The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-22

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rivers or waters that could make some Of
the people here know what speed was; and
must say last but not least comfort as on
! this elegant steamer, Florence, all the
passengers slept on cots placed in every
position in the cabin that one could think
of and some few Of which, Pink and |
were OF the last, had to sleep on whatever
we could find and with the floor for bed
stead and springs, oyercoats for pillows
we made ourselves at home. These "tine"
boats nett their owners some twenty to
thirty thousand dollars every year. besides
paying for themselves the first year, and
ten thousand profit, On our trip up the
river we seen some Of the finest
ORANGE GROVES
one could ask to see belonging to Col. Hart,
of Patatki, w. p. Wright, of Mount Royal,
and numerous other parties. The last
place has 1900 trees, planted in grove and
800 trees bearing crop last year. $1,000
oranges and expected crop 1882, 60 to
100000 oranges. The owner receives for
the above $500 per thousand for fruit on
the trees, purcasher picking and packing
them, 1t lays on rolling she'll hammock
soil fronting on Lake George, body of
water, eighteen miles long, ten miles WIDE
and just as fine scenery as one would wish
to lay eyes on. After we reached Sanford
we boarded the South Fla n G, r, r.
cars, and can say they run like they were
shot out of cannon. We stopped at Lake
Maitland with friend Bigalow by the way,
who Just married for the second time the
day OF our arrival so, OF course, had no
time to talk to folks like US, but told US to
make ourselves at home This little place
Of 200 to 800 persons is the prettest spot
we have seen to enjoy life at, situated on
high rolling pine land, overlooking the
lake after which it gets its name, some
3 or 4 miles long by to X
miles wide, with small islands dotted
here and there all through it with as fine
fishing as one could wish to find, besides
it has lakes some smaller in size complete
ly surrounding it on all sides. From this
beautiful spot we proceeded to Olando,
county seat Of Orange county, which lies IN
fine level sol surrounded on all sides by
lakes and swamps with the native
Cracker living here and there leading
their stock scrubs as they are but which
net the owner good prices nevertheless. To
beet, some of these 50 called Crackers
are worth in cash at the banks OF thei
e own little burgs 40 to 60 thousand dollars
= nevertheless they live in log huts with the
: sides open enough to read THE Bullet.
through them ten feet away and whei
asked, why they did not chinck up the
cracks they would reply. ut would shu
out the light and cool breezes, which We
so much delight in having day and night.
After stopping at Oando some few day:
we started for Barlow on Peace Creek
Polk, county, Florida, by overland rout,
with the mail rider in so.called "Bucl
Board"a vehicle Just the counterpart o
Mr.. B. +. Parkers one seated wagon. ant
after travelling until 70 o'clock VI. un,
htched the horse from the wagon ant
turned him loose with long rope tied t.
his neck, to find his dinner in the long
grass, fresh and green all around our camy
fire which we started for cooking dinner
which consisted of coffee "sow bellyn porI
and old hard biscuits that had beer
cooked some 3 ORD DAYS. but after heinz u,
. the road some 4 DAYS and 3 three night
one thinks il the finest meal ever eaten
Bach meal ia eaten at the rco,lar hours q
10 and G each one does his own cool,ing n
' nor,, and cofr,o and sometime s,y,ot no