The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-05-21

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beautiful baths and drives make
one wish for an extension Of time.
Here we got our first knock down in
Florida. While marching around in
sold briny," a chap called breaker
knocked our trotters from under us
quicker than we could say Jack
Robinson with his mouth open. We
came up smiling and fell back to that
portion of the country where break
ers were not so numerous and stout.
| When one reaches San Mateo and
from there over to Palatka the
soil shows better appearance and
the groves look better. San Mateo
shows signs of aristocracy. There
must be much wealth invested there
from the look of the farm homes and
town residences. Here we crossed
the river to Palatka proper and came
to Jacksonville.
Green Cove Springs seems decid-
eddy lively in the vicinity Of the car
shop, there we saw long lines Of
freight cars standing over the various
sidings. Dry weather prevailed here
to an alarming extent as the crops in
view showed. Here, as at o rmond
we see the hand-work Of Mr.. Borden,
the great condensed milk man.
During his lifetime he was a great
friend to Florida, spent his money
freely and accomplished much good.
Doubtless Green Cove often misses
his frequent kindly acts toward
her.
This system Of railroads is some
thing after the style of a Yankee
pitchfork with the outer tines as
suming an outcurved position. They
are termed Us and are as handy as
a pocket in a shirt. On these Y
rails the passengers are taken right
to the spot they are ticketed for.
Many of our passengers did not
"catch on" One said, 81 saw that
house on the other side of the track
less than five minutes ago." He had
been looking at some other objects
of interest and was not watching
the "see-sawing" proclivities the
engineer had at his command.
This is unquestionably the land of
the orange. The finest varieties in
the world are grown here; they are
as fine as those on Senator Yulee's
plantation on the Homosassa, where
we once spent a week and had ''full
swing" all over the grove in the land
of Tige- Tail & Co. We missed the
excursion to the grove>: there prob
ably we would have received bet
ter quality still than those we per-
formed gustatorv demonstrations
with in and about Ormond. In many
instances their skin was almost as
thin as paper, the flesh fine and
jaicy, and the flavor could not be
much less surpassed. They
claim that by budding on good stalk
oranges can be produced in six
years, and that slight frosts improve
the favor of the fruit. At times we
thought they talked too much of the
orange in the meetings, but when
they come up to West Florida next
year probably they will intimate
that we have too much to say Of the
LeConte pear. If you of the North
land are not convinced as to what
we will have to say of this land
from week to week; if you do not
think they have a land of promise
90 down there next winter, taste
and see for yourselves, and you will
be loath to leave the land Of the
orange, pineapple and guava.
PERSONALS.
President Adams in looks and ac-
tions as a presiding officer reminds
us very much Of the president Of
the United States. During the
meeting we sat where we had a side
view of him, thus the opinion. He
is most excellent presiding officer.
Promptness governs his every act