A Letter from Florida
Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Keeling
a few days ago received an
interesting letter from their
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Chas. M.
Keeling, who lives at Springfield,
South Dakota, but who is now in
Florida. By the kindness of the
doctor and his wife we are per
mitted to read the letter and
publish part of it. The letter
was begun Jan. 27, the writer
then being at DeLand, Florida.
After telling of their start
from home, starting Dec. 14,
and their visit for two or three
days at Indianapolis, the letter
goes on as follows:
We arrived in Cincinnati about
six and had to stay all night
there. The next morning the
cmawHve.iuurainamu u) ;and we would almost tip over
Kentucky and Tennessee. It had sometimes. i never was so
rained and frozen on trees and gcared in my Hfe or j was for an
everything and the sun came out . hour or so then tho wind went
bright and I never saw such a'down a little. l cried I was so
b u.iful sight as the Kentucky !frightened. Two of the girls
hills presented. The state back , were so seasick they had to stay
i i i i ! i:
irom tne river is a oeautiiui as
well as productive country.
Georgetown is a very pretty city.
We had a splendid view cf it as
the road is higher than part of
the city. Our train was late and
kept getting later so we didn't
arrive in Chattanooga until after
dark, so we didn't see Lookout
mountain but Chas. told you, I
suppose, that he stopped there on
his way home. The next morn
ing we were in Georgia. It was
raining, and of course Georgia
presented a gloomy appearance.
It is very flat. Pine trees and
underbrush all along thickets
we call them in Indiana, but in
the south they call them ham
mocks. The hammock land is
their most fertile land on account
of the decay of leaves enriching
the soil. The other soil is sand
all over Georgia and Florida.
We reached Jacksonville about
four p. m. about eight hours late.
We stayed in Jacksonville until
Saturday, then went to St. Au-
Suouiiiu. Hcn,iuiuHt wu yvu.
anything about Jacksonville. We
were somewhat disappointed in
it. We expected to see quite a
rvi 1 of 1 11 r
city but it is not very large.
Chas. said it impressed him as a
joke. We visited the ostrich
farm and saw negroes ride and
drive them. They are quite
strange birds. There are some
oeauniui nomes mere out not
nicer than in Shelbyville. But
St. Augustine is beautif dl-not
large but so quaint with its nar-
row streets. We had a room on
the bay and visited the old fort ,
the slave , market, and took a
carriage and drove around the
city and out to an orange grove
and under the live oaks, with the
moss hanging yards long from
the branches, and by hedges of
oleanders as high as your house,
We left St. Augustine Sunday
for Miami in the southern part
ot h londa on the east coast. The
cold wave caught up with us and
followed us right along. At nine
0 clock Sunday night we came to'death and ha(i become too weak to
a ,1 j.:ii i i '
u siauu sun aiiu upon mvesuga -
tion found a bridge had burned
and our train had to back four
miles for section men to fix it,
then we went back and there we
stayed until three in the morning
before we got over. There was
no sleeper on so we slept on our
scats. The ditch was twelve
feet deep and they had to fill in
with sand and then pile in ties
and fill it up until they could lay
the rails. I was looking out the
window as we went over and a
man who stood outside said it
didn't give an inch. It was cold
enough to freeze ice that night
and they- kept up big fires to see
by and to keep warm. That' was
.quite an experience and we were
so thankful we didn't run into
it. The scenery begins to change
at St. Augustine and grows more
tropical. There are groves of
the tall palmettos, pines and
oaks. Miami is quite tropical.
They have cocoanutitrees and the
royal palm which is not found
north of there. It was cold
enough to kill the tomato vines
in localities but not everywhere
and we had all the green vege
tables to eat. We had oil stoves
in our rooms at night but through
the day it was warm in the sun.
That only lasted three days then
it was warm too hot the day we
left.
We went kingfishing on Friday
out on the ocean and stayed all
day. Our boat was not very
large and the waves were high
' - - - o
iii the cabin all day. We caught
fifty fish weighing over four
hundred pounds. Chas. caught
ton, I eight, Eva ten. She didn't
care to fish. Our family didn't
get seasick. That was the great
est experience we ever had. I'm
glad I went but I don't want to
go again.
We took a trip up the Miami
river to the foot of the ever
glades, drove out to a grape fruit
farm and saw trees just loaded
with grape fruit a most beauti
ful sight. We liKed Miami so
much.
