The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-12-21

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found in the g Middle D;nercts - & s
sometimes called, bus h neariy Il the
hin eountsy ,,.it h Tie ssshsse = hanns
uaOek, 2 the bet soil in the SlasS = Eieh
Pima lnna, the next bssss 10 nlso founa
among the hills end n shs lewnl. tahae
lands Iying hack az them. ne = nss.
woods, below he foos q The hilh end
towards the coast, are nos psoducsive -
. general thing. and rpqni1s much ten
pering and care before they En- 10 bronaAt
mp BIZ feStilizing. Yet In many localifies
Of the fat woods are foiind ridees and
lew hammocks exceedingly fertile; while
along the riven and creeks The bottoms >
are equal in fertility TO TIA fsmons Miss
issippi river bottom lands Ths climate
has been spoken Of above and alth0ugh
much may here be said, i Is not TO Be
forgotten that the climate Of Florida l.
80 wellknoWn everywhere: - 20 scarcely
need description. If there il any differ
ence between Middle FleFida and the
other sections, il undoubtedly lies in the
fact thzt Il ID the most unQpestiouably de-
hghtfuf climate = for summer wear " Ia
the entire South. Indeed, scarcely snv
one who has never experienced Il, can
understand how It il possible ID this Iati-
tude for the days and nights, week affer
week, throughout the whole summer, to
be 80 cool and bfacing ID Temperature,
and, at the same time, % perfect and de-
lightfally free from those sitting and op-
psessiss "spells which the residents Of
other regions know % we'll - characterl
istic of the dog-dayG The hottest time,
if there ID any hotter than, another. 10 In
early June, and again, clase, sultry sea-
son, of few days only, comes In Sep
TENDER, about the time Of the g equinox
ial." For the rest, the daily shower
every afternoon, and the. CONSTANT sea
breezes from the Gulf, keep the tempera-
tare equable, fresh, pleasaBs and Uniform.
The winters are dry, the "rainy season"
coming IN summer. The caldeat weather
is usually in January, and there is some
times . drizzliDg. sleety and unpleasant
storm in that month; a. also an occar
sionM "high blow in the autumn. Sep
TENDER or October. Frosts are said TO be
exactly six months apart r bat as green
peas, new Irish potatoes and other gar
den products are common at Christmas.
there is room for much speculation on
this subject.
There is one thing very certain "A to
the climate. IL is that the yellow fever
cannot exist here. It has never been
known here, at least; and when it has
visited some Of the sea-board towns, the
people have " fed to the mountain" of
Middle Florida for safety and repose, and
never without avail. Nor has the disease
ever been introduced by this means I'd As
to spread, although those stricken by ite
deadly virus before leaving the infected
locality have often come to Middle Flor
ida, sometimes to die, but often to recov-
er. Consumption, asthma catarrh and
other diseases are often cured, and always
rendered less virulent, by removal to this
climate.
-Ldnds, Prices, Ese-Good lands, living
within ten miles of railroad or river
transportation, and well improved, can
be bought from eS to % per acre; lands
lying nearer, from so to ,&25 per acre;
uncleared lands, of course, are much
cheaper, and al are sold according 20
quality. There are still some government
lands IN most of the counties, bat the
greater part OF those desirsble in quality
have been taken up long ago. OF State
lands the same 10 true, except that Il Is
easier to find them of good quality than
government lands But there Is 20 much
land of every sort, kind, description and
price, held By private parties (not specu-
lators), that no one coming 60 buy IN good
faith can by any possibility fail to be
suited. d.
Probationary reference to the table
of agricultural statistics, printed else
where, the products of the country may
be easily inferred. It may not be amiss
to say, however, in this connection, that
the list of possible products 10 far greater
than appears by the table, An the yegs-
tables of the garden ara easily and pro-
fusely produced here, but generally for
private use, and the table only names .
few raised especially fer shipment.
Strawberries, especially, have been found
to be most reliable and. prolific crop;
and other small fruits ara being tried.
As to apples, the summer and autumn
varieties do well but the more hardy and
slow growing winter kinds sre believed to
be unsuited to the climate; though as vet
little has been done in the way Of testing
them.
Exemption Loacs, Rae oil Inserest.
zdrc<.-The State laws exempt to every
head of . family . homestead Of 100 acres
in the country, or half an acre IN town.
together with 81 900 worth of such per-
sonal property ~ the owner may select. /
The legal rate Of interest u 9 Der cent.
but contracts may be made for anv rate.
Taxes are rather high, but under the pres
ent administrator have been, and are /
likely to be further, reduced. The treas-
ury ID solvent, paying cash On al waFfants
drawn against il, and the bonded debts Of /
the State are gradually being reducsd,
and interest il paid thereon prompEly.
Transportation, Fares, ZfsiekSS--The /
cheapest route for reaching Made Flori-
dA from the West 10 by way Lo1issille,
Nashville, Montgomery, EEfanla and the
Chattahoochee river. a saving Of ahout
$40 on each fare i made By he seleotion
of this route but II has s2me 1iaadvan-
tAges, for the several lines OF steamers On
the river, instead Of arranging their sched-
ules 50 a. 10 make daily boat, a they
might easily do, are engaged ia constant
warfare over the carriage Of fsiahfa. and
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