The Press., 1919-02-06
WELLINGTON

teaching the school ill Mansfield City
 passed the weekend at herhome here
 Another dry moon, and if this holds
 up the snow as carefully as did the
 last one we may, perchance, have six
 weeks sleighing in March.
 Mrs. Pratt returned from Provi-
 dence Monday afternoon. She left
 her son, Harold, making good re-
 covery from the acute bronchial pneu-
 monia from which he has been suffer- ing
 Miss Cross from Westfield, Mass,
 commenced the Daleville school on
 Monday. She will board with Mrs.
 F. w. Pratt. Mrs. Joslyn is transport
 ing the teachers in her new car
 | The parsonage is being put in com fortable condition for the new occu-
 pants, who are expecting to move in
 ten days or two weeks, as is expedi-
 ent for them. They will be most
 heartily welcomed
 | With not vestige of ice or snow
 and the dust blowing equal to mid summer the aspect is not in the least | wintry. Fine weather for the lumber
 men as well as for those who are get
 ting in their years supply of fuel The graceful letter of acceptance to l the pastoral call extended a week The fine and appropriate sermon that followed was from 1 Kings 20: 14, Who shall order the battle?" and we are confident that the unanimous re- sponse from a grateful and appreci- ative people will naturally follow Thou"
 The church decorations on Sunday were sent with charming letter by Mir. Cosgrove from Florida. The pretty greyish green Spanish moss and small oranges with a twig of eral attention. Each member present received little bouquet of moss with the fruit for a center and sent to one, at least. who was not present. This moss when placed in water revives, the tendrils reach out and develop tiny fairy like blossoms, very inter esting. We trust that, to-day, Thurs day, Mr. Cosgrove may be made happy by birthday shower from this Will lingtown.
 Orlando, Fla, Jan. 9. DEAR MRS. PRESTON One of the things many northern people think they would like to do is to wander through an orange grove and pick up and eat or anges that have ripened on the tree and fallen off. They imagine the orange would taste better. But they are mis- taken. Oranges that fall from the trees are not used except occasionally to mak e jam or marmalade. Even the pick CTS are not allowed to pick up an orange they have just dropped, because it would be bruised. Oranges are not pulled from twisting them around half dozen times, and the wood is so tough that the stem would pull out at the orange, leaving a seft spot where decay would soon start 1; so they are always clipped off with an instrument. All young orange trees are banked up with sand for two feet or more, above where it is budded on the Seedling stock. This so that if it freezes to the ground, as is not uhcomm on, sprouts will start above the bud, and there may be six to a dozen of these sprouts. They are all allow ed to grow, and nearly all the trees in the old groves consist, not of 8 single stem, like an ap- pie or cherry tree, but of three to fifteen | trees in clump, all starting from the one root. The trees are nearly as long lived as the apple, and, by the way, 1 | saw bearing apple tree, a Jennings ap- pie, in the yard of Doctor Anderson, who lives on our steeet, and who fur l nishes us with eggs and poultry. l call ed on the doctor. He has been stone
 blind for nine years, yet is cheerful, and says there are worse things than being
 blind.' It was his S9th birthday. In
 his yard was a hickory tree eleven years
 old and eight inches in diameter nick
 ory nuts were lying on the ground. A
 peach tree two years old was l2 to Il it. high and had blossoms on the first year.
 In the same yard were several banana
 trees at least 12 it. high, with the leaves dead from the last frost, and big bunch
 of young bananas had dropped off. It
 seemed odd to see hickory and apple
 trees in same yard with bananas. Or,
 anges, grapefruit, guavas and ''kum.
 quats" were also growing there.
 Although Orlando is in "Orange Coun. ty, if was going to invest in a grove
 would go further south into the Indian
 River country, where there is less chance
 of freezing. A man told me that last
 year his potatoes were frozen to the
 ground and ruined on April 1lth. Win-
 ter is the growing time down here. In
 summer everything is dead Fully 8
 third of the people are here temporarily
 only. Yesterday we had call from Mr.
 and Mrs. Reuben Converse of Stafford Springs. They saw my name and ad,
 dress at the Tourist Club, and hunted
 us up, to our great pleasure.
 1 GEO. A. CosGRovR,