The Ottawa free trader., 1879-03-15

that II l. perfectly astonishing 10 scr no" '"N'
" YOU arc relieved of your roll Well, this
is It fancy country aud there mus be no %rum-
bling at fancy price
\, yet the settlement, only dot the wilder
map are nothing but mere hamlcle, containing
each "a store oi two q couple of hotel, for winter
quests, two or three saloons and half dozen
or more cottages
. II /, a mistake to think that all thi, region
bloom, like i flower garden or /. under cult.
walton, as the enthusiastic letter writer gives us
10 understand but as misery loves company so
by their letters they expect to draw the atten.
ton OF some others there and thus the ball
is kept rolling" There are no larms or orange
groves along the river, the clearing of which
exceed, fifteen acres, and at present appear
more like spots on the edge of the woods.
did not see in my entire trip to the Oklawaha
in any one place enough cleared land TO make
a rcspcctablc.szcd La Sale county farm. i,
may be stating il palmer to say perhaps fair
estimate is IA house to every three miles OF
shore As far rs | have been able to discover,
scarcely anything except open garden vcgcta-
blcs and orange, are raised along the entire
river shore. \ ,rw >trawbcrric, may be- in
cludcd but that i, about all; and yet the in
habitanS insist that the white sand Null that
is lcll where the pines and pamctto> al"ricarcd
off will produce nearly anything that grows,
yet nobody appears to be demonstrating the
truth of their assertions. You are forever hear.
ing Of the rood land and The ilourishing settle
mcnts that are back in the country some miles,
but that too is only one of the many iictions
which one is continually hearing stated with
great aCutcncsS but careful nvcst CATION and
bona tide excursions to the Socailod villages
prove that they exist only in the imagina-
tions Of the natives, while sometimes you may
discover instead OF fine flowing town and set
tcment the habita'iun consists of a lew ham
lets with potato patch and orange orchard in
process Of stow Development
Nearly everybody is engaged in trying to
raise oranges but while q few are successful
many are unfortunate. and SO it "ocs. MIS-.
fortune they say, "wIll follow . man to the
grave" if born foryou You are as apt to find
II among the orange Groves OF Florida rs upon
the prairics of Illinois
1t is said and 10y first rate authority, that for
over two hundred mile, along The st. Johns
river there are NOT .!,ar.. ,Eal three hundred
acres OF producinr trees. bui ,hr lorrc nrotits
realized from ,nc old .loyc, have induced
many to engage in the business. Indeed, il is |
said that nine men ont of every ten arc nursin o.
YOUNG ORANGE orchards with the hone that in
the sweet bvc and hvc they will rcnlizc LARGELY
II take. from six TO Ten wears before an oraprc
orchard nrars. ANA men nInc chances ont of
ten il never WELD, anv,,,ino in fac, he,nn a
total loss while tbc cost is very great In tbc
first place there is a heavy investmen, in land
and rood land olonr fine ~ Johns ,s held ot
fancy nriccs ~ thcrc is hut I,t,c of II fit for
orovInr oronun. From, ono hundr.d IN tuo
hundrcd dollars ncr acrr j.. asked for c,ood or
.poc Iond in its crudc state Tn c,cor if off
and rct if in shame roouiro. an ou,Io,. of rro,,
sso IN sion mor, ,or moro ,yho, .,,o ,.o,,r,,, 4
rccs for nlontnr from 40 cts to 81 e,ch cast
ne say about .siO0 more, and afterwards about
$50 per acre more to keep the orchard IN rood
condition; for orange trees are like nfants-
hey need Il good deal Of nursing to make
hem live so that by the time YOU have paid
or your Ground, started your grove and built
home besides the various other OK.
,enses YOU Nili have 10 incur Won find Won
lave expended at least rom $4,000 to $40.
100, and not have Il very large grove then-say
bout seven or eight acres. Taking the inter
'st on the money, the expense and care of trees
md the hundred other little details, YOU will
ind i, foo, ND TO a rood round srm before one
orange can be picked. But after all, if n man
S blessed with the patience of job nhourb
lob was too poor to 1--we in Florida and no
Misfortune happens to the trees, in the end he
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