The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-19

pensive trip On the St Johns. They
expect to get . chance at . man only once
in life, and hence they bleed him pro-
fusely. An empty pocket-bodk is often
times the onl relic that some people
carry away. But the trip is worth taking
nevertheless, Al nd one that will be always
remembered, not only from the cost, but
from the wonderful curiosities seen and
quaint sights that have been enjoyed"
The straw berry season will continue
until the first Of June. After the hotels
close, they are as plenty and as cheap as
blackberries in July. AT the end of the
season they have sold as low as three DTS.
for twenty-five cents. They now bring
twenty cents quart earlier in the sea-
son they sell at dollar quart and later,
strike the average of fifty cents. The
business is in ereasing every year; it is
very profitable, and as much may be said
of early winter vegetables which can be
raised with les trouble and are just as
profitable as Strawberries There is nei-
Their sense nor reason in farmer or gar
dener con6ning himself to one production.
The cry is everywhere. diversity your
crops and max money. A few years from
now will make a great difference in the
increase and production of cereals In
fact we are in our infancy upon the sub
iect of our paving resources. Nearly
everything you look at, whether it be
timber, land, or water can be utilized and
made to minister to the wealth and com
fort of the human race in Florida = Palat-
ka Herald.
The Mac on Telegraph, speaking of
Florida whit er travel, says; The travel
has been on the most liberal scale of ex
neutrality-suspicious. on an average of not
much below ten dollars day, reckoning
all costs and charged So, if there have
been ten thousand people afloat in East
Florida this winter, they have expended
about one hundred thousand dollars per
day on an average not far from three
millions a month and perhaps from six to
eight or nine millions in the three months
after Christmas 1t was common re-
mark that about six millions of income
had been DIR avn by the Floridians from
this source during the winter, and though
it was laughe ed at by many as gross ex-
aggeration, yet we say, if the transporta.
ton agents Are not grossly at fault about
the n'Uabr of tourists, counting all the
cold months to the end Of April, We think
will not mi Is six millions much. VIII
this annual travel continue Perhaps no
on the exiting scale of extravaganza.
But there is manifestly a growing desire
i'll the North and West to escape the win
ter's rigors. The attractions of Florida
are yearly increasing half the charges
will still vie hundred p err cent profit,
and it is ex cecdmgly desira able in every
point of view that this an nual influx Of
Northern winter visitors should not only
continue b ii increase As facilities for
travel and entertainment multiply, they
will inevita bly cheaper and improve
Meanwhile there is certain charm in the
lavish expenditure necessary, inasmuch as
ii terds to make Southern travel in winter
more exclu sive and more genteel and
fashionable 1t is fact that few of the
Northern ladies in Florida took the small
est care Of their compilations. They were
all anxious to carry home the rich brown
derivable from tropical sun.