The age-herald., 1897-09-22
RUNNING THE QUARAN TINE.
An Age-Herald Correspondent Writes Interest,"
 ingy of His Humorous Experiences.

Waycross, Ga, Sspt. 21.-Ccorrespon- dence Age Herald )-After a spirited round with "quarantlne gentleman from Montgomery and allowing afim to inspect my nervous system. probe for microbes, review my past life. samrie my breat tll, poting its color, observe my mean temperature, and provide himself with a lock of my hair for future ref erenoe and q souvenir of our meeting, I was permitted to fill an engagement with the proprietor of the union depot lunch works at Montgomery, and pass on"
 Since which I have been passing on with vh5w of reaching Savannah, but as the railroad corporation who has ben selected to carry passengers througa this fertile section of Georgia deems it more important to move slowly and give It's patrons an opportunity to see the miles of beautiful turpentine farms al in "llgh state of cultivation" I will not reach Savannah in time to more than catch the boat for New York which is to sail at l D. m.
 Breakfast at the Hotel Phoenix of this place is eaten by the traueler to Savan- nah mainly for the purpose of acquiring strength enough to again tussle with the quarantine officers who will favor you with his kind attention before you enter ths hospitable gates of that illustrious old town. think I will be able ito es- cape detention by allowing him to take a photo of my "vaccinate" and "diag- nose" the sears left by the Birmingham real estate fever which killed so many of our best citizens in 1SS6-7.
 By the way, how refreshing it is in .traveling to meet, as one nearly always does. with some young and effervescert spirit who is taking perhaps his first trip from the parental roof and to whom all the world seems an everlasting cinch. Observe the defiant air with which he springs right into the middle of the sit uation and proceeds to exercise a bran new snatc1rer and grapping hooks in laudible attempt at grappling with fate and snatching victory from defea7.
 Such a party has presented himself on this occasion, deftly announcing that he is from Thomaston, Ga, and is now en route to New York, Philadelphia and elsewhere where he will study botany. profanity, chemistry and incidentally how to make money.
 I look forward to the pleasure of being hived with this young person on board ship for two days with some misgivings, as he has already asked more questions than the entire quarantine service were able to suggest and we have not yet reached the balmy ocean breezes that loosen up and quickly develop renewed yigor on the question line. Howev5T, as it is right and proper that he should step into the arena with the exuberance of youth trickling down his spinal col umn and his system otherwise bristling with hope, I shall not insist on having him thrown overheard until we have been out at least twelve hours and then, of course, only by common consent.
 I expect ito see Matt Mynor while in New York and arrange with him to have Tammany Hall thoroughly fumigated, that there may be mo bad smell lurking around this most estimable and respecta- ble political fount
 By taking up this work where Denny Myers and Dr. Parkhurst left off think we can easily select good man to the office of Mayor of Greater New York
 A. R. D.