The Penn's Grove record., 1900-11-30
where to night lam banging flies and
ssskeetcrs'' 10 beat the band.

CarTabelle has / 900 Inhabitants who
live of Of the Yankees in the winter,
and of Of each other in the summer. I
did not see anything of interest in that
place sayea few chamelions chasing
each other. around the portico post. at
the house whore I took my dinner. I
thought II Juan Ponce Leon when he
discovered Florida had struck Cara
belle first be would have Immediately
turned his ships prov toward Spain,
and begged forgiveness from Queen Is
abella, for selling her Jewels to start
him on his voyage. The Crescent City.
. swell side wheeler, carried me from
CarrabelIa to Apalachicola. across the
Bay. where / found comfortable quar-.
tiers, at the Fuller Hotel, owned and
managed BY q colored man, Mr.. s. Jen-
kins. The cuisine Of this Hotel is ell
egant in all respects. No hotel IN the
West Coast can complete with to APP
pointment consequence is, the Hotel
issalways crowded, and the manager
and owner has the confidence and re-
spect of every one. No colored people
are entertained here.
Crescent City has $500 inhabitants,
and is governed by a Mayor and CouD.
Gil. Last May q destruction fire occur
ed here burning seventy-three houses,
and, Of course the city looks very I'M
inviting for tourist to stop over in. I,
found two statesmen from Philadelphia
here upon my arrival, and when they
saw my name upon the register, came
up and made themselves acquainted.
One Of the gents, M. A. Myer, lives
within three blocks of the writer in
Philadelphia. The other gent, Mr..
John Boyer, is connected with Hood
Foulkrod & Co., of 18th & Market st ,
Hhila. Mr.. Boyer with an assistant,
4fr. Clarence Smith, a young Florida
9racker, came into the city with Is
sample trunks and the people thought a
theatrical troops was coming into town.
Both Mr.. Mayer and Boyer did a nice
business in this place, selling nearly or
quite 5000 worth Of goods, which
speaks well for our near BY city, Phila-
delphia.
There are several large saw mills
here, and many thousands Of feet of
pine and cypress, are shipped from this
port. The great draw back is, the lnm-
Der has to be lightered to the vessels
some % to 80 miles out in the Bay.
Great quantities OF oysters are opened
and from 100 to $50 Shuckers are en-
ployed daily. One cannery is establish
cd here, by John and Geo. Ruee, who
make a speciality Of canning oysters,
but owing to the poor condition Of the
oysters. have not started up yet. Very
few fish are taken here now, not enough
to pay writer, SO in a few days ( will
hunt pastures anew.
The weather is certainly lovely, just
like our early July weather, still you
know how it is. there's no place like
home. It would certainly make Bucke-
lup Smiths heart go pit-a-pat to hear
the frogs croaking close by. and l am
sure he could make q fortune il he could
find sale for them. The Bay is at some
points covered with ducks and geese,
and it is q common sight to see gunners
60 by carrying anywhere from 30 TO 40
ducks, apiece. How about that al
McCiilli I am told deer aud wild turk
ey are also plentiful, within 3 or 4
dhoataJ ride, but not being a sportsman,
fiko Ho0kesJ Ohns0n, or John Jess, pass
6lho pleasure OF hunting To one side.
next move will probably be lower
tie Cult Of Mexico where at this
zS3666f the yeYr fish of all kinds are
more Plentiful. To my friends, (Grits)
Jack GuIin and (Pont.) VIM. H. Davis,
I wish to say, do not start your sturgeon
nets down here for what few sturgeon
that did not get caught and sent to
New York, have all gone to Sea.
Ny friend James E. Smalley / pre-
sumo is satisfied with the election. If
not when the silver orator comes bab-
bing up again as he will, if his party
will allow it, he again can have the
pleasure OF casting and loosing his vote.
Jim I am glad my vote counted q Of
course, I know my friend and near by
neighbor, the foreman of the RECORD
is tired Of setting type. So / will close.
Should you see Mr.. Clark Petit, of
Hedgeield nurseries. or Sheriff Vanne.
man. kindly tell them I'll take that lit.
tie bill given mi through McKinley's
election, when I get back to PENIS
Grove. More soon.
G.. d. SHANNON.