The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-08-12

J cey knows, for he has been pullin
thin legs for years.
heard several speak on the Aldricl
bill; Bailey, of Texas, Beveridge, o
! Indiana, the greatest debater on tn
republican side but 1lllman, of Soutl
Carolina, took the cake. He is N,
style exactly. l laid over Sunday t
hear him on Monday, and 1 felt wei
repaid. The gallery was packed, al
standing room taken, and the way he
handed it to them was amusing, but
no applause is allowed in the gallery
In the House of Representatives
did not know anyone except Hepburn
of Iowa, and the Speaker. | did not
see Uncle Joe's big cigar, but
thought, "Ah, yes, Dear Uncle Joe
the farmer from Illinois the pumpkin
husker." That might do to tell some
people, but where he has them all
skinned is that he husks the pumpkin
husker Now, do not understand that
believe everybody is crooked and
| dishonest, for don't. | have not lost
confidence in the people. | believe
that there are more good, honest PEG.
pie than there are bad and dishonest
ones. | am optimistic. ] .e,ieve we
are on the eve of the brightest day OF
| civilization. The mills of the gods
| grind slowly but surely.
From Washington | went to the old
est town in the U. s., st. Augustine,
Fla, which | had always had desire
to see. On the way l stopped at
| Charlotte, N. c., and in rambling
| around noticed monument in front
| of the court house. upon reading the
inscription | learned that it was in
honor of the signers OF the first de-
claration of Independence. Now, l
never knew that there was more than
one Declaration of Independence, but
| the people of ". C. declared thier in
dependence of King George May 20,
1775. Good! Hurran for c.
Their emblem was hornets nest
inscribed with Leave Us Alone" /
also saw the mouse where Stonewall
Jackson lived, and Mrs. Jackson still
lives there. Then | went to Savannah,
Geogia, and saw the automobile races.
Seven machines started and four fin
ished, the winner making $50 miles
in 3S4 minutes. Wien | arrived in
st. Augustine had only one afternoon
in which to see the sights, for | was
to go to work next morning. | first
went to the alligator farm. They
have an enclosure near the beach in
which the alligators of all lengths,
from one inch to 16 feet. We visited
the light house, and while | did not
think there was much to be seen In
such a place, but found that 1 was
mistaken. Their lamp there contains
over $4,000 worth of cut glass. Here
the first church was built, santa Fe
claims the honor, but | believe this Is
the older. 1t was built in 1549 by the
Catholics, has been repaired several
times and looks like all other old
churches. I went 20 the ruins of the
old fort, which was built of rock that
could be worked with edged tools
when taken from the quarry, but after
being exposed TO the air hardens like
cement. II remember rightly 1t
took 300 years to build 1t. During the
Spanish-American war they put some
of the American soldiers in there and
some of the young fellows from the
middle west were going to dig out
and they just let them dig. when
they were released the authorities
showed them how impossible it would
be to get out that way for the walls
are fifteen feet thick. | suppose they
| had read several Diamond Dick stor
| les, had smoked hedge roots, corn
| silk, etc, and had run over to the de-
pot to see the train come in many
times and they were going to do won
ders. Ha, Ha.
st. Augutine has the typical Span
| ish streets-narrow and the walks
| only wide enough for two people IN
| many places. The buildings are prac-
tically all modern. The hotels are
| fine OF which the Ponce de Leon is
| the grandest and is owned by Mr.. Flag
| Ter, who is a railroad magnate and IS
| building the Florida East Coast line
across to the Keys. Miles and miles
of the track is built in the ocean and
| it is the greatest engineering feat in
| the U. S. Then | went down to New
Smyrna, $50 miles south or st. ugus
tine. When | got off the train saw
an old lady sitting on an orange box
lecturing the boys who were standing
around her, upon the evils of cigarette
smoking, and | said to myself, I'll be
that is Carrie Nation, and sure enough
it was. | bought souvenir hatchet.
1t is strange who a man VIII run
across in the jungles when he has no
gun.
From Florida | went to New York
| City and stayed about four months.
was there six years ago and saw
about all the sights / wanted to, so
went to work | went to the top OF
the Singer building, which is 612 feet
| high, Al stories. Brooklyn bridge loks
small from that height and the ~
story buildings look very little.
looked off to the west but could not
| distinguish Iowa. Then | went to