The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22
Picture Of Life In South FLORIDA.

A well known South CnrOlinian, now
living near Sanford, E'la., has recently
written letter to Il niece i'll Anderson,
from which wo are permitted to make
the following extract:
"During the laRt two years / have
gone through the whole category of hu-
man ills, and now hnvn settled into II
desperate case of regular graveyard
chronic dyspcpsia-c can't eat ~ much i'll
bulk az IL housc-ny without feeling after
wards like | Ind just returned from the
funeral of my last relative and the sher-
iif was waiting to sell me out But [
can't describe it, and will step trying.
"Wcli, we have been in South Florida
over five years, now, and it takes this
length of time to sum up all of its dis
advantages and disappointments and
special dcviment. 1t reminds me Of DIR.
Prarce's patient in the duck Ponds
gets no better fast When you think
you know it mil, and have stood about all
you can stand, just wait another year
and she will give you Il series of calaml-
ties. catastrophoS and disappoiutmentS
that stun and stuprfy you SO that You
are unable to complain, and feel ashamed
that you ever complained previously.
AS | have not the time nor health to
write nu encyclopedia, 1 will not attempt
of unauthorized dcvilmrnt that "uscs
around this country, such as untimrly
frosts, unexpected freezes, pcStifcrous
insects, cut worms, cut thrOatS, land
Slalks of the railroad type, commission
type, and every tihcr type, typefyinG
the eminent qualities of hls Satanic maj
cSty; aud the climatc-36O days eQuato
rial sun to stew out the juices AND fry
} out the fat, and about five days per an
mum of tic frigid zono to freeze the re
manning attcnuatcd 'cracklin'.'
"No lrrcvcrcncc meant when l give
| You II little paraphrase on the 1871
> Psalm, which | got off the other day
"By the mosquito pools of Florida, thcr'
4 we sat down, yea we wept, when we re
mrmhcrcd Carolina. We hanged on
wurn-out tluds on the saw palmcttoes il
D thc scrubhy pines, and there the sam
: sad fate that carried us away captive re
Quircl of us labor, saying, Sing us til
) song of harvest. How can we sing tn
Il song Of harvest in barren land? Th
t. worms have eaten the cabbage, the black
birds have gone away with the rice, til
l. railroads. and commission merchants hav
c taken tie residue of fruit and vegetables
- If | forget thee, 0 Carolina let my rigl
d" hand forget to hoe the cotton; if | II
II member the not, let my tongue cleave
It the roof Of NY mouth with half-dor
Florida tniiy.'
e owe have not had good rain sinC
last August. This spring [ lost Gro
of bananas, two crops of cabbage, tW
crops of Irish potatoes, have had waite
" melons and cantaloupes killed twice, AZ
now the cut worms have killed thil
n planting Of melons. am still plantil
~ Hnd Watering melons, as this is the la
-, chance for this year, as no other vcgct
- hlcs will stand the hot sun Of june nj
~ July. So | nm like the Florida crack
,r digging for the gopher, when told tn
y he could not get him, exclaimed, Got
'c get himl We've got no meat for Dime
" 81 think / am now loaded with all {
H., experience ard knowledge necessary
Nv succeed as n hrStclass up-country aG
nd culturist, and if we can possibly get
es gcthcr money sufficient to pay Cur. III
road fare You may look for us, and "
cH will have to look close to sec us, viii
rs is rendered less difficult by the fact til
!" we are highly colorcd with yellow tn
u just now | resemble 4 grunt, Henry
ur symptom and Matte Il mere suspicio
= | have often heard OF Il fellow Gcttl1
too big for his breetcheS, but L have 6
vi too small for M skin. --JO nal.