The Pensacola journal., 1909-12-19

while the Don enjoyed his siesta, OF
smoked cigarettes and entertained the
transient guest. for hospitality was
marked feature Of life among these
PeOpIe-Hot only friend and relative,
but the sOjOuTninE stranger was wet
come to the shelter OF their roof.
Were Not "HustIers."
But with all their Christian hospi-
tality. inherent loyalty and ChivalTUus
sense of honor. the Spanish, or Creole.
"a term often misappIed 10 quadroOns
or half breeds, whereas il really means
the Spanish or French COlOnist or
their descendants Inhabitants could
not be called "hustleTS.' II colonial
days every settlement as a general
thing manufactured according to its
necessities, but here only such COms
mOdities were locally manufactured as
could not be conveniently obtained
elsewhere. Mobile being basic point
OF supply. Even after American OCs
cUpancy, the primitive, leisUTely sim
pliCity of the Spanish settlement pre-
dominated for many years. Here was
the universal brotherhood without So
cialistic horrors. When a man enc
tered into business his aim was tu
make a living, not to amass wealth.
How little the spirit Of seIhshUeSs and
creed prevailed in the business
methods of that period can be gath,
cred from the fact that a merchant
/ thought nothing of sending a would.
! be customer across the street to trade
/ at another establishment because hq
was reading his newspaper and did
not care to be disturbed. Let us supS
pose this very absorbing issue NAV
have been The Vase, tiny twelve
by twelve and a half sheet. printed
in Pensacola, a copy of which, dated
July 25th, 1898, is now before me. The
prospectus as outlined on the first
p, page, stated that the paper was de-
voted TO morality, literature. and thu
i arts and sciences. which, let us hope
p were not IS limited as their advocate,
In another column We find this
poetic effusiOn. which has a suggestion
Of midnight serenade and tinklins
guitar:
{ To Sonora.
OH thou art beautiful, far IOv'Iier
b than the flowers
That blossom in lights sweet ecstacy
II in summer hours;
Thy smiles are fairer than the rays
that melt upon the skies
When meath the setting suns last
| Dedm the SNOWY tlOuOleL lleSs
And when thy lips are opened, a charm
around them grows.
With. every thTOk the warming blood
| its Joyous pulses throws;
| And sweet thy thoughts enchantments~
| are, as the golden words
| Which keep within the heart the
music of its chords.
| COntentus parvum praeditus ViTtum.-
| (FOT The Vase).
After this comes the advertisement
| OF DR.. R B. HaTgis As was customary
at that time, the paragraph was OTna-
mented with pestle and mortar, to de-
note that the aforementioned was q
dispenser Of drugs.
In later years DR.. r. B. Hargis be-
came prominent in medical circles as
an Investigator and authority on yell
7 low fever, its origin and treatment.
+ It is, in a great measure, to these re-
/ searches that the city OF Pensacola IS
indebted for It's present immunity from
! the mUCh-drCaded sCOuTge.
Connection by Rail.
It was not until after the civil war,
I that any permanent connection was
made by rail with inland towns. ais.
( though as early as 1896 northern enter
prise and capital projected a road
reaching inland as far as Montgom-
! cry, but the scheme fell through, and
/ journeys were still made in the old
colonial stage coach OT-fOr the moro
( impatient WayfaTeT-on horseback,
+ the ride and tie" method being
adopted when the party Of travellers
/ exceeded the number Of available
/ horses. AprOpOs of this Il story IS
/ told Of two men who started on a
Journey with one horse between them.
After the stages were mutually az
I ranged, the first man to ride proceed
ed on his way until reaching the tree
+ designated in their agreement, as the,
point at which the horse was 10 be-
tied for the other mans use when he
/ should arrive at that spot But iu-
stead Of tying the horse the first rider
( spurTed him round the tree In such
way as TO give the ground the ap-t
+ pearance Of having been trampIcd, he
( rode to the end Of the journey, Icav-t
/ ing his partner under the impression
that the animal had broken away.
I A second, though shorter road. was
/ completed just IN time to be destroyed
+ ar the opposing factions i'm the struggle
/ for Southern independence. Only those
I VINO lived in the South at the time
! can understand the conditions existing
! in Pensacola at the close of the war
/ MANY who with their families had fed
! to inland cities now returned TO their
homes TO find the hearthzf0Ua bare
/ tho Larcs and Penates thrown down.
( Fortune, invested in human flesh,
/ scattered 10 the wiude-tHCEo who
/ hitherto had known nothing but az
/ fluent ease were reduced TO q peuni-
: less irdigCnCe. What were broad
/ acres. with no money 10 hire labor
. and no slaves to work them2 To the
/ patorfamilias came tho problem Of
providing, and many q man must
have stood agbast at though. Of the
. difficult task before him Here ucce5.
. sly became more than the mother q
/ invention and brought to the surface
/ some Of the dormant traits that have
. since kept the city af1Oar through vi5t<
( tations Of fire and pestiIenCe- The
! rF-r-y EuH 1Cr-E v-Hrv7 rs1lTl must Hn=FTF