, 1876-01-24
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From Chicago to JncksonvtiIc ..-
sights on ltuntc.-. Oh ristnlns MT tho
bonlhs-sOEhNGGS- Visitors.
sp<e1af Cor1esposdtnee Of The Chicago Tribune.
JA0RaoNvILLE, Fla, Jan. TITO ons trans.
ported rapidly from temperature below zsro 10
ono whore tho mercury dances botwesu 60 and
70 dsgsoes, IL soems Ike delicious dream, from
which you will he quickly awakened BY tue rude
touch Of Jack Froat. IIovevcr, after aome
wcaka OF Ruch delightful Weather, bogin 10
have confidence that thu thing will last, Aud
fool moved to glvc shircr Of sympathy for the
poor unfost''nAtes who enn keop warm only by
btaz[nR fro" and o7erhca'ci furnaces. II 10 TX.
cscdng'y jolly to road OF 25 degrees below zero
sitting on = vida, ylnc-covored vosandA, taking =
"aun.bAsh."
To poraon coming to Jacksonville from Chi
ca9o, should recommend tho ruuto by Louis.
vile nnd Nashville, especially as ain not prao-
ticaily acquainted with any other. by leaving
Chicago 10 tho morning, you will pass through
tho Cumberland mountains by day. It Ia boat,
horovor, to start At night. Jhe following day
yon psas through a beautiful part OF Kont,tcky,
apcnd that night In Nashville, and between there
and Chattanooga you will be delighted By aone
OF tue 1nost sceuoty on the coatinent.
A. Cave City, near Yowl.ng Groen, aze tho
tho " late unp1casantness." which. III thu did
staHo-coach days, waa q famous }loatolrY, known
~ Ua!ta Tavern. When Louis Philippe uAa au
extia In thls country he paid visit to Androw
e1csedlnaly, democratlo institution, the s.sgo-
coaol. Arriving ut Doll'B Tavern,
where It Was :, customary to aponl The
night, Ills Matossy-to-bo wss obliged,
Royal couch with rough dfovot. When after.
ward ho aseende1 tho throne of France. ho was
visited by Ger. jackson, and kiudl, Inquired for
old Dali aud enjoyed a hoart7 laugh over his
impartial manor OF treating Ills g,loBta
Bonth OF and near Nashville Ii Murfseeshoro,
tho econs OF the battle Of Btone River. At
many points on The routo azo tue remaina Of
earthroEka aud block-houses, with hero and
there solitary chimney, marking the site Of =
onoo happy homo.
Tbs scenery through Tho mountains is a1ceed-
ingly flne. Towering clitrn snd beautiful valleys
rapidly pass before tho eyo, aud. to ono 10 long
accustomed to Tho aat region about Chicago, tho
e,ght W. ,etreah'pg. AZ ons poiut tho train
paeaea along tho beautiful Tennessee River, with
clin 200 or 800 foot high oyorhangiDg tho track.
Lookout Mountain, which liftH lta magnificent
bead ovoe Chattanooga ts suothcr object OF
Etc., interest," ~ bons The heone Of Hoosor'a
founded By Mr. luhorta, tho founder Of Roborta
College IN coastautinople. It Ia cessainlv high
enough above tho world to crafty tho ambition
OF tho most aapsing.
OF $50 n1lles.-she road pnsaes through contin-
nous psnc-foreBt. with nothing to break the mo.
notony axcept hsro anu thero 4 ANAL station, or
worka for tho manufacture OF taaIn or tuTpon-
tine. After 200 or $40 1ntlos OF this scenery, yon
experience feeling Of satioty; Bsnso OF sane-
ftess cFeops oves YOU ka If you had scen aomo-
thing siallIar bcfore, and you pine for 4 change.
Boon after leaving Macon. tho pa1metto begins
to appear Tn tho ut 'ds and increases in n,xe ~
you got farther south. In the nouthorn part Of
thlR Stats It bccOneH largo tteo.
Jkckaony,ll 10 ID beautiful ctv. Tlia stroess
hro Wido aud heavily shaded br the wnter-oak,
whose branehoa meet IN tho centsr from each
sido. sad form arcoa over tho stfoats. Tho ros-
idences arc generally Of good cIsas, and, with
their vide, swo.storfsd vorandAhs, prosent
comfortable hone.liko appearance. They all
have largo grounds, fIod with aowors aud semi
tropical plants, Robea. gernniums. camolIias, and
many othee howors charm the oye, aud caaso ono
to forget that auoh things - os.banka and
iclclea exist.
To Northern man, tho manner Of celebrating
ChFiatmas In the Housh il rather peculiar, On
Chr,atmas. Evo boe.ns tho popping OF crackers
aud. tia firing OF small hrms. which consnucs
during tho following day, as long ~ tho funds
Of Yoang America (Doth whsso aud black) hold
cut Y9u A1o apt 70 forget your.olf aud 6urfah
especially ns temperature Of 80 dogroes asslsta
tho dalusion. Tho churches A1a trimmed, aud
the sundsy-achool ChristmAa-treos bear very
much tho eane fruit that thoy do In tho NORTH
good olaaa, aud, Al man, l should Judge that
LADIES' neod not fear difficulty ia procuring most
Of the neccsaaries ard many Of tue luxuri,a so
dear to the feminine hpaEt-. Tho p51cos appcAr
10 be ~ reasonable ~ III Chicago.
OF courao. 1 lottor from Florida would not bo
complete without aayinE something about Or
Angea. We now hayo tlouA 10 profuson. and
thoy coma By tho bost-load from tho Uppof 81.
Johns and tue rsgtou round about. Those that
coma from 100 or 900 miles aouth arc tho ilneot,
and they certainly have no superior in tho world
Juicy, swoot, of delicious favor aud frosh, to
cas Que Ia to pRrtsko OF "the uoctar OF tho
Gods, or something similar.
Tho city 10 rapIdly AlIing with invalids aud
vtsltora fton tho North aud mauy parts u tho
South, tho grand rnsh beginning aftuf tha holt-
days; but hotols aud boarding. houses nro plen.
y. aud eveFyoody that comes Gan ba aocommo-
dated- II they como carly enough.
At tho st. Jamos Grand National, and Motro-
polltan, flud tho following ChicsHo visitors
". Wright, Mta. Webster, Il. Warren aud wIts,
hlrn. L. A. Warren. Mrs. @. ". Thompson, ".
II. 0syles aud wife. Mrs. M. A. Marble and
daughter, HonEy Steiner aud wlio, DR.. Z.
Knelpcko, JOINT Z. WIaHel II. u. hfaoro, Jerome
Keller, DR.. II. Il. Btout, Jatn.a II. Hckol md
wlfo. j. A. Stewart and wife, Mrs. N. A. Bailey,
.. II. Fisk and wife, G. ". SLairer Charles
Pope aud vito. Mrs. ". 8. Wilson, John Wallace,
Q. L. MlRcl. PONCE Dx LEON.
IL ttsn World Going to tho Dcy1l al
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