The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-07-30
From Tallahassee TO Tennessee.
PEGRAMs STATION, Tenn, July 10, 1899.
To the Editor Of the FLoRIDIAN:

DEAR SIR Thinking TO make the effort to
interest your readers with few notes of orr
tour TO this country, l commence with " All
aboard" at Tallahassee depot, to myself two
young ladies, Gen. Edgar, and others en- route 20
Chattahoochie. Pensacola and Nashville. In
the sleeper we Joined party of several teachers
from South and East Florida. expecting to
attend The National Teachers Association
at Nashville, on the 18th of this month. We
had expected to have met hundred or more
delegates but the Florida teachers had either
preceded u.s. going other routes. or remained
behind. Even our worthy State Superintendent
thought it best to include himself in the number
of the latter, though, he said, he would almost
give his ears to GO. In the sleeper were Pres'-
dent Kern, Prof --- and wife, and s Is.
Thompson. from Lake City; Mr. Mathis. from
Tampa; Capt. Burroughs daughter. and your
humble servant and two daughters, of Tallahas-
see. We spent our time the first few hours IN
getting acquainted with those we had never pre-
viousy met. and soon became socially familiar.
President Kern is -eminently social, and
made himself agreeably so to all, letting himself,
as it were, down from the dignity Of the grave
college professor to a frolicsome youth trying to
show on before a party OF school girls. Ihe
crops between Tallahassee and ChattahOochee,
where they have been properly worked were
looking well, but in many instances are planted
too closely to yield as largely as they would if
the rows had greater distance apart.
Crossing the Chattahoochee and reaching
West Florida, we found many things different
from what we had observed on your side Of the
river The soil-face of the country, and the
condition of the crops made contrasts in many
respects different from those of Leon and Gads>
den, though the farmers had made the same
mistake in planting their corn too thick, and
with the rows too close At ChattahOOchee
with several Others the Hon. MIR. Gabriel
Smith, the representative Of Jackson county,
entered the car and became fellow passengers
V,oy nod Nor
two dirty, rough looking youths entered, one of
whom had bottle of whskey conspicuouslv
DrOtuding from bis treeches pocket. He and
his companion dsposed of its contents by the
time they had reached their destination, one or
two stations from that on which they came
aboard AS Burns says they Get off unce foo
and hanpie." We reached DeFunak in time
for supper, where we met President Felkcl and
olher friends with whom we held pleasant
chats Approaching Pensacola an hour or 50 IN
NE NI@hf. our eyes We're greeted with 4 sight
IN MANY respects Crandv peculiar and beautiful.
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