Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-12-14
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=, - Rfaton a t11
a. a.. : a warm. sunshiny ess.
br0ther and took a sAroA over ~
81 JOINS River ~ eo2t 70 a cosn
over shere cAned Dixis's Land wnsIs
sSsv ~. e~reey<hhng for aunenA
Ia ksAas Of aninas. sheA.ss
1-e. fa,n and The bg I've oak u
- ,as,a rs branrhes Il shis fres
-. ,ea fest xide-so long thai oes
come down to he Troeut fOr sap.
No. We shen took n sha CITY q
Jacksonville and vcnt 70 Doam
We wanted TO zee lie bAG %
|t.Sch farm. There n thossanHn o
ssrb,s Cor NorthGn people 70 Sc
Id : rot q farra hke our Ar.n
nave II 4 not oVer 10 r =
~ ,uso loss. with buldln@ ana band
|esanaa Pools and wire fenSAnS ~
wbere 10 hdaa Tire animah sn-
alnrasors. soras and fizhsS Hers ny
hrosher busesa out his eyes AZ ne
wonderfo' sights. He sad ~
heas our Old school days of g yeArs
ago. uhea We bad an old log $50.
ho,s. w,sh one.half 9 los saved out
- each side Tor light. and a plAnk
h.,,,r over with leather hinges %
keen ont the sn0w. The door N
nusde Of clabboands hung oa woo1fh
hinges with latch strog outside a
|chbbosrd roof also We hsd. VAN
weExht poles to hold tbe roof down !
fear our school Children In Mex'eo
day don't appreciate what their par
|euss are doing for them in The way
Of schooling. Ny brother tells me
that out q 40 Of us school cniiureA
Of IS years ago. there are now only
four left TO tell the story of the oaa
log school house. and Of the on
school d~vs Of the past
We next went to the water works
park where there Is a barge waste
pond Here are several large ALI
gators Es,ere NO have been fighting
for TWO days and nights. The iarges'
one Is the one that swallowed the "a
bull dog / spoke Of last winter. ne
| smaller one could get around the bel
ter and would iube undeE The big oot
and bite his 6eet and legs. They lash
led the5r tafs at one smother and
fought ,tl the water was bloody and
muddy. Men tried to part them, ou'
could not, so finally the big one ~
1.-The smaller one with his tai s1eh q
Terrific blow hat Il stunned hun, an
he made a grab with his mouth an
got him about middle way and shook
him IKE a dog would shake a ras
breaking his back When be et loos'
the smaller one was Imp in deaia
While strDlling around the city
ealIed on our friend, Mat Meisou
who Is still in the mule business an'
doing well He told me 10 come bach
some nice, warm afternoon and n
would take me all over this city .
course / accepted his kind offer, Dr
johnson who lives here next door q
my hotel wished me 10 aecompan
him N his motor boat down the s.
Johns River to The ocean and se'
THE white caps roll aud the hrs'
Iships pillow the waves and catch con
black bass. oicourse l accepted mi
nice boat.rbde We stop at MAY
t burgh and Pueblo Peach, where "
J saw so many ladies and gentlemen
bathing hast year; where the grea
I auto races were run and thousands
dollars wene won.
4 There are twenty good plctur
shows In this city and every Tues
day and Thursday there ma
inees at the orpheum, the best DA
ture and vaudeville show in thl
city, tickets being on'v zoe, bu
they give away three beautiful wiiio
S pIumes worth from Is to $40, I
3 the lucky ladies. You ought 70 Sc
> the crowd Of course. ] take on
of my nieces each day. but as "
none has gotten the nice wihol
plumes, but IL is fair and three {
the lucky ladies get one each.
My brother wants to go fishin
. for bass. large trout and big ca
: fish that viii weight from 20 TO
pounds. We will 90 up the 8
John's River. This stream IS !
I feet deep and from one mile to
miles wide. The land is flat an
saudy up the River that it runs o.
its banks. This country was ali co
Tered with water one day. Any OIL
wishing TO buy land down here ha
better come and see for himself, ,
he might gel all sand 10 feet deel
or a f~rog-pOnd. This Is no farmil
country; no wheat. oats. rye, ba
ley, corn or hay will grow here VOL
anything 1t Is splendid for true
farms aud oranges, but not good Il
- our domestic fruit-oniy tropic
= fruits. There Is one good thing hel
:, Il has the heath and warm china
;. In the winter. There will not
: $4,000 people here this season,
the races last year brought 25,00
-men and women and gamblers
As ever yours,