{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3403", "width": "1971", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "ftass\\nBook\\nCOPYRIGHT DEPOSIT", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "AN AUTHENTIC REPORT\\nAND\\nHI S T O R.^2-\\nOF\\nST. ANDREWS BAY,\\nBY PAUL A. CL1FF0Rd\\\\\\nThis Book has an especial reference to the property dig.\\nposed of by the St. Andrews Railroad Land and Mining\\nCompany, in which thousands are interested.\\nCLEVELAND, OHIO.\\n1888.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "^~:l I\\nr\\ne4\\nCopyright by Robert O NeU, St. An Irew., F.a. Sae page", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "PALMETTO TREE.\\nFROM A PHOTO BY PRO!. HAND, 8T. ANDREWS, FLA.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "CONTENTS.\\nTHE ORGANIZATION 5\\nOUR DEPARTURE 7\\nTITLE OF LAND 9\\nPEN.SACOLA HARBOR 10\\nFROM PENSACOLA TO ST. ANDREWS 11\\nOUR ARRIVAL 12\\nTHE INVESTIGATION 13\\nDESCRIPTION OF THE LAND, ETC 14\\nDISTANCE OF LOTS FROM POST-OFF lUE 20\\nTHE SOIL 24\\nCOST OF CLEARING THE LAND 26\\nTHE CLIMATE 27\\nHEALTH OF THE COUNTRY 29\\nTHE WATER 31\\nITS INDUSTRIES; BEE KEEPING ETC 32\\nST. ANDREWS BAY 35\\nFISH AND OYSTERS 36\\nSAW MILLS.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 INDOLENT INHABITANTS 37\\nPROSPECTS -..40\\nTHE COST OF BUILDING 43\\nST. ANDREWS MARKET REPORT 44\\nTAX ASSESMENT 46\\nCONCLUSION T. 59", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nIt has been the aim of the author to state focts in a\\nsimple, but concise way; just as if he were sitting by your\\nside conversing upon matters pertaining to St. Andrews\\nBay, from personal observation This work is not a novel,\\nbut a straightforward, truthful statement of its prospects,\\nadvantages, disadvantages, etc. It is a volume of valua-\\nble information, worth a greatdeal to any one interested at\\nSt. Andrews, as it can be relied upon as a true statement\\nI from actual observation. Circumstances over which the\\nauthor had no control has delayed the publication at\\nan earlier date.\\nErrata.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 It is t be regreted that several errors have\\ncrept in, which is due to proof reading, the most im-\\nportant are as follows:\\nOn page 31, where it reads we then sat this out to\\ncool, should read we had set this out to cool. On\\npage 23, where it reads (see prefac.-) we refer you to\\npage 47. On page 43, -May should read, map. On\\npage 40, (after the description of Indolent Inhabitants\\nbegins the subject prospects the heading being left out.\\nThe Author.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "THE ORGANIZATION.\\n^URINGthe months of Octo])er, November,\\nU and December, 1SS6, np to March, 1887,\\nthe St. Andrews Bay Railroad, Land, and Min-\\ning company, Washington County, Florida,\\n(office 227 Main street, Cincinnati, Ohio),\\nthrough advertising in the leading news-\\npapers in the country, also issuing pamphlets\\nand circulars, giving elaborate descriptions,\\nglowing accounts, and magnificent pictures\\nof a balloon view of St Andrews and vicin-.\\nity, attracted the attention of thousands who,\\nupon these representations, invested their\\nmoney, securing warranty deeds of (with but\\nfew exceptions) lots ranging from 26 x 88\\nto 22 X 165 feet.\\nProbably nine-tenths of all who invested\\nin this property did so with the intention of\\nmaking their home in the Land of Flowers.\\nIt now became a question of importance,\\nand of considerable anxiety, to know if the\\nrepresentations of this company were truthful.\\nIs the title of this land perfect? How far\\nare lots located from St. Andrews Bay? Will\\nit pay to settle on them? What are they\\nworth? What are the products of the coun-", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "6 Authentic Beport of\\ntry? Its future prospects, society, church\\nprivileges, etc., which we are fully able to\\nanswer in the following pages of this work.\\nFrom experience we found that no informa-\\ntion whatever could be obtained from any\\nsource through correspondence with parties\\nfrom whom we had reason to expect some at-\\ntention; but to the contrary, in most instances\\nwould pay no attention only by the return\\nstamp on the envelope and send back with no\\nreply. We were naturally indignant, and be-\\ngan to devise means by which we might ob-\\ntain the desired information.\\nIn November, 1887, we inserted in a Cleve-\\nland newspaper the foUov/ing notice:\\nTarties liolding deeds of lands purchased\\nof St. Andrews Bay Eailroad, Land and Min-\\ning Co., Washington County, Florida, will\\nhear of something to their advantage, by\\nsending address to Paul A. Clifford, Cleveland,\\nOhio, at the same time a meeting being called,\\nto be held at my oihce. A large number were\\nin attendance at the meeting, the matter dis-\\ncused, and it was agreed that a society be\\npermanently organized under the name of St.\\nAndrews Bay Investigation Association.\\nThe following officers were duly elected:", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "St. Andi ews Bai/, Florida. 7\\nPresident, J. Otis Vice-President, A. Stein\\nSecretary, P. A. Clifford Treasurer, Dr.\\nDarby. It was thought advisable by the\\nassociation, that an investigation should be\\nmade, which w^ould enhance the interests of\\nall concerned, and at the same time it was\\nconsidered best to assess each holder of deed\\ntwenty-five cents, in order to raise funds\\nsufficient to send one of our number to St.\\nAndrews Bay, make a thorough investigation\\nof said property, and report the same to the\\nassociation, that all contributors might have\\na reliable statement of affairs as they actually\\nappeared. Accordingly we were appointed to\\nmake this investigation.\\nOUR DEPARTURE.\\nOn February 15th, Ave took our departure\\nfor the South, taking the Bee Line from Cleve-\\nland to Cincinnati.\\nWe stopped off at Cincinnati one day for\\nthe purpose of calling upon the editor of The\\nProgressive South, 256 Main street, but found\\nj he was not in t^he city. My object was to\\nI learn whether or no the Journal was in the\\ninterest of the company, but the information\\nwas unsatisfactory. We then called at the\\ngeneral office, 227 Main street, and inquired", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "8 Authentic Beport of\\nfor Mr. Weber, but he was not in. We made\\nour business known to the head clerk, Mr. W.\\nH. Whetstone, who cordially invited us into\\nthe inner-office. He said, We have heard\\nsomething of this Investigation Association,\\nhaving received one of your circulars. We\\nhave no objections, and are anxious that an\\nexamination of the affair, so far as we are\\nconcerned, be made, ha^dng no fear but that\\nour connection with the St. A. R. R. L. M.\\nCo. is correct. You see those pigeon holes\\n(pointing to scores of square holes around the\\noffice). Well, they contain recorded deeds\\nfor parties to whom we have mailed according\\nto address, as you see by the post marks,\\nreturned, uncalled for. Now, sir, you can\\nsee at once, that we are not to blame for care-\\nlessness on the part of correspondence in this\\ndirection. We have been unable, so far, to\\nfind where to send the deeds, or return the\\nmoney, and we are not only willing, but anx-\\nious, to send the money or deeds, to all who\\nwill notify us of their correct address. AVe\\nhave been persecuted through the Press, but I\\nassure you there has been no just cause for\\ncomplaint, as our intention has been, from\\nthe outset, to deal honestly with all wdio have\\ndone business with the compan3^", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "St. A7id) ews Bay, Florida. 9\\nARRIVAL AT PENSACOLA.\\nWe took the 8 p. m. train on the Louisville\\nNashville Rail Road, at Cincinnati, arriving\\nat Pensacola on Thursda}^, February 16th, at\\n1) a. m. Upon our arrival we learned that the\\nSchooner Nettie would not leave her dock\\nuntil Frida} night, the 17th, so we had a day s\\nstroll about town. I called at the office of W. J.\\nVan Kirk Co., Real Estate Dealers, that we\\nmight, if possibly, learn more about this busi-\\nness, as from previous correspondence, we had\\nbeen informed that the Cincinnati company\\nhad purchased this property from the Van\\nKirk Co., of Pensacola. These gentlemen re-\\nceived me cordially, and gave me a great deal\\nof valuable information, which was of mate-\\nrial benefit to us in making the investigation\\nat St. Andrews. We give the statement of Mr.\\nVan Kirk, in his own language, in reference\\nto the title of this propert}^\\nTITLE OF LAND.\\nWe would say, that the railroad land that\\nthe Cincinnati Co. purchased of us down at\\nSt. Andrews, was donated from the State, to\\nthe railroad company; said railroad company\\nholding deeds, signed by the Governor and\\nhis cabinet. As to the land that the Cincin-\\nnati Co. purchased from Van Kirk, Dubois", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10 Authentic Report of\\nWebb, personally, this land, said V. D. W.\\nentered from the U. S. by cash entry.\\nThere is no doubt as to the genuineness of\\nthe title to this property, as in either transac-\\ntion there has been but one transfer made.\\nPENSACOLA HARBOR.\\nAlthough this work is principally a report\\nof St. Andrews Bay, and vicinity, yet a passing\\nnotic e of Pensacola Bay and Harbor, would\\nbe no more than justice, as well as interesting\\nto the reader. Pensacola Bay, is one of the\\nfinest ports and harbors on the Gulf of Mex-\\nico. It has an area of about 200 squp^re\\nmiles; is thirty miles long; of an average\\nwidth of at least three miles, and a depth of\\nfrom twenty-five to thirty feet, which is also\\nfound at the wharves at Pensacola. This\\nthriving and enterprising city, has a popula-\\ntion of about 14,000. The Louisville Nash-\\nville, the Pensacola Perdido railroads now\\nrun into the city. The Pensacola Memphis\\nrailroad broke dirt on June 1st, and will be\\ncompleted within the year; making Pensacola\\nthe seat of a large and increasing trade in\\ntimber, lumber, naval stores, and fish. The\\nrapid growth of the surrounding country is\\nadding to, and diversifying the commerce.\\nVessels of any draught, can sail right up to", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "St. Andrews Bay, Florida. 11\\nthe wharves. There is everything, in fact,\\nthat is needed to furnish facilities for the\\nlargest sort of commerce.\\nFROM FENSACOLA TO ST. ANDREWS.\\nWe left Pensacola on board the schooner\\nNettie about 11 p. m., with two other pas-\\nsengers, arriving at St. Andrews Bay on Sun-\\nday morning, the 19th, making the trip in\\nseven days. If one was sure of connections\\nat Pensacola, oy boat, the trip could be made\\nin three days. The fare from Cleveland to\\nPensacola, first-class, $25. 2o; from Pensacola\\nto St. Andrews, by boat, $5.00 By the way\\nof Chipley, $5.25. From Chipley accross the\\ncountry to St. Andrews, by stage, a distance\\nof sixty-five miles, from $5.00 to $7.00 besides\\nhotel bill on the route. There is a Steam-\\nship line from Pensacola, down the Gulf of\\nMexico, touching at Tampa, Key West, and\\nother ports on the coast, but does not make\\nregular trips to St. Andrews, a distance of\\n125 miles, making it comparatively unpleas-\\nant; although captain Frank Ware, and crew,\\nof the Schooner^ Nettie, are gentlemanly,\\nand endeavor to make everything as comfort-\\nable as possible for passengers during the\\nvoyage. If not detained by storms or head\\nwinds, the schooner leaves her dockatPensa-", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12 Authentic Report of\\ncola, every Friday night, arriving at St. ki\\\\-\\ndrews, Saturday night or Sunday.\\nStrangers coming to St. Andrews by water\\nfrom Pensacola are attracted by the peculiar\\nsnow-white sand, all the way down the coast,\\nresembling the snow banks in the North.\\nThis sand can be utilized in the manufacture\\nof glass, artificial stone, etc. A gentleman at\\nSt. Andrews has been experimenting with\\nthis sand in the manufacture of marble, with\\ngratifjang results, producing some very hne\\nspecimens.