Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-03-26
!, of decadence in the shape of rotten and

of decadence in the shape of rotten and
for>aken Wharves.
In Florida, Mr.. Rhodes and his FAM
lily met a great many Northern people,
VINO are there in search of health or
pleasure; among them Mr.. F. l.. Peek
of Cleveland, "a heavy fIeighter of Lake
superior ore, and Gov. Curtin. of Pa,
and his wife. Gov. Curtin is in bad
health. During their soiourn along the
st. Johns river the weather Was exceed
ing,y warm, the thermometer standing
81 in the shade. As ii matter of course
We citation in that tropical climate is
perennial. The corn is now from two
10 three feet high, and such garden
truck as radisiieS, lettuce, onions, as
paragH-, peas, &c, are abundant. Even
stra berries are to he had. The tables
IF the hotels are well supplied. No
complaint is to be made in that respect
along the lines OF travel. Neither are
prices excessive. The general price for
dollar.
AT Jacksonville, in Fla, Mr.. Rhodes
took boat up the st. Johns river as
far as Tocni, FROM which point there is
d horse railroad (woOden rdils) across d
peninsula, 16 miles, to st. Augustine,
the oldest town in the United States,
the fort at which was built in the year
1865. This horse car accommodates,
when packed like a sar,line box, about
Iorty people, and as the thermometer
was well up in the eighties, the reader
can imagine that our friend and his
family had a lovely ride across the
country on the wooden rails. But then
when person travels for pleasure they
. can always enjoy such novelties for the
sake of an experience.
In returning from Florida Mr.. Rhode:
took steamer from Jacksonville tC
Charleston via. Savannah. From
: Charleston he came North by way o
,, Wilmington, North Carolina. H
thinks that the pirtarn presented by
the country betaech theoe two cnie
cities of the two Carolinas is about a
uninviting to the traveller as any tina
he saw while South.
: He stopped ii day or two at Richmond
and heard Il debate in the Senate o
: Virginia on the bill to encourage i'm
e mi grafton from EnrOpe into that State
The bill proposes oapprOpriate seyera
i Thousand dollars whereWith to induce
by publication of statistics, etc, inmi
= grafton to the Old Dominion. One adj
. vocate OF the bill alluded to the fac
j that there WAS one Northern city tina
: had more people in it than all Virginia
I Ii was people that they wanted in Wiz
+ ginia; people of strong arms and stou
hearts, who would develop the wealti
of the State and enable her to pay tn
!. interest ON her State debt, and build o.
e her waste places.
> From Richmond Mr.. Rhodes cam
home via. Washington City, reaching
: here, as we said, several days ago, ate
ii about months absence, and vel
= pleased with his extended trip. He il
= of the opinion that Belmont county
,. Ohio, is worth the whole State of Floi
u ida, for his purposes in life, and HI
!, seen no part of the country that please
ii him So well for a home us the vine clat
Il and smoke wreathed hills of this high
ly favored locality. He recommen;.
e all discontented people hereabouts {
take his trip through the South if the
Il want to have realizing sense foreve
: afterwards of the fact that their live
! nave been cast in pleasant places.