The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-03-22

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PENSACOLA, March 6, 1889.
A visit to that antique place-Sl
Johns cemetery shows US one more Of
the many interesting objects thai
characterize Pensacola and West
Florida. Here We see tombs and
toms stones of many descriptions,
hardly any two graves are parallel to
each other. and the modes of marking
them are various. The cemetry be-
ing located in dense grove of large
rees accounts, in part, for the graves
being arrahged so unevenly, and the
age of the cemetery with the odd
whims of the people account in part,
for the various ways Of marking the
same. We jotted down upon our
blank the inscriptions which appeared
on different headstones and which are
not uncommon in their date and age.
On one high slab, of Scotch granite
was the inscription; "Sarah Ham,
born May 2, 1856, died May 9, I7SS, age
102 years The above was an honest
woman and good mother" on a Sec
ond appeared Constantine Acristle, a
native of Italy, born March, 1903;
diem July 1889. Sentpre IL NAL non
viea per unocere." Misfortune does
not always come to injure.) And thus
it goes, the whole thing has decided
by gone appearance that reminds one
of stories he may have read about
foreign church yards or burying
grounds long since deserted. There
are thousands of graves unmarked, in
fact majorityof those that are marked
are tombs or vaults that are wholly
above ground. Over and above all of
this stretches dense covering Of trees
that are hundreds of years old. Not
withstanding the age of this cemetery
there are, There are in the part used
by churches other than the Catholic)
very many beautiful as well as costly
burying lots, which are visited daily
by friends with all sorts of flowers,
and which keep in such order as to re-
semble green house the year around.
We visited the above described curl.
Gus place on Saturday, about three
weeks ago, and on the same day being
"out on bum,n we drove still further
to the beautiful and valuable Fairnie
Hill stock farm and Aldernery Dairy,
which which was established in 1888
and will certainly surprise those peo-
pie who are of the opinion that Florida
has no fine cattle. Here are found oyer
one hundred head of fine Jersey stock,
and the only registered Jerseys in the
county. Fairnie Hill embraces not
only dairy but truck farm, and
comprises forty acres, on which is an
elegant residence, leading to which is
a boulevard two miles in length, lined
on either side with trees, and the fines,
in the State. 1t is the model dairy
farm of West Florida, and is owned by
Mr.. j. w. Stoddard, of Dobb's Ferry
n. ", another evidence of the necessi.
ty of northern men coming here to util.
ize the natural advantages offered by
Florida.
Some lays since a bail was given by
the knights of Honor of this city, al
the United States Navy Yard, at War.
rington. We attended, with over one
hundred other couples, and had one o
the most enjoyable times possible.
Thd dance was held in CONSTRUCTION
Building No. 1882" which has capaci
ty of holding at least one hundred and
fifty couples at one time; but as We
went over at 5 p. m, in order to view
thoroughly the different forts, we viii
describe them briefly. The Navy YARD
is across the bay from Pensacola, to the
west about five miles, and west of thu
Navy Yard is Fort Barrancas. Boil
are beautiful, and will interest the mos
indifferent. Added to the novelties t.
be seen, is the delightful society en-
loved by all who become acquainted
with the hospitable and intelligent of
ficers of both the garrisons. Below
Barrapcas is the Pensacola lighthouse
near by is old Fort McRae, once famil
lar with the ''pomp and Circumstance
of glorious war" but where now tn,
solemn bat reigns supreme, in a 81
lence only broken by the never ceasins
roll of the ocean, as the wild wave
dash upon its once proud walls. Year
age it was built upon a foundation
which seemed as enduring as the gran
lite used in constructing it, but tn
mighty white caps" could not b
withstood and so to-day it stands there
or part of it, and is one of the most in
terestipg points on the Gulf. 1t is a
McRae that the searcher after she'll
aad other marine treasures is most sue
cessful. Directly south of the Nav,
Yard, about two miles distant, stretch
rs the bold shores of Santa Rosa Island
extending over one hundred miles +
the southeast from the Navy Yard
and beyond skirt the beautiful blu
waters of the Gulf of Mexico, present
ing, in all, a grand sight not soon to b
forgotten.
Surf batblnp upon Santa Rosa beacl