A TRIP THROUGH NORTH FLORIDA.


decay, of neglect rapidly verging on dilapidation. Such
is the general appearance of the business portion of
Quincy.
 The suburbs make an impression altogether more favor-
able. The residences here are mostly large, well-built
structures, with handsome house-grounds, gardens, lawns,
out-houses, shkde-trees, sidewalks, etc.-in all respects, ex-


cept that of a
bling the usual
cultural center
our visit was 1
and gardens of
the doors and
occupied, croqi


few semi-tropical products, closely resem-
thrifty appearance of a steady, old, agri-
in the North. The weather at the time of
ovely (it was March 10th); fruits, flowers,
thrifty vegetables were everywhere visible;
windows stood wide open, verandas were


uet-parties dotted


the lawns; and "


Pirates of Penzance," and other latest music, wa
where heard floating through the open windows, f
keys of skillfully played pianos. At the hands
dence of Postmaster Davidson, we were shown
the finest specimens of the exquisitely beautiful,
hued, feathery pampas-grass that I ever saw, and


.s ev
rom
me i


some of
golden-
it grows


in many other gardens thereabout.
 The views across the country in all directions are fine,
ranging over broad fields, hills, valleys, hard-wood forests,
orchards, good fences, and roomy residences-in all a
beautiful region exhibiting unmistakable signs of agricult-
ural prosperity. Nowhere does live-stock grow better.
In the near future, when the old (but worthy) class of
men and women shall have passed away with their ante-
bellum ideas of business, crops, social "ranks," educa-
tion, slave-labor, and their bitter memories of the war,
with its defeated hopes and its "lost cause"-when this
race, with such memories in their hearts, shall be gone,
and the young generation of their offspring, filled with
new ideas, new aspirations, new hopes, shall be in full
control, then, I believe, Quincy and all the other towns