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 TN presenting this our Annual Announcement to our friends and the traveling 
 public, we take occasion to return our sincere thanks for the liberal patronage we 
 have received. It is not too much to say that our patrons are our friends, and that 
 they have been pleased to say and feel that our hotels, "The Piney Woods" and 
 " Mitchell House," stand to them more in the relation of home than a mere stopping 
 place. To those who have never tried a winter " among the pines," in our pleasant 
 little " Garden City," we particularly commend what comes in the following pages. 
 It is impossible to realize Bolingbroke's idea of reconciling contrary conditions ; one 
 cannot "cloy the keen edge of appetite by the base imagination of a feast," or "toy 
 with December's snows by thinking of the summer's heat." But in this age of rapid 
 transit, those who would escape the discomforts of snow and ice, of biting wands or 
 dismal fogs, of their homes in the North and West, may find in Thomasville, under 
 the shadow of the flag of the nation, a climate that brings healing in its breezes, 
 where the roses bloom in open air the year round, and the sun shines with fervid 
 glance, even in midwinter. 
 
 We have endeavored to give the opinions of' others on points that would natu- 
 rally excite inquiry. The letters that will be found in this Annual are from gentle- 
 men whose names are well known throughout the country, and whose opinions must 
 carry conviction. 
 
 Read what they say, and then come and see and feel what they have written so 
 pleasantly about. 
 
 C. G. CRAWFORD PRINT, NEW YORK. 
 
PINEY WOODS HOTEL DINING r, 
 
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The Tineu ^iTcods 3(olel. 
 
 OPENS DECEMBER 4th. 
 
 rp HE PINEY WOODS HOTEL, Thomasville, has become one of the most 
 
 famous in the South. Its superior location, facing, as it does, the celebrated 
 
 "P'aradise" Park, so nam;d because of its prpularity with our Ncrdiern guests, and 
 
 
 PINEY WOODS HOTEL. 
 
 the taste that was displayed in its plan, and the excellent manner in which it has 
 catered to the wants of thousands of guests, have made this fame. 
 
 From its broad piazzas the perfume of the pines finds its way to the guests. 
 
 Wid2 corridors divide the rooms on each floor, and each room has an outside 
 exposure. There is a veranda frontage of 600 to 800 feet, and there is no hour of 
 the day that the genial sunshine does not reach some portion of its wide expanse, 
 affording the guests of the Hotel an opportunity of taking one of Thomasville's 
 celebrated sun baths. 
 
There are no inside apartments; each room receives its due proportion of sun 
 and air. 
 
 The rooms are arranged en suite and singly, and many of them are provided 
 with private baths, etc. 
 
 The dining room, corridors and parlors are heated by steam, and all rooms are 
 heated with ether steam cr open f replaces. 
 
 The Piney Woods Hotel has accommodations for 300 guests, and has all the 
 
 PARADISE PARK, OPPOSITE HOTEL. 
 
 appointments of a modern first-clas:- hotel ; elevator, gas, electric bells and an 
 unexcelled cuisine. Daily shipments of meat are received from New York, and the 
 guests are supplied with an abundance of pure Jersey milk. Artesian water of an 
 e.\ceptionally excellent quality is supplied to its guests, and indeed nothing is left 
 undone that could minister to their comfort. A splendid orchestra gives daily 
 concerts, and frequent dances furnish amusement to the lovers of the terpsichorean 
 art. 
 
Sometaing abeut ^Koniasyille. 
 
 "jXTOTHING is more natural or more proper than that those contemplating a 
 
 visit to the South, whether for health or pleasure, or whether prompted by 
 
 a desire to escape the rigors of winter, should desire to know something of the 
 
 MITCHELL HOUSE. 
 
 place they expect to visit. Thomasville, or as it has been very appropriately called, 
 the " Garden City," is 200 miles southwest of Savannah, and something like 250 
 miles south of Atlanta. It is 15 miles from the Florida line, and on nearly exactly 
 the same parallel of latitude as Jacksonville. 
 
 The Gulf of Mexico is 50 miles to the south, and it is something like 150 miles 
 to the nearest point of the Atlantic seaboard. The Savannah, Florida & Western 
 Railway — the Waycross Short Line as it is called — is the railroad outlet to the east. 
 
The newly completed Alabama Midland Railway gives a close and direct connection 
 with the L. & N. system at Montgomery for all points west. A stem of the Sav- 
 annah, Florida &. Western from Thomasville to Albany gives an outlet vja Macon 
 and Atlanta to points north and northwest. 
 
