Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-01-12


and the living are waiting with in
tense anxiety for us TO answer, and
in making an answer posterity is
interested in haoing an honest judg-
ment.
FROM FLORIDA.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: / have no
apology for not writing sooner fur
Their than one brief excuse and one
plausible reason, viz: The yellow
fever, above me at Palatka and be-
low at Jacksonville, has kept me
within radius of thirty miles until
within the past week; so ] have
seen and learned little, comparative
ly, of the fiowery cline, and so
much has been written about this
locality that l feel delicacy in COM
plying with your request, and, but
to crafty an expressed WISH of a
number of uninitiated friends, /
would certainly keep silent. l can
enumerate only few of the many
attractions for which Florida is no.
ted. First will give you a synOp-
sis of our trasit hither. We left the
GAINESVILLE depot November 9Th, af-
ter bidding adieu to friends who had
accompanied us thither. Seated
comfortably in the rear coach, we
were soon conveyed beyond the
sight of our boyhood's home. l
could but feel sad (as DIR. b. said /
would), because 7 realized a feeling
sense of the friendships left "prO
tenn" The last token of esteem
which greeted my, strained vision
was the souvenir given by Uncle
Billy r. and his good wife. Heaven
bless such friends as poor, unworthy
ID. has ever found at GAINESVILLE.
The trestle crossed, l endeavOred to
change the current of my thoughts
by reading the "Faith Once Deliv-
cred to the Saints" Soon the whis-
tie blew for Guthrie, and we changed
to the Southeastern train, which
started for Nashville with a hop,
skip and a jump. Here much, there
more, now forward, now back, with
an occasional ruthless churn dasher
exercise. Springfield reached. Three
clergymen of the Wesleyan persua-
sion essayed to back the wild beast,
which they did in Methodistic style,
and jostiiHg was resumed and con-
tinued till old tQ-and-fro snorted for
the ridge top. After watering the
crazy fellow we glided down the
grade with just the momentum
which gravitation gave, and which
appeared to be satisfactory to all as
to the velocity of the thing. The
rest of the ride was pleasant enough.
We were we'll acquainted with two
of the diYines who took passage and,
through their kindness, thirty
miles ride gave us an exalted Opin-
ion of the other good brother. We
have always loved these itinerant
workers for the Master, and believe
they are doing as much or more to
evangeIize the earth than any other
body of Christians. Our ride from
Guthrie to the ridge was rough,
but from Springfield to
Nashville it was quite edifying, spir-
itualIy, at least to me, but am sure
l can name four persons who at
tanned the capitol that day with a
grateful sense of Gods goodness
and mercy" A sojOurn there Of
three days made us feel proud of the
metropolis. According to pOpula-
ton the grocery stores excel those of
the Crescent City; dry goods houses
(whOlesale and retaiD equal New
York planning mills-nOne better in
Chicago; furniture mandatory
Cincinnati need not boast, and at no
distant day Nashville will possess
as good fOundries as Pittsburgh, be-
cause she is doing her full share in
the resources of the State.
The most encouraging feature of the
city is the flourishing condition of
the palladiumso of liberty the Church,
the school and the press. o, what
a grand trio; and when these have
a moving, living influence, as here,
the sun of prosperity will ever shine
bright enough to obscure every cloud
of adversely.
On the 8th we started to the land of
"Juan Ponce de Leon" where
the birds always sing and the flowers
never cease to bloom; but we will
see about that further on. We Sc
cured tickets to Fruit Cove ria Chat
tanOoga, Atlanta, Macon and Jack
sOnville, and though the train was
crowded we had an exceedingly
pleasant trip of only four hours, and
one little mishap, the last confined
to self. OF Tennessee soil all have
to say is we noticed from GAINESVILLE
TO Chattanooga, on either side of the
track, rich proofs of well-filled gran
aries, and we were persuaded that
the tobacco parasites of Montgomery
and Robertson counties would have
made good Tugs. We did not wonder
at the reputation of this section of
our State being worldwide for the
growth of that most htrJTid1H plant.
Our delay occurred at Macon and
was rather agreeable than otherwise,
for it gave US a little time to refresh
ourselves after running around
mountains, through tunnels, over
bridges, across fields, etc. After a
thorough cleansing from the dust of
transportation, we betook ourselves
to the viands of one of GeOrgia's best
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