Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-03-25
FROM FLORIDA.
George Kabrich AID +. NJ. Loveless
of Mexico, on a Jaunt.

George Kabrich aHd f. NJ. Loveless
of Mexico, on a Jaunt.
Jacksonville, Florida, March IL, Is,
am still in Florida. Mr.. Loveless
and / took a trip out to the Os-
trich and alligator farm. They say
they have 200 ostriches and about as
many alligators, which Mr.. Love-
less has no use for. They have Zoo
with all kinds of animals and any
amount of devices to get the Nor
thern tourists money. They ride
and drive the ostriches which go un-
der the lash as fast as a horse.
A large aeToplane on the st.
Johns River did run by the Grove. 1t
was the last to perform but after
running a mile on top of the water
it went dead and did not rise as
was intended.
The next day Mr.. Loveless and 1
went down to the St. Johns River,
which is 80 feet deep. We stopped
at large orange grove, full of three
kinds, the white blossoms and the
green and ripe orange all on the
same tree. They were very full of
bloom. We filled our pockets with
the sweetest oranges, then sailed
home.
One thing 1 have found out about
Florida this winter is that in ten
years from now the State will have
more tropical garden truck than she
can dispose of, as she now has more
than can be sold. Both kinds are
rotting and going to waste, they sell
at half price can't ship, freight
charges too high In ten years there
will be three times as many orange
trees and five or ten acre gardens
instead of one and two acres
as now. There are hundreds of
fruit stands in Jacksonville and at
half price still any amount of fruit
is rotting.
The next day we thought we
would go fishing. Got our tickets,
thirty miles there and thirty miles
back; 60 miles to go fishing for one
day. Boarding the car we went to
Fable Beach, then to Atlantic
Beach, both great bathing ports and
lots of young ladies from Jackson
vile in bathing. We passed on to
May Port, where we hired a gas
oline launch and travelled down St.
Johns River tothe ocean where we
stopped to fish. We caught some
fine fellows. They told us that
about the first of May they put out
their nets and each morning they
would get so, IS or a hundred
pounds of shad, bass and trout.
Take them to Jacksonville and sell
at IL cents to Is cents per pound, so
you see they make money. On our
trip we did not admire the country.
About every mile we would pass a
large cypress swamp filled with
frbgs and alligators. The balance
al the way was buA PNhNAhS 49,
and white sand.
, We were invited by arich widow
who is boarding here with us al
, my niece's, to go to Ortego, about
six miles from here, suburb Of
| Jacksonville, where she bought a
fine cottage. She wished to give 9
a houseparty to several gentlemen
| and ladies, when she served ic'
cream and cake. The cream wal
A frozen in the house in three minutes
: by new patented ice cream free
ger The cream and cake were splen
4 did. 1 think lal had three or foul
a dishes. Then we had social cha
for an hour or two. Then all go
y aboard the street car for Jackson
Vile. We all had a splendid ant
h ENJOYABLE time. We are thinking
of going, in few days, to the hea'
J, of ST. Johns River, cross ST. Geoge
n lake to, see the beautiful scener
and the lilies of the valley and th
n fined plumea, birds. and hearqth
hooking bird sing, 'then aon, te.'th
k great okechObee4 lake, 'thee -laFges
in the State. There two grea