, 1873-04-27
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves
New Book.
Sketches of Lifc In Florida.
Suitability Of That State for
1nvalids. =. j..
The Labor-Question at the South-.:The
Negroes Satisfactory laborers.

.Its
Ponce de Leon was not altogether ont OF t
way when he sought the fountain of ete1a
youth in Florida Where eternal spring scstte
its roses, orange-blossoms, sweet jossamiu
md honeysncEles through the year, old q,
must delny its approach, and youth mako le
haste to 'tGrow sceptro-pale, and thin, and die
Florida has none of the water OF immortali1
that the Spanish cavalier sought so ar1iousl
and which has never been offered to man, excel
at the Well Of Samaria but it has 3 flower
January, and winter garlanded with fragrar
flowers and fruit.
Mrs. Stowe has gathered into book (Osgoo
& Co., Boston; Jansen McClurg & Co., Chica
go) her pleasant letters from Florida last winter
and they make bright resding in these dull day
OF spring ethereally wild. Her Letters are de
ughtfully scented With the odors of the land O
flowers, and arc made 1ively by many bits 0
spirited description ani genial humor for
whether or not Mrs. Stowe can write good novel
OF judicious biography, she does write easy
gossip letters OF travel. The chapter 0,
"Horida for Invalids" gives a very fair an.
dispass:onato account Of the good and bad point
OF the climate:
"noRDA FOR wvA1Ds."
We find IN aggrieved feeling In the ninda Of tht
Tlcrdiau public in view OF letter in the Independent
byDr. -, headed as above; and VIC havp been UT
gently requested to Say something on the other side o
Itle did We suppose, when we met our good
spirits, the life Of the. establiahment, and hoad
rrometer Of sn Sorts of hianty. that, under ~
this delightful cheorfuness ho contending with
such drery experiences as his article in tho Indped
tnt would lead one to suppose. Really, any who
mistake him for wretched hypochoudriac; whereas
saw him aud heard him by universal -epute at Mag
noa rs one Of the cheeest and sunniest o6 the in
handle, aud not only looking on the bright aide
himself, but making everybody+, else do the same.
Imagine, therefore, utter sstoniahnent at finding
cur buoy yant Doctor summing up hia Florida expe-
z1ence IN such paragraphs as these:
"Ftom what have observed, I should think
tsnth e swamp. Many are Deceived by he he mader l
dimats hare; and down they. come--so die.
nosna s aoe g osd:y
winter overcoats were necessary and great wood
Tres ronred within. Now and then the thermometer
reaches 80 degrees at mid-dsy but that ycry night
"Another fact Of Florida is rnalars. How could It
be otherwse7 souse Manhattan Island two fest deep
IN fresh wner aud wouldn't the price Of qutnina rise7
~ hare no objection to the term sunny south, -
4 pretty ALTERATION but object to ta appcs
could have mo last Friday night ne riding
zsphies. vas s1sd in fuh winter suit, with hssvy
Bat : carefai comparison ii The incidents in
hls Letter solves the mystery. The letter was
pedenee aud before he had had opportunity Of
pericncing the benefit which be subsequently reaped
Ne perceive by the reference to last Friday night
md tho ride through oketnokee Swamp, that
The Doctor was then fresh from tho North,
,acnt Which many Northern travellers expert
Encey Ps1ueuAIiy tnose WHO como % fallroad.
ano ost Araens 3r1enas Of flofaa must admit that
tnls 5ai1oao s " no means pfepoesessng aP-
p1oaen % me hna % promise end tae midnight cold
npon IL - soneanB hkay 70 % nau u
mnen We crossed j., however, We h1d store which
" W q ema1 141tauon q! Neoucnaanezzara fu1n1ce,
70 keen US N oeaft OaefTaae mere Is grest deal
s.ahero ~ rcp.rtn sa M "e nave
tsPsstr has it's right side and tts wrong side and
~ VIC rus aua lea-.ne "1us a'e, VIII 1ta tags,
enn 1 n54 rs @ a;9 sao % r. ana tnrs Of
,1aa a. hue, ~ oaG poc&os sass' tuas Sotne u
Tsnds 90 eome oe9e, expose themselves IN
asy Ss qss T@ te saas 3 CUTE as Is In
a mo@etss stands at 70 at noon and thathe nights arc
asa 1: e'9set ~ - ttue We nave botaetneh severe
hos t for'u. II s trne We nsse malaria It Is true
to be true that man rides hundred miles through
'iT'n'g !sss st night he w fesl pretty chilly
sI.asa ~ ets tat are ar ndsniaee tSs t We never
Or @ hs ad 1neTs they sh. hsop 10 mort
ths yery winter bare in our neighborhood had severe
eeks eaa q pneumonia; and undouotedly many bare
., many old established citizens md landowners,
here ten twenty and thirty yearS ago, given
u consumption VINO have mere Tor years enjoyed
cpRy { n.pRy ana vigorous lie. N spite OF Okednokee
e1smp 1no the malaria
~ - :. tne COUNTY, would % mucn better to
90 ,en ~ tnere were no swamps ana no malaria md
~ 'o. rev En8Ano "onla be better 70 lire In II
1oast ~ete 1oa az months winter and three more
eo.a "eataer tnete As 70 malaria. 1t Ii not
o. ~ 20 eouse Mannattan !a4na under water to
k~ 1as 49, - M aau a1ouno new 1ofk- Inc neW anda In
~ rl gk VII gave You ch1lis and lever quite as well
yt,n ~ LUZ can ntu 1uaa1ae! 1eVeIs almost any
Hsrsn 80 n1 o"ns % oeIHeen Ne" aock ana New
y,r ~ NJ ~ - & @ tnas 1Sny es5atea IN tae
ss l.lian ra 'nes @fe 1n'0s' aa tnaaraoua aa
FTorids :, '1as: 1at ,,,x., -. :
Moneh !. r.. ~. -. auise 50 pa1 a. 1nas !et A.
aserds ~. 5aa.,at s ~ ee u inas Haa1aa Nn1ca
8at the ,1n=Ih -, .. tau IN ne" country !
:yoe s7d a.eI1 20. aese's - Me o1 ni1d :
3aed to fhs f,1i nntH 49,, s ;tss ~ senuf9My ~ COZ
s.out,e hv ta aa, az me ne ssasoa F o1 EioEaaa
strosa ( ten1.r tba H. a a 10 ,i se smeep ol W1nos
ssa. 'e'''s' ''s aa'' hno 0'o@ a"ss "a1ar1ous
II regard to cor.nmnttv.. md III otho. ,,,.,.,1
kaunss Of F1oIaap r3,7o.4s me
pst11rs of the cakc and ia sely taucn On
h31ai ;, S ~01ae@oaon oa sae 1nd1- | !,
L persons sutfer. corsHtut;ona11v r,r,, |
t they src bricht and aaam aa1a COG
h bot weather. If tha winter "ST nh31,a on1y |
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