The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1898-02-17
AoMARp,s lMPREssIoNs.

In recent issue Of the Boston sun
day Globe, Howard, the well known
journalist, tells what he thinks Of
Brunswick and Jekyl lslagd, afler'a
caFsory glance at both lIowasa's let
ter is so uniquely interesting that
THg TlmEs devotes considerable space
to itthls morning. While the writ
ten Impressions OF the newspaper man
are, IN general say, complimentary,
there is tone Of mild reproof in some
o. his observations that ought to be
taken 10 heart ~ those who are inter
eased n the Improvement 81 our city
Howard reached brunswick on one
u our bnlmy anmmar-in.w winter days
lie says:
| had bere all the angry roar, the
Wild comm0tiOn and the raging winGs
! cared for. SO accepting the oourte-
Gus invitation OF a member OF the
Jekyi Island club, hied me hence.
Scooting through New York. New
jersey and Maryland and Washing
ten. thence by the Southern railway
h 0us h Virginia, North Carolina and
south Carolina to Georgia, and BY the
Florida Central 10 Brunswick, the cold
melted literally by degrees, 80 that
when left the cars, palatial IN the
true sense OF the term and literally
supplied with every convenience OF
first GLASS hotel, WAS glad | was SO
near The delivery OF my trunk that !
might array myself in the thiDnest Of
summer togs. Lumber, lumber every
where. | saw it 10 forests on either
side The roads, | saw II l0AdH in hum
dreds Of cars, saw il hauled to the
docks, whore, finatinC IN harh0r al
large as that whiot makes New York
so supreme an anchorage, lay three OF
the finest f0ursmasted clippers I ever
saw. You and ! recall The time when
the sight Of one OF these grace
al iriumphs Of naval architecture
drew crowds OF curious spectators and
interested students I confess / was
e'ated beyond ordinary measure, as,
beneath the American flag. enumer
ased the beauties OF These magnificent
outputs from he shipyards Of my
country
In the next paragraph, Howard
touches upon our uneven payements
proving that these little things are
the very ones that attract the attsn
ton Of The traveler. The "city
fathers9 should take hint from
lloward's reference:
While waiting for the cub yacht to
take us 10 the island, We drove about
brunswick, an old-fashioned, sadly
1 pt town with wide streets full Of
dust, brick payements OF uneven
grade. and here and there park and
frequent arhoric developments most
remarkable, indeed, unique Trees
such So are not found 10 the forests, 4
kind, Of oak, attracted my attention
by their size and their apparent NAL
formation, One in particular, called
the lovers oak, covers with It's shade
fuli bali acre OF ground, its many
branches rlYaling the fun grown
trunks Of ordinary size.
The writer thinks that JekyI ls
very nice place in its way, Judging
BY the following:
Along the length OF psrhaps
thousand yards are the buildings
erected by the Jekyl island club and
Its individual members-a quaint
club house, laid out after the fashion
OF an English country house, with
wide halls, spacious rooms, a large
restaura0ut and every suggestsbie
convenience that 8 man OF leisure
could possibly desire; a large apart-
meut house, and several not particu-
iaEly attractive cottages, with one
small brick house, a magnificent flag
pole and something like nifty miles Of
shell roads, interwin6ing throu gh the |
various sections OF the island, cult