The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1877-01-25
Letter from Florida.

EDITOR CITIzEN:-I have been in
tending for some time to drop you
few lines, but fishing, hunting and
working have taken up all my time.
/ got a letter to day from Pu
laski doctor, and he tells me Erich
land has been frozen over for a
month";" and that you had on lst OF
January 40 or II inches of snow
on the ground" How it makes Voss
and myself shiver. When the Their
mometer here fell to SO it alarmed
the oldest inhabitants. One OF
them, an Confederate captain,
actually took his thermometer in
the house and sat by the fire all
night holding it in his hand to keep
it from freezing, and by morning i;
was warmer (by the thermometer
This. and this alone, saved us.
/ went to a Christmas party on
the night of the 25th. L found Mr..
Ed Mack, late of Columbia, Tenn,
here in all his glory-dressed in
claw hammer, white kids, vest and
cravat, and he seemed to enjoy him
self hugely, judging from his smile
We had fine supper, and here our
Tennessee friend was perfectly at
home. After supper one of the
young ladies gave me an inventory
Of her Christmas presents given her
by the young gentlemen of Wewa-
hitchka. Among the articles were
one box of Dr. TUFTS pills, one
cake of honey soap and one large
sponge, that recollect, and other
things that have forgotten.
There was another social gather
ing short while ago in our neigh
borhood, and when they went to
supper ''mine host" asked a corpu-
lent member of the assembly to say
grace. All was silence. Every
head was reverently bowed, when
the fat fellow simply said grace.
This so upset affairs that no bless
ing was asked nor appetltes lost,
from the way fattie stored things
away.
This section of Florida is rapidly
filling up, and with good material
Jno. E. ,Voss and f. A. Leonhard
are rapidly improving their places
They have put them up work
shop, where they propose to manu-
facture all kinds of household fur
niture, from a cradle to coffin, and
from a wheelbarrow to six OK log
cart. These men have the energy
and get-up about them necessary to
success. / came upon them the
other day when they were Smelling
oysters, and to my perfect astonish
ment they each had an iron aoedge
and hickory maui, and were hammer
ing away on the oyster. They CON
tinued to work thus until they had
shelled enough oysters for supper
We live in quiet and retired
part of the world, and are troubled
but little about politics. We have
just, to-day, january 8th) learned
who is Governor of Florida, and
do not now know who will be in
augurated President on 9th March.
Calhoun county is about so miles
healthiest counties in the State. 1t
is a fine stock country,as it abounds
in the finest natural grasses and
beautiful creeks and branches. The
inhabitants are thrifty aud indus
trious, raising annually large crops
Of rice, corn, cotton, sugar cane and
potatoes. There are large quaint
ties of honey, oranges, syrup, cot
ton and potatoes shipped away to
markets. Most of the farmers raise
enough tobacco for home use, but
none to ship.
We have not had cold sufficiently
severe to injure our orange trees,
and they say" that the bearing
trees will yield large crop this
year. LAKE TROUT.
Wewahitchka, Fla, Jan. Sth.