The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-12-26

We are permitted to extract the follow
ing from private letter, written by a
gentleman who recently made the trip
from New York to Middle Florida, to q
lady in this city. His experience demon
strates what little interest is manifested
in this section by the railroads and the
steamship company which get the benefit
of the trade and traffic to and from Mid
die Florida:
We found il hard to get information about
Tallahassee al Savannah. Everybody knew
about Jacksonville, and seemed mildly surprised
that we were not going that way. The idea of
going to tallahassee When you could go to
Jacksonville!l Why, even in New York, we
could get our baggage checked through to Jack
sonville and Mandarin, aud any place on the
river, but not to Tallahassee, oh no! And the
only information the steamship company had to
give us was in one fine plea line of q schedule
two years old, which told US the exact contrary
of the truth Now, always admired and liked
Tallahassee for it's roses its people, and for it's
very self OF all the cities have ever seen that
might compete for the title of paradise give
it the preference. And like Paradise, the
road to it is one of selfdenial. "By the thorn
road and none other" is such a charming resi-
they do heaven, foolishly turning away from
few inconvenience. And am sure the place
must have grown more paradisical of late for the
difficulty OF getting there has increased When
we first went there twelve years ago we went
through with only one change of cars, now we
change three times. Then we were delayed at
Live Oak only long enough for a sociable cup of
coffee or bit of chicken that aunt or uncle some
body had ready for US on their well-lighted table
Now we were turned out in the rain, on a dark
platform, to wait from eight TO two in the morn
ing:
There is one advantage now that did not exist
then. They run prayer-meeting at Live Oak,
and the good young man who ought to light up
the little cell they call a wating-rOom, locked it
up and went of to prayer-meeting. So at least
his father told US, "a grad-grind looking chap,
who, by curious coincidence, keeps hotel Just
across The way, and charges you so cents chair
in bare sitting-room) l do not know what
that young man prayed for, but l suppose he
prayed for us, that we might not catch cold in
the rain, and might not be tempted to the use OF
profaue language.
Now this is An advantage Live Oak did not
have twelve years ago. But fear worldly peo-
pie from Maine, and other semi-Arctic regions,
would not appreciate it as they ought, and would
rather get checked through to Jacksonville. Or,
if really bent on Tallahassee, would prefer to go
round by Chicago, New Orleans and st. Marks
You could 60 that whole trip with only three
changes.
Now 1 read in the FLoR1DrAN a great deal
about Tallahassee enterprise, and zeal, her new
hotel, &C., &c, and am always deeply interested.
But would it not be we'll for Tallahassee to in
vent some way by which people in New York
and the North could find out there was such a
place, and how to get there, and what train to
take, and have their baggage checked through
from the wharf 10 New York, and not have 10
change cars three times between Savannah and
the State Capital, and not have to be turned out
at night from eight till two in the rain, while the
depot-master went to prayer-meeting2