The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-04-13

ready Intelligence with which the
trained horses sprang to their places
beneath the harness, and the agility OF
the iiremen as they slid down the poles
from the second story.
We drove to the immense wharves OF
the Ocean Steamship Company, and
saw acres of cotton bales and many
vessels taking on their cargoes OF cot
ton or sugar. We were surprised at
the immensely of the shipping interest
here, as also at the clearly appearance
of the docks. Though Savannah harbor
could at one time admit almost any
deep water vessel, her channel Is now
too shallow for many of our modern
craft, and the necessity for an appro-
priation from Congress was many times
mentioned, so that we doubt not Sa-
vannah is now rejoicing over her share
i'm the great river and harbor bill.
Quite number of fine ocean steamers
were lying at the wharves, and our
party was taken on board the passenger
steamer kansas City,, running regu-
larly to New York City. 1t is finished
throughout in Mexican mahogany and
the magnificence of its furnishings is
something remarkable.
From here pleasant drive over the
fine shell road brought us to Thunder
bolt where the Savannah Yacht Club
house stands on the bank of the river
and where lovers of the esculent oyster
can partake of them fresh from their
native element. Here we found colored
walters arranging fine collation. and,
after the viands were properly dis
cussed, witty addresses were made by
Mayor McDonough, Col. Estill, and
Editor Stovill of the Savannah Press,
the latter concluding most happily with
the remark that, "The bright Southern
sunshine is not more warm or spOnta-
neous than the welcome Savannah feels
for its guests on this occasion. The
Wolverines of Michigan and the Lambs
of Georgia are mingling together and
paving the way to friendship over banks
Of oyster shells" These gentlemen
were happily responded to by G. 5.
Hampton, Perry +. Powers, and Otto
Fowe of our party, the first mentioned
gentleman proposing the following COM
plimentary toast ;-"Georgia and Michi-
gan, twin sisters and the two fairest
states of the Union"
Being rested and refreshed, after an
enthusiastic rendition of the M. p. A.
"yell", we re-entered the carriages and
on the return drive stopped at the
famous cemetery known as Bonaven-
ture, signifying Beautiful View"
Here cedars Of Lebanon, palmettoes,
and magnoias mingle their verdant
foliage, while hundreds of majestic live
oaks stretch forth their mighty arms
wreathed with the gray Spanish moss
and, clasping hands high overhead,
form long vistas through which one
traverses this city of the dead where,
through hoary tombstones dating back
before the Revolutionary War, the dead
past speaks to the living present and
recalls the transitory nature of all
things earthly.
Another place of equal interest Wis
tied ON the return was "The Hermit
age" an oldtime plantation of several
thousand acres, its old mansion of
typical Southern style standing at the
end of a broad avenue of century-old
live oaks, the over-seers house and
long row of negro cabins eight or ten
feet square with one door and grated
window, standing near by, mute and
fast fading monuments of an old arts
tocracy that happily can never return.
AS we drove for several miles down this
broad avenue beneath its thick canopy
of over-arching boughs, we were shown
the old brick kiln in which were manu-
| featured the bricks for Fit. Sumter, and
also the private race-course where-on
the planters sons speeded many IA high
stopper in those halcyon days before
the dread Civil War held its grim reign
of terror This never-to- be-forgotten
ride terminated at the De Soto, new
and elegant hotel costing over a million
dollars and fronting on four beautiful
streets. During dinner the carved bust
of the old Spanish explorer after whom
the hotel was named, looked down upon
us from its position at the upper end of
the dining.room, and the exquisite
carving of mantels and woodwork gave
us as much pleasure as the fine dinner
set before us.
That evening we left Savannah en-
route for Atlanta, bearing with us many
pleasant memories of this day spent
among the warm-hearted people and
lovely scenes of the "Forest City"