We left Miami on Monday be
fore New Years and arrived in
DeLand on Tuesday. DeLand is
a small place but nice. The street
in front of my rooming place is
called a boulevard. There are
live oak trees that stay green the
year round on each side and
through the middle. They form
arches over the driveways and
are very pretty. There are
many orange groves around here.
a great many oranges were
frozen the cold spell but at least
jmif were saved. They fired
mlany 0f the groves and saved
the oranges. There were not
many trees killed. They are
budding and will soon be in blos
som so 1 will see some real orange
blossoms. The yellow jasmine
grows wild here and is now in
blossom- One of the Eastern
Star iadies took me drivinir Fri-
day and I picked a bunch of it.
We have new potatoes all the
time now.
We are perfectly infatuated
with the climate. I do hate to
leave it and go back to the frozen
north. You and father ought to
be down here for the coldest
part 0f the winter. People just
Hock down here like birds and I
do not blame them. Nearly all
the people we meet here are
Northern people.
- Via.
Neighbors Cot Foolod
j leave my bed; and neighbors predicted
' that I would never leave it alive; but
they got fooled, for thanks bo to God, I
I was induced to try Dr. King's New Dis
' covery. It took just four ono dollar
bottles to completely cure the cough
and restore me to good sound health,"
writes Mrs. Eva Uneapher, of Grover
town, Stark Co., Ind. This King of
cough and cold cures, and healer of
throat and lungs, Is guaranteod at Hill
Bros, drug store. 50c and $1.00. Trial
bottle free.
Croup can positively be stopped in 21
minutes. No vomiting- nothing to
sicken or distrqss your child. A sweet
pleasant and Safe syrup, called Dr.
Shoop's Cough Cure, does tho wdrk and
does it quickly. Dr. Shoop's Cough
Cure is for Croup alone, remember. It
does not claim to cure a dozen ailments.
It's for Croup, that's all. Sold by all
d-'alers. '
The Editor Visits Howe
The editor had a pleasant visit
at Howe Monday. We regretted,
though, to find our old friend
Geo. H. Sutton very sick, but it
is thought he is some better.
We visited with John T. Cox,
cashier of the Bank of Howe,
who is feeling proud of the new
brick bank building, and of the
prosperous condition of the bank
and of Howe in general. E. J.
Tucker buys grain, sells lumber,
implements, etc., and takes a
general interest in the welfare of
'the town. ,We also called on the
postmaster, finding him busy
distributing mail and waiting on
customers in the hardware store.
We were surprised when we
discovered that Howe had a job
printing establishment, owned
and conducted by John J. Hughes,
a son of Dick Hughes, an old
timer in Brownville, and his
nephew, Guy G. Gage, the latter
being the printer. These gentle
men and others arc organizing a
company for the manufacture of
dry pressed building and paving
brick, and will also endeavor to
organize a company for the
manufacture of cement, as they
claim there is an abundance of
rock and shale in that vicinity
that make a fine quality of ce
ment. Another industry that is
being promoted is the making of
artificial stone for building pur
poses. Howe expects soon to be
a manufacturing center.
The Cottage hotel, of which
Geo. H. Sutton is landlord, is a
well conducted place of enter
tainment. As our time was limited, we
did not get to call on the other
business men.
Piles get quick relief from Dr
Shoop's Magic Ointment. Remember
it's made alone for Piles and it works
with certainty and satisfaction. Itch
ing, painful, protuding or blind piles
disappear like magie by its use. Try it
and see! All dealers.
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Office first door south of Nemaha Co, Bank, Auburn, NebJ
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throughout the surrounding
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information of evening enter
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A signal of a certain number of
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the farmers in caring for their
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regarding sales and public meet
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about a Cough Cure like Dr. Shoop's.
For years Dr. Shoop has fought against
the use of Opium, Chloroform, or other
unsafe ingredients commonly found in
Cough remedies. Dr. Shoop, it seems,
has welcomed the Pure Food and Drug
Law recently enacted, for he has
worked along similar lines many years.
For nearly 20 years Dr. Shoop's Cough
Cure containers have had a warning
printed on them against Opium and
other narcotic poisons. lie has thus
made it possible for mothers to protect
their children by simply insisting on
having Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. Sold
by all dealers.
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