The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-19
sonE SURPRISES
which 0reos n]ortherncrs on Visiting
Florida,

some SURPRISES
which aree, northsrners ON visiting
xes r.. s4.. R 'e"
A Palatka Fla letter says: At almost
any book store In this State you can buy a
score Of books, pamphlets and periodicals
devoted exclusively to Florida topics.
Some Of them contain q good deal OF infor.
nation. Yet, having read all OF them,
tho northerner In Florida Is continually
coming upon facts that are new and sur.
prising 10 him. You may be surprised:
To observe that q region which was dis.
covered nearly four hundred years ago, and
Is said to be 90 inviting 10 man, has found
90 few to accept the invitation.
To find Notwithstanding oil yon baye
read concerning Florida winter the Janu.
ary sun go warm at midday.
To hnd lin view OF all you have read) a.
few wild or cultivated blossoms thriving In
tho SUMS rays, and 80 little fragrance In
them. tN5 =
To find SO few birds, barring hawks and
other birds Of prey, warmed into a voice
iul mood by the aemi.tropical sun-to find
90 few birds OF any description.
That the duration OF twilight Ia 30 brief.
To find how little covering you require
on your bed upon retiring, and to find how
much covering you wish you had when you
wake up toward morning.
10 see, upon going outdoors, that the
ground Is not covered with frost, and that
the flowers (such as they are) are not killed,
To note how little soil there Is, and how
many empty tin cans there are above the
sand.
To see orange trees, with rich green
leaves and loaded with yellow fruit, grow.
ing out Of the gray sand.
To come across gardens In which plants
and vegetables are growing In great variety
luxriantly in this same sand.
To observe that 80 few persons have these
tlourishing gardens, and to etold that not
many can afford to buy the quantity oil
fertilizer this luxury calls for.
To find tho sidewalks shaded by orange
trees weighed down by tempting golden
fruit,
To discover that this golden fruit is wild
oranges and very Sour.
To be told that strangers should be
careful about drinking much Of the water
at first.
10 learn how little self.denial the observ.
ancs OF this caution calls for.
To see how yellow most Of the native and
acclimated citizens are.
To discover before long that you are
turning yellow yourself.
To note how few persons there are who
are past 70years Of age.
TO see 80 many idle negro men; to OBJ.
serve that nearly all Of them wear heavy
woolen caps, and to learn that their heads
are atjll cold.
To be told by 30 many Of them tina. they
were "bo'n in do no1f:"
That the negroes on the docks cant
work without making such a bedlam.
That they can do any work while max.
ing It.
To discover that your water-tight tor
boots leak sand, and 10 Le told that every
body's boots and shoes contain more OF
less sand.
10 be forced to the conclusion that
wherever there is Rand there are red ants
also.
To hear the voice Of the nocturnal mos.
quito in mid-winter.
To wait in vain for him to settle down
and bite, 30 hat you can get a whack a
him, and to be told in the morning that
mosquitoes haven't energy enough in win.
ter to do much biting.
To find yourself wondering whether
they, too, are yellow and bilious.
To be assured by a plain and candid.ap
pearing white man that the mosquitoe.
were 50 thick here last summer that they
not only darkened the air athigh noon, bu1
put out the lamps which we're lighted in
the stores.
To find that there are bigger and less
harmless liars than he in nearly every
neighborhood.
To have to fight 80 many flies in thu
houses in the winter.
To be told that the flies do not come int
the houses in the summer.
To reflect that you permitted yourgelt tt
be surprised at this information, when i.
would have been so much moro rea ION
able to assume that your informant lied.
To come face to face in the sandy vii
derneas with a pack otgaunt, bony, ehagg,
beasts Of almost every color and resemp
ling nothing you have ever seen before.
To be informed afterward that they wert
Mr.. Julius Lemons shoats.
To be assured that Mr.. Lemon and hi
family contemplate eating them ultimately