The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-03-19
Letters from Florida.
Coleman, Fla, March 2, l9l

Coleman, Fla, March 2, 1914.
Mr.. j. A. MenZies,
Editor, Expositor, Yale, Mich.
Dear Friend
There seems to be a desire wrapped
up i'm every one that ever lived i'm Yale,
and then left the old town, whether
permanently or just for trip, to begin,
as soon as they get out of shouting
distance, TO write articles for the home
paper, and being no exception to the
rule, and at the earnest request OF my
wife, also knowing that the Exposure
man is looking with longing eye south
ward, wondering where that check for
one spot is that is at least month
late, thought il time that | returned
to the favorite pastime of fale's former
residents and tramps, and writing few
lines for the EXpositor.
Our friends at LutZ are writing about
sunshine, garden truck, fish, and lantern
jawed individuals, but / Will devote nv
time To cabbage, and oatamount Jawed
individuals, although we have the sun
shine and the fish also. Those same
kind of trout our friend Drake writes
about are caught mile aud "A half
| from us weighing as high as I2pounds.
and cabbage, everything is cabbage.
! i
than there is hay in Yale. That sounds
strange but It's fact, and now don't
| laugh when tell yOu we have shipped
as high as somewhere between 10000
and 1900, O heads i'm day and doing il
pretty often. No didn't count the
heads, just figured about the average
number in a car and multiplied by
| twenty as we have shipped as high as
! twenty cars day aud fifteen cars
day is common occurrence. \ little
later, along in May we will do the same
stunt with tomatoes, and hy the way
| if anyone wants to get some of this
cabbage and tomato land it can be
! bought for, well, a ten acre tract usually
sells for three trOusOud dollars If II is
in good state of cultivation. I'm
developed land eau be had for less OF
course.
But about the catamount A black
! faced individual cam to town aud re-
ported wildcat caught in a trap
mile and half from town. Ii was
! the GaTkies trap, "but he surenuii want
ging TO mess rCund no sech truck as
dat was and II any dem white IOlks
want UaL cat. dey sure welcome To him.
So TWO brave men and myself NO I'm
not brdVeJ went out and after some
little excitement securely roped the
catamOuut Toe that Is what il was, mot
wildcat and brought him TO town,
turning him loose in a large wire cage.
Since then he has been sold several
times, the man usually buying him be
fore he figures out how to get him out
of the cage, then after figuring on that
for a time he Immediately goes and
endeavors to sell him to someone else.
Would any of you people like him! Ii
so | will buy him and express him up.
He would be fine animal to have in
your park Easily tanned if you under
stand it. The manner is simple. Just
give him large dose of chloroform
and while under the influence, pull out
his claws, extract his teeth, break his
legs and cut his throat and as soon as
he comes out of his sleep any child can
handle him. Probably Bro Drake
would bring him up for you.
We are ali enjoying the best of health
and will be pleased to have any of our
| friends drop in on us.
Your friend,
Ii. A. Williams.