The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-12-29

4 letter received by his parents
from Stewart Mayhew Of Bennington
w.io is In Sarasota, Florida, as chat
feur for J. B. Wilbur, OF Manchester,
contains so much that Is descriptive
and interesting not only to the many
friends of Mr.. MAYHEM but to the
general public that portion Of 1t IS.
published
Sarasota, Fla, Dec. Is, 1921.
AS you know, we left New York
Saturday. We had a very pleasant
trip on the boat. We landed 10
Charleston. S. C., at about 3 a. m,
aud sailed Mt about p. NJ. Charles.
ton Is very old city. was around
il and took In ali the sights There
were four fellows of us together and
we had some time. There are lot
Of shines in Charleston. Down this
way there are enough but you see AS
many whites as you do 's.lines..
Shines Is what they call negroes
down here.
We lett Charleston at I ,. m. and
We docked at jacksonville Tuesday
morning. We got the car off the boat
aud got our baggage in and left jack
souylle at II a. NJ. on our way TO-
Salasota
We drove as far as Daytona the
first day. II was wonderfnl drive
The roads are very bad and danger
Gus down here. They are all made
out of red bricks and only nine feet
wide. Two cars cannot pass on l'le
road and you have to let two wheels
out In the sand and you have TO go
very slowly or you will sink in the
sand and TIP over. >.
Ii is a common thing on the roads
down here TO see a car turned over on
its side 1t is very tiresome on long
tourney for soma places you can
look ahead for ten miles at time
and all you can see is red bricks
Is very level country. no NILS at
all. All the way from JacksonVilIe
TO Daytona we drove through palm
trees, lust as you will sec them in the
views I am sending you. j; was very
fine. only wish You cou nave
been with US for know you would
have enjoyed it.
We lett Daytona "Wednesday morn
ing and drove to Tampa i was
very long and tiresome drive but al
the same time a lovely one. IL Is
very wild country. You 20 IN some
places 70 to 10 miles without seeing
house and there are all sorts or WIG
animals. You have 10 be cnreiW
along ',ie road for Wild pigs and cat
- The pies they call razorbacks.
They are different looking from our
pigs. They are all over the ROAD
Ion have to look out for they run
right In front of car and they are
big and cars are some times "recNou
by running over them.
The cattle are all along the roau'
TOO. and. as there is no land down
her that is fenced, you see the cattle
wander off and become wild, lov
see lots of them lying along the ROAD
that have been run over ana hliie',
They lust stand and look at car ana
will not move. We saw lots OF wa
turkeys. quail and worlds OF rabbits
The last 100 miles as we were 20
ing into Tampa were line.
II Is better country and all cuit'Val
ed. You so through miles OF oianse
grapefruit and sugar cane plafoa
tions II IS wonderful siSht, we
left Tampa and got into Sarasota
Thursday evening Tampa is a very
large city and a very nice ace
Sarasota is nice pace aud quite
large for the places here. They have
some very nice stores and the people
are friendly Most of them have wed
in the North at one time or another
The southerners are very different
from MS nortierners. They talk pc.
culiarly and have some very funny
savings. II Is strange for me TO see
everything green again. 1t is al
palms down here. Very little oaru
wood but inland where the Florida
nine grows. would be glad to get
the Banners aud don't forget to send
Stewart