Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-03-29

quarters and must be very comfortable.
Just-beyond the buildings they Occu-
py is the post cemetery. where soldiers
dying here are buried. found among
them. several from Maine. Massachu-
setts and Connecticut, but none from
Vermont. The remains of many of the
men who fell in the Indian war. also lie
in this camping ground" and there
are four monuments erected to their
memory. On ono is the following in
scription, placed on each of the four
sides in the order | give it,
1. Sacred to the memory of the off,
cess and soldiers killed in battle and dy-
ing in service during the Florida war.
2. The conflict in which so many
gallant men perished in battle and by
disease. began Dec. 25, 1885, and ter
minated l4th Aug, 1912.
3. A minute record of all the officers
who perished arc here or elsewhere de-
posted, as also a portion of the soldiers
has been prepared and placed in the Of
fee of the Adgt. of the Post. where it is
hoped it will be carefully and perpetu-
ally preserved.
4. This monument has been erected
in token of respectful and affectionate
remembrance of their comrades of all
grades, and is committed to the care and
preservation of the garrison of st. Au-
gustine.
Occasionally marble slab marks the
resting place of some brave woman. who
has followed the fortunes of her soldier
husband only to find grave and three
or four tiny graves tell of saddened
hearts, buried hopes and empty arms.
But time stays not for grief, and with
the tide we hasten on; but, even now,
my steps turn toward the home of those
who are standing on the very water S
edge, waiting for the summons from the
pilot who shall guide them over Jordan
the home for aged and helpless color
ed people, who, after spending their
whole lives for their masters, are now
left to die; uncared fer they would be
were it not for the christian charity of
DR.. Branson of st. Augustine, who gave
the building fine three story, wooden
structure-and of Mr.. Smith, who left
his money to be used for the maintenance
of the inmates. Unfortunately, the in
terest of the fund he left proves made
quate. but it is hoped some philanthrop-
ic person will make the amount sufh-
ciently large to ensure its success. The
home is in charge of an energetic woman
from New York State She showed us
the entire building. which is kept thor
oughly clean and nice, and gave us a
| little history of the inmates, of whom
there are eight I; one of them totally
blind, another helpless from paralysis.
1t is hoped by the friends of this in
stitution that after awhile the State will
take it in charge, making it place of
refuge for the aged and in6rm.
Did / hear you say, Enough of this
old town ?" Well. come with me to a
few of the orange groves, and then, if
you are still weary, we will turn our
steps to other portions of the State.
First, lets 60 to Mr.. Anderson's, where
he has ten hundred orange trees, some
in full fruit, others in blossom, and now
and then one, hearing on its branches,
blossoms, green fruit and oranges ready
for the table. The perfume is delicious,
you say. All, yes; lets pull a blossom
to send in this letter. Let it watt its
sweet odors into the homes Of snow
bound Vermont. making the inmates
take heart as they feel that Spring. with
her lovely garment of green. is on her
way thither. Here are trees which have
yielded $500 oranges each. during the
past season. and there is one which wen
even beyond that; and yet they ask u'
from so to 70 cents per dozen for them
Next, We will go to Mr.. Atwood
grounds where is variety of fruit or
anges in abundance. two kinds of lem
ons, one the largest | ever saw. juicy
and sour; the other small and very
sweet; fig trees which look dead ane
forsaken at this season of the year, bu
which will be favorites in July. wher
they don their summer attire and pre-
pare their banquet dates, olives, pa
paws, guavas. pine apples, bannnas
bread and grape fruit, citrons, Japal
plums-all tropical fruits growing luxu
riantly in February, with no signs Of tn
footprints of the frost king.
! have not time to take you to tn
palatial home of Mr.. Ball. of the firm
of Ball, Black & Co.. New York. witl
its walk shaded by an arch formed b,
orange trees whose tops intertwine {
the beautiful home Of Mr. Howard. an
other New Yorker: to the pretty Epis
copal church, where one Of the hand
soonest men in the United States is rec
tor; to the old. old house of Judge Rob
insOn. for time flies and again am 20
: the wing" this time en- route for Fer
nandina, Florida. With the praye
from alligators preserve me. | remain
! TEuPAx.
..Grandma. do you know why l ca
see up in the sky 50 far ?" asked Charlie
a little four-rear old. of the Venerabl