Milford chronicle., 1930-04-04
TELLS OF FLORIDA

beautiful scenery in Florida. 1t
reads as follows:
Miami, Fla, March 20, 1880
My dear Irma:
1 am sure you have been very
busy with the many Old Age Pen
sion responsibilities since have
been South, yet 1 feel confident that
you are very capable of meeting any
problem that may confront you.
You, (no dOubt) have been Won
dering how Dora and are enjoying
our trip. !
We first planned to spend most OF
our time in Miami, but we decided
to see the most of Florida while we
had the opportunity. We spent our
first week in travelling through the
northern, central and southern part
of Florida, and will travel up the
eastern coast going homeward.
feel that 1 now have a good idea OF
Florida as a whole.
Our first stop was at Jacksonville. !
1 learned that this city was an ldeaI
place to live, for those who wish 10
live where there is neither extreme
heat nor cold. It poured rain most
of the time we were there, and we
didn't have the chance to go to the
park, beach, ETC., that we had plan-
ned to see, however, I am sure you
will be interested in learning that
we went to the Barnett National
Rank Building. Mr.. Alfred 1. du
Pont has recently been elected pres
ident of that bank. 1t is sixteen
stories high, and it is (no doubt
the finest bank in Jacksonville.
Judging from the cost of the Mil
ford Bank, this bank must have cost
several millions of dollars.
Many parts of Florida are very
beautiful, while some other parts'
especially along the western coast
the land is very sterile. The grass is
almost brown and there are very
few trees growing. Delaware as 3
whole, has much richer soil, but
Florida (by far) has the most beau
tiful scenery. ...,
Many of the towns have beautltul
palm trees six or eight feet tali'
planted along the sidewalk, with
other beautiful shrubbery and hoW-
ers make the towns look very at
tractive. Gainesville, on the western
coast of Florida was the first town
that attracted us.
have already sent you an expla-
nation of the Old Folks Home we
visited in Tampa. The depot there
was the prettiest one have ever
as yet seen. The beautiful hover
garden surrounding it accounts LOT
its beautiful appearance.
On Sunday, March 16, we rode
from the Gulf of Mexico on the wes- !
tern coast of Florida to the Atlantc
coast. The scenery in central Flor
ida was beyond description. Lake
wood. Barlow, Plant City, and Lake
Wales were especially beautiful. The
shrubbery, lakes, and magnlncent
mansions attracted us greatly.
noticed in particular that orange
trees were used for shade, in many
of the towns as well as the country
homes. They make fine shade ana
are planted within few feet OF the
houses.
At Plant City, saw big orange
tree near the garage door, the
ground was covered with oranges
and the automobile wheels ran over
them. 1t came to my mind, tnat TINS
fine delicious fruit, was appreciated
by the people in Florida about as
much as sour apples covering the
ground in Delaware in the summer
time.
FLORIDA has many very fine stone
roads. It is very interesting to rloe
through the orange groves on these
roads. Some of the trees are load
ed with oranges, while others are III
bloom in the same orchard. The od-
or of the sweet orange blossoms
gave a sweet perfume all along our
tourney. I thought of the Delaware
school boys and girls, and 1 wished
that they, too, could see the beautl-
fuI orchards of oranges, lemons
and grapefruit. Many of the oranges
had fallen from the trees and rolled
out along the roadside. Such Deau-
fiful picture would thrill the heart
of every school boy and girl IN Del
aware. r,-,5.
On the western coast Of Florida
was greatly interested in seeing So
much grayish looking moss hang-
ne down from the trees like weep
ne willow. 1 inquired about 1t, ana
T learned that it was an air plant
and the grayish fluffy material Is
Iead to fill mattresses. think
,aw a sufficient amount to supply
he whole of the United States.
bananas do not thrive very well
n Florida, as the climate does noC
,1it them so well as Cuba.
We spent three Gays at Faim
reach. its name originated from the
,ocoa palms there. 1t is so oeauu-
nj on the eastern side, there IS no
description that I could give that
would half describe it. The cocoanut
rees are as plentiful as naples are
n delaware. I counted one hundred
'ocoan1ts on one tree in the park.
,ome of them were almost natureu'
While others were as small as wal
luts. -.a ~
There are many tame pigeons at
,aIrn Reach. A man from the Nortn
ONES down every winter to teeu
hem. He had a bucket of grain ana
at down in the park, they perched
N his head and shoulders and ate
rom his hands. I soon found that
hev were not afraid Of me.
was also attracted IN seeing sew
raj hundred wild ducks in the lake. =
1hev come here during the wlnter'
nd will soon be leaving for the
Jorth as soon as our cold WeaCneI
) over. These ducks have become
erv tame. Many people huy brea9
nd throw it over in the water anu
eed them. They came within three