Connecticut western news., 1889-01-16
REV ROB RT HUNTS LETTER.

We are indebted to the Rev Robert Hunt fora package of delicious oranges. The following letter, which We take the liberty to publish, explains how MT Hunt came in possession of the oranges
 We sincerly hope he will realize a fortune from his Florida investments.
 Editor of Me Ne,cs:
 I thought taste of genuine Florida oranges might be agreeable Now I want to tell you about these oranges, and there are no nicer ones on earth. They came from my own trees. set out about five years ago, by the Rev c. l..
 VanAllen, a Baptist minister of this
 place, who visited my sons in Florida a
 few months after they had located He
 was so charmed by the beauty of the
 lake and the homeliuess of it's name,
 "Cow House" that he renamed it.
 giving 1t the name of his own lovely
 little daughter. Minneola, which name
 1t still retains, and the new town ears
 the same nume. After his return North
 he had number of trees set and for
 two years cultivated, and after that they
 were neglected One year ago last
 summer they came into my possession
 As his land joined mine I desired,
 sought, coveted" and purchased 1t,
 and my son, Eugene. ploughed out the
 trees, and they appreciated everything done for them, as an orange tree always does, and the result was that the 18th of December he picked from those trees several hundred of the most perfect
 oranges ever saw Those I send you are just fair average and now with proper care those trees will increase their yield until they are 40 years old, and claim that five acres of such trees
 will pan ont larger net income than any farm in Litchti-ld County, unless 1t be some large stock farm. requiring much capital to run it.
 1 have written Ill your paper about Florida some years ago and 1t lead to quite an extended correspondence about Florida and some young men, and men
 with families went down in conse- quence and tried their hand at making fortune in the Flowerv Land" which they anticipated they could easily and [ surely do in a marvelously short space
 of time Pretty soon their dreams flew away on the wings of the buzard. and i the majority of those who went firm | Connecticut and from Dutchess cC unty, N. Y, have returned discouraged and !! di~gusted, with no fault to find with | themselves, but mea~urleSs fault to find with the country. But such as did not | get weary in we'll doing and were wise
 enough to set out orange trees and care ! for them. without relying wholly on
 winter gardening because of the i immediate income. who have planned
 and work d for the future, will reap a
 rich golden harvest if they faint not Yellow fever or no yellow fever. Florida | Is destined to prosper. You can't keep the people from going there Nearly all
 the rooms of the great hotels which
 opened January 10th, are already taken. I have not lost, as you See. one | jot of faith in Florida I have bluuder- | ed; about all I have learned that has | been of value to me has been the result of blunders, but have, I am confident, finished, very nearly. my education in 1 that line, and expect to walk in the l light hereafter and stumble not.
 Yours as ever
 ROBERT HUNT. , Pawling, N. Y., Jan 10th.