Smyrna times., 1882-12-20

VIII hang on the trees all Winter in q
sound condition, and the young fruit
Will come out ON the limbs lust the
same in the Spring as though the fruit
mad been gathered. There is no period
wnen the sap of the tree returns into
the roots; it flows continually, conse-
quently freezing bursts the bark on
the body and all of its branches.
When this fact is understood if ex-
pIalns the philosophy of freezing kill
ing the orange trees, 1t may seem
paradoxical to say that light frosts "a
few OF them only kills the insects on
them) which you know occurs at tho
temperature of 42' from that to 38 Or
90 1t will stand a few and hold both
irult and leaves, but when it touches
02, 2S or "a the tree commences slow
ly to die. Two frosts occurred last
week on Thursday and Friday morn
ing but being of the character abovo
described the trees show no SINGS of
damage, The oranges hanging so lone
oh Che trees is very accommodating
and profitable condition of things. nre.
venting gluts and giving the owner
the choice of any day in three months
10 gather and ship his fruit, and it will
carry TO any port in the world. If the
keeping and carrying of Delaware
peaches were on similar conditions tho
land of the state would be much moro
valuable.
OTHER PRODUCTS.
oranges are not all that is profitable
IN FLORIDA; lemons, lines, pineapples
and the bananas come in for a place 40
well as early market gardening.
Ihe first appearance of lettuce. rad
isnes and kale with jowel, is daily on
the Dill of fare at the hotels. and the
poisoning vines will give ripe straw
berries IN thirty or forty more days in
middle Florida. Jacksonville is NOT
considered very full when it has five
thousand northern people comfortably
quartered for the Winter either for
nealth or for the enjoyment of the
saluDrlous cline" and the pleasure
OF rejecting on their escape from the
snow banks of the North. Palatka
Green Cove Spring, Sanford and other {
points farther South, are fitted up for {
northern tourists on a scale more or t
less grand and Jacksonville no longer {
menopolizes the business.
TRIP TO THE HEADwATERs OF THE {
ST. JOHNS RIVER. &
Soon after the discovery of Florida bv a
sebastian Cabot in 1897 it became the c
theatre OF some of the most thrilling $
historical events: it was the coveted Q
land OF all warriors and conuured e
held, and said to be settled in turn bv a
the Spaniarls, the French and the a
English. No sooner did either one of
those great powers become involved v
III war than an expedition was fitted u
out to destroy st. Augustine. OF course a
the only object attained was the humil- IL
latlon OF their antagonists, but the poor G.
florldlans poured out their blood as o
the custom was in those davs. until g
the last man was massacred to CRAFTY n
military revenge, and establish an ft
event that should be remembered. p
during that intervening period of IL
more than three hundred years, except OF
10 the time of the United States ST
purchase in 1919, the bosom of the al
historic st. Johns river alternately bore is
the fleets of those contending armies II
but the boom of cannon has long since In
ceased to reverbrate along her shores. +
Neither did the mild scepter of the ST
stars and stripes establish the arts of ro
peace but thrust upon us the long and su
bloody Seminole war, than whom Gen In
Jackson never found foemen more ar
worthy of his steel. Three hundred he
seminole warriors Qndiansl still live st
WITH their squaws and pappooses, semi
lvllized, on their reservation on the co
lead waters of the St. Johns river. and sal
" the treaty stipulation, the Tribe has eX
me representative of their own nation toI
nd choice in the House of Representa- pr
ives of the Legislature of Florida nc ing
Ong as the tribes shall live. Or
1t has been two years since / first
aw middle Florida, reached it by this
anne route,-one hundred and thirty
niles south of Jacksonville and nearly
wenty-four hours ride.
1t is with pleasure that observe the of
improvements in the growth of towns Do
well as increase of freight and travel Ro
nd the improvement in the number REP
nd style of the steam boats. some of est
'hich are running with electric lights. las
lrowing their livid glare on the tropi- rec
II shores producing an effect most in
Iblime. inn
ALLIGAToRs. reg
The sight of Jumbo would scarcely esti
as exciting to a boat load of passen- Wi
ers as the sight of ten foot alligator urg
the river bank. 1t is impossible to the
strain them; male and female, old and to
'ung rush on the scene in q general the
rambse for place. They are one of ser0
orida's most attractive curiosities, by
I'd are only seen during the hours in the
hich they take their sun bath, from of A
A. NJ. to 3P.M. The nine that wero follC
en- enroute, sluggishly moved their M
ack shining forms into the river bv Cas-
e time the boat had gotten fully HAY
posite to them. Rifle practice at vii
em from steamers deck has been re- ara,
aimed as they are growing noticeably tant
lrcer from the fact that on the small coul
tributaries they are being numerous Ken
captured by means of red light in en-,