The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-28
"a soREvEN HOUSE YARN.
Oranges Moving Lively from the Land
of Flowers

of Flowers.
Gainesville, Fla, Nov. 21.-There seems
to be no end to the orange crop this
season. AS many as forty cars have left
| here on the Savannah, Florida and West
ern in a single day The Florida Contra l
and Peninsular men, however, say that
they will soon have hand in the fun of
moving them. The "Old Reliable Flor
ida Central and Peninsular) is washing
I up, brushing up, and otherwise getting
| move on her, such as she has never had
since the Savannah, Florida and Western
hypnotized her eight years ago. She is,
however, now wide awake and very much
alive.
All the churches in the city, save one,
have agreed to unite in worship at the
| Methodist church on Thanksgiving daY,
and the parsons of the establishments
will take turns in telling US how and for
what to render thanks. The various So
cieties will give entertainments for chart
table purposes.
1t is rumored here, and believed by
many, that the Rev. Mr.. Pike, now of
Ocala, but for four years past in charge
of the Methodist church, intends devoting
the remainder of his life to the cpisco-
pacy.
Mr.. Gilmore, quite an old man, who
came over here from England some years
ago with the Stewart colonists, has donned
the surplice, and is serving Episcopalians
at Melrose, Windsor, and other rural
towns.
John DaCosta, brother of Charles, the
publisher at Jacksonville, is preparing to
plant ten acres in the Texas shell bark
pecan, and while draining your cor
respondent of the knowledge he has alb
sorbed of this industry from the agricul-
tural department of the MORNING NEWS
q y opt Of foI5
the following: Years ago, he said, when
Savannah to the average Flordian was
much larger than New York is now he
and another gawky youth since treasurer
of the county, mounted their ponies and
started for the metropolis to sell their
bale of cotton, which had preceded them
by water from the then famous inland
port of Black Creek 1t was when the
then magnificent hostelries, the Screven
and the Pulaski, were rivals for patronage
and in the days of Chinese gongs and
bell pulls, winding stairs and Irish pOr-
tiers. After long and tiresome Journey
the church spires and smoke-stacks
doomed in sight and soon the twain drew
rein in front of the Screven. AS his pony
at the word whoa" struck his "fore''
feet in the sandy street, the .later-on
treasurer of Alachua yelled, "hellol"
The proprietor happening to be near the
entrance asked what was wanted. Ken
we get ter stay all nite!" said the coming
treasurer. Getting an answer in the
affirmative, he said, "Well, hold yer
dogs, I'm goin to lite" After being as
sured that there was no danger of hydro
phobia from that establishment they dis
mounted and were shown rooms. The
room attendant on leaving them said that
supper would be ready in few moments
and that if anything was wanted
to pull the bell cord, at the same
time showing them the pull. Pretty
soon the coming treasurer thought he
would see if the thing would work as
stated, and gave the bell cord a tug like
he would have given one of his young
steers on his farm At that moment the
horrible noise of a huge gong set his eye
balls dancing and his tOelnails jingling,
and supposing that he had knocked the
triggers from under the building was
about to fee the wrath which was Ger
tainly coming, when to his relief the pro
prietor anxious to show attentions to
guests from such a distance, opened the
door and said with his bland est smiles
that supper was ready, and
flights of stairs seated them
at the table in the basement Hurrying
through business next day, the subse-
duent treasurer astonished DaCosta by
announcing that he was going to sleep
out of town on his way home, that he
would be gol smashed if he war goin' ter
STAY mother tie whar they'd put him
to sleep whar he could hear the aingils
sing and send him down to h for brek-
fust."
Jekyn-I see Murphy, the saloon keeper
has brought suit against Kelly for tar bill
he been owing for over year