 The physical features of Thomasville are all that could be risked to make up a 
 favorable combination of satisfactory requisites for a health and pleasure resort. It 
 stands on the highest point of a peculiar ridge that extends through a part of south- 
 
 DRIVE ON BOULEVARD. 
 
 west Georgia. This ridge has been called the Piedmont section of the pine belt, 
 because of varied landscape of rolling hills and clear streams. 
 
 From the city splendid hard roads diverge in every direction, affording enchant- 
 ing drives and rides through the pine forests that encircle the city in all directions. 
 These pine forests are now recognized as nature's sanitarium for bronchial affections. 
 
 Two miles from the city, on a pleasant drive, is " Glen Arvern " Park, owned by 
 Mr. J. Wyman Jones, of Englewood, N. J. He has beautified and improved it, and 
 with the kindness which is so characteristic of him has thrown it open to the public. 
 
Its windings drives and sylvan bridle paths are a pleasant resort for visitors, and its 
 herd of deer and aviary afford pleasure and instruction. 
 
 A newly completed boulevard makes the circuit of the city at an average distance 
 of two miles from the Court House. Some of the views along this drive are as charm- 
 ing and picturesque as any in the country, and along its whole length it is canopied 
 by overhanging pines and flanked by a rank growth of grass. 
 
 We might mention Cleveland Park, the ariistic suburban home of Mr. John W. 
 
 BROAD STREET. 
 
 Masury, of New York ; " Greenwood," a charming type of the ante-bellum Southern 
 home, which Mr. S. R. Van Duzer of New York is transforming into a vision of beauty, 
 and many other places made charming by the taste and means of those who have 
 fallen in love with our climate and country. 
 
 Thomasville proper is a city with nearly 6,000 people, with wide streets, pleasant 
 homes and a wealth of flowers that strikes every new comer with admiration. Its light, 
 porous soil permits the ready absorption of water, so that after even the hardest rain 
 mud is unknown. One of the most remarkable climatic features is the number of clear 
 
days even in winter. During the season of 1 889-1 890 there were but few days in 
 which the sun did not shine the greater part of the day. 
 
 The gardens and pear groves around the city are particularly handsome, and re- 
 ceive a great deal of attention and admiration. 
 
 Lovers of sport after fur, fin or feather, can easily gratify their passion there. Quail, 
 the great national game bird, abound in the fields, and the amateur sportsman need 
 not, as some have done, spend a fortune trying to make an average bag. Wild 
 
 DEER PARK-QLEN ARVERN PARK. 
 
 turkeys are fairly plentiful, and an occasional deer rewards the labor of the sportsman. 
 At a lake a few miles away, wild duck swarm and fall an easy prey to even the tyro 
 in water shooting. 
 
 The social, religious and school advantages of Thomasville are on a pts with any 
 place in the country. Two colleges, male and female, under able corps of teachers, 
 stand ready to impart useful information. The Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist, 
 Baptist, Jewish and Catholic churches each have places of worship. 
 
 A commodious and tasty opera house affords amusement to the lovers of the 
 mimetic art. 
 
The livery service of Thomasville is unusually good. Fine Kentucky horses and 
 comfortable vehicles are obtainable at reasonable prices, and fine saddlers can be had 
 by those who are fond of equestrian exercise. 
 
 The citizens of the place are noted for their hospitality and the kind reception 
 they give to strangers. 
 
 MITCHELL HOUSE PARLOR. 
 
 If you are in search of health or pleasure, or if you desire to escape the rigors 
 of the Northern winter, its cold fogs and biting winds, come to Thomasville, and re- 
 ceive new life from its pine-laden breezes. Specific directions as to how to reach 
 Thomasville will be found in another place. 
 
The lA'litcKell i/loiise 
 
 OPENS JANUARY 10, 1891, 
 
 r~pHE MITCHELL HOUSE is built of brick and is the equal of any hotel in the 
 
 South in point of architectural beauty and adaptability to the purposes of a tirst- 
 
 class resort hotel. It is built to allow the freeest possible circulation of air, thus 
 
 r-J ARVERN PARK 
 
 providing perfect ventilation. Its entire front is taken up by an artistic veranda, 
 which opens on a beautiful flower garden and park, where a fountain plays and 
 furnishes myriads of rainbows. The halls, corridors, arcade, dining room and parlors 
 are heated by steam, but the lovers of the " cheerful blaze " have not been forgotten, 
 and many rooms are supplied with an open fireplace. 
 
 The ofifice, parlors and dining room are on the first floor, and a smoking room, 
 reading room and billiard hall and buffet are also provided for the amusement and 
 comfort of the guests. 
 
