New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-21

CONCLUSIONS. FAR-FETCHED AND OTHER
WISE.

W.
,or NAV have heard something like 1t before. but
tbe trutb has become particularly luminous TO me
of late On every side see prncey estates which
cost the owners nothng-f time be nothing, anu
il doesn't seem to count for much down beic n"'
otbsr country ever thought of giving man a nun
drsd and sixty acres of land for simply setting On
III And then let him put any price on II that nc
plsasedf There are literally no bounds 10 inc
wealthwhich an industrious agricuturist can acquire
by simply marking up the price OF his property 0VoiS
MIGHTY Tho weak and effete monarchies oil Europe
go ossred their subjects scheme like this. If
one were permitted to cruise in tho PACING ocean
and enter upon some island which no one else
<houpht worthy of occupation, that was all lheio
the patsrna Office ended. And you were iar i'o'"
Florida and canned provisions Nor were you p'o,
tected The next cannibal that came along cou'o
lump your claim-jump you, too for tnat ih"'.ei'
And there is neither dress nor redress ia these p
tive courts In Polynesian practice title 10 roar
estate is good if the former owner or occupah. mas
been eaten If he has been digested lprIiaa iaoio
evidence of an agreement between the partlesl l.
considered as put on record, establshea poyonu u''
mite Any other form of quit-caim or warrahtee
ss.a g. nnnecessarv. The new settler has become
.a;zed of his property in feed simple And 10 inc
nioneer of ordinary taste who does not know IN
dead inst how he would taste-this summary foim
of dispossesson does not offer much iuouceheh'
TO 90 prospecting homesteading Ill the "o'uo'
Why 20 theSerinGeed, when one could SCI up Ills
altar and His ires/sArer to, Jacksonville ana hot
much further frot4 New York y Set them up where
industry and Ddifferense to mosquitoes couid ou'
produce legitimate results. Why~not pu'id up "
home whore you can seh out to some STRANGER WI.
thinks ho can make more out OF it than you can
And then board for the rest OF your ile a' So' i'
class hotel Oh the sea coast
TEE REAL ESTATE BOOM
Alas no Government can so on giving a hundred
and aixty acres of arabic land to each applicant
oreyer and ever. The golden eggs in time oecome
carce even if the goose do not give out Inc most
desirable lands in Florida have already been home
steaded and are now to be bad but by pnrchase
And it takes powerful purchase to GUST the orig
inal settler, if haply he DO still III possession fo
the idea is abroad that winter homes " have SUD
denly become imperative to householders at the
North. 1t is forgotten that a great many famiiies
have hitherto wintere1 as far North as Maine
That there are some comfortable winter homes IN
Nev-York-a few even in Boston. Nor does 1t seem
to be remembered that in the valleys OF the vest
and along the hilsides of the East there are num-
Der of smiling and producing acres on which one
can simmer as we'll as winter-live all the year
round. if necessary. And tins with the advantage
of having railroads already built telegraph poles
set and butchers within reach as regular thlng
while stereopicon shows. circuses. and lecturers on
the Beautiful come round occasionally Oh, my
faith in Florida is firm. very firm but am not pre-
pared to admit that land two days travel from
Jacksonville is worth much as it is within thirty
minutes of New-York; that orange growing as a
National industry Is destined to supplant grain or
the pineapple to outshine the potato
The present price of property in Florida is all
along of an astronomical article in The Centmya
month or two ago. fancy. In this article it was
injudiciously stated that the earth gradually cool
ing. is rapidly approaching the conditions which OBJ
tain in the moon and it darkly limited that not
very many more millions OF years would roll their
rapid round before animal life and vegetable Ilfe
succumbing to the intense cold which threatens
will become extinct on this planet Floridans sup
posed seemingly. that this looming possibility will
send folks southwark with a swirl. AS the earth
is indisputaby colder at the ends safety, 1t is
argued lies in the middle. So heartn-stones will be
transplanted-which will be good thing Tor Flor
ida as there are fire-places here now-and pa
rents who wish to leave their children comfortably
Off will leave them as the equator as possible
As for me, if the bottom is going to drop out of
things as it has out Of the moon even the river
beds and iake-basins up there do not seem to hold
water-I do not want to hold real estate anywhere.
II there were mo way for it but to be property
owner, I'd about soon think of acquiring few
acres in the moon as in Florida. They'd be little
more beyond my reach If really minded and able
to 20 as high as it necessary in either case
for it. I'd try Mars.
CANOEING OTHER JOYS.
II ia a marvel, q miracle, to me how the yellow
sand of this country can grow anything-even
oranges A few inches of light soil and then sand,
sand. down to the centre of gravity. No man in his
senses one would say could ever think of planting
such land But men in their senses are not always
the who make the money now That THIS soil
because I've eaten them. If seeing be believing eat
ing makes thing dead sure. And am now firmly
persuaded that Florida can grow anything-even
The land, yes, but never the water. And when /
say Florida do not mean the Indian River. This
slice of the State is unlike thing else In teither
In the marshes, or under the marshes along the
edges or at either end 1t is breezy and blOwy But
there IS no dust to blind one Bermuda grass takes
aggressive Seriousness and giving you something
to look at greeneI than the arrivals from Athens
lGeorgIa not Greece) or Bethlehem pennsylvania,
not Jndea) in search of climate and sile thatll
grow uringes." From the hill on whose top now
sit writing-when ought to be out fshng-I see in
the distance dancing waves, nearer at hand tossing
palm tops. What comfort this blessed palm tree
Is on hot day--it so suggests fans On my lett
hand is a great live oak. nearly smothered in the
embrace.of an Indian rubber tree which, like a 1.-the
serpent enfolds and embraces the huge but helpless
trunk with its remorseless roots Equally fond but
by no means harmful air plants perch on the
upper branches, drawing no more nourlshment from
the tree than china cups do from shelf, and doing
tangled tufts and tassels of the gray Florida
dange in the air. when stirred by the wind the
suggest the bleachen boards OF hanged pirates
And whole fleets of lately launched butterflies, with
streaming pennants and gayy painted sails go drift
ing by Poor butterflies. In fresh breeze they
remind me OF canoests. Nature has been niggardiy
to them in the matter Of centreboards, and theiI
rudders makesbift affairs at best, so when they
down helm It is not always certain that they'll gel
chances are that they fetch up against the wrong
tree.