The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-12-08
THE FLORIDA SEASON.
Everything j. Now Ready for the
Appearance &C the Tourist or In

Appearance oC the Tourist or In
valid.
Spcrfsr To the Chicago In cr. Ocean.
PALATKA, FLA, Nov. l5.-Florjda Is
now putting on her holiday attire pre-
pairing TO welcome cousins and auutS,
unc!es and nephews a they arrive 10
spend the winter in this summer land.
The hotel keepers are returning from the
White Mountains and Saratoga, and are
busy with troop Of assistants brushing
away cobwebs and laying On here and
there q chunk Of putty AMI a touch of
paint. The maids are putin < down car
pets and rubbing NJ and down the fur
uIture TO give II newish appearance
Tho cook has dun picking cotton" ard
IA now in quest Of p situation 10 a..
wiutah, ami coHViTCes You " hen asked
tor her character that il is not n, cee-nry,
as she ''uebb,r worked iur no white
trash in all her Dressed DO n d8Zr. Ihr
truck raiser il now frequently seen on
the streets with donkey and cart, trying
to dispose Of load Of garden sass. AT
ligatur teeth begin TO appear in the shop
windows. Jewellers display sea bean
charms. shawl pins made of wild bears
teeth. ana Young alligators stuffed. Fan
~ NthAtS "a tAA| H'A III iAitAi Atii4N- ~ u
ange. magnolia. bay and palmetto
woods. and az every step you find some
native curiosity To
ATTRACT TIE EYE ANn noLLAR
of the tourist. Real estate agents are
hanging up their new maps amt chalk
ing on their bulletin boarls. Big Bar
gain. Chance to Get Grove with .
Little Money" 900. nr6. 600 Acres of
Rolling Pine Lands for Sale" Huge
piles Of orange boxes, I'm the down and
full at fruit. are eytryv here ut the de
pots and whaTves. Carts loaded With
bright golden oranges and grapefruit
are st the corners or a. ID" packing
hrnse doors. TIE fruit stands are
sproUting on th" highways and hyways.
The engineer az tie peanut TCasteT dl-
vides his time between twIrllng his oven
and doing uV > cent packages. TtetaN-
IsiermIst - bending and shaping the
neck of a last years left over Eoope.
[ The chicken cHuJs al the CoruCr grocery
are being enlarged. and an occasional
''CCcE-a- ioCdle-dOO' informs you that
''ysllpT legs" are arriving from the back
woods. Turkeys are being CuIrsied and
treated per force. with = dose
OF corn meal. Tie hens are ali
closely watched, and every egg
~ levied on as soon "a in sight. Tie
orEau-ErIuder with ms monkey Imp
along. The old woman with her ballad
singing child Is hunting favorable place.
The lame man IL arranging his shooting
gallery The iung-te-teT = seeking 3 iJ-
cation. The hackmeu are brushing uT
their brass buttons and smoothing tie
silk ON their plug hats. Steamboat
age hts are putting gold bands On their
caps and recognize only the APPRECIATION
of e" Cap'n." The baggage tct.rs have
increased In numbers. amt overflow with
impertin.rcr. The hotel I"rlers ale a.
numerous as dogs
AND THEIR BADGE THIS YEAR.
is bigger than their hats. The draws are
getting so thick one is run over dozen
times day. The omnibus driver IS told.
as was Gallagher. 10 Sc let her roll -" The
Steamboat toofs are 50 loud and num-r-
Gus that one frequently tumblss out II
the arms of Morpheus. Excursion trains
are being run. cars are flied. steamboats,
loaded. The stars and stripes float from
the flag stalls of the winter hotels Al
* push, hIriy-uuTlv. hustle, hustle. and
If one stDps 10 ask z. What = All tt,lS
fuss = the answer is. The curtain Is
about TO ring up on the Florida winter
season.
PaIatka expects 90 have a CAV season.
and if the first scene Is auy evidence of
the coming winter. she will not he dis
into Florida comes crowded. and the
travel is "A month ahead of last season.
Falatka Is we'll prepared for the coming
NisIlurs. She has splendid hotels and
boarding houses. and her health record
Is unequalei i'm the would. The total
number Of deaths IN 1883 m Putnam
county was 80 in 10000 and our leading
physicians saw at least $50 per cent came
10 Florida as invalids.
The finest hotel IS the Putnam which
is 800 feet or Front street and 30 feat
N Reed, three stories. II has the finest
artesian Well in the State and system
Of water-works that supply water for
the use Of guests, and in case Of fire the
whole house could he flooded ia few
minutes. Il j. furnished with gas. eia-
varors. bathrooms and all the modern
conveniences found in the best hotels in
the world. Oscar Barron. the proT RE
tor, viii oFeu Il in December. ard = con-
fiient Of
GAY AND PROFITABLE SFAscN.
The Saratoga. under the superb manage
ment of Major Washburne. Of Saratoga.
did splendid business last season. Ii
opened on the 10th. and the Major pre-
diets much larger register this seas. y.
The Carleton has already number OF
regular guests. and Colonel Shelley. the
landlord. who has just returr cd from
the NoIth. II pt f'~ iAai ire prospects Tor
the winter business are better than lie
ever knew before.
The PheniX has been omen all the wear.
Its register shows 24g names since Nov.
>. IL i large new brick house. sit
uated near the river on Lemon. the M ST
popular street in the CITY. There are
number Of other hotels and about 100
private houses.
The DAILY News has Just moved into
its rev brick building. built expressly
for printing office. ard an old typo
says that it l. one Of the very best ar
ranged buildings in the South.
The Inter Ocean viii he kept pCst-d
on the movements Of prominent people
from Chicago and neighboring cities
who sojourn with US from time 70 time.
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