Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-20
NOTES FROM BREVARD.
A Ride Down Indian RiVer-Titus-
viIIe-ImprOVement and AtGrsc-
ttOns-Fhe Agricultural College
The Vegetable Bonanza.

TrUsvILLH. FLA. October 12-EditOr Morn
ifs0 NetOs A little run down Indian river gives
me something to tell you. The old haul-over
canal, which lets us pass our sail boats from
Hillsboro river into Indian river, literally
abounds in fab. There might be barrels upon
barrels put up of the fattest and finest mullet
that ever swan. Four miles takes us around
Black Point into a splendid bay eight miles
from the old Dummit Grove (which was pur-
chased by an Ita ian Duke, who proposes
to extend it to immense proportions, importing
his own people for the purpose, and build a
villa to cost some $40 000, with such attachments
as are needed for the employees on the place.,
and Immediately across the bay is the renown-
ed swindle of Bliss & Co. Bliss actually did
set out thousands Of little trees in mari ham
mock land so low that in digging holes the
water filed in to near the top. Some that hap
pened TO be on elevated spots began to grow,
but the unprecedented high water two feet
higher than had ever been known before)
flooded them with too much salt for their ex-
istence These lands will produce ten to four
with one hundred to three hundred pods to the
bunch; and cabbages, tomatoes, onions and
rice, Jehui how they would grow.
taFss Esh' you miles To- rsTe GUTR tSe sse couns Ssy
site of Brevard, where you find two
real good hotels, and (projected) railroad
from Palatka Three miles down the bay of
Dl5CdJs WHICH Is seven U1llcS WlQO anu fourteen
long, takes you to Captain Prechard's beauti-
full home boarding house, cane farm and
garden. Twelve miles brings us to City Point,
nice settlement, and fine groves, and eight
miles to Rockledge Well, right there you find
folks that think there is no place worth
having but Rockledge. Raw lands sell at from
$50 to 800 per acre; bearing groves are valued
at 81 600 to $4,000 per acre. They say what
is 5000 for an acre of oranges that will pay
81 900 annual income?" and ''what is 800 for
an acre of land that will pay $500 annually in
pine apples" Why. sir, the people think SO
merchants are like the Jacksonville mer-
chants: they mark their goods at
Is to 25 per cent. higher than common people
conlo aHord 70 sen az. Ine hockledge House
Will be prepared to accommodate 40 or 30
boarders this season. Taste, convenience and
comfort are displayed in its construction. viii
liams has pretty place-private boarding
love TO look at The finest grove, with the
largest and finest trees and naturally the pref
test place l saw, was McGreener's. He
another @ @ of 15o bearing trees i' ensconced oress
in and completely surrounded by a dense
hummock of superb land. This Is certainly
one Of the finest properties IN the State, and
understand. it could be bought. He is pine
apple struck, and wants to go further South
Just across the rlver-One mile wide-is
another private boarding house, on the noted
Merrett's Island, noted fer its guava
thousands of glasses of the finest made
are being put up; and noted for It's
settlement Of Methodist preachers. and for its
fine pineapples. The pineapple fever RACES
almost as high as the Rockledge fever. The
price of pine land is beginning to jump from
IS to $15 and $50 per acre. What is $40 for
land that will yield $500 to $500 per acre in
pines, with a salubriouS climate, pure soft
water, perfect health, plenty Of fat muilet
ducks and deer? One, Jim Stewart. on
this island, has been raising apples for
nine years straight along, and he says his
pines pay him from 500 to 81. 200 per acre.
depending upon the cold and seasons-but has
never had any killed from cold. He Is Just
opposite the city Of Eau Gallie, the site of the
Stale Agricultural College. What a shameful
course was that pursued by the authorities of
the State in this matter? The site was selected
and one nice rock building erected, and a grove
of ten acres set out under the administration
Of Governor Stearns. Had the proper course
been pursued by his successors in office, the
proper developments Of the property made
with horticultural garden on Merrets leland,
it would have been of credit TO them and in
valuable to the State.
South Florida is seriously considering se-
ceding from the middle, north and west cotton
region. We will take east OF the Suwannee,
south OF Santa Fe rivers, Putnam and st.
his autocrats go and unite with the
lords of New England in devices. We home
steaders only ask to be let alone and we win
take care of ourselves. We will supply the
North, the conservative New Englanders, il you
please, with fruits, vegetables. sanitarium as
a winter resort, with the sport Of bathing, row.
ing, sailing, fishing. cunning, out In the open
air sheltered from the chilling blasts of frost
land. More anon. OBSERVER.