The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-10-29
The Return Of Chadman.

l have just read In the REPUBLICAN
that the game season Is open for rutfed
grouse and sure am homesick TO go up
back Of Judge Twins place and bag M
of those big cocks that has iattened him
self on berries and nuts and wild grapes.
The ascent of the hill 1 know would do
me good and 80 would the feast or the
baked bird whether hot or cold. We have
no hills or mountains here to climb, and
even the making ola living in the pro-
LESSONS or the vacations Is moi uphill
work. So you see W get little exercise
and in fact do not wan very much.
Energy, industry, even ambition deserts
one in the semi-tropics, and lassitude and
fatigue follow slight exercise or labor.
But nc q who has not spent a year or
so In this climate can believe what lux
ury there ia in these cool, clear, trans
cendent nights, and these never failing
balmy, sunshiny days. After October
comes there is no end to either OF them
until June, and that month of the past
summer was one of continuous sun by
day and brilliant stars and moon hlow by
night. Ordinarily, heavy showers begin
early in June and continue through July,
August, and we'll into September, but the
past season has been a marked exception
to the rule. Very little rain fell, and
while the people in the north were suffer-
ing from unusual heat we experienced
lovely, breezy days and cool, placid
nights.
The citrus crop Is a little below the
average in this immediate vicinity, but
farther mp Peace river, and along the
Caloosbatcbee and its tributaries, the
trees are heavily laden. and huudreads Of
thousands of boxes Of fine oranges and
grapefruit will be shipped to the markets
of the big cities. The truckers and farm
ers are now putting in their seed and
setting out their plants, while the farmers
OF Little Forest are putting in their
coal and sitting behind their kitchen
stoves. In the latter part of January our
farmers will be %shoveling their potatoes,
beets, beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, and
so forth into crates and mailing and mark
ing them for shipment, while yours will
be shoveling snow and inqniring for
chilblsine liniment. But for all that l
long for a sniff of frosty air and a glimpse
OF a grotesque snow man. 1t is So this
afternoon with a delightful air moving,
and for the mex six months we shall
have identically the same temperature,
with the possible exception, perhaps, that
in February there may be a few nights
when an extra light cotton quilt will add
to your comfort.
Punts Gords has improved very much
in the past two years. Many fine houses
have been erected and several new blocks
in progress. We are now voting an issue
of sixty thousand dollars of bonds for
water works sewers, and street improve
ment, and 1 have been quite busy, as city
solicitor. In looking after the legal matters
in connection Herewith. l AM glad to
see so many people moving toward this
part of Florida. The East coast used to
be as far as any one got, but it is different
now. Hundreds of people Of very
moderate means are purchasing lots and
building inexpensive houses here. They
use them in the winter and rent them
during their absence in the summer. 1t
is conceded by ever selfish st. Petersburg
that Punta Gords and the small towns
surrounding have a superior climate for
winter tourists and pleasure seekers. We
are really below the frost line and the
most delicate tropical plants grow in
luxurious profusion.
Ex-Governor Gilchrist, whose home is
in Punta Gorda. has entered the race for
United States senator, and as he is q
neighbor of mine, a mighty good fellow,
and a bachelor like myself, l am for him
until the last vote is counted. he will
see to 1t that southern Florida gets all that
is coming to it. Not that we have been
neglected, for Senators Bryan and
Fletcher have been very attentive to the
needs of this section, but somehow we
will feel safer when we get our own
townsman into that branch OF the law
making power.
WALLACE CHADMAN.
Punts Gorda, Fla. Oct. 10, 1918.