The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-06-28
Rom FLORIDA
| TO NORFOLK
r uardesty Sees Sights on
y His Vacation Trip.
Ns|TING WASHINGTON
.,oo Letter Setting Forth a flori-
r.,s Adventures While EnrOute
and Absent from Ills State,

Washington, ~ N.' o"'' 49, ''"''
IitOr ST. LucIE TRIBUNE;
Mar s;r-I left Sebastian at II IN,
wondav the 10Th inst, with Il "sixly'
y ticket to Norfolk and return, 1t
and il my intention t" take IN tho
10 At Jamestown, but my itinerary
Itemplated visiting this city first ano
taking of the exposition ON my re-
N account of "hot boxes and tang
schedules, we were two hours be-
4 time, reaching Norfolk at 1890 p.
on Tuesday, instead of $50, Luck
o,,r train was not "ditchcd' or "tcl-
kOped" or any other fearful thing-ed,
40 not think that any of those in
"kvar" met any aggrayating per-
Al annoyance except myself W"
. climbing along through eastern
Ftb Carolina at about Il fifty mile
D when two or three sharp snurts
bur iron horse caused number OF
ID look out of the window, and in
IN less time than il takes To tell It,
cap-bought for the trip started
on an independent voyage Of dlSrov-
This was of course quite an AN
lance, still like almost every adverse
Ilrrence in liie had its compensation.
Compensation in this case was that
Veet Miss at the window south of
e escaped, (but narrowlyD having
beautiful hat crushed 10y my lying
gear. She lodged, after the cap
passed. like We used to do in battle
the bullet had gone by! lnvolun-
N looked around at her just in time
Encounter one of the dearest little
Fns! Well, this had its compcnSa-
also; for As her eyes wandered up
from mine, and noted how literally
nicely my hair was parted in the
lle, her eyes so'tcned and Il lovely
pushed the pout from her Ii pS
rie NE, if | were % and heart free
BAD of s. and in love, there is not Il
bt that | would have been willing to
W cap out of the window every
OF the road if each cap could buy
a smile! And after that We talked!
got quite cool before we reached
ok and ! had to walk bareheadcd
rain to get a cab, but my heavy
OF hair prevented any serious in
enience.
avlng Jacksonville at about 3 p. M,
Alght was consumed in passing the
Under of North Florida, east Geor-
md South Carolina, to Charleston,
We reached at about 100 u. m.
balance of the run to Norfolk, en-
'he last 20 or 30 miles, was in day
l. OF course, had IA good opportun-
observe the condition Of the coun-
ordering the Atlantic Coast Line
Ray,
Ups OF all kinds seemed to be very
WARD | saw many farmers plant
Fo'ton even in South Carolina, and
vi the eleventh of June! And many
Fahd acres Of corn was not large
y 10 take the first working with
noe' 1t seemed that more than
~ the towns on the road had cot
aclor'es, especially in North Caro-
anu factories of all kinds were
III evidence. Immense saw mills
frequently passed.
etewas one feature in marked con-
W the East Coast Of Florida, and
was that in passing through the
'aS l saw but one "turpentine
Ut 'orchard"--God save either
however, much of the people
eastern Carolinas may have ex-
= .nelr pine lands in the past. 1t
'a',, lhat no gum bunch" is ut
!" literally and fguratively sap
'"e'r pine lands. And this is true
!" when we consider the rapid
81 IN which all parts of our coun-
oe'ng deforested.
'"e evening of the 18th | boarded
"er Tor Washington. AS a con-
"'e The trip up the Chesapeake
"' beautiful Potomac was made at