The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-06-26
Truth STRANGER Than Fiction.

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There is an old saying TO the effect that
There Is nothing new under the sun, - and
yet from the following 1t would appear that
there Is an exception, even to this rule
AT q point six miles west of st. Augustine,
Florida, on the line of the st. Johns Halfway,
lies "a beautiful tract of land which has recent
ly been laid out In town-site called, WEST
ST. AUGUSTINE.
st. Augustine proper is the OLDEST City in
the United States, and abounds with legend
lore, and historical antiquity, and few il any
of the many thousands that visit Florida fail
to take look at the Sea Wall, Old Fort and
the many other Interesting objects.
1t was founded September stll, 1865, forty
two years previous to the settlement of James
town, Va, and iifty-liyc years before the land
ing oil the Pilgrims on plymouth Rock. The
name st. Augustine was given to the place by
the Spaniards, because they landed upon the
day dedicated to that rcycrcd and learned
Saint st. Augustine Is growing rapidly, be-
Ing the terminus of two railways, and others
are being extended toward II, and IL is now
known AS the HOTEL CRY or FLORIDA.
Ihe proprletors and owners OF THE illus
TRArED SOUTHERN WORLD, a sixteen page
weekly Illustrated paper same size as lIar-
perS weekly, noting the great progress being
made IN the ANCIENT CITY, purchased a
large tract of land near St. Augustine, from
Mr.. VIM. Astor, of New York, Immediately
on the line Of the st. Johns Railway, which Is
also owned by Mr.. AStOr, and In the midst of
this tract and within two hundred feet of the
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the city of WEST ST. AUGUSTINE.
From WEST ST. AUGUSTINE there exists
direct daily connections for the St. Johns
RIVER, nine miles distant, with steamboat
connections going north and south, daily. To
81. AUGUSTINE, six miles distant. To Pal
atka, the Gem City of the South by river
thirty-flve miles, or rail, twenty miles, and
miles distant.
In addition to this the tract on which is
located the city OF WEST ST. AUGUSTINE is
much higher in altitude than either st. Au-
gustine or jacksonville and is RICH, HIGH,
DRY, OPEN PINE LAND.
And now comes the strange feature of the
whole matter; the prOprictors and owners of
| THE ILLUSTRATED SOUTHERN WORLD con-
ceived the plan of giving to each and every
| yearly subscriber to the paper, a DEED to Il
| lot in the city of WEST ST. AUGUSTINE, 4OX
| 100 feet free and clear of all incumbranccs,
| and parties becoming owners of these lots are
| NOT REQUIRED TO BUILD, though II is conf
| dently expected, because of the delightful To-
| cation that many will do So
Florida to-day is the Mecca to which thous-
ands are looking with longing eyes, and II is
now made possible through the enterprise of
| the prOprietOrs and owners of THE illus
| TRATED SOUTHERN WORLD, for all to secure
HOME in that delightful State, FREE
Many will no doubt wonder how 1t is poSsi-
| BILE for any one to ABSOLUTELY GIVE AWAY
LOTS in the city of WEST ST. AUGUsTINE,and
yet the reasons, when explained are very
| simple. Adjacent 10 the lands upon which is
| located the city of WEST ST AUGUSTINE, the
prOprietors and owners of THE ILLUSTRATED
SOUTHERN WORLD own other lands which
| they no doubt expect will greatly enhance in
value, these lands will be by them divided in
plots of FIVE, TEN and FIFTEEN acres, and
| sold AS the value increases, which, MS the lots
are taken will be very. rapid, they also have
| in view desire to induce subscribers to be-
come actual settlers in the State, and at the
| same time secure for the paper an extensive
| paid up circulation.
THE ILLUSTRATED SOUTHERN WORLD
NNfNa
| and it is replete with choice literature. No
expense Is spared TO make this publication one
| of the finest in the world. Ii Is ably edited.
and contains valuable, information about
Florida, the land of Flowers and Oranges,
scenes covering all the southern States and
| their pcculiarlties, besides stories, poems,
| sketches, useful information, household notes,
the garden, etc. etc, in fact 1t is just such Il
| land, and by the foregoing unprecedented
| and liberal offer they expect to soon quadru-
| pie their list of subscribers. The subscription
| price of The Illustrated Southern World is
| $500 per year and they pay the postage.
The subJoined is the offer of the proprietors
| and owners OF THE ILLUSTRATED SOUTHERN
WORLD a specimen copy Of which will be
furnished upon application, enclosing 10 cts.
WHAT WE WILL DO: Upon receipt of $500
| from you we will enter your name in our sub
| scription books, and send to any address The
| Illustrated Southern World, for tilty-two
weeks, paying the postage on it, and, as an
| extra lnduCement to have you become one of
our subscribers we will execute warranty
deed, to n town lot in West st. Augustine, 4OX
| GIVE you this lot, and we hereby further
| agree TO pay notary for executing the same
and to pay all taxes up to January lst, 1887.
At the present. time no one can become q lot
owner In our city unless they are subscriber,
| but after you have secured your deed, of
course If you wish you can sell 1t. We retain
the right to return your money should all the
lots we propose to donate to subscribers be
| taken before we receive your remittance
We refer by permission TO the following
named gentlemen who reside and do business
| in Jacksonville:
Mai. II. MCLAUGHLIN, Pres. st. Johns Ry.
Capt w. H. WATSON, late Manager De
Barry -Baya Merchants Line.
Capt G; y: H. POST, Manager st. Johns
W. S. WEBB, webb's jacksonville DIrec-
WAITER G; COLEMAN, Gen1 Travelling
join S, DRiGGs, Alderman, Jackson
MAYOR RICE, Mayor of Jacksonville.
H. d. HOLLAND, Sheriff Duyal Co., Fla
EX-Mayor VIM. Mel DANCY.
EX-Mayor NJ. A. DZIALYINSKI.
C. A. BOARDMAN, Jacksonville.
We append the names of few of the resi-
dent subscribers who have received the deeds
to the lots accompanying their subscriptions,
DIR. G. i. CARRADiCE, jacksonville.
VIM. COOK, Merchant Tailor, Jacksonville.
JOHN RICH, Agent Mallory Line, Jack
j. l. BRANNAN, Artist, Jacksonville.
WM YER BRYCK, Artist, jacksonville.
A. ZACHARLAS& & CO., ClOthicrs, Jackson
CASPER BEERBowER, Ticket Agent, F.
WNi. B. WATSON, Real Estate, Jackson
Vile.
J. d. BUCKY, Clothing, Jacksonville.
/. COHEN, Tobacco, Jacksonville.
FRANCISE BOGUE, Furniture, Jackson