Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-05-20

70 tne "Land OF Flowers, 4 hay'
thought it apropos to offer yol
= the dripping Of pen dedicated
to such of your invalid readers a.
may contemplate seeking a home
: in this remote semi-tropicaI re-
gion. To persons who suffer the
rigors Of snow and ice our sunny
land is truly an asylum. The
: healthfulness peculiar to our res
inous and breezy atmosphere is
tproverbial. Floride is rightly
styled the 'sItaIy of America" !"
Under our bright skies, and amid
our inspiring scenery of sea and
I landscape, the pale cheeks Of in
: yalids flush with renewed life.
Many persons come here to die !;
. but the reaction Of the vital for
ces, which means "gravitation
turned the other way" detains
them still. De Leon's 'sfountain
of perpetual youth is not quite
a myth,--nay, is very nearly a
practical reality, as found in the
envelope of the multiform adsan-
tages peculiar to our climate.
At no place in this hemisphere
can more remarkable examples
of longevity be found, allowance
being made for the fact that our
country has been mainly settled
by inyalids.
Life, in its complexity, is a
thing ofmystery presenting more
phases under analysis than re-
fracted rays of solar light in the
Kaleidoscope. There are atfenu-
ated threads upon which human
existence often hangs, as in the
example of fragile females whose
surroundings are too rudely ma
terialized, who sigh for more
beauty in the objective world.
To such southwest Florida is
paradise,
where an everlasting spring sbides
An6 never withering flowers"
We have not the deffness in
word-painting to give you a
transcript of the wondrous splen-
dor of our sunsets, or the mar
velous beauty of our tropical
nights. There is an opiate which
descends with the fall of dew-a
something that seals the eyelids
of the most wakeful invalid in a
sleep fathomIess in its sweetness
and unspeakably refreshing.
There is a something more
than oxygen in the life-giving
breeze that comes over the sea,
and over the land, stealing the
breath of buds and blossoms ere
it reaches the invalid. 1t is a
something for which science has
no name nor language a defni-
ton, unless we call it simply
"the breath of life." Thus it is
that the languisling vital spark :
is famed to a flame and the
bounding spirit made to dance
to the unwritten music which
alone makes life worth living.
1t will be observed, by con-
sulting the map, that Point Pr
nellas is tongue of land jutting
out into salt water and so situ-.
ated as to be absolutely free
from malaria, or other cause for
sickness. Within a radius of
ten miles from our cottage by
the sea" no one has been ne
cessitated to pay a doctors bill
for twenty years past ]
A diet of fruit and vegetables,
and persistent ablutions in sea
water, is the guarantee of unfail-
ing health. But the staple of
the "old coasters" is fish, oys-
ters, CLAIMS, ETC., of which we
nave enough to supply the State.
We believe that any one, not en-
.irely dead, can secure a new
ease of life by cruising in the
salt water about Pinellas. The
title islands, or Keys, are nu-
and are lit with the
beauty of ''pale glistering pearls
md rainbow-colored Shells and
'ther curiosities, for which we
lave scarcely a name. To one
Who has the love of nature, and
! heart to absorb the beauty of
Earth, sea and sky, a rambie in
hese ends of the State would be
IN episode in life's routine worth
more than a ton of villainous
rugs J And with this glimpse
trough ''the gates ajar," permit
ne to sign myself your friend
ruly of Lang Syne,
r. Il. NEELD.
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