Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-06-23
Florida.

For more than six years I have had
a desire to visit Florida. In February
last decided tc make the trip as early
in the spring as | could. My object in
taking the trip in the spring was to see
the country when it looked its worst,
knowing if | could like it well then 1
would certainly be delighted during the
other seasons. 1t may seem strange to
some why spring is the most unfayora-
lie time to see Florida. After mo-
ment's reflection the problem is solved i,
In the spring nearly all the fruit raised
in the State is sold and shipped to New
York. Yes, New York buys almost
all FlOrida's fruits and vegetables, and
could handle four times as much if
Florida had it for her to handle, and
by the time Florida raises four times
what she now produces, New York
can have facilities for handling four
times as much fruits and vegetables as
she can buy of Florida. So you see
the demand for Florida products is in
creasing much faster than the supply.
In the spring the country is not only
Invested Of its fruits, its chief source
of revenue, but most of the early veg
etables are in market during March
and first of April. The fruit trees have
all bloomed and put on new crop.
The earliest, and, l presume, the most
rare flowers bloom in the winter, the
time when flowers are appreciated.
Then in spring time everything seems
comparatively dull, as the tide of i'm
migration is smaller than it is even In
summer. The the tide of immigration
is so great from 1st of September on
that every train is crowded to overflow
ing, as are the hotels and boarding
houses in all the towns and villages.
All this makes business lively, money
plenty, and gives the laborer all the
work he can do at good wages.
Florida is the Italy of America, and
sustains the same relation, SO far as
natural advantages are concerned, to
America that Italy does to Europe.
history of Europe, so Florida does in
the history of North America. St.
Augustine on the Atlantic coast is the
oldest town in the United States. In
the year 1912 Juan Ponce de Leor
sailed from Porte Rico and landed al
st. Augustine on Easter Sunday and
named that part of Baccaloas Florida
Various reasons are given why de Leor
so named the place. suppose it wa
because when he first saw the land i
was covered with flowers, and henc,
"the land of flowers"
There is but one Florida, and it i
becoming known, not only in this coun
try, but all over the world, and peopl
from the various States and from vari
Gus lands constitute its principal inhah
) itants.
] The climate of Florida is well adap
ted to mans health and happiness. /
is not hot in summer, but mild, an
. not subject to great changes. Tn
: winters are not cold and freezing, bu
: uniformly cool and bracing. The con
: slant daily breezes from the ocea
modify the heat in summer, and he
J sultry night is unknown here Thes
D delightful breezes not only keep tn
; air pure and cool, but ,evaporates tn
{ perspiration so rapidly on the body {
e to keep it at a uniform temperatul
u and in good condition. There are man
u rivers and lakes here, and the evapor
9 ton from these, and from the Gu
q near by on one side and the Atlantic {
II the other, rapidly absorbs the heat
is the sun. Sunstroke so frequent in Il
a cities and country North is never know
v in Florida among men, nor hydrophob
g among dogs.
* The rainy season of Florida is in Il
u summer, and the dry season in winte
ID Any locality possessing so agreeat
III and salubrious climate as Florida mt
ne also be healthy. The sickness ori
Us natiug here is almost exclusively caus
IN from malaria. [See SurgeOn-Genel
ID Lawson's report.
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