The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-09-03
By PETER STANLEY

have heard that there is a person
created for every purpose, good and
bad" (not good doctrine), and we are
told that the eagles nest has been
robbed of its eggs for commercial
purposes.
First, we approach the owners
home, a modern residence with every
convenience, 1t appears; standing alone
in its grandeur like an appropriate
frontispiece to some rare old volume.
In the yard stands towering cabbage
palmettoes like faithful soldiers guard
ing some important pass, under the
waving foliage Of which nestle laugh
ing flowers and twining vines. The
low, plaintive call of a disturbed Bob
white. calling to his faithful little mate
that has been rudely chased from her
hiding in the garden hard by, is only
an omen of some untold tale of love
suggested by the expensive buildings
and rare beauty Of the entire premises
standing unoccupied at the present.
Just around the corner and we ar
rive at the managers home, Ala
bama" or here we rest" as wo were
impressed to call 1t. We were told,
however, that Mr.. Clyde Axline, in a
jolly mood, had called the place The
Hurrah Hotel" in consequence of
having overheard Mrs. Martin remark
the hurrah nest that day. meaning
the house. We found it indeed a place
| of peace and plenty. nature in her
a abundant grace seemingly tossing OF
| the good things of life in the lap of
| this immediate home. Jersey cows
| furnish plenty of milk and butter, and
| to spare, and keep sleek and fat on
the meadows near by Astounding in
wild millet, a very valuable vegeta
| ton we have never seen or heard Of
| before Honey, white and fresh from
| the hives" favored with orange
blossom and palmetto eggs! Well,
! Manager Martin went out while we
were there and found a nest containing
! forty eggs. Pretty fishy, we admit,
but it's true. Then there is the cab
bage palmetto in abundance. Don't
know that you have ever eaten of that.
Well, it is the tender bud of the cab
bage tree, white, crisp and tender, and
when properly prepared is a very
palitable dish indeed. Squirrels laugh
! in the acorn trees and fish loiter in the
cool shady hooks of the lake just walt
] ing to be caught.
But we must hurry on. Here is the
packing house, where the fruit is made
| ready for shipping. 1t is said to be
one of the most thoroughly equipped
and complete packing houses in the
state. It is 5ox50 feet, three stories
high. with an additional lookout
above the main roof. The fruit is
brought from the grove on specially
prepared trucks. double geared, so that
i the rear wheels follow perfectly in
the tired of the front ones. turn as
short. or alternately, as may be re-
! quired. UnIoaded from these trucks,
! the fruit enters large watts, or ven
tilated raised floors, with well proper
| toned decline that carries the fruit
one teer deep to the mouth Of an au-
/ tomato sizer. Here it is assorted and
! graded by one man. and distributed
/ again into fourteen different declining
| troughs which carry it into the pack
! ers' boxes. where ii is wrapped and
! nacked ready for shipment. This pack
/ ing house will put up one car of fruit
! to every three men working under its
i roof
The grove proper consists of forty
acres oranges, grape fruit and tanger-
| ines. Its beauty is yet untold. 1t is
said by those who have spent most OF