The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-23
SANFORD SETTINGS.
Palmetto Wine and EIixir-Hon. b.
G. Northrop,s visit.

Sanford, Fla, Feb 22.-I am glad to
see that my views on the water hyacinth
pest in my last letter have been copied
by Florida papers interested in the work
of exterminating this growing hindrance
to navigation, and seem to be accepted
as worthy of due consideration, As these
hyacinths multiply rapidly nothing sub
stantial can be accomplished except under
some plan, comprehensive and liberal,
that has for its object the prompt eX-
termination of the plants from the foGn-
tain head of the st. Johns river to its
mouth at the ocean.
The friends of Col. S. Herbert Lancey
of Gen. Harvey Post, Grand Army of the
Republic, of this city, are greatly pleased
at his appointment as aide to Gen. Horace
Porter, the grand marshal of the lnau-
guration parade at Washington. There
is no political significance in the APP
pointment, as he is a lifelong democrat,
but 1t appears to be compliment from
the general to an old army comrade ana
a distinguished Grand Army official Col.
Lancey being judge advocate of this de-
partment and special aide on Commander
in-Chief ClarksOn's staff As the position
is military aide to Gen. Porter himself,
and not to one of his division marshals,
the honor is a select one, and conferred
only upon military or civil officials or
high character and unusual prominence
In Sundays Morning News there is an
item about DIR. Peak of Orlando ana MS
experiments in making palmetto wine ana
elixir. The item suggests the idea that
this is a new industry, which is not the
fact. J. W. Wellington of Sanford sew
eral years ago made palmetto wine
from the berries of the saw palmetto, ana
last summer he moved his wine making
business to Jacksonville, where he could
enlarge the output. His product goes
into drug stores, etc, same as ordinary
wines, but there is another product,
"Wampole's saw palmetto wine, ppepar-
Cd har II NTaf1 al & IA O.
turing chemists, of Philadelphia, that is
especially suited to medical practitioners.
1t is clear. therefore, that DR., Peak is not
pioneer in this matter. The once dis
pissed palmetto plant has, like the cotton
plant, of late years become Valuable
through several products heretofore Who'll
President Plant has laid South Florida
under renewed obligation to him for bring
ing here Hon. 3. G. Northrop of Connecu-
cut, the famous advocate for and author
ity on Village Improvements. Just now,
when De Land, Sanford, Maitland, Winter
Park, Orlando and other places are push
ing the good roads" movement ahead in
a practical manner. it is fitting that the
Village improvements" movement should
go hand in hand with it; DR.; Northrup
lectures in these and other places upon
the subject, and his practical hints and
suggestions are being well received, and
in some cases promptly acted upon. WI
lage parks are being cleaned out and made
attractive, while the planting of trees and
shrubs along the new clayed or Shelled
roads mas commenced IN earnest. Inc
county commissioners of Orange county
generously agree to water and care for all
trees planted along the public highways.
Warm sunshiny days, with heavy dews
at night have given a boom to thousands
of plants, shrubs ard trees that were
stricken by the recent freeze, and every
where to-day green shoots can be seen
coming forth to gladden. the hearts of the
husbandmen. And this is one of the great
helps to life in Florida-the rapidity with
which frost-bitten plants shrubs and
trees recuperate and put on new growth.
To look at our mulberry, peach, pear and
fig trees in full leaf one would hardly
think that they were leafless but a little
while ago. Guava bushes are still bare,
but new foliage will soon appear if this
fine growing weather continues.