The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-02-07
BILL ARP'S LETTER.
WRITES INTERESTINGLY OF HIS
EXPERIENCES IN FLORIDA.
Eats More and Weighs More-Sport
With the Finny Tribe.

ing tell ID always awelcomc sound anu the guests
| gather with alacrity around tho festive board.
| Change of climate and change OF diot and
| change from work to play bcgets an appetite
| that soma have not known for months at homo.
| About once week they try the scales and
! boast of the pounds they have gained. They
| have their wAy and then nave the!r weigh and
| are happy There is no complaining at the
I table, no long, Ian gushing fao g. no recital OF
| their daily pains or nightly woes. but all como
| with bright good morning or a smiling noon
| or agiatctul evening aftor
Tho day is done and the darkness
| Falls from ths wings of night"
| Our daily m'nu includes Spanish mack
| erel or gulf trout and oysters. Florida beef or
| mutton, and Florida vegetables AMI fruits. Or
we can get western m ats whel wanted. The
| guests cat any hing and almost everything
! that IL set before them ChickcuS and eggs
arc abundant an We have stall fej .ur&cy
| tor Suud'y Thg fines Of tn;eS aro sold
! Il r. FOR % cents IA lIhsu. Cream peas and
| Strawberries are in the market Now, il thcro
| Is any better bill of fare for the sick or we'll l
| don't know where YOU will tinl it. | wish that
! nv wife ana the folks a; home had good.
| lh r. are no II cs or mosquitoes here AMI no
| m"tR lave been sprcai except for fish Our Oil
! fisherman brought i'll 6 10 pounds OF boutiful
| mackercl thS morning that hc caught last
| might. Iru will have to 80 to tho cast coast
! for insects. traveller told inc that over there
! he saw the man vii, drives the tramway mule
| from tho hotel to tho station kill sixty big
| ii'cs on the way in abort fifteen minutes. Ho
! carries - paddle III ono hand aud knocks them
/ right and left as he goes.
! As every country has its fauna aud it's flora
| so 1t has It's special kinds OF foo lfor man and
! beast. friend o. mine who boarded at private
! hOus" IN London for thrco months says no
! never saw any rice upon tho table nor any
houiny or anything made of corn. The lady
| said she did not know that anybo " a'o rico
! Ciccp. tho Chinese AMI ~ for corn she did not
| know that 1t WAS III for anything but to {, ed to
/ l1fNss Il
: Travelled IN EUGpF lat year, avd says thai
| wheat and ~" are tn" uuivotSli Z r,sls for
| br, adj, AMI u joint as they call il a.. beef or
! mutton the yua1non meat for the g., nd tho
/ poor. Speaking of London rcmin ulc that
| my friend sail -" went out In the cij. - buy n
| knife. and hunted IN vaiu to tiud L storo that
| had Rogers cutlery to sol NIost of the hard
| ware merchants had never heard of Rogers or
| his cutlery, At last hc found ono man who
| aaid: "Ah, yes, there il i Rogers manufac-
| turcr at Birmingham who males knives etc,
! for tho American trade, but. - said my friend.
ne stamps on his knives AMI r.Eors, cutters
| to her maj eNty. He smiled an said: well
| that IS just one of tho tricks OF tho trade and
designed To ca;ch the for igners. There j. no
cutler to her maj 'Sty. Rogers knives are
iitilc higher over hero than any other mako,
but how little we know Of tho tricks of the 4
trade. The protective tariff makes all cutlery
80 per cent higher than it iS in England AMI
every man and every by in tke LAND. .be!ps 70
pay It, and still Mr.. Mckinley is not happy.
