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because of its height was a retreat for the 6lite of the capital,
Captain Johnson of Florida purchased a large plantation (fazenda),
with its supply of Negro laborers. On this estate, called Pao
Grande, grew 6,000 orange and 95,000 coffee trees, the care of
which required the attention of several Americans as well as of
many Brazilian slaves. The spacious house afforded room for
many a dinner dance and extended visit from the family's numer-
ous friends. But Pao Grande proved to have its bad features
along with the good; the fever entered its halls, and in June,
1869, the young and popular Mary Johnson succumbed to an
attack. Soon thereafter the father, who was by profession a medic,
moved his family to the higher elevation of Petropolis, whence he
continued to direct the business of the plantation.
Ten miles from the city of Rio de Janeiro Major McIntyre
bought fazenda Ipahiba, with its one hundred and thirty Negroes,
and turned his endeavors to the growing of sugar cane, oranges,
and coffee. He seems to have prospered, especially at sugar-making,
and purchased a second plantation on the Canta Gallo railroad.
On the Dom Pedro road, twenty miles from the same city, Judkins
bought the beautiful fazenda of Bangu, along with its sugar mills
and other improvements. Not far away, Roussell, a Louisiana
planter, leased a plantation and its Negroes for ten years at a
rental of $600 a year, with the option of purchase at any time
for the sum of $15,000.
While the doctor practiced dentistry on Rosario Street, the
Keyes family, subsequent to its return from Lake Juparanao, re-
sided at a number of places around the city. "Dixie Island," the
first residence, was a journey of six or eight miles from Rio de
Janeiro, part of which had to be made by boat. Measuring fifty
acres, thirty planted to vegetables, fruits, and poultry feed, "Dixie"
was a luxurious home-especially compared to the lake residence-
for Mrs. Keyes and her ten children. Here they had the assist-
ance of Payne and Mrs. Payne, an English gardener and an
English cook whom General Hawthorne had left with the lease
upon his return to Alabama on account of his wife's health. Un-
fortunately, "Dixie" was soon sold to an Englishman and the
Keyes family had to vacate. After lodging for several months in
the big house of the Johnsons at Pao Grande, removal was made
to San Domingos, another village suburban to Rio de Janeiro.
This was late in April, 1869. Dr. Keyes had been disappointed194
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