The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-15
HARRIS, JR., SEES BIG CITY
Beautiful Demonstration in Poughkeepsie- Governor
Speak-GoeS to New York and Sees BattIeships.

| Broadway theater. 1t was very fine.
heard one of the catchiest pieces that
l ever heard, and it has been ringing
in my ears ever since. Il have rings
on my fingers, bells on my toes" etc.
After the show we again promenad-
ed up and down Broadway, noting the
many people coming from the many
different theaters. 1t was so late be-
fore we thought about going to a ho-
| tel to stop for the night that we reg
istered at least ten times. and yet
could get no rooms: so then we went
down town and Jared no better. They
were all full. Then we went to the
Churchill. 1t was full. Saw Marcus
Franks name on the register, but he
was asleep. The proprietor told us
of two or three places where we
might get rooms, but our search was
all in vain, so we Went back to the
Churchill about $3.50; asked the pro-
prietOr if anybody had left on any of
the early trains, and as i'll luck would
have it, none had done so. The clerk
told us if we would go to a hotel
across the street over a saloon he
thought we might get a room. But
just as we got to the door three sail
ors were ahead of us, and got the
last room, but the man was good to
us, and permitted us to sleep in the
smoking room. l had a bed made of
three cushion chairs, and the three
hours sleep did me lots of good. The
proprietor charged us nothing, but We
forced so cents on MIN, and thanked
him profusely for his kindness.
We then went to Child's restau-
rant and got child's breakfast. (Our
finances we're getting low. We went
out to 127th street, on the subway, to
Charlie ChazaIs room, and woke him
up; also saw Willie Bullock, and both
were glad to see someone from Ocala.
After staying with them for a while
we then went further up town and
called on Mrs. Burford, but failed to
see Robert Allen (now ensign) Bur-
ford, of the man-of-war New Jersey.
Got a glimpse of a very pretty girl
visiting Mrs. B., but I'm not saying
"a word.
Bidding Mrs. Burford goodbye, we
then went down to see the Singer
building, and saw all the tall buildings
down town. Went through Trinity
church, saw the ancient burial ground
with its tombstones and faded inscrip-
tons: went down Wall street, and
went into the Consolidated Stock Ex-
change on Broad street. OF course we
did not make a fortune, as the pool
ings of the three of us now amounted
to less than So. The Stock Exchange
is a beautiful building. 1t cost ST.
100000. 1t has a membership of 1900,
and the trades its membership repre-
sents are railroad and industrial
stocks and bonds, mining shares, etc.
1t looked very amazing to us to see
these hundreds of people halloaing,
shaking their heads, pulling their hair,
some looking happy and some the re-
verse. and as their fingers would go
up and down it looked to me like a
game of thumbs up" The proceed
ings were all Dutcn to us.
We went from there on down to the
river and got on a boat to take a peep
at the different battleships that were
lying in the harbor. 1t took us nearly
an hour to get to the first boat. 1t
was a foreign iron-clad. The last that
we passed before reaching those of,
Uncle Sans navy was the ''Inflexi-
BILE" the finest battleship in the bar;
Dor. We then came to our ships, and
they were certainly a great sight, and
were worth the trip many times. The
New Jersey and the Georgia are an
chored next to each other, anil both
are very big boats, the Georgia being
the largest. Was sorry that we did
not get to go on the New Jersey, and
so were disappointed in not seeing En-
sign Burford, but was glad to see the
fleet.
When we got back we went right
on to the New York Central lepot,
and reaching Poughkeepsie were
thankful that our credit was good for
a supper, for we were tired AMI hun
Srv F II JR