Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-14
GEO. kLBRICH WRITES Of
WONDERS OF THE SOUTH
Presiaent Sends Part Of Navy Sc
lSckSaaville May ~Show or II
CaHzu Fair.
SEES sl.sps FOUND OK
Saws Ear5az Has Weird Beat o.
NitAenS-M bite Ones Are the
FxvoTites There.

s44 " Moaroe Street baskerville
TOrs3s, December 10, 1915 r NJ.
Waite and Sen Editors Of the Led
ger. Nex1co Nc Dear Sirs:-
Yesterday belsg a WAITE. sanshiny
day. / went down to the boSt lard
.nE and saw ons large gun boat ard
rw1 6estroyerS ] went through sll
q them. They are monsters and
stout. built all Of steel. no wood abort
them. The reason the Government
sent them here is because Jackson
vile has a big county fair, on the
hanks Of the St Johns river, and
wanted to show off. Hence the city
requested President Wilson to send
these monsters up the St Johns river,
which is 80 feet deep from the ocean
to Jacksonville.
The fair was the biggest county
fair | ever saw. They had one male
OK that weighed q, 900 lbs. He looked
like he had part buffalo on his head
and neck. Then they had extra hogs,
red were the largest, weighing $50
pounds. They can beat the world
in chickens, and the best and more
of them in any state in this Union.
The white chicnes are preferred in
Florida. They were all beauties, and
thousands Of ladies were looking at
them all day long.
The fair grounds cover so acres,
and there are buildings and booths
over all, looking like the White City
Chicago. Five cents takes you on.
on q street car, then 25e at the gate.
1t was a great success.
While / was down at the st. Johns
river, which is from one to FIVE miles
wide, l spied a 400-foot steamboat
going up to Sanford, some two hund-
red miles, / thought / would like
to take a boat ride so / hoped on
about . p. IN. We elided along 80
easily you would have thought she
was hardly moving, when she was
cutting the water at 20 miles an hour.
We soon halted at the 100-acre orange
grove that was set out by Harriet
Beecher Stowe, and were full Of ripe
oranges. After all got some orang-
es, we passed on, stopping at Green
Cave Springs. This is a wonderful.
spring, in an old and beautiful city
Then We stopped at Palatka, then or
up the river. Supper was cold. We
went down TO the dining room. HGrt
the tables were loaded with silyerwar,
but Don they were flled with tn,
lest Of the land. II you dom think
they feed well on a steamboat OIL
yacht ask a certain sea captain Of
your city, for he has BEEN there. We
| passed on through LaLe George, IC
, miles wide.
After supper we all went on deck
-Four negroes made a qzsrtette. The
mon shone, the water glistened, and
it seemed to me / could hear tn,
echo of the darkies' singing for a
mile up and down the great river
After the singing, then all went dowr
to the parlors, where the dance com
menced. Next morning we landed
at Sanford, where we all got off and
went through truck patch after patch
looking at the acres of celery, spin.
ach, lettuce, cabbage, and all kind;
of greens. Sanford is quite a large
city.
Then we went on to the left. Til,
is in the orange belt, and all kinds 4
%citron, fruits, also good gardens. L
is not so sandy as some other trucl
farms. There is a large lake anc
lots Of fishing.
| From here we took the cars on tn.