TOUR


OF THE STATE.


their health, and now have one of the largest and finest
pineapple-fields in the State. The newsy South Florida


Times" is published here. The
spent in short tramps and drives
try. The third day, the Doctor,
Mr. Andrew Jackson, a jeweler


consmn,
selves i
country
trotted
people


wealthy, shrewd busin
a wagon, and started


. The
along b
being all


two following days were
in the surrounding coun-
with his son, myself, and
from Eau Claire, Wis-
ess-man, distributed our-
on a trip through the


roads were in good condition, and we
riskly, passing new homes everywhere, the
busily engaged in fencing, clearing, build-


ing, or setting out trees. At noon we arrived at De
Land, another enterprising colony, mostly from western
New York. The site was located in 1877 by Mr. H. A.
De Land, the celebrated soda-manufacturer of Fairport,
New York, and bears his name. The country here con-
sists of rolling, open pine-land, and is quite pretty and
home-like in appearance. A fine church and a first-class


schoolhouse, one of the best in the State, seve
and dwellings, had then been erected; and the
were all of noticeably substantial, comfortable


ral stores,
buildings
construc-


tion, while the house-grounds were cleared up and set
out with flowers and shrubs. The "Florida Agricultur-
ist" is published here. It has a large circulation, and is
considered standard authority on all subjects in its special
line.
 From De Land we drove to Spring Garden, another
of the enterprising colonies of this favorite section. New
York and Illinois are mostly represented here. In 1872
Major George H. Norris, a native of western New York,
well known in Chicago, came here and purchased an im-
mense Spanish grant, and, having perfected his title, laid
out this pretty hamlet. A large amount of land has been
cleared in the vicinity, and wide streets have been opened
for miles, well fenced, and set out with orange-trees for