The sleeping apartments are unusually large, and each one contains a commo- 
 dious clothes press, a convenience the ladies will thoroughly appreciate. 
 
 The apartments are en suite and single, and sixteen suites have private baths. 
 
 The Mitchell is lighted throughout by gas, and has a steam elevator, electric 
 bells and every other convenience which taste or comfort demands. 
 
 The sanitary arrangements of the hotel are perfect, and as each room receives its 
 full quota of sunshine and breeze, it will be seen that its guests have more than the 
 usual amount of comfort. 
 
 DRIVE !N QLEN ARVERN 
 
 Pure artesian water from a well 1,900 feet deep is supplied to the guests of the 
 house. The kitchen, engine and boiler rooms are thoroughly fire proof. 
 
 The Mitchell is conducted in a manner worthy of the buildirg, and the proprie- 
 tors pledge themselves that its cuisitte, attendance and general management shall be 
 equal to the best hotels of the country. 
 
fr|^l<5;oi^olo^Y 
 
 The following is a consolidated meteorological report for the last four years, by Prof. 
 L. S. McSwain, Volunteer Observer U. S. Signal Service at Thomasville : 
 
 Latitude, 30.50. Longitude, 84.10. Altitude, 330 feet. 
 
 Average temperature, about 55' F., for winter. 
 
 January, ------- 
 
 February, _._--- 
 
 March, ..--.-- 
 
 April, --_-_. 
 
 Annual mean, - . - - 
 
 COMPARATIVE METEOROLOGY — WINTER TEMP 
 
 Thomasville, mean temperature, - _ - - 
 
 Aiken, S. C, 1348.53; colder than Thomasville, 
 Asheville, N. C, is 40.60 ; " " - - 
 
 Jacksonville, Fla., is 54.20 ; " 
 
 COMPARATIVE RELATIVE HUMIDITY 
 
 Thomasville is -._._. 
 
 Aiken is 64.04. ; less than Thomasville, - - - 
 
 Asheville is 70. 10; greater than Thomasville, 
 Jacksonville is 77.00 ; " " _ . 
 
 E.xamine carefully these reports and you will be convinced that the temperature, as 
 well as the dryness of the climate, is unsurpassed. "S'ou must not infer from them, how- 
 ever, that we never have any cold weather here. We do have at times heaxy frosts and 
 ice, but only for a few days, to be followed by spring-like weather. Once iu the last 
 fifteen years we have been visited by the "beautiful snow." 
 
 The roads leading to and from the town in all directions are kept in fine condition, 
 affording delightful rides and drives among the pines. 
 
 Tempera- 
 
 Relative 
 
 ture. 
 
 Hum 
 
 dity. 
 
 54-39 
 
 65 per 
 
 cent. 
 
 55-87 
 
 62 
 
 " 
 
 61.51 
 
 61 
 
 " 
 
 67-35 
 
 60 
 
 " 
 
 67.78 
 
 65 
 
 
 ERATURE. 
 
 - 
 
 54-55 
 6.02 
 
 - 
 
 - 
 
 13-95 
 
 - 
 
 
 -35 
 
 . 
 
 65 per 
 
 cent. 
 
 - 
 
 0.96 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 5.10 
 
 " 
 
 - 
 
 12 
 
 " 
 
# l^o^l'(2;^ fo ThorTJ^^^?ill^; G^. 
 
 From New York and Philadelphia the Atlantic Coast Line offers the most direct and 
 expeditious route ; during the season through Pullman buffet cars are run from Washing- 
 ton without change. H. P. Clark, G. E. Pass. Agent, 229 Broadway ; also agents of the 
 Penna. R. R. Time from New York, 38 hours. 
 
 Via Shenandoah Valley route, through Atlanta. L. J. Ellis, G. E. Pass. Agent, 
 303 Broadway, New York. 
 
 Via Richmond and Danville route, through Atlanta, Macon and Albany, Ga. J. L. 
 Adams, Agent, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Via Ocean Steamship Line to Savannah, thence by S. F. & W. R'y. R. L. Walker, 
 Agent, Pier 35, N. R., foot of Spring St., New York. 
 
 Via Old Dominion Steamship Co. to Portsmouth, thence via Seaboard & Roanoke R. 
 R. to Weldon, N. C, and Atlantic Coast Line. Office, 235 West St., New York. 
 
 From Boston by steamer to Savannah, thence by Savannah, Florida & Western Ry., 
 or by Boston & Albany R. R. via Springfield to New York, and New England R. R., via 
 Hartford to New York. Thence by routes same as for New York. 
 
