Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-01

49, D'NohAAt bNAAE AlOHt NY llAll III
good wages, and no doesn't work from
dawn % dark either. II may surprise
some Delaware farmers to learn that ho
works ton hours per day, beginning at
u. M, and quitting ~ p. M, and
receiving therefor from rs cents to S1.25
per day, according to his ability and as
70 whether he boards himself or is fed
by his employer. Generally he does tho
former, getting his breakfast before he
sets out, carryinghls dinner, and having
his supper on his return from his days
work.
One thing that strikes the newcomer
is tho number of residents who came
here originally for their health. Eustis
ana It's vicinity ara peoplod almost en-.
tlrely by immigrants from tho North
and West, and ! really believe tina,
fully one-half of the inhabitants whom
have met have taken occasion to say
II was utterly run down by bronchitis
Tor rheumatism, or some other ailmeut),
when | came here five Tor seven, or
nine) years ago, and II hadn't come "a
Florida when | did l should have been
In my grave long before this" They
are a healthy looking community OF
valetudinarians now.
We are u temperate and religious
community likewise, Not even IL glass
OF beer Is obtainable In Eustis. So
strong is the prohibition sentiment that
the local express agent will not know
ingly receive packages containing in.
toxicants. Not drop of liquor comes
into Eustis unless it is struggled or
brought by the owner in person, As to
churches there are three, the Methodist,
Presbyterian and Episcopal, and u
fourth is In process of erection by the
Campbellites, fine brick edifice which
will be an ornament to tho town.
Educational facilities are good; one of
the finest buildings in the town, the
seminary" within mile Of and con
splcuOusly visible from BloOmland. II
y difficult to estimate the population If
Eustls, the town sends SO many long
aims out countryward, but il can hardly
By less than 1000 and it may he more.
There are plenty of good stores, u meat
market, steam laundry, three wheel.
wright AMI wagon factories, bank,
two livery stables, q remarkably good
all.the year.round hotel, without bar,
and pretentious suburban winter
hotel, the Ocklawaha, prettily located
on Lake Oracle. We have been already
visited by the pastors of the Methodist
and Presbyterian churches and the act
ing pastor Of the Campellite fold, each
properly Jealous to number the new
corners among his congregation. Speak
ing OF the stores, we find things gener-
ally selling higher than in Wilmington,
coupled with custom 10 measure
values by the dollars worth. Thus,
graduated sugar sells ut seven cents Il
pound or IL pounds for dollar; Elgin
creamery butter is 80 cents u pound
potatoes, three pecks for dollar, and
so on. Flour is comparatively cheap,
Pillsbury's best rating about $4.S5 per
barrel. Fresh meats, including yensOn.
fish and fowls are generally procurablo
at moderate prices.
The first two or three days of our
residence at Bloomland were close and
sultry; then came wild southwest
wind, nearly gale, that cleared aud
cooled the air and blew away the mos
quitoes, which we were disguised at
finding here, and which We were glad to
learn did not belong in this neighbor-
hood, but were temporary visitation
from the "llatlands." They were big
and they bit freely, but their bite was
not venomous; it left no irritation in its
train. The gnats, which are really
small flies about one-eighth of an inch
long, We're also excessively annoying
during those intlatory sultry DAYS.
These we have still with US, though ia
diminished numbers, and we are learn
infr 10, 4 NIL. 4
gnats do not bite; they are only trouble.
some by reason of numbers, and their
propensity to individually inspect and
explore ones ears, eyes and nostrils.
They operate only in still air, slight
breeze dissipatcs them, aud there is gem
orally breeze enough to keep them quiet.
With the going down of the sun they
seem to disappear entirely, even in
places where the customary evening
breezes are not felt. Since those open
ing sultry days the weather has been, In
the main, delightful; sometimes little
torrld in the middle of the day, but
hardly enough SO to make outdoor labor
lEksomc. The nights are invariably
deliciously cool and the air exquisitely
pleasant. To-day, looking at the most
distant point within range from Bloom
land, | found woodland several miles
away entirely free from the haze of dis.
lance, standing out as clearly cut as Il
bit of fine line engraving.
Some oranges are being shipped but
they are almost entitely drops" fruit
Knocked off by the September gale and
the following early October wind
which | have referred to, and really
unit to cat. The commission merchant
Is not, OF course, deceived by this fruit,
but the consumer is apt to he taken in
and to become prejudiced against the
naturally ripened Florida oranges
which will begin TO go TO market in two
or three weeks from now. At present II
fully ripe orange, hanging on the tree, is
rather rarity than otherwise, in this
locality. JuDGE.