Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-01-17
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A Line Ecom De Land, Florida.
az E.}ibor:
Lelieve promised you, and ! Ger.
fainlv owe you this much, to send line
to your paper from my new home, IN TIA"
south. To y1ur townsman, my esteem
81 friend. F. Potts Green, Esq, and 60
other loved ones in your neighborhood'
have written some letters, still an open
letter in your columns will be read and
enjoyed by many Of my acquaintance
with whom ! cannot possibly hold pr
yate correspondence. Besides yours
isa nrrspaper and what | have to write
will be n>ss To most of your readers.
Would you credit it2 Florida is Hs'0
country. at least tli, part Of the state Is
putting on a nslr life and has a neV his
tory.
NY journey hi,her by steamship from
New York by rail from Fernandina, hy
river boat from Jacksonville up the ma
icstic St Johns. was quite interesting.
I could inter-t your readers with details
uF the journey, but | would just state
that on the sea, land and river, enjoy.
I'd myself huehIy, in fact travelling has
10 No a great charm, always.
Hrvir decided to locate near the city
nf DcLlnd. we bought a ten acre home
alittlc outside Incorporate limits. which
run mile every way from the center Of
this new and thriving city. The conn.
try. The velther, ,thcrmoneter ranging
from 20 to So day by day the emerald
grange trocs'studdcd with apples Of gold,
he produc.ivcnas- Of Florida -oil, which
-"cm- b1t q bed ol sand. the flowers that
aye budding daily in the open air, the
nncl,inr birds carol theis weird song.
t2c aucity and rapidity with which
vegetables crow even at this season. the
ia,.incs' air and ralid advance of our
ri.r, the new building .pringjur mp on
rsrry hand, the young groves and old.
Z" ines east. west, north and south If us.
NOR" than q dozen in view from orr yer.
,nIeh, al and each of these marvel.
would furnish material for q letter Of
-,mc length and with novelty equal to
b. novel. One thing would emphasize
a : here, giz Orange oultuc, in these
i.arts. Is nc longer an experiment. this
s., not only will produce oranges but
.- calculated to improve vastly. the i'm
.a-.rd varieties of European or tropical
Cane. This orange belt produces fruit
r-'ner rand more luscious than any known
pvt Of the glolel TIcrcabouts thus
Early, the growers are not satisfied with
,e kinds, but ere ambitious 10 secure
,n best varieties Of oranges. lIermosasas
iui ma.num bonums and arcadas sat
arnas y I'D tpngcriuc- or kid gloves that
1.. not the most delicate kids by being
ia.lled. anI many others are plenty in
Jle gro os around ua. No wonder the
Ie1ylc ~ H"cking in from every state
o. the UIi,n, and that the spacious
,leamb, ats an the S'. John are 40 over
7Ttsdel. WhcN We came np, in Novcm.
l,e-. there we're over 80 passengers on
..ar o3A. Asa proof Of the confidence
.t spi,ol.sts in his orange business, I
rGsy -Isto hat only the other day Mr.
D Land paid 10000 for the Gillian
,faperty, about q halCmile from my
b mes aud persons already assert that
>, couple Of years hence he will doub.
his Ais money invested there. This
@tnilc cnan owns many a mile of this
:, r.l heap and knows that it pays.
.good lately N grove, with trees most.
I, out years old from budding, and the
onaer beng asked on what terms he
would eel, vad 5000 per tree would
not empt me at all. A gentleman
stantiap near tbssrved, "why should IL 2
. - few agus hence each tree will ray
the interest on four times 5000
A. % climais just word. II is swond.
cflul 10 note the effect on persons very
far lne - you would say. 4 lady who
tray lei viih ~ from New York, had
g. ~ carried into the Grove House
Rh ! we arrived and was for long
wins quite nsenIble. II was remarked
tba hc I'D come to die here. The fact