The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-19

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lands which had been a wilderness,
rich with surprising richness, but so
Ear away from the markets OF the
world as to be well-nigh worthless.
were they not TO be brought in touch
with the populous north; and would
not its wealth descend IN showers
upon the patient Cracker? He felt II
to be so beyond a peradventure; and
he pulled his clay-colored hat well
over on one ear and INDUCED himself
n the unwonted luxury Of a Jackson
Vile fve-cent cigar, as he mentally
added few dollars more to the price
Of his yet uncultured acres.
There were other interesting faces and
interesting types on board the train.
They had come to stay, they said; at
least, most Of them had. They liked
the country, and never wanted to try
again the rigors Of a northern winter.
But they admitted that they were will
ing to find prosperity sufficient to take
them out of the country in summer. It
wasn't quite the place for white folks
then.
Most Of these men, 1 found, had in
vestments somewhere between st.
Augustine apd the south Of Florida,
and they were full Of the lore which
figures out big profits IN the future.
They took no stock IN the model
city" at Lake Worth, on which the
Crackers built such magnificent castles
In the air. They did not believe that
Mr.. Flagler would invest his money
that way, but they were full Of noble
/ computations regarding the golden
profits to be reaped when the Indian
river and Lake Worth region should
become the winter garden Of New
| York.
ct beats the pajamas out Of oranges,
I tell YOU" said one enthusiast. In
pines you don't have to wait no four
teen years as you do with the yaller
boys before your plantin' is a-payin'.
| It's only q matter Of seventeen months
| between the sowin and the crop. Now,
| in oranges, II you have a streak O bad
| luck you are gOin' to be fourteen years
behind the tail O the procession. But
| with pines you hev q chance to l1etch
up"
We dumped our mails at st. Angus
| tine and soon were leisurelv putting
| our way southwark and into the glori-
! Gus country Of the Halifax and Indian
estuaries, country which begins to
make good the pictures of Floridian
scenery formed In the northern mind,
and every hour Of the journey brings
! views more tropical.
The negroes in the smoking car 60
ing south to shovel sand on the new
road were filing the air with happy
songs and INDUCING themselves in
boisterous horseplay. The Florida
I "nigger''-he calls himself that's the
happiest member Of his race He has
none of the airs and none Of the wor-
ries of the.northern negro. Put some
''grits" or pan Of beans before him,
and, he will stuff himself full to the
+ eyeballs, and not trouble himself about
! where the next meal is coming from.
He is philosopher from away back,
and the raggeder his raiment the less
he has to worry about. SO long as he
is below the frost line he does not fear
! the cold, and SO long as waters run IN
| the river beds and catfish Turk IN the
| deeps and shadows, he feels that there
is no danger of starvation. So he
takes life with imperturbable good ma
ture, and laughs as easily as child.
Ormond, Daytona, New Smyrna,
! Rockledge! how familiar these names
! all sound to the ear of the Florida
! tourist These are the pearls of the
| necklace which this bride of the sun
wears adOwn her bosom. The land
| grew richer and more strenuOusly ver-
durous as we proceeded southwark.
The foliage lost it's memories of the
| temperate zone and became wholly
| tropical. Orange orchards multiplied,
and for miles we passed an almost I'M
| broken line Of trees heavily laden with
! the famed fruit of the Indian river.
| Trees Of the palm family became
more abundant and more huge, and
! the wild woods grew spontaneously
! magnificent plants which would be
! worth fortune in some rich mans
conservatory at the north. The great
green fans Of the banana plants were
not split and withered here as they
were above the frost line, but grew
strong and perfect and exqufsitely
green, while from the forks of the
leaves hung the wondrously beautiful
blossoms or the growing bunch Of
fruit The soft and sensuous easterly
breeze brought the Odor Of the pine
apples from the great beds ripening
on the eastern shore OF the shallow
sound, miscalIed a river.
Everything was done on a prodigal
scale. Whenever we crossed a river or
ran beside a lagoon which gave a
glimpse of the water l saw such
wealth of wild fowl swimming on 1t
that it seemed hardly sport to kill
them. The wild ducks were very
tame here and allowed the train 70
Acome So near before they hustled away
on sluggish wing that one might easily
have shot them from the car windows.
They seemed more like decoys planted
on the surface Of the water than the
fearsone fowl which flock to more
northern wa tiers in the summer season.
South of Eau Gauie, between Jupiter
and Juno the road Is unique in being
The southernmost bit Of tramway IN
the United States and probably the
most expensive to ride on in the world.