Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-06-20
Grange Groves aud AlligatOrs.

Florida.-7He (London) Queen.
: Grange Groves and Alligators!
Florida is an "earthly paradise OF
somewhat contradictory delight. Mr..
Edward King, correspondent of the
Boston Journal, describing the country
back Of ST. Augustine, speaks of the
orchards first and then of the ,swamps.
On the Ball estate, there is an avenue
of great length, bordered by orange
trees, the boughs of which bend under
hundreds of oranges. TO right aud
left, paths lead away to Conservatives,
gardens and lawns, swept by fresh
breezes, and dotted with pretty groups
of flowers. This is little earthly par
adise during the winter months.
|, DR.. Anderson's grove is one Of the
most famous in the South, and il ex-
ceedingly profitable. His residence
fronts on a street charmingly embow-
cred in orange, lemon and magnolia
trees, and lined with handsome cot.
tages. .,5,5
Outside the town, road leads across
the marshes on q causeway, and ON the
marshes snipe abound just now. A
Northern visitor who WAS passing these
fens with me, laughed at the sign, No
Trespassing Here" which arose. on a
pole out of some suspiciously resistible
soil, but If we had known that it was
,nipe country, he would not have
laughed. ...,.... ,.... -
II was in these bottoms that an ALI
or.hubter was once nicely caught, as
he told me some years since. Coming
home from a chase after The skins of
the willy saurian, he WAS wading the
marshes YEARLY, with his gun on his
shoulder, when he felt his right leg
seized, and looking down, saw that q
moderate. sized alligator had gHspeL
him.. $500.
Nothing but his heavy bootleg saved
him from being very badly wounded
He brought his gun down with terrific
force on to the creatures head, uttered
fearful yell, and managed to jump
clear of his adversary. His hair stood
straight on end ere he stopped running
at the edge Of the swamp. sfz"
OF Mr.. Arthur O'Shaughnessy, one
of the younger British poets; and the
SOD in law of DR.. Westland Msrston,
| an amusing story is to d. Mr..
/ O'Shaughnessy was q protege OF Sir
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who ,assis, cd
| IN getting the poet appointed to a.posi'
ton in the natural history department
t3oi the. British museum. Gus day the
unfortunsteO Shsughuessy accidentally
sat down ON q number OF very rare
tSouth American butterflies which had
Just arrived Vt the museum Mortified,
| he proceeded secretly and hnrriedly to
| repxir damages, but being, in truth,
rather ignorant about butterflies anu
natural history generally, he got the
pretty insects very much mixed up.
xsu1ngI wrpag, wings Oh wrong bedles
In the most reckless manner. Great
+ was; tho astOnishment of the wise men
when they came to: contemplate and
| classify the new contribution. Such
l species we're never seen before; the In
sect world and its history were rsvolu-
1ionized. And many were the discus:
sions that occurred Ebef0re Mr..
7 O'Shsughnessy's awfullanisdesd 9snd
skilAM gluing were discovered, Then
there was q very mad GO Lection Of
scientists, and tire young man would
have been dismissed hsd not Bulwer
used his influence. Warned by his
blunder, Mr.. O'Shaughnessy under.
t0ok. the study Of natural history. and
there is nov no one in the museum bet;
tor skilled in that department. ~ :.
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