The Holt County sentinel., 1892-11-04
y Trip to the Gulf.
SrRING HILI., Aiab.ma


SPRING Hill, Alabama
These last October d;,ys down here
present n difference of aspect in sky or
SCENERY, nor of temperature. from what
You are enjoying up in our norlhwesterE
regions. Last night. 2jth OF October
there WAS a frost in the bUttoms anl th.
mercury stood at about IL degrees befor.
sunrise on uplandS. The north win.
blows and feels like the same wind i
Kansas or north Missouri. The Gul
however, rules this cline. and the weatl
er rarely eyer gets co,aer, never cold.
The birds sing a little OCCASIONAL,
L get glimpse of and hear the notes of
robin, martin ar Elue bird. and the
knocking bird Is found and heard at all
hours, being as songster everything by
turns, 'and nothing long"
You ascend several miles from Mobile
until some 500 feet above tide you sur
mount this hill-the beautiful site of a
grand college and Of the Keeley Insti
tute and Sanitarium.
Hit We're not for the timber this '. .ufd
be one of the most lively sites in the
world. The everlasting forests Of pine
cut of too many views. Luckily that
objection is rapidiy being reduced The
cniiege grounds aye very extensive and
. buildings are very large and c0n,mo,Iious
with a church annexed that luc;ls capa-
be &C holding Il fax thnnsand people
comfortably. Other buildings and play
grounds are equally un 4 large seal. \
big spring Of the pursn-t soft water with
a stream ''as big as hoss' gushes out OF
tie earth down IN Il valley, supplies Il
good sized lake and affords sport To the
! hundreds g. s. udents and wafer for the
big tanks built on all the roofs, whence
by pipes water deSccnds through all the
various stories of the buIl iings. The
boys have brass band and make night
hideous, etc, ETC.
The keeley Instit Ite has. all told,
i.bout seEenjy members. and two come
for each one that leaves. II is the most
popular thing that ever struck Mobile
and such gratitude, devotion aud en
thnslasm as are evinced by these d,sci
pies never seen. They fairly worship
the name OF keeiey. Some OF tha nobicst
men IN the world by nature and culture
are found here, knights of the Punctur-
e'l Arm, (or slit shirt sleeya: as they cali
themselves. They cry out every day.
"a miracle, a miracle, e,"-bncause. first
they have heard, then seen; now, they
feel in themselves. recuperation and
renovation OF the whole man. morally
and ply hysicaily.
Formerly | was, Il not sick, forever
craving the internal pction-even il |
h, Ii off for year. Now / am as | was
when child-have just as little cray
ing" Things like these are heard from
all.
| have been here bat a weel; visiting
Louis, but haze noticed rapid altera- /
tion in the lools of many who last week
;Go'ied depressed and hopeless, and now
have faces shinItg with hope.
The Journey down the Mobile Il Ohio |
a. x. is very pleasant. After you get !
"ut as the woods OF Kentucky and Tenn
essee Il region of prairie. like Kansas in !
appearance, Is approached, Over which /
fha ROAD leads with hardly a bend. At !
Meridian yon strike the pine woods hills |
Once on them yoar way is almost level !
into Mobile, which sits on the bay at !
the feet OF tn .se hills. The pusse nger |
trains on the & .. run slow -abou: |
Il miles per hour, whereas the freights /
fly. No accidents have ever occurred to ,
passenger trains. The eating houses on
this line are the best in the United |
States, aud half hour is given or longer
for eating. Fare from St. L7uis to Mo /
bile is SlG-I5 quite high. If this line /
and Others would give very low second
class rate. sIxse sevenths of the people who
now never travel would get INTO ;he hab-
1t OF 50 doing and so crowd the trains
that stTlii Individuality would become
"a iAl' tsi-SS 10 tIl.- TtDdtlS
OF the plan. This need prevent no one
from taking palace sleepa-s at high rates.
But give The people a chance and down
with your prohibition rates.
=. $. The news OF NJ Benefits
death startled us as mI-h as it saddens.
Oar friends suffer and We feel for them.
n fat h0r R.,st .al-'- 1,,..-t,,-., ,.,,,, II ~
landmarks is reno ed that will make
home seem more strange to u.s. But
n aarly al! there wo once knew are but
and after very few wears the
s0pth who 3Juais over the sward with
'ead ext'tei to tie stars, crcep5 slowly
prcr the dast that covers all whom he
way knew dust, itself once tie enyel.
Ipe OF living forms. CT.