New-York tribune., 1885-03-15
JOHN PAUL ON INDIAN RIVER
BUT CHIEFLY HOW he GOT THERE.

INDIAN RIVER Ffa., Feb 28.-lndan River !!
How Is this to fromt Is there not al attractive Se
gestion oi sayagerr, delicious hint or "dn'ss a"n
rernoteusss about he very namci For you feel 'nat
river" il never added and dwet upon M 'he n""o"
ea,ure at sura without a reason. t gives" snap 70
wlt were otherwise aus. Tie Hudson, the Iha'hes'
even the Rhine spoken of fami!trl~ as they co'n'"s
are by their first alone do not seem I" "o"' VII"
very far away hone sna things--by th'2si he'n
raiiro ads scoos AMI slop tirs But w"en theY 'e W"
os Iri,,n Eirar Red RIVER or Sat- RIVER you MO"
that goiug up any of them means voyaa"s ai e.
plor,tion-and beng of Office for awuiie Ana 10
Que aweary of the ponp ari axury or SaDtdcRe~ uo
rivelity of Cssne te eslreless glitter of incHnn"'A
.speealig IN the winter seasan, wnas prospect "''
iightfu Oranges, al:isat'rs, biiana'' eoe""~"''
possums aud most other tropical frnits DO you won-
der then tnat this Thermometer went down 10 zero
anil other ,uercu, thin bslo4,I pLcse my traps s"
bent nv steps Iniian River trdf tWny 10 should DO
s,id that one bends hs steps when 40 far from GONG
on bender he takes his family ani a dog ana me Oh
trunks along. and travels in highly rcspcctante am
manner, puzzles mo tn Know" Dut as 'e
phrase has popular ssncri aul IL written, even ett
stand
one landing. place wa. Fernandina. but. az isvery
well known eie csnnot gee To any place In Florida
without goiuy through Jacksonville Ihis wa' "'i
there wis OF 1t In ctse-Jsrssonve got "a" cn'"c"
D go through u.s. We steppel from ths cars d'recn oA
boarl Of boat AMI in ltle more than one nour "oo
the 1t. JOnu NcNcfthcicss Nv"
eg, OF it 10 con vince Tue jacksonville h thriv-
ing city IN is WY t,lso considerably IN the WAY VI
savannah AMI several other southern ctes,. and the
stronghold and chief distributing point o tourists ana
the sou;l ern Exppss-fron superintendent Mr.
lack it derives It's ,,e. AMI not from General Jac<son'
~ Ia popuariy hat erroneosssly supposed.
Bonins up tho So Johns-the nisir was one of rare
beauty the air soft snd bany aud the IN ,n nj th" fu'
Il c,,mpos,-d and thoaght would wr'teI scrcrd cof
INNS hnc description. Ths ws so'no sax or seven
weeks aeol I've Thought better of since" For u eno
"a, me on so,er rrtc Inn that IT, seated the sharp
etse my bunk with sur-rse for writin2-desH ant
h.irpin for PEN wrote. The TRIP up the st Johns
wa. drghtfl; the winding river, Row broaienne ana
a Tin narrowing unlit the nan ro7es AMI expresses
k.ane.t thsr tops from opposite s'dss AND
whispered conn,lsBrialiy above heals; the moon
seipy the In silver; the stars. reflected Ia tue
water uin yBg with the lights OF nsaing-boais 'hat
every where sioue vain atten bt t. onttwtnsle no
heavens the byus thnt the pilots hgh priests
IN ths might chant they wniri the wh"c
with lcxf-rous aud practiscd han moment sweep
ing the ins until branches brush ti" suoke
stack and tile next shooting her out nio ni-strrahi
Nbe channel II tortnous as that Lbyrintn To which
Aralne furnished tbs ciewl little the wonder thai wc
gave ourselves up to this vision OF beauty and trance OF
ni-lo w. sitting rapt IN desut and ustel till wc
steprei ashore at san orl"-i knew very voil siy,
that IL n>lgcd sentence IKE that II you'd efnersa
rom under heel Of that dread rrosisiyte. who sits
in the ncwslnprr cave aud rcmorsecssy stamps upon
the flowers OF wit aud fancy The trip up the 81
Iohns delightful; the channel is tortions; pare
furnished the nne. We stepped ashore at Sanford"
so far a. sitting up all nght Ia coccrne. bc would
naterlly improve tue Of the ssuten aut ~ Tor
pcttcrng its beauty opinio1 about thsi.
