Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-05

strict quarantine regulations are made there
| is no danger" F.
"Are not sporadic cases liable TO occur In
any section:of the State?''
| $50 it is said, but as for me I don't in the
least fear this spasmodic yellow fever.
Another thing" continues the Major
with gratitude unexpressed but evident,
''that will benefit us is the decline OF coffee.
Yes, sab, coffee is going down, and it will
be of great benefit to this State, for, you
know, Floridians are the greatest consulters
of coffee in the Union" The Major and
his nose then beamed approvingly on his
auditor and departed, remarking that he
wished it would rain soon, so the water
would "percalate" his potatoes and thereby
rapidly mature them.
THE GAY GAZELLEs.
But the most interesting thing in South
Florida is the young lady native. She is
not always pretty, but she invariably is
blessed with bounding health and isn't
ashamed Of it. Her waist is something like
SO inches, and as for tight laces she doesn't
know them. She does any and all kind Of
work-chieiy farm laboring. She can
handle a pillow, ride harrow, manipu-
late horse rake, and make her
self generally useful. The fact that
the women of some European countries per-
form, what is in America considered mans
labor, is well known. It is not generally
understood, however, that in some Of the
southern portions of Florida there are
farms, orange groves and sugar planta-
'tions worked entirely by female labor. The
girls are usually the daughters OF the farm
ers themselves and are utilized for this
work because there is nothing else for them
to do. The domestic duties are extremely
light; the sewing is limited, for the dresses
are not many, and to keep the fair creatures
employed their considerate fathers put
them at blowing and "sich." However,
this is not so formidable as it sounds. After
the land is once broken up the plowing is
very light, for the furrow is not much more
than three inches deep and the soil is sandy
and easily separated.
FLORIDA FUN.
These young women have not, on the
whole, such an unlovely existence, They
have parties, dances and various entertain
ments, and the fact of their turning the fur
row does not prevent the swains from pay
ing gallant attention to them. Candy pull
ings and "6sh-frys" are two popular forms
of entertainment Instead OF the 1dlotlc
small talk and senseless drivel to be heard
in more refined and pretentious circles in
the North, the bouncing damsels gravely
discuss the crops, and "Say, Liza Jane,
how's your corn?" is not an iDfrequent in
PRODUCTION to delightful tete-a-tete between
young man and maiden. These young
women dress in calico, wear brogans in
summer, boots in winter, and smile all the
year around. They are not bit bashful,
ard thaw out, after an introduction to a
total stranger, quite rapidly.
Eyes, 1 do the holm and Mary does the
plowin'," explained one confding female.
"That's jist because we've got in the way.
I low kin do the holm better and Mary,
she lows she kin plow best Yes, the crops
is splendid. Well have no end O. grey, big
watermelons and eff the cows don't steal 'em
out we'll have nice lot"
When it comes to horseback riding you
should see them. They probably have never
seen female saddle in their lives, but
when they plump on mans saddle, throw
one limb (the right) over the high pommel,
the left in the strap above the stirrup, and
60 careering through the thin pine woods,
nothing can shake them of. !.