Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-02-15
FROM FLORIDA
Mr.. Kabrich Tells OF That Cold Wave
Which We Up North Here Sent
Hlm-Mrs. Patterson and Mr..
Lovclacc Mentioned.

sage, Dear Sir: As the cold wave is
now over we are again having our
beautiful sunshine. Thermometer
stands each day at noon rs to SIS in
the shade; but Florida was hard
hit last week. One night the Their
mometer went down to IA above. 1t
killed oranges on trees and all gar
den truck of every kind, which was
ready to gather and ship East. 1t
was killing freeze for 200 miles in
Florida, a thing that had not hap
pened in 20 years and may not hap
pen again in 20 years The cold
snap did not stop the tourists as
they are still coming by the thous-
ands and will keep on coming until
the first of May. There are now twice
as many as were ever here before.
Just think how warm it is all winter,
IS to 50 every day. That cold wave
was driven here by your changeable
and cold northwest country.
The City of Jacksonville has beauti-
full park. Heming park is in the center
of the city and they have spent S10,-
| 900 to beautify it.Walks all over it
and seats everywhere for the tour
lists, and stand-drinking fountain,
running pool with 13-foot alligator in
| it, Their 15-piece band plays 2 IL
hours in the forenoon and afternoon.
My, what a crowd all day long. 1t
looks as if there are 10000 tourists.
AS many women and girls as men
come, from. middle age to old. All
say, after they are here two weeks,
feel much better.
The orange trees are not hurt, but
the banana is gone up. No citrus
fruit-frozen or hurt the night it was
Ia here. 1t nearly froze their people
and negroes that were raised
here, thinly clad and not looking for
your windy cold wave from the
North. All garden stuff and citrus
fruit gone for 200 miles south in this
State. Makes provisions much high
err and the landladies all talk of rails
ing our board to $500 per week in
stead of $500 per week.
Plenty of money here. Five larg
est banks have deposits as follows:
One has $7,5OO,OOO, one $4,000, 900,
and one $9,50O,O0, and another has
$9,5OO,OOO; the Atlantic has $14,-
100000.
The fruit, vegetables. lumber and
turpentine shipped East and the tour
lists all brought here part of these
great deposits. Also the whiskey traf-
fic is as great as all put together. They
make and ship to the southern states
millions of dollars worth of spirits of
every kind, mostly in case lots, in
bottles. There must be plenty blind
tigers" all over the Southern States.
The West girls, nieces of mine
from Denver Colo, who nursed Col
Cody, buffalo BID, went to Palm
Beach and were in the ocean bathing
every day except that cold Friday
They said the willie caps rolled over
their heads too high-they didn't get
all of that IA cold down there, as it is
800 miles from here. Our fine haired
ladies here are grievisg over theil
fine flowers, all gone up.
saw P. H. Cullen here the other
day. He and T. j. Hoxsey returned
home together.
While the cold weather hit us here
for only one day and one night, il
seems that California is much worse
hit this year-than Florida. / got {
letter from Mrs. DR.. A. M. Patterson
once of Mexico, Mo-, now of Glen
dale, Cali. She says it is very colo
there and that she thinks she will
leave California and come to Florida
l also got letter from my old friend
Loveless, who lived near Mexico, Mo
He now lives at, Los Angeles, Cali.
and states that he missed it by no
going TO Florida as it is cold anC
rainy all the time in California thi
winter.
- We frequently take boat rides VI
the st. Johns River. Pass some beau
tiful orange groves. Once in a Will
we pass a large alligator on a rocl
or log, apparently asleep with his up
per jaw laid back to catch flies. !
400-foot boat splits the water, yor
O would hardly feel it move on the hig,
- seas. 1t is rough all the time. TIL
pillows will roll 20 feet high at times
Then comes that sea-sickness, tn
worst of sickness.
Best wishes to all my old Audrai
n county friends. G. KABRICH.
WANTS $13, 900 DAMAGES.
Mrs. Mary w. Howard has brough