116 HOME LIFE iN FLORIDA. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



"what will it cost?" 



Having now discussed the important question, ''Where 

 shall I settle?" let us next look into the second, no less 

 momentous one, "What will it cost?" 



Now, this is a good deal like the far-famed query, ' ' How 

 big is a piece of chalk ? " 



There is no place in the civilized world, Avhere men do 

 congregate, where also money to any extent may not be 

 got rid of by those so inclined, and Florida being in the 

 above category, and not so near "the jumping-ofT place," 

 either, as she was only a few years ago, is no exception to 

 this rule. Meney can be buried here as well as elsewhere ; 

 and the question of "What will it cost to settle?" may 

 meet with widely different replies from as many stand-points. 



We, however, are not writing for the benefit of those 

 who have already an abundance of this world's goods ; such 

 need no advice from us, they can come and go, and settle 

 as and where they list. Our items are meant for those 

 who come to Florida seeking to improve their fortunes ; 

 who have but little to start with in their new life, except 

 a wealth of hope, energy, and perseverance, and this is the 

 best kind of wealth to possess, the world over. To such 

 willing, earnest workers as these, the question of ' ' What 

 will it cost ? " comes home often with direful significance. 



So, then, what we want to know, just now, is not the 

 maximum (that is an uncertain quantity hard to deter- 

 mine), but the minimum cost of settling down in a new 

 home in this genial clime. Of course, even here there is 

 an extreme ; some men, strong and sinewy, go out into the 

 wild woods, hcAV doAvn the tall pines, build a little log hut 



