The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-03-19
MIDDLE FLORIDA
MONTICELLO.
The County seat Of Jefferson COun.
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Special Correspondence Of the FLoRIDIAH.
Two days last week were pleasantly and prof
tably spcn. interviewing the officials business
men and looking around generally of the above
thriving little city. The first thing an observant
stranger notices in going from the depot up town
are the handsome and comfortable dwellings,
nearly all of which have large front yards filled
with shrubbery and plants neatly and tasily
kept, evldcncing the highest state OF refinement
A tourist remarked in our hearing the other
day that he would like to see his ideal Florida"
He had not been to Monticello. Tallahassee
will have to look out for her laurels or else
Flora's capital will come this way While on
this subject it will not be amiss to drop hint or
TWO to The god people OF our beautiful capital
city, by stating that we have been asked several
times why we did not wake up and let the world
know what Tallahasse could do if she tried.
When we replied that We were waking the re-
ply would come, well its time" All expressed
the liveliest desire that a fair, an exposition or
anything to draw people be gotten up; some
thing in which all Mid He and West Flori.
might come together in rs one big family reunion,
showing the products AMI skill OF her sons As
well the wOnderous blessings of every kind
so bOunfullv bestowed upon us by Providence.
Then Eastern and Southern Florida could be in
vlted up 10 see what IL real tirsi-class A l coun-
try looks like, and at the same time ill our
pockets with their ducats Write it up, talk it
up, Call it by any name only let us have some
thing. Hoping these few lines" will have
some effect, we pass back to Monticello.
The town is located tour miles north Of the
main line Of the Florida Central and Pcninsuar
(F X. & n j. the terminus OF branch OF same
road divcrging at Drifton. Through connection
is had with Thomasvile, twenty-five miles dis
tant, by branch of the s. f. & W. Railroad.
This shorter route has had the effect of turning
considerable travel through here, and conse-
qnently giving the town much greater nOtOriety
than formerly Many stop off and some buy
homes. Considerable preparations are being
made to accommodate the tourist travel. There
are two hotels now of fair proportions. The
Partridge House, near the depot, comfortable
home place, almost entirely surrounded by beau
tiful frult trees, flowers etc, has some now.
The other house is also irst-cass. A very
large new hotel is now nearing completion,
and will be ready for the incoming season. 1t is
owned by local parties and Is credit 10 their
enterprise. There are two good weekly papers
published, the Constitution and the Tribune.
The former has been established some years,
while the latter is a young, but very bright and
sparkling bantlng, headed by energetic young
gentlemen, who thoroughly understand the
needs OF their town and county, and as a cOnse
quence are meeting with deserved encourage
ment. A move is on foot, in which these gen
tlemen and others of the town are interested, to
get up an illustrated descriptive pamphlet
of the town and county for world wide
ceived sufficient encouragement to insure its
success, and it can be added that the FLoRIDIAN
job department will most likely be called upon
to do the work, its projectors ex .'ect TO make
1t noticeable for typographical elegance. By the
way, not much business in the way OF subscrip
tions was done here. as nearly everybody
already on the subscription books. Two bust
ness men, both on the shady side of fifty, stated
that they had been taking the FLORIDIAN since
they were sixteen years old, and one aim >st
learned to read from its cheerful pages
The town is we'll supplied in the way of
churches, all the leading denominations being
represented. The Methodists are erecting a
very handsome building, under the superinlen
dance of Geo d. Shaw, architect and contrac-
tor. The new hotel is also being built by him.
The following business firms were added TO the
roll of honor for 1889 and thence on indefinite
": John r. Dean. groceries; County Judge s.
M. Puleston, who finds time from the duties Of
office to carry on an exten i've nursery business.
He told US that his sales in West Florida were