Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-26

Der last by Capt. W. H. Mann. from
Illinois. There were seven or eight
beautiful lakes in sight and good
orange and vegetable lands all round.
Was there two days.
March 10. Came to st. Augustine.
That old Spanish looking town, with its
stately looking buildings and narrow
streets. We looked over the old fort,
the cost of which nearly bankrupted
Spain Passed through the soldiers
barracks and cemetery, noticed three
pyramids. under which lie the bones of
l07, under Major Dade who were mas
sacred BY the Seminole Indians under
oceola in the wilderness, near the Ocla-
waha river.
March 10. Attended mass at the old
Spanish cathedral and the Episcopal
church in the morning. At night we
went TO the Colored Methodist church.
1t was filed with strangers. They have
an organ and colored choir who make
as good church music as / ever heard.
This is what calls out strangers. The
colored preacher did very WELL In con-
clusion he said, eve want to raise $500
and we must do this during the season
of strangers. Now, we want to raise
S25 tonight | once heard stranger
ask citizen what the people of St.
Augustine lived on He did not see any
manufactures or any other productive
industry. The native said, 'In the
winter we live on strangers and in the
summer we live on fish" / think it
hardly as bad rs this, but nearly so.
The plates were passed round, the
result was S23.90. ''The preacher said,
as it was getting late they would take
no pains to raise the other Sl.10; but if
any one would come forward with the
money it would be accepted
March u. We went up the Matangas
river Is miles to the seashore. The
Matangas, Halifax and Indian rivers
are formed by inlets from the ocean
and are separated from it by narrow
strips of land and from each other by
low lands. These are being conpected
by canals, when this is done there will
be inland navigation along nearly the
whole coast of Florida
March -. Came to jacksonville
again, and on the 14th at $40 p. m we
started for home, which we reached on
the night of the 18th without incident.
We We're at many places not mentioned,
andwerein Florida ten days. We should
have been there at least ten weeks; and
we would have had to have been very
busy to have satisfied ourselves, with
viewing in that time. Perhaps, we
went i'll the best season, if a person
wants to spend few weeks roaming
over the country, then the weather is
delightful; the waters are low, there is
no danger of malarial diseases, and
there are no insects to annoy, and ma
ture is putting on her spring robes.
If a person is at leisure and wants
TO escape the severity of the winter
here, of course, he should go in the fall.
Here we have two months fall, four of
winter, two of spring and four of sum-
mer There, autumn is merged into
spring and spring into summer, with
hardly check TO mar the transition
And now let me say: If any one
wishes to feel at home in Florida, and
wants to find good location withall,
let him call on Capt. Mann, of Man
vile, 10 miles west from Palatka, on the
F. S. r. r. or let him visit Mrs. Lungren
of Lungren, three miles east from
Volusia, or if he would have good
neighbor, let him get near Mr.. Nj. I.
Young, three miles north of Volusia, or
if he has anything TO ship in that Vi
cinity and would have it done with care
or any other business in his line, let him
call on Mr.. M. H. Bridey, of Volusia,
and, | think, in either case he will not
be disappointed.
Mr.. IDA, Wis, March 20, 1888.