, 1877-04-05
THE. KlSSI&,MEE RIVER, FLORIDA.
n fhA Etfsf1f of The TrfSuus

Cn1cAuo, April 9.--somc extracts from a let
Ter faLcly rcccivcd from gentleman residing In
Florldn containing information Of q part Of tho
8tnto which havc not hcrctnforc seen described
In print, may perhaps be Of interest TO some Of
your readers. Ny correspondent says:
II have inst returned from suryoyin9 trip
down tho Ktsslmmeo River, locating lands for
Northern immigrants. Tho attention Of wealthy
Northern gentlemen has been ntttnctcd to tho
raluo OF tue Kssia,mco Wiley Tor fruit-growing
aud winter fun,cs for tnvalils and gentlemen Of
leisure. shall state to you facts as / know
talen, and my opinions for what they nre worth.
"FIrat, lind this portion Of Florida to ho
more salubriotls than any other portion Of tho
States TINT I havo resided IN, which includes
from Mississippi to sfinncsota, and eastward 10
the Island OF Nantucket, In Massachusetts,. In
nil my ramblinss, hero Is tho t'rst and only
country whcro I havo been almost wholly cx-
en,pt from sickness; children seldom die here.
! atn nearly ~ years of nEc; have second
family Of children, sho oldest bnrs, IN Now York
during tlc War, SIX hero s!lIec tho surrender.
l,4ye becn living oil tho Kissu.meo four years,
an,l hare had no use for q physician, aud very
little for physic. There aro fow places 90 Who'll
ly exempt from cEils md fever. Wo layc
no violent diseases to carry OF tho pop
arc not more ant!oynE than III other PORTIONS of
Florida. Un lnllian 1ilVcr salsd-lltcs arc nulcr-
Gus, md mosquitoes much moro so than OIL the
kisstnmce aud lakes.
In scale: Forty acros. 81 pcr acru; over 20 70 "
acres, 10 cents; % to .NO ucres, ~ cents; Ui0
ncrca, 10 cents. III Orauge County. prices paid
for clearing pine lanl rca.iy for tilo plow rauRc
from SIS 10 s25, depending OIL tho palmetto
roots to he cr1,lbo1. Hammock land Gusts FROM
6:N to so to clrnr. Piue lands require somo
ferttlixlnE for far1t!lnE or frnt-growfngf ham
,l,ocks require nothing but labor. do not think
1tnyr aAfft ffN tn mi
good pine laid, for the rcaso'l that, in SONS
places, the fruit is cast bcforo maturing In
halnn,ork-lan1. It requires some practice to
keep IN grange gtoss IL t.fyx + goltio; lsm.
County, is to contract with ~ experienced n1l
reliable man to set out and cult&vatu Erovu
ut certain price per trrc, tho trees to bc OF
spucihcd aga md 6Lse, ntlu cultssuto two or
zero lot with Cleared land enough 10 SGT out ten
acres In ornngc trees can be bought at prizes
ranginE, with soil md SURROUNDINGS, from - to
gS per T ssss u e tbs pea ss"y Z q .o ksa
"Within a few days, Northern men hayc pur-
chnscd iRnds In said lakc,-an island of about
forty.six uroa untnlprovctl brought t175, nn-
!'Tho capitalists who arc purchasing lantls IN
tho valley doatEn to open out tho Ohatr,letlona
| In tho river, uul collnect Tchnpokal(3u Luke
with thu Calosahatchce River, through Lake
| Okecchuhec, 80 'that steamers inay run from
Punta Kossa, at tho south end Ut Charlotte
Iiarbor, to Tue head Of Tchopoknliea lakc. Mr.
1ngraliam Fletcher, Of tho hrni Of Fletcher q
SHARP, bankers At Indianapolis, md seseral
other nongyel men afo 1t tho head Of this en-
terpriso. There ls alap . plan IN agitation to
build = ra!Eoad from MeIlonvtllc, OH the st.
Johu's River, to the Same polnt, 10 that before
q grove could be brought Into bearing, trans
| p0rtatlon would bo convenient,
We hare bud very severe winter for u,
but the orangsgr,yes have not hcen seriously
injured, that ! hase heard Of. l think thero
wcro some slight trusts ~ low as tie Maina
and Cnlosahatehce RtyeEs, though tic settiors
deny it, Should you wish to start grove hero,
can cite you to a reliable n,ui}, Whose homo
proves Lis vnpac!tY to niaks grove, and who
ean eone well recommended by our best cltf-
xens."
II any Of your readers would like to obtain
further Information in recnrl to this part Of
Florida theYcau do - By addressing,
WILLIAM FOSTER,
No. Isl Napoleon street, Chicago.