The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-19
FACTS AND TiNCIES.
In and Around Tampa business AMI
Pleasure Form a Happy Cemblna-

philosopher View III tire ClIst, anl bow
il b4t when that stem old master has
relaAett liz hold for a breathing spell,
Just turn around and seek DID Dame Ma
ttlr... afd sttt, viii quickly make YOU az
.UaiEttd with the ,'uIleSs # Pleasure.
Look around you and >,e what = 10 h.
sen, and every thing will assume a DIFF
t"rtnt Appearance, ami the " herefOre'
nr-s al the Why viii serve 10 .ase and
delight the mind.
" hat a most happy faculty 1t i, TO be
attic tp col1bnr business with pleasure.
h"IIeve IL II altogether an American
MIA. 1t sounds Americaul>h, and w
w!tI clam It anyway.
Like many others, Your correspondent
wa- hot At all pleased with the thoughts
"a tttnc compelled 10 kill several
~icsr' hours. al regular intervals. IN this
-".cai.'d Jumpin-o. place of Florida.
y iat l. there Ia du; : the question
whl,i keeps forcing itself ON You. like
that most persistent feeling generally
experienced iy persons On their maiden
ocean voyage. IN" question Is there,
however, tnin you To the night or to the
'ett, AMI like goblin II stares at YOU
and forces you To- dispose of il.
Well, here We are IN the place, and
business disposed oi, LEI us look around.
NIat shall W. 10: Where does that lit
tIr dummy" train run To: Oh. that
,n.., out to tor Ity. haven't you been
there yet; N, hadn't thought of it,.
l. there anything 10 see out there: " ny,
w., OF course, com" on amt see what
yuu think of gOud-slzed village and
three Immense cigar factories, all built
within few months. 50 We get aboard
the lathe train, pulled by dummy On.
gltIe Instead Of hy horses or mules; oil
We steam through the streets and ave
MUGS. past comfortable homes, and on
we lis. Dn n gradual knoll ahead Of Us,
about une mile from the heart Of the
city. "" see \ nor City. The most prom.
lnrut lnIldng /, "a thrre,stpry brick Of
gpoi ~lh', finished oil in an attractive
manner, AMI surnIuunted hy "A short
tower or observatory, from which a
country can br obtained \ delightful
breeze, fresh from the gulf. comes
sweeping over t. fan u-. TINS Is grand
Ia the tlunt and lett can h. seen n grand
cNpan-e of ha, AMI lnl,t.
lIIIsborp hay AMI aIioining waters
can here be- seen tu the best advantage
The tl,lisburp river, lIk" II silver serpent
wInd~ ~ way through a mas, of bright
green venture, and lp-rs itself in the far
dt>tau,cto our rlglt. On the hay can
b, seen wl,lr ~dll here and thrr, -
v,rItahlr hut,.,tlr- Of the water. \
long llnr ul -moh, now and then shows
" here Ia hook tor a steamer Straming
mp the bay We So" the "Ma,cotte," lust
coming from cuba AMI he, West. A
TIM. sight, -ufrIN w. must 20 down that
bay. and 81" that boat and en loy the
pleasures Of a sail, Fellow. and between
~ and the water. lies the peaceful little
tow u oi Tampa, quite a study il IL to
hook down un that httle town, aud think
Of ~ rapid Development since the rail
road advent We tind ourselves also
wondering " hat it looked like IN old
Spanish tiius,
Back of ia. ~ far ~ tI,rrye can reach
Is an uuol-truct,d view III woods, dotted
here and Their, with farms and orange
grove, and homes. II Is 50 cool and
pleasant mp here IN our outlook, that it
X with reluctance that We descend To-
terra trina. lwpuf the larg. factories
ar, hnsy w,ti III" manufacture ol cigars
81 "A tine grade The office headquarters
Of tbs firm are in New York.
\ seemingly happy, careless set are
these t'ulan cigar makers. They occupy
the Numerous cottages built for their
homes hy Mr. lbnr. They live arb ~
suciatr III every way with the negroes
and nuhttur- and seem To- observe no
distinction whatever the negroes speak
ing Spanish most naturally. and, in fact
the, are all brought from cuba and Key
West. and have most likely been raised
right up with these ,ubans.
the large hotel on the place is not rX.
actlv m tmrricnn'S idea uf what Il hu-
tel should be-,
\ very slack Oh sciSance of cleanliness
in living ami cooking is the first thing
that attracts the attention Of the visitor,
and VT ntalS conclude that it is no
wonder that yellow Dlck and other dis
eases of a like uatur" find such Il ready
hold 10 cuban towns. Stops and refuse
IT all Kind, ore thrown from windows
aud doors outside, no matter where it
strikes il may hc on the Steps-it makes
no difference. The oder arising from
tins trfu,r. etc. is not the least like altar
ct rostS. after ~ uf old Sol has been
turned en- for twelve hours ur more. dav
after day. Why is this practice allowed
hN the village authorities. when any civ.
ilik'd hting knows. with his hands tied
behind his back, that it is 50 unhealthy
is the question that most naturally
arises. This il all new now, and if this
,tatr If affairs continues. what will it
,trcll like at the end ct "A wear or two:
Inside the factories all is hustle anl
smoke AM lalhct. ahlsr If Spanish and
uitel States. mixed with pcals Of
daughter now gnl then. one person
with good voice /, cooked up in a con.
spicticu- place. and reads some novel or
papers to amusr the workers. We won
have been called into Use among them
or no. sam might du we'll to learn
spanish and come down here and preach
jo these people while they work Fer.
hats Is could save some Cuban ct mn.
latto souls. and il he couldn't he could
become tiled with disgust with cigar
-mukjnr. for who that has a stomach
made uf ANYTHING less than india rubber
vr galvanized iron can watch the filthy
mAuurr of making cigars. and ever want
~ emukr another one. ct reoi L. run
down pipe smoking all they please; but
the hear cd sinking pipe Of our daddies
is Il lean institution in comparison. for
a man who has q pipe monopoli2es the
mruthriyrp. lu' not ,u with cigar. lie
takes il second hand from the maker
and \, hn made il. Is q Question he can.