. The Southern States. e business develops the railroads canafford to provide better facilities for get-ting the vegetables and fruits to theNorthern markets quickly and cheaply ;the Northern commission merchantscan oive more attention to handlino- the 7i6 MOBILE IN MIDSUMMER. business, and, as the supply becomeslarger and more regular, the marketexpands. Mobile is becoming one of the greatcentres in the country for the productionof early fruits and vegetables. Landssuitable for gardening can be had formuch less than even the average farmprices that prevail in the North. The railroads are rend
. The Southern States. e business develops the railroads canafford to provide better facilities for get-ting the vegetables and fruits to theNorthern markets quickly and cheaply ;the Northern commission merchantscan oive more attention to handlino- the 7i6 MOBILE IN MIDSUMMER. business, and, as the supply becomeslarger and more regular, the marketexpands. Mobile is becoming one of the greatcentres in the country for the productionof early fruits and vegetables. Landssuitable for gardening can be had formuch less than even the average farmprices that prevail in the North. The railroads are rendering everypossible assistance to settlers who buy lands for gardening. The business in-volves fewer risks with greater profitsand greater certainty of profits than anyother branch of farming. The Mobile& Ohio and other roads, during theseason, run daily fast fruit and vegetabletrains to the cities of the West andNorthwest. Altogether it may safely be said thatMobile is one of the great seaport citiesof the SAND ISLAND LIGHT. LET THE EMIGRANT COME SOUTH. Bv Gen. llws. S. Rosser. The word emigrant should be sacredto the heart and mind of every one ofAmericas sons and daughters, for itwas from him that we sprung and byhim that the corner-stone of our greatrepubhc was laid. He was the architect of the temple offree government which we are still en-gaged in building, and of which weproudly boast, and it was he w^ho laidits foundation and in his own blood con-secrated its holy mission. The individual independence, thepurity of character, the demand for fair-play, justice and toleration which markthe outlines of our manhood today, inall our dealings with the world and our-selves, was derived, by direct inheri-tance, from the old emigrant stock ofbrave, hardy, freedom-loving, God-fearing and king hating adventurers,who first settled in the wilderness ofAmerica, and whom we delight to honorand revere as our forefathers, and asthe wise political philosophers whoseprecepts are o
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