Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-07

NC Pt4-
Accommodating WcaIIh-IBdigna-
tlOn over the LYDehIDg of the Muir
darern savage aud JS--eg-Sick1ess
Due 10 Too rIuch RsI9-M-'rria
and Nose utIOes - RduCsftOn in
West Florida.
TAU 'HAssEE, September Editor Morning
NeaeS: Among the thriving settlements in this
county ) tt at known as the Ssmonia, so called
from the lpke o. that name Ssmonia Lake is
in the northern par of son coun 7, in length
about seven miles from essL to west, and five
miles wide in some places. The lands GROUND
it re mostly hummock, and five
large plf ltatiops torder it. Some
~ .rGy-two years ago the waters Of the lake
ciseppeared b. subj sree chs1nel at its
Eorthe 4 Ak "e-o W. i fl, grassy bottom
sffordei fine pasturs-e IN, :. by the owe. dow
il sof The Ocklockone We, helske IVES again
Toll. Bv a Al e'eVeao the &c ks of the
Cck'oc )nee, proper - Gsee, his lake
coui- be kept rP,nsf. I'd -1ouse lds Of acres
OF exec '7nt a / oul1 he u ade available. For
more than thirty yeSIs scheme hrs been
liked O., but now LANES ere approaching
rapidly valLe, the tme is not ia 6ist ut
when this long = led OF project - be pre- til
y
The settlement aluded 10 is situated on the
nor ode OF tn lake, and consists, with few
exceptions, of the Original settlers who loca-
there forty years ago, End their descendants.
: fot bly, n no part of Leon county has there
+ IN so few CHI res C owner ship in lands.
Trey re Contented, fl ugs' people, + nd, hos
table and satisfied - = let we'll enough
clone" l was told ths. rot an IRE of Ia-d
could ! bought, { fled were they
With their pr -ent condition Over forty years
Ego the G. sme lie Bro'H e Mr.. On. :. Ben
neI maE nd Others settled there, wed, +hIived
o nd die !, E nd now their deSr ends1's, compriS-
ing gu a large community, supy the
home Ite e I and 'joiptrg nos One tnlpg
Oh mars tleir property, nd as the dis
An frotl m-.rket, 1t be 1g from Uwen-T to
twenty five mile distant, eft ter to T abe 9e
or 1hOme vile. Cops luen.lY the TIRE IL is
equally divided betv n tie Two place 1nev
ere clamorous Ter RI 'ror through that c.
tor, and ss lon - they are - sell
any of the Ion,s, a III aral conct on
would he made or heir equivE 'ent
in the stock of eve, re lat -light be con-
stl Ict ID in + a. d. lion. One Of the m st
Walker, a gsn- 1t ex-CCr 'erate. he COM
menc-1 pie 7ting r he war '. itn no capital
but bro ms end muscle. But ow, by industry
and Fl Igcf =, he heS 10 DF 4 a c0mpetency,
sud is IN N dependent circumst7 lces. F. ON
the beginpihs he 1e' u n'1ed not - rely ex-
clusvely on co'ior but - meke it
Sill ida y only a other wor's, he decided -
be farmer wei SIS pc II. latever he
me lie from CO.. ~ YES Gle lr &c Q. 'Jf."sFid
he to me, g do not make a br % Of cotton tl's
year, VII sti be dependent, for have
othe! lesoluc :"
MI Walker nps 80 devUt l considerable At
sntiOn - STICK r. ~ and be'iev, In he i'm
prove | Drt O. the Urban 4Or b5ef cattle
and the Alderhey for dali , pu Dose He is q 0
ra sing his oWA bo SEES and showed me, with
commeuf able p de, fine s. . ion OF his rails
ing, 'hii YRS sixteen ne 1ds high End but
little over three vee J Ole He lntenCs ex-
hib ting IN at l % Middle Florida Fair, in
Janua next, end without doubt will obi IN a
premium. 4 IN otder portions Of the county,
the ton crop in this section is not promis-
ing-t1o mucl re- n, being the upivers COM
pla'at. 1ne cat croD in the spring excel
ent, I'd Col. Braf Ord's thrC shing me- chine
was an ously looked for by those who he l
large que 1siti. to threshed and cleaned.
