The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-26

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: B..i-eFQrC vas drought 70 TIE L.
re + your reader the past tw1 weeks,
perhaps Il Is Is vel % cc1,irue 10 be
reT resented AZ yyuT columns. l.. While
70 have LJt sought gratis aiyeTtis-
M We Lcys done considerable peiI-for
advertising, and the result / very graft
fEiDs tJU.. Ne can - the result az II.
-i-5g many Iestt house erected during
The pas. feys months. and the end : no.,
yet We latc-Jd ULtss the disadvantage
that all HtU towns Go-,Ee -aeers and
head-shakes q residents 81 older towns
The ny poor land. which i raised
against - maly New towns. could moi,
y brought agaiHAt this place. We, on all
sides could b. heard The west side Of
the river; 10 water protection; four 10
ten degrees colder On the west than on
the east SIDE Of the -. Johns, and
this foolish stateEeL. was repeatedly
made w men who were telling what they
could not verify, pu, all calculated 70 de-
ter people from settling or the west side
le. withall, we have gradually made
prorr IS, ant arC today on a more sub.
staEt.ai footing than some If cur older
sister towns. some have come, and
some have gone away again. Influenced
by the cnviOu, People seeking 10 hulll
Up their town AZ the eNrense Of ours,
and in some Instances we have good
cause 20 10 thankful, a. the recruits they
got in this way proved anything but DE-.
slrab!e, ani they We're not long in tiud.
Ing II out. and were delighted 70 see
them pack up bag and baggage and de.
part To- new fields Tie lesson learned
b. dear experience j, the last. and in the
future they will not he 20 anxious 20 gain
at our expense. We thank them for
some of these good riiances." and Tor.
give their past sneers Of our new town:
ard the freeze OF the pas. winter has
demonstrated 10 all that the east as well
as the west side Of the river is not ex.
cmp' from cold and frost. Now that we
have lt!t OH creeping AMI are walking
alan: slowly but surely. we are less
snelred n, ana III concur that pa.
tience. perseverance AMI pluck" back, L
by Ut-tantia dollars and cents. can
accomplish mUch ami against great
odds.
The founder OF bridgeport, Mr..
Mitchell REM. has worked hard, uuaiie,l
AMI alone. AMI when the wilderness had
lost It, dismal aspect ami cultivation hal
taken place, he concluded 20 heed the
word, of Holy Writ: lis not good for
man % be alone. 50 the evening Of
April Eth, at the residence pi the Rev.
:. I. Wilson. pastor Of the Presbyterian
church in It, Augustine, Fla. was united
in marriage to Mrs. Bell Wilr,o,, ~ st.
Louis. Mo-. W,l after fcw DAYS soiourn
at -. Augustine AMI Jacksonville
brought his bride home. and they have
been busy ever since fixing up the former
bachelor quarters into beautiful home.
Mrs. REM is an ar,is, who has won gold.
en- opinions from her patrons in such
cities as Washington, u. G., Cleveland
and Cincinnati, o.. -. Louis. No, etc. &,
anil tie residents Of Falatka will soon
have Il chanc' to inspect some of her
work, a. she il now making two hcauti.
fnl pictures which will ic ON exhibition
sonn,
But hul'' ,ct ont to give Bridge.
port items, and have made failure Of
it 50 far, but as this i, too long already.
! will clos" and give some items next
week.
The correction made by your Federal
Point correspondent last week concern.
Ing his former tom, is All that is asked
for, and we hone in futur" that n one
sided report, viii creep into print