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An
Appeal representative horsebacked it to Victor ?????
last week ??????. We ??? our ??? friend. H??? dealing
out general merchandise in his big new store house, J.
W. English sells drugs. Wm. Stetson is the blacksmith,
and Del bard at work at another Blacksmith and wagon
shop that will be managed by himself and Wm. Fisher.
He is in St. Louis this week buying tools. Mr.
Calhoon's big collection of bees is in Victor. They
made him about two tons of honey last season.
Victor
has improved wonderfully in the last two years. Nearly
every house in the town looks like it is new.
From
Victor we went out to the home of T. B. Powers, where
we spent as pleasant an evening as could well be
imagined. Mr. Powers owns 680 acres of land that is as
fine as any in Monroe county. Its improvements include
every conviende any farmer could desire.
On
Wednesday we went to Santa Fe. It was good to be
there. Our list of readers at that place is about
double that of any other paper, and it seems like a
positive pleasure to pay for the Oracle. Several new
subscribers were added to the list down there, a big
number renewed, and a big lot of job work was gathered
up.
Wright
& Tanner and O. Lee Crigler have elegant drug
stores at Santa Fe. Perry Davis does a big business at
his Racket Store, and Charley Tanner, W. B. Myers and
Jim Spears have stocks of general merchandise that are
up-to-date and low-priced enough to draw trade from a
long distance.
Santa
Fe has a good school, good churches, nice residences,
and fine people.
J.
F. Chapel is now postmaster and is making a good one.
Dr.
J. S. Drake and Dr. Chas. Backer, two of the best
physicians in the land, live at Santa Fe, and enjoy a
big practice.
From
Santa Fe we rode out to B. F. Vaughn's and spent
another very pleasant night. He has 800 acres in his
home farm, every foot of which is as good as if made
to order. Mr. Vaughn moved out there in 1871 and
invested all his wealth in 160 acres at $8 an acre.
From year to year he has added to it until it is about
the largest farm in the county. The mule barn, sheep
house, horse barn, scale house and everything else on
the place are models of convenience.
In
this part of the country the fine stock farms of Bob
Smiley, Wash Sterrit, Grey Vaughn, Emmett Foree, Wm.
Hanna, Philander Hickman, the 800-acre farm of Nath
Rogers, the 480-acre farm of Jack Watterson, and half
a score of other grand places are situated. A railroad
survey has recently been run through this section.
We hope the line will soon be built. It is badly
needed.
Next
day we went to Florida. Everybody takes the Appeal
around that thriving town, and lots of them took
advantage of our visit to subscribe, renew or order
job printing. John Goss and the McCreary
Hardware Co. do an immense general merchandise
business at Florida; A. W. Vandeventer, X. P. Ball and
Longacre Bros. sell drugs, A. L. Brickey does
blacksmithing, and Drs. Heavenridge and Brown, the
physicians enjoy a lucrative practice. The Florida
Bank does a good business and enjoys the confidence of
the people. R. G. McCreary is the ????ler and makes a
hustling, accommodating official. Florida is several
miles from a railroad, but manages to hold her own as
a trading post. Miss Emma Dweardeebon now has charge
of the post office and is a courteous, efficient,
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