\\nOUR ARRIVAL.\\nAs the vessel rounded Capt. Ware s wha^rve\\nat St. Andrews, her lines being made fast, we\\nwere greeted by the usual compliment of hotel\\nand boarding-house agents, who, with much\\nzeal, represented to us the advantage to be\\nderived, by taking up our abode in their re-\\nspective domicils. At this moment we discov-\\nered our grip-sack walking down the pier, and\\nnaturally inclining my footsteps in that direc-\\ntion, soon brought up at the Hamilton house,\\na cottage home, and but a few steps from the\\nbeech, and only a short distance from the Post-\\nOfhce. J. S. Hamilton (who is now proprietor\\nof St. Andrews hotel), and his estimable wife,\\nhave a faculty of making things pleasant and", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "Autlientic Report of 13\\nhome-like, and guests soon feel as much free-\\ndom, as if they were in their own home, en-\\njoying the comforts of the family circle.\\nAfter dinner, we took our seats out on the\\nporch, where we had a delightful view of St.\\nAndrews Ba}^ whose placid waters were dotted\\nwith small sail crafts, freighted with pleasure\\nseekers. My thoughts of home were w^afted\\nback to Cleveland, where but a few days befote\\nv/e were in a climate of overcoats and mittens,\\nthe mercury frisking about the zero point;\\nbase burners kept booming to keep Jack frost\\nfrom crossing the threshhold; and instead of\\nthe sailing j^acht, the majestic steed and sleigh\\nof 2-40 record, with its festive load muffled\\nto the eyes with robes and sealskins, mean-\\ndering up and down Euclid Avenue, while we\\nare sitting on the porch at the hotel at St.\\nAndrews Bay with the temperature at 75^ F.\\nenjoying a balmy breeze wafted from the\\nGulf of Mexico. Well, I thought this is about\\nas near Paradise as one can get on this earth,\\nTHE INVESTIGA.TION.\\nThe first thing I did next morning, Monday,\\nwas to make inquiry, and obtain all the\\ninformation we could, in reference to this\\nproperty. We purchased a sectional map of\\ntownship three and four, south, range four-", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "14: St. Andreivs Bay, Florida.\\nteen west, and marked the several lots and\\nparcels, as described in Quarter Sections, and\\nblocks, according to descriptions, as received\\nfrom contributors, so as to know, as near as\\npossible, their location, as we went over the\\ntract. We had been informed that we would\\nfind but few of the stakes, on the corners of\\nblocks, they in many instances having been\\nburned, as a tire had run through the woods,\\nand others had been knocked down, as they\\nhad not been securely driven into the ground.\\nWe found that it was much more of an\\nundertaking than we had supposed, and\\nthat it would be impossible for us to go over\\nevery lot, as it would require a surveyor, at a\\ngreat expense, and there had been no provi-\\nsion made for that purpose. It rained a por-\\ntion of several days, which prevented us for\\nthe time being, from going into the woods.\\nIt is said by residents here, .that during the\\nwinter months, rains ate quite frequent, and\\nthat enough falls during the summer, to keep\\nthe ground moist, so that vegetation does\\nnot suffer from drouth.\\nDESCRIPTION OF THE LAND, ETC.\\nThe tract of St. Andrews Bay, Railroad,\\nLand, and Mining Co. extends over nearly\\nthe whole of township 3 south, range 14 west;", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "Authentic Report of 15\\nalso sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, of township 4\\nsouth, range 14 west; making a body of land,\\nnearly six miles, by seven miles, in dimen-\\nsions, or forty-two square miles. I have been\\nover this land in several directions, and found\\na greater portion covered with scattering\\npitch-pine timber, ranging in size from six to\\neighteen inches in diameter, growing to tjie\\nheight of from forty to sixty feet without a\\nlimb the larger growth being valuable for\\nlumber. The land is generally high and dry^\\nof a greyish, sandy soil, although there are\\ntracts of three, five, and perhaps ten acres, of\\na slight depression, an*d sometimes after a\\nheavy rain will be somewhat wet, but soon\\ndries off. The subsoil of this low land is a\\nhard clay, or as the natives call it, hard-pan.\\nIt is generally covered with a rank growth of\\nsward grass, which makes good pasture for\\nstock.\\nA considerable portion of the land is inter-\\nspersed with Tie-Ties, or what are common-\\nly termed in the North Catholes the only\\ndifference thos^ of the North are invariabl}^\\na low, wet, marshy place, filled with flags, cat-\\ntails and frogs; while the tie-ties here is a\\npiece of land containing one, and sometimes\\nthree or more acres. These Tie-ties are", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "16 St. Andrews Bajj, Florida.\\nalmost impenetrable by man or beast, owing\\nto the heavy growth of brush or prickly pear-\\nwood, intermingled with a variety of vines\\nand briers. These Tie-ties are nsuallv ]on\u00c2\u00abr\\nand narrow, often being but twenty to fifty\\nfeet in width, and several rods in length. And\\nwhat seems so wonderful is that a stream of\\nwater, fed by springs along the banks, runs\\nthrough the center. On an average there are\\nfrom two to five tie-ties on a quarter sec-\\ntion. The first impression a stranger would\\nhave of one of these places, would be that\\nthey were worthless; a great waste; full of\\nmalaria; a breeder of disease; but this is a\\nmistake. By clearing these tie-ties, you have\\nfrom two to six feet of black muck, a fertili-\\nzer that is of great value, and of sufficient\\nquantity to enrich every foot of land in Fla.;\\nbeside, you have a stream of living water for\\nstock and irrigation purposes. As I before\\nstated, this tract extends six miles from east\\nto west, and about seven miles from north\\nto south. With but few exceptions, it is laid\\nout in blocks containing from 2^ to 5 acres;\\neach block containing from 32 to 40 lots,\\nvarying in size, according to plat or system.\\nI will discribe block plated in diagram No. 1\\nas quoted from printed statement of the com-\\npany:", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "Authefitic Report of 17\\nStreets are fifty feet wide, except on out-\\nside lines, which are 25 feet.\\nBlocks are 330 feet, by 660 feet, and con-\\ntain five acres. They run to center of street.\\nLots are 44 feet, by 165 feet; they contain\\none-sixth of an acre, and run to center of\\nstreet; small lots on north and south end of\\nblocks are 26 x 88 feet.\\nAlleys are 18 feet wide, and run north and\\nsouth through the center of each block; lots\\nrun to center of alley.\\nTwo systems were employed in platting this\\ntract into blocks, as described in diagrams\\nNo. 1 and No. 2. In block No. 1, the lots on\\nthe end are 26 x 88 feet; and on the side 44 by\\n165 feet; so that all descriptions of lots 22 by\\n165 feet, represent one-half of one lot in this\\nsystem of block. For instance: a description,\\n(belonging to a subscriber), reads thus: south\\nhalf lot 6, S. -I of lot 7, S 4 of lot 8, S. A of lot 9\\nand S 4 of lot 10; each 22x165 feet, signifies\\none-half lots, as represented in diagram No. 1.\\nOther parties holding deeds of alternate one-\\nhalf lots, another description reads thus\\n(as ajoining lot) north one-half of lot 26, and\\nS. I of lot 27, which comprises the size of one\\nlot 44x165 feet; other parties owning the\\nother one-half of each lot.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "IS\\nSt. Andrews Bay, Florida.\\nNo. 1.\\n1\\n2\\n3\\n4\\n5\\n1 ha\\n40\\n39\\n38\\n37\\n36\\nCO\\n1 t^\\n1\\nH\\n1\\n1 CO\\n1 CO\\n1 (M\\n1 CO\\nCO\\n1\\ni CO\\n1 o\\n1\\nI-H\\n1\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nr-(\\no\\nCO\\nrH\\n1 s-*\\n1 00\\ni\\nCO\\n1 tt\\n1 ft\\n1 J^\\n00\\ni-H\\nt; South one-half.\\nrH\\nNorth one.half.\\n16\\n17\\n18\\n19\\n20 i i\\n25\\n27\\n23\\n22\\n21", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "Authentic Report of\\nNo. 2.\\n19\\n(M\\nCO\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^_^\\nC5\\nCO\\nCO\\ncc\\nTf\\nt\\nCO\\nlO\\nc^\\nt^\\nCD\\n(M\\n-o\\nt^\\nc\\niC\\nc\u00c2\u00bb\\n50\\nOS\\n(M\\nCO\\no\\nM\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ncq\\nT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1\\nI-H\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0M\\niM\\no\\nCO\\nOi\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCi\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r*\\nT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1\\nCO\\n\u00c2\u00bbo\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1\\nr-\\nl^\\nCO\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "20 St. Andrews Bay, Florida.\\nLot 25x102 feet, as platted in the second\\nseries as represented in diagram No. 2. Ac-\\ncording to the company s description of pkit,\\nthe lot begins at center of street, which are\\n50x25 feet. One-half of street and alle}^ are\\ntaken off the end of lots, so that all lots are\\nminus the distance of from 12-i to 25 feet, and\\nnine feet for alley.\\nThe manner in which most of these lots are\\nsold in S3^stem No. 1, can. onl}^ be explained\\nby the company. Many deeds call for one\\nlot o2 X 165 feet, when in reality it is but a\\none-half lot, whether it is the north one-half\\nor the south one-half is not designated, and\\nwhen surveyed, confusion is liable bo occur.\\nOther descriptions are north, or south one-\\nhalf of several lots, while alternate one-half\\nlots belong to other parties. If these one-\\nhalf lots w^ere side by side, they might be of\\nconsiderable value, but besng divided are\\nmuch depreciated in value.\\nDISTANCE FKOM POST-OFFICE-\\nThe Post-OfHce at St. Andrews is located in\\nSection one, of Township four, south, Range\\nfifteen, west. The following Table gives the\\ndistance of Sections, in Townships three and\\nfour, south, Range fourteen, west, from cen-\\nter of Section.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "Authentic Report of 21\\nThe Bay extends from the South around to\\nthe North of T. 3, S. R. R., 14, west, the north\\npart of the Bay being ca.lled the North\\nAnn. So that very few lots] are farther\\nthan three or four miles from some part of\\nthe Bay.\\nSec, Bay P. O. j Sec. Bay P. O.\\nMiles. Miles. Miles. Miles.\\n1 10 24 a 7\\n2^9 25 4 7\\n8 4 8 26 4 6\\n4 4i 7 27 a 3\\n7 i 6 28 8 4\\n8^6 29 2* 8\\n9 1 8 30 ll 2\\n10 1 7 31 ii 2\\n11 1 9 32 2 3\\n12 H 10 38 2i 4\\n13 2i 9 34 3 5\\n14 8 35 8 6\\n15 2 7 36 U 7\\n17 1 6 T. 4, S. R. 14\\n18 i 5 13 6\\n19 1 3 2 2 5\\n20 2 4 3 2 4\\n21 3 5 4 13\\n22 3 5i 5 i 2\\n23 8 6 6 i 1", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "22 St, Andrews Bcfij J Florida.\\nPROPOSED RAILROADS.\\nA few years since, a railroad was surveyed\\nand partly graded from Cbipley to St. An-\\ndrews Bay, a brief history of which, will be of\\ninterest to the reader. The following inform-\\nation was given me by a gentleman, who at\\nthat time, was in a position to know all the\\nparticulars:\\n*^In regard to the railroad from Chipley to\\nSt. Andrews, which is partly graded, I would\\nsay that one D. C. Aldrid, of Chicago, claimed\\nthat he could build this railroad; and came\\ndown here with a corps of engineers, and put\\nthem to work; and after having made the sur-\\nvey, contracted for building said railroad\\nwith a railroad contractor, of this country,\\nnamed F. W. Vischer, who w^orked until the\\nfirst payment was due, up to which time he\\nhad nearly all the right away cut, and about\\ntwenty miles of grading done, and as Aldrid\\nfailed to show any finances it was dropped\\nthere, and nothing since has been done\\nAs regards a railroad to St. Andrews Bay,\\nthere are two lines surveyed. The old dine,\\nwhich is partly graded from Chipley, running\\non the town line between 13 and 14 west, to\\nSt. Andrews Bay. The other line is surveyed", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "Authentic Beport of 2Z\\nfrom (see preface) through near the center of\\nthe Cincinnati Oo. s tract to the Bay.\\nThe reader must bear in mind, that this\\nwhole tract is a wilderness, with scattei-ing\\nyellow pine, scrub oak, palmetto, and tie-ties.\\nThe stage road, (called the Chipley road), runs\\nthrough nearly the center of this tract, and\\none can ride several miles without seeing k\\nhouse, or signs of agricultural pursuits. I\\nwould not say that the company s transaction\\nis fraudulent. Thej^ made a bona fide sale of\\nthese lots, and so far as I have been able to\\nexamine, the deeds are valid and regularly\\nrecorded at Vernon, the County Seat. The\\nlots are small in size; but the investment\\nis also proportionately small. This, however,\\ndoes not excuse the company, for the com-\\nplicated manner in which this property is\\nplatted, w^hich must cause much confusion\\nwhen the lots come to be surveyed.\\nIn the event of either of the two roads al-\\nready surveyed, being completed to St. An-\\ndrews Bay, it will open up this whole country,\\nand these city lots will be of some value.\\nThere will, no doubt, be much trouble ex-\\nperienced in the future, from the manner in\\nwhich deeds have been granted for these lots.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24 St. Andrews Bay, Florida,\\nFor instance, I have several descriptions from\\nfamilies consisting of parents and children, the\\nchildren ranging in ages from eighteen to\\ntwenty years, dow^n to one month; deeds made\\nto each individual from six, eight or more in\\na family. In case parties should let their\\nproperty go by default, from non-payment of\\ntaxes, a clear title cannot be given, for when\\nthese minors become of age could claim this\\nproperty, no matter what value might have\\naccrued from the natural rise in the marlvet\\nprice of real estate, or improvements on the\\nsame.\\nTHE SOIL.\\nThe soil is of a very light quality, and of\\na greyish color, except in the low lands,\\nwhere it is of a dark loam. People from the\\nnorth coming to St. Andrews, are amazed at\\nthe apparent barrenness of some of the land;\\nare apt to pronouncethe soil worthless, so far\\nas a high degree of productiveness is con-\\ncerned. When I visited St. Andrews in Feb-\\nruary, I was much impressed with the barren\\nand worthless appearance of the soil through-\\nout this countr3^ I went down there for the\\npurpose of learning what I could about this\\ncountry, and worked dilligently to accomplish\\nthat end. Although the appearance of the\\ni.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "Authentic Beport of 25\\nsurface is anything but encouraging to one\\ncontemplating agricultural pursuits, yet from\\na personal examination of the soil am satis-\\nfied that, with but little trouble, and compar-\\natively small expense, the land can be brought\\nto a high state of productiveness. Where the\\nland has been cultivated and fertilized for a fev^^\\nyears, a marked change is apparent. The\\nonce light gray soil has met with a wonder-\\nful transformation, and is now of a dark sandy\\nloam, producing the most luxuriant growth of\\nvegetation. I saw two patches of Irish pota-\\ntoes, that were planted on the 8th of Decem-\\nber, looking as fine as any I ever saw in the\\nnorth, and in February had a mess for dinner.\\nIt reallj^ seems as if nature had done more\\nfor St. Andrews and surrounding country\\nthan for anj^ other portion of the continent.\\nThis country needs men and women of nerve,\\nenterprise, and pluck. It requires as much\\nlabor, hardship, and endurance, to clear,\\nand to cultivate land in Florida, as it does in\\nany State in the Union. The land must be\\nfertilized, before satisfactory results can be\\nobtained; but iwhen Vv^e consider the natural\\nresources at hand, and the comparativelj^\\nsmall expense with which to accomplish it,\\nit is surprising that St. Andrews had not been\\nsettled by enterprising people fifty years ago.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "26 St. Andrews Bay, Florida.\\nThe tie-ties interspersed throughout tlie coun-\\ntry are of incalculable value for this purpose.\\nA rich muck, from three to six feet in depth,\\nwhich, being mixed with a small cjuantity\\nof lime, make a strong, rich compost of suffi-\\ncient quantity to enrich the whole State.\\nAnother fertilizer, is a sea grass and moss,\\nthat washes up on the beech from the Ba}\\nHundreds of loads can be obtained with no\\nexpense but the hauling. If people would lay\\nout the same amount of capital and labor\\non the land here, that is done in the north, a\\nfar greater margin on the investment would\\nbe realized.\\nCOST OF CLEARING LAND.\\nThe cost of clearing and subduing the land\\nwholly depends on the condition of the same.\\nIn some localities the expense is compara-\\ntively light; costing from eight to twenty\\ndollars per acre; while in other localities,\\nthe cost would be from fifty to one hundred\\ndollars per acre; but the latter price is of rare\\nexception. The hummock land, which is\\ngenerally covered with live oak, hickory, and\\nother varieties of hard wood, is considered the\\nmost difficult and expensive to clear, but is\\nsaid to be the best land. The greatest diffi-\\nculty experienced in clearing some of this", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "Authentic Report of 27\\nland, is that in cutting out the roots of the\\n^Saw Palmetto. The roots are from three\\nto six inches in diameter, and from four to six\\nfeet in length. These Palmetto roots are of\\na curious growth, of a strong, fibrous nature\\nand can be unwound, having the appearance\\nof being woven. They are used in the man-\\nufacture of paper wheels used for our fine\\nrailroad coaches; the fibrous are also used in\\nthe manufacture of brushes etc.; although at\\nSt. Andrews, the roots are piled up and burned\\nAfter the land is cleared, a substantial fence\\nis necessary, as hogs and cattle are allowed to\\nrun at large.\\nTHE CLIMATE.\\nThis is a very important consideration, to\\nall contemplating a home at St. Andrews.\\nThe winters are similar to our Indian sum-\\nmer in Ohio, having occasional frosts, and\\noccasionally a chilly day in fact, an over-\\ncoat would make it much more comfortable.\\nThere is one peculiar feature in regard to the\\nwinds in winter. Although they are quite\\nstrong at times^, and chilly, yet there is not\\nthat edge, which we experience farther north\\nbut the air is soft and quite invigorating.\\nI was at St. Andrews in the months of Feb-", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "28 St. Andrews Bay, Florida.\\nriiary and March, and during that time, there\\nwas only two days but what the honey bee\\nwas at work. On the night of the^ 7th of\\nMarch, the thermometer marked 28^ F, but at\\n8 o clock a.m., the weather had moderated,\\nand before noon the mercury had risen into\\nthe forties. In the yard stood a tub contain-\\ning water, which had frozen to the thickness\\nof one-fourth of an inch. I naturally ex-\\npected to find vegetation killed by the frost. I\\nvisited a potatoe patch, that was planted on\\nthe 8th of December, and found that only the\\nvery tips of the vines were injured. I then\\nvisited an orange and fig grove, but found the\\ntrees had received no injury whatever; and\\nwhen, on the 8th day of April, I left St. An-\\ndrews, on my return home, these trees were\\nloaded with fruit. The saltwater breeze from\\nthe Bay had neutralized the frost, leaving\\nvegetation uninjured. There can be no doubt,\\nhowever, but that if this extreme cold weather\\nhad continued twenty-four hours, the result\\nwould have proved disastrous. This was the\\ncoldest night of the winter. The climate\\nis considerably warmer in winter, than is\\nfound in the same parallel farther west.\\nAs regards the summer temperature, from\\npersonal observation, am unable to report-", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "Authentic Report of 29\\nbut a gentleman from Ohio, now residing at\\nSt. Andrews, stated that last summer 87), the\\nw^armest day the thermometer registered 97^ F\\na temperature seldom reached in this locality;\\nstill, it was not uncomfortably warm weather,\\nas there is a constant breeze off the Gulf,\\nSun Stroke has never been know^n on the\\nwestern coast of Florida; neither is the cli-\\nmate subject to sudden changes as is experi-\\nenced farther north. This country lies south\\nof the thirty-first parallel, and in the north-\\nern belt of the north-east trade winds of the\\nAtlantic. This accounts for the constant and\\ndelightful breeze experienced on the coast.\\nAlthough the days in summer are quite warm,\\nthe nights are correspondingly cool, blankets\\nbeing necessary to make one comfortable,\\ngiving refreshing sleep and rest to the weary.\\nHEALTH OF THE COUNTRY.\\nUpon the dry lands nothing but imprudent\\nexposure of person eating unwholesome food;\\ndrinking impure water; and by living near\\nextensive swamps and marshes, will induce\\nmalarial disease. There is nothing in the soil,\\nwater, or vegetable growth that will cause\\nmiasma. The flat, wet lands off the dry ridges,\\nthe thick hummocks, cypress swamps, and\\nbanks of tidal sloughs are to be avoided as", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "36 St. Andreivs Bay, Florida.\\nplaces for residences; all others are healthy\\nlocations.\\nOn the dry lands, pure springs supply the\\nbest of drinking water. That much dreaded\\nscourge, Yellow Fever, has nex^er been known\\nto enter the dry pine ridges, and the whole\\nregion is unknown to death-dealing dyphthe-\\nria and typhoids^ so common in the North.\\nAlso/small pox^ measles, and scarratina, lose\\nits virulence. The heat from the rays of the\\nsun never prostrates a man in the field, for\\nthe hottest hour of less than 100 degrees al-\\nways has its accompanying breezes, and is\\nfollowed by a cool night for refreshing sleep.\\nThe country on either side of St, Andrews\\nBay is of this dry ridge pine la,nd, hence the\\nhealthfulness of the climate is assured. All\\nclasses of chronic disease of the kidneys, and\\nincipient pulmonary cases are benefited, and\\nin many instances a permanent cure effected\\nby a few months^ residence. I knew of sev-\\neral of the ver}^ worst cases of catarrh cured\\nin three or four weeks; also, two cases of\\nchronic rheumatism, I had been troubled\\nwith ^kidney complaint for years, but after\\nthree weeks here were free from the complaint\\nand was in perfect health forthe first time in\\nseveral years.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "r Authentic Report of 31\\nTHE WATER,\\nThere seems to-be a deposit or body of soft\\npure water underlying St, Andi-ews and vi-\\ncinity, at a distance of but twelve to twenty\\nfeet from the surface. An abundance of wa-\\nter may be obtained by putting down what is\\nknown as a drove well. To build one of\\nthese wells all one has to do is to provide him-\\nself with an 14 gas pipe, the required length,\\nattach a perforated point, and with a maul\\ndrive it into the ground. Then screw on an or-\\ndinary pump (fitted for the purpose) and your\\nwell is complete. One day, being quite thirsty\\nafter a long walk, I stopped at a house and\\nasked for a drink of water. The gentleman\\nof the house took a glass and dipped the wa-\\nter out of a pail. I requested of him to let\\nme pump it fresh from the well; but, says\\nhe, You will not find it as good; it is warmer;\\nwe then sat it out to cool. The water, when\\nfirst drawn, is several degrees warmer than\\nthe atmosphere, and is very much improved\\nand made cooler by being drawn and set aside\\nfor awhile. These wells are inexhaustible,\\nduring the dryest of weather, and put down\\nanywhere on high ridge land the purest and\\nmost healthy water may be obtained. The\\ncost of sinking one of these wells, including", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "32 St. Andrews Bai/j Florida.\\npipe, pump, and labor, is from twelve to fif-\\nteen dollars.\\nITS INDUSTRIES,\\nSt. Andrews, though rich in resources, as\\nyet is an undeveloped town. It has a popu-\\nlation of 1,200 or 1,400, nearly all northern\\npeople who have settled here within the past\\nthree years. During that time quite a num-\\nber of fine residences have been erected, be-\\nsides many other similar ones being in pro-\\ngress of erection, giving the aspect of a thriv-\\ning town. The people are sober, industrious\\nand enterprising, and of the very best society.\\nThey have their temperance and literary so-\\ncieties four churches, the Presbyterian, the\\nBaptist, the Methodist, and the Evangelical.\\nBEE-KEEPING IN FLORIDA.\\nOne of the most profitable industries is bee\\nkeeping; an extract from a report by W. S.\\nHart Vice-President North America Bee-Kee-\\npers Society^ will be of interest to the reader.\\nFlorida, though possessing within her bor-\\nders all the requisites for successful bee-keep-\\ning, is in that, as in many other branches of\\nindustry, one of the last States of the Union\\nto have her wonderful resources developed by\\nthe magic wand of skilled labor. Not until", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "Authentic Report of S3\\nwithin the last four or five years has her\\nhoney been known in the markets of the\\nnorth.\\nTo those who know Florida as the Land of\\nFlowers, sunshine, of snowless winters, the\\nhome of the honey-bee, where no diseases of\\nany kind have ever been known to effect\\nthem, it seems strange that skilled apiarists\\nshould not have been attracted to her pleas-\\nant shores rather than trust their fortunes in\\nOhio, New York, Michigan or Canada, where\\nmany a fine apiary is* nearly or quite\\ndestroyed, and the hopes of its owners blasted,\\nby the cold and its after effects, each season.\\nHow often does the evening s mail bring to\\nthe writer the sad story of the Northern bee-\\nkeeper, telling of the loss of 20, 50 or 100 per\\ncent, of his bees freezing out, starving out,\\nat a time when they could not be fed, spring\\ndwindling or dysentery, and expressing the\\nhope that he might soon migrate to this fa-\\nvored State, where none of these troubles are\\nknown. It may be supposed by some, as a\\npossible reasoil for this slow development\\nhere, that perhaps our honey is of poor qual-\\nity, small in quantity or uncertain in its flow,\\nor that the bees, learning that they can get\\nenough to eat at almost any time, get lazy", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "34 St. Andreivs Baij, Florida.\\nand will not store much surpltrs. Neither of\\nwhich surmises are true, as Can be shown by\\nthe experience of the writer who eight years\\nago, took home two swarms of bees, since\\nwhich time he has increased his apiary to 148\\nstands, and never until this season got an\\nannual averasre of less than one hundred and\\nthirty pounds of extracted honey p er stand.\\nThe season of 1884 we started with 88 sands,\\nincreased to 117, and took a little over 23,000\\npounds, or ele\\\\en tons and a half qf honey, by\\nactual weight, per stand. So much for quan-\\ntity, lazy bees and the reliability of the crop.\\nThere are eight groceries and dry-goods\\nstores; one furniture store; two drug-stores;\\nthree hardware stores; two jew^elry stores;\\ntwo millinery and dress-making; several ho-\\ntels and boarding-houses; a brass band; one\\nnewspaper, The Messenger, terms, $1.50 per\\nyear; and tw^o public schools. There are also\\nthree schooners making regular trips between\\nSt. Andrews and Pensacola.\\nThe town extends about two miles along\\nthe Bay, with scattering buildings. There are\\nno saloons, consequently no jail or poor-house,\\nbut a quiet, God-fearing, and law-abiding\\npeople.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "Authentic Report of 35\\nST. ANDREWS BAY.\\nThis is the most beautiful and picturesque\\nbody of water off. the Gulf of Mexico. It ex-\\ntends east, west, and north, a distance of over\\nsixty miles, extending (as before mentioned)\\naround three sides of the land belongin^^ to\\nthe Cincinnati Co. This great body of salt^\\nwater is from one to seven miles in w^idth,\\nand of good depth, to Vv^hich naturally is trib-\\nutary a wide area of timbered land. The\\ndepth of water over the bar is from seventeen\\nto eighteen and one-half feet; across inner\\nbar, seventeen and one-half feet; at the an-\\nchorage, off Davis Point, twenty-two and one-\\nhalf feet; at the anchorage, off Courtney s\\nPoint, twenty-five and one-half feet; from the\\nbar through the Korth Channel, eleven and\\none-half feet; up the Bay to Red Fish Point,\\n(entrance to East Bay) two and one-half feet;\\nfrom abreast East Point to Lost Point, fifteen\\nfeet; up the Bay, from Davis Point, to Dier s\\nPoint, (junction with North and West Bays)\\ntwenty-four feet; thence to North Bay Point,\\ntwenty-seven feet; up West Bay to Crane\\nPoint, fourteen and one-half feet. The Pe-\\nninsula, extending toward the south, protects\\nthe Bay from the boisterous winds and high\\nwaves of the Gulf, leaving the beautiful bay", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "36 St. Andreivs Bay, Florida,\\ncomparativel.y smooth. Pleasure excursions\\nby water are frequent the year round.\\nFISH AND OYSTERS.\\nThere is probably no location where fish\\nand oysters are more plentiful, and of better\\nquality and flavor, than at St. Andrews Bay,\\nand off the pass in the Gulf of Mexico, in\\nclose proximity to the harbor. If St. An-\\ndrews had the shipping facilities that is\\noffered at other ports, this enterprise would\\nassume a commercial importance of no small\\nnote. There are several fisheries here, but\\nthey are compelled to sail to other ports for\\nrailroad transportation, taking from St. An-\\ndrews an enterprise that would enhance her\\nwealth and prosperity. The finest flavored\\noysters are sold for $1. per thousand in the\\nshell, fifteen cents per quart for meats; or one\\ncan take a boat and anchor out in the\\nBay and in a few hours rake up a boat load.\\nThere are several Schooners engaged in\\nfishing in the Gulf, off the port of St. Andrews\\nfor the Pensacola market, thence shipped to\\nNew York and Philadelphia.\\nThere are also schooners engaged in fish-\\ning with the hook and line for the Pensacola", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "Authentic Report of 37\\nmarket; from thence the fish is shipped to\\nNew York and Philadelphia, Vvdiich wonld\\nnot be the case had St. Andrevs^s the necessa-\\niv means for transportation alike that of\\nother more favored seaport towns.\\nSAW-MILLS.\\nSt. Andrews has two saw-mills, with a lim-\\nited capacity, not being able to supply the\\ndemand. This, however, will soon be obviated,\\nas several contemplated saw and planing-\\nmills are to be erected in the near future.\\nThere is every inducement to warrant a pay-\\ning investment in this enterprise, as the sup-\\nph^ of timber and the demand throughout the\\nwhole country will continue for several years\\nyet to come. It is to be hoped that the day\\nis not far distant when facillities for the man-\\nufacture of all kinds of dressed lumber, of un-\\nlimited quantity can be had for building pur-\\nposes, adding much to its industries.\\nINDOLENT INHABITANTS.\\nUpon taking up this subject we would not\\nhave it underst9od that w^e will in any way con-\\nvey an impression that the people, as a whole,\\nwho were ])orn and raised in Florida are any\\nthe less intelligent or enterprising than those\\nof any State in the Union. We came in con-", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "38 St. Andrews Bay, Florida.\\ntact with many of these people, and found\\nthem to be inteiligent, courteous, generous\\nin the highest sense.\\nAs an illustration of the indolent, or the\\neasy-going, don t-care-a-continental class, I\\nwill give a brief sketch of some of their pecu-\\nliarities. This class of people generally live\\nin log huts, by the side of some stream;\\none will observe adjoining the hovel a small\\ntruck patch. The owner of this mansion\\nis generally built proportionately like a rail;\\nis about the same size from the feet up.\\nHe wears no shoes don t need em. He is\\ndonned in a grey shirt and blue overhauls,\\ntied around the waist with a tow string or a\\nrope made from bark stripped off young a p-\\nplings. He retires early, but the nights are\\ncool, and tho bed enchanting, so he forgets to\\narise in the morning until about 9 o clock.\\nHe gets up, adjusts his scanty raiment, steps\\nto the door (which is a blanket), yawns, rubs\\nhis eyes, walks into the patch, pulls a few\\npotatoes, and a few ears of corn, and his re-\\npast is soon finished. After breakfast, he\\nplants a half-dozen hills of potatoes and a few\\nhills of corn, returning to the house, takes his\\nancient shot-gun down from the pegs and dis-\\nappears in the woods. Toward evening he", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "Autlte)itlc Beport of 39\\nreturns with perhaps a squirrel or two, or some\\nwild fow^l that has fallen a victim to his un-\\nerring aim. Finally conies ma^rket day.\\nHe has an ox that he calls Brock, which he\\nproceeds to harness in the following manner:\\nthrough a 2x4 piece of wood, having two\\nholes, he inserts a bow, passing around\\nBrock s neck, with a key at the top; then he\\nattaches a two-wheeled vehicle called a cart\\nwith pole thills wmich is tied with tow strings\\nto the bow; after tying a part of his wife s\\nclothes-line to ^Brock s horns he is readj^for\\nthe trip. The outfit is not elaborate, as but\\nlittle is needed; a little store tea, a pound of\\nsugar, the indespensible tobacco, etc., a very\\nlittle satisfies this easy-going people.\\nIn swap for these, the^^carr}^ a small bas-\\nket of eggs, a few potatoes, and perhaps a\\nchicken or two, they climb upon the seat,\\nthe driver taking the lines, start up the team\\nand they are off for town.\\nIn going through the woods one day, there\\nwere so many roads verging in every\\ndirection that I were indecisive which one to\\ntake, and seeing a cabin but a short distance\\nfrom me, I went to inquire the distance to the\\nforks at the junction of two roads. Well he\\nsays, I reckon it^s about two looks, and a", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "40 St. Andrews Bay, Florida.\\nright smart walk. He meant that we should\\nlook as far as we could, and after arriving at\\nthat point, look again, then quite a walk after\\nreaching the place. After going the distance,\\nI should think it was about three miles. This\\nclass of people have no aim in life above that\\nof simply living; their little ^patch provides\\nthem with most of the necessaries of life, and\\nby an occasional planting, the garden is re-\\nplenished. There are, how^ever, but few of\\nthis class in Florida. pKosPEors,\\nIn writing upon this subject, Vv^e find it diffi-\\ncult to express our view^s, in a manor not to\\nmislead, or create an undue enthusiasm, that\\nwould cau\u00c2\u00ab5e those contemplating a visit to\\nSt. Andrews, with a view of making it their\\nhome, to meet with disappointment.\\nOne does not see those beautiful lawns and\\nshrubbery that in their season, decorate the\\nhome in the north; nor the gas lit, and paved\\nstreets, nor the beautiful carriages and horses.\\nThis country is not so far advanced by fifty\\nyears; a new countr}^ with undeveloped re-\\nsources. It means hard w^ork, self-denial,\\ncourage, and perseverance. When we con-\\nsider the natural advantages for which St.\\nAndrews is noted, the Bay containing so large\\nan area of navigable salt water, extending in", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "Authentic Report of 4i\\nall directions, its prospective commercial in-\\ntercourse with the whole world, its coming\\nindustries in fish, lumber, and fruit, with\\nsmall towns springing up on both sides of the\\nBay, cannot but make its prospects bright.\\nThe soil, will produce pears, peaches, figs,\\nplums, apricots, olive, mulberry, oranges, and\\nother varieties of semi-tropical fruits. The\\norange culture is not considered a profit-\\nable investment here, although there are a few\\nthrifty groves that appear to be doing well.\\nTen acres here will produce more than forty\\nacres in the northern States, as two or more\\ncrops a year can be profitably produced from\\nthe same piece of land in fact, ten acres of\\nland at St. Andrews is more than two men\\ncould well cultivate. I visited W. M. Croman s\\nestate at St. Andrews, who owns about four\\nhundred acres of valuable fruit land, which he\\nhas platted into ten acre lots, and offers them\\nfor sale at a very reasonable price. Last Dec,\\nj January and February, he set out nine hund-\\nI red fruit trees, which are all growing nicely.\\nA gentlenjan farther up the bay planted\\nnearly two thousand trees. It is estimated\\nthat sixty thousand trees had been planted\\nthe past winter in the vicinity of St. Andrews.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "42 St. Andreu s Bay, Florida.\\nI also visited the estate of G. B. Thompson,\\nwho has several choice live acre lots for sale.\\nAlso Mr. Demerest, at Grove Park. These\\ngentlemen are reliable, and will gladly give\\nany information desired, by addressing them\\nat St. Andrews, Washington County, Florida.\\nRobert O Neal, of St. Andrews, publisher of\\na valuable sectional Map, 18x21 inches, giving\\na minute description of the plats sold by the\\nCincinnati Company, the bay and its surround-\\nings, location of the oyster beds, the East and\\nWest Passes, the only entrance to the Bay\\nfrom the Gulf of Mexico location of St. An-\\ndrews and other towns along the coast on both\\nsides of the Bay, and many other points of\\ninterests, valuable to all property holders.\\nThe price of this May is only $1.00, and if de-\\nsired the publisher, Mr. O Neal, will mark your\\nlot or parcel on the map so that one may know\\nthe exact location of their property. The\\nmap used in this work is a fac simile of Mr.\\nO Neal s map, which he kindly granted us the\\npermission to use. It has been considerably\\nreduced in size, in order to fit the pages of our\\nbook, hence a portion of the map is left off.\\nMr. O Neal will be found reliable, and any\\ncorrespondence with him will be cheerfully\\nand promptly attended to.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "Authentic Beport of 43\\nFruit cultiira I think, will rank foremost\\namong the enterprises at St. Andrews and vi-\\ncinity, and one of the leading varieties\\nis that of the Le Conte Pear. In point of\\nflavor the fruit ranks high among the pears\\nof this country. For keeping qualities it has-\\nno equal hence, it is the best for shipping to\\ndistant markets. It will bear transportatiofi\\nto any part of the United States, and always\\ndemands a good price. Tt is, by far, more\\nprofitable to grow than oranges. Fruit trees\\nhere, of all descriptions are subject to no\\nblight whatever. There are agents here who\\nfurnish any variety (with but few exceptions)\\nof fruit trees for about eight dollars per one\\nhundred.\\nPeople contemplating settling at St. An-\\ndrews should come prepared (unless for pleas-\\nure) to purchase a piece of land and improve\\nit. In the way of mechanical or skilled labor\\nthere is nothing to do just now. There are\\nno manufactories, and but few enterprises\\nwhere labor is required, with plenty of men\\nto do the w^ork.\\nTHE COST OF BUILDING.\\nThe cost of building, with lumber, is reduced\\nto the lowest possible figure. The amount\\nand cost of clothing, the expense for fuel and", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "M\\nSt. Andrews Bay, Florida.\\nof food for the fami!}^ are at iniiiiiimrn rates.\\nCattle and ^lieep can gather their food from\\nthe ranges and prepared pastures.\\nST. ANDREWS MARKET REPORT.\\nPROVISIONS.\\nWheat Fiower, per bbl...v6 00\\nCorn 85\\nPotatoes, Irish, per bu 1 60\\nSweet 1 00\\nSugar-Cared Hams, p^rlb 12\\nRice 07\\nBeans per lb 06\\nMess Pork 10\\nFresh Pork 8 to 10\\nLaid\\nBaiter\\nBreakfast Bacon..\\nl-heese\\nOat Meal\\nFlorida Syrup, per gal\\nHoney\\nVinegar\\nSalt per 100 lb\\nn\\n10\\nu\\n30\\nu\\n14\\nK\\n16\\nil\\n05\\n^al...\\n60\\n1\\n1 00\\n40\\n.60\\nGROCERIES.\\nSugar. per lb \u00c2\u00a709\\nSugar, Light Brown 07\\nTea, Green 50 to 90\\nTea, Black 45to 80\\nCoffee, Green 25\\nCoffee, Brown per lb. 30\\nConden d Milk, per can 15 to 20\\nBkg. Powder, 25\\nRoyal 50\\nGinger Sna{)S. per lb 10\\nCrackers, Soda 08\\nK. Oil, per gallon 20\\nPlug Tobacco, per lb. 40 to 60\\nCanned Peaches, per can,... 20\\nApples two lb 15\\nTomatoes 10\\nthree lb. 15\\nBeef Dried, per can, 25\\nCorned 15\\nIl:ii.-ins,London Lay., perlb20\\nValencias, 15\\nEvapo. Apples, per lb 15\\nDRY-GOODS.\\nPrints 5 to 07\\nSheeting 6| to 09\\nBleached Muslin 7 to 11\\nJeans 25 to 40\\nGinofhams 10\\nThread 05\\nFlannel 25 to 50\\nShoes, Ladies $1.50 to $500\\nMen s 1.50 to 4 00", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "Authentic Report of\\nFURNITURE.\\n45\\nChairs 70 to H 50\\ndockers $l.(jO to 5 50\\nabies 2.75 to 7 50\\n^tniuls ].50to4 50\\nBedsteads 2.50 to 50\\n^P^^^gs 2.00 to 5 00\\nMattresses 3.00 to 7 00\\nCupboards 3.75 to 7 25\\nUardrobes 12,50 to 15 00\\n^Ofoforts 1.50 to 1 75\\nLIVE STOCK,\\nHorses ?80to\u00c2\u00a7lb0 j Hogs\\n^tules 100 to 320 Sheep\\nCattle per Yoke SoO Goats\\nCows, per Head $15 to 1525 j\\nMISCELLANEOUS.\\n4 00\\n2 00\\nHay, per 100 lbs \u00c2\u00a71 40\\nLime, per bbl 175\\nOats, per bushel 65\\nBran, per 100 lbs 140\\n^^ie]led Corn, per bu\\nf 20 to 25\\nI urkeys y-\\nGonliers, per doz ^S 00\\nThe dreaded scourge yellow fever has\\nvisited Jacksonville, with all its virulence\\nwhich has thrown a gloom over the whole\\nState. This fever is not a local disease but\\nliable to attack New York, Philadelphia\\nor any other sea port town. It is a ship fever\\nI and its ravages can only be kept out of our\\nsea port towns by the most vigilant quaran-\\ntine. For several years there has not been\\na case of this fever in Pensacola, Fla., nor in\\nSt. Andrews, as the Passes are easily guard-\\ned, and a most rigid quarantine service is\\nobserved.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "46 St. Andrews Bay, Florida.\\nA word about insects and reptiles. The\\nmosquito is quite troublesome a part of the\\nseason, also the flea, and \\\\sand-fly; the latter\\ninsect is so small as to be hardly visible, yet\\nthey are a great pest, getting into one s eyes,\\nand otherwise causing great vexation of\\nspirit/ The flea seems to grow spontaneous;\\nyou don t have to look for them, they make\\ntheir whereabouts known voluntarily, and\\nyou become aware of their location, with a\\ncertainty that is marvelous. Alligators are\\nsaid to be numerous, yet they are not tramps,\\nbut abide in lagoons and cypress swamps,\\nbeing content to remain in localities best\\nadapted to their natural proclivities.\\nPROPERTY IS ASSESSED FOR TAXES\\nin May and June, and are collected in Nov.\\nand Dec, of each year. B. B. Brown is the\\nassessor, and John Roach, tax collector. B.\\nB. Brown s address iis Econfina, and J. Roach,\\nVernon, both addresses being in Washington\\nCO., Florida. If deeds are to be recorded, address\\nRecorder of Deeds, Vernon. Taxes can be\\npaid direct by correspondence with B. B.\\nBrown, assessor, or through an agent at St.\\nAndrews. Your property must be listed for\\ntaxes by June, of each year, to be on the tax\\nroll for collection in November or December.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "Aidheutic Report of 47\\nEUFAULA ST. ANDREWS BAY AIR LINE R. R.\\nThe following is taken from the Floridian,\\nof a recent date. Tuesday afternoon, Sena-\\ntor McKinne, of Jackson, introduced senate\\n))ill No. 149, being an act to incorporate the\\nEufaula St, Andrews Bay Air Line Railroad\\nCompany. The work undertaken by this com-\\npany will be of great benefit to the portion of\\nFlorida w^hich the contemplated road will\\ntraverse, and doubtless to that portion of Ala-\\nbama in which the enterprise has origin. The\\nroad will be one hundred and forty miles in\\nlength, and passing through country \u00e2\u0080\u00a2singu-\\nlarly favorable to its cheap construction, will\\nconnect the waters of the Chattahoochee at\\nEufaula with the Gulf waters at the beautiful\\nbay of St. Andrews. Its construction will as-\\nsure to the now isolated coast region as its\\nterminus the development which will be sus-\\ntained by the natural advantages of which so\\nmuch has been written, and the route will\\nopen up an area of country in Jackson and\\nWashington counties, which only needs rail\\nfacilities to becQme populous and productive,\\nand dot the line of road with flourishing towns\\nand villages. Much very fertile land lies near\\nthe route, and vast forests of valuable timber\\nas yet untouched by the ax. The road will\\nmake St. Andrews the port of considerable", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "48 St. Andretvs Bay, Florida.\\nexports, and imports will pass from it up into\\nAlabama and Georgia. This company has a\\nsplendid charter and a grant of land from the\\nState, but cannot say that there is an imme-\\ndiate prospect of building the road. As be-\\nfore stated, this contemplated road is surveyed\\nthrough the center of the Cincinnati compa-\\nny s land, from north to south, and I think the\\nmost important of the two railroads for the\\ndevelopment of the country in which so many\\nthousand are interested as owners of city lots.\\nWe are indebted to The Gulf Stream for SS,\\npublished by W. J. YanKirk, real estate deal-\\ner, Pensacola, Fla., for the following extract,\\nwhich is as applicable to St. Andrews as\\nPensacola, which reads as follows:\\nPeople who should not come to Florida.\\nThose who like a cold climate the best\\nwill certainly not enjoy a climate where the\\naverage temperature of the year is sixty-seven.\\nThose who expect to come here and find\\nw^ork in manufactories, and make enough in\\nthis way to buy themselves lands, will be dis-\\nappointed for the reason that this is not a\\nmanufacturing State any more than Michigan\\nwas in 1835. The same applies to clerks and\\nartisans generally. Certainly there is a lim-\\nited number of these places in larger towns,", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "Authentic Eeport of 49\\nbut plent}^ to fill them. No doubt most\\nof you will find in all these new places spring-\\ning up some work at your trades, but if you\\ncome you had better start with the intention\\nto take the land and become producers.\\nAlso, don t come here with the impression\\nthat we are short of official material, and that\\nyou can live by your wits and politics. We\\nhave a full stock on hand to manufacture our\\nGovernors, Senators, etc., out of. We want\\ncitizens, not politicians.\\nLastly, don t come elated with glowing let-\\nters some correspondents have sent North of this\\nState, from which you would almost* suppose\\nyou could lie around under the trees and have\\nthe oranges, pineapples, etc., drop into your\\nmouth. This is no such country. So don t come\\nand be disappointed. The beautiful homes\\nthis country is dotted with a^re the results of\\nhard labor and constant care. We can truly\\nassure you nature does more for a man here\\nthan in any otlipr place on this continent.\\nIf 5^ou come herewith strong arms and\\ncheerful hearts willing to profit by the expe-\\nrience of others, and have the pluck and am-\\nbition to surmount the obstacles that will\\narise in developing all new countries, then", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "50 St. Andrews Bay, Florida.\\ncome and you will have a reward for all the\\nenergy and well-directed labor you have put\\nforth upon your homes.\\nTHE SOUTH AND THE YANKEES.\\nFrom the Greenville (S. C.) News.\\nThe two sections began life together and\\nformed a government. The South had the\\nadvantage of soil, climate and wealth. At\\nthe end of eighty-four years the two grappled\\nand fought. The Yankee section came to the\\nfight richer and stronger than our Southern\\nsection, and beat us into the earth while we\\ndid our best. To-day these Yankees are rich\\nin everything, and we are poor in everything\\nbut manhood and womanhood, and have less\\nthan we began with a hundred years back.\\nThese same Yankees furnish the bulk of the\\ncapital we use, the food we eat, the clothes\\nwe wear, the books we read and study, the\\nhigh grade teaching in the normal schools of\\nthe Southern States. Almost every conven-\\nience of life, and invention of art br science\\nwe know, comes from these same people, who\\nhave in ten years done more with Florida than\\nthe Florida natives have in fifty. Almost any\\none of their large communities could buy the\\nwhole South for a park, if they liked it for\\nthat purpose. In a tight they could crush us", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "Autlientic Report of 51\\nlike egg-shells. In politics, they are our mas-\\nters, and we have to hold our breath in every\\nbig campaign, to avoid offending them. Their\\npercentage of ignorance is one-tenth of onrs.\\nWhen trouble comes on us, wedepend on them\\nfor most of the help, and get it. The world\\nknows them as America, and us as outlying\\nand inconsiderate provinces. They are pro-\\nducing the representative poets, painters, and\\nauthors of the country, while we trail along\\nbehind with our eyes fixed on them, hardly\\ndaring to hope that we may become as strong\\nand rich and enlightened as they are by years\\nof hard work.\\nThe majority understand, that while we\\nwere making statesmen and warriors, and\\nruling politics, the Yankees were making ter-\\nritory, building manufactures, and develop-\\ning a countless army of trained minds and\\nhands, strengthening and enlightening their\\nmasses, and makingthem an exhaustless reser-\\nvoir of intellectual and physical power; and\\nj that if we are to share the Yankee wealth,\\nI strength, and place in the world, we must use\\nsome (not all) Yankee ideas, and abandon\\nsome (not all) of your own.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "52 St. Andrews Bay, Florida.\\nYOU WANT TO GO TO FLORIDA.\\nFrom the C. M. C. in N. Y. South.\\nDo you, and have little money? Well,\\nthen, consider the hard facts, and let us see if\\nyou are man enough to accept them.\\nAre you easily discouraged; inclined to be\\nhomesick when among strangers; to look on\\nthe dark side of things; or, in other words, do\\nyou lack pluck? Tlien, don t come?\\nHave you a large family of little children,\\nor a delicate wife, who would pine for the\\nhome comforts and society of the North?\\nSure!}^ then, Florida, or any new country^\\nwill only bring disappointment.\\nHave you an idea that the State is a beau-\\ntiful, blooming paradise, and that $1,000 per\\nacre can be realized the first year from crops?\\nAgain, you are sure to be displeased.\\nHave you no taste for horticulture or out-\\ndoor employment; and had rather work in a\\nfactory than cultivate the soil? Then Florida\\nis no place for you.\\nWe are meeting any quantity of just such\\npersons as the above every day. They are\\nserving as waiters in the hotels; picking or-", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "Authentic Beport of 53\\nanges at $1 per daj, or more probablj^, loafing\\nabout their boarding-houses, cursing the coun-\\ntr}^ and their luck, when no one is to blame\\nbut themselves. On the other hand, we know\\nany quantity of young men who are endowed\\nw^ith plenty of pluck and perseverance, who,\\ncontent with small things at first, are rapidly\\nrising to be wealthy, influential citizens, and\\nhave accomplished more in a limited period\\nin Florida than the sharper competition of\\nthe North would have a^llovved them to do in\\na life-time. What Florida needs is men, in\\nevery sense of the word. The conditions are\\nsuch that the idle, inefiicient, are likely to be\\nsifted out, and under the law of the survival\\nof the fittest, there will remain a class that\\nwill be a credit and a blessing to the common-\\nw^ealth. These are plain words, but not a\\nwhit plainer than the occasion demands.\\nAGRICULTURE IN FLORIDA.\\nBy JUDGE J. G. KNAPP, Agricultural Editor\\nof the limes Union.\\nWhoever shall come to Florida with the\\nexpectation of finding what he has been ac-\\ncustomed to see in other places, will assur-\\nedly be disappointed. The greater the dis-\\ntance he may have traveled, especially from\\nthe North, the greater will the change appear.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "54 St. Aiidrews Ba//, Florida.\\nBut the trees, plants, animals, soil and\\nseasons have changed, and a slight stretch of\\nimagination will see a change in the men,\\nwomen and children; certainly in their dwell-\\nings and clothing. In the forests he will\\nmiss the majestic oaks, chestnuts, maples,\\npoplars, bass woods, walnuts, butternuts, hick-\\nories, beeches, birches, etc. None of these\\ngrow in Florida, or if few are found they are\\nin some cold soil, and in diminutive propor-\\ntions. The trees of Florida are of other families\\nand species. The newcomer may be amused\\nfor a season, but he must differ from the ma-\\njority of mankind if the changes do not work\\ndissatisfaction in a short time. If he comes\\nfrom the rocky hills and mountains of ISTew\\nEngland and iNew York, from the drift and\\nboulder regions of Michigan and Wisconsin,\\nhe will miss the stone fences and gravel soils;\\nif from the black sedimentary plains of Illi-\\nnois and Iowa, he will be disgusted with the\\nsandy soils of Florida. He will not find the\\nclsijs and muds of Ohio and Kentucky. Come\\nfrom where he may he will not see in the for-\\nests of Florida the trees under which he spor-\\nted when a child.\\nHe will not see fields of hundreds of acres\\nof wheat, oats, barley and corn, nor four", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "Authentic Beport of 55\\nhorses hitched to a gang of plows or to a reaper,\\nplowing, cutting and hinding ten acres in a\\nda3% nor two horses to a seeder that sows as\\nmany acres. Come from where he may, ex-\\npect what he may, he finds changes nnlooked\\nfor. Most likely in his superficial knowledge\\nhe declares the ridges of Florida are barrens,\\nand the flat lands are only swamps. He makes\\nup his mind in a day and nothing can change\\nit. Back he goes and writes and talks in his\\nignorance. Florida is better for his absence.\\nSome come expecting a change; they find\\nit. They investigate the causes, see the capa-\\nbilities of the State, and become permanent\\nresidents. Such are wanted.\\nTHE LE CONTE 1?EXR.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Times- Democrat\\nHaving written you about a year ago in\\nreference to the Le Conte pear, giving some\\nfacts relating to this wonderful fruit, especially\\nwith reference to its qualities as a shipping\\nfruit, T desire more particularly in this article\\nto refer somewhat to its superior quality in an\\nevaporated, dried, preserved and canned con-\\ndition. As an qvaporated fruit, it has a very\\nbeautiful white color, slightly granulated sur-\\nface, very salable in appearance, and number\\none in quality.\\nDuring the past season, I observed an article", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "56 St. Andreivs Bay, Florida.\\nin one of our daih^ papers, stating that the\\nwhole crop of one of the largest growers in\\nGeorgia, amounting to several thousand lbs.\\nof evaporated fruit, had been purchased by a\\nNew York firm at the rate of fifty cents per\\npound. As the average product of one bushel\\nof pears is eight pounds of evaporated fruit,\\nthis would net about $4 per bushel. The\\nLe Conte as an evaporated fruit is certainly\\nquoted much higher in the markets than any\\nother fruit. In a preserved condition we\\nknow^ of no other fruit rivaling it in excel-\\nlence, both in quality, richness and delicacy\\nof flavor, as well as the comparatively small\\ncost of preservation. In the many ways I\\nhave mentioned, this fruit can be utilized,\\nand there is no good reason why any family\\nwith a dozen Le Conte pear trees growing on\\ntheir premises may not have this delicious\\nfruit upon the table in some shape at all sea-\\nsons of the year.\\nI adverted in mv last letter to the larsre re-\\nturns realized from the sale of fruit, as well\\nas the great increase in the value of the land\\nupon which a grove is set, but thinking per-\\nhaps some of your readers may not have read\\nni}^ former article I will recapitulate in brief.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "Authentic Report of 57\\nTHE LE CONTE PEAR.\\nIn this section of Florida the Le Conte pear\\nindustry has almost entirely superseded the\\norange culture, and the result is almost as\\nsurprising in the great advance in value of\\npear groves as is exhibited in orange for ex-\\nample; A two-acre pear grove, four year old\\ntrees, which cost at planting, $124, sold the\\npast winter for $1,000, or $500 per acre. The\\npurchaser, who will the coming season be\\nable to gather a large crop of fruit, has but\\nrecently entered into a contract to sell the\\ncuttings for $250, thus getting a return of 25\\nper cent, of his money the first year, and\\nbefore the trees are bearing. Another grove,\\none-half the trees three years old and one-half\\none year old, costing originally $250, sold re-\\ncently for 1,000, and the purchaser has already\\nrealized a very handsome per cent, from cut-\\ntings alone. Neither of the groves I have\\nmentioned could be purchased now for 50 per\\ncent, advance on the purchase money.\\nThese are soi^ie instances of the advance in\\nvalue of groves, and I will now give some ex-\\namples of the profits arising from the sale of\\nthe fruit:\\nA tree at ten years old, then in its prime,\\nwill bear twenty to thirty bushels to the tree;", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "58 St. Andrews Bcuj, Florida.\\nfifty trees to the acre at twenty bushels, 1,000\\nbushels halve it and we have 500 bushels.\\nFive hiindred bushels at $3 to |4 per bushel,\\n$1,500; halve it again and we have $750 to\\nthe acre. Thus we can see wdiy capitalists\\nwill pay $500 per acre for groves, or land to\\nput out groves upon.\\nInstances can be multiplied of the parties\\nin this section who have realized just such\\nprofits as I have mentioned. Take an exam-\\nple in this country from two trees, seven or\\neight years old; this gentleman gathered\\nthirty bushels of pears, selling them at $2 per\\nbushel, netting him $30 per tree. An acre,\\nforty-nine trees, at $30 per tree, w^ould net\\n$1,470 to the acre. A gentleman reports a\\nyearly income of $500 from seventeen trees.\\nNow, I have no grove to sell, neither have\\nI any trees to dispose of; so it cannot be said\\nthat I have an ax to grind. or have any reason\\nto misrepresent this fruit or to exaggerate its\\nmerits but I am a business man, interested\\nin the welfare and prosperity of our country.\\nThe low price of cotton, coupled with a par-\\ntial failure of the crop in some sections, has\\nvery naturally caused the farmer to despair of\\nmaking anything, or saving even a living out\\nof a cotton crop; more especiall}^ when there", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "Authentic Beport of 59\\nis such a drain upon his resources in the shape\\nof corn and meat, bought in the North and\\nWest, carrying all the surplus mone}^ out of\\nthe country, and leaving the producer of cot-\\nton scarcely a living; or, perhaps, worse in\\ndebt than v\\\\^hen he began his crop. We must\\nproduce something that will bring us ready\\nmoney in the summer, and bring back some\\nof the cash sent every year to the North and\\nWest for grain and meat and in my humble\\nopinion the Le Conte pear will undoubtedly aid\\nin the good work. John Dean.\\nCONCLUSION.\\nTaking into account the whole matter of\\nclimate and healthfulness, cheapness of land\\nand the facility with which it may be pre-\\npared, the extent and varied productions, and\\nthat some of them are constantly growing,\\nthe warmth of the winters, which tempe-\\nrature seldom falls below forty degrees, and\\nI the cool summer breezes, pure water, and the\\ncheapness of living, taking all these advanta-\\nges into consideration, it seems wonderful\\nthat this lovely St. Andrews by the sea,\\nshould have remained an undeveloped town\\nto this day.\\nThe cost of living at St. xindrews is less\\nthan in the Northern States. Some few arti-", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "60 St. Andreics Bay, Florida.\\ncles of consumption may cost a trifle more\\nthan in the northern States, but many com-\\nmodities are much less. Room and board is\\nfrom $4 to $6 per week. One cau see by the\\npublished market report in this work, that\\nthe price of groceries, dry goods, boots and\\nshoes, clothing, etc., vary but a trifle from the\\nprice of the same articles in northern cities.\\nThe commodity of fuel alone, is worth con-\\nsideration, as contrasted between the north\\nand south. There are very few of the labor-\\ning class but what dread the long cold winter of\\nthe north, continuing nearly one-half of the\\nyear. We are obliged to exercise the most\\nrigid economy during the working months,\\nto be able to provide fuel, clothing, and\\nthe necessaries of life, that our wives and chil-\\ndren may be made comfortable, and sheltered\\nfrom the cruel blasts of winter. The most\\nexpensive and indispensable item of house-\\nhold expenditures is fuel, either in wood or\\ncoal, the latter commodity being principally\\nused in our manufacturing towns in the north.\\nA family needs from six to ten tons of coal\\nfor the winter, at an expenditure of from $3\\nto $6 per ton in Cleveland, 0., and from $S to\\n$10 farther north.\\nThe average laborer receives $1.25 per day.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "Authentic Beport of 61\\n$1. 50 per week; out of this he pays $2 for\\nrent, $4 for provision. $1 for fuel, and has left\\nfifty cents for clothing his family. Providing\\nhe has six day s work a week, with fifty-\\ntwo weeks in a year, with no sickness, he\\ncan manage to live.; otherwise it would be\\nimpossible to make both ends meet, and he\\ncomes out at the end of the year in debt.\\nMany an honest, faithful, hard-working man\\nhas been branded as a felon, because through\\nsickness he has been unable to meet the de-\\nmands of his landlord, for bills contracted for\\nthe actual necessaries of life, I shall not at-\\ntempt to solve the labor problem, but would\\nsay that there is no place on this continent\\nwhere climate, conditions, and capabilities\\nhave done so much for the poor, but honest\\nworking-man, as Florida, Supposing a poor\\nman possesses an acre or two of land, and\\nI i)lants it with fruit trees; while these trees are\\nI being brought to maturity, or to the age of\\nI fruit-bearing, he has the use of the land for\\nI crop-raising, and not only raise enough upon\\nI which to support his family like a prince, but\\n1 has a surplus which demands the highest price\\nin the market.\\nClothing does not cost one-half as much at\\nSt. Andrews as in the North, from the fact", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "62 St. Andreivs Bay, Florida,\\nnot one-half as much is needed. He does not\\nhave to contend with the cold, bleak winds off\\nthe snow-clad hills, and in bound coasts of the\\nnorth five months in the year. There is not\\na day in the year but what one can work in\\nthe field. The winters on the western coast\\nof Florida are very much like our Indian sum-\\nmer in the northern States. There is consid-\\nerable rain in winter, and occasionally a cool,\\ndamp day; also numerous f^^ostS, but not\\nenough to destroy vegetation. I would cau-\\ntion all who contemplate making St. Andrews\\ntheir home, to go prepared with means suffi-\\ncient to secure a piece of land, of not less\\nthan one acre; oiie needs five or ten acres,\\nwith enough money to support your family at\\nleast six months. Do not go with the expec-\\ntation of procuring sufiicient work to support\\nyour family and pay for a place. There are\\nno such chances, or if there are any, there are\\nplenty of men there to do the work. There\\nare no steamships ur ocean crafts landing at\\nthe wharves of St. Andrews to give employ-\\nment to the laborer. As yet St. Andrews is\\nnot a commercial town of any great import-\\nance, nor will not be for several years to come.\\nIt does not require as much money to live\\nhere six months as it does at the North, but\\ncominf^ here means hard work, self-denial,", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "Authentic Beport of 63\\nand perseverance. Land ca.n^ be purchased\\nfor from \u00c2\u00a720 to $50 and %7o per acre, accord-\\ning to location. City lots range in price from\\n$25 to $500. As for healthfulness, St. An-\\ndrews is second to any locality on the conti-\\nnent. There ij? but one physician here, who\\nowns a drug-store, and I verily believe if it\\nwere not for other business the poor man\\nwould starve. This doctor is a whole-soul fel-\\nlow, well met, w^ho is generally at his drug-\\nstore, near the Post-Office, and will be the first\\none to welcome yon w^ith a grasp of the hand.\\nto the beautiful St. Andrews by the sea.\\nThe people of St. Andrews are intelligent\\ncitizens, kind-hearted and generous, and wel-\\ncome all who come here wdth the intention of\\nbecoming citizens. St. Andrews is fast be-\\ncoming noted as a health resort, both in sum-\\nmer and winter- many owning a residence,\\nand remain through the winter, while others\\nonly coming for the summer season. The\\nclimate is equally as delightful in summer as\\nin winter. No ^better society can be found\\nanywhere; the people generally are church-\\ngoers. They have their young peoples liter-\\nary society, temperance sooiety, etc., and ex-\\ntend the hand of fellowship and greeting to\\na stranger.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "C4 St. Andreics Baf/, Florida,\\nIn regard to the Cincinnati Company s lot^,\\nin wliich 8omajiy thousands are interested, al-\\nthough beautifully located, and most of them\\non high and dry land, yet, as before stated,\\nthey are in the woods, consequently no im-\\nprovements in the vicinity of this tract. How\\nlong this property will remain in this unset-\\ntled condition it is impossible to tell, but from\\npresent indications, some years will elapse be-\\nfore improvements will be made that will\\nmaterially enhance the value of this land. On\\nthe map one can plainly see the two proposed\\nrailroad routes, as now surveyed through this\\ntract, and in the event of either of them be-\\ning completed to St. Andrews Bay the prop-\\nerty along the line will be of more value.\\nAt all events the land is of sufficient value to\\nensure a good investment by paying the taxes\\nand holding onto it. Taxes may be paid di-\\nrect by sending description of your property\\nto B. B. Brown, Assessor, Econfina, Wasington\\nCounty, Florida. Your property must be listed\\nby the 1st of June, of each year. After the prop-\\nerty is assessed, the taxes are collected by\\nJohn Roach, of Vernon, the county seat of\\nWashington county. Parties owning five\\nacres, or even two acres on this plat, is well\\nworth improving, as there is but a small por-\\ntion but what is worth from $10 to $25 per", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "Authentic Beport of 65\\nacre. In some portions of the country game\\nis quite abundant, such as bear, deer, possum,\\nwild turkeys, etc., and occasionally venison is\\nbrought to St, Andrews market. Fish and\\noysters are in abundance; anj^ quantity of\\nbeautiful, finely flavored trout are caught\\nat any time m the Bay with a hook and line.\\nOysters are free to any one who will take the\\ntrouble of catching them.\\nIn place of the beautiful horses and carria-\\nges, as seen in the North, we have the sailing\\nand steam yachts, by which one can sail to\\nthe most interesting points of this lovely bay.\\nAll* who are able own a sailing yacht, and pic-\\nnics and excursons are quite frequent.\\nI would not have it understood that any\\none can sit down under a Palmetto tree and\\nbe fed by ravens; no such a miracle ever hap-\\npened in St. Andrews. If you come here you\\nmust expect to do as much hard work, endure\\nas much privation, and meet with as many\\ndisappointments as in any other new country.\\nIf you have but little money, you must be-\\ncome a producer. Don t depend upon a 22x\\n165 foot lot with which to earn a living; it\\nwould not pay for fencing; in fact it is hard-\\nly worth the expense of surveying; pay your\\ntaxes and at some future time the property", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "60 St. Andrews Baij, Florida.\\nwill be worth something. Go prepared to buy\\none or more acres, in a good locality, at $25\\nor $50 per acre. Take yonr axe and grubl)ing-\\nhoe, and exercise your muscle^ prepare the\\nland for fruit trees; while they are coming\\ninto bearing, cultivate your land in raising\\ncrops, and at the end of fi\\\\Q or seven years, I\\nguaranty that when you come to make esti-\\nmates you will find that you have cleared $3\\nfor every day s work, in the increased value\\nof your fruit grove, besides what you will re-\\nalize from the productions of the land, much\\nmore than the cost for living. But this is not\\nall; you have a home there is no place like\\nhome you have a grove that will yearly net\\nyou an income of $500 to $1,000 a year.\\nIf you are inclined to be home-sick, easily\\ndiscouraged, don^t think of going unless you\\nhave sufficient means with which to leave.\\nBut if you have pluck, and are determined to\\novercome every obstacle, you are just the one\\nthat is needed at St. Andrews, and prosperity\\nwill crown your efforts.\\nI cannot but write very plain upon this sub-\\nject. I have been down there, and know all\\nabout the country. I know the quality of the\\nsoil, about its productiveness, and have mis-", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "Aidhentlc Beport of 67\\nrepresented nothing, but stated the true facts\\nin the case.\\nWhile there I became acquainted with Mr.\\nC, B. Wheeler, an experienced apiarist, who\\nhas had an extended experience in bee raising,\\nand is a great enthusiast in the care of bees.\\nFrom him I learned that there is no month\\nduring the year but what the bee is at work,\\nand that the honey is of excellent flavor, and\\nof a large yield. He considers the business as\\nremunerative, if not more so, than any other\\navocation.\\nIf you should ever visit St, Andrews be sure\\nto call on our old friend, Wm. Smith, the vet-\\neran oyster man, in rear of Post-Office. He\\nis an old resident, and can post you in regard\\nto the country, from New Orleans all down\\nthe coast, and can open more good, fat 05^8-\\nters, in a given time, than any other man in\\nthe country.\\nIn closing this work I would say that in my\\nvisit to St. Andrews, have endeavored to\\ngive a faithful report of affairs as I found\\nthem, and all can judge for themselves wheth-\\ner or not St. Andrews is the location for their\\nfuture home. I have endeavored to set forth\\nthe advantages and disadvantages to be found", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "68 St. Andrews Baij, Florida.\\nthere; its prospects and natural resources; its\\nundeveloped condition, its capabilities, etc.r\\nand now leave it to the consideration of the\\nreader to form their own conclusions.\\nIt has been remarked by a Northern gen-\\ntleman who had* lately been on a tour in the\\nSouth, That the Southern people have a\\ngreater sense of honor among them than we\\nhave. They are square, on the average, in\\nevery way you take them. The Southern man\\ndoes not try to brow-beat employes, and force\\nthem to work for less money than their labor is\\nreally worth. Among the higher classes the\\nrate of wages is largely determined by the\\nlabor alone, and as long as his demand is rea-\\nsonable, it is complied with. Socially, the\\nSouthern man is a splendid character. The\\nlarge plantations are almost always thronged\\nwith temporary guests, while there are few\\nplanters who do not keep open house the year\\nround. They are courteous to every one. My\\nopinion of the Southern man is as widel}^\\ndifferent from what it was, as day is from\\nnight. It would be a good thing if the North\\ncould get up and take an excursion down to\\nsee its sisters. There would be a hearty change\\nof opinion, I think.*^", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "Authentic Beport of 69\\nWhy will men shiveniigh^ tarry in the\\nregion of the north pole when the rosy hand\\nI of perpetual spring beckons them to these\\ngenial abodes is a great moral question,\\nI as the Tame Kiln orator puts it, only demon-\\nstrates the strength .of old associations and\\nthe power of habit.* R. Nutting, of Blackburn\\n1 University, Clarinville, Illinois.\\nPosted on a western dug-out that appeared\\nI to be abandoned: Fore miles frum a nabur;\\nsixteen miles frum a postoflis; and twenty-five\\nmiles frum a ralerode; a liundred n atey miles\\nfrum timber; half mile from water; God bless\\nour home. We re gone east to get a fresh\\nstart* They should go to St. Andrews Fla.\\nWhy people should emigrate to Florida:\\nBecause of its delightful climate, both\\nin winter and summer, a\\\\eraging sixtj^-iive\\ndegrees in winter, and rarely exceeding ninety\\ndegre es in summer; owing to the constant\\nsea breeze playing across so narrow a coun-\\ntry from either side, which enables one to\\nkeep cool at any time, by seeking the shade.\\nBecause the soil is so easily w^orked, and\\nyields so abundantly and in such variety,\\nliving can be had with less labor than any-\\nwhere else. The main work is done during:", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "70 St. Andrews Bajj, Florida.\\nthe mild, dry winters, the rains occurring\\nmostly during the summer, when most needed.\\nYou want less clothing, and it lasts twice as\\nlong, there being neither coal-smut, dust, nor\\nmud, to make frequent, desti uctive washing\\nnecessary. Because a very small sum will se-\\ncure you a home, and that home can not be\\ntaken from you, the law exempting from any\\nforced sale one hundred and sixty acres of\\ncountry, or half-acre of town land, with all\\nimprovements thereon, and in addition, $1,000\\nworth of personal property, and this without\\na burdensome tax, the State of Florida levying\\nfor all purposes not exceeding seven mills.\\nGulf Stream Pensacola, Fla.\\nJust Three Things. I once met a thought-\\nful scholar, said Bishop Whipple, who told mo\\nthat for years he had read every book he could\\nwhich assailed the religion of Jesus Christ,\\nand he said he should have become an infidel\\nbut for three things. First, I am a man. I\\nam going somewhere. To-night I am a day\\nnearer the grave than I was last night. I have\\nread all such books can tell me. They shed\\nnot one solitary ray of hope or light upon the\\ndarkness. They shall not take away the guide\\nand leave me stone blind. Second, I had a\\nmother. I saw her q:o down into the dark", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "Authentic Report of 71\\nvalley where I am going, and she leaned upon\\nan unseen arm as calmly as a child goes to\\nsleep on the breast of its mother. I know\\nthat was not a dream. Third, I have three\\nmotherless daughters (and he said it with tears\\nin his eyes). They have no protector but my-\\nself. T would rather kill them than leave\\nthem in this sinful world, if you blot out from\\nit all the teachings of the Gospel.\\nWrong Lost\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Saved.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 A colporteur left\\na Bible in a godless home. As the man and\\nhis wife sat together in the evenings, the man\\ntook up the book, and reading in it, began to\\nfeel its power. If this book is true, he said\\none evening to his wife, we are wrong. He\\nread more, and in a few evenings after said\\nagain, with deep concern and alarm, If this\\nbook is true, we are lost. He read still far-\\nther, and through the darkness the light be-\\ngan to break as he caught a glimpse of the\\ncross and the Saviour and at last he said to\\nhis wife with glowing joy, If this book is\\ntrue, we may be saved.\\nThat is the story always of the work of\\ngrace in the heart. First, there is the law\\nwork, w^hich shows us our guilt and hopeless-\\nness in ourselves; then the Gospel comes show-\\ning us salvation and Hie.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Exchange.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "72 St. Andrews Bay, Florida.\\nEvery action, every thought, every feel-\\ning, contributes to the education of the tem-\\nper, the habits, and understanding, and exer-\\ncises an inevitable influence upon ali the acts\\nof our future life.\\nWhy am I a Christian 1. Because my\\nmoral constitution shuts me up to the view\\nof life presented by the Bible.\\n2. Because the law of cause and effect,\\npointing to a Divine Creator, confirms this\\nconclusion.\\n3. Because the process by which the mind\\ncomes to know all, supports it.\\n4. Because insuperable difficulties attend\\nother theories.\\n5. Because this view harmonizes v^ith all\\nothers of facts and all fields of knowledge.\\n6. Because of the preparation for it.\\n7. Because of the person and work of Christ.\\n8. Because of the proofs of his existence\\nin human history.\\n9. Because of the adaptive and recupera-\\ntive power of Christianity.\\n10. Because of the special new expansions\\nof this period.\\n11. Because of the proved failures of all\\nother moral forces to elevate and unify the\\nrace.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "AiitJiotflc Bcporf of 73\\nSpots can be found all over the pine hills\\nof the Southern States as healthy as any for-\\nests in the world. Some invalids are begin-\\ning to understand this fact and profit by it.\\nAt least a million invalids and wealthy peo-\\nple in the north and west would winter in\\nthese southern pine hills and on the gulf shore\\nif they knew the honest truth about the cli-\\nmate of the Southern States.\\nCHICAGO TIMES.\\nAn Olive Grove. From ancient writings,\\nincluding the Hol}^ Scrii3tures, it can be ascer-\\ntained that the olive is one of the oldest known\\nfruits. The Mount of Olives, near Jerusalem.\\nis famous in history. Long before butter was\\nknown olive oil was used in the preparation\\nof food. Large quantities of the oil and fruit\\nhave from time to time been imported here\\nfrom the shores of the Mediteranean Sea,\\nwhence most of the product has been obtained.\\nThe climate of California, being not unlike\\nthat of the Mediteranean, was considered suit-\\nable for the growth of the olive, and an ex-\\nperiment was made which has proved success-\\nful. The tree itself is pretty and ornamental.\\nIn springtime it is covered with a profusion\\nof white flowers, and in winter has an ever-\\ngreen foliage. When ready for the harvest it", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "74: Si. Andrews Bay, Florida,\\nis so prolific that the branches bend under the\\nweight of the fruit. Olive wood is also beau-\\ntiful, and was chosen as part of the ornament-\\nation of the spacious and magnificent Solo-\\nmon s temple. The oil is considered by many\\nas something sacred. As such it is used in\\nconsecrations and coronations. The ancients\\nused the sprays of olive leaves to crown their\\ngreat men, as it was believed to be an emblem\\nuf purity and peace. It was considered the\\nhighest honortobe crowned with olive leaves.\\nIn time of war an olive branch borne in the\\nhand was a token of peace, and it is even now\\nspoken of as such. The olive tree lives for a\\nlong time. Some of the trees on the Mount\\nof Olives, in Judea, are said to be fifteen feet\\nin diameter and over two thousand years old,\\nwhile that in the Vatican at Rome has a record\\nof over a thousand years. The olive is very\\nhardy, and will endure treatment which would\\nkill other fruit trees. If infected with insects\\nthe entire head can be cut off and thrown\\naway, while the trunk will sprout again with\\nrenewed vigor. Being sensitive to excessive\\nheat or cold, its home is in the semi-tropical\\ncountries, along the gulf coast, and along the\\nPacific coast, where it is a successful industry-\\nAs we have said repeatedly, there is", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "Authentic Beport of 75\\nnothing in the worh:l like energy. In order\\nto succeed, it is required that the aim in view\\n])e pursued with unwavering determination.\\nA husiness man without push might as well\\nshut up shop and save his moneys for sooner\\nor later he will be swamped by the irresisti-\\nble onward rush of j^rogress.\\nFruit all the Yeak. Here is Florida s bill\\nof fare in the fruit line, clipped from a Florida\\npaper There is not a day in the whole three\\nhundred and sixty-five not even leap year\\nthat the people of the coast do not have fruit\\nof some kind. Commencing with January,\\nw^e have strawberries then and until late in\\nJune. Japan plums from February. Mul-\\nberries are ripe in April and last until August.\\nOf the various berries dewberries, black-\\nberries, and huckleberries, almost any quan-\\ntity. Peaches from Ma}^ 1st. until July. Mel-\\nons from June until late in the fall. Pears,\\nthe very best of the kind, from July until\\nOctober. LeCoiite pears, persimmons, pome-\\negranates, and grapes are the best of any\\ncountry.\\nAdam, the Catholic journal of the new\\nSouth, a weekly paper published at Memphis,\\nin a recent issue has this to say of our State.\\nIt boasts not of great mineral wealth, like\\niron and coal bearing Alabama; nor of a won-", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "16 Si. Andj-ews Bay, Florida.\\nderous fertile soil, like the su^^ar producing\\nLouisina; but it boasts of a sunny climate that\\nis the QUYy of her most favored sisters; the\\nflowery land of genial sunshine and luscious\\nfruits, in the far-away beautiful Southland,\\nto which we now invite attention; and it has\\nrunning waters of crystal clearness, all the\\nyear singing the same merry song on their\\nway to the great ocean. And if Paradise bor-\\nders on this earth of ours, Florida is its only\\ngateway. Gulf Streayn.\\nMen who Harm a Town. Those w^ho oppose\\nimprovements.\\nThose who don t advertise.\\nThose who run it down to strangers.\\nThose who mistrust its public men.\\nThose who show no hospitality to any one.\\nThose who hate to see others make money.\\nThose who treat every stranger as an\\ninterloper.\\nThose who ask tw^o prices for property.\\nThose who put on long faces when a stran- J\\nger talks of locating, Ashvllle Aegis.", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "I AN AUTHENTIC REPORT\\nr\\nAND\\nOF B\\n9\\n__\\nST. ANDREWS BAY.\\nFLORIDA.\\nfr i\\nW BY PAUL A. CLIFFORD. S\\nf\\nL This Book has an especial reference to the property dis- 2\\nW posed of by the^ St. Andrews Railroad Land and Mining n\\nW Company, in which thousands are interested.\\nW CLEVELAND, OHIO.\\nW 1888. i\\ni", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3206", "width": "1914", "jp2-path": "authenticreporth00clif_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "rHE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST\\nALL STEEL. PATEKT ALLOWED.\\nThis is the Perfect Cot.\\nFolding legB, adjustable pillow-rest; weighs about 25 lbs.; will support 2\\na ton. Better than any drop lounge\\nTHIS PER-FECT CUSHION,\\nis all of steel, and is the only right a\\nthing for wagons, buggies, chairs\u00c2\u00bb .2\\netc. Price, for single seats, \u00c2\u00a72. For 5\\nan\\nIjer lengths, 85 cents per foot, running measure.\\nNow for the Babies\\nThis Baby Rest is hooked on to\\neither side of the bed; is used for\\nnursing babies. 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