Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-02-25
ANOTHER MAN PLEASED
WITH SUNNY FLORIDA
George kabrieh. Of This City, Writes
or A Trip He Made Over The
State.
MET OLD MEXICO CITIZENS
Says Oranges, Grape Fruit and Veg
etables Can Be BOubht Very
Cheaply.
MET OLD MEXICO CITIZENS
521 Flat IL Main St.

Inc other day | was both surpris
ed and gratified to greet my ole
time friends, Col. Bob White anC
Mat Nelson. was very glad t.
meet them as | and Mrs. Louis Nc
Kee of Mexico said we would be glaC
to see little yellow dog from Mex.
leo, Mo. The Col. looked like the
very picture of good health. He saiG
to me, "What is the matter with your
face? Is it bloated?" l said, "NC
sir" He said, "What kind OF
drinks have you been using, clear,
mixed, or beer?" | told him clear
water. "Then you must have been
well fed" told him that | boarded
with my neice and she was a good
feeder.
The next day | was glad to meet
my old friend, Mr.. F. M. Lovelace of
Mexico, Mo. He lived on the Johnnie
Field old home place two miles east.
He is here now and will stay with me
while then go farther south. He is
well pleased with this country and
climate, and says it can't be beat for
health and climate. He is enjoying
himself sight seeing and eating this
fine, sweet, tropical fruit. We took
stroll down to the st. Johns river
the other day, where all the boats
land. He was surprised to see so
much stuff brought in each morning.
Thousands of oranges, bananas,
grape fruit, pine apples, thousands
of fish, clans oysters and thousands
of all kinds Of garden truck to sell.
Oranges are one cent each and grape
fruit two cents, fish Z to 10c. Gar
den truck almost to give away. No
sale as the war has stopped shipping.
Sunday we went to the Morocco
Temple to hear Gov. Glenn lecture on
Prohibition. 1t was extra good, and
thousands of men and women were
there to hear him. Then we went to
the Park where there were two or
three thousand northern tourists to
hear an Italian band concert. Every
afternoon the band is paid by the
city for the benefit of the tourists,
then at night they take in the pic
ture shows.
| don't know which are the most in
this city, the picture shows or the
saloons. There is one good thing,
| have not seen drunk man in Jack
sonville this winter. Then there is
not as much sickness and deaths here
as there is in Mexico, No.. though
there are 100000 people here in this
city.
Sunday night we went to the M. f.
Church to hear Gen. Lees niece sing
some solos. The house was crowded
and she did extra well, splendid
voice. General Lee is still Worship
ped here and me thinks some will go
to General Lee when they die. They
still have a holiday for him in this
state each year. Banks and all bus
inesses close.
The other day my niece and | won't
to the Turner Lake to get oranges
and fish. We took our dinner and
stayed nearly all day. She could
not fish much for gathering the bea-
utiful flowers such as the lilies of tho
valley and thousand other kinds.
Then she could not pass the beauti-
full sea shells, Guess all women are
alike when sweet perfumed flowers
are free to pluck. We went in an
auto. 1t is 20 miles. Fare is only
zoe the round trip, and hundreds Of
Northern men and women go every
day.
The other day took. trip over
Florida. | boarded the Sea Board
r. r. and went to Leesburgh. This
is beautiful city. 1t has very
large lake and it is full of fish and
geese and ducks and it is great
fishing and hunting place. Any
amount of boats and fishing tackle
there for the tourists, and great
many stop here to fish and hunt
Also this is good country. Lani IS
rather sandy. General Lees brother
founded this burgh and had hundreds
of acres in orange groves, and some
sixteen years ago a freeze came anC
froze every orange tree down to the
ground. The trees were full of ripe
oranges, so that broke him and al
who had oranges that year.
From here we went to Tampa. Thi;
is city of $4,000 and is on the Gull
of Mexico. saw tons of fish LANDED
on the banks and sold for sc pei
pound This is the second city in th'
state and has the largest cigar fac
tories in this country, and 20,00l
cigar makers working here. They
have town Of their own.
From here we went to st. Peters
burgh This is great health resort
They think if they get here they will
never die. 1t is very pretty ant
healthful city, and one of the grand
est fishing places in Florida. Gam
fish, and large fish are caught here
Those piers are a good place to fisl
from.
Now we start back on the AtIanti
Coast Line Il. r. and stop at Lake
land. This is quite city, and one o
the best orange and garden trucI
farming in Florida. 1t is black loan
and rich, and it is like all other cities