The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-01

born 1901, lhefo was one OIL ApeculAtOFt
Philadelphian, whom / shall always
cherish with fond remembrance for being
the most accomplished idiot Of the whole
horde Of hungry adventures, He had
"oil on tho brain" very badly, and 1t will
not be ont Of order 10 remark that the
oil WA on very weak place. Finding
q spring, on which were strong "Surtaco
Indications" on the farm Of u minister,
this individual concluded 10 invest his
fortune, and did 80 without unnecessary
delay. The knight Of tho WhitO neck.tie
took the handsome pile, and went West
with considerable acCeleFation. There
was no doubt but the Philadolphian had
10 good thing" The oil very kindly
came 10 tho surface and advertised tho
wealth below, To mako tho matter bet.
ter, tho oil was refined and ready for uSO
as II lay on tho surface OF tho spring. To
make the matter better still, that oil was
unlike any othor ~ II came from the
ground, because, besides being refined, II
was packed and ready for shipment.
There was a two-gallOn Jog full Of ~ In
tho oil business, as In the gold and silver
mining venture, q lew men grew rich and
many became immensely poor. Some
made the journey from poverty To for.
tune and back again, while others were
satisfied with q respectable "atrlke,"
Cllnched II, and got behind tho curtains.
Tho great trouble with q majority Of
Americans Is that their greed for gain
nearly always prevents them from real.
iEing when they have enough. After the
oil excitement dWindled into obScutity
the American mind had nothing 10 feed
on, and something had TO bo done or o
direful calamity would hayO doubtless
ensued. The attention Of tho public was
accordingly directed to the enormous
profits Of
ORANGE GROWING.
have paved the way TO this Sublec.
with the foregoing lengthy introduction
because am OF the opinion that the ex.
element Just now in regard TO this bust
ness 10 not unlike some Of tho other
''ievers" that have borne heavily upon
tho American mind. From personal
observation and inquiry / have learned
something Of tho cost and profit Of
Grunge growing, and Of tho trlckery
practiced upon yerdant atfagglors by the
Inevitable Bharpers, who always inlcst
new countries and trap tho unwary.
Compared with some OF the other money
making projects that We have INDUCED In
within tho lust twenty ycars, orange
growing Ia a safe and sutc thing. Tho
profits are handsome and the crop Ia 4
dead certainty, but II takes time, patience
and considerable outlay before a grove
can be put on pnying foundation. On
account Of these latter facts there will be
thosands OF dollars thrown away by
visionary souls who expect to invest but
little capital and reap golden harvest In
the near hereafter that will make them
millionaire. One.half Of tho people who
arc engaged In tho business have al idea
that all that IL necessary to guarantee a
fortune is to stick thousand young
orange trees In the ground, 60 away and
return again In five years to count the
dollars and put them In their pockets.
Thcse arc tho individuals who arc going
to bc Ovcrtaken by misfortune and tho
majority Of them arc from the north.
Have you ever heanl Of Florida. ftia
great peninsula, made a few years ago,
according TO the theory OF our beat 10.
olOgist by tho Industrious llttle coral
and hung on to the United States. After
all This immense labor oh tho part OF the
entGrprising builder, old ocean had to
sweep over tho structufo and nearly spoil
the lob by covering Il with a Bttatltn of
SnOW-wlito sand. Az an agricultural
country Florada can show but lew recon-
nendatlona. Eta Swamps arc worse than
useless for they breed fever and nguc and
cannot DO turned to account. Tho ham.
mock lands arc very rich and will pro-
ducc enormous crops OF cotton and sugar
cane, but unfortunately they arc 80 nearly
located to the marshes that II Ia simply
counting disease to live on them. Il Il
only on the rolling pine lands away from
tho water courses that II IL safe TO live
and have q feeling Of safety about you.
There arc no moro licAlthful spots
In tho world than the high lands
Of Florida. The yellow foyer "bug
boar" about which wc hear 40
much In tho North, Ia a kind Of e3agger.
ated fraud. There arc portions Of Tie
State, as has already been ihlimated, that
arc subject to oil kinds Of uliaahalit dis |
Ca4cs and III sonio Of the sea:cOaSl towns
tho plAguc which Awrpt over Memplts
SOME years ago and cAuScd such Wholesale |
mortality makes its periodical visits. |
Hut on The rolling lands Of Florida, there |
IL lGss sickness and leas variety 81 dis.
eascs than there IA IN tho North. Tybhus
fever and all kinds Of pulmonary and |
throat affections are unknown here, TN |
less brought from other localities. Asal
resort for ihvalids this State cannot bc
excelled; but whether the climate would |
have on enctvNLibg enectnpOn q Northern |
man, who would make this his permanent
home, or not, Is q question that IA open |
for debate. Persons who profess 10 know
all about II say that tho summers here are
not 40 warm as In New England. Strong,
braclng breezes sweep across the pehih.
s!ila from The ocean on one side and the
Gull on tho other every day OF this Aeasot,