o oro,o tho
vine needs no trimming and will beor boot
like a salamander. II needs but Iittlo coro
therefore we think il must ne the hest va
rietv for those to cultivate who must be
away from here four to six montbs of tbe
wear.
Solon Robinson, of the New York Trib-
une, informed us last spring of his deter
mination to remain in this city during the
summer. few days since, he informed
us that he passed the summer here very
pleasantly and with much satisfaction, his
health being better than it was at the north
the summer before. Notwithstanding he is
in years, about three score and ten, and of
delicate organization, he is one of the most
hard-working, enterprising men in this
city. lie has built seven neat, well finished
cottages, and has just began the erection Of
another. 1t is hard to account for so much
vigorous manhood and enterprise in so ven
cradle disguise. Possibly he has partak-
en- of "Silver Spring'-De Soto's "fountain
of youth but we ought to know better
than to insinuate we have any faith in "De
Soto" or "Ponce De Leon" when we know
their authority would weigh no more with
YOU practical. matter-of-fact Vermonters
than the narration of old Sinbad the sailor.
When we find ANYTHING too much for our
philosophy, resort to the mythical is n
convenient wav to dispose of it. Don't we
find eminent precedent for this course i'm
the past or even in the present? Didn't
Martin Luther throw his inkstand at the
devil?