The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-03-10


Ind poor white trash would be its
distinctive features; but I have
'ound II far surpasses Blount Coun-
" and IL much more like Indiana
han II Is East Tennessee.
Good land cannot be bought for
less than $50, $75, and 500 an acre.
Along the shores of the St. Johns
river there are thousands of fine
orange, farms owned, not by Florida
peopless but by yankees" from the
New England States who have the
10 make beautiful farms and
homes Of them. And the people
flock here from everywhere, North,
South, East and West. A few days
ago while on the boat going to
Green Cove the guests were asked
to register their names and states,
and out of $50 guests there were %
states fpresented, no state having
less thh six representatives. And
80 it gefs. Every boat and train is
loaded with visitors.
Palatka today opened a new no
tel, odAing 100000, made to accom-.
modal 500 guests, and they expect
to hsv 1T nearly filled by the last
of nex week. There are also seven
other tels in the town. The no.
tells 81. Me state are magnificent,
costing hundreds of thousands Of
dollarss You might put the whole
Of Mayville hotel in the dining.
room Z some of the Jacksonville
hotels and IL would not be very
much y the way. Jacksonville is
q beautiful city on account
of it's large moss-covered shade
trees. In looking down some Of
the streets you see a complete arch
Of trees, with the long trailing
spanish moss hanging from the
top oftte trees nesrly to the ground.
M = tfsh,iA6l fnliage 4 the great
point Of beauty here. The streets
of all the cities are covered with
white sand from one to six inches
deep, in fact the whole country is
nothing but one immense sandbank,
consequently it is never muddy. 1t
rained hard all last night and this
morning the walks and streets
were as dry as if there had been no
rain.
The country around here pro.
duces not much beside oranges;
although learn that nearly every.
thing but wheat and grass will
grow we'll here, but the orange crop
has been the most profitable and
hence the most cultivated. The
shade trees on the streets are all
orange trees, and although bitter
oranges they look the same. They
set out the bitter orange tree on the
streets, so the oranges will remain
on the tree, the sweet ones would
be shocked off. In the yards every
one has orange trees covered will
big, sweet oranges, although thu
freeze spoiled them for shipping
while they remain on the tree'
they are just al. good as ever. Al
soon as they are pulled and thu
stem is broken they begin to rot
A few days ago I visited a large
orchard containing about $500 trees
none of them had been gathered
before the freeze and were falling
i rapidly; the ground was LITERAL.
covered with them. The gardene
said there were about $4,000 bushel
of them and that they could d
nothing with them, that 1t was
total loss. At the time they wer
digging bitches between the row
to rake them In and cover them Il
the sand to avoid the od0r tha
would arise when they begin to ro'
1t did look like such pity to &c
those big, sweet and juicy oranges
that you would have enjoyed 8
much, being buried in such quaint
ties. / asked about sending . bal
rel Of them home, but learned
would be Of no use, they would spo
before reaching you. There IL
large orange tree grows near to m
bed room window and I can reac
out and pluck them whenever
choose. I certainly have enjoye
them more than words can expires
1 made . two days, visit last wee
at Green Cove Spring with Charlie
and Octavia Merrill, and had
most pleasant time. They have
neat little eottaGe On the liver ban
and seem to be very convenient
situated. Their little HerrM,
two months ofR0e, b . heath
} looking bey,-that never makes AZ