The Republican journal., 1906-04-26
FROM FLORIDA TO MAINE.

-. ,.p home. From the tropical cline
y r0orda to Maine, still in its winter
.,f snow, is something of con-
u. side trip to Key West will be
subject of another letter. | left
.. Beach April End. 1t was an ideal
..o.r. with a soft breeze blowing in
.. ine sea. Boarding the train for
~. north | took leave of this pretty
,o-sern resort. The trip up the coast
..rtle Florida East Coast railway Of
.. st,gactive scenery, but the white
49,. .. florida sands which Sits into
,a,- is one of the discomforts the
s.a#, has to endure. Our first stop
.. t.r little town of Jupiter, one Of
oldest settlements on the lower
So, 4,t The Government has erect
H.. .-.tnouse here, high on the sand
... FerIuoking the Atlantic ocean.
.... important hunting and fishing
... l4G the settlement is steadily
.... stuart is another town which
...i ming into prominence, espec-
.. NJ tile fact that eX- President
. . who has been coming here
.wber of years. has bought a
and here and will build viii
. The town is beautifully stu
.Ne south bank of the st. Lucie
... is might be inferred, it offers
.. uucements to the sportsman. |
IenSon are two important |
. is claimed that it was in
.t Arst pineappleS were raised
orida mainland 1t is now
ned of pineapples. and for %
... of the village the railway
.- ,rs through fields of growing
4ere are many other interest
teHs offering attractions to the
lch we have not space to
~. ed at Jacksonville, 301 miles
u Beach, in the evening and
So connection with New York
Ia Limited, one of the best
ming north over the Southern
$3.50 md were soon comfortably
... ,uI the ride of night and
hmond, Virginia. We arrived
1o1d about 8 p. m. April Sd.
WAS not as far advanced in
~ through which we passed
ss time last year, but on many
nations blowing was going
North Carolina we saw the
.-. blossoms OF the peach trees
aUte blooms of the plum trees.
-~-4 through Georgia and the
rt of South Carolina in the
thmOnd is an historic place
much of interest to the wri-
LAY before our arrival April
deserved as Emancipation day |
was said to have been at least |
.. --loes in the city. They marched
Ire streets singing and with
ing, gathered on the corners
1 speeches by colored orators,
time apparently owned the
b. ,day morning, April 18th, we
steamer Pocahontas for a
the historic James river to
assing many places of inter
rrh brief stops were made.
-.. en- were Pickett's Landing,
Itl. Shirley, the homestead of
rginia family of Carriers,
- mother of Gen. Robert E.
~, Berkeley, Westover and
the scene of the earliest
Element on the continent.
presents to the passing
vista of several thousand
el-tilled land, much of it re-
i- nom the marsh by its late
.-. Mr. Edward E. Barney, then |
a.a.- ot the Virginia Navigation
l lust west of the fine new
..- sen the tangled copse, above
-cts the heavy brick tower
t church built in America,
la
'w the earth ramparts of a
fort. The storms of CEN
-' engulfed in the stream a
.t part of the original town,
1903 1907, Of which abundant
a'- visible in the fields just be-
vi. Uurch tower. 4 mass of
4@ jon the shore once formed a
'' ltain John Smiths powder
-'-' Not far from the wharf is
".-' idence which is notable as
LIP o.rs abitable house in the United
'@.7s 4.ug from 1910. Its builder
70" -.oaI cary, whose great grand
'E '- Nary Cary, was courted in
'. y general Washington. 1t has
s partially destroyed several times,
W a' areu rebuilt. jamestown was
""9s1 dunng the Bacon Rebellion, in
WV j ip tins historic place the steam
'Ppled with pure water from
'"'l- ar'esian wells, and also with
''.| ayl+ delicacies. 1t is but a short
,''-.- U.and from jamestown land
' .7 ancient city of Williamsburg,
'7 Of William and Mary College,
"a> founded in 1892. Mrs.
.'.a Barney, the present owner