The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-09
BELLEEIEW ITEMS FROM
ALONG THE COAST
That Much Discussed Trip il Stern
Reality


/ Minnie and did not want 10 take
+. this trip. but in compliance with the
: wishes OF our friends. We consented.
1t was an awful hard job 10 get on
that train al Belleview, but by be-
ing actually forced on the train by
fifteen or twenty of our friends, We
decided 10 go it. come what may.
/ With the company OF several
/ friends we managed TO keep awake
until we reached Jacksonville. We
got out Of the depot gate before our
/ friends came to meet US. but a call
on the phone soon brought them
back TO the depot. and the services
of big seyen-passenger touring car,
with three fine girls for company.
was ours for the day. We covered
Jacksonville from stem TO stern
| Springfield, the10-mile belt, Ortega,
Riverside and every where the fancy
Of five good looking girls could i'm
agine.
Say. that steamer Suwannee is
some boat. a full passenger list
made an enjoyable crowd, one of the
most distinguished being Rev earn
| lie, district superintendent of the NJ.
E. church. who people tell me, takes
trip Of a thousand miles with the
same sang froid that other peo-
pie take a trolley ride.
l wonder how that will look in
print?
We done Savannah, or rather Saw
annah done Us. We went to Thun-
derbolt-it amt so bad as it sounds
its a nice place We went to that
famous cemetery, Buena Vista-it
certainly is beautiful place. but it
was too dead for US. SO we left and
took in the town
Savannah has Jacksonville skinned
a block so far as streets are concern
ed. The smooth asphalt pavements
make one feel like they were in
heaven. when rolling along in a big
touring car with 81 inch tires.
Hatteras was in its best mood.
When we passed we never said
| word-we were asleep.
Norfolk is a tumble. don't think
much of it. but say, that navy yard
across the river in Portsmouth, is
something to look at. The relics of
war laying around made me feel like
taking one Of those cannon balls and
having it mounted for a breast. pin.
!, ;C1,-
well worth looking at.
Old Point Comfort stands out
bleak and lonesome. like a sentry
watching. who goes and comes. and
do not want to see Newport News
any more.
There is too much business for me
in Baltimore, besides it was Sunday.
Now we should have gone to church.
but we did not. Nope-we went
fright over to the Pennsylvania Rail-
!rOad depot and bought a return tick
ct to Washington We went on one
OF those trains that has a fancy name
and none travel on it without the
lpriCe of a seat in chair car. We
rolled off the distance in IS minutes
land when We would hit a tunnel We
would wink the other eve. Say,
that was some travelling; that train
made our Seaboard Limited look like
la freight standing still on a siding
| have a cousin in Washington.
Her husband is connected with one
of the departments. and he draws
down something less than a million
dollars per year. And they spent
part of it showing US TWO country
kids some Of the town.
That depot cost way up in the mill
lions and is a work of art as we'll as
some convenient Minnie and | stood
there and watched the thousands of
people going and coming, and | won
dered if every one know where they
were going. and just then my cousin
came along and We hit for the high
places. Now when We struck Penn
sylvania avenue my thoughts revert
ed to that patron saint of yours.
mean Mr.. Claude L'Engle, where he
was described in Dixie with his ever
watchful eye. Say. no wonder he
has nervous prostration. Why, if he
was to try to watch two persons on
opposite sides of that street, he
would soon be cross-eyed, and l know
he is not. Why, PeRna. avenue is so
wide that you could drop the whole
of Belleyiew down in the middle Of
it and there would be room TO go
around. They keep policemen out in
the middle Of it to keep people from
getting lost and to direct them from
one side to the other.
Well, Washington is some city.
We saw what our limited time would
allow, and hit for Baltimore and our
steamer.
There is one thing fixed indelibly