The Penn's Grove record., 1891-01-03
Florida. Old and New.
Maylnort Fla.. dec. 27Ih. /


points about Florida. Florida is, at
once, the oldest aud newest state in the
Union-ol1fst in settlement and histor-
ical sssociat ions and newest in deye-
lopnent.
Old Florida dates back to the discov-
cries of CabSt In the 10Th century and
Ponce de LION and Fernando de Soto
in the 10th century and Embraces its
successive Occupancy by the Spanish,
French, English and Americans up to
the Civil War, during which extended
period 1t pafsed Though u multitude
of startling land romantic vicissitudes
of alternatel prosperity and depressions.
The long continued and interminable
contests for the control of the country
between the French and Spanish, with
THEIR bloody history; the effec' at ST.
Element and development under the
more vigorous and practical Americans
with its vast plantations of cotton and
Sugar; the attractiveness and healthful-
LESS of its climate; and the discovery
OF ito d.r,,hi,; N the ~oauer,l orowth
or s'emi-trOpic fruits and all kinds If
vegetables, have made "a changing ex-
perieicsa as singular and unique us il
Ia interesti,,o and i,s,r,oti,s Th.
planters of the early day, immigrants
from the adjacent States, whose euer-
pies were d;,oo,od Il, M. nr,,,,,i in,
/ of immense .,,rs Of oo,,o, ,,,, oor,
! were unite i,on,an,od win ,ho o,,a,oss
cuI,iva,i,,, S.s 49, a"n~
,;mos otto ~Ans
| While The omo;.I noss;h;u,;.s 80
such crops ,vsra u~nti,oualt of ar a;s,s.
o.rdsd nd "e
we're imuepeec, or a,tire,v v.n,i,o and
there was h@,re,e,,,y o,u,s;te demand
for these pfoduc,s far which ,be Stat.
has 81 CT bsscore f.mops
In the oIdeu time tho ve,l,h and
populationI Of ,,,a s,,,. v,s chielv
concentrate 4, Tho s.ct;o, NOW k,,v,
as middle FLORIDA COMPRISING tbs copp.
ties living Uatween the Georgia lima and
the Gulf OF Mex;co and hot ves, ,be
Apnalachil,,. aud S,,,.,,.o ,;,.,s T,
No portionl,f tho S.,,b mora ,,oro a,
that time d,rosr ar G,sr co,,o, ,I.,t,.
lions: mord. lnxnr;,,s homes and sur.
| %roundinpsl ora mora n,,s,,ero,s and
! contentedL.o,, ,h., ,es;ded =, ,h.t
rich region The people lived like n..
hobs and d;,oo,aa tbo,,,.,v.s win
equal zealto tho cultivation and hand.
ling of thd ,reat stanle and the amen;.
lies of socti ,;f. Fin. old ma,s;,,s
vet stand among the giant live o,ks
upon nsinss, o,a of tho rich ~n,an,,'
lions. IiaQe,ted and .,,;,ous ,ho;r
siIences,o,7 eso,a,;o, f,,l of ,.,hoo ,,d
eloouencSy ~amindiny Tho cbanca p.sser
by of the b~rosneri,v and .fBneuce ,f
former daEs This oood time haze o,ss.
ed away Nitb many If those who vera
its fouude rs and dsvo,ees Int, ,,o ,ioh
land vet r.m.;, so,rcoIv a ffootoa hv tho
half century If immense Yearly crons
which thev have ,roaucea mathod of
cultivation which have nrevni,.d
coming with the reedom tenants of
these lands since tbe ,v.r hova redpcea
the annusl product but not the produc.
ing CAPACITY n, Tho lands and who,
they are subjected to the better meth.
DDS known aud nroc, iced Inv tho hos,
farmers of tho nnr,L md vast ,neir
fertility and v,ria,v If nro,ucts w,Il IVA
almost ltymd The n,w.r of h,lier.
The fol, uue If war worked ;, dis,s.
trous CHANCE in ,be conditions h.,e nc
well as .Issv,,sre rI,s s,ayos n.,o
acknowledgements, ;n,o ,.o. .m.,;aas
citizens md lost no fin. IN das.r,imr
from ihefrsa, orn,v nf nro,,oa,s -,
engage. Amos, ON mosso IN ITO oo,a.n
ial ~,vocaion % n~o,,,ios rha nra5na
finn If III s,,,,a orons oanaa, -,
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