The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-02-15
For The Republican,

LA Grippe" likewise is no re>ppctOr
of persons. One might have thought
reasonably enough that, stalking
from the snowy wildneSs of rugged
Russia, this modern tyrannical tor
menter might at least leave unviSited
and unscurged all dweIlers in sunny
lands like this. Yonder, across the
wide ocean, where first the name
was heard pronounced, the victim
sneeZeS his acknowledgement out on
a frosty air. and that seems harmon
iOuS hut here we draw aside from
our sunny windows and sneeZe like
wise, though most iRharmOniOuSly.
l am but one of thousands in Flor
ida, hOrs de. combat under the scCurg-
ing of this mercileSs sneeZe.gOd.
With all, I am glad 10 say, "a little
better, thanks, to-day" And you
have it in old Garrett, too, the RE-
PUBLICAN has been telling Us, For
tunately, one hears of very few, if
indeed any fatal cases, in our region.
What a change of weather will show
remuins to be seen, Summer has
lazily iounged in the lap of winter,
allowing us not even sight Of Jack
Frost" since the incoming of Deem
Der, and still grip" has caught Us.
Will it be better when colder weather
comes ? fear me much, those North
ern papers holding out such an idea
to the public. are doing a wicked
thing. Would it not be far more
reasonable aud right to warn every
body to take special care when colder
weather comes, AS it certainly will
at least in your latitude: look for
something sharper here, before March
comes in. and shall be very guarded.
This first month Of new decade,
| looks upon Il general "5lirring" all
over our sandy Peninsula. For one
! thing-and q real wonder warm as
the winter has been, there is great
multitude of Northern visitors scat
| tered over the State. 0ne meets, too,
large number purch lsing homes or
going into business permanently.
The orange market has proved IN"
| eXpectedIy satisfactory, ia general
way and the long cotton people are
making better sales than for years
past. But phosphate is the great
| factor. Who would have suspected
that to the YcrE surface. these un-
promising sands were underlaid with
such exhauStlcss stores of this ferli-
Iizing element, With meaSureless
masses of richest muck, and millions
of tons Of leaves and wild grasses, we
! have at hand resources to make
every tillable acre of the State pro-
duce an abundant crop. Will it not
seem passing strange to see. in the
years to come, Florida wheat -four
on sale in Philadelphia, New York
and Boston! What Was the soil that
filled the Greenhouses of Egypt in
the days of Moses? Even to-day
millions of bushels of fine wheat are
harvested on the sandy flats of old
NiluS. The "ideal harvester" will
yet gather golden harvestS from the
wide fields Of Florida.
I had hoped to find some one ere
this, either among my old soldier
comrades, or the haif-mIiOn readers
Of Form and FireSide, to come and
Join me in saw mill enterprise.
Strange it is indeed, that the average
American mortal should he so fearful |
of Florida! Correspondents still con-
tinue to ask me about rat,le-snakeS
and the gator" In 40 months |
have neither seen nor heard "rat-
tier" and as to the other fellow, |
! have meyer been near enough tn him
to learn whether he has any white
In his eye!
OfsaW mills there are indeed all
ready quite too many in the State.
But we need here among us small
portable mill. Drawing logs and
lumber over our sandy roads is very
burdensome and any one wanting
to build on his farm, would gladly
pay an extra price to have his lum'
Der cut at home. Such machine
would do fine business at saving
alone; but grinding corn, ginning
cotton, AMI other work could be car
rieh along. Within the year l hope
to draw the lever that will set this
thing "a going"
How sorry we all were to hear of
the untimely death of our esteemed
neighbour and friend, DR.. E. ii. GI0t'
lelty. God bless the bereft ones!
Fraternally,
SHOUP.
Mt. Tabor, Fla, Jan. 90, 1890.