The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-12-10

an intending immigrant as even the
brochure so decried. "Floridan
proves what Others, too, had OBJ.
served, lack OF scientific precision
in DIR. French's style, which, while
aiming at condensation, is familiar
and colloquial.
GA central location" in ordinary
parlance, means just what every
intending immigrant wants; conven.
lent access to schools, trade and trans,
portation. Critically considered, the
phrase may seem absurd, but it is
one of the commonest of American
idioms. Ninetynine out of every
hundred immigrants will tell YOU
they want central location" wher-
ever they may settle. And nine
hundred and .ninety.nine out of a
thousand, aware of that demand, will
understand just what they mean by
it, while the thousandth, if an Amer.
ican citizen, will make a shrewd
guess at their requirements.
DR.. French speaks OF our soil at
generally sandy Alas, fear is
appears so to most Of us, and would
to the average immigrant. True, an
exact and exhaustive chemical analy.
sis reveals many elements, even in
sandy soil. Webster defines sand as
"any mass or collection of fine parti.
cles OF stone" lie also defines lime
as 'Ecalcareous EARTH" We certainly
have the evidence of common (if not
OF criticaD eyesighs, that much of
our sandy soil is mixed with calcare-
GUS earth, OF Slime" as the DIR, says.
Our neigbbors, too, will tell us
about raising their fruit from buds. or
from gratis, just as DR.. French does.
| suppose the fruit growers and even
the intending Immigrants know, If
they have attained the first princi-
ciples OF comprei ending, either
the meaning Of Ian &c sar the raeth... eth.
Ous70l soasssoae Ssssn, tnaG Dud,
or scion, presuppole stock, with a
root, and an an fcial method OF
joining the buds and gratis to them
Mr.. Smith, this morning, told his
boy to make fire. Now if the boy
had been of the critical breed he
might have required definition of
the term or demurred at the posslbil.
ity of his being the author of any
such marvellous creation. Being only
a common mortal and being both
cold and hungry withal, he instantly
gathered a sufficient quantity of COM
bustibles and applying unto them a
proper modicum of force, in conjunc-
ton with the approved chemicals, the
result was confiagration, whereby
Smiths breakfast was cooked and his
person warmed.
Now, as a general thing, people
dissatisfied with their location, and
seeking a new one, want just this
easy. pictorial, colloquial information,
as DR.. French has given us in his
primer, as he modestly calls it. We
Florida people humbly hope that we
can exist, prosper and grow, some
what, even if we do not have a rush
of immigration. We also believe
that there may possibly be some immi-
grafton here another year.
To some of us, at least, it seems
that DR.. Frenchs Primer is good
beginning, and that his Second
Reader, when it appears, will proba-
bly, add such statistics and scientific
information as the intending immi.
grant may need. The primer is a
feeler which calls attention. Even the
critic is awakened. In the mean
time would it not be more patriotic
more in harmony with the prosper
Gus development of the state, if all
her citizens would unite to help oul
Commissioner in his efforts to attract
capitalists and bona tide settlers, by
adding where he has omitted, ex
planning if he has left anything OBJ
scure, and by courteously correcting
them if any serious errors have at
tanned in his pamphlet
Where the pamphlet and the crit
cism 90 together, the usefulness O
the one may not be impaired, bu
whoever would read the criticism
alone would be inclined to think ou
state officials ought to be all confined
in an asylum for idiots.
MANY READERS.