 The recent completion of the Alabama Midland Railway from Thomasville to Mont- 
 gomery, Ala., connecting them with the Louisville and Nashville system, affords our 
 Western friends a new route to Thomasville. Through sleepers will run from Louisville 
 during the season, making connection with all other points, affording us what we have 
 long needed — a comfortable and speedy outlet to the West and Northwest. 
 
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RDUTES-[CnntinuEd ] 
 
 From Philadelphia via Penn. R. R., and either of railroad routes same as from New- 
 York. 
 
 From the Northwest and Chicago via the celebrated Louisville & Nashville route. 
 Geo. L. Cross, G. W. Pass. Agent, 105 Washington St., Chicago, 111., and by agents of 
 the Monon route. Jas. Barker. G. Pass. Agen*:, Monon Block, Dearborn Street. 
 
 From St. Louis via the L. & N. and Evansville route ; Cincinnati via the L. & N. 
 route, or the Cincinnati Southern. 
 
 The Western and Atlantic route is a very popular one from Chattanooga to Atlanta, 
 where connections are made with the Georgia Central R. R. for Thomasville via Macon 
 and Albany. 
 
 From Cleveland L. & N. route, and Penn. lines. Bingham & Douglass, city ag'ts. 
 
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 Transient Rates, . _ . _ 
 
 Weekly Rates furnished on application. 
 Full board charged for servants occupying rooms alone. 
 For engagement of rooms, or other information, address, 
 
 GO per day and upward. 
 
 Or 
 
 November 25th. 
 
 FRED. H. SCOFIELD. 
 
 \Vm. E. Davies, or M. A. Bower, Thomasville, Ga. 
 
 Windsor Hotel, New York, until 
 
 We hope to have an office in Chicago for benefit of Western patrons, announcement 
 of which will appear in daily papers later. 
 
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XilOM^VSVILIvE, C>EOE.CxI^. 
 
 [CORRESl^ONUENC-; OF THE GAZETTE.] 
 
 PiNEY Woods Hotel, April 2, 1890. 
 
 Dear Colonet. / Leaving Boston about March ist, and New York a few days later for St. 
 Autrustine, on "The p-lorida Special Vestibuled Train," some of my party suffering from coughs 
 and colds, we tarried a few days at the Hotel Ponce de Leon and in other resorts in Florida, and, 
 not finding the desired relief, came into the Piney Woods. Here we have been at Thomasville 
 for two weeks, and I am incited to write you for several reasons, viz : 
 
 1st. Because I never wrote up a health resort and hotel before, and wish to try my hand. 
 
 2d. Because here we have lost tlie coughs and other atflictions that we brought with us. 
 
 3d. Because I never remember to have seen this hotel and town mentioned in the Gazette, 
 and, at any rate, desire, if you will allow me, to call the attention of those who may desire next 
 season, a change of scene and climate, to this place in Southern Georgia. 
 
 Here we are then, only fifty miles from the Ciulf of Mexico, in a high, dry, rolling country, 
 with soil sandy, drainage the best, and in the midst of vast pine forests. The village, a beautiful 
 one, compares favorably with our best New England towns, has handsome residences, broad streets, 
 good roads and innumerable pleasant drives for which excellent teams, single and double, are 
 furnished at reasonable prices, with or without drivers. There are numerous sizable hotels and 
 boarding houses, but the two largest and best hotels are the Mitchell House and the Piney Woods 
 Hotel, kept by Mrs. M. A. Bower, assisted by her son, Mr. Davies, and a large corps of skilled 
 assistants from the North. The Piney Woods Hotel, as it name implies, is delightfully located ; 
 the cuisine is excellent, with Mondeur Durand (long at the United States Hotel, Saratoga Springs) 
 as chef. Not only a good cook is he, but he writes his menu in correct French. There are a morn- 
 ing concert and evening music for dancing, by a capable orchestra under Professor Menier of New 
 York, which, while I am not skilled, strikes me as the best music I have heard in a hotel, always 
 excepting Mr. Lothian's, at Saratoga. Finally, and chiefly, the glorious climate ! We have had 
 an occasional shower since our arrival, but every day has been sunny, balmy ; no winds, no dust, 
 mercury at 65° to 80°, not sultry ; the air full of the odor of the pines and the essence of life, and, 
 as an old traveler said to me to-day, " every day finer than any one day he found in the south 
 of France in the winter of 'SS-'Sg." There is much in this section to interest one in the farm 
 and plantation life, much of it now being in the direct occupancy of our colored brethren ; small 
 planters individually, but the assessed value of their farms in this State alone is now twelve 
 millions, with probable real value more than double this amount. 
 
