The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-12-31
CORRESPONDENCE.


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EprroR JouKxAL
Nov IL the Water OF our discootsl
made glorious sum msr" The weather
% charming In these vipssr days Of ID
oember ~ to tempt one to rsvel in its On
joyment We know nought Of winter. "
len our winter robes and fus In The win
Try cline OF Vermont. Alaska With Il
richness Of seal skin, 10 without value hei
in this CLINE. and furs are only food "a
moths To ~ nortbsrpsrs. this summs
like temperature 10 conducive 70 neglect Q
indifference TO labor. mental or physical
One IL 10 danger Of becoming indolent IN,
Of falling into the luxurious ways Of u
people Of The "old south" think II 70,
were here. you vonld wish TO spend ! life
time in 90 charming climate Ladie
walk about with parasols. and in dresse
Of white material. - il In the northsri
midsummer The Temperature H. liz
June. about 80o 1t tbs present time. ON
day last week the thermomstsr marked ~
The usual aferAgs for the year 10 abou
76a. In conversation With people from
the north. who have spent the whole yeal
10 Florida, all affirm that they suffer less
from extreme heat In the summer than 81
the north. Refreshing breeses are waited
over the land, cooled by contact With the
many hundreds Of lakes scattered through.
out this part Of the state. - we'll - from
SEA and gulf. on either side. The Atlantic
to the east is about forty miles from Win
ter Park and the gulf 70 the west is about
eighty miles. These ocean and gulf brsezes
are cooling and refreshing; and. laden u
they are with the balssmic odors Of the
pines, they carry "hsslth and healing on
their wings." making - pure an atmos-
phere as can be found on the face OF the
globe. Recent rains. falling like the gen.
tie summer showers Of the north, leave
all nature smiling and luxuriant. At this
season OF the year we are sitting, from
time to time. in the open air, without COW
ering on our heads, shaded by orange and
banana trees, which hang plentifully with
fruit. And how we are tempted TO reach
out and pluck this fruit; but the Law and
our conscience say no.
Florida. - I have said in previous let
ter. has been, until comparatively recent
period, somewhat unexplored and un-
known land. Within the easy recollection
Of many now living. there were but . very
lew people here. In tho census Of 1880
here was only q population ofabout 1000
md nearly half OF this number were the
,olored people, who were almost wholly
'laves; there were also many Indians, bat
lot included in this estimate. The total
enumeration Of the people in the census Of
$3.50. made the population Of the state,
bout 10000. It is now growing rapidly,
md New England spirit and enterprise
nth the capital Of wealthy men in the
lorth and west. will make Il state second
o but few in our Union. 81. Augustine,
i this state is one Of the FIRST settled
'laces 10 our country. This part Of tho
tate was visited BY the white man - early
. 1912, more than ono hundred years bar
ore the presens city Of Boston was known.
However. but little progress towards .
sttlement Of the state Wa made, and for
century or more, history il silent in rela.
ion 10 this land Of flowers and summer. |
he name Of Florida WAS given TO The state |
, these earliest visitors. who were Span
lrds; the name itself. signiiying fiowery
r flowers.
New England enterprise is bringing new
10 into this so long dormant land; and |
our own little state Of Vermont is po-
mt factor in this work. II is well known |
lying, that Vermont is great state in |
no sense . great State TO smigrate from |
and this spirit Of emigration has found
field for It's enlargement here in Florida. |
nd now, what shall We Gay Of its futurei
Is progress is rapid and sure. aud its fu.
ire has the promise Of great results.
lorida will, ere long. become one Of the
ost important states Of our Union; every
ing indicates progress; villages and
ties are springing mp ell over the state;
tractive cottages line the shsres Of the
any beautiful lakes; imm ense hotels ars
ling built. boarding schools. academies
ID colleges are being rapidly established.
migration is fast filling the state with
rifty class OF people, who have come to
az. These come not only from our own
untry the north and west-but from
aglsnd, Scotland. Sweden. Germsuy and
her lands. II is the mecca" indeed Of
any peoples, and its name Ia becoming
Town in oil parts Of the earth. The cap
lists o; the north and west are bringing
sending millions Of dollars TO this state
: investment, and with this capital
me brains. . very essential element
wards success. Very much money 10 10.
sted 10 the great groves Of mango trees.
me OF them Of vast extent. Winter Park /,
10 the county Of Orange, 70 called, be-
use II is The county in The state for or
&c growing. Within mile snd 1 half
our viliAes there are Hourishins about
y thousand orange trsse, and greater I
Itancs from n. there are orange gr Owes !
my acres 10 extent many of them grow
) over ten thousand trees 10 grove A )
,dsrsts average growth u about 1000 !
lnsss 70 tree. on young trees. Older i
4 large trees have bssp known 70 bsar
. thousand oranges; and one tree. The
gest in Florida--six fsst three inches 10
10 aid 10 bear from ten 70
slvs thousand Of this luscious fruit
ID year. One tres Of this prolific stamp
uld furnish Manchester's orAsge eating