The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-07-17
NOTES.
From Our Travelling corregpondent.

coolest part OF a cool office. ~ and
90 in the shade at noon tor several
days and scarcely breath Of air. o,
for the cool breezes of Florida
Our passage to New York was
without particular incident. 1t does
seem good to set our feet once more
upon the pavements of the great
City Of our native State and to listen
to the ceasless din think we have
seen that expression once before) OF
this great babel. And yet compared
with former times New York is
quiet. Broadway can be traversed
easily, and every park and nook and
corner presents the unfortunate spec
tacle of idle men who would work if
work were to be had. To-day, men
are employed ON street cars as con-
ductors who were good for thirty
thousand dollars, five years since
one man told us that two years ago
he would as soon have thought OF
becoming a thief and yet now, he is
anxious lest he should lose his posi-
tion. On our way to the interior we
had few hours at Albany and Wis
tied the partly erected new capitol
building. This structure was com.
menced nine years ago and is about
half done. The walls are white
granite and marble, lined with brick,
some Of the rooms with stone of va.
rious kinds and with exquisite decora-
tions. The ground dimensions of
the building are three by four hum
bred feet, its extreme height three
hundred and twelve feet The build.
ing is cut by transverse halls running
from side to side. The ceilings are
arched and supported by immense
and beautifully chiseled columns and
pillars This building has already
cost the State about nine million dol
lars and is expected to cost, at least,
nine millions more, but it ought to be
finished and will stand, an honor to
the Empire State, till time ends. For
the first time in our life, we enjoyed
a trip by steamer up the Hudson.
Our boat was the St. John-(coinci-
dence p magnificent boat with
state room accommodations for hun
dreds and all these taken long before
the hour for departure. When on
the river as we looked along the
splendid saloon we could but wonder
if New York would not feel lone
some. A trip up the Hudson by
moonlight, we should love to de-
scribe it, but our powers are too fee
BILE for the task, and, for that, the
moon didn't see fit to shed her "soft
silver light" on that particular occa-
sion, but the stars twinkled and pair
OF pretty blue eyes did the same;
lnow go for him. and SO we enjoyed
the trip for all that. Indeed, it is
question if white foam dashed from
the steamers prov and the darker
outline of the distant hills and the
famous old rocks, reflected by the
dim starlight on the dark waters is
not more romantic and quainter
scene than any other Our trip, you
will know, was pleasant one, from
this: Our immediate companions
were our good brother Dell and
Miss s. of Brooklyn whose sunny
face and sunny pictures will not soen
be forgotten in DeLand. While in
the great city we had the pleasure of
listening to a fine sermon from an old
school mate, who once proposed to
90 west with us, the writer to preach
the gospel, he to represent, by bis ex-
ample, the dire consequences Of disc
bedience. The old Indian was right
-" White man very uncertain.
Thank God, sometimes He dis
appoints us for the better.
M. S. L.
FAIRPoRr n. Y. July 5 1873