The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-20
THE GOVERNOR COMES TO-DAY
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When she was straight within the path
| way OF the river the Fifth Regiment band
/ began playing. and the crowds aboard,
numbering not a few, were as merry as
ever were the merriest Of knights in days
OF old, when spurs of gold We're the style
and fashion.
Inc decks were thronged with men, wo-
men and children. There was life and
ASht everywhere and the fun meaning of
the picnic dawned when the ships, schoou-
ers' barges and tugs along the river front
began saluting the steamship and run
nlng up their flags of all nations in gay
attire in honor OF the Pythians. 1t was
an Inspiration to view the scene from the
bow of the Nacoocnee. Every ship in port
| was gayly decked with co.ors
which Haunted themselves with
nervous culver in the breath
of the breeze With the stirring
airs of the Fifth Regiment band astern of
the ship, and the waving of handkerchiefs
from the side decks and the bow to the
responsive wavings of the crowds along
shore, there was a picture presented
which certainly should count for much
IN the convincing argument that Savan-
nah greets the Knights of Pythias with
sincere and Jealous qualification and de-
light and cordial hospitality.
Soon after the ship had swung herself
from the dock and started down the
river, the open house. committee, which
has been making itself so much felt at
the han of the Young Mems Hebrew AS
ISOLATION for the last two or three days,
flung wide the doors of the smoking
rooms of the ship and declared that they
We're at home to their friends This, in
plain and unvarnshed terms, meant
nothing more than that anything from
lemonade to the rarest of artillery punch
could be enjoyed for the asking, without
money and without price.
Was there any response to this invita-
tion?-well, rather! The jolly good Knights
fiocked to the scene of merriment and
conviviality with a great rush, and the
committee had to arrange for them to
enter by one door and pass right on out
of another in an opposite direction to pre-
vent friction, so great was the rush
thereof
The trip was a delightful treat There
was a stiff, cool breeze blowing, and the
sun beamed down, but without ungentle
severity. 1t was a perfect day, and the
knights, with their friends, reveled in the
en1oyments of the excursion with unstint-
ed enthusiasm and zeal
The Nacoochee glided with liveliness and
speed down the river to the blue waters of
the ocean, and when the high waves of the
Atlantic began to give unpleasant evidence
of the presence of old Neptune there was,
naturally, some murmurings of discomfort
aboard. But these did not last long.
The fellow who beats the big bass drum
for the band went out on a strike, for he
declared he could never beat that roll.
There was plenty of rocking for awhile
which seemed to be furnished by the fates
for the occasion, especially for the bene-
fit of the Knights who hail from interior
towns. They clenched their teeth and de-
clared that they enjoyed every minute of
it-but, nevertheless, they kept looking
back to see if lard was out of sight
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haps, six or seven miles beyond Tybee
light house. 1t was a very delightful little
voyage and was hugely enjoyed by the
Sir Knights and all of their friends