The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-05-19
LETTER FROM FLORIDA.
PEN. Fla. Nav 9. 1881

EdatoF 4dndeTS0n IntefEl9enceT
I wrote to the INTELLIGENcER in Feb
ruary giving some dots from Florida that
1 thought might be interesting to your
readers. Our eagerness is such always
to hear of everything concerning old
Anderson, that no item in your much
esteemed journal ever escapes our notice.
We have never seen our letter published,
and unwilling to believe that it was con-
signed to the "waste basket" have
thought if it did not miscarry, that there
was one number at least of your paper
that we did not receive; hence, like that
old traditional "bad penny" We are on
hand again. There has been some irreg-
ularity in the reception of "our Anderson
paper"-missing a week sometimes, but
frequently, when such is the case, the
next week there comes two, and We know
it is no fault of the publisher.
Just at this time the absorbing topic
of thought and conversation with the
people of Tampa and this portion Of
South Florida, by day, mingled with the
reveries of our dreams by night, is rail-
roads, and no wonder that it is 50. The
genial nature of our climate, the general
healthfulness of our section, our freedom
from severe cold, as instanced by the
past winter, is daily attracting the atten-
ton of other sections, so that indeed all
that is desired to develop US into a pros.
porous, thriving aud populous people is
railroad. Quick transportation for our
fruits and vegetables is the ne plus ultra
of our desires. With such facilities
immigration, we believe, will not be
wanting, where there is so much that is
attractive. The vegetable industry is
beginning largely to engage the attention
of the people of middle, east and south
Florida. Thousands of nabobs at the
North stand ready TO crafty themselves
With every luxury the market can afford,
and to tickle their palates with the rare
viands that it is Florida's peculiar pro-
vince to furnish, since in this genial
cline the most tender vegetables can be
reared for market, even at Christmas.
And especially is this true of South
Florida. Her people, too, realizing that
there is "money in it." have gone to
work with characteristic energy, so that
very soon every hamlet will have its gar
den of vegetables for early market, and
sitting under its own "vine and fig tree, "
thank Providence for what is already
enjoyed, but still listen anxiously for the
whistle of the iron horse.
We are glad to learn from the INTEL
LIaENcER of the continued and growing
prosperity of Anderson. cLong may she
wave." Saddened are we occasionally,
too, at the passing away of some of the
old landmarks which we see recorded
in the death of some of her esteemed
fellow-citizens. The names of Benson
and Sullivan were synonyms for all that
was clever and upright, while the famil-
lar and kindly face of Mr.. McCully will
long be remembered by all who knew
him. Midst her general thrift and pros
perity may Providence kindly withhold
from her many such Affections.
mentioned in my last that though we
realized none of it here, a sympathetic
SILVER passed over us for you iu last win.
ter's cold. That you may form better
idea of our seasons here, give you tho
thermometrical record as kept by the
hospital steward of Fort Brooke, Tampa,
Florida, for the week ending April 9th,
1881, and also twenty days later, week
ending April 29th, 1881, remarking that
the thermometer rarely goes much be-
yond FIVE degrees higher than the highest
point reached in the table at any time
during the year; so that we may now be
considered az in midsummer, and scarce.
ly ever without the most delightful sea
breeze: