| Show FROM FLORIDA fla april 17 1896 the place I 1 am at t Is ia that of samuel a highly respectable farmer a person unexcelled la in hogni and a warm friend to 90 the elders all who have met him and have been made recipients of him hi kindness con can hot but entertain ertain the deepest regard for foi him he was a soldier in the civil war a private of the second V U S volunteers and had been as far west weal as denver colo dinner was waa over and being in a meditative mood I 1 took nay my seat in a cools cop shady and retired part of the house yet jet the doors stood wide ajar ai and the windows had bad basis thrust open to their limit every indication to if that of warm weather and were one in the bice he be would not think himself deceived but in my shady nook it can but be delicious occasional zephyrs waft by relieving the oppression of heat upon their pinions they carry the delicate odor of at the 1 he rose the rich perfume of the a sweet we et bud and an imaginary perception of wild flowers from the wood because the martin that sprightly little messenger of spring pr seems to declare in such snob a decisive yet charmingly musical way that j it is those far off flowers adwers that meke him bogay sogay so gay but bark I 1 there comes a more cam composed posed strain which swells irom the now ofa beof i muffled note of a voluptuous flood of war warbling bong it is the mocking bird be has bus chosen the topmost twig and nd he rocks to and fro with such an air as 8 would bid defiance to a brass bano bana the fields of growing corn can be seen from the win window Liow the cotton and cane are growing too while girding the whole field arp are belts ot timber natures fortifications she built them years jears ago this is florida and why nota heaven on earth tout anatone one would so delight in finding how truly do the words of praise sung of for far off lauds lull the nearer into forgetfulness of the first great decree of a mighty king who rules this earth when and ana from whence sprang the race baoe if it ever wass wae that nevet never toilet my journey to the present place wa was a not a long one but was directly toward st pedro ba bay a vast tract of marsh and swamp land lahd which during wet wei oil set sons of the years year is more or less in uh undated ane district through which the path led evidenced its nearness to this toils wilder wilderness erness neis by the occasional pond on either side hemmed with cypress trees that bad the winter through looked so eo dead and so wearied by the long tr trailing alling moses mose but now were green with tender leaves of spring the ter pine which will grow for sixty I 1 beet et without a knot is the principal timber of this baynand as one Hu uti vances into the heart u af tola wilderness the he thicker becomes the ibe woody growth till it log ia in ID no wise a matter to get lost and even dangerous for we be novice woo wood demao amao this Is the range for the floridian Florl dian it answers the purpose of tile mountain to tile westerner but not for stock alone game such as a turkeys turkey door deer and ad black bear also wild animals buch as 8 the pa panther uther roam at as large in these moge solitude hunting is one of the chief sports of the people with many a farmer it t has bas become a part of his iier to steal away sa a occasional day or wook week from the farm when the ane work to ie not and when abea it is and arld put on kofl on oil a hunt now aw would liou you liao ko of 0 tot ona h of ea jrnest workers wat that ate lof or 1 r al P fatta I of old that necessity to la laid upon them iland aad as aa true set servants Vanti of god who have been sent to give warning ore are striving to do their part that hat their may be tree free the wiles of the epilone evil one are manifest wherever the eldora elders find a willing ear but tar far from the work stopping we often gain new frien frienda dr we are not at a loss lose for work it if energy and ousa la Is ours to turn it off here let me malre make worthy mention of elders john watte sino and wm griddle criddle s who in conjunction wita elder W H and companion jit aveling lu in four held bold twelve meetings la in eight days and in the course of sixteen days the meetings numbered ing which time five honest souls were banti baptized zed gur president james A west by his visits with the various elders has aroused enthusiasm on the part of the elders and a deep stirring interest among the people the labor to is thus increased while the laborers are yet few in beh behalf all if of our band band I 1 express L greeting wish loog long jolt in the heart for the brig brightest bast success of all al our co lab jabor orbre ere which 1 I beg to do through the columns of this much esteemed paper respectfully CUTI jEB |
