Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-16

the rolling stock and the iron for the entire
lice scutn has been contracted for They find
some dIfnculty in having the iron delivered,
branch completed and the srs runnino- nv the
ISL OF May. The directors have a meeting in
TINS city TO morrow for the purpose of chang
n. ny tne name OK the company and attending to
other matters or Importance. The name ef
tns company viii probably be changed to the
Florida Southern Railway Company"
The Orange County Reporter discusses the
average native Florida hog as follows: ''If the
present Legislature will enact good, whole
some hog law-one that will in some measure
abridga the rights and privileges Of the Florida
hog, ana protect the interests of white men
1t viii display degree of statesmanship which
WI, VII oe Iasung monument to itself and
pressing 70 tne State The average Florida hog
Is one or the most useless and unproftable
Drntes that was not washed from the face OF
the esrth oy the Hood, or driven into the Sc q
ana drowned by tbs devils He Is an exas-
peratlng forageF. worthless for meat as he
always costs ten times as much as his weight
IN good bacon. He Is too lean to make good
SOUP ana TOO thin to make outlets. The best
way OF extracting any nutriment from his
carcass Is 70 stand him on end and crack him
e Aou "3ulo walnut, and pick out the meat
with sharp stick. His fore legs are in the
inlddIe OF hlIn, ana there seems TO be constant
danger or his nose overbaIancinR the rest of
hlm and throwing his back end up into the air
de has three tails and no brains He is princi-
PaHy mace up OF nose, bowels and sin. His
propensity Tor getting on the outside of things
IS equal to that of iron rust or mildew. Is
mere any sense in longer protecting this beast
IN violation Of all the Inherited rights of
humanityl"
Says the Palatka Herald: s'There il an in-
crease in the number of visitors this winter.
Many are on the lookout for locations to settle.
or TO invest In orange lands as a matter of
speculation. At no period since our advent
here, twelve years ago, have we seen such
interest takeu Ia fruit culture Letters from
rtnt parts of the Union pour In upon us
asking for Information. Our Eorthern sub
scr1ptlon list is gradually increasing and the
cry is send us a paper and price of subscription,
as We wish to learn much about Florida. The
late cold snap seems to have had no influence
in retarding the general prosperity Of this
section Practically, the certainty of orange
fruit growing is a success. In connection with
this immense business, the cultivation of land
In vegetables for shipment has increased at
least fifty per cent. within the last two
years. 1t is encouraging to old settlers
TO witness the march of improvement now
&, ing on. Twelve years ago we had
mail to this place twice a week Now we
have two Northern mails every day, and one
southern, besides fine daily steamers plying
between here and Jacksonville. The increase
in the number of freight and passenger boats
on the river between Jacksonville and Enter
prise, one hundred and ninety miles, shows up
largely in favor of our commerce. Nearly every
available piece OF land on the river has been
put under cultivation. Small towns, stations,
catch the eye Of the traveller as he stands upon
the deck of the steamer, at every point and
turn in the St. Johns, save where the interim
nable swamp and overhowed lands make it
impossible for a settler to live The next de-
cade will bring about vast changes. Steam
ships will find the head of ocean navigation on
the st. Johns river. The wharves of Palatka
will be crowded with vessels. Me-
chanicsl industries will spring up, and
the hum Of the loom and the clang of
the machinery will make a new era in
the history of our place In the meantime we
would advise our young men to be hopeful.
and look to the growth and development of
their town and home, and not drift away out
upon the uncertain sea of life. We are not
dealing in fiction. but in reality. Thirty-three
years ago, Pelatka, as we then fourd it. was
made up of few old government buildings
From the Parkhurst corner back there was
nothing but a scrub. and where the Putnam
now stands a pond Of water then evaporated
slowly under the hot rays Of a summers sun.
That was slow age; this is fast one. Let
us brush up and keep time with the advance
guard of improvement, and it will not be long
before we see the tide of prosperity rolling
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