The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-04-10
oun SOUTHERN TOURIST.
Notes ny the Way as PencIled by an En-
YOrIRn In Florida ana Georgia.

Notes ny the Way PencIled by an En-
YOrlRn In Florida ana Georgia.
ATLANTA, Ga, April 8, 1884.
EDIToRs News: came down the st.
Johns river on the Goth, and found that
the tide Of travel had turned northward.
The interior hotels are being deserted.
The boats on their trips up the river
carry but few passengers. The largest
boats will be drawn off the river this
week. The larger hotels will be closed
by the last Of this month, many by the
18th. Many invalids will remain in
Florida until it Is warmer in the north.
From the frst of May until the latter
part of October it must be very dull
there, and the long summer must be
very monotonous. Still, II IS the most
pleasant and hcalthful warm climate in
the United States, and the people there
claim. 10 the world.
st. Augustine is still full of visitors
and will be the last place deserted, as 1t
has q good many attractions, among
} which are good hotels, sea breezes, sail
ing upon the bay, guard mounting by
two companies of the Third United
States artillery, and the fine military
band of twenty pieces, which plays IN
the plaza In the evenings, the long sea
wall, old Fort Marion, which was built
by the Spaniards long before northern
tourists came to the state, and perhaps
before America was discovered. The
curiosity shops are doing . large bust
ness, aud some of the shops are kept in
the curious old houses that were built at
the time the cathedral was. and that is
the Oldest church on the continent. But
I tired of things ancient and prefer
newer things, even as new as we have
themli in Kansas, so l returned 10 Jack
sonville, and as IL was very warm there,
I concluded TO seek a cooler If not q
.fresher and purer air.
But before leaving Florida will say
that after seeing the larger and better
portions of the state il is mystery to
me why the state is called the "land Of
flowers" do not believe 1t deserves
the name. for was disappointed from
the first TO the last in that respect I
AnOA AhAA NaNA0 az leAAo eAAN 6eA0NA1
In Emporia aud Lawrence that are much
hanisomer than any in Florida. The
magnolia trees have not yet bloomed,
but they are very late thus season, owing
10 the cold winds.
The trip to this place is on roads that
do not go through the best lands Of the
state, as the roads follow the ridges, but
the land was better than through north
ern Florida. and there were evidences OF
improvement and enterprise to be seen
all along the route.
Macon is good sized city, and pre-
SCENTS very good appearance from the
cars, bat did not stop there.
Atlanta is called the Yankee city oil
the south, and deservedly so. 1t has
forty thousand busy, enterprising peo-
pie, and its business portion and the
hest of the residence part Of the city, Is
substantially built of brick. In wander,
ing among the fine residences on Peach
Tree street, person can almost imagine
that they are Ia Chicago or Cleveland
Thr post office building is large and fine
huu 50 aIt u buAAAuCA IA ShhASACA
and whole blocks of business
houses. This place cannot boast OF {
good climate, as IL is at an altitude o.
seven hundred feet above the sea, and
being between the extremes of the north
and south, II seems to catch all the wors
features of both sections and bat little o
the better Of Gather.
To-day the wind is bowling down up
on as from the north, and has turne'
quite cold, the thermometer, at p. m
being 40 and growing colder.
In this section the farmers are plant
ing cotton and corn, and but few tree
have rs yet leaied out.
At Jacksonville got another bunc
of papers. for which accept thanks.
Yours trul ~, Z. Z. BRUNER.