Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-08-01
FLORIDA LETTER.

EDrror BEAcoy: Thanking perhaps an o.
casional communication from me would no'h
on, of place and would be appreciated hy
friends there have decided to write again
and if agreeable will a, intervals flrni>h such
news Of our section n. can when my time i
no, too much employed otherwise.
There has been no rev Developments
since my las, except few new settlers have
come IN and commenced improving N earnest.
Every one who vis.,> on. place Is dc.'su'"'i
with i, and The cou";ry surrounding and say It
has alvantagc, over any other portion 81 the
Safe they have seen. high and rolling,
usually cpcn, generally pine. hat in ra'rhcs
We have the turkey or w..!,w oaE, i ir,c /
rs Tally from * 10 eighteen in,hes IN dame /
ter AMI from twenty-five To my Icer high; the .
soil here contains more vegetable matter and
is considered by some 10 he superior 10 the .
oren pine lands. One Of the principle adj .
MANAGES we hare over many portions o. the
Safe Is health There : no local oaGe here
that can find 70. sickness. Tie atmosphere
! is pure anu bracin- and for all suffering rom
! 1atagrl, throat AMI lun, affection, ! DO not
think they could iird better or more suitable
I climate in tie world. We breath the pure
/ salt air from the Gul: of Mcx.co south wet
I and from tie Atlantic on the east and the
ozone given oil from these pines, bo,h e
which meet the indications for all such cases.
/ These conditions, together with The mild and
even winters we have, such as are seen IN
Italy, renders our climate superior imagine,
70 that for invaiils
The health Of Our section continues good.
Have had some little practice to do but fin!
the diseases of different natuTc, milder in
form than there. Some may say that our
country is so new and tLiuly settled tia, there
are very few TO &c, sick have noycr taaen
the time and trouble 10 ascertain tue rLt.bcr
o inhabitants in the neigi .borhocd but judging
fr IN the number of hands about forty, work
ing the public road, :herc seems to be 4 good
many.
There was a Part, Of three genilcmcn .cp>
resentns five wealthy families Eom middle
Ala, passing, By private conveyance through
to Marietcr County where they expected 10
get homes last week but thcy were 50 struck
with our section, its advantages, generally
that it only required little explanation or my
part rs 10 the pro1uciiycncss q the soil, tie
healthfulness Of the country, and the ex.iL.-
ton of some Of tie GouTiehiny old orange ard
, lemon groves to stop them mere. Our .own
, has no, been liyed out yc, bu, | have been
: assured By the Il. Il. Company thai ,he.r Ap,.
vii very soon be at this place to do the w"rk.
Had tbs been done these gentlemen would
= have remained longer and made all tier
! purchases. They returned 10 their homes
with promise from me to furnish them very
} soon with map ofthe town and the descfiP-
ton and price of forty acres Of land am 10
select ios them. They insisted on giving me
fifty dollars Per mere for I've G;c acre lots hall
mile from X. X. bu, know very soon it will
be worth more than double that amount.
The summer, 50 far has been very pleas
ant indeed, more so than al any place haze
= ever seen. Tie nights arc perfectly delightful
! never sulry AMI hn, Int always 4 nee brce=t
: ard do no, see Why i; siocld no, be sum
mer resort here as well as a resort in winter.
n meet cur old friends occasionaIly-prs
v Noble and Liddel. They both seem please,
n with the country. Dr.. Liddel lives at Dad
u City, quite a little village, distance Of eigl
IL or ten miles Lorih 0: ne, lie is IN yer
tbicklv settled portion Of the country and seem
IS 70 be doing right well in his profession. On
: fees are settled here generally like ''Roweli
{ proposed to sell his peas, "WheI the peas z
~ the money mus; come" 1t really made me
little nervous the first inc was Offered Il
cash when was leaving ;he as, direction E
- tia, vi>i, with ny patient Have visited ID
Noble twice and find L.n vefy pleasant
y located in a Nee little village. Tie has son
nice hammock land near his house which
N co2s.derel very productive aad lie propose
"a | believe, to engage ~ the vegetable busine
as well as TO raise the orange.
y Oar Railroad Is nearing completion al
p. be running ;hrc ugh trains by some time
IL August or September. vii! say in concl
Ks sion hat we are all pleased with the coun'r
v the clim@;c and our future prospects and Gu
X like sol of orr tried and tue friends ne
l Us to make up the balance.
With bcs, wishes TO all remain
Is Yours Respectfully.
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