The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-08-20
A View of Our Wonderful Country by
Rail, Automobile and Steamer

are exquisitely beautiful so much so
as TO continually force acclamations
Of praise from some member of our
party.
The beauty without seemed to say:
We add our full share to the sweet
ness and comfort of the homo life
within"
Mammoth Barns
AS a rule the barns on the farms
are larger than the dwellings and in
their construction in many instances
they are all joined together, so when
visited by the fierce and furious
storms and Billiards of winter one
is not compelled to face the weather
10 care for his fowls and stock or to
repienish his table with viands or his
furnace with coal-they are all hous
ed under the same roof.
\ Shut in and Desolate in Write:
Pleasing to all appearances as are
these falms with their turreted acf;
inviting buildings they are not without
their drawbacks.
In conversation with a gentleman
IN the little town of Liberty, in Maine,
we were told that for four long and
weary months last winter he was lock-
ed within his home and scarcely saw
human being. The thermonctc'
81, cd steadily at 40 degrees below
zero. the lower doors and windows
i were barracaded with ice and snow,
and n one ventured out he was com,
psIled TO crawl out Of the upper win.
1ows OF attic.
That is the picture in winter.
Many opuIent Cities
We passed through many beautiful
and opulent cities and all presented y
scene Of great business activity; tbe
same dense throngs hurrying to and
fro as IL life and death depended upon
their movements; there were great
armies of work people, the bone and
sinew Of our commonwealth. clad in
overalls.
Y Every city seems opulent with fac
tories. When factories are built the
promoters seem never to consider the
possibility OF failure. We saw few
tumbled down. and abandoned factory
buildings but only few.
But there comes time when strih
es occur or when a factory closes
down-as was recently the case al
Akron. Ohio, when $4,000 factory
hands were suddenly thrown out OF
employment.
II is then that real suffering en-
sues.
Homes Of Former Citizens
Among the beautiful cities we pass
ed through were Syracuse, New York
the former home of the Munroes, and
Newton Highlands, the home of the
Chases.
To leave such beautiful homes TO en-
sage with us in pioneer building made
us increase our admiration for them.
Capital Buildings
We caught glimpses of the capitols
OF New York, Massachusetts, Connecti
cut and Maine.
All are imposing in appearance
That Of New York is remarkable fol
rs style of elaborate architecture.
However. il is not so magnificent as
one Of the places in Syria which was
Of such superlative magnificence, il
Arabian. legends speak true, that il
proved fatal to the architect; for the
king. fearing that he might plan one oi
Still greater splendor for some rival
monarch, had him thrown headlong
from the tower.
All our cities, especially New York
continue 10 erect palatial buildings
one towering above the others both in
height and grandeur
AT Auburn we caught a glimpse oi
the high, frowning walls that shut
their prisoners in from the world t.
live a life OF solitary confinement
I How unlike the prison farm Of Flor
ida where they are permitted Il
breathe Gods pure fresh air: wher.
they work in the fields without {
guard and sleep unrnolested withou
the elang Of chains.
The honor system proving so well il