The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-02
FLORIDA.
In the NJ. JOhnS--Drnnge Groves
"A Chronic FRlSitiGr, DC.


lCosyspOploncO Of tho IntelllGcnrcFl
SANFORD, ORAaNE COUNTY, FLA, I
January q, 1875, I
Tho browning pleasure OF n trip to
FLORIDA Is a steamboat ride up tho St.
Johns, II this river had been left out
when Florida was made, the interior Of
the State might have been u terra incognita
up to the present writing, The st, Johns
Is the artery that connects the ocean with
the heart Of the peninsula, THOUSANDS
Of travellers make the journey OYER tds
water.line every winter, aud The nhnlbef
ia increasing with each succeeding year.
Tourists 10 as far as small crafts can
carry them in search Of pleasure and
something new; pallid} oonspmpiiges
crowd the boarding houses ut every vii.
lage along the hanks; and nlSN mill ctcd
with more money than thUy REILLY know
what to do with race through the swamps,
tho "hammOCks" aid the pine lands in
discriminatory, hunting places where
they can sink the surplus quantity in
orange groves. 1t is u matter Of amaze
nent how rapidly this new country il
lang ' onIv " few stragvlinr houses and
nSoInoi"S for Lonscs were ia he seen ON
the ST, Johns, the former inhabited by
BY wealthy SouthernGrs, who came down
10 SPEND their winters and Gat the golden
fruit Of their groves, and the latter
H. aso s,ordiIg arguments in favor Of
,hn V n n theory. Now handsOnle
viiloroa mav ho seen along tho river Mt
in,oryol, Hostlod amonv orange troes
anJ i've nnk" and cvcFythihp Sntsesta
thSt 'ho country il iast succumbinp to
c,viIi,n,;on
A. Mandarin n little village fifteen
miles above Jacksonville, Harriet Beech.
or Stowe owns a home and hibernates; at
Grcsn Covo Strings there Is u chance for
ono,hor sorntogn: md nj Palatka, tho
Ia uy VILLAGE 1n tho river. NAV be seen
ihs orange Troye Of Colonel Hart, which
ia considered one Of tho finest In Florida.
II is valued at 100000,
The St. Johns river Ia really nothing
but ....a
A CHAIN OF LAKES
That vnry IN width from two to sixteen
miios mil vary IN beauty according to
1hn;r ,;1o lake C,corge, tho lnrrcst Of
Tho ehain. eighteen miles long and sixteen
milou villa il Nv iar, thd most beautiful
boIv NJ w1tcr IN the peninsula, II IL Tho
Toto Cjoorge If The south. Above II tho
a. Tnhn's bocomcs 40 narrow In places
that Il seems almost impossible Tor q
small craft even 10 find Ia way, Tall
md graceful cabbage palmettos border
~" LAMB oni throw fantastic shadows
"" ,,,o wo,Or and Tho ,noss lhnt hangs In
s;cb fo.,ooMa frn,n the i'm X Of the cypre5s,
almost SwrS,,a tbe tit,por deck 81 StpAsg9
Inc S Stsamer Now AID then a few sleepy.
i"etinS nIliontnra NAV be Eeen living on
iOSs nSsr the shore IN these awkward
"ySJs"Moi" bovo rcccivcd 40 many com.
nliments from The shot.Quns OF passing
innr,.,n S That tSnt thev Tensrally disappcaP
whonoycr thoy ilear 4 steam, Whistle. gN
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ton OF tropical CognFy,G parry ~ Us
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capable Of giving nI knus ?. WIZ " a,,t
information, anu always Fe"uy ,,, 70 SUI ~,
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DO any civilized people i've Ill .hlS
section oil the universe etqulreU one Oh
the party. Observation-Disclosures,
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you've got ne lhefe: !. . .n'to "rS IT, ~. NY
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name We SaII en- oE i, m .
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age to live y 81 such a celestial i0F'"ken
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