Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-07-01
ct. AUGUSTINE FL oRIDA
BY JAMES FAUX.

is located the fort which is one of the
chief charms of this old city as there
IS monument to the prowess OF
Spain when she was mistress of the
New World Looking in towards
the main part of the city from such
fort in the section of the old city
which was destroyed largely by fire
a few wears ago and a good deal OF
which. especially on the waterfront
has been replaced with modern no.
tells and palatial residences with spa
cious grounds well marked off with
regular street line fronts. This is a
main point of travel to tourists who
come to the city and the hotels along
this front do thriving business es-
pecially with the tourists.
st intervals each dav we see the big
Tourist buses come In from Jack SON.
vile loaded with sightseers who are
making the round trip from that
city and having explained to them
by skilled guides all the points of
interest to st. Augustine and they
g all over it. At one time we met
them threading their way through
the old narrow street. which we
have described, viewing those old
shops and houses.
One OF tie most interesting side
features which ST. Augustine has to
show is the alligator farm over on
the island which rs crossed by "a
bridge at the foot OF the main street
aud the trolley line runs over there a
distance but our party go over in
autos and busses provided by the hos
pital commercial body. The island
| is low sandy one with groth of
bushes on it that on the ocean side
are twisted and leaning over from
the wild beat of the winds which
lash them as they come in off of the
troubled sea. We peer through this
underground at places as we ride a.
long and see the beach on which the
waters of the Atlantic are rolling.
| The alligator farm is fenced up
and has an entrance house through
which we pass without paying the
usual fee and see many interesting
fishes, CATERS, etc. stuffed into al
most life like figures triumphs of the
taxerdermists art Then slight
walk and we are out where the alli-
gators have their home. This is a
new farm compared to the one at
Jacksonville which we visited, but is
much larger one, having greater
number OF the alligators and some
arger and older specimens. They
have quite long stretch OF creek or
ravine here into which they have
fountains for letting in water and
there the CATERS are stretched out
crawling or lying 10 heaps or groups
to numbers which astonish and stag
ger the mind as to where they ever
got so many OF them. They give
them such old ages, like 100 to 300
years old that of course we know
they did not raise them. They have
them being raised in all stages from
the eggs on up to little mites aud
then one year, two and three years
and up TO eight and ten years old
Welding an alligator of about the
size we see IN the Chickaswhay river
as an average.
Coming back frcm the farm we
stop off at the summer home.on the
island, OF a wealthy LADY who also
has palatia home on the river
front in the city. Here we are en-
tertained with ice cream and cold
drinks and given flowers typical Of
the climate and music by spanish
group of dressed girls, They are
CARRIED also something like the greek
slave dancing girls OF ancient times,
having the bands round their head:
and solid colors of dresses in the red
yellow, black etc, with hair adorn
ment of flowers. They sing severa
sentimental songs in cleverlv ex
ecuted manner OF chorus singing ant
responses.
| That night the party is given |
special band concert in the old for
bon the river front to the north of tn
lefty. This fort is large affair AM
entered by real old fashioned moaI