The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-08-08
Thuma>yle Enterprise, July le)
Three Months im jackson County.
West Florida.


Three Month. in jackson County.
West FiOriOa.
w. Edltor = Knowing that very errunenlls i'm
Irc>>"ns largely prevail concerning this bcIuli-
iul pDIIInn oi the green earth. would like Ia
give Nnu and vunr readers Il glimpse: of il through
an old mans spccaclts. Since The first nf last
April have Travelled over nearly every portion
ol hIs county, mlDgling with all CLASSES ni the
people publicly III congregations and privately
IN Iiicr homes observing their modes of life
ht.ilth, ccmorIs, intelligence and general char
acirr and nolinS the ASPECTS Ol the country in
every y nn oi view. | am free Ia confess that
| lciI hnmr expecting hard time in "A hard cOun-
trv Irxpccltrl to find bad water bad health, bad
filc and roIlgh life; but in all these respects
have been dtlIghc,l iO find myself mistaken
There parts ot th, country in which find "a
Inut u intelligence and culture as anyw here have
ever been, while everywhere have met with an
open handed and tree hclr ed hospitality that can
not bc surpassed anywhere in the world In some
places the waller Is impregnatcd with lime buI
The t,sIc is moi at all unpleasant, while in many
either neighborhools The water is sweet and cool
WITHOUT any perceptibe mineral ingredient. |
have mel with very lew SICK people, while my
own health has been GAcs'lleni. Contrary tn The
appIchcnsions of my Chil,lrcn and friends have
actually gained ten pounds in weight Remem-
bcT, am II spare built old man, and this is the
SUMMER srast,n.
ind here about five hundred square miles of
rs fine farming land rs have ever seen Corn
on much "f This land has already made twenty
I'VE !" inriy bushels per acre, and have seen u
good deal Ol coIon which promises Il bale la every
Iwo hcrcs. Some is even beIicr than This. The soil
othis belt is strong lime land mol very difficult
oi cultivation and almost incXhaustbe. Sugar
cane aud POTATOES produce abundanIly all over
the county.
About two-lhirds of the face Df the county is
pine land, very finely timbeled and covered with
"A mi \ In II fPr.a in ntI
cattle, sheep and goats for nine or len months
in Ille year and Keeping them alive the rest of
the time. | notice This mixture Ot grasses
something peculiar. There is some wire grass
but This cannot with propriety be called IA " wire
grass" county. In this range country pOpula
tinn is sparse and cattle abundant an,l of course
educational advantages very limited and The
people uncultivaled. II, however, poverty means,
as think il docs, d,situliOn ot The ncceSsarics
ol life, have found no pOr people here. The
IT, IL A. Railroad through this country div
iding it nearly equally. The grading Of This
road is completed and track laying progressing
hravcly. ln IA few weeks The scream of the
steam whistle will wake the echoes in these
grand old pine woods. Then jackson will be
brought into direct communication with the
greal world. aud within few years hundreds of
thrifty happy homes will be added To those al
ready existing within her borders. Inducements
are great iOr emigration to this section and il
will certainly come Land il cheap, ranging
from 81 To $40 per acre. The honest, industr l.
otis immigrant will find warm welcome among
the warm hearted people. Besides its imprOv-
ing and growing county town, Mariana, the
county has two delightful villages, Greenwood
and Campbellion, while others will doubtless
spring up along the line Of the new railroad
Upnn the whole, conclude this to be the most
attractive aud promising country ! have ever
found. w. +. WATTS.