Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27
Letter from Florida.

ohAN"E rAhh' FLORIDA Maich = 1910
NeSSfS' hdHo'S'-lhe 'act Una" Florida Is now
attracting sueh general attention INDUCES me To
write ms su''e II worthy vi Tue Ulehes' praise
'na' mas oeen bestowed upon !" It's advantages
are many """ graz 's disadvantages are colil-
F'rauNe'y ie" anu S'n"n Tue climate Is III 'lat
"a" oe ueS'reu' "o' 700 'o.u Ut 700 NOT. NO
ne"''ier vi i'ore o''I,i"'e o'n oe io"nu
III any county on ''o s'o"'' '"o "'e''se range
oi 'iie ''er'ho'ne'e' 'ne yea, fo"nu oe'"s siA'y-
se'o" u's' '''o "'o'"so ","' III summer o'-
lux u'uis ,''", 0's " ~" .o"ei '""n
III '"' SUI - nv" anu
very pi'uu''''e anu 'e'i"'h"o'y easy !" ""rN'
p''0 - Wv o''''e 90 '''so 10 a
p''pr' " 80, ''''' n'"',s al
VIM" 'n's ,'''' 'ee '"e SUI "'e disappointed II
seems " '"e,' o"'s u.p'ouu..'e "h,'e sanu
'''ie" anu u'.e's "','''.'' Al "no '"us 'nihA
~ ,o,s s'e"'s 'a,'e'A'" III '"o'i ''''''a'e Vi It's
~ '''s p'''o' o"'y '"e.'e ni'les
'',''' mo va '''o "e'' sue VI '"e o.
eN.e''en' V'ols are '"Seu without any
e'''l'1e ou'o' COURSE DETER ones can DE produced
"' III '''ei se'"ons, wiz" H. i"e Se''son mas
oee" i"''e o"oA"aru hc'o '"e piesen' year, ou' Is
now very much 'ike may IN New England fruit
tables from the garden daily upon the table
All mere, except ihVahds ana children as well
as adults are blessed with vigorous health and
'he ihVaiids with scarce an exception, after their
ARRIVAL here' soon enter the ranks OF the healthy
without seeming to know It, and In little while
range with the robust and vigorous Old men for
years weighed down with infirnites straighten
themselves mp and stand erect, as in their youth,
take long, deep breath, walk, run and Jump, as
IN poyhood days AL except those literally
within the grasp OF the destroying angel, when
hrst landing upon our shores, almost Immediately
are pehehtted by the llfe-glvlng influences OF our
glorious climate
The state is fast filling up with hardy, sober
and intelligent people who come here to make
their homes and help to build up the permanent
interest oil the communities where they may re-
spectively dwell iii the earnest wish of sincere
Christians of all denominations now living here
that enterprising, intelligent Christian men and
women devoted to the cause of good government
and the safe and healthy advancement in educa-
ton morals and pure religion should come and
cast in their lot with us
cannot speak Tor other localities, having been
IN the state only snort Tune, nut oil TINS orange
Fdfk certainly believe that In no community IN
our country consisting oil the same number OF
persons can there De iound a greater number OF
Intelligent devoted ana acuVe CHRISTIANS than
can be iounu mere although not one year since
the settlers began I" 'hrohs To TINS place. We
now have religious services every sabbath, a
sabbath-schoo'' biole class ana musical asso-
cation meetlhs "eehy, Iyeeuhl, ana soon VIII
have temperance society," ana all TINS without
any preoohcerteu arrangement To get any partlcn-
lar class mere except sood el'izens' but the las
cinating beauty OF our location ana Its unusual
heaithiuineSs' anu ''e uh"'i'ihs society they hhu
lot with us
We earnestly hone that II any of vonr readers