H. any event should read &c over with Equal salts
faction, In PRINT.
HDrgLs AND FINANCES.
sanf)ri has nn excellent hotel. managed ty gentle
ma. formerly connected with several Sort.rrn hotels
fnt there we-e guests there. yet. nhis In
carly January, ,n bo explaiue that the
WA. beliIIaand.' wou lerSd INV own ni'd q u
were nut The mruey that il bchindhand! When look
r,u aud ea ths slrikigc gong la every thing else.
m all kinds of shoe slrins AMI ,ecnriiicsta noissess
panic thai has quietly crushed tue hfo ont Of 30 naT
properties aud any insu Ia mounting bis heu
,I.,s,.r with a fur eollar Tor wiutsr wcAr-i wonder
wicre mouey II tp como fro" that ~us MI high
priced hoses the cohntry And wonder u therol
not tr,.unls among tisin aud the tors osfore
Other year rolls round All we'll for IN" confirmed
consinpVe who only q, poets Ia hvo tor week ar a.
ut rb,st me with large appe:ite- AMI sponiiuS
families must have eye to ,he future. Yet do not
know tIaJ q hotel like the sanfor House cAn be run
d, wu herr for any lr-. AID milk fro'V Now
YORK. an a band of music from iiangor Maine IL -~ena
q, me that the poorr rango of nsalds hotss might
t, ln,e,,si ,uaIIy frts dirt dYsprp,is aud
Al IN ,c more prrui,r prices. For ci~anuess really
doe. noe en.t much. anil IL s quite Ia coJk veil
as TO coax M II personal atteDth'n he given to the
hitchen When open that ifral honsr now IN my nins
eye-the Hotel do John Paa-he for whom the house Is
nan, .. shalI be- oook You n,i Ia the Kitchen with
"A white apron over drcss co,t. paper cup my
he ,d and sleeves roeI up to biAng turkeys.
henimin. hens. Tasting up the pastry Que great
trouble Of Is that every Que wants TO get rich
or at Iast tp get lIvug-witoi II work. n man open
arnai with limited capital he at once hires sone
,n 10 attend thiugs aud hiin.rlf SITS rouni the
iszx. with . cigar In his nsatb L,nnting the dcgcn-
er,cv of the tnns aud hn price of ,isions In
, oli-n he wold have beei, hi- avn mum CLERK
uoSKeepcr aud steward. while his vile hiNei r'dn
H. tue Eitc,n of sitting IN the pir;0r ~ the
piiup They these thinls bettsr nbrnSi. The nn-t
duties Of host aud h'strss ara not theirs dele
gated others. But write ten lsf on hotei-
keeping fruu other clin 't;- ttan tn,t ~ Fiuri a
SAILING THgnCGn 4 MsADow.
II anything be Jo!er than ti st. Johns II Is the
Upper ST. JOlns Az @auiorf We took steamer looking
Ke twstory canal far the OF this river.
Mich OF the way II Sc sailing through nsidow-
pe-i.-as should say a marsh We noated among pond
lilies aud bulrisl-,. Where the channel not con-
undrum II was Everything was IIo- a..h
strange; fresh world seemed opo ning each turn and
had one not known that II Florida he might have
guessed 1t 10 be Egypt Very much Ike It must be an
ascent OF tho Nile. The abundance and variety "
feathsred life was Astonishing. Coots scooted before
and across prov. Ducks of every kind quack
ingly on all sides ard sought safety in noisy Night.
Great white gray and llnestOod leg sfr
on to crane their long neoks at approach
aud Zap awkwardy of into the further swamps. their
lon, lego trailing belnd than like united bootIaces.
Hera purple gracE.e. and boai-tailed grnckle
marsh hens. snipe. curlew, hawks shag pokes-mor
fowls Of tho air" In fact than tho Apostle his
vissuu. Miss,ns the channel grounded on an
alligator Backing out from under the bow no surveyed
us for a moment aad then disappeared with great
splash. Shooting from the prohibited and
ss fos ten years psst. Very properly. too For
md
every other . shotgun, you imagine what .
fusade would otherwise DO kept up And the slaughter
must he principally among passengers tho unarned
oues women aud children. In the evening when tins