Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-02-15
LETTER FROM FLORIDA.

1ANhSONN lLLEs Jan. - lOf y.
Ed. Monitor: In my last letter l
told you | should leave in a few mo-
ments for Florida, so you will not be
surprised to find | am indeed away down
South, in Dixie, as none of my plans
miscarried. and ct 1l:3O on the night of /
Thursday, January 18th, found N.Y.
self on board a train with ticket in my
pocket to Jacksonville and return-good |
till June lst, for which paid the sun
OF forty dollars. a conductor asked me
how l bought my ticket, and l told him
''by the yard :" and | think he believed
it when it tumbled out its entire length.
As my baggage was checked through, |
had nothing to worry about, and so
made myself as comfortable as possible,
congratulating myself all the while upon
the prospect of warmer temperature
ahead. for it had been very cold fer days,
in Washington, and ice covered the
streets in all directions, making pedes-
trianism neither agreeable or safe. The
first portion of my route was over the
road from Washington to Richmond,
thence to Weldon, which / told you
about long ago. We reached Weldon
at $50. Friday morning. and were al
lowed ten minutes for breakfast. Then
all aboard for Goldsboro, and l am pass
ing through country new to me; but
the same uninviting, low pine lands are
on every hand At long intervals we
stop at station where is small village
with dispropOrtiOnately large number
of bar-rooms and loafers, but nothing to
make me feel that would like to make
nv home there. At half past two. we
arrived at Goldsboro. n. c., the termin-
us of the Western n. c. 4. r.. and the
, largest place between Wilmington and
! Weldoni but it isn't half awake anc
never will be. Here | met my husband
i Col. Perry of Maine, and Capt Wheeler
: of Michigan. all e,' route for the "LanC
t of Flowers
: From this place to Wilmington, Their
= was little or no change in the appear
d ance of the country; cypress swamp
0 we're rather more frequent. and signs o
# life less so but no indications of thrift
II or enterprise. and | saw nothing out G
), which to manufacture thrift, or to in
n duce enterprise. unless it was broom sage
l. 1t was quite dark when we reache
(, Wilmington, so we saw nothing of th
le largest town of the Tar Heel State. Her
a we got our supper and then changed cal
" for Charleston. S C. Seeing several {
rs the passengers who had come throug
a from Washington. we're still along, I'll
10 gentlemen of our party introduced then
er selves, and found we were to have the
TX company through to Jacksonville. The
if were two ladies from Fitchburg, Mas
al two gentlemen from Providence, r.
or and, later, we added to our party lat
ID. and two gentlemen from n J.. so
we did not lack for company.
ith Blessings on tie man who FIRST inver
us ed sleeping cars, say. for they a
use comforts. In them one loses the feeli
nd of want Of room. and half forgets ii
Oh he IS net in the easy chair of has o.
ire parlor. Then. too. to lie down and sic
ok. as swectly as if in ones own quiet cha
or Der, Is certainly preferable to sitti
ed. bolt upright all night This did. q
use only awOke when the porter annOun'
ont VIC were nearing Charleston. which pl
the We reached at o'clock, Saturday mo
out ing. Here We had our first excitem
ave 10 break the monotony Of the journ
any We had 70 cross the city IN trans
in coaches, and as We made quite a pal