The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-01-10

as her sister state may glory in John
s. Logan. Is the name of this IL
lustrous fellow citizen still unknown
to our readers? They shall no long
er be buried in ignorance so dark. Let
them then, elsewhere in this issue,
read his letter as copied fsom an OK
change in the native s.ate of this in
telIectual giant and they will realize
the boundles expanse of the latitu-
diUarian dimensions of this new CO.
lossus. He will be the latest edition,
for nature has broken the mould IN
which his brain was shaped.
Other men have been great before
John y. Wright, but he has beaten
all either records made by the inevi-
table visitor Who comes once a year
70 lie Oh Florida for charity to his
native statc. No other need apply
bcncefurth and fo-ever-the present
performance eau take the cake
Like ell other great Inen, his life
should be known, and we have the
highest authority for the following
brief notice complied at the cost OF
much trouble from those who know
him best.
John \. Wright, the subject of
the presen: memoir, first attracted
be attention OF his nriehhors III
llaquoke,a, Iowa, while Peddii"g
the books, circulars, etc, OF the Gulf
Coast Land Company. But q
prop;s, i, never recognized at home
and John i. Wright did not sell
foot Of land. Nevertheless he start
ell for Florida on December 9Th,
1885, was one week getting 10 Tar
pom Syringe, and was baci; on the
evening Of December 2+th ready for
his Christmas turkey. Yet he had
time g.. !aru a carefully digest
cl opinion of oar STATE, write =
/ letter from Tarpon Springs da
tel December goth 1885, aud
also pass back and forth. This how
ev ~ is only the first in .erie, Of
! performance. most wonderful, and in
r.auy respects unparalleled. Here
tofure philosophers have taught that
; the acquisition Of knowledge rcquir-
Ell time, but john a Wright over
turns all such preconceiyea opinions.
! IN Florida, 10 says, land-sharks are
hired 10 chear people who pay high
prices foy sand banks and then in
VS.. $500 ?sy aoya TO fcrtjlize them
t-Disston has invested one million
dollars that hr ialy haue = chance
to cheat al Who come south-set-
tiers can make nothing, yet buy
! ftors and tons Of meat, lard and
( butter from Armour IS CO., of Chi
caco"-invalils get better for year
and then dio-people use foul water
frnu wells TWO 70 three feet deep
it : colder at Tarpon Springs with
the thermometer at 81 above zero
than ~ Iowa 81 $50 below He
sau find no cattle where the nation
81 census returns report thousands,
ard he can see no good in Florida
except ~ a place where one may
speedily got rid of hi, family. He
then asks rs to believe that Tarron
Springs q, prot,;Iy situated in He'll
bore county five miles from the
/ GuIf," reaches horne 100 miles north
of Chicago IN IL days and tells
Us all this was done by ''yours for
truth, John y. Wright"
/ Glory TO John ~ Wright! he
h.- beaten them all-henceforth the
visi,in. liar will hide his diminished
head aud we shsIl keep this letter to
shai,. ~ all amateurs who venture
L. try their prentice hands 1T the
! oh trade. Al! Fi"rila vii! b. CRATE
4 I'll 10 John a Wright-his lies sre
like tbs father that beSat ,heul-
oPeu-gro.s-palpable. Read his
letter and he convinced, then paste
il on fly leaf of your Arabian
Nights, with the Endorsement
HE Jaret.