 Lastly, I shall be well repaid for writing this note, if my " affidavit " induces any one Boston 
 pleasure seeker or invalid to try Thomasville, Ga., next winter. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 DAVID NLVINS. 
 To Coi.. Henry d. Parkicr. 
 
Thomasville as a Winter Resort. 
 
 EXTRACT FROM A LETTER TO " POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY." 
 
 No place is without its drawbacks ; but, in looking over their various claims with reference 
 to my own condition, I concluded at last that Thomasville, Georgia, promised to be as eligible 
 as any, and thither I went. 
 
 I found the place eminently satisfactory, and, although without experience of other and rival 
 localities, I am sure that Thomasville has advantages as a Southern residence in winter and spring 
 which must give it increasing and decided prominence as it becomes better known. Of course, 
 the transition from "North" to "South " in February — from bleak, stormy, ice-bound winter to 
 the soft and sunny atmosphere and vernal aspects of flowery spring — is full of delightful sensation 
 wherever experienced. But, besides this, I was much gratified by the special attractiveness of the 
 place and the promise it offered as a healthy residence. 
 
 Thomasville, the capital of Thomas County, Georgia, is located two hundred miles from the 
 Atlantic copst, fifty-five miles from the Gulf, within twelve miles of the Florida border, and on the 
 Savannah, Florida and Western Railroad. It stands upon a ridge or plateau covered by extensive 
 pine forests, and at a height of about three hundred and fifty feet above tide-water. It is an old 
 town, with upward of four thousand inhabitants, pleasantly laid out with wide streets, and con- 
 taming many noble and stately trees — one superb oak being worth going every day to see. The 
 air is pure, dry and balmy, from the all-encoaipassing pine woods, through which radiate many 
 walks and diversified drives in all directions. There are half a dozen different kinds of churches, 
 and several considerable hotels. The "Piney Woods Hotel" and the "Mitchell House" are 
 large, new, and first-class. The former has a frontage of over four hundred feet, is three stories 
 high, and with broad piazzas front and rear. It will accommodate three hundred guests, has all 
 the modern accommodations and improvements, and is so thoroughly well kept as to lead to the 
 remark, which I heard frequently made, that the " Piney Woods is the best hotel South." There 
 are lesser hotels and numerous boarding-houses, of the merits of which I know nothing, but heard 
 them very well spoken of. The weather in Thomasville I found mild and agreeable. It rains 
 there often, and sometimes hard, but the sandy ground quickly dries. The average winter tem- 
 perature is given at 54.55° Fahr., but it is not to be inferred that they have no cold weather there. 
 They have at times heavy frosts and ice, and report a fall of snow once in the last fifteen years. But 
 the "cold-spells" are short, and the prevailing warm and sunny weather invites to out-of-door 
 life. 
 
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ANALYSIS OF ARTESIAN WELL WATER SUPPLIED THE PINEY 
 WOODS HOTEL AND MITCHELL HOUSE. 
 
 University of Georgia, Chemical Laboratory, 
 Athens, Ga., July i8th, 1884. 
 
 The sample sent contained 17.145 grains solid matter per U.S. gallon, as follows : 
 
 Grains per U. S. Gal. 
 
 Carbonate of Soda, ....... 9.286 
 
 Chloride of Sodium, ....... 1.024 
 
 Chloride of Potassium, ...... 0.212 
 
 Sulphate of Soda, ........ 1.456 
 
 Sulphate of Lime, ....... 2. 652 
 
 Sulphate of Magnesia, . . . , . . ■ . o. 597 
 
 Silica, ......... o. 286 
 
 Organic Matter and Combined Water, ..... 1.642 
 
 Total, . . , . . . 17. 145 
 
 University of Georgia, Chemical Laboratory, 
 Athens, Ga., July i8th, 1884. 
 Hon. .S. G. McLendo7i, T/iomasvillc, Ga.: 
 
 I enclose analysis of the Artesian Water with remarks upon its quality. 
 
 It is alway difficult to say whether a water will have medicinal action — although the analysis 
 may be relied upon to furnish indications in this respect. Generally speak'ng, artesian waters have 
 no specific medicinal properties, but are simply good, pure waters. On the other hand, some cele- 
 brated mineral waters— those of Bethesda Spring, at Waukesha, Wis., for example, have much the 
 same general composition as that of your well. The mineral matter certainly does not detract 
 from the purity of the water ; it probably gives it medicinal action in certain cases. 
 
 No traces of free or albuminoid ammonia could be detected. 
 
