Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-04-26
LETTER IRON FLORIDA.


see the mornings dawn on which / was 1
to bid adieu to st. Augustine, for nv /
weeks visit had passed 50 swiftly away
had been SO crowded with interested /
sightseeing. that felt that had to 20 I
all too soon. Then, too. among the peo-
pie that / had met were many genial. 1
kind hearts, and some cultivated and
polished men and women. The natives, |
disposed at first to be shy and distant.
when approached with cOrdiality, cone
out Of their reservs and warm into bright, /
cheerful companions; and some Of the I
Miuorczn girls. with their rich, olive /
compilations and lustrOus eyes, won nv
heart completely their fearful faces, as
] babe them goodbye which is prOba-
bly, for all time, win have a place in
memOrys picture gallery as long as
memory lives.
A hasty, farewell look at the gray
walls Of the old fort, glance at the Ca
thedral dome as it peers above the house
tops, and then ! kiss my hand at the !
kind friends at the gate. l am driven
rapidly away to the station and the old
town IS shut out from my sight
Some one has said Americans live 4
too fast to have much leisure for regrets" /
and with some degree Of truth. And is
1t not better 50 2 Regrets avail nothing |
-grieying because Eve ate the apple
and then gave to Adam, and he also did
eat won't make very large amount Of
difference IN our balance sheet when we
settle our final account; regretting that
we have TO leave our friends behind Us
wont make railroad corporations. nor
hOtel-keepers dead head them so We can
bring them along so why not enjoy
what comes in ones way, without DER
shadOwing it with that troublesome lit
tie word 'if'' once beard a worthy
col0red matrOn observe, as she pointed
70 The bandAged head Of her son. .iEf
John hadn't done gone an married
that thar Ann Maria. he wouldn't got
that thar cut onto his head which you
see thar an all cause she viii have a
aat-irOn when she gifts mad" But he
had married ''that thar Ann Maria"
and had promised TO take her for better
or worse, and if there turned out to be
more worse than better, and it culmina-
ted in fat-irOns. would it heal the wound
ed spirit and broken head to sit looking
at the marriage certificate and disconso-
lately murmur "Ef only hadn't?"
But while I an philOsOphizing. the
train has borne me to TOcoi, the steam
boat landing, and as there is a little
waiting 70 do lets interview the overseer
at the establishment where TiIlandsia.
OF vegetable curled hair Is made from
the TIHaadaia USnOides. or Spanish
moss which hangs in long. dark gray
tufts and pendulOus festOOns from near
ly every tree IN Florida. except cultivat-
ed fruit trees, palms and palmettOs. Be
meath the gray covering Is q tihy thread
Of black hair, which strongly resembles
the animal hair, but is quite different
For MANY years an inferior quality of
this vegetable hair has been manufac-
tured BY burying the moss until the
sPongy, porous covering rOtted away
but this process left it with particles ad-
herring to the hair. so that it was far
less desirable than in the perfect condi-
ton 1t IS brought to BY the chemical
process used in the mills at Tocoi. !
had not time to make inquiries as TO the
chemicals used. as the shrin whistle Of
the steamer Florence, sent me hurry.
ing back to the wharf.
From TOcOi ny way Is back over tn
beautiful St. Johns as far as Jackson
vile, and though the river has lost non
Of its charms for me, I must devote
little Of ny time to ny fellow passen
gers, Of which there are, as usual. al
kinds-Pleasure seekers. information
seekers, health seekers and q fourtl
class. which comes to Florida simply Be
cause It Is the thing 10 do now-..be
cause one must, yOu know, or be quit
out Of style" They are easily distir
guished- Do you see those two Eome
over there, one in brown silk with feath
er trimmings the other IN purple siI
with black satin trinmings9 Well, the
are two Of the class who do" Florida
and the way they do it is to 20 to a h,
Tel. change their dress three tines eac
day. read novel or sleep when they Al
not dressing or eating. and follow Ii
up until they have exhibited their war,
robe, then they 60 to another point
Interest" heard Of one such travsle
whose maid Was asked how much long,
her mistress would remain at Euterpris
'Only two days, ma an. as she has wor
al her dresses but six. the eirl inn
Gently replied. The men Of the par
are usually the grunblers. who .-starv,
everywhere they 60 and cant get WI
ct for dog. sir Probably some /
Tor gentleman might easily Be found
ouly find the gentlenan.
u the pleasure seekers the most n
ticeabls are the Russian Count B. Ty
Fkiswicz his wife. her mother and 70
servznts. AL furreu Frrnebn., % -