Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-01-27

ed so hot that an imaginative mind might
have believed, if he could stretch his brain
that tar, that we were going down the Vic
toria Nyanza or some such name, under the
guidance of aStanley or a Livingstone. We
soon passed the ancient little town of Hiber-
MIA, and at 5 O'Clock we reached the noted
Green Grove spring. Far to the right a
mountain could be seen, and all around ii
and Its summit seemed lined with orange
groves.
Both of the rivers hilly banks were green
and the shrubs were all in bloom. Pine-ap-
pies hung in abundance, Date trees and
from fifteen to twenty other kinds of fruit
trees grew all around us, us tall as the old
heaven trees at home. and their foliage form
ed a perfect canopy over the acres of ground
which they cover. This grand scene of ia.
tule was presented to Us under the most fa-
vorable circumstances, for the sun was about
to set, and the western horizon seemed a
mutillated sheet of gold, and the edges OF
the surrounding leaves were tinged with a
glittering hue. All was quiet. The boat
seemed motionless on the silvery stream.
The machinery was hushed, and the wheels
almost ceased to move. A hundred forms
stoodspell-bound, gazing upon magnificence.
A scene seldom beheld was spread before us.
The Captain said it was the grandest scene
he ever saw. 1t was certainly far grander
than any on our northern rivers. At about
Z O'Clock Tocoi, beautifully lit, stood before
us, and shortly after we landed at its wharf.
How's that for a description? had to
strain myself to do it, but by Jupiter, I told
you about that river after all.
But to get back to St. Augustine. Well.
this to a stranger is certainly a novel old
place. 1t is only a very short distance from
the sea-cost-,a small island intervening-and
the air here is perfectly delightful. AS I
write, the guests Of our hotel are seated all
around me on the piazza enjoying the SPLEEN
did Notwithstanding one of Long Branch
in the summer time. Well, it must seem
strange to you to think that people are now
nearly all day long bathing in the river be-
fore us. When | think of you with your
overcoats and furs, and bundled up to youl
eyes in clothing, although you are no further
up than kentucky, it reminds me of DR..
Kane and polar bears, and makes me feel
happy that ain'tthere. / think the weather
here to-day is almost as warm as yours in
July. The St. Auglstians are wearing linen
clothing and straw hats.
Yesterday some friends and myself obtain
ed a carriage drawn by two Florida horses
(they were really ponies, though hardly any
of their horses are over ten hands high) and
we drove through and around this entire
place.
A great many Of the wealthy New York.
ers have winter residences here, and the
grounds surrounding them are perfectly ele-
giant. The nabobs swell around in costly
landaus, and the coquettish misses sit play
fully in their phetons. and drive the digni-
fed African all about the town. We visited
the place Of a Mr.. Anderson, who has foul
orange groves. There are from eight hun
dred to a thousand trees in each grove, and
every tree bears from twelve to thirteen
hundred bright, ripe, and luscious oranges.
On this same place there are lemon trees.
with five hundred to nine hundred lemons
on them, and tremendous big ones at that.
Mr.. Editor, | don't know whether you
have ever been here or not, but if you have
not, you would be delighted to see how ole
anders and geraniums grow in this State.
The oleanders are taller than the trees sur.
rounding our houses at home, and the gera-
NUNS have a diameter-well, the stems are
almost us thick as a mans arm. All kinds
of wild flowers growhere, and roses of every