The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-25
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Special Core spOnirncr raittko NtWs
4 l.tl" securing and visitation Of the
Como, Frnitland ami Noiwalk settle
mcnts, or to dignity these places latter,
towns, has given yorr correspondent the
following facts. incidents and surmis.
ings;
What you, Mr., Editor, have been in.
sisting upon for some time. the growing
Of more vegetables and home con,ump.
tion commodities, think has begun To-
tell ON parts Of irIlland certainly, AMI
to considerable degree elsewhere, ON
the peninsula, Not hong since in Fruit
land such widr.awahe. practical men ~,
". -. Allen and HI brother, the TucL.
er1, J. I. Aprlrby, W. Williams aud 9th
ers got together, and after talking o>ti
tho matter, resolved they would turn
more I'll their attention To- the growth of
such things ~ would make them more
self sustaining. They won't forget their
orange groves, hut they mean Ia mah"
| the Florida sands Of more account in
sustaining their families. They lave
been. some Of them already. raisln.
oats. corn, arrow root, and many other
things, and mean the coming year to-
quadrullc that OF the past year, in all
lines ot general agriculture. We dn
hope this worthy example will la re-
nrmlrrrd and followed all over the
county and State until Florida become,
more demonstrating in all the cereal
and vegetable products Of the soil.
Then trultland has not forgot her cum
ming, especially among the young folks
IN their social, marital and religious al
fats. u most ENJOYABLE evening Wa
lately had at the residence Of Mr.. Law
renee Tucker, on the occasion of thrNlstt
from Fruit Cove of his wiir's : strr. Mrs
Finley. Mr. Tucker, the sisters AMI
others got down the guitar ami til. ban %
and lisculIrre1 most excellent music. \
large company had gathered. among
them Miss Williams of South Carolina,
Mis-. john Sanders aud her two taush-
ters, Miss jamie Tucker. Miss Eva Green.
Mr.. Thomas Santrrs and lady. from res
cent city. and a host of others, who all
seemed rharmingly sweet and happil,
employed IN making each other rs merry
as II "A wedding hal been on hand. lhit
unfortunately there was no actual bride
or bridegroom, though from the pairing
oil Of the young couples present. ",
Rhuuld not wonder it some and not !.
few marriage engagements were made
that night. However that may h.. non,
Of them need be in alarm ahou, the
! ministers services when needed, AZ til,
Rev. W. /. ltuhart- il near ut hand
whom every one in the settlement, saint
: and sinner, white and black. rich and
poor, highly respect for his ability. tlrty
: aud genuinely christian character.
lmt. ho for Norwalk. And su Rev. \.
\. Robinson, ". H. Alien, Rev. Mr.
Penny and others hlcd them oil to tia
river. and with the saiWait arms IT I'll,
! younger members III the company
. pulled them over to the NurNak land
my. IN otder to the enjoyment of q
Methodist quarterly meeting for Satur
day and SUNDAY. And they had a goo,
ON. RrNs. Penny, Roharts and lre-ilinl
e Elder Robinson preaching excellent dis
courses. Rev. \. ~ Robinson rrra,hp,
some Of the finest sctnuns the write
has ever heard. The meeting was st..
: C,ss and several persons became deer
\ Interested in the meeting.
Visiting the stores and people 81
=, found the people had got over thu, ",.
y lanIty cry greatly. ami the Morgan a.
+ Thomas stores were doing fair J..
lu,ss considering the season ui the ', ,
and the natural results 1T the dl.r yi
aGrmcnt from Last winters tvrnts
:, TO PARIS and back Is thr nluun.t
popular play. AMI 50 1t Is with ~ 4, ,
mo and l,ck. THIS place J. .,ND
growing, Miss lila lruult'e nrN hou-,
Is nearing completion. 1t j.. IL u,a
structure. Mr., q. Il robinson T. super
h intending is erection aud thr s.u-I tat,
IS spends her school Vacations ih ard
4 looking over hen grove AMI T.. Hliu.
IS tu spend the remnant vt hcr dave ~ cot,
It beautiful Florida. In fact all the gtuy,
/ here look well, hut. oh the Era,r. TIA
). grass some uf us think ought tu ~ tn.
n go 10 grass tyr someW here cut ut uu
L. eru>rs. But no, this is one Of our nat
4 ulal fertilizers. We should b, Thankful
for ii. as it is evidence oi the growth d
| what Florida is capable, A. II. u.