Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30
AROUND ST. AUGUSTINE
The Cathedral -Oysters-. .Scenecy-.A A
Cracker Moonlight sal.

ella Blinn G icar, N.vS
What of the people in Augustine /?
There are several very large hot IS
here. which are filled "chock' fill of
northerners and foreigners for six
months OF tile year, and conf tably
full the rest of the time by the same
sort of boarders. The natives a~e hid
den or tucked out of orr sight six DAYS
ont of seven. Somehow all the bust
ness is done by nor,herrers. f,reigners,
and negroes. When a n. { We is caught
at brea Nv ming long string of apol-
osies las to be listened to as prna.tv,
p rhaps. 1t was Sunday. | had see n
no natives YET, consequently my
cur osity to see one or more
WAS great, time WIS slipping away,
and to morrow ] would be far away.
Remembering that l was in a Span sh
town. and, as matter OF course, cath
Ole, my way to the mattress, as we'll as
my religious duty. WIS plain. | went
t. church at the cathedral. and while
read ng several | attn inscriptions, such
as "Lanete Joseph, ora pro nob:s."
"Lanete Augustine. ora pro nobis," |
also looked around among the audi-
ence (having the good taste to remain
standing behind every one. and no.
t:ced that they looked like many peo-
pie at the north. aud were quiet, i..tal-
ligent, and we'lbeha ell VOW | ain
salts ed as TO their looks, Int not rs to
why they prefer to do anyth ng by
proxy, and their proxy usually black.
The cathedral is Of the Moorish style,
a centur. oil. has four bells, max ug q
chime, one of them beng tie Oldest
bell in the country. The audience
room Will seat 300 people. We stopped
at one of the firs:-class hotels, and we
were instructed by the intelligence of
the colored walters. A large party of
us went to hear plantation concert"
as probably our only chance of ever
listening to one. adm ssion Free" but
the hat was passed by de past + of de
church" no less than FIVE mes. The
next day. Professor JONES'" one of the
walters ut the hotel, as we'll rs the chief
leader at the concert, was very hoarse.
When asked why he was hoarse,
he sa d: well. ma'am, sing a good
deal las night at the concert. and when
l sings much l allus gets voice O nat
ural hoarseness."
The same Jones handed me an oyster
stew for the first course at the supper
table. It was SO salt that it seemed
bitter, and in CONSERVATION 1 said
"Prof. Jones, what makes these oysters
SO salt?' "Salt, be dey, mann" Yes.
sir, very salt" We'll, nam, de oysters
comes from de salt water. an Oh course
dey is salt-you know dat de ocean is
salt water, right in de harbor, an OBJ
course all de oysters we gets from de
ocean is salt!' upon which he politely
bowed himself away to another hungry
boarder, and left me saying, in a crest
fallen manner, "of course that must be
the reasonT Condensed milk is used
almost altogether down here, bit it does
not answer so wei as fresh milk from
the COW, and has to be do,tored
with salt and pepper to disgu Sc
the sweetish taste. But We are OF
again to Tocoi, and down the St Johns
to Green Core Springs-a coz little
place, IL years old, having three inn
mense hosels. each accommodating 100
guests, one church, u school, several
restaurants, sulphur sprin :, t, W b
is attached tin dipper, and two swim
ming pools. 1t is situated ou bluff
overlooking the river; and leading
from the dock is st. David's path, past
the church up through civilize forest
of stately magnolias, cabbage pa!mot-
toes, and messy pines, to the beauti 'ul
mansion whose owner has given his
name TO the path and 81 Q. We ram
bled about the bluff, enjoying the cool
breeze, from the river, ttherm ometer 80
degrees Fahrenheit in the shade, gath
ering mementoes to transplant in the
north.
Watching herd of cattle feeding on
q moro which grows laxuriantly in the
river, and occas .on lily seem, in the
distance cracker drive by with his
two-wheeled cart drawa by q mule or
one OK (the latter treated as o horse,
the driver imam or woman, invariably
slit 'ng on tie mule to drive. The
crackers seldom ha, Q reins, and so they
get W. thin reach of the check-rein by
sitting on the horse Tor mule. The
bell is ring ng at the dock, which means
for us to 50 on board the steamer for
JACKSONVILLE. We r luctantly scamper
for the wharf, bat we snail never forget
the perfect day We spent at til s lowell
est dot of all em'ryo hea en-. i'll YOU
ever witness a beautiful sunset, or a
perfect mooal ght or see the starry
upper rest exactly on the free end of
the handle? +. all o. which You must
take me onlight sail on the It Johns
river. For da. We are at Jackson
vile merely to make it convenience
to start properly for New Orleans.
and hon .. 1t seen to Q the great
gate to Flor da. 1t is remarl able for
onl' three things, viz: Its few gilnt-
like hotels, the great number of fool
ish invalids who flock here during the
winter months, and the exorbitant
prices put upon everything. Eo l like
lorida? All that it lacks to make it
the glorious great hereafter is the
golden pavement and angels.