The Penn's Grove record., 1889-03-02

" y y AathNts SRtUtR put "a
bed, and sailed forth with a lantern 70
capture the marauder, which we soon
discovered sitting a prisoner on the
I gunwale Of our boat with eyes gIaring
like two balls of fire. Friend Morrison
soon made a ~lifeless corpse of him with
II swoop Of a club and we consigned
his body to a watery grave.
Another time we missed shad and
set the traps again. About l o'clock
we were aroused by the most unearthly
creams | ever heard. We found the
thief with his foot in u trap and In a
most humble posture with his head
bowed down. We soon passed judg-
ment on him and brave Morrison finish
ed the execution after a severe strug-
gle. This thief was different from the
first. Since this u third one has ap-
peared. Bears and panthers 1 presume
will he our next capture. A few days
ago | killed a fin' otter, whose hide
"o'i'' '"e o"'sioe vi Jul cos'ase.
FEBRUARY loth, 1858.
/ was amused by reading Sprouts
'as' article IL was simply a teitera-
ZION OF misrepresentation YET MS Is
hot 10 oe w"i'areu al, as ne a Dut
TWO weeks growth IN -floriha. III ne
had stayed here until he had become a
more vigorous plant he would he more
capable of judging correctly. He would
make your readers believe Florida is q
barren desert.
We learn from history that when the
early settlers came to this country a
number of adventures came also, who
took America to he their EldOra 10.
They expected to find the land flowing
with gold. silver and precious stones.
But they were disappointed and soon
returned to their own country disgust
ed with America because they had not
become immensely rich in a short time.
So it appears to I've the case with those
adventures which Sprout conversed
with. They sold their possession North, |
thinking, perhaps, all they had to do
was to invest two or three hundred dol
lars in Florida land, stay on it one
year and return home rich. The idea
of a barber making a successful farmer
in n year is preposterous and shows
his ignorance. 1t is a wonder he did
not bring his razor with him with which
10 till the soil.
Sprout refers to another man from
New York who met with disappoint-
ment because his investment was a
failure, and others he mentions who did
not realize a fortune in a year. These
men, l presume, knew as little about
farming rs | do about the Greek and
Latin Languages. presume they were
adventures, who, because of their fail
ure to make a hasty fortune, have
nothing but words of contempt for
Florida,
Sprout makes a great mistake in say.
ing the business me,, of Florida gull
the Yankees. 1t is vica versa, AZ the
rrincipal business men of Florida who
w nearly all the hotels and stores.
are Yankees. who are noted for their
sbrewdness in making money. while
the native ~Southeruer seems to be des-
titute of these abilities.
Mr.. Conant. who resides at Mayport.
failed IN New JERSEY and came here ten
wears ago with plenty of ambition and
energy. He now OWNS 10. 600 acres of
land and is reunited to be worth S25.O 600
dollars. AMI. CLAYTON has a nice lit.
tle farm and orange grow, which Yields
him , handsome living and a Mr..
Brown owns 1000 acres of land. These
men are from three different Northern
states. q
Nv reading the ~newspapers Won will
find ten sheriff sales of farms in New
u ho., m,oh oom,la;,;or ho,o to,,
na.,s nc ,on will find r. Naw Iarsay