Mrs. Palmer Of Atlanta caught eighteen
sheepsht al this morning i'll halt an Il. ur She
was 80 proui of 1t that she w"uidn' lot her hus-
band bring them but carried the
heavy string al the way home horself She
will keep us i'll fish hereafter. 1t is glorious
run to SEQ woman catch fish, but most
OF them want a feller around to take them of
the hook and put on a fresh bai'. The little
town Is looking up. Another new conner
bought a lot this morning and is going to build
right away The broad gauge haS come AZ last
and now tho traveller can come from almosE
anyWh re wIthruta change Of cars. Less than
yciraSa Mr.. Plant bought this narrow gauge
| road that runs ftom Samforl to Petersburg
III was long, slow, tircsoma road wi i,h very
light rMl and the cars rocked abou. til they
| made an old man sore trtng to keep his per-
p'nnic9lar bnt now 1t has long, new cross
ties and heavy rail- with spacious cars with a
! Inliman attached. and makes good speed from
the main line Mt Tyilby. Ali along tn" line
| people gave glad welcome TO the first train that
Ertc'"d them 1t wa Ilc dawn Of ncw era
ana came on SUNDAY. Had = been on any
other day We woTl have gr ,ctcd It with Citing
! ceremonies. In fact, We .arl II was to come
. on Monday and had prepared some broken re-
/ .harTS that would have r.eash Mr. raut and
| Mr.. Wrenn and Mr.. Jolly and the engineer and
| conductor and all conccrncd and cur y. ople
| wer" to shout and l!urrah and The ladies' wero
| 20 sIaS Hail TO the Chief" AMI throw tnw.rs
ana 1'"s, and Mr.. Wrrnn was OK" cctcl to
! make resp DnSc and say some NJ 70 things to the
! liti" and Kiss hI hand to thor sniIes "A. the
: beautiful tr lin rolled OF. Bat railroad .nen
, 1ay that tho change must lie made on Suulay
! ;or good rc's II and ~ INV speech wa not
: mad" and 'Ecr" wCrr no rcmpuics Never
/ tLclIss we are all grateful to Mr.. Plant and
/ wish him long life and pcaco and happiness
Now, II lie will give us another road "A short
( me OF twenty eight IN lea ncross tho pine
woods 10 Tampa--hIt sys en- will bo comuicte
-'he Tampa people and his Tampa hotel guests
| wil! be only too happy to come to G. car :" ater
/ Tor health and rest and sport.
! While wrlrug of what h,nls OF food prevails
among din rent people, | am reminded OF
| north Georgia, where hn iivc' that he enioin-
"d me not 20 tell. but will II sccms th At ho
! and MIR. Egn. of Boston, started out on tour
, 20 iuclt, the North G'OrGI railro I'd / ON Mari.
tia. Ih"ymadc about fox y miles the frat ,Iay
| and found humble Ia nhousr. wi, ro lhey
iskrd to stay over nigh: The gprd won IN
/ looked alarmed hu said yea Mr. T. ,rn, be-
. '"S IL ,~t0l vInk"c. hroUIht some HU4.oI ten
! with him AMI just fore supper 20; it ont aud
asked the Gooi woman TO make Elm some tca.
! She looked at it cprOusly, but asked no auos-
! uoms. When tn humble supper was ready and
/ Icy were helping th"nis lives 10 tr'ci lHcat and
/ -udt hla'ui's shr brought III u little ula'e Of
! LIN" ha't.rc'I"> and set = down hy Mr. Egan
/ 'uI -dIh "fpH did"n. .ay hpw much Won
I wanted III" 'ca C'uhc !. and mover zee any Of
. % i"i"le. h"d 80 bl! Il :; aud h,!"i .i, iWt it
"'.n ''rln 10 G"i d'"" and 20 m 'dc 81 butter
. .I.d iil.d ,i.'
..t.u. turned vel and ia aru.?aI IN h:s Ips
. .to a''"r ,Gpp they hal 20 wall, u gniuiUr of
ma" away T." laugh IN !uIl ns iii, = wanted TO-
Now, i alyh dy doubts ihr, story thoy had bot
. H.r """p D. 80 themselves +. General Phillips
. ''r|a' all through ia" war and Is not II man to
.s iI.N with, IIt lr told M tha' If ever
i:' g II print aud y got 6 IcU a!rI M in that
@rri womaLs ruum'rr hr wou deny il and
~ wa8 oI t.: ihli ArrH lies. ,et him do
" o: ~ wam'r t. nc' p"om.s .scI no To- tell
. u SINCE thy ,og! has b.ru hu,l knowledge
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