The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-01-22


end frequently, directly in a fish country.
no fish for dinner. The tea, eoiIccs bread.
and butter, are bad The milk Is almost
ways condensed Aiucl, al the provisions
are brought from the North including
b0tter-and they are got here at less cost
than are provisions TO Cape May from Phil
adelphia during the summer. The cooking
- mainly good. The hotel keepers proceed
upon the same principles those Of our
summer resorts They make 81 the money
they can during tho short season. But
their advantages over the seaside Bonifaces
are manifold. In addition to chcap freights,
plenty Of game and fish, Vegetables are
grown right at the door and sold for almost
nothing. Sometimes your rooni has no bell.
ana you are cut OF from communication
with the Office. On the other hand, the hotel
keepers 1.-THE majority Northcrnersl are very
i polite, agreeable gentlemen. as arc also their
clerks. The diamond-studacd ufflea
shifted youth, with hair parted IN the mid
die, has not yet found his way South from
the offices Of the Northern hotels. lie viii
come, though. The rooms ara large. and
the beds comfortable, and the hotels them
selves commodious buildings Society il
/ pleasant, and the people you meet disposed
/ to be soeiable Probably in the heieht ~
/ the season there is an improvement in many
\ respects. trust So Undoubtedly the best
plan for the Invalid isto 50 to quiet board
/ ing-hoase, or take O room and cot at hotel
on restaurant IN this way he sees all the
] life Of the hotels he wants without charge
and none that lie docs not want In many
places, cottages, furnished or unfurnished
attached 10 hotels, can be obtained The
very best hotel have met with. that which
approaches nearest TO giving You the worthof
| your moneys j. the ST. James Jacksonville.
| The Scriven, Savannah, and the Charleston,
! Charleston, are more metropolitan. The
Purcell, Wilmington, has a jolly, kind
/ hearted proprietor, who might improve his
house. The St. Augustine. st. Augustine.
and the Clarendon, Gr'en Cove Springs,
are quiet places much in favor.
have been agreeably surprised with
THE SOUTHERN RAILROADS.
Expected to find them furnished with shaky
old cars, and with partiality Tor never ar
irving OF starting at tho advertised hour
On the contrary they are well equipped
and make excellent time. ] did not find a
bore among the conductors On an night
lines Pullman carsarc run. The engines an
burn wood, as do all the st. John river
boats. The railroad eating-housOs are as
good, bad, and indifferent rs those Of the
4 North.
1t is unquesiionably true that the climate
4
winter they never have the extreme cold of
the North, in summer they never have the
extreme oppressive heat from which We
S0Blctiacs suffer. The record of the thcr.
mometcr for '7s-3, displayed Attic hotels
i gives conclusive proof Of this.
1t is a grave question whether winter
travel to Florida viii ever become fashion
able. The people who come here one year
pleasure tourists-scldom return the next
Not because they are dissatisfied with the
j country, but because they cannot bring
themselves so give up the winter pleasures
of the great cities and yet the travel year
by year increases. This season there are
| greater number in Florida than at the same
date ever before. The hotels arc not crowd
cd, but there are few at each, and there
arc more than double the accommodations
of last year. Hundreds, too, are in apart
ments and boarding-houses. The people
are equally as sociable as they were last
year at this time
NOTES
They tell you at Green Cove Springs that
so great is the pressure Of water that per
sons are frequently drinking from the bath
ing-pool while Others are swimming in IT,
II believe all about the pressure, but when
wanted drink, some how OF either pre-
ferred the spring proper, which bathers do
l
crystal, and in the spring you can see down
depth Of twenty-five feet. The submerged
rocks and sides are colored with the sulphur
The smell of the waterjs l1If slightly slisa-
greeable.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe came down
with us to-day from her estate Of Mandarin,
ON the Mary Draper to jacksonville When
we touched ut Mandarin she was standing
on the wharf with her two daughters young
ladies to whom no good looks have been
vouchsafcd, and whose age | could not
guess. was disappointed in the appearance
of the famous lady. She wears her many
years well, and is very active. Her face
does not lack character, but there Is nothing
in tic least intellectual about it.
The only preparation required of the moss
which is so abundant in the Southern
States, before shipping it North, Is to bury
1T for month or more. When taken MP IL
has lost its original dull-gray color, and be-
comes black, like horsehair Il has also
gained in strength 1T Is used for All The
purposes for which horschair IS used. and Is
probably often sold as such. The shipments
North, rs have said IN q previous letter.
arc very large. There IS, / understand. n
firm, not content TO whit the time necessary
for the burying process, which dyes the
moss black. This latter is not 50 strong a.
the buried moss.
Quail sell in this region at five cents caehs
The counter and Office adofnincnts OF the
Clarendon Hotel, Green Cove Springs. afe
made Of the native pine This wood IS
beautiful when worked mp, and only re-
quires a light coat Of varnisli. Some n the
panels, which'stil contain all the sap. are as
black rs oiled walnut. The population Of
Green Cove is about three hundred II 81
one Of the most favorite resorts on ihe
river, and its close connection with Jack
sonvIlle is much to its advantage Flowers
are now Ia bloom here. Tie drive * n
hagnoiiai another i1eauiiful spot 8 mile and
half
Less than q week absent irom Jaclson.
VILE and find . large Increase IN The Mum.
Der Of guests af fhe 81 Jarues Jackson
vile is ccrtainlythe most nourishsno effT ~
the State, and IS destined r. still greater
prosperity. Tourists must pass through
here, and granting all that IS said Tor che
many spots on the St. John, Jacksonciile
Is the inferior Of none Investments ii
real estate here must b safe and profitable
scEsE ~ a HOTEL HEADING -liooN.
Stranger No 4 (llis first visit 10 Florida1--
I'm blessed II ! ain't almost frozen ~
colder here than North.
Stranger No ? CHS thira season.. ihdig-
nantly-Ihat's conEalv q the general
opinion.
Stranger 10. (kccpingspp and cnioyins
the Joke)-Wel, yon know, ''0n dit IS
Sometimes WRONG.
Stranger No. 2 (surpfiscd) who's that
Don't know Il said anything alOul lion
No. iamuscd) Don't sou know him.
You ought 70. Hes given very good reports
shout Florida.
No. 2-Ncyer heard 81 Him before but !
glfts he's q man 81 some sense
The Brock line IS thoroughly rcitsina tie
FLORENCE, one 81 the old steamers, Tor lie
s. Johns trade, and Il Is cxpeetesl that -