Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24
Fragments of Thought.


New scenes, new acquaintance,
Ia change,-gives new life and
vigor to weary hands and brain,
inspires to nobler efforts and high
er aims. Nothing so enchants and
thrills, as to drink in the beauty
of landscape in the first bursting
bud and expanding lcafet of
spring in our own loved South
land.
Grand old Tennessee! on whose
banks we loved to stroll in early
childhood, and on whose silvery
waters now gracefully glides our
own namesake, The City of Savan-
nah! While aboard this well-reg.
ulated steamer last week, on our
way to Florence, fair city of the
South, we had the pleasure of
meeting, for the first time, Capt.
Hall and his most estimable wife.
Capt. Hall is a typical steamboat
man, with that jovial, genial,
courteous air, characteristic of the
genuine steamboat Captain; and
his boat is well-kept, and what a
treasure of o cook he has-the
steak, one of our weaknesses, was
fit for an epicure. The sum total
is-if you want downright good
time don't fail to take passage On
our own namesake-The City of
Savannah.
What can we say of far Flor
ence that has not already been
said? Her praises have been her
aided for the past few years, until
she is known far and wide; and
we shall only attempt to speak of
a few things that impressed us
most, taking for granted that you
all are familiar with the great
change she has undergone, from
the aristocratic Florence of ante
bellum days, now a great manufact-
uring city, whose varied'industIies
give employment to thousands OF
laborers. The Novelty Works,
where locks, bolts, screws, ct cate.
rG are manufactured, employs ov.
er 800 skilled wOrkmen, and the
factory where the little wooden
trays, used by grOcers, are made,
gives employment to another large
force, and the public works.
grading streets and laying water
pipes-have large numbers al
work, so that it is almost impossi
BILE for the thoughtful housewife
to get a days gardening done
We had the pleasure of meeting
with four congregations, and were
gratitied to find religion and NOR
atty above par in this growing
pulsing, miniature city; and most
pleasing and novel to us was to see
the young men take seats neal
the front and to note that the
greater per cent. of the cOngrega
ion was made up of the sternel
sex. We at ended a Debate by the
Excelsior Society" at the Flor
ence Synodical Female College
The question, as New Florence
Superior to Old Florence" wal
well discussed by the young la
dies, the negative side winning.
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There is nothing that does NOR
toward developing and building
mp a town than its newspapers
We visited the Office of the semi
weekly Herald, while in Florence
and were delighted with the i'm
proved machinery and presses
and charmed with the enterpris
and push Of that paper. We me
Mr.. Barr, of the Banner, a gram
old southern gentleman, who's
intellectual face and courtly beal
ing wins the admiration of all VIII
meet him.
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Our trip to the Muscle Shoal
Canal was no small feature, but a
a woman is not supposed to hav
any knowledge of engineering, W
will not attempt to write of thi
gigantic engineering scheme, BIT
will only rave of the grand scel
ery,-"the world of waters" dasl
ing over it's rocky bed, the towe
ing, rugged cliff, over who's
storm-beaten bosom the daintiel
waterfalls play, sending the
spray like showers of diamonds
the sunshine down over the mos
covered rocks into the canal b
low, making picture that woul
grace the canvass of a Turner.
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It was with reluctance that v
|, boarded the Str. w. II. Cherry,
return to the prosaic routine
, Office life, which landed us safe
in harbor. and of her gallant Car
Crane we refrain from trumpetir
his praises abroad lest we NAL
him blush in his modest grace al
dignity.
fyou are going West you W
save time and money by writil
to G. Z. Heth, Box 50, Memph
Tenn.