Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-02-15
FROM FLORIDA
Mr.. Morse Writes About His
Southern Trip.
Delsnd, Fla, Feb. 9th, 1900.

EDITOR PREss:-As many of my
friends requested me to write them
when / reahced my destination, with
your permission will give them a
short description OF my trip, through
the columns of your worthy paper, as
/ do not feel at present like writing
each of them personally, but will say
right here, that it will he great pleas
ure to me to receive letters from all Of
my friends while here, and l will
promise to answer every one l get.
Well, beginning at my first l must
confess when the 11:45 train pulled
out of Marion Monday, Feb. 9th, it
bore away at least one sad heart, for
as took my last look over the little
town that contained every thing that
was dear to my heart, and then think
ing of the many miles that would sooD
separate us, could not keep from
wiping a tear from my eye, and when
DIR, r. L. Moore got off that train at
Order it would not have taken much
pursuading for me to have followed
him. bit my lips and eaid to my
s,lf that if the train staid on the
track and I lived 1 would battle in
the Atlantic ocean before I returned.
My first stop was Princeton-here
l cat a splendid dinner with Mrs.
Dorr; leaving Princeton at 2:55 l ar
rived at Hopkinsville at Ais, here l
stopped over Monday night and took
the train Tuesday morning for
Nashville, here l had thirty minutes
to see the sights and change cars for
Atlanta, Ga. We stopped 20 minutes
at Chattanooga for dinner, and as l
mad eat breakfast at 5:30 and it was
now 3 o'clock in the afternoon, 1 felt
like making a full hand. Here l got
my first new tomat ,es, lettuce and
other vegetables. The next town l
will mention is Gainesville, Ca, the
home Of Rev. Sam Jones, this q beau.
titul little town. We arrived at At
lanta at 7:30, here we have another
hour to eat supper and change care
for Macon. Macon is just 100 niles
from Atlanta; We passed through this
city at night, but from the looks Of
the depot and all that 1 could see it is
a splendid town of As, 900 inhabitants.
We changed cars here again for Vala-
dosta, this town ia ISL miles below
Macon or 251 miles below Atlanta;
here | had to lay over all day. II
stopped at what they said was the best
hotel in the town, it was a,,large frame
two story building, reminded me some
what of the Crittenden Springs hotel,
but not quite 30 large, with large
wood fire places and they burn pine
wood when they need a fire. They
had quite political discussion all
day, they talked as much about Tsy-
Tor and Goebel as the boys in Marion
do, and every man but one thought
that Bryan would be the next presi-
dent.
/ left Valadosta Wednesday at p.
m. for Jacksonville, Fla. This run of
10 miles was made in 81 hours, bring
log us 10 Jacksonville at $50 p. m.
Something near 40 miles below Vala.
dosta flows the SWannee river; The
Swannee is about rs yards wide where
we crossed and We learned from an
old hunter who was aboard and who
told us he was rs } ears old, that only |
5 miles away in the great swamp from
whence this river emerges that there
still exist plenty of black bears, wild
cats and wolves; he said he had spent
all of his life in and around thete
swamps. He told us many thrilling |
hunting stories of his younger days,
which we're very interesting to us.
We stayed in Jacksonville 143 hours
This is a city of about 30, 900 inhabi-
tants; we put in all the time we could
here seeing the free sights, one place
that attracted our attention most was
a place where they sold all kinds of
leather and she'll goods made from
Aligators skins and sea shells. Here
they had on exhibition live aligators
from the length Of a mans hand to
the length of Coon Jennings; all kinds
OF snakes and many other things