The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-19

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me; declare I felt that I had tasted
a little of all of life's pleasure until
that night we were on the island, that
certainly gave me a thrill. What
other pleasure have you in store for
me in this wonderful land?
"Some experiences are pleasures
and some are severe and terribly hard
lessons to learn. You know, my
dear friend, that all we can take with
as when we depart this life is the
knowledge we have absorbed and the
experiences we have had. / often
think of the Hermetic philosophy sas
it is below so is it above and / can
easily imagine a paradise with the
best we have in Florida with none of
its imperfections."
mo, | m not Florida fanatic, but
I do see the beauties of the country,
the scenery, the climate, the unrival-
ed blueness of the sky, and the lovli-
ness of the water, clear as crystal.
The soil is the only thing against the
state. True, we have good soil in
some parts of the stae, but the land
near the water, the beach sand, has
to be built, up practically made, be-
fore it will produce, but treated with
scientific intelligence one can raise
almost anything, in fact a greater
variety can be grown here than in
any other state in the union, greater
variety of fruit and vegetables.
us 1t not harder work, more Of a
mental strain pr
mo, l don't think so, where the
land is stiff as is the clay of so many
states and the black waxy land of
Texas it is harder to cultivate than
the sandy soil of Florida. The state
of Washington, while the virgin soil
is richer than this soil they tell me
1t Is harder to clear, the trees being
larger and the underground more
dense. People who have been in Cal
ifornia tell me that the soil there is
similar. to that of Florida, and after
having lived here IL years l have
come to the conclusion that with
plenty of fertilizer and irrigation a
vegetable. paradise can be made of
this state.
A young man from the north told
me in talking of Florida that it was
fortunate that the soil was not rich
for he said IF it was there would be
no chance for poor man, it would be
a millionaire's country
"Now Martha, you may think me
dreadfully ignorant but every thing
seems so new, one never hears any
one talking of old times, as for in
stance the Boston tea party Have
you any history?"
Martha laughed as she replied,
"Ask that of genuine lover of Flor
ida. We don't brag about it, but talk
of history. Florida is an old histor-
ical state dating back beyond the his
tory of any other state unless we ex-
cept California. 1t is supposed that
this country was inhabited many
centuries before De Leon visited it.
Fossil human remains have been
found in such condition as to lead to
that conclusion and the very earliest
explorers found powerful tribes of
Indians inhabiting the country.
From the northern part of Flor
ida to its southern point the state is
of unusual historical interest, for it
is particularly rich In specimens of
pottery and mortuary ware manu-
featured by the Indians before the
Spanish invasion. All along the gulf
coast this pottery is to be found, the
region about Pensacola is filled with
vases, bowls and remnants of all
sorts of earthen ware made by the In,
dams and the mounds along the gull