The daily tribune., 1903-12-11
TRAVELS OF A
FLORENCE MAN
L. c. Bailey Gives Some In
teresting Information.
He Tells OF the Possibilities of the
Investor in Interesting
Happenings During His
Trip to the Island.
St. Louis. Mo. Oct. 30. 1908

railroad passing through five states /;
Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Miss
issippi and Alabama, nothing of i'm.
dinner that was served in the diner.
This was A l and we'll served The
bill Of fare is handed the passenger,
also slip of paper and a pencil, and
one is asked to write on the paper
the things he wishes. 1 remember
that which attracted my attention
was Red Snapper, baked. 1t looked
good to me SO l wrote on the paper
Baked Snapper one-tea-t
and trimmings. 1t occurred to me
that the female Snapper would be the
best. The Snapper is fine and
delicious fish that is caught in large
quantities on the coas. of Florida. and
is quite treat to the average land
lubber. " We landed at Mobile at
S:15, just twenty four hours from the
time we left Saint Louis. Ws were
booked TO leave Mobile at 10 O'Clock
on the Munson Steamship lines so j
had little chance to see the city. At
ten O'Clock we left the dock, passing
oGt through Mobile Bay, which is
long and wide body of water very
dirty and shallow The distance
across the bay is about thirty five
miles and the channel, for heavy draft
steamers. is very narrow, being only
wide enough for two boats 20 pass
each other in safety. Dredgers are
continuously at work on the channel
Light houses are placed about 1000
looked to me like lot of Chinese
lanterns strnng upon wire on very
large scale. Our boat was about 300
feet long by 60 feet wide aud as there
is but few passengers from the Mobile
point the boat is intended largely for
freight. Fortunately there were "A
passengers, three of them ladies.
Had the number been 10 l would not
have been here to tell the tale. By
dark we were out of sight of land
(this is no joke. it happened that
way 1t was easy for me to realize
that l was taking my first ocean voy.
age. We were all jolly and spent the
evening telling stories, singing songs.
ing jokes and asking each other
where they were going and how
long they were to be gone; not that
we cared a darn, it was just good
way to start conversation and get ac.
Iquainted The standing joke was a.
to who would sight New York first.
For che tenderfoot will explain that
when a person becomes sea sick and
starts for the boats railing to look
into the sea and "hesve too the sail
ors say it sounds as thor gin he were
saying New York. New York =
We bade each other good night and
went TO our staterooms happy in the
thought of bright and pleasant
voyage. had as partner in my
In the morning, about daylight, while
was in a dazed and dreamy condi
tion 1 heard someone saying New
York, New York. l was startled
from my dazed condition and raising
up / asked "What, are we there 2"
Well, my partner was. He was
"landed'' in good shape He finally
succeeded in dressing and lett the
room AS for myself. inside / felt a
sympathetic motion with the Sea
waves. In looking about my eye
caught sight OF large bucket. ]
knew that we were friends at once.
| jumped from the bed, seated myself
upon the floor and clasped that
bucket in my arms. For two straight
hours i hugged, fondled and caressed
that bucket and talked to it about
New York, New York At this
moment my Partner, Mr.. Lille.
looked in upon me. In a weak and
exhausted manner / raised my eyes to
his and said. my God! Where do
you think l am at?" He says now
by way OF excuse that it was forced
answer and sympathetic one oveI
which he had no control for he i'm.
mediately shouted, New York, New
York - l was monopolizing the
bucket and the only receptacle in
sight was my shoe. 1t caught it. Al
looked at the shoe I took occasion to
remark that my friend was anything
but Lilly. He turned and fled and
the sounds New York, New York
we're soon lost in the distapce. They
t d me later on that it required nj
bloodhound to track him-his trai
was easy to follow. All the pas
sengers were sick but one and as thu
say ing goes "we were all in the SAINT
boat to there WAS little chance TO