The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-02-23
FLORIDA LETTER.
JAKsONvILLE, Fla, Feb. IA, 1884.

Arriving in this city last night at ten
O'Clock all safe, was somewhat surprised
to fad every hotel and private house full Of
people, and after wandering about the
street looking for place to sleep, met
over hundred walking the street in the
same boat without a place to lay their
heads After trying for over two hours,
found in the Office of the st. Johns hotel
two sJfas with head .ni 70 It boards for use
in sc of change enis as one might wish
during the night in finding the softest side
or end US the case might be. l paid $l.25
for the privilege of using each with my
grip fr pillow, and, at last, after think
ing OF men and woman that we're looking for
the glorious privileges was enjoying and,
alter being aroused several times with the
question II l wished to dispose of my bed,
| at last fell asleep only to be aroused by
the day clerk, sying must get up and
dress as it was aylight; so you ste others
come to "Florda" besides Cairoites. SO
dressed and went out to hunt up Mr.. c.
Pink, who had not made his appearance at
his "cOl" at | 80 o'clock this morning.
found him reading the paper at the Everett
house, and the first word he said vas the
river is II ieet At Cincinnati. lie pulled
out m ssage from Ed. Pink, saying, go
to Orlando; everything all .. K, and re-
mtrking don't you think that somewhat
'Fishy," Mr.. Pink lett for up the river
to.isy, and 60 in the morning. But
almost overlooked the point, started out
to write You About, it WAS this: While in
Cairo | saw An article in the Farmer and
Fruit Grower of January 23rd, giving
Florida II frst-class "dombing,' regarding
how greltIy it was overestmated in the
trul, and vegetable growing business
Now as | know there are few in Cairo
who think the same, allow me to say Mr..
Fink and myself visited the place of our
town,man, DcsRocher, who has seventeen
as pretty and rich acres of land on the
Kings road, about two miles from the riv-
or As WAS ever .en, and must say we were
b,tn taken on sight with his pretty place,
and, after going IN and looking through his
house walch he Is placing in tine repair,
he askc US To % and see TO: ourselves
what seed es.-pl,nt, cucumber and
squrh would d. planted February 9Th and
this the l4,h, just six days from placing
the seed IN the grouli. | must say we
found them all up too a height OF and
4 inches with four L. ,ves each on the M
We then visited his berry patch
and found small Cluster of
leaves OF plants in about ten thousand diff
ferent hills aad such berries we never wit
messed before as each pllut was loaded to
its fullest capacity. After looking
at veget ,bles, new potatoes and such
like, orange trees, peach trees AMI liz
bushes all in fne CON iition, we We're in
vited into dinner by the ladies in charge
and we were seated before as nice a dinner
as ever saw, aud you will allow me to say
thought shOHid never get Mr.. Pink TO
leave the table and must say he did not
leave the table until he had finished all
the Gigs" in sight AMI went 80 far as to ask
for the second dish of tea and fgs; and
after climbing to the top most part of the
house roof with hat off exclaimed, think
| am growing fstter every day. He was
coaxed to lie; up on the figs and come down.
When our frisn DesR1che brought out hi
horse aud wagon aud we returned to town.
All the orange and fruit trees are now
putting forth blossom or leaf, as though
ice had never been known in this section,
also al'w me to say saw Lew peas that
we're twelve inches high, planted seed just
one week, which is far ahead of anything
know of near Cairo and if the Farmer and
Fruit Grower wishes any proof of these
statements let it ask both Mr.. DesR ,che
and Pink On their return next week to
Cairo hope the water that is doing so
much damage at points above Cairo will
fad near cut aud leave dear OLD Cairo
high and dry. But should any of my old
friends wish to leave and come to the land
of flowers just say for me l viii! give to
each and every one who will come to
Wahneta and ba'ld house will present
them town l@t free of cost, 81 by 100
feet deep, high aud dry with fine Lake
Alfred IN view. Hoping to keep you posted
once every month with all the changes and
improvem 'nts that occur at Wahneta. |
must say hope you may miss all trouble
OF water this time. Yours respectfully,
WALT. WRIGHT.
THE undersigned being about to remove
from the citv will sell nj nufIic au,t;o,