Author : J. A. Macdonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332178681
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (786 download)
Book Synopsis Plain Talk About Florida, Vol. 1 by : J. A. Macdonald
Download or read book Plain Talk About Florida, Vol. 1 written by J. A. Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Plain Talk About Florida, Vol. 1: For Homes and Investments Florida is visited every year by tens of thousands of people, nine-tenths of whom come for recreation, change of climate, or rest, while many hundreds of people are connected with mercantile pursuits, transportation or hotels. These people rarely do more than-spend a few days or weeks at the principal watering places, or on the routes of travel. They know nothing about Florida when they leave it. Most of them are delighted with the climate and society in winter; a few disgusted with everything else; some go year after year, but at last make a home here. Now and then you will find a conceited fellow who affects to despise Florida and ridicules it; but you will always find, if you investigate, that those who know most about Florida like it best. Many have failed in Florida, but always on account of their own mismanagement. These failures are a standing "danger" signal for those who come now. In these pages you will find names of many who have succeeded. Do as they did, and there is no danger of failure. Above all things, avoid discussion of the subject with these smart, impertinent fellows, who can tell you all about it, and know so many instances of disaster. They are invariably either inventing or retailing falsehoods. Nine out of ten of them would like to own an orange grove, but have not sufficient manhood to undertake it, and wait for it, and do not want anybody else to do what they dare not. The wise men and the wealthy men of our nation are rapidly turning their attention to it. A thousand prominent Northern capitalists have winter homes and orange groves in our State. Ten thousand intelligent, industrious Northern men of small means are comfortably situated on permanent homes, and over three hundred thousand people live easily by agriculture here, while it is attracting more attention than any other part of our Union. Hundreds of sensible men are preparing homes there through agents; some of the finest properties in our State are made for people who rarely see them (see Gen. O. E. Babcock's, Sanford's, Judge Markham's and Debary's groves, wealthy men, and the Jackson grove, Schultz grove or Fahnestock grove at Eustis, made by men of moderate means or poor men, all done through agents). Pollow in the tracks of men who have succeeded, and do as they did, and any one can get a foothold in Florida. The country is full of gassy, brassy, impertinent, addle-headed detractors of Florida; fellows who made a trip up the St. Johns, or over the railroads, and never saw a spot of ground ten feet above water; people who know no more about our State than a traveller who goes up the Hudson at night knows about the State of New York. Florida is the largest State east of the Mississippi River, and it is not seen in a week, nor is it fairly tested in a year. When you hear a man abusing Florida, you can set him down as either ignorant of the subject, or a fraud; many who live on our trade or transportation business do this. Let us know their names, and we can tell you how much they can be relied upon. We are preparing a list of these fellows, and a list of the sensible men who know Florida and believe in it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
