The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-08
IARNED WITH JEKYL.
Vonln'S Description Of the GeOr-
gia Island.

II Is a Millionaire's Paradise, Little
Eden. an Enchanting Retreat, and
All That Kind of Thing-The Men
who Pay the Expenses.
.--s Reele WyIie. IN New York Advertiser.
There is sonnet hing semi tropical bout
island of the South Atlantic coast
~erhing warm and delicious, enchant-
and thrilling The days there are
rroIrous and golden, and the very furze
81 -.hes and honey dew that drips fragrant
81 stations from early blossoms touch
81 No. with their amorous covness to strange
MYERS Of ecstacy. From the shores of
s ,rr1swick to quaint old Fernandina one
,fsa fuuness of romance highly colored
with historical interest.
Asa happy maiden smiles from the
4 ssuricv of her lovers arms, so does
& rssv smile from the bosom of the south
Atlantic. where she rests contentedly
II with the sea weeds tangled in her hair,
oot the spray mist washing her feet.
-e5.L was the pride of the ante-bellum
Il srstocracy Jekyl is the JOY of the New
York money king,
lust on the coast of Southern Georgia.
an hours sail from Brunswick, this para
dis3Ic island lies, coquetting with distant
camden. and whiting kisses from her
fragrant lips 10 the enchanting shores of
~ simon. She Is coy to strangers with
6erthlrms, but to those who know and
love her she yields all the hidden, pas
smni.e delights of the ardent south.
Twas on this little Isle of Eden, rich
in romantic lore, prolific in possible pleas
Urps. that Gen. Oglethorpe settled in the
early part of the lasJ century, and here
To tSs.Is 81,
br5Nel the only real English beer ever
made in Georgia. In 1871 the island was
purchased by the French and il evidently
fe into the possession of one of Christie
pher Paulain du BignOn, whose heirs held
runtil Il few years ago. when a number
Of wealthy New Workers purchased it
and built thereon a magnificent club
house to which they repair in the early
autumn and winter for fishing, hunting
and frolicking.
The situation of the island is ideal. and
the wide, sobbng sea that reaches out,
uubrokeu by a slip of land, between this
and the Old World appeals teuderly to
the poetic nature. Jekyl Island contains
about fourteen thousand acres of land,
and the eleven miles of ocean beach is as
n eve. as an asphalt pavement as II curves
4 its aeNuous front to the east
The western side of Jekyl affords safe
. hlrbor for the merchant ships and the
yachts of the millionaires who go there
for amusement, and the storms that
E break over the sea touch them not. The
club house faces this harbor, and neither
4 time nor expense has been spared in max
ing it an architectural triumph. The
chandeliers are made of cut steel, the
holdings Of natural hard woods and the
floors carpcted with rich velvets. The
climate is very mild and the wide Veran-
das that reach around the entire building
. are constantly in use, and II is only on
special occasions that the logs in the
pa'riarchial treplaces are lighted.
The membership of the club represents
$500 900, 600. The members are exclusive,
and no one is allowed to land on the
island without a special permit from the
management. nor is any one allowed to
fsh in Jekyl creek.
The New York members are: Lloyd
Aspiawall w. p. Anderson. William Aus
tin, Frederick Baker, John c. Barron,
Alexander Barring, Cornelius n. Bliss,
NcEycrs B. Brown. Calvin ). Brice, w.
Cutting, John Clatin. A, B. Claim,
Z. c. Clarke, W. &. DeWolf. " B. Dick
ermau. Lewis Edwards, +. E EameS, n.
=. FmneE, Latham A. Fish. J. B. NJ.
GrOsyenOr. Ogden Goelet. Walter S. Cur
nee. \. l.. Hopkins. Henry +. Rowland,
A +. Higgins, Henry 3. Hyde. n. :.
Jones' D. Il. King IN, l.. Nj. Lawson,
Charles Lanier, Pierre LOrillard, f. W.
McJmve, }. p. Morgan, Il. L. Ogden, j.
p. O'ShaUghnessN 7. W PeerSall, j..
Fred PiersOn, Joseph Pulitzer, James
Reuwick William RoCkfeliow, John A
Stewart, Joseph Stickney. Samuel
Iu0me, Jonathan IhOrne, William
rhOrne, Edwin Thorne and W. X. Van
dorbilt.
The members from other states are W.
p. Anderson, Cincinnaii Francis Bart
lett, Boston; ErastuS Corning. Albany :;
j. f. duBiguon, Georgia; John De Koyen,
Chicago; Wirv Dexter, Chicago; c. ".
Deering, Chicago; j. W Doane, Chicago;
Marshall Field, Chicago; Henry
hank. Chicago; Walter S. Fur
ness Philadelphia; Walter +. Ferguson,
Stamford. Conn; Charles Il. Forrest
Hartford, Conn. J. J. Hill, St. Paul; Ed
mund Hayes, Buffalo; A. D. /. Jewett
Fordham, \. Y; F. 4. Keep, Chicago;
-. h. McCagg. Chicago; !. NJ. LoOmis
Chicago; c. :. Maurice, Athens Pa.
Murray Nelson, Chicago: J. c. Parish,
Tuxedo Park: Fairman Rogers, Newport
j. L.; Norman Ream, Chicago; a. r.
Iouzaiin, Boston; John Wyeth, Philadel-
pha: W ID. Whipple, United States
army and S. D. Woodruff
1t takes about 81 900 week to keep up
the buildings, boats, stables kennels and
steam yacht, two naphtha launches and
ten sail and row boats The stables are
full of thoroughbred animals, numbering
about fifty, which are kept for the en-
ialnment of guests. 1t is on JekYl that
the finest sea island cotton ever produced
was grown by the duBignOns, in the days
of the old south
One of the most thrilling incidents con
nected with the early history of Jekyl is
the landing of the Wauderer, with its
rev o. native Africans, weather-b beaten
and heartsick, whose coming presaged for
he future the clouds and dcep-mOuthed
thunders of a civil war. One of these
Sldye-old Christina-stil lives in Bruins
WICK, and tells Of the misery and unhap-
pluess of the crew, who were anchored in
Iehyl creek by Charles Lamar. who was
then en- route to Fort Royal. The land
ing Of the Wanderer cost the old master,
donn duBignon, a great deal of money
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