The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-10-20
POSSIBILITIES
OF ST. LUCE
WAT Energy and Perseverance
Can Accomplish Here.
me- FAVORITE COUNTY
neaeoIes, Oranges and Vegetables Offer
4 Exceptional Opportunities to New
"A Settlers With Energy.
Wabasso, Fla, Oct, l6, 1905


|ditors TRIBUNE:
fn nv last paper on some of the ad.
rNages of st. Lucie county, | stated
M was "congenial as to its sur
mdings." What mean Is, that no
2ftar how much one may like a place
lie respects, If the people are not
c{13 and sociable and there is no posi-
E,}|1fv of recreation, it is hardship for
fkrsn to stay there. Nowhere can a
f16re intelligent, industrious, steady
rf|TIR. peace loving people be found
WA again, no matter how much one
~ Tht desire to live in a p lace, If there
N 10 chance for desirable recreation
wv would think long before locating
+ VA. IAN work and no play is as
ir1,e TO day as ever. Here is the beau
HfSl Indian river, teeming with fish and
oSVtsrs, to be had for the pleasure OF
roinr after them(and by the way, the
Han river is said to be the most
b0kutiful river in the United States)
mi br many years has attracted to it,
fM Wealthy seeking recreationlsts Of
3 y'hole county. Small launches have
bSoo}ne 50 common in the last year or
tjh That trip to Old Ocean is ac-
cSunp1}shed in only a few minutes.
ture to yourself day in January,
eddie of winter, when snow and
cover everything at the North and
ht. when YOU and your friends and
1tshbors have planned for trip to
pI Ocean. The sun rises on cloud
16Sy, the thermometer at a. m, IS
lSnd by 3 Il. M. when you are all
= to start it has climbed to So. 1t
|nnv bet to IS by noon, but it is
HolihAful No need for overcoats to day.
~ ahort run of from 20 to 30 minutes
hv (which, and YOU are across the river;
Srn|a few minutes walk and Old Ocean
o{ore you. There is something
Han about the ocean as we see 1t
The grandeur of it impresses US !;
IN tire of it after seeing it a while,
we are impressed by it just the
the next time we go. Bathing
are brought out. and plunge in
Briny is INDUCED in. What! in
1ory? Sure, and the temperature
Iho water is warmer than it is at
~ York or Boston, July LIST.
Any walk the beach, gather shells
hunt for curios, and If it was June
IA look for turtles and turtle nests.
lunch is served and say it tastes
- on the beach than anywhere we
hnched. A good time is enjoyed
and the return home is happy.
morning, the work that was
ery when we left is delight; we
% all about it yesterday, and with
HE and new energy given us by
~ of pleasure that cost us nothing
cket or worry will last us until we
Pin and it wont be long either,
emory is too real.
h another recreation is hunting in
Quail are plentiful, and if you
Ito go further and hunt larger
you will find deer; but you don t
In evey time you find 'em. Some
you will find bear for change,
hat has all this to do with making
hg, making money. That's the
thing and we will get to that part
DOon. This is what the foregoing
do with it-that it is lots easier
ke living or to make money II
ease, where the surroundings are
nt to the eye and mind, and where
ion may be had without a week OF
ration and worry, that robs you
r pleasure.
we come to the proposition that
the easiest place for energy and
Ferance to make living in, and
ct some will say that's u whopper,
ait and see. | say energy and
kerance, because no one without
necessary adiuncts will succeed
here. | concede the fact that
are failures made here, but not
bse who have these qualities,
bnvinced that the man who has
qualities even in small degree
better here than elsewhere, and
yet to meet the man who came
70 develop the possibilities OF the
hd climate, and had the energy to
and the perseverance to stick to
10 made a failure of his efforts.
give two or three illustrations
know Of; my own observation
y limited, but | think everyone
gree that what has been done by
IN be done by others.
Dung man came here some five OF
ars ago without capital; he was
and had to "bach. He bar
for land on the peninsular (that
The east side of Indian river) anC
good judge Of bean land. He
d it himself and planted beans
rst crop brought him out OF debt
then made 81 900 and over 9
rom the crops made on his lane
nself.
ther young single man started ir
IAN business two or three wears