Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-28
BROWNSVILLE.
ATs Advantages as Winter Resort
Hts Public Buildings, Schools and
Residences-AH Handsome Drive and
FIOuF1sh1ng Farms.

TOWNSVILLE, GA, March 2.5-Edttor Morn
ing Netcs: This clean, healthy, thriving little
| city Of three thousand inhabitant Is SO
orderly and quiet that il Is seldom a cora
spondent encounters ANYTHING Of a startling OF
newsy character. The Mitchell House seems
to be the centre OF attraction, and is really m
imposing structure, said to be able to accom-
modate three hundred guests. A new hotel
arose here last winter called the Waverlv
House, which also accommodates one hundred
guests, and these, with the Gulf House and
many private boarding houses, make il
possible for all manner of persons
to procure congenial accommodations for a
winter home in the town. About 400 Northern
visitors are reported to have spent the winter
here, at cost for board of from 2l7 to S75 per
month. large number Of tourists arrive
during the season and stay over a few days or
weeks.
The public buildings cannot be highly COM
plmented at present, however creditable they
may have been when erected The town has
outgrown them, except the court house.
Tnls is quite handsome, and Is the centre OF the
corporation, which extends one mile In every
direction from it. was surprised on attempt-
ing to enter the cupola for an outlook to find
that the architect had so constructed the roof
tnat IL could be arrived at only by climb upon
the roof of the building. 1t was certainly an
unfortunate oversight for could easily i'm
agine that the view of the surrounding coun-
Try would De lovely from that elevated point
probably about sfxty-five feet. The church
buildings are also Of the village days of Thom-
asvllle-not In keeping with its prosperity. The
MethodIsts, Baptists. Presbyterians. Epis-
copalans lsraelites, Roman Catho-
lies and Christians have churches ex-
cept the last named, who worship in Ma
sonic Hall. Speaking of Masonic Hall, it is
with sincere regret that find the time-henored
fraternity (which am told Aourished here for
years. has ceased to exist in Townsville
The schools ara IN a aourishing condition.
Young Female College has its paaxfmum of
pupils. and the South Georgia Agricultural
College has steadily gained during the present
term. Two winters ago some patriotic old
hero. who was not yet tired OF the world
succeeded in introducing compulsory military
duties into the college. but the farmers did not
seem to like it. Opposition arose, and after
two years trial the sword was unbuckled and
the plow resumed as the ensign of the collage
Many handsome residences and attractive
cottages are to be seen, surrounded by shrubs
and flowers. ! do not remember noticing a
single house, however humble. that did NOT
have some variety of shrub or flower about a
Some nice specimens Of architecture are to
be met with. among them the residence NJ Mr.
g. L. Hays, a French-ville- looking structure
perfectly EMBODIED vita trees ahrIibs ftowars,
and festooned with vineg- Opposite / saw a
square antique two-story structure, which was
pointed out as the first two-story frame build
ing erected In the town-forty-five years ago
by Hardy Bryan. 1t is in q perfect state Of
preservation, and the style Of the grounds
around 1t indicates the home of wealth at
present A short turn displayed to our view
the elegant residence (almost completely Of
MIR. Ainsworth. 1t has an Oriental air with
Just enough OF modern improvement to rem
der 1t as pleasant and convenient as possible.
On Dawson street. on quite an eminence was
pointed out the residence OF the late Baron
Won Strallendorf, who for several years re-
sided here. He travelled for ten yearsin search
OF climate which would afford relief from a
pulmonary disease from which he suffered.
and chance brought him to ThomasviIle.
He had visited the south of France, Italy,
Spain. Palestine, Egypt. Madeira. and South
America, but found no relief until he came to
the elevated pine forests of this locality, Here
his health rapidly improved, and after years
residence he purchased z plantation. superin-
tending in person the operations Of the farm
All went Wan until visit to New England
capsod 3 relapse. when, despairing Of life, he
returned to Mecklenburg, his home In Ger
many, TO die in his fathers house
No politics disturbs the tranquility Of Th0m-
asVillians at present, but all are busy IN their
various pursuits, while the country people are
absorbed Ia the business OF the crops. a drive
on the Coffee road yesterday took me along