St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-15
From the Land of Flowers.

ORLANDO, Fla, Jan. q.
To the Editor of The Caledonian -
Perhaps you will remember that |
/ babe you Good by" at The CaledO-
nian office on the Doth of November
with the snow flakes falling thick and
/ fast rs Lucas drove us to the depot-a
| good commencement for Florida trip,
wasn't itP | had always wanted to
see the mountains white with snow,
and my desire was gratitied 10y Il ride
! through the Notch, with six or eight
inches of snow covering mountain and
valley, tree and rock. Those who
have never made this trip i'll the win
| ter season should mark it on their pro
gram of anticipated events. After il
night at North Conway, at the only
hotel open during the winter, the
thermometer Indicated temperature
of only DO above inside the storm
doors. A sleigh ride to the station
with tingling ears and the runners
creaking with the frost was matched
refused to revolve. Well might one
flee from such extreme cold ere the
calendar had marked the winter
months and what better cline than
FlOrida-the semi-trOpical state and
the refuge of the ailing from all quar-
teTS
r. {. Knight and wife and George
joined us ('My wife and ~ in New
York, and we registered on the MallO-
~ steamer "City of San Antonio"
We left New York on Friday, Dee. ).
We were due at Fernandina, the end
of the voyage, Monday night; but off
Cape Hatteras We encountered Il gale
on Saturday and Sunday which de
layed us somewhat, and which we sub
srquently learned did considerable
damage along the coast and to ship
ping. The swifter boat of the Savan-
nah line passed us on SUNDAY, al
though it did not leave New York I'M
til Saturday. Although purely per
sonal matter, it may interest the friends
of the party to know that the writer
was the only member who entirely es-
capped the dreaded sea-sickness. The
surest way t" prevent sickness is to
have wholesome care about eating
rich food for few days before and
during the voyage. The sO-called
''remedies' amount to but little, al
though none OF our party had recourse
to them, One can never place any de-
pendence upon escaping the fruits of Il
sea voyage, but it is certain that
great many people make themselves
sick by their commanding ut supper
the first night out. There We're over
100 passengers, and at the first meal
there was not room enough at the ia
bles but this trouble never occurred
again during the voyage
The only stop made was at Port
Royal, where the first glimpse Of
southland was obtained. Port Royal
was laid out for a large place, the
streets are IN squares, with sidewalks
and lights but the Mallory folks say
that the Savannah line bought mp the
only railroad and turned all the
through freight business to Savannah.
But enough local business remains to
make this quite shipping station for
the region roundabout. A cousin to
the man who thought butter could he
bought cheap in Vermont because so
much is made there, reasoned that
oranges cOuld be bought cheap in the
Carolinas because so much nearer
Orangeland but thirty cents for good
Vermont butter did not stagger the
first person nearly as much as being
asked to pay five cents apiece for OF
anges did his sea-going cousin. This
was a surprise, when oranges are
bought In New York for twenty-five
cents "A dozen but this Port Royal
vendor offered some espectable-look-