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Show SOMETHING TO DO. "The native Floridan has a pretty . good idea of Utopia," said the Cincinnati Cin-cinnati drummer as the talk turned , upon orange groves. ' "On my last trip a man hung to me for three days ;ln hopes to sell me an eighty-acre , tract for a grove. In boldfng him off I said: "'It will take at least a year to clear and prepare the ground, won't it?' " 'I reckon,' he replied. " 'And at least five more to get my first orange?' " 'Yes.' " 'That's six years to wait, and what can I be doing all that time?' " 'Doing?' he replied in some astonishment. aston-ishment. 'Why, you kin put In six years playin' poker, chawin' terbacker, and goin' a-fishin'.' " |