Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-04-25

along the border of q lake or sound. an
arm of Escambia Bay. On an elevated
point near this lake he has selected a site
and made plans for hotel for place OF
resort, summer or winter. From this
site a charming view down the lake 10
the bay IS had.
\ GOOD SCHEME.
Whether or not his sanguine eXpecta-
tions will be fully realized time alone Will
tell. Mr.. StOddaTd seems to be wide
awake, enterpriSing man, evidently OF
large means, connected with the ASSocla-
tiOn of Underwriters Of New / ork. " hlle
showing us over his grounds, | asked him
what his property cost him as It then
stood. He replied that it had not cost
him anything. l said how is that:-
| What do you mean? He said that prop
erty like that. with all its fiXingS, need
not cost any man anything if he will
pursue the plan he did. He said he had
| bought the land at low price, and as
| Improvements were put upon ii the value
! increased. After time he sold some
| lots or blocks of from one to five acres at
| from three to five hundred dollars per
acre. He has sold enough to pay for the
original purchase and for all his outlay in
improvements Thinks the city Will have
la population of $1,000 inside of ten years.
when his property will be still more en-
HANGED in value.
Now whether his expectations for the
! future will be realized or not, he has al
ready made good thing of it. pre-
sumo his property would now be worth
upwards of $4,000. all made by little
! foresight, planning, and by taking hold at
the right time. l fancy every one would
not be equally successful even if he would
| try; but still
There is tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads Cn to fortune.
l will say, by way of parentheSis, that
! the said Mr. StOddard was an old bachelor,
but has recently married a bran new
young wife, and has her with him this
year in his beautiful winter home. So
| you see he is leading, or being led, on to
| fortune
have made this lengthy note of this
mans operations partly to show little
of the surroundings of Pensacola, and
mainly to show what enterprise and
! pluck, properly directed, will do. There
are so many mOss-backs " in the country,
! especially in the South, who are still liY-
| ing in the pumpkin carrying" plan like
their fOrefatherS did hundred years
ago, that it is refreshing to see the devel-
Opment of the above qualities.
CREEPING Up THE OHIO.
Since last writing below Matches, we
have been slowly and quietly coming up
toward the North, still on board the
steamer Commonwealth, now nearing
Louisville, KY. Have noticed the differ
ence in vegetation and its progress as We
Travelled NOrthward. Here as we pass
between the Indiana and Kentucky shores
we notice it still quite far advanced. The
trees are nearly in full foliage and bloom
The corn is planted and the wheat is
about foot high and looking we'll The
green fields of pasture look to us charm
ing. l think l never saw the scenery
along the Ohio look finer than the open
ing spring now gives. As we look out
upon the beautiful landscape we confess
to 3 feeling of delight with the conscious
ness that We aFa nearing our own North
ern home. II. c. ",