Connecticut western news., 1882-06-21
LETTER FROM REV, R0B'T HUNT
Lake Mincola, Fla, June 7th. 1882.

Lake Mncola, Fla, June 7th. 1882.
 CONN. WESTERN NEWS:
 Ihave long felt under obligations to con- tribute to your columns, but when the spasm of conviction was on me there was always a dearth of news. But stay of few weeks in this far off "Flowery Florida" is sufficient to furnish few items I want to give, through l your paper, my impression of this land, and
 which may be of some service to northern people contemplating settlement in Florida. think that many are not at all aware of the | needs of this country. If you come late in the fall there are no insects to trouble you and the climate is delightful. and the im- pression is natural that this land IS Paradise ! restored, but coming into the State as I l came into it, in the Summer time with insects | swarming around you by the million and prob- l ing for your life you forget all about the en- 1 tjoyment of the winter and probably W i'll I know it may be said the insects are noth. ing, you will soon get used to it. Many have i laughed at my sensitiveness. And it is all true Ihave seen the Cracker" and the mule and OK covered with insects that drew blood and never strike, jump or appear in the least to suffer, but l don't like to get accustomed to that kind of life. And let me here say that there is no need of it. With little care and thought in pulling the house it need not be expensive-almost any of the cottages at Pine Grove would be very nice and sufficient here, only the doors and windows should be protected with gauge wire, and the bed with
 fine netting-you can defeat the insect tribe and can have comfort here in the summer. Any man can work hours enough here any season of the year. Instead of putting every thing in land the new conner had better be contented with 40, 60 or 80 acres, which will be land enough to make hlm rich if he proper lY cultivates, and devote what means he can spare in building comfortable cottage, get
 ting team, wagon, ploughs, etc. Ifyou de
 pend upon hiring your teaming done by the Cracker you will be vexed beyond measure, There is no enterprise in them nor depend
 ence to be placed upor them, Educate, Ed uCdtS1 OS LuO WotSh-"OlO Ill AtA SAe south, schools are multiplying, and teachers are in great demand. With all the objections that might be and are urged against this coun try, think any one who will come here and work cannot do better in any other new coun try oa the face of the earth Land is here ir abundance that can be homesteaded or pur
 chased cheaply, (unless it is improved) The land is easily cleared. The pine land will av
 craze about 50 trees to the acre. The hum
 mock land is harder to clear up, but will amp
 ly repay for the labor Eveeything brings z
 high price. It would not take healthy
 industrious man more than five years to get g place so well developed that he would not ex change it acre for acre with the thrifty farmer of Dutches Co.,, New York. The land doe. not cost but little, and it can be yours without a mortgage hanging over it to devour it. But the northern man must bring his civilization with him-he will find but little here. Ht } must come to labor, and then he can live 1T , hope of an easy, comfortable future. My
 s9ns, Preston and Eugene, Ike st here aaf