The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-05-03

overheard there from the III attic
Barker" also bundle Of hides with
them.
In the morning we found ourselves
in Lake George, most beautiful sheet
Of water, and the largest lake en- the
st. Johns. Picked up two passengers
at Orange Springs, one of whom was
northern man named Bridger, who
had been there to bury his brother
who had settled there about year be-
fore. The other, a planter, brought
on board a pair of beautiful rcd birds,
which his son disired him to sell. The
pilot bought them for quarter, and
they we're poor investment at that,
rs they escaped the same night.
At Welaka, our friend Webster got
of, to take few days hunt. We we're
sorry to part with him, as he was an
intelligent man, and very pleasant
company.
We arrived at Palatka about three
o'clock in the afternoon. Saw here
park containing five deer, natives of
Florida. These deer are considera-
bly, smaller than those killed here, but
their meat is the best we have ever
eaten. Here we took on couple of
Pennsylvauians whom we had met at
Sand Point, whom we dropped again
at Tocoi. The most of this night we
lay at anchor on account of wind, and
lack of wood.
In the morning, Mar. Sd, we landed
and took on wood and vcnison, and
shortly arrived at Green Cove Springs,
The boat stopping some time here, ac-
companied by Belder, we went up in
to the very pretty little town to see
the spring. We found it to be quite
pond, about twenty feet in diameter,
and some ten feet deep. The rocks at
the bottom were covered with a light
green substance, and the water boils
up through them sufficiently to form
a stream six feet wide by three deep.
We tasted the water; found it warm,
and tasted strongly of sulphur. We
thought of Sodom and Gomorrah, aud
the lake of birthstone.
At Mandarin, II miles from Jack
sonville, the residence of Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stow was pointed out to US.
She has beautiful place to live, and
undoubtedly takes comfort.
Between here and Jacksonville we
were entertained by DIR. Gillespie,
whose residence, he claimed, was in
N. Y. City. He had been a very
pleasant companion up to this time,
. but, unsolicited by us, told us string
of the worst "cock and bull" stories
we ever heard. He had whipped a
man about twice his size, at Sund
Point, and had made another take
water. he had protected unsophisti-
Gated travellers in ST. Louis, and had
rescued captives from Mexican ban
ditti on the Rio Grand. He had scared
a cut-throat almost TO death, in Aus
Tin, and had killed man, and wound.
ed a woman in San Antonio. His
meat was human flesh, his drink fresh
gore, and his favorite mode of travel
ing was on a blood-vessel. Oh! he
was terrible man! The only thing
we feared, as he concluded, was that
some one would give him chance to
show his proves, when he would un-
doubtedlo have cringed like whipped
cur. He was tolerably safe, however
as he was almost gone with consump'
tion, and person would almost as
soon pick quarrel with bed.ridder
invalid.
Arrived in Jacksonville just early
enough to miss the train for Savannah
which train connected with the North
ern steamers. Found we could moi
get boat before the next Thursday
nearly week, Concluded to 60 home
overland. That evening VIC visited
Mr.. S. H. Hooker, formerly of Rouse
vile, now in the furniture business in
Jacksonville. He is a very gentle
manly person, and is doing good
business. We also called upon Thos