Year: 1875




l now want to say . word or two to
persons wanting to come to Florida
for their health First, make upyour
minds and come before you get SO
weak that you are beyond all hope
The climate of Florida is the finest in
the United States. There is no doubt
of that; but it will not raise the dead.
When all vital action is worn out, and
the poor eonsumptive is on the very
verge of the grave, it is too late, and
would advise all such to stay with
kind friends and die in peace. True.
while there is life there is hope; but
why not come before they get 80 fee
bic - not to be able to bear the jour-
ney! Another mistake is made BY
nearly all invalids-that is, going to
the seaside or ON the rivers, where
there are fogs and damp air. Go into
the interior of the State, find some
planter and stay with him. You then
get the air that has passed through
the pine woods for miles, and becomes
impregnated with the balsamatic odor
OF the pine trees, and loses . large
portion of its dampness. If you will
look at the map you will see that the
Peninsular portion of the State is sur
rounded with q wide expanse of sea
or salt water. The air in passing
over this water becomes damp and
impregnated with salt; it is also chilly.
East, southeasterly, aud west winds
all pass over this large expanse of wa
ter. Now, would not common sense
teach any rejecting mind that if this
air should pass through . dry pine
forest, some forty to sixty miles or
more, it would, in a great measure,
lose much of this dampness and cool
ness, while it would become impreg-
mated with the healthv incense Of the
pine? Yet in the face of this seeming
fact, most invalids take up their quar-
ters on some river. the seaside, or
some town equally unfortunately loca-
ted, and then wonder why they do not
get we'll. / have seen twenty of these
unfortunates crowded into one house;
two or more into one small room, to
inhalc each others breath, and talk
of each other S sufferings. Why not
go to some planter in the interior,
where you would have your own room,
cheerful company, and the whole farm
to exercise over, and plenty of hunt
ing and fishing? I have not one par
ticle of doubt that there are many
persons now in the North who would
be greatly benefited by winters So
journ in the State of Florida, and use
full lives extended many years thereby.
To all these | would say, try Florida
at least one winter; and to all these
will, so far as know, give all the in
formation in my power; but would
say, come before you are too far ad
vanced in your disease; make up your
mind to stay from November until
May leave all your cares and bust
ness behind you; make up your mind
to be pleasant, cheerful and content
ed while here; do not come loaded
with disease and cares, and then ex
pect Florida to cure your disease, as
well as allay your cares. The climate
will do much, but cannot perform
miracles. / will close my article with
two extracts: Much care should be
used in selecting the proper location
for such invalids. The low, humid
atmosphere of rivers and lakes should
be avoided, and the dryer and more
elevated regions of Middle Florida
chosen, where residence Of three to
nine months will cure the most invet-
crate cases" Mature, the great
healer, has in her Laboratory an anti
dote Tor every poison, and . salve for
every bruise, and the balm of her
breath borne on the soft breezes of
the Gulf, charged with the healing
resinous exhalations of the pine for
ests finds its way into the most remote
tissues of the diseased lungs, healing
over the liberated surface, closing the
open abcess. and by its mysterious
power doing what no drug or medi-
cine could do, or had done, in reviv-
ing the blood, and bring back to the
paled cheek the bloom of health-cli-
mate only cures these cases.


Persons who desire to come here,
by addressing me. and enclosing
stamps, will receive all reasonable in
formation as to routes, distance, cost
of living, and everything else pertain
ing to the interest of invalids or per-
sons seeking homes in our Land of
Flowers


send you some flowers from my
garden. have peas six inches high;
potatoes, beets, onions and radishes
growing; strawberries in bloom; oats
all sowed, and planters plowing for
corn. How is that?