The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-20
WHAT 4 BOY saw.
4 Page Tells OF the Sights he Saw in
the City by the Sea.
Written for the Atlanta Journal

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Written for the Atlanta Journal
Savannah amt as big as Atlanta, but it's
a heap more generous town.
heard that they are going to invite the
legislature down there every year. 1 hope
they viii, and hope I'll get TO 60 with
them again.
When we got TO Savannah they gave Us
| all badge with "GuesLn printed on IL, and
it carried US everywhere free, on the street
cars and all. took IS with me and brought
IL all back.
The streets are nicer paved than they are
here, and they are heap wider. There are
more trees than here, and heap OF pretty
little parks all over the city. The houses
are older looking.
| l couldn't see but a few people on the
streets except our party. It looked like
they just gave the city to the legislators.
There wasn't any ladies on the streets at all
/ hardly. They seemei 10 stay II the houses.
In the south part Of the town there's an
artesian well in an old vacant lot that Just
bubbles up out Of the ground and makes
| little branch that runs into the river. IL
flows 1900, 900 gallons a day, and they
don't use it a bit 1t hasn't been long dug.
The river looks like it is about three times
as wide as the ChattahoOchee, and just as
far up as you can see there are lines of ships.
All kinds Of flags, of all nations, were ell
over The ships, and the sailors were nearly
all foreigners.
They haven't got any dummies or electric
cars in Misunderstanding bat just com
mon old street cars, ami negroes drive them
and white men collect tue fares
When they were driving US around the
town in carriages everybody watched US
just like circus procession. The police
men just jumped around and kept the
crowd back, and the school children came
TO the windows to watch US go by.
One big grocery store had all its goods
arranged in front Of the store, and had
drays just pulling back and forth and
draymen hollering and just raising cain as
we went by.
They tried to gull US Atlanta fellows and
make US think they were that busy all the
time, but We caught on. and they didn't
fool US much
They haven't got any front yards in Sa-
vannah. but every little house looks like it
takes up block. l don't know where the
yards are.
When we got on the ship Nacoochee to go
70 sea, there was big crowd on the
wharves to see us of. One legislator got
left. He rushed up just as we were sailing
out, 50 he got negro TO row him out in a
bateau, and they let down rope and pulled
him up.
On the ship the walters were all white
men, and the dining room was just like it is
in big hotel. The parlors are just like
they are in real houses.
At first it was fun, just as nice as and as
pleasant as it could be, but when we got out
about five miles on the ocean began to feel
bad, and it was the meanest, worst feeling
ever had | was just miserable, but when
got used 70 it and began to get over it
was as happy as ever was
Tuesday night they gave US big banquet.
and when they got US all in the hall they
locked the doors and wouldn't let anybody
get out until the thing was over
Tuesday afternoon we all rode down to
Tybee island on the railroad, and saw the
big hotel there and the beach. We got in a
big hall aud eat oysters, all kinds of oysters.
l never saw as many oysters before IN my
life. They cooked them in big ditch, full
Of fire, with sheets Of iron laid across to
pour the oysters on, and after that we had
supper, a magnificent supper. Coming
home in the train there were some good
singers that sung for the crowd, and made
things jolly and lively.
never did have as fine time anywhere,
and hope the legislature will go to Savan.
nah again next year.
ROBBIE HOWARD, Senate Page, age Is.