 This is a very excellent drinking water, having the composition ordinarily found for artesian 
 waters taken from great depths. It is entirely ///;v and wholesome. It can, perhaps, not properly 
 be said to have medicinal qualities, although the large proportion of carbonate of soda renders it 
 alkaline, and the other ingredients give it somewhat the character of an alterative and purgative 
 water. I have no doubt that the constant use of this water would be healthful in all cases, and 
 would be especially beneficial in cases of kidney troubles. In any event it is superior to ordinary 
 pure water — as that of mountain springs, in cases of general torpidity of natural actions. 
 
 H. C. WHITE, State Chemist. 
 
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From among the many who have visited our houses, we have taken a few in the 
 various cities, to whom we take the liberty of referring. 
 
 Dr. John T.Metcalfe, 
 Carroll Livingston, 
 
 F. C. Huntington, 
 B.W. Risley, . 
 Simeon J. Drake, 
 Ed. S. Mead, . 
 
 H. McK. Twombley, . 
 Chas. M. McGhee, . 
 Francis C. Barlow, 
 Jno. Allsop King, . 
 Jno. Daniell, 
 J. H. Harbeck, 
 Wm. W. Durant, 
 Dr. R. Q. Colton, . 
 Churchill Satterlee, 
 Max Nathan, . 
 
 G. P". Hodgman, . 
 Jas. Svvann, 
 
 M. B. Brown, 
 C. E. Lauriat, 
 R. H. Chamberlain, 
 David Nevins, 
 Hon. D, W. Gooch, 
 Hon. J. P. Rolfe, 
 A. G. Coffin, . 
 R. P. Lee, . 
 Dr. E. R. Squibb, 
 Thos. Oxnard, 
 Lawrence Myers, 
 1. L. Terhune, 
 F. J. Mallory, 
 Andrew G. White, 
 S. R. Van Duzer, . 
 Hon. S. S. Jewett, 
 A. B. Lamberton, . 
 Rev. T. Ralston Smith, 
 Hon. B. Usher, 
 L. H. Humphreys, 
 Hon. W. S. Hay ward, 
 Jeremiah Briggs, 
 Benj. N. Lapham, . 
 Darius GofF, 
 C. B. Cottrell, 
 Jno. C.Wyman, 
 
 N.Y.City. 
 
 Boston. 
 
 Brooklyn. 
 
 Plainfield, N.J. 
 
 Red Bank, " 
 Jersey City, " 
 . Albany, N. Y. 
 Newburgh, " 
 . Buffalo, " 
 
 Rochester, " 
 Buffalo, " 
 Potsdam, " 
 Providence, R. L 
 
 Pawtucket, 
 
 Westerly, 
 
 Valley Falls, 
 
 Dr. David Karslner, 
 
 Ed. I. Smith, . 
 
 E. W.Clark, Jr., . 
 
 T. D. Stinson, . 
 
 Wm. Elliott, 
 
 H. M. Sill, 
 
 T. Wistar Brown, 
 
 Dr. E. Winslow Taylor, 
 
 B. Thaer, 
 
 A. F. Boynton, . 
 
 Dr. C. H. Hurlburt, 
 
 Ex-Gov. H.Ludington. 
 
 J. P. Underwood, 
 
 H. Preusser, 
 
 G. G. Hadley, 
 
 Gen. A. Hickenlooper, . 
 
 Jno. A. Robinson, 
 
 Josiah Kirby, 
 
 H. M. Richards, . 
 
 J. A. King, 
 
 R. M. Gilbert, . 
 
 Chas. H. Hayden, . 
 
 Dr. Weber, 
 
 Geo. IL Stone, 
 
 Jno. L. Wood, 
 
 A. S. Eslabrook, 
 
 A. A. Libby, 
 
 C. P. Kimball, 
 Thos. Murdock, . 
 C.IL Lester, 
 
 C. H. Requa, 
 C. W. Wells, 
 Jno. Winterbotham, 
 D.Morrison, 
 
 A. M. Reid, 
 
 J. W. Johnson, 
 J. P. Moore, 
 Hon. W. H. Kelly , 
 H. E. Thompson, 
 
 B. F. Schurmeir, 
 Hon. Greenleaf Clark, 
 
 " Wm. Dawson, 
 " W. R. Kenyon, 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Germantown, " 
 
 Pittsburgh, " 
 
 Clearfield, " 
 
 Lewiston, "' 
 
 Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 Toledo, O 
 Cincinnati, 
 
 Warren, ' 
 
 Painesville, ' 
 
 Columbus, • 
 
 Cleveland, ' 
 
 . Dayton, ' 
 
 Chicago, Ills 
 
 Joliet, '' 
 Minneapolis, Minn. 
 
