The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-31


IDA AND RETURNS NORTH TO
SNORT BIRTHSTONE AND VILE
EPITHETs.
One man out of the millions who
have visited the State of Florida. en-
joyed its hospitality, praised its
beauty and gloried in its balmy atmo-
sphere, has been found who is dis
gusted with what he found, saw
and heard in this greatest of all
states in the great United States;
one fragment of the great mass of
human beings who annually wand
thar ways to this greatest of all
winter abodes and enjoy their stay
with the hospitable people Of the sun
ny south. has been found who boldly
says he doesn't like the warm sunny
climate of. the land between the
Gulf of Mexico and the broad Allan
tic and that he prefers the north part
to his hearts content, where the
shiyerS chase each other with light
mig rapida.y- up and down his spinal
column, where the efforts TO keep
the frost bites away from his toes.
ears and fingers are as strenuous
as the fighting of ni3squitos in New
Jersey ii the summer tine, and wher
the real pleasure OF this season OF
the year consist mainly of shovetng
coal into the furnace and basking in
the freezing winds which blow f ON
recovered Lake Erie.
1t IS but natural that every man
should be ploud of his native state.
but uare a.e some 90,00O,000 people
IN this great United States who will
not upho d the impression thrown out
by this one molecular part of Uncle
Sans government that the moment
one feet is set outside f,.he boundary
line Of the state Of OHIO The smell OF
birthstone arises and the air becomes
filled with visions OF form with
horns, pn9nged 6au ald carrying a
pitchfork.
There are some s1a,es, perhaps,
not quite as good, plenty OF them
Just as good and a great nay better
than the state OF Ohio, in the opinion
OF the DAILY News Florida is one
of the number counted as better and
We are perfectly willing TO remain
here, where life is really worth Ev-
Ing, and We are just as willing the
STATE OF Chic shall keep this DIS
grunleled specimen o. humanity.
The real trouble with this traveller
who barely slipped into Florida and
out again and gained his impression
OF the state from one slanting glance
at the country through which ne
passed, tackled his sails at wrong
angle If his trip had taken him
even short distance along the
great East Coast he would still be
basking in the balmy sunshine ri
Florida, enjoying the cooling breezas
from the broad Aalantic and writing
letters home, begging the people AZ
the old home in Ohio TO join him in
the land OF real pleasure.
This one man who has expressed
himself as disguised with the south
and the state OF Florida is one ! p
Todd. Of the township OF vermil. ion
state Of Ohio, according 10 rhe fol.
lowing taken from the VermIlicn De
partment OF the Erie Couuy Re
porter OF the date of Dec. %:
Mr., and Mrs.A B. Todd of his
township, who recently left here with
the expectation of spending the win.
ter IN the south, returned home las
week fully disguised with the sop.
thern generosity and the conditions
n general existing in that section
Concerning his trip TO the south AJr
Todd has given vene to his ideas !,
print in the following:
Our trip from vermilIon across
the fertile state of Ohio 10 Cinc,n.
naN was a paradise compared with
the balance OF our trip from the
latter city to st. Petersburg. Fla
Inc most of the land between c,n-
o'nnau and ST. Petersburg, Fla. Is
so poor that it would be inpossihle
Tor an Ohio farmer 10 exist. especial.
~ one from northern Ohio. near tho
shore OF Lake Erie, where we ha,a
the finest air. and drinking watsr
that America affords.
As We reared Jacksonville. Fla
the country began to look worse =
good portion OF the state in nothing