New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-28

called In thirty-nve minutes Mr.. Beard says there
Is splendid black-bass fishing In the lakes IN cay
County AMI In the nOrwestorn part OF Putnam
County on Mr.. Boards trip with the Governor he
shot six gees. near Porier's Hammock few days
ago. in Jackson County. he and friend baggoI
ninciy-srven partridges. or quail az they are gen
orally called In one day. These binds also found
In grea, numbers all Leon. Madison jefferson.
GIdsi-n and Waukulla countiea all I'm Middle
Florida Deer f. plentiful there also. on Lake
Iamonil. IN the northern part OF Leon County. the
Governor and some friends a short time ago killed
sXty-four ducks In one day. Along the entire Gulf
Coas, from Pensacola to Key West. and In rivers
ami lagoons game and fish plentiful. Alligators
are shot all oyer the state
jacksonville. the business and railroad centre Of
Florida Is lively enough 10 suit the Northern Wis
itor. It is on the ST Johns River. about thirty
miles from the sea. and all winter long IT'S many
hotels hllcd with people from the North and
the Northwest. Most Of the travellers only stop
there 70 make connections. but many prefer not 10
20 further. (Northerners occupy themselves With
driving. riding horses and bicycles. excursions on
the broad river. sailing doing almost everything. in
fact in the way OF amusement that they do In the
North In summer. There IL yacht club there and
races are occasionally sailed Fair travelling the
atrical and minstrel tronpes make the city one OF
their principal points.
At THE ANCIENT CITY"
As a matter Of course. every ono who comes 10
Florida wants 10 SO to St Augustine TO the
famous hotels and gaze upon the weprcserved
r, lies OF an odon time. The visitor for the first
time in the Old city about for few days open.
mouthcd at the spcndor Of the hostleres and their
beautiful grounds. He may perhaps spend another
DAY walking the sca-wall, going through ancient
Fort Marion. pausng possibly TO shuider In the
gloomy. sunless dungeons. with their traditions OF
Of I'm
suggestiveness." one writer cheerfully puts It,;
looking at the old city Gates. and wondering where
the walls have gone to; expressing his opinion about
the Slave Market and discovering. to his amaze
ment that the famous cathedral said to be the
Oldest place OF worship In the United States. looks
If II had been built last year. lie Il told that the
last time It burned mot long ago. Mr.. Flager
restored IT, and he brcathcs again All these attrac-
lions may occupy visitors for n week. and then
those who have a bank account big enough 10 en-
able them 10 stay at the great hotels longer than
that amuse themselves with dancing. listening to
the orchestras sailing rowing being rowed-
usually the latter-on Mantanzas Bay. In front OF
the city; bathing in the hne surf on Anastasia Isl
and. about two miles away: picking up beautiful
shells on the same North Beach, playing tennis,
driving riding. and last. but not least, buying ali
sorts OF trash which pass as souvenirs OF tho
Ancient CITY" Those who are too lazy TO do all
these things-anl lazness breeds in this climate
like mosquitoes In "A swamp-sit around In the shade
and surfcit themselves with ian atmosphere charged
with legend and story" which "broods suggestIvely
ALL" to quote the person who wrote
about the debris In the fort.
There are good tennis courts in ST. Augustine.
made OF cement; the championship matches are
played there In the early spring. Visitors are en-
tertaned with free concerts every afternoon and
evening at the Ponce de Leon. and Lent does
interfere seriously with the enjoyment OF the North
This Is favorite place with people from
New-York during the season OF sackcloth and ashes
They keep Lent in one way-they 20 to hear sing
ers In the Casino whom they wouldn't go across
the street TO listen to In New-York. The most In
teresng thing about the famous Ponce de Leon. TO
many people. is the fact that It Is. In effect made
from a single. solid rock. 1t Is built OF the
position called "coquina." a cement made OF small
shells. This cement was poured into a mould in
the shape OF the walls OF the building. II soon be-
came as hard as granite and more enduring All
the Flagler hotels. the Memorial Church. the