The Hazlehurst signal., 1885-11-05
oAPE COD.
A 0soeraphical Maifermstion Specially
Adapted for Modern sugar Refinery.

AuaptOa hos esSsos" p~es.
It Is not known exactly who discov.
cred this geographical malformatiou.
so that tho blame can be laid at no ones
door. So the discovery has como to DO
regarded more as general misfortune
Than o crime. It Is not my purpose to
describe tho cape with view to boom.
ing II as . summer resort, for In spite
Of tho fact that am humorlst BY
necessity. ! have still leavening OF
humanity In my composition which
hinders from driving tho good public
into trouble and discomfort. / havo
heard vague rumors concerning tho OK
stencc of o hotter locality but they are
not mentioned in any standard work on
the division OF the earth's surface. /
havc no inclination to trample upon The
province Of historians and naturalists
by telling how tho fcrocious Goldfish Is
hunted and slain In his native junglcs
by eager sportsmon. nor do / wish to
explain how tho clipper smoked her.
ring Is shared. Tho ono idea which
,ompcIs mo to write of this Sahara an.
mex Is Its wonderful growth Of sand. II
there Is any one thing for which the
whole country can look 10 Cape Cod. II
is sand. We often hear that such and
such man has no sand. This shows
conclusivcly that lie owns no property
On the Cape. There IL only one thing
that can approach Cape Cod As pro.
ducer of sand. and this honor statistics
yield to the early strawberry. A gen.
tleman who owns an extensive sand
p:sturagc there. assured mo a few days
ago that 1t needed no cultivation and
would grow perfectly wild, in fact that
the less cultivation 1t received the bot
tor It seemed to thrive. He also assured
me that hc mover felt the least anxiety
about frost or drought. 1t has been as.
serted that the product is indigenous,
but reports having got abroad that an
early Governor OF Massachusetts, first
brought 1t over, detectives were set at
work to investigate the allegations, and
At the present time claim to possess
several valuable clews which seriously
implicatc persons In high positions.
Tho chief product next to sand In
which Cape Cod exccls Is the cranberry.
sort OF q compromise between q cur.
rant and q buck.shot, being q little
more acid than the former, and u good
deal harder than the latter. A great
many physicians practice msdiclne and
raise cranberries at the same time. j
will not say why this Is. as was q
guest Of doctor while thcro on visit
I was lately offered some land on the
Cape for ono cont per acre. but before
had an opportunity to clinch tho bar.
gain. ! received another offer ono cent
less, which had the effect OF restraining
me from acquiring any Cape Cod prop.
erty. lit gets lower I may take up o
few acres at some future time.
Although 1t Is private affair and In
all probability Of little interest to the
public, have merely mentioned 1t to
show how cxtortionate the prices for
New York City land arc when COM
pared with Cape Cod soil. While trav.
cling through this divine oversight J
was forcibly struck with the idea that
no more suitable place could be found
to start n sugar refinery; aud having a
friend In that business brought away
few Of the choicest samples l could
pluck, which my wife assures me give
better results in making cake than the
brand we have been In the habit OF
using. Sam