The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-07
AS STRANGERS SEE Us.
Cow Savannah Impressed a New
EnglAnder.
! rom the Portland (Ne.l Transcript.


Prom the PoYtiGnd (He) TTanscript
The first thing one notices on entering the
mouth of the Savannah river, is the change
IN the color of the water, which at first
looks muddy, but as he goes farther on he
finds it becomes Of a reddish hue, which is
the characteristics of all the rivers Of Geor-
ga The next thing noticeable is the change
in the temperature. After sitting on deck
With no wraps, it is suddenly found neces-
ssry to don listers and shawls, for the air
has piercing chillness which makes one
SILVER, as the wind blows down the river to
the sea.
The South Carolina shore is a marshv.
undressing place, but the Georgia side is
full of interest to the careful observer
The first thing to see at the mouth Of the
river Is the rybee light, a tall lighthouse of
dark color about one-third of its hight.
the remaining part of which is white
Then come the odd littls white cottages.
With their windmills dotting the green bank
for some little distance, ID looking quite
HollanIesque. Beyond them, in the dis
lance, the COWS gr zing in the pastures
present a rural scene, which makes one
almost forget that there is such q thing as
snow few hundred miles north. But in
strange contrast TO all this quiet rustic life
10 the eye almost as suddenly as if one were
watching PIANO anna, for very soon We are
in the midst of the shipping portion of the
city. Here are vessels, most of them barks
loading southern pine through their bows
cotton sheds, surrounded by rows OF barrels
filed with water, as a protection against
fire, bags Of phosphate, which we know are
there before we can see them, and which
are being carried by stalwart negroes in
picturesque costume, while across the water
comes the sound Of some southern melody,
as tbs ebOn boat'nan pulls his craft laZly
down the river. But this does not lest long
The ever changing scene SION brings to
view the cotton exchange and other large
buildings, and before we know it we are
are nearing the steamer wharves, and two
sons OF Ham a @ carrying the line ashore.
As soon as the vessel is near enough to
the wharf, an enterprising newsboy comes
aboard, and drives a thriving trade in
Boston papers, two days old at cents a
copy A ride on top of a transfer coach
through the lower part of the town will
show the negro shantIes, where black faces,
wooly heads and rows of gistening white
teeth, whose owners are trying to get a
glimpse of the strangers in town, are
seen at the windows. Picaninnies are left
TO Rmuse themselves on the side walk or to
play with the goats which wander aim
lesSly and unmolested about the streets, B 1t
we are approaching the better part of the
city. The De Soto, the principal hotel, is a
massive structure, rivaling, in the magnif-
cence of lis interior decorations the Ponce
de Leon Of st. Augustine. Its sun parlor
is place we'll worth seeing. A ride to
BOnaventure is about as good a way as
any to spend forenoon. One almost for
gets he is IN a cemetery, as he walks amid
the large trees, from whose boughs the
graceful dropping Spanish moss ever
beckonS HIM onward, while they offer well
come shade from the heat of the sun.
About O'Clock is the best time to see the
quaint old Bull street, with its monuments
atnearly every square. Children monoDo-
lie each square as a sort of park or play
ground. and big black "mammies'' group
about the grass around the monuments,
with thelr pretty charges in carriages or
playing a7out them Charming maidens in
dainty summer gowns-real southern beau
tles-are now out for walk after their
regular siesta. The secret Of the southern
girls beauty Il in her after dinner nap.
Dashng turnouts cross the street, carrying
their lovely occupants to some wedding,
and everything has on a holiday aspect
Back of it all are the houses, old southern
homes, covered with blooming roses and
trailing vines, with here and there a church
setting somewhat back from the street.
A pretty sight, You say. Yes truly it is.
Savannah is truly worth visiting, if but for
dav. 1t almost seems to "downeastern
as If he were in a foreign land-a land of
flowers, instead of that same country which
furnishes US with such immense snow banks
at home. GEORGE T. EDWARDS.