 St. Paul, •' 
 
 Onatonna, " 
 
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{Extract from Harper's Magazine for November, 1887.) 
 
 Thomasville, in Thomas County, Ga., is deserving of careful consideration. Located in the 
 pine tjelt res^ion and accessible by railroad, it is at present one of the most desirulile localities to 
 be fount! for a warm and dry air. It is comparatively free from high winds m winter and also 
 from the humidity of many portions of the peninsula of Florida. As a residence, from December 
 to April inclusive, there are very few locations on the mainland offering better climatic conditions 
 than the section in and around about Thomasville. At Thomasville comfortable accomniodations 
 may be had. During the months named this region is generally healthy. 
 
 The days are comparatively ^&\v that invalids cannot go in the open air with comfort, and 
 by dressing to meet the changes and using a wood fire mornings and evenings and days when 
 needed, they will find it difficult to secure any location where the conditions as a whole are more 
 favoralile to ther improvement and comfort. Northern beef and good fresh milk can be had here. 
 
 Read the following from one of the most eminent physicians of New York, an ex- 
 professor in two of the largest medical colleges of the United States : 
 
 Dear Mr. Bower— I went to the Mitchell House when it was originally opened, I think in 
 the year 1874. Ever since that, except during the time of its quiescence, after the great fire, I have 
 spent my winters at Thomasville. Alany persons have asked me the reason of my preference over 
 the other winter homes in our widely extended country, as it was well known that I had personally 
 visited them, with a view of settling upon the most attractive to my wife and myself. I can give 
 those reasons to you, if you care to know them. 
 
 I. Thomasville has no local source of disease. It is as wholesome, during winter, as any place 
 known to me. Incredulous doubters have said — " You don't mean to say, doctor, that people are 
 free from the effects of malaria, do you ?" To them, I answer — " If you expose yourself foolishly 
 during warm weather to the swampy parts of the county — as may be done in hunting the cautious 
 coon or the prevaricating possum — some form of malarious fever may be contracted. By ordmary 
 caie and prudence, the danger is so small that I do not look upon it as worth consideration. On 
 almost any block in New York City, I feel sure 1 can find more cases of quotidian or tertian fever 
 than in the whole of Thomasville. 
 
 So much on the score of healthfulness. It would be too trite a theme, were I to indulge in 
 praise of the quality and abumlance of your water supply, now that the artesian system has been 
 so successfully established. 
 
 In a geneial way, it is true, that the most desirable winter home for us Northern people is 
 one in which air and water are such as hygiene would sanction— which is free from endemic cause 
 of disease, and in which one can be comfortably without doors, the sjreatest number of hours out 
 of the day. That Thomasville meets all those requirements, no one of expeiience can deny. 
 
 The principal hotels have been carefully built under supervision of experts in sanitation, 
 ensuring ventilation, drainage and light. The table leaves nothing to l)e desired, either in the way 
 of choice, preparation or abundance of food. Many an old frequenter of the United States Hotel 
 at Saratoga Springs feels an "at home" sensation, on finding before him the dainty confections 
 of Jules Durand, the famous chef, who at my suggestion took his rheumatism to Thomasville, 
 instead of, as had been his custom previously, allowing it to disable him during the winter months. 
 
 The excellent main natural roads of Thomas County radiating from the Court House in a 
 dozen different directions enable one to ride or drive in more than thirty ways, by means of by- 
 ways reached witliin a few miles of town. As for the different ways in which one may go on foot, 
 on horseback or by buckboard, they are simply without number. 
 
 The undulating surface and sandy soil ensure such rapid drainage tliat five or six hours after 
 a continuous rain of three days and nights, one can easily drive or walk by the streets or through 
 the pmey wootl roads. 
 
 To persons with children, it may be well to know that very good schools are at hand, whilst 
 for special lessons, masters may be found on application. Your annua! circulars tell that excellent 
 medical advice may lie had. In answer to a touiist who asked me what was to be done in case 
 dental difficulties should arise, I was happy to say tliat an cx-professor in one of your very oldest 
 colleges (Baltimore) had his permanent home in Thomasville. 
 
THE GREAT THROUGH-SLEEPER LINE 
 
 -TO- 
 
 THOMASVILLE 
 
 -FROM- 
 
 TSl=NoRTH, Northwest and West 
 
 -IS THE- 
 
 EsNASHVILLE R. R. 
 
 WITH ITS 
 
 DOUBLK DAIIvV TRAINS 
 
 FROM ■ 
 
 Cincinnati, Louisville, Evansville, St. Louis 
 and New Orleans. 
 
