The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-03-25
ECHOES FROM THE SOUTHLAND.
753 First Street, S. W.. Miami, Fla.
March 16, 1921.

IneIe DClHS RuCOIo lIOIH ln6 HOIt
: at both houses and we are bus
q showing them the sights about tn
Magic city. My sister, Mrs Grace
: Walker, of New York arrived Satn
day to spend few weeks with L
and Miss Charlotte Smith and Mis-
Helen Deyette of Montpelier ar
, guests at my sons house. We ough
! to say something about the weathe
but there isn't much new to say eX
cept that our guests are all throug
talking about the mild winter u
north for they say the weather dow
here seems like midsummer.
A week ago today the Ludens o
Cough-drop fame opened their hous
at Point View for an apron sale TO
the newly formed Universalist churcl
and about six hundred dollars result
ed from the affair. They have
beautiful home and wonderful ground
and the program during the after
noon included very fine music ant
much feature dancing on the lawn
Not a person was heard to cough al
the afternoon although cough drop,
and the Luden chocolate were to b.
found almost everywhere.
We al oOl " say IIdI LllC gran
sawfsh is no more. Tillie just
couldn't stand isolation. She starved
herself to death but her progeny are
thriving and Charlie Willie, ar
Indian Chief, was much impressed by
the young sawfish when he took some
of his people to visit the Aquarium
yesterday. An Indian is not what
you would call fluent conversations
alist but he did say he had never
seen anything like it and was much
pleased when he found that the
most of the world was in the same
class, since Tillie was the first saw
fish to give berth to her young in
captivity.
Florida certainly raises wonderful
crops and seems to raise them easily
but while nature has done much for
Florida occasionally man doesn't do
his part and the shipping conditions
put gray hairs in the heads of the
planters more than once. Here is a
story which is going the rounds as it
came from ellison Gardner from
Washington. A certain Floridian
sent carload of spinach consigned
to his broker in New York. The
spinach sold for $500, the railroad
freight bill was S645, the bill for
brokerage, drayage, loading and the
like was S75 more, so the farmer lost
just $50 on the deal But where the
produce can be marketed to nearby
points, there is money in it and
shipping conditions will have to i'm
prove some day.
We still have lot of people with
us and new ones coming every day.
Lottie Blair Parker is spending the
season at the Valencia apartments.
She is an actress and author and
probably is the best known for her
play "Way Down East" which, by
the way, is the play the stock ccm-
Dany puts on next week. We also
have with us Lawrence Cabel St.
JOHN of Chicago, editor of the Woods
and Streams Department Of the
Chicago Tribune. He is doing
good bit of deep sea fishing but he
also gees down to the Keys as well
as the gulf stream fishing.
There is also something doing in
the building line as a new fifty room
hotel on Collins Ave. and First street,
Miami Beach, is to be started at once
and apartments houses in about the
same location are also just about to
be started. The fine Christian Science
church is about finished and the new
Congregational church is getting the
ground broken for its new edifice.
Something new in the building line
every week down this way But the
city does need more parks and more
tennis courts as those we have are
in use and we have three
or four very good parks already
The new city directory is Just out
and by actual count we have over
$1,000 population in Miami proper,
which is about ten thousand gain
since the 1920 census was taken.
Five years is the time given for this
city to reach its hundred thousand
mark.
Some one asked what they supposed
Bill Bryan was doing the three or
four davs after the inauguration |
since he must feel lost with his |
party out Of power. While we don't |
know what he was doing week davs. |
we know he was teaching about five I
thousand sinners their SUNDAY Schcol |
lesson on Sunday and maybe he spent |
he intervening days getting the /
same Sunday School lesson. Bryan's |
,lass is a regular Miami Institution.
Speaking of Bryan ALWAYS makes us
-hink Of water. We got roin
storm last week end 1t was feared
hat the tomato crop might be badly
damaged but it is said that 25ot will
over the less. The heaviest damage
vas done in Dania-Hallandale
lerdale sections where SIC inches
ell in twenty-four hours. 1t must
rave rained some for we thought we
we're getting a downpour here in
tiami but we only cot All inches in
he same length Of time. Some rain
vas needed in these parts as we have
,ad long dry spell but we got most
% much.
] come verv near TO forgetting that
We have another celebrity with us
Who used 70 interest the pene~a al
.ublic 70 a great extent. George AIDE.
Te is 1T the Flsmingo where he ought
. nick ND some new fables #
sshion If not If slang.
Cordially.
n F. Parker a