The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-03-13
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THE LAND OF FLOWERS.
&UwANEE HOUSE,
CEDAR, KEY, FLORIDA,

From this beautiful land or flowers our
minds wander back to Cairo
and our many friends there,
none Of whom holds warmer place
in our hearts than your familiar pages, and
We sit down amid the green verdure soft
sunshine and flower perlumed air TO write
you little letter.
We left Cairo on the 2Sth ult with many
sad regrets and all nature seemed to sym
pathize with our feelings for it rsined con-
tinious pour from morn till night, and our
last look through tear dimned eyes at the
bright little city was shrouded in gloom.
We arrived at New Orleans without Incl
dent worthy of mention, had a delightful
trip and will always take the d. r. Powell
for comfort, good fare, good attendance
and good time generally
We arrived at New Orleans in time to
witness the grand carnival which we de-
cided was a grand humbug. The city was
filled to overlooking with strangers who
had to pay dear for their fun In the exhor-
bltant price charged for everything.
Staid in the aforesaid city nine days and
ielt homesick for Cairo all the tune. If we
had to choose between the two places for
a home Cairo would be our preference by
far.
We sailed from Morgan City on the
steamer Morgan for the Florida coast. AT
ter delightful ride OF nine hours we reach
ed Eads Jetties. The scenery between
Morgan City and the ietties is sublime and
far beyond the power of pen to portray.
There the fine sugar plantation which
lines the banks of tine river above New Or
leans is replaced by the orange groves,
each with its picturesque villa and white
cabins in the distance, one grove succeed
ing another in an almost continuous line
with here and there neat white chapel
with its tall spire pointing heavenward
peeping through the green foliage; then the
hills and green verdure in the back ground
all forming picture which must be seen
to be appreciated and when once seen never
forgotten.
We reached the jetties at six p.
m, and in few moments struck
into the gulf. Over the rest
OF the voyage DEAR BULLETIN
permit us to kindly draw veil. Suffice
it to say that in ten minutes after we had
reached the swell which he did while the
passengers were seated at supper, the
table was deserted, and the groans and
sounds which proceeded from the state
room gave one the impression that all were
having anything but a delightful time,
except few old travellers who tried to
promenade the deck, and kindly laughed
at the "land lubber" below We landed at
Cedar Key at 0 O'Clock Saturday morning,
and you would never have guessed that this
sick, foforn looking lot were your travel
ling companions of Tuesday, when all were
gay and everything went as merry as a
marriagebel.
Our objective point was Tampa Bay, but
your correspondent, like most of her fell.
low passengers, had had quite enough of
| gulf travel and will defer the visit to
Tampa until the railroad reaches that
point.
The Suwance House, at which we are
stopping, lisa fine hotel of sixty rooms, and
is al this time filled with northern visitors.
who gladly exchange their snow and
ice bound homes in the north for this In
describably fair cline, and find it really
cheaper 10 do so than to wrap themselves
in costly furs and pay large coal aud wood
bills and then not be able to keep comfort.
able Mt home. The number of visitors &c
this state this winter far exceeds that of
any previous year.
| Much has been said and written abou,
tho climate Of Florida, but VIC think it i,
understandable. There is a peculiar rest
fulncss in It's bslmy, dreamy atmosphere
that must be ielt tobc understood or ap2lc.
ciated. Everything seems 10 move 30 cast
ly aud smoothly along here that ono feels