 To secure comfort, quick time, and best accommodations to Thomasville, be 
 sure your tickets read via Louisville &. Nashville R. R. 
 
 Round=Trip Tourist Tickets 
 
 ON SALE DURING THE WINTER SEASON. 
 
 For rates and schedules to Thomasville and any other Winter 
 Resort in the South, A^vrite to 
 
 S. S. PARKER, DIV. PASSENGER AGENT, CINCINNATI, O. 
 J. W. MASS, DIV. PASSENGER AGENT, ST. LOUIS, MO. 
 
 GEO. L. CROSS, N. w. passenger agent, Chicago, III. 
 
 S. R. KNOTT, Traffic Manager, 
 
 C. P. ATMORE, General Passenger Agent, 
 
 LOUISVILLE, KY. 
 
 SEE ]MA.X» OIV L^ST PAGE OE COVER. 
 
nrtiK FAVORITE ROUTE 
 
 WISCONSIN 
 
 CENTRAL 
 
 LINES 
 
 NORTHERN PACIFIC 
 ^ RAILROAD CO. ' 
 ■^ LESSEE ^ 
 
 TO AND FROM THE 
 
 Rambus I^esbrts 
 
 —OF- 
 
 THE (^eUTH. 
 
 THROUGH FAST TRAINS 
 
 w'TH PULLMAN VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS, 
 
 AND THE CENTRAL'S FAMOUS DINING CARS, 
 
 BETWEEN 
 
 St. Paul and Chicago. 
 
 ^ TRAINS EACH WAY DAILY g 
 
 MAKING CLOSE CONNECTION AT CHICAGO WITH TRAINS 
 TO AND FROM THE SOUTH. 
 
 h'Ul^Qjl^^SB 
 
 Tickets via this Route 
 and Secure Superior Accommodations. 
 
 S. E. AINSLIE, General Manager, Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 J. M. HANNAIOED, General Traffic Manager, St. Paul, Minn. 
 
 H. 0. BAELOW, Traffic Manager, Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
 LOUIS ECKSTEIN, Ass't Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent, Milwaukee, Wis. 
 
"FIKXH AVENUE, NEW "VORK. 
 
 HA'VV'K Be WETHERBKE, Proprioxors. 
 
 OMNIBUSES ON THE AVENUE RUN DIRECT TO THE SHOPPING DISTRICT AND ALL PLACES OF INTEREST. 
 
 WINDSOR HOTKIv, 
 
 Fifth Avenue, New York. 
 
 HAWK & WKTHBRBHK. 
 
 LARGELY PATRONIZED BY FOREIGNERS. CUISINE AND SERVICE UNSURPASSED. 
 
 ALL LANGUAGES SPOKEN. 
 
 ROOMS SINGLE OR EN SUITE. 
 
 COMFORTABLE AND HOMELIKE IN WINTER. 
 
 COOL AND ATTRACTIVE IN SUMMER. 
 
 A MODEL AMERICAN HOTEL. 
 
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MONONROUTE 
 
 -g) ) LonlsTJIle, New Albany & Chicago Ry.Co-(^ - 
 
 • ■ » ■ » 
 
 LOUISVILLE, NEW ALBANY & CHICAGO RAILWAY. 
 
 TflE BE^'V AJ^D MO^T DIRECT I^OllTE 
 
 FROM ALL PRINCIPAL POINTS IN THE 
 
 North and Northwest 
 
 Thomasville, Ga., Jacksonville, 
 
 AND ALL 
 
 Rl0RIDA PeiNTS. 
 
 ^Ipe Pullman 6an bine gHlCASe 'n- '"I R0RTMWEST, 
 
 — AND — 
 
 LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATI OR INDIANAPOLIS. 
 
 • ^rfi 1 ^ VT . ^1 .1 WITH Pullman Vestiiuiled Service 
 
 )wo C^Oroucil} Express C^rains Daily, trains, and parlor cumr c 
 
 WITH Pullman Vestiiuiled Service on NKiiir 
 
 ARS 
 
 ON Day Trains. 
 
 ©gly ©ne dljange between Chicago, Thonjasville aijd Jacksonville. 
 
 The Monon Trains make the Fastest Time between the North and Northwest, and the 
 Winter Resorts of the South. 
 
 WM. F. BLACK, Gen'l Manager, ) 
 
 W. H. McDOEL, Gen'l Traffic Manager, ;• Chicago- 
 
 JAS. BARKER, Gen'l Passenger Agent, ) 
 
 R. W. GLADING, Gen'l Agent, 
 
 Thomasville, Qa. 
 
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