The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-03

tial and tangible than an Atmospheric uletl |
there are various places in this wide
world Of ours where he can minister to
the lOngings and cravings Of the inner
man with lar more satisfaction than he
can in this dreaFy region, which some
poetic soul has had had the impotence TO
aenominatO sour American Italy, At
least tYO-thirds OF the Florida tourists
form their impressions OF the country
without really seeing it, They hang
around the fashionable hotels at
Jacksonville, St Augustine and Pilatka
until they shove out tho season" and
lhen 60 home perfectly delighted with
what they got for their money. To see
Florida as il Is requires something more
than sitting on hotel piazza, gazing on
tue beauties Of the st. Johns or the an.
tiquitiea VI ST. Augustine, A journey Of
twenty miles into the interior will take
away the greater part Of the poetry from
a Florida tour. Everything Is so stricken
with poverty, and the pine forests and
cypress sWamps have such look Of eter.
nal samencss about them, that one glad
when his days ride is over so that he can
lie quietly down and enjoy a season Of
happiness, thinking Of far off country |
where fertile valliCs abound, hemmed in |
by rugged mountains that rear their
peaks 10 the clouds. / have not seen
single acre Of respectable meadow land
during my stay in this country, Some
one told ME not long since that there was
Hplenly Of II six miles further on, but
any man who will permit himself to be
taken IN by that six miles" subteriuge,
ought to have guardian appointed TO
keep him from running himself to death
hunting imaginary paradiscs. ! really
believe that / am getting in close prOx'
unity 10 the truth when say that not
single bale Of substantial hay has ever
been made here.
FLORIDA LIVE STOCK.
II thorc are any nutritious grasses raised
in Florida il Is very certain that the
horses and cattle do not know It, In the
vast forests there Ia a dense growth OF
"wire grass" containing about as much nu.
lrimenl a. a good article Of sand, and Abun.
dance Of dwarf palmetto that is but little
better. Thee arc seized upon and de-
yOuFed by stock with anRvidity that is
fearful TO contemplate, and the more they
eat the fatter they don't become. A
Florida COW il q natural curiosity with
out which Barnum's Hippodrome will
never b. complete. As she stands, mus
ing in the shade Of nm almost branches
pine, she looks as though she would like
to die but could not quite make up her
mind TO do 40. Facilitating between lille
and death these COWS are not expected TO
yield any great crop Of milk. One quart
per diem Is considered n very handsome
production for one Of them, and II any Of
them dare to exceed that amount In the
time specified, they are at once suspected Of
having been disslpating in some ones pea
field. II man gets fair view Of the
emaciated, ShadOW.like form Of a Florida
COW, you hear him say to the waiter at
the boarding house, Sugar but no milk
in my coffee, II you please" ever alter
ward. Fastidious people have become so
prejudiced against the particular females
Of tho bovine kind that boarding house
proprietOrs are compelled to keep stock
Of tllat mysterious mixture known az con-
densed milk on their tables, and even then
the over nice boarder always wants to
handle the can himself to keep from be-
Ing deceived. II IL not at all unlikely
that he gets the benefit OF the greater Of
the two evils after all his squeamishness,
TOTAL ARsr1SENcE
from the Use Of all lacleal fluid Ia the
only safe plan to follow while travelling
in this enchanting country. A pan
would be an idiot for crying over split
milk In Florida
After perusing the foregoing cursOry
description Of the mich COW Of this coun-
try, the readers mind will DO able to form
something Of M idea Of Florida beef. II
there Il a repulsivo aud totally unman-
ageable article Of diet It Is this very beef.
A tough a. rubber and as juiceless as a
piece Of StuccO, Il ia the horror Of every
boarding house table. | have had the
nightmare from thinking oil this beef.
The greedy, uninitiated traveller "irceEes
ON 10 u piece Of IL with an air Of the ut
most cOinplacency, but before proceeding
very far, realizes that he might IA well at. |
tempt to lnasticate pound Of junk.
There Il only ono thing 70 console man
after having been duped by n slice Of this
fragrant imposition, and that IL, no instru.
nient can ever be made sharp enough to
return Il to YOU at the next meal dis.
guised rs hash. One Of our philosophical
boarderR has originated theory In re.
gard 10 the tOughncss Of Florida beef
which is worthy the consideration Of any
thinking man. "Thesc beef cattle,n he
says, care all the time slulTlng themselves
with this saw palmetto, which L. n plant
Of endogcnous growth. An endOgenOus
plant, IA you arc probably aware, IL one
that has innumeFable strings or iibers
running through II, and these strings, YOU
sec, got woven and ehtangle,l in the meat,
and no wonder IL Is tough. You might
put piece Of IL Under pile driver and
beat from now until the Centennial, and II
wouldn't get tender. II Is a burning in
suit for the management Of this boarding
house 10 put such tangled conglomCra-
ton Of stuff before Us, and II | have to on.
dutc this thing much longer Twill get
revenge by making them sign a contract
10 keep ME In tecth.r Florida beef pos
BeaSes one virtue, II saves we'll. II does
not contain single ingredient that will
ever become putfid. Hang II in the sun,
Let Il remain there for a month, and Il
will not make any Ovettutes to spoil. It
simply dries up and looks like bunch Of
volcanic ashes OF an evacuated wasps
nest
FLORIDA lave STOCK CONTINUED.
The horse that prevails in the flowery
land il noble steed, capable Of making
a mlleln Two hundred and forty minutes II
you can get him to hold together that
long. lie Il as angular as quartz crys.
tai, and resembles the anatomical ruins
Of his race In the scientific museums
more than a thing Of breath, flesh and
bones. The fine blOoded horse Of this
county is principally mule. This eli
mate seems to agree very much with
this animal as well as with his master.
Neither VI them perform any alarming
quantity Of labor, and both are the very
embodiment Of contehlment and conslitu-
ti0nal weAfincss.
While discussing live stock it will
never do TO slight the hog lmet him in