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Vidalia, Miss., Mar 23th, 1903.
Editor Journal:?As so many of;soon aboard.
wo found in waiting for us By
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We reached o?clock.
ancrryve- were this-tims wyj
la friends have requested! ware tired, it being: Ions past'our j
bad time. We soon fell asleep! and slept soundly until papaj woke us to tell us we were in' Mississippi and we woke to find the moon still shineing brightly and the railroad was running
our iitt
us to write them about our trip we want to ask space in your paper for a few lines. We prize the Journal very highly. It was here ahead of us. .and we were all so glad to get it. When we
Broxton Wednesday we did' paraiell with the Gulf of Mexico j
not go on through to our new home as wa had expected to do., b.it instead, we left the F. 0. & jA. , train at Hortons. There our Uncle Rofct. Fussell was in waiting for us with a wagon which v/e boarded and was soon at his C3 nfortable home where we helped ourselves to the bountiful dinner which was prepared for us. Theremama and pappa turned us loose and we saw some of courj-. jtry life around mama?s old home. We spent some time with our some with
and we could see the large ships lying-at anchor and ?twas great! to us. This lasted till the porter j called out Pass Christian; here! we got off the cars and found Mr.' I E. R. Perkins handsome carriage! in waiting for us, we mounted it'j and was taken to Mr. Perkins?' hospitable home which was a typical palace, within 200 feet of the Gulf of Mexico. Here at this lovely place with Mr. Perkins family and Mis. J. H. Long we enjoyed ourselves until about 1 o'clock, when we were remind-'!
|S|F enjoy*'?' Ourselves,
i^?jp^ssed away so f^t nr^ jiuntfay soon came, and we w5rw=afl4fnded that .we must move on our jpurney again, so at ub'oal 7 o?clock .Sunday p. m., we iound oursslves^rdtlling off toward Osierfield and at 10:55 ?o?clock we lmsed . good-bye to the dear friends and relatives who had accompanied u^and avo	the A. B. & A/, and
was soon' in Cordele. . There we left the A. B. & A., cars and spent about 5-5 minutes, after w-hi ;h we boarded the: S. A. L., c1.)?. Now v/e began to.^yiew new scenery to . us along tBis a ?'??indid road, and .. waC remind-cleve^_%onduct jr that T/e would soni-fc^o^flie Georgia . 3ine, so we	lookou!
for the Chatt^oocliieeiriver and' ?we crossed	o?c'ock
sin??' began' to see Alabama to our K.:elight,- soon after the sun wen? ido v n't he moon shone brightlj s.id we still were able to see the
Lee, arf3	a-carri^s	-
'f"?a4te:u3l'to?the cooutryT We'were soon rattling off down the beach on the nice shell road and such j magnificent scenery as is along this lovely drive, we have no. words to explain. One has to' see it to realize how nice R is. Next after leaving this, was the timbered lands, the tall pines with now an'] then a small truck farm and large groves of pecan trees. This lasted till we reached tne turpentine still. Here we found that our household goodi rrived and wc were pH the home of Mr, B: W-
where we were well c^red
We fin'd that a good mahy df 'he nativies of this country are French, biit what y/e have met of them seem fo b2 yerytiice, clever peopl<5?^'	??? -
goih?^^%chool yet wiiisoon. bye bye to	d	b	33t	w i:shes to Mrs.
WJiiams'and the Journal.
Doha a'nd Clara Forehand.