A7other thriving net -hb0rhc cd is hat of Mic
COS dle J. Mic cosUkee post office itself g quite
v''sge consisting Of dozen or more re0i-
dences, four store a neat little church and a
councillors school house. Before the war
there WIS but one store I'd Que or two dwell
iugs. But one s. IRE Pf,er e1other was sts L
ed, ard rice house OF woTF nip erected and
school horse built, a nrml OF planters from
the imms 'iata neighborhood remov their
residence hither until it IS no lon err a mere
famlet but quit hagc 1t IS town" to the
lr admen of the 81 round 1g oUnt.y. Before
was re seat of wealth end re-
fnemen' But -loUgh their wealth
t)ok W n ), the p' Ople e"e rapidly regeriDg
that WHICH they lost 90 more. Then our me
lapidet d. have been Thoroughly renovated, wh-'e
occe iona'ly on ONE comm" 1dino eminer "e
may be s. en- a stat " new DIVER ng, a suT3
evidence OF thTi-- au0 DTC pc 81. Both Mic
cosukee end Sonora v y wei repr ent ID
in exh bit at the coming + = in Je lrN J next.
lie former eSpeci2'y contribute fine
2mple1 of scupp 3rnong 1e. YVES Id til vt
one ts 1Y r. some of the v1t~ OF 1Si1-ive
yeats old. Finer scupper 1ongs 1 have meyer
IN then in that nei ~hborhoOt-51l y CqU to |
those Of North Caro- ls where they ere ID
RI q nWy
In nv = 81 / ment one - 1t an i1d'Suation
meet 9 40 have held by the negroes
on account Of the Wig ofSav. g I'd Jam
The m set lg W held on tee .9fl ult in the |
Capt. d square, I'd W. ado e 80 % G ove. lor |
Bloxhap A. rev Gsne-e' PEE, Mr.. PoDe, |
OF Nj On D. s. Wa'ler, j., q, OF mis- |
= re- 1At cloEd apr 30 , J = 'fed |
that tue Cove lor had done . : duvJ-offeriug |
a laI se rev fcr iue rThtra' 1rs OF re OUT |
rare, and quietly d SpSl TO che cred of |
aw-soid g community, t, l III the colored |
OU1numb = the wbt7r ? 'ur 20 ne, thorgh |
he former r"e5 MOTT Oil OF pJ't c-l 'osues |
sse T7tt1e at r, : ID thor - pr iz'u hate |
ome n p~'fied tb-oT"h j nor ice and |
re- e, yet 20 far neither - { have con- mitted /
a9v out Q. Bolh are lawab.diug, end know /
each benz CEN " ca 60 b" the feeling o. |
bi.lerne o 6 % ergendere become less |
la consequep } of the / equent rsins in the |
early pa OF llS sun M6T tu6Tb Is cOQSlu6I9Dl6
sickness n the countiJ. u : not, however of |
a dangerous tyrB but SIMPLY the old fe nioned |
"clill aud fever, thet lel( s readily to simple |
remed;t the sci VIC of physician often be- |
ing entirely uunt e T. la this citv we have |
but too physicr at GhiS time, which Of itfelf |
is sufficient proof tf9t TBS is he1lthy loca-
tior There are some here who have never
b an 93cima' ed, I'd though this Is their first |
summer they have so ter not ha E 1 attack of
maIarl sl fever
Flo. ida is regarded by some as home of
h
feverS. As to the j. II, our very penir sula
DOS, ton sbt OF itself to be proof against it,
1t is the hot days aud cool,o m nights that pro-
duce me y ria NoxiouS ga eS be. ng subdued BY
the heat during the day are pfecipitated by the
cold of hit. Hence ms's~iaI lever il more
common I fall t. sunni sr. But in Flo da
tn e noxious gases are d pat I'd by the de-
lgh' Ill GC'f I'd sea bre(Zet in 1e ever rig.
StlGisth IS well I Pc. soual observation show
that here II Middle Flo, ida I'd on the peni I
So a, malaI VI fever iS not PS| equent sS the
far int ,rior. A I'D what sna' / say of hose
tiny oests, the me quit :? / 5 voracious little
imp hOv cOnfned . latI Ide nor lon -LICe
L e the Auglo-ss xon he is found nearly every
where Ana yet in some local ties CT this
county OF Leon J g brs 2 is seldom hes I'd or his
sting feit. Macy fem II 1t / eve ' sit 1 |
never Us a mosquito net, ley ara not
troubl ; with these I welcome sitoIj
The Board of E1Ucatio for the West FloTGl |
Seminary have recently sued vel 7 credit
able pamphlet of lme if cen pages on the
deS On, purpose I'd course of Stacy 4 that
institution. A UnOuSe no copies have zen
pl 1ted and sent E" over the State. A r. ,ular
college curriculum he's been dopted, a compe-
: MT COZ % Of Il shel employ !, and henc4-
foI h en- Id 8 Iardie rs wi no longer be
L 1der the NJ sss =, Of N 'rg leir children
and We Is I } c'96ant ahoo'St aura OF 'sIpe.
rior wang :" Tbs s 1 age of progre-7,
? I'd the boa d ia lugct t le irspirat on.
improve | fe cilities for meut9 culture"
I leir motto. LEON.
2tanns aud DRAINS.