The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-02-24
NOTES OF TRAVEL.


trip south:
We left Cincinnatti December % via
the L. & N. railroad, which is very crook.
ed, until we reach Louisville. We passed
through some beautiful country near
Nashville. At Decatur Junction wreck
on the road kept us in the woods eight
hours, Attempting to be helpful by hold
ing lantern, l had my shoes finely pol
ished with Alabama red mud.
Birmingham is growing city, iron,
coal and coke being the chief products
Montgomery impressed us as fine city,
the capitol showing finely from the sta
tion, From here we pass great deal OF
marshy land with long moss hanging from
the trees, also cotton fields and rice plan
tations with small cabins built with the
chimney out doors and some of them with
out .windows. We reached Pensacola
fortyeight hours after leaving Wellington
and were welcomed by my brother and
his family, who have lived there most of
the lime for twenty years.
PENSACOLA is an old city, founded by the
Spanlards in 1896. lh I710 the French
took it and kept it until 1922, when it was
restored TO Spain. In 1868 it was ceded to
the English. In 1850 the Spaniards re-
captured the town, which finally in 1919
came with the entire territory of Florida
into the possession of the United States.
The present population is $4,000. 1t is
situated on the northwest side of the
splendid bayiof Pensacola, which forms
one of the finest aibors, having an area
Of 200 square miles-30 miles long by
about miles wide and with an average
depth Of 30 to 35 feet. There we're about
100 vessels in the harbor being loaded
with cotton, guano, coal and lumber,
the latter being by far the larger
product. The live oak, magnolia and OLE
ander, with their beautiful foliage, furn-
ish fine shade, while the orange and jap
anese persimmons loaded with fruit, are
very attractive.
The principal buildings are the custom
house, court house, opera house and large
continental hotel. There are st. Michaels
Catholic, NJ. L. church south, Presbyter.
ian, Baptist, Lutheran and Christ Episco.
Lal substantial church edifces, with
numerous less pretentious colored church.
es. l visited the schools and was pleased
with the kindly courtesy of Superintend.
ent Patterson, an Ohio man, and his able
corps Of teachers. Every room had its
banner and motto, te which my attention
was particularly called by both superin-
tendent and teachers, some pupil having
them as their particular charge. The
walls were thickly hung with very fine
pictures in every room. In front OF the
fine school building, in the center Of 9
park, stands the confederate monument tc
keep alive in the minds of the children
the pride of the south land even lift be O
'lost cause.' Christmas the mercury
stood at 73 degrees while at one time dur.
ing our stay Of tour weeks it was at q
degrees-ihe coolest it has been in SIN
years They had about one-haf an inch
Of snow-the first they have had in five
years
We stopped week at Atlanta; visited
Grant Park, in which Is a small geological
garden and small lake. Here Is TT
Walker, and near here the Mcpherson
monument. We droye out Peachtree
street, on which is the governors mansion
and series of residences Of magnificent
architecture, surrounded by beautiiu
lawns, making this the finest street in al
the south, at least 50 il is claimed At th,
capitol we met Governor Northern, wht
was at the head OF the company of GeOr
gia farmers that visited Wellington tive
years ago. | asked him II he remembered
Wellington. He replied, "0h, yes. II
should live thousand years, 1 shoult
never forget Wellington. The reception
you gave us was too royal ever to be for
gotten" He also told me what he wa
doing on his farm in butter.making.
We visited Spellman seminary, wher
there were enrolled oyer eight hundret
girls, and Clark university and gramma
school of theology, with over 600 student
in all of the departments. Besides thes
are two other schools-all for colored pee
pie. The discipline and order was equa
to any that ever saw, while the prohC
iency made IS truly wonderful. Tn
teachers are nearly all from the north an
consequently we were especially welcome
As one Of them said, at seems like littl
bit Of home TO have you with us"-al
though we had never met before. Mis-
Mary SantleY is matron at the Allan,
university, and Miss Dell Santley teach
er IN the Spellman seminary.
Atlanta has paved over forty miles c
streets in the last ten years, and electrl
cars run In every direction, making an
point in the city easy Of access.
We made weeks visit at Chattanooga
o. E. Howk is doing well in the mil
business Ed Smith stands at the head Q
prescription clerk in the drug bushes
Ever since the war have had desire
see Lookout mountain. We made the q
cent by inclined railroad which is nearl