The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-08-27

aaked for. Viewing the matter Ia
this light, many said they were will
ling TO be taxed. The main trouble
seems to be that the average person
has done but little thinking and no
Figuring at all. We are not vet
ready to believe that Florida will not
be properly represented il she has
suffered many humiiiating failures.
While there is life there is hope, and
liz number of our philosophical
citizens will commence the erection
of building in Jackson Park soon,
we believe that the new legislature
which assemblies early next April
will in ten days thereafter pass a
bill appropriating sufficient amount
of money to pay for the same.
One mile back of Chip.ey (the
mile must have been measured with
coon skin and the tail thrown in
for good measure), lives A. G..
Chandlee and his pleasant family,
where we tarried one night and were
very pleasantly entertained. He
was absent but Charley took us the
"grand rounds" over his farm and
We found everything in apple pie
order.
But short distance beyond Mr..
Chandlee's farm is James Chambers
of Indianapolis. G. W. Danlev his
efficient superintendent, was at home
and made our short stay pleasant.
Like Mr.. Chandlee he is a grower of
the weed, and each of them have fine
tobacco and will compete for Colonel
Chipley's premium.
". d. Owens, Arthur Milter. Jos.
B. Jockey, Mr.. Scott, Unveils and
3 number of others have tobacco
crops and many more would have
engaged in raising a crop had the
drought kept away.
In Washington county they have
grown 400 acres this season. all of
which is trst-rate tor a start. Next
Year we predict that the crop will be
three times as large.
AT Cotton3ale the people or some
of them at least, have a gold II ne in
sight in the shape OF thu white porus
sandstone rock they are unearthing
and saving up Tor foundations, Chin
neys and other building material.
We were told that the rock is quite
soft when first unearthed, but the
atmosphere hardens it sufficiently for
all building purposes. Along the line
of the railroad it crops ont from the
bank and men We're engaged in put
ting it into merchan,Able shape. A
hasty examination leads us to believe
that they have rock there world
without end.
There are twenty-one towns along
the line of the Pensacola AMI Allan
tic railroad between the former point
and River Junction and we award
the first premium to Sneeds. 1t looks
like grand spanking" new town
with an air of Improvement on every
hand.
Another thing about Cottondale
We forgot to mention, they grow
wheat anil barley in that vicinity for
we saw a sack of each. Mr.. j. r.
Donavan is the grower.
The kernels of these valuable cere-
ais were we'll filled and showed that
they can be successfully grown in
West Floridd.
The News aptly and sensibly says:
Why is it that our farmers have
not paid more attention to such
things? Both crops are profitable,
and then if wheat was grown here to
any extent it would be a natural
seq fence that capitalists would es-
tab,ish Touring mills, which would
give employment to hundreds of la
borers and pat in circulation thou
sands of dollars annually, besides
keeping At home the large sans of
money now sent of to Western
markets for bread-stuffs.
Mr.. Donavan has opened the way
TO